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JULY 2024 TDM: LECTISTERNIUM


Welcome to SALTBURNT, a panfandom smut/thriller game based off the film Saltburn, where characters are encouraged to indulge their deepest desires. The money never runs out and the liquor never stops pouring, so you may as well indulge from the bounty. Of course, things are rarely what they seem, and the manor itself seems to have a consciousness of its own. Throw parties, trash the house, engage in youthful merriment, but remember โ€” dangers come out at night, and no one, no matter how rich you are, is safe from demons lurking in the shadows.

Threads can be considered game canon, provided the players agree. Players can also start fresh upon acceptance into the game. In game characters can post to the TDM directly, so all posters can use the title ยซ CHARACTER NAME | CANON | NEW CHARACTER/IN GAMEยป in the header. There will be a spot below for new characters to link their toplevels for easy access. Alternatively, prompts on the Test Drive can be used for in game logs.







WELCOME TO SALTBURNT


It's the hangover more than the light streaming in through half drawn curtains that wakes you up, your brain rattling in your skull, your mouth dry and cottony, your stomach churning with whatever it is you drank last night. If self preservation is your strong suit, you might turn over in bed and see a few painkillers laid out for you on a silver dish, accompanied by a glass of water. If it isnโ€™t, stay in bed and wallow โ€” eventually a maid will be in to tear your curtains open, saying, "Breakfast is served," and scurrying out quietly, invisibly. Breakfast? Maybe itโ€™s normal for you. Maybe it isnโ€™t.

You're drawn from the room, either by the mystery, or an undefinable urge that could be supernatural in origin, or could be your hunger catching up to you. It's almost nostalgic, the walk to the dining room โ€” have you been here before? Were you drawn up to this estate in a car? Havenโ€™t you done all this already? Maybe you mosey around a library, maybe you run into your suite mate in your adjoining bathroom. Regardless, seemingly all hallways, covered in priceless artworks and ancient relics from times long past, lead to the dining room, where a comically long table houses the Balfours and their many guests, who seem just as disgruntled and confused as you. No matter. "The breakfast is self-serve," they say. But not the eggs.

If you want to leave, youโ€™ll have to tell Giles, the housekeeper, who will arrange a car for you that mysteriously, or perhaps suspiciously, never arrives. Unfortunately, confronting Giles about it is near impossible, as heโ€™s as good at being invisible as the rest of the house staff. Of course, thereโ€™s no reason why you canโ€™t just walk out. The front gates are easy enough to jump over, even if the walk towards them gives you a strange sense of foreboding, or just outright discomfort, as if the ground itself doesnโ€™t want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they canโ€™t make the jump, no matter how physically able, or desperately wanting. Still, a strong person could continue on, over the fence and into the lush English countryside. The feeling doesnโ€™t dissipate, though โ€” this sense of wrongness, almost sickness, like a weight on your back. Walk into the evergreen, carry on, but the strongest will make it perhaps a mile or so before the weight of dread and paranoia brings you to your knees, and then to your face, flat in the middle of a dirt road. What were you thinking? Is this really better?

Wake up with a hangover, in a bed, the curtains drawn, the maid saying, "Breakfast is served," before scurrying out. The painkillers are there, just like you remember. In fact, itโ€™s all exactly how you remember, as if you never left an imprint the first time, or any mess you made was cleared away while your back was turned. Walk to the dining room, find everyone there eating away at their breakfast. Itโ€™s self serve, naturally. Just not the eggs.

"We dress for dinner," says Portia, with a kind, if discerning smile. "Black tie."




WHICH WAY TO THE BACCHANAL?

CONTENT WARNINGS: alcohol, nudity, potential for nsfw.

