entropied | (no subject)

[The Handmaid had finally achieved her only goal after millenia--she'd finished her job ane been released from her contract, and the Condesce had killed her. She'd thought it would be a relief. She hadn't been expecting an afterlife, but even nothing would have been better than serving Lord English.

Unfortunately, nothing had changed. In fact, she didn't even know she was dead. Her life just replayed over and over and over again, and she still longed for death. She listened to Doc Scratch ramble on about the other ancestors, repeating himself until she had the stories memorized and they became mind numbing. Of course, when she didn't listen carefully enough, or Doc Scratch just thought she wasn't, he would punish her. His favorite trick was teleporting her onto the Condesce's ship until the lack of air made her pass out. Unfortunately, immortality didn't mean that she was immune to the adverse affects of his punishments, just that she couldn't die from them.

Lord English was much less elegant, and much harder to please. If he wanted her unconscious, he would simply slam her against a wall and choke her until her head swam and her lungs screamed and her only thought was of air. He wasn't nearly as picky about leaving marks, either, but after centuries of such treatment, she'd learned that allowing it and fighting back as little as possible often made him relent more quickly.

But the worst was when she was trapped in Doc Scratch's mansion, when Lord English had no use for her at the moment. She would pace, impatient, listening to the little puppet ramble on and on and critique her manners and patronize her endlessly. Unlike in her childhood, she no longer shows her rage so openly--there's no point. But in the mansion, all alone, with Lord English and Doc Scratch both off doing something assuredly stupid, she paces the rooms and daydreams about ripping the entire place apart.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[She's silent for a long moment, considering this, and then she finally gives in and hides her face in his shoulder again. Maybe that's true. It seems like just a few hours ago for her, but it was much longer for him, wasn't it? None of it probably even matters to him anymore. There's still a very desperate tone to her voice, though.]

I'm sorry.

[Kisses her horn since it's... the closest to him lskjdf]

Stop. I forgave you a long time ago... And then I realized there wasn't anything to forgive in the first place. [Yeah he's... had a... while to come to terms with all of this!!!! And he has. It isn't even a thing to him anymore...]

[Ughhh she doesn't even know what to say to that. She's just thinking that she doesn't deserve him at all, to be honest. Maybe there's some way she can make it up to him, even though she doubts it. There's another pause, a little awkward this time, and then she decides to change the subject.]

Is it okay if we stay here a little longer?

[She doesn't mean here, specifically, in this weird made up location. She means being all cuddly and gross.]

[Heh...]

Of course. We've got all the time in the world. [LSDKJF teasing on this second part, trailing his claws along her skin again]

[UGHHHH okay as guilty as she feels she will not stand for this! She lets out an irritated noise and swats at his hand. Jerk.]

[HAHA laughs and takes his hand back, sliding it between them instead where they're all... sticky and gross FFFFF Trying to wipe some of this junk off of them AHAHA]

[Oh right that's... Still a thing... She blushes, trying to pull herself out from underneath him so they can clean up properly. THEY'RE SO GROSS...]

[Lets her pull away, but he just kinda... flops in the grass, groaning as his muscles kinda whine at him about moving lakjdf Watching her though, smirking... knowingly... They're in a dream world Coleta, remember?]

What?

[WHY IS HE SMIRKING LIKE THAT. She's still not totally used to this okay!]

What?

[Chuckles!! And takes a breath, relaxing back and folding his hands over his chest. When he exhales... MAGIC!!! the mess is gone!!]

[Oh right. That. She rolls her eyes, pulling herself into his lap again.]

Don't act so smug.

[Wraps an arm around her, laying his head on her shoulder and just... chuckling more lkjsdfsdf]

I thought it was funny...

[Luckily for him, it's pretty hard for her to stay irritated when she's all snuggled against him like this!]

You think everything is funny.

That's not true...!

[...no it's kinda true AHAHA]

[She pulls away enough to give him a Look. Totally true.]

[Heh... EHEHEHEHEH smirks back]

What is that for.