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[Backdated to Event End...]

[Voice]

I think that was, maybe, the most haphazard experiment I've been here during. I can't even make a speculation at what the purpose of it was aside from confuse us all.

But I suppose I did meet quite a few people, so perhaps inadvertently its purpose was to remind me of that time when I thought life was much simpler. [That time when she thought no one would ever hurt her, and everything in life was new and beautiful.] And I suppose it gave me my hair back. It's as long as it was before I cut it, now. It's nice, I suppose, but does anyone here give haircuts...?

[Private to Gai - Columbia-Sponsored Unhackable]

How are you feeling? I only grazed you with the lamp, didn't I...? [UNSURE TONE IS UNSURE...]

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I've already given you a guided tour.

...I'll race you there.

You're on.

[AND IT'S ON.]

[Elizabeth buttons up her blouse, closes her bag and is out the window in a matter of minutes. She is going to win this one, Gai has to get groceries for crying out loud.]

[Somehow this is a competition Gai can't bring himself to care about losing, because either way, the end result is going to be something he enjoys.

... this is still going to be the fastest grocery run he's ever made, and Elizabeth might catch him almost running down the hall to his apartment door, bags in hand...]

[Elizabeth does see Gai hurrying back--from his window inside his apartment. She grins and settles on the couch, stretched out as though she were Cleopatra.]

[Gai's first clue as to what awaits him is the fact that his door is no longer locked when he turns the handle. Not that he expected anything less, it just still amuses him... and maybe turns him on a little.

Okay. Maybe more than a little. His imagination is already running at full steam, supplying him with images of what he might find when he opens the door. Her stretched out on the couch like that? He approves.]

Guess this is the part where I say I'm ready for my punishment game.

[Elizabeth tries to keep from smiling by biting her lip, but she eventually dissolves into giggles.]

Punishment, punishment... Hmm...

[She thinks about it, because she hadn't really planned anything. But if Gai was asking for it, far be it from her to disappoint. After a moment, she thinks of something and, grinning, goes into Gai's bedroom where she's already put her bags.]

[Elizabeth comes back out with one of her corsets, and once his hands are free she tosses it to him.]

Catch!

[Naturally, Gai's first instinct is to raise his hands up to catch the thrown object.

... and then he realizes what he's holding in his hands. NOOO, HIS MORTAL ENEMY. Now that is just cruel and uncalled-for. To his credit, though, he'll hold that corset and try not to scowl too much at it or attempt to shred it with his bare hands.]

I said punishment, not cruel and unusual punishment.

I'm not that cruel. [Elizabeth smirks, and it slowly pulls into a full grin.]

But I have to ask. If you're holding it, what do you think I'm wearing now?

[... oh.

Oh.

That... is a very nice revelation indeed, and suddenly Gai doesn't hate that monstrosity in his hands so much anymore.]

So you won't mind if I throw this into a corner for the rest of the time you're here.

Not at all. [Elizabeth grins--apparently she's not done just yet. She takes a couple of steps backwards, towards the couch.] But... I think the fact that I've already made it easier on you means I have to counter that with something else.

[Namely, she intends to play Keep Away with Gai, just for a little bit. So she keeps herself at a good four-foot distance, just grinning away.]

Oh? And what might that 'something else' be?

[Naturally, Gai takes a couple of steps towards her, because that little tidbit of information about the corset (or more precisely, the lack thereof) makes him eager to see if she is in fact telling the truth about that.

Also naturally, the fact that she moved towards the couch made his brain go straight into the gutter... just ignoring that it had already been halfway there even before that.]

[And that's precisely why she dropped that piece of information before this moment--because he'd want to know if she was telling the truth (which, of course, she was).]

[When Gai advances, Elizabeth gives him a coy grin and steps back.]

[Gai blinks momentarily before realizing what she's up to. It's hot, he can't deny that much, since for him the process of getting into bed is every bit as much fun as what they do when they get there. And he does love a good challenge...

Moving forward again, the grin on his face edging into something more mischievous.]

[So Gai has figured it out. And it looks, to Elizabeth, as though he's intrigued by the 'punishment' Elizabeth has thought up on the fly. But she's a little intrigued by it too--or it might be the fact that she hasn't been alone with Gai in weeks and everything is turning her on.]

[But she also thinks that she and Gai need a little play. Elizabeth moves back with Gai moving forward, looking back as she approaches the couch. And when she gets close enough to it, she steps up onto it.]

[Gai isn't nearly so naive as to think he's got her cornered when she steps up onto the couch. If there's one thing he's learned to expect from Elizabeth, it's that she always knows how to surprise him, so he's not about to let his guard down yet.

Still, he approaches the couch with an almost predatory edge to his smile now. Another thing he's learned is that she likes it when he's playful right back. He may not know what to expect from her right now, but he does know that he can have some fun with whatever it is.]

[Oh yes, this is fun. She likes the look on Gai's face, she can't wait until he catches her. Which Elizabeth knows he will--he picked her up when she was running once, for God's sake.]

[This time, she lets Gai get closer to her, maybe even within arm's reach. But at the last second she's vaulting off the arm of the couch and skirting away.]

[Gai had a hunch something like that was going to happen, which is why his lunge for her was far more controlled than it would have been otherwise and he doesn't go toppling onto the couch when his arms grab air instead of her.

Truth be told, he probably COULD have caught her if he'd tried hard enough, but where would the fun in that be? It's much more fun to get her all breathless and sweaty and...

... okay, maybe this time he's going for her with a bit more enthusiasm and less control.]

[Elizabeth laughs when Gai gives her that escape--it was kind of fun to jump off his couch. She backs away again, almost into the wall, and then Gai comes after her and she squeaks and scampers towards the bedroom hallway.]

[Elizabeth isn't the only one laughing; Gai can't quite keep it under wraps as he goes after her, noting with distinct glee that she's heading towards the bedroom. Of course, this also means she's heading towards a dead end, because there's nothing at the end of that hallway but a wall...]

[And Elizabeth remembers this the second she starts down that hallway. She pauses, wondering if she can correct this somehow, but Gai is right behind her. So down the hall she goes, backwards, trying to look for a hole between Gai and the wall. This might be the end of it, though...]

[She has the choice of ducking into one of the two bedrooms there, but that would be exactly what Gai wants her to do. Granted, they'll (probably) end up in the bedroom either way, but it also means that this little chase will be over very shortly.

And oh, is Gai smiling as he draws close to her...]

[Well, Elizabeth doesn't want to make things quite that easy for Gai, not just yet. She backs up until her back touches the end of the hallway, and she waits and worries her lip in anticipation as he approaches her.]

[Once again, Gai isn't going to let himself think that he actually has her this time. Back to the wall or not, he has no doubt she's still got a few tricks up her sleeve, so he slows down and walks up to her instead of running.

He's still grinning, though, eyes sparkling with mischief and something hotter and more intense than that.]

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