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[peacefullywreathed]

This is Solomon Wreath speaking. To whom do I have the pleasure?

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[peacefullywreathed]

[Time to change the subject again.]

If I'm to have any particular trouble, it will likely be in the form of having my being shredded again. Death right now is--sharp.

[denyamenti]

So I shouldn't drop by for a visit, I take it.

[peacefullywreathed]

Please don't.

[Pained. He knows he was joking, partly, but the very thought makes Solomon cringe.]

[denyamenti]

Another time, then.

[ IE; let me know when you've pulled yourself together. ]

[peacefullywreathed]

I've been neglecting my control of the khajbit lately, anyway.

[Read: Want to help him train that when the time comes?]

[denyamenti]

I'm aware.

[peacefullywreathed]

Stalker. Should I be flattered or concerned?

[denyamenti]

[ linefacing so much! feed goes click ]

[peacefullywreathed]

[Yes, well, that was the most amusement he's had all day. Worth it.]

[ironwood]

Following the path of orange soil toward the sunlit clouds, come to the red embers lighting the sapphire tides. The violet ore feeds the roots of the viridian trees. Breathe deep to find the pause within your core, and meditate upon your needs in the appointed time and place so they may be real to you.

voice;

[denyamenti]

[ After this thread with China. ]

Exactly what did you do to her?

[ No greeting, no context, nothing. Haven't you missed him, Solomon? ]

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[Oh, he wondered how long this would take.]

I let her think she had me enthralled for a month and then walked out with a book belonging to the Temple once her guard was properly down.

[By implication: the book wasn't a gift.]

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

[ Solomon, if you have made money off that wondering... ]

I'd be impressed with your spirit of thievery if it didn't take you a month to get your prize.

Send her a postcard or something with monthly updates, I don't want her bothering me for information about you.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

It was a highly pleasurable month.

[Hey, having sex with a woman who wasn't a necromancer and could cater to his tastes in a way not even necromancers did? No point in passing that up. Especially since he wouldn't get another chance afterward.

[But at that, he laughs.]

What did she ask you to do?

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

She wanted to make a deal with me. Information on you in exchange for leaving me alone.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

And what did you do to her?

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

Nothing. She did it to herself.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

Magic mirror?

[There's undisguised mischief in his voice. He remembers that Mirror Force trap Bakura showed him. It seems like the most likely option, or something similar.]

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

Fairy's Hand Mirror, yes. Redirects an effect from one target to another.

You haven't answered my question as to what you're going to do, to stave off me having to keep doing that.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[It takes a least a minute for him to answer. Mostly because he's laughing. When he finally gets his breath:]

Oh, if she goes to you again I don't think it'll be for anything to do with me. Otherwise, I was fully intending on opening myself up to some petty vengeance so she feels satisfied I've been sufficiently ground under her heel. China never did understand that the willing submissive holds all the power.

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

[ Bakura finds it significantly less funny than Solomon does, as is clear by the crisp edge to his tone. ]

Yes, because you're the only possible target for that petty revenge. It's not as though you have people you live with, and who are dear to you, that would make for convenient scapegoats to a woman scorned.

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[He is still amused.]

Raine knows about her, and knows what she's capable of, and is far too well-known a personage in the city for China to risk targetting her or her brother without calling down the wrath of everyone else, Skulduggery especially. As long as I'm the easiest target, she'll come for me, because she won't risk her overall standing for something as petty as a fifty-year-old slight.

Besides, I rather think you've just added yourself to her rather short list of vengeance. That'll distract her somewhat.

Re: voice;

[denyamenti]

[ Fuck everything, why does he even bother? Bakura slams the console feed closed. ]

voice;

[peacefullywreathed]

[When he next checks his console, he'll get one last rather confused message, more as if Solomon is speaking aloud than to anyone.]

What did I say?

backdated to July 22;

[denyamenti]

[ The morning after Bakura reappears after being gone for six days. ]

Exactly how angry is Raine, on a scale of one-to-ten?