Voicetest (canon is actually Koudelka, but close enough)

[psychicsurvivor]

Listen closely, because I don't want to have to say this again. I'm not your muse, and I'm certainly not your puppet. I've survived worse than anything you can throw at me. I don't do polite and patient, and I'm not anyone's 'good girl'.

Still, I suppose I've been in worse places than this, so as long as you remember all that I'm not going to fight if I don't have to. First time you forget any of it, though, I will find a way out.

Are we clear?

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[lastmessiah]

My, my!

[ A ghostly-like laughter haunts the poor girl's ears before the dapper gentleman appears before dressed formally with a top-hat and Victorian inspired garbs. ]

Now isn't this a delightful surprise.

[ He bows elegantly before the girl. ]

Koudelka Iasant, wasn't it? Ah, yes. It was.

[psychicsurvivor]

[She looks unimpressed, but she eyes him warily; she might not have met him before, but something about him is, for lack of a better word, creepy.]

That is my name, yes. Who are you, and how do you know that?

[lastmessiah]

[ He almost looks a tad surprised by her question but he masks it quickly. ]

'What a heavenly bounty...'

[ The old magician cannot help but grin at this point. ]

I suppose you could say that we met before, Ms. Iasant.

[psychicsurvivor]

I don't think so. I would remember someone like you.

[She emphasizes the word you in a very, very negative way. And she doesn't trust that grin in the slightest.]

Who are you really?

[lastmessiah]

I'm just simply a humble practitioner of the magical arts if anything.

[ That creepy grin of his is still visible. ]

Roger Bacon, at your service.

[ He takes off his hat briefly and bows again. ]

[psychicsurvivor]

[That's enough to make Koudelka back off, although she doesn't take her eyes off the cardinal.]

I've met Roger Bacon before, and you are definitely not him. So let's try this again. Who are you and what do you want with me?

[lastmessiah]

Ah, you remember Roger but not me?

[ That grin of his grew somewhat. ]

Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm jealous!

[ Now with the pleasantries over, Albert doesn't feel the need to put on airs anymore. There's only ONE reason for Koudelka's presence here and he plans to capitalize on it.

There's no one here to stop him either. Not even Yuri---]

I am Cardinal Albert Simon, my dear, and you are my unwilling hostage.

[psychicsurvivor]

If you know me, you should know I don't make a very good hostage.

[She still has the pistol, Edward's pistol, and she reaches for it now, still backing away. She's always been better at range, after all, and if she can keep him back long enough to cast Flare, all the better.]

[lastmessiah]

Goodness! Already pointing that pistol at me again?

[ He gave a slight sigh. It's funny how history likes to repeat itself. ]

How droll. If only we could skip such foolishness for now and focus at the task at hand.

[ Albert takes a step forward. ]