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commandership) wrote2021-09-12 03:54 pm
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ZOYA NAZYALENSKY ✦ GRISHAVERSEINFO ✧ PERMISSIONS ✧ KINKLIST ✧ EXTRA
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ZOYA NAZYALENSKY ✦ GRISHAVERSEINFO ✧ PERMISSIONS ✧ KINKLIST ✧ EXTRA
Have you not heard?
Don't play coy. You must have tasted me on the Sun Summoner.
It seems you do have a taste for me, after all.
[ it hardly matters that it isn't true, necessarily. if the darkling thinks to prod at her with ravka's rumors of her role as a king's whore, to stab into her soft underbelly and hope she'll bleed out like a hurt child for his entertainment, he has forgotten how equipped she is to return the favor. a strategy, on zoya's part, allowing him no leverage while hunting for answers of her own — any scrap that might confirm her suspicions.
and, barring that, any sliver that will lodge into his skin to irritate him.
mine, she pointedly does not say of alina — and she does not allow him to claim the ownership of ours. neither is alina starkov ravka's sun summoner to seize like property, permitting only powerful men to belong to themselves. the sun summoner, belonging only to herself. ]
Threats are idle talk.
Come closer and I'll gladly show you what divine wrath looks like.
Don't play coy. You must have tasted me on the Sun Summoner.
It seems you do have a taste for me, after all.
[ it hardly matters that it isn't true, necessarily. if the darkling thinks to prod at her with ravka's rumors of her role as a king's whore, to stab into her soft underbelly and hope she'll bleed out like a hurt child for his entertainment, he has forgotten how equipped she is to return the favor. a strategy, on zoya's part, allowing him no leverage while hunting for answers of her own — any scrap that might confirm her suspicions.
and, barring that, any sliver that will lodge into his skin to irritate him.
mine, she pointedly does not say of alina — and she does not allow him to claim the ownership of ours. neither is alina starkov ravka's sun summoner to seize like property, permitting only powerful men to belong to themselves. the sun summoner, belonging only to herself. ]
Threats are idle talk.
Come closer and I'll gladly show you what divine wrath looks like.
[ Oh. This is not who he anticipated responding but it's a good answer nonetheless. Warms the petty coals of his heart. ]
I'm assuming his power kept people in line enough they didn't tell him the harsh truth? Sounds like he could've used it.
I'm assuming his power kept people in line enough they didn't tell him the harsh truth? Sounds like he could've used it.
I am not surprised.
You always aim above your rank.
( fucking powerful men to feel powerful — why would alina be any different? zoya is a snake with the sweetest venom, monstrous in the way of beautiful witches in storybook tellings. irony is not lost on the darkling, with zoya now being if not the most physically powerful person in the world, than certainly in terms of affluence. the suli dragon queen, the grisha commander made head of ravka. she's higher now than when the darkling had started off with her.
but a lot of power is in perception, and aleksander doesn't perceive himself as bowing his head to anyone. she may be queen. it doesn't mean he thinks any less of himself, the role he had as her mentor. )
Don't invite me to a meeting you have no intention of showing up to.
You always aim above your rank.
( fucking powerful men to feel powerful — why would alina be any different? zoya is a snake with the sweetest venom, monstrous in the way of beautiful witches in storybook tellings. irony is not lost on the darkling, with zoya now being if not the most physically powerful person in the world, than certainly in terms of affluence. the suli dragon queen, the grisha commander made head of ravka. she's higher now than when the darkling had started off with her.
but a lot of power is in perception, and aleksander doesn't perceive himself as bowing his head to anyone. she may be queen. it doesn't mean he thinks any less of himself, the role he had as her mentor. )
Don't invite me to a meeting you have no intention of showing up to.
I have no betters.
You were always beneath me. How does it feel to crawl in the dirt with the rest of Ravka's filth?
[ whore. bitch. it's not so much as a sliver to wedge in the pieces of her armor, forged from the merits of her own earned power. of course men, even those that believe themselves refined, would stoop to such childish barbs — they always do, when their pride has been pricked by a woman that's proven to be their better. ]
I have time to show you how much lower I can force you to sink.
If you're done stealing your insults from infants, that is.
[ you big child. ]
You were always beneath me. How does it feel to crawl in the dirt with the rest of Ravka's filth?
[ whore. bitch. it's not so much as a sliver to wedge in the pieces of her armor, forged from the merits of her own earned power. of course men, even those that believe themselves refined, would stoop to such childish barbs — they always do, when their pride has been pricked by a woman that's proven to be their better. ]
I have time to show you how much lower I can force you to sink.
If you're done stealing your insults from infants, that is.
[ you big child. ]
You've seen the damage he's done to salvage his pride. I can only imagine what became of those who dared not to lick his boots. They likely earned themselves a destructive tantrum.
It sounds as though you want to get soaked by me, Starkov.
[ — any good strategist doesn't reveal they hadn't particularly meant it that way. zoya's doubts in alina's ability to wield the same harsh weapons zoya prefers notwithstanding, alina's misinterpretation of that statement is eye-opening. worthy of teasing, if the question did not take priority. ]
The same as it feels to discover you are Grisha.
Limitless. Powerful. Freeing.
[ — any good strategist doesn't reveal they hadn't particularly meant it that way. zoya's doubts in alina's ability to wield the same harsh weapons zoya prefers notwithstanding, alina's misinterpretation of that statement is eye-opening. worthy of teasing, if the question did not take priority. ]
The same as it feels to discover you are Grisha.
