[ The certainty in her voice wavers for a moment before she steels herself again, taking the magnets. They're a long way inland, but unless the daylight can stop Alucard then she is the only one here bound by mortal means of travel. ] -I want you here. for as long as you can be.
[ She kneels, pulling aside the furs to expose an arm and choosing the first command to work on carefully. One that isn't too close to a large blood vessel. That she isn't risking too much damage, experimenting with. Once she finds one ('punish the forgemaster') she takes a magnet to it with trembling hands. Sweat beads on Trevor's forehead as she does, as the magnet moves the iron through his flesh. His fists curl in his sleep. It's rare for him to show pain, usually parts of him just die away and he doesn't seem overly concerned about it. The medicine works, at least, and he doesn't wake.
When she's done, the dark purple mark has spread as the iron was dragged about. It looks worse, initially, a horrible dark bruise. But the words are no longer legible. It's just a theory, one she can't test with Trevor asleep and the order apparently being nonsense anyway, but she's become good at finding loopholes in these things. The words aren't there anymore. And so the orders- hopefully, they are no longer binding. ]
no subject
[ The certainty in her voice wavers for a moment before she steels herself again, taking the magnets. They're a long way inland, but unless the daylight can stop Alucard then she is the only one here bound by mortal means of travel. ] -I want you here. for as long as you can be.
[ She kneels, pulling aside the furs to expose an arm and choosing the first command to work on carefully. One that isn't too close to a large blood vessel. That she isn't risking too much damage, experimenting with. Once she finds one ('punish the forgemaster') she takes a magnet to it with trembling hands. Sweat beads on Trevor's forehead as she does, as the magnet moves the iron through his flesh. His fists curl in his sleep. It's rare for him to show pain, usually parts of him just die away and he doesn't seem overly concerned about it. The medicine works, at least, and he doesn't wake.
When she's done, the dark purple mark has spread as the iron was dragged about. It looks worse, initially, a horrible dark bruise. But the words are no longer legible. It's just a theory, one she can't test with Trevor asleep and the order apparently being nonsense anyway, but she's become good at finding loopholes in these things. The words aren't there anymore. And so the orders- hopefully, they are no longer binding. ]