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genessia2018-07-25 01:44 am
deadlybang) wrote in genessia2018-07-25 01:44 am
[Action / Video]
[Have a cheerful looking girl smiling widely at the camera, as if she has no worries in the whole world.]
Yaa-hoo, everyone!!
So, like, my name's Angelique Sheeran and I'm, like, new here in Genessia. Actually, I, like, arrived here a week ago or so, but, like, I forgot to introduce myself openly. I would, like, apologize but I don't, like, think it really matters, does it?
Anyway!! I mostly just, like, wanted to make this as a warning or an advertisment? However you rather, like, consider it, to say that today I'm going to, like, be around all the cities to get to know them and, like, everyone in them. I would, like, love to get to know some of you, or, like, all of you but, like, I know that's not possible. So if you want to, like, talk or something I'll be available on here or, like, you can come see me in person and get hug!
[She shifts to show a sign and that she's holding that reads "FREE HUGS".]
Because, like, there's nothing wrong with hugs and, like, they are a great thing to share! You don't, like, need to hug back if you don't like, that's why they are, like, free hugs! And they are, like, super healthy!
[Specially for the girl that will try to sneak and absorb tiny little bits of energy from each hug, not even enough to make people feel tired, though they may feel slightly breathless.]
Yaa-hoo, everyone!!
So, like, my name's Angelique Sheeran and I'm, like, new here in Genessia. Actually, I, like, arrived here a week ago or so, but, like, I forgot to introduce myself openly. I would, like, apologize but I don't, like, think it really matters, does it?
Anyway!! I mostly just, like, wanted to make this as a warning or an advertisment? However you rather, like, consider it, to say that today I'm going to, like, be around all the cities to get to know them and, like, everyone in them. I would, like, love to get to know some of you, or, like, all of you but, like, I know that's not possible. So if you want to, like, talk or something I'll be available on here or, like, you can come see me in person and get hug!
[She shifts to show a sign and that she's holding that reads "FREE HUGS".]
Because, like, there's nothing wrong with hugs and, like, they are a great thing to share! You don't, like, need to hug back if you don't like, that's why they are, like, free hugs! And they are, like, super healthy!
[Specially for the girl that will try to sneak and absorb tiny little bits of energy from each hug, not even enough to make people feel tired, though they may feel slightly breathless.]
[Video]
[...]
[Needs to get a grip.]
Hugs?
[He would not be able to restrain himself to a hug. This is why it's video.]
[And even if he sounds judging, he's not. He just wants to listen to her be super cute and explain something ridiculous like why hugs are good.]
[Super cute. Super ridiculous.]
[Like totally.]
[
Okay he loves her. Fight him.][Video]
[It doesn't.]
[Instead she feels the impulse of complaining that he only said one word, wanting to hear his voice more. And seeing his face actually makes it very easy to just push the worries aside. Remind her to focus on what's ahead of her and not what-ifs that have even little ground to sustain themselves to begin with.]
Free hugs!
[She smiles cheerfully, even more than before because this is Carver she's talking to. And she raises and waves her sign to emphasize her claim.]
Because, like, everyone needs a hug at least once every day! It's, like, super healthy! And, like, a great way to get to know people! People are always, like, more relaxed after a hug so it makes talking easier.
[A pause and her smile turns into a soft smirk.]
Oh, but don't, like, go getting worried. I reserve, like, my best hugs only for you, you know.
[Video]
Really.
[CLEARLY SKEPTICAL OF THE SUPPOSED BENEFITS OF HUGS.]
[And that last part... a small smug smirk.] Oh, I'm sure. [Well, he wasn't. But he refuses to be paranoid, and if she wants to--]
[...]
[....]
[Okay no, he can't even think of her doing what his ex-wife did, he'll break a universe or something, oops.]
[WHATEVER! HE JUST TRUSTS HER?!?!?!]
[That she wants him. A lot.]
[FUCK IF EITHER OF THEM KNOW WHY THOUGH.]
Tell me more about the benefits of hugs, because I'm not sure I believe you.
[Video]
[She reaffirms while imitating hiw growly voice before giggling.]
