Softly chuckling to himself as he watched the Delsaurian struggle to put on his outfit, stumbling over as the Limo made a turn, Benny spoke with a bemused grin.
"You'll understand once when we get there," he answered, not really telling them anything at all. "Still, it's the same gig - watch over our little 'Princess', make sure she's safe wherever she goes and you guys get paid." Glancing at his watch, Benny tapped its face - a volumetric screen came to life with several figure streaming down it, blurred and illegible to them. "You're all getting a sizable amount of DA in your pockets, as well as some of the good stuff out of our armory. Now - " the man started.
"You all know that stuff already, but I guess it won't hurt to tell you guys something that you don't know. It'll help you do another part of your jobs not listed on the paper - we don't want any of our regular boys making too much contact with her," he explained, voice dropping into a more serious tone. As he laid back, Nacon was now fumbling to get his jacket on, and started vibrating again in the background. Seemingly oblivious, Benny went on, "We got our own reasons why, but whether or not you guys find out on your own? Up to you really. We got told you guys are good for keeping her from getting any extra holes in her, but also for keeping your mouths shut amongst other things."
Looking at them all over his sunglasses again, he now leaned forward, hands on his knees. "Capish?" The Delsaurian nodded vigorously for them all, now finally the splitting image of a butler.
"We got it - also, uh, we got another one boss," the pudgy lizard explained, turning to Kurt. "She's even more late than this one, so ended up coming directly there - since she had no clothing, they clothed her, but that's coming out of our group finances," Nacon explained. He then hurriedly held up his hands as though to ward off Kurt's wrath. "Not that it's a big deal - I'll take care of it!" Benny smirked with amusement and relaxed back into his seat again.
As the Limousine turned into an up ramp, the dirty neon lights and cement vanished in an instant. In its stead was a far more idyllic aesthetic. Nepleslian suburbia, complete with lawns, neatly lined up homes and so forth did exist - it wasn't a fantasy, but reality. Yes, much of it was cement and cinder still, but all fresh and clean. New. The only caveat was that such sat high up above the hustle and bustle of the megacity below, constructed up where the city still grew and housing prices were at the top. Even here though, it was clear there were a few more levels of the city to go - the grime from below was already starting to creep into this neighborhood as houses were bought out by businesses and bulldozed over to make room for complexes.
It was a city that never stopped growing, and they were all going to the top.
To a mansion to be specific. As their limousine finally cleared all the levels of the city below, it came with their first good glimpse of the sun - they all saw a mansion, one that was undoubtedly atop the very same massive skyscraper nearly incomprehensible in girth they had ascended by car. It wasn't a fancy, fairytale mansion of course - it was still one that would blend perfectly into the city should it be observed from the distance, but it was still a mansion when seen up close. A large structure with a countless amount of what had to be rooms upon rooms and endless hallways.
As the armored gates slid open and the Limo came in, the blond haired man spoke to them again. "Follow my lead, and don't get lost. We're moving fast - and most of all, keep your mouths shut for now." At that, the doors swung open, and the group was ushered in.
The interior was bright, tastefully decorated in comparison to the utilitarian exterior of the mansion - it, in fact, did look like something out of a story book. But the paintings, the tapestries, the riches all went by too quickly to be examined in detail. Benny, true to his words, swept them through the long, unending hallways and into a small antechamber and shut the doors on them all.
And then it opened yet again, just a crack, another
redhead being nearly shoved in before it was hastily closed again, leaving them all in absolute silence.
