Flora will not be kept waiting long.
It might look as though the door swings open of its own accord, but that's only because the room within is dark, the heavy curtains drawn, and Dahlia wears black. The Doubletake will be able to see the Reaper's departing form as she strolls back behind her desk, taking the time to light a candle or two, leaving them in an eerie twilight. Dressed in a sharp pantsuit with her hair swept into an effortless updo, Dahlia nevertheless seems solemn. Hollow. Hungry.
And around them, if Flora decides to look closely, she might notice the deep gouges in the walls and their decorations; tapestries shredded, plush furnishings spilling their guts, delicate trinkets reduced to shards of nothing. The crystal glasses the Reaper fills are still intact, at least, the wine within as red as the shade painted upon her lips. "Do forgive the mess, dear. It has been a turbulent few days," she purrs, self-assured even among the chaos, and sinks into the chair behind the desk.
"Close the door behind you, won't you?"
It might look as though the door swings open of its own accord, but that's only because the room within is dark, the heavy curtains drawn, and Dahlia wears black. The Doubletake will be able to see the Reaper's departing form as she strolls back behind her desk, taking the time to light a candle or two, leaving them in an eerie twilight. Dressed in a sharp pantsuit with her hair swept into an effortless updo, Dahlia nevertheless seems solemn. Hollow. Hungry.
And around them, if Flora decides to look closely, she might notice the deep gouges in the walls and their decorations; tapestries shredded, plush furnishings spilling their guts, delicate trinkets reduced to shards of nothing. The crystal glasses the Reaper fills are still intact, at least, the wine within as red as the shade painted upon her lips. "Do forgive the mess, dear. It has been a turbulent few days," she purrs, self-assured even among the chaos, and sinks into the chair behind the desk.
"Close the door behind you, won't you?"
let me put my lips to something
let me wrap my teeth around the world
let me wrap my teeth around the world
