There Came A Knocking At My Door... [Gerhardt]
04-16-2013, 05:01 PM
Again, he surprised her, admitting even his own kingdom had its flaws, such words would have never fell from her pseudo-fathers jowls. For all intents and purposes he may as well have been a God, never wrong, never inhibited, every word that fell from his mouth was law, the wounds upon her flesh, she should feel honored that he inflicted him... the urge to snarl caught her suddenly, she suppressed it. For a brief moment she wished she had killed him before she had vanished... but the thought was foolish, if she had done so, she would never have survived the journey here, they would have torn her to pieces. No it was better this way, they could curse and damn her to her heart's content, her visage would never appear again on their horizon. She nodded at his words, accepting them with grace, they brokered no response. "You need not apologize for actions you had no cause in. My past is riddled with deplorable creatures whose souls will rot in the lowest pits of Hades for the agony they have caused. I do not believe the word Banishment has ever been met with more exuberance than when I took my leave." Blunt, as always, she gave him a snippet of her past. Nothing substantial, but enough to sate some of his curiosity... if he had any. She did not expect him to linger on her past life, she sure as hell didn't. She couldn't change it, nor could he, looking to the future was the only logical thing to be done. A smile crawled across his face a look of...anticipation? Excitement? Curiosity? She stopped trying to read the purple orbs. They were distracting her, she focused instead on his words. He accepted her, as simple as that, yet another curiosity. She was nary more than a stranger. He knew nothing of her skills, habits, mannerisms... and he accepted her with such ease. Och. Such a strange land she had stumbled upon. Her ears careened forward as he asked of her, her name and for a moment she was hesitant to tell him. The title had brought her nothing but trouble throughout her kingdom. It was a term of ridicule and embarrassment... but she could do nothing about it, the title was hers and with a soft sigh, she offered it to him. "Elphaba and thank you. I had not anticipated to be glanced at twice, is there anything you wish to know of me?" If he was king, he had rights to her. Any knowledge she maintained was now his, she understood this completely, better to get all of one's demons out of the way in one shot, she preferred him to know where she stood. She remained outside the border, respectfully, he had not yet invited her into his home and she was not so foolish to assume an acceptance meant such a privilege. "Speech" |