Itโ€™s been a balmy, warm summer in Saltburnt, with long, amber-hued nights making the house glow from the outside in. After the last party, things have managed to keep mostly calm and largely unassuming in the intervening weeks, with the focus kept on indoor activities โ€” a scavenger hunt, a sex club, avoiding the outside trauma of cannibalistic cakes for as long as it seems to have taken the family and house staff to settle and, tangentially, forget. However, seemingly overnight a new structure appears on the outside grounds, under block construction fixtures and with loud building going on throughout the following day and night, tirelessly worked on. By the next day, however, the structure gets revealed โ€” a Pantheon, and quite a sizable one (see: no, not terribly historically accurate) from the outside.

Between the columns and up the stone steps, youโ€™ll find an entryway dedicated to worship on a grouping of twelve Roman gods โ€” six male (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Apollo, Vulcan and Mercury) and their six female counterparts (Juno, Minerva, Venus, Diana, Vesta, and Ceres) โ€” as depicted by several busts with small, holy fires lit before them for offerings. Notably, thereโ€™s also a thirteenth altar, with a statue depiction of the guest of honor: one John Gaius, who has been ascended to Roman godhood for the party. Offerings have the potential of gifting little boons to those who worship, like increased luck or a small amount of foresight. Feel free to make up your own, as influenced by the gods that you sacrifice to as you like.

Beyond the foyer, the space opens up into a sizable atrium that doubles as a dining hall, full of colorful, cushioned couches made for lounging while you eat. There's an endless supply of food brought in throughout the day, ranging from a traditional three course Mediterranean meal served with honey-sweetened spiced wine, to a more modern adaptation for pickier eaters with fried chicken and Red Bulls, to more adventurous eaters with flamingo tongue and fried doormice. Pistachios are served by the bowlful, fat figs littered on every tabletop, all alongside water flavored with rose petals. Also among the feast are several artistically decorated cakes, each featuring the name of any guest with a birthday in June or July. In addition to the meal, guests are encouraged to lay out plates in honor of dead loved ones, a more time honored tradition of Roman history, although here it has the benefit of being complimented by actual roaming skeletons (courtesy of John) who give animated attempts at play eating the food left for them.

Further into the temple, there is an overlarge, public bathing room for guests to enjoy, the bath carved into rock while the ceiling stays open air, for a visual on clear blue skies or a starry sewn tapestry. Modern heating has been applied to the water to make it steam and bubble, effectively creating a giant hot tub for patrons to slip into, in whatever state of undress they're comfortable with, though nude is greatly appreciated. When in Rome, as they say. Along the back wall is a more intimate stage for small parties, bedecked in a range of instruments and a karaoke machine, for a talent show, or just entertaining a few guests. Velveteen cushions sit in a circle facing each other, for Socratic circle style speech and debates, with a random grab bag of topics to choose from, that range from who is the best NSYNC member? to what is the meaning of life, really?

There is a second story to the structure, although there are no rooms. It's a roofless veranda that looks out on the backyard of the temple, wherein a concave dirt patch has been baking in the sun, for gladiatorial fights and the people observing them.






VENI, VIDI, VICI.


CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, body horror, gore, animal attacks (specifically wolf), potential body transformations.

You may have noticed in this particular party, a special leniency when it comes to costumes. Where usually semi-strict dresscodes are enforced, tonight it's more of a free for all for good reason: everyone dressed in a Roman inspired outfit (very loose is A-OK) will be seen as Roman royalty, while everyone not adhered to theme will be the royalty's slaves, servants, and workers. It's all for fun and more BDSM in practice than anything serious, but party poopers are expected to tend to their much more fun counterparts, especially once the gladiatorial fights commence. In addition, John, Furiosa, Hawk, Embry, Zoro, Matt, Nami, Chione, Hao, Koby, Alina, Tim, Alia, and Louis for their dedication to Otherworld have been gifted a single metal tag with their individual names on them, to give to collared friends of their choice for claiming purposes.

