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TEST DRIVE MEME #27

Arrival
"Judgement has come upon you. God has deemed you worthy of Hell. But don't worry, it can still be undone," comes a soothing voice that echoes all around you. The voice promises comfort, hope even.

It may seem like a nightmare at first, despite all of that. Full of hellfire nipping at your skin and a sensation of being pulled down no matter how much you struggle or cry for help. Wretched, unseen hands pull at you, grip tight at your body, tighten on your throat, skeletal fingers grab at your face, slide in your mouth and jab at your eyes as they struggle for purchase. It feels like for a moment, they may snap your neck as they tug and pull. The more you resist, the more phantom hands are added to your struggling body.

It feels like they could tear you apart if you let them. The only thing to do is to let go and stop fighting.

And so you do.

Darkness and nothingness consumes you for a second, but only a second.

Initially, everyone opens their eyes to a long, dark corridor made of stone. They find themselves in what appears to be a long queue with other sinners, palm bloody.

Characters find their bodies feel heavy and stiff, bruised with odd hand prints here and there that they received during their journey down below. A massive headache throbs behind their temples. They are urged forward to take a numbered ticket and wait their turn in the long line. As they're ushered forward through the corridor, their first stop will be to see Lilith, standing outside her office.

The woman in a smart suit and a friendly smile steps forward to greet sinners one by one. "I'm sorry for your rough landing. We've never gotten it quite as smooth as it was in the past. Please, let me see your hand--"

Once she has the sinner's hand, there's the warm, almost electric touch of magic that soothes away the aches and pains, heals the wound left behind on each sinner's palm. Lilith looks satisfied with her work and gives a nod. "There, all better. Please continue on until you reach Death's office. He'll have your contracts ready for you."

There's a slightly wicked twist to her lips. "Please do feel free to ask him about any of those sins listed..."

And so on, sinners travel until they finally arrived at another office where Death sits waiting. Here is where you'll receive a contract detailing all sins committed. If they look at the list closely enough they'll notice it's written on with their blood. That explains the wound then. It's an old piece of parchment despite the freshly written letters upon it. Death will also provide slightly more modern smart phone. Think early generation Android.

Seems as though Hell has moved on up from the very old Blackberry type phone.

Once characters have their device and their contracts, they're ushered further down the hall. It seems to go on and wind forever, but eventually, they come upon the lobby of Penance hotel. Once there, they will notice several shops and other areas around the front desk.

The demon at the front desk looks rather bored, but when sinners approach? He seems to snap to attention to offer whatever help they might need of him. He will at least direct to food or rooms to rest their wary bodies, or recommend sights to see around the hotel.


Stand Your Ground
While the Mares have gone, as per Death's bargain with God, and reconstructing Penance is coming along fairly well, the air is carrying with it a cold crispness that sends a chill down one's spine. Lucifer is still nowhere to be found, and if pressured, staff will say he's having talks with the other Lords of Hell, as well as God himself. Things need to be worked out, no matter how difficult it is for Lucifer to accept and swallow his pride. He won't be around to offer warmth to the Penance community and it may, in fact, be mirroring his current mood.

Or it may be the creeping sense of doom that's following so many around now that The Veiled Order has been able to nearly complete their next spell. Local demons will plainly say that God won't help them against this threat, that he doesn't care if Hell is destroyed, and others will be very hush about the situation entirely. No need to scare the local sinners, new or old!

Instead just enjoy the reopening businesses around the local area! Nothing is off-limits. Hellburbia seems to have suffered some extensive damage recently, but not to worry! There's talk of building back better than ever.

Other than that, Helluva Cup has a new spiced drink... and spiced everything. That's right! Pumpkin spice has apparently come early this year... and it may be a bit overpowering and in everything in the coffee shop, regardless of what you order. Even Bean, the 'friendly' hell rat the owner keeps in the shop seems to be feasting on pumpkin flavored meat. That's probably okay. Right?

Penance Library is offering a special reading of Leviathan-specific reads. The local goblins will be doing readings every afternoon for all who care to listen or to stick around and discuss it. These will all be fictional in nature, not historic texts.

Strangely enough, there seems to be a sort of curfew happening. While everyone will not be expected to be in the hotel necessarily, they must take shelter in the newly opened Club Penance, Casino Styx, Hella Shorty's, or other establishments. They must either stay the night in these establishments or be escorted to the hotel by demonic guards. These guards will be doing rounds around the Penance community to ensure no one is out alone. Do not fight them or they may surprise you with how strong they can be.

