IC Inbox: Duplicity

[singinghuntress]

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[singinghuntress]

Oh you were.

[And she might be blushing a little...]

...I might like another round at some point.

[goneforawalk]

Would you?

[ he's smirking, head canted aside slightly. ]

We'll see how you behave.

[singinghuntress]

[Is that blush getting deeper? Probably as she glances away and pretends to be interested in something just off screen.. like straightening books in her bookstore. Just ignore all the romance titles.]

How I behave? Are you trying to give me incentive to be a good little vampire?

[goneforawalk]

[ he leans a little closer to the camera, clearly amused, but his voice is low. ]

Well, you need to behave anyway, but some extra incentive wouldn't hurt.

[singinghuntress]

[She stumbles a bit with one of the books she was holding.]

Extra incentive huh? You make it sound like I'm unruly.

[goneforawalk]

[ he grins, running his tongue along his teeth briefly. thankfully for everyone involved, he's back in his normal form so it's not as creepy as it could be. ]

Aren't you?

[singinghuntress]

[Well, that's a small favor at least.]

I'm not zhat unruly.

[At least she didn't think so. Though she might be fidgeting slightly now.]

...I mean, I behave.

[goneforawalk]

I think you are unruly. Most vampires are.

[ a beat passes. ]

How much can you behave?

[singinghuntress]

Az much as I need to in order to survive.

[She hesitates slightly.]

...Why?

[goneforawalk]

Only that? No more?

[ his teeth click together. ]

I'm only wondering.

[singinghuntress]

[She's quiet for a moment or two.]

...Vhy is it so important zhat I behave so much? Rafa says zhe same zhing. Zhat causing issues here isn't a good zhing.

[goneforawalk]

A downtrodden person, in this case a submissive, will only harm themselves by causing issues. Things will become worse, you'll get in trouble, and your will to live won't mean anything in light of whatever punishments they give out.

People in dominant positions have more leeway and thus more space to work around the limits and change them.

[ he wants to rip this place apart with his bare hands. ]

[singinghuntress]

[And Rip just wants to live.]

In ozher vords, leave zhe trouble causing to zhe dominants vho can get avay vith more.

[She sighed softly.]

Und vat am I to be? I don't like being..obedient to people zhat can't...

[She struggles for a moment before huffing softly.]

Can't give me a purpose.

[goneforawalk]

Make your own purpose. I don't really care what it is, but do it. Don't rely on others for a purpose. That's just pointless.

[ an annoyed sigh. ]

Be obedient because it keeps you safe. We all have to do things we don't want to do.

[singinghuntress]

[She growls slightly and then turns to straighten up a few books just out of sight.]

Fine zhen. I vill.

Zhen you can stop being annoyed at me und hopefully I'll stop being afraid of you.

[She shoots him a slight glare.]

From my perspective, I don't haf much of a choice anymore. If I contract vith you, I know you are capable of killing me und vill probably enjoy it.

If I contract vith...Sir Hellsing, she has you to threaten me vith.

[goneforawalk]

[ oh no a glare, whatever will he do. ]

Relying on others so much is an inherent weakness, anyway. Stand on your own two feet if you want to get anywhere.

Will I ever stop being annoyed with you? That's a good thing to question.

[ he smiles again. she used the proper term. ]

I won't sugar coat it, you're absolutely right. But you have no choice in the matter, and we're your best options.

[singinghuntress]

I stood on my own to become zhe best sniper und huntress I can be. I did zhat on my own.

[And she was proud of that fact and it showed.]

Hopefully I'll get an answer to zhat question zome day.

[See? She's learning.]

Zhere is alvays another choice. I could refuse to contract vith eizher of you und take my chances.

[goneforawalk]

And you fell in with the world's greatest monsters to do it.

[ bored, like he doesn't care. ]

Certainly, we'll find out.

If you're willing to take a risk that big... I mean, we do protect what's ours, but if you want to make the wrong decision I won't stop you.

[singinghuntress]

I did vat I zhought I had to.

[She looked annoyed for a moment before shoving it away.]

I haf no doubt about zhat.

[Theres a moment's pause before she looks a bit defeated.]

How vill I know I'm signing up for protection und not unending torture?

[goneforawalk]

Wasn't that the excuse the caught nazis used after the war ended? They thought they had to? It didn't do them any good either.

[ he shrugs. ]

You don't. But not signing is worse.

[singinghuntress]

Vas it? I missed zhose trials. Zhe vatican vas nice to us.

[She sounded faintly amused but, then again.. That was the past now wasn't it?]

So says you.

[And yet...]

It's still debatable... but, I can at least get more done vith a dominant zhan vithout.

[goneforawalk]

And yet all the Vatican's help couldn't win you any wars.

[ :) ]

Think of it this way. You know what you're getting with us, and you know what you have to do to maintain it.

[singinghuntress]

[She rolls her eyes slightly.Okay, he might have a point.]

Fair enough. I mean, you can't be any vorse zhan any of Dok's experiments und I'm vell avare of how you operate.

I mean..corpse in zhe laboratory. He vas creepy. You're just terrifying.

[goneforawalk]

[ HE'S WONDERED ABOUT THIS FOR EIGHTY YEARS RIP ]

... About the corpse. I've always wondered who it was. It had to be someone in particular, a run of the mill vampire couldn't have produced what Millennium was pumping out.

[singinghuntress]

[She pauses for a moment and looks uneasy.]

From vat I know..she vasn't.

[Is she fidgeting? Definitely and being very interested in the books in front of her.]