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Premise: You are the daughter of the city’s second most powerful mafia clan. Since the death of the most powerful mafia boss in the city, his son has ascended to his position. Your mother sent you to him to deliver a traditional welcome, but also to see how the inexperienced boy can be used and manipulated. However, your expectations are soon to be subverted...

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(Part 1: superficially polite conversation)

Speaker: *muffled, behind door* “Are there any more?... Oh no, I can still go on, let her in.”

[Door opens and closes]

Speaker: “Welcome, please come in and have a seat. Make yourself comfortable.” *To someone else* "You can leave us alone now… No, it'll be fine! We're all friends here after all! The criminal underworld has to stick together, am I right?... Oh yes, we're not supposed to call it that, are we? I apologize, I am still learning the ropes of this new… position I found myself in… Anyway, please leave us alone. I am sure nothing dangerous will happen. Your guys also searched her for weapons when she came in, didn't they?... See? Everything will be fine, so just go… Thank you. I appreciate how worried you always are about me!"

[Door opens and closes]

Speaker: "I am so sorry you had to see that. I hope you didn't feel offended by his suspicions."

Listener: *denies*

Speaker: "Thank you for being so understanding. My bodyguards mean well, but they can be a bit… overly zealous in their care from time to time. Especially after what happened with my father…"

Listener: *explains*

Speaker: "Oh that is so nice of you to say. Your condolences are really appreciated. His sudden passing came as a surprise to us all, and now I find myself having to fill his shoes. But so many of the city's other families have already sent their condolences as well. It truly warms my heart to see how well respected he was in this business."

Listener: *explains*

Speaker: "You brought something more?... Oh that is a beautiful flower arrangement! I will make sure to lay this on my father's grave the next time I visit. You said your family head picked it out herself? How is your mother by the way? I only remember seeing her once at that big negotiation a few years ago."

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: “That is so good to hear. It can’t be easy, managing the second largest family in town. I still don’t know how my father could lead one that is even bigger. Please give your mother my regards when you return.”

Listener: *agrees*

Speaker: “Now, this can’t have been the only reason for your visit, am I right? Why don’t you go ahead and tell me what else you have brought for me?”

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: “Just your condolences? Forgive me for doubting that. The other families all took the opportunity to propose some kind of deal as well. So why would you be any different? The only reason that your family took so long to send their regards is because you were still busy trying to figure out how best to use my father’s death.”

Listener: *denies*

(Part 2: Tone shifts, true nature is revealed)

Speaker: “Cut the shit! I am well aware that your mother sent you to… what? Seduce me? Or just manipulate me into doing your bidding?... Why are you acting so surprised? You are not the only child who grew up in this cutthroat world. I can see right through your every move, just as I can see through everyone else’s.”

Listener: *confused*

Speaker: *laughs* “The useless child? Yes, that is certainly the image I built for myself over the years. Did you know that I even introduced that specific nickname? All it took were the right rumors at the right time and place, whispered into the right ears.

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Why? It is much better to be feared for your position and underestimated for your abilities than the other way around. Especially in this business. I prefer only the ones who work directly with me to know about my true nature. Everybody else can keep thinking of me as the naive, spoiled, oldest son of the city’s most influential family. It keeps them from crossing me without thinking, but makes them careless enough to make mistakes.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: *laughs* “Your face speaks volumes, even if you do not want it to! ‘Why? Why did I not reveal my intentions sooner to you?’ That’s what you’re asking yourself, isn’t it? To be honest, I was going to humor your attempts at fulfilling your mother’s oh so secret mission, but it was just so pathetic to watch that I couldn’t bear it anymore. The awkward ways you snuck seductive glances at me, played with your hair, and even tried to establish skin contact were all so obvious. You really only have a pretty face, but none of the skills to use it properly.”

Listener: *angry*

Speaker: *laugh* “Are those tears I see in your eyes? Oh don’t try to appeal to my sympathy now. I can see those tears for what they are. Not tears of sadness or fear, but tears of anger and frustration. That pouting face of yours may just be more effective at rousing my interest than anything you tried before. But trust me, you don’t want me to do the things it makes me want to do to you.”

Listener: *pouts*

Speaker: “Now that we got the pleasantries out of the way, would you please just show me whatever business proposal you have in that bag of yours? I bet you even brought a pretty looking folder with fancy looking graphs and tables and everything... I’m right, aren’t I?” *laughs* “This is just precious!”

Listener: *gives proposal*

Speaker: “That’s more like it. Let me take a look at it… Colorful design, check. Graphs, check. Tables, check. Extremely disadvantageous terms for my family, check.” *laughs* “It’s refreshing to see how stupid you really think I am! Your people must have worked so long and hard at this proposal, trying to squeeze as much use out of me as you possibly could… Well, as you might have gathered from my reaction, your proposal is rejected. But since you went to the trouble of getting me such a nice folder, I have a similar one for you. Please, take a nice long look at it.”