Additionally, anyone caught defying curfew knowingly or fighting back will be locked in their rooms for up to three days as a potential danger to the community as a whole. There are all sorts of dangers lurking out there and the demons are absolutely trying to keep everyone as safe as they can!

Otherwise, it's business as usual around Penance, so go on an exploration! Bundle up against the cold! Have fun!


Reach Up High
WARNINGS: cutting, blood, torture

Whether you've been here for months or you're freshly arrived, your demonic overlord unfortunately expects some participation despite the current state of things. You can try and shirk the responsibility, of course. You can bargain your way out of it for a while. But eventually, you may find yourself trapped in a room just off the gym that's been fondly dubbed The Torture Room. It has all manner of equipment in there, along with an iron maiden even.

But don't worry about any of that right now. It probably won't be used.

You can try the door, but even with super human strength or every lock picking skill in the book, you won't be able to open it.

It soon becomes apparent what you're supposed to do when someone else is eventually shoved in with you. Both of your lists of sins will appear on a table that's been placed in the center of the room with two handy knives. You can choose to guard these or not care at all that they're on display.

"Unfortunately, due to Father coming back into the picture, I know that He will demand punishment be delivered despite our circumstances. I have chosen a rather easy one, focused on honesty and acceptance of your sins. Please pick up a knife and choose a sin from each of your lists to carve upon your skin. Aid each other in your journey, carve the words to help your fellow penitent be candid with everyone around them!"

The voice rings out within the sinners' heads as it always does, although Lucifer seems agitated at the moment, hesitant in some way that he usually isn't.

"I do apologize for this. If it was up to me, you would have been free of additional torment this month. However, there will be additional incentive for anyone who should try to resist the task I've appointed them."

It isn't a lie nor an idle threat either. The longer you wait to do what's been requested of you, the more shallow cuts that will appear on both of your bodies. Are you really prepared to endure this pain when giving in would be so much easier?

And more than that, are you willing to let another suffer along with you?

Eventually, the cuts will stop if you suffer them long enough, but you'll have failed this challenge and sustained more damage than if you'd just gone along with it. Satan will also be very disappointed in you.


Follow Me Down

Prompt I: Reopening
WARNINGS: sex, drugs, alcohol, aphrodisiacs, body changes, potential kinks, violence, potential non-con or dub-con.

Club Penance is finally back! And with themed nights to start off all the fun. This night's theme is: Anything But Clothes. Guests who enter the adult oriented side of the club will notice the incubi and succubi who serve in it are entirely without clothes (and any ounce of shame!). They're eager to get right back to business. They're very encouraging of others to do the same whether it be immediately or in sexy strip shows.

On their trays, they offer drinks and drugs of all sorts. Shows are being put on on the stage as usual, the offer of sex demos with guest participation are still on the table.

As usual, these demons play under respectable rules in the club, safe words and all. They will also gladly exit the stage and let guests entirely run the show. They're on their best behavior tonight, even if the natural aphrodisiacs they give off seem to be amped up

Guests who refused to undress may also find their clothes randomly disappearing, or being torn off by some eager patron or demon who is a bit too into the theme! Ah, well, no need to worry too much. There will be costumes and lingerie to slip on to go home in. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a walk of shame back to the hotel in nothing but a thong, they'll assure. It's just another night in Hell.

For those who are really adventurous, there are also special concoctions that the club offers. These include:

  • Frenzy ○ The drug will be given to anyone anyone who asks for it. It can be snorted, injected, taken in pill form, or smoked given user preference.

    Despite the questionable name, guests who partake really will feel the best they've possibly ever felt. They won't need sleep or to rest, but they won't necessarily feel the strain on their bodies either. They'll be full of energy and their mood will be amazing with no hint of nightmares or dreams anywhere.

    The demons won't let anyone come down either, not once they've started and not until they're told a guest doesn't want any more.

    Even then, they may still try to convince them otherwise. It's a party for as long as you can go, or until you completely burn out, it seems.

    But with all good things come bad. It seems a side-effect of the drug is an actual frenzy as well. A frenzy for sex or violence or anything a character might want that they deny themselves on the regular. They'll feel this growing hunger, this ravenous need to have and to claim everything they think is theirs.

    Some may even fade away into an almost animalistic sort of state.

