[PRP] How do the war pony do? (Lan and Shaboobs)

[Seussi]

And up a tree is where Shaheen could be found, using a dagger to carve away at some chunk of wood that she had picked up off of the forest floor, trying her hand at making something pretty. A gift, of sorts, for her ridiculously stubborn, jack a** of a...husband? Man. Her man...thing. Bear. Man-thing-bear.

Whatever.

Truth be told, she was not doing a very good job of it. Her hands were not skilled for art of any kind, and what she was carving looked more like it might be suitable for firewood kindling then anything else. Frustrated, she stood up, and threw the damn thing deep into the forest.

And that's when she heard her name, called out from below.

"Yes!?" She shouted back, from high up in her perch, and should Lan happen to be directly under her, she might catch a glimpse of the golden glory that was Shaheen's underwear.

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[Seussi]

Golden eyes flicked down as Shaheen eased herself into a sitting position on the thick branch, her legs dangling over it's edge. "You could always try to climb." She pointed out, "Though I wouldn't want you to dirty your precious clothes." There was no bite to the comment, only amusement as Shaheen pushed herself from her perch only to land in a crouched position, not far from where Lan stood.

Brushing herself off, she straightened, head cocking to the side at Lan's questions, which at first seemed quite normal. A simple inquiry to Shaheen's well being. But then she continued, and Shaheen blinked, her face going blank for a span of several seconds before she replied.

"Partner...." Yes, that worked better then husband-man-bear-thing. "Things are going well. We got married in the Wonderland game, which I thought was quite pointless and silly, but he made it more interesting by being drunk and oddly affectionate." She smiled at the memory, but then stopped and gave her head a small shake, frowning, because since when did Lan care about anything to do with Shikoba?

But then the story became a little more clear, and Shaheen smiled again, though this time it was a flash of teeth combined with a wicked glint in her eye.

"You've found a man!" She proclaimed, lifting a finger to point down at the woman. "Have you proven yourself able to defeat him in one on one combat yet?"

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[Seussi]

"Partner works. We have decided on a...well, a lifelong commitment with each other I suppose, something that is mutually beneficial." She did not admit that to her, it was more then just that. There were feelings involved, deep feelings that had existed for quite some time, though she had only more recently begun to understand them.

"He is my oldest friend, my closest ally, and physically I find him very acceptable, so our union seemed to be a very obvious course to take." She continued, as if explaining away any hints that it was anything more then just that, though it seemed rather silly to not just admit what was really there to Lan, of all horsemen. Surely the young conquest noble would understand!

But this was not about Shaheen and her relationship anymore. Oh no. Lan had let something slip, and Shaheen's wicked grin grew as she began to stalk around Lan, circling her as she let out a wild laugh.

"I am most certain that your ways are not the same as my ways, Lan, but I find a good way to show affection is by giving them a good punch to the jaw!" She demonstrated by punching the palm of her hand quite enthusiastically.

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[Seussi]

Shaheen was not bothered by Lan's apparent hostility towards Shik. In fact, she found it quite amusing, and her smile grew at the admittance the other woman gave. Often it seemed as though the other woman hid her true feelings, likely for Shaheen's benefit, but she knew who she had partnered herself with for life, knew better then anybody, and had spent nearly a lifetime hating him quite fervently herself.

Now she just considered his hateful qualities as part of his charm.

The war chieftain went quite silent as Lan continued on about her interest, handing over a few more details. Shaheen couldn't help but try and picture him in her head. She knew only but a few from Death with any amount of familiarity. There was Nergui and Soren, Bastion and Mjoll, and of course Thrain.....

She blinked as Lan admitted to kissing him.

"But you...you did beat him into submission first, right?"

That's what Shaheen had done. That was the proper way!

iStoleYurVamps

 

[Seussi]

Shaheen crossed her arms over her chest as she listened to Lan ramble on and on about Mr. Handsome, polite, quiet and kind, blah blah blah. She wondered momentarily if this is all that horsewomen of conquest ever did, gossiping and gabbing away about boys as though that were all there was in the world.

And then she remembered that most of her past conversations with Lifen had been about either Shik or Meng and realized that she had also been guilty of this terrible affliction once. So, without even breathing out the long sigh she could feel building up inside of her, Shaheen flopped to the ground, crossing her legs and resting her chin in her hand as she continued to listen, like a good friend should, no matter how dull or vomit inducing the topic.

She couldn't decide which category this particular conversation fell under.

"Sometimes getting a bit rough with a man is the only thing they understand." She mused, finally given an opportunity to speak. "I like the arrow in the chest idea, maybe you should go with that and....Oh, maybe get him right in the heart! That would be perfect!" She had a wild gleam in her eye again as she spoke the words, one that often showed up when the promise of violence arose.

And then she suddenly frowned, her cheerfulness suddenly wiped away as her eyes narrowed at the other woman.

".......Do you have a problem with how much of my body I keep bare, Lan?"

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[Seussi]

Shaheen had never been so confused in her life. It was okay, because it was within fashion, to expose one's breasts, but was considered appropriate to hide everything else? She gave the other woman an incredulous look, a single blonde eyebrow arched and raised high as arms crossed over her chest again. The effect of the look was perhaps slightly lost since she was sitting down, but still she judged, and she judged hard, even from her position on the ground.

"But he is of death and his customs might be far different from your own. An exposed wrist may have little to no effect on him at all, where as your exposed chest might be giving him completely the wrong idea altogether." She pointed out, frowning to herself.

"To be safe? I would suggest stripping down to the bare essentials. That way, all of you is exposed at once and you no longer have anything to debate over."

There. Problem solved. Shaheen was such a good friend.

"What is his name, by the way?"

It would seem that girlish curiosity had eventually won out after all.

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[Seussi]

Aeron?? Shaheen knew that name, had met that man on at least one occasion before. He had wandered onto her plot of land that she shared with Shikoba whilst searching for the head priestess, and then shortly afterwards they had found themselves in the human world at Medea's behest, killing grey coated hunters and searching for one of the red shards of destruction.

Shaking her head lightly at the brief flash back of a memory, Shaheen's eyes narrowed.

"Rumors? What does that matter. If no one must know then how do you intend to seduce him and keep him?"

Those of conquest were far more confusing then Shaheen could have ever imagined. She preferred her much more simpler methods of doing things.

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