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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.

[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.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I know you aren't.

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Your favored scenario?

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

One that doesn't bore me.

Your preferred position?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

It depends entirely upon the gender and general build of the partner.

And don't cheat, dumpling. Specify.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Most people tend to be afraid of or intimidated by me. It's refreshing when someone is not.

Have you ever been in love? [Terrible question, but he's terrible.]

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Of course. I am an amorous individual.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Who comes to mind, though?

Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Many people.

Private.

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Never had your heart broken, then.

No question?

Re: Private.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Not true. Everyone has had their heart broken.

What of yours?