    The more the guest takes, the more they'll experience this sensation. Fighting it won't help either. Though they did sort of bring that one on themselves, didn't they?

    Other symptoms of coming down won't be too different to those of other drugs. Fatigue, depression. Guests will begin to feel the effects of staying up for so long without rest or stopping to take care of themselves. They may also feel a certain longing for more, but it can be fought off with enough strength of will.

    The drug isn't free either. The succubi expect to be paid in energy or through actual work in the club.

    Bond ○ A potion that will bond guests together the minute one speaks to the other. The encouragement is that this should be done consensually, but the demons won't necessarily be checking. Once bonded, guests will feel what the one who took the potion feels. This includes pain and pleasure both with effects lasting a full night. Give someone the most intense pleasure of their lives or torture them until they beg for mercy!

    For a really intense experience, both participants can consume the potion with mutual effects.


  • For the dance oriented portion of the club, the theme is a little more lax. Instead of outright nakedness, patrons may be offered revealing clubwear instead. Things that will look mesmerizing in the lights of the club ranging from neon colors to clothes that seem to flash on the dance floor. The music will be thrumming in the air, pumping down to your very bones as you dance the night away, and all patrons will feel good. It will feel as if they could actually dance all night if they so wanted, even without the aid of any drugs.

    It will be an all night rave with all the party drugs and drinks one could want! Live music plays all night. The band also loves to receive requests, so knock yourself out! They seem to strangely know any song they're asked to play.

    Knock yourself out, give up any care in the world and have fun. You're already in Hell, so don't you deserve to feel good for a while?


    Prompt II: Your Average Hotel Night
    WARNINGS: Alcohol and drug abuse, potential non-con/dub-con

    With all the sinners, new and old, the hotel bar will be lit up with activity. Drinks will be readily available, there's food in the kitchens if anyone wants to bother serving it, music will be blaring whenever there's electricity, and overall, there will be an energy to the atmosphere that's absolutely contagious. Even if you aren't typically inclined to linger at these sorts of events there may be be a certain pull to stay and have a bit of fun.

    You might not get much of a chance to have that in Hell, after all. One drink won't hurt, right? Nor will one more after that, and after that. Ah, sweet gluttony. Why not have a pastry next? There's some delectable sweets available just a few steps away. More of a meat person? Like things salty? Fear not, it looks like someone graciously brought all sorts of snacks and foodstuffs from the kitchens to the bar as the night progresses. Indulge! You deserve it.

    Similar to Club Penance, the bar also has every sort of drug available that might tickle your fancy and some you've never heard of. There's no harm in experimenting, is there? You're already in Hell. The staff will offer to show anyone how to use the drugs or give advice for what to try if you tell them what you want to experience. Shockingly, they won't lie! Their advice is good word its just you might not have been exactly prepared for it.

    There's a stage and a karaoke machine for those feeling brave or just wanting to torture people with some sweet, sweet renditions of The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

    There are tables set up for all sorts of gambling and various bar games to entertain yourself with. Since currency as most are familiar with it doesn't quite exist down here, most of the demons seem to be accepting bits of your soul or offers to do chores around the hotel. You may also get pulled into a fun game of strip poker against one of your fellow guests for a few succubi that are having a night out.

    Relax and enjoy your night. Coming here and facing your sins is the hard part, so surely you deserve to have a little fun.


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    millenniumeyed: (Ooh ooh ooh I like it;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-06 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Down is just into the water, and Pegasus is none too pleased about being pressed even deeper than he already is. He has to abandon his grip on Seto's wrist to catch himself on the bottom of the tub, keep himself upright.

    Absolutely maddening, this boy, but... entertaining as well, in all his bluster. He's torn between scowling and smiling and settles for somewhere in the middle, which probably looks wry more than anything.]


    I really don't care, Kaiba. Quiet down.

    [He'll give Seto a hand with that by applying a vicious bite to Seto's throat and quickening his strokes to Seto's cock, letting his nails drag feather-light over the leathery head, as much a warning as an added thrill. Seto might be dangerously horny, but you really shouldn't piss off someone who has your cock in their hand. It's a deeply vulnerable position.]
    neutronblast: (♚ please don't)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-06 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
    [asshole. he has every intention of telling him off, but...]

    Don't tell me to quiet down, you...

