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Post by emiya on Feb 20, 2016 21:05:26 GMT
Her question caused me to inwardly groan. She was going to push it. I knew she was going to try and push it. That's all she really did, wasn't it? I look back at her, shrugging. "Obey you? I'll listen to you, as I would anyone else, and help you, as I have a duty to a lady that asks for it. Beyond that...I wonder." If there was one thing interesting about this woman, it was teasing her through her haughty demeanor.
The command she gives, while not wholly unexpected, is still annoying. Still, it wasn't anything too difficult for me to worm my way out of when I was in no mood to cede ground to the crazy Caster. Without touching her again, I take a step backwards. I can't lay a hand on her, it seemed, or she would go ballistic on him.
"Obey you no matter what? I don't think I can do that, I apologize." Keeping my distance, I look into her eyes. "True obedience is something worthy of vassals, not Heroic Spirits. However, the most I can offer to you is loyalty, and that's a great deal coming from me. There's a very clear line. I'll follow your requests, unless I feel that is against what is best for you. I hope you can accept something like that, because I'm afraid that's the most you'll get from me."
Needless to say, this was offering very little to his mind. He always tried to act in the interests of those around him, even if that meant he had to take a path they couldn't expect. It'd basically just be him acting like himself.
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Post by Tamamo on Feb 20, 2016 22:24:39 GMT
"Tch..." Tamamo let her true nature be exposed for half a second after showing disgust towards EMIYA as he backed off. He wouldn't escape from her now, she won't let him. Luckily for her, he didn't back off from her far enough, she leaped forward wrapping her arms around his neck and crossing her legs around his waist making their weight together be enough to push him down against the couch. This was no longer "human" Tamamo acting, this was her animal side kicking in and giving in to being nice again. She finally had him in her grasp and her Charm now acting more efficiently because of the way she attached herself to him.
"You will do as I say, EMIYA, you have no choice but obey!" Her fangs grew as she bit his shoulder, her nails holding tightly on his back and her legs locked around his waist. He was trapped now. "Do you get it?! You will obey me!" Though... there was something rather strange about Tamamo. She could probably excuse her actions by saying that it was all part of making her charm have an effect, but she was not trying to kill him nor harm him "much". She was still being violent, but her grasp didn't mean evil intentions on him... She definitively looked like she didn't want to let go off him at all but was that all necessary?
"This is bad... I let them out again unconsciously..." Her feelings, kicking in and trying bypass her cold/evil mask. This was already bad enough, her body was tightly pressed against his and anyone with half a brain would easily tell what's going on... But of course Tamamo wouldn't admit it, this was nothing but pride and admitting whatever feeling she had was simply unthinkable... She couldn't do anything but look away as she held on her bite, this time clearly lightening it so it wouldn't hurt him as much. Not that she cared about him at all, but it just didn't feel like it was the right thing to do at the moment. "Am I getting soft now...? Tch... Tch... As soon as he pulls me away again, I'll kick him off and get over it..."
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Post by emiya on Feb 20, 2016 22:46:01 GMT
"What the!?" Contrary to anything he expected from the "personalities" she had shown him before, Tamamo outright jumped at me, clinging onto me in a situation that would be incredibly vulgar if it weren't so threatening. That same pressure came back...and this time, it felt as if my physical energy was beginning to be sapped as well...I finds himself pushed back by the weight, leaning against the wall of Tamamo's room.
"Grk..." I let out a small bit of pain as my shoulder is bit...but that was strange enough on it's own. Whether as the charming young girl or the dominatrix, both sides of her I saw wouldn't go this far...it was supporting the idea that this was a deeper personality...perhaps the more real one? Her cries that I must obey her seemed at odds with the lightening intensity of her bite, kept as more of a bit of a hold rather than any attempt to injure or hurt.
"Tamamo...please, get off me. I won't leave, but if you don't get off me before this magic drains me, I'm going to have to force myself off. If you remove the charm, I'll let you stay like this."
Beyond the faked defenselessness and vulnerability I could see through to an extent, my instincts were telling me that this time, it was real, at least to an extent. Similar to when she told me her name. It would be bad if I invited either of the other "hers" back at this point...I'd have to make some concessions to try and make peace with her. If she didn't go part of the way herself, if she continued to drain me, I wasn't sure if I had a choice but to force her off, though.
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Post by Tamamo on Feb 22, 2016 14:52:22 GMT
Just what was going on? Her plan was perfect, he was supposed to push her away but he didn't... Why? Why wouldn't he do it? What's going on in his mind? Was he actually planning to catch her off guard and then take advantage of her? But he didn't even seem like he would be the kind of servant that would try and do such things. Tamamo blinked and her eyes went back to normal, the situation however... was turning awkward.
"!!!"
So, the fox-girl was now on EMIYA's lap, holding tightly against him and with her fangs pressed on his skin. The charm wouldn't be a good excuse this time and she was running out of options "..." She looked away confused and a bit scared, what would he think about her now? what if he told others about the things she's doing in her room? Would she be exposed as a pervert now?!
