consumingclaw | Call Me Out/Meme/Thread Continuation

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[A sinking realization fell over Magilou as she read that last message. If Velvet realized she was faking just to get special treatment, it wouldn't end well for her. The key word being if! Thank goodness she was such a skilled performer. Just a little combo of water and fire artes, and she had warm water to splash against her face and palms. The perfect detail! Then she hopped into the bed and slipped into character... which largely consisted of looking EVER SO EXHAUSTED.]

[Only one detail left to cover, so she spoke out with a whisper:] Bienfu, you keep quiet and I'll share some of the goods with you.

[ She *SHOULD* be worried. Still, a few minutes after Magilou's prepared for her greatest performance EVAH (which may become a matter of life and death), Velvet's voice interrupted any devilish plotting and thoughts in her head. ]

I'm coming in.

[ Not even bothering to ask - though technically she said she was coming anyway so that's all the warning she gets! The warm, savory aroma of soup preceded Velvet as she wandered into the room, complete with apron, glancing around and momentarily looking thrown when she saw Magilou ...in bed. ]

[The smell of the soup is almost enough to send Magilou bounding out of the bed... but, you know, life and death situation and all. She turns her head as though it weighs a few hundred pounds, and when she speaks her voice is low. She... ~~definitely is~~ might be overdoing it, but a performer needs to commit to their role. Especially when the audience has a scary claw hand they might be tempted to use.]

Oh, thank goodness you're here. It's... gotten worse, I fear. [She presses the back of her hand to her forehead.] That soup smells wonderful right now...

[~~No, she's not at all feeling guilty about the fact Velvet went to such an effort for her, why would anyone think that?~~]

[ Velvet is very very suspicious of Magilou's performance, but she can't prove anything yet, alas. ]

.. has it. [ Oh that deadpan tone. ] Let's see.

[ She stepped forward, putting the soup down nearby, and lifted a hand to press the back of her palm to Magilou's forehead. HRMM. Kind of ~~wet~~ clammy innit. ]

Hrmm...

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[Gasp! Scandal! Velvet, how can you doubt her sincerity? Her character? ~~That might be a really long list, actually.~~]

You see? Horrible, isn't it?

[One hand might just be reaching out, trying to reach the soup that's just out of reach.]

Oh Velvet, you shouldn't stay long. I'd hate for you to catch what I have!

[ Quite easily, actually! She's so untrusting~ ]

Oh yes. I'm surprised you haven't passed out from your illness by now. [ She casually...mooves that soup out of reach, shaking her head with a hint of a smirk. ]

Oh no need to worry. I'm a daemon, after all, and daemon's don't get sick. [ ....we think. ]

I've brought some medicine. You'll have to take that before you can try eating.

[Magilou's so focused on the soup, she doesn't manage to notice that smirk. She can just feel her fingertips graze the lip of the bowl just as Velvet slides it away from her. She... clearly accidentally bumped it.]

One can never be too careful, though!

[...wait, wut?] M-m-medicine? But... we shouldn't... waste valuable supplies unless it gets serious. [And was... was that Bienfu snickering under the bed? THAT LITTLE RAT.] More serious, I mean. Like a matter of life and death.

[ Oh no no no no Little Magilou. Soup later. Suffering now. I mean, Medicine. Medicine now. ]

An interesting point. Good thing this medicine should speed you on the way to health. [ She can't quite stifle the smirk at that stammering. ]

Don't worry about stock. There's P L E N T Y. [ She wiggles the little vial at the witch. ]

Look on the bright side - I'm sure it at least tastes better than what you've had before. [ Spoilers: It doesn't. ]

Drink.

[Despite her "weakness", Magilou does manage to inch her way up the bed, in a vague attempt to escape Velvet's attempts to help her. She can't quite make out what it says on the bottle. She doesn't like where this is going...]

It's not sale'tomah, is it? [Because she'd say it it was.]

[Still... she'd had Velvet's cooking, and the soup smells oh so inciting, and it's so very, very close...] I take the medicine, and then I can eat? [She doesn't even realize she's sounding like a little kid.]

