Jul 12 12:22:30 107 PA - Sage in hiding after slug death
From Chronicles
Logfile from Rifts.
The current game time is: Wed Jul 12 12:22:30 107 PA.
OOC: Note: The following scene happens after the slug has been killed and comes back into herself and having found herself in the middle of baking things for the dinner gathering with evil intentions.
Raleigh's Retreat - Caliopa's Room
A soft knock is made on the door.
Having come back into herself to find unnerving evidence around her of something not right, Sage had remained within the apartment. When the knock comes, she edges tentatively towards the door. A couple breathes are taken before she simply chooses to speak through the door. "Yes?" She asks.
"Its me." Tirzah replies back equally softly. "I've got some food and tea. Imagine you could use some familiarity."
An uneasy sigh comes before she begins to open the door, before Sage peeks her head out to consider Tirzah. "Are you...?" She chokes back her question before hanging her head a little. She lets the door open before wandering away from the door a little dejectedly. She's dressed up as if she's been doing cooking with an apron. Her hands, arms and even her face are a little dirty. The bracelet doesn't seem to be there on her wrist, though. There's also her new dress and purse that on a draped over one of the chairs.
"Its all Cel's fault so you can just put all that self doubt aside. Rest assured she was vital in restoring you." Tirzah offers with comfort as she follows behind Sage, softly closing the door behind her. "Would you like some tea while I run a bath for you?"
A sigh comes again, "But, you're going to tell me that I'm not your air anymore." Sage says quietly before she gives a sad glance towards Tirzah. "At least it seems you'll be nice about it..." Then she looks towards the finished baked goods she's piled up. "Why else would I be making so many... 'special' recipes?" She fingers a stack of cookies. "The bath would be nice, though."
Tirzah scoffs, shaking her head. "Because some slug took your mind and lost your bracelet? It was not my air, so fate took the bracelet from it while it had you. But its gone now, you are my air, bracelet or not, and fate will bring what is truely yours back to you." Tirzah explains, moving to the kitch to see if there are nay cups left here. "I imagine it was having make those to bring more into its thrall. Perhaps they can still be of use?" Tirzah muses with a devilish smirk.
"I don't remember..." Sage comments simply, "I do remember a sense of ... being crippled, though." She comments before finally settling into a chair. Then she glances to the dress and purse. "And, I don't know who left those..." She makes a gesture towards them. She almost doesn't seem to hear Tirzah's words or perhaps they just don't fully sink in. As for the kitchen, it seems to be minimally stocked aside from the ingredients she was using to bake for the dinner while still a thrall. Enough for a some comfort if she should drop by to visit the apartment. "Hm?" She asks as she rouses from her thoughtfulness for a moment. "Well, if you want to feel a little too happy... I suggest the cookies."
Tirzah smirks, pulling the thermus from her satchel and making Sage a cup of tea in a clean measuring cup. "Sounds like you could use one then." She jokes as she takes the cup to Sage. She also pulls out a fresh and huge sandwich from the deli. "Rasputin says hi too." She relays with a gentle hug before moving away to see about the bath.
A small snort is Sage's response to the cookie, "In that case, I may keep the other things a surprise." She says quietly, mostly to herself. A faint flicker of a curl comes to her lips but it doesn't last long. She takes the cup with a considering glance at the choice of containers, but murmurs a 'thank you' as she takes it. She pauses at the sandwich, watching it hungrily as she'd been cooking things she shouldn't be eating for a while. A tentative embrace is returned, "I should go visit him at some point." She comments before turning her attention to the food and drink left for her.
For several minutes Tirzah is absent as she sees to the bath. Before long though enticingly sweet smells state to drift from there to tease the senses. Perhaps making the sour smells of dirt and grim all the more noticeable out there. The door opens and vapor wafts out as trizah emergys in a silk red bath gown. She holds a soft blue over her arm, looking to Sage expectantly.
When she notices that Tirzah isn't in sight, Sage falls upon the sandwich like a hungry wolf. She isn't messy, but she isn't refine either in her approach. She washes some mouthfuls down with the tea. She slowly begins to feel better, even if there's still some troubling things that will need to be sorted out. It takes a moment before the sweet smells begin to register with her. She tilts her head slightly and scents the air. Her gaze considers her partner when she exits. Selfishly she pauses a moment to finish off the last bit of sandwich before she starts to rise from her chair. There's a stiffness from her hours of baking but she slowly begins to move over towards Tirzah waits. She is a little reluctant to take the gown as her hands are still a bit dirty from her untidiness brought on by the shock of suddenly finding herself in the middle of a task she didn't remember starting.