In any case, collared and claimed and laymen people are offered huge palm leaves for fanning, or grapes and pistachios and figs to hand serve their betters. Below, the gladiator fights take place all day โ€” a somewhat humble dug out arena that's been lined with soft sand, accented in the back by an enclosed stone structure, no bigger than a single horse stall, where occasionally one can hear huffing and grunting coming from a too high to reach barred window. Anyone can take on a challenge, personal or for fun, and engage in a sparring match. The rules are simple: best of three rounds that end in a submissive pin or tapping out, wherein the loser loses their clothes after each fight. First go their clothes, then go their underwear. Fighting in the nude is an age honored tradition, of course, and we love our history.

That said, the stone building is a somewhat foreboding sight to anyone observing. As time goes on the structure begins to rattle, and as the sun starts to set, the integrity of the building becomes more and more questionable. By the time the last fight is over, a final challenge is announced to the public โ€” a creature of great mythos, versus the entirety of the estate. From the rattling building, a 7ft Wolfman is guided out with gold, rattling chains wrapped around his impressive neck and wrists. Many onlookers applaud the spectacle, wrongly presuming it to be a play act for the party. However, the chains inevitably snap from those holding them, and the Wolfman gets set loose throughout the estate, running with supernatural speed on all fours throughout the temple and beyond.

Scared? Maybe you should be. The Wolfman is hungry, and indiscriminate with who he eats. It seems the only thing dissuading his appetite from certain people is the metal name tag some were given, like dogs recognizing their separate masters. Still, people will get attacked. A scratch or bite from the Wolfman will result in a similar transformation taking place, a necessary hunger set in your bones where vice and sin seem to infect you, become as necessary to you as breathing or sleeping. Indulge, and become more and more of a beast โ€” abstain from all immoral acts, all wickedness for nine days, and the infection will cure itself.

If you find that too difficult, there is one other solution. Only 23 separate cuts will kill the Wolfman, who divides himself in odd ways with every penetration โ€” less like he's being stabbed and more like he's being carved with every inflicted wound, the two halves of himself sliced apart. The 23rd and last attack completely separates the wolf from the man. It leaves a desiccated human corpse in its wake, and a full blooded wolf scampering off into the dark depths of Saltburnt proper, lost in its many rooms.

It'll probably be fine! Despite that hiccup, the Pantheon stays up for the month to encourage an ongoing celebration, the party inside ranging from feral, half-made Wolfpeople frenzy to a fragile relaxation depending on the state of the Wolfman. Thank you as always for bewaring the ides.




DIRECTORY


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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[The dragging of her skirts up her legs until she can feel his palm at her belly feels like it takes much longer than it does in reality, like her breathe has stopped as he exposes more of her. One strap down, and heโ€™s got her skirts up to her hips now, and sheโ€™s never been so undone in front of someone.

โ€™When youโ€™re with a manโ€™. Those words even cause a stir, his husky voice just behind her ear. And she is, isnโ€™t she? Heโ€™s not stumbling like someone her age might, but like he knows his way. The things he must have doneโ€ฆ

But then heโ€™s speaking to her about what being touched is like, what pleasure might look like for her, and sheโ€™s staring down at the way his hand is so close to that source of heat.]


Yesโ€”- [She has felt how wet sheโ€™s been getting for sometime, even just watching the people before they caught her and told her she must serve now. Thereโ€™s been a stirring, a wanting for awhile. Heโ€™s only caught it afire.]

I do. [Sheโ€™s breathless, in need of him now.] I wish for you to touch me. There.
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Thereโ€™s a small temptation to make her beg, to have her ask him for it sweetly - Erik thinks sheโ€™d do it, too, that sheโ€™d tell him all the pretty things that he wants to hear. Thereโ€™ll be a time and a place for that, if she wants it, when the novelty of being touched for the first time has worn down and sheโ€™s seeking other things that she wants. Maybe itโ€™ll be with Erik, maybe it wonโ€™t be.

