EnsTren: (hi)
Edmondia: morning
EnsTren: hehehee
EnsTren: in my head sheseth was introduced to vibrators
Edmondia: *snicker*
EnsTren: she's in her soul room which has gained quite a few sex toys and in having fun
EnsTren: atemu is upset his wife isn't coming out
EnsTren: he wants to bounce boobies and fuck
Edmondia: heh
EnsTren: seto is sniggering
EnsTren: he finds it amusing that she'd rather have a vibrator in her soul room and is refusing to come out
Edmondia: of course
EnsTren: teasing atemu
Edmondia: of course
Edmondia: Yugi's sulking
EnsTren: hehehee
Edmondia: "What, I'm not good enough for you, is that it?"
EnsTren: "A moment," Seto's eyes unnfocused and he smiled evily as he spoke to his yami. "Seth says you don't vibrate, and she has a toy that provides clitoral and anal stimulation while vibrating"
Edmondia: A snort. "Figures she'd like a toy better than her own husband."
EnsTren: Seto's eyes blanked again and then he shivered, "MUltipul toys, she was just raving about something called a vibrator egg"
Edmondia: Atemu shrugged. "Now you know why she likes being a girl best."
EnsTren: "It's still strange"
Edmondia: "She is gorgeous, though."
EnsTren: "It's odd to me"
Edmondia: "She told me you were afraid to play with her breasts."
EnsTren: "I'm not afraid of them," he replied hotly, "I just have no idea what to do with them."
Edmondia: "You play with them. It's fun. Sometimes she squeaks."
EnsTren: "Sounds nice."
EnsTren: (food!)
Edmondia: (kay!)
EnsTren is away at 10:25:31 AM.
EnsTren returned at 11:05:44 AM.
EnsTren: (back)
Edmondia: (hullo)
EnsTren: (now seth is cuddling Atemu and asking...what should she do because she keeps trying to get seto to like her, but at the same time she really doesn't want him to like her, him likeing him is much...safer)
Edmondia: (Atemu is asking which she wants, him liking him or him liking her)
EnsTren: (Seth responds that she wishes he wasn't uncomfortable with her, and feels as if she should be able to give herself to him. But being with anyone else but Atemu is...terrorfiing.)
Edmondia: ("Even though he's your hikari?")
EnsTren: ("He's taller than me when I'm a girl. And you know how hard he can hit.")
Edmondia: ("...and that's less frightening when you're a boy as well?")
EnsTren: ("I'm taller than him then, and he's...softer I guess. I have to take care of him and coax him and teach him every time it's okay. But when I'm a girl he's not that way.")
Edmondia: ("What is he like?")
EnsTren: ("He tries to...be a gentleman I suppose, but he doesn't know what he's doing and he's very very confused. I don't think he ever liked girls before.")
Edmondia: ("I don't think he ever liked anyone before. And... I'll admit that it confuses me that you haven't yet taught him what to do.")
EnsTren: ("He's very frightened of...letting himself go...")
Edmondia: ("...is that what you're afraid of, too?")
EnsTren: (She shook her head, "No, I just...bad memories")
Edmondia: (He squeezed her, a little tightly, a little possessively. "I know... but... if you can go past them for me, why not for him?")
Edmondia: ((and brb, laundry))
EnsTren: ((k))
Edmondia: ((back))
EnsTren: ("Because he's taller, and he's unsure of himself with me, even when I am a he.")
EnsTren: ((wb))
Edmondia: ("Are you afraid that he might hurt you?")
Edmondia: (He idly started stroking his fingers through her hair. "He loves you very much, you know.")
EnsTren: ("I don't think he would on purpose.")
Edmondia: ("But you're afraid that accidentally, he could?")
EnsTren: ("Yes")
Edmondia: (He caught her chin in his fingertips and looked into her eyes. "Did I ever hurt you?")
EnsTren: "N-no...But you had Isis and Mahaado and Mana, and if I tried to set up a stunt like that with Seto he'd turn purple in the face and lock himself in his room"
Edmondia: Atemu leaned forward and kissed her slowly, lingeringly, pulling back to whisper into her ear. "Does he want you as you are now?"
EnsTren: "I don't know"
Edmondia: "Do you want him?"
EnsTren: "Always."
Edmondia: "Is he afraid of you like this, do you think?"
EnsTren: "Maybe."
EnsTren: "Because...he said he doesn't...know what to do with a girl"
Edmondia: "Is he afraid to let you teach him?"
EnsTren: "He's very shy"
Edmondia: He chuckled. "I guess that takes out the option of letting him watch."
EnsTren: "Oh he'd watch, he'd curl up to me and hide his face sometimes and turn the exact shade of your eyes, but he would. And be utterly embarassed and in denial about it."
Edmondia: "But would he learn anything?"
EnsTren: "He's a very quick learner, but he's also...direct. I being a female just makes it more complicated for him, and it's also outside his scope. At first he wasn't attracted to anyone, because he's repressed, then I came along and he was attracted to me, to males, and that's okay because everyone else with a yami is."
Edmondia: "Aibou's bi."
EnsTren: "Yes, but mine isn't. Mine didn't even jack off in the morning. You know he doesn't have any porn?"
Edmondia: Atemu's eyes widened. "I'll make him copies of ours. That's just wrong."
EnsTren: "He doesn't want it."
Edmondia: He tilted his head, blinking inquisitively.
EnsTren: "He wouldn't look at it," she clarified. "But the point it he went from not being attracted to anyone, to being attracted to me, who was male at the time. So he figured it was...within normalicy, all the other male hikaris are attracted to their male yamis. And then I turn into a girl, and he never gave women a second glance, and suddenly he's...outside the norms."
Edmondia: Atemu sighed. "He doesn't like being singled out, does he?"
EnsTren: "Hates it, likes it when he earns it but hates it when it's just him that's "diffrent.""
Edmondia: "But really... it's you that's different."
EnsTren: "But he's attracted to me."
Edmondia: "So am I."
Edmondia: "Hell, so isn't everyone who's ever seen you."
EnsTren: "Yes but everyone else is either straight and partnerless or crazy, including you Atemu."
EnsTren: "Also they've probally been attracted to women before."
Edmondia: "The tomb robber's little pet wasn't, and he sure seemed interested in you."
EnsTren: "You know that, I know that, but my stubborn repressed hikari doesn't."
Edmondia: "Have you told him that?"
EnsTren: "Do you think he would listen?"
Edmondia: "...he is very stubborn."
EnsTren: "I know, isn't he wonderful? If irritating."
Edmondia: He squeezed her again, running his fingers lightly down the soft curve of her side. "I'm sure he is," he agreed, "But are you willing to live without him touching you like this?"
EnsTren: She gasped and shivered curling against him, "I ahve you, don't I?"
Edmondia: "For all eternity," he murmured, nuzzling his lips into her throat, "But... he is your hikari. Don't you want to have his children?"
EnsTren: "Yes...oh by all the gods yes Atemu," she whispered as she burried her face into his chest and held him tight.
Edmondia: He cradled her gently, stroking her hair and back, burying his face in her hair. "Give him time," he whispered, "Time for him to get used to this body, time for him to learn how perfect you are. It will not be easy for you, I think, but he does love you desperately... I don't think you should pressure him into anything, either - he is still only sixteen, and far too young to be a father."
EnsTren: "You were a fine father Atemu, I swear it," he hissed feircly as she clung to him, but not lifting her head.
Edmondia: He squeezed her gently. "I know, but I was prepared for it - I knew what was expected of me. Seto... were you to have a child now, he would not know what to do."
