So! I just had one of the most amazing RP's I've had in Hathian and I just had to share it with you guys! Here is some background before the read:
Cole is trying to take Tabitha to Ireland for a visit, Tabitha was recently taken by Vol and attached a Collar rigged with explosives, A phone call was made to Vol to be given permission to take Tabitha and Cole was ordered by Vol to activate the collar!

[13:14] Voltiel Henusaki (voltiel.rassir) presses her thumb along the other device in her hand, adjusting the dial on it. Her eyes fixate on the sharp corner of the desk, black finish and glass showing off the reflection of her growing baby bump. Tugging the white cloth over her belly enough to feel comfortable, she leans back and slumps her head. "Mhm." Responding briefly, she'd leave the remote sitting on her belly, fingers steepling together as she speaks, "I did want to speak, yes. I presume you've already gotten plane tickets and that it would be very disappointing to cancel this trip with my daughter. I'm running a background check on you right now." No she isn't - but she will. "Just curious is all. She gave me your full name, and you have a Twitter account. I've seen you poking around there. I don't have any questions - but I do want to tell you a few things, just to make sure we're all on the same page her. Oh - one question. When will you be coming back? Oh, and go ahead and put the phone on speaker, so she can hear. That is, if you're with each other. Tell her to say hello."

[13:20] Tabitha Adair (taboo.viper) anxiously fiddles with her hair before catching the lip movement from Cole. 'Japanese' she mouths back before turning to the bookshelf. Despite her distance, she still catches certain words from Voltiel which eventually convinces her to follow after Cole as he paces around. If anyone was staring in at the moment, it'd probably be an odd sight to observe the couple pacing after each other. Hearing that she needed to be spoken to, Tabitha beelines for the phone to push the speaker button. The last two sentences echo through the living room. "Hello," she greets neutrally into the phone, awaiting for any specific instructions meant to be given to her.

[13:30] cσlє 'dyne' тнornтon (ryuichiraiden) lowered the phone when Tab's made a break for it without hesitation, perking a brow slightly at her as she had done so, more so at the fact that Vol was japanese, And Tab's didn't appear to have Japanese present in her. But he held back his comment, allowing Voltiel space to talk through the phone before he answered her, cautious with his approach and also selective with the words he used. "That would be correct, They've already been purchased." He didn't seem to reply back to the background check, there was nothing significance about him or his lifestyle that would bring any concern. Or perhaps the lack of information would? Who knew. "Tomorrow, It'll only be a quick visit." He uttered.

[13:36] Voltiel Henusaki (voltiel.rassir) nods, even though neither of them could see it. When Tabitha's voice caresses her ear she'd speak in a sing-song voice, but her face from beyond the phone would remain nothing but disdainful and disgusted. "Hello, hello, little hen." Still not a duck. No, Kakihara called Tabitha a duck. In Voltiel's mind, the woman was a chicken. "Alright then, let's not waste them, hm? I want you to do something for me, /Cole/. I want you to open your hand, and clasp it around the collar on the girl's neck. Give it a squeeze - I promise you, it wont explode." She pauses, as if waiting for him to obey the command. "And once you've taken hold of it, if you care for her at all, do not let go."

[13:42] Tabitha Adair (taboo.viper) smiles awkwardly as her mossy greens flicker to Cole when Voltiel calls her a hen. -Phoenix- her mouth opens to correct but forces it to close silently. At Voltiel's instructions to grab Tabitha's collar, the redhead shrinks away at the idea he might do it right then. Her hands clamor for it before she stops them from clinging to it, terrified Voltiel might be tricking him. The idea of imminent death scared her - she spent too much time clawing her way through life to lose it. But she'd stand there next to him, waiting to see what he'd do.

[13:53] cσlє 'dyne' тнornтon (ryuichiraiden) stared oddly at the phone, retrailing his eyes upwards from Tabitha, staring at her face before dropping them to her collar. "Alright Voltiel." He said, slipping the phone over to Tabitha, extending it outward for her to hold. He lowered his tone, taking one step forward towards her and trailing his hand forward to gently lay his index finger and thumb across the front part of her collar. He tipped himself forward, drawing his mouth near to Tabitha's ear, he knew Voltiel wouldn't kill Tabitha. She would have done it already instead of releasing her with a collar, but himself? He couldn't guarantee that kind of safety. But he was a foolish man, judging by Voltiel's speech of, do not let go, he knew deep down that the pain would be significant enough for him. He parted his lips, trailing his voice out through them in a low ushered tone, one that probably couldn't be picked up by the phone due to it's level of volume detection. "Vol would have killed you if she didn't want you alive, Tabitha." He said simply, leering up on his shoes in aims to gently place a kiss upon her forehead before uttering."If I die. I die for you." He whispered, peeling himself backwards to force a smile to his face, those fingers released and his hand ventured forward to follow through with Voltiel's orders, wrapping his fingers around it and giving it a squeeze, one eye falling into a squint at what would come next!

