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conflictresolution) wrote2023-08-09 07:54 pm
conflictresolution) wrote2023-08-09 07:54 pm
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"Leave a missive, but be brief about it."
[Text | Voice | Video | In-Person]
"Leave a missive, but be brief about it."
[Text | Voice | Video | In-Person]
Then you're little more than a dead man walking, and you don't come across to me as someone in complete despair.
[Hope was a necessary motivator, providing a push to step forward into the light and take it for themselves. They had to believe they could, that everything they were as individuals would be enough to fill that space, to achieve their goals. Silco did not put his hope in other people generally; people were liable to fail and betray, but himself? He knew what he could do with the strength of his character and will, and that was where his hope resided. A free nation of Zaun. Now perhaps a controlled Aldrip.
He did not resist his hand being moved, even going so far as to step in closer despite the oppressive heat of the greenhouse. His other hand dropped the greenery of the strawberry to the planter nearby so he could wrap his other arm around Richard's waist to pull the younger man against him. He leaned his face down as if to whisper a tightly guarded secret.] Until then, I will fill the void of your Duke for as long as you'll have me there. We can endure hope a little together.
[He snorted at the mimicry, amused and softened to Richard's antics.] Why would I bother to resist? Though, perhaps my office would be a better choice for exploring the temptation, hmmm? [His fingers stroked Richard's cheek, and he did not actually release his grip to let them move somewhere else. No, he'd enjoy temptation right here for longer.]
[Hope was a necessary motivator, providing a push to step forward into the light and take it for themselves. They had to believe they could, that everything they were as individuals would be enough to fill that space, to achieve their goals. Silco did not put his hope in other people generally; people were liable to fail and betray, but himself? He knew what he could do with the strength of his character and will, and that was where his hope resided. A free nation of Zaun. Now perhaps a controlled Aldrip.
He did not resist his hand being moved, even going so far as to step in closer despite the oppressive heat of the greenhouse. His other hand dropped the greenery of the strawberry to the planter nearby so he could wrap his other arm around Richard's waist to pull the younger man against him. He leaned his face down as if to whisper a tightly guarded secret.] Until then, I will fill the void of your Duke for as long as you'll have me there. We can endure hope a little together.
[He snorted at the mimicry, amused and softened to Richard's antics.] Why would I bother to resist? Though, perhaps my office would be a better choice for exploring the temptation, hmmm? [His fingers stroked Richard's cheek, and he did not actually release his grip to let them move somewhere else. No, he'd enjoy temptation right here for longer.]
[There's a long pause between this and his usual prompt replies to her. After all, his automatic answer was 'no', would always be 'no'. He worked through his own demons in his own way, sometimes talked it out with Sevika when it was Chem-Baron or work related.
Jinx only wanted to help. She always only wanted to help in her own way.]
I'm not certain this place will last if the malfunction to the system persists as it is. If that happens, you will go home with the others of our world, and I will not.
Jinx only wanted to help. She always only wanted to help in her own way.]
I'm not certain this place will last if the malfunction to the system persists as it is. If that happens, you will go home with the others of our world, and I will not.
Whether you like it or not, you do. You're still alive at the point you came here.
You will return to fight. I know you. You'll finish the task I started.
Then there is nothing left to say on the matter.
If this place fails, there is nothing to come back to. It's okay. I've made my peace with the possibility.
As you wish.
Perhaps this place simply needs more aggressive control exerted by the Chosen.
Perhaps this place simply needs more aggressive control exerted by the Chosen.
I am still working that out. We need to know if our actions create instability or if it would become unstable regardless.
If you think I'm going to blindly do anything she, or you, asks, you're mistaken. But I did attack her while I was under the influence of the Gnosia infection, and I'm trying to make it up to her.
[She knows how much Jinx being mad at Vi affected her after she killed Silco. Caitlyn is just trying not to be the reason Vi's relationship is affected this time.]
[She knows how much Jinx being mad at Vi affected her after she killed Silco. Caitlyn is just trying not to be the reason Vi's relationship is affected this time.]
An interesting take on a situation where you had no control. What are your hard limits then?
Are they? Are you legally investigating my business practices? I haven't received formal audit requests.
[ having to come home after spending the night at ekko's is getting harder and harder each morning. now that she's been getting sleep like a normal person, she is quick to learn that she is indeed not a morning person. especially having to walk back before the sun rising, which ekko protests quite a lot for her to sleep longer in bed with him or at least join him for breakfast.
she did that once, but didn't want to make it a routine. having family breakfast and dinner are important moments for her, but she convinced the boy savior that lunch is up for the taking since she and silco are usually out on the town during that time. still, the walk home is agonizing, and asking a local to wagon her home is not an option either. jinx wants to be discreet as possible as she strolls the quiet streets, and want to evade any questions about where she is going or where she's been. the bluenette was never a liar, and she wasn't going to start now. ]
[ so as always, she hikes up the trees and the side of her home, unlatching her own window to crawl back into her room. the teenager grimaces at every movement whenever she needed to stretch her limbs, and she fishes out her cellphone device to check the time. silco should be waking up now (maybe), and if she moves quick enough — she can beat him to the living room or kitchen to show she's been up before him and on her way to the shower. before lazily making her way down the stairs, jinx examines herself with her full body mirror if she can spot any markings on her pale complexion. she finds none (thanks to her long sleeve and pants) and stumbles her way down the stairs, yawning.]
she did that once, but didn't want to make it a routine. having family breakfast and dinner are important moments for her, but she convinced the boy savior that lunch is up for the taking since she and silco are usually out on the town during that time. still, the walk home is agonizing, and asking a local to wagon her home is not an option either. jinx wants to be discreet as possible as she strolls the quiet streets, and want to evade any questions about where she is going or where she's been. the bluenette was never a liar, and she wasn't going to start now. ]
[ so as always, she hikes up the trees and the side of her home, unlatching her own window to crawl back into her room. the teenager grimaces at every movement whenever she needed to stretch her limbs, and she fishes out her cellphone device to check the time. silco should be waking up now (maybe), and if she moves quick enough — she can beat him to the living room or kitchen to show she's been up before him and on her way to the shower. before lazily making her way down the stairs, jinx examines herself with her full body mirror if she can spot any markings on her pale complexion. she finds none (thanks to her long sleeve and pants) and stumbles her way down the stairs, yawning.]
