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[damesuccubus]

Seems I can't escape all this talk of marriage. Death may have brought me away from my husband and his wretched father, but the last - what did you call it? Was it still a flood? The last flood dragged me right back into matrimony and misery. That woman was not me, but she was just as displeased with her husband as I was with mine. At least this

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[damesuccubus]

Would you? I would like to know all about her friends. As I have said, she's my warden, and she treats me rather poorly. She's taken all my clothes and replaced them with rags fit for peasants, which makes me wonder whether or not she has a certain reputation.

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[damesuccubus]

Russian! Is that what she is? [Pretending to know what a 'Russian' is LIKE A BOSS.] How very fortunate that she has a countryman aboard.

Pleased to meet you, Emil Blonsky. I am Lady Petronilla de Vilers.

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[deepdowndark]

Svetlana is a decent, understanding woman - she's intelligent and well read, and capable of a great deal of perspective. Better than most humans.

If you're planning anything, let me tell you, I won't tolerate it.

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[damesuccubus]

Oh? And who are you?

No, no, what are you?

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[deepdowndark]

Ardent Thordarsson.

And I am a Dwarf. You will do well not to cross me, or your warden.

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[damesuccubus]

A dwarf? Like the men who dance for the Duke! Ah, now I see. I didn't know that you weren't human. All this time....

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[feels_no_love]

[Damned residual emotions! His voice is a low, impassioned growl with some real sincerity behind it.]

He should never have treated you that way.

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[damesuccubus]

[mmm, yes, give Petronilla all your pity and outrage.]

I told you he was a brute. He treated me like I was one of his father's mares - fit for breeding, and beaten if I wanted to walk a different path. And then! Then the idiot brought a curse down on my head.

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[feels_no_love]

[his responses are very slow for some reason.]

I see.

I was not thus when I was a husband.

But say what you wish.

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[damesuccubus]

Then you are a rarity, my dear Count. I only knew beasts masquerading as husbands.

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[damesuccubus]

I shall, but what does calling her comrade do?

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[damesuccubus]

Are these terrible things your doing?

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[stopthat_destro]

She isn't nearly as kind and pleasant as she likes to pretend. You can assume she's friendly with the entire infirmary staff, I'm sure-- or the wardens, at any rate.

Oh, and if you brutally murder somebody and then claim you didn't, she'll likely look the other way. If you have any such plans, you're quite fortunate to have her.

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[damesuccubus]

I know that she only pretends to be kind from experience. She makes me walk around in rags and then refuses to explain why.

Has she wronged you? Has someone murdered you and she looked the other way? Do tell me more. This is fascinating.

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[stopthat_destro]

Perhaps she's jealous of you.

Basically, yes. On both counts. Her former inmate murdered me, then hid behind her as she impeded any attempt at investigating him. She even went so far as to mock my anger, claiming I expected her to coddle and pity me, when all I wanted was an admission of her role in my suffering.

But that's wardens for you. So self righteous. At least she apologized, in a sense, after I taught her a lesson. [With NANOMIIITES.] But it took months to get even that.

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[damesuccubus]

How cruel of her to ridicule your suffering! I knew she was a monster, right from the beginning. [If she wasn't her warden, she'd want her as a friend. :\] I have seen for myself that the wardens here pretend to be kind and helpful, but they are simply just waiting for the right opportunity to humiliate us all.

I do somehow doubt she'll protect me like she did with her former inmate. Perhaps they were in bed together. Tell me, what happened to this inmate?