Silver and Business Casualty discuss her father

Participating characters: Silver, Karma

*Relevant public chat…*

**SheWhoWonders:** While all of us Practitioners can say we are bound to our Word, my particular Practice can make that binding more of a literal one -- a benefit of my branching out into some of the other Practices on the Protections axis.

**Business\_Casualty:** Bleh

Don't need literally binding contracts, thanks

You sure you're not my sister? Sounds like the skeezy shit she'd enjoy.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I hope she's not.

**Business\_Casualty:** Yeah? Des didn't impress you, either, then?

**SheWhoWonders:** As I said before, it's unlikely.  I wasn't aware of having any siblings as of the last time I spoke with my parents, at least.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Perhaps we should not go into my opinion on your family.

**Business\_Casualty**

DM to @Silver Wolf of Blades:

By all means, verbally roast my sister.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** In the interests of me not going against something I remember you asking of me once, perhaps we should not have this conversation.

**Business\_Casualty:** Huh? What do you mean?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I don't give very many shits about your *sister*.

**Business\_Casualty:** ... Oh.

Dad means well, I think.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Karma. Do you *want* me to say what I'm thinking?

Because I think I remember you suggesting that there are things you would prefer I would not say.

**Business\_Casualty:** Fuck.

I don't, but I'm curious now.

Dammit.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Going to get pissed at me if I'm rude?

**Business\_Casualty:** I can be pissed and keep it to myself, if that helps.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I think he's a fucking controlling asshole who reminds me of *both* my parents and that his behaviour is shitty, assholey, controlling and emotionally manipulative, and that if he's going to treat you like *that* in front of people you *care about* then I would like to rip something to pieces.

I could go on.

**Business\_Casualty:** Could you maybe elaborate on some of that? I love my dad, and I want to properly defend him.

**Silver Wolf of Blades**: And I love my Mother, who gives a shit?

Fine.

Let me think.

**Business\_Casualty:** Didn't know you needed my permission.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Fuck you.

For *starters* perhaps you noticed how stressed you were about the introductions? Perhaps you noticed that you apparently have a habit of avoiding going to dinner with him? I believe the term for such is 'red flags'. A family dinner being that thoroughly and utterly controlled? Do I need to fucking elaborate? It was hardly a banquet for a queen.

**Business\_Casualty:** They're *Law Mages*. Introductions are important. And I usually avoid family dinners because my sister's a *cunt*.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Correcting you in public in a way that seemed like talking to a child.

**Business\_Casualty:** I was being rude, not looking up when talking and stuff...

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** And? He could correct you later. Or with some actual fucking subtlety.

Instead of *in front of people who you care about and whose opinion you value*.

Then there's his very fucking clear opinions about your future.

Do you even get a bloody choice in the matter?

*Letting* you leave.

*Letting you*. You're a grown fucking woman.

**Business\_Casualty:** I mean, I got to go with you guys so it all worked out

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** *Oh, so that's all that matters?*

**Business\_Casualty:** And I'm sure as shit not gonna *actually* play bodyguard to Destiny once she gets on the Council.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** And how sure is shit, Karma?

Oh, yes. You said you weren't planning to marry anyone. I wouldn't call *reminding you you don't have forever* to be *accepting your decisions*.

**Business\_Casualty:** So? Who cares if he respects my decision to not get married? He'll die eventually, and then I won't have to hear his opinion on who, if anyone, I get hitched with.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** He gives off the impression that the issue with *me* laying Claim over you is an issue *because that interferes with his*.

How much fucking claim does he have over you?

**Business\_Casualty:** He's my *dad*.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** That doesn't mean he has to fucking own you.

**Business\_Casualty:** He saved my life twice.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** That - I don't think that should mean he gets to decide what the fuck you do.

Thats his duty as your father.

**Business\_Casualty:** And it's not like he's mad about your Claim supplanting his. He's mad that you have power over me, instead of the other way around.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Why did he only get you help *the second time*?

**Business\_Casualty:** Because I didn't *want* help. I didn't want help the second time, but he realized that I was going to try a third time and either succeed or fuck myself up permanently trying.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Also, seriously. Protecting one's child is a parent's duty.

Don't. Try. And say. Its not.

**Business\_Casualty:** He... Fucking hell, *you're* telling me that?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Yeah. Yeah, *I* am telling you that.

**Business\_Casualty:** I don't think you have room to talk about a parent's duty to protect their kids. I don't mean that as an insult, either.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Are you suggesting my Mother didn't protect me?

I hate her, but she did her fucking duty.

**Business\_Casualty:** Did she protect you because she *cared about you* or because you were her *pawn*?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** She loved me. ... WHy the fuck am I trying to

*You answer that question about your father.*

**Business\_Casualty:** Of *course* he loves me!

Just because I'm a fucking spoiled gremlin of a child who needs to be scolded at dinner doesn't mean he doesn't love me!

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** That's how I avoided the question.

Answer it.

**Business\_Casualty:** If he didn't, he wouldn't have ever let me choose to be a Goblin Mage, he would have just railroaded me into being a Law Mage like he was.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Still don't think you're answering the question of why he would protect you.

Is it for your sake, or is it for his?

**Business\_Casualty:** I don't like this conversation...

Was my dad perfect? Fuck no. Does he care about *me* as a *person*?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Yeah, well, I suggested that we shouldn't have this conversation.

**Business\_Casualty:** God dammit. Now I'm not sure.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Now I want to murder something.

