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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 18:25:34 GMT -5
"I stitch my wounds myself, my lord," he said, not sure what he was getting at.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 18:30:13 GMT -5
Victor circled him a bit, to afford him some modesty.
"How resourceful. You have also been whipped, it seems--"
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 18:50:38 GMT -5
When Doom stepped aside, Tybalt cautiously pushed the leather pants down over his hips.
When he asked about those scars, though, he froze.
"...yes, my lord. A few times."
He swallowed.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 18:52:52 GMT -5
He laid a heavy hand on his back, grimacing bitterly in a way the mask did not entirely conceal.
"Did you deserve it?"
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 18:55:35 GMT -5
"Always-" he answered automatically. He'd been going to explain the circumstances, but Doom's gloved hand was... touching him. A chill shot down his spine. Oh, Christ.
He wondered if the joints of that glove's fingers would pinch the skin if he were to close his hands around him, his arm, his shoulder, his throat even. And then he wished he had not wondered this at all.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 19:04:03 GMT -5
Victor drew back and turned away, curiosity temporarily satisfied but a resentful memory pouring in to take its place. For once in his life it had nothing directly to do with Richards, but it was only more loathsome for being an insult supposedly satisfied.
"As punishment for what transgression? What had you done--" His voice went a little ragged.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 19:08:13 GMT -5
His voice, oh Christ.
Tybalt did his best to keep his hands steady.
"...brawling in the streets of Verona when the prince had expressly forbidden it."
He swallowed.
"With the prince's nephew. Who... wasn't whipped."
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 19:14:02 GMT -5
"Your prince is extremely fortunate Doom is preoccupied with other matters, or he would pass such judgments from the top of a pike--"
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 19:16:21 GMT -5
"-my lord-"
His voice was weak.
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 19:41:08 GMT -5
"Don't defend him, you ought to curse him--"
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 19:43:39 GMT -5
"When it didn't alter my behavior he ceased - it was hardly a punishment at all, five lashes at most, it was a warning-"
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 19:51:04 GMT -5
"A prince must be impartial."
Hence why Doom was emphatically not one, except in maybe the Machiavellian sense.
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 19:53:17 GMT -5
"- I, I know-"
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Post by Victor von Doom on Nov 20, 2011 19:57:01 GMT -5
"He should have whipped his nephew twice as much for shaming him."
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Post by Tybalt on Nov 20, 2011 19:59:00 GMT -5
"....I cannot imagine Mercutio suffering a public whipping. The prince would regret it."
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