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TDM #4
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The Lobby.
- When you open your eyes, there is quite a lot of beige to take in. The unassuming walls of the room you've found yourself in are barren save for a single motivational poster directly in your line of sight. An illuminated sign above an open door on the far wall reads 'lobby exit.'
"Welcome," chimes a polite, synthesized voice. "I'm happy you're here." A moment later comes the clarity of the situation: you have died and so has the world you came from. "This is Amani, your new reality," continues The Peacekeeper. "Everything will be fine."
At least you aren't the only one here, you'll soon find out, as others who are just as confused and concerned as you are mingling on the main hub's first floor. Hopefully, you find a familiar face among the crowd. If not, that's all right. You'll get to know quite a few people very well soon enough.
- If you're one of the unlucky few whose death required a bit more intensive re-coding to maintain stability in the simulation, you'll instead awaken on a bed in the infirmary. Everything is strikingly white save for the occasional string of vines with lavender growing in bursts to help keep people calm. Whether or not it works seems to be on a case-by-case basis.
While there is no active medical staff, the voice of The Peacekeeper is there to explain the situation in a more delicate manner to these individuals. It's already stressful enough having to have gone through such a violent death, after all!
If characters want more questions answered, they'll need to speak to The Peacekeeper directly. But first, it will encourage socialization in the main hub and hopefully, you'll find someone you recognize to make taking things in a little easier.
WHAT
The fourth Amani TDM!
WHEN
April 21st, 2022
KINKS OF THE MONTH
★ Tickling
★ Facials
★ School Uniforms
★ Sharing
★ Hurt/Comfort
★ Facials
★ School Uniforms
★ Sharing
★ Hurt/Comfort
WELCOME
Throughout the main hub where everyone congregates, a light chiming echoes through the first floor. "Hello, everyone," comes the synthetic voice from when you first arrived. "Please, watch your step since there's quite a few puddles around. If you'd like, there is cake, some refreshments, and some eggs for you in these trying times. If they feel warmer than usual, that's because they're going to hatch soon!"
While the Peacekeeper doesn't elaborate, as usual, simulation inhabitants are free to notice the eggs that either they gathered or are still littering the simulation are now warm to the touch, give off a faint glow, and may even move subtly now and again if watched.
Dark, ominous clouds begin to gather over every piece of sky in the simulation and before long blot out the sun. Sheets of rain begin to pour down almost without warning. Hopefully, you've managed to fix those leaks in your house! Or maybe you're finding new ones...
Lightning splits the sky with a dramatic crackle and thunder booms not long after it. The wind howls and the worst of the storm won't relent for a few hours at the least. Even after, the rain will linger for days on and off to varying degrees of severity.
While the weather has taken a turn for the gloomy, that doesn't mean that simulation inhabitants have to be! In fact, it may feel somewhat refreshing as if the rain is washing away any negativity lingering after The Overseer's masquerade. Whether by her design or not, she - nor The Peacekeeper - will say but it does seem that she wants to keep relations as peaceful between the simulation inhabitants and creators as she can.
Of course, your buckets might not just be catching water. With the rising water levels, the fish that inhabit the simulation's waters are just as confused as anyone else. Even more confusing is the glitch causing them to transform once they find themselves on solid (mostly) ground.
Thankfully, they don't change into anything harmful. Well, maybe to your teeth since an abundance of sweet treats is bound to cause a cavity or two... Not to mention the other odd effects that food here is known to have.
If the party and its cake don't appeal to you, that's perfectly fine. This is the perfect time to configure your Digitized Technical Friend or your DTF status. A DTF is similar to a dæmon from His Dark Materials in that it is connected to and a reflection of a character's soul. These DTFs take shape accordingly and are projections similar to the NPCs. Think of them as your own personal Clippy except less annoying. Hopefully.
Once that's set-up, there are other locations of the main hub to investigate! You can still find an (off-key) instrument to play in the music lounge or check out the (algae-ridden) pool.
