[She grabbed the page, well aware that he'd probably memorized enough that he could redraw it the moment he was out of there (even if she had yet to click on who exactly he was) but... she needed something to show that she'd made an attempt to stop whatever he thought he was doing there, and her uncle was probably going to want to do something about upping security after this, so...
She went to the control panel of the very mundane, standard alarm system and punched in a code... and then kicked his bag out of the way so it'd stop pressing against the button.]
Okay, now out... damn it.
[She noticed the police lights outside as she looks up and swore in Chinese under her breath.]
Oh, so of course, today is the day they decided to actually listen to all the criticism they got about their fucking response time! Okay...
[Thinking fast, she marched towards him and grabbed his sleeve to drag him towards the walk-in freezer.]
Get in there. I'll talk to them and tell them it was me who tripped the alarm when I came to pick something up. If they find you, tell them you're with me, but I don't think they'll search, they don't have any authority to come in if I don't let them. Don't make noise. When I tell you the coast is clear, come out and walk a straight line directly to the door, okay?
[The truth was, the old Clans were outwardly law-abiding, but none of them really wanted the police in their walls if they could avoid it at all. They paid enough lip service - and in some cases, actual money - to law enforcement to keep an uneasy status quo, and there was no way Liushu was going to tip that balance today just because that guy, whoever he was, somehow had managed to get inside to.... crawl under the kitchen equipment. Whatever.]
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[She grabbed the page, well aware that he'd probably memorized enough that he could redraw it the moment he was out of there (even if she had yet to click on who exactly he was) but... she needed something to show that she'd made an attempt to stop whatever he thought he was doing there, and her uncle was probably going to want to do something about upping security after this, so...
She went to the control panel of the very mundane, standard alarm system and punched in a code... and then kicked his bag out of the way so it'd stop pressing against the button.]
Okay, now out... damn it.
[She noticed the police lights outside as she looks up and swore in Chinese under her breath.]
Oh, so of course, today is the day they decided to actually listen to all the criticism they got about their fucking response time! Okay...
[Thinking fast, she marched towards him and grabbed his sleeve to drag him towards the walk-in freezer.]
Get in there. I'll talk to them and tell them it was me who tripped the alarm when I came to pick something up. If they find you, tell them you're with me, but I don't think they'll search, they don't have any authority to come in if I don't let them. Don't make noise. When I tell you the coast is clear, come out and walk a straight line directly to the door, okay?
[The truth was, the old Clans were outwardly law-abiding, but none of them really wanted the police in their walls if they could avoid it at all. They paid enough lip service - and in some cases, actual money - to law enforcement to keep an uneasy status quo, and there was no way Liushu was going to tip that balance today just because that guy, whoever he was, somehow had managed to get inside to.... crawl under the kitchen equipment. Whatever.]
Be quiet. I'll be right back.