[ And just where do you think you're going, missy? Velvet almost chuckles at that wary question, though her lips quirk for half a second into a smirk. ]

No no, it's nothing like the sale'tomah, don't worry. [ It's worse. So, so much worse. Thankfully it's not a -real- medicine, though it does have SOME mild healthy properties in it just in case Magilou wasn't faking. That question that follows though is just so ...cutely kidlike that Velvet slips for a second, smiling faintly. Awww, bitty Magilou was probably.... a terror. The smile vanished just as quickly of course, as she feigned a sigh. ]

I promise. Here. [ She tossed the little vial over to the witch. Bottoms up! ]

[There was that temptation to leap up and turn her guardian into a platform and escape, but... she'd have to face Velvet again at some point, and it probably wouldn't be pleasant.]

[And yet again, foolishly, Magilou trusts Velvet. Because for all the horrible things she'd openly admit to being, deceptive like that usually wasn't one of them.] Fine. I'll take the medicine, if you insist. [The smile makes her a little uneasy. And bearing in mind she apparently started manifesting her resonance at an early age? Oh, no doubt she was a nightmare for everyone.]

[She shook the vial, giving it a curious look before opening it and drinking the whole thing down in a single gulp. Mistaaaaake. What... what on Earth did Velvet put into this? It's like liquid fire, but also bitter, with notes of badly charred popcorn and a hint of week old cheese. Magilou gasps for breath, but that only seems to make it worse.] Wh-what... IS... this...?

[ Wow that would have been extreme! Velvet would have been patiently waiting. Though... she does feel a *LITTLE* bad over tricking the little witch. Not enough to stop though. If this taught her a lesson about wasting her time and fibbing about being sick, it was going to be worth it, right? ]

Of course you will. You're so sick after all, right?

[ If she admitted she wasn't really sick, Velvet wouldn't make her drink it - but the performer is committed to her role. It's no one's fault but her own! She doesn't even try to hide the smirk of amusement as the poor witch sufferse through the yummy yum yum medicine. ] It's called romadein. You're in luck that we managed to pick some up.

It's an old remedy I looked up for people with symptoms like yours. [ ~~A slight pause as mun and muse both quickly bs a name~~. ] It's called pla'cedne.

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[Oh, don't feel bad. The odds of Magilou actually learning anything from this particular episode are slim indeed. If nothing else, it'll just encourage her to find a safer excuse to get other people to do work for her. ~~Or maybe try someone other than Velvet.~~]

[But now? The "remedy" Velvet cooked up might well be worse than any illness she could have really picked up. At least with the sale'tomah it was over quickly. This lingered, like a really spicy pepper. Just... instead of spice it was disgust.]

I've never... [Oh merciful malakhim, she can taste it more with EVERY WORD.] ...heard of that before. Seems a little... extreme.

[On the one hand, she really wants the soup. On the other, she's terrified that the pla'cedne would only dominate and befoul the soup as well.] Please tell me you brought water. Or acid.

[ ~~Definitely someone other than Velvet.~~ TSK, maybe 'tough love' was a bad route to use on Magilou. On the plus side if Magilou managed to keep the 'remedy' down, the nasty taste would go away after ah...about half an hour. And she'd feel all energized afterwards too! ]

No? Ah, well I suppose it's not that common a remedy. [ Well.. it is for people who have kids that always 'fake' their illnesses. ]

But I would hardly say it was extreme. I felt it was directly proportionate to your ..illness.

[ Snicker. ] Water would only dilute the effect, Hang in there, Magilou. [ Is she smirking at your suffering? She may be smirking at that suffering. ]

[Oh good, given how wonderful the remedy is, that'll only feel like... oh, say four or five years. This wasn't how it was supposed to be! She was going to get free food, then be able to sneak out and have some fun on her own. ~~Like getting into a fancy restaurant under someone else's name and crashing a parade float, maybe?~~]

I had no idea you knew so much about medicine. [Maybe she's starting to side eye Velvet a little bit now. She didn't seem too familiar with the sale'tomah after all.]

