LOCK YOUR DOORS, SHUT YOUR WINDOWS

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

Characters: Her Imperious Condescension and YOU!
Setting: The hallways or wherever you want. Just specify!
Format: I'm starting in action, but I'll match.
Summary: The Condesce has arrived -- and she is DISPLEASED.
Warnings: The Condesce is a warning in herself. Expect violence.

[The sleep paralysis had served little purpose but to infuriate The Condesce even further than she already had been. She had felt the stray threads connecting her to her lusus snap, which would have meant that the Vast Glub would begun to take Alternia by storm in no less than five minutes. Tyrian purple irises dilated in rage when she had realized she couldn't move.

But it was likely that all of the Tower could hear her scream in fury when she was finally able to move her jaw. It wouldn't be hard to pinpoint the source once she was out in the hallway. Her Imperious Condescesion was an imposing figure, decorated in various jewelery of vast expense, christened with a crown and holding a trident. She had wasted no time in shedding the gaudy suit she had been given.

She would find who had brought her here, and she would make them pay.]

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[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[This is a thing that is true. It's been quite some time since she's seen a wriggler of any kind, so the second she sees Terezi darting away from her, she barks firmly, any previous tremor in her tone dissolved.]

Halt.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[Terezi freezes immediately out of something like instinct, but she doesn't turn. For her entire life, the Empress has just been some far off monster that couldn't hurt her directly. Now she's barely ten feet away, and Terezi has no idea what to do.]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[The Condesce continues to approach, halting a good distance away. SHE DOESN'T APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR BACK TO HER, MISSY, do you have any idea how rude that is?]

Ahem.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[Terezi turns slowly, forcing a weak smile and immediately wondering if that was the wrong thing to do.]

Hello.

[...Wrong too?]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[Kind of! But she's momentarily distracted. This little wriggler looked familiar, though she couldn't quite place why that was. After all, faces rarely stuck in her mind unless she was trying to kill them or if she had every day dealings with them.

Her eyes fall to the symbol. Teal. So not entirely useless, but not very helpful either.]

And what is a wriggler like you doing so far from Alternia, hm?

[She speaks gently, but its practically impossible to wipe away the predatory aura around her.]

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[She's silent for a second or so, trying to figure out the best way to answer.]

Alternia was... Destroyed. By meteors.

[It's a much longer story than that, but Terezi would rather not get into it. She keeps her gaze pointed respectfully downward.]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[The Condesce blinks in a bit of surprise. Meteors and not the Glub? Had the severing she felt been Gl'bgolyb passing on? She had been so sure that she felt the shockwave start--

But now wasn't the time to dwell on things like that, especially when there was a wriggler at her feet.]

I see. And your captor here?

[Because she's not a prisoner herself, nope.]

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[Still not moving, and still not raising her eyes, Terezi shakes her head.]

We don't know. We can't leave, either.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[An aggravated snort comes from her.]

Convenient. We'll see about that.

[Pause.]

You said 'we'.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[Fuck.]

There are other trolls here, too.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

All wrigglers, then?

[Careful Terezi, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO UPSET HER NOW WOULD YOU? 38)]

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head, but again, there's a careful pause before she answers.]

Mostly. But there are a few adults. And a ton of humans.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I don't suppose you are aware of who those choice adults are.

[Her smile spreads to something that could have passed off for kindness, if it wasn't for the fact that she was the Empress.]

I'd like to be made aware of what resources are at my disposal, after all.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.]

No. I haven't met any of them.

[She's not sure why she's risking a lie for Signless when people can't quite die here. But then, she's certain the Empress can cook up things much more horrible than death.]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

You'll let me know if you happen to find out.

[It's not a request -- it's a warning.]

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[She nods quickly, finally thinking to bow.]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[That seems to satisfy her, pulling up that false smile again.]

Good.

[And then she turns to leave.]