You can even visit The Peacekeeper themselves on the second floor. They're always happy to have visitors! They're also conveniently where you might place a complaint about that status of the main hub and its amenities.
While the Peacekeeper doesn't elaborate, as usual, simulation inhabitants are free to notice the eggs that either they gathered or are still littering the simulation are now warm to the touch, give off a faint glow, and may even move subtly now and again if watched.
APRIL SHOWERS
Granted, there are bigger things to worry about such as the storm that's rolling in.Dark, ominous clouds begin to gather over every piece of sky in the simulation and before long blot out the sun. Sheets of rain begin to pour down almost without warning. Hopefully, you've managed to fix those leaks in your house! Or maybe you're finding new ones...
Lightning splits the sky with a dramatic crackle and thunder booms not long after it. The wind howls and the worst of the storm won't relent for a few hours at the least. Even after, the rain will linger for days on and off to varying degrees of severity.
While the weather has taken a turn for the gloomy, that doesn't mean that simulation inhabitants have to be! In fact, it may feel somewhat refreshing as if the rain is washing away any negativity lingering after The Overseer's masquerade. Whether by her design or not, she - nor The Peacekeeper - will say but it does seem that she wants to keep relations as peaceful between the simulation inhabitants and creators as she can.
ONE FISH, TWO FISH...
The constant rain brings water levels of the rivers and eddies up at an alarming rate. Flooding is inevitable and, hopefully, the place you've claimed as your own isn't in the way. If it is, you might want to get the buckets ready or consider a relocation!Of course, your buckets might not just be catching water. With the rising water levels, the fish that inhabit the simulation's waters are just as confused as anyone else. Even more confusing is the glitch causing them to transform once they find themselves on solid (mostly) ground.
Thankfully, they don't change into anything harmful. Well, maybe to your teeth since an abundance of sweet treats is bound to cause a cavity or two... Not to mention the other odd effects that food here is known to have.
- ★ Taiyaki » Despite having just jumped out of the chilly waters, these tasty treats will be warm to the touch and generate steam. After biting into one, you'll radiate warmth no matter what for a brief period of time. Being a walking furnace sure is nice with this damp, cold atmosphere... Maybe you'll find a friend or two to huddle up with and keep warm.
★ Swedish Fish » Eating one of these stretchy, gummy candies will increase your flexibility. Literally and metaphorically! It might be easier to be convinced to do something you wouldn't have before and now you can bend just the right way to make it extra fun.
★ Hard Fish Candy » These tart candies will render someone unable to speak until it completely dissolves. This can take a while, too, since they seem to be persistantly stuck to the roof of your mouth! Yet, don't underestimate the power of body language to speak your mind.
★ Chocolate Sardines » Eating one of these rich bite-sized treats will make you sweeter. No, really! Candy kisses isn't just an expression after eating these fish. You taste delicious. Maybe too delicious... Be careful! Once someone gets a taste of you, they might not want to stop anytime soon.
WHAT'S YOUR DTF STATUS?
If the party and its cake don't appeal to you, that's perfectly fine. This is the perfect time to configure your Digitized Technical Friend or your DTF status. A DTF is similar to a dæmon from His Dark Materials in that it is connected to and a reflection of a character's soul. These DTFs take shape accordingly and are projections similar to the NPCs. Think of them as your own personal Clippy except less annoying. Hopefully.
Once that's set-up, there are other locations of the main hub to investigate! You can still find an (off-key) instrument to play in the music lounge or check out the (algae-ridden) pool.
You can even visit The Peacekeeper themselves on the second floor. They're always happy to have visitors! They're also conveniently where you might place a complaint about that status of the main hub and its amenities.
RAINING CATS AND DOGS
While the fishy foods are odd enough as is, another glitch appears to be occurring throughout the simulation but this time originates not from the rain but The Peacekeeper's humble musings. "Did you know," speaks the resident AI, "that there is an expression called 'raining cats and dogs'? I think that's such a curious saying! It made me wonder what it might actually look like..."