Tirzah wont press Sage to get in the robe just to gout out of it again for the bath. Its more of a reminder of the goodness she will feel after the bath when she does don it. Gently and slowly she'll help Sage out of the messy clothes. Taking as long as Sage needs and awlays whispering sweet things about how grateful Tirzah is to have Sage back.
When her partner begins to help her out of the clothing, Sage aids in the effort. Her gaze considers the other woman as she listens to the words being offered. When her final bit of clothing is about to drop off, she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath before she lets it fall and heads towards the bath without any true need of coaxing.
The bath is very hot, the edge of Sage's tolerance that experience has taught Tirzah to a science. As such it must be gotten into quite slowly, but the effect it has to help one relax is worth the time. Its perfumes are soothing and mild, giving the water a slightly oily texture. Its a true cleansing, just in time. Tirzah sets the blue bathrobe aside as she follow Sage into the bathroom. A towle is alread in place for Tirzah to kneel on but for the moment she waits, lending Sage support to slowly sink into the bath before looking to her own comfort.
The temperature noted and the stiffness she feels causes Sage to move slowly into the bath. She groans softly as she begins to slip further and further into the water until she's into a more normal bathing position. A sigh escapes her lips as she closes her eyes and just lays still to enjoy the warming sensation as her body becomes used to it.
With Sage settled Tirzah kneels down and places a bar of osap and silk cloth with Sage's grasp should she wish to take part as well. Tirzah takes another bar and cloth and moves to see to Sage's feet first. Her hands are frim and warm as they see to wroking the dirt and tension out of Sage's elegant feet. She's automaticly careful not to tickle them as Tirzah's feet are her most vulnerable spot.
Once handed the items, Sage takes a moment before soaking bliss doesn't quite override the dirty feeling she has. She washes off her hands first to get that out of the way before lathering up the cloth to do her arms. Working back towards her face before she can consider moving towards her torso. "I was going to ask you to look through the purse to see who's it is... but, you seem to be doing a good enough job at the moment, I think I'll keep you here for now."
Tirzah snickers with an appreiciative nod. "I'm happy to please you mistress." She replies in jest, feeling so much better saying that to Sage and not Leonard. Once shes done the feet she'll slowly work up the ankles and into the calves chasing all the tension and dirt away. She eyes the water carefully, ready to take a break for a fesh basin if need be. "I would say it was the slug's purse. It bought it forits pruposes."
A brief threat of flicked water is offered to the jest, before Sage goes back to cleaning herself. She quickly does her neck before moving onto her chest and lower to her stomach. "Well, perhaps we should look through the purse later.. just in case." She comments before shrugging faintly.
Tirzah nods in agreement. "Yep we can review all that so you are clear it was not you. I cant imagine how violated you feel from this. Your lack of awareness during its control is perhaps the only blessing. I dont think I would be as calm about it as you." Tirzah explains with sympathy as she make it the Sage's knees.
"You were not here before..." Sage notes, "If I am but a crippled air now, there is not much I can do now... I will need to meditate for some time, I think." She adds before falling into silence for a moment. She moves her cloth to lather up her inner thigh-area to allow Tirzah to help keep the potential awkwardness from coming from massaging that particular area.
Tirzah nods, looking unsure what esle to say to Sage to let her know she hasnt betrayed them. "As always, you have al the time, and everything else you need. As you guide me I support you. I'll lift you up to wherever you need to be." Tirzah offers with resolve and emphasis, trailing off as her washing reachs Sage's thighs and becomes hesitant. She looks to Sage, desire in her eyes.
Noticing the hesitation, Sage begins to clean the rest of her thigh area as if to resolve the issue. "How long was I gone?" She asks simply, "And, did... anyone I know get hurt?" She adds, before sitting up as if to invite the cleaning of her back.
Tirzah nods slightly, refusing to show any dissappointment from the decision as she quickly moves to Sage's back. "I dont think so. The creature was pretty good about keeping people intact that and we didnt want to harm anyone infected. I have to talk to the group that killed it yet to see how they made out. but I'm confident they did fine." Tirzah relates, starting scrup and massage Sage's back.
