#i need to be put down like a rabid dog or a lame horse i think

[hoosierbi]

whoever it was that thought up the lyrics "youre in harms way / im right behind" did it for the winteroe culture

[the-invisible-queer]

good morning . i need to be put down like a rabid dog

https://x.com/woaahitsfrances/status/1819917737155600426

Thank you for spreading the contagion

Now I too need to be shot out back like a lame horse

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?

I AM ON MY KNEES

[1random-starfish]

“Shoot me like a lame horse”

“put me down like a rabid dog”

I need more of these I swear they’re my favorite thing ever. All I can think of is “flush me down the toilet like a dead goldfish” but that one doesn’t fit the vibe and also the fish is already dead so who even cares.

[karrista]

These Gilded Chains...

   Tara'lena exited the gate, ice cold frozen wasteland replaced by a breezy warm woodland.  Karrista was a step behind her, following as if an extension of her body.  She came to a stop at the gate steps to the front patio, resting a hand on a pillar.  Her body trembled slightly and she closed her eyes.  When the expected touch never came, she turned to look behind her.

    Karrista was on her knees barely three feet away, looking down and waiting on Tara'lena.  Her Mistress was hurting, and it was her fault.  Not only could she not keep her mouth shut, she had infected her Mistress with the same annoyance.  The safest thing right now was to do what she was told, to be the obedient pet.  Despite the numbing warmth such a position gave her, she heard a voice calling to her.  A beacon through a comfortable fog.  She looked up to see red drips from black eyes.  The cracking sensation in her chest cut through the haze.

    "...not my pet.  You are making me feel things I have forgotten and it hurts.  I can not deal with them myself."  Tara'lena crouched down, taking Karrista's head in her hands.  Thumbs brushing her cheeks, tracing the warmth beneath the flesh.  Even the possessive part of her was quiet in the face of her awakened need.  She explored the bond between them, trying to find her mate.   "Please come back Karri."

    Karrista moved her hands slowly, reaching out to Tara'lena's body.  The feeling felt vaguely like subspace, only far deeper and stronger.  Her talons curled against the armor and she pulled herself against Tara'lena.  "Tara, I'm sorry, I don't know what happened."  She moved from her kneeling position and placed herself straddling Tara'lena's crouching lap.  She kissed her mate's tears away slowly, still feeling the lethargy of the leash around her.

    "Shhh, do not talk, I just need you right now."  Tara'lena's voice trembled with unfamiliar emotions.  Karrista's lips moved from her cheeks and latched onto the still pulse point on her neck.  She felt the briefest of kisses before her mate began nuzzling her.  Tara'lena tangled a hand in Karrista's hair, while the other held her hip.

    "Take your own advice, my Love."  Karrista gave the pair a gentle push with her feet, sending Tara'lena sprawling on the ground.  She followed with her, not breaking her affectionate nuzzle, remaining on top.  She draped herself over Tara'lena, her arms resting on her chest.  She kept herself fitted to Tara'lena, breathing evenly, eyes open and watching.

    The pair remained in the close contact for almost half an hour, savoring each other's presence in silence.  Tara'lena was the first to speak.  "We need to address this bond.  You were gone."  She kept one hand gently moving along Karrista's back, never letting her hand steal too much heat from one spot.

    "It wasn't like anything I've felt before, subspace but more."  Karrista's voice was quiet, her lips still against Tara'lena's neck so she didn't need to be loud.  The elephant in the room had decided to pass gas.  "I'm not just your bound demon am I?"

    Tara'lena shook her head, on reflex.  "You were moving as if an extension of my will.  Any gestures I made were for others to know.  My control over you is..."   She let out a soft sigh and closed her eyes, the unfamiliar pain in her gut made her shift.

    "Absolute.  I know."  Karrista moved from on top of Tara'lena to beside her on the ground.  She never broke the closeness despite the shift.  "It goes both ways, remember when at the Marche?  I made you punish me.  Harshly."  Karrista moved one hand down to Tara'lena's belly.  "Guilt?"

    "I think so.  I told you that you were infecting me."  Tara'lena's eyes opened slowly and looked over to Karrista.  "No, you did not control me, I was scared, angry, and I could feel your need compelling me to punish you.  You needed it, and I gave into the impulse.  I know what you are feeling, what you are doing, like it is a part of me."

    Karrista leaned up, breaking the nuzzle to kiss Tara'lena on the lips softly.  "Okay, so we can mark down that while I can compel you, you can..."  She paused slightly, not quite willing to use the D-word in this context.  "..control me.  There is also an empathic link that works both ways."  She resumed her place nuzzling into Tara'lena's neck.

