It slowly dawned on Vicky that he was attempting to command her. The Greek tugged at her but the accent was so abominable she could hardly understand him. He sounded like one of those unwashed brutes from Macedonia!
"I will do as you command," she lied, letting her body slacken as far as it would, which, for a stone statue, was not a large amount. Amazingly the ploy seemed to work.
"How can I serve you?" she enquired, hoping whatever request he made wasn't going to be too disgusting.
Resisted my Instinct - Mark Redemption Tricked! - Create an opportunity, expose a weakness or flaw.
"You have my word sister," Vicky breathed and then stepped back. The police were only a few feet away now. With shocking suddenness the nymphs jets of water spray down into the faces of the approaching humans, dousing them and a half dozen onlookers in a deluge of icy water. Men and women shouted and jostled in alarm.
Vicky turned and bolted for the exit. A hefty woman crashed into her from the side and sent her spinning to the ground. She let out an inarticulate screech but it was too late, the militia were on top of her.
Vicky did not want to be taken into custody by the militia. She didn't have one of those cool pieces of paper that flashed in the sun. Nor did she have one of those numbers that they used to somehow get security. Hopping to her feet she walked across to the fountain and pressed her palms to the fountain, feeling the familiar touch of stone.
"Sisters," she whispered, "can you assist me in evading these angry militia?"
"Are you being followed by the Militia?" Vicky asked Dashel, watching the police as they came across the park towards the group. She was vaugley cognisant that this was a bad thing. The city was very rich to have so many Milita. She had avoided them for the most part, though once she had been forced to assume her stone form to avoid them.
"Have you not been paying your tithes?" she scolded.
Vicky blinked in surprise as she recognized the two men. Both were wearing jackets and jeans but as they closed she could see the lanyards around thier necks. Corvus Bay Museum of Natural History. Being a living statue gave one a complicated relationship with museums. CBMNH was a bit of an exception because it was under the domination of an ancient mummy named Nephren-Ka who was the pride of the Ancient Egypt collection. Vicky had done the ancient pharoah a favor by standing watch while her minions had brought bags of white powder from the harbor to the museum.
"Dashel," she greeted, reading the name on the badge.