"I guess that explains why the special ingredients I found were mostly harmless in nature." Sage comments, "But, you didn't answer how long." She adds softly before closing her eyes once more as she feels her patner scrub away at her back.
"About a week." Tirzah says, realizing Sage has truly not moved since she found herself here. "I would have held you at the apartment to ensure you didnt do anything untoward but we actually needed you to venture out and do your bake sale. The slug had eveyone preparing the park for you, it gave the team the much needed opportunity."
Sage ahs softly, "I guess my villianous career ended before it truly began then." She replies with faint humour in her tone. "I suppose it is just as well." She adds with a faint smile to herself before shs shrugs.
Tirzah nods encouragingly. "It is indeed. I pride myself with being the only one to know you're truly naughty side. It'd be a shame to have to find something else exclusive to replace that." Tirzah notes with a slight giggle as she finishes Sage's back. Still wanting to comeofrt Sage she sets the sopa and cloth down to massage Sage's neck and shoulders. "Feeling any better?"
"I could have been a naughty villianess for all you know." Sage teases lightly as she leans back to rest herself back against the tub. She gives a soft sigh of contentment as her shoulders and neck receive a massage. "Getting better." She replies simply, before pursing her lips. "I'd offer you a treat... but I think they will all come with a side-effect." She murmurs with a little musing.
"Maybe you'll make me a better one then." Tirzah suggests as Sage leans back, shifting to sit beside her and rub her partner's tummy contentedly. "I'm sorry for letting you go there. Do you think I should have kept you?"
"Then again, perhaps I should see what you think of a certain combination." Sage muses to herself. She shifts a little bit to be able to look at her partner more easily. "Mistakes were made... but how else do we learn?" She asks simply, rather than answering the question.
Tirzah nods solemnly, partly agreeing. "Just hard to say which lesson was learned for me. On the one hand I lt you go out and it worked out in the end and provided you with experience, if not the good kind. On the other hand I got to see where blind faith can lead. It was an unsettling ordeal for me with only make me marvel more at your composure."
Reaching out of the tub, Sage reaches over to touch her partner's cheek. "I will give you one compromise... at a possible price." She comments before she notices that her hands are starting to get wrinkly. She begins to rise out of the tub, dripping water from her naked body. "But, first, let me get out of this tub before I turn into a prune."
Tirzah snickers and nods, rising to grab a big fluffy towel for Sage. She then goes about gently patting her parterner unil ths is quite throughly dry.
Once she's out of the tub and dried, Sage slips out of the towel to grab the silky gown that was offered to her before the bath to slip into. She glances back to Tirzah, "Perhaps we should see to the purse first... just to keep you waiting." She grins faintly before she begins to move towards the door to the rest of the apartment.
Tirzah shrugs to show she's willing to go along iwth whatever and opens the door for Sage to follow her out into the apartment. She strays from Sage's path momentarily to look in the kitchen again and find two real cups for more tea, rejoining Sage with them full.
Sage settles down into a chair before tentatively taking up the purse. She eyes it for a moment before unzipping it and dumping it carefully onto the far side of the table. A lush red lipstick comes out among other things. There's even a flash of shiny medal as things clatter to the table.
Tirzah smiles not missing the shiny flash for a moment as she immediately reaches to confirm her suspicions. "What do we have here?" She asks with a pleased tone.
It appears even infected Sage knew that the bracelet had some value as its dug out of the mixture of other items. Her gaze moves to the find, surprise lighting her features. "It appears I was belatedly right about you taking it back." She comments with a slightly light tone, before taking up her own tea. After taking a sip, she reaches to take the lipstick to uncap it and roll it out to see the lush red colour. "Is this me?" She asks, glancing back to her partner.
Tirzah eyes the red carefully before shaking her head. "You've never hit me as the makeup kind of girl, you dont need it. I imagine the slug got it because it was insecure with you and needed an artificial barrier to give it more control." She muses as she moves to gently pull Sages wrist out and put the charm back where it belongs.
"Perhaps it would look better on you then?" Sage asks with an ambiguous tone with a raised brow before she sips from her tea to hide her lips lest something about their set would give her partner a clue to what she meant. She takes a moment, "Now, then, which would you like to hear first... the compromise or the price..."
