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Nov 23, 2024 2:51 AM

Yvette in Swansong

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Rivethira swirls the minimally alcoholic drink in her hand, and tries not to glance towards the eastern set of windows. She's unaccustomed to being so close to the Howling Mountain, and it's putting her on edge. Sneaking peeks at it through the curtains would only persuade her to upgrade to one of the less fruity drinks available, and if she is going to get blackout drunk, this party is certainly not the place for it. She has to mingle a little while longer, make the most of her time here in the capital. The whole trip's been mostly a waste, but giving up on it entirely solidifies it as one, and she's still holding out hopes that she can salvage it. Maybe.

Everyone seems to have grown bored of her novelty by now, at least. Good. Maybe they can stop with the flowery poetry about her - what was that one man's verse? Something about fiery orange hair and emerald green eyes, followed by three verses of what he thought was clever innuendo about what was under her dress. The entire thing rather made her want to finish wrapping up her business that week and go home. To quiet forests, modest towns, slightly temperamental weather, and intelligent conversation. Instead of competing stanzas attempting to find the most poetic ways to describe the green of her eyes, made more and more ridiculous by how her eyes are hazel. Perfectly common, even here, far away from her home.

She wonders if she did something to make them think she'd enjoy what essentially amounts to bold faced lies. Do they think that incorrectly telling her about physical characteristics she's had all her life will win her heart? The prospect seems absurd. Is anyone actually persuaded by such misaimed and shallow compliments? Surely there has to be someone here that's not so, so - this. Somewhere. She just needs to figure out how to find and talk to them, and maybe she'll stop quietly hating this city.

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my-desires

"Don't I know it."

"Better than I," she agrees. "Would you like to talk about it?"

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"About what?" he says wryly. "The practical challenges of romance when it's been three thousand years since I last kissed a woman I didn't intend to rape?"

"Certainly!"

my-desires

He laughs. "Honestly, I don't even know where to start."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"Always the trouble with telling stories. Beginnings and endings are such subjective things. What's her opinion of the risks? Is she aware of them all?"

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"She's very aware, yes. Her opinion... hmm."

He contemplates the things Lady Rivethira has said on this subject.

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

Tysathra can't manage stifle her smile.

"Is quite unexpected?" she offers.

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"You could say that, yes."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"Any subjects in particular where the two of you flagrantly coincide, or am I not allowed to hear about the affairs of a lady?"

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"Well, I'll put it this way: getting carried away with her wouldn't be nearly so much of a danger if she didn't like the way I get when I start getting carried away."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"Ah. So the trouble is not just you, it is the both of you together."

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"Yes. We've managed to avoid disaster so far, but only just."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"When you say disaster, what do you mean?"

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"Well. The embarrassing part is the part where I nearly fucked her on a table in the library like I was nineteen again and still thought of self-control as a moral flaw. The dangerous part is that - I wasn't thinking."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"One thing to decide to fuck on a table in the library, quite another to end up doing it accidentally," she says, trying not to laugh. "Has this sort of thing occurred before?"

my-desires

He shakes his head.

"And do you know how much experience she has with subjects such as these?"

Serik Tanaikon

my-desires

Kappa

"Less than me, anyway."

Tysathra Nivades

Aestrix

"... Perhaps make the effort to introduce her to new subjects slowly, if you believe you have the ability to do so safely. Sooner, rather than later, if the both of you nearly scandalized an innocent table."