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Taming The Beast?!?

The room is plain and fairly empty. A few hours before, it had been a small study, but Set and Dia have cleared all of that stuff out and made it a much more fitting arena to face The Beast in. After all, he is going to be violent enough when he realizes what they are going to try to do to him. It probably isn't a good idea to give him access to anything that could be used as ammo.

Dia watches as Set paces around the room checking the various wards that he placed on it when they moved in. They aren't anything special--just a few detection runes--but they were never meant to do anything like keeping The Beast in check. The Beast himself has seen to it that Set can't do anything like that. That is why Bazett is stopping by. She doesn't have to try and work around The Beast to do her work; she can just do it.

Set flops down into a cross-legged sit in the middle of the floor and sighs, "I think that's it until she comes. Hopefully, it won't be too long. I think he's starting to wonder. I'm trying to distance myself, but..."

Dia nods, fingering the capped needle in his hand, "I'm really sorry about this. I hate having to do it."

"Don't be, it has to be done and this is the safest way. Just promise me something," Set gives him a hard look. "Make sure you make the most of this. You need to talk to him. I doubt he's going to let us get away with this very often. Heck, maybe not ever again. This might be the only chance we get."

"I-I know," Dia's voice wavers a moment and then he steadies himself. "I am preparing myself. It's going to hurt, but hopefully it will be the first step toward making it so it doesn't hurt so much anymore."

Set smirks and motions for Dia to come and sit with him. When Dia joins him, he wraps his arms around his lover, "That's my Baby! You have no idea how good it makes me feel to hear you say that."

Dia blushes slightly, but doesn't reply. Instead, they wait for Bazett to again make her way into their home.

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"Wouldn't that be risky?" Set asks. "I mean, that's going to draw the attention of the Association just by itself. We can't just ask for someone who thinks they can hack a major institution like that without drawing suspicion. It might be easier if we try a different method.

"Lass, do you think you could do some snooping if they let you in? I mean, you were once one of them, right?"

"Set, that is way too dangerous!" Dia seems startled that Set would suggest such a thing even though it is a viable alternative.

"Yes, I think I might be able to!"

Bazett perks up at this suggestion. It had never passed her mind before, but it does sound like a good idea.

"I thought you wanted to keep your presence a secret, Bazett! This is way too dangerous. If they find out what you are doing, you'll end up just like all the others!" Part of Dia is almost frantic. While a better idea than one of them trying to hack into the Association themselves or hiring someone to do it, it would put a friend into harm's way and that was something Dia couldn't stand for.

"Babe, babe, calm down. She's a big girl and she is my master. She can take care of herself and if things go bad, remember," Set reaches out to comfortingly squeeze his lover's shoulder, "she is an assassin and a berserker herself. She is going to make one hell of a mess and in the meantime we will just have to sneak in and pull her out. No biggie!"

"Thank you for the confidence, Cu Chulainn. I believe I have the skills required to acquire one of the Association's lists."

She looks toward Dia.

"I must do this. Otherwise, our progress would be too slow."

Dia's eyes sadden, "Please don't think I am doubting you abilities, Bazett. I am just worried. If anything happened to you, I would never forgive myself. You mean too much to Set...and to me."

"Worry less and if you can't, then just plan what we would do if she does get into trouble. That way we will be ready to act," Set catches Dia's gaze with his own. "She made Assassin for a reason, Babe. Trust in that."

Dia keeps Set's gaze for a few moments before finally looking down and nodding, "I know. It's just hard. I would rather be the one doing this. It is my quest. But in this case, it can't be me and that doesn't sit well."

"From the second I took your message and decided to become your ally, this has been my mission as well. It would frustrated me if I was the one who had to sit and wait, especially since you have both helped me a great deal."

Dia nods reluctantly, "I know. It's just hard for me to let others do things sometimes. I've been moving so much since the war, it's hard to stop."

"No kidding. You need to learn to stop though," Set reaches out and ruffles his hair. Afterward, he drops his hand to his lover's chin and makes him look at him. "I'm serious. You make light of it, but you have to slow down or else you're going to make a mistake that will cost us all. You have a lot to do, but you aren't alone anymore. I might not be able to do much, but I will do all I can and so will Bazett. Won't you, Lass?"

"Yes, I will. Hopefully, if we get other allies, they will do all they can do as well."

She takes several gulps of her coffee now that it has cooled down a bit.

"Easy Lass, the coffee isn't going anywhere," Set laughs. "Well, except into you obviously."

Dia laughs too, then shakes his head with a sigh, "I'm really sorry about all of this. You are right of course. Bazett, do you have any idea how you might decide to approach the Association? Are you going to continue to hide what you are or just be straight with them?"

"I am not good with outright lying. However, they would not ask many questions of someone they will not notice."

She has slowed down on her coffee, sipping it as she thinks.

