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come_sailaway2023-02-04 07:53 pm
redlightgreenlight) wrote in come_sailaway2023-02-04 07:53 pm
Love Does not Discriminate
Who: Valdis and Open with Some Closed
What: Valdis does stuff around the Serena Eterna, feel free to join her
When: February
Where: All Over
Warnings: In Starters
It takes and it takes and it takes | Erin | CW: Nightmares
She’d be lying if she said she hasn’t been avoiding Erin a little, despite their conversation at her hollow. But the woman is important to her, even if just as friends. Sometimes she thinks Erin is trying too hard to be something else, but Valdis isn’t anywhere near ready to move forward in that manner, and Erin has implied very strongly that she is willing and happy to wait. But Valdis can’t stop thinking about what Erin told her back when they first met, about her ability to enter dreams, and there’s something just outside of her reach within the nightmares that plague her every night. If Erin can help her go that extra step, then it’s worth a try, even if the intimacy of it may be uncomfortable for them both. She knocks gently on Erin’s door. It’s a little late for visits, but she can’t go another night in those hallways without knowing what lies at the end of them.
“Erin?”
And we keep loving anyway | Max Maximum | Stellar | CW: None
It’s their first actual date, and of course it’s also Valentine’s Day, which, for the first time in a long time she’s not going to spend alone. The short, tight, sequined black dress with a plunging neckline leaves just enough for the imagination that she knows he’ll be delighted to remove it later. It’s nothing he hasn’t seen before, but she loves how he marvels every single time, like he can’t believe he has her.
For once, she’s early instead of exactly on time, feeling like a schoolgirl on a date with her first crush. Childish perhaps, but the next step beyond just friends with benefits. She may never have his whole heart, but she is happy enough with just a piece of it. The memory of how he felt when he learned she returned his affections was pure magic. The one time that being able to feel what others feel is more of a blessing than a curse. Who else has the power to feel love so incredibly deeply from both sides, especially when one side is your own?
We laugh and we cry and we break | Reading Around The Ship | Open
The Library is the best refuge she has these days and she’s reading romance novels this month. The spicy kind that she’s actually hiding behind a larger book. When she’s not reading romance, she’s rereading the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, or Pride and Prejudice, or some other less spicy book. Occasionally she’s reading out by the pool, lounging in an almost sheer wrap in the sun, she is wearing a bikini underneath so not too much can be seen. You may also find her reading in the lounge or in Sanddollars.
And we make our mistakes | Just Around the Ship | Open
From trying different foods at the various restaurants around the Serena Eterna, to Sundries and the sports deck, Valdis is all over the ship. She meditates every morning on the top deck, practices sword maneuvers or works out in the gym later in the day. In one instance she is lugging a beautiful red ball grown across the ship, grumbling about how Friday needs to stop giving her dresses she’s never going to wear. In another she’s watching Aladdin on the TV at Sanddollars (she borrowed it from Klaus), and sketching cartoon versions of the passengers she’s met on the ship. When they aren’t cartoon versions, they are detailed sketches of flowers, places and people she doesn’t really want to talk about, but ask the right questions and she might be willing to tell people a bit more.
And if there's a reason I'm still alive | Palamedes | CW: Rolled a 5, so there is blood
Sleep doesn’t come easily these days, especially since opening the box with the three feathers from Friday. It’s restless, filled with images and twisted memories. Dreams. But she’s mostly able to cope without causing any issues for her roommate. Until the dreams burn into reality with a searing, stabbing pain in her side. The massive amounts of death energy seeping into the room are suddenly banished by a flash of light and soul energy. The pain increases, followed by something wet streaming down her stomach and back. Blood.
She tears off the sheets and races into the shower fully clothed, almost breaking the handle as she turns on the cold water to fight the burning pain. The pink water swirls down down around her feet. Palamedes is likely awake, that light is still so bright it might as well be daylight inside their room.
“Crap.” At least the bleeding has already stopped.
