I Know How To Twist You

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:12 pm

"Well, not usually. A lot of people pretend to be nice or polite when they're in public, just for the sake of getting along."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:16 pm

"And even though I don't try to pry, I get reminded of that all too often."

"I guess I also had to learn the hard way that what you look like isn't who you are. Like, isn't even related in the slightest."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:17 pm

"I'm still struggling with that, but I suppose with your abilities, that's a thing you have to get used to quickly."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:19 pm

"Well you're... more honest than most, if that helps."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:30 pm

"Life's too short for excessive bullshit," she says, starting to cook some sausage over the fire.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 7:54 pm

"It's refreshing, really. I mean, nobody's completely open, but the people who are more open are worth sticking around."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 7:59 pm

"So you're saying there's no more mystery left?" Tereza smirks.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:19 pm

"...can I plead the fifth? That's a Yank thing, but the crime shows assure me it's quite useful."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:23 pm

"Well, considering I'm Russian and you're Irish, I'm not sure it really applies," she grins.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:47 pm

"Then I shall choose whatever answer gets me sausages."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:52 pm

"As if I wouldn't feed you," she says, offering one of the hot sausages to Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:38 pm

"Far be it for me to insult the cook," she chuckles, tossing the sausage from hand to hand as it cools.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:44 pm

Tereza starts munching on one herself while setting up some other skewers with vegetables to roast, "So now that you've got almost a whole semester under your belt and you seem more comfortable in your own skin, have you given any thought to what you'll do after university?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:34 am

"God, I think if anything I'm less sure."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:38 am

"With what's already happened, I'm fairly certain I'll be pulling hero duty until I physically can't anymore." She stares into the flames for a bit, "And I think I'm mostly okay with that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:39 am

"...could be a long time, with the way you heal."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:44 am

"That's the bit I haven't quite come to terms with yet. Not sure I'm prepared to live for potentially several hundred years, if Isolde is any indication."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:57 am

"Sounds like it'd get bloody lonely."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:08 am

"I imagine that contributed to her insanity."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:08 am

"Are we supposed to feel sorry for her? Honestly?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:25 am

"Yes? No? I don't know. She's confusing. I want to hate her, but there's some part of me that can't help but feel sorry for her."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:28 am

"Well she's obviously... crossed a line, aye?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:57 am

"Something like that. I'm not sure what her game is, but I'm not going to worry about it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:59 am

"That's probably for the best. You don't owe her anything."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:04 am

"A punch in the mouth maybe, but that's about it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:10 am

"...you'll have to invite me to spectate, you know." She snorts.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:00 am

"So you won't just sense it and come to watch?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:16 am

"If it happens too quick, I might miss something."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:35 am

"I have a feeling that if I start punching her, it will be quite some time before I stop."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:37 am

"Well there's no need to tease," she smirks.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:57 pm

"Although, I thought you really liked the new me, so maybe she earns a brief punching reprieve for that?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:46 pm

"I can... like the overall results even if I don't like the distress she's caused you," she says carefully.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:04 pm

Tereza waves the carefulness away, "You can speak your mind bluntly, you know that, right?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:14 pm

"...well alright, I guess I just... like seeing you turned loose. It's like I can feel the wolf in you even when you're human," she says as she reaches out to run her fingers along Tereza's thick hair.

"Every time we hold hands I can feel the potential for claws there, for things that rip and tear. Every time we kiss I sense the weapons there, waiting to happen."

"And that's... very attractive to me," she says, now blushing.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:19 pm

Something about that confession seems to click with her. Tereza's irises flash yellow for a moment and she leans up to kiss Sam, her hands leaving off fidgeting with the fire to pull Sam closer.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:29 pm

Sam for her part doesn't need to be asked twice, her fingers curling into Tereza's hair as she kisses back eagerly.

Her own hair grows longer and wilder in her reverie, black feathers woven in among it.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:37 pm

((Fade to fun, food, fun, and black...))

Something wakes Sam up in the middle of the night or at least it seems like she's awake. She finds herself curled up next to Tereza, snuggled into a joined sleeping bag set without a stitch on. Tereza is sound asleep, not snoring in the slightest, so at first Sam isn't sure what awakened her. Then she hears it, carried to her on the breeze:
"Offerings given to the Phantom Queen,
Offerings duly accepted by the same,
I call on the Battlecrow,
For I would have words with her,
That a bargain may be struck."

Some part of Sam understands that the words aren't English and they're not even modern Gaelic. They're something older and those words thrum with power.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:47 pm

Sam frowns, sitting up.

"...whoever you are, this isn't funny."

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:59 pm

"No offense is meant and no humor intended,
but the rules must be observed."

The voice is closer now. Tereza seems to still be sleeping soundly, even Sam's voice hadn't awakened her.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:08 pm

Sam looks with some concern to Tereza, but slips out of the sleeping bag.

As she climbs out of the tent, what looks like a long gown of black feathers emerges from her skin as she looks around in the night air.

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