    [but they'll never know, as he's forced to suck in a sharp breath. though pegasus could probably hazard a guess.

    it's a nasty bite for a nasty, nasty man. he can feel the blood rushing back to his face again, just like when he was pressed up against that damn door. and it floods south, as well, as the water does nothing to hide the fact he's throbbing in that merciless grip. at least he still has a firm hold on those shoulders, which indeed will be sore if nothing else.]


    Hurry up and fuck me. I hate this.

    [no he doesn't. that barely stifled gasp all but gives him away.]
    millenniumeyed: (I'm floating around in ecstasy;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-06 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    [It's really, quite pleasing that Seto wants to be fucked by him badly enough to demand it- twice, but that would take much too long, and a hot tub doesn't seem like a good place for it. He releases Seto's throat to laugh against the damp skin, and now that he's stabilised, anchored to the floor by Seto's weight, he's able to draw himself off his arm and get a grip on one of Seto's horns.]

    You would hate it even more if I did.

    [They're far too close to being properly cognisant. They need that deniable accountability. Seto especially, he suspects. There's little more upsetting than sleeping with your personal Judas.

    He drops his mouth lower, securing it over the junction of Seto's shoulder and neck, and now he's idling his fingers along the ridges of that horn in time with strokes to Seto's cock.]
    Edited (what the fuck is dump skin) 2021-09-06 23:21 (UTC)
    neutronblast: (♚ surrender)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-06 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
    [god damn it. asshole. fucking asshole. seto looks about a dozen kinds of displeased about this development but he's also not really in the position to argue when pegasus decides to touch him absolutely everywhere. which naturally means he'll argue anyway, even if it doesn't carry much weight when he moans his way through it.]

    Gonna find you and... fuck you into a fine paste. Piece of shit.

    [piece of shit pegasus. piece of shit, piece of shit. but the more vulgar he gets, the more he wants it, and the more he wants it, the more he hates it. stupid horns. he tries to draw back but just winds up half-collapsing onto pegasus instead, shuddering as he's assaulted with too much stimuli.]

    God. Fuck you. Garbage human being. Pervert.

    [says the guy angling to get his ass blasted. deep-seated hypocrisy that reaches across time and space.]
    millenniumeyed: (I'm having such a good time;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-07 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
    [That just gets another laugh, muffled by Seto's shoulder. Oh, Kaiba. So uselessly, uselessly belligerent. He's barely holding himself together, red-faced and shuddering in Pegasus' arms, and the way Pegasus tilts his hips up and grinds himself against the clef of Seto's ass really isn't going to help matters.]

    If I'm those things, what should we call you?

    [He gives Seto's horn a good yank to bring Seto's ear level with his mouth, tracing his lips over it before speaking hot against the shell.]

    A whiny little boy? A degenerate? A whore?

    [Who knew Pegasus had it in him to speak such filth. Well, one word of filth. Considering his proper upbringing, it's a lot for him.]
    neutronblast: (♚ you win)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-07 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
    [it sure isn't. and it only serves to make him even madder, but maybe that was the point. he's beginning to suspect that pegasus might not have been as prim and proper as appearances tended to imply but he's not really in the right headspace to explore it. or do much of anything other than pant and moan like... well, like a whore.]

    Don't you dare.

    [the water may as well be boiling. he's red, beet red, as he ducks into a shoulder. it doesn't accomplish much but at least he doesn't have to look at pegasus' smug face while he does everything except fuck him. red, beet red, and being blueballed into oblivion. maybe he lied, maybe he would be upset, not for what happened but for what he was denied.]

    Don't you dare call me that... I won't accept it. Not from you.

    [how humiliating. and incredibly addicting, in the worst possible way, being seduced by a snake.]
    millenniumeyed: (Yes I'm havin' a good time;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-07 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
    [Being prim and proper got lost somewhere between fucking Seto's thighs against a door and this. Seto seems to have a talent for bringing out the worst in him; his depravity and his sadism, and Pegasus should probably do some introspection on that, but he's a little too aroused for it to be a concern right now.]

    Seems like you're accepting a lot of things from me today.

    [And so, he murmurs it again:]

    Whore.

