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thecapitol2013-09-26 02:35 pm
vissernone) wrote in thecapitol2013-09-26 02:35 pm
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All I Want is to Be Your Harbor [Closed]
Who| Eva and Eponine, Eva and Timaeus, Eva and Eridan
What| Business as usual in Evatown. Team momming all up ins.
Where| Timaeus' penthouse, a Capitol cafe and the District 3 Suite.
When| Before the Aliens plot.
Warnings/Notes| Sexual abuse and prostitution in Eponine's thread.
She makes a point of checking on Eponine, bringing a little gift with her each time. She never presents it, but she always leaves it where the girl can't possibly mistake it for someone else's. Today it's a fine silk scarf, folded up into her pocket, with embroidery of elephants and birds on it. Not anything Eva would ever be interested in wearing, but the colors will look nice with Eponine's eyes.
She mostly wants to subtly remind Eponine that someone's watching out for her, that someone would notice if she tried to run again. She has no inclination to explore Eponine's romantic relationships, and as such won't rely on them. She needs to keep an eye on the girl herself.
And so every few days, she's at Eponine's District 3 door, patiently waiting.
-/-
By noon she's making another visit, this time to the winding labyrinths of Panemian penthouses. It's a path she knows well, and the people have seen her here often enough, since she was just a teenager with saggy skin around her belly.
It sickens her, to use Timaeus as her safe harbor. She isn't sure when the roles reversed, but sometime in the last year her tide of alcohol and bad decisions pulled her out to sea and washed him to the shore. It's not that she hates to rely on others, although she loathes that as well; it's that she should be taking care of him, as she did when he was just a child.
But she knows it cheers him up to visit, and he seems a bit out of sorts lately. She doesn't respect it, but she loves him, and so she coddles his melodramatic angst as best she can. And as such she shows up at his door every few days, having done her best to hide the injuries, to carry herself with a pride she has to artificially inflate.
Sometimes she just tells him that her back hurts when she slouches.
-/-
The bombing interrupted her prior plans with Eridan, and she imagined that the last thing the young Victor wanted to see of one of his favorite Mentors was her bruised and bloodied face. It's only once the piss-yellow of the bruises finally fade that she reschedules for their coffee date, for her attempt to give him advice. The whole affair seems rather laughable now. She should be the last person to be giving advice.
She arrives early, as always, and sits in the back of the cafe. Capitol citizens tend to give her a wide berth these days, although the clip in her hair, a beautiful glittering piece made of what appears to be a bird with its neck conspicuously broken, seems to attract some stray glances. She drums her fingers on her coffee mug and sucks the inside of her cheek as she waits, cursing her punctuality for always making her worry she's been stood up.
What| Business as usual in Evatown. Team momming all up ins.
Where| Timaeus' penthouse, a Capitol cafe and the District 3 Suite.
When| Before the Aliens plot.
Warnings/Notes| Sexual abuse and prostitution in Eponine's thread.
She makes a point of checking on Eponine, bringing a little gift with her each time. She never presents it, but she always leaves it where the girl can't possibly mistake it for someone else's. Today it's a fine silk scarf, folded up into her pocket, with embroidery of elephants and birds on it. Not anything Eva would ever be interested in wearing, but the colors will look nice with Eponine's eyes.
She mostly wants to subtly remind Eponine that someone's watching out for her, that someone would notice if she tried to run again. She has no inclination to explore Eponine's romantic relationships, and as such won't rely on them. She needs to keep an eye on the girl herself.
And so every few days, she's at Eponine's District 3 door, patiently waiting.
-/-
By noon she's making another visit, this time to the winding labyrinths of Panemian penthouses. It's a path she knows well, and the people have seen her here often enough, since she was just a teenager with saggy skin around her belly.
It sickens her, to use Timaeus as her safe harbor. She isn't sure when the roles reversed, but sometime in the last year her tide of alcohol and bad decisions pulled her out to sea and washed him to the shore. It's not that she hates to rely on others, although she loathes that as well; it's that she should be taking care of him, as she did when he was just a child.
But she knows it cheers him up to visit, and he seems a bit out of sorts lately. She doesn't respect it, but she loves him, and so she coddles his melodramatic angst as best she can. And as such she shows up at his door every few days, having done her best to hide the injuries, to carry herself with a pride she has to artificially inflate.
Sometimes she just tells him that her back hurts when she slouches.
-/-
The bombing interrupted her prior plans with Eridan, and she imagined that the last thing the young Victor wanted to see of one of his favorite Mentors was her bruised and bloodied face. It's only once the piss-yellow of the bruises finally fade that she reschedules for their coffee date, for her attempt to give him advice. The whole affair seems rather laughable now. She should be the last person to be giving advice.
She arrives early, as always, and sits in the back of the cafe. Capitol citizens tend to give her a wide berth these days, although the clip in her hair, a beautiful glittering piece made of what appears to be a bird with its neck conspicuously broken, seems to attract some stray glances. She drums her fingers on her coffee mug and sucks the inside of her cheek as she waits, cursing her punctuality for always making her worry she's been stood up.
Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
"Eva, you have been a mother to me - more so than my mother at home. And perhaps my heart goes to yours in a way I have not felt since I was a little girl and loved my mama and my papa very much. It's silly, isn't it? But... See! You make me smile when I am vexed. You help me wash when I am hurt - and you ask for nothing. That is a mother, no? Or am I wrong? You mustn't tell me a lie; you must tell me to - how is it? - buzz off!"
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But what does it matter, when Eponine may end up dead anyway? When she knows that going in?
"I'll make some inquiries. I can't promise anything, Eponine." She smudges her thumb against Eponine's cheek. "But if I have my way, my home will be yours too, alright?"
Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
"You'll take me away from here? You know, you make me feel like Cendrillon; you are like my fairy godmother and Howard is my handsome prince."
She snorts. "Perhaps I will only have a god-mother. But I suppose that won't be so bad."
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Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
She sits back, appraising Eva. "But I think you are beautiful. I don't think it is much coming from me, Madame, but it is a compliment anyway, isn't it?"
Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
She moves her hands from braiding Eponine's hair to calmly massaging the girl's hands and wrists. "It's a fine compliment for me. Thank you, dear."
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She smiles a little bit as Eva begins to massage her hands.
"I think I'm going to ask the stylists again if I can be left alone.It is nice to be beautiful, but you know, I don't feel quite like myself. I suppose you know, since you have been here for a hundred years."
She catches one of Eva's hands in her own, trying to copy Eva's massage techniques. "Do you think they'll let me? I do not think anyone will look at me if I am ugly."
Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
"I think we could spin it as a dramatic fashion statement, don't you?"
Re: [cw: sexual abuse]
Eponine has barely noticed that she's slipped from her formal 'Madame's when addressing Eva, but she likes it all the same. She continues to massage Eva's hands,oblivious to the idea that her touch might be uncomfortable. She imagines her touch to be similar to Eva's own, which, despite the strength in her grip - or perhaps because of it - has always been comforting to Eponine.