[ Action || Library ]

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[Tucked away in the back of the library is a table loaded up with books. On top of the books are boxes of multi-colored pencils, a good fraction of them snapped into unusable pieces. And seated at the table, obscured by all the books and boxes, is a troll, bent over a notebook, maroon colored pencil in hand, coloring away. He has homework he should be doing, but he doesn't really care. In that moment, all that mattered to him was the drawing of a robotic girl with large red eyes and graceful curves.]

Ah... Aradia... How I long to gaze once more into your soulless eyes... to read your words of patience and obedience... to hold your cold metal chasis in my arms...

[He sighs longingly, putting aside his pencil to trace blue bow lips, then glances around conspiratorially. There was no one around, was there? No one was watching? No, the coast was clear.]

[Biting his lip, he picked up the notebook, holding it aloft in front of him. With one last glance, he leaned forward, and pressed his lips to the drawing.]

[Moments later, he leaned to the side, cradling the notebook in his arms as if he was sweeping it off its feet, passionately kissing the drawing.]

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[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[He'll kick you, Sollux. He'll kick you and you won't have a leg anymore]

I said that's none of your business! [He is blushing so hard right now. take a wild guess at he wants. You win a prize if you say sloppy makeouts] Just give it back! Now! I command you!

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[He slinks back a step, defensively hunching his shoulders.]

No.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[Okay, time to get serious. He bares his teeth, raising a fist threateningly]

You dare defy me, mustardblood?

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[He shrinks down a little more, and while he's still clearly angry, it's a little more hesitant and confused.]

Yes.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[Wow, he's impressed, even if it doesn't show. He actually has to get physical now.]

[With a snarl, he reaches out to flick Sollux's arm]

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[Sollux notices the attack coming, and instinctively react by projecting a crackling barrier of psionic energy out in front of him. Of course - barrier or not, it's hard to contend with the sheer force Equius can exert, and so the flick still shoves him back.]

[Only instead of his arm taking the brunt, the shield does, and a ripple spreads over it as it holds back the movement.]

You really...

[Certain automatic reactions are starting to dominate in his mind, but his knows this is not the time or place.]

...really don't want to start this with me.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[He...]

[Couldn't touch Sollux. He couldn't... oh my gosh.]

[Just kind of, going to stand here, staring. And sweating. And breathing heavy.]

[Oh gosh. What just happened?]

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[...ew.]

[What is happening indeed.]

[Sollux stays where he is, watching him apprehensively.]

...What?

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

M-my strength... useless?

[He doesn't. Know how he feels about this? This has never happened to him before. He feels to powerless and small and he kind of likes it]

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[He stares at the floor, straightening up a little, though he looks no less unsettled.]

I've fought things a lot scarier than you.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[What, scarier than him? No way. He's totally puffing himself up and glaring now.]

I think you are completely out of line, lowblood. That is not the way you should speak to your superiors.

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[He voice gets a little bit quieter:] You're not my superior.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[hisses] By blood I am! And I will cut my hand open and rub it in your face to prove it, if need be! Now give me back my drawing and. Leave. Me. Alone!

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

How? It's not like you can touch me.

[He actually takes the notebook in his hands now, and seizes the page with the drawing so he can rip it free from the binding.]

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[FLAIL]

NO! GIVE THAT BACK!

[Even though this will probably prove futile, he's going to try kicking Sollux's shin. He wants his drawing, gosh darn it!]

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[Sollux steps back just in time to let that refract off of a thin sheen of energy. The concussive force is still kind of startling though, and he impulsively tries to levitated Equius off of the floor entirely.]

[Then he tears the drawing's page out of the notebook and tosses the rest of it to the floor.]

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[SCREAM. He was going to try and tackle Sollux next too, but it's sort of hard to do that when his feet aren't touching the floor. He's just going to hiss and shriek and claw at the paper furiously]

GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER, YOU FILTHY LITTLE WORM! SHE IS MINE!

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[No worries, other inhabitants of the library. Just two super powered trolls screaming at each other.]

SHE'S MY MOIRAIL, ASSHOLE!

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[At least screaming is all they're doing]

THAT ARADIA IS NOT YOURS. SHE IS FROM MY WORLD, SHE IS DEAD, AND I MADE A ROBOT BODY JUST FOR HER TO POSSESS! SHE IS MINE! MINE MINE MINE!!

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[Now Sollux is getting even more worked up, and his psionics are flaring up louder and brighter than before. His eyes are glowing intensely now, and the aura of energy is getting larger and more tempestuous.]

She doesn't belong to anyone, you stupid freak! Not in my world and not anywhere else!

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

YOU'LL NOT ADDRESS ME IN THAT MANNER, FILTHBLOOD!

[Just going to ignore what he's saying about Aradia not belonging to anyone. Of course he knows all that, she never actually agreed to be his anything, but that doesn't mean he wants her any less.]

[lt-scintillate.livejournal.com]

[Kanaya saw the first tendrils of psionic energy over the tops of the bookshelves earlier, but it's Equius' shout that draws her attention. She stalks over.]

Wow, okay, could everyone perhaps calm down. What's the source of contention? [with a glance at Equius] Aside, I assume, from your almost incredibly delicate class sensibilities, which I can see have been shredded like the diaphanous gut tissues of a vulnerable young jellyfish.

[agt-doubletap.livejournal.com]

[Sollux looks surprised and a little ashamed the moment Kanaya intervenes, though he doesn't quite put Equius down yet.]

[He's not sure he's capable of coherently explaining what's happening.]

[Quietly:] He was saying disgusting shit about Aradia.

[The lights dim, but continue flickering.]

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[Oh, hi Kanaya. Your friend here was just picking on a 6 sweep old who is now currently thrashing wildly in the air because that's about all he can do]

The only disgusting thing here is you and your wretched tongue! I may pity her if I wish! And all this could have been avoided if you had just GIVEN ME MY DRAWING BACK!

[lt-scintillate.livejournal.com]

Equius, while I comprehend your distress, I'd ask that you shut up, for one moment.

[turning back to Sollux]

What did he say?