Thread: A Radiant Slither and the False God. (Clearsight, SomethingEsoteric)

Hilde blinked, her tense face the sort she made when making a concessional statement almost always, a scrunched nose and partially squinted eyes, lips pursed much the same it shifted to one more like a doe, eyes of the innocent void if the poignant guilt and need for understanding theyd replaced. When told her apologies were unwanted there was a certain wounded air the rolled through her features like a listless breeze after the snap of something beautiful, like the uncomfortable calm after a war bands shrill trumpets but before the charge that rumbled across the earth. It was like the bark was a slap on the face and Hilde just hadnt the proper facilities to coddle any harshly treated cheeks on her own just standing there wounded in a slight state of panic unprepared but positioned to take the rest of the womans wrath till further notice. Payment? but there was no payment Hilde had told the men of the cloth their reserves were of more use to the city and any necessary repairs in the wake of the temples defiling, the process of staunching what rending claws of thievery had caused shed known well enough the actions of the unknown enemy of the light whod taken the Shard who they now knew to be Ur-Priests werent only the missing relic and moreover she knew the gold pieces in the temples coffers were of better use there than they could be lining their purses the humble payment of charity was far more valuable in the eyes of the righteous than a full belly, repairs and the potential of a shiny bauble. did the elf not understand? had she mislead Val? A pang of guilt on her behest began to wriggle through her stomach, a hardly reasonable sort of frantic she shouldnt feel guilty for anothers greed and yet she did on the account she may have been at fault for an empty promise left unsaid. Or not and suddenly they were entwined, Hilde choked on a small yelp of surprise as their bodies pressed together her hands bound in leather and chain only bare at the tips of her fingers found Vals side in protest to the proximity though her face twitched and heat did find her alabaster skin in form of mounting red cheeks shed never been so close to a woman in such heat nor had she ever been so close to one she found so intrinsically remarkable, -and remarkable she did find Val shed been remarking her the whole way to and fro. They were so close together, she could practically taste the honey behind those venomous words, she could practically feel the way the air was oh so delighted to grace each of Valashyas beauteous features and more so to be granted passage passed her delicate yet steeled lips and for a moment she wished she could be given push the same gift before she shook her head slightly and cringed at what payment could possibly mean once her head was clear of more mortal coils and nearly sinful deviousness flitting about. The grin was dangerous, she felt endangered by it, it made her insides twist and curl in the most difficult to process of ways, it made her feel sickly and the words that followed no better assuredly. Hilde could not fathom the abandonment in Vals words, as if she felt nothing for Avice when she knew Avice followed her like dawn did the darkness of night, like daybreak did dawn and in twilight did they meet for the intimacy Val practically spat at her as if it were nothing a rather disillusioning prospect for her as to her both a virgin and a nave one she truly believe it was part in parcel with the most profound of unions So you felt nothing? she almost whimpered as if in a way the prospect was soul crushing and maybe in a way for her it was. Hilde didnt know how to separate the many meanings of satisfaction for a sexually awakened mind, what possibly could be found of satisfaction without adoration? What was lust without love but a sin? Val didnt look to her like a wicked woman but her expression was only growing more egregiously pained as she inched back away from her as much as Val would allow considering her grasp, she was feeling a teeming number of uncomfortableness and while her mind and spirit were plagued by aversion her body was motivated separately, heart racing, lips quivering, eyes a buzz about Vals face taking special president to her lips. Then it all shifted in a strange sense, ownership and fault shifted back onto Val by her own guiltless omission, nigh a relinquish but rather a simple stated set of facts before shoving her away. Hilde squared her stance and for a brief click in time she did stand strong and tall like shed managed to be the bulwark many saw her vocation as only to teeter down onto her bottom with a Oof! her felt tabard brushed to the side, skirt of leathers and chain hiked up such that her bare womanly child-bearing thighs and the cotton wrapped junction between her on full display with a slightly moistened patch unbeknownst to Hilde shed not even know what it meant exactly or never be able to admit to it should she. Valashya! she called after her, There is no reward. Hilde admitted with a grimace, raising her hand and holding it over the slight glow the Shard was creating through the knit of her chain coif, We did this out of service to the temple I-I thought you knew that. Contemplation sunk her eyes before she rocked about on the ground managing herself onto one knee then with a small huff to her feet, Though that was foolish of me it seems. She added none too kindly, her own resent starting to build Youre a monster among men. Hilde said almost like a child sulking, you should be ashamed of yourself for how you speak of the dead and how you conducted yourself with the living, your crime isnt one of arrogance its one of apathy and I promise youll be left wanting long after our return to Freelton. Hrmph! With a holier-than-though sneer she crossed her arms over her plump chest and began to march forward her head held high and averted from Val as if she could not even look at her or would not. But the truth rang through her weak mortal frame, if Val was guilty of apathy she herself was guilty of lust and envy both.