Persephone, the Destroyer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pummelgranite) wrote2019-09-03 02:08 am
pummelgranite) wrote2019-09-03 02:08 am
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"Persephone. Speak."
First night. Slow. Simple. The only trouble I ran into... [She actually smiles a little at this--]
Thought I was him. [And she opens up one of the cartons, pleased to find chicken tikka masala in there. (God though, Laura, could you have a more Londoner approach to Indian food.)]
You have forks? [come on what kind of takeout restaurant doesn't give you utensils]
Thought I was him. [And she opens up one of the cartons, pleased to find chicken tikka masala in there. (God though, Laura, could you have a more Londoner approach to Indian food.)]
You have forks? [come on what kind of takeout restaurant doesn't give you utensils]
Guess I'm making a run out, then. That will be one bucket of coffee, two bottles of whiskey, and a straw then?
[Luci starts hurriedly picking up a shirt in the corner and some pants from under the bed-- fuck underwear, she has to get some air.]
Back in a flash. [She calls over her shoulder as she strips out of the embarrassing shirt somebody left outside Hades for Persephone, and makes a beeline for the exit.]
[Luci starts hurriedly picking up a shirt in the corner and some pants from under the bed-- fuck underwear, she has to get some air.]
Back in a flash. [She calls over her shoulder as she strips out of the embarrassing shirt somebody left outside Hades for Persephone, and makes a beeline for the exit.]
[ Cool. Cool, Inanna will just...stay here. Surely Inanna and Persephone can keep their shit together for ten minutes until Luci comes back, right?? ]
...Sorry again about the—shock.
...Sorry again about the—shock.
Oh, yeah. In my purse.
[ Passes her one, and then goes for the other chicken tikka masala. Hopefully there are other dishes in there somewhere. ]
That's good right? That's the idea.
[ Passes her one, and then goes for the other chicken tikka masala. Hopefully there are other dishes in there somewhere. ]
That's good right? That's the idea.
. . . sorry about the screaming.
[ she glances over at them and then away again. she can feel her edges fraying just looking at them. ]
Can I . . . uhm. Can I hold you?
[ she glances over at them and then away again. she can feel her edges fraying just looking at them. ]
Can I . . . uhm. Can I hold you?
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[Taking that, and she nods as she starts tucking into hers.]
Yeah, it's great. [She's used to being mistaken for Batman by people who didn't get a good look at her, that's a potential strength of being Batgirl, even if she knows full well it wasn't going to be enough here. But right now, acting in the mantle proper? This is so much more. She's thrilled, even if it's terrifying.
Her expression changes, and she sighs, still a little uncertain.]
Just didn't feel... real, until then. Still doesn't.
Yeah, it's great. [She's used to being mistaken for Batman by people who didn't get a good look at her, that's a potential strength of being Batgirl, even if she knows full well it wasn't going to be enough here. But right now, acting in the mantle proper? This is so much more. She's thrilled, even if it's terrifying.
Her expression changes, and she sighs, still a little uncertain.]
Just didn't feel... real, until then. Still doesn't.
I screamed a lot too at first.
[ It wasn't so bad, admitting it to her. Inanna was sure she understood deeply. ]
You don't need to ask for that.
[ It wasn't so bad, admitting it to her. Inanna was sure she understood deeply. ]
You don't need to ask for that.
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Yeah it was pretty dumb. [ not mocking, simply agreeing: someone really fucked his smarts up. ]
What the shite happened anyway?
What the shite happened anyway?
[ UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFYING THING TO HAPPEN IN A LONG AND HORRIFYING COUPLE OF YEARS? YEAH. ]
God, Inanna, I'm so sorry-
[ She picks them up carefully, a hand on each cheek. ]
We- we had no idea. No one ever thought-
God, Inanna, I'm so sorry-
[ She picks them up carefully, a hand on each cheek. ]
We- we had no idea. No one ever thought-
[ There. Right when she said "great," the way she brightened . . . ]
So how does it feel?
So how does it feel?
[ Pretty much. ]
Persephone...
