#char; ben

[invearne]

@jadenah cont from X

           Ben smirked at her. He was a coy man who knew what he wanted. He often had easy luck with the women of the castle---the men, too, when the mood struck him---and considered himself a fair catch. He was a newly made bachelor in the middle of his mortal prime, and always shot his shot when he felt there was a chance to be had. Mutant or not. 

“Play nice,” he chuckled at the snark in her tone. He leaned back against the backrest of the bench and hooked his elbows over it; while he did not touch her, his hand now rested in the area her back would be if she leaned backwards. “This seat wasn’t taken, was it? I just wanted to sit for a while. Enjoy the view.” The bench faced a wall, though on that wall was a painting. Perhaps that was what he was talking about. 

[invearne]

@causeitsmyboat cont. from X

                 Ben snorted with some amusement at the prisoners words, a cocksure smile finding its way to his lips. He leaned his shoulder against the bars and crossed his ankles. One of his men passed by and gave him a gentle nod of his head, to which Ben only responded with a jerk of his chin. The guard continued on his way, though he spared a glance to the man in the cell and shuddered either at his appearance or at what he knew was coming for him. 

“You don’t fucking get it, do you?” Ben asked. He leisurely hooked one arm through the bars and splayed his fingers over the back of the lock; on his index finger was a flashy, ornate family ring with a red jewel in the center crossed by a golden band. The ring caught the light of the overhead flames as he tapped the band against the lock. “You don’t even know how badly you’ve fucked up, and you think I’ll duck and cower from a beast?” 

He leaned further forward on the cage and hooked both hands through the bars. His head was only inches from being stuck through them. “If he doesn’t pull through,” his voice grew bit darker. “And he dies because of some filthy mutant like yourself, it won’t be the gallows you have to fear, beast.”