Tirzah shrugs. "The compromise, I'm usre the price will be immaterial." Tirzah says without hesitation. Though it does draw momentaroy pause from Tirzah's actions to make the answer with firm eye contact before looking back to securely claps the charm to Sage's wrist.
"If it will ease your mind, I will let you - when possible - to inspect myself or escorts to make sure we're not obviously unprepared." Sage comments, "So that I don't have to spend my life locked away in your apartment." She adds with a faint look of amusement. Her gaze shifts to the charm attached to her wrist. She moves her other hand over to lightly finger it.
Tirzah snickers at the comprimise with a shake of her head. "Ok, maybe I was being a bit extreme with my reaction there. But honestly I expected better from Cel. I cant imagine what she was thinking to allow things to go as they did. You wont be locked away in my apartment. I'll just have to find a better escort or do it myself when the situation necessitates one."
"It could have been handled better by all of us, I'm sure." Sage replies softly, before she rises her mug to sip from her tea once more. "Now then, I think there may need to be something done to make me feel more worthy of this once more..." She gestures to her charm before she pauses, "But, I think its time for you to decide which one of us eats a special treat... each one has a compromising effect it seems."
Tirzah consider that for a moment before making a slight nod. "Alright, we'll play a game then." She decides before clearing the table of the purse contents all except the lipstick which she uncaps and places in the center. "Whomever it stops spinning at has to eat a cookie and admit something in relation to this ordeal. We'll go until we're comfortable with the state of the world or to far gone to care." She explains and then sends the lipstick spinning
"A game, hm?" Sage asks, before she watches which object is pulled out of the purse contents. "It could be even more interesting with one of the other items... perhaps another option could be a potential bonus round then." She comments before watching the lipstick spin until it points at Tirzah. She can't help but get a little smile going at that.
Tirzah looks to the cookies prepared, perusing carefully a good one. After a bit of indecision she settles on one the looks to have chocolate in it. "Leonard caught me and dominated me after he got infected." She admits, looking to see what else was in the purse at Sage's mention.
Other womanly accessories like perfume, make-up compact with mirror with other more potentially chilling items like quick dissolve pills. Sage raises a brow faintly at the admission before allowing a faint smile to blossom. "Does that mean we'll have to tag team him like the earlier days of his being around?" She asks with a light tone, before she picks up the lipstick to spin as Tirzah rifles through the contents of the purse.
Tirzah shrugs, finishing the cookie without any qualms. "I tore up one side of him and down the other when I was released. Was downright dum the way he allowed it to happen." She says before selecting a cinammin frosted shortbread cookie this time. She pauses before her spin looking to Sage. "That an adequate admittance?"
"Perhaps we wont have to... since he may run at the sight of you now." Sage muses before pursing her lips before nodding. "Not sure how he was captured, but I guess he didn't have a good plan either." She shrugs faintly before nodding to the question. "It will do."
Tirzah nods and spins the lipstck again to find it pointing at her again. "Hmm apparently I have a lot to admit to tonight.." She notes as she takes up a birdsnest cookie. "Part of me liked the total domination Leonard used, but only if i imagined you in his place." Yep those cookies are starting to work.
An amused grin comes to Sage's lips as she sees the lipstick coming to a stop on Tirzah once more. She doesn't really try to hide it besides raising her tea once more to her lips. She nearly spits out the tea a moment later, but fortunately has the cup near her mouth should it happen. "Any confessions that don't involve Leonard?" She inquires with a raised brow. She eyes the lipstick as she picks it up. "Should we switch to one of the other treats if this keeps up?" She asks softly before she goes to spin it once more.
"What else do we got? Tirzah asks before taking another chocolate cookie and biting into it. "I wanted to summon and elemental and kill the slug but didnt because I knew people would get hurt." She admits before reaching to spin the lipstick again. This game is not wroking out as she envisioned..
Sage has to bite her lip lightly to keep from chuckling as the lipstick comes to point towards Tirzah once more. "I guess you could have done a lot of damage if you wanted to..." She comments, before falling quiet. She watches the lipstick spin once more before placing her hand over it when it points to her this time with a small smile. She chuckles silently before shaking her head. She reaches out to claim one of the shortbread cookies. "I should have tried to learn more before trying to see this... slug thing." She admits, before she begins to nibble on her cookie.