I'm willing to wait for it | Wildcard
Choose your own adventure! Valdis can often be found in the library, on the sports deck, or wandering around the ship, so anywhere you wish to encounter her works.
What: Valdis does stuff around the Serena Eterna, feel free to join her
When: February
Where: All Over
Warnings: In Starters
It takes and it takes and it takes | Erin | CW: Nightmares
She’d be lying if she said she hasn’t been avoiding Erin a little, despite their conversation at her hollow. But the woman is important to her, even if just as friends. Sometimes she thinks Erin is trying too hard to be something else, but Valdis isn’t anywhere near ready to move forward in that manner, and Erin has implied very strongly that she is willing and happy to wait. But Valdis can’t stop thinking about what Erin told her back when they first met, about her ability to enter dreams, and there’s something just outside of her reach within the nightmares that plague her every night. If Erin can help her go that extra step, then it’s worth a try, even if the intimacy of it may be uncomfortable for them both. She knocks gently on Erin’s door. It’s a little late for visits, but she can’t go another night in those hallways without knowing what lies at the end of them.
“Erin?”
And we keep loving anyway | Max Maximum | Stellar | CW: None
It’s their first actual date, and of course it’s also Valentine’s Day, which, for the first time in a long time she’s not going to spend alone. The short, tight, sequined black dress with a plunging neckline leaves just enough for the imagination that she knows he’ll be delighted to remove it later. It’s nothing he hasn’t seen before, but she loves how he marvels every single time, like he can’t believe he has her.
For once, she’s early instead of exactly on time, feeling like a schoolgirl on a date with her first crush. Childish perhaps, but the next step beyond just friends with benefits. She may never have his whole heart, but she is happy enough with just a piece of it. The memory of how he felt when he learned she returned his affections was pure magic. The one time that being able to feel what others feel is more of a blessing than a curse. Who else has the power to feel love so incredibly deeply from both sides, especially when one side is your own?
We laugh and we cry and we break | Reading Around The Ship | Open
The Library is the best refuge she has these days and she’s reading romance novels this month. The spicy kind that she’s actually hiding behind a larger book. When she’s not reading romance, she’s rereading the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, or Pride and Prejudice, or some other less spicy book. Occasionally she’s reading out by the pool, lounging in an almost sheer wrap in the sun, she is wearing a bikini underneath so not too much can be seen. You may also find her reading in the lounge or in Sanddollars.
And we make our mistakes | Just Around the Ship | Open
From trying different foods at the various restaurants around the Serena Eterna, to Sundries and the sports deck, Valdis is all over the ship. She meditates every morning on the top deck, practices sword maneuvers or works out in the gym later in the day. In one instance she is lugging a beautiful red ball grown across the ship, grumbling about how Friday needs to stop giving her dresses she’s never going to wear. In another she’s watching Aladdin on the TV at Sanddollars (she borrowed it from Klaus), and sketching cartoon versions of the passengers she’s met on the ship. When they aren’t cartoon versions, they are detailed sketches of flowers, places and people she doesn’t really want to talk about, but ask the right questions and she might be willing to tell people a bit more.
And if there's a reason I'm still alive | Palamedes | CW: Rolled a 5, so there is blood
Sleep doesn’t come easily these days, especially since opening the box with the three feathers from Friday. It’s restless, filled with images and twisted memories. Dreams. But she’s mostly able to cope without causing any issues for her roommate. Until the dreams burn into reality with a searing, stabbing pain in her side. The massive amounts of death energy seeping into the room are suddenly banished by a flash of light and soul energy. The pain increases, followed by something wet streaming down her stomach and back. Blood.
She tears off the sheets and races into the shower fully clothed, almost breaking the handle as she turns on the cold water to fight the burning pain. The pink water swirls down down around her feet. Palamedes is likely awake, that light is still so bright it might as well be daylight inside their room.
“Crap.” At least the bleeding has already stopped.