Following the strange, unexpected 'announcement,' inhabitants may begin to notice large globs of water falling periodically from the sky now amidst the regular rain. When they hit the ground with a large splash, nothing is there... at first. The water will burst apart only to reassemble into a canine or feline friend. Well, it's shaped like a dog or a cat.
Due to the sudden nature of their spawning though, some things aren't quite right. Perhaps that cat has only three legs instead of four; a dog may be missing an eye, an ear, or even its tail. And those are the more tame oddities! While the unique animals aren't overly abundant there are still a good number that spawn across the days of rain. Don't be surprised if a dog takes up shelter from the storm on your porch or you come home to a cat you don't own having climbed through a loose window.
While this might be exactly the addition to your home that you wanted, it doesn't change the leaky roof or broken window in your new place. Or, unfortunately, the fact that there's no extra space for a pet yet. No, unfortunately that will still need to be fixed the peaceful way. If you'd like more lighting or even cozier clothes, simulation inhabitants are reminded that 'peaceful interactions' are very important!
It might be a good idea to stick close to someone you know, for now, since even the smallest amounts of intimacy might see subtle changes occurring where they're staying. Perhaps that broken window is now fixed, the grime and dust seem a little less, or the floor doesn't creak quite as loud.
Larger changes, however, will only come after demonstrating the more powerful peaceful interactions. If you want new hardwood floors or a fresh coat of paint on the walls, you're going to have to demonstrate how well you 'get along' with others against them first.
Following the strange, unexpected 'announcement,' inhabitants may begin to notice large globs of water falling periodically from the sky now amidst the regular rain. When they hit the ground with a large splash, nothing is there... at first. The water will burst apart only to reassemble into a canine or feline friend. Well, it's shaped like a dog or a cat.
Due to the sudden nature of their spawning though, some things aren't quite right. Perhaps that cat has only three legs instead of four; a dog may be missing an eye, an ear, or even its tail. And those are the more tame oddities! While the unique animals aren't overly abundant there are still a good number that spawn across the days of rain. Don't be surprised if a dog takes up shelter from the storm on your porch or you come home to a cat you don't own having climbed through a loose window.
While this might be exactly the addition to your home that you wanted, it doesn't change the leaky roof or broken window in your new place. Or, unfortunately, the fact that there's no extra space for a pet yet. No, unfortunately that will still need to be fixed the peaceful way. If you'd like more lighting or even cozier clothes, simulation inhabitants are reminded that 'peaceful interactions' are very important!
It might be a good idea to stick close to someone you know, for now, since even the smallest amounts of intimacy might see subtle changes occurring where they're staying. Perhaps that broken window is now fixed, the grime and dust seem a little less, or the floor doesn't creak quite as loud.
Larger changes, however, will only come after demonstrating the more powerful peaceful interactions. If you want new hardwood floors or a fresh coat of paint on the walls, you're going to have to demonstrate how well you 'get along' with others against them first.
SEEING PINK
ear the end of the week, the rain finally relents and temperatures continue to gradually increase. Those May flowers can't quite seem to wait though since several of the trees lining the edge of the forest bloom brilliant pink blossoms that a DTF will be able to identify as love blossoms. While the blooms won't last very long, they certainly are using all the time they have to take over.
The pollen is one thing. It may start out as just a tickle in your nose or stuffy head but eventually turns into something much more lovely. You're tickled pink about almost everything, it seems, and want to share that happiness with others. And who needs rose-colored glasses when almost everywhere one looks there's a string of love blossoms blooming?
These invasive flowers are in your garden, along the vines in the city, and even sprawling through the main hub! It actually seems almost impossible to avoid them. The Peacekeeper assures inhabitants that it isn't purposeful and just the natural cycle of the love blossoms.
Enjoy the mood-lifting and groin-tingling effects while they last! The love blossoms will only linger for a few days, at most, before receding back to the forest line and eventually falling dormant again until next spring.