"Cof cof" She quickly let go of his shoulder and poorly simulated a bad act of coughing. She then moved off EMIYA and sat in the other side of the couch, picking up the sake cup that she brought not so long ago and pouring it with sake to drink from it... Just as if nothing happened.
"Gulp gulp... haah!" She refreshed her throat and although deep inside of her she was dying of embarrassment, this was just not something she could let slide so easily... She had to turn things around quickly and re-gain the image of her that she's been trying to hard to be known for.
"Shirou Emiya, you come to my house as my guest... You dare touch me inappropriately..." She hid her tail after those words, not daring to look at him in the eyes and closing hers to avoid any kind of eye contact, her voice now sounding very serious and a bit too over exaggerating "...And then somehow fool me to get me to hold onto you in my own house!" Yes, the lies all over making her sound like the victim in this situation and EMIYA as some kind of perpetrator "...If I had been any more careless... Who would know what you could have done to me?!" Her tail barely hidden couldn't help but wag around in amusement. Her counter action plan was on foot already and he probably won't be able to stop her now "Whatever you say won't matter now! I shall let everyone know the kind of person you are and what are you able to do to inoffensive, beautiful and lonely girls like me!".
The Charm severed again after she removed herself from him and with it, all possible ways to control him physically, instead, she decided to change onto verbal fighting... After all, Tamamo wouldn't give up so easily now that they have gone this far.
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Post by emiya on Feb 22, 2016 17:48:30 GMT
It seemed like the woman that had found herself clinging to me had finally come to her senses. At first, I wonder what I should do. Attempts to calm her could easily be taken as far to the wrong as my simple pat on her head. I didn’t want to push her off if he could avoid it, as it could doubtlessly be construed similarly as when I had “touched her tail” earlier. It’s a relief to me, then, as Tamamo feigns coughing, and gets off of him.
As she sits down she drinks some sake, perhaps in an attempt to calm herself after her outburst? In any event, she seems to be rather more composed after she drinks...I get a bad feeling, and take a few steps towards the door before I hear her words. Threats to try and reassert herself, to try and make her back into the “Master” position that she had been in. I sigh, glad to hear that the pressure was off fo me again, at least over my magical energy. This was far more into my area of expertiese.
“Tamamo, if that is what you feel you must do to defend your honor, I cannot say otherwise.” I concede that plainly, she was free to spout whatever delusions she wished, and even to try to make other people believe them. However, I do continue. “If you do not wish to listen to me, I can’t stop you...but is this really something you want to do? Not to mention the fact that, in such a situation, it will necessarily be your word against mine...you run the risk of mine being more believable.” I sigh slightly. “Though, perhaps a fabrication would be more believable than truth…”
I rub my temple at her last statement. Inoffensive? Could she seriously believe that? “I would rather find a way to avoid potentially harming either of our reputations.” I smirk slightly. “While I would defend myself if you placed me in such a situation...I don't want to have people looking down on an inoffensive, beautiful, and perhaps lonely woman such as yourself." I was losing track of my objective...she was fun to tease, when she was off-balance.
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Post by Tamamo on Feb 24, 2016 11:58:54 GMT
His words one after the other seemed so carefully chosen that they left almost no chance for her to fight back, she was losing herself, her composure and even her masks on him and that had to stop soon for her own sake. Something that started off as a good plan was quickly turning on against her, this was a bad situation for her but luckily for Tamamo, EMIYA didn't seem to be the kind to take the direct approach nor take advantage of his strength towards her.
"What should I do now?... I must drive him off my apartment quickly without him noticing that I'm losing it... then I have to spread rumors about his attempts on attacking me... uhhh but he's still here and next to me... What to do....."
With little time for her to react, EMIYA's words aiming to tease her broke her easily. She couldn't help but blush looking at him in shock and showing him her embarrassed face, then quickly turning to the other side as she realized she just showed him weakness. "Oh no, oh no, oh no! H-he just... He was flirting with me and I couldn't say anything back!?" More and more, the red on her face would be easily spotted by anyone who stared at her directly "Just what's going on now? Is he using a trick? How is he turning things around me now? I must do something quickly!"
"S-Shirou Emiya!! Y-you are not welcome in my house anymore! You speak nonsense and use my own words against me!" Still, she couldn't face him at all, doing so would mean that she'd be taking defeat and not being able to defend against it. "I-I order you to get out of my apartment at once!.. A-and that's an order!" She then held onto her tail, using the end of it to cover her face from the embarrassment and not yet she was now repeating herself over and over, that was the least she could do in order to defend herself from him.
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Post by emiya on Feb 24, 2016 17:38:01 GMT
The reaction I received was far more than I expected could possibly happen. Was this really happening? Or was this all some insane dream that I'd wake up from? That'd certainly be an easier solution to the problem I was faced with, but I couldn't expect it. No, I had to try my hardest to resolve things in the current situation. And leaving now would leave things unresolved, and I don't think I want to leave things like this.
...Not to mention, she was reacting far too well. If only for the nostalgia, he couldn't leave things here.