Hmm, you, like, better be sure. Though, like, I don't think you really know how, like, special the hugs I keep for you are.
[Because with anyone else she will feed even if only a little. But with him? Not always. So as to not hurt his heart, she will go and do something ridiculous like this.]
[It's this or finding someone else to make a deal like with Gaff. And... Right now the idea of having sex with anyone that isn't Carver doesn't sit well with her. So she will go with hugs and other forms of contact.]
[The best part of using hugs it's that they are indeed healthy and great for everyone and she can actually explain it without making up stuff. At least according to studies in her world.]
Maybe, like, your world hasn't done enough health studies? In my world there was, like, a study that concluded that every person needs on average four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance and twelve for growth. Of course, like, no one is going to die for not getting hugs but, like, their live tends to be far less... Optimal.
A hug makes the brain, like, release several components that help reduce stress, anger, fatigue and depression. Hugs are also, like, actually better openers to getting to know people, because they, like, transmit a sense of security and safety making everyone, like, comfortable and more ready to talk honestly. They also, like, stimulate the inmune system... Oh! And they, like, help with self-esteem.
[Have a bright proud smile.]
I, like, did a whole thesis about, like, the benefits of hugs, you know.
[Video]
[Oh no... he's completely fine with all of this.]
[Armfold all the same.] Is that so? [Not so skeptical sounding, but still very growly. He wants to ask more, is almost afraid to.]
[Or maybe definitely is afraid to.]
[And then he is just so amused. That has to be bullshit, but he loves it. And her.]
[And eventually he laughs, and not so growly:] Okay, I don't believe you, even a little. But clearly you will have to give me non-special hugs to make up for all I've been missing out on.
And I'm pretty sure hugging strangers is definitely going to transfer more diseases than even just a handshake or kisses.
What grade did you get on your thesis?
[Video]
[Way to crush her pride, Carver. She's honestly offended right now.]
I got, like, an A+!! One of, like, the highest in the class! And, like, my only A+ in the whole year! I, like, worked really hard on it, okay? It's not, like, made up stuff. I made interviews and, like, studies with volunteers and everything to, like, check the veracity of the original study!
Hugs are, like, great for the health!! It's science! And, like, not just for me, they are also great for humans too!
[All the pouting and frowning. How could he say that he believed her when she explained about the lemenaes but then say he couldn't believe something like hugs being good for the health? Had he actually lied when he said he believed her about the lemenaes?]
Hugs aren't, like, some miracle cure for everything, but, like, they are greatly benefitial for people... And I didn't, like, say they prevented diseases, just that stimulated the inmune system, like, precisely because through contact more diseases can be spread. The inmune system, like, realizes it and activates, working to protect the body or, like, minimize the illness. And it, like, does it better with hugs than kisses because, like, when people kiss the inmune system actually get's confused and, like, the whole body gets a huge overload of pleasure and affection.
Maybe it's not like that in your world. Maybe, like, humans in your world don't work the same as those in mine. But, like, that's not my fault, nor makes my thesis less true. Just, like, there aren't lemenaes in your world but they are in mine.
[And he said he believed her about those. And her case. But now he says he doesn't believe in hugs. That's the closest she's going to get to calling him out on that and basically question if he actually lied the first time when he said he believed her.]
[Video]
[Ahhhhhhhhhhh not just good for her, but humans too. He wants to know what she is.]
[And help her spread the word about hugs.]
[.....]
[Okay maybe not that far.]
[As she keeps talking though, he perks up.] What really? [It makes sense.]
Hey.
Hey... Sweetheart, Chrysalis. I'm sorry. I believe you.
I still want it to be proven to me though. But only from you. I think I'll have to punch random others that try it with me.
But you're right. My world clearly hasn't done enough studies yet. Forgive me?
And I do believe you about lemenaes. And I bet hugs probably maybe work the same in my world too.
Although I'm still willing to sacrifice my health to avoid hugging anyone but you.
[Video]
[Proud of finally having what she is actually help her in a way at school. Because she chose that theme precisely because of hugs being a perfect feeding way for her.]
Proven?
