#have i actually decided what little journey oval ends up on to meet Snake? not exactly

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For the word prompt thing- possession for any of your OCs

Oval generally doesn't leave the Kreuzbasar, choosing instead to keep to the information highways running within. Letting her ears twitch to hear the conversations in the cafe. Innocently asking the people outside for the news. Prodding drunks into spilling more than they normally would. Listening to private conversations via a tap or two.

She trades in information. There's not usually a reason to leave. She's safe here, and she's rich here. Not in Nuyen, but in ways she never was before. Why trade safety and comfort for more unknowns? Protected, clever, attached at the hip with Kami, and helping keep Altug up to date.

But.

She thinks about leaving. Sometimes.

Not forever! Not even for a whole day, really. Just to pop out and... get some answers.

Only knowing half the story, or all the questions but not the answers, is starting to eat away at her. An acidic pool in her stomach. A spinning wheel in her head that won't rest.

A customer came in one day and spoke to her directly. Waltzed in, sat right down at the counter, and started spilling stories to her. Eyes flickering with... with... mischief? Intent?

Oval assumed it was all gossip, but the stories and rumors the she told her left her haunted. Possessed. She needed answers. And if the answers were just outside her reach...

She never sees the woman again. Every time the door swings open, Oval's horns and mop of curly hair pop out from the back to check, just in case. She'd never forget her-- stark face, sharp tongue, and the snake tattoo running down her forearm. She'd pick her out of a crowd anywhere. But nobody recognize her description. Canvasing and questioning people turned up nothing.

Oval taps her hoof on the ground, staring out the door. Past the door.

One jog out to verify a few facts couldn't hurt, could it?

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