2017-07-09: Partake in Me
- Log: Partake in Me
- Cast: Riesenlied, Noeline
- Where: Lacour
- Date: 9th June, 2017
- Summary: In rest, Noeline and Riesenlied share further closeness with each other.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied has seen marked recovery over the next few days, something Noeline would be happy and quite proud about -- the woman has had brief periods of intense meditation, as is her wont. She seems to recognise intuitively that sorting herself out mentally and strongly is something that she needs to do to overcome this... but it usually leaves her quite fatigued, and now is one of those times, as she curls up in their room in the Lacour Grande, in a more simple knee-length robe rather than her regular outfit. There are cut out holes for her wings.
"... have I been ... doing better? I feel like the shaking has receded..." she asks of Noeline.
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Indeed, the spy looks genuinely proud as she seats herself next to Riesenlied, a smile playing on her face as she watches the other demon curl up; a hand goes to the blonde's hair to sift slowly through it, with-- just a little of a tug in her direction, to coax her in closer.
Noeline certainly isn't the sort to meditate, herself - but on the other hand, she can recognize the good that it's doing for the commander, and has been taking some pains to ensure that Riese is undisturbed during her sessions. It's given her a bit more of a chance to catch up on recent events, and watch exactly what's happening around the Arena a little more.
Not to mention, a quiet check on how the Tainted are doing, to at least try to act like a decent second.
"... I believe so. You sound better, as well - a little less lost in yourself, perhaps." She chuckles just a little to herself, pairing it with a light huff. Though she's dressed, her hair is down around her, almost an indicator that she's not planning to go outside any time soon. "... I suppose I'm in awe. I wonder if I would deal with something like that so well, myself."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied draws in a faint breath as she tucks one of her legs up a little. "... I... would think so. You've always been very certain about yourself, and you have strong convictions in turn. Perhaps it has been tough recently... but the way you draw a line in the sand with us... it's very admirable."
She strokes at Noeline's dark hair and gives her a soft kiss on the cheek. "Thank you." A pause. "Ah, and... I--" she turns just a little bit redder. "I suppose part of it has been accepting that I still have demons within... demons that have just been exposed to the fore, more and more, by Id's influence. But I am working through them..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
The hum of Noeline's response doesn't sound nearly as certain, her smile a little complicated in return - but she does tilt her head to accept the point as she chuckles to herself. "You could just as easily suggest that the way I act is just running away from the situation between our races. Certainly, I don't think I face it as head-on as you do," she points out - but her tone is still light, and her expression picks up. "But, I suppose that is a strength of a sort, as well."
She certainly doesn't look inclined to argue further when Riesenlied offers a kiss; instead, she leans into it with a pleased hum, and then returns it in kind - though rather closer to the corner of the other woman's mouth. The next is more of a light nip, direct on Riesenlied's lips, if nothing else to watch her reaction.
She draws back afterwards, if only to meet her partner's gaze for a moment and study her expression. "... I-- can understand," she decides quietly, glancing away as her own cheeks threaten to match Riese's colour after the way she's been staring. "We both have our share of history, after all. I will not pry - at least, not any more than I have - but at the same time... I can at least offer my support."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"... maybe not, but that you have not run away and are still here by my side counts for much," Riesenlied reassures Noeline with that soft, and yet determined look on her face. "It is something I won't forget anytime soon, if ever."
She -- lets out a little 'eep' as Noeline starts to nip, though, lowering her head with a bashful look evident upon her face. "... it is a tale of rejection, I suppose... it has been evident to you. My relationship with the Guardians..." A pause, before she shivers and clings closer. "But you won't reject me. You accept me for what I am... and you always havve."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
It's the sort of look that Noeline can't easily meet - whatever she was about to tease is stripped away by Riesenlied's earnest statements, leaving her blush stronger for it as she tries to huff and recover some ground. "... it may sound rather rich coming from me, but-- running away is the one thing I could not allow myself to do, not at a time like that. Even with all my promises aside."
When the other demon shivers, though, she automatically responds by tugging Riesenlied towards her once more. The motion leaves the blonde's head at Noeline's shoulder, allowing the spy's fingers the chance to draw long lines down through her hair towards her wings.
"... I... will admit that I have picked up some of it. ... it has been difficult not to," she adds with a soft chuckle, as if that excuses her nosy nature. "But, you are right. Whatever else happens, and however else the two of us might change each other, I am at your side because I wish to be, and acceptance is part of that." There's a beat, no sound but her hands moving, and then she risks a long-overdue tease: "Even if you are a very difficult commander to protect."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
It's with embarrassment and shame that Riesenlied mutters, "I... apologise for that. I have been chided accordingly, and I will watch myself more, I promise..." she sighs very quietly, lacing their hands together as she rests aginst her shoulder with a delicate and tender 'mm'.
"... you are warm," she expresses, almost a bit randomly. "... I feel most content and comforted when I am by your side. Often I wonder... what does it mean, that we are equipped to feel such feelings? Many times I have been told I am a machine for whom such emotions should be aberrant..."
