When Rupi strode to the window, she momentarily lost her controlled demeanor when she saw the patient. Kagie Mayfair, as naked as the day she was born, merely lounging as if uncovered state was natural to her. She hurriedly resumed her composure when Kaige noticed her back and smiled. Rupi had worked with this woman before, knowing full well her pyro abilities. As a vampire, Rupi had seen plenty of her ilk get burned at the stake in the old country. It was not exactly a pretty way to die.
She sighed and rolled her eyes at
Rump Rupi. The girl was as talkative as Nysa, though Kaige certainly had less limits in what she would say to others. She didn’t seem to fear reprisal or punishment. With her attitude, it seemed as if nothing scared her. Rupi could only watch with a set expression, trying very hard to prevent a smile from forming on her lips. The woman was…humorous. Rupi rather enjoyed the banter. And Kaige did hit a point. She was attractive and Rupi, given her orientation, could not deny admiring the beauty body before her. Perhaps Kaige purposely did it, to attract attention. With her mindset, after what Rupi had seen and studied, she certainly craved it. That is why Rupi remained aloof and silent, knowing a reaction is exactly what the woman wanted. It was lamentable the number of times someone like Rufio had fallen for it.
But there was a reason for Rupi coming to visit Kaige. Not for a quick fuck or an exchange of wit. There was positive work to be done.
“First of all, I’d appreciate it if you called me Dr. Vera.” Rupi said, a little bemusement in her tone and in her grey eyes. She wasn’t being authoritative in her requests as someone like Rufio might. “Secondly, I would highly advise you, Ms. Mayfair, to put on your clothes. If you happened to have burned them again, I can fetch you another outfit. I am told you are due for an appeal, to get out of this Block and into the one above. I’ll be the one overseeing it. The fact that you are eager to work and commit yourself to volunteer labour,” volunteer was just a fancy word for slavery in the Institution, for they weren’t being paid for their services, “certainly works in your advantage. I can get you that job in the kitchen, if you can be seen showing you pose no physical threat or danger to any one, staff or other patients.” Rupi stated. She still had not gone into the cell, speaking to Kaige through the intercom.
With her vampiric strength at full, she could probably take Kaige in a fight. But why risk it?
“So tell me about you and the Junior Tactician. One…Natalie Dayton. She told me you two had a very interesting rapport earlier. May I ask you, Ms. Mayfair, why you decided to open up to her? She is after all like the rest of us doctors, being on the staff. Why exempt her from your attacks?” Rupi inquired in a thoughtful tone, tilting her head in a curios fashion as she gazed at the woman through the glass.
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