<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5c/SwitchSmall.jpg)<br/>Switch (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EW7kMex5ArfjHNlqslE-TGlRPPr5fcQ_kDeSBKkktvY)<br/></div>Alicia squeezed Rave's hand. "That's nice. I mean, you obviously work together really well, as a team and as a couple. Just so long as I'm not crossing any lines with you two, right?" She giggled playfully. "I'm sure you can figure out how to share me."<br/><br/>She stopped along with Rave when she started talking about her childhood. "Yeah, we live in a Saeder-Krupp building when we're in Seattle. We're in one of the best suites, and it's really nice, but... y'know. Sometimes you just have to get out and experience the real world." She paused for thought when Rave touched her shoulder. "I know. My dad loves me a lot. He just wants to protect me, especially after my mom... well, there's a lot of things that can happen to a woman who takes a wrong turn in Seattle." She pressed her hand against Rave's and sighed softly. "Maybe I can talk to him. Real talk. Figure out a way I can have my own life while still being safe." She pursed her lips and looked at Rave speculatively. "Maybe there's something you can say to him? Give him a bit of perspective? He wouldn't normally talk to a... non-legal person like you, but you did save my life."<br/><br/>(Continued in Side IC thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=256766.msg12682559#msg12682559).)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Underground carpark of the Lair, 3 am, 24/11/2078</span></strong><br/><br/>The three girls stood in the carpark, watching the approach of the limousine icon belonging to Mr Johnson (aka Mr Fitzwilliam). They had all taken separate showers after their few hours of passion and fun. Switch looked very elegant and professional in her Vashion Island Ace of Diamonds dress. Her Tiffani-Defiance Protector taser clung to the hip of her dress, matching colour perfectly stylishly. Alicia was dressed in one of Rave's spare outfits, while she carried her own dress and her other belongings in a plastic bag.<br/><br/>The limousine came into physical view and drew up not far from the elevator. It was a black Mitsubishi Nightsky, the most luxurious and heavily armoured limo on the market. The doors opened, and a pair of ogres in armoured business suits climbed out. They nodded politely to the girls, then opened the door for Mr Johnson. He was a serious-looking man in his late forties, wearing an impeccable business suit. Oddly, a mottled grey pigeon seemed to be sitting on his shoulder. When he and Alicia saw each other, they ran into each other's arms without a second thought.<br/><br/>"I'm so sorry, daddy," she cried, pressing her face against her father's shoulder. "You always told me something like this was going to happen!"<br/><br/>The father patted his daughter's shoulder tenderly. "You're safe now," he assured her. "We'll get you home and make sure nothing like this ever happens again."<br/><br/>He looked over at Switch and Rave. "Thank you both," he said, somewhat gruffly. "Knight Errant wasn't going to find my little girl nearly as quickly as... your channels." He flicked an ARO across his field of vision. "The rest of your boss's fee has been transferred to him, and I will give him my compliments on your efficiency as well.<br/><br/>"I would... prefer you not to contact my daughter again, in any event. This is what comes from making friends outside of the company. But I am grateful. Is there anything else?"