Hanako Ayuka finishes moving her furnitures to her new quarter. It was a small enclosed cabin, with barely enough space to stand up, but it was enough for now. She then lays on the bed, and stares blankly at the lights. Memories of her former life as a Samura Geisha aboard a transport, memories of her murdering her former employer under the influence of Cardamine, memories of her fleeing to the Crysanthenums. Painful memories of slavery. Painful ceremonies to keep the body and the spirit of the weak one under slavery. She tried to stop Cardamine, but each second away from it was driving her mad, and sicker. She could barely move any muscle and she was exhausted, both emotionally and physically. Her blue eyes keep shifting left and right, her heart racing. Was she dying...? Was it really true that no one can't live without quiting Cardamine? She was gasping for air, but none would get in. There was no other choice, now....
She would have prefered performing Sepukku rather than doing it, but she shoves her hand in her pocket, took a small sample of Cardamine and ingested it. The euphoria wasn't there anymore, only feelings of shame and hatrance. Tears start flowing down her cheeks, she was nothing but a weak and enslaved person. She was trully addicted to it, but couldn't give it up. For a moment, she doubted of her usefulness to the Hogoshans, but never regreted leaving the Sisterhood. Maybe she was weak, but never will she be as weak as them. She slowly walks out of her quarters and wanders through the station with no real goals, her eyes still wet and red.
Sakura drifted alongside Ayuka, she slipped her arm round the poor girl to comfort her, her pleasant aroma surrounding them both.
Sakura was an ex-gaian, so she too had left her former calling to join the Hogosha, difference was, she didn't have to come from an unfriendly and hostile past, or carry the weight of addiction on her shoulders...
"Come on now, wipe those eyes. It's not all bad, you got a comfy new home, and a whole bunch of us to take care of you, now what say we meet with the elders, get you a solution thought up" She said with concern.
She quickly pushes her away in a startled reflex, then turns around to blankly stare at her. The Cardamine's effect were still there, so she felt weak and powerless, even though she stopped crying. She shifts her eyes left and right, trying to find an issue, but running away wouldn't fix anything. She then silently nods at her, hiding her hands in her pocket. She knew they knew, and she knew they maybe just let her into the organsation to be a test subject, or worse.
The Hand ...Chief of the Bureau, Security for the Black Dragon Society, sat in silence at a plush desk within his office in the the Interior of the Golden Dragon Luxury Liner.
The smartly dressed middle aged man showed no signs of emotion as he stared into space through the wall sized portal forming one side of his office suite. At this specific time he was considering the fate, the possible outcomes of the presence of a GC woman, Hanako Ayuka, in safe custody in the bowels of the Golden Dragon.
At present Sakura, one of his trusted Black Drgons had been instructed to comfort the woman in her stress whilst dealing with the imediate withdrawal symptoms from the highly addictive Cardamine. The Hand hoped this would be enough for now as he was keen to extract the best possible intelligence from the witch while she still lived. But how could this be done? How could he keep her alive long enough?
Hmm.... a cure for Cardamine? She seems to want to try to give up the foul habit, he mused, but no-one except for a few crazed terrorists have ever survived cold turkey. Perhaps we should force her to take it and torture the information we want, there's no shortage of supply on the Black Market.....
But that might not be the best and most profitable way..............Wait!
The thoughts in his mind seemed to suddenly coagulate, he blinked and leaning forward hit the secure Comms Link. There might be a way to delay the curse of withdrawal madness and death whilst we get the information we need from her, he had heard of certain experiments.......
"Get me the CEO of Cryer Pharmaceuticals!" The Hand smiled thinly. This could be an interesting discussion, he thought.
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