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@silverymusings - Ton at the rescue!

She didn't want to go back. She didn't remember much, not really, just glimpses here and there of pain and screams, but she had been told of the people she had murdered and had run and run to avoid this very moment, when the empire's soldiers were closing in on her. And she still didn't want to fight. Not like this, not by force, not more deaths of perhaps soldiers equally forced to fight.

She nearly slammed into someone and fell in the attempt to miss him, and just then heard the voices of the ones after her.

Whisper something in my muse's ear and see how they react !

Lying by omission to Armand was already akin to sacrilegeous and bad, for Sybelle. Yet, for some reason she felt compelled to keep her secrets ; afraid to disappoint him, but also excited about doing her own thing.

So she kept quiet while simultaneously feeling guilty about it, and lately there were so many things she didn't want him to know. She'd been busy, suddenly gaining a bit of confidence to break a few rules and detach from Armand some, but not mature enough not to see that as absolutely scandalous yet.

Simultaneously being bad at lying and seeing Armand as a sort of omnicient figure in her life did not make things easy, and a part of her knew he would eventually figure it out. Perhaps she simply needed to experience it. Never in her life had she been granted that much freedom, and she hadn't learned how to use it yet.

So much excitement in such a short time was taking its toll on her. Sybelle was growing a little antsy and tired, and as she reached Armand for her usual cuddling time, she had a feeling she won't be able to sustain this for long. Her last feeding recent, her cheeks grew warm and her face colored pink as he whispered in her ear.

She did, and she was actually dying to come clean in a way. But which thing ? Braxton ? The car ride with Gabrielle ? The whole event at court, which surely couldn't be that bad given she hadn't even meant to consume drugged blood and Lestat had been there ? Oh she felt so guilty now, so so so guilty.

"I'm sorry !!" she immediately said, wide eyed. It was one thing to trust that Armand will always, always love her, but somehow in this situation she felt like she'd been so bad it was unforgiveable. She really did hate lying. "You know about my human friend ? He's harmless, I feel like I have to protect him because he's so bad at this !"

@kisumshi - Gojyo

It was strange to be interacting with so many men after being around women - or at least just Terra lately - for a while, but it was also fun. And, well, Gojyo was interesting. And honest, and good looking. So, while her dog Pudding played with Jeep, she lured him away with alcohol and jokes. "Alright, alright, mate, now, remember I warned you, so if you look grossed out, I am going to---cry, really loud, because how dare you? Who do you think you are, bitch?" Grinning, she worked on the tie behind her head that kept the veil on her face, before showing it, the large scar on her cheek down to her red-painted lips. Her mother could've passed out from the shame.

"What's up with the cape, homie?" Maybe her mother didn't mean that when she told them to go ahead and get to know each other while she was gone, but it was the best Lynn had. No way she could control her face, though.

The others are here. She's scared for them. She's scared of meeting them again because if she does, that's it, it's really true that this is her life, this is who she is now, and she's not ready. She has to protect them. She hates them. She wants to go home. She won't go home until she gets to kill the Big Monster. It has to die.

"Jessica, hey... it's me," she puts down her flame-thrower and the dufflebag she always carries around just in case, so she can take her coat off to give it to her; Jessica is wearing only a t-shirt and jeans which is just not enough, especially because she must be in shock and shock makes you cold, doesn't it? Her thoughts are about to spiral back into old memories, but adrenaline brings Hannah back to the present, "We have to go somewhere safe, can you stand?"

At the very beginning, back when she was kinda delirious from the pain, she has let herself be lulled by fantasies of going home and somehow finding in herself the sharpness needed to tell them to go to hell, to fight, to blame them. Now all Hannah knows is that she's not letting a girl her age be torn apart and eaten, even if it kills her. But it does suck that it's Jessica.

@fracturals x Hughie!

She hasn't been there long, hiding from her own captors the same way Kimiko and the others were hiding from 'supes'. Because they found files about her, that said she could use radiation and perhaps even be a danger to their worst enemy, the scary man with the beard has allowed her to stay, even if she has already said she didn't want to kill anyone. "So..." Terra starts, when she finally finds the courage to talk, waiting for her popcorn to be ready, and she's almost sure his name is Petit Hughie, "What... what powers do you have?"

Hi Uhm- Ms. Kyle, right? I have something really important to say, and it may sound kind of crazy-

You know how 6 years ago, you went through a really bad breakup with Edward Nygma?

@quite-the-enigma

Selina tilted her head as she stared at the girl who stood in front of her. The girl started talking about something, mentioning Edward Nygma, her ex.

The thing was, not many knew about him. And who was this girl?