You will speak to me when I damn well want you to, you overgrown lizard!
❰ and to the room she is going to make her way, huffing and puffing and with no actual endgame in mind except to get where he is and do violence to his person. ❱
What, when you're prepared to think the worst of me at every moment? How could that help anyone?
[ Not that it much matters. He's there, settled in his bed and book propped against his chest. He looks like he's waiting for her, a sense of exasperation hovering around her. ]
❰ arrive adalia does, throwing open the door and startling charis into poking his head out of his little ice cavern in the corner of the room. ❱
Being as I'm always prepared to think the worst of you, because the worst is all there is, it makes no difference from our usual conversations, does it!
❰ tension vibrates through her entire frame as she attempts to keep her cool enough not to throw lightning in his face. it's only barely working. ❱
[ He allows coolly, eyes flashing as he gives her a long look. What is wrong with her? It hadn't been that troublesome of a joke. A few words and then done. No harm whatsoever. ]
Enlighten me on why your friend being a meddling busybody is my fault.
Because if you hadn't said anything, she'd never have felt the need to. She said that I was publicly humiliated by you. Everyone heard our conversation, and now everyone thinks I'm your pet!
❰ how dare he just sit there, like she's being unreasonable for being upset that he put her in a position where she's been humiliated and it's no concern of his. adalia stomps forward, grabbing the book out of his hand,throwing it onto her own bed and sneering down at him. ❱
To think, for a second I thought you sincerely cared about me. I must have been out of my mind to imagine you had any capacity for any positive emotion.
Speaking to you when you're like this isn't going to be productive for either of us.
[ Alacruun responds with an eerie sort of calm. ]
Even if I offered an apology, you're in a state where you're not going to listen to me. Take a few deep breaths and calm down. You're being incredibly unreasonable.
[ He liked that book, too. But he stays sprawled out on the bed, hands now folded across his belly as he peers up at her. ]
❰ well, that does it. adalia had been trying to be restrained. she doesn't need to start an actual fight here, not with all the magic that would entail, while the native mages are working so hard to protect themselves from their phylacteries, and that situation is so fraught. but fuck if she's going to allow alacruun to call her unreasonable without retribution.
she shoots her hand out, smacking the palm against alacruun's forehead and shoving a shock through it. it's not deadly, by any means, but it'll hurt like a motherfucker, and he'll find it difficult to move for a few seconds. ❱
The only unreasonable person here is you, trying to pretend like this doesn't matter and you're totally rational. You humiliated me. You don't get to decide that you didn't!
[ Alacruun wasn't expecting her to get physically violent. It's... highly unpleasant. For a few moments he feels as if every nerve ending is on fire and then he sinks back against the bed, sucking in a great gasp of air as his muscles start obeying all of his commands again. A dark, angry part of him wants to lash out at her for that. She can't just shock him.
That would be counter-productive, though. So he just tries to focus on his breathing. ]
Adalia, you just shocked me-!
[ He sounds genuinely hurt by that. ]
This isn't - I didn't say that your anger was unreasonable, I said I wanted to wait until you calmed down...
[ He rolls out of bed, holding onto the nightstand for support. ]
Do you really think hurting me is going to help? You've gone from yelling at me to actually trying to injure.
That is not what you said, ❰ though adalia doesn't sound entirely convinced by that — the implication was certainly that he wanted to wait to talk until she'd calmed down, but the actual words were definitely not that. or, not only that. ❱ You said I was being incredibly unreasonable. You don't get to tell me you didn't say what you just said!
❰ she doesn't care that he actually looks hurt. he deserves it, and anyway, it's not like the effects are going to last all that long. he's fine. he's just playing her for pity — which she doesn't feel, because he's an asshole. ❱
I think hurting you is going to make you take me seriously, which will help me, yes.
[ Alacruun's voice remains level and as calm as he can manage, although he allows a bit of a tremble to work into it - just for effect. He's not that badly hurt, after all. Even if he's going to be sore and achy for a while. ]
Can you honestly tell me that storming in here and then electrocuting me is reasonable?
