BREAKS THIS SUCKER IN also sometime after meido fiasco, text
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youwillrot
2014-09-14 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Sephiroth supposes he can't avoid this forever. It's not guilt that drives him to reach out to her, or really any form of sympathy, since she'd neither want it nor appreciate it. Instead, it's curiosity, as to what managed to dull such a fierce wolf's fangs, if only briefly.]
You didn't show up for your shift yesterday.
Have an explanation for me?
You didn't show up for your shift yesterday.
Have an explanation for me?
[ She's stretching Sephiroth's lenience, making him wait even longer for an answer, but she was occupied both with her own drug-induced selfishness and her sleeping. Light, incomplete, but at least without too-sensitive haunts. Her chest feels as hollow as her stomach; her mind is just catching up with reality, with words and their implications. She has a glass of water when she responds, choosing to "type" instead if speak. Better. He might criticize her again--not that he isn't already, surely. ]
What can I say that you'll believe?
What can I say that you'll believe?
I'm not going to fire you. And I know you still want your job.
[So perhaps less judgmental than she assumed, or else smart enough to know he won't get any flies with the vinegar he threw around last time. He's being more cautious and, maybe, just maybe, a little more understanding.
But mostly curious, he'll insist.]
What's going on?
[So perhaps less judgmental than she assumed, or else smart enough to know he won't get any flies with the vinegar he threw around last time. He's being more cautious and, maybe, just maybe, a little more understanding.
But mostly curious, he'll insist.]
What's going on?
I was - [ Assaulted? Raped, abused, beaten to unconsciousness ; tested, manipulated, reintegrated; and then some? She doesn't actually remember, still. ] - brought into therapy. Learned a few things. Apologies if serving the city meant a little more than work at Masamune.
They forced themselves on you.
[No need to elaborate. It all clicks together, all at once. Now he's feeling sore, but only because she wouldn't say so upfront. He would've forgiven it. He would've understood.
Stupid, stubborn woman and her stupid, stubborn excuses.]
And you were trying to forget, earlier. Is that it?
[No need to elaborate. It all clicks together, all at once. Now he's feeling sore, but only because she wouldn't say so upfront. He would've forgiven it. He would've understood.
Stupid, stubborn woman and her stupid, stubborn excuses.]
And you were trying to forget, earlier. Is that it?
The person I saw that day, and the person I knew you to be, were very different.
Will you not discuss what happened?
Will you not discuss what happened?
What more can I discuss? People change, as the saying goes, no?
[ ...no? Ugh. Her head hurts. It isn't the full throbbin side effect from alcohol. Rather, it's piercing, fresh, hostile. A barbed-wire barrier. The feeling isn't all that foreign. Back when her system crumbled, when she questioned, lamented, and was then repurposed. From then. Why?
...she stops trying. Shuts her eyes, relents. Submits. ]
I will change again. I will be better. For you.
[ ...no? Ugh. Her head hurts. It isn't the full throbbin side effect from alcohol. Rather, it's piercing, fresh, hostile. A barbed-wire barrier. The feeling isn't all that foreign. Back when her system crumbled, when she questioned, lamented, and was then repurposed. From then. Why?
...she stops trying. Shuts her eyes, relents. Submits. ]
I will change again. I will be better. For you.
I will overlook it. And forgive it. But in return, I want to ask a question.
And I want an honest answer to that question. No more excuses. That's the deal.
And I want an honest answer to that question. No more excuses. That's the deal.
[ A little voice inside her wonders why she needs forgiveness--wonders why she's sorry. Isn't she someone beyond guilt? What does she owe to him? He has her business but not her loyalty.
But it's only a little voice. ]
I may hesitate if it's too a personal question, Sephiroth. As long as you're aware of that, then very well. Ask me.
But it's only a little voice. ]
I may hesitate if it's too a personal question, Sephiroth. As long as you're aware of that, then very well. Ask me.
[Such an obstinate woman. Not that Sephiroth doesn't enjoy a challenge, but this sort of challenge seemed... explosive. As in it would blow up in his face if he wasn't too careful.
Sephiroth was never much good at "careful".]
You may hesitate. But you will give me that answer I asked for.
Do we have an agreement?
Sephiroth was never much good at "careful".]
You may hesitate. But you will give me that answer I asked for.
Do we have an agreement?
[He's got one question. He hadn't pushed for more, figured just one would appeal to some buried sense of fairness she may or may not have had. At the very least, she's never proven to be an unreasonable woman, simply unruly, with sharper edges. She could play professional, and play it well. He'd seen it often enough in several sessions to know.
Sephiroth's no good with careful, but he's exceptional with precise. So he switches to audio, too, and asks the question that will give him plenty of answers, even if she chooses not to answer at all. One deadly shot to satisfy his curiosity.]
Who burned you?
Sephiroth's no good with careful, but he's exceptional with precise. So he switches to audio, too, and asks the question that will give him plenty of answers, even if she chooses not to answer at all. One deadly shot to satisfy his curiosity.]
Who burned you?
[That really does say it all, doesn't it? And it's a good answer, the best she probably had, other than silence. It tells him enough, but not too much. This woman has been abused, though by who... he doubts any sort of threat would wrest it from her. Even he won't go that far.]
I am not kind, but I look after those in my care. If you are an animal, then you are an animal among kin. Even a she-wolf, by definition, cannot run alone. [There's a considerable pause, before he goes on.] I don't want to see you in that place again. That place you contacted me from, or the place that brought you to such misery. Think of it less a demand, and more a personal desire.
I am not kind, but I look after those in my care. If you are an animal, then you are an animal among kin. Even a she-wolf, by definition, cannot run alone. [There's a considerable pause, before he goes on.] I don't want to see you in that place again. That place you contacted me from, or the place that brought you to such misery. Think of it less a demand, and more a personal desire.
[Careful what you ask for, sweetheart.]
Come to dinner with me.
Come to dinner with me.
I at least have the time to teach you some standards, she-wolf.
[And yes, that is a little bit of that infamous ego slipping through. You didn't think this was an entirely selfless endeavor, did you?]
You represent Masamune. If you're going to party, do it properly. If you're going to drink... don't embarrass me by drinking trash.
[And yes, that is a little bit of that infamous ego slipping through. You didn't think this was an entirely selfless endeavor, did you?]
You represent Masamune. If you're going to party, do it properly. If you're going to drink... don't embarrass me by drinking trash.
[Maybe she did. But at least he has his in, and while they don't know each other well, he'd like to remedy that. They share a few too many similarities for him not to be intrigued by her, and by the story that's behind the burn that could make even a woman this ferocious flinch.
There's also the matter of her being an absolute firecracker in bed, but he keeps that preference, perhaps wisely, to himself.]
No need. You wear your suits well enough. [Ever so graciously:] And I'll keep it a surprise, for now. I'll call on you later.
There's also the matter of her being an absolute firecracker in bed, but he keeps that preference, perhaps wisely, to himself.]
No need. You wear your suits well enough. [Ever so graciously:] And I'll keep it a surprise, for now. I'll call on you later.
[ Back to hiding, steel walls sealed tight. ]
Very well. I only needed to be sure, since it seems you're on a mission to teach me what is it to have propriety. [ It'll be interesting. Maybe she'll have a laugh of him. ] Don't make me wait too long, Sephiroth. I can be fickle too.
Very well. I only needed to be sure, since it seems you're on a mission to teach me what is it to have propriety. [ It'll be interesting. Maybe she'll have a laugh of him. ] Don't make me wait too long, Sephiroth. I can be fickle too.
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Edited 2014-09-22 23:03 (UTC)
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