If only Thor had such questionable loyalties, we might have been rid of him sooner.
[ it's the sort of thing yennefer would never say to anyone else. never. thor is everything that yennefer's public facing persona endorses, that unfettered delight in superiority, the indulgence. hers may be more artful, but the crux remains the same.
and she hates thor for it, a little, because it doesn't seem like a mask for him. he has not tired of this one bit. ]
He's a rook. Booker. Not so long ago, he was eager for whatever power and attention he could garner. A climber. Were he using the girl for that, I might forgive them both. But something changed. He's been drifting.
Booker's been out for his attention since the off. He'd been vaguely aware of it, but what's another in a long line of climbers seeking his endorsement? The only remarkable thing about him was that he'd made his way into Parliament via Loki, and that was never going to have anything but the adverse effect.
Combine that with this most recent update and it isn't good news. ]
Thank you.
[ For the information. There's a tension in the shortness of the response that speaks to a target hit. ]
[ she senses that she's made headway, and she just can't help herself. margo's presence has always threatened her, on some level, because it interferes with the sense of possessiveness that yennefer tries to stamp down, that isn't becoming of their lives. margo is the chronic, unavoidable reminder of the ways in which yennefer herself is not cut out to be an exclusive partner to anyone, least of all someone interested in a legacy. ]
Then perhaps you should have listened to me better before it became a problem.
[ there's a huff at the end there, which seems final in its own way. she will bite her tongue on further comment. but she has felt this building for a while, now, and she can hardly believe that stephen hasn't. ]
[ A nuisance. Disappointing, absolutely. But it's nothing outside of his capacity to handle. If his daughter's beau ever sought power, he'll bow to it or regret ever having set out in pursuit. And Margo... ]
Margo knows her place.
[ A reminder is all it will take. And after that, Yennefer can remind him exactly what it is he's been doing wrong. ]
[ His thoughts branch out, reaching across the absent and the present, the pool small enough that it doesn't take much until—
It's a shock, briefly. The missed beat is easily buried in the time spent hunting. ]
John Murphy.
[ Pathetic. Pathetic. After all those flirtations with violence, the slightest hint of the shoe on the other foot was all it took to put centuries to waste. ]
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THE AERIE - @svstrange
(jk this is mental connection thingy)
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[ The joy of talking like this is she can hear the dry sarcasm thick in his tone.
It is uncharacteristic, mostly. But if there's anyone who'll notice Margo's every misstep, he can count on it to be Yennefer. ]
What do I need to know?
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[ because of course it is. it's always a boy. ]
Nauseatingly contrived and cliché, I recognize.
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Can't be any worse than Thor, surely.
[ The fact that both of his children have slept with an imbecile is still a sore spot. ]
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[ it's the sort of thing yennefer would never say to anyone else. never. thor is everything that yennefer's public facing persona endorses, that unfettered delight in superiority, the indulgence. hers may be more artful, but the crux remains the same.
and she hates thor for it, a little, because it doesn't seem like a mask for him. he has not tired of this one bit. ]
He's a rook. Booker. Not so long ago, he was eager for whatever power and attention he could garner. A climber. Were he using the girl for that, I might forgive them both. But something changed. He's been drifting.
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Booker's been out for his attention since the off. He'd been vaguely aware of it, but what's another in a long line of climbers seeking his endorsement? The only remarkable thing about him was that he'd made his way into Parliament via Loki, and that was never going to have anything but the adverse effect.
Combine that with this most recent update and it isn't good news. ]
Thank you.
[ For the information. There's a tension in the shortness of the response that speaks to a target hit. ]
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[ she senses that she's made headway, and she just can't help herself. margo's presence has always threatened her, on some level, because it interferes with the sense of possessiveness that yennefer tries to stamp down, that isn't becoming of their lives. margo is the chronic, unavoidable reminder of the ways in which yennefer herself is not cut out to be an exclusive partner to anyone, least of all someone interested in a legacy. ]
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[ This has the potential to become a battle. If that's what it's to be, better he focus on one thing at a time. ]
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Will you really deal with it?
You haven't thus far.
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[ there's a huff at the end there, which seems final in its own way. she will bite her tongue on further comment. but she has felt this building for a while, now, and she can hardly believe that stephen hasn't. ]
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[ A nuisance. Disappointing, absolutely. But it's nothing outside of his capacity to handle. If his daughter's beau ever sought power, he'll bow to it or regret ever having set out in pursuit. And Margo... ]
Margo knows her place.
[ A reminder is all it will take. And after that, Yennefer can remind him exactly what it is he's been doing wrong. ]
@hawkisheyes
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One in an ocean. It's too late to undo. We hold our ground and we bury it once this is over.
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You've got a beat on everyone here, don't you? Who's missing and ran their mouth?
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It's a shock, briefly. The missed beat is easily buried in the time spent hunting. ]
John Murphy.
[ Pathetic. Pathetic. After all those flirtations with violence, the slightest hint of the shoe on the other foot was all it took to put centuries to waste. ]
He won't be missing for long.
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