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[abyssale]

don't be so hard on yourself. not everyone can be sweet like him.

[peasant]

( rude. )

You don't have to be shy. It's your achievement to claim, not mine.
Unless you're hurt I like him more than I'll ever like you?

[abyssale]

only a fool would prefer me to him.
you're not a fool.

[peasant]

It's strange when you do that.

[abyssale]

do what?

[peasant]

Try to compliment me.

( as underhanded as it is, often, as sharply delivered as a bite. still, it's a disruption to one truth she can be certain of, where it involves lexi: )

You don't like me.
Stop acting like there's any part of me you find praiseworthy.

[abyssale]

because i don't treat you to flowery words and kindness i don't like you? i thought i was nice enough when i explained knotting with only slight judgment. ( although tbf, he has wondered that too. he doesn't know a person who hasn't.

back on point. ) believe it or not, i didn't hate you off our first interaction. or dislike you. i found you quite intelligent with a lot of bold thoughts. absolutely vexing delivery of those thoughts. and positively feral. but the point remains.

and ultimately, you were kind to Dani. that means something to me.

[peasant]

I've already told you that wasn't for my sake.

( the things she does for love. 😔 which calls into question lexi's own soft underbelly — of whether he realizes he's rolled over and shown it to her, like a disarmed cat. )

He didn't give me reason to be anything else.
You, on the other hand, like to stick your hand in a wolf's mouth and then complain once you're bitten.
This has to be a game to you.

[abyssale]

i've actually done that before. the wolf part.

i know it wasn't for your sake, which is why it makes you nicer which is very upsetting to me because it means you can be palatable when you try. and you have been to the person i'd prefer you be most to.

( he's not going to address the game part because honestly? yes. and he doesn't need her to know that he pisses her and others off mostly out of boredom. )

[peasant]

What?

( the audacity of a man to casually say the wolf part and not elaborate. )

Maybe I would be palatable to you if you did anything to earn it.

[abyssale]

i described knotting to you without judgement. i thought that was very kind of me.

it was a drunken game with a pack of werewolves. i stick my hand in the wolf's mouth and we try to see which of us is quicker when he shuts his mouth, myself or him.

[peasant]

You're awfully fixated on that part of our conversation. Something you care to share with me?

( your fetish is showing, lexi. )

Well, that confirms it. You're insane.
Who won?

[abyssale]

if i had personal knotting experience to share, i would. alas that was only a fantasy taht remained untouched.

quite.

the wolf. i was drunk, though. don't take that to heart. ( he's honest, but he still has his ego to think of! )

[peasant]

They have tools for that.

( tools. toys. all the same: cursed knowledge some girls have, after indulging their girlfriend's werewolf kink. )

I'm only disappointed I wasn't there to see the look on your face.
The werewolf's bite must have cursed you into a beast, obviously. Considering your manners.

[abyssale]

tools for what? ( it's an actual genuine question. he's pretty unclear of the all the toys that now exist... )

wait around long enough. i'm sure i'll find a lion's mouth to put my head inside of for your pleasure :)

and i was already blessed with such a sparkling personality at that point.

[peasant]

For sex? ( to the bratty tune of duh. ) I assume you're familiar with the concept.
Otherworld has all sorts of strange instruments. You're bound to find something resembling a wolf.

You should have led with that. Sticking around long enough to see you lose another ill-advised bet makes immortality look more tempting.

[abyssale]

( he'd fight her but that'd only give her the satisfaction. )

something... resembling a wolf...'s cock i'm assuming based on the context?
i've actually yet to make it to Otherworld.

well the offer is always on the table ;)

[peasant]

( fight her you coward!!! )

Yes. Obviously. They're imaginative with their stock.
Have you really not been?

[abyssale]

( calm down, alina. )

Dani and I almost made it once. i even got him all dressed up....
but we didn't make it out of the room.

so not yet.

[peasant]

( physically impossible. as for the rest of it — she can fill in the suggestive blanks of what's not being shared, without asking him to paint her a sordid mental image. so, awkwardly: )

Oh.
Well, you're not missing much.
And unless you like being toyed with, I would avoid drinking anything they give you at the bar.

[abyssale]

( don't lie, she loves the mental image. )

the drinks are drugged then, i presume?

[peasant]

( do not @ or perceive her like that. she admits to nothing. )

I think so.
They make you act a certain way. Or give you cravings, sometimes.
Or maybe it's just something about that place. I can't be sure.

[abyssale]

( that stops him short. )

what kind of cravings?
should i be concerned from a vampiric standpoint?

[peasant]

I haven't felt the sudden and uncontrollable urge to rip someone's throat out, if that's what you mean.

[abyssale]

oh you're not wholly feral, that's good to know :)

but the instinct wouldn't exist in you naturally to be amplified, is more my meaning.