14878/Girl. Friday.

Girl. Friday.
Date of Scene:	31 March 2023
Location:	Hellfire Club - Manhattan
Synopsis:	Emma retains Alice as her personal assistant.
Cast of Characters:	Emma Frost, Red

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Emma Frost has posed:
Emma has invited Alice to join her in her office at the Hellfire Club, a tastefully appointed little formality, with a polished wooden desk and immaculate carpeting kept pristine and white as her wardrobe. She sits back and sips on a cup of chamomile tea out of a piece of eight hundred year old china, sipping carefully before returning the cup to its saucer.

When Alice is lead in by one of the many pawns who work here, she gestures towards the empty seat, "Please, have a seat," she smiles. "I've had my eye on you for some time. Did you knwo that?" she says quietly, her blue eyes level and intense as she takes in the young woman across from her. She doesn't need to use her talent to read someone, although she will, of course, do that, as well.

Red has posed:
"Miss Frost... It's hard not to know that I am on your radar when you have ordered my services before." Alice acknowledges after exchanging pleasentries and settling into the chair, the back straight as she settles. "I assume it is not a custom piece of clothing this time because you did not send a lacky to bring a sketch. So... how did you phrase it again... 'If I need you, you'll know it'. I take this is this 'I know it'?"

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost smiles, "Well, there is interest and there is interest. I have always recognized your talents, mutant and otherwise. However, I think that, rather than a simple piece of custom clothing, I would like to put you on retainer, so to speak. That is to say, I would like you to do more than merely make a few outfits. While I will always wear designer clothing from brand names because of the prestige to which they are attached, my own personal garmetns, especially those I wear within the confines of the club, must needs be custom designed. In addition, I have need of a girl to serve as my...personal assistant. If you would be interested in such. I can promise you that the rewards are extravagant."

Red has posed:
"If you can live with two conditions I am game. I mean, I can't leave the kids at Xavier's hanging, and I work with tehm on their Costume club once a month." Alice starts, offering a smile as she nods. "And the other... I am the workshop for that little shop... I can do the stuff there in a couple hours usually, but... I wouldn't want to see it close because the custom stuff isn't coming through. I already do your stuff on priority, so... I guess it wouldn't be much of a change?"

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost flutters her fingers dismissively, "Yes, yes, all that is fine," she says. "I understand the desire to keep your own little business alive and afloat. As for Xavier's, I'm there frequently myself, working with the students and the elder mutants alike," she sighs. "They're such naive creatures, really, so eager to save the world. They never seem to ask if the world wants to be saved. But still - preservation of the species, blah blah blah," she says.

"I'll have to give you a membership and standing within the Hellfire Club to give you access, but you'll be low-level, a mere Pawn to start, and directlhy loyal to me and not the Club itself. Agreed? I won't have Shaw or Selene," she says with a sneer, "stealing away your attention. You're here to attend to me and me alone, when we're on these premises. If anyone else wants your services, they ahve to ask me first. Are we agreed?"

Red has posed:
Alice nods after a short moment of consideration, her back still straight as a stick. "Where... where do I sign? I mean, that's kind of a job, so I should sign somewhere, right?" she asks, a little blush on her cheeks.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost smiles, "I'll have a contract drawn up, no worries. As I said, it will be to me and not the Club directly. We'll have a trial run at first, to make sure we're a good fit for each other. While I am not often...cruel, I do have high expectations and I want what I want, so to speak. I like to get my way and I always get it from those I pay well for the privilege. Do we understand each other?"

Red has posed:
"I... I am aware. No disappointment allowed, not having you wait. You made that clear when you asked me to be on standby for work." Alice answers, nodding empathically at the clarification, then once more as she is asked if she understood.

"Loud and clear Miss Frost... or... is that Boss? Miss? Ma'am? Some other word? I mean... what would you prefer?"

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost smiles, "Miss Frost in public. My Queen in private or some variation thereof. Especially in the Club," she smiles. "Here, you will function very much as my personal servant. I suppose the old nomenclature was body servant. Attending to my clothing and personal needs."

Red has posed:
"You mean like... Handmaid?" Alice answers with a nod, cheeks still a little rosey. The eyes roaming over the room and Emma, the younger woman tries to calm her nerves a little. "Uh... may I fix that? It's only going to take a moment, Mi... My queen?" she offers, pointing to a loose thread on the edge of Emma's hem.