Erida grins as she sits on top of the fridge that she had swiped not long ago and drinks a beer. Even though she knew Don Marston more then got his money back from it she was still proud of her achievement. Planning that one wasn't as easy as she had thought. Sipping her beer from her frosty cold mug she stared at a blank wall ahead of her and frowned.

Slipping from the fridge she walks over to the wall and stares hard at it. Hearing a few voices behind her speak up she turns with a grin to those that hang out in the Joy Division HQ bar.


"Oh.. you need another beer?" She walks back behind the bar and then reaches inside the fridge grabbing a mug and smiles as she pours the beer into to it. Sliding the beer across the counter top she spots the very bare wall again and stares at it blankly.

"Erida.. You ok? She heard Anthony ask as she snapped out of her trance.

"You know. Something is missing that should go right there." She raised her hand and pointed to the vacant nothingness. She didn't speak for a bit as she then went back to her beer and plopped down on what seemed to be her favorite spot to sit now on top of the fridge. Swinging her feet back and forth she thought and thought.

"Anthony.. and whomever else wants to help. I think we will need the truck again. I have a hankering for something to go right there!"

She made her hands to form a square as she envisioned the perfect painting for her to stare at.

Ire was used to spending long nights working, but after a long day and night of work, she had arrived at the Joy Division's HQ Mansion that evening wanting nothing but a bath, bed and a long night of sleep.

She had her relaxing bath, drank a warm tea before bed and was enjoying a nice relaxing sleep until she was disturbed by what she thought was an unannounced gathering in her own HQ Mansion. She waited a while in hopes that the noise would cease, but she noticed that there was clearly something going on.

It was then that Ire decided to make a move, she got up, put her robe on and walked downstairs. The noise was coming from the HQ bar, so she went straight towards the bar and walked in.

"Erida, What is going on? I was trying to sleep, but now I believe it's too late for that."

Erida jumps off the fridge as she see Ire walk in the bar. It wasn't often she visited as she typically stuck to her tea. Realizing that those in the bar had woken her up she shrugs a bit.

"umm.. I'm sorry but see were kinda.." She pauses not really wanting to spill her plan as she's afraid Ire will put a hault to it.
"Erida wants to go steal a painting for the wall!" Erida spun around a she heard someone yell it out and she held a finger to her lips. "SHHHHHHHH...."

She looks back at Ire and half smiles and shrugs.</em.

Apples sighed.  She rested her hands on her hips, and took in the complete chaos that sitting room in her headquarters.  Empty liquor bottles were scattered around the room on the tables and a couple were even overturned on the floor.  Sprawled on an overstuffed chair laid a sleeping Keenos.  She leaned over and tugged on his ear.  He hardly stirred, but instead his outrageous snoring distracted her from her work upstairs. 

She grabbed both his hands and pulled, “How many times have I asked you to have an associate take you home?”  The last words came out as a groan as Apples heaved.  Using all her strength she managed to pull him nearly a foot off the chair, but she lost her footing and dropped him again.  Keenos began snoring in earnest. 

Defeated, she moved about the room, collecting the empty bottles and grumbling about the mess.  She really needed to look into a cleaning service.  One of the bottles still held a bit of liquor.  She took a swig then settled down at the piano.  Tentatively, she tried to remember anything that her governess had taught her of the instrument as a child.  She became lost in the memories, and attempted to play. 

Johnny pulled up at he HQ after a hard day of work. It was time to relax from a mob day of work. As he walked up the HQ steps he wondered what Erida was doing with that old dusty fridge she liked so much. As he walked in he heard noises comeing from the HQ bar and decided to check it out.

As he entered the bar he saw Erida and Ire staring at each other. He looked at the fridge and winced at the memory. He then turned and looked from Ire then to Erida.

"What's going on ladies? Trouble?"

Johnny looked at both of them waiting for an answer as he sat down at the bar and grabbed a bottle of beer.

Erida looks at Johnny and grins.

Well you see there's this blank wall... She looks over at the blank wall and shrugs.

You see I need something to fill that space.. She grabs her beer then tosses one to Johnny. Lighting a smoke she tosses the keys to him and grins.

I just can't think of where to get one or how at this very moment.

Johnny looks at her and raises an eyebrow. He then pops the cap of the bottle be hitting in on the side of the counter.

"You know it would be hell of alot better if you would just buy the damn items like normal people do."

Johnny smiles at her while he places the keys into his pocket. He then gets up and leans against the bar. He smiles again,

"You know that  truck smells of your air freshners anyway. And if you ask nicely i have an idea. Something to do with a maid service."

He felt slow, like he was moving in an atmosphere of molassess. And while he could barely move all noise seemed amplified. The RH boomed out something about it being too late for sleep, although this reverberated in his ears he had trouble making it out. He turned his head, slowly, only to see Stazzi in a french maid uniform. What the hell was he doing? Then the giggling, incessant and loud. He tried to look toward the giggler but found his head suddenly heavy. With great effort he turned and saw Erida, sitting atop the fridge, laughing in his direction. Her lips formed a grin that never reached the rest of her face and all Anthony could see were those teeth, glinting in the spotlights...spotlights? Who put spotlights in...

AnthonyReturns awoke with a start. As he looked around he could swear he was still dreaming because there stood the RH, in a robe. It was a good thing Straz didn't look like a french maid anymore or Anthony might have been afraid to look at Erida.

So we're hiring a maid then?

Erida shakes her head at the word hired.

"Now now you guys know I don't spend money where I don't have to.."

She spies Ire and gets a sly grin.

"You think you might be up to well." She hops off the fridge and motions that she will be right back. The others watch as she runs out of the room slamming the door behind her. Reaching her room she pulls through her closet quickly and then shakes her head.