The pollen is one thing. It may start out as just a tickle in your nose or stuffy head but eventually turns into something much more lovely. You're tickled pink about almost everything, it seems, and want to share that happiness with others. And who needs rose-colored glasses when almost everywhere one looks there's a string of love blossoms blooming?
These invasive flowers are in your garden, along the vines in the city, and even sprawling through the main hub! It actually seems almost impossible to avoid them. The Peacekeeper assures inhabitants that it isn't purposeful and just the natural cycle of the love blossoms.
Enjoy the mood-lifting and groin-tingling effects while they last! The love blossoms will only linger for a few days, at most, before receding back to the forest line and eventually falling dormant again until next spring.
SEXY STAMP CARD
If you're wondering about these 'peaceful interactions' that keep being mentioned or what the kinks of the month are for... Here's your answer! Upon arrival, all characters will receive a digital copy of their very own sexy stamp card.
Completing peaceful interactions (i.e. kinks) will reward characters with stamps that they can turn in for re-gains and many other things! While the example one here is the standard issued card by The Peacekeeper, players are more than welcome to customize it how they see fit. Have fun with it!NOTES
Completing peaceful interactions (i.e. kinks) will reward characters with stamps that they can turn in for re-gains and many other things! While the example one here is the standard issued card by The Peacekeeper, players are more than welcome to customize it how they see fit. Have fun with it!
★ The kinks of the month have changed! Be sure to check this post for what the new ones are. Also, give a congratulations to Corrin (
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fatefulprince) as the as the new leader of the sexy leaderboard! 🎉★ The effects of the strange fish candies can, as always, be as heavy or light as you'd like! It can be chalked up to differences in resistance, non-humanity or not, etc. etc. Also, they can mixed-and-matched! Have fun with that.
★ The flora and fauna page will be updated. It's also still open for player suggestions! All you need to do now is link your check-in (or player claim) comment to make a submission!
★ Make sure to dunk your questions/feedback in the thread below!
NAVIGATION
laslow (inigo) | fire emblem fates / awakening | birthright
april showers.
seeing pink.
wildcard!
Seeing Pink
Well, assuming it's him. The rain of pink flowers is clouding his vision so he follows the voice through it all until there is finally a spot where he can see somewhat clearly. It must be all the flowers that make the scene that much more picturesque and the circumstances that brought them here to begin with. But... it is a stunning visage to see his retainer bathed in pinks and whites...
And there is certainly something that swells deep within at the sight. Relief... It must be. To see someone he thought truly lost in this strange place. It brings simple relief. They may have died but somehow it isn't the end.]
Laslow...?
[He calls out to the other unable to take another step forward in case it's some sort of trick or something.]
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he'll never be able to get that image of Xander falling at the mercy of Corrin out of his head. even now, he couldn't bring himself to look at him. Laslow didn't deserve to be looked at. he tilts his head to the side while his hair shields his gaze, trying his utmost to resist crying. ]
Milord, I ... am so sorry. I failed.
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[It is said softly, almost in disbelief. Xander steps forward he rests his hand on top of the other's head. Feeling the genuine softness of his silvery hair. He feels... relieved. He's real. He's real and here and full of the reverence for him despite how much he had failed his retainers in the end.
Xander knows he is undeserving which is why there wasn't too much to bat an eye at when Niles was so casual.]
You did no such thing. It was I who failed you. It was I who couldn't protect my family... or Nohr or my dearest friends. I am sorry you were felled because I was not strong enough.
[He tried... He tried to lock Peri and Laslow away so they would not be involved or hurt but loyal as they were... they would not stand down while he tried to throw his life away. A truth that he cannot utter to Laslow just right now. Nor what happened to Elise. He bites it down and swallows it for a later discussion.]
Please stand... We are not in Nohr and I am no prince here.