Either way, heโ€™s having fun at the moment, crowding her into a quiet corner and letting himself touch a warm, willing body, letting his mind settle into the familiar. Itโ€™s easier than the turbulence of his usual storm, the way his mind is a nightmare of thought and memory; itโ€™s easier, having something to focus on, someone to focus on.

Careful fingers move lower and lower, sliding between her legs, two pressed together to spread her folds and stroke deliberately against her. Itโ€™s a slow thing, almost careful, as if he doesnโ€™t want to startle her with the jolt of pleasure sheโ€™ll feel as he explores, finally letting the pads of his fingers rub against her clit, teeth scraping on her collarbone.

A flash of teeth, sharkish and dangerous, as he hums. ]


Move your hips, against my fingers. Find out what you like.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[The truth is she does like the instruction. Part of that may be the naรฏvetรฉ of it all, the newness that means she doesnโ€™t know how to move on her own, but even without that, his words are firm, given in such a direct manner that there is no question. She likes that, nothing to misconstrue. She might be primed for it as well, but she has been instructed for so long, in the ways a lady sits, acts, dresses, and how she must hold her posture and angle her wrists when she plays. It isnโ€™t a surprise to her that she responds so very reactive when he tells her what to do.

Even when she does already wish to beg at how very slow he moves, fingers moving lower and over her mound. She inhales, lips parting. Two fingers part her, sliding down her lips. Francesca can feel just how slick she is now. โ€˜Arousedโ€™, that is what he called it. And she truly is, but it is nothing to the near blinding pleasure that thrums through her when he rubs over her clit.

She whimpers, one hand clutching at his arm. It isnโ€™t to stop him, but of shock before he tells her to move her hips, and she grinds back to repeat that sensation. Eyes close as her body presses against him as she moves, thinking of it all at once. The way he feels, the way he envelops her, touches her, commands her, and the low sound of his voice that makes yet another noise slip from her pretty, pink lips.

And she is sure now. This is pleasure. It is the most perfect feeling. She does not need love, she thinks, if she has this.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What Erik wants is for her to learn what she likes and to take it. Thereโ€™s enough nastiness and vileness in the world that something as fun as sex and intimacy doesnโ€™t need the additional layers of complication to it - itโ€™s fun. Itโ€™s novel. Itโ€™s exciting. Heโ€™s a man with energy under his skin and enough youth left in him that he can enjoy a casual encounter, and even if he doesnโ€™t get touched thereโ€™s a pleasure is seeing someone else get off.

Heโ€™s not normally quite so selfless, but her newness to all of it inspires a touch of kindness in him, the kind that others hadnโ€™t ever dared show him.

As Francesca rocks back against his fingers he lets them move, deliberate, stroking her and starting to see what she likes best; a careful, more deliberate touch, or closer to brute force, pushing for her to demand more of him? His eyes are glued to her face as he watches her, his expression darkened from his own want. Itโ€™s likely now that she can feel the hard line of his cock against her, but he doesnโ€™t shove or grind. Heโ€™s patient.

Instead, he leans over to bring their faces together, a little awkwardly, so he can kiss her again. ]


Good girl.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's breathing heavy, hips moving of their own accord as if she has known what to do all along. It is like instinct, to search after his fingers and find her own pleasure. It is intoxicating, more so than the wine they've been serving at the party. When her hips do roll back against him, she can feel him hard against her backside. From what she's seen, she can figure enough, but knowing that she's affected him in such a manner makes her smile.

He lifts her face, and she's so flushed by now. Her kiss delayed, whimpering from his fingers rubbing right at her core. It is hard to think of anything in that moment, but she wants that kiss, wants to feel his mouth on her. She might press back on him a little more on purpose now.

Being called a good girl has her blue eyes flicking up to meet his, lips parted. Something about him calling her that has her finally moaning, toes curling, and feeling that intense pressure between her legs increasing. It feels like a build now, slow and steady, but making her ache somehow even more, like she cannot stop grinding back against him and his fingers.]


