Resumption
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shelley_wintersShelley hums happily as she makes her way up the stairs. Her long skirt brushes the floor with a faint swishing noise as she walks in time to the tune. Can't get it out of her head. Someone was probably singing it - far from discouraging music, it seems, that strange curse-thing seems to have more people than ever whistling or humming. It's rather nice, she decides.
She opens the door still singing under her breath, dropping her bag on the table before turning to shut it behind her.
She opens the door still singing under her breath, dropping her bag on the table before turning to shut it behind her.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:05 pm (UTC)"I could have asked, but I wanted to push you. No, I- wanted to keep something a friend gave me. You're the one who threatened to break it."
She carefully puts out a hand to pick up the flower, looking at it miserably. Rather than look at him.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:20 pm (UTC)"...Did Asmodean give you that flower?"
It was the only logical conclusion.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)He hadn't. Not really.
Shelley says nothing else, and doesn't look up. Let him wonder.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:27 pm (UTC)"Your grief is understandable. Those who betray Shaitan, as he did, die the final death."
A pause. She did not know fact from conjecture
"What a tragedy... You two will never meet again. Ever. He will not be reborn, the cycle has been broken."
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:40 pm (UTC)She had feared that he was lost forever. Known, really, but hearing it hurts. No reaction. She will not give him that.
Instead she shrugs coldly, and gently replaces the flower on the desk.
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:45 pm (UTC)"If you have no other business to attend to, then let us go home, Lady Shelley."
A pause.
"Do not bother calling for someone. I am far more powerful than when we parted company. It would only end badly--for them."
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Date: 2006-02-13 08:55 pm (UTC)Tears are threatening again. Not again. Not after what she went through to get away from him. She reaches for her glasses, and puts them on, as if another layer of defense can help her.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:00 pm (UTC)"You are right. It is not home yet, but it will be."
A pause.
"Notably, I have relocated to a slightly larger estate in the mountains. It is remote, but you will not be lacking in all the comforts that the Second Age can offer."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:12 pm (UTC)Slowly, miserably, she shakes her head.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:17 pm (UTC)"The property is extensive, but I will have to ask you not to leave the house or gardens until I instruct the Darkhounds not to tear you to pieces on sight. They are unbelievably effective guardians, though being hundreds of miles from civilization, they are usually not used."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:34 pm (UTC)It is not clear if this is in reaction to his warning, or at her current situation.
Her teeth are clenched hard, but despite her effort not to, she is crying by now, still shaking her head slightly in denial.
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:39 pm (UTC)"Now, Lady Shelley, you will certainly grow acclimated as time goes on. Such is the nature of things."
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Date: 2006-02-13 09:58 pm (UTC)She ignores the handkerchief and turns stubbornly away from his hand. Her arms wrap tight around her middle as if in pain.
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:08 pm (UTC)"But you will, regardless."
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:12 pm (UTC)Now her still-rough from crying voice is bordering on the childish as she continues to refuse to look at him.
Her point remains valid.
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:15 pm (UTC)"And there is no 'Jasin Natael' to save you, or help you heal your wounds this time."
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:20 pm (UTC)"So if you accidentally kill me again, all this is for nothing. Fine by me!"
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:38 pm (UTC)"Such a thing is past me now. I have grown to the point that I no longer have such a weakness. If you think you can anger me into killing you then you are sadly mistaken!"
Slowly, an icy calm filtered over his features as a twisted, but soft grin blossomed on his face.
"I intend to keep you this time."
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:51 pm (UTC)"I think I could."
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Date: 2006-02-13 10:54 pm (UTC)"You will have plenty of opportunity to attempt to do so, because the only two people who you know that know where we live both serve me."
A pause.
"As everyone will, in the end."
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Date: 2006-02-13 11:01 pm (UTC)She's backing again, although the desk is in the way now. If one word could describe her, perhaps stubborn would be the best of all.
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Date: 2006-02-13 11:29 pm (UTC)"You already do."
A pause.
"I am calling you, and you are answering. Not that you will be doing much serving, really. My favor affords you dominion over virtually all of existence, and it is at your disposal."
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Date: 2006-02-13 11:32 pm (UTC)"Hardly answering. You welded my door shut."
She looks down. "And... I don't want dominion."
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Date: 2006-02-13 11:35 pm (UTC)"Well, you will have it, regardless."
A pause as he glanced at the door.
"Now, this can be done the simple way or the difficult way. If you come along quietly, then I will not have to Compulsion you, but if you intend on making things difficult, which might have fatal consequences for others, then I will use the Compulsion."
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Date: 2006-02-13 11:47 pm (UTC)( Have mercy on her, Lady Shelley )
It's probably visible in the revulsion on her face, the tense lines of her body as she leans back from him, half-onto the desk. She wants to make it as difficult for him as possible. But better behave herself than be forced to.
"...I'll come."
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