Pryce Towers
Theo Pryce’s Office



As the scene fades in we see Theo Pryce pacing around his desk. He is squeezing the ever living shit out of a blue stress ball, his face is bright red, so clearly the stress ball is not working. Some says something that makes an already visible angry Theo stop dead in his tracks. He pauses for a second, looks down at his phone and starts screaming into it. All the while his assistant Isabel is sitting in her seat across from Theo’s desk diligently taking notes.


“Delayed, again…are you fucking serious?”

“Sir there were some unforeseen events…”

“Yeah no shit. Like you two assholes not delivering on time. Do you have any idea what it is like to sit in a conference room, across from investors and have to tell them that something you promised them weeks ago has been delayed, again? Do you?”

“No sir.”

“No, you wouldn’t. And you never will. I would fire the both of you if it wouldn’t just delay things further. So here is what is going to happen. You are both going to work around the clock to get this project finished. And I mean that literally. Around the clock. You will not sleep. You can go to the bathroom if you must, food will be provided. Hell I’ll have cocaine and red bull delivered to you fucks if need be. I’ll even have my assistant shoot it directly into your veins if that is what will get the job done. And you will get this done. You have one week or so help me God I will destroy the two of you. And if you have families I will destroy them as well. Everyone you have ever met will find out what happens when you disappoint me. Are we clear?”

“Yes sir.”

“Good. Now get to work.”


Theo picks up the receiver of his phone and slams it back down. He then spins around and throws the stress ball across the room. Fortunately it’s not completely solid and so it does no damage to the wall that it hits.


“Are you ok sir?”

“Yes Isabel. I’m just spectacular. This company is losing millions of dollars every day this project is delayed. And it’s been delayed by two weeks and now best case we are looking at another week. If Jim Davis was in here he would be punching away on his calculator from 1975 and telling me how much money we are losing and you know how Jim gets when we start losing money. The hallways of this place turn into the Bataan Death March.”

“Is there anything I can do to help sir?”

“Did you happen to double major in Physics and whatever the fuck your actual degree is in when you went to college on daddy’s dime?”

“No I didn’t not.”

“Then no, you can’t help me.”

“Very well sir.”

As Isabel packs up her things and heads towards the door the familiar and life draining voice of Theo’s secretary comes out over Theo’s phone.


“Mr. Pryce there is a visitor here to see you.”

“There is?”


Theo looks down at his computer screen and then his Outlook Calendar. He see’s nothing listed and so he then looks up at Isabel who is checking on her phone. She looks up at him and shakes her head in the negative, affirming that there is nothing on the books.


“Did this person say who they were?”

“Yes, she said her name was Lila.”

“Lila? Well then why the fuck didn’t you send her in?”

“Well sir…” the voice gets faint, as if the person speaking is now trying to whisper so that anyone else around her cannot hear what she is saying…”she doesn’t look like Lila.”

“What? Oh….yeah, that. Don’t worry it’s her. Send her in.”

“Very well sir.”


Theo ends the call on his end and within a few seconds the doors to his office open, Lila walks in as Isabel walks out. The two share an awkward glance at each other as the doors close behind them.


“Lila, what are you doing here?”

“I came to see if you wanted to get lunch together?”

“Sure why not. Did you have anything in mind?”

“Not particularly.”


Theo comes around from his desk and greets Lila with a short kiss and then a hug.


“It’s great to see you. I have to say, and please don’t hate me for this but of all your looks I think I like this one the best.”

“Really? Did you not like the way I looked before?”

“You know, I knew that as I said what I just said, that our conversation was going to go down this road, I knew it, I hoped it wouldn’t but I knew it would and yet I said it anyway. To answer your question, I …”

“It’s ok. I’m just playing around. I am pleased that you like this look. It is growing on me as well.”

“Congratulations by the way.”

“Congratulations…for what?”

“Graduating. How does it feel to be a full-fledged adult now?”

“With real adult problems. But thank you. I am sorry you couldn’t make it to the ceremony.”

“I was there.”

“What? No you weren’t. You said you would be in Hong Kong for business.”

“I was. And I was at your graduation.”

“What? How is that possible?

“Come on now. Your father is from another planet, you yourself are part alien, you change your looks as often as you change your nail polish and you are wondering how I could be in two places at once? I would think something like that would be a rather simple thing to grasp.”

“Fair enough. If you were there why didn’t you say anything? How come I didn’t see you?”

“Well it was a big place. Plus it was one of those in and out type deals. I had a meeting I had to get back to but I wasn’t going to miss your big moment walking across the stage and being handed a fake diploma.”

“Yeah. I guess they have to make it look good. So tell me, how did you do it?”

“Do what?”

“How did you make it to the ceremony while also being in Hong Kong?”

“Magic.”

“Oh come on now. Let’s get serious here. I want to know.”

“Do you remember when your father and I went back to Ozuul to take care of some business he had?”

“Yes. It was about a month ago.”

“Yeah about that. Anyway while we were there I stumbled upon a treasure trove of various trinkets. One of the thing I came across was a nifty little toy that allows me to traverse vast spaces in a split second. Basically I can do the nifty little appear out of thin air thing that your father does, but I can’t travel though time. Just space.”

“Oh my God really?”

“Yep. Your father let me keep the trinket and now I use it from time to time. Saves a hell of a lot of travel time.”

“How does it work?”

“I have no idea actually. I usually just think of a place hit the button and it takes me there.”

“Really? Can I try it?


Theo reaches into his inside breast pocket and pulls the device out. He walks over to Lila and put’s his arm around her.


“Where do you want to go?”

“Gee I don’t know…how about Paris?”

“Texas or France?”

“You know which one.”

“Paris – France it is.”


A brilliant flash of light and just like that Theo and Lila are now standing in front of Pantheon in Paris.


“Oh My God.”


Lila spends a second taking it all in, the beauty and wonder that is Paris. She had been there once before, as a child but not since she was old enough to really appreciate the magnificence that lay before her.


“See. It’s like my own personal transporter.”

“A what?”

“Not a Star Trek fan I take it?”

“Do I look like a nerd?”

“Well when you wear those black thick rimmed glasses like a hipster, yeah, you do.”


Lila reaches over and shoves Theo. You know, the way women do when they want to pretend like they are mad but you know they really aren’t.


“No I don’t.”

“No you don’t wear them or no you don’t look like a nerd when you do?”

“I don’t look like a nerd.”

“Whatever helps you sleep at night Lila. So, what do you want to do?”

“What do I want to do about what?”

“Well we are in Paris, you came by my office to get lunch, so let’s do that.”

“Are you serious? We can do that?”

“Sure why not. This thing doesn’t have an expiration date. At least, not that I am aware of, so we can be here for as long or as short of a time as you want. So…lunch?”

“Yes lunch. I have no idea what is around here so how about we just walk around for a while, take in some of the sights and then stop at the first place that looks good.”

“First? How about the fifth? If we stop at the first we might miss something we could have spotted from walking around.”

“Ok fifth it is. And have I told you lately that I loved you?”

“Yes. Once last night…and twice this morning.”

“Shut up.”

Theo wraps his arm around Lila and the two start traversing the streets of Paris in search of some lunch.






OOC: For those who do not keep up with the wonderful work of Azrael Erebus the change in Lila's look is referencing this RP:

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