Holy water cannot help you know

[floreatnoctem]

Characters: [AU1] Chidori Yoshino; OPEN
Setting: Anywhere, everywhere
Format: Action, but I'll match if you prefer prose.
Summary: Chidori can't quite get back into simply existing in the tower, especially after the month she's had.
Warnings: Mentions of body horror, suicidal thoughts, righteous fury, possibly language if she gets worked up enough.



[Everything is still the same, and she's not sure whether it's depressing or infuriating.

In the month without them there, despite everything they've been forced to go through, how much they've been cut into, 'enhanced', mutilated for the sake of 'science- the tower remains just as she remembers it before leaving. Nothing has changed, save for the fact that some have gone and more have come in their place. Unsurprising, as most things in the tower were at this point- it was just another part of the routine, something to be seen, noted, and taken in stride. Nothing she couldn't do, and nothing she hadn't done before. The only thing that was different was that it seemed that some of the other residents of the tower had taken to emulating their captors, using the others against her will.

She could still feel a twinge where she'd been run through again.

Medea, for her part, has been nothing short of insufferable; the steady chatter of her derision a steady stream of sound in the back of her mind. Every day is an even greater failure to her, but as ever, Chidori ignores her and continues about her days as best she can. But the strain from the last few days is evident in the way she carries herself, the frost in her gaze and the derision in her tone, when she can be persuaded to talk. But she keeps the anger controlled, a seething roil of emotions held in check beneath her usual impassive mask.

It won't be too long before she can't keep her hold on it anymore though.]

Comments

[floreatnoctem]

Favorite food then?

[Her mouth twitches.]

My, that seems a little too blatant, don't you think? I'd think you'd be at least a little more subtle.

[knightime]

Somehow, I highly doubt any of my favorite foods would make for very sexy names.

People aren't expecting blatant. It would shake things up a bit, but I'd probably go for something classier. [This is the most serious conversation.]

[floreatnoctem]

Oh come now, I'm sure someone out there will find a name like 'pizza' highly erotic.

[So droll.]

Well, it cannot be difficult to be at least marginally classier than 'Dick Princess'. At least put a 'lord' in there somewhere.

[The absolute seriousest.]

[knightime]

You think someone would go for a dude named Ramen?

[Because that's classy right?]

Lord Testicles the 2nd. That sound majestic enough to real in the winners?

[No one can compete with how serious these two are right now.]

[floreatnoctem]

College boys who can't cook, perhaps?

[Absolutely classy.]

Will you wear a monocle?

[She is completely serious- about the monocle, at least.]

[knightime]

I think I can dig college boys wanting me. It sounds scandalous. Like a forbidden love.

[What.]

And a crown. I will only be dressed as the most proper hooker.

[floreatnoctem]

Well, better college boys than old men, wouldn't you say?

[She stifles a chuckle.]

Such a dapper streetwalker you will be, little Lord.

[knightime]

Now that's just fucking skeevy as hell.

[But he just grins.]

Damn right. They can't handle my swag.

[floreatnoctem]

Those sorts usually are.

[She cracks a smile too.]

People will be falling into swoons on both sides of the street.

[knightime]

It's all part of the Strider charm. Shit needs to be turned off or I wake up covered in bitches.

[Dave is the lamest child. It is him.]

[floreatnoctem]

Now how, exactly, does one wake up covered in bitches? Do they sleepwalk to you or just appear or... what?

[Chidori happens to think he's amusing, thanks much.]

[knightime]

They just kind of come and chill while you're sleeping. In retrospect, that's kind of really creepy.

[Wise words of a Strider.]

[floreatnoctem]

That's a fair bit creepy, yes. Especially since I'm sure there are doors and walls to get through to get to you. Does it make them highly capable of breaking and entering then, I wonder?

[knightime]

Maybe the attraction was just so strong that they did whatever they could to get to me.

Walls and doors can't stop them from getting to the source of some strider swag.

[floreatnoctem]

Now all I can imagine is pajama-clad sleep zombies making their way through brick walls in order to get through to you.

[knightime]

It would be the worst zombie apocalypse. Constantly on the run to avoid zombies jumping my dick.

Holy shit, that's some major nightmare fuel right there.

[floreatnoctem]

You poor, afflicted dear. How ever will you survive if they can more or less smell you out? Maybe you should stick to being a loner in such an event. Wouldn't want to be the downfall of a group now, would you?

[knightime]

I break out of the group. Took one for the team. Just traveled on my lonesome away from society so everyone else had a chance at survival. [This oddly sounds like him and Rose traveling to the Green Sun. Wow that's kind of depressing.]

[floreatnoctem]

How very noble of you, really.

[Imaginary headpats, you can has. Lucky for him, Chidori doesn't know enough to make the comparison.]

[knightime]

[No one really knows, and he's going to try and make sure they never do to be honest.]

I am a knight. Comes with the package.

[floreatnoctem]

[Curiosity: piqued.]

Are you? What kind of knight?

[knightime]

Uh. Knight of time I guess. [He doesn't usually care to bring this up.]

[floreatnoctem]

Knight of time?

[Her curiosity is evident- but so is the fact that she won't pry if he doesn't want her to.]

An interesting title, certainly.

[knightime]

Yeah. Had all these time power shit and had to do time related bullshit.

[And while he didn't really consider himself a knight, he really did what his title wanted him to do. He protected the alpha timeline, after all.]

[floreatnoctem]

Time powers?

[A slight inclination of her head, curious again.]

As in 'time manipulation'?