Bathing In Shadow

The Baths
[Exits: north]

Sabella rests.
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.

Sabella tells Isolas (in common), '... ?'.

Isolas tells Sabella, '...Yes?'.

Sabella tells Isolas (in common), 'you were near, then not.'.

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

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

Sabella says (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?'.

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

Isolas nods slightly.

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

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Sabella tells Verin (in common), '*laughs delightedly*'.

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

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

Sabella tilts her head to one side.

Sabella says (in common), 'i am enjoying feeling the presence of your curiosity, your ...'.
Sabella looks at Isolas.

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

Isolas raises an eyebrow.

Sabella says (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.'.

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

Sabella drinks water from a delicate emerald crystal goblet.

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

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

Isolas says, 'Is it?'.

Sabella says (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.

Sabella says (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.'.

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

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

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

Isolas says, 'I see.'.

Sabella arches one dark brow.
Sabella says (in common), 'how's that truth doing?'.
Sabella says (in common), 'i'm not the girl you take for moonlight walks and give flowers to.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'I want the thorns, not the roses.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'I want to be tied to a tree, not woo'd underneath one.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'I want to be whipped and beaten and <edited> and violated, and I will whisper my thanks afterwards.'.

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

Sabella smiles slightly.
Sabella says (in common), 'because I see just the tiniest little sliver of it in you.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'and it tantalizes the hell out of me.'.
Sabella says (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?'.

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

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

Sabella says (in common), 'you keep it leashed almost every second of the day, but you do.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'and it's arousing as hell.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'if it ever let loose?'.
Sabella makes a soft, moaning, sound of arousal.
Sabella says (in common), 'oh, hell, the lich would have nothing on the level of evil you could let loose.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'but... even still...'.
Sabella says (in common), 'it's not your true nature.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'you'd probably hate yourself afterwards.'.
Sabella says (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.

Sabella says (in common), 'No.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'Most people simply don't have it in them.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'not even a little bit.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'some play at it - but it's just that. playacting.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'it's not truth.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'Tokugawa, for example.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'Adorable fellow to play with.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'He gives a stinging spanking.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'But he plays.'.
Sabella says (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.'.
Sabella says (in common), '... providing a service, rather than expressing the self.'.
Sabella says (in common), 'see the difference?'.

Isolas nods.

Sabella says (in common), 'I don't want a 'service top'. I want a sadist.'.
Sabella looks at Isolas.
Isolas says, 'Well, unfortunately, that is not me.'.

Sabella says (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.'

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

Sabella says (in common), 'I like that mouth of yours.'.

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

Sabella says (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.

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

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

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

Sabella says (in common), '... and would you truly have been happy with me in your Magi, knowing what you know of who and what we are?'.
Sabella says (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.'.

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

Sabella says (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.

Sabella says (in common), 'Good bye, Isolas.'.

Fare thee well!