MEANWHILE, WHILE LB'S HUSBAND IS WHORING IT UP...

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

[Wondering why the hallways hasn't been filled with the sounds of Laughing Beauty's compulsive laughter lately? Well...even if it is compulsive, LB hadn't had much to laugh about lately. She thought that marrying Thomas would bring her endless amounts of joy, but since even the night they got married on, it seemed like there was one thing after another that kept tearing them away from spending time with each other. Even when there was nothing, it seemed like her own husband didn't want to be around her. Or at least, she couldn't make him happy. So naturally, she was feeling a little down about it.]

[The last couple of days had been especially depressing. There didn't seem to be any signs of conflict anywhere, but yet, she hadn't seen Thomas anywhere, lately. So instead of wandering the halls, LB had been sticking to their home, hoping he'd come back...hoping he didn't get trapped in a room somewhere. Although he should have had his radio...why hadn't he called her?!]

[The last time she spoke to him, he seemed depressed about killing a girl, and told LB that it wasn't her fault that he acted like that...but at the same time, she couldn't bring him out of the slump either. What was she doing wrong? Was she not doing enough? Or did she just simply not make him happy anymore?]

[These string of thoughts might seem a little bit paranoid to the normal person, but LB was most definitely not normal in the head. The one thing she feared, above everything else (even dying and octopi!) was losing her husband. And being alone, with those paranoid-stricken thoughts for the past few days were not helping her too much. In fact, she was in a similar state as Thomas was, the last time she saw him.]

[So LB was in their room, chopping carrots for a new type of soup she found in a cooking book. The steady, rhythmic sound of the knife hitting the chopping board did a good job to keep her wandering thoughts in check, as she occasionally let out a dull sound of laughter. Well, her husband was always hungry...maybe if she made him some food for him to come back to, maybe he'd seem happy to be around her, for once. Even if he didn't come back tonight, soup was at least something easy to heat back up. So maybe he wouldn't have a reason to run away from her again. Maybe she wouldn't have to go on a killing rampage just to spend some time with her husband.]

[But for now, all she could do was wait.]


((Go explain yourself, you cheating whore! >:V You know who you are! <3))

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[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

What if it became part of my job? Would you sit around at home and be alright with it?! Ahahahaha?!

[She closed her eyes, sighing.] Is there something...or someone that makes you more happy than I do?

[Her lips trembled slightly.] Because...I want to stay with you, haha...but if something makes you happier, you don't have to lie to me...

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

Of course I wouldn't! Sarina... I think you're forgetting who I fight for. After 20 years of me doing this, Mother would not be happy if I stopped. Ocelot, on the other hand... you don't serve under him anymore.

[And Fear would go after Ocelot himself if he decided to suddenly make the B&Bs sleep with people.]

Nobody makes me happier than you do.

[He takes her hands, looking at her sadly.]

If I'm not making you happy, you deserve someone else. Someone who can make you happy. You don't deserve to sit at home wondering where your husband is. You deserve everything anyone could ever give you.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

So all those times you told me that you were mine...and only mine...was that all just a lie, eheheheh?!

[She wanted to be angrier with him, but as he looked to her and admitted that no one else made him happier, her resolve crumbled, feeling oddly guilty about her attitude, even if he was the one who should have been feeling guilty!]

How often do you have to do this...? Why did you never tell me, until now?

[LB then wrapped an arm around his back, burying her head against his shoulder, crying into it.] Dammit Thomas! No one else can make me happy! I just feel...so alone without you!

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

No! It wasn't! You're the only person I love, Sarina. I stopped sleeping with my unit, even though Gaubert was in love with me! I chose you over him!

[He strokes her hair, trying to soothe her.]

But at the end of the day... if Mother thinks I won't do my job properly because I'm married now...

[Fear rests his forehead against her neck.]

I'll try to do it less. Maybe I can ask Mother if I can stop. I just don't want her to think you're interfering with how our unit functions. But... there's no feeling involved with anyone but you, Sarina.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

And you're the only person I love...hahahahaha...no one else matters to me as much. [She'd kill everyone else, even in her sane state, if she had to, to stay with him!]

