Audience: Ashiya Douman

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[commedia]

Thank you, thank you! I appreciate your appreciation! Though I have to get a ten, next time.

[Still lounging on the floor.]

[probe]

[well, they will slide down to join douman on the floor. why not, right.]

I believe in you. Get that ten, queen.

[commedia]

I'm no queen, though, I'm a priest?

[MODERN LINGO??]

[probe]

It's a term of endearment, doofus.

[commedia]

Oh, now you're calling me a "doofus", too! The injustice!

[But they are obviously joking, letting out a delighted laugh.]

But thank you for your endearment....queen?

[probe]

There you go, you got it. [they say, laughing.] King is also a good one.

If you go, uh - slay, queen! It means way to go!

[commedia]

Slay, queen! Oh! Encouraging dominance and destruction! SLAY, QUEEN!

[probe]

[they are so amused by this.]

Please figure out a way to shout that in a very large group of people.

[commedia]

Oh, like tomorrow during trial?

[probe]

Well, if there is one! Maybe!

[commedia]

[me realizing this is not a friday thread because i am a himbo with no brain cells]

Ahaha! Yes. Maybe. But I will try and proceed to shout for royalty to take control of what's rightfully there,s and lay waste to their enemies!

Oh, maybe I should shout it to Medb!

[probe]

[it's okay i got what you meant]

Medb would probably appreciate it, for sure. I bet, uh, Eleanor would too. Any of the girls.

[commedia]

The girls, hm? Very well.

They need it more than the men do, for sure. [men don't get squat, only queens now]

[probe]

Damn right!

I'll help, when you start it going.

[commedia]

You will? Oh, that is helpful.

[And a beat. Douman turns theif head to look over at Wrath.]

You know...you're much friendlier and nicer than your title would have you believe. I can understand why you're so popular.

[probe]

[they smile a little at that - there's a hint of it under the hood.]

You just haven't seen me mad yet.

[commedia]

Ahhhh. Your shovel talking? I would hate to be on the other end of something like that.

[probe]

You sure fuckin' would! [cheerfully.] But uh, I don't know. I don't like being angry all the time. So.

[commedia]

Does anyone like being angry? Honestly, despair is a more comforting emotion, somehow, and that's despair.

[probe]

[they pause, tilting their head back for a moment.]

Hah. Yeah. Despair is a comfort, huh.

[commedia]

Indeed. Its easy to let yourself believe everything is going to go wrong than feel the heat of anger. Wrath will always burn out after too long, or it will burn one up with it.

Its a dangerous, dangerous sort of emotion. And yet, it also pushes people to go beyond their limits! So helpful indeed, too.

[probe]

[hmm. they seem to think that one over for a while.]

Well. I know what it's like to burn out, so maybe I can just let despair catch me for a bit.

[commedia]

Well, Despair seems big and strong enough to hold you in their arms, so maybe it isn't so bad. Ahahaha.

[probe]

[that seems to startle them. something flicks under their hood.]

What? Ew, gross.

[commedia]

Gross? Despair's gross? How come?