Bathing In Shadow

The Baths
[Exits: north]

You rest.
Sabella slowly unlaces her corset, enjoying the sensation of tugging on the laces, the binding of the steel corset-stays.
Sabella steps out of her Mary-Jane heels.
Sabella lifts one leg onto one of the stairs of the bathing area.
Sabella slides one stocking slowing down her thigh.
Sabella kicks the stocking off the end of her foot.
Sabella rolls the other stocking down her leg.
Sabella kicks it off, to lay next to the other one.

Isolas steps out of the shadows.

Sabella continues to slide the corset down over her hips.
Sabella wriggles it past those curves, and lets it drop to the floor.
Sabella reaches down and picks up the corset, to toss it into the pile by her shoes.
Sabella lifts up the black mass of her hair, and swirls it into a knot on the top of her head.
Sabella steps onto the first step leading down into the water, testing it's temperature.
Sabella lets out a hiss... ' hot..'
Sabella bites her lip, taking another step into the heated water.
Sabella's skin flushes a rosy pink, reacting to the heated liquid.
Sabella takes another step down in, unconsciously arching her body out of the water.
Sabella's jewelry chimes with each step.

Isolas steps back into the shadows.

Sabella closes her eyes slowly, breathes out, and sinks the rest of the way into the water, until she's covered to the collarbones.
Sabella mutters something that sounds unprintable, then shakes her hair loose from it's knot.
Sabella submerges fully into the water, wetting her hair.
Sabella finally surfaces, her hair slicked back from her face, cascading over her shoulders and back.
Sabella's eyes drift slowly over the room, looking towards the shadows.
Sabella blinks slightly, then frowns.

You tell Isolas (in common), '... ?'.

Isolas tells you, '...Yes?'.

You tell Isolas (in common), 'you were near, then not.'.

Isolas tells you, 'I didn't think you'd noticed.'.

You tell Isolas (in common), 'You didn't seem ... chatty. So I didn't start womanly yammering.'.
You tell Isolas (in common), '.. i noticed.'.
You tell Isolas (in common), 'i always notice.'.
Isolas tells you, '...I see.'.

Sabella lays back in the water, and lets her eyes drift closed.
Sabella soaks in the heat of the pool.


Isolas steps out of the shadows.

Sabella doesn't open her eyes, but smiles slightly.
Sabella continues to drift in the water, but a smile stays curving her lips.
Sabella says huskily, 'how may i serve, my Lord?'

Isolas watches but does not speak.

Sabella rolls in the water from her back, to her stomach.
Sabella steps over to the edge of the pool, folds her arms on the tile edge, sets her chin on top, and regards you.

Isolas looks to you, his eyes dark.

You say (in common), 'and how are you, this day, Lord of the Magi?'.

Isolas says, 'I am well, thank you.'.

Isolas says, 'How are you, naked temptress?'.

You say (in common), 'I am...'.
Sabella tilts her head to one side, pondering.
You say (in common), 'Wicked.'.

Isolas nods slightly.

You say (in common), 'Enjoying the sensation of being a temptation.'.
You say (in common), 'enjoying ... feeling like a wanton little girl.'.
You say (in common), 'enjoying the feeling of the water on my body.'.
You say (in common), 'enjoying the feeling of being watched.'.

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You tell Verin (in common), '*laughs delightedly*'.

Verin tells you (in common), '*grin*'.

Isolas says, 'Is that all?'.
Isolas says, 'Well then, enjoy.'.

Sabella tilts her head to one side.

You say (in common), 'i am enjoying feeling the presence of your curiosity, your ...'.
Sabella looks at you.

You say (in common), 'If it was anyone else, I'd say arousal and lust.'.
You say (in common), 'but with you... it's always hard to say.'.
You say (in common), 'I am enjoying thinking very bad things.'.
You say (in common), 'wicked things.'.
You say (in common), 'ill acts.'.

Isolas raises an eyebrow.

You say (in common), 'things that good people don't do.'.

Isolas says, 'Thoughts can be toxic. They poison your mind and control it.'.
Isolas says, 'Lead it places it doesn't normally go.'.
Isolas says, 'Make bad ideas sound good.'.
Isolas says, 'Make unbreakable truths seem like flexible opinion.'.

