020 - Speak Through My Speech, And Through My Blood - Accidental Video

[worldofourown]

[The feed snaps on in a bathroom. White tiles. Steamed-up mirror. Solomon stands there, barefoot and in trousers. His shirt is unbuttoned, exposing the smooth cut of his chest. Belt-ends dangling, top button of fly undone. The light shows up how pale and fine he is. Bright as a sunflower with curly golden hair clustered around his face. Drops of water still rolling off his skin.]

[Solomon doesn't notice the device. Quietly, his hand traces the line of his jaw, his mouth. He smiles.] .

...Always so impossible to read.

Your eyes shine. But they give nothing away. Were you made like this? Or are you just hollow inside, like a cute dead doll?

[Glimpsing the device, he smirks.]

Enjoying the weekend yet, City~? I certainly am... 

[He's taking the curse eerily well. Against Solomon's sparkling appeal, Karl, with his black hair and hooded eyes, has always been the drab one. Gloomy. You have to look - keep looking - to catch his charms. So few bother to try. But now...]

[He sobers.]

A pity she isn't here...


[OOC: Hit with Bodyswappers, Karl has taken the very purrrty form of his Big Brother. Replies will come from unfavoritenomore.] 

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[sympathyforme]

Just a bit short off a strip show.

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[unfavoritenomore]

Enjoy it while you can~

[Not his body. He can be as shameless as he pleases.]

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[sympathyforme]

Eh.

More pleasant when it's not you in there.

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[unfavoritenomore]

You can always just pretend I'm not~

[The voice is airy and musical. Solomon's voice. But there's a sneering undercurrent Solomon never had there.]

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[sympathyforme]

Or I just wait until the curse passes.

(Private)

Your brother's much more pleasant to deal with.

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[unfavoritenomore]

Of course.

Perfect, pretty Solomon. Admired by all.

[Sickening, really.]

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[sympathyforme]

There's only ever been one I admire and, trust me, your brother is not it.

[indecent_butterfly]

It's a pretty shell, but not all are fooled by wrapping.

[unfavoritenomore]

Similarly, not all care for anything beyond the wrapping.

[It was certainly the case with him and Solomon. His brother's flashing attractions always won greater praise.]

[indecent_butterfly]

Your own is not so bad. As someone else said, it's what you do with what you have.

[unfavoritenomore]

Easier in this form, when you needn't even try.

[indecent_butterfly]

Yet even a sour disposition will turn another off. There are many who can attest to this. [Just ask people about Rosiel...]

[unfavoritenomore]

Oh, you needn't worry about that.

This face is made for smiles. Sincere or not.

[valentineluke]

....

[unfavoritenomore]

Yes~?

(Private)

[valentineluke]

Karl, it wouldn't have made any difference because neither of you were in the running.

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[unfavoritenomore]

A matter of perspective.

Solomon was always Diva's favorite. And Saya - [An almost-wince.] - she accepted him in her bed life.

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[valentineluke]

Based on what I saw here, that wasn't the case. Just a someone to be used and or ignored.

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[unfavoritenomore]

[Karl and Solomon are Chevaliers, Luke. They exist for a Queen to Use and Abuse. Diva certainly did.]

Just the face that he had her - that she looked at him for a moment - is enough.

I didn't have even that.

[And then she was taken away.]

[worldofhisalone]

You.

[unfavoritenomore]

May I help you~?

[worldofhisalone]

Don't give me that. I want my body back. Now.

Or perhaps I should flay it off you.

[unfavoritenomore]

It's your own pretty face you'll be spoiling~

[Enjoying this far too much.]

[worldofhisalone]

It will heal.

[unfavoritenomore]

You'll have to wait 'till the weekend ends, brother.

Until then, make do with that less appetizing form. As I've had to.