[She's still pouting, because it honestly hurt her pride. And even if she refuses to think that he lied before she can't help but worry again, or worry about if he would believe her once she tells him what she is.]
Aren't you, like, happier thanks to my hugs now?
And, like, you have to be receptive for a hug. I mean, like, if you get a hug when you don't want any or, like, from someone you don't want contact with... Of course the hug won't, like, be any good or benefitial. Because you, like, get all tense and rejecting it all that, like, it causes the opposite effect.
[A pause before she frowns, now actually angry.]
It's all, like, your ex-wife's fault. She, like, was terrible and that's why, like, you are all like this. She kept, like, trying to box you and limit you and, like, I bet she didn't even hug you or, like, not with actual care and love! I'll, like, punch her and scratch her face if she shows up here!
She can go and, like, fuck herself with a pole! You're mine now and I'll, like, make you healthy and happy! Even if, like, I've to starve for it!
[ROAR.]
[Video]
[Gah. It's galling to admit that. But she's so cute, if it was possible to have heart attacks of cute, he'd be super dead.]
[So so so so so very cute.]
[He both smiles and feels bad as she goes off about his ex. He always thought the reason people said not to bring up your exes was so YOU didn't look like the hung up loser. He never thought it was to keep your ex from looking bad or the new person getting jealous and wanting to commit violence. Then again... he can't remember ANYONE EVER wanting to commit violence FOR him. ON HIM? Sure all the time, he was a cop and kind of obnoxious. But never in his defense. Not even his parents.]
Starve? Why would you starve?
[ARE YOU ANOREXIC? HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE PAST? SHOULD HE MAKE YOU MORE TERRIBLE KRAFT MAC & CHEESE? AND/OR GET DELI FOOD DAILY???]
[That'll be weird. Usually he's the one everyone complains is too skinny and like a pole (heh... pole, damn he is never going to look at that the same way again, thanks Angelique). But okay, he will make her all the gnocchi and fried potatoes.]
Chrysalis, look at me, yeah? I've never been this happy in all my life. Promise. Cross my heart, and I swear I won't die. [Again. Because he's mildly certain he died getting his pacemaker, oops. He'll apologize to Julienne if/when she comes.] I'm not sure if that's hugs, the rest of you, or a little bit of being here actually kind of... fun? But I know most of it is your fault. So I won't let you go easily. The only reason I contacted you through phone... [Taps the screen with a finger.] Is because I'd go mad trying to restrict myself to only hugging you, all right? I'm practically a different person with you. No one would even recognize me.
[Video]
[But no, that's right, that's not a good plan either. Because if she starves she may lose control and start attacking him or others. So the best way to keep him safe would be for her to leave. But she doesn't want to do that.]
[Aaand she realizes that she's pretty much running in circles about what Rose told her not to do. Not respecting his decisions or letting him decide, shielding it on the excuse of it being for his sake.]
You'd be unable to like restrict yourself?
[She laughs a bit, softly, at the idea. But it dies soon. A different person when he's with her, she really hasn't accidentally used any power or anything on him, right? Even if she had, nothing had ever worked like this, to make him say those things to her even when she's not there.]
So do you think that like, it's better if we talk like this? Rather than like in person?
[Video] -> Action
[And he hasn't completely figured out the locking thing.]
[So he holds up a finger.]
[And remembering the last time he just went to see her without words it made her worry ->]
I'll chance it.
[And heads over there, giving her a big hug and snuggle.]
First thing... [SQUISHES. NOT LETTING HER GO!!!] I like it. This me. I'm freer and happier than I've ever been. That's not a bad thing. So don't act like it is, all right? And secondly...
[KISSES HER SOCKS OFF!!!]
[Both hands holding her face and just breathing her in like oxygen after almost drowning in a river.]
If I didn't want to do that, I wouldn't. But what you said... I don't think it's that she didn't like me enough, my ex-wife. I think it's just... I didn't feel like this with her. Ever. [Gently bites her nose to make her squirm.] I like it. All right?
