mental link | day: 006

[shri]

[ Her options are at this point, are brood up how much she wants to kill Damon and Elena, or get on with work. She didn't do so well at brooding, though her mind is still so new, so sharp and edged and not kept inside of herself. But in this case, a fire trying to find new kindling to keep itself going. Her own impatience and frustration are evident. But when isn't she anyway - ]

( I was informed when I arrived that we need to be ... ascertaining particular pieces of information.

Have we begun such? If not, should we not begin planning to reconnoitre? )

[ She has already plans, but even so, if it's already been done - well, she's happy to be told if it means she doesn't have to go chasing her own tail. ]

( And does anyone know how to use these - light books - that has the time to show me? It keeps flashing at me and I cannot make it stop. I think it wants something. )

[ The data pad, she means the data pad, she's grouchy at it for not! giving her! the things! she wants! Being a grandma in space is a trial. ]

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[shri]

[ Play nice, oh she will show you how she plays you little - ]

( Certainly. I cannot gauge how these nobles squabble. But all nobles treat their staff as wall ornaments, you simply need to adorn the right room. )

[blooded]

❰ lakshmi you have to stop being so easy to mess with or he'll do it all the time.

Get me into the right room and I'll be the prettiest adornment you've ever seen. What group are we looking at first? ❱

[shri]

[ See Damon this stops being a problem when she kills you, why dont they just make it easy for the both of them. ]

( I am not sure yet, still gathering. I have been told that the Seconds should be a target. )

[blooded]

❰ honey he has never made anything easy for anyone in his whole entire life.

Then get me an in with them and I'll find out what they have to know that's worth knowing.

I should probably mention, actually... I have another talent that'll probably end up being useful. Usually I wouldn't tell, but I figure it's best if everyone knows the option is available and we can avoid potential problems in the future — if any of the various people who aren't supposed to find out we're here find that out, get them to me. I can make sure they don't talk without any of us having to resort to methods that would draw more suspicion than we need. ❱

[shri]

[ She falls quiet in thoughts - not direct ones, not towards him even with the link. That crackle of sticks snapping, churning through what he is saying, what he is propositioning. A method that isn't killing. Killing isn't a problem - not for her at least. But - We will not kill innocent men. She takes a breath. If she wasn't to do something like that, if it did cause undue attraction, what then - would this even be a problem if he were anything else but what he is?

What, then to follow? ]

( I wish to know what it is, first. You will test it on me before I agree to its use otherwise. )

[ And with it, not an order - not her, never would she order. But with it comes the promise, if he doesn't agree to that, she'll use the one thing she does have over him to make his life hell. ]

[blooded]

( I'd use it on you if I could, buttercup, but the symbiote doesn't work that way.

if only he could compel her. life would be so much more simple. no threats, no worrying that she'll make elena's life hell. just pleasant, ignorant bliss. alas!

It's called compulsion, it's a form of mind control. I can make people remember, forget, or do anything I want. If we get caught out I can erase the memory of the person who caught us, but I can't do it to another host. We're too interconnected, it wouldn't take. )

[shri]

[ She knows better, she really does, but her thoughts start - did he just call me? - and then force herself through. She certainly isn't giving him that satisfaction. ]

( Then I want to observe it first. I want to know what I am working with first. )

[blooded]

❰ oh, wonderful, she hates it just as much as he'd hoped she would!

We'll need to lure someone into the private apartments, but whatever makes you happy. I'm sure that won't look weird to anyone. ❱

[shri]

[ you jerk.

But at least, there's a ripple of smug laughter. ]

( New at this, are you? But I suppose we should be concerned, if you aren't as capable as you think you are. )

[blooded]

❰ there's the sense of a raised eyebrow, but if he feels annoyed by her laughter, she can't tell. rule number one of engaging with the enemy: never let them see you sweat.

New at dragging people into dark alleys and taking what I want from them? Hardly. If you're willing to make this more dangerous to the rest of us than it needs to be, feel free, buttercup, I can't stop you. ❱

[shri]

( Now that is the response from a creature such as yourself. )

[ But still - ]

( Fine. Then I want to be near to you every step of this. I will not have you conduct yourself without consequence. )

[blooded]

❰ I play to my audience, honey.

hey, if she expects him to be a horror movie asshole, he can be a horror movie asshole. it'll surprise her so much more when he's smarter than the things she's used to.

Awww, darling, if you wanted to hang out you could have just asked. You didn't have to manufacture a reason for us to spend time together! ❱

[shri]

( Child. )

[ There's a rip of her mind back. She definitely doesn't need that from him. ]

[blooded]

❰ If I'm a child you're a toddler, you know.

he has about a century on you, kid, come on. be a little more creative with your insults, please. ❱

[shri]

( And yet, you have more in common with my son's worst tempertantrums. )

[ can she visualize her eyes rolling at him, because that is what she's trying to do right now. ]