EVE'S HEART

[aprettygirl]

A dark veil slips over you, obscuring your vision; it’s cool and clinging, and blocks out all outside sensation. You drift downward . . . as you do, you grow more and more aware of the pulse of your own heartbeat, until it’s a ringing, unpleasant throb in your ears.

. . . after some time, it’s interrupted by a soft splash, and you feel solid rock underfoot.

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Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"My other name is 'The Puppet.'"

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

[looks furiously angry for a moment, before it clears somewhat]

--that's an awful name, you know.

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"It is also a true name."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

[grinds his teeth, but not saying anything more about that for the moment]

You're the part of the heart that rules. Is that correct?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"I am a part tied to duty."

She sounds deeply self-deprecating.

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

And you're "The Puppet" because you're not in control of that duty?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"It is a duty that cannot be escaped, because of my own mistakes. . .it will be the downfall of the Empire, someday."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

You built your country around your own power . . . everything would fall apart without you, so you can't leave.

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"Seth Nightlord was a very foolish, very angry little girl when she took the throne."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

What changed?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"She grew up and lived . . . and lived."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

. . . she's a lot older than she looks, isn't she?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"Terran live less than a hundred years. Methuselah, two or three hundred. She is hailed as a monstrous being who has been with the Empire since its inception nine hundred and sixty-three years ago."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

. . . so something much more than human. If less than a god.

[a significant pause]

Aren't you lonely?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

She laughs, sharply.

"I am very lonely."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

--I'm sorry.

[and after a pause, stretching out a hand to hover slightly above hers]

May I?

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

"...yes."

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[rebells]

[lacing their fingers together and squeezing gently, then :x]

Re: flesh (court of veils)

[aprettygirl]

After a moment, she squeezes back.

There is a shift . . .