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[indecent_butterfly]

[Someone has, quite literally, woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Not only that, ne's not alone and not by choice as the video shows a rather grumpy 'Li' in bed next to nem.]

Normally One does not mind waking with a bed-mate. It makes for an interesting start of the day. [Not this time.]

But uninvited and unwanted guests do cause a lot of work when One has to reestablish the wards upon the castle. [Hey deities, can you stop sending in the jerk? Please?]

[There's no need to make this next part private given he's been here before and is already aware of the others living there. Ne holds up nir hand to
show off the cuff connecting the two.]

It seems we have a guest for the day.

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[mortemscintilla]

[ The warning in his gaze, all that rage piled up, shutters all at once into blankness. It's an effort to remind himself that however short-sighted and irritating she is, she's just a child. There are a million and one reasons she should cut this chat short. But she doesn't know any better. ]

[ Naivety leaves you fearless. ]

That's assuming no one gets cooked and eaten first.

[indecent_butterfly]

[Just staring.

How many people does ne have to explain to that ne does not eat people?

Unless he does...]

[mortemscintilla]

[ Hei?

....A cannibal? ]

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[anatural]

..........ew. [The idea is gross enough to temporarily distract her from the blankness in his eyes -- a very familiar blankness, and one she dreads.] Don't eat any people.

But you can raid their fridge! The best revenge is an expensive grocery bill. Or something. [DETERMINEDLY OPTIMISTIC. It's just how she woke up today. Too many weeks of fear and sadness and pain and today, at least, she refuses to let them win.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ He scowls, convincingly affronted. ]

I never said I'd eat anyone. [ Your appetite says differently, Hei. Speaking of which -- ] .........I'm already in the kitchen. [ She really is inhumanly perky this morning. He finds himself suspicious, annoyed -- and perhaps a little concerned. ]

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[anatural]

You're handcuffed to a cannibal? Might wanna get out of the kitchen then.

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Flatly, (helplessly), ]

....But I'm hungry.

And if I'm going to get devoured at some point, I may as well die happy.

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[anatural]

[You and your appetite.]

Could somebody even eat you? I mean, people can't really die here. [As she knows all too well.] That just strikes me as a very bad idea.


....not that cannibalism is ever a good idea.

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Seriously Korra. Seriously. ]

Trust me. If it ever does seem like a good idea, you'll be the first to know. [ Promises, promises. ]

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[anatural]

[IT'S A LEGIT QUESTION. Is eating someone the only way to REALLY keep them dead in the City?

....she doesn't actually want to know, never mind.]


...............I'm not sure how I should take that.

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[mortemscintilla]

[ He offers her one of 'Li's serene sidelong smiles. ]

You can take it any way you want to.

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[anatural]

[the most suspicious of looks. Her face is still burning from the conversation with Hatter]

......have fun today.


[She's going to go train now. Training is good.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ It's like watching a lamb trapeze into a wolves' den. Oozing innocence from every pore, with a Fresh Meat sign on her forehead. ]

[ Miraculous, how she's survived so far. ]

I'm sure I will.

[ Too bad he can't sink into something more comfortable. Like a coma. ]

[anatural]

[Piss someone off and maybe they'll throw a pig at you.

Hey. Worked for Korra.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ Pigs. Right. ]

[ He'll keep that valuable tidbit in mind. ]

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[indecent_butterfly]

One does not eat human flesh.

In that way.

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[anatural]

There's another way to eat it?

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[indecent_butterfly]

Flesh does not need to be devoured to be considered eaten. It usually involves less teeth and more tongue.

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[anatural]

Hu- oh. [OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH.]

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[indecent_butterfly]

Is that not the proper idiom for it?

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[anatural]

HOW WOULD I KNOW? [The sentence ends on an embarrasseding squeak.]

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[indecent_butterfly]

You have never had the experience?

What a shame. That should be rectified.

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[anatural]

[There is absolutely no good way to answer that question. (Like she'd admit to the ENTIRE NETWORK that she's been "eaten" quite a bit.)]

That is none of your business!

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Dying of laughter. ]

[ Internally. ]

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[indecent_butterfly]

Or perhaps One was wrong and you just suffer from it not being well done.