Erik, I-- [Once again she doesn't have the words. She meets his eyes, all rounded with need.] More, please.
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Instinct takes charge and Erik welcomes it, letting his fingers drag against her and deliberately search out her pleasure. It's delicious, heady, watching her rock back against him, seeking out more and more, and his free hand sneaks up to take her breast once again, pinching lightly at her nipple. Just to see if she likes it, if the slight bite of pain with her pleasure is as enjoyable for her as it can be for him.

The kiss is slow, steady, devouring her mouth even as he pulls at her pleasure, even as he's deliberately trying to get her to fall apart for him. He wonders if it'll be faster, or take longer, because of her inexperience, because of how new she is to the world of sexual desire - but either way, he can wait it out. It if comes quick, he'll simply have to give her more, until she is sated and content.

As she moans, Erik kisses her again, deep and slow, keeping the steady motion of his fingers between her legs, letting her rock and grind in tandem with it. He wants to hear her come, wants to see it, her cheeks flushed and her expression bright with it - he wants to be the one to have done it. ]
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[He plays her like a finely tuned instrument, and the notes that come out are soft, but filled with longing until he nearly silences them with his own mouth, hungry and devouring. She can expect no less when sheโ€™s asked for more from him, and he gives it, heady all at once.

Her pleasure is mounting, and she does not know if it will come swiftly, but she aches for it, almost desperate as she hums into his mouth. Her response is to rock into him, to want to know what it feels life to press her body into him. The pinch of her nipples likewise gets a similar reaction, one of surprise, but happy for the change in sensation.]


Oh, [She moans. Surely this is what heaven must be like.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Practised enough, experienced, Erik knows what to do, how to touch her to inspire passion. As he shifts closer, keeping her protected from any prying eyes that might want to take this pleasure for their own, to watch her as she discovers herself, he feels his lips curling into something pleased and smug. He's the one doing this, after all, and he's the one who is going to make sure that she knows what a man should give her in the future.

Humans can be such selfish things. He's aware of it, has been at their mercy, a victim of their darker sides, and his frustration has propelled him into a belief in his own superiority.

Erik maintains it, until he wonders, and decides to test the waters. His hand sneaks a little lower between her legs, to slide between her properly, one finger pressing at her opening as the heel of his palm keeps a steady press against her clit. He wants her consent, of course, but he's not sure how much she's aware of what this is, so - ]


It can feel good to have something inside you, as well. That's where my cock would go, if I fucked you now. [ His fingers tease, just a little. ] Would you like to feel it?
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Need drips from her like her slick into his hand, and sheโ€™s become wanton, thinking only of this feeling now. He is both wicked and lovely, and she is sure she would agree to near anything before this if he guided her so carefully, but now she craves it, so desperate for things she does not even know until his fingers press even lower.

One is at her entrance, testing and teasing at her when even she is aware he could push up inside of her so easily. Even without feeling it, that is the feeling her body has craved, her release so close now.

He tells her what he could do, filthy words falling from his mouth, the same one that kissed her so sweetly. She doesnโ€™t know them by definition, but she could put it together. His cock is what presses against her, letting her know he does feel what she does. Fucking is the sounds of the people that seem so far off now. Her mouth goes dry, but she nods her head.]


Fill me. Please. [With his fingers, she knows. On instinct her legs spread again, wanting to imagine he is taking her already even if it might be jumping several steps.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Another time, another place, and Erik thinks that he might fuck her, that he could press her into the wall or bend her against something and take her - but there's a great leap between bringing someone off with fingers and actually crossing the lines into sex. He barely knows her, which isn't necessarily an issue for him, but he thinks that it might be for her.

He might not even be here for much longer. He doesn't intend to stay, which could explain his recklessness, touching and indulging as he does. Nothing matters much more than destroying the gate again and attempting his escape, but if this is some kind of strange, twisted dream... Indulging is just that.

