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[sunmon]

then i'll be entirely hands off and you'll just pay me a percent as owner. think of it like rent.

[grunge]

I will provided I'm not paying rent on top of your little dividend, and on the condition that ownership switches to me in the event that I get a status upgrade.

[sunmon]

the amount you pay to me will cover the rent for the facility and permits to operate.

and you're welcome to take over ownership should your designation change. i'll find a different area of the down to invest and help out in that event.

[grunge]

Alright, have your lawyer draft up a contract.

I'm changing the name.

[sunmon]

what to?

[grunge]

Delicto.

[sunmon]

I'll put it on the offer letter for renting the property and licensing the business

[grunge]

Come down once it's all cleared. We'll break the place in with some drinks.

[sunmon]

i like the sound of that.
oh before i forget
do you have a contract right now? your dominant is fine with this, right?

[grunge]

He will be.
It's already in writing that he won't stand in the way of any business I want to open which includes keeping his hands off my money.

[sunmon]

you prepared for this.

[grunge]

I would've done it sooner. Bullshit got in the way.

Besides I'd rather do it with you now that we're not contracted. I don't need my livelihood tied up in quarterly renegotiations.

[sunmon]

you could avoid that with a longer contract too, you know.

[grunge]

And you're saying that based on whose experience?

[sunmon]

vanessa is a submissive and she runs venia. i'm pretty certain her dominant owns it.

[grunge]

Good for Vanessa. I've never been.

Speaking of contract length, is yours up yet?

[sunmon]

it's not.

[grunge]

How many days?

[sunmon]

[ she could keep dodging, but the end result is going to be the same. alina sighs. ]

i renewed it.

[grunge]

[ Knowing Alina, she'd take Jess's alarm as an accusation. It's a damn good thing she asked now rather than in person, then. ]

What happened?

[sunmon]

it's going to sound stupider if i say it.

[grunge]

I don't think you're stupid.

[sunmon]

you don't have to lie.

[grunge]

I think you're a lot of shit, Alina. Stupid isn't on the list.

[sunmon]

[ why isn't she angry? why isn't she pointing out that alina is stupid to be doing this to herself over and over again, for not being willing to let the darkling go?

and then she realizes, again, the worse thing. the one she'd talked to crais about, failed to navigate with betty. ]

you know, i realized something.
it's not just the darkling.
it's me.