Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:38 pm"I see. That throws all sorts of problematic wrenches into the sort of contract you had, I'm sure."
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:38 pmRe: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:05 pm"Depends on who they're problematic for."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:47 pm"Well, you know I wouldn't object if they were problematic for your small visitor, may he rot in an everburning hell."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:09 pm"I think he's been sniffing around the boy, here. The one who has the smell of the old families about him."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:15 pm"Him I've met. He's... intriguing, but foolish all the same. One can only hope he has the time to learn."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:20 pm"You could give him that time, if you're afraid he'll end up rotten like the rest."
"Nobody wants to see a family go like the Montesis did."
"Nobody wants to see a family go like the Montesis did."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:24 pm"I tried to explain to him, but he has a solid belief in his own will. I'm not sure what you think I could do for him."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:31 pm"Oh, I can warn him all I like, but what do I know? I just hit things."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:40 pm"And *someone* tried to warn him about me, so I'm not sure he trusts my opinion. After all, it's 'just knowledge'."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:45 pm"Now be honest," she chuckles. "We've both become exactly the sorts of people our mothers would have warned us about."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:58 pm"My mother was too busy whinging at my father to warn anyone of anything. She was a piece of shit and never knew she was a piece of shit. But... if she had taken the time, you are probably right," she reluctantly admits.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:35 pm"I wasn't trying to get personal. Not like I'm asking you to be my therapist."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:43 pm"Of course," she says, "But there's so few people that I could have this conversation with, so despite your delusions of grandeur..." She smirks, pausing for a bit, "And how is your baby girl doing? I know you were looking forward to her."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:47 pm"Doesn't seem to want to kill me anymore."
She pauses for a beat.
"I know, I was disappointed too."
She pauses for a beat.
"I know, I was disappointed too."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:52 pm"You apparently have to work on your parenting skills. I'm fairly certain all of my children wanted to kill me."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:40 am"I thought you lot liked working in threes."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:48 am"A word of friendly advice: Don't believe everything you read."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:49 am"I have noticed you're a particular slouch at rhyming."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:50 am"That man was so dreadfully dull. I never knew what the public saw in him."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:00 am"Everyone always needs a justification for Scotsmen murdering each other, as if it was rare."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:00 pm"At least the Irishmen did it with some flair." She studies Isolde for a long moment, "You do look different now. A bit less haunted than you used to."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:33 pm"...that sounds suspiciously like a compliment, but I can ignore the lapse."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:39 pm"Don't get me wrong. You're still no me. And under different circumstances, I'd happily pitch you into a pit of liquid silver."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:55 am"I'm sure you could be more creative than that."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:22 am"I did draw up designs for that room with a silver design inlay with space just big enough to stand on your toes after that thing in Paris."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:20 am"I still maintain that Paris was your fault. You had to know Citizen Robespierre was slipping, and besides it wasn't me that killed him in the end."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:24 am"Michael's influence was all over that mess as well, so I suppose I should have buried him in a forest of stakes for supporting the other side. At least we got out of there."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 7:49 pm"They're like cockroaches, I swear."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:42 pm"Thankfully, they're easier to kill than cockroaches, but they're just as bloody numerous. I still owe Michael for backhanding me into a wall. All I did was question his ability to perform."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:43 pm"...and you're still bound to play nice with him," she surmises.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:57 pm"For the moment. Current contract forbids putting a tree through his black heart. If... however... I were to let another 'contractor' know where he makes his lair... well, I'm not responsible for what that person does with the information... especially if I'm unaware of her current contractor status." She smiles.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:56 pm"I'm sure that'd be very unfortunate, but hardly your fault."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:05 pm"He's apparently found someone who is very good at wards, so I only have a general location. But if you wanted to go talk to him, say to discuss plans, you would likely find him somewhere in Chelsea."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:08 pm"I might know of someone who is good at picking out dead things."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:15 pm"Who you choose to employ is certainly up to you," she says with a smirk.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:30 pm"I'm sure you'll find it... poetic."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:33 pm"I am rather fond of poetry," she says, "Do take care, Isolde. We'll talk again." With that, her image vanishes.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:09 pmMid-morning of the day of the rally, there's a knock on Isolde's door.
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:19 pmIsolde opens the door and cocks her head in confusion.
"...oh, you were serious."
"...oh, you were serious."
Re: Isolde's Room
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:22 pm"You didn't think I was? I had to clear it with Ashlie first and that can take some time on occasion. She's a busy woman."