[14:00] Voltiel Henusaki (voltiel.rassir) sighs into the phone, feeling like they're taking their time with this .. which annoys her, but she would be expressing that much. Lifting up from the chair, she'd catch the adjusted dial in her hand and press her thumb to the button, waiting. She wouldn't say a word, waiting for the sound of the collar to register in the phone. It would give a quick series of small bleeps, the three blue lights on the side of the electric pack suddenly flickering, turning red. From over the phone, they'd both hear, 'DETONATION ACTIVATED IN: SIXTY SECONDS.' The monotone of the computer generated voice would fizzle out as Voltiel places the beeping remote down. "Well, I've got to go. When you return home from your trip, give me another call. I'll be expecting it." Click. The end of her line dies.

[14:06] Tabitha Adair (taboo.viper) hears the sigh gusting through the phone before the click punctuates after that. "What was that?" Her voice piques as panic explodes through her thoughts. This was a bad idea, she should have kept everyone at bay when she returned. This was her punishment alone. Too late, however. A few seconds later, the confirmation of detonation hisses through the other line before Voltiel speaks something else. Tabitha stopped listening at this point as she fixates her gaze upon Cole. Her arms stretch for him, hoping to envelop the ex-officer close to her. "I shouldn't have involved you," she adds shamefully.

[14:13] cσlє 'dyne' тнornтon (ryuichiraiden) just kind of blinked several times when the device didn't jet out and hit lethal spikes into his arm and inject him full of bad shit, His eyebrows raised as a smile broke out across his face before the generated voice occurred. His smile diminished at quite the speed, Voltiel's words drilled into his mind to not let go. Tabitha's arms wound around him and he dropped his right hand to wrap around her, his left arm awkwardly holding onto the collar still. His mind assembled any possible plan of getting through it, if only he had sometime, a drill, his pistol even, but both were too dangerous, he knew in his heart as the voice chimed in every so often when it hit a certain marker, that he wasn't going to let her go. He peered towards the ground for a moment, before trailing his eyes back upwards. "It's funny... I spent a good amount of time with the wrong person and then when I finally make the right choice... this happens." He mused, although a depressed tone hoarded the faked amusement. "I'm sorry... I shouldn't have did as she said..." Vol's voice drowned out by the moment of their imminent end.

[14:19] Voltiel Henusaki (voltiel.rassir) Despite their talking and physical sentiments, the countdown would continue. At three seconds to 'the end', it would verbalize 'three .. two ... one,' and then there would be a loud CLACK, something hitting the inside of Cole's palm. If he doesn't let go, the collar would be jammed, and the small electrical pack would utter 'detonation deactivated ... stand-by.' The strange piece of technology is actually a product of Stoneage. He put the very same collar on Voltiel back when she'd been released from HFI - the concentration camp-like prison. If Cole did happen to let go when the collar snapped against his hand, he'd be covered in opaque black ink. It would stain for several days .... and that would be Voltiel's way of knowing he cared for her. Either way, he would be a problem, and perhaps easier to deal with if he didn't give a shit about Tabitha. But reserving feelings for her? Yes ... there would be 'issues'. And they would be 'dealt with'.

[14:25] Tabitha Adair (taboo.viper) sighs as they twine around each other. Tabitha reflects what last words to stake them to, but nothing other than "I'm sorry," manages to escape her. She mentally berates herself for her pitiful comment, so instead smothers her words by caressing crimson, satin petals to his collar bones. The countdown eventually fades to the back of her thoughts as she escapes into the gentle massage of her mouth against his flesh. She realizes it's been far longer than a minute as Tabitha jerks away. "Wh...what happened?" There was no interruption in her embrace, so something else must have happened. Her stare devours him as if to ensure nothing happened that she wasn't aware of.

[14:36] cσlє 'dyne' тнornтon (ryuichiraiden) gently nudged her with his arm to try to tug her to the floor, sinking to his knees shortly to bury his head in her mane of crimson locks, pressing a short kiss to the side of her head before burying his cheek beside her as she attacked his collarbones. "Don't be sorry... I'm right where I want to be." He stated at his voice drew to a hushed tone, as the voice began to chime down, his eyelids rolled closed, waiting for the flash and seering pain to enter his body before he was met with what life held for him next... but instead... nothing. Nothing but an audiable clack that pressed against his palm. He perked a brow slowly, drawing himself back to spot the liquid pooling into his palm. "The fuck is that....?" He craned his head to the side. gently peeling his hand away from the collar as the liquid oozed and fell from his hand. His grey orbs shifted from the liquid to her as he kept it draped to his side as to not smear the weird shit on her, he was just more so happy that she was uneffected from what he could see.. "We're alive... We're alive!" He yelped, leaning down to try to steal a kiss from her, well maybe Vol wasn't so bad after all! Oh what a silly thing to say.

[15:11] Tabitha Adair (taboo.viper) sighs as the two of them lapse together to the floor. Their limb create a portrait around each other, framing his black and tan exterior with her ivory one. "Thank G-god," she breathes out shakily. They sink into each for a long moment before the redhead eventually pulls to her feet. "Shall we go to the airport? I think it's best to leave as soon as possible, especially since she knows where I live." Tabitha pulls away long enough to gather her belongings before returning to his side. "Shall we go?"