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[ the honorific is so routine and ingrained in him that his lord's first name doesn't part from him so easily. Laslow feels a physical ache in his chest when Xander blames himself for this outcome - neither of them could've been prepared for the strength of the half-dragon traitor with her legendary blade and her dragon powers. it was too much for either of them to go up against - but Laslow does know they both gave it their all before they fell. he still felt aching grief, but ... seeing Xander here, speaking so calmly among the flowers, made him feel a special sort of comfort that he wasn't expecting. ]
Please do not say such things. You are not at any fault for where we've been lead. As your retainer, I should've been stronger and given my life for you. It is you who should've gone onwards in the land of the living ... not I.
[ it was a lot to take in. he was ultimately so surprised to see Xander so ... calm about all of this. Laslow obediently steps to his feet the very moment that he is instructed to, despite his guilt and apprehension about doing so. ]
No disrespect meant, Milord, but I ... really am so very happy to see you. I must also confess that seeing you so calm makes me feel the very same way. You are handling this circumstance with utmost grace. [ he wasn't deserving of it. ]
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april showers.
Yo, dude, [ Rose offers, shaking off any excess water as she takes shelter with him. Flowers in her hair - bright orange Gerbera Daisies - begin to bloom as she smiles. ]
You mind a dancing partner?
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[ IS THIS REAL? A WOMAN WAS APPROACHING HIM??
OH GODS ...
It's not as if the presence of a beautiful was startling! Not at all! Only, Laslow lives a shameful life of asking women out to tea with not a single lady showing any interest. he was very much a repeller of woman despite his horrendously shameless displays of flirting.
although, actually, it's quite understandable, really.for Rose to emerge and catch him DANCING, OF ALL THINGS - the sound that leaves Laslow's mouth was very much non-human while he attempts to collect himself, his peacock DTF pausing the drumming for the moment. ]S-S-- Sorry! I-- I was startled! [ yes, Laslow, SMOOTH. VERY SMOOTH. give him a moment to collect himself. ]
Er- apologies, my lady! I didn't think anyone was watching me! Did you ... did you say you dance?
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His flustering only serves to make her smile though and, really, endears her to him all the more. She has a weakness for the twinks, what can she say? Especially ones that act so nervous just in her company. ]
Hey, don't worry about it. I'm the one that snuck up on you, after all. But I do dance! And sing! I'm a musician, really. Or I used to be before, y'know, all of this.
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[ has he bounced back?? does he have his groove back after that embarrassing blunder???????
not that he HAD ANY GROOVE TO BEGIN WITH BUT--]Consider me impressed! What do you play? My mother was a singer, but I'm afraid I wasn't up to par with her talent. My speciality is dance.
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april showers!
there's just a big black wolf peeking his head out from around the tree, ears pricked upwards. around his neck, is a black hog-nosed snake that also seems to be tilting its head curiously in tandem with the wolf. he's laying on his belly so it doesn't seem like he's? mad or aiming to bite, he's just watching, tail swishing slowly. ]
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wwwaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH-! A WOLF!
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Please don't scream! You're safe! It's against the Litany to eat humans.
[ the wolf just continues to lay there, blinking up at the other, calm. ]
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Stay back!! I'm armed-- [ he pats his belt only to find that HIS SWORD ISN'T THERE. NOOOOOOO ]
GAH! Okay, I'm NOT armed! But please do explain to me why in blazes you ARE WATCHING ME DANCE IF NOT TO EAT ME!?
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infirmary but with more wildcards
Such could not be the case for Laslow though. She was up and hurrying to his side the moment he arrived. )
Ser? Can you hear me? ( A hand on his arm, ready to send a pulse of healing magic into him the moment he gave some kind of recognition of her presence. )
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[ he had been impaled by a flaming sword with rotating blades wielded by Corrin, suffice to say he had definitely seen less damage from even the worst injuries. when that healing magic pulses through his body he feels an overwhelming sense of calm: it was as if all of his broken bones were aligning and returning back into their former state, and the relief that came with it was heavenly. his lashes flutter as he hears a feminine voice beside him, which makes him smile. because of course it does. ]
... Who might you be?