[ He reaches up and rubs the spot on his forehead where she shocked him. The skin is a bit flushed and angry-looking. ]
I have always been prepared to take your side. To protect you. To work with you. There was no need for you to do any of this - not like this, not in the way you have.
❰ no. she knows what he's doing. he's playing pathetic so she feels bad, and she's not going to feel bad. maybe shocking him was a bridge too far, but he was — still is — acting like she's a childish moron. she's not going to be distracted by feeling bad when he's being an asshole. ❱
If you were going to take my side, you would have apologized when I said you humiliated me. You humiliated me, Alacruun.
❰ her, who he's professing to want to protect and work with. who he knows has never had anyone else do those things for. he thinks he can get away with being a dick just because she's so needy, but he forgets that she's not a moron. ❱
I'm not going to feel bad for you because you think you know how to play me.
[ He sounds hurt that she'd even accuse him of doing such a thing. He's merely doing what he thinks is best... and sometimes she doesn't see that. So he has to bring her around. That's all. Nothing untoward about it. ]
I didn't realize you would be so upset.
[ Which is... true, funnily enough. Alacruun thought she might be irritated by it, but it was mostly supposed to be in relatively good fun. So for once it's less that he's done something actually malicious and more that he just totally misread his audience.
Welp. ]
I'm... sorry. For whatever it's worth. [ He winces. ]
That is literally all you had to say from the beginning.
❰ bahamut's shiny ass, was that so fucking hard? at least he finally got there. adalia huffs out a breath and reaches for alacruun's forehead again, though he's significantly taller than her now that he's standing and she has to raise up slightly on her tiptoes to reach, and this time she heals him rather than shocks him. ❱
Oh, you don't think taking anyone else's thoughts or feelings into account is necessary ever, that's not surprising.
❰ which is why she had to make him take her seriously by making it about more than her feelings. because he's a dick and he doesn't understand anything except violence and manipulation. adalia steps away from him and walks over to her own bed, and charis crawls up to sit next to her, watching alacruun with wary eyes. ❱
If you want to be... someone I care about, ❰ she says as she tosses his book back in his direction, because friend is too strong a term for what she's willing to give him, ❱ it doesn't matter what you think is necessary. Take me seriously no matter how stupid you think a situation is, because clearly, I thought that was entirely necessary.
❰ clearly they are not comparable, being as adalia is a foot shorter than him, nowhere near as magically potent, and is about as physically imposing as a mouse would be to a cat. ❱
You could and would actually hurt me or people I care about in order to get what you want. I used a cantrip on you and could have been flattened in a second if you actually felt threatened.
I'm not that much more frightening than you are in this world. We're both mages and the bulk of my power is locked away. You could probably kill me here, if you were so inclined.
[ He paces back and forth, trying to work the numb ache out of his limbs. ]
So I don't think the situation is so lopsided as you make it sound.
❰ adalia waits until alacruun looks at her before pointedly gesturing at all of him, spending particular time on his broad shoulders and his massive horns. ❱
Even without all your magic, if you'd really been worried I was going to hurt you you could have gored me, or held me down, or any number of things. You're massive.
❰ her eyes linger on his shoulders before she looks back up at his face, her cheeks slightly red. gwen's little lecture has her thinking... things. but she won't be distracted. ❱
All of my fighting experience has been as a dragon.
[ Alacruun lifts a hand and flexes it, giving it a rather dispassionate look. He is keeping an eye on her though and he notes the blush, which he finds very interesting. ]
I'm just as likely to hurt myself as I am you.
[ He rolls one shoulder and then the other.
One might even think he's doing it intentionally, but nope, he'd never do that. ]
❰ damn him and his shoulders. adalia watches him roll one, then the other, as if transfixed — and then her cheeks flush an even brighter red and she looks down, suddenly very busy petting her dragon. ❱
I'd have thought you'd be pleased to still be considered terrifying. Not much you can do to rule the world if people aren't afraid of you.
❰ adalia will believe it when... never, probably. ❱
You're not so much less you need to be concerned. I'm sure if you were so inclined you'd be a strong contender for "Thedas' worst mage problem" next to Corypheus.
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:12 am (UTC)Your room, excuse me! That is our room! I invited you to share with me.
