IT'S THAT VERY SPECIAL TIME AGAIN.

[goodburger]

Time for.......


THE GODDAMN TEST DRIVE MEME

1. COMMENT WITH A JOURNAL OF A CHARACTER YOU'VE THOUGHT OF APPING/WOULD LIKE TO APP AS THOUGH THEY'RE ALREADY IN C&C
2. TAG AROUND WITH NEW JOURNALS OR OLD!
3. APP THEM ALL NOW!
4. IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE LATE SO DON'T YOU EVEN GO THERE
5. LINK THIS POST TO ATP ADS YOU POST LATER
6. THIS TEXT HAS BEEN RECYCLED AT LEAST 25 TIMES
7. HAVE SOME FUCKING FUN

Comments

[promoteshell]

As people tend to in the years that pass us by. [ What a mature thing to say.

Not that it counts for much seeing as she's dressed in this manner. ] Isn't it sinful for you to lay eyes on a lady in these vestments?

[god_damned]

[ The response doesn't stir him, and his own reply is just as monotone. ] You'll find time has little meaning in this place.

Is it sinful for a father to gaze upon his child? [ It's vague whether he means their literal relation, or that of a priest and any of the 'children' in his flock. ]

[promoteshell]

It may.

[ She doesn't relinquish her hold on him. ] You don't look the part of my father so who knows what assumptions those around us will make. Standing this close to a girl as attractive as I.

[god_damned]

True, you have inherited your mother's beauty. [ 'Beauty' not by his own definition of the word. In traditional means, Kirei is very aware that Claudia Ortensia was considered incredibly beautiful by other men -- but what had attracted him was not at all the aesthetic. Quite the opposite, what appealed to him was how her body broke down, how her beauty faded and became distorted in her agony. ]

I will correct any misguided assumptions, if the idea so displeases you.

[promoteshell]

What if it doesn't?

[ Testing more than just his patience, Caren tugs him closer than a father should be near his daughter. ]

It isn't as though you've been a proper father. Perhaps we could get to know each other in a more intimate manner.

[god_damned]

[ The proximity does nothing to shock him. His expression remains neutral. ]

Even if I have not been a proper parent, I am a proper Father. [ Spoken in reference to his priesthood. ] Such things are not permitted.

I expect you have questions for me.

[promoteshell]

[ REJECTED. ] I suppose that I do.

[ Tapping her foot in thought, she allows an uncomfortable amount of time to pass, allowing him the opportunity to feel squeamish at being this close.

Suddenly: ] Is the Church here?

[god_damned]

Not as you know it.

[ It is a strange sensation, to be so utterly bound by something so simple. The cloth is powerful, but he makes no motion to struggle against it. ]

You and I are all that exist of that order here.

[ An assumption of her role, perhaps, but she would not ask if it were not relevant. Nor would she have such magical artifacts in her possession. ]