Limitless. Powerful. Freeing.
Maybe someone should have given him a hug earlier on in his life.
At the very least, Alina undid some of the mess he made.
At the very least, Alina undid some of the mess he made.
I am giving you the benefit of assuming your dog has miraculously learned to message me.
[ no, she's not going to reveal the inordinate amount of time she spent squinting at those little faces and searching for a hidden message among them. mortifying. ]
[ no, she's not going to reveal the inordinate amount of time she spent squinting at those little faces and searching for a hidden message among them. mortifying. ]
No, so far Ponchik has confounded all my attempts at training him to manage my correspondence.
I'll give you a hint.
😴😵🤠😄 is you.
😇🥶🤩😵🤔😄🥶 is me, but you may also call me 😊😵🥶 🤗😓😄😳
I'll give you a hint.
😴😵🤠😄 is you.
😇🥶🤩😵🤔😄🥶 is me, but you may also call me 😊😵🥶 🤗😓😄😳
[ there is no world in which zoya nazyalensky is going to admit being baffled by a simple puzzle rather than accept it as a personal challenge, and so — ]
Zoya.
Nikolai. Moi tsar. You could have provided me a true challenge, at the very least.
Objectively, 🤓 seems a more fitting self-portrait for you.
Zoya.
Nikolai. Moi tsar. You could have provided me a true challenge, at the very least.
Objectively, 🤓 seems a more fitting self-portrait for you.
Patience, now. I'm working my way up to full paragraphs.
I have never once worn spectacles in my entire life. My eyesight is as sharp as the rest of me, Nazyalensky.
👑
😉
I have never once worn spectacles in my entire life. My eyesight is as sharp as the rest of me, Nazyalensky.
👑
😉
"Hello Zoya how are you" is riddle with very little pay-off.
[ and, notably, she's breezing past it without an answer. ]
Between the two of us, there is only one sharp object.
Which is precisely why it falls to me to ensure you live long enough to fulfill your royal duty of becoming soft and complacent.
🥱
[ and, notably, she's breezing past it without an answer. ]
Between the two of us, there is only one sharp object.
Which is precisely why it falls to me to ensure you live long enough to fulfill your royal duty of becoming soft and complacent.
🥱
The pay-off is especially paltry when the question goes unanswered.
[Which he realizes must be on purpose. He can't help but want to provoke, then.]
Maybe it's just because I've been here too long, but that sounded remarkably close to innuendo.
[Which he realizes must be on purpose. He can't help but want to provoke, then.]
Maybe it's just because I've been here too long, but that sounded remarkably close to innuendo.
Not even kings get all they long for.
Is it not also my duty to teach you that lesson?
[ using her strategic mind to deflect? it's more likely than someone might think. ]
I do not dabble in innuendo.
My propositions are as direct as my threats. Subtlety is better suited for trite conversation and demure little girls.
Is it not also my duty to teach you that lesson?
[ using her strategic mind to deflect? it's more likely than someone might think. ]
I do not dabble in innuendo.
My propositions are as direct as my threats. Subtlety is better suited for trite conversation and demure little girls.
Believe it or not, I've learned that lesson quite well.
Are you saying this is NOT a trite conversation then? Why, I'm touched. 🥺
Are you saying this is NOT a trite conversation then? Why, I'm touched. 🥺
[ zoya is greeted with some screenshots of a certain loser talking a lot of shit. ]
I thought you should know he is telling stories that aren't his to tell.
[ what a literal whining loser. and, though something in her is telling her to address zoya properly -- ]
Be careful, General.
[ -- there has to be a reason why zoya didn't claim the title for herself when they last spoke. ]
I thought you should know he is telling stories that aren't his to tell.
[ what a literal whining loser. and, though something in her is telling her to address zoya properly -- ]
Be careful, General.
[ -- there has to be a reason why zoya didn't claim the title for herself when they last spoke. ]
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[ blessed be for him that she is conveniently not addressing that first admission. ]
And yet you find ways to flatter yourself like a demure little girl.
Warn me if this is going to turn into a complimentary speech about your best attributes.
And yet you find ways to flatter yourself like a demure little girl.
Warn me if this is going to turn into a complimentary speech about your best attributes.
Just when I had rinsed the taste of vomit from my mouth.
[ thank you, she does not say — but her acknowledgement of this conversation is its own form of gratitude. ]
Is that all that was said?
I've found that, for a cockroach, he's quite talkative.
[ thank you, she does not say — but her acknowledgement of this conversation is its own form of gratitude. ]
Is that all that was said?
I've found that, for a cockroach, he's quite talkative.
Smugness is for people who are rarely right.
[ aka not her. and even when she is wrong, far be it for zoya nazyalensky to readily admit to it, without a sting to her pride. ]
Come out with it, Starkov.
[ aka not her. and even when she is wrong, far be it for zoya nazyalensky to readily admit to it, without a sting to her pride. ]
Come out with it, Starkov.
[ nor have they accused her of kindness. far as she's come, the jealous little girl inside of her — vain, pathetic in her hunt for approval beyond her own — rejoices, a sickening little celebration that twists up her guts.
the greater question than what happened is alina's decision to come to her. not for comfort, certainly, but then — what else? ]
Fantasies can only last so long.
Be grateful it ended sooner, rather than letting the lie fester.
the greater question than what happened is alina's decision to come to her. not for comfort, certainly, but then — what else? ]
Fantasies can only last so long.
Be grateful it ended sooner, rather than letting the lie fester.
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