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My name is Lioriley. ( she carefully urged him to sit. ) What is yours?
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April Showers
Not that either man or peacock are likely to see him immediately, what with him being above them, but then again neither seem to be paying much attention to their surroundings.
Another peacock - this one white, with a subtle purple gradient intensifying at the ends of its tailfeathers - lands himself on Kuja's shoulder a few moments after Kuja's own arrival, watching the dance with some interest. Kuja, for his part, would be more than content to simply observe and appreciate Laslow's performance...but his DTF, it turns out, has other ideas.
After only a minute or two of spectating, Nova - whether operating as more of an extension of his master's narcissism or simply out of a natural peacock desire to not be outperformed - abruptly leaves his perch on Kuja's shoulder and flies down to the ground, where he proudly flares his own tail on full display and begins to dance as well. However, this draws a sound of pure indignation from Kuja at his own DTF - it may share traits with him, but clearly it's not a 1:1 reflection of his desires in the moment.]
Really...to interrupt another's performance! Are you so bird-brained as to have no manners at all?
[With the interruption rather too significant to go unnoticed, Kuja allows himself to drift down to a height more suited to speaking to someone landbound.] My apologies. Your dance was exquisite, but my familiar is clearly...over-excitable.
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Ha ha! No need to apologise, it was quite a sight, was it not?
[ did he mean his dance? or the birds? who knows! but speaking of sights, there certainly was something that caught his attention. ]
... Say. How were you floating like that? Are you using magic?
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[Kuja certainly doesn't sound like someone easily pleased. He sounds like a particularly uppity noble. Then again, Laslow's spent a lot of his time around surprisingly grounded nobles, so he might have more reasonable expectations of Kuja than the man actually deserves.
He, at least, seems to be referring specifically to Laslow's dancing.]
And yes, it's magic. A rather cunning utilization of the Float spell, if I may say so myself.
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Seeing Pink
[Oh hey, Laslow! There's your murderer Corrin, smiling, waving and jogging up to you like there's nothing the matter in the world.]
You're here! Gods but am I glad to see a friendly face.
[Fortunately for him; this isn't the Corrin who killed him. The first visual clue of this is that she's wearing her Nohrian Armor (in all it's glory) as she dashes to greet him. Her hair had been swept up into a bun to keep it off her neck as the petals fell, exposibg those peculiar ears of hers.
At her ankles, never more than a step away was her DTF Jakob, a white fluffy dog wearing a cravat and sporting wings and a tail. The DTF looked vaguely annoyed at Laslow being here.]
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she certainly seems to be enjoying the afterlife doesn't she?]Well, well, well. If it isn't the dashing yet traitorous Lady Corrin.
[ he pats his belt to access his sword and it isn't there. oh my gods. this is the second time he's done this now. ]
You are lucky my blade stayed in Nohr, otherwise I would swipe your smiling head clean off your shoulders. Did crossing over to the afterlife give you a convenient wash of amnesia? Have you no memory of the way you brutally slaughtered Xander and myself?
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This again.
Corrin stills as Lawslow reaches for a blade that isn't there, making no attempts to diguise the way her face falls. She had been pointedly avoiding interacting with Xander since her male self had told her about what he had experienced at the hands of an alternative her. It was the same kind of dread she had about her Hoshidan siblings showing up here. She didn't want to have to come face to face with that.
It made sense that Lawslow had been there for Xander until the bitter end though.] I'm sorry, but, you have the wrong person.
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[There's a slight ruthless calm that overtakes Corrin as she says that. Those choices she'd had to make had shaped her in that way.]
I understand that to you, you recall a different version of me. But I am not her. I fought for Nohr.
[Her chin goes up in a small defiance of the accusation laid at her feet.] No need to ready your blade for my neck at the moment.
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