Seducing Success

Adagio had her plans for Rarity, but first, she had to make sure that no one scared off the new intern, and for that she needed it to be made clear that Rarity was hers. It was the beginning of the day, and she knew exactly who she needed to talk to. Reaching up and knocking on the door waiting a moment until the, "come in," came through the door. One of the few doors Adagio was willing to knock on, More's executive assistant. Adagio walked into the well-decorated office, with its sinfully comfortable chairs and she grinned.

"Hey there Red Drop, you have a second?"

Without even looking up from his computer Red Drop nodded and motioned to the chairs. "Yeah, whatcha need Miss Dazzle?"

To most people, this would seem flippant or insulting that Red Drop wasn't giving their attention to the person he was talking to, but Red Drop was one of the few people Adagio knew that seemed to be able to actually multitask. That was why More paid him stupid amounts of money, the guy did the work that it would take three or four people to do half as well. Adagio had even tried to seduce the man, he was handsome enough. Her only other failure without an outside influence beside Rarity. The case was very different with Red Drop, the guy just had seemed completely oblivious. Not uninterested, he just completely missed every signal thrown his way. "I want to talk about the new intern."

Red Drop nodded, not glancing away from his screen as he typed rapidly. "Rarity, wasn't she assigned to make you a new dress? What's the matter, don't like it?"

Adagio shook her head. "No, I haven't seen it yet, that's all fine. I just want to make sure... Well... Red Drop could you do me a favor?"

"Sure thing Miss Dazzle, need to show Rarity that you're in charge? You want some new brand of water to show her you're important enough to demand your own water? Or fake a fit over your snacks maybe? We've done the water one a few times, probably don't want to play the same trick too many times in short succession."

Adagio chuckled, smiling at the man who had helped her strut her stuff so much. He had realized that she had a desire for importance and power and rather than let her either ruin her career by throwing fits, or succeeding and causing a bunch of headaches he had purposed letting her fake a few scenes that would let her establish her place as important. All while saving the company any real issues. She was pretty sure that Red Drop had brought the people who he had said it was ok to yell at in on the scam, but she was ok with that so long as they didn't reveal the con. "No. I..." Adagio licked her lips, how exactly could she phrase this... "I want you to see that she's not hazed."

At that, Red Drop's eyes actually flicked over to Adagio, eyeing her for a moment before he looked back at his screen, even though through even that brief examination his fingers hadn't stopped their work. "That's a new one Adagio, and not easy, you know the designers are a pretty close clique."

Adagio nodded, but grinned, he was immune/ignorant of her attempts to flirt, but everyone knew what flattery was. "I know, and that's why I came to you, I can yell at the other models to be nice, but I don't have as much leverage with the designers, you do."

Red Drop chuckled at that. "Fine, flatterer, I'll put out the word that the new girl is off limits. I can't promise there won't be anything but I will make sure that everyone knows that Rarity is under the personal interest of Hoity Toity, and that'll keep everyone in the range of friendly banter/small jokes. And it has the benefit of being true anyway. That good enough for you Miss Dazzle or were you interested in shielding her more than that?"

Adagio waved a hand. "Oh no, that'll be good enough thanks. So, what do you want in return?"

Red Drop cracked another small grin at that. "You know me so well Miss Dazzle. I do think this is worth... Oh... A thousand signatures for pictures without complaints, deal?" Adagio started to groan; without missing a beat Red Drop raised a finger to her, still typing away with one hand. "Ah! No complaining, deal?"

Adagio grinned, she was a magical siren from another dimension, and even she was impressed by how many things this guy could do at once. It was almost magical. "Yeah, you got it, slave driver."

Red Drop grinned and went back to typing with both hands. "Well, you were the one asking for a favor."

Adagio chuckled as she stood up, shaking her head. "Yeah yeah. Thanks, Red Drop."

"Hey, it saves me from listening to the photographers complain about your complaining."

Adagio let out a small laugh as she walked out, not bothering with any of her seductive walks for Red Drop. "Talk to you later Red Drop." She genuinely liked the strange man. While she'd have liked to let the designers know that Rarity was off limit because of her personal interests in the new designer, she had to admit that Hoity Toity was going to be better protection for the pretty new intern. The rumors would work their way up from the models to the designers anyway, it would take a bit longer for the news to get around, but she could work with it. Adagio decided to give the rumors about a week to get around. She'd be civil and mostly normal with Rarity for the next week, until the word got around to the other designers, and maybe a little to Rarity. Of course Adagio would flirt like she always did, but unless Rarity actually expressed interest she would bide her time, and plan, waiting to get the pretty alabaster girl into her bed.