I'm willing to wait for it | Wildcard
Choose your own adventure! Valdis can often be found in the library, on the sports deck, or wandering around the ship, so anywhere you wish to encounter her works.
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He crossed his arms thinking on a possible idea. "You up to good hand to hand combat or would you rather spar? I think there's a place else where where we can use weapons there."
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Valdis arches a brow at his question. She's just met him and he's already requesting a spar of some kind. He must be hoping she can keep up with him because she's not limited by being human. Not an unexpected request from someone who is likely used to fighting.
"Do you offer to fight every girl you come across?" Her tone is clearly teasing, even if it's an attempt to gain more information disguised as mild flirting.
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"And don't think I'll go easy on you either."
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There hasn't been a genuine non-human fight recently, and a spar is still a spar. But sometimes it's easy to get carried away when matched with a worthy opponent. She gestures to the mats in the middle of the room.
"Hand to hand. Less chance of serious injury."
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"Let's see what you got."
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Even holding back, the spar is intense. She only manages to drop him once and he never gives her another opening for the same move to work twice, and she doesn't offer him any second chances either. Tricks have no place here as she may need them in a real combat situation, and both of them are pulling their strikes, though she knows he could cause massive damage to her if he wanted to. Luckily, it is a friendly spar so there is no danger of that. The only danger is them not stopping because she isn't even paying attention to the clock. She's having a good time and is only just beginning to grow tired. Any longer and she might have to draw on soul energy to keep ahead of him.
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The last person he felt this energized with was with Harada, one of the captains from the Shinsengumi. He had been considered a rival and then later a friend. He died as they fought together against a common enemy.
He wasn't even getting tired yet. He could keep going. Right now he was having fun teasing her with his telporting ability. He wanted to see if he could wear her out.
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The biggest difference seemed to be in stamina, holding back when she's used to going straight for the fastest kill is hard. Trying to cope with what she remember versus what she is currently capable is tiring. There's only so long she can keep ahead of him and continue to land strikes without using up her precious stores, but she does manage to get a few more in.
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At one point she managed to knock him down so he landed on his back with a thud. It briefly knocked the wind out of him. Not long for him to pull her down for a kiss. Normally, he wouldn't have allowed himself to do this. Only he wasn't thinking straight. The emotions he was feeling had gotten to him.
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"What the Hell?" She sounds furious, but not in the icy way her anger usually manifests as, this is more like fire. "I don't even know you."
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"I'm sorry," Shiranui managed to reply. He forced himself to look her in the eyes as he spoke even though all he wanted to do was hide in shame. "I just got caught up in the moment. It's been a long time since I found someone like you that met my skill level." And he was trying to prove through his actions he wasn't a bad person. Only to royaly screw it up.
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"It's fine." It's not. "Let's just forget it happened and move on."
She rolls the shoulder that got yanked on, out of instinct more than soreness.
"I can tell you aren't a bad person, but just maybe offer a name and dinner before stealing a kiss next time."
It's not an invitation, more an attempt to shrug off what just happened. Max would never had made that mistake, but Max wasn't a warrior, he was a baker.
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"My name's Shiranui Kyo....I meant to say that before the sparring..."but that never happened. I get a head of myself sometimes. I'm used to people being afraid of me or just using me as a weapon. Before I arrived here, I was finally free to go about my own path. Everything about this ship and what goes on is new to me."
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Despite knowing how ashamed and embarrassed he is, she's still upset. The spar was good, but she should have sensed things were getting to be a little too much for him.
"My name is Valdis." As slight pause, "Do you prefer Shiranui or Kyo?"
Yuuki had had a preference, so it only seemed fair to ask.
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"Is there anything else you wish to know?" He questioned as he tried to figure out some kind of boundaries between them.
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Shiranui, the very human demon who feels shame and just simply wants to find his place on the Serena Eterna.
"It's...been a pleasure, Shiranui." Her tone isn't unpleasant, but she's still a little offended, even if she has forgiven him. "I think I'll take my leave though."
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