But... the soup... [Fingers desperately wiggling to try and drag the bowl closer once again. Could she risk it? Then again, could it get any worse? And Velvet seems to be a little too amused by all of this.] You know, you could really stand to improve your bedside manner, at least.

[ She's a big girl. She can handle it. ]

I don't. It just so happens that this was one I tried when Laphi...my brother, was ill to alleviate his symptoms.

[ ... she said that so smoothly and naturally, is she deceiving Magilou on this too, or is she being honest? HRRRM. For the nonce she watches Magilou feebly wiggling her fingers to get at the bowl. With a heavy sigh, she reached over to plucked the dish up and carefully put it on the table beside Magilou. ]

You can't be that ill if you have an appetite. Don't spill it. [ She hates wasted food and... hey wait. ]

And what's wrong with my bedside manner?

[ She thought she was being perfectly helpful and nice~! ... she could take that soup back you know. ]

[But... but... but... you called her a little witch earlier. :_;]

That makes sense. [Oh, it tastes even worse when you say any word starting with s, for some reason. Though the mention of her brother does calm Magilou down, at least for the moment.] I suppose I'm lucky you still know all those cures.

[She takes a moment to spoon up a little bit of the soup, and nervously sips it. It... actually helps deal with that horrid taste a little. Sort of like dumping a glass of water on a raging inferno, but it's still a welcome change.]

[True, and maybe that's why she clutches the bowl close as she turns back to Velvet. ~~You will not take the precious!~~] You just seem a little... happy. That's weird, isn't it?

[ Well..doesn't every little witch wanna be a big girl? ]

If you're not feeling any better than that, I suppose we could see if there's any sale'tomah left, but.. I don't think that'd be any help. [ Maybe she should just prepare for the inevitable!~ ]

Oh? I thought that was the point of having a bedside manner. An upbeat attitude and civil disposition, right? [ VElvet has neither of these things though. ]

[Not this one, since that would probably mean she'd have to start taking responsibility for her actions.]

No! [She almost bolted right up out of the bed, but that would've sent the soup flying right into Velvet's face and... well, Magilou didn't really want to die.] I mean, that's used for very specific things.

Yes, but you were smiling. It's scary when you smile. [Well, it was a nice smile. But it felt so out of place on Velvet that it made one uneasy.] If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were enjoying my suffering.

[ Good point - what a terrifying thought! ]

Hmmm... [ Scary when she smiles? Awww. How mean and hurtful. Except Velvet can easily see why someone might think that. ]

Not at all. But if you're in that much pain... [ She holds up her left hand, the claw manifesting in all its hideous glory. ]

I'll devour you and end your suffering now. [ Bluff bluff bluff. ]

[She didn't even think the smile muscles in Velvet's face worked, at least when they first met. But to be fair, yes... Magilou might feel bad about how that could be taken.]

[It's almost as bad as she feels when that claw appears, all too close and with only a thin layer of bed sheets between her and it. Magilou can't help but jolt upward.] Oh FUDGE. [Note: Magilou did not say fudge. Not even close.]

[And really, from there, it's basic physics. That in turn launched the soup bowl into the air. It's got to land somewhere, doesn't it? And as fate would have it, Velvet's really close by.]

[Everything's happening in slow motion. The way they say it happens when adrenaline kicks in when your body thinks it's about to die. Because she just might.]

[ Y'know, neither did Velvet. She supposed that was ONE thing to thank Melchior for, for what happened back in Aball. Or maybe not. ]

[ ... that... might have been a bad decision on Velvet's part, actually. Golden eyes widen slightly in surprise as they track the soup bowl being tossed slow mo-style in the air ..and in her defense, she does try to catch it or move out of the way - but everything happens too fast in a slow-motion way and a moment later -

*CLATTER*

Velvet's lovely hair is now laden with soup, noodles and chicken. Or some kind of bird at least. Her eyes closed as she replays what just happened, before her expression went stony, her lips tightening into sighs of an explosive snarl. Her claw clenched slightly and then death rang out. ]

Maaaaaaaaaagilouuuuu....

