As Bad Ideas Go...

The Estate's meticulously kept gardens, including a hedgemaze that students have occasionally described as "sadistic" and a sizable rose garden. Benches in shaded spots are plentiful, and the gardens are popular to study in on pleasant days. The nearby stables are still maintained with a number of well-heeled equines.

As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:06 pm

Tereza leads the way out into the woods, not having bothered to change into a shapeshifting outfit. At some point, she stops and turns around, shrugging out of her jacket and tossing it onto a tree branch. "Are you ready?"
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:53 pm

Sam nods.

"As I'll ever be."
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Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:01 pm

Tereza strips out of the rest of her clothes, tossing them into the tree as well. The shift this time sounds painful and takes a bit and she's breathing hard and a little wild-eyed by the time she's done. Sam can sense that the pain has the wolf on-edge even more and she glances around the clearing, scanning for obvious threats.
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:09 pm

"It's just us, love. You're among friends. Among pack," she says, opening the link between her and Tereza wide.
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Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:19 pm

That seems to focus the wolf's attention, but doesn't seem to calm her. Sam can sense the anger and frustration creeping back up the link. "She is being weak," the wolf snarls with just a hint of disgust, "Whining over what had to be done."
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:24 pm

"If I'm honest, I think what's got her scared the most is she thinks you hurt me."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:28 pm

"I made demands and you answered despite my presumption. That they caused you pain in some measure was regrettable," she says, "But you seem fine now."
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:34 pm

"I'm alright. I was alright then too, but she seems determined to hold it against you."

"And you're not just an animal, I can see. I just don't know how to convince her of that."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:40 pm

"I am as she sees me. She sees me as a monster and so, in her eyes, I am a monster. She is soft... and in denial."
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:12 pm

"You're both part of the whole. You both need each other."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
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Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:56 pm

"I'm not the one who needs a crash course in the necessity of 'pack'," the wolf says, rising to her full height, looking down at Sam. "She is so willing to dance to your tune that she doesn't give it a second thought, but the turn-around scares her."
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:36 pm

"And I don't want you to feel like you can't call on me."

She looks up at the wolf without any fear or disgust.

"I'd run with you anytime, love."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:03 am

"You remember our fight?" The wolf's large hand reaches for Sam's face, claws dangerously close. She flexes her fingers, claw tips grazing Sam's skin as she watches Sam's reaction.
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Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:12 am

Sam's mind flits across the possibilities of the weapons tipping the wolf's fingers, her pupils dilating as she takes in a breath. With the link this open, it's not hard for the wolf to pick up on it.

"I remember enjoying it. I know it went too far, but you know I like a scrap."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:15 am

"You called... all I did was answer."
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:19 am

"Maybe it wasn't the time or place, but am I wrong to think that we both like calling that out of each other?"
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:32 am

"Did you really enjoy me in a frenzy?"
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:33 am

"I mean I wouldn't... force it on you but..."

"...you're beautiful in full throat."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:18 pm

"You wanted your wolf whether you knew it or not. You called, I answered. Had the moon also not been singing in my ears..."
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:29 pm

"...then we would have met in the middle more easily."

She closes her eyes, and when she opens them again she's looking up at the wolf through yellow ones of her own.

"You're allowed to want, too."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:34 pm

"She doesn't trust what I want."
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:42 pm

"Because the timing has always been bad. She can't afford to appreciate you, because the moon is calling, or because we're in the middle of a crisis."

Her teeth sharpen as she speaks, her hair growing longer and wilder as her ears twitch to points. Her joints pop as her frame swells, starting to catch up to the wolf in size.

"But we're choosing our own time now, aren't we?"

She reaches out her own hand to caress the wolf's cheek as claws push forth from her fingertips.
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:47 pm

The wolf leans into the touch like a big dog as if she can't help herself. Still, her response is negative, "No... you're choosing your own time."
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:50 pm

"...then how do we make this more fair to you?"

"You're my lover, not my creature."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:53 pm

"That's not right either. I'm both."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:55 pm

"Do you resent that, then? You can say 'no' to me."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:14 pm

"I'm not sure I can say no to you, but resenting you is not in me. In her maybe, but not in me." Her ear twitches as if she's listening to something, but Sam doesn't pick up anything across their link.
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High Concept: Winter Wolf
Aspect: Chip Off The Old Ice Block
Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:54 pm

"I don't... want to control you. Or her."

"What are you hearing?"
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:59 pm

"I'm hearing her. She's..." The wolf grunts, "She's... objecting. Rather strongly."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:00 pm

"Are you willing to yield to her?"
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:25 pm

"No. Do you want me to?"
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:27 pm

"I don't want you to have to fight each other, but I want her to learn you're not a monster either."

"At the same time, I think she's more tenacious than you give her credit."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:30 pm

"Fair enough," the wolf says, seeming to take that as much of an affirmative as she's going to get. She sighs and pulls back, just enough on the edges. Oddly enough the link closes down a bit as she does so. The eyes harden and the first words out of her mouth are, "Don't resent you."
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Aspect: Escaped Asset
Aspect: Servant Alpha
Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:34 pm

"Take it slow, love. I know you're not used to talking like this."

"I guess even after it happened, I thought this was more... equal than it apparently is."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:55 pm

"What do you mean?" The words are slow and deliberate.
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:57 pm

"I guess I always thought that if I could call on you, it only made sense that you could do the same. It surprised me when it happened, but it didn't feel like a presumption on your part."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
Aspect: Driven by Wolves

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:19 pm

"I... Wasn't me. Was. But wasn't."
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Aspect: Partner To The Fey

Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:20 pm

"It's all you, love. She's not any less you. Different interpretations of the same song."

"But the part where it doesn't feel equal is... she's not sure she can say no to me."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Tereza Rozanov » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:35 pm

"She..." Tereza sighs, "She can't, I don't think."
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Re: As Bad Ideas Go...

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:12 pm

"I don't... really understand why," she admits.

"I don't want to own you, love."
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