some days i can't even trust myself ( CLOSED )

[dragoness]

Who: elizabeth bathory & robin hood
Where: out and about in the town
When: march 22ndish
What: robin finally finds the leader of the 4* loli pack.
Warnings: a lot, but i'll update with specifics as they arise.

[ the ache for mana is different than an ache for food, though no less powerful. with blood on her fingertips, eliza makes her way through the back alleys of the quaint town; her claws curl. her tongue flicks out into the night air and her tail curls; there's blood in her mouth now. metallic. warm. not her preferred way of using it, but it'll have to do for now. with every precious drop there holds an amount of life force, something she can turn to mana and pour into every corner of her magical body. haaaa... if only masters worthy of her were easier to come by, she thinks to herself. surely there had to be at least one who could serve as her producer and keep her rooted more firmly to this... weird place.

this place is weird, even by eliza's standards. and she's seen some weird things. heck, she's done even more weird things. but this place... something about it just tipped the arrow on her mental scale to the weirdest of the weird.

now she feels... something. a magical pressure skirting through the air. drawing her fingertip though her mouth once more, a soft pop breaks out into the night as she finally cleans her claw of blood. ]

Someone's there, [ she purrs, and her tail curls up behind her. ] Show yourself, and I might be merciful.

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[dragoness]

[ he knows her so well, and yet he doesn't know her at all. if only he could have seen through her boasting like he can see through defenses, all this could have been avoided.

if he trusted her.

there's hesitation before her grip continues to constrict. ]

You threatened my life. You shot at me. [ she inhales shakily, her hand already starting to loosen. if it's from lack of strength or actual desire to kill robin, she can't tell. ] I'd just be another rabid animal defending myself.

That's all you think of me, isn't it?

[guerrilla]

...Resourceful, selfish, driven to...

[He wheezes again, taking a few moments before continuing.]

To survive...live at your - own pace. Willing to use people to get there.

[And these aren't even her bad qualities.]

Cunning, even if you're an idiot.

[That's what he thinks. It's precisely because she knows what she's doing that makes her so much more dangerous, and that includes here.]

[dragoness]

[ the silence stretches between them like a taut rubber band, and eliza's eyes narrow to slits. they don't move from robin's face, searching out his expression, wanting to see if what he's telling is the truth.

then, just as quickly as she snatched him up does eliza toss him aside, trying to hide the hurt on her face. ]

Maybe that's why your village betrayed you. You didn't bother getting to know any of 'em.

[guerrilla]

Maybe.

[It's true he never really got to know anyone, as a villager or as a criminal.]

...I'll keep my cloak off. Just in case.

[But he still did his best to keep them fed, so he'll do the same with Elizabeth.]

[dragoness]

[ .... ]

... Stop looking so pathetic, you'll sour your blood.

[ ok, maybe she feels bad for what she just said. ]

[guerrilla]

Does that mean you'll take it?

[He seems...not quite happy, but relieved.

Her earlier statement goes by without comment. For all he knows, she really is right.]

[dragoness]

[ she doesn't look happy either, but hey, if she gets to chew on robin as punishment for him shooting her, she'll take it. ]

If it'll make you stop bothering me.

[guerrilla]

It will.

[But he's gonna keep an eye on her just in case. I-It's not like he's worried about the hole in her wing or anything.]

[dragoness]

[ she's going to keep the hole in her wing to forever remind robin of this night. ]

Ugh, fine. Stop making that face!

[guerrilla]

I'm not making a face!

[HE'S TRYING TO BE SERIOUS HERE]

[dragoness]

You're making a serious face!

[ and now she mimics him, scrunching her face up ]

[guerrilla]

Of course I am, because I'm being serious!

[LET HIM LIVE]

[dragoness]

[ NEVER. ]

You're always serious! That's not a change!

[guerrilla]

If it's not a change then how is making a serious face weird?!

[THIS IS AWFUL]

[dragoness]

[ didn't they just try to kill each other a few seconds ago? ]

Because sometimes you wear a weird smirk!

[guerrilla]

You'd just kick my ass if I were smirking at a time like this!

[ELIZABETH



PLEASE]

[dragoness]

What's your point?

[guerrilla]

[oh my god]

So if I'm not supposed to look serious, and I'm not supposed to smirk at you, what the hell are you expecting my face to look like right now?

[dragoness]

[ a long pause ]

I dunno, punchable!?

[guerrilla]

What the hell is that supposed to mean?!

[WHY IS SHE LIKE THIS]