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[coquetting]

[ Here is a sweet, smiling face, accented with deep red lips and framed with uneven layers of thick, dark hair. Atropa looks confident and almost friendly.

Almost. ]

You know, let's just calm down for a moment.

I'm happy that you like me. Of course you like me, how could you not? I'm the most interesting person I've ever met.

Except for the vampire, of course. The plans you have where he's concerned are very appealing, don't mistake me.

[ She tilts her head, lips thinning a little. Her violet eyes darken, creating a stark contrast against her pale skin. ]

But your plans for how it ends? That needs to change. Your promise of reincarnation means little when you intend my death to poison all that I believe in. I'll return, but I won't be the same.

You'll regret that. I'll make you regret that. You of all people should know not to underestimate me.

[ Suddenly, that cute little smile is back. ]

Do consider it, won't you?

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[draugur]

Threats don't really mean much when you don't say what you'll do to make them regret that.

Thought you should know.

omg

[coquetting]

[ She stares at him.

So he looks...different. ]

Spelling it out would take away much of the mystery, Nikolai. We couldn't have that.

What are you wearing?

[draugur]

Some don't have creative imaginations.

They're called jeans. [ Mmm. ]

So you know you die, huh?

[coquetting]

And this is a public venue. We don't want to frighten the children.

[ And then the smirk disappears, and she eyes him uncertainly. ]

The signs are there. A short life to live, if I should fail. I always knew the risks, but the manner of it.

I was not expecting that.

[draugur]

Told you your mother was a bitch. [ Okay he said all faeries were but same thing. ]

I should have stopped you then.

[coquetting]

[ Her eyes darken, and she looks away. She doesn't contradict him, though, infuriatingly, she still feels like she should. ]

So you are there when it happens, are you? I should have expected that, I suppose.

My mother will do anything to enter your world. My mistake was in thinking I mattered to her. Much as it pains me to say it, I should have listened to you.

[draugur]

I should have made you listen. I should have listened myself.

[ Sighs. ] I won't make that mistake twice. If it's any consolation.

[coquetting]

[ She hesitates, looking at him.

Studying his face. ]

How long has it been, for you?

[draugur]

[ Rubs his jaw, trying to think. ]

A little over two centuries.

[coquetting]

[ Her eyes widen, just a little. That's far longer than she was expecting. She steps closer to him. ]

I...would have expected to return sooner. Sometimes it takes a while. A few generations, perhaps.

But two hundred years. No wonder you look different. You do not age...but your eyes are older, Nikolai.

[draugur]

[ He glances away as she steps closer. ]

A lot of things changed, Atropa.

[coquetting]

[ She frowns, but stops moving. ]

What happened to you?

[draugur]

What d you think happened?

I watched her rip your heart out. Literally.

[coquetting]

[ Her fists clench, and a shudder goes through her. No. Spelling it out was never appealing.

How can this be her fate? What use is all her power, if she is to die like that?

She sets her jaw and hardens her face. ]

And what did that change, for you? You were right. You always called her evil.

[draugur]

Fat lot of fucking good that did me. You were still gone at the end of the day, right or wrong.

[coquetting]

[ Pausing.

Narrowing her eyes. ]

And that bothered you. My being gone.

[draugur]

Are you daft? I know it's been awhile and my memory's not what it used to be, but I remember you being more clever than this.

[coquetting]

[ There, now that's the attitude she remembers.

But it's not the words she expects. She watches him still, careful and wary. ]

I'll return. You know I'll return, eventually.

[draugur]

I don't know shit abut halflings. All I know is you were dead and you never came back.

[coquetting]

I will come back. I have to. [ But, two hundred years...

No. It can't be permanent. ]

She promised that I would always come back. When I do, I shall find you, and prove it.

[draugur]

You're really believing in her? After the shit she pulls, yo're still choosing her side.

You're unbelievable, Atropa.

[coquetting]

It's not about choosing her side! It's about what I am. Halflings always return. I always return.

This time won't be any different. [ Though, as to that question... ] I have to believe it. I've never known anything else.

[draugur]

For your sake I hope it's true.

[coquetting]

For my sake.

[ Eyeing him. ]

[draugur]

You think I want you to die and never return?