#* interaction - teddy.

[calcmityys]

Teddy: Me and Mattias are over.

[ fallon ] ;; and whose decision was this ?? 

[calcmityys]

@theteddy-byrne // fallon & teddy

            “i take it there’s been no luck in finding the commander ??” she asks the question, despite knowing the answer. if they had found him, they’d be parading his head around on a spike. since the explosion, the fervour for revenge has been rife amongst her kind. particularly, understandably, teddy. “pity. i’m sure he’ll poke his head out of whatever hole he’s in soon enough.”

[calcmityys]

@theteddy-byrne // teddy & fallon

          puzzles and games. they could be fun, entertaining, engaging - she herself was quite partial to a battle of wits. but on her ground, her terms. not like this, not with him as puppeteer. the first act had certainly held her attention, a rather maudlin representation of what ?? the struggle between light and dark, good and evil...the naturals and the sorcerers ?? she cares little for their squabbles or whatever metaphor the commander has intended. the piece that matters most is this puzzle. this lock to unpick to move to the next act. why ?? what was its purpose ?? 

             a distraction ?? from what ??

    as much as she resents taking any direction from demitri, his call is the right one. the commander must be watched. and there is some grace in the fact that it came as a request rather than an undignified order. if she is to watch axel, and demitri has the others covered, he will need help with the overlord’s wayward little pet. since her progeny had taken such a liking to the same human, she doubts he’ll mind playing babysitter. 

            “teddy, darling-” fingers curl around his forearm, voice light and whimsical for any prying ears ( though those that knew her well would note the urgency underlying her tone ). “there you are.”

[calcmityys]

@theteddy-byrne​ // teddy && fallon

     the pieces are moving, playing as directed, but the vampire is on edge. discomforted by the fact that she cannot see the whole board. what kazimir and jessie had in store with this attempted alliance with the humans...where demitri’s ensuing arrogance derived from...whether this dalliance with the feeder would cost her progeny his position...her position....

           this dabble into politics had come at a price. her beloved hotel had always been her world, her fortress away from the absurdities of partisan fighting. but now, even that is limited by loyalties that she has tied herself to. was it worth it ?? she had believed that from politics came power. but were they not all stumbling in the dark, trying to claw a position for themselves in this wasteland ?? the question now was whether to keep playing the game...or to forfeit and start anew. 

      it is this question that leads her to summon him; from wherever he has wandered - under some guise of care, after his latest brush with death. and so she awaits, with glass in hand, for his arrival. 

[calcmityys]

@theteddy-byrne // teddy && fallon - 💀 an urgent text.

[ fallon : ] return to the circus immediately. 

[ fallon : ] we have a situation.