EnsTren: "He took care of Mokuba, did he not?" He turned and bowed her head tlightly, temple against his chest as she put his hand over her stomach. "I miss having children."
Edmondia: He pressed his own over hers, twining their fingers together. "As do I... but... although he did take care of Mokuba, the relationship is vastly different. A father should not rely on his children to keep him sane."
EnsTren: "He has me now to help him, I remember how to be a good mother, a good parent, and you and," she blinked and tears slipped down.
Edmondia: He lifted his hand to her face, gently stroking away her tears. "I know you do," he breathed, "But... in this time, it would cause too many problems, for him and you both..."
EnsTren: "I miss them Atemu, I miss them so much."
Edmondia: "I know," he breathed, brushing his lips against her cheek, "I know..." his voice cracked on the last word, and he fought down the tears that were rising in his eyes.
EnsTren: She reached up to caress his face and kiss him.
Edmondia: He clung to her tightly, tears slipping soundlessly down his cheeks.
EnsTren: They clung to each other, kissed feircely to drive their own demons away, rocking eahc other like children they were.
Edmondia: Trying to drown their own loss in each other.
Edmondia: Many wise men had said that it was the worst thing to happen to a parent was to outlive their children.
Edmondia: Despite the strangeness of their circumstances, the saying proved correct.
Edmondia: I would let him go to make you happy, she whispered to the Seto in her mind, But I fear that would destroy me.
EnsTren: Go to him. Be with him. He's like your Mokuba.
Edmondia: Is he really?
EnsTren: You kept him sane, so perhaps you are his. But...I do not understand, perhaps I am too twisted inside to. But I know you need him and care for him and I would not see either of your destroied.
Edmondia: I wish I could make you happy...
EnsTren: I'm too messed up to be happy. To deserve to be happy.
Edmondia: Don't say that to me.
Edmondia: If I have to rip the stars from the sky to see you smile, then I will do it.
EnsTren: I thought only Atemu could do that. I don't deserve to be happy, you do, stay with him, comfort each other. Neither of you would be much of a challenge if you were bothing depressed and I won't taint my honnor by dueling either of you when you aren't at your best.
Edmondia: You deserve all I can give you and more.
EnsTren: I have now more than I ever thought I'd have.
Edmondia: Yet I still cannot grant you happiness.
EnsTren: He can grant you comfort though, so stay with him and stop talking to me.
Edmondia: ...will that make you happy?
EnsTren: That shouldn't even enter the equasion, it never does, It will make you happy so you should do it.
Edmondia: Your happiness is all I care for.
EnsTren: You should see to your own.
Edmondia: My happiness does not matter.
EnsTren: That's my line.
Edmondia: I know it is.
Edmondia: Unpleasant, is it not?
EnsTren: I don't deserve to be happy.
Edmondia: You do.
EnsTren: I killed innocents.
Edmondia: When?
EnsTren: Seto was being slowly drawn out from his hiding place in their mind, a spirit form materializing next to them and curling up against them though he didn't realize it. When I was younger, I still am killing them even now.
Edmondia: They lay together quietly, careful not to startle him, and Atemu's hands were warm and soft against her back. How, pretty light?
EnsTren: I...made things, designed things...little babies blown up with what I made.
EnsTren: Mothers and daughters and fathers and sons and dog and the earth you can't even plant on it any more.
Edmondia: You were a child.
EnsTren: I knew what I was making.
Edmondia: You had no choice.
EnsTren: I did, I could have ptu a design flaw in or something...I killed them.
Edmondia: And you would have killed yourself as well.
Edmondia: All that you can do now, my light, my darling one, is to try and help all those you hurt.
EnsTren: He was shaking between them like thier children after a nightmare, "I killed them, I can, it hurts--I-I try to go, design those things...But they are so small, a new arm for a three year old, legs for a boy who never walked..."
Edmondia: Everything you do, my light, saves you even more.
Edmondia: Everyone you touch to heal is saved.
EnsTren: "I only destroy."
Edmondia: "A new arm for a three year old, legs for a boy who never walked."
Edmondia: These are not the actions of a destroyer, my love.
EnsTren: "Everything I've done so far has hurt people, even when I tried to help!" He cried out. "What if I destroy again?"
Edmondia: "Then you will heal again."
Edmondia: You are my light, my love, my soul. I see no evil in you.
EnsTren: "I hurt Mokuba."
Edmondia: "And he forgave you."
Edmondia: And you healed him of his hurt.
EnsTren: "Death-T"
Edmondia: "Forgiveness."
Edmondia: All is healed by love.
EnsTren: "I Don't deserve it."
Edmondia: "Why not?"
Edmondia: Do you think you are incapable of accepting our love?
EnsTren: "Plural?"
Edmondia: "Do you think you are alone?"
Edmondia: My husband is not in love with you, but he loves you. Yugi is not in love with you, but he loves you. Mokuba is not in love with you, but he loves you.
EnsTren: "How? I don't deserve to be loved...I'm just a twisted hikari."
EnsTren: "Just a murdered."
Edmondia: "You think you are alone in your guilt?"
Edmondia: You think your guilt will condemn you?
EnsTren: A bitter self hating laugh was their ownly answer, blue eyes clouded over with self hatred and smug knowing that he's right.
Edmondia: Their eyes slitted in identical rage, thick darkness sliding down their skin.
EnsTren: Seto was untouched by it, no...not quite. Hikaris would laugh in delight of the shadows, or ignore them. What Seto did, was, was diffrent. Dismissing them and reguarding them as kin as part of the withere husk he thought his soul was. Or perhaps assuming, and hopeing, that their ire was ment for him.
Edmondia: When she spoke, her voice was black silk and tainted honey, and the words were slow and cruel. "You, my chosen, my lover, my mate, are being a foolish child."
EnsTren: The words seemed to slide off him like water off a duck's back, but they slid though him instead, cutting and hurting him inside though he gave no clue as to it. "A foolish child responcible for the deaths a thousands if not more."
Edmondia: She tilted her head back and laughed, low and sultry, sliding her nails down her husband's neck. "And you think for this I will let you go?"
EnsTren: He carefully kept his eyes off her for his own sake of mind. "You can't."
Edmondia: She laughed again and dug her nails into his arm. His arm, not her husband's, though she clung arm and leg to the pharaoh. "So greedy, hikari-mine, so selfish, so spoiled. Tell me, do you love your own misery? Does it make you glad to know your soul is sullied?"
EnsTren: He was in the grip of a temptress, a succubi, a sickness a poison. "I don't deserve to be happy," he said again, "But I still grived when I found your lightest touch made me ill enough that Mokuba wanted to call the hospital."
Edmondia: "And so you pity yourself your own weakness." Her voice dripped with scorn. "Tell me, dear light, why should I care for you when you reject me?"
EnsTren: Those blue eyes clouded up and burned with tears, though Atemu was the only one who could see that, see how the pupils expanded so it seemed all that pure blue was gone. The lids shuttered closed and he bowed his head, "A-h..." He nodded as if understanding but it was as if he was an illy controlled puppet, more of a jerk than a fluid movement.
EnsTren: He started to push himself up, movements rickety and a perversion of his normal grace as he tried to stand up. "I'll leave you then."
Edmondia: They both grabbed him then, yanked him down and pinned him close to them.
EnsTren: He flinched and refused to show them his eyes. He would not cry, he wouldn't!
Edmondia: "Look at me, pretty light." Her voice was a sultry purr. "Tell me why I should love you."