Tirzah shrugs at that, with a forgiving nod. "It seems to be a common flaw around here. Go ahead, spin me, I'm only feeling a little buzzed." She encourages with a smile.
While munching on her cookie, Sage goes to spin the lipstick once more. She watches it idly before tossing the rest of the cookie into her mouth when she sees where it ends up point. A smile spreading on her lips and her eyes sparkle a little as she turns her attention towards Tirzah once more.
Tirzah shrugs taking another sip of tea before picking up a peanut butter cookie. "And I would have done it anyway for you, but I knew you'd not be pleased by that." She admits, and reaches forward to spin again.
At the new admission, Sage's gaze considers her partner. The notion gives her expression a mix of fondness and concern in her eyes. The stakes could get high indeed if Tirzah were ever provoked into such action. She plays with the tea cup with her fingers as she waits for the lipstick to stop spinning once more. Seeing it fall onto Tirzah once more, she gives a soft smile. "I think you should move onto the brownies now... you'll probably get too happy at this rate."
Tirzah nods, taking a brownie instead as she considers what else she has to admit. "I think you were treating yourself to hard at first but you seem to be doing better now." She says, trying that out with a wavering eye to Sage's expression. Then she reaches and spins again.
Sage purses her lips and tilts her head slightly as she considers the new admission. She smiles faintly a moment later she realizes this game didn't need to be a ground breakingly insightful one. When she sees the lipstick is pointing towards her, she hms softly, "Brownie or cookie?" She asks as her hand reaches out to claim her turn. "I started to think about turning back when I saw what the mansion was like... escort or no."
"The brownies are excellent, take one." Tirzah tells finishing hers. "I imagine Celaeno just couldn't resist seeing how far she'd get. And I thought I was cocky."
Smiling, Sage takes up a brownie and eats it slowly as she knows what the effect of this one is even if Tirzah doesn't realize yet. She spins it once more, before getting an amused look at seeing what the result of the new spinning is.
Tirzah takes another brownie without complaint and eats it a quickly as she did the last one. Of course half a dozen cookies have had their way with her inhibitions so shes too blissful to notice the caution in Sage. Her nipples stiffen under her rilk robe and she considers what else to admit. "I feel dirty wondering what it would be like to control you as the slug did." She says then reaches to spin the lipstick.
With only one cookie into her system, Sage isn't quite as free of her inhibitions as her partner. She does notice the way that the other woman is rather quick on eating the brownie. She doesn't look for signs of the brownies having effect, though. She frowns faintly at the new admission, but decides to pass it off as an effect of the 'cheerful cookies'. She picks up another brownie as the lipstick is pointing her way, she idly wonders how much longer this game can possibly last. "I think I may need to work on close-quarters fighting techniques..." She comments, trying not to make it sound too.. suggestive given their current course. She begins to eat the second brownie, but as she begins to finish it ... its hard not to eat it a little faster.
Tirzah nods in agreement with Sage. "Shall we spar more often then? Our last time was pretty insightful." She reminds, recalling that bout with a smirk. She then licks her lips, looking around hungrily.
"Perhaps we should..." Sage replies, before licking her lips herself to make sure she got all of the brownie. She picks up the lipstick once more, "One more spin?" She asks, her breathing a little more rapid and there's an almost lazy quality to her smile.
Tirzah nods with another lick of her lips. "Mmm yeah, finish me off and we can go home. We can let Erica come get the cookies and such. I'm sure she'll enjoy them." She says, inuendo quite obvious in her tone.
Spinning the lipstick, Sage makes it spin a few extra turns in her added effort. She eyes the result, with a small satisfied smile. She picks up the brownie. "I guess I can let her have some..." She then proceeds to tease Tirzah with the way she slowly eats the brownie with sensuous air to it. Her eyes slide shut as her free hand strays to rub her chest provocatively before giving a faint throat noise. "Promise me it wont take long to get home..." She manages to get out once she tries to pull herself back from the urgency that rises within her.
"I'm sure i can break a records for you Sage." Tirzah replies, rising to lead Sage to the door and her hovercycle beyond. Completely oblivious to their current state of dress, but it is summer after all.
