towerofanimus | it's like i'm looking in the mirror at someone else

Characters: [OU] Vriska Serket and you!
Setting: Around the tower, wherever
Format: Starting with action but I'll match.
Summary: Vriska takes some time to look at her life and look at her choices.
Warnings: None!

[Vriska's taken to a skulking method of wandering around the tower, instead of the confident stride she boasted before Spidermom showed up. Now it feels like she's always hiding and always looking for her next victim, and really, that's what she's doing. Not that she'll ever admit that she's hiding from anything, because she's not! That's absolutely not why she's switched back to her old outfit with her wings always tucked away to keep from leaving trails around the tower that will lead to her. She's just doing a job, a job that no one wants, and that she was guilted into. She's starting to really resent Karkat for this, because it's digging her deeper into a hole that's going to be hard to crawl out of. Not to mention the countless hours she's spending with his lusus, getting used to her like it's her lusus.

She shakes her head, frowning as she continues through the hallways and up the stairs, pointedly avoiding the forest. Her direction has no aim, she's just wandering for the sake of relieving the restlessness that builds on the days between feeding. She'd fed her again yesterday - a troll of all people, her old kismesis at that - so now she had a couple of days of freedom from the task. But it's anything but. It's just another day of checking over her shoulder for anyone who might be watching her actions too closely. Really, she's becoming as paranoid as the other cerulean. This is just getting ridiculous. She feels like she's completely losing control of the situation, and it's driving her crazy.]

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[Terezi has noticed how oddly Vriska has been acting, and she's also smelled those fruity fairy dust trails leading to odd places. She's been slacking on Vriska surveillance these last few weeks (Karkat's fault), and considering the events of the past few days, she's in an incredibly foul mood. Who better to take it out on than Vriska?

It isn't hard to follow her, either. Vriska isn't nearly as sneaky as she likes to think.]

Edited 2011-12-01 03:13 (UTC)

[Vriska doesn't notice her at first, she's way too caught up in a pity party for herself right about now about this whole Spidermom business. She doesn't understand why Karkat can't just feed her himself, it's not like he isn't there for every single feeding anyway. As far as she's concerned, he's just as bad as she is, he's just as guilty of it. But she's probably the only one who sees it that way, and that sucks.

She glances towards the forest as she shuffles past the floor hurriedly, not wanting to linger too long. Spidermom is in there, and there's no way she's going to visit her when it isn't a feeding day. And she certainly doesn't want her to come looking for her.]

[Terezi is caught up in her own pity party, but unfortunately for Vriska, it doesn't make Terezi lose her trail.

She's certainly skulking around suspiciously enough. Now Terezi just needs to figure out why.]

[Can't hide your sulks from mamafang, girlie. You both are too much alike.

She leans against the wall nearby with her arms crossed over her chest, eyes trailing Vriska as she walks by.]

...Need to talk?

[There was no hint of insincerity in her voice or expression-- she genuinely wanted to help Vriska out.]

[Vriska glances back over her shoulder again, like she's been doing every few minutes to make sure she's alone. Finally a feeling of being washed is beginning to prick at her skin, and she pauses to comb her gaze over the area.]

[She doesn't bother hiding.]

What are you up to, Serket? Looks pretty suspicious to me!

[Ugh, Terezi. She's sort of been expecting this to happen eventually, but she didn't want it to be now. Or ever.]

Stalking me now, Pyrope? What a freak! Don't you have anything better to do? It's really sad if you don't.

[Casually avoiding that question.]

I am just making sure you don't murder anyone else, stupid! If you aren't doing anything wrong, there isn't a problem, riiight?

[Vriska tenses, but only briefly before she forces it out of her, turning on her foot to face the person talking to her.

Her Ancestor. Maybe she was exactly who she needed to talk to about this, but she didn't want to tell anyone. She cocks her hip, folding her arms over her chest and trying to look like she wasn't totally moping and skulking around the tower.]

That's a nice offer! But I have no idea what you're talking about.

Last I checked that didn't make stalking okay. And we've been through this pleeeeeeeenty of times before, since when did you become my watchbeast?

[Avoiding that topic too.]

Pleeeeeeeease, Vriska, you'd have to be a dope to miss that you're upset about something.

[She leans back upwards and steps over to her descendant, looking down at her with her arms still crossed.]

Want to take a walk with me, and talk about what is so obviously not bothering you at all in the slightest?

Edited 2011-12-01 04:34 (UTC)

Nothing to talk about, honestly! But you can walk with me if you want to, if you don't have anything better to do.

[Maybe... Maybe she will take Mindfang to see Spidermom. It couldn't hurt, right? It's her ancestor, she'll understand.]

Alright, then. [She nods a little, moving to stand beside Vriska.] Lead the way, my dear.

[Vriska starts walking again, mulling over the idea of heading to the forest floor or not. She's starting to second guess the idea. But she ends up leading them that way anyway.]

What do you think of the tower so far? Pretty boring place, huh?

[Shitty small talk but at least it's something. If she was older she would definitely be asking her to tell about all of her conquests and adventures, but she isn't sure if she's experienced any of that. Maybe she'll ask sometime.]

Soooooooo boring! There is absolutely nothing to plunder or places to explore. I'm gonna go stir crazy without some fun around here.

[She waves her fingers behind her head, rolling her shoulders to produce some satisfying pops.]

Alternia from my time was pretty tame to begin with. So hard to find some good, grade A danger.

Tame?? We're definitely not from the same place. Not that it wasn't anything I couldn't handle, of course. But there was danger everywhere! You get pretty used to it, actually.

[She smirks, flicking a lock of hair from her face.]

Yeah, if we're going to be stuck here the least the could do is give us some interesting floors to explore! All the ones they've given us are boring. The entertainment floor is alright, I guess. But it's nothing special.

Ugh. So jealous.

[She smiles widely.]

I'd say you have to take me there someday, but we both know that can't happen, having destroyed it with meteors.

[Mindfang nods a little, eager.]

If only you could fit an ocean in a Tower... a girl can dream~

[She hesitates to say it but it ends up slipping out anyway.]

It's probably better that it's gone anyway. But whatever, enough about Alternia! That place is loooooooong gone.

[She shrugs, slowing the closer they get to forest.]

They fit space in here, bet it wouldn't be too hard to get the ocean in here too. But we'd need a boat.

Call it what you want! Where are you going?

We could be a two girl crew. Scourges of the 8 seas.

[This idea is actually kind of pleasing her a little.]

But then we'd just need some other chumps to get boats so we could raid 'em. Like Dualscar or that descendant of his.

I'm taking a leisurely stroll through the tower. Got a problem with that?

No one would stand a chance against us!

[There may or may not be a dreamy look in her eyes at the idea of traveling the seas with her Ancestor, two great gamblignants against the world. Or tower. Whatever. Semantics.

She makes a face at the mention of Eridan.]

Ampora? No way! Been there, done that. He got boring quick, he's not even worth raiding.

[She tilts her head.]

Liar.

Then tell me what I'm doing, since my answer obviously isn't the one you're looking for.

[Grinning!]

Something terrible, duh.

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