EnsTren: His eyes remained closed and his head turned to the side. "You don't have to," he voice was smooth, uncracked, and not at all harsh, but it was devoid of any emotion, any feeling. Even Seto's machines had more intonement than that.
EnsTren: He moved like a broken doll and he felt broken inside as well. Love, caring, just makes you weak after all.
Edmondia: "Perhaps you are learning."
EnsTren: He trembled under their hands and not in a good way. He never, ever, expected to hear something out of either of their mouths that could quite easily could have come out of Gozaburo's in the same situation. His mouth opened and uttered the "correct" responce before he could stop himself, "I apologize that I keep forgetting my lessons, Goz-" he choacked, "Sir."
Edmondia: She slapped him hard across the face, and his eyes flew open in alarm. She glared down at him, terrible in her beauty, endless in her wrath. Her voice was a cruel hiss, black and velvet, and her eyes were wild and dark. "I am Hathor, I am Isis, I am queen of this blessed land. I am the daughter of Shadows and ruler of Darkness. I am the chosen of Set, harbringer of the storm and child of Chaos. You are my chosen, you are my light, you are my soul and my bonded. And you will never speak those words again!"
EnsTren: He was passive, docile, unnaturally so for anyone who had ever seen the fire inside of him. He let his head be flung to the side, didn't even reach up to touch his burning check and let his head stay where it fell. He was hurting inside and broken and crumbling. "Yes Ma'am."
Edmondia: "Seth."
EnsTren: "Yes Seth-sama." He just wanted this to be over, to go away and be alone.
Edmondia: The hand that fell on his cheek was not hers.
EnsTren: His head was flung to the other side and he didn't even try to protect himself or soften how his head thumped on the ground. He was blinking so much faster now, shuttering like a camera to keep the tears back. He wouldn't cry, he wasn't allowed to.
Edmondia: Slim fingers tangled in his hair, and he found himself dragged face-to-face with the pharaoh.
EnsTren: He put his eyes down somewhere around his mouth and completely unfocused. Just hit him, batsu game him, curse him, tell him what to say and get it over with so he could go be by himself again, or hug Mokuba...that was allowed now, right?
Edmondia: "Why do you doubt that we love you?"
Edmondia: The words were an honest, simple question, laced through with darkness, but there was no fury hidden beneath them.
EnsTren: He didn't answer, just watched the lips move and keeping his own jaw shut so he wouldn't bite his tongue when he would be hit again--but not too tight, because then he looked impudent and defient.
Edmondia: "You may speak freely, I will not strike you again."
EnsTren: This time, were the words Seto heard tacked onto the end of that promise. "There is no answer."
Edmondia: Seth snarled at him, but Atemu laid a hand on her chest, and she quieted, but her eyes were flashing with rage.
EnsTren: Seto was quite his eyes seeming to be lightly closed, but there was a tenceness in the cornners they could see, a certain tencness in the back and jaw as well, expecting a blow to fall, or to simply be dropped. Well at least he was taller than both of them, he didn't have to worry about being dropped three or more feet from their hands.
Edmondia: Atemu's voice was soft and warm. "You do know how much she loves you, do you not?"
EnsTren: He tenced again and his eyes slitted slightly open, "She doesn't have to, she shouldn't."
Edmondia: "No, she doesn't have to," the pharaoh agreed softly, "And no, she probably shouldn't. She can have whomever on this earth she desires. You know that."
EnsTren: He despretely wanted to go to Mokuba now, just to hold him for a little while and pretend it was all well and tell him it would be okay. Though he agreed with him it still hurt to hear him agree. His family didn't want them, Gozaburo pretened for a little while and then...She was supposed to be unconditional, it was supposed to be good and right, just like all the others...just like family. What a joke.
Edmondia: "But the fact remains, Seto Kaiba, that my wife is completely, utterly, and irrevocably in love with you."
EnsTren: He had the urge to shrug, to cry, but he didn't, he controled himself and let them say the things that would hurt him and make him hope. He shouldn't believe anymore, and he tried to make it so.
Edmondia: "She was crying for you, before."
EnsTren: He couldn't use his hands or fingers to block his ears, he wasn't allowed, so he just tried very hard to push the words, the meaning, out of his skull.
Edmondia: "She's absolutely terrified of you touching her, yet she was weeping for the children she thinks you will never give her."
EnsTren: Digitalization, artificial insemination, cloneing, the lables and depth behind them flew though his mind. He didn't have to touch her to give her a baby, she didn't even have to be pregnante if she didn't want to. But he kept his mouth shut, that wasn't a direct question.
Edmondia: "She loves you enough to kill me."
EnsTren: Faster blinking and more dialted pupils, hitch in breathing, a skip in his heart beat. He cursed himself for every little betraying reaction.
Edmondia: "She loves you enough that she would condemn the souls of our children to hell to see you smile."
EnsTren: More reactions, tencing of the shoulders and down the back, he can't give himself away, he can't. Nor can he care, but he wants...to ask one question, just one.
Edmondia: "You may ask."
EnsTren: He tucked his arms around hiself, shivering as he hugged himself. His eyes were closed the lids were shivering because the answer from Gozaburo would be "Never" and he was afraid, espically because he didn't think he could keep the tears in much longer.

He swollowed, his throat all tenced and he could barely do it and his voice was too quite, too young, too hopefule and frightened, "Am I allowed to see Mokuba?"
Edmondia: The words were tender, gentle, and soft fingers brushed his tangled bangs away from his eyes. "Of course."
EnsTren: And he shuddered as if a support or string in him had been cut but he didn't sob, no nono, he couldn't sob but the tears still came from his closed eyes and he was weak and still.
Edmondia: "Come here, child." The words were soft, welcoming, and they pulled him between them, holding him warm and close.
EnsTren: "I'm sorry for crying, Seth-sama, Pharaoh," he sniffled out, a choaked barking sob which was held in as he tenced up completely trying to make himself stop.
Edmondia: Soft hands slid through his hair, down his back, and her lips brushed softly against his cheek.
Edmondia: "You have nothing to be sorry for," the queen sighed, "Sweet hikari, do not treasure your regrets."
EnsTren: And he didn't know how to react because it had been too long since anyone had done this for him, if it had ever been done for him. So he remained tenced and still and let them pet and kiss and try to sooth him as he kept the great wailing maelstrom inside
Edmondia: "Pretty light," Seth murmured, "Pretty life, do not keep yourself from me."
EnsTren: He was sniffling and rubbing at his red cheeks with a shaking hand, already succeding in his fight with himself, locking back all the tears and scream back inside their closet, his tears almost stopped though he was shaking with the effort of sheer will and stubborness. "'S not allowed. 'S weak."
Edmondia: Soft hand on his cheek, each cheek a different hand, both sun-gold and slender, one hers, one his. Dark dark eyes, ruby and sapphire, warm and gentle and deep. "We allow it," they murmured in unison, "The hurt only grows deeper if you lock it away."
EnsTren: He shook his head no, lips compressed into a thin bloodless line. He would not...He had already betrayed himself too much, shown far too much weakness this day than he should have let out in a year. So when he was sure he had fought it back and locked it up he started about to impose self disapline back on himself, beating his body back into shape for his psyche to hide behind. Trying to be normal.
Edmondia: "Please stop," she whispered, Please, pretty beloved, please...
EnsTren: He paused in what he was doing, curiously and able to afford it as he had managed to make his spine relax and uncurl (even though he had knots everywhere) along with his arms. You worked out from the back you see because everything was tied to it, soon enough he would be able to force himself to move with his normal terrible grace. ???
