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[impure_tale]

A lovely holiday, my dears. Perhaps some slight setbacks, but I am most satisfied to have enjoyed beautiful gifts and the joy of giving to others, even those with whom I've been at odds in the past.

Now now back to writing.

[Warden Filter]

I...confiscated what appears to be a riding crop from one of the newer Inmates earlier today. It struck me that it was the sort of thing he probably should not have had, and considering he did not bother to claim it was his own, I feel I was not out of line in doing so. Might I ask who this belongs to? 

It seems well-used.

[Private to Iago]

Speak to me, my treasure. I've heard barely a word out of you since before Christmas.

(ooc: The Marquis got the riding crop off of Reaver, which was stolen from Holmes. That encounter may be drabbled later.)

Comments

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

The portraits.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

What about them? You're not here to forget what brought you to begin with.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I don't want them.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Welcome to adulthood.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I am twenty eight years old! I am an adult.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Then why are we quibbling about what you do and do not want?

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Because you knew that this would upset me.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

It's necessary.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Necessary for what?!

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

For you to continue living here.

This place is not about forgetting everything, Iago.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I haven't forgotten.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

But you're perfectly content to ignore, aren't you?

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Why should I acknowledge them?

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Because you wronged them.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

They wronged me.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I am not debating this matter with you again. You are wrong. You know you are wrong.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I know I did wrong! But they were not innocent.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Which does not free you of any guilt. You cannot blame your actions on others. It was your choice, in the end.

Private- Such a liar....

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I know, Marquis. It was my fault.

I shouldn't have done what I did. It was...wrong. And all they did wrong was...not do what I wanted them to. Killing them isn't exactly a fair punishment for that.

No punishment was needed, I suppose. For me, certainly. For them...no. I feel such regret that I snatched their lives away so early.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Don't disrespect those words by not meaning them, Iago. You have the portraits. There, they will stay. Contemplate them until you cannot anymore and start over again when you've done.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

And if I throw them out?

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

You won't.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

What will you do if I just...toss them over the side?

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I don't know. What will you do if your new cabin is revealed to be the main deck?

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Fine.

I will keep them. But I gain nothing from it other than increased hatred towards you.