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:17 am (UTC)[ She probably should, but he's still going to fight back. ]
I'll speak to you when you're not feeling like accusing me of something over a single word.
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:24 am (UTC)❰ and to the room she is going to make her way, huffing and puffing and with no actual endgame in mind except to get where he is and do violence to his person. ❱
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:27 am (UTC)[ Not that it much matters. He's there, settled in his bed and book propped against his chest. He looks like he's waiting for her, a sense of exasperation hovering around her. ]
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:33 am (UTC)Being as I'm always prepared to think the worst of you, because the worst is all there is, it makes no difference from our usual conversations, does it!
❰ tension vibrates through her entire frame as she attempts to keep her cool enough not to throw lightning in his face. it's only barely working. ❱
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Date: 2018-04-30 07:39 am (UTC)[ He allows coolly, eyes flashing as he gives her a long look. What is wrong with her? It hadn't been that troublesome of a joke. A few words and then done. No harm whatsoever. ]
Enlighten me on why your friend being a meddling busybody is my fault.
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Date: 2018-04-30 01:29 pm (UTC)❰ how dare he just sit there, like she's being unreasonable for being upset that he put her in a position where she's been humiliated and it's no concern of his. adalia stomps forward, grabbing the book out of his hand,throwing it onto her own bed and sneering down at him. ❱
To think, for a second I thought you sincerely cared about me. I must have been out of my mind to imagine you had any capacity for any positive emotion.
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Date: 2018-04-30 04:20 pm (UTC)[ Alacruun responds with an eerie sort of calm. ]
Even if I offered an apology, you're in a state where you're not going to listen to me. Take a few deep breaths and calm down. You're being incredibly unreasonable.
[ He liked that book, too. But he stays sprawled out on the bed, hands now folded across his belly as he peers up at her. ]
Despite what you might think, I do have emotions.
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Date: 2018-04-30 11:33 pm (UTC)❰ well, that does it. adalia had been trying to be restrained. she doesn't need to start an actual fight here, not with all the magic that would entail, while the native mages are working so hard to protect themselves from their phylacteries, and that situation is so fraught. but fuck if she's going to allow alacruun to call her unreasonable without retribution.
she shoots her hand out, smacking the palm against alacruun's forehead and shoving a shock through it. it's not deadly, by any means, but it'll hurt like a motherfucker, and he'll find it difficult to move for a few seconds. ❱
The only unreasonable person here is you, trying to pretend like this doesn't matter and you're totally rational. You humiliated me. You don't get to decide that you didn't!
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Date: 2018-04-30 11:45 pm (UTC)That would be counter-productive, though. So he just tries to focus on his breathing. ]
Adalia, you just shocked me-!
[ He sounds genuinely hurt by that. ]
This isn't - I didn't say that your anger was unreasonable, I said I wanted to wait until you calmed down...
[ He rolls out of bed, holding onto the nightstand for support. ]
Do you really think hurting me is going to help? You've gone from yelling at me to actually trying to injure.
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Date: 2018-04-30 11:50 pm (UTC)❰ she doesn't care that he actually looks hurt. he deserves it, and anyway, it's not like the effects are going to last all that long. he's fine. he's just playing her for pity — which she doesn't feel, because he's an asshole. ❱
I think hurting you is going to make you take me seriously, which will help me, yes.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:04 am (UTC)[ Alacruun's voice remains level and as calm as he can manage, although he allows a bit of a tremble to work into it - just for effect. He's not that badly hurt, after all. Even if he's going to be sore and achy for a while. ]
Can you honestly tell me that storming in here and then electrocuting me is reasonable?
[ He reaches up and rubs the spot on his forehead where she shocked him. The skin is a bit flushed and angry-looking. ]
I have always been prepared to take your side. To protect you. To work with you. There was no need for you to do any of this - not like this, not in the way you have.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:09 am (UTC)If you were going to take my side, you would have apologized when I said you humiliated me. You humiliated me, Alacruun.