Edmondia: Please don't hide from me again.
EnsTren: ??? His face was an expression of confusion and consternation and he frowned once because he was giving things away again.
Edmondia: Your hurt, your pain, your sadness...
Edmondia: You hide from me.
EnsTren: "You're supposed to," his voice was a croak and he cleared his throat, displeased with himself.
Edmondia: "Supposed to hide from yourself?" Atemu asked softly.
Edmondia: Supposed to hide from me?
EnsTren: He gave a quick little nod, and looked at her, as if it was something everyone knew.
Edmondia: She stared at him soundlessly, but there were tears in her eyes.
EnsTren: He cringed a little bit, self loathing for making her cry and hurt.
Edmondia: I wish you would share it with me.
EnsTren: A head shake, noooo you don't burden your loved ones, you don't make them hurt with you. You keep it all inside so they don't hurt like you do.
Edmondia: Because they love you, they wish to ease the burden of your pain.
EnsTren: "That's silly," he said, because you're just making them feel horible too. Better one of you sad than both of you.
Edmondia: Better you share it to begin the healing.
Edmondia: "You cannot give us anything we have not seen before."
Edmondia: Let me soothe you.
EnsTren: Hurts. Don't want to.
Edmondia: Let me ease the hurt.
EnsTren: Don't know. Doesn't know if he should, if he can, doesn't know how.
Edmondia: Give me your sorrows.
EnsTren: How? The door is all locked up and there's something in his throat but it's all gone from the forefront of his mind except just lingering sadness, like mist. He can close it but he can't open it.
Edmondia: Open the door to your soul and let me in.
EnsTren: He shivered but nodded, closing fluttering eyes and slumping against her. He waited outside his door for her.
Edmondia: In a moment, she was there.
EnsTren: And he looked normal, fractured somehow, but normal--and very very quiet. He turned away from her as soon as he caught a glimpse and ran his hand over the stones of their corridor pushing in on one place to open the hidden door.
Edmondia: She was quiet and warm beside him.
EnsTren: he did not look at her, only indicated that she may enter and quickly retreated from the corridor.
Edmondia: She swept inside with all the grace and dignity of her station, still silent, still terrible and beautiful to behold.
EnsTren: And in his body Seto held back his cry of pain but broke out into a cold sweat as she looked upon his star shapped room, the sixth point sealed up with another hidden door and a crack in the wall showing where another point was opening up. Her hikari's soul room was more dark than light it seemed.
Edmondia: Atemu held his body and rocked him like a child.
EnsTren: His body was overcome with spasms and the threads binding his soul together from the shards Atemu made flicked silver and gold. A silver statue of the blue eyes white dragon reguarded her hostilly from it's cornner and something moved under the covers of the cot with a child's bedroom patern sheets (more blue eyes white dragons.)
Edmondia: Her steps were light and soundless as she explored in the silence, leaving a trail of warmth and adoration in her wake, her touch ghosting over the walls and melting the dust away.
EnsTren: Seto was biting his fist to keep his cries, his screams in.
Edmondia: She opened the first door, and bowed politely to the shrine to Mokuba, leaving a lotus flower as an offering before it, before turning to search further.
EnsTren: Seto was pulled himself to the bathroom, going on his hands and knees until Atemu helped him, empting his stomach of food and bile in the toilet.
Edmondia: She opened the second door and saw only darkness.
Edmondia: (crap - what's behind each door again?)
EnsTren: (alright, you should have saved it, but)
Edmondia: (I did, I just can't find it)
EnsTren: (Mokuba, Gozaburo, Pegasus, hidden door with hope's heart, BEWD (not behind a door), bad memories)
Edmondia: (sankyuu)
EnsTren: (peggy's is pretty dark, memory of his soul in a card)
EnsTren: (and the crack that's slowly becoming a seventh's point is going to be seth's shrine if he is ever..normal enough to have it open)
Edmondia: She stepped inside, casting a sad gaze to the broken toys that lay at her feet. The father, then. She scattered her flowers on the shards of memory, willing the darkness to recede. The man glowered down at her, huge and menacing, and she drew a shining line in the air, barring him behind a cage of shadows and light. "You are the dead past. Only your ghost may live on." And she left again, moving on.
Edmondia: (gotcha)
EnsTren: Seto was dry heaving and curled up on the cold tile floor, soaking it up into his feavered flesh.
Edmondia: Atemu held his head in his lap and stroked a damp cloth against his face.
EnsTren: The last one had been...strangely empty, very dark yes, but...Ah...Her Seto must have put all but the greatest bad memories behind just one door, now she must find it.
Edmondia: She paused before the dragon statue, inclining her head in greeting. "Kisara."
EnsTren: The dragon moved slowly, for it was not flesh and blood but a quicksilver statue and it looked at her though one eye. Kisara yes, but also no. She was in that dragon but there was also...more of what Seto had made himself, like a graft to a sapling.
Edmondia: "I seek my light's pain. Can you help me find it?"
EnsTren: It slowly blinked at her, "Better to ask," it's voice had a strange resembleance to Mokuba's despite being older, deeper and quite draconic, "Where isn't he in pain."
Edmondia: She nodded slightly, a sardonic smile gracing her lips. "I entertain myself with thoughts that I have made him happier. I thank you for your aid." And she nodded again, and continued on.
EnsTren: The Dragon stuck its tail out but was quite careful not to touch her, "He doesn't share things with me, but I think that crack over there might intrest you," it pointed with its tail.
Edmondia: "Oh?" And she followed the motion and brushed her fingers against it.
Edmondia: And she smiled.
EnsTren: (the dragon or the crack)
Edmondia: (the crack)
EnsTren: Seto convulsed as now fire entered the gripping coldness in him.
Edmondia: For one so small, the pharaoh proved surprisingly strong as he held him down and kept him from injury.
EnsTren: It was glowing inside that crack, a new point to her hikari's star opened up, and she spied inside a picture of herself.
Edmondia: Perhaps she was not so useless after all.
Edmondia: She blew a kiss to herself and moved on.
EnsTren: Seto keened into his fist, bloodied from biting so hard.
Edmondia: Atemu cradled him against his chest, rubbing his back and holding him as he had once his own children.
EnsTren: He alternated between hot and cold and was sobbing against him, his sweat matting his hair.
Edmondia: Finally, her wanderings brought her to another door, heavy and dank, rusted over and bound with thick chains. She reached out a delicate hand and tugged on them, but they refused to move.
EnsTren: He keened again, shrill and sounding like one of the pharaoh's hunting birds from long ago.
Edmondia: Her lips pulled back in a snarl, and she let herself change, quickly and painfully.
Edmondia: This time, the chains crumbled beneath his fingers.
EnsTren: He screamed and gripped Atemu so tight his fingers left bruises and his nails started to cut into the leather.
Edmondia: He slammed his shoulder into the door, and it fell open before him. "Come to me," he snarled into the darkness, and braced himself as the shadows slammed down to meet him.
EnsTren: Shadows and whips and bloody chains with spikes around them like barbed wire. Cuffs and lit cigars. Blood pooled around her feet and whirling knives came out with a cage filled with rats and empty diner plates and hot wax and oil. And pictures danced around of all the pain he had caused and his own humilations.
EnsTren: Seto was screaming, was convulsing as if in a seizure and completely aware.
Edmondia: And she opened her arms and drew them into herself.