You say (in common), 'that's part of what makes me different, i suppose.'.
You say (in common), 'the bad ideas always sound good.'.
You say (in common), 'so.. what is an unbreakable truth?'.
You say (in common), 'give me an example?'.

Sabella murmurs, 'i'm thirsty...' Her tone makes it clear she's not talking about a cup of water.

You drink water from a delicate emerald crystal goblet.
You drink water from a delicate emerald crystal goblet.

Isolas watches, ignoring your question.
Isolas says, 'And yet, you swim.'.

You say (in common), '.. more that i do not take action, for it's forbidden to me.'.

Isolas says, 'Is it?'.

You say (in common), 'and if i can't have what i want, i refuse to settle.'.

Isolas drops down to one knee before you, looking at you.

You say (in common), 'Well. Hello there.'.

Isolas says, '"can't have" sounds like one of those unbreakable truths that becomes weak and flexible in the heat.'.

You say (in common), 'Haven't we had this conversation before?'.
You say (in common), 'in the cold stillness of that tower of yours?'.

Isolas stands, returning to his place before.
Isolas says, 'Have we?'.

You say (in common), 'where you sat on a throne, and I groveled between your knees, wanting you to do terrible things...'.
You say (in common), 'and it was not, you confessed, in your heart to do so...'.
You say (in common), 'I want a different Isolas than everyone else... including that sweet fiancee of yours..'.
You say (in common), 'I want the cruel, hurtful, brutal Isolas.'.
You say (in common), 'Who wants to make me pay for all the wrongs done him. Who will make me his whipping girl.'.
You say (in common), 'Who will degrade, use, and denigrate me.'.
You say (in common), 'Ill thoughts. ill words. Ill deeds.'.
You say (in common), 'i want it all.'.

Isolas says, 'I see.'.

Sabella arches one dark brow.
You say (in common), 'how's that truth doing?'.
You say (in common), 'i'm not the girl you take for moonlight walks and give flowers to.'.
You say (in common), 'I want the thorns, not the roses.'.
You say (in common), 'I want to be tied to a tree, not woo'd underneath one.'.

Isolas says, 'Then what appeal would I possibly hold?'.

You say (in common), 'I want to be whipped and beaten and <edited> and violated, and I will whisper my thanks afterwards.'.
Sabella smiles slightly.

You say (in common), 'because I see just the tiniest little sliver of it in you.'.
You say (in common), 'and it tantalizes the hell out of me.'.
You say (in common), '.. and if I can't have what I want... i refuse to settle.'.

Isolas says, 'When have you ever seen that sliver from me?'.

You say (in common), 'in the room of records.'.
You say (in common), 'You grabbed me.'.
You say (in common), 'You shoved me - hard - against a stone wall.'.
You say (in common), 'You cracked my head against it, in fact.'.
You say (in common), 'And you kissed me.'.
You say (in common), 'Hard.'.
You say (in common), 'Your teeth cut my lip.'.
You say (in common), 'I tasted my own blood on your tongue.'.
You say (in common), 'and i nearly came.'.
You say (in common), '.... that's when.'.
You say (in common), 'besides... you've got rage.'.

Isolas recalls, the image replaying vividly.
Isolas says, 'Do I?'.

You say (in common), 'you keep it leashed almost every second of the day, but you do.'.
You say (in common), 'and it's arousing as hell.'.
You say (in common), 'if it ever let loose?'.
Sabella makes a soft, moaning, sound of arousal.

You say (in common), 'oh, hell, the lich would have nothing on the level of evil you could let loose.'.
You say (in common), 'but... even still...'.
You say (in common), 'it's not your true nature.'.
You say (in common), 'you'd probably hate yourself afterwards.'.
You say (in common), 'and i'm just sick enough that i'd be loving every instant of that cruel depravity.'.
Sabella sighs slightly. 'oh yes, I am one sick, twisted bitch.'

Isolas says, 'You could surely find that with any number of people.'.

Sabella laughs, almost surprised.