And you can get or give all the hugs to strangers or make friends however you see fit. I'm not... disapproving. [Nuzzles an ear!] Just fond. Do I need to take you out for more quesadillas and french fries or is the food you need hug-related? [Gently rubs his thumb along her jawline. Aw she's so pretty too! <333] What can I do to keep you from starving?
Action
[And in hindsight, it probably was better to talk through video given how the moment he has her in his arms almost all her worries are forgotten. He's just that distracting and she loves his warmth, it's almost all the reassurance she needs. Though she can't deny that hearing him say that he feels freer and happier than ever feels good.]
All right...
[She sighs in the kiss and whines softly as he teases her. What was that she wanted to say? Oh, right, food. She had decided she needed to tell him at least that much.]
Actually, I already like told you. You just like didn't believe me or think that I was serious.
[She pauses, biting her lower lip, worrying one last moment and cursing that he feels so distracting. She would rather be just cuddling against him than talking. But he deserves this.]
What I am, you already like figured I'm non-human, just like not the kind. It's... I'm like a type of succubus, if like those exist in your world. I feed on like physical contact. Handsakes, kisses, hugs... The more contact like the better.
But it's not like, life force or souls, you know? I can't like really explain it but like I need to touch and like to kill someone with that I would need to like take more energy than what they can produce. So like, even if I feed it's not necessarily lethal unless I like mean it to be. People would like just feel tired, as if they had like ran a lot somewhere, but like easy to recover.
[It's only when she's done that she realizes that she has been avoiding to look at him, even if her hands were still clingling to his sides. She drop those, in case he actually was to turn away, and forces herself to look at him hesitantly.]
Action
[Gently kisses the top of her head.] That's hot.
Can you show me sometime? When you're ready?
[Holds her hand, lacing their fingers together and gives a gentle squeeze.]
Action
[........]
[..............]
What?!
[That's nowhere near the reaction she could have imagined. Not even in the best case.]
Hot? That's... I feed on energy from people and you say "hot"?
Wait, what do you mean with showing you? You mean like... Watching me feed or like something else? Because like nothing special really happens when I feed so you wouldn't see anything. But if that's actually like a subtle way to ask for watching something else...
[Well, if he wants she has no issues with that. It still feels a bit weird that he would ask for it in the current context.]
Action
No! [Chokes and coughs.]
[And then shudders.] Criminey... no.
[Squeezes her hand, and tugs her into a quick twirl, pulling her in, leaning on her close.] I mean... try it on me.
And yes. I do mean it's hot. Are you kidding? I was worried it was going to be... so much worse. Like you had to eat memories, or instincts, or emotions.
You. Are adorable. [RUBS HIS SCRUFF ON HER CHEEK!] You're pretty new at this for a succubus, huh?
Action
[Good because she doesn't know anyone here she could make the offer to and be sure that there aren't misunderstandings. And she would really prefer to do anything like that directly with Carver so...]
[She yelps as he makes her twirl before blushing as he specifies a little more.]
Oh... Well... I've like already feed a bit on you. Just not much because like with your heart and all I didn't like want to hurt you.
And no, nothing like that but like I still have taken advantage of you and like... Aren't you worried? Like if I had used some magic or like something to make you like me?
[She would have expected him to doubt that attraction at the very least. Even if she hasn't done anything for it, it would be a legit concern.]
Well, I've like only existed for like two years so, tcha.
Action
[Also yeesh. Baby succubus. Except. Succubus. So it's fine.]
Chrysalis, if you used magic to make me like you, that means you're insane enough to want me to like you already. Oh no, a hot succubus wants to seduce me. [Deadpan!!] You see the problem with that, right? If I didn't want to be seduced, I could have put up a better fight.
[Nibbles her ears.]
[ARGH DID HE EVER TELL HER ABOUT HIS EX-WIFE HAVING AN AFFAIR THOUGH?]
[Succubus or not...]
[It's kind of...] Okay do the thing now... unless you have to be... I dunno more... something than this. I wanna know how it feels, so I can recognize it? Because I have to try out the new meds and stuff anyway. [PUPPY SNORT.] And I don't want to be jealous over something dumb.
[SNUGGLES TIGHT. His baby succubus D:<]
[....]
[....]
