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[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

Comments

[rathercommon]

I told him I'd pass it on. I also told him you wouldn't go for it. Glad to hear I do know you fairly well. I'll spend a little while being smug.

And no? Why not?

[dendarii]

Please do. You've nailed me down exactly. Good to know (or at least have him claim) that it's a monitoring spell and not something worse.

It's on my sternum, nearly over the heart. My bones are weak anyway ... it's even worse right now with that thing burned into it. Surgery would kill me.

[rathercommon]

[ Jesus. Her stomach clenches with nausea. And she is very glad this is text. ]

Yeah, and where's my well-done-Kitty-you're-so-brave-and-clever? As for the bone thing, that's irritating, that would have been easy, but we'll figure something else easy as anything.

[dendarii]

Well done, Kitty. I'm extremely grateful to you and your bravery and your cleverness - this is vital information and I'm glad to have it. He didn't hurt you, did he?

[ He doesn't much want to talk about the bone thing, so he lets it drop and hopes it won't come up again. It makes him a bit sick knowing how weak that spot is. It's not just surgery that could kill him now - any strong hit to it might send the resulting bone shards straight into his heart. ]

[rathercommon]

Too right he hurt me. My feelings, specifically. He said that a soul like yours has more value than a soul like mine, which is COMPLETELY ABSURD, because have you even MET me?

[dendarii]

[ That stops Miles completely for a moment. Because - what? How? ]

Absolute garbage. He must have been joking.

[rathercommon]

[ Okay, good. Either Miles isn't freaked out, or...well. Or he's faking chipperness as hard as she is right now. ]

I know!! I don't mean to put you down or anything of course. I quite think you're someone of IMMENSE virtue. But REALLY. I should say we're equals. I expect he was trying to just get me to trade away my soul on the cheap - but I do quite know my worth.

[dendarii]

[ Mostly his sense of self worth is in the negatives. The thought that anyone's soul could be worth less than his is ludicrous. ]

Wait. Back up for a moment. What do you mean, he was trying to get you to trade away your soul? What did he try to offer you?

[rathercommon]

Well...You, of course. I assume you're practical-minded enough to know why I refused outright.

[dendarii]

[ Miles' heart seems to stop for a moment. Oh god ... If she had done that ... He'd have gone after Lucifer directly. ]

Extremely smart and brave, Kitty. We'd just be worse in the mess than we are now. At least if it's just me we can extricate ourselves.

[rathercommon]

Well, that, yeah. And also, in magic, things freely given are often worth more than things taken by force. If I willingly gave myself up, I'm sure he'd have a stronger hold on me than he's got on you.

Remember that in your dealings with him, by the way. He's going to keep coming after you. He is VERY interested in you. I think we can work that to our advantage, though.

[dendarii]

[ She makes it sound like Lucifer has control over Miles' soul already. There's a desperately unpleasant thought. ]

Good to know, at least. I'll be prepared.

What are you thinking?

[rathercommon]

Well, I've basically informed him that to properly romance you, he'll have to treat you right. So I've pointed out to him that you were quite eager and curious and came to him WITHOUT this business of the seal, but that you've been completely creeped out by it and don't want to get near him because of it. And that you're much more likely to come back to him if he gets rid of it. I'd recommend playing that up - that you're really curious about him, but completely put off by him doing these really high-handed things.

multiple

[dendarii]

what

[dendarii]

kitty, no

[dendarii]

Don't EVEN play with the romance angle, that is such a terrible idea.

[rathercommon]

METAPHORICALLY romance you. Honestly Miles I'm not setting you up to have a torrid affair with Lucifer.

[dendarii]

Then why are you even PHRASING it like that

[rathercommon]

I'm being droll!

[dendarii]

Kitty please. I can't even ... just don't even let him think along those lines, please.

[ He does not want to admit he found the encounter kind of hot, albeit in the worst way possible. ]

[rathercommon]

[ About ten minutes later: ]

UGH no seriously. He just spent like the last five minutes I was in there hitting on me and threatening to kiss me. GROSS GROSS GROSS GROSS GROSS. He is OLD AND GROSS.

[dendarii]

[ Well that just makes him mad on her behalf. ]

He didn't force anything, did he?

[rathercommon]

Ugh no. Though if I'd been cleverer I'd have let him. I pointed out that if he touched me without permission I'd press charges aggressively against him and keep him in there longer. I oughtn't have warned him so that I could have used that to pin him in there...

[dendarii]

how is that CLEVERER

[ Ugh. God. It takes him a moment to get himself together. Reminding himself that there are tactical reasons, yes, and that Kitty is perfectly capable ...

It still makes his skin crawl. ]

I'm very glad that didn't happen, Kitty.

[rathercommon]

Not half as glad as I am. I'd have to literally pour bleach on my tongue if he touched it, I think. But still. It'd be nice to have a bit of a break from him trying to torment you.