You say (in common), 'No.'.
You say (in common), 'Most people simply don't have it in them.'.
You say (in common), 'not even a little bit.'.
You say (in common), 'some play at it - but it's just that. playacting.'.
You say (in common), 'it's not truth.'.
You say (in common), 'Tokugawa, for example.'.
You say (in common), 'Adorable fellow to play with.'.
You say (in common), 'He gives a stinging spanking.'.
You say (in common), 'But he plays.'.
You say (in common), 'he can pinch a nipple, smack a butt, with delight. But he doesn't have that dark undercurrent of cruelty. he's simply giving what the person wants.'.
You say (in common), '... providing a service, rather than expressing the self.'.
You say (in common), 'see the difference?'.

Isolas nods.

You say (in common), 'I don't want a 'service top'. I want a sadist.'.

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Isolas says, 'Well, unfortunately, that is not me.'.

You say (in common), '... much to my regret.'.

Isolas says, 'I have rage, I have brutality, but to unleash it.. lessens my power.'.

Sabella opens her mouth, as if to speak, then closes it, and looks away.
Sabella simply says huskily, 'Understood.'

You say (in common), 'We both see a sliver of what we want in the other.'.
You say (in common), 'and it's so rare, that we constantly seem to circle back around...'.
You say (in common), 'but yet, it's never quite right.'.
You say (in common), 'I think you like my .. singlemindedness.'.
You say (in common), 'but i come with too much baggage.'.
You say (in common), 'and I like your cruelty and...'.
Sabella grins wickedly.

You say (in common), 'I like that mouth of yours.'.

Sabella murmurs, to herself, 'oh yes, that mouth...'
Sabella looks back up at you.

You say (in common), 'but ... you can't let go.'.

Isolas says, 'You would be fulfilled.'.
Isolas says, 'I would somehow be emptier.'.

Sabella shakes her head ruefully.

You say (in common), 'That's just the problem.'.
You say (in common), 'the one who can give me what i want? It will feed him, too. it will fill him. complete him.'.
You say (in common), 'not leave him empty.'.
You say (in common), 'he will take from me. i will give him what he needs. we will both be restored and renewed and made whole.'.
You say (in common), '... when it's right.'.
You say (in common), 'but as you say.'.

Isolas says, 'You cannot give me what I need. It is not who you are.'.

You nod.
You say (in common), 'I know.'.
You say (in common), 'I'm not your pretty thing to make you whole and love you.'.
You say (in common), 'for those moonlight walks, and holding hands'.
You say (in common), 'and sweet tenderness'.

Sabella lifts herself up out of the pool.
Sabella pads over towards you, leaving pools of water in her footsteps.
Sabella stops just shy of making contact.

Isolas does not move.

Sabella looks up at you, silent, simply breathing in your exhaled breaths.
Sabella closes her eyes, and leans forward just a smidge, so her body is within the glow of your aura.
Sabella shivers slightly as the crimson washes over her.

Isolas says, 'This is the crimson you rejected.'.

You say (in common), '... and would you truly have been happy with me in your Magi, knowing what you know of who and what we are?'.
You say (in common), 'Or would you have eventually had to send me away, after your lady love became irritated?'.

Isolas says, 'I don't know what 'truly happy' is.'.

You say (in common), '... I wish I would allow myself to be as unprincipled as I am at my core.'.
You say (in common), 'because I would take whatever I can get.'.
You say (in common), 'I would push and tease and taunt and seduce until I got what I could get.'.
You say (in common), 'I would steal kisses, I would whisper wicked things in your ears through prayer.'.
You say (in common), 'I would make myself your little obsession.'.
You say (in common), '... alas.'.
You say (in common), 'I have some small shred of principles.'.

Isolas reaches up, taking a fistful of your hair and tugging it gently.

Sabella moans softly, her exhaled breath washing warm over your skin.

Isolas looks at you, his eyes fiery, but stops and releases his hand and drops it back to his side.

Sabella slides bonelessly to her knees, just as close to you as before, her face pressed against the curve where hip meets thigh.

Isolas looks down at you, his eyes dark but still flickering.

Sabella whispers, 'i'm hungry. thirsty. needing.'

You say (in common), 'some would call even this, which i wish so much to do, a perversion. it is the least of the acts i would perform.'.

Sabella sighs, and pulls herself away.
Sabella slowly rises and walks over to where her clothes are piled.
Sabella catches up the fabric and leather, and glances over her shoulder at you.

You say (in common), 'Good bye, Isolas.'.

Fare thee well!