EnsTren: There was dispiar in pouring waves and there was oil burns on her chest and back there were whip marks and she couldn't breath for a collar around her throat and she couldn't scream nor cry because then it would happen to him.
Edmondia: She stood silent and cold with her eyes clear and her head held high.
Edmondia: You will not keep him from me, she hissed.
EnsTren: But it didn't end. There were sharp hunger pains in her stomach and rats trying to scratch out her eyes and bite off her lips only held back by small bars. There were delisuins and illusions and tired heavy eyelids from being kept up too long.
Edmondia: Her lips curled into a cracked, cruel smile. All this is mine.
EnsTren: Light fractured, abandonment.
Light fractured, murder.
Light fractured, heartless.
Light fractured, Seto, a little boy with a bloody chest and a throbing piece of meat held out in both hands. It was slowing and stuttering to a stop even as it shined bright and his eyes glazed over.
Edmondia: She drew him into her arms and kissed his forehead.
Edmondia: You are mine.
EnsTren: And he smiled up at her before crumbling to dust, goodbye.
EnsTren: The heart was left and only weakly beating but shining as bright as ever.
EnsTren: Goodbye, I'm dead, I had hoped to meet you and hope to meet you again. Goodbye!
Edmondia: Goodbye, my sweet one. I love you.
Edmondia: And she cradled the heart in her arms as she had her babies, so long ago.
EnsTren: There was no responce, he was gone, he was dead, and the heart beat shuddering beats and pumped blood that was run though with bright threads of pure light.
EnsTren: (am so tempted to put seto in an ambulance for a heartattack)
Edmondia: (that's mean)
EnsTren: (so?)
Edmondia: (...good point.)
EnsTren: Around her the soul room was getting dimmer, at first she thought it was because she was so absorbed with the light from that heart which spasmed in her arms. She was in the hidden cornner somhow now and she stepped out with a perplexed look on her face to see it all dimming, darkening, and the bolted door once again bared from her.
EnsTren: The heart shead some light and in that light the place looked far better than it had before in the normal light. But why was it diming, why was the dragon's head drooping?
EnsTren: The heart floated from her arms and back into the dark depths that it had been hiding in.
EnsTren: The door to the soul corridor usually orbited the bed and now only did so slugishly.
Edmondia: //My light?!//
EnsTren: There was no answer and the heart in the darkness spasmed again and she saw it jump as if shocked.
Edmondia: Her eyes narrowed, and she reached for something she had not used in millenia.
Edmondia: My husband?
EnsTren: She got a wave of panic from him, not much from his upper mind as he was acting as a bridge to pour light from his aibou into her's.
Edmondia: ...oh gods.
Edmondia: And she did the only thing she could do.
Edmondia: She fell to her knees and prayed.
EnsTren: The little shining child's heart, the heart of hope, continued to spasmically beat and jump every now and then as it was shocked. Sometimes it went steady for a while and then fell into convulsions.
Edmondia: And all the while she kept up a litany of prayers to every god she could remember, beseeching them and pleading them with cries and tears and the full force of the magic she commanded.
EnsTren: She felt along her bond with her husband tumultous sensations and finally it was not Seto nor Atemu that spoke to her, it was Yugi.

GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!
Edmondia: She scrambled out in a tangle of linens, startled by the heavy clank of gold on gold, managing to force open the door and stagger out into the corridor.
EnsTren: The corridor was dim and fading in and out, of course it would be, Seto was her host.
Edmondia: She staggered back into her own soul room, willing for stability, trying to hold down the terror in her chest.
EnsTren: Feeling how her hikari's heart refused to beat.
Edmondia: Please, beloved...
EnsTren: There was no answer.
Edmondia: She fell to her knees again, finery spilling out around her, and buried her face in her hands.
Edmondia: Please, not again, not him, not now, please...
EnsTren: Her hikari claimed he killed innocent people, blamed himself for them and she thought she understood, thought that he was not truely to blame.
EnsTren: Now she was killing her hikari, an innocent even if he didn't admit it--it was one darkness that was not hers.
Edmondia: ...I failed again.
Edmondia: She wept.
EnsTren: And later she wept over her hikari's body in the hospital, he had a breathing mask on and other things. He looked too pale.
EnsTren: Heartattack, they said.
Edmondia: Her fault.
EnsTren: He was lucky, they said, they got to him in time so he shouldn't be having any brain damnage.
Edmondia: Lucky.
Edmondia: She couldn't change back because her room was so unstable, and she hated that her makeup was running.
Edmondia: She hated everything about herself.
EnsTren: Her fault.
Edmondia: Everything her fault.
EnsTren: N..Nnot...
Edmondia: She raced for him, reached for him, settled next to him and brushed his hair away from his eyes. Pretty light?
EnsTren: Nnot...fault.
Edmondia: She smiled at him through her tears and shook her head. Doesn't matter, pretty light, doesn't matter, love you, love you, love youmissedyouhurtsomuch...
EnsTren: He blinked up at her dazedly, she could hear how hard it was for him to breath.
Edmondia: Her jewels clinked when she moved, and she rested a careful hand on his cheek, careful to not let the heavy metal bruise his fragile skin.
Edmondia: Missed you, pretty light.
EnsTren: Careful not to dislodge the mask that gave him oxygen to his weakened lungs.
Edmondia: Are you all right?
EnsTren: Tired...mn..
Edmondia: Rest now, pretty light.
EnsTren: Nno.
Edmondia: You need to heal, pretty beloved, she scolded gently, You're hurting inside.
EnsTren: Mn...'s not like had...medical...cmplica...tions...
Edmondia: She grinned wryly. Pretty light, you're hooked up to at least three different machines.
EnsTren: He directed his eyes at them in turn. The beeping one, mniter...watches me... then to the bag that dripped water into a tub into a needle in her hikari's hand. Fd...fud... His brow crinked in consternation that he was having trouble pronouncing thought words.
Edmondia: Give it time, pretty light, your soul has not yet recovered.
EnsTren: He blinked up at her again and then crossed his eyes to look at the mask, ox-gen...
Edmondia: She petted his hair. You were quite hurt, beloved.
EnsTren: He took several deep breaths, a bit tired from explaining things to her, he always explained things to her.
Edmondia: She bit her rubied lip, watching him with worry in her kohl-lined eyes. It's all right, sweet light, you don't have to explain this to me, I listened... before...
EnsTren: Bring...clpbrd... He stared at the foot of his bed. There...or.... He stared at the door.
Edmondia: She plucked it from the end of the bed and brought it so he could see it.
Edmondia: I can't read it, but...
EnsTren: I can.
Edmondia: She was silent as she settled next to him.
EnsTren: His eyes moved over the page, taking in everything. Trn.
Edmondia: She did.
EnsTren: After a while he stopped reading. Sezers?
EnsTren: ...Nn 'under Ifeel ike crap.
Edmondia: We were lucky, pretty light, very lucky. Her eyes were haunted.
EnsTren: And he went back to reading, his brow furrowed with worry and his back tence, and then he suddenly relaxed.
EnsTren: ...'ai...
Edmondia: ?
EnsTren: ...An...no phi-sikel...resins...
EnsTren: Heavy sigh and a light smile she could barely see. Nn surgery.
Edmondia: You should sleep, beloved, you're wearing yourself out.
EnsTren: ...'K...
EnsTren: He sighed again and his eyes closed as he easily slipped into slumber.
EnsTren: ...nnt yer falt...
Edmondia: She smiled sadly at him. Sleep well, beloved.
EnsTren: And he did.
Edmondia: Once she was certain he was asleep, she reached out along an entirely separate bond. Husband?