"Can't believe that this will ever be of use." She snatches up the outfit and then again runs back to the bar. Throwing open the door she holds up the maids outfit.

"Well?" She looks at Ire as she holds it up and giggles. "I'm sure we can come up with another!"

TheBaron awakens from his drunken slumber in the HQ bar only to see a room full of people he hadn't noticed there while he was still conscious, scratching his head he says "so....what are we doing here?"

She looked at Erida holding the maid outfits and just simple couldn't believe what she just saw.

"Do you really want me to wear that?" Ire frowned her face as she looked at that hideous outfit. It somehow reminded her of mother's maid Maria, who used to wear really old style clothes, she also smelled like cucumbers.

Ire cracked open a beer while Erida was still giggling at her. Ire couldn't help but think that she was possible walking into a troubled situation but she couldn't let them down.

"Well Erida, I believe I must have a duster saved somewhere."

Erida gets a huge smile on her face as she tosses the outfit to Ire. Looking over at the others she winks and then downs the rest of her beer she had been drinking. Going off to the back she quickly changes and then comes back modeling her new attire.

"Shhh no laughing!" She couldn't believe she was in a dress but she knew if that painting was to belong to the bar then she had to.

"So which one of you guys are going to drive us there?" She looks at Ire who had began to walk off to change and get the feather duster and then back at the others. "Or should I ask which one of you is ok to drive? I can't be getting killed on the way there!" Erida snickered as she watched them all setting down their drinks.

TheBaron looks at Erida "I think I'm semi okay to drive, but I'm not wearing a maid outfit, I'll just wait in the truck and if I see trouble I'll honk three times, just let me know when your ready."

Ire finished her beer, grabbed the outfit from Erida's hands and rushed upstairs to herself ready, after all it would take some work for her not to be recognized by anyone.

"Baron, make sure you drink some coffee if you are planing to drive, just to be on the safe side." Ire yelled from the stairs on her way out.

As Ire arrived into her room, she opened her closet and looked for a huge bag she used to kept saved there. She brought it out and placed on the bed. She started to take everything off the bag, special clothe sets, make up sets, wigs, everything someone could imagine, Ire probably had inside that bag, including Maria's duster.

Ire grabbed a few things and rushed into the bathroom and got herself ready. All ready and with he duster in hands, Ire went back downstairs. Ire re-entered the HQ bar that night, but this time looking completely different, wearing a black wig with a black short channel style of hair and chinese style of eye make up, Ire was hoping that would be enough to cover her latin roots.

Erida walked over to Ire and touched the hair, looking at her confused she stepped back and nodded.

"Ire not half bad." She grabbed a smoke and then tossed Baron the keys.

"Go time!" She puffed on her smoke and glanced at the wall one last time before she opened the door and all of them headed to her truck.

"You know we eventually I will have to get something nicer then this piece of shit.. Eh it has character!" Erida smiled as she heard the doors shut and the engine cough a few times then start up and slightly purr between a few more hiccups.

The ride there wasn't that long which she was very glad for as TheBaron's driving was a bit bad. Luckily for them he only hit one mail box and the truck wasn't bothered. Erida did get a slight laugh as Ire cussed him the entire ride for his weaving around the road. Finally spying the Orginal Sin's HQ she nodded to Ire.

"Take it or break it.. Right?" She hops out of the truck which stopped outside the HQ and she straightened skirt and slightly attempted to make it look better then it really was.

TheBaron lights a smoke, looks at the two women and says "Take as much time as you need but we can't spend all night here, I'll keep the truck running" TheBaron hands Ire and Erida each a hand gun "just in case someone sees us and calls the cops, Good luck"

Apples fumbled on the keys for a while, but kept getting interrupted by Keenos’ obnoxious noises.  She pulled the dust protector back over the keys and sat completely still, her hands still on the keys fine wood of the instrument.  Her back stiffened, and she held her breath.  She had heard an unfamiliar noise.  Another moment and she heard a door slam.  Exhaling, she stood and moved toward the window, outside she saw two woman dressed in a maid’s uniform exiting the back of a large unmarked truck.  Someone inside the truck passed something small to each of the women, but in the dark she couldn’t make it out.  The vehicle was parked directly outside her Headquarters. 

Smiling, she turned and looked at Keenos.  He was suddenly looking less like an arrogant drunken passed out slob, and more like her loyal Right Hand.  “At least you thought to hire someone this time,” she called out to him.  Keenos rolled his head to his other shoulder in response. 

Quickly she walked towards the door, turning the locks and opening it wide, waiting for the party to make their way to her door. 

Erida took in a deep breath as she saw Apples standing before her. She knew that Apples wouldn't recognize her and looking over at Ire she knew that she wouldn't be recognized either. Taking a few steps closer she smiles at the lovely women and then gives her a small curtsy.

"Good evening. I believe that.." Erida quickly was startled as she peered in the head quarters at the mess and then looked over at Ire. "were called to perhaps clean up a mess?" She tries to give a half smile as she knows that she will end up having to clean some before she can snatch the painting. Looking again around Apples she spots her price and her smile grows.

"Is there perhaps somewhere you would like us to start? Or just from the door back?" She hoped that she let them start at the door so that she would be able to snag her prize a lot quicker and get out faster verses cleaning up the mess that she had already spotted.

TheBaron watches as the two women speak to Apples, and talks to himself "Okay now all she has to do is let them in and they go to work"

"I think he called you to help with the mess he created," she opened the door wider to admit the ladies and gestured to Keenos sprawled only a few feet away.  "Could you perhaps start here?" 

"Please watch the piano... it is antique"