ibael grins. "ibael is an expression of delight desire need love need."
Lunaria lowers her head a little. "I am Strange...but not Strange," she replies, "I do not..."
ibael says, "Tame and safe and sheathed and charmed and theeka and love and still Strangevirus. Me."
sabina looks up at ibael, eyes widening. "What did you say? About Miss Theeka?"
Lunaria's hands dart up at the mention of Strangevirus. She pushes against Ibael, forcing the spider back and away from her.
...
sabina turns towards ibael, padding a smidge closer. "Hey, you said something about Miss Theeka." Brow furrowing, soft latexed lips pursed.
ibael giggles at sabina. "ibael was theeka once ibael learnt to be ibael from being theeka"
Frostbyte looks helplessly at the vengeful cat. "I had no idea this was going to happen! It's not every day your creators vanish from the world!"
ibael says, "Yes it is"
Frostbyte says, "Shut up!"
sabina turns back to scowl at the plastic spider thing. "That was not an answer and you know it. Where is Miss Theeka? i am warning you i am very cross and.... well, cross!"
ibael folds her hands over her mouth fourfold seal and blinks contrite. Ordered.
Frostbyte sighs. "Never mind. Go on, ibael."
ibael folds long legs about her body twists stretches silently draws silk from her body a toy playing with a toy she made herself
sabina squeaks, tail batting at ibael's silk toy. "Hey! i am not done with you lil missy! Where is Miss Theeka? When did you last see her? Is she well?"
ibael's flexing fiddling fingers halt Spider looks up at latex catslave breath through a delighted smile "in the mirror"
sabina blinks. "Which mirror? The nexus has six, and goodness knows how many other portal mirrors are around here!"
Sumire says, "I think she means a mirror mirror, kitten. Who's the fairest, and them all."
Frostbyte says, "Nothing as elaborate as the magic mirrors."
ibael flicks a panel on her side open with careless hand diping into storage recesses out with a hand-mirror Floral-decorated back Photon-bouncing front Not magic Not mystic Just polished shining gleam "Mirror, girl. Mirror."
ibael laughs.
sabina sighs softly, eyes closing. "i don't know who the fairest of all is. Amanita is awfully pretty... wait a minute." Eyeing ibael for a moment. "You mean she is Miss theeka?" Turning to face ibael, eyes huge, tail dropping to the ground. "Miss Theeka?"
sabina leans in close, eyes maybe an inch away from ibael's. "Miss Theeka? Are you in there? It's me!"
ibael smiles so lovely serene Precise clockwork gesturing
ibael pets kisses caresses hugs sabina "Of course yes no worry begone."
sabina cuddles, nuzzles and returns the kiss softly. "Begone? Wait a minute! i have not seen you in forever i missed you! What's with the spider body? And why are you talking in bad haiku?"
ibael wraps slim spindly plastic arms around sabina "change transform Carnival robot devour Inhatti Strange," she says, the smile on her face suggesting that she thinks this a perfectly comprehensible explanation.
sabina sighs softly and sinks down to kneel on the ground. "No one else is allowed to die damnit! All my friends keep dropping dead, or exploding or melting or or.... Taima is gone, Besax is dead, Amanita turned into a bug, Robin is a dog now, Charlie fell to pieces, now Frostbyte is going to turn into chunks of cheese curd and Rinzen is going to explode. And let's not forget Miss Theeka going crazy and turning into an arachnid, that was fun. And then Schizzy splits into like 10 people and they all vanish! It's not fair!!"
After angst, there was some sex, and an OOC comment let Sabina finally figure out who's playing the spider. *grin*
I've been meaning to put up something generally warning people that my Strangehost character's lies have precessed to claiming herself a Harmless, Pretty Toy who used to be Theeka, Queen of the Bubble Dolls, as well as having been numerous faces of the Strangevirus. How true is this? I don't know. How permanent? I dunno that either. It's what she says nowadays. It might change any minute.