❰ her, who he's professing to want to protect and work with. who he knows has never had anyone else do those things for. he thinks he can get away with being a dick just because she's so needy, but he forgets that she's not a moron. ❱
I'm not going to feel bad for you because you think you know how to play me.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:14 am (UTC)[ He sounds hurt that she'd even accuse him of doing such a thing. He's merely doing what he thinks is best... and sometimes she doesn't see that. So he has to bring her around. That's all. Nothing untoward about it. ]
I didn't realize you would be so upset.
[ Which is... true, funnily enough. Alacruun thought she might be irritated by it, but it was mostly supposed to be in relatively good fun. So for once it's less that he's done something actually malicious and more that he just totally misread his audience.
Welp. ]
I'm... sorry. For whatever it's worth. [ He winces. ]
And I won't refer to you as a pet again.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:18 am (UTC)❰ bahamut's shiny ass, was that so fucking hard? at least he finally got there. adalia huffs out a breath and reaches for alacruun's forehead again, though he's significantly taller than her now that he's standing and she has to raise up slightly on her tiptoes to reach, and this time she heals him rather than shocks him. ❱
Thank you. That was all I wanted.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:23 am (UTC)[ Alacruun shakes his head. ]
I still don't think any of that was necessary.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:28 am (UTC)❰ which is why she had to make him take her seriously by making it about more than her feelings. because he's a dick and he doesn't understand anything except violence and manipulation. adalia steps away from him and walks over to her own bed, and charis crawls up to sit next to her, watching alacruun with wary eyes. ❱
If you want to be... someone I care about, ❰ she says as she tosses his book back in his direction, because friend is too strong a term for what she's willing to give him, ❱ it doesn't matter what you think is necessary. Take me seriously no matter how stupid you think a situation is, because clearly, I thought that was entirely necessary.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:34 am (UTC)[ He sounds a bit irritated himself. He still catches the book when she tosses at him, but there's a frown hovering on the edge of his features. ]
I do take you seriously. But you wouldn't appreciate it if I came barging in, yelling at you about a slight or an insult, would you?
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:39 am (UTC)❰ clearly they are not comparable, being as adalia is a foot shorter than him, nowhere near as magically potent, and is about as physically imposing as a mouse would be to a cat. ❱
You could and would actually hurt me or people I care about in order to get what you want. I used a cantrip on you and could have been flattened in a second if you actually felt threatened.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:42 am (UTC)I'm not that much more frightening than you are in this world. We're both mages and the bulk of my power is locked away. You could probably kill me here, if you were so inclined.
[ He paces back and forth, trying to work the numb ache out of his limbs. ]
So I don't think the situation is so lopsided as you make it sound.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:46 am (UTC)❰ adalia waits until alacruun looks at her before pointedly gesturing at all of him, spending particular time on his broad shoulders and his massive horns. ❱
Even without all your magic, if you'd really been worried I was going to hurt you you could have gored me, or held me down, or any number of things. You're massive.
❰ her eyes linger on his shoulders before she looks back up at his face, her cheeks slightly red. gwen's little lecture has her thinking... things. but she won't be distracted. ❱
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:52 am (UTC)[ Alacruun lifts a hand and flexes it, giving it a rather dispassionate look. He is keeping an eye on her though and he notes the blush, which he finds very interesting. ]
I'm just as likely to hurt myself as I am you.
[ He rolls one shoulder and then the other.
One might even think he's doing it intentionally, but nope, he'd never do that. ]
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Date: 2018-05-01 01:02 am (UTC)❰ damn him and his shoulders. adalia watches him roll one, then the other, as if transfixed — and then her cheeks flush an even brighter red and she looks down, suddenly very busy petting her dragon. ❱
I'd have thought you'd be pleased to still be considered terrifying. Not much you can do to rule the world if people aren't afraid of you.
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Date: 2018-05-01 02:34 am (UTC)[ He shrugs and half flops back onto his bed with a sigh. He'll remember that blush. ]
And I'm not... myself. Not here.
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Date: 2018-05-01 02:38 am (UTC)❰ adalia will believe it when... never, probably. ❱
You're not so much less you need to be concerned. I'm sure if you were so inclined you'd be a strong contender for "Thedas' worst mage problem" next to Corypheus.
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