EnsTren: I'm sorry, he made me promise not to contact you.
Edmondia: The tears she had been holding back began to spill over.
Edmondia: Could I... could I... be with you... tonight?
EnsTren: Yes...Aibou forgives you, so do I and so does Seto.
Edmondia: I... I'll be there soon. Will you - will you wait for me?
EnsTren: Forever.
Edmondia: ((and I gotta run))
EnsTren: ((ditto, it was fun))
Edmondia: ((will be back lata))
EnsTren: ((k))
Edmondia: ((see ya))
EnsTren is away at 5:19:05 PM.
EnsTren returned at 9:18:29 PM.
EnsTren: (hi)
Edmondia: (howdy)
EnsTren: (in a weird way I think sheseth is more IC than Seth)
EnsTren: (more selfpossesed I am high etcetcetc)
Edmondia: (yeah, that's true)
Edmondia: (think being queen got to her head? ^_~)
EnsTren: (yes)
Edmondia: (...she's now cackling, "MUAHAHA! BOW, FILTHY PEONS!" in my head)
EnsTren: (children were good for her)
Edmondia: (yes)
Edmondia: (yay for babies)
EnsTren: (yes)
EnsTren: (do you want me to calm your sheseth down?)
Edmondia: (she's busily preening at herself. yes.)
EnsTren: (*shows her seto's weakly beating heart*)
Edmondia: (She says you play dirty.)
EnsTren: (Isn't she proud?)
Edmondia: (She's currently wallowing in guilt)
EnsTren: (*hands over a plushie and shoos her over to Seto*)
Edmondia: (She's now a guy and cuddling him.)
Edmondia: (Man, that gets confusing, dunnit?)
EnsTren: (a bit)
Edmondia: (She's also told me that she's going to try and be a guy around Seto for most of the time)
EnsTren: (why?)
EnsTren: (it's the attraction to a girl and sex with a girl thing that confuses and thus upsets seto, not the is a girl bit)
EnsTren: (he's too weak right now to get turned on)
EnsTren: (and he kinda likes the motherly and fatherly vibes/care he gets from Atemu and Seth.)
EnsTren: (heaven knows he needs both)
Edmondia: (true)
Edmondia: (alright, she's decided that she's going to stay a chick until he gets better)
Edmondia: (gotta love that consistency -_-;; )
EnsTren: (Seto's being very quiet and complaicent in my head)
Edmondia: (*giggle* And he said he wasn't Oedipal)
EnsTren: (I think he's trying to conserve energy but he does feel calmer, lighter, perhaps brighter)
EnsTren: (he wasn't, but he's becoming that way because she's getting motherly on him)
Edmondia: (mmmhmm to both points)
Edmondia: (She's also being quiet)
EnsTren: (Seto's working on his medical projects)
Edmondia: (from inside the hospital?)
EnsTren: (yes, on his laptop)
Edmondia: (Seth's spending a lot of time curled up with Atemu)
EnsTren: (yugi and his friends?)
Edmondia: (well, Honda and Jou have been ogling Seth)
Edmondia: (she's been running around in queen-attire for a while)
Edmondia: (also wondering what the hell happened, but nobody's talking)
EnsTren: (do they know seto's in the hospital?)
Edmondia: (yeah)
Edmondia: (it definitely made the papers)
Edmondia: (so there's a million rumors flying around school now)
EnsTren: (oooh?)
Edmondia: (it's not every day a sixteen-year-old boy in perfect physical health has a heart attack)
Edmondia: (and it's Seto Kaiba - and who was there with him, in his home, when he had his heart attack?)
Edmondia: (why, little Yugi Motou, his eternal rival)
Edmondia: (now why would Yugi be at Kaiba's house? Kaiba never invites anyone over, he hates people)
EnsTren: (maybe he finally beat him and the shock gave him one?)
Edmondia: (maybe they were in a fight?)
Edmondia: (after all, weird shit happens to people who fight with Yugi)
EnsTren: (that is true)
Edmondia: (and it's high school, so there are going to be all sorts of crazy ideas floating around)
EnsTren: (hehhe, I wasn't in on the rumor mill so give me your views)
Edmondia: (neither was I, actually)
EnsTren: (you heard rummors though?)
Edmondia: (mostly about who got drunk and busted)
EnsTren: (ah)
Edmondia: (one of my more distant friends' personal problems)
EnsTren: (gah)
Edmondia: (family and parties and drugs and then she wound up pregnant and got kicked out)
Edmondia: (that sort of thing)
Edmondia: (but let's see, what ludicrous things can we come up with?)
EnsTren: (seto's drinking and ODed on crack?)
Edmondia: (that's one)
Edmondia: (and Yugi's his dealer!)
EnsTren: (and lovers quarel from the bleacher thing)
EnsTren: (Shini came up with that one)
Edmondia: (who?)
Edmondia: (hee, lover's quarrel, and Yugi poisoned him)
EnsTren: (good one@)
EnsTren: (shinigamikitsune)
Edmondia: (oh, your friend.)
EnsTren: (yush)
Edmondia: (hee~)
Edmondia: (So Kaiba's actually a girl, and Yugi found out about it, and was going to start blackmailing him, and when Yugi revealed that he knew her secret, she had a heart attack)
EnsTren: (Oh! yugi's spying for Otogi for information on new technology and tried to kill kaiba when he was found out)
Edmondia: (Actually, Yugi was spying for Industrial Illusions - he was working for Crawford all along,, and that's why he won at Duelist Kingdom)
Edmondia: (No, everyone's got it all wrong, Yugi's a girl, and pregnant, and he had the heart attack when he found out he was the father! She'd drugged him to sleep with him and get his money!)
EnsTren: (Child support!)
EnsTren: (custody battles)
Edmondia: (and in a fit of rage, Kaiba tried to poison her, but given Yugi's incredible luck, he wound up poisoning himself instead)
EnsTren: (they porbabally played a game)
Edmondia: (and that's why Yugi's been visting in the hospital, to make sure he keeps his end of the deal!)
EnsTren: (Maybe Seto is a girl and really didn't have a heart attack, she's in there because of the pregnancy where she's going to wait it out until she's skinny again and can pass as a boy)
Edmondia: (And Yugi's the father!)
EnsTren: (or there's a clone in seto)
Edmondia: (Actually, none of that's true! Yugi is actually Mokuba's mother!)
EnsTren: (oh he got mokuba pregnante becaus that boy looks waaaay tomuch like a chick)
Edmondia: (and Kaiba was going to kill him, but Yugi got to him first)
EnsTren: (and mokuba had an abortion, which is why yugi had been seen going to jizo shrines)
Edmondia: (heehee)
Edmondia: (Seth is wandering around in one of Yugi's tanktops and not much else)
EnsTren: (she or he?)
Edmondia: (she. she's also wearing a pair of his boxers)
EnsTren: (*puts seto in the cornner with many pillows and a blanket and a bed table for his laptop and is tapping away*)
Edmondia: (seth is angsting away on the couch)
EnsTren: (Seto's sulking now and wanting seth to come over)
Edmondia: (Seth is wandering over and peeking over his shoulder)
EnsTren: (Seto is leaning forward and tugging seth down to be his pillow)
Edmondia: (Seth is complying)
EnsTren: (Seto is leaning back and snuggling a bit and goes back to working on the designs)
Edmondia: (Seth is toying with his hair and looking faintly pleased)
EnsTren: (Seto's comparing his modle to a real model, he's making a replacement elboy joint at the moment)
Edmondia: (Heh)
Edmondia: (whoa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in AE flashback)
EnsTren: (?)