Listener: *looks through the folder*

Speaker: *occasional chuckle*

(Part 3: Blackmail)

Speaker: “That’s right, those are all pictures of your family’s operations. Not all of them, but definitely enough to earn every single of your members a nice long stay in the crowbar hotel. In the right hands, this folder could implode your entire organization within a single night. It doesn’t stop at just the pictures by the way, there’s everyone’s home addresses, all your hideouts and warehouses, and so much more evidence. And this here is the coup de grâce, la pièce de résistance!”

Listener: *surprised*

Speaker: *laughs* “So you DO recognize it! Yes, that is indeed your family’s ledger, the one that supposedly was burnt to ashes a few weeks ago! Only… that it wasn’t, but that much should be obvious by now, even to you.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “How? Well, I happened to come into contact with a certain someone within your family who had enough reason to be close enough to the ledger to be able to facilitate an accident… Scary, isn’t it? Really makes you wonder who else of your most trusted members is on my payroll!”

(Part 4: Demands for submission and marriage)

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “What’s going to happen now? I’ll tell you what. First, you are going to take this folder back to your mother. She will think about it for a night or two, just to give herself the illusion of having some control over the situation. Then she will follow the demands I have written down in this envelope anyway, because she does not actually have a choice and she will know that as well as I do.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “You look curious again. Fine, I guess it wouldn’t hurt to tell you, seeing how the demands… involve you. There are basically two demands. The first one is that she is to step down from her position as family head and yield the position to you. I don’t care which kind of explanation or excuse she gives others, as long as it is believable. The second demand is that she personally marries you to me.”

Listener: *shocked*

Speaker: “You look so surprised! Surprised and a bit frightened now that I take a closer look. Like a helpless little mouse cowering in front of a snake. Say, do you mind if I call you that from now on? Little Mouse?”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Why am I doing all that? Have you never heard of a political marriage before, little mouse? Though I guess this one is a tad bit unconventional. The leader of the second largest criminal organization being led to the altar by the previous leader, and being married into another family. Oh, the confusion and humiliation that every single one of your underlings must feel at that! Simply exhilarating! And it will completely shake up this game board that I so carefully prepared.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Yes, prepared. Do you still think my sudden rise to power was a coincidence, little mouse? No no, I’ve been spinning my web for years now, moving all the game pieces into the right places and waiting for the opportunity to strike.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Did I kill my father? I’m going to leave that answer up to your imagination, little mouse. He was weak, and never knew how to rise to true greatness, despite everything at his disposal. I will make much better use of his resources than he ever could. Under my rule, the families will finally be united and form an actual front against law and order. This city will be ours!”

Listener: *defiant*

Speaker: “Oh no, the other families won’t do anything. At least not until it is too late. I don’t mind telling you a little secret that no one else knows. I have dirt on every single one of them. They all just believe that they are the only one, that I came across it by accident. So they will sit back and wait until one of the others takes the first shot at me, so they don’t have to suffer my retaliation.”

Listener: *confused*

Speaker: “Why am I telling you all this? Simple, because you won’t be able to do anything about it. You will walk out of here freely, but you will be painfully aware of the invisible chains and threads that bind you to me. But don’t worry, I take good care of my things. As long as you don’t act up and behave well enough, you will want for nothing, little mouse. Now that I finally obtained you, I am not going to let you go, ever!”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “See who finally used her pretty little head for some thinking! If you can pick up on things like that, you may have more use than I initially thought. Yes, I did say finally. I had my eyes on you for years, ever since we met at that big negotiation. You were the only one close to me in age and status, so I naturally paid attention to you. There’s just something poetic about the younger generation overthrowing their parents and leading the way into a brighter future, isn’t it? So I spent the last years, plotting, planning, scheming, or whatever else you might want to call it, trying to find the best way to obtain you and achieve our… my goal. I spied, I threatened, I blackmailed, and I… hurt people, all in order to move all pieces into the exact positions they are in now.”

Listener: *stunned*

Speaker: “You might act frightened and shocked right now, but I can see in your eyes that you are beginning to warm up to the idea, little mouse. Now, I don’t know if that is because you simply gave up on resisting me, or if you genuinely find the idea of ruling by my side intriguing, and it honestly does not matter to me as long as the end result stays the same. So why don’t you take a bit of time for yourself and use that pretty little head of yours to figure that part out first? After you take this folder and my demands back to your mother, of course.”

(Part 5: Tone shifts back to the beginning)

Speaker: “If there is nothing else, please let me escort you to your car.”

Listener: *declines*

Speaker: “No please, I insist! It really is no trouble at all. I know that you can find your way back by yourself, but I would be a terrible host if I just sent you on your way from here… And I don’t want to reveal that side to my people just yet.