Post by Naughty Girls on Feb 15, 2018 3:32:26 GMT -5
Out on the balcony of Twilight Manor, January keeps a constant vigil down over the cabin by the woods. With Sevah close behind, she watches as Etsuko comes out from the front door and down the steps stretching herself out as though getting set for a little training session. Domino isn't too far behind stopping off by the balcony with something in hand. Though it's hard to tell from even this vantage point some few hundred feet away. January just knows something's there. However, she can't keep this far for long as she turns calling for her personal maid/bodyguard to follow.
January: Trish.
Domino: Domino...
She corrects with a hint of annoyance under her breath as January just looks toward Etsuko who greets the caretaker with a friendly bow. January nods her head respectfully.
January: Spar with her, Sevah.
Sevah neither says or does anything, she simply rushes forward leaving Etsuko to quickly attempt a defense while January steps up the creaking wooden planks to join up with her ex up on the porch.
Domino: She sacrificed Maria.
January: I know.
The caretaker replies resting her forearms overtop the wooden railing.
Domino: Thus she's regained her honor.
January: I know.
Domino: She'll return the Breakout Title to the feet of the Red Lady.
Domino says with a fair hint of certainty in her voice watching as Etsuko does her best to keep up with the maid. It isn't that Etsuko lacks or Sevah is so far above her, it's that the joshi hadn't expected this and needs a bit to read off her opponents moves before figuring out her strategy.
January: We'll see.
Domino: Does that annoy you?
Domino inquires as January clutches her thumb tightly inside her fist. An action that doesn't go unnoticed by her former lovers eyes.
Domino: You want her to lose, don't you?
There, now January has an out as she turns sharply to her ex.
January: I want from her what you should want. I want her actions to please the Goddess, whether it's with you or someone else. That's what I want.
Domino: She will.
Domino returns turning to face January as well.
Domino: Etsuko will win, she'll relinquish the title from the false champion's grasp.
She says this with the same level of certainty she had when first bringing up Etsuko's chances, though it's January who begins to smile as she takes a step toward her.
January: I've heard this...Kenzi woman referred to as a false champion before, Trish. A handler handles and a charge acts. Do you know the punishment for disrupting that order?
Domino knows, she just doesn't want to say the E-word. Luckily, the caretaker doesn't seem to mind doing it
January: Immediate. Expulsion. See that from now on you act only on the Red Lady's accord and not under the personal whims of your charge.
Domino: What is the stance on Kenzi?
January: There is none. There is no gaze set upon them until they are sacrificed or turned. Etsuko can feel how she wants. She can consider Kenzi a unfit champion, potential challenge, or just the next sacrifice. You...will keep her focused. The end result is all that matters to the Goddess.
January warns before noting the cup in Domino's hand smiling some. It's a smile that leaves Domino a little uneasy, even moreso than what she's been told. Because this smile is one of familiarity.
January: I see you still drink your tea in the morning.
Still smiling, January reaches out to stroke a hand alongside Domino's head only for the handler to step back gripping the wrist. As if having seen all that coming, Sevah pushes herself from the ground to the porch ready to swing wide for Domino's head when January stops her with a hand gesture. Sevah stops as January turns her hand into Domino's grasping it tightly whispering “soon” under her breath. She then steps back calling for her maid as the two make their way toward Twilight Manor leaving Etsuko to give another gracious bow. This time to her departing sparring partner as Domino has other emotions running through her, culminating to her brow furrowing toward her ex as she snaps her attention to Etsuko.
Domino: Inside. Enough training for today.
She orders before going back inside as Etsuko follows up after her.
January: Trish.
Domino: Domino...
She corrects with a hint of annoyance under her breath as January just looks toward Etsuko who greets the caretaker with a friendly bow. January nods her head respectfully.
January: Spar with her, Sevah.
Sevah neither says or does anything, she simply rushes forward leaving Etsuko to quickly attempt a defense while January steps up the creaking wooden planks to join up with her ex up on the porch.
Domino: She sacrificed Maria.
January: I know.
The caretaker replies resting her forearms overtop the wooden railing.
Domino: Thus she's regained her honor.
January: I know.
Domino: She'll return the Breakout Title to the feet of the Red Lady.
Domino says with a fair hint of certainty in her voice watching as Etsuko does her best to keep up with the maid. It isn't that Etsuko lacks or Sevah is so far above her, it's that the joshi hadn't expected this and needs a bit to read off her opponents moves before figuring out her strategy.
January: We'll see.
Domino: Does that annoy you?
Domino inquires as January clutches her thumb tightly inside her fist. An action that doesn't go unnoticed by her former lovers eyes.
Domino: You want her to lose, don't you?
There, now January has an out as she turns sharply to her ex.
January: I want from her what you should want. I want her actions to please the Goddess, whether it's with you or someone else. That's what I want.
Domino: She will.
Domino returns turning to face January as well.
Domino: Etsuko will win, she'll relinquish the title from the false champion's grasp.
She says this with the same level of certainty she had when first bringing up Etsuko's chances, though it's January who begins to smile as she takes a step toward her.
January: I've heard this...Kenzi woman referred to as a false champion before, Trish. A handler handles and a charge acts. Do you know the punishment for disrupting that order?
Domino knows, she just doesn't want to say the E-word. Luckily, the caretaker doesn't seem to mind doing it
January: Immediate. Expulsion. See that from now on you act only on the Red Lady's accord and not under the personal whims of your charge.
Domino: What is the stance on Kenzi?
January: There is none. There is no gaze set upon them until they are sacrificed or turned. Etsuko can feel how she wants. She can consider Kenzi a unfit champion, potential challenge, or just the next sacrifice. You...will keep her focused. The end result is all that matters to the Goddess.
January warns before noting the cup in Domino's hand smiling some. It's a smile that leaves Domino a little uneasy, even moreso than what she's been told. Because this smile is one of familiarity.
January: I see you still drink your tea in the morning.
Still smiling, January reaches out to stroke a hand alongside Domino's head only for the handler to step back gripping the wrist. As if having seen all that coming, Sevah pushes herself from the ground to the porch ready to swing wide for Domino's head when January stops her with a hand gesture. Sevah stops as January turns her hand into Domino's grasping it tightly whispering “soon” under her breath. She then steps back calling for her maid as the two make their way toward Twilight Manor leaving Etsuko to give another gracious bow. This time to her departing sparring partner as Domino has other emotions running through her, culminating to her brow furrowing toward her ex as she snaps her attention to Etsuko.
Domino: Inside. Enough training for today.
She orders before going back inside as Etsuko follows up after her.