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"well then," red-painted lips tip in a smile that borders on a smirk and irene tilts her head. god, when's the last time she went on a date? time flies, slips by and past and one day you're too busy running to ever stop and smell the roses. is that what this is? smelling the roses? maybe. dark eyes flit over her companion and then one hand floats up to brush stray strands of her bangs away from her eyes, displaced by the pair of designer sunglasses perched atop her head. "i'll have to try my best to be more interesting than your meetings would have been, won't i?"

"we could go out," there's an or coming. irene lets her hands fall to her sides and slide into the pockets of her coat as she leans back a little on the heels of her boots, "or we could go back to mine. i make a mean lobster risotto." irene might even have her place in a fairly romantic air already, with candles waiting to be lit and and ingredients for said meal already in the fridge ; hey, if evelyn doesn't come over tonight, at least irene can make it for herself tomorrow. never let it be said she doesn't plan ahead.

@ad1er : ‘ i was thinking we could start with dinner. see where the night goes. ’

i do not have time for dates. romance ... it seemed pretty pointless, didn't it? i had more important things to worry about than chaste kisses and twenty-questions over dinner. but ... this offer was intriguing. the other woman was far from boring, which was usually my only concern when it came to other suitors. that's why i had agreed to have this date in the first place.

"that sounds nice." i respond, small smile tugging the corners of my lips upward. i had cleared my whole evening, something i hadn't done in a very long time. "you realize i think you are important, right?" i ask, eyes glinting with a bit of mischief. i can't help it, really. "cleared my whole night for you, even canceled some meetings. you better not let me down here." it's an empty threat, more of a tease than anything else. if it isn't already painfully obvious, i might have forgotten how to flirt.

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PROMPTS FOR COMFORTABLE INTIMACY *  adjust as necessary, send 'reverse' for the reversal of the prompt

[ settle ] sender sits on receiver's lap and gets comfortable

[ sling ] sender slings an arm around receiver's shoulder

[ pinch ] sender affectionately pinches receiver's cheek

[ ruffle ] sender ruffles receiver's hair

[ recline ] sender joins receiver on their chair and snuggles against them

[ hand ] sender takes receiver's hand while driving

[ knee ] sender lays a hand on receiver's leg while driving

[ clean ] sender reaches up to wipe something off receiver's face

[ tie ] sender adjusts receiver's tie

[ collar ] sender smooths out receiver's collar

[ tickle ] sender starts tickling receiver

[ piggyback ] sender gives receiver a piggyback ride

[ pick up ] sender scoops receiver up into their arms and holds them as they walk

[ guide ] sender places a hand on receiver's hip and guides them through a crowded room

[ smudge ] sender cleans lipstick off receiver's face

[ gun ] in the midst of a stand-off, sender reaches over and gently guides receiver's gun down, making them lower it

[ behind ] sender comes up to receiver from behind and wraps their arms around their waist

[ nuzzle ] sender leans in and nuzzles their face into receiver's neck

[ relax ] sender rests their head on receiver's shoulder while they talk

[ arms ] sender hooks their arm with receiver's as they walk

[ itch ] sender assists receiver with an itch they can't reach

[ catch ] receiver starts to fall, so sender reaches out and catches them

[ calm down ] sender pets receiver's hair and tries to soothe them after a scary situation

[ check ] sender checks receiver's temperature by placing the back of their hand against receiver's forehead, trying to see if they're sick

[ tuck ] sender tucks receiver into bed

[ feed ] sender offers a forkful of food out to receiver, helping them eat

[ undress ] sender helps receiver undress

[ shoes ] sender helps receiver put on their shoes

[ intent ] sender leans their forehead against receiver's

[ bathe ] sender helps receiver wash themselves in a bath

[ shower ] sender helps receiver wash themselves in a shower

[ assist ] sender finds receiver has fallen down, so they rush to their aid and help them stand again

[ bed ] sender helps receiver into bed

[ greet ] sender greets receiver with quick kisses to each of their cheeks

[ high five ] sender gives receiver a congratulatory high five

[ makeup ] sender helps receiver apply makeup

[ injury ] sender cleans receiver's wound and patches it up

[ seek ] sender reaches for receiver's hand and laces their fingers

[ surprise ] sender sneaks up behind receiver and places their hands over their eyes, wanting them to guess who it is

[ walk ] sender helps receiver walk by staying by their side and holding onto them

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@solarisgod: 028, lakeside while the sun is setting.