Slowly, with her consent, he pushes his finger into her and begins to move it slowly, a rock of his hand against her even as he goes. It's a faux fuck, what he might do if he had his cock in her, if he was giving her what he thinks she might be imagining now, but he's not going to go too fast. She'll be tight, it might be sore, and he knows better.

Pain has its place, but not right now. ]
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She keeps in closer, breathing heavily as her head is turned and looking up at him to meet his eyes when that initial finger shifts and presses inside of her instead. He's the first to ever do so, first to breach her there, and a leg twitches as she gets used to the sudden feeling of something there. It's what she needs despite the sudden feeling, but his finger slips further, and she's moaning again.

It is almost too much, a virgin like her who is already overwhelmed, but he gives her what she's asked, and she does feel herself adjusting, body stretching where it needs to, though one finger is not enough to break that threshold of her hymen, still intact. Her hand comes to hold at his arm, her mouth gently kisses where she can reach him just below his lips. It's a softness she knows she's asking for, doesn't deserve, but somehow she thinks he'll give it to her now anyway while he starts to fingerfuck her with his cock at her backside. Her squirming against him is a little more pointed now that she's thinking of it.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Erik is careful with her, gentle, knowing and understanding - he's not necessarily slept with a virgin before (not as far as he's aware) but he's aware enough of what to expect, thanks to listening with keen ears and a painful awareness of medical procedures thanks to - well, torture. He lets his fingers move properly, to get her closer and closer to the edge, pressing his wrist back against her clit to ensure she is getting all the pleasure he can offer.

The fact that she squirms and writhes back against him has him breathing out a low, pleased noise. ]


Take what you want. Show me what you like, Francesca.

[ She wants kisses? He turns his head, free hand trapping her tight against his body as he gives her it freely. ]
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[More commands, an authority over her body as he's pressing into her. And she listens without thought, whimpering and grinding herself back down on him. One finger is enough for her, her mind filled with this feeling, of being able to think of herself on her back somewhere soft instead. He could take her like that, fill her with his cock like she said. Her legs could spread for him, and she'd be bared then, not just with her petticoat rumpled and pushed to the side as needed.

It is a perfect thought that makes her desperate for him when he does turn to kiss her, and she is so close, that heat building up so much she is sure she is going to burst from it all. Her head spins, whining into the frenzied kiss. He tells her to take, so her hand follows his down, and holds him right where she needs him so her hips can right there, one finger in her cunt, and her clit pressed to his wrist.

That is when the world truly falls a part, and she cares less and less for her virtue now. This place is for depravity, and perhaps she likes it, has enjoyed being on the outskirts until she was thrust onto him. And now she's had a true taste of it. Her cries turn lower, heady, and he'll feel her suddenly soak his hand as his name fall from his lips again, far louder than the supple sounds she's been managing to keep for mostly just his ears, tucked in the corner. But this she cannot hold back for anyone.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-09 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He can imagine what might be going through her mind, what might be bubbling in her thoughts - if he had pressed more than just one finger into her, if he had spread her and stretched her more, if he was pressing his cock instead. Erik could fuck her, could take her, showing her just how good it feels to be with a man for the first time. The idea of sharing that is heady, and he feels a little frustrated that he hasn't done it... But he is, even with the blood on his hands and murder in his mind, a decent enough man.

(His mother wouldn't have had anything else).

Watching her take her pleasure as he pulls back from the kiss is good, seeing her hips grind and use his hand for herself, like he's a toy for her enjoyment. When she moans, falling apart for him, he leans in to press his face into the warm skin of her neck, squeezing her close, breathing out softly as he keeps up the motion of his fingers. It wouldn't do to have her come and lose all pleasure because he was too quick to tug his hand away.