    [Seto looks as good as Pegasus had expected he would. It suits him, that flushed skin, those red-tipped ears, and he likes the way Seto's panting breaths bring a quiver to his shoulders. He stares at Seto with one half-lidded eye, his gaze heavy and hungry, and he continues to stroke, and bite, and dance his fingers over the curve of Seto's horn, drawing him closer and closer to his peak.]
    neutronblast: (♚ a quiet anger)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-07 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
    [pegasus should consider himself fortunate not to have fingers anywhere near that nasty mouth. his fangs snap again and would've snapped a digit clean off.

    seto, meanwhile, does not consider himself fortunate at all to fall into such a vulnerable position. he really shouldn't have shown pegasus any mercy. there would have been a special sort of pleasure in mounting a rambunctious horse. instead, he's on the other end of way too much stimulation, way too fast. he wasn't kidding about those five minutes.

    and though he could usually appreciate efficiency, now was not the time for it. he's never been so enraged by being so rushed.]


    Slut.

    [takes one to know one, horsey boy.

    but he's had about enough of this. or not enough of this. either way, he thrashes and frees up sufficient space to grab at pegasus and draw their mutual arousal together. and he grinds and he grinds and he grinds and he just stares pegasus right in the eye as he does it. still very much red and now very much incensed. a bit like provoking a bull.]


    Then drown.

    [drown with me. he'd drag him down. and so they'd fall together.]
    millenniumeyed: (She's a Killer Queen;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-07 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Pegasus cocks an eyebrow at the retort. Little hard to take seriously when his intimate partners have consisted of two people. He might have pointed that out, except Seto shifts and thrashes and it becomes difficult to have a comprehensive thought - much less say anything at all - when Seto brings their arousals together and begins to grind. Now its his turn to drop his head, his face warming and eye falling shut as those electric-like pulses resume tricking down his spine and thrumming through his extremities. He just needs a moment to recover his bearings under the sudden assault. Just a moment. Just a moment.

    Okay, maybe several, but he does eventually recover his voice.]


    As long as you come with me, Seto.

    [There isn't room for his hand now, so he cups Seto's face to draw him in for a kiss, and he'll swallow his breaths and moans and tongue as they plummet. He rocks his own hips forward at the same time, providing further friction, though with less care than Seto, and that's fine: it feels incredible regardless.]
    neutronblast: (♚ another loss)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-07 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
    [at least he isn't the only one struggling. but he does manage to force out a very rebellious]

    I do as I please.

    [which was nothing more, nothing less than the truth. neither hell nor heaven nor anything in between could take that away from him.

    but stubbornness aside, he just isn't going to last much longer. not with how thoroughly pegasus has worked him up, not when they're this close, this intimate. there's a darker sort of intimacy in how he draws his free hand over pegasus' face, how his claws extend as if to cause harm. instead, they simply rest there, right on his cheek, tips prickling at skin. the shadow of a warning, the ghost of a threat. a pointed reminder that this seto kaiba was more dangerous than ever, who wouldn't hesitate to claim his last eye.

    though to look at him now, you'd never know it. he drowns in pegasus, as promised, as demanded. he shudders and surrenders first, coming hard. it's a more muted affair thanks to all that water -- maybe this was what he meant by don't waste it -- but it shakes him as powerfully as any storm. even as his moans are swallowed up by that mouth.

    and he will drag pegasus down, as promised, as demanded. he may have hit his peak but he just keeps going, thrusting his hips, determined to force pegasus to finish too.]
    millenniumeyed: (it's like a little prayer;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-08 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    [That's becoming quite the refrain. He manages a faint snort before bringing their lips together, then the only things Seto manages to get out are moans and sighs and they're much more palatable.

    The introduction of the claws prompts a shudder. It's just a touch, barely perceptible beneath everything else, but the reminder of Seto's newly acquired power clearly registers. He grabs at Seto's arm in response, not pushing him away, but keeping him still enough that Pegasus doesn't need to. He's not afraid. Seto is going to collapse into him; he can feel it, feel the telltale shudders, and then those claws will curl away like a dying spider and Pegasus will surge forward to swallow every sound and feel every tremble.

    So he does exactly that when Seto begins to shudder. He presses forward with all the force he can muster, the hand on Seto's horn dropping away to thread into the back of Seto's hair and twist there, pinning Seto to him. His tongue traces over Seto's hard palate and along his molars and his teeth graze and bruise anything they touch, and he only releases Seto's mouth when a need for air forces it on him.

    The continued thrusts disorientate him while he's gasping in breaths against Seto's lips, and maybe it's minutes, or maybe its seconds, but he finishes shivering and gritting his teeth while his heartbeat thunders in his ears and heat prickles at his nape and face and chest and shoulders. Then, slowly, he starts to come down- quite literally, sinking deeper into the water under the weight of his body, his head dropping forward and chin hitting his sternum.