[She dabbed at her eyes with her free hand, before she clung onto the back of his head.] Am I a nuisance to you then?

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

You're not a nuisance. You never will be.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Okay...heheh...if you say so.

[She sighed, her gaze darkening as she stroked his hair.]

So if there's no feeling involved...can I kill the people you sleep with then?

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

[He frowns.]

Well, that would kind of go against why I slept with them in the first place. I could ask Mother if you can kill them once we don't need them anymore, though.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Hmph. [She frowned, disappointed, until he continued.]

Heheheheh...that might work for me- wait, how many times do you have to sleep with each person anyways?

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

Usually just the once, unless they get suspicious when I suddenly start becoming cold towards them. Usually we don't need them long enough for that, though.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Why sleep with them to recruit them anyways? Scaring them is a much better tool in my world! Heheheheheh...coming from someone with a codename of "The Fear", figured it would be your way too.

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

Scaring them only gets you so far. If they trust you, they'll be a lot more useful. Besides, how do you even scare someone like Volgin?

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

But if they fear for their lives, they're even more useful! And there's a way to scare everyone, eheheheheheh...

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

Death scares few people here. Why would death be daunting, when after three days you're alive and healthy again? Scaring a giant man with electricity running through him is pretty difficult.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

[She rose a brow.] Well, you can always kill them again, heheheheh! And I can't imagine that dying would be the greatest thing to do either!

And between all the ways you can kill or torture someone, there's gotta be some way to make him afraid, ahahahaha!

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

[He sighs.] We're more likely to gain valuable information from people if they think they can trust us with it. Otherwise, you can kick them and beat them as much as you like, but if they don't want to spill, they won't. Twenty years with the Cobras taught me that much.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

But even then, how do you know that they're not just taking advantage of you, heheh...? Maybe the people will just sleep with you, because they can, feed you false information, and then wind up duping you all in the end!

Hahahaha...what then?

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

We aren't mind readers. It's inevitable that there will be flaws in our plans. But... a person will usually give themselves away whilst lying. It's just a matter of spotting the signs. I've gotten good at it.

And if all else fails, then we torture and kill them.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Heh. [Well, she supposed that there wasn't any more points she could bring up. Even if killing and/or torturing still seemed like the far more logical device to her.]

[Oh shit, the soup! LB almost forgot all about that! Turning back around in a panic, she set to work on chopping the last carrot.]

And the killing and torture method works a lot better, I assume?

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't. Or we'd use that in the first place.

[He watches her chop the carrot with mild fascination, leaning against the fridge.]

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

[She becomes so immersed in her thoughts and chopping, that she eventually cuts her own finger. Not too seriously, but enough to cause some bleeding.]

Shit! I don't need blood in this!

[LB then brought her finger to her mouth, trying to suck the bleeding out.]

Dammit!

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

[Fear frowns, taking her hand and inspecting the cut.]

It's not bad, you're lucky.

[He places a hand on her hip, guiding her to sit down. He then pulls out a bandage and some disinfectant, before wandering back to the sink to get some water and a cloth to clean it with.]

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! You don't need to worry about it! You said it, it's not bad!

[But still bad enough for her to still be sucking on her finger. But dammit, she had soup she was trying to cook!]

I was trying to make it perfect, but I screwed that up...

[poisonedfear.livejournal.com]

[He comes back with the a bowl of warm water and a soft cloth, dabbing at her finger with it.]

It still needs to be treated. You don't want it to get infected.

[Rinsing the cloth in the water, he wrings it out before placing it back on her finger.]

It will be fine, I'm sure.

[deceptive-lulz.livejournal.com]

Alright, fine.

[She finally gave in, relaxing in her posture as he put the cloth on her finger. Although she still looked back at the pot on the stove occasionally.]

Even with my blood in it, heheh...?

[It figures. She tried to do something nice for him, even if he probably didn't deserve it, and he wound up being the one helping her out instead. :\]