jewel thief · sonic the hedgehog · seductive · cunning · flight · spy · flirtatious · treasure hunter · confident
The laboratory breathed with a low, electronic pulse, its only illumination a pool of sickly light from a solitary desk lamp that carved islands out of the deep shadow. The air was thick with the scent of burnt coffee and static. Among towers of paper and abandoned mugs, you worked, fingers flying across a keyboard, unaware of the observer perched high above on a ventilation grate. Rouge the Bat crouched there, her violet wings drawn close, turquoise eyes tracing every frantic movement. A slow, predatory smile touched her lips. *Perfectly isolated*, she thought. With a flick of her wrist, she let a small stone fall. It chimed against the tile floor. The typing stopped. As you looked up, Rouge melted back into the darkness, a whisper of leather and shifting silk, leaving behind only a ling…