    That didn't go how he'd intended it to, but Pegasus can't complain too much about coming twice.]


    Grab me a towel.

    [He waves vaguely to the piles in the corner of the room. He'd get one himself, but he's tired again. Hopefully that will happen less often the more he does this.]
    neutronblast: (♚ relaxed)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-08 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
    [quite the refrain and a necessary mantra. he wasn't okay, this would never be okay, but as long as he could pretend otherwise, then it was manageable.

    it may or may not have been a threat, those claws on his face, but they don't so much as break skin. and indeed they slip away, almost softly, almost gentle in spite of the fact that there was no gentleness here. not really, not even when he lies slumped against pegasus, silent and still, recovering from that high as he returns to reality. he could pretend things were okay but he couldn't pretend this was healthy. it would never be, after all was said and done. that realization hits him hard as he sobers up, as the drugs slip away.

    and truth be told, he's tired too. so seto just grunts at the request, ever so maturely:]


    Don't wanna.

    [he wants pegasus to leave but he doesn't want to move. quite the quandary. he curls closer, clings harder.]

    Dumb horse. Look what you did.

    [as if he didn't have a heavy hand in it. he sighs, burying his head, shutting his eyes.]

    We fucked up. We really fucked up this time.

    [and they would never, ever come back from this. what an unfortunate feeling.]
    millenniumeyed: (I am a satellite I'm out of control;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-08 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    [They'd taken too long. Sobriety has never been so unfortunate, and he's not even the one experiencing the brunt of it. He swallows as Seto curls and clings, looking just as wretched as Pegasus had expected he would if they lingered too long, looking far too young, and he's torn between pushing him away and pulling him closer- which one does Seto need? Maybe it's neither of them. Maybe this is too much of a mess for Pegasus to make it even slightly better.

    He decides to place his hands on Seto's shoulders, pressing him back to look him in the face.]


    It's fine, Kaiba. [It really isn't, and he'd worked so hard to get them somewhere in the ballpark of fine too.] We were drugged and drunk- hardly our fault this happened. Just head home and go to bed; you'll barely remember this come morning.

    [He slides a hand to Seto's nape and gives it a squeeze, trying for reassuring, and then hauls himself up onto tired, shaky legs to head for the towels. Desperation and denial: it'll get you moving.

    He'll grab one for Seto while he's at the rack, extending it to him.]
    neutronblast: (♚ turn away)

    [personal profile] neutronblast 2021-09-08 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    [seto wasn't one to experience shame. but he does look away, doesn't meet that sad sorry eye.]

    No it isn't.

    [curiously, though, he doesn't snap at pegasus. no lecture comes, no harshness, not even so much a venomous word. they fucked up, they definitely fucked up, but it seemed as though he'd keep his promise: it may have been a mistake, but he wouldn't regret it. because the truth of it was it felt too good to deny it.

    he's no hedonist. sleeping around didn't make him a whore or a slut. but so long as it felt good, he could endure a relationship that was very, very bad.

    pegasus really had broken some part of him, so very long ago. and there was no coming back, no getting it back. not now, not ever.]


    And we'll both remember this. Don't kid yourself.

    [as pegasus offers him a towel, he just pulls away. strangely docile, almost submissive.]

    We'll talk later. Seems there's no avoiding you.

    [and he suspects pegasus was in the exact same boat and felt exactly the same way. what a dreadful situation. what a terrible, horrible man.]
    millenniumeyed: (Don't stop me hey hey hey;)

    [personal profile] millenniumeyed 2021-09-08 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Pegasus heaves a sigh. Just once, it'd be nice if Seto did things the easy way.]

    It would be if you put forth a little effort.

    ['Fake it till you make it' is a perfectly legitimate approach to dealing with problems, but drunk-him had really been too optimistic about Seto obliging that plan.

    He folds Seto's towel and sets it within Seto's reach, then begins to dry off. Well, kind of. It's more of a hasty pat-down, and he's still damp when he pulls his underwear and trousers on and shrugs on his shirt, which promptly gets soaked by his wet hair. He doesn't even bother buttoning it up or stepping into his shoes before he's heading for the door. The sooner he leaves, the less damage he'll do.]


    I'll be by to paint, mmm. [He tips his head this way and that.] In a week or two. [That'll give them some time to distance themselves from this.

    And then he's out the door, off to do his walk of shame.]