Kiss and run

You sweep forward, brushing her hands away and gripping her shoulders through her jacket. You lean in and slip your tongue into her waiting mouth, the taste of lipstick slipping down as you feel her tongue entwine with yours, and her body melt under your embrace. She closes her eyes, muttering satisfied murmurs as thoughts of the Bloom and the pen vanish and she begins to grip tight against Rich's suit, her finger nails clawing into your back. You grip her hard, swinging her against a hedged wall, pushing against her and feeling the heat of your bodies. She murmurs again, delirious with pleasure as you pull back, resting your nose against her forehead.

The older woman's breath shudders, her breasts jiggling as the flow of pleasure trickles down her spine. She gasps for breath, collecting herself.

"How's that for a show of faith?" you whisper, using your most seductive tone the Organization taught you. Clarissa Van Lewen's eyes gleam.

"Oh yes," she coos. "Now are you going to stay in character and keep going? Because I can feel this body just yearning for more."

You grip her hair, tugging it back, nuzzling into her. She leans back, clearly in ecstasy. Rich isn't used to this, or experienced at all, but you know what you're doing as you expertly nibble on her lip. She's so caught up in the rapture of the moment, she doesn't even feel it as you slip your hand into her pocket, and she's beginning to slip out of her clothes while you've taken her pen, and the Bloom, and slipped them into Rich's jacket pockets. Again, you back off.

"Not here," you say. "And not in him. Let me get someone... better."

Clarissa Van Lewen's eyes gleam. "Sounds delightful. The Van Lewen suite is 506. Come find me, and we'll see about a final evaluation."

You nod, and vanish into the night.

Away from Clarissa - or your assessor - you smile with satisfaction. You just managed to pull the wool over another agent's eyes. Now you have the real Bloom - you have no idea how she got it from Alexandra, and don't really care - and you just need to get out of here.

The simplest way would be to walk out the front gate, or the escape route you'd meticulously planned as Nancy earlier. But there are four other initiates and a Type A, if Clarissa told you the truth. They're sure to be guarding the exits the moment they realize the Bloom is gone. Either you can try to make a run now – as Rich or anyone else – or you can wait it out. There's a whole hotel of people you could disguise yourself as, and a convention tomorrow. If you can hold your nerve and wait until morning, you could slip out easily. They can't search everyone, can they?