Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:17 am"I guess that's not normal for 'us'."
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:17 amRe: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:18 am"Not many of 'us' wind up becoming the guardian to a Child of Earth."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:21 am"I won't pretend to understand that business, but it does sound like a unique position."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:23 am"You can understand one thing, then."
"A leash has two ends."
"A leash has two ends."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:31 am"You're saying I'm letting my wolf do all the tugging."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:34 am"Is that what you think your leash is between? You and your wolf?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:36 am"No, I meant between Sam and me."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:37 am"Like I keep saying, you're smarter than you look," she smirks.
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:45 am"I wouldn't go that far," she says with a half-smirk of her own.
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:46 am"You can be smart and still fighting yourself. Even without fighting your wolf."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:51 am"She has her moments. We worked well together on our mission. Then Sam decided she needed to be rewarded."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:52 am"Do you blame her for that?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:55 am"Blame Sam or the wolf?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:57 am"Your girlfriend."
"You know, the one I keep telling you to talk to, since apparently your wolf is still hung over."
"You know, the one I keep telling you to talk to, since apparently your wolf is still hung over."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:58 pmShe thinks about it for a long moment. "I guess I kind of do blame her. Though I'd be hard pressed to tell you exactly what I blame her for. Encouraging the wolf maybe? Though even that's not quite right."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:09 pm"You're allowed to blame her."
"But does she know that?"
"But does she know that?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:34 pmTereza makes some indecipherable gesture. "Yes, talk to her. I get it."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:37 pm"Whatever bond you share, you don't always know what's going back and forth on it. You don't know what feelings she's getting off you."
"You might like that you don't always need words, but sometimes you do."
"You might like that you don't always need words, but sometimes you do."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:51 pm"I suppose. And Viv's not here to balance us out and take some of the weight, so that's... yeah." She sighs.
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:57 pm"It's a lot to take on. Part of you likes it, and you're not quite ready to put what you like about it into human terms."
"Wolves aren't priests. That might be what it seems like to you, but when she awakes make sure you're not making it something it's not."
"Then maybe you can grip the leash."
"Wolves aren't priests. That might be what it seems like to you, but when she awakes make sure you're not making it something it's not."
"Then maybe you can grip the leash."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:14 pm"I guess that's part of it. You're right, priest isn't the right word, but I don't think I have words for it."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:17 pm"It still comes from you. Don't let the funhouse mirror throw you."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:21 pm"So what are you saying? That I'm the one who's actually looking for some deeper meaning or something?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:23 pm"Or you have a submissive streak you're embarrassed of," she smirks.
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:30 pm"Har, har," she says, "Over the course of my admittedly short-compared-to-yours life, I've had quite a few people try to put me under their thumb. It usually ends badly."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:31 pm"So what's different this time?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:37 pm"I don't think she's actually trying to do that. It's... just sort of what's happening." She sighs, "And maybe it's because I don't quite get my wolf or my wolf doesn't get me. Or... I don't know."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:29 pm"A funhouse mirror is still a mirror, eh?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:24 pm"Are you saying that on some level I want her to do this to me and it's getting distorted through the wolf?"
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:26 pm"I'm not saying I know what that level is. That's something you're going to have to figure out."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:44 pmTereza sighs, "Too much shit to figure out. But I guess it has to be done at some point."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:47 pm"The more you put it off, the more it's going to surprise you by not staying put."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:53 pm"Of course it is," Tereza says, putting some money on the bar and giving the bartender and apologetic look for the frozen glass. "Well, I guess I'll see you around... or maybe not depending on how things go."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:54 pm"If you run from this, I'll be surprised."
Re: A Muddled Up Afterglow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:57 pm"You never know. I can be full of fucking surprises," she says with a sigh, walking rapidly for the door.