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[devwocean]

Dualscar and Mindfang are seated across from each other in a room lit by candles, wood panelled and close - a ship's cabin. A crystal decanter of a deep red wine open between them, mostly empty. Their glasses are also mostly empty, but neither of them seem inclined to refill them.

Mindfang is rather distracted, you see. A troll in a slave's tunic kneels on the floor between her legs, her hands reaching up to undo the ties on Mindfang's shirt. Her hands are shaking visibly, but she doesn't hesitate in her obedience to Mindfang's will. Though the slave's face is hidden, her horns match Dolorosa's. Mindfang strokes the slave's hair, watching Dualscar under heavily-lidded eyes.

Dualscar is watching the goings-on with eyes narrowed, his fists clenching and unclenching in frustration. "I'm done wwith this, Spinneret! I'm not goin' to sit here an let you wwalk all ovver me. If you're not interested in wwhat I havve to offer, then I'll just fuckin' leavve, understand? You'vve plied the seas at my sufferance all a this time. You can't just treat me like this!"

Mindfang flicks her free hand carelessly. Though her words are muffled, it's clear that she's inviting him to leave. Dualscar leaps to his feet, knocking over his chair. With a snarl, he strides from the room, cape rippling, and slams the door behind himself.

[OOC: Interactive or not is fine!]

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[shesapir8]

[This Mindfang is older then the one of the dream, light glinting off her metal arm, her hair just covering her burnt out eye. But she still recognises the place, recognises each troll. This is what finally made him snap, not in the way she anticipated. But in the end, she was not one of the two that were dead and that's what counts.

She stays to watch herself and the Dolorosa for a few seconds before moving to following him. It's been a long time since she's walked through this ship but it was still hers, and the way around is still familiar. Enough that she catches up quickly.]

You know, the way I treated you was entirely acceptable for a black romance. But you never could understand why I couldn't switch from black to red for you. Rather arrogant, really.

[devwocean]

[He hears her, and pauses, shocked that she followed him out. He turns, but doesn't immediately notice the physical differences, taking a few steps closer and trying to press her up against the wall]

I'vve got nothin' but black feelins for you, Spinneret. If you think I wwanted somethin' red, then you're delusional.

[He's the delusional one, but whatever. It's nto exactly that he wants her red. It's that he wants her, whole and completely. He wants her to want him more than he wants her.]

[shesapir8]

[She lets him push her back into the wall, blue lips splitting into a mocking smirk. After all her own relationship problems, watching him struggle and flouder in their past makes her feel just that tiny bit better.]

Oh of course, if you say so darling. There's only black in your blood pusher, you only desire my teeth and claws and the fight. You don't want something... softer at all.

[Her hand runs over his cheek, a light caress before falling]

[wavesofjade]

[She remembers this. Ah, the memory is hazy and difficult to recall, and she doesn't clearly recall the words he spoke at the time, but she remembers. For a long moment she's torn between addressing what she saw, and just letting it be, but her softening feelings towards Dualscar as well as her own curiosity prompt her to softly clear her throat once the dream is done.]

Was it really so much of a surprise to you, Dualscar?

[devwocean]

[The dream is one he has often, though it did have some particularly odd elements. When he sees that his SFC has some messages, he grabs it and looks through them, only then realizing what happened.

It's dark in the room, which makes it hard to see his face as he answers]

Wwhich part shouldn't a been a surprise to me?

[wavesofjade]

That she was using you, as she used everyone.

[There's no bitterness there, only a quiet acceptance of what she knows to be true. It would be a lie to say she's come to terms with it.. but she's getting there.]

[devwocean]

[He sniffs and tugs the blankets further up] Wwell, wwe did hate each other. I wwasn't surprised at that. Only it seemed she lost interest in me. You wwere the bystandin' vvictim in that.

[wavesofjade]

Mm..

[She glances away, sighs a little bit.]

I apologise, it was not my place to make comment.