[ Run. RUN WOMAN IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE. ]

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[At first, Magilou just clutches the edge of the sheet, as though hiding under it would somehow help. The thought that, if she jumps out of the bed and runs away, it would ruin the whole "I'm sick" story. On the other hand... it'snot like she's going to get her any more angry.]

[Her escape is short lived, however, as her legs get tangled in that same bed sheet and she crashes to the floor in an undignified heap. Her eyes dart from the door(too close to Velvet) to the bed(hiding under it would do no good) to the window(...maybe a last resort). Instead, she looks back at Velvet with a huge, terrified grin and starts to slowly back away.]

...I don't imagine a very sincere apology would help matters right now, would it?

[She knows it won't, but maybe it'll buy just a little time for her to come up with another plan? Still, she's using the sweetest, most adorable puppy dog eyes she can manage.]

[ ... she almost smirks when Magilou faceplants onto the floor, thanks to those blankets. Instead her face is set in a menacing glare as her claw-hand slowly plucked the bowl off of her head and set it FIRMLY down on the nightstand. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET SOUP SMELL OUT OF HER HAIR? ]

An A P O L O G Y? [ Apologies won't get noodles out of her hair. And she's not really going to hurt Magilou, but putting the fear of ~~god~~ Velvet into her is always fun. ]

Don't think you're going to squirm out of this by giving me that look.

[It's at least bought her enough time to get disentangled from the bed sheet. Making a break for it would still involve getting back Velvet's claw arm, though. And it's really terrifying how precise she can be with that thing...]

It was an accident! [And Magilou being Magilou, she can't help but narrow her eyes.] Besides, you didn't need to bring out... [She points and waggles her finger at the claw.] that.

[The defiance is short lived as she tilts her head.] So what would get me out of this? I know a guy who sells the most amazing scented shampoos, I could always get you some. And, uh... I could even have Bienfu wash your hair for you!

[ She just thinks of everyone as prickleboars. ...ok not really. She's just really good. The accusation does actually make Velvet blink for a second. Oh yeah she did do that, didn't she. ... okay so it's not entirely Magilou's fault. Just mostly. ]

... forget it. [ She sighs - though scented shampoos would be very very tempting... no, she won't trust that. Who knows, Magilou might try to get her to pay for them. ]

And no thanks, I don't like people touching my hair. Just.. stay in bed. I'm going to wash this.. out. [ She turned, paused. ]

And clean up this mess.

[She rose back to her feet and sighed, looking at the perfectly good soup that had been wasted. Her arms drooped to her sides as she walked back over. She didn't even meet Velvet's eyes as she picked a stray noodle from her shoulder, though she did make sure not to touch her hair. There was tempting fate and then there was sheer stupidity.]

Look, I'm... I'm... [Oh, this word does not want to come out. So instead she grabs Velvet's hand and... wait, pushes some gald into it??]

If you want, send Laphicet or someone to find a vendor named Tannis near the town square. Have him say Magilou sent him, and he'll get you that stuff to clean up. Or keep it as payment for wasting your hard work.

[She turns away and juts her lower lip out in an exaggerated pout.] I don't really care either way, but... I wouldn't want any hard feelings next time we're on the battlefield together!

[ Whoah, was she about to get a sorry out of Magilou? That was -rare-. She wasn't going to soften though, in fact she kept her stony expression even when the witch approached. Though she was caught off guard with Magilou pressed money into her hands. ]

.... .... [ Well damn. ]

Don't worry, you're still useful to me, even 'sick' so I'm not about you get killed off that easily. [ That would suck. ]

[She folds her arms over her chest and still can't quite manage to turn around and look at Velvet.] And you've kept things far too interesting for me to want to leave at this point. Or die, for that matter.

[That said, she crouches down and starts to clean up the soup debris, using the bowl to pick up the loose bits. She stops, and glances back over her shoulder.]

Oh, and it seems your care has helped me to a miraculous recovery. You really are good.

[ ... Velvet is actually...kind of surprised that Magilou's actually starting to pick up some of the mess. Though she smirks a little at the latter comment. ]

Heh, in that case I'll have to make sure we keep some extra on hand. Just in case.

