I13DT - After the Fire

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:37 pm

"There's no need to be sorry, love. You didn't do anything."

"We'll just add it to the list of things I don't know how to bloody handle," she sighs.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:42 pm

"It's been a rough week..." she says, turning towards Sam a bit on the couch and placing an arm around her shoulder.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:43 pm

"Aye. Suppose there's a certain irony in how much crow I've had to eat."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:54 pm

"Anything I can do to cheer you up?" she smiles slightly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:57 pm

"I don't know. I'm just... tired. Frustrated, aye?"

"Lately it feels like all of my instincts are pointing to blood and thunder, and it just isn't working out."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:16 pm

"I'm sorry if I made it worse." she says, glancing at the small altar. "I just thought it'd be some harmless fun..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:18 pm

"Stop blaming yourself, love. I'm the one who's not coping. I'll get sorted."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:26 pm

"So you feel being the Morrigan isn't helping..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:30 pm

"It's not helping right now, because the impulses are bloody barbaric. I'm spinning my wheels."

"I'm not certain there's a right way to take any of this, mind."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:35 pm

"Have you considered trying to push this the other way? Redefining what the Morrigan means? It doesn't just have to be about the dead and barbaric combat."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:38 pm

"I don't even really know where to begin."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:42 pm

"You're the goddess. Someone asks you for help in a bar brawl you tell them only if they don't fight dirty. The libation of scotch worked, so you clearly have a say in this somehow."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:45 pm

"That's... I think that's already happening on some level, I just don't know how it helps."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:52 pm

"By turning that divine aggression into something else. Divine... kindness and mercy. You're a triple goddess, you can be both!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:46 pm

"I am what I am, love. I don't think it'll ever be bunnies and rainbows."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:49 pm

"Of course not. I wouldn't want you to be either. But there's more to the Morrigan than just Badb."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:54 pm

"Of course not. Nemain is the one that feels the needs, the pleas. Macha weighs things."

"It's just that Badb more or less is a big bundle of impulses, so if there's anyone who gets encouraged..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:02 pm

"Maybe you need to try and move this away from something that's just an impulse?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:06 pm

"Nnh. Perhaps. It's not as if there's ever been much opportunity to figure this shite out."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:09 pm

"Right? As much as I question Mira's methods, maybe she's on to something."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:15 pm

Samantha quirks a brow.

"Mira's methods how?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:22 pm

"Well we might have made a bet on whether you'd like being treated more like a goddess..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:24 pm

"...oh, bloody fantastic," she grumbles.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:28 pm

"For what it's worth, I said you wouldn't like it and I stopped when you got the news about Melpomene. But you clearly did enjoy it some."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:29 pm

"That's not the point."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:33 pm

"Then what is?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:34 pm

"That I don't appreciate being someone's wager?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:38 pm

"I'm sorry, it wasn't fair to you. I just thought it'd be fun and... well I was glad that I was managing to reconnect with Mira on some level."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:40 pm

"You certainly were," she says, shaking her head and getting up, walking over towards a window.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 pm

"That's not... Oh come on, Sam!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:45 pm

"That's not what I meant either," she says, opening the window.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:49 pm

"What do you want me to do? Apologize again?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:51 pm

"No, I want you to figure it out. You're good at that."

"I'm getting some air."

The flock erupts out the window, leaving Samantha's business clothes behind.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:56 pm

"Well good job, Morrigan, you're picking up on her schtick already!" Nailah shouts after the flock before slamming the window shut.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:22 pm

Awhile later, though not an obscene hour, there's a knock at the door.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:24 pm

"Forgot something?" she asks as she opens the door, trying not to sound smug.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:25 pm

"You know, I honestly didn't expect you to keep the window open for me in November."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:34 pm

"Right. That wasn't at all because I was frustrated and petty." she smiles wryly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:34 pm

"I just... needed to blow off steam, really."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:01 pm

"And I am sorry. I didn't do this because I thought I knew what was best for you."

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