And this one takes place as soon as Sollux stops his clinging and lets her go get her things. Feferi's was a stop on the way there. In other words, it's later the same day/night/whatever.
AA: feferi CF: Aradia. CF: W) (at did you need?
AA: d0 i have t0 need s0mething t0 want t0 say hi
CF: You ) (avent gotten a ) (old of me to just wave and say ) (i in ) (ow long?? CF: Cant blame me for assuming you need somefin. 38(
AA: i just needed s0me time t0 calm d0wn after everything AA: y0u didnt act like y0u wanted t0 talk t0 me much either AA: the 0nly time im n0t 0nline is when im asleep and even then i usually have s0mething 0n invisible
CF: W) (ale... CF: Did you just want to talk t) (en?
AA: i kind 0f wanted t0 visit AA: if y0ure n0t tw0 busy
CF: Im knot. CF: And t) (ats fin. CF: Come over w) (enwebber you eel like it.
AA: great AA: just let me pull 0n s0mething presentable then and ill be right 0ver
CF: Alright. 38)
AA: Pulling on something presentable means exactly jack squat since she was never undressed. She has the same ratty t-shirt and jeans she was wearing at Sollux's. He's never impressed one way or the other by anything she wears, so it's all about comfort around him. It should also be noted that when Feferi greets her, Aradia will smell as if they took a certain psionic's odor and distilled it into a perfume, which she then bathed in. The only thing lacking is sexual musk, because they didn't do that while she was there.
CF: Feferi is in her ever present one piece with a pair of old tattered shorts on above it. Nothing too out there, she doesn't have herself dolled up. She didn't feel the reason to be dolled up, since at this point the princess saw no real reason to look her best around someone she had no chance of being flush with. No chance at all. The seadweller was quick to give her a hug, however, not minding the smell of mustard nerd on her. Its not like she didn't have hints of the same smell under a strong salt water scent, a sexual musk no longer lingering as it did the day before. "Hey Aradia.." It was nice to see her again..
AA: Well, at least they're on the same level fashion wise, these days. She fixes a smile on her face. The attempt at making it seem warm doesn't quite reach her eyes, making it lean toward the frightening more than happy. Hopefully, Feferi doesn't dwell on this too much when they're done hugging. Her voice is bright and cheerful though. That's easy to do. "Hey Feferi. Thanks for having me on such short notice. It's been far too long since we've hung out."
CF: Feferi wasn't all too phased by her more frightening smile, giving one of her own. More of a "I could easily tear your throat out" sort of grin. She was relieved to hear her bright and cheerful voice again, giving a quick nod. "It has been!" The heiress didn't want to go back to not talking to her. Aradia was her friend no matter what and she cant let pettish things come between that frondship.
AA: It's hard to be afraid of someone's ability to tear your throat out, when you could hurl them through a wall faster than they could bite you. Of course that would never be necessary here. Not at all. But it's still nice to have it as an option. Aradia heads further inside, finding herself a seat to make herself comfortable in. "So what have you been up to? Did you go anywhere interesting on that vacation of yours?"
CF: Feferi couldn't help but want to wrap her arms around Aradia and forget that what happened never happened. She exhaled loudly as she leaned back on the couch. "Nofin reelly. I found some cool skulls and treasure." She shrugs her shoulders, "What aboat you?"
AA: She listens politely to the small talk she doesn't actually care all that much about. Normally, she'd have been all over hearing about the skulls, excited and wanting to see or at least hear more about them, but there's barely a flicker of interest. Even her reply to the return question is relatively flat and apparently meant to be nonchalant. "Oh you know. The usual. Scavenging. Practicing ways to hurt things with my whips. Hanging out with Sollux. You know, nothing /out of the ordinary/."
CF: Her fins drooped down when she was given such a flat response. Oh. the seadweller moved her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on her knees. "Fun. So... Didja want to talk aboat anyfin?"
AA: Aradia almost seems pleased by the subdued reaction."Sure! I know you probably haven't thought about it as much as I have, but what do you suppose would be the absolute worst way you wouldn't want to die?"
CF: "If you just came here to threaten me you can leave." Feferi sneered before letting her expression fall and returned her head back down on her knees.
AA: "That was an honest question, and I figured I might as well ask it before we're no longer speaking at all. What makes you think I have a reason to threaten you?" She's curious to see if and how the sea dweller will tell her what she already knows.
CF: "Sollux. Both of us know what went down." She sighed and then stood up, adjusting her swimsuit a tad before dropping her hands to her sides. "Anyfin else?"
AA: Close enough. "Actually, I'm intensely curious how it is you seemed to have learned exactly nothing from the incident with Karkat and thought it was a-okay to go shoving your bulge inside a guy who had NOT agreed to it prior to being compromised by something I can count on one hand the number of times he's even noticed when it happened to him before. Which he tells me he noticed this time at all because of Feferi suggested breaks."
CF: "I'm making sure he isn't overworked, Aradia! And he agreed... He's not mad at me for it." She takes a breath, not looking at her. "I didn't think anyfin bad would happen, and he wanted to..."
AA: A growl starts, very soft, but definitely audible in her words. "He agreed WHILE he was IN HEAT. Of course he wanted to! He just wanted it to stop! Anyone with any shred of decency knows that the word of a heat stricken individual doesn't count. Didn't think anything bad would happen... At what point do they stop schoolfeeding highbloods? Because you need to go back and take a few dozen refreshers on pretty much everything."
CF: Feferi looked up and stared at her for a long moment before walking out of the room. She couldn't hear this from her. Not from her. She was quick to get to the hole in the floor, jumping down into the water and swimming down. She couldn't handle this?
AA: "Unfuckingbelievable," she mutters, simply watching her run away. While Aradia could contrive a way to follow her or get her back, Feferi could get away faster than the maroonblood could adapt her powers in such a complicated manner. There's also the matter of communication which would be nigh impossible for her under water and not worth it above if she were to drag her back. The princess was a spoiled coward, plain and simple.
She wouldn't be back any time soon, and Aradia has no desire to hang around this place that stinks of sea dweller any longer than absolutely necessary. Welcoming Feferi when she chooses to return will be a note warning the royal that if she touches Sollux again in any way without his express written consent given in an absolutely irrefutably uncompromised state, she will become so much chum in the water. It's signed with her full name and a smear of her own blood she bit her finger to draw.
The only reason Aradia was so restrained this time is to avoid upsetting Sollux for the second time that day. But she felt no need to be so merciful in the future. The time for leeway and understanding is now over.
