Princess Ishtar of Pheliosta (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
xroyal_bratx) wrote2015-10-06 06:34 pm
xroyal_bratx) wrote2015-10-06 06:34 pm
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This is Ishtar. I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Toodles~
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Say the truth.
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[ She replied, keeping her gaze on the ground. ]
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There where?
[ Ishtar doesn't get what he's trying to ask really. ]
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[His voice is calm, patient. For now.]
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[ She replied softly. There's not much to it. ]
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Screwed up, how?
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[ She's not even sure how to explain it, really. ]
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[His fingers curl at his sides, his skin whitening at the exerted pressure at that single point. It takes every ounce of self-control to keep him from moving forward to capture her hand and check for himself. But he's here to listen to her, not to take the information like some brute. If he wanted that, he'd just take her blood and be done with it. But Zero would never do that, so he stayed in place, his anger smoldering underneath the surface.]
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[ There's weird glitches every so often, but it probably had to do with something else and not the gas that was released. ]
When you hugged me earlier, it was warm.
[ She explained slowly. Ishtar noticed the whitening of his skin, and the change of his demeanor. She knew him well. He was probably slowly fuming at everything she was saying to him. Even if he chose to jump at her to make sure, she wouldn't stop him. Ishtar wasn't aware of how vampires of his world worked. Even if he chose to act like that as well, she wouldn't stop him. Ishtar was pretty tight lipped about things that she didn't want to be said and maybe it would take some force for her to actually talk. ]
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You were gone for three days.
Three days without knowing if you were alive or dead. Or worse.
[His fingers tightened.]
And when you get back, you text me with your pathetic excuse of losing track of time! What kind of moron do you take me for?!
Why?!
Why is your first instinct always to lie to me?!
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Yeah, I didn't want to be gone for three days you know. I didn't have control over that. I know apologizing won't fix anything but I wasn't trying to get myself killed or anything. I'm sorry. I really am. I don't what I'm suppose to do to prove that to you.
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It's not a lie. I didn't know how much time passed! I don't think you're a moron. Don't put words in my mouth!
[ She snapped after he raised his voice Because god knows what happened. She probably died, and thinking about it, she didn't want to tell him that. ]
I'm not lying to you! I really wasn't aware of the time lapse or what happened beyond--
[ She stopped-- the explosion... ]
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Beyond what?
[His tone is light and calm, a little too calm.]
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...
[ It's kind of extremely worrisome how calm his voice. She didn't want to add anymore to his sorrow but he kept insisting that she should tell him what happened. ]
The bottom floor got overwhelmed with a lot of magical energy and something else. It exploded.
[ She slowly replied to him. She didn't like that he knew her well sometimes. It made it hard to avoid answering direct questions. If she could avoid the subject, it should be okay, but unfortunately, not when he's demanding things from her and staring her down like that. ]
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[He was in the Facility too long not to ask the next question.]
Were you there when it exploded?
[He prompts because Ishtar clearly isn't going to answer fully otherwise.]
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[ Seriously why does he want details?! Ishtar is fighting back the urge to ruffl her hair in frustration. ]
I was there... with two other people.
[ One of them took some of the magical energy and the other was blind... beyond that she couldn't really detail what happened to Jack and Chibi. ]
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Were you hurt?
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[ though, that would deduct that she might have died, but Ishtar didn't really want to blurt that out loud. ]
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.......
[He wanted to walk away, to turn around and leave so he could destroy something to vent out the bubbling anger smoldering underneath the surface. She had been killed most likely, and he... he hadn't even know, couldn't have done anything even if he'd known.]
............
[He's silent for a long time, his gaze no longer on her but on the wall behind her. He needed to calm himself, to keep the boiling anger under control before he--]
You died.
[A statement.]
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Hell, even if he could control it, she'd rather take the hit for it anyway. Thus, that nature of of Ishtar's selfless and reckless personality. Ishtar pushed her pets away from her, and pulled herself to her feet.
She didn't need to ask him to know what he was thinking right now, especially when his gaze was finally adverted form her. That was by no means a good thing either. She stepped over towards him, giving him a serious look when he stated that fact. ]
Maybe.
[ She replied softly. ] The sensation of dying isn't exactly something I would like to experience.
[ She paused a moment before speaking again, now that she was only a few inches from his person. ]
It's not your fault.
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Is that what you think? That I'm here blaming myself needing to be reassured?
I don't need to be comforted like some five year old.
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I don't think, I know! Somewhere deep down, you're thinking stuff-- coming up with reasons why it could be your fault and I'm not trying to treat you like a kid. I just don't like to see you in pain, just as much you hate it when I'm in pain.
You understand that don't you? We both should, considering the amount of shit we've been thrown through.
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[He's in front of her now, his eyes narrowed in pent up anger.]
You stand there, pretending to know what I think, what I feel?! Then, tell me Ishtar? [He steps closer, now effectively a foot away from her.]
What. Am I. Thinking now?
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[ She challenged him. Ishtar always challenged him when it concerned these topics. She never seemed to back down because she knows! It's not that she knows everything, it's just the way he acted and how he was talking to her. Everything! It's not like it's a surprise, considering how close they are. He should know that.
Ishtar stared up at him this time, her eyes fixed on him, without adverting her gaze. ]
The hell I'm pretending. You and I, we know each other far too well to some extent to say things like this. I won't tell you that you aren't right when you can read me. That goes the same for me. I can tell small things, even if they're not obvious. You're always like this when it comes to these kinds of things. You're pissed off, worried, and you used to blame yourself. How do I not know you're not doing that right now when you're talking to me like this and the expression on your face.
[ She hated it. She hated seeing him like this. She hated arguing with him and she hated fighting him for these things. That's why she didn't talk about it. She was always hurting him. All she could remember was when that Skrull, who had his face told her-- she had a skill for having him make those kinds of painful expressions with Zero's face. She couldn't shake that out of her mind. ]
Dammit Zero, I'm don't want to argue over this!
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What do you want from me then?! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!
Am I supposed to stand by and watch you get hurt at every turn without complaint?! I can't do that?! I CAN'T BE WHAT YOU WANT ME BE!
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