[She'd never kept normal hours for as long as he had known her, so her little disappearing act in the night was not something he'd normally look into. Of course, he was making more frequent checks, noting more often than not lately that her bedroom was empty when he would normally be heading to bed. The house had less noise and activity in the nights, which was fine as he would perhaps slip away himself to head across town now and again.
However, Levi and his other spies were verifying that she was not having a night on the town. No, she was making her way to a final end point, and then she stayed there. He knew. Again, normally he wouldn't care in the least what she did with her time or who she spent it with, but he had warned that boy to stay away from her, to not touch her and the defiance was very real now. So was the threat. Silco did not allow threats to stand long-term unless they had some use to him or his cause.
This morning, he was very much awake. He sat in the living room on the couch with the local newspaper open in front of him on the coffee table. He had abandoned reading it for the sake of applying foundation to his facial scarring - a rarity these days - when Jinx came down from the upper floor. His blue eye flicked over to her before returning to his current task at hand.]
Coffee is made and in the kitchen. [He was blending the foundation over the deeper creases of his scarring, using the little mirror as a guide to observe the process.]
However, Levi and his other spies were verifying that she was not having a night on the town. No, she was making her way to a final end point, and then she stayed there. He knew. Again, normally he wouldn't care in the least what she did with her time or who she spent it with, but he had warned that boy to stay away from her, to not touch her and the defiance was very real now. So was the threat. Silco did not allow threats to stand long-term unless they had some use to him or his cause.
This morning, he was very much awake. He sat in the living room on the couch with the local newspaper open in front of him on the coffee table. He had abandoned reading it for the sake of applying foundation to his facial scarring - a rarity these days - when Jinx came down from the upper floor. His blue eye flicked over to her before returning to his current task at hand.]
Coffee is made and in the kitchen. [He was blending the foundation over the deeper creases of his scarring, using the little mirror as a guide to observe the process.]
[ well shucks, he beat her. she hoped to make coffee for him, but it's not a big loss or issue. can't win them all, they say! another yawn blasts through her lips as she makes her way to her father, leaning in to plant a gentle kiss to his temple (the side he is not applying make up to). ]
Mmmwah, thank you, and one cup of morning breath to you...!
[ she teases and smiles as she straightens up again, a hand moves to the back of her neck to scratch. ]
Imma shower, grab a cup, then make breakfast. Eggs and tooooast?
[ hopefully that will suffice for him while she makes herself an even bigger meal for her morning. ]
Mmmwah, thank you, and one cup of morning breath to you...!
[ she teases and smiles as she straightens up again, a hand moves to the back of her neck to scratch. ]
Imma shower, grab a cup, then make breakfast. Eggs and tooooast?
[ hopefully that will suffice for him while she makes herself an even bigger meal for her morning. ]
[She looked remarkably refreshed for someone that struggled for years with normal sleep habits. He supposed he did as well more consistently, since his own squeeze on the side clung to him in bed for sleeping. More sleep should make them better people, but honestly, he preferred a touch of sleep depravation to keep from over thinking sometimes. No matter.
He wrinkled his nose as she kissed his cheek, morning breath rather obvious. Thankfully his sense of smell had been destroyed over the years of living in the depths of the Undercity, so it was only a faint whiff that didn't last long.]
You're in a good mood. Any particular reason?
[He paused to take a sip from his own mug of coffee, watching her out of the corner of his eye. Nothing was different to the routine between them. They had both spent years developing ways to appear relatively normal with one another.]
That's fine. [Three square meals was not his normal, but he ate breakfast and dinner for her.]
He wrinkled his nose as she kissed his cheek, morning breath rather obvious. Thankfully his sense of smell had been destroyed over the years of living in the depths of the Undercity, so it was only a faint whiff that didn't last long.]
You're in a good mood. Any particular reason?
[He paused to take a sip from his own mug of coffee, watching her out of the corner of his eye. Nothing was different to the routine between them. They had both spent years developing ways to appear relatively normal with one another.]
That's fine. [Three square meals was not his normal, but he ate breakfast and dinner for her.]
[ she blinks at his question, but then shrugs quickly after, with the smile still on her face — if not having a little sheepish glow to it. ]
I dunno. I mean, I got my café all set up! Just need to advertise the place and get people. And the INX and I have been brainstorming some great stuff, so that's going well.
But eggs and toast it is! Don't cheat and sneak a snack without me. I won't take long!
[ she always says that, but given the fact her hair is the length of a waterfall, it will always take longer than she really wants it to. ]
I dunno. I mean, I got my café all set up! Just need to advertise the place and get people. And the INX and I have been brainstorming some great stuff, so that's going well.
But eggs and toast it is! Don't cheat and sneak a snack without me. I won't take long!
[ she always says that, but given the fact her hair is the length of a waterfall, it will always take longer than she really wants it to. ]
Edited 2024-08-25 16:13 (UTC)
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