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Calliope // Caliborn (ophiuchus) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-03-11 10:49:00

Entry tags:

aradia megido, calliope-caliborn, dirk strider, helix wamtani, jade harley, jake english, korra, piter de vries, shining armor, sora himoto, spike, xander harris

[voice] ⛎ DAY 210
[A voice breaks the peace and quiet. It’s rather androgynous, rather rough from disuse, but loud and abrupt and demanding ~~and bratty~~ all the same.]

Whoa. This “crimes list” is fantastic. An outline of my accomplishments. Great and terrible. And I haven’t even done most of it yet?

But. “Cheating”? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. I don’t cheat. Fix it. Put it right immediately. Maybe I’ll forget about your little “mistake.” And let you die quickly. Instead of slowly and painfully.

[And then Caliborn brushes it off, at least for now, because he has more important matters to attend to.]

Now. Where’s all my shit? Bring it to me.

I’m waiting.

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	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Sounds like someone's picking and choosing which rules to follow. [ OVERDRAMATIC SHRUG. ] Fine, though. We can make Calliope do it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 02:37 am UTC (link)
	[Caliborn has just enough time to look really really really fucking pissed off before he falls over and lands in his goddamn ice cream dish on the way down.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 02:44 am UTC (link)
	[ Welp. What... do. He did that right, right? He moves over and picks the cherub up to place into a sitting position, takes that napkin and mops their face off. It might have been hilarious to see Caliborn like that, but if his hunch is right... ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 02:50 am UTC (link)
	[The cherub is limp and pliable, and very much fast asleep. The empty part of Caliborn's cheek swirls is gradually filling up with green coloring, though, so it won't be too terribly long before Calliope wakes up.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 02:53 am UTC (link)
	[ While he waits, Dirk cleans off Calliope's spot and fetches a pair of sundaes, one for her and one for him. Then he just sits across from her and starts in on his. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 03:02 am UTC (link)
	[Gradually, the red fades and all that remains are Calliope's lime swirls. And then her eyelids twitch and slowly flutter open.] [She groans tiredly, like anyone would when being woken up abruptly from a nap. Even if the body is more or less awake, she needs a moment to catch up on her surroundings.] [Which means staring numbly at Dirk for a few seconds.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 03:03 am UTC (link)
	[ He glances up when he hears her. Sets his spoon down. ] Morning, sleepy head. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ophiuchus
2013-03-16 03:07 am UTC (link)

Dirk...?

[And then she brings up her hands to her face in horror, and also to try covering herself up.]

Oh bollocks- Did we fall asleep here? I- I mean me, did I fall asleep here, how silly...!

[She makes to bury her face in her arms, but then there's a sundae in the way, so she looks at it in surprise. It's the little gesture that calms her down enough to avert her either running away in horror or coming up with a heaping dose of truthiness.]

Um.

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	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 03:10 am UTC (link)
	You don't got to bother trying to cover it up. I've figured out how the two of you operate. [ "I've figured out" rather than "I've been told" because he doesn't want to implicate Roxy in any way. Even though there's nowhere else he could have gotten this information. ] Must be hells of inconvenient. Try the ice cream, it's not bad. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 03:14 am UTC (link)
	This is against the rules. [It's a very half-hearted protest. Calliope dejectedly picks up her spoon. Unlike Caliborn, she actually tries to hold it right, even though she does check in with Dirk's handling to make sure she's wrapping her claws around it "properly."] Aren't you scared or horrified? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

smuppeteer
2013-03-16 03:19 am UTC (link)

I was never part of your rules, anyway. It can hardly be considered a breach if an outsider interferes.

[ He notices her eyeing his hand, so he brings the spoon up to his mouth to silently demonstrate. ]

Nah. A Derse dreamer is privy to some pretty whack shit, you know. [ He said something similar to her before... but neither of them seem to remember being here during that glitch. That bites. ]

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	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Sorry, love, but you're wrong about that. You are part of the rules. You always have been. All four of you. [She wants so very much to feel happy that she's in Dirk's company, but right now she just feels kind of sad and exposed and scared.] [But Calliope raises the spoon up to her mouth, and she daintily eats it. It's tasty.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 03:29 am UTC (link)
	[ He taps his spoon against his bowl as he thinks. ] So he's gonna be majorly pissed at you when he wakes up, huh. Sorry about that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 03:36 am UTC (link)
	[She sighs and laps the spoon clean.] I'm perfectly used to his tantrums and nasty letters. It's everyone else who I'm concerned about, frankly. I asked the warden to chain us up, but she refused. I'll just have to exhaust our body again, so that he can't hurt anyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 03:43 am UTC (link)
	I have my doubts about the long-term efficiency of that plan. What exactly are the two of you capable of? Do you have any weird alien powers? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 03:53 am UTC (link)
	[She knows. It won't work forever. Calliope stirs at a mound of ice cream.] Not... exactly. Even weakened, we could likely do some severe physical damage with our mouth and claws. Other than that... well, our game powers haven't even manifested yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 04:03 am UTC (link)
	That much is good. [ A sigh. He prods his ice cream. ] You might want to consider warning the citizenry at large. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 04:07 am UTC (link)
	[Calliope brings her spare hand up and rubs at her closed eyes with her wrist.] I'll consider it. [She knows it would be best, but the game's hold over them both is so intense that it doesn't seem possible to break the rules on THAT scale. But there must be a way...] Dirk, may I ask you something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 04:11 am UTC (link)
	[ And if she doesn't, he might have to add "keeping an eye on her brother" to his already-lengthy list of shit he has to do. ] Sure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 04:16 am UTC (link)
	[She gently sets her spoon down and forces herself to try and look Dirk in the face.] How do you know my name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 04:26 am UTC (link)
	[ A bit of an apologetic shrug. ] Roxy was speaking on a public channel when she woke you up earlier. I'm sure a good percentage of people weren't listening, but I'm probably not the only one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Bugger it all. [She drops her gaze back down toward her sundae. But despite how upset she is, there is something that strikes her more immediately.] I'm sorry I didn't say hello to you, or to the others. I was scared of anyone seeing me. I still am, frankly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Understandable. I can't blame you, considering how a lot of people tend to be about anyone who's different. Just know you've got some friends here who aren't gonna judge. Okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-03-16 04:41 am UTC (link)
	[Despite all the messed-up feelings she's experiencing right now, she can't help but smile and look up at him a little bit.] Okay. It's hard to fully feel comfortable with any of this just yet, but. I'll try to keep that in mind. Thank you, Dirk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-03-16 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Any time. Anything I can do to help you out, let me know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)