Only when he thinks she is done, calmed breathing and soft gaze back on his, does he move his hand, deliberately wiping it on her outfit. ]


Good girl. [ She seemed to like the praise before. ] You looked beautiful.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-09 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He somehow manages to squeeze her tighter, keep her against him while her mind imagines all sorts of illicit things in the those moments when her pique is at its highest. It lasts for longer than she expects, though the comedown of it all leaves her heaving, chest rising and falling sharply to catch her breath. She is not entirely sure what she just felt, blinking for a moment while she finally feels him pull himself free from her.

There is a vacancy there now, something she will remember. He has touched her there now, taught her what it feels like, how to do it. Francesca thinks she can repeat it, and now he's given a level that must always be reached. It will be hard to not have this standard now, to remember this by.

When she can, she does finally look at him while he gives her more praise. Francesca is still flushed, near glowing from how euphoric she is still feeling as he tells her she looked beautiful. Compliments tend to mean little, but in this instance she's all smiles, curling her nose up at him like she could not be happier.]


It was truly perfect. [There's a soft hum as her arms hold where she can.]

And you then? [She can still feel him when she's pressed her back against him. Even if she isn't writhing on him, he's still so close to her. She does not want it to be said she is selfish. Besides she still may yet be curious of him, of what else a man might feel besides just pressing his cock to the backside of a young lady.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-10 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ As far as sexual education goes, Erik thinks this has been a more than decent start, that heโ€™s given her something to work with and towards - more exploration to come, the chance to learn more of herself in her own time. The prickle of the world is coming back to him now and making him feel a little more uneasy, less under the spell of her softness and innocence and painfully aware of the party behind them.

Heโ€™s on edge, and as his arms slip away he manages a nod. Itโ€™s not perhaps the romantic overtures she might have liked, or the softness that a young woman ought to have after her first foray into sexual pleasure, but Erik isnโ€™t particularly soft or romantic. Heโ€™s hard steel and danger, bloody hands lifting, to tug the strap of her outfit back over her shoulder and redress her.

Itโ€™s a denial before he even speaks. ]


Not today.

[ Not because he doesnโ€™t want it or wouldnโ€™t enjoy it, but because of the strange, biting discomfort of being seen, of being perceived, giving into their games. She canโ€™t block him from view the way he could her, and his head turns, darting, as if predicting some kind of fight or attack. Heโ€™s a creature born of suffering. And torment, and he cannot relax, even here. ]

Another time, perhaps.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-10 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Frannie has no preconceived notions of how this is meant to play out, no romanticism of what may come after moments like this since sheโ€™s never been taught that it happens at all. Perhaps between man and wife things may be different, but that would entirely depend on if it was a love match, and since Francesca does know that this is not that, thereโ€™s hardly any disappointment in her eyes.

Well perhaps a little but more so because sheโ€™s still so curious, but not because he is not suddenly sweeping her off her feet or anything of that nature. That is not what she wishes for in this moment anyway. Her head still feels light as she adjusts her straps. She should tie the bodice, but she takes his hand lightly and gives it a squeeze.

Whatever this was between them it was still perfect, and she wouldnโ€™t forget it quickly.]


If you insist then. I did have a lovely time of it.

[And while she is aware of the sounds of the party still happening not far out of reach, she thinks her curiosity there is sated for now. Besides her petticoat needs changing now.]

Would you escort me out then?
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-10 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It isn't a romantic entanglement, they're not a married couple, they don't even know each other, but Erik has enjoyed himself - and done something good at the same time. He has taken care of her pleasure and protected her from the harshness of some of the other guests, and that's enough for him, for now. Even though he is frustrated by the lack of mutants here, irritated by the sheer number of humans, he's never been the kind of person to let an innocent be harmed.

He's too experienced in that.

Kissing her cheek, not quite ready to leave her bereft, aware enough at least of taking care of someone after an intimate moment, Erik steps back and looks around at the rest of the guests. It would be cruel to leave her here now, and he nods his head, offering his hand to her.

