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[princess_of_ida]

Three for the gleam of a jewel or a smile.



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[princess_of_ida]

Interpret as you wish; I'm not going to clarify.

[sunmon]

I thought you wanted me to understand.

[princess_of_ida]

In time. Few care to bear their souls right away, Alina. Are you ready to put your deepest, darkest secret on the table for me to pick over?

You were pushing for something that has to be earned, of a sensitive nature, that I am loathe to talk about in detail. Instead of giving in to my impulses to make you regret asking, I decided to see if you could see the truth within.

When, in that moment, you couldn't see the cost of what you were asking, I decided to walk away before I harmed you.

[sunmon]

[ the reminder of ianthe's dangerous nature makes her shiver. she knows that playing with fire is more than metaphor here. that ianthe is a creature who knows gore and pain better than anything else, and that dealing with her is likely to steep alina in the same.

but ianthe is also the most eminently qualified of all the people alina has met to not only help her, but understand her. she won't flinch away from that. ]

You were asking to be understood. I'm sorry to have disappointed you.

[princess_of_ida]

I may have been asking for too much. That's not a slight against you but one against me. I don't even understand myself some days.

Anyway, we cannot truly excel without failing first and trust takes time. Add on whatever other cliches you want, Sunshine. Apology accepted.

[sunmon]

You're incredibly strange.

[princess_of_ida]

You're just now realizing this?

[sunmon]

I'm noticing a new way.

[princess_of_ida]

This is going to be good.

[sunmon]

You think very highly of yourself, but you're also very aware of and willing to admit your faults.
I can't help but wonder how a person can know themselves well enough to know they don't know themselves well at all.

[princess_of_ida]

Oh. Easy.
I have a twin sister.

[sunmon]

Saints, there's two of you?

[princess_of_ida]

You'll like her, Sunshine. Effervescent, friendly, needy, a bit short on intellect. She got all the looks; I got all the brains.

Careful, though, she's devious. And also not a necromancer, so you're stuck with the unpleasant half of the Tridentarii.

[sunmon]

How devious can she be if you got all the brains?

[princess_of_ida]

How indeed?

Everyone loves my dumb slut of a sister. I'm sure you'll meet her soon enough - she's here now. Very easy to spot.

[sunmon]

I'll keep an eye out.

Though, on the subject of your necromancy, and in the spirit of setting aside pretenses ... there was something I wanted to ask you.

[princess_of_ida]

Ask away. No guarantee I'll answer, but my mood has considerably lightened since you first apologized.

[sunmon]

I've seen you manipulate flesh and bone.
But never on a living body, except for when you said you removed your own knee.
Does your power give you any influence over the basic functions of a living person?

[princess_of_ida]

The simple answer is Yes. The complex answer is It Dependsu.

I'm not an Anatomist; that's not my field of specialization. I can't, say, make your lungs cease functioning or stop your heart cold. I can manipulate specific systems within a living body to a certain degree. I can also do it to my own. That plus what you have already seen me do are the hallmarks of an Animaphilia.

An Anatomist can peel a person apart like an onion with the touch of a hand or steal reproductive material and keep it viable if they wanted. Flesh is fun to play with, but flesh isn't that fascinating to me. My interests lie... elsewhere.

(cw: pregnancy talk!)

[sunmon]

What if you didn't want it viable?

[princess_of_ida]

That can be done through a variety of ways. Most are invasive, some have serious consequences, and one is morally questionable even to someone like me.

Are you seriously asking me to be your contraceptive? Just have him cum on your tits or face instead; guys love that shit.

[sunmon]

I'm not asking anything.

[ with the abrupt defensiveness of someone who was absolutely asking that. but now that ianthe is pointing out alternative options, alina is 1000% sure she doesn't want to delve further into the conversation. ]

I just wanted to understand the limits of your power. That's all.

[princess_of_ida]

Uh huh. Sure. Let's leave this particular subject with this:

If something happens in the heat of the moment, I may be inclined to alleviate your concerns in the easiest way I can. Such assistance can either be clinical or fun.

[sunmon]

I feel like we define fun differently.

[princess_of_ida]

Fair. But probably not in this case. I can be blunt if you want.