[.....]
[He wants to tell her about his ex, he does. She just told him the biggest thing she was worried about. BE A MAN, CARVER.]
[It's just hard between his pride, and worrying how she'll take it...]
[All right. Mentally steeling himself, which turns his voice numb like he gives no cares.]
My ex... we had a lot of problems. I was mostly staying for Julienne, but I didn't exactly give her all the attention she needed. My ex-wife I mean. Julienne neither, really. I mentioned being at the office a lot? More married to the job than her I guess. [Tightens his arms on Angelique, Chrysalis, a little more.] Soooo she had an affair. [Gently pets Angelique's ears.] To get the things I wasn't giving her. [Pet pet, his voice is numb still, like he doesn't care, though it's obvious he does.] No murdering her if she comes. [SHE'S SO CUTE AHHHH.] But like you said, I got Julienne out of it. But more than that... I don't want to make those mistakes with you, all right? If you want to leave, or you're happier somewhere else, just tell me. I'll handle it. Like I did with her, and even less messy, because it won't be -- a big dramatic case here. But if you ever need anything. My attention, or s-- yanno. Whatever, yeah? [Squishes!] Ask me. I'll be happier if I can be the one to get it for you.
And if I get jealous, that's on me, not you. And it doesn't mean I like you any less. It means I need to work it out. And I will. [Possibly with shooting >:3]
Action
Don't talk as if like the only reason why like someone would even want you would be because they are like insane! Like, it's more insane for you to like want a non-human succubus that could like literally kill you!
[Though it's hard to remain angry when he nibbles her ears, and she whines softly and leans a bit away as if rejecting it. But she's not really going too far or trying to be released from his arms so it's pretty useless.]
[HE'S ASKING HER TO FEED ON HIM TO SEE HOW IT IS. AAAAAAAAAH.]
[Not even Gaff ever asked her that, no, forget Gaff, she was trying to kill him the first time. Not even Odette, her childhood best friend had asked that even when she finally learned the truth, she had told her to feed on her if she ever needed it and that time they had ended stuck in a well she had offered herself so Angelique would have enough energy to transform and take them both out of there... But she had never asked like this.]
[And it's super weird! As if he was asking her to show him how she chews. But she can't really deny him this so...]
Okay... I'll take more energy than I normally do, so that you can really notice how it is, okay? Just... Say it if it's too much.
[She snuggles more into him, pressing her face on his chest to listen to his heart and keep an eye on it. She still makes sure to not take as much as with Gaff, but still takes a good chunk of energy, expecting Carver to feel tired or sleepy or even sick. Of course, if his heart starts to even act up she will stop.]
[Thanks to the feeding session of the day and the energy she just took, Angelique's eyes actually glow in ice blue coldness as he talks about his ex, pouting a bit when he tells her to not murder the woman.]
I like wasn't going to murder her. Just like totally punch her and scratch her because like all that was still her fault because she like didn't let you bring back work to home. So like rather than to try to balance it somehow or like something she just like pushed you to be at the office so you could like do what you liked. And then when that like resulted in her not having you she still like didn't change, she just like looked for someone else. So it's all like totally her fault.
I would have like rather to go get you from the office and like change that stupid rule or figure out something else.
[And her own arms around him tighten at the idea.]
That's why I was like prefering to starve than to like leave you. If like me feeding from you is too dangerous I'll like figure out a way to like make due with like hugs and handshakes from multiple people. It's like how I survived the first three months before I like realized that I wasn't...
[Oh, right. She had told him how she feed and how long she had existed but not everything. And she hesitates as she bites her lower lip again.]
Actually like there's something else. I didn't like tell you everything about me and like my case.
Action
[He's going to take you to meet Cassian. His only other friend. Well, and Sora, but Sora is a not!son.]
[She's so cute when she's flustered.]
[And then he tries to feel it. Whatever she's doing. ALL HE FEELS IS RELAXED?!]
[Come on now there has to be something more to it!] Chrysalis, don't play around sweetheart, are you actually -- [Wait, she might get upset again. Okay. he does feel very chill. Like... they were having sex and it's the aftermath, but....???] You can take a bit more.
