★ ROXANA

[doublefists]

from hit canon roxana

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[doublefists]

[ she tilts her head at that, like... slightly unsure, but. ]

Sure, you just cough up blood every so often, that's fine. What do butterflies have to do with this? Wield them?

[disingenuous]

I raise demonic butterflies. They're my main method of offense and defense at home. If we are returned, I still need them.

[doublefists]

Oh. [ well okay. she supposes she believes this because what a buckwild thing to say otherwise ]

But - they're hurting you, right? [ ... ] Is it permanent? Or will that stop when you don't need them?

[disingenuous]

[ it'd be funny if she didn't believe it. ]

There won't be a time I'll stop needing them.

[doublefists]

You said you wanted to be free to --

[ a beat, and then: ]

If you meant rest as in die, I'm gonna be so pissed.

[disingenuous]

I was born with my mother's beauty. Even if I am free from my father's hold, do you think I'd be left alone?

[ it's just easier to chase away men in your heteronormative world if you can sic killer butterflies on them. ]

Unless I become a hermit. And even then, the forests are full of monsters and creatures to defend from.

[doublefists]

[ okay well that is true, but also: ]

How long are you going to get with those things eating you?

[disingenuous]

It should be a normal lifespan. [ but it is in historical fantasy terms. ] I won't have the best constitution, but it's more than livable.

[doublefists]

[ frowning... ]

I know you could give a shit what I think, but I want better for you.

[disingenuous]

[ that gives her more pause than anything. it may not be the first time she's heard that, but it still throws her off a little. ]

... Thank you, Vi. Perhaps better can happen at the end of all this.

[ although it's difficult to say how much roxana believes that. ]

[doublefists]

[ she doesn't have a whole lot of hope for herself, but she does hope a whole lot for roxana. ]

I'll remember that when we get there. [ and she'll try to make it true. ]

[disingenuous]

[ roxana has the impression that vi does not think very well or hope much for herself. she has pointed it out enough that she thinks it'd only circle a point instead of move it anywhere. ]

It's only a few more weeks now. Less than half left.

[doublefists]

Feels like it took forever and no time at all.

[ rubs at her face, absently. ]

I'm sick of it. Hope we get to burn everything to the ground.

[disingenuous]

I would support that.

[ she would help burn this place down to leave it behind. ]

It might save us from being haunted us by horses, too.