Not the one that was inside of her moments ago. The other one. ]


I'll walk you back to your room.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-10 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[The kiss to her cheek still has her blushing despite what he's just done to her. It's still new. It still amazes her, and she can't help the little smile she gives him when he stands back and offers her hand. It's sweet enough, still gentlemanly while being wicked. Of course perhaps a true gentleman wouldn't dare to begin with, but to compare with the rest of the room, what they have done is tame, and he's clearly only thought of her in the process.

So she is not afraid to lead him back to her room, starting back toward the manor itself. It's hard to not look back for a moment, but she at least feels like she has accomplished something besides just standing around and watching what was happening like before she was named the Diamond. The difference now is the feeling of being sated, that sort of calming aura settling over her as they walk.]


I suppose you will now know where my rooms are. [An indirect invitation perhaps, but her own smile turns into a little smirk herself.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-11 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose I will.

[ Erik would've been able to find her anyway. Any metal she's wearing will have become familiar to him now, and as he walks her out of the party and back towards the main bulk of the manor, he wonders if she's been able to tell anything about his mutation yet. He's not hiding it, but their unconventional evening together didn't lend itself to giving it away either.

His eyes flicker to the gates as they walk, and the metal there shivers a little as he wraps his power around it. ]


I'll have to show you where mine are, to even the score.
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-12 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a satisfied little smile there as if subtleties are even worth anything here, but she is still coming out of her shell, not fully depraved from one evening watching a debauched party and getting fingered in the corner. It is a very good start though, even she is bound to remember it and think often-- knowing now especially how to touch herself.

She does not notice the gates, but he did move his drink earlier. It is simply a lot for her to take in from everything that happened, both around them and what she was feeling in the moment. Now though she simply holds his hand, enjoying the idea of perhaps seeing his rooms. She gives a little nod of her head.]


I would not dream of bothering you. [Unless he wishes for her to show up. It is not as if they have calling hours here as they do back home.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-14 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't be a bother if I extended the invitation.

[ Would he extend such a thing? Perhaps.

Erik has delved a little into this world with her, and while he hasn't been left disappointed, he has been left frustrated. He doesn't want to fall victim to more of this, to feel as if he is at the mercy of some higher, more powerful being, not any more - but he is here, and there isn't much more it seems he can do.

Not until he and Charles (and perhaps some others) figure things out first.

It does mean that he will need to entertain himself a little. ]
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[personal profile] sonatinas 2024-07-15 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Then perhaps I shall find you when I am not in one of the studies playing their pianoforte.

[It is about the only thing she does here, something up until this evening was the only thing she had enjoyed about this place. Of course she is used to grand pianos, but the one here she has found is truly beautiful, and if she spends all day playing it, so be it. Though now perhaps she may have something else to do.

Her smile is light as they finally reach the manor, heading into it despite the night being young for many. She has indulged, and she is truly happy with the way it has unfurled, still feel a tinge light from it all. If that is just a promise of what may yet arise, she interested truly in what else she may learn.]
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[personal profile] metalkinetic 2024-07-16 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Or I could find you and observe.

[ He likes music well enough, even if he's not particularly musical himself. There never seemed a huge amount of point to it when his focus was on finding Schmidt, so now...

Leading her up, into the hallways, he looks down at her with a tilt of his head. ]


How long have you played?
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I usually do not have an audience, but I would not mind it. [After the Queen inadvertently heard her, and she then became her chosen for the marriage season, Francesca can hardly mind anyone hearing her now, least of all him. Her smile is light when he suggests it, and she looks down for a moment as they begin to head into the home itself.]

Since I was four. My eldest sister started her lessons, and I enjoyed them as well.

[It is clear from her smile just from talking about it that this seems to be Frannie's passion. It is the one thing that truly seems to make sense to her, and she is very talented for it. It's also how she's learned to express herself best-- so far anyway. Sex can certainly rival that as she becomes more adept.]

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