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[shrapnelsong]

@crimecourted 💖🗡️

Funny to think how doctors and assassins alike have specializations. Years devoted to honing one's craft, building a reputation and carving out a space for themselves in the competitive market of providing solutions to ailing problems - some more permanent than others.

As someone who just happened to be both, Alice knew more or less what to expect whenever a new client got in touch, particularly for her secondary business. Higanbana was well known for picking her clients, not the other way around. All of her targets were men who committed heinous crimes towards defenseless victims, whose deaths were always ruled natural or accidental, some of which were particularly embarrassing or downright humiliating.

So, color her absolutely surprised when her newest potential client offered an exorbitant, actually ridiculous amount of money to... take down a mafia boss. Frowning, she had to stop and reread the entire thing again, confused as to why they had picked her to offer this contract to. Of course, her targets were always powerful men who were dificult to reach, but taking down a CEO or a celebrity was nothing like going against the mafia. Off the top of her head, Alice could come up with a handful of colleagues who would be better suited to take this job. Why her? It intrigued her, but not in the good way.

Her frown only deepened as she went through the proof of misconduct they offered in order to convince her. Anyone involved with the mafia was expected to have a laundry list of crimes attached to their name, but she required a very particular brand of cruelty to take someone out. And in a world where the men at the top were pretty much expected to be awful to women, they wanted to sic her on the one guy who'd never had even a bad rumor to his name. Anger coiled in the pit of her stomach and she set everything else aside to focus fully on the task at hand.

While researching her 'target' and contemplating how to approach him, Alice found that La Zampa D'Oro was looking for live singers and figured that'd be a fun way in. She went through the interview process and was quickly hired, performing a couple of times during the week before being given the coveted prime slot on the weekends. Patiently, she waited until the owner of the casino graced them with his presence. A smile tipped her red lips as their gazes met and she held onto the electrifying contact while she sang. Having found out he had a wonderful civilian boyfriend during her research had her worried she might not be able to get close enough to him through the conventional means, but an invitation to his office was extended after her performance.

Her heels echoed in the long hallway as she followed one of the attendants to the luxurious office, being told he would be right there with her. She could barely contain her smile. Was this a test? Did he suspect her in any way? Leaving her alone in his office like this, was he hoping to catch her snooping around? It mattered not. She looked around curiously while waiting for him, looking back at the sound of the door opening and going straight to the point.

"Siete in pericolo, Signor Amoretto."