"doesn't it make you feel small?" her shoes sit neat at her side on the end of the dock, irene's feet submerged in the cool lake water as she lays back against the rough wood. the grain pressed against the nape of her neck and the back of her arms, she feels ... small, like she said. gaze remains fixed up at the sky, the pink-orange-yellow of it all and the little clouds floating lazy through it. after a moment - - - a languid one, long and slow - - - she lets her eyes drift closed and her breath slip easy from her lips. "like a little speck of dust on a little speck of dust."

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@allw4ys : " i need you to look at me. okay ? do not break eye contact, no matter what. "

dark eyes are wide with something unfamiliar on her face ; fear. her breath trembles in her throat and the sound of mechanical whirring behind her has irene's hands trembling. there is a terrible, sick feeling in her stomach and she steadfastly does not turn to glance behind - - - there is little trust left in her for most people, but she's smart enough to know that she ought to listen to him right now. "okay," irene's voice doesn't wobble even if her throat is tight with horror, "what - what do i do?"

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&. 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  dialogue  prompts  taken  from  marvel’s  werewolf  by  night,  directed  by  michael giacchino.  feel  free  to  edit  and  change  as  you  seem  fit.  )

❛ the known universe, with its heroes and marvels, but what of the darkness? ❜

❛ fifty seven confirmed kills myself. ❜

❛ i can almost smell the blood on your hands. ❜

❛ i like your whole look here with the makeup. it’s a killer trademark. ❜

❛ i understand the importance of anonymity in our line of work, but it gets lonely.❜

❛ so, any of these hacked beasties your handiwork? ❜

❛ give me what’s mine, i’ll leave now. ❜

❛ so many death dealers in one room. ❜

❛ a monster unlike anything you’ve faced will be released into these sacred grounds. ❜

❛ good luck. i’ll be rotting for you. oh, forgive me. graveyard humor. ❜

❛ those who do not survive will be honored appropriately. ❜

❛ for tonight, it is every hunter for themselves. ❜

❛ we spill all blood for the hunt. ❜

❛ there is no peace without blood, and so it shall be. ❜

❛ i suggest we just pass each other by. ❜

❛ death is coming for you, lassie! ❜

❛ well, of course i was gonna come find you. ❜

❛ you keep saying that you’re gonna be careful each time, and here we go again. ❜

❛ you can’t keep counting on me to save you. this is the last time. ❜

❛ all you have to do is don’t die. ❜

❛ how’s your night going? ❜

❛ you didn’t want to fight before either, did you, running into me? ❜

❛ i’m having a hard time believing you hunted and killed monsters. ❜

❛ well, i’m not that type of hunter. ❜

❛ you know, maybe we can help each other. ❜

❛ ‘cause you’re, what, the monster’s friend? ❜

❛ all families have something in common. they follow us. for good, for bad. ❜

❛ we could die here. it’s an option. it’s not my choice, but it’s an option.❜

❛ cross me, and i’ll kill you. ❜

❛ you have a lovely name. and your friend is waiting for you. ❜

❛ a monster. masquerading as one of our own. ❜

❛ you freed a monster with a monster? ❜

❛ i can’t wait to find out what breed of evil you are. ❜

❛ until you rip my throat out, i suppose i’m fine. ❜

❛ yeah, i know, i’m an idiot. i know. but i’m also a human. ❜

❛ i’m also a human. perhaps not in the category that you would call a human a human. ❜

❛ you see, i’ve got systems to manage the hurt i could cause… ❜

❛ just stay away from me until you can’t. ❜

❛ i would never hurt you or hurt any one of them. ❜

❛ any hunting that i do is done by a part of me that is not me. and that’s not the part you’re with right now. ❜

❛ the next full moon is in five days. we have plenty of time to figure something out. ❜

❛ i shouldn’t have asked for your help. ❜

❛ i need you to look at me. okay? do not break eye contact, no matter what.❜

❛ i need to remember you. ❜

❛ just kill me as i am. otherwise there will be no mercy, i promise. ❜

❛ once this is over, you’ll notice my hands are clean. his? not so much. ❜

❛ [name], you still in there? ❜

❛ man, i cannot think of food right now. ❜

❛ let’s do sushi. i owe you that. ❜

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set the scene setting prompts (but a little more specific) from yours truly.

001, a convenience store past midnight.

002, a hospital waiting room at 3 in the morning.

003, a photoshoot outdoors in the middle of winter.

004, an indoor filming set of a detective's office.

005, a new house/apartment filled with unopened cardboard boxes.

006, a swing set in an empty playground at night.

007, on stage in an empty theatre.

008, inside an old abandoned house.

009, an empty cemetery at night.

010, the arrival hall at an airport.

011, the last train compartment that's not full.

012, the roulette table in a casino.

013, on the deck of a cruise ship.

014, a kitchen during a black out, surrounded by candles.

015, a treehouse in the middle of the woods.