She clutches her hand further. "But these emotions of ours are real... all too real. And to embrace it is the right path forward for us."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
With an amused laugh, Noeline shakes her head. "I am only teasing," she admits, letting herself clasp Riesenlied's hand in return with a light squeeze. "I have accepted that part of you as well, after all. Even if my protection may only come after something has happened, I will still take pride in it - and reassurance in your own strength, as well."
By the time Riese speaks again, Noeline has obviously begun to curl up with her, legs folded underneath her a little as she lounges. Dimly, in the midst of it, she tilts sideways to press a rather impulsive kiss to the commander's hair. "... I have never considered our emotions to be aberrant," she answers after a long moment, shaking her head. "After all, anger and envy are emotions as well, displayed all too often in Photosphere. Just because someone cannot recognize what they are feeling - that does not mean that they do not feel it."
She pauses, and then sounds terribly sentimental. Even if she hasn't been particularly airy as of late, it's still quite the change. "... I believe that you - that we - are doing the right thing."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"You've still provided me with many ways to prevent disaster from happening before they did," Riesenlied still reassures her. "The contingency plans in Old Petra were a necessity -- we would not have made it out the way we did without them." She smiles very warmly with another sigh. "Certainly so... but that we as a race can experience them is no accident."
She smiles rather cozily as Noeline expresses her sentiment, and says, "... I'm glad you think so. We'll keep moving forward... I know it. We'll find the new world we all seek..."
There's a pause, and incandescent light begins to shimmer around them as her photons begin to softly glow and spread around the area, thinly. "... one day, I want to -- connect with you. With that same phenomenon that I have done before."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline's touch seems to strengthen at talk of Old Petra, as if she's already anticipating the effect that the memories might have on the previously stricken demon - or perhaps it's how strongly she felt about the place, given the way a frown tries to flicker across her face for a moment. Probably a bit of both.
But she lets it slide away, too comfortable to really offer anything in the way of bad feelings right now. "To be honest, I truly wonder if they are even something you can design in, or for that matter leave out. They appear to just be a part of life - so maybe it was never a question of whether we could or could not feel such things."
"I-- was simply doing that which you trusted me with," she chuckles afterwards, as her next lazy kiss meets Riesenlied's forehead. "And I will continue to do so. We shall just have to make the next Petra even more of a home."
And then she pauses as that light suffuses the area around them, her expression rather warmer and more open than Riesenlied might have ever seen it. So much so, in fact, that it takes her a moment to register the soft request. "--eh-- ah?" she blurts, her eyes wide as her cheeks score with colour, not exactly used to giving so much of herself - but not against it, h-huff... "If-- well, I suppose if that's what you want, then one day--..."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
"... I don't think it's a coincidence that Mother chose this planet, of all of them. We are unbelievably similar to humans, no matter what our brethren may say. ... I hope that it is a choice borne out of benign favour, but at the same time..." Riesnelied furrows her brow, sighing quietly. The seed of doubt is undeniably in her mind, after all.
"Mm--" she softly kisses Noeline in turn, apparently having become rather fond of it. "... I want to. I want to share all of me with you... is that-- is that all right? I feel that would just be appropriate..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
For her part, Noeline would be roughly inclined to agree as far as Riesenlied's first statement is concerned - after all, her thoughts run along very similar lines, her seed of doubt rather more developed than Riesenlied's...
... but on the other hand, her thoughts are a little busy. She may never, ever live it down - but her response to Riesenlied's next kiss is a soft whimper, a long way from being a noise of pain, and with a solid flush to match. She automatically chases the touch a little, seeking to meet it even as she tries to muster a response.
"If-- if you wish, then-- I-- would bare myself to you. To you only," she stresses quickly and seriously, glancing away a little as her pride and her affection have something of a war within her. "... as long as-- you are sure, as well."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied's cheeks flare just a moment at that wording, as she cutely stammers and stumbles. "G--goodness..." she hides it in their next kiss, though she just seems to be a little more flummoxed as a result. It's rather endearing to watch.
She rests just a little bit more cozily, their hands still held. "You've really helped me through this trying week." A pause. "It's a promise, then. You'll know it all. Everything that makes me who I am... and more... I will show you what I know of love. My love to you..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
"I-- I did not mean it like /that/!-- mm," whatever else Noeline was about to protest is cut off in the midst of the kiss, and perhaps that's for the best. She stumbles a little herself, still drawn into a soft and rather open state by the other demon's offer - not to mention, the depth of her feelings - and when she parts again her hand tightens in Riese's, the other clinging slightly to a fold of her robes.
The spy makes a noise that can only be called a verbal wobble, still having problems meeting Riesenlied's eyes as she bites at her lip, an extremely rare but rather deeply shy moment. "... when it comes down to it, I-- I cannot claim to be confident in what makes me who I am, after all. The idea of showing that to someone fully - of giving myself fully... if you'd told me even a few years ago that I would be considering it now, I would have laughed," she admits, sounding a little regretful as, this time, she's the one to rest her head against Riesenlied's shoulder.
