French Is the Language of Love ((90)) [Open]

[victoriousscarf]

"I do not know," the large tom murmured. "Criminals keep popping up everywhere I think not finding them is not the issue. The issue is finding the ring leaders that run the show, and then being able to catch them," he sighed. "For instance, even when you know they are out there, on occasion they protect themselves quite well."

[Tsughi]

"Of course," Russell mused aloud as he made a last snip on the sleeves and began to work on another part of the suit. "That es what makes a criminal a criminal, no? They ar' getting very sneaky these days. Makes it hard for people as you and me." A few more black marks were made and he continued. "I 'ave lost so many constumars of late. They ar' 'ardly willing to spend their free time on the streets when they don't need to, yes?" He shook his head somewhat sadly. "I 'ope that whoevar es behind all of this nonesense is brought to an end soon."

[victoriousscarf]

Sonya slowly arched a brow. "You are speaking as if there is only one behind all of this. Besides, your hours seem decent enough. We are not quite living under a state of siege." He did not add, yet, to that statement, though he was tempted to. If things got much worse, they might well.

[Tsughi]

Russell shrugged his shoulders as he worked. "This es true. There es probably more than one," He sighed but he looked up with a sparkle in his eye before looking back to the suit in progress before him. "And there ar' many ways to make an attack, monsieur; Remember the tale of the Trojans? Et es a scary thought but one can never be too careful."

He shook his head and put on a smile as he rose to his feet, rather than walking around the desk, he slid on top of it into a sitting position, his tail dangling over the end of the desk. With his russet paws he grabbed the cloth and held it up to Sonya. "I should pin it on you to make sure et fits correctly," His tail gave a small wave and he pursed his lips. "That would mean for you to take off the coat, Mr. Vlask."

((Correct me if I get anything Sonya is wearing incorrect))

[victoriousscarf]

Sonya's ear twitched at the sound of his own name. It seemed odd coming from someone mostly a stranger, but he really should have been used to it at that point. Sighing, he pulled his jacket off. "Like this then?"

[Tsughi]

Paying no heed to the small surprise the other showed, he rather expected it, Russell wrapped his arms around the other to put the cut cloth over him.

"Oui, like that," He said and grabbed pins from a little bin on his desk and put a few in his mouth as he worked to piece the garment together. Like the measuring he was fast at it, going down the sides and back up the other with practiced ease. His tail bobbed behind him as he worked; and he hummed a small familiar tune from his days on the ship from France. It was a more upbeat tune and his tail tip flickered in time with his humming. Even though the cat was still sitting, he moved at the he was dancing to the tune. Sliding the last pin into place, he gave a smile and pulled the newly formed coat off of his customer to retire to the sewing machine.

"Time to spend like this must be rare," The tortie commented as he set up the cloth in order to sew. "Do you 'ave to go right back to work after this?"

[victoriousscarf]

"No," he said, with a small shake of his head. "Even commissioners have time off on occasion, so long as another crisis does not arise within the next few hours. I might even sleep tonight."

[Tsughi]

((I don't know which color is harder to see on the light blue background, yours or mine xD))

Russell's new electric sewing machine buzzed to life and he quickly fed the suit-to-be into it. Every now and again there would be a pause where he adjusted the cloth, and those were the pauses that Russell took in order to return the conversation to the comissioner. "Sleep es a good thing," He said with a playful smirk. "But the world 'as a way of pulling surprises on us, yes? You may end up 'aving to miss your little slumbar party."

[victoriousscarf]

((Yours in this thread, at least on my screen. And if you think these are hard, you haven't seen some of these colors. XD))

Sonya barely managed to suppress what would only have been hysterical laughter. "You mean like every other night in my life since taking this job?" he asked, voice controlled so it would not run away from him. "I am more than aware of life's little surprises. Except in my case, it is less of a happy or thrilling surprise, and more of another dead body."

[Tsughi]

((Awesome, hurray for eyesores xD))

Russell flipped the material around to work on the other side. "At least et es exciting, no?" The tortie was the one to give a laugh first. "I can 'ardly say my own job es dull. You 'ave all kind of cats pass through here. Nothing as dangerous as you, though. I don't think I would be able to 'old your job. I would die of a panic attack."

[victoriousscarf]

Sonya snorted. "I am usually not the one getting shot at anymore," he said, voice soft.

[Tsughi]

Russell shrugged his shoulders as he sewed. "Et comes with the territory," The tortie mused. "I think ef I was shot at, at all, I would give up." He pulled off the coat and snipped the excess thread before holding it up to scrutinize it. Pursing his lips, he regarded it carefully, searching for flaws. When he didn't find any that screamed at him he snipped holes for the buttons and began to sew those over so they wouldn't fray. "That's just me, though. Et takes a lot of courage to be in your shoes."

((Russell you dirty liar, you have two revolvers on you right now))

[victoriousscarf]

The taller tom considered him a long moment before finally shrugging. "Thank you for the compliment then," he murmured. "I am not sure if it is courage or sheer idiocy or arrogance."

[Tsughi]

Russell gave a soft chuckled and pulled it off the machine to put the actual buttons on. "Let us 'ope et es courage, yes?" He suggusted with his casual smile. "The criminals might go out and play ef they think et es the other two, but-" He paused and pursed his lips. "Et doesn't seem like et stopped them en the first place."

[victoriousscarf]

Shaking his head, Sonya snorted. "I do not think anything would really stop them, at least not at this point. At least nothing we have yet."