Edmondia: (kitty-eyed Seth and Atemu calling Mahaado in, the evening after their... busy day)
EnsTren: (hehehe)
Edmondia: (cuddled up in bed together, sprawled out and tangled in the sheets, messy hair, dangerous smiles)
EnsTren: (yummy and?)
Edmondia: (and a sweatdropping Mahaado who's trying to find somewhere to look that won't make him feel like a dirty old man)
EnsTren: (and what do they want to know?)
Edmondia: (what the court and priests are saying, what's going to happen next, why is the pharaoh so upset with them, are they in trouble)
EnsTren: (seth would get it first)
EnsTren: (and give mahaado her view on the court and stuff and atemu would be a teensy bit lost)
Edmondia: (mmhmm)
EnsTren: (he gets court but seth goes deep)
Edmondia: (mmhmm)
Edmondia: (and what does she think?)
EnsTren: (That the everyone is worring too much and she should have these few girls as her handmaidens and they should try to get their brothers to marry these other girls)
EnsTren: (and maybe set up some poison in the higher ranking nobles)
Edmondia: (mmhmm)
Edmondia: (I can see Atemu being miffed about the priests, though)
EnsTren: (Seth would nibble on Atemu and mention to Mahaado that after he gone he should have the servants bring another plate from the Preists of Min and Happi)
Edmondia: (Mahaado would, of course, turn red)
EnsTren: (And they would laugh a little and kiss.)
Edmondia: (And Mahaado would wonder if he could leave before they started going at it again)
EnsTren: (But they would control themselves and smile at him as if to say "see?")
Edmondia: (And a very red Mahaado would suggest, politely, that maybe it would be best to keep their hands off of one another's bottoms.)
EnsTren: (And they look at each other sulkily but shift their hands upwards.)
Edmondia: ("Upwards is good, my lord, but could you possibly stop fondling her... busom?")
EnsTren: ("it's very soft and nice though.")
Edmondia: ("I'm sure it is, however, it is improper to do so in front of others.")
EnsTren: (A soft grumble and puts his arm around her waist. "Can she sit on my lap in court?")
Edmondia: ("...maybe.")
EnsTren: ("Are we allowed to kiss? I like kissing and I wish I could turn them to honey and wine for our favorite bread cakes.")
Edmondia: ("...just don't do it when your father is watching.")
EnsTren: (Deep sighs and nods of agreement, Seth holding onto Atemu and stiffening slightly.)
Edmondia: ("...do you know why you should refrain from doing so?")
EnsTren: ("Because their jealous," Atemu sugested)
Edmondia: (Mahaado sweatdropped. "Your father is not jealous of you.")
EnsTren: ("He has concubines, I know, but no one else does, and the concubines are as pretty as Seth.")
EnsTren: (Seth flushed deeply.)
Edmondia: ("...I'll not even consider how utterly disturbing that thought is.")
EnsTren: (Seth nudged her face against Atemu's cheek, "I don't want to talk about you father anymore," she said quietly, but she was not trying to seduce him. Her voice was just quiet and nervous.)
Edmondia: (He tucked an arm around her and brushed his lips against her ear. "...but if papa's mad at us...")
EnsTren: (She shivered and pulled away a little, her voice shaky as she whispered, "I don't want him to be angry at me.")
EnsTren: (She still had a bone deep fear of many men, those of greater stature and broad shoulders, and espically if they held rank, power, and magic power. The Pharaoh was all of these things, his magic greater than her own--and now there was something new to fear, because he could seperate them, couldn't he?)
Edmondia: ("Seth...?" Atemu was nuzzling at her shoulder, hands teasing through her hair, concern in his eyes. "What's wrong?")
Edmondia: (Mahaado rose carefully to his feet and stepped closer to the bed. "My lady...?")
EnsTren: ("I don't want him to be mad at me," she said with her arms wraped tight around herself as she shivered.)
Edmondia: (Atemu crawled closer to her, tugging at her arm. "Seth?")
EnsTren: (She looked at him, expression a bit lost and frightened. Her uncle's ire frightened her deep down.)
Edmondia: (He frowned at her. "What's wrong?")
EnsTren: ("Your papa frightened me," she said quietly. Still.)
Edmondia: (He blinked. "Papa? Why?")
EnsTren: ("Because he does," she said.)
Edmondia: (He tugged on her hand. "What's wrong?")
EnsTren: ("He just frightens me, okay?" She declared hotly as she pulled her hand away, pretty eyes like ice now.)
Edmondia: (He flinched back, eyes widening in alarm.)
EnsTren: (She relaxed and her eyes softened, "I'm sorry, he frightens me, a lot of people do but him most. I don't like talking about it.")
EnsTren: (She looked at his hand perhaps longingly and then turned back forward, her hands folded in her lap. She fiddled with the sheets, staring there.)
Edmondia: (He reached for her again, then hesitated. "But... Seth... we have to be careful...")
EnsTren: ((careful about what?))
Edmondia: (Mahaado watched them with troubled eyes.)
Edmondia: ((careful about dealing with papa)
EnsTren: (Seth let him touch her, leaned slightly against him it seemed. "I don't want him angry with me, I don't like being near him because I'm frightened of him. I'll be good Atemu, don't worry.")
Edmondia: (He moved closer to her, looping an arm around her waist. "...Mahaado? Can you... why is papa mad at us?")
EnsTren: (She curled against him and put her head on his chest, fine cinnimon and red hair falling out from behind her ears.)
EnsTren: (He made placating gestures to calm both of them down, espically Seth, "He's not mad at you, I promise." But he would be worried when Mahaado told him about Seth's reaction.)
Edmondia: (Atemu pulled her into his lap, being careful to hold her gently. "But... is he... upset?")
EnsTren: ("Mildly irritated, but I think it mostly was because you both were...with the shadows at the same time, and even the ones with a bare grain of magic could hear it.")
EnsTren: ("He's never liked how you seem to get lost in the dark, he worries. I think you were reacting as well as any newly married couple could act when drawn away from their bed.")
EnsTren: ("But for next time, I will attempt to remind you if you do anything that is against propriety, but a few guidelines may help you I hope?")
Edmondia: (They exchanged a glance. "...like what?")
EnsTren: ("Erm, well Mana and Isis might be...more at home with doing this but Atemu, in general keep your hands of Seth's front while in public. From about here," he lightly touched on Seth a place a bit above mid thigh, "to her shoulders. Back is fine, kisses are fine but not her neck and try to keep them under a half a minute with no, ahem," a blush, "Tongue.")
EnsTren: ("Also keeping your hands away from her, ahm, backside would be wise. In public only mind you. In your own rooms do what you wish.")
EnsTren: (He turned a beat red color, "A good rule of thumb is if you want to touch it, or if you know it makes her feel good in that way--don't.")
EnsTren: ("As for you Seth, if Atemu's cloathing is covering it, you probally shouldn't touch, though you can slip your arm under his cloak. Don't fiddle with the hem of his kilt, or the top for that matter. Stay away from his lower stomach, and don't....You can touch his chest but it's a good idea to stay away from his nipples.")
EnsTren: ("And again I reiterate the rules of thumb I gave Atemu, and don't kiss his neck or caress it over much.")
Edmondia: (They looked somewhat nervous. "But... are there any rules for different places?)