[aim_exorable]

[Well this is an awkward thing to accidentally be pulled into. On the other hand, it is also almost fascinating. All he had heard was Mindfang's side of the story, no matter how much he didn't want to hear it. Now he knows the other side.]

[Darkleer isn't sure how he fits into this whole scheme considering the timeframe, so he tries to seem inconspicuous as he leans against one of the walls outside of the room Dualscar just left.]

...I doubt that went as anyone quite planned.

[devwocean]

[He whirls and bares his teeth at the unexpected comment. Seeing Darkleer as part of his crew who's accompanied him to Mindfang's ship, he sneers]

You havve some kind a comment for me? Wwe're leavvin'. Come.

[aim_exorable]

I am not particular sure if you would like to hear any of it.

[Still, thanks to that obedient bit in him that still hasn't quite been erased, he follows after him with his hands folded behind his back.]

[devwocean]

[He glances back at Darkleer, his eyes narrowed and fins slightly flared with irritation]

You'd be right about that. A gutterblood like you'vve got nothin' I wwish to hear right noww. Unless you're interested in improvvin' my mood, I suggest you bite your fuckin' tongue.

[aim_exorable]

I'd have to make it worse before it could get better, and since that isn't the quick solution you're looking for...

[Darkleer returns the stare, back in his usual stoic expression quite comfortably.]

[bestestfurrend]

[There's an unhappy, shocked sound from Nepeta as she covers her mouth, eyes wide - no, not Miss Dolorosa, how could she?! The video on her end lasts only a split second. She's quite sick of seeing these memories by now.]

[devwocean]

[He notices the short video and replies to it automatically]

Wwhat noww?

[bestestfurrend]

[Nope, sorry, the kittytroll you are trying to reach is currently unavailable. It seems far too rude and invasive to Dolorosa to even talk about what she saw with anyone.]

[video] interacting is too mainstream

[unconchonable]

[Welp. Guess some of that self-glorifying hogwash that Mindfang wrote in her journal was accurate to some events.]

What a fuckin' slut. Honestly. I swear, it's in their blood to be lustful and worthless hags obsessed with infidelity.

[YEP THOSE ARE ERIDAN'S TWO-CENTS.]

[video]

[devwocean]

[The words, especially coming from Eridan, are gratifying to hear, that's for sure. He can't help but smile a little, despite his feelings of humiliation over this moment from his past being witnessed.]

You'vve got experience wwith somethin' like this?

[video]

[unconchonable]

It ain't exactly a parallel to what you went through, but I'we dealt with Mindfang's descendant. Flippant thing she was, she dropped me like I was nothin' to go after some shitblood, after all.

[A pause.]

It was kinda a rough hit to the ego, but I'we come to terms with the fact these spiderhags are nothin' but tasteless tramps, and their defectin' from our quadrants are no fuckin' mark against us, so much as it is a statement on them.

[Or at least, that's what Eridan chooses to believe, cuz the alternative hurts his feelings :(]

Not here

[shesapir8]

But your tears are delicious.

[video]

[devwocean]

[Dualscar smiles despite himself] Sounds like quite a parallel in a lot a wways, but don't wworry, Eridan. I don't think wwhat Spinneret chose to do wwas any reflection on me, an I hope you don't wworry the same about Vvriska. You'vve done wwell for yourself despite her, an so havve I.

Voice, after the dream

[onlyasign]

You. Me. We need to talk.

Voice --> Action

[devwocean]

Uh.

[he's never heard that tone in his moirail's voice before. Rather than risk something being said in the open, he goes straight to Signless' respite block and opens the door, frowning]

Wwhat is it?

Action

[onlyasign]

[Sufferer is sitting on his bed, his arms crossed over his chest and his hood pulled down across his face. His eyes glimmer redly in the shadows across his face.]

You never told me about you and Rosa.

Action

[devwocean]

[Dualscar shifts slightly with guilt, though accompanying it is a flash of irritation. Did he really need to be accused right now?]

I meant to tell you. It ain't like I lied or anythin'.