- Joined
- Jul 2, 2012
The apartment viewed differently, somehow, through only one eye. Stranger, larger, more lonesome. Alyssa, or Dirgespeaker Ravenheart as the other LARPers knew her, was alone here. The news that the gloomy but lovely young thing who always dressed in costume and always brought some good grooming, some charm, some atmosphere to the LARP's forest outings was abandoning the lifestyle had hit the community hard. But it was tempered some by the news of how Alyssa had lost the eye. It wasn't exactly dignified.
It was just one friend who had stayed by Alyssa's side when the loss made her tantrum and lash out. Tonight, she would repay all that patience and kindness. It was going to be a special occasion. She had dressed up in her black corset dress, her lace stockings and sleeves, the elegant choker, all the fashions she hadn't worn since her best friend had been coming over to check up on her. It was a signal that Alyssa was finally emerging from her slump. And, maybe, there was a little bit of seduction at work. Just a little bit.
Lace-decorated fingers meticulously lit candles one after another. The table was set with a bottle of wine and two slender goblets, and in the dim and smoky light of the front room all the dancing candle flames reflected in the polished glass. Alyssa smiled to herself, and sorted her dark hair over to one side of her face. She had taken to covering the right side with her silky hair, not wanting to see the bandage that covered the empty socket. It seemed obscene somehow, the pursed, satiny pink hollow without an eye to fill it. At her most morbid, she had slipped a finger inside. It had been lightheaded pleasure, but all too much to continue. Still, Alyssa was a curious girl. She had touched. She had teased.
A puff of anticipation drained from Alyssa as she checked the clock again. She bounced onto the couch, twiddled her idle fingers amidst the playful flounce of her short skirt, and waited for that knock on the door. Tonight was going to be special. She wanted it to be the night. All she really wanted was something beautiful and mind-blowing and illegal in 47 states. Then everything else would fall into place.
It was just one friend who had stayed by Alyssa's side when the loss made her tantrum and lash out. Tonight, she would repay all that patience and kindness. It was going to be a special occasion. She had dressed up in her black corset dress, her lace stockings and sleeves, the elegant choker, all the fashions she hadn't worn since her best friend had been coming over to check up on her. It was a signal that Alyssa was finally emerging from her slump. And, maybe, there was a little bit of seduction at work. Just a little bit.
Lace-decorated fingers meticulously lit candles one after another. The table was set with a bottle of wine and two slender goblets, and in the dim and smoky light of the front room all the dancing candle flames reflected in the polished glass. Alyssa smiled to herself, and sorted her dark hair over to one side of her face. She had taken to covering the right side with her silky hair, not wanting to see the bandage that covered the empty socket. It seemed obscene somehow, the pursed, satiny pink hollow without an eye to fill it. At her most morbid, she had slipped a finger inside. It had been lightheaded pleasure, but all too much to continue. Still, Alyssa was a curious girl. She had touched. She had teased.
A puff of anticipation drained from Alyssa as she checked the clock again. She bounced onto the couch, twiddled her idle fingers amidst the playful flounce of her short skirt, and waited for that knock on the door. Tonight was going to be special. She wanted it to be the night. All she really wanted was something beautiful and mind-blowing and illegal in 47 states. Then everything else would fall into place.