Maybe it's this place? Dampens your strength?
[Aw. AW. He should not be so charmed, but there he is, grinning that she's angry.]
[Even more about not letting him take work home. Not even his daughter would get this protective of him with a random nobody. Gosh.]
Okay. [Gently pets her hair affectionately, and smiles at the hug. Oh wow, he's smiling at hugs. Maybe she's right. Dun dun dun.]
Okay. You can tell me whenever you're comfortable, all right? I didn't tell you everything either. There's just a lot, and sometimes it's awkward. [Kisses the top of her head.]
[And how is BREATHING so easy right now? Shouldn't it be... harder? If she was doing something to his heart, it should definitely be harder. Out of control. But he feels really really relaxed.]
[There's a puzzled expression, as he rubs her shoulder with one hand.]
[He took her hand and put it over his heart.] See how it's not racing? [DEEP BREATH.]
[He debates doing the one thing he most knows will start his heart into overdrive --> trying to run.]
[Except if he has a heart attack in front of her, how embarrassing would THAT be? And she'd be sad. And worse than his ex and daughter about trying to protect him. Probably make him stick to just office work, ick.]
Try again. Let me see if I can-- [Erm what else would start his heart into overdrive? Adrenaline? Short of running --]
[Oh!]
[He did feel kind of... tired?? MAYBE?? Well. Like he didn't want to run. Not really lethargic but --]
[Carver burst out laughing.] Okay, remember when I said I didn't believe in kismet, but then before here, I didn't believe much in anything, right?
[Kisses her hand.] I think what you're eating, if you really are taking as much as you said, and [Boops her nose and plays a finger over her lips, pressing her bottom lip to be all pouty again.] I believe you, all right? I think it's just... the stuff that makes my heart work too much, remember?
[Rubs the back of his neck.] I'll try to check with a real Doctor if you want, to see if that's even possible, but... I shouldn't be able to breathe this easy. Feel this... relaxed, otherwise, I think. [SNORT.] Not that I'm interested in sudden ski trips or running a marathon, it's sort of like... afterglow, but if that's the side effect of what you're doing, I think you'll have a few people other than just me addicted to you.
Action
[And Carver's energy is extra delicious. And it doesn't seem as if his heart is going into heart attack mode or anything like that, which is even better.]
[He still tells her to tell him just whenever she's comfortable, even after she said it was related to the case. He's too nice with her.]
It's okay... I like didn't tell you because I just didn't want to like admit what I was. Besides if you like left when learning what I am then there wouldn't have like been a point to telling you everything.
[And then he starts laughing. What's with this man and giving her the least expected reactions?]
What? No, like that can't be it, I mean you said you had like heart problems, right? You like so needed a pacemaker, that means that like your heart doesn't produce enough pumping, doesn't it? I... The energy that I take is like the one generated by your body so like if your heart already has trouble like producing enough to work, then I should like make it even worse.
Action
[Kisses her forehead.] All right, I'm staying. As long as you let me. And if you get bored of me, I'll try to win you back. Which is more than I can say for my ex.
Action
[But then, if the problem is that it produces too much energy and she feeds on energy... She can feel her cheeks heatening without reason at the idea.]
Then, maybe I'm like not as dangerous for you as like I thought? We should like totally check that with a doctor though, like just to be literally sure.
[She sighs at the kiss and goes back to snuggle against him, just not feeding this time.]
Why would I like get bored of you? Dont say like such silly things.
[She bites her lower lip, trying to think how to begin.]
Remember like what I told you about the case? That it was about a cult that like had acted in the past and caused like the deaths of several children? I like told you that two years ago they like used twenty five teenagers for their sacrifices, but... It was actually like twenty six, because like I suspect the doubled the number of sacrifices from like an earlier attempt.
A-Anyway like, that last teenager was reported to like have survived and like the police assumed that they had like not used her or like missed her, either way she was returned to like her home. She was like useless as a witness though because a psychologist like determined that she had post-traumatic amnesia. But, like, he got it wrong. She didn't like have amnesia, she... I just like couldn't remember anything before being found because like I only came to exist after the ritual...