016, on the dance floor during a wedding.

017, behind the chapel before the wedding ceremony starts.

018, backstage during the middle of a concert.

019, a crowded club during a bachelorette party.

020, standing in front of a painting at a museum.

021, a small, intimate family barbecue.

022, a gazebo while it's raining.

023, the back of an empty bus.

024, a hotel room with only one bed.

025, an empty balcony while a party goes on inside.

026, a bar just after closing.

027, an empty sports stadium.

028, lakeside while the sun is setting.

030, an empty stretch of road beside a broken down car.

031, in front of a suspicious pool of blood in an empty parking lot.

032, in the crowd of spectators during an underground fight.

033, a plane during a bout of turbulence.

034, on kiss cam at a sports game.

035, at a table during a charity gala.

036, a masquerade ball.

037, a halloween party in a suburban house.

038, the beach in the late afternoon.

039, a dressing room after a big performance.

040, exploring the depths of a mysterious cave.

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" how else are you meant to act when you're angry with god ? " [ . . . ] a personal interpretation of WILLIAM AFTON, completely free of canon, indie, highly - selective &. penned by chia. anti - creator.

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@ad1er ; and yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.

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RANDOM LINES OF DIALOGUE PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

oh, great. more of your very eloquent bullshit.

i don't fear death. in fact, i yearn for it.

if it holds wine, it's a wine glass.

so... no guns. do you have an axe?

i'm not usually this direct, but... what is wrong with you?

this would have been much better with a gun.

i might be a bit too ambitious.

i think you'll see that the time was not wasted.

i can do it as well. i can do it for ages.

it doesn't hurt... well. it hurts a little bit now.

i'm fascinated by what happened in your fourteen minutes of absence.

no hard feelings. please look after yourself.

i am fundamentally incapable of showing off.

i'm just having a bit of a laugh with everyone.

that was so cringey and so uncomfortable.

i have no stitches. none!

momma didn't raise no fool.

i can borrow a dog whenever i want.

honestly? i don't know where to start.

i gave you culture... literature... water.

sometimes absence is more powerful than presence.

by the end of it, we were singing swedish drinking songs.

i think you were really reluctant to take accountability for that.

i just think you formed a bad relationship.

do you think it's fair?

what do you have for me now?

yours is... impressive.

we're all different.

don't you dare look away.

i didn't mind it, actually.

i'm just proud of myself.

i think it went in. it did go in.

i feel ashamed, mainly.

that's what i was going for.

i just want to acknowledge your technique.

it did escalate severely after five minutes.

none of us ever want to see this again.

we've reached the ten minute mark.

i don't think i know who i am.

there's a degree of style in the cowboy hat.

there are no fucking shoes!

you look like you've been kicked through a charity shop.

your phone's ringing.

haven't you ever seen one of those before?

they were sick and dangerous.

what does that say about whoever killed them?

this isn't half bad for college kids.

what the hell is this?

you might want to wear these.

have a safe night.

would you believe i'm single?

why do you always trail off like that?

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"this is what i hate about cities," the words are liquor-loose in her mouth, though it's a bit of an affect ; irene is no lightweight, and she's only had two drinks. it's easier to be truthful if people think you're tipsy. they excuse more. you become charming and silly rather than abrupt. fingers splay and she looks up at the dark-dark-dark sky through them from her spot in the grass, her heels abandoned by her side and her hair spread out across the ground behind her. little pocket of a park isn't enough to escape the urbanity of it all. "light pollution. you can hardly see the stars."

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"that is not a word." her wine glass is set down as if to punctuate the sentence, the sound of glass coming to rest on the floor beside the scrabble board practically the same as a period. "i'm calling bullshit. you made that one up." irene speaks while using her now free hands to twist up her hair and make it stay up with a claw-clip picked up from somewhere near enough she had not had to stand to get it. "if we're playing with made up words i would have been playing far differently."

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"ah - ah," one hand flies upward to press towards him, palm-forward as she looks over the tips of her fingers at jack kelso. "if you are going to ask me a question, you have to buy me a drink. it's my rate." heaven shield her from ever answering a probing little detective-type without having made him buy her something. a drink is on the low end ; irene isn't planning on putting up much of a fight.

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"i'm thinking about going to the aquarium, while i'm in town," a cheek is laid upon a palm and irene looks at the doctor as she taps the dark nails of her finger against one cheekbone in thought. "it sounds like something to do." she is here to teach a masterclass at the maryland opera, but it isn't as though that leaves her with no downtime. besides, her lesson is written and all that is left is to get the students in the room, which isn't occurring until next saturday. plenty of time to burn ; too much, even, the itch under her skin insists. "is it any good?"

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@ad1er ; and yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.