why do you build me up buttercup baby just to let me down

[intellectualrapist]

[After a rather exhausting time of however long, Erika is finally quite fine enough to walk around without any worries. Of course, she's still a little tender, but going without her corset a week or two more isn't the end of the world. It means simpler dresses and walking around outside like a normal person instead of a stand-out lolita.

Maybe for the best right now. She was generally associated with Dagon but surprisingly doesn't get many looks. And the fresh air of the park is...actually kind of nice. Not that she'll so it like that.

This is also for Zelos. Poor dear. He probably needs a break from her so she figures spending it outside might be good for her.

At the moment, she's flopped over in the grass, staring up at the sky with a quiet mind.]

Comments

[intellectualrapist]

[She smiles and laces her hands behind her head.] You understand it, yes. No one cares about pawn. But if a pawn is promoted to queen, no one can deny you then. Or I guess to put it bluntly, if you can kick someone stronger than you to the curb, then you're better than the rest.

[inhumanity]

It's the law of nature. If it's a gap we can't bridge, then we'll just have to overcome those on the other side.

[intellectualrapist]

If you knock over enough trees, you might make a bridge of your own.

[inhumanity]

How sad to see Nature's mighty trees falls! They were so sturdy and ancient, so strong! But if She didn't want them knocked down, she should have made them stronger.

[intellectualrapist]

[She giggles.] You really do understand.

[inhumanity]

It's rare to meet in a human.

[intellectualrapist]

I've lived as a piece and as furniture. I don't think I was really 'human' again until I died.

[inhumanity]

And now that you have back your humanity, do you work to bridge that gap?

[intellectualrapist]

Yes. Let's see... people must look down on your needlessly because you're different, right? At home, I was looked down on for being just a human. And even when I surpassed humans and became a witch, I was still too lowly to really be considered a 'witch.' Ah, yes... that's why I wanted to show them that a mere human can still beat them.

[inhumanity]

My sincere congratulations on cutting into the admirable furniture known as Wizard-Hunting Wright.

[He understands so. Much.]

[intellectualrapist]

Thank you. And I am sincerely impressed. Some of those people were very talented magic users.

[inhumanity]

That isn't very helpful when they're the first to die.

[intellectualrapist]

A fair point. Well, in the end, I guess it's for the best I wasn't there.

[inhumanity]

It looks like God smiled down on both of us. [HAHAH AS IF GOD EVER WOULD HAHA]

[intellectualrapist]

[From how Erika starts laughing, she agrees with the joke.] What wonderful fortune we've received then for our struggles.

[inhumanity]

Even so, we should fight some time. Not seriously, of course. I never fight friends seriously. And I wouldn't fight you while you were still at a disadvantage. [No, he would. He really would.]

[intellectualrapist]

[She snorts. Yeah no she knows he would.] I would like that. Fighting is...thrilling in its own right.

[inhumanity]

I can't decide which I like more: fighting or killing. If only they always came together! I curse you, humanity! I curse you for the weakness that makes killing you so easy!

[intellectualrapist]

I don't have much interest in the corpses I create.

[inhumanity]

I don't either, once they're dead.

[intellectualrapist]

I don't like corpses unless they're part of a mystery.

[inhumanity]

I don't know how you have any fun.

[intellectualrapist]

Murder mysteries are wonderful fun. Closed room varieties are my favourite for their beauty.

[inhumanity]

Boring. Give me something with more flowing blood.

[intellectualrapist]

You can have as much blood in a closed room as you want! That might even make it more interesting.