    Tara'lena licked her lips after the kiss.  "An empathic link requires emotions, and I do not..."  She was silenced by a soft finger on her lips.

    "You're feeling again aren't you?  The emotions beaten out of you are coming back."  Karrista's grin was both sympathetic and proud.  "That's what you meant by 'infecting' isn't it?  The binding has allowed my emotions to leak through to you."

    Tara'lena's shoulders slumped slightly as if releasing an invisible tension.  "Yes.  It is like the fact it is you that I am bound to, a succubus that is amplifying it."  Her hand stilled on Karrista's back, looking like she would sigh if she needed to breathe.  "As if the sheer intensity of your emotions is making me remember my own through the pain."

    "Just my emotions?"  Karrista's eyes lit up with amusement.  "What was that whole thing with 'jus primae noctis'?"  She began tracing her finger along Tara'lena's lips.

    Tara'lena let out a good natured growl before biting Karrista's finger, letting her teeth scrape against the talon briefly.  "Your desire is leaking through too."

    "I'm not opposed to it, just make sure you don't bite him."  Karrista let out a purr and nipped at Tara'lena's jawline gently.  "And Teren is not going to be happy about that either."  Karrista was quiet for a moment, thinking other recent things in her mind.  "You're infecting me to.  Your coldness, your brutality."

    Tara'lena sat up slowly, pulling Karrista's arms from around her, taking her hands in hers.  "Is this the project with Darsa?  The one I need to keep secret?"

    "Yes.  That's another thing..."  Karrista shook her head and gave Tara'lena's hands a squeeze as she sat up with her.  "I should be enjoying it, what I'll be doing, but I can't help but want to feel nothing.  Like I am putting down a rabid dog or a lame horse."

    Tara'lena laughed softly, genuinely, still unfamiliar to either woman.  "You do not know enough to make a personal investment do you?  It is just a job and what you do know, does not inspire your sadistic passions."  The silence from Karrista told her she was on the nose.  She thought she knew more, but it was elusive, like it was being hidden from her, or more like she did not want to look for it.  "You can affect my memories."  She stated clearly.

    "You can change mine."  Karrista responded clearly.  "That game night with Teren, I am missing entire gaps.  I know the things I need to know, but there are things I don't."  She turned to face Tara'lena, draping her legs across Tara'lena's lap.  "Like if I don't need to know, I can't remember it."

    Tara'lena's eyes narrowed briefly and turned to Karrista, thoughtful, resting her hands on Karrista's legs.  "Do you want to know?"  The shake of Karrista's head confirmed her guess.  "You trust me?"

    "Unconditionally.  You?"

    "Absolutely.  I believe it is a matter of trust and willpower.  The secrets we keep from each other are not our own.  The bond I believe enforces that when it comes to sensitive knowledge."  Tara'lena bit her lower lip, looking into Karrista's eyes.

    Karrista blinked once, enjoying Tara'lena's gaze.  "Because you know that whatever I can't remember from that evening is something that I don't need to know, I don't remember it?"  The look on Tara'lena's face made her think quickly.  "Or access it?  We don't know if it erases the memories, or just blocks them."

    "Or perhaps it suppresses the desire to try to think about it?  Either way, it is something to consider, but not immediately?"  Tara'lena closed her eyes and looked down to her lap.

    "Add it to the list.  We'll have to compare it with the notes we have on the binding, and talk to someone who knows more, I'm thinking Ync."  Karrista closed her eyes and rested her head on Tara'lena's shoulder.  With a sigh, she shimmied into her mate's lap fully.

    "Do not forget, you need to 'speak' to Lady Bethiloch."  She looked to Karrista and placed a finger on her lips before she could speak.  "I know you mean to raise a little hell, put the fear of Lilith into her, and keep up appearances.  I shall accompany you, if only to watch the farce, and to bail my little hellsprite out when she kicks you."

    Karrista tensed up, the mental lists growing in her head, almost weighing down on her physically.  "It just feels like so much.  I need...something...today has been crazy..."

    Tara'lena glanced up briefly, as if listening to something.  "What does Malura say?  A girls night out?  You, me, Bronna, Stormwind brothels?"

    Karrista's eyes widened as if it was Winter Veil Morning.  "Really? You'd do that for me?  With me?"  The shocked distance gave way to a tight hug as Karrista nuzzled her mate's chest.  "You really have changed haven't you?  I love you so much."

    Tara'lena chuckled softly, patting Karrista's back as she was squeezed.  "I am not the only one who has been changed by our love.  We will figure this out just like every other challenge we have encountered.”

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