"I will need a way to communicate with the both of you and a backup plan if anything goes wrong."

"Is there something of a runic nature that you could use? Traditional communication methods will probably be too dangerous," Dia pauses and frowns. "They probably will be able to sense those too, won't they? Hmmm...."

Set laughs, "You know, this would be a good time to figure out how that journal does what it does. It would be nice if it could watch you for us and let us know if you need help. Of course, we wouldn't want anyone else to be able to see. It would kind of defeat the purpose of being sneaky."

"If I used communication runes, we could feed thoughts into each other's minds, but..."

But there were two Berserkers. The mind of a Berserker was not exactly a safe place.

"To see it, they would need to find it first. Is it possible to use it to monitor me and then delete the entry?"

"Unfortunately, I don't think it would work that way," Dia seems contemplative for a moment, then shakes his head. "Unless we can actually figure out how it works, we would have to depend on it posting itself and those posts we can't alter in any way. There would be no deleting them.

"I don't know if setting a communication rune between to Berserkers would be a good ides, but if you set it between me and you, Bazett, would that work? You have much more control than Set does, and I won't panic in a bad situation."

"I...could do that. But remember the last time our minds were connected."

Dia blushes slightly, "I do, but you won't be looking for anything this time, will you? Won't that make things easier or are you still worried that something will bleed through?

"Would it be easier just to set up meeting times and if you miss those then we will assume that something is wrong and attempt to free you? If you are just meeting with me, it probably wouldn't be too hard to outwit the Association members watching me. Maybe. I've never really tried before."

"Yes, I am worried about things bleeding through. One Beast is already enough trouble."

She looks over at Set, and then back to Dia.

"But now that the Beast is somewhat subdued, I believe that we might be able to meet in a secure location."

"The only problem with that is that the Association doesn't know we have tamed The Beast so they will still be watching and following us," Dia pauses as a thought crosses his mind. "Unless you think we should tell them. Gage their reaction and such. I'm not suggesting we tell them who laid the geis, just that there is one now. They can assume all they want after that and that might keep them watching Set and not me so much so that I can possibly sneak away to meet you.

"Unfortunately, there really isn't any way to prove to them I'm not lying just to get them to back off is there?"

"The only way I can think of it bringing out the Beast and showing them."

She shakes her head.

"But that might be too dangerous.

Set laughs, "With how much he dislikes them? Oh hell yeah, that would be a bad idea. It would be handing them just what they want because it would be too much for him to resist taking a swipe at them even if he knows better. He may be lucid at times, but he's still mostly animal at heart. They tease and he's going to bite back, hard."

"However, in an effort to be open and look like we are still working with them, it might not be a bad idea for me to talk to someone about this. If nothing else, it could serve as a distraction," Dia points out. "And I know you don't like me speaking with them, Set, but I think this time should be an exception. Again, if nothing else, it might throw them a little bit and that will make things easier for Bazett."

She stays silent as she watches them discuss.

"And what will you do if they trust you too much? If they believe that the Beast can be controlled to a degree, what would they think about you?"

Dia looks at her a little confused, "What do you mean what about me? Do you think they might try placing a geis on me as well since it worked so well with The Beast?"

"Or perhaps she is worried that they might decide you aren't necessary anymore," Set's eyes narrow. "That is something that worries me as well. Before you were vital to controlling The Beast. If they get the idea they don't need you anymore..."

"That would only be the worst case scenario. Or could we risk that in order to have surveillance lowered? You told me that they provoked Servants into breaking their Contracts. Would they wait until they find a way, then?"

"I don't know if they would try to provoke me. I would think by now that they know that I'm pretty hard to provoke," Dia nervously rubs the back of his neck. "Most likely if they really decided to get rid of me, I would just disappear. Still, I think it would probably be worth the risk. I don't know if they would do anything to me until they have solid proof that the geis works to control The Beast. Then they probably would want to find the one who set it so they could set one that keeps him from hurting them as well."

"That one will be much harder on them," Set's voice has a hint of a growl in it. "If they do anything to you, neither The Beast or I will be accepting anything. They are going to have to find someone with enough ability to put something into place without either of our consent. It can be done, of course, but with a servant's magic resistance in play it will be much, much harder to get it to stick."

"If you were targeted, I could try searching the Association's properties. I do not know how successful I would be compared to just searching their files, but I would try to find you if you were still alive in some way."

It goes without saying that she try to avenge him on the Association if he died.

"Thank you. I appreciate it, Bazett. If they were foolish enough to try and do something to me, I am sure that you and Set would avenge me. Of this I have no doubt," Dia smiles at them both. "Of course, you would have a reason to want to be successful too. Do you really want to be stuck dealing with him alone for the rest of your life?"

Set doesn't say anything, but he does grin at her like a maniac just in case she's forgotten what being around him is like with how serious they have been tonight.

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