voicetesting

[kissmyboot]

Ah, now what do we have here? Another -- [a barely contained giggle] -- brave soul who thinks they can control me?

Very well then. If you think you're up to the task of controlling the Dark One, you can try all you like. [He raises a finger.] Just remember, dearie, it always comes with a price. I suggest you make the most of our time together how ever brief it might be.

[He smiles with another giggle.]

Comments

[rogueprincess]

I pity the poor soul who has gotten entangled with you now.

[loveislayered]

Yes, it is a strange sorcery that seems to bind us to these 'muns'.

[canfindrope]

Don't hurt her. [Their muns know each other.]

[kissmyboot]

Now why would you say an awful thing like that, dearie? I don't make any unreasonable demands. She wants a portion of my time and my energy. [He starts with both hands on his chest to indicate himself before moving them both up in a little shrug.] I think it only fair I'm allowed to ask the same of her somewhere down the road, don't you?

[kissmyboot]

There are stronger bonds with far greater magic. Slipping from this so-called headspace will be easier than slipping from a noose.

[kissmyboot]

And why would I hurt her? Hm? She has done nothing to me.

[Because everybody always walks away unharmed when Rumplestiltskin is around.]

[loveislayered]

I suppose if anyone could, it would have to be you.

[rogueprincess]

I think she doesn't know you the way the rest of us do. Else she might reconsider.

[canfindrope]

It's what you do. [You hurt the ones you love the most, Rump.]

[mattersverymuch]

Bravery is overrated, as are deliberately ominous titles.

[kissmyboot]

Of course! There's very little this simple girl could do to contain me.

[kissmyboot]

And that is the most peculiar thing. She knows a great deal of me and yet still, it is Rumplestiltskin she calls upon. [He giggles.] Very peculiar indeed! Or perhaps just a sign of... exquisite taste.

[rogueprincess]

You think much too highly of yourself. And I sure hope your mun is willing to pay the price for dealing with you.

[kissmyboot]

I'm a businessman, dearie. People desire results and I deliver while asking for so very little in return. It's almost a charity, in fact.

[kissmyboot]

You will hear no arguments from me. Power will push you much farther in life than bravery. As for the title, well... [He giggles.] It's a bit of an heirloom, really. It felt wrong to just throw it away!

[canfindrope]

That what you call it when you steal someone's baby?

[kissmyboot]

[He clicks his tongue at her for a moment, shaking his head before grinning.]

Now, dearie, I do seem to recall there was time when you suffered from a certain...ailment, wasn't there? And who did you come to see right away?

[loveislayered]

You say that now, but you might change your tune when she begins to put you in 'memes' or 'games' that frequent this place.

[kissmyboot]

Uh-uh. [A wag of the finger for her.] A deal was struck!

[rogueprincess]

[She does not like to be reminded.]

Yes, well, we all make mistakes.

[canfindrope]

She was pregnant for 28 years. [You don't get to take her baby after that.]

[mattersverymuch]

Tradition's important. And on second thought, it might get you places. Words have power, traditions have more.

[kissmyboot]

Unless she asks of me for a bit of a spine first, that will never be a concern of mine. She's far too timid to even think of such a thing.

[kissmyboot]

[All the more reason to bring it up.]

Now I wouldn't call that a mistake. It all worked out in the end, did it not?

[Um, Rumple...]

[kissmyboot]

[He knows nothing of 28 years she's talking about, but that's fine. No sense in letting her know that.]

So? I would think that a grand gesture of patience on my end of the bargain.