[ This is the part where Inanna should be pulling her into a hug, one that they need as badly as she does. Unfortunately they're stuck relying on their face to convey enough understanding to make up for it. It's only a little marred by Inanna's own wrecked nerves leaving them with a brow perpetually pinched in anxiety. ]
Who could have even guessed?
Persephone...
[ This is the part where Inanna should be pulling her into a hug, one that they need as badly as she does. Unfortunately they're stuck relying on their face to convey enough understanding to make up for it. It's only a little marred by Inanna's own wrecked nerves leaving them with a brow perpetually pinched in anxiety. ]
Who could have even guessed?
[That gets her to take pause. She doesn't know that much of what Laura's experienced, but--she's gotten a solid read on her, at least in a general way. Maybe this will make sense.]
Like I'm... pretending. Like this can't work.
Like I got to be... the only thing I've wanted to be? Just... at the worst time.
Like I'm... pretending. Like this can't work.
Like I got to be... the only thing I've wanted to be? Just... at the worst time.
Hmm.
[ She pokes at her food a moment. She does understand. Deeply so. ]
Well, it doesn't matter that you're pretending. That's a given.
[ She pokes at her food a moment. She does understand. Deeply so. ]
Well, it doesn't matter that you're pretending. That's a given.
[Cass is just going to flick a piece of naan at her.]
You know what I meant. Doesn't matter if they figure out I'm...not him, but.
[She's still Batman, and more than fine with having her own approach to doing that. Just impostor syndrome hitting hard, given the circumstances.]
You know what I meant. Doesn't matter if they figure out I'm...not him, but.
[She's still Batman, and more than fine with having her own approach to doing that. Just impostor syndrome hitting hard, given the circumstances.]
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[ It's satisfying - slightly less satisfying than watching it shatter, but it does its job of reassuring him that he can go all-out against these, and it means nothing. Less than nothing, unless you count whatever energy it takes out of Persephone, but he trusts her to say the word when it's time to stop.
Normally, he'd dodge the blow, but here? It's fine if he gets tossed around a little. He's in no actual danger, so he takes the blow head on, bracing himself against it as he's tossed further into the air, only to spin around and blast them with a loud crackle of blue energy, a small circle of glass appearing in the smoking pit below. ]
Normally, he'd dodge the blow, but here? It's fine if he gets tossed around a little. He's in no actual danger, so he takes the blow head on, bracing himself against it as he's tossed further into the air, only to spin around and blast them with a loud crackle of blue energy, a small circle of glass appearing in the smoking pit below. ]
[ she cradles Inann's head, tucking their forehead under her chin. it's disgusting. she can feel their exposed flesh against her skin. They stink like blood and bile. ]
I- you're here now. I'll take care of this. I'll take care of you.
I- you're here now. I'll take care of this. I'll take care of you.
[ DID SHE JUST???????? NAANS HER RIGHT BACK!! ]
And you know what I meant. It's not like Bruce isn't pretending!
And you know what I meant. It's not like Bruce isn't pretending!
[ This should be comforting, except it absolutely isn't. There's nothing Inanna can do but sit there and let her hold them, and it feels so strange—disconcerting. There are too many things they can't help but expect to feel; the press of her against their chest, the weight of arms around their waist. All those things they simply don't have now. It leaves a sick feeling in the pit of a stomach they don't have.
Inanna draws a few shaky breaths, fighting against the urge give in to tears; the situation is bad enough already without that. They can hold it together a little longer. ]
I know you will.
Inanna draws a few shaky breaths, fighting against the urge give in to tears; the situation is bad enough already without that. They can hold it together a little longer. ]
I know you will.
[ Another snap and she raises a platform for herself to get a better view of the battlefield. He's fast. Faster than she'd realized. It's hard to keep up with him, even with her magic arsenal.
She'll need to get around him, grapple, aim his blasters away from her greenery. She shouts out her count of four again- four vines heading for four limbs. ]
She'll need to get around him, grapple, aim his blasters away from her greenery. She shouts out her count of four again- four vines heading for four limbs. ]
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