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[impure_tale]

The truth can be very entertaining, but better, my sweets, when it's given willingly.

[Private to Iago]

I doubt you are enjoying yourself as much as I am, so I have a proposal. Come to my cabin. We'll sit and talk -- or rather ask questions. I am affected -- I do not know if you are, but I have little reason to suppose you are not. So better to ride it out in a safe place, oui? And with all hope the flood shall have concluded by tomorrow.

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Private. WASTES NO TIME

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

What have you always wanted to try in bed?

Private. Lulz

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

That I haven't tried before? Not much. [Meaning nothing. He's amused.]

Have you ever felt ashamed of a fantasy or a dream? If so, explain.

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Not a fantasy or a dream. But during a flood, the roles between myself and my Inmate were reversed. I forced myself on him as a means of frightening him. That? I am quite ashamed of. It damaged the trust that I and my Inmate share.

What are you afraid to try?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

. . . Actual intimacy.

What would be going too far for you?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Dying or killing, I should imagine. With the right person, I am quite able to endure much.

In an intimate sense, what makes you feel vulnerable?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

. . . Commendable.

Not being mentally in control.

Same question for you, or is the answer "nothing"?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Being scolded, actually. If it is done properly, in the right situations.

How do you feel about restraints?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Not so unfavorably. They don't bother me, at least.

How did you lose your virginity?

Private. Oddly the only thing nobody knows, I think.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

One of the teachers at the Lyceum. I was twelve.

And you?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

She was fifteen, and I was thirteen turning fourteen. She was a friend of the family's. We had sex in my parent's bedroom while they were out for the day. [Dramatic eye roll.]

With a boy? When I was fifteen. He was a very popular baseball player. No one would have guessed.

Let's see . . . Well. What don't you want me to ask about in regards to these sort of questions? Or is it all the same to you?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

It's all the same. I would be pleasantly surprised for you to find something that could shock me, and I challenge you to find it.

What is the scenario in which you would afford yourself the least amount of power?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I tend to have too much class to be truly shocking.

Anything that actually required me to trust you. [Keeping that vague, but you can be imaginative marquis, and he knows that.]

How much would you be willing to trust me in bed?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I believe I could trust you with a good deal, depending upon my mood. Even if you betrayed that trust.

And what of you?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I find that a little surprising.

I trust you enough to play this little game, and even if you betrayed that trust, it wouldn't affect our time in the bedroom.

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

It should not surprise -- I'm the Marquis de Sade; by my very nature I am open to nearly anything.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I've always gotten the impression that you don't trust me. Perhaps because I'm an inmate, but you were once an inmate as well.

Nearly? You mean aside from dying and killing?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I have never been confronted with a situation that I have not readily seen to its conclusion. Not that I have been confronted with every situation. But dangerous bedmates are certainly not new to me.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

You think I'm dangerous?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I don't know.

Are you?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I know how to defend myself.

Otherwise, I really am a pacifist. [Because this is how Adrian Veidt sees himself: a pacifist.]

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

So why do you fear giving up mental control?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I don't know. It's not because I'm "dangerous," but because I don't like getting close with other people. I have my reasons for that, and those reasons do involve much more than whatever crimes got me sentenced here as an inmate.

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

If you are able to defend yourself, then why should it matter?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Because I still have secrets, Marquis.

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I have no interest in your secrets, Adrian, beyond what makes things more interesting when the doors are closed.