Private Conversations with the Lady
Jan. 5th, 2020 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soulspice[Welcome to the Lady's...not home far from home, but it's a place she tolerates. The moment you enter it's clear she did her best to make this office in the bookstore a place she approves.
Outfitted with an overly plush chair on a rather elaborate rug, the desk is overflowing with countless books stacked everywhere, with everything serving as a makeshift bookshelf including an errant fax machine. The Lady seems to have tried her best to make the amenities up to her standards: there’s a tray with a teapot, notes everywhere written with confusing ciphers, and what seems to be an attempt to make a generator, but wasn’t completed.
Where the Lady sits it’s far more orderly, facing the door and giving her the high ground against anyone who enters. On the far wall hangs a large portrait of the Lady, adding character and additional charm. Truly, this is the office of someone who wants you to feel small before her presence.
And, there on her chair, there she is. When the door opened she turned her head towards you, seeing who it was. Invariably of who it is, she sighs like this is a big interruption of her work, and keeps writing and drawing]
Don't touch anything and make sure you don't track mud in. If you have any complaints go see Rembrandt.
[She didn't even look up while saying that. So, what brings you to her office today?]
Outfitted with an overly plush chair on a rather elaborate rug, the desk is overflowing with countless books stacked everywhere, with everything serving as a makeshift bookshelf including an errant fax machine. The Lady seems to have tried her best to make the amenities up to her standards: there’s a tray with a teapot, notes everywhere written with confusing ciphers, and what seems to be an attempt to make a generator, but wasn’t completed.
Where the Lady sits it’s far more orderly, facing the door and giving her the high ground against anyone who enters. On the far wall hangs a large portrait of the Lady, adding character and additional charm. Truly, this is the office of someone who wants you to feel small before her presence.
And, there on her chair, there she is. When the door opened she turned her head towards you, seeing who it was. Invariably of who it is, she sighs like this is a big interruption of her work, and keeps writing and drawing]
Don't touch anything and make sure you don't track mud in. If you have any complaints go see Rembrandt.
[She didn't even look up while saying that. So, what brings you to her office today?]
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Date: 2020-01-06 07:38 pm (UTC)Tempting, but no.
[Using the corpses of her enemies to decorate her castle is too much even for her -- she considers herself above that, haha]
But who am I to get in the way of your artistry? If you want to use bodies for any project, go ahead. I just ask you to leave the heads alone.
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Date: 2020-01-07 06:12 am (UTC)[Something he's accepted. To an extent. Though he does smile at her allowing him to do what he wants with the corpses, but...]
The heads? What do you need the heads for?
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Date: 2020-01-07 01:31 pm (UTC)[She smiles pleasantly]
Just like you do, I need raw materials for projects. It's just a minor project, compared to this one.
[Just that unlike Shin, she focuses on the heads only]
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Date: 2020-01-07 06:11 pm (UTC)Well then! If it's such a minor project, perhaps we could discuss your vision a bit? I would love to exchange opinions about art!
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Date: 2020-01-07 08:16 pm (UTC)[Hoh, she's discussing it, how about that]
CW: More body horror.
Date: 2020-01-07 09:50 pm (UTC)Actually, I tend to use different parts of the head for different projects. I usually try to highlight the unique features of the material- Using the physical features to the fullest and attempting to highlight the strongest traits they displayed in life...
Though, generally for heads, the skulls make excellent light fixtures and lanterns, but with a little modification, I could easily make one into a jewelry box. The skin I can use in any project that requires upholstering after it's been preserved- Like one would preserve an animal's hide, that is. As for the hair... Heh, hair is very versatile. If it's long enough, I could weave it into a rope to use at the end of a pull-chain for a lamp...
What about you? Do you prefer to simply collect the heads, or do you try to do something more... Personalized?
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Date: 2020-01-07 11:44 pm (UTC)Maybe I could let you have the empty skulls. I'm not intending to keep those around while I'm in that castle.
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Date: 2020-01-08 01:51 am (UTC)That's fair enough. Human skin can only cover so much, even after tanning and drying, but unless I'm trying to achieve a patchwork aesthetic I'd at least try to match the skin tones...
... Now, what would you do with the brains? You didn't bring any means to preserve them, did you?
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Date: 2020-01-08 02:18 am (UTC)Oh, I have ways to preserve them. Believe me, I have lots of experience with this...
[Lots and lots and lots of experience working with brains and minds.
What a joyful thought]
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Date: 2020-01-08 02:27 am (UTC)He returns that twisted grin in kind. ]
Interesting...
You know, you actually remind me of some of my colleagues. If only these were different circumstances; I could have invited you to a collaborative project where merciless killers do what they will to worthy targets.
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Date: 2020-01-08 02:47 am (UTC)[She shrugs. She can't say she'd be interested in joining them for a collaborative project, but hey, someone is reacting with the kind of reaction she prefers: not a bunch of righteous spiels]
But I'll have to reject it. Even after this is all over, I have way too many things to do, I don't have much free time.
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Date: 2020-01-08 02:53 am (UTC)Ah, so this is just one part of the bigger picture? I can't help but be curious about the project.
[ Really, the only things keeping them from being on equal footing are her abilities and her ego. What a shame. ]
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Date: 2020-01-08 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-10 02:19 am (UTC)What a shame. Perhaps I'll just have to survive long enough to see what comes of all this.