"Nonsense? I merely do not wish to leave here on bad terms if I can avoid it. Is such a thing so hard to imagine? I apologize if you feel I am twisting your words, I just wish to make sure a lady as noble as yourself doesn't invite undue pain on herself by taking an action not fully thought of." I smirk slightly, but keep my voice even. "If I could help you in such a way, I would be delighted."
Her "Order," if it could even be called that, was something I felt no trouble in sweeping aside. Normally I wouldn't bother...but being fun to tease in addition to a very potent threat if I left her to herself was enough to convince me to remain. The fact that I had been searching frantically for a way to escape just a short while before was not lost on me, but the power had so clearly shifted in the situation, I'd indulge myself a bit. "If Ojou-sama truly wishes me to leave, then I will. However, I don't think I wish to do that. I don't want to leave you thinking I am a bad person, after all." I shake my head. "I don't think I could survive being despised by a woman such as yourself."
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Post by Tamamo on Feb 25, 2016 22:12:09 GMT
"Why? Why? Why? Why?!" Why is he even saying those words all of a sudden? not so long ago he was eager to leave and escape from my grasp and now somehow the situation turned around me... "What will I do now...?" Tamamo couldn't help but hold onto her tail and smuggle away from him as much as she could on the sofa, clearly trying to run away or attempting any kind of escape form from him would be pointless... Given he's a servant from the Archer class. What a mess of a situation now...
Tamamo needed to think straight for this one, things couldn't end like this. What if her true husband/wife came over and found her being flirted with? What would she tell them? What would she do? Her reputation was on risk, her plans were at risk, everything was on the edge now. "Is this how it ends now?" Tamamo still couldn't face EMIYA at all, he won, he actually won this dominance battle but her pride wouldn't allow her to admit it... It will all now depend on her poor acting (Poor due her feelings conflicting inside her).
"Y-yeah..." she nodded quite shyly "Y-You are not a bad person after all, in fact... You are a very very kind person!" She almost felt like biting her tongue, being forced to say such things yet unable to do anything about it frustrated her "S-So you can leave any time! It's fine!" Hopefully, he'll bite the bait and leave with her words of reassurance that everything was fine...But, the unexpected... His last words felt like an arrow hit through her chest, not like when she was alive but a feeling she would only get when starting to get attached to someone. "Why?.. Why is it that another Heroic Spirit is saying the words I am supposed to hear from my husband/wife?" She was in shock and unable to further speak to him, her face still red and her body no longer responding to her "Could it be...". From Tamamo's side, this was like entering a new world of thoughts where she had a lot of questions, yet nobody to answer them.
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Post by emiya on Feb 25, 2016 23:29:09 GMT
Her change of heart was both surprising and suspicious. For all I knew, Tamamo was simply telling me lies to try and get me out now that I'd taken the upper hand, and I was going to have to deal with a curse fired at my back the next day when she was able to take the advantage back. It was also possible that, while this was a lie, Tamamo had learned her lesson...but if this woman was as troublesome as she appeared, I couldn't count on that. So I had to be cautious, I had to make sure she could keep up this belief that there weren't problems now.
"It makes me very happy to hear you say that, Tamamo. However...forgive me for not being able to take you at your word." I decide to take the honest approach. "You showered me with praise before, and I had merely sought to return some of the affection you gave me earlier by patting your head, when I found myself on the floor, crushed underneath your foot." That memory still stung slightly...how had I let myself get so unaware? "And while I apologize again for those poor manners...I can't help but question the terms I'm on with you."
I sigh. "I hope you can forgive my need to be more secure, Tamamo-ojousama." Smiling, I try to make the mood lighter...though surely something that would cause her consternation if she was still hiding a desire to do him harm. "If possible, I would like to make some happier memories during our time together, to help balance the ones that did not turn out well. I hope such a request isn't too unreasonable."
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Post by Tamamo on Feb 26, 2016 0:48:32 GMT
"No no no no no no no no no no no no no" Tamamo couldn't help but shake her head in denial over and over trying to avoid listening to EMIYA but that was pointless. She grew so fond of listening to him that this time she heard every single word he said and with it feeling besieged in her own mind. "I have no choice, I must curse him again and turn things in my favor" That was it, the moment of truth, Tamamo focused her Mana through her body and again attempted to cast the deadly curse she used on him when they first met.
"It's over, Shirou Emiya." She said while regaining her composure "You might have had the advantage now bu-" The moment she turned to face him she saw him smiling at her, his words still echoing in her mind "His eyes... his smile... so handsome..." she lost it again, her face turning red again and her Mana dissipating as she lost concentration "I can't... I.. I... I must leave quickly!" she shook her head in an attempt to break through and this time, decided to look away. Facing him was far too dangerous for her right now.
"The door..." She thought while glancing over her apartment door. If she could be fast enough, she would be able to leave her place and probably hide from him. Just enough time for her to regain her composure and face him again. "E-eek! Is that a rat behind you?!" She poorly exclaimed in a last attempt to distract him, her eyes barely keeping up to look past him and this being her only chance to escape. If EMIYA turned around to look, she would have an opening to break free and run off outside. If not, she would still attempt to do so without saying a word. Either way, she was already prepared.
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