Edmondia: ((brb, shower))
EnsTren: ((k))

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EnsTren: ((wb))
EnsTren: ("Not so much so, though there are occasions where you cannot touch, ceremonies and the like, just like normal. And you can touch more in the hallways if no one is there to observe. In your own room there are no rules except what you think should be the rules.")
Edmondia: (('lo))
EnsTren: ("If you do something wrong either I or Isis will let you know so you can correct yourselves, alright? And Seth you might consider talking to your friends and handmaidens to be.")
Edmondia: (She looked down at her lap, blushing. "They... they'll..." she trailed off, turning an even darker red.)
EnsTren: ("What's wrong Seth?")
Edmondia: (She ducked her head. "They're going to want to know what it's like...")
EnsTren: (Mahaado blushed darker than she.)
EnsTren: ("I was good, right?")
EnsTren: ((I couldn't resist))
Edmondia: ((heh))
EnsTren: (Atemu looked worried.)
EnsTren: (Mahaado wished he had a place to hide.)
Edmondia: (She started tracing random patterns in the sheets. "Um, yeah.. but they ask all sorts of questions and... stuff... and...")
EnsTren: ((*kicks atemupuppy* he wants to say "So tell them how good I was"))
Edmondia: ((so let him))
EnsTren: "So tell them how good I was," he said as if it were that simple.
EnsTren: "And if they push you well you can always threaten to send them to the shadows."
EnsTren: It was so simple for the little prince, he always had Seth and never wanted any one else. Seth had wanted friends and now had them. While she was relitivly new to it she knew you didn't threaten them.
Edmondia: She squeaked and shook her head. "Nonono."
EnsTren: She made a note to handle all diplomacy until her husband was smarter.
Edmondia: "They're kind of... afraid of you."
EnsTren: "That's good, right?"
Edmondia: She glanced down again, blushing. "They're gonna want to know if you're scary in bed."
EnsTren: "I'm not, right?"
Edmondia: "They... they ask all sorts of questions and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to tell them..."
EnsTren: Atemu was cute when he looked scared.
EnsTren: Mahaado really wanted to leave and hide and die
Edmondia: Her eyes were a little wider, and she shook her head frantically. "No, not scary! Well, yes a litte bit at first, but I liked it... and then... with your hands and... it was nice..."
EnsTren: Mahaado's voice was very small and kind of squeaky, it was one of the reasons why he didn't frighten her. "Can I leave now?"
Edmondia: They blinked over at him. "No!" Atemu declared, "We still have to talk to you!"
EnsTren: Mahaado meeped but nodded.
Edmondia: "So how are we supposed to act in public, anyway?"
Edmondia: Seth quietly thanked the gods that the attention was off of her for the moment.
EnsTren: "With decorum"
Edmondia: Seth blinked. "Am I... supposed to be all quiet now?"
EnsTren: "I think you might frighten people if you were, my lady." Mahaado chuckled. "Some might prefer you that way but it would be a waste of your mind and will. I would sudjest that you take Isis as your role model--As Mana still hides in pots."
Edmondia: She drew the sheets to her chest and tucked her knees beneath her chin. "So... just act normal?"
EnsTren: "Yes."
Edmondia: Atemu sprawled out beside her, resting his chin on his folded arms. "What am I supposed to do, Mahaado?"
EnsTren: "Not grope your wife in public."
Edmondia: He sighed, frustrated. "What about all those icky girls that keep pestering me?"
EnsTren: "Well, as per your marriage contract neither of you are allowed cocubines until Seth bares a child, and it must be yours, or is proven that she can't." He held up his hand, "Do not worry, we know you can bare children, Seth."
Edmondia: She bit her lip. "You do?"
EnsTren: "Yes, remember I was there when we changed you."
Edmondia: A small grimace crossed her lips. "Mmm."
Edmondia: Atemu glanced between the two, then tugged on his wife's arm.
EnsTren: She looked at him and blinked, "Yes?"
Edmondia: "How do I make those stupid girls go away?"
EnsTren: "Make your shadows do that whipy thing, that should scare them."
Edmondia: "Hm... Mahaado?"
EnsTren: "Yes?"
Edmondia: Atemu was stroking his fingers along her arm now, slowly and carefully. "Which of the priests are most likely to take action against us?"
EnsTren: He bowed his head slightly, he was loyal to the family, but more he was loyal to these children, espically to Atemu. And he gave the names and why he thought so.
Edmondia: They were quiet now, and their eyes were bright. "...what did we do wrong?" Seth asked softly, fingers now linked with her husband's.
EnsTren: "They are frightened of you and desire power for themselves."
Edmondia: Her lips curled back. "Frightened of children."
EnsTren: "Frightened of the dark."
Edmondia: "...they don't want us to have children, do they?"
EnsTren: "I'm afraid not, no."
Edmondia: Atemu rolled over, staring up at the ceiling. "The guards are talking, aren't they?"
EnsTren: "Do they ever not?"
Edmondia: "I don't want them talking about her."
Edmondia: Seth blinked.
EnsTren: "You will have difficulty makeing them still their toungs. But I will make sure...certain rummors will get out of what you might do if they do talk about her."
Edmondia: Atemu smirked. "Good."
Edmondia: (aaaaaaaaaaaaaand they're losing interest in the conversation)
EnsTren: Mahaado glanced at Seth to be sure of her agreement. He bowwed to them, "May I take my leave of you?"
Edmondia: They nodded.
EnsTren: And he backed away from them and closed the door.
Edmondia: (..........and they're asleep)
EnsTren: (hehehe)
Edmondia: (well, they did have a *cough* busy day)
EnsTren: (they did)
Edmondia: (they're gonna hurt in the morning)
EnsTren: (and then do it again)
Edmondia: (yup)
Edmondia: (they're rather nymphomaniacal)
EnsTren: (it's the shadows)
Edmondia: (possibly has something to do with it)
EnsTren: (Seto needs a mommy and a daddy and scarily sheseth and atemu fit it pretty well)
Edmondia: (yes, they do)
Edmondia: (quite scarly, in fact)
Edmondia: (wonder how he feels about that?)
EnsTren: (Seto or Atemu?)
Edmondia: (was thinking Seto, but both, actually)
EnsTren: (Seto is desprete enough to take what he can get, even if he doesn't trust it. and post heart attack he's...calmed enough to accept it, a little)
Edmondia: (Yeah... wonder how Mokuba feels about it)
EnsTren: (He's very very angry at atemu and Seth, hurtting his niisama and all)
Edmondia: (and confused as to why his niisama isn't mad at them)
EnsTren: (wondering if his niisama's brain got hurt)
Edmondia: (wondering if everyone's gone crazy)
Edmondia: (and what the hell's an abortion, anyway?)
EnsTren: (And why would Niisama, Yugi, or him get one)
Edmondia: (And why was Seth a girl all the time now?)
EnsTren: (And maybe he could sell pictures of her on the internet...if she woud fix her makeup)
Edmondia: (...why was she spending so much time around Atemu, anyway?)
EnsTren: (Babies were coming? He'd be a good cousin/bigbrother!)
Edmondia: (...wait, WHO was having the babies?)
Edmondia: ((and what happens if he ever catches Atemu and Seth together?))
EnsTren: (He's Oniisama wasn't a girl! But Seth was sometimes...maybe that was it? But why were they saying Yugi was one too? Atemu couldn't turn into a girl, Oniisama's yami was special.)
EnsTren: ((popcorn?))
Edmondia: ((*giggle* *huggles Mokuba*))
Edmondia: (Sometimes, being a ten-year old billionaire got really confusing.)
Edmondia: ((I should really go to bed now))