essek

[frostfist]

this may come back to bite me in the ass later but for now

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[unconsecuted]

[No one thinks much of a foot soak until they do it and realize how nice it is.

He folds his hands in his lap.]

Oh, he does. It's a front to hide things he doesn't want to think or talk about. He's nosy, too. If you talk about yourself, it's less he has to talk about his own self.

So don't forget to question him, too. You are very good at that part at least.

[frostfist]

Ah. I know the type.

[ lol. lmao, even. but he will do his best. ]

Should I take that as a compliment, or an opportunity to self-reflect?

[ are you calling him nosy, essek ]

[unconsecuted]

[Looks directly at Wriothesley, me.]

Well, you have probably already surmised I was, myself, an interrogator, so... I would be a hypocrite to chastise you to self-reflect, but it can never hurt, can it?

I don't mind the questions. It's... familiar.

[frostfist]

[ i avert your gaze instead to anders, who is now in the gy with us ]

Well, you'll have to let me know if I ever overstep my boundaries.

[unconsecuted]

[i think you're underestimating wriothesley's power here despite knowing good and damn well how strong it is]

Oh, don't worry, I most certainly would. Not that many others abided by my boundaries anyway.

[frostfist]

[ that is a distraction tactic and i will not fall for it ]

You just have that kind of air about you. Though I hope all the pushing has been good-natured.

[unconsecuted]

[ok, well, see you at endgame]

It would have been easier if it wasn't. But yes.

[frostfist]

[ when essek and anders are holding hands, you're right ]

So you could maintain your guise of an aloof and mysterious [ and good-looking ] gentleman?

[unconsecuted]

[NO

He wants so much to kick water at Wriothesley, but that is childish, and he will not do that. The M9 would do that to him, but he is a different breed..... So Wriothesley simply gets a Look.]

Must you call it out so plainly and boldly? I'm already dead.

[frostfist]

[ another laugh, good natured. ]

Nothing wrong with that. You do pull it off well, for the record. But I think this side of you is just as likeable.

[unconsecuted]

There is no need to placate me.

[About pulling off the short, dark, and handsome routine.]

This is not a side I ever thought I would have much less show anyone else. In the Dynasty, it would have been almost like weakness. People would have taken me even less seriously than they already did.

[frostfist]

It sounds like a tough place to live in, if you don't conform to a certain expectation.

[ but isn't that a lot of places, really? ]

[unconsecuted]

It can be. If you want to excel, to have access to certain things. Information, education, work space - then you must uphold the expectations of the Bright Queen and the Dynasty.

[That's so many places, annoyingly.]

[frostfist]

[ this pc has been going for so long i'm starting to confuse my timelines. ]

And for those who don't want to uphold those expectations? Do they just leave?

[unconsecuted]

[i got scared for a minute that i forgot what thread i was in ERASES THIS THREAD UNTIL MONDAY TO SPARE YOU]

Those who don't aren't typically a part of the Bright Queen's inner circle, so they continue about their lives.

Those who go against it... Well... [A wry laugh.] They hide it, as I have.

[frostfist]

[ it's fine, tomorrow is a new week and i will foist a new pc upon you ]

You've never considered doing something else? Or living somewhere else?

[unconsecuted]

[A small handwave, dismissive.]

I don't have to worry about that anymore. I can never return to the Dynasty. I am no longer the Shadowhand.

[frostfist]

[ his eyebrows are lifting ]

'The Shadowhand'? Fancy title you got there.

[unconsecuted]

[It's cool, isn't it? Too bad he doesn't have it anymore, damn.]

Had. Yes. I said I was the Queen's interrogator. That is the title given to who governs her investigative areas of the arcane and subterfuge.

There are others in her court. Dusk Captain, Skysybil, Taskhand, Sunbreaker, et cetera.

[frostfist]

Should I be referring to you as Mr. Shadowhand instead?

[ just kidding. (but he can have it in wriothesley's heart 🥺) ]

So what do you plan on doing in the future then? Assuming a perfect world where your journey ends the way you intend for it to.

[ things never work out that way, but. ]

[unconsecuted]

[Quickly, even knowing Wriothesley is teasing him:]

Essek is fine.

[MR. SHADOWHAND.]

I... have not thought that far ahead with the current... [He looks like he isn't sure how to explain.] That is to say... I'm not sure I will even be alive.

[frostfist]

[ really tragic that they're not close enough for wrio to make a dirty joke about what essek can do with his shadowhand 😔

but also: that's depressing and it's monday again so we're going to move on. ]

I suppose there's no point in worrying too much about it now while we're here. [ trapped in a murdergame again! ] Sorry to bring it up. Let's just enjoy this soak for now, shall we?