"But... as you trust me, I trust you. So-- it's a promise. I will show you my hopes - my own form of love."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied's cheeks are no less redder, if not for the statement then just because of the intensity and veracity of their emotions. "... Noeline..." she smiles very quietly, saying, "I... it is not as if I am entirely confident of myself, all the time, either. You just saw me at my low period... it's fine to have doubts, yes...? We're still learning... together." She smiles quietly, warmly, sighing and trembling as she gives her one more kiss.
"I want to see it, of course. Show me... this hope of yours... and I will share in it."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Noeline huffs into the kiss this time, having recovered a little of herself - not least, because of Riesenlied's encouragement. This time, she sticks closer to Riesenlied, the faux-vampire's forehead against hers as she studies the other woman's gaze, one arm going up around Riese's shoulders in a close embrace. "... you-- really are something else," she sighs, pressing in for yet another kiss, and this time lingering.
When she draws back, Noeline swallows softly, her eyes closed. "Alright. It may be terribly pushy of me - my hope might lay on your shoulders, and add to your burdens, but I will."
She pauses again, and - certainly not as empathic as Riesenlied is - immediately stumbles with a grump. "Ah-- now? How do I-- should I just close my eyes, and...?"
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied is a little hesitant, though as they kiss and kiss further, the winged woman's worries and tensions seem to just bleed off off her as she begins to truly relax. "I do not mind holding onto those burdens, because we will share them together.... but--"
A pause, as she blinks a few times. "Um... I'm a bit tired, but... I feel like the time is certainly right. Should I...?" She seems just a bit hesitant.
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
The spy pauses, and only then does she seem to come back to her usual self just a little; for a long moment, she studies the other woman, does her best to feel the ebb and flow of the winged commander's aura around her, and the faint hesitancy within it - and offer a little consideration into the mix, as well.
"I..." she mutters after a moment, obviously conflicted - but lets it clear, chuckling softly. "Right here and right now, I am terribly content... and you are still supposed to be convalescing," she opens one eye with a fond sort of grin, letting a fang show.
"What I would like most of all right now is for you to rest, and recover yet more of your strength. The time will come again," she adds, huffing softly. "I swear that much to you - and would rather I be the only one fussing and hesitating. Honestly, people are not supposed to realize I can be /shy/," she puffs up more fiercely, looking... well, anything but threatening.
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
There's a redness to Riesenlied at that admission, and then she leans in in a rare moment of her own... and says, "I won't let people find out, then. The shy Noeline is... is mine and mine alone," as she giggles and embraces her tighter. "You're right. Let's take it easy just now. The right moment can come again, time after time..."
She softly moans just for a moment, and says, "And I love to dote on you. You know that..."
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
'The shy Noeline' - kind of proves that statement all on her own as she suddenly buries into Riesenlied's shoulder, hiding her face as she grumbles. "You-- you are the only one who could bring her out, in any case," she pouts solidly. "You have always been the sort to see straight through me, no matter what."
But she's relaxing at the same time, letting out a slow breath. "... I am glad for that, though... and glad that you are as strong a person as ever, even when faced with the things we have been."
The flick of her hair is almost back to normal, but she can't help the positively foolish grin she's got on at Riesenlied's last statement. "Well-- well, if you insist on that, then who am I to stop you, exactly?"
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied smiles warmly to say, "It's because I've known you for so long. It's just natural, isn't it? Much like how you know me better than I possibly know myself..." as she strokes at that hair again, smiling warmer. "... you should take a day to yourself, so that I can do so. It's the least I can do for you in turn... and it would just be pleasurable, would it not?"
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
This time, Noeline snorts - and leans in once more, her eyes glittering. "Aah... and here I thought that looking after you would be a full-time affair," she hums to herself, one hand finding Riesenlied's once more. The gentle squeeze doesn't exactly match her tone, but Noeline has never been terrifically honest with herself at times.
"... but-- perhaps you are right. However--" the Crimson Noble pauses, and tilts her head. "--I would rather we both take some time together, first. I cannot exactly call your last week one of 'rest', in the strictest sense - and I've no doubt it would do the both of us good."
<Pose Tracker> Riesenlied has posed.
Riesenlied smiles ever warmer, as she suggests, "Should we find something fun to do, that isn't too taxing?" She cups her hand to Noeline's cheek. "A cafe, a stroll around the park or the nearby beaches... anything. It would all be lovely, with your company." Oh my, the ladykiller is briefly back!
<Pose Tracker> Noeline has posed.
Like a cat, the spy leans back into the touch. "W-well-- of course, if it's my company," she grumbles, a little bashful in the face of Riese's accidental flirt... before she pulls her pride around her. "--let us start with finding a quiet place to eat in the city. I am about due some cake, and you some macaroons," she decides royally - but relaxes afterwards, her smile quieter. "And if it gets to be too much, simply let me know, and we will find somewhere else. ... so long as you are at my side."