


Iilyda wrote:Laqueta Myra Stillman~Servatis a periculum~
::Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear::
Laqueta was aware of Whisper carrying on, ranting about her disloyalty, her incompetence. She just tuned her out. It wasn' worth listening to.
Instead, letting the demoness trail after her, Laqueta moved away from the crumbled concrete window she had been staring over, making her way further back into her squat. This part of Windark was nicknamed the Tombs for a reason. It was a graveyard of old buildings, ancient establishments long ago allowed to fall into ruin. She'd been haunting this section of the city for years now. By now, Laqueta had found herself a permanent place to squat, and no other homeless persons came to claim it. Not even when she was away. Laqueta had built herself a nest in this abandoned apartment complex, and she wasn't prepared to leave.
The room she occupied was grey, cold, dingy. There was a bed of mottled blankets laying in one corner, a cardboard box of toiletries, cosmetics, and an extra change of clothes wedged in beside it. A fire pit, in the center of the floor, where a great depression had by some means been bashed in, and a greasy pan which sat cold in its heart. Otherwise, Laqueta had adorned her home with little treasures. Like a magpie, she adored the collecting of little things. Especially shiny things. Silver coins, glass bottles, paper clips, bits of quartz or even smooth rocks all littered her living space, scattered in what appeared to be quite a random order. But Laqueta knew their places. She took comfort in picking each one up and placing it back down as she ambled to her cot. Whisper followed not far behind, still raving.
Laqueta knelt in front of her cardboard box, bent and soft with mildew, and thrust her arms in elbow-deep. When they emerged, she brought out a small and polished wooden box, placing it on the floor in front of her knees. She ran her fingers over the dark glossy surface of it, wiping at a speck of dirt with the corner of her sleeve, before opening the lid.
As it lifted, a small figure rose out of the box until it was standing perpendicular, and then began to turn. It was a Spanish dancer, with a broad skirt of scarlet red and a ruffled blouse, her arms held out on either side. The head was missing. But as the figurine spun round, a mechanical tune emerged, filling up the empty space of Laqueta's Tombs squat. And as she listened to the familiar but grieving lullaby, she found herself mouthing along:"Duérmete mi niño, duérmete mi amor
Duérmete pedazo de mi corazón,
que tengo que hacer,
lavar tus pañales sentarme a coser
Ese niño quiere que lo duerma yo,
dormir en mis brazos y en mi corazón."::She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end::
~Servatis a maleficum~
Here's one version of Laqueta's lullabye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0U5wxcyJug}



Blanché wrote:((Yeh, she just came in on a train. . . We could have Elle find Laqueta's Demon (Because she's a hunter). . .))





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