[And while Magilou thinks it's only fair that she clean things up, the mention of keeping the medicine gets filed away with a certain other little tidbit she knows about Velvet. At some point in the future, ~~playful~~ revenge will one day be hers!]

You do that. You never know when any of us might get sick.

[She snickers just a bit to herself.] If only the church knew that the vile Lord of Calamity cared about the health of those in her company. Only because it's convenient, of course, but they'd still be shocked you don't think of us all as disposable.

[~~That means a lot to her. Not that she'll ever admit it, but still.~~]

[ ~~Playful~~ revenge is it. Are you sure you wanna declare war Magilou. ARE YOU SURE. BECAUSE VELVET WILL ~~BRING IT.~~ be annoyed. ]

The Church clearly doesn't care as much for the health and safety of the people as they claim to. [ She side-eyes Magilou for a second. ]

By that logic, you'd almost say they were more like daemons than I am.

~~[ She might say everyone's just a tool to her, but she's come to think of them as friends, even if she finds it difficult to admit it to herself. ]~~

[Oh, it's on. Though she's not going to tell you, because that gives her the element of surprise. And that will be her chief weapon, surprise. Surprise and hiding, those are her two chief weapons...]

Of course not, but they still really believe you're a terrible monster. And no matter how outwardly you try to broadcast that fact, you'll never match what they're capable of. [Is... is that a genuine smile, as opposed to a smirk?] Only a precious few of us know the truth.

[SHE KNEW SHE WAS HER BESTEST BESTIE! *SHOT*]

[ BRING IT ON Velvet is a strong independent woman who doesn't afraid of no one! ~~Except the Spanish Inquisition~~ ]

... [ Wow, she's so surprised by that response she doesn't think to make a sassy remark right away. That... smile is as strange to see on Magi as a smile is to see on Velvet. Nice though! ]

Huh. Sure, and you'll be taking it to your graves. Even if I have to put you there.

[Magilou isn't scared of you, Velvet! ...okay, that's a blatant lie. But she still won't back down!]

[She'd deny it to the ends of the earth, but she wouldn't show that to just anyone, you know.]

Your secret's safe with me, oh mighty Lord of Calamity. [With that, she pressed the back of her hand to her forehead.] In fact, I'll tell them how you forced a sick witch to clean up spilled soup. How heartless! [And yet, she's still working on cleaning up the mess.]

[ You should be. YOU. SHOULD BE. ]

While you're at it, tell them I made you do it without a mop or sponge. [ she's sure Magilou didn't need her help putting an overdramatic spin on things, really. ]

I'm going to wash this out. I'll be back. [ So she can determine for herself if Magilou slacked and will need to be tossed overboard! ]

Oh, don't you worry about that. I'm sure I'll tell them I was locked in irons, forced to clean it all up with the tiniest of tooth brushes. [She quirked a brow as she looked back.] Is that good enough, you think?

[But she has her guardian, so she can just fly back onto the ship! HAHA!] You do that. I don't think soup style is going to catch on any time soon.

Sure, that works to my benefit anyway. [ Let the Exorcists think she's the worst person - because she was. Ruining people's lives left and right, that's her~. She gave the room a cursory glance, before nodding distantly. ]

It's fine, thanks. [ Whoops, genuine appreciation - can't have that. OVER THE BOAT RAIL YOU GO. Wait, damnit. Damn your guardian. She'll just have to steal Bienfu. ]

If it does, you can model it next. [ And with that, she quickly slips out of the room before Magi can realize that slight slip earlier! Maybe Velvet's the one who's sick, appreciating friends (especially when they made the mess in the first place - accidentally, granted...) ]

[It's oh so tempting to make another comment as Velvet leaves, but Magilou bites her tongue and instead keeps a pleased smile to herself. With Velvet out of the room she can use a little magic to speed the process up, but let her think she worked hard.]

[Still, she can't help but say to the now empty room:] ...you're welcome, Velvet.

Call Me Out/Meme/Thread Continuation

Continued: Velvet and Magilou

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...sorry(not sorry).

... start running D:

Hopefully she's fast enough. O_O

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