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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[discipleo.livejournal.com]

[Screams were screams and sometimes happened, but as Disciple found out, they should not be investigate if attached to a furious empress.


Shit.

She weighed the options. On one hand, running away might be good. Great even. On the other, an angry empress was just going to hurt people. Indecision left her standing there, rooted to the spot and an uncharacteristic word slipped out]

Fuck.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[Oh, that's a voice she knows. The Condesce finds Disciple's eyes without too much trouble, and her grin spreads to reveal her rows of shark-like teeth.]

I suppose this is my lucky night, isn't it? You cost me a good Executor, you know.

It's about time I returned the favor.

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

I didn't do-- [Okay yes she did. Rebel. Right. But!]

He did what he chose to do. He didn't want to kill me.

[She slowly takes steps back, ready to sprint for the staircase]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

Oh, I suppose no harm no foul then.

[The deadpan look that appears on her face suggests otherwise, of course. You didn't really think that excuse would work, did you?]

If you move even a step away from me before I'm done speaking to you, I assure you that you'll be dead within the hour.

[...not that she wouldn't be anyway as far as Condesce is concerned, but who's counting?]

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

[She hesitates then shifts back to a standing position, her hands curled into fists at her side. She knows her crimes are more than enough to warrant death, more so when she escaped it the first time and continued to spread his teachings.

She really hoped the tiny Dolorosa had been right about death meaning nothing here.]

It isn't my fault the Executor didn't shoot.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

This is not a matter of fault, my dear. I suppose I should spare your crimes because one of my soldiers was a simpering buffoon who couldn't carry out a simple execution. Is that what you hope to imply?

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

...Yes? [She drops her eyes to the floor and containing both the need to hiss and bare her teeth or grovel. She's not some wriggler even if this is the Empress]

It doesn't make any sense to play with me. I know purrfectly--perfectly well that you intend to execute me.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

I'll decide whether or not it makes sense.

[Smirking.]

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

Yes Empress.

[She really hates how automatically that came and she bares her teeth at the idea]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[It gets another giggle from her.]

Do you see how much easier it is to cooperate, little girl?

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

[She opts for silence, as if she hadn't heard the Empress at all. Ignoring her is all she can do--though attacking is tempting, for all it will just get killed faster]

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

Though I wonder...are you alone, little guppy? Or did you happen to bring your lovely comrades?

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

You killed or enslaved anyone he held close. How could I?

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

And yet I'm told that the laws of time and space are defied here in this tower.

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

I didn't bring anyone. Empress.

[cullionfish.livejournal.com]

[She obviously doesn't believe her but, given the circumstances she's faced with in terms of the motherplanet, it really wouldn't do to be killing off what may be the last shreds of her race.

So she simply sneers.]

Don't lie to me.

[discipleo.livejournal.com]

I didn't bring anyone with me.

[Still technically true as long as she sticks with this wording :| ]