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【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】
a roleplay meme to inspire muses.

♛ refer to the list here for active muses.
♛ post "calling" one of them out — you can do so by putting their name in the subject line!
♛ can be informal/formal/previous game canon/spur of the moment/crosscanon/whatever tickles your fancy! don't even need to ask me just post whenever you'd like
♛ feel free to make up a scenario at the start, or wait to see where things go.
♛ nsfw version here.

meme code.

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[ Hornet relaxed as if she had been relieved of an impossible weight. She leaned back, letting her clenched muscles loosen. She looked not unlike a placated cat.

She squeezed Lace's hand back. ]

The answer is simple. I do not desire it. [ She lifted her hand and tossed a string of hair out of Lace's face. ] The need to overtake and conquer is in my very nature, and I wish not to give into it, for I have seen how this domination ends in mass tragedy and loss. Once with my own kingdom, and now with yours.

[For a moment Lace thought Hornet was reaching to touch her face and she instinctively began to lean in...only for it to be a brush of her hair.

Oh.

Oops.

She hopes Hornet hadn't noticed that. It's only then that she finally lets go of Hornet's hand and sits back]

So then what do you desire? Once you had done what you can for Pharloom, what then?

[ She does notice, of course. Silly Lace. ]

My wish was to free this kingdom from its former master. I wished to see those that live here, including yourself, remain alive. And in that, I have succeeded.

I know not what will come next for me. But there is nothing for me to return to in Hallownest, my former home. I quite like it here, and there are bugs here who need protection. I shall stay in Pharloom for the time being.

[So she intended to stay.

If Lace were Hornet, she would have left the moment she cast her Mother down into the void, everyone else be damned.

Then again, if she were Hornet, she likely would have thrown in the towel long ago.

She flops back down on the bed, the ache in her chest now having dulled. There will be a lot to do, she imagines, in restoring Pharloom. Doubtless Hornet will get herself involved so...she supposes she should too. What else would there be to do?

Well...there is one thing she wants to do for herself, and maybe she'll get around to it tomorrow but she's a bit scared to.]

With you guarding it, it'll be well on its way to recovery.

[ Lots of patching wounds and fixing buildings and cleaning debris. And picking up dead bodies, unfortunately. That too. In the time Hornet imagined some form of governance would arise, but that was for the future. ]

I do hope so.

[ Curiously, she watches Lace flop back on the bed. So erratic. ]

Is that pain in your chest gone?

[A hand goes to her chest. For a moment, almost as if on instinct, her fingers curl against it. The tear has been healed away, and her fingers along can't penetrate her fabric so there's no risk of that.]

It is gone.

[She should probably thank her, shouldn't she?

...eh. Lace didn't ask to be healed and it's Hornet's own fault that she's now going to be burdened with her maintenance.]

...

[But she supposes the distraction from her spiraling was appreciated. She doesn't know what happened to herself there but it could have gone much worse if Hornet wasn't around.]

Thank you.

[ A serious apology? From Lace? How cute. Hornet does not find many things cute. Fleas and Furms, perhaps. But this was cute. This was a memory she was going to stash away in her pocket and remember fondly for a very long time. ]

You are welcome.

[ A gift of thanks and hearing Lace call her by name all in one day. She felt warm with satisfaction. In the end, it had all been worth it. ]

...There was one more thing I wanted to ask you. When we were lost in the Abyss, there was a creature that carried us out. Do you have any memory of it?

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[A creature? Lace gave Hornet a quizzical look then a shake of her head.]

No. I recall nothing past our battle.

[She must have fainted after her defeat for she remembers vaguely being in the throes of battle--and even that was a warped thing--and then waking up beside Hornet.]

What of it?

When I escaped with you, your mother gave me the last of her energy to make the leap. Yet...I could not make it all the way. Not alone. We were nearly lost to the Abyss.

There was a Void creature that carried us to the end. My kin, on my father's side.

[ Hornet. You can't just drop this all at once on her. ]

I expect that does not make much sense to you. But I owe them my thanks. I would like to introduce you two someday.

Went ahead and made us a solo post since we're getting lengthy~

wonderful!!!!

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