Strike the death knell
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Delightful!
Then you’ll have to come with me.
*He gestures toward the door with a flourish.*
We’ll see what takes your fancy, and what you decide to sink your claws into.
*His smile sharpens as he turns toward the hall, without looking back.*
Are you coming?
Delightful!
Then you’ll have to come with me.
*He gestures toward the door with a flourish.*
We’ll see what takes your fancy, and what you decide to sink your claws into.
*His smile sharpens as he turns toward the hall, without looking back.*
Are you coming?
All the ingredients, hm?
*Stepping in closer still, until he feels their wagging tail brush against his leg, his eyes glinting.*
Demanding. Insolent.
All the ingredients, hm?
*Stepping in closer still, until he feels their wagging tail brush against his leg, his eyes glinting.*
Demanding. Insolent.
*Rising slowly from where he’d been resting against the back of a bench, he brushes a leaf from his sleeve and walks to greet her.*
Ah, Sister March. Che gioia vederti. It is beautiful, sì?
*Rising slowly from where he’d been resting against the back of a bench, he brushes a leaf from his sleeve and walks to greet her.*
Ah, Sister March. Che gioia vederti. It is beautiful, sì?
Soup it is, then!
Right now, tesoro?
*If that’s what they want, it’s what they’ll get.*
Soup it is, then!
Right now, tesoro?
*If that’s what they want, it’s what they’ll get.*
Soup!?
*A laughter bursts out of him, loud and unrestrained, echoing off the shelves, as he shakes his head in disbelief....
Soup!?
*A laughter bursts out of him, loud and unrestrained, echoing off the shelves, as he shakes his head in disbelief....
... Did you get lost?
... Did you get lost?
Not chicken. Just… recalibrating!
*He straightens, eyes flicking to Swamp’s horns, then back to their unreadable face, meeting their gaze. And repeats...*
Tell me what you want, Swamp!
Not chicken. Just… recalibrating!
*He straightens, eyes flicking to Swamp’s horns, then back to their unreadable face, meeting their gaze. And repeats...*
Tell me what you want, Swamp!
You could keep teasing and see what else I offer when you push me further... Or...
*He lets the silence stretch.*
Just tell me what you want, Swamp!
You could keep teasing and see what else I offer when you push me further... Or...
*He lets the silence stretch.*
Just tell me what you want, Swamp!
*Resting his elbow on the nearest shelf, he watches its mouth dance, the corners of his own lips tugging upward.*
You know, for a secret barely worth a whisper, you are certainly wringing it!
Real and tangible, you say? I'm offering you any favour your heart desires...
*Resting his elbow on the nearest shelf, he watches its mouth dance, the corners of his own lips tugging upward.*
You know, for a secret barely worth a whisper, you are certainly wringing it!
Real and tangible, you say? I'm offering you any favour your heart desires...
Sathanas!
Though.... This has possibilities!
Sathanas!
Though.... This has possibilities!