[7rings] catchall for lenore

[shiftingwinds]

i'll put a pretty cr visualosity here later

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[shiftingwinds]

Ah..?!

[what the hell..? shi qingxuan's eyes widen with alarm, as well, and she finds her gaze sweeping over their altered surroundings, gripping the stem of her wineglass a little tightly as the smell of blood wafts up from... somewhere.]

I'm - I'm not sure.

[sistocracy]

[It's only a moment later that the peace in the room is disturbed by... Lenore? A second one, bursting through the entryway and marching right to the center of the room. Another woman enters too, tall and muscular, with long raven hair and a dark blue cloak wrapped around her shoulder. She stays near the entrance, watching with an eyebrow raised in amusement.

The silver-haired woman looks up from her drink. "Lenore, would you--" And is promptly ignored when Lenore hurries past her, flinging open the drawers of the cabinet and rummaging through them. "--What the fuck is she doing?"

The raven-haired woman shrugs. "She found a spider."

"And!?"]

Wait... Why is this...!?

[The real Lenore is looking unusually agitated.]

[shiftingwinds]

[she looks between the real lenore and the lenore of the memory, and then her gaze shifts slowly from one of the unfamiliar women to the other.

a... spider? who are these people?

(the sisters she'd mentioned...?)

and why does she look so upset?]

...is this something I shouldn't see?

[should she cover her eyes.]

[sistocracy]

Yes. Definitely.

[But it doesn't really matter, because the raven-haired sister verbally elaborates. "She thinks she can make a splint for its broken leg."

The memory-Lenore looks up from the mess she's making. "Striga, you didn't have to tell her that!"

But it's too late. The silver-haired vampire bursts into laughter. "Holy shit. Where's Morana? She needs to see this," she gasps, cackling uncontrollably.

With a humiliated huff, the memory-Lenore turns from the cabinet and rushes out through the doorway again. The memory fades then, leaving only the sound of mocking laughter for a few moments before Lenore and Shi Qingxuan are returned to reality. Lenore sits still for a moment, then takes a very long sip of her drink.]

[shiftingwinds]

[shi qingxuan very obligingly reaches up to cover her eyes, but unfortunately, this doesn't stop her from being able to hear.

the other women's taunts are just cruel. the cackling, the laughter -

it lingers, and she waits as it fades out, then slowly lowers her hands when she hears lenore take a long sip of her drink. she's quiet for a few moments, watching her, and then after she takes a sip of her own - ]

...that's a kindness, not something to be mocked. You wanted to help.

[sistocracy]

You don't have to say that. It was just... stupid, I know.

[another sip of her drink.] Didn't work, either.

[shiftingwinds]

Still, it's better to try and fail than to not try at all, wouldn't you say?

[she smiles]

[sistocracy]

[Lenore considers arguing... then relents, leaning back with a defeated sigh.]

God. You might actually be the nicest person I’ve ever met.

[shiftingwinds]

Oh, that's unfortunate.

[lol]

[sistocracy]

What? Just take the compliment.

...That said, I don't mean to make it sound like my sisters are horrible mean people, or anything. But they are, well... sisters.

[shiftingwinds]

Siblings can be like that sometimes. My brother is—

[well.

lenore will get to see exactly what her brother is, actually! she'll also get to see what the heavens are like, as a memory starts to play out, with gods gathering for a banquet. i'm sorry it's really long but it's also a really funny scene.]