[ Slowly lowering her blank eyes to his. ]
I am unsure anything located here would sate your frustrations.
[ Slowly lowering her blank eyes to his. ]
I am unsure anything located here would sate your frustrations.
[ She bows, and damn near trips over herself as she books it back down the hall to the elevator. Reschedules happen all the time. They weren’t personal. This was a work setting.
She wounds herself with her messes. ]
[ She bows, and damn near trips over herself as she books it back down the hall to the elevator. Reschedules happen all the time. They weren’t personal. This was a work setting.
She wounds herself with her messes. ]
She thought, maybe, some extra rest would.. help.. but she isn’t assigned to think, is she? Just to answer what’s already there. ]
. . .
I understand.
[ She says, so small all of a sudden. ]
. . .
My presence is not required for your training regimen. If you require any further assistance, -
She thought, maybe, some extra rest would.. help.. but she isn’t assigned to think, is she? Just to answer what’s already there. ]
. . .
I understand.
[ She says, so small all of a sudden. ]
. . .
My presence is not required for your training regimen. If you require any further assistance, -
[ There’s the tiniest pinch of blue in the air, like a crystalline tear from the stars themselves. He couldn’t see it, no, but it lingered, unexplained.
And as Mr. Herrera makes a motion to go on, The Servant thins her lips out, sealing the rest of the rainbow swelling inside her chest.
-
[ There’s the tiniest pinch of blue in the air, like a crystalline tear from the stars themselves. He couldn’t see it, no, but it lingered, unexplained.
And as Mr. Herrera makes a motion to go on, The Servant thins her lips out, sealing the rest of the rainbow swelling inside her chest.
-
[ As noted before, he would get to rest *first*! How exciting, she hoped! ]
[ As noted before, he would get to rest *first*! How exciting, she hoped! ]
.. Excellent timing, Mr. Herrera. I hope the bath treated you well.
[ Flipping through her clipboard. ]
You are now due for a meal, a thirty minute rest, and -
.. Excellent timing, Mr. Herrera. I hope the bath treated you well.
[ Flipping through her clipboard. ]
You are now due for a meal, a thirty minute rest, and -
Both Experiments had side effects. Both Experiments had to mask said side effects. Both Experiments were, no matter how much they’d been altered, /human/, and the thought was mortifying. Like it was mistake to be who they were born as.
The knowledge wrung her throat.
At the -
Both Experiments had side effects. Both Experiments had to mask said side effects. Both Experiments were, no matter how much they’d been altered, /human/, and the thought was mortifying. Like it was mistake to be who they were born as.
The knowledge wrung her throat.
At the -
That was all she could make sense of, with what she’d -
That was all she could make sense of, with what she’d -
Huff.. huff..
Huff.. huff..
She lifts onto her heels and tucks the clipboard into her lap. ]
. . . I-I will wait in the hallway for the reminder of your bath to finish, sir. Thank you.
[ The Servant is all too quick to bow out of the room. Not until she’s -
She lifts onto her heels and tucks the clipboard into her lap. ]
. . . I-I will wait in the hallway for the reminder of your bath to finish, sir. Thank you.
[ The Servant is all too quick to bow out of the room. Not until she’s -
I am asked the very same, during my maintenance visits.
[ Her brow faintly furrows, a small imperfection in a perfect masquerade, but she quickly corrects it. The only thing she couldn’t fix was -
I am asked the very same, during my maintenance visits.
[ Her brow faintly furrows, a small imperfection in a perfect masquerade, but she quickly corrects it. The only thing she couldn’t fix was -
[ Her explanation was quiet as it was monotonous. She also now appeared to have.. glasses? She takes them off as she’s speaking, however, and tucks them away. ]
. . And I am pleased that, as Mr. Boke’s prized Experiments, we have both successfully maintained /perfect health/.
[ And -
[ Her explanation was quiet as it was monotonous. She also now appeared to have.. glasses? She takes them off as she’s speaking, however, and tucks them away. ]
. . And I am pleased that, as Mr. Boke’s prized Experiments, we have both successfully maintained /perfect health/.
[ And -
. . .
[ Struggling, she hesitantly fixes her gaze upon his. ]
. . . Mr. Herrera, as you know, as Experiments, we are expected to hold our standards higher than that of the untouched humanoid -
. . .
[ Struggling, she hesitantly fixes her gaze upon his. ]
. . . Mr. Herrera, as you know, as Experiments, we are expected to hold our standards higher than that of the untouched humanoid -
She huffs a small sigh through her lips and holds the clipboard to her chest. ]
.. no anomalies detected, Mr. Herrera.
[ A lie, but they both knew that. ]
You appear to be in perfect health.
[ Another one.
Now that his shadow submerged into -
She huffs a small sigh through her lips and holds the clipboard to her chest. ]
.. no anomalies detected, Mr. Herrera.
[ A lie, but they both knew that. ]
You appear to be in perfect health.
[ Another one.
Now that his shadow submerged into -
Confirm the date of your last mana bath.
Dotting her i’s. Crossing her t’s. Before he knew it, her questions were done. What he didn’t know is she was *aware* now of his.. struggles. Pointedly, she could decipher it pertained to his body, desperate to keep up with the impossible -
Confirm the date of your last mana bath.
Dotting her i’s. Crossing her t’s. Before he knew it, her questions were done. What he didn’t know is she was *aware* now of his.. struggles. Pointedly, she could decipher it pertained to his body, desperate to keep up with the impossible -
And thus, she rattles off more of the usual:
Any thoughts of self harm.
Any thoughts of harming others.
Any assessment of mana used outside of combat.
-
And thus, she rattles off more of the usual:
Any thoughts of self harm.
Any thoughts of harming others.
Any assessment of mana used outside of combat.
-
[ Her brows furrow, text blurring in her vision. ]
[ Her brows furrow, text blurring in her vision. ]
But he was hiding the cracks in the foundation. What a hypocrite she’d be, lecturing him about that. Quietly, she murmurs. ]
. . . I apologize.
[ And she flops back to the usual line of questions. ]
In the past 30 days, has-
But he was hiding the cracks in the foundation. What a hypocrite she’d be, lecturing him about that. Quietly, she murmurs. ]
. . . I apologize.
[ And she flops back to the usual line of questions. ]
In the past 30 days, has-
. . .
[ She could wag a finger at him and say he needed to-
. . .
[ She could wag a finger at him and say he needed to-