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[solmate]

WHO: Alina + closed starters (Kirigan, Ciri, Kylo, Geralt)
WHAT: Alina haunts some friends new and old
WHERE: Free Cities, the Horizon
WHEN: Throughout October
NOTES: No warnings currently. This will be a catch-all for October threads. If you'd like a custom starter, dm me and we'll figure something out!

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[solmate]

[ He's far too close, but she's far too stubborn to step back even if there was space for her to do so (her rear may or may not only inches from the short wooden dresser if not already skimming it.)

Her mouth opens ready to protest, but he is annoyingly correct. ]

Let me guess. You'd be willing to help me.

[sankt]

[The general's entire mien settles into reserve. Nothing eases his temper like being told he's right, even indirectly, but the way she's told him is like a needle. A trifling sting. Annoying. He need only wait a few seconds for it to subside and go on as if it were nothing. And so, at length:]

No... actually.

[That dull gleam in his eye, that's casual spite. He's enjoying this answer before he's even given it in full.]

I might have, but you broke our accord when you ran.

[He's keeping her letter; he's read it a dozen times, even smelled the paper it's on.]

So no, I don't think I will. If you want so badly to be on your own, then so be it.

[solmate]

[ That is... not what she was expecting. Alina looks a bit like she's had a foot fall through a patch of ice or missed a step coming down the stairs.

She's used to being told no, but... not by him. ]

Fine. [ Fine, she finally manages. ] I'm used to being alone anyway.

[ Used to it, but that doesn't mean she likes it. Her knuckles twist around the pen, a simmering anger threatening to spill out, but chance saves her from facing her own violence. As quickly as he had appeared, he is gone, the space empty.

And she is alone. ]