**Business\_Casualty:** That makes both of us.

But

I want this to be perfectly clear

I still love you, even if I'm annoyed right now.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** ... I wasn't questioning that, why did you feel the need to say that?

**Business\_Casualty:** I mean, I pissed you off? That usually gets me the silent treatment from people, and Des used to like to joke that that's why Dad was so quiet around me, because I'd always done something to annoy him. Which, y'know, *fuck her* for that.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** ... Can I kill him?

Please?

**Business\_Casualty:** What?! No!

Why the fuck?

I *knew* when I had really pissed him off, and it sure as shit wasn't when he was being *quiet*.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I really want to kill whoever the fuck treated you like that then

**Business\_Casualty:** Just about everyone. And, like, yeah, he'd be quiet when he was *Annoyed*, but that was usually just my signal to shut up and stop doing stuff before he started *yelling*.

Fuck, that doesn't sound better, does it?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** now i'm wishing i could honestly say i love you. fucking hell. where are you right now?

**Business\_Casualty:** Glory's room. Why?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** reassurance. if she's got you... that'll do, i suppose.

**Business\_Casualty:** Reassurance for what?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** If I can't murder people for you, then comforting you might be enough. or comforting myself. comforting someone.

**Business\_Casualty:** Do... you want me to come cuddle you? Glory's sleeping after our talk. I'm a bit sweaty and smell like sex, but...

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** is there a reason I can't come into the room? other than you both probably having left sex-related shit everywhere.

**Business\_Casualty:** I guess, yeah, you could do that. I just didn't feel right inviting you into a room that's not mine.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** One could argue that room's also mine.

**Business\_Casualty:** Ha, fair.

And, y'know, thanks for caring about me and stuff, Silver.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** No need to thank me for being selfish, I think. You're ours. What kind of wolf doesn't take care of what's hers?

**Business\_Casualty:** ~~Love~~ Caring can be selfish, Wolfy one.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Precisely.

Wasn't that what I was saying?

**Business\_Casualty:** Ha,  you don't get it at all, and that's adorable. Come cuddle us, you sexy sword wolf.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** ?? What am I missing?

**Business\_Casualty:** :anatomical\_heart:

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Yeah, you love me. And?

**Business\_Casualty:** Don't worry about it, gorgeous.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Karma!

**Business\_Casualty:** Mm, I love making pretty girls say my name.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Uuuuuugh stop being a bitch and tell me

**Business\_Casualty:** Silver, we care for each other because we both got something great out of it, yeah? It's still caring, and I still love you even if you claim that you're selfish for caring for me.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Well, yeah? I'm aware of that. My point was that you didn't need to thank me for it, sheesh.

**Business\_Casualty:** Sure. But I *want* to, because you're willing to talk bad about my father to try and make me... better, I guess?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** 'Willing to'? Karma, I've been wanting to insult your father for days. Be more flattered I was willing to refrain.

**Business\_Casualty:** He wasn't *that* bad. He only scolded me like, what, twice?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Too. Fucking. Many. Times.

**Business\_Casualty:** ... Ah *hell*

*Fuck*

*Fuck you* you may have just ruined sex for me.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Since when is your sex drive that weak?

I do *notice* how often you people fuck. Its kind of *hard to miss*.

**Business\_Casualty:** God *dammit*

Do you *realize* what you've just done?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I can guess. Are you expecting me to feel guilty?

**Business\_Casualty:** A little guilt or remorse would be nice.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** As far as I'm concerned your sex habits are potentially your least attractive trait, sooooooo.

**Business\_Casualty:** Oh, and what's my *most* attractive trait, in your opinion?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** That's... quite a question. Assuming I think you have attractive traits, huh?

**Business\_Casualty:** If you can point to a least attractive, you should be able to point to a most attractive.

But also, keep insulting me, it's fucking hot.

Wait, fuck *ew*

*GOD DAMMIT*

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** :laughing:

Did I finally find a kind of suffering you don't appreciate?

**Business\_Casualty:** Oooh, I *hate* this. Introspectinon *suuuuuucks*

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** I can concur

**Business\_Casualty:** Fuck, imagine if every time you thought of Glory it made you think of your *mom*. Wouldn't that be hell for you?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** ... yeah, it kinda was hellish making comparisons like those.

**Business\_Casualty:** You've done that to one of my favorite aspects of BDSM you *monster*.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** If its that bad I could take the memory and delete the message?

**Business\_Casualty:** Fucking *tempting*.

Shit. Yes. God. I want to be able to get talked down to again without thinking of my *dad*.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** A'right. https://discord.com/channels/810126049224425474/810126967424155648/845941105685954580 just this message need deleting first?

**Business\_Casualty:** And probably need to scrub the messages that came after, yeah.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Some of those are yours. ... Look, lets just both delete everything prior to this one from there, and then you tell me very specifically what memory I can take, and I'll take it, yeah?

**Business\_Casualty:** Sounds good. And this is gonna give you more Claim on me, ain't it?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Hmm? Oh. I suppose, yeah, I'll have a piece of You in a jar.

[Deletes appropriate messages]

**Business\_Casualty:** Kinky.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Ain't that how you like it?

**Business\_Casualty:**

[Also deletes those messages]

Come hang out with your girlfriends.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Oh, am I taking it in person?

**Business\_Casualty:** If I tell you what memory to take here that sort of fucking defeats the purpose, don't it?

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Eh, you can use different descriptors than what's actually the issue, but very well. ... huh. You'd *like* it if taking the memory hurt, wouldn't you?

**Business\_Casualty:** You fucking know I would.

**Silver Wolf of Blades:** Alright then.