[A pause and she snuggles more tightly.]
The cult like managed to summon a lemenae, a demon, but like it was a parasite type. Those like need a host to survive and like feed on illnesses in the host so basically in exchange of being feed and like having a host, said host gains a perfect health. I... I think the lemenae made a deal with the last child sacrificed, Angelique Sheeran, but like they were gunned down before they could escape. Angelique was like already weak from the ritual and the lemenae was still adapting to her body so... Both died. But, because the lemenae was a parasite type even after dying it still adapted to the human body and like recombined the DNA and all that. And then... I woke up, knowing only my name... Chrysalis.
Action
[Winces about the number of kids again, but nods.]
[And listens as she explains the transformation from Angelique to Chrysalis.]
[And a furrowed brow at the end.]
[And kisses her forehead again.] I'm so glad I met you.
[Takes both her hands.]
So Angelique and the demon... turned into you? [Gently smooths his thumb over her cheek.] You went back to her family though. Just because it was easier? Or is that still Angelique in you? [Finger over her lips again.] It's okay to say you don't know. Even for a normal seventeen year old, that's a tough question. We're not all like my Julienne. When I was that age, I pretty much gave up on both of my parents.
Action
[THAT'S IT, HE'S A TRAP. ALL THIS IS A TRAP. HE CAN'T BE SO GREAT AND PERFECT AND ACCEPTING OF HER.]
[She feels the most sorry for her family because now Angelique will never return. For Gaff too, a little, because he's back to being without a partner and he's either going to have to stop taking their cases or someone manage to convince Kaden or Vincent to help him. And she's sorry for Oddette as well, she has definitively been left behind by her childhood best friends now.]
[But she's trapped her by this man and despite feeling sorry, she can't bring herself to fight it.]
No... It's... It wasn't like about being easier or Angelique like being still in me. She's not. Nor is the lemenae. I like only know her name because that's how the police like identified me when they found me. All I had like in my mind was like the name Chrysalis and that it was like mine but that was all so I was confused. And when the doctor was like "she's amnesia" I figured that he was like right, you know?
It made like sense. I was Angelique, I just like had forgot it all and like the Chrysalis thing? That was like my brain trying to have a way to like call itself or something. So I just like tried to be Angelique, to remember at least like the life before the kidnapping at all. I even like was diagnosed as having eating issues because like I had no appetite but like was always hungry. But then my parents and my brother were like gone for a week and I like... Began to starve. And suddenly I like found myself out in the city in like the middle of the night... Hunting for a guy that would like want to have sex with like a fifteen year old. That was when I like realized that something was wrong with me.
[She averts her eyes, hoping that he won't ask about the people she hunted during that time. Though it's not hard to imagine.]
I didn't like really come to have like an idea of what I truly was until like, Gaff found me three months later... And tried to like arrest me, when he like pointed his gun at me, my instincts kicked in and since I had like just feed, I transformed into my lemenae form. After that, I slowly like came to learn about what I was and all.
But, I like stayed with Angelique's family because... I had nowhere else to like go and even if Gaff offered, I just... Decided that it would be like better to keep the charade and like not let them know that their real daughter was like never going to come back. They are like very nice, you know? Even when they like wanted me to remember they did like their best to not pressure me, to just like build new memories and all. So I took a liking of them, besides they like hug me very often and all so, they keep me feed even if like not the way they think.
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[And his eye twitches at the idea of her hunting for sex at fifteen. Worse of the guys who she found prey and just...]
[Before he can stop himself there's a low annoyed growl and he kisses her hard, biting and sucking on her lower lip aggressively.]
Wait so. You can transform? Is that how you know you're not the parasite type lemenae?
Or how did you find that out?
[AND the final part... his heart goes out to her with a great swoop of affection like an eagle dive.] That's... You don't give yourself enough credit. Even if you think you don't know them, it sounds like you love them enough to want them to be happy with you.
[Both hands on her face and kisses again, breathing her in.]
[And eskimo kisses. Not sure if that feeds her too or she has to do something, or just maybe she enjoys it, and that's good enough for him.]
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