maskormenace | 06

Yes. [A nod. Even more bad actually, he hasn't even touched on the matter really. She wanted to pretty much have the entire world consumed after all. Crazy, evil woman.]

[He'll go quiet after that, listening. Realizing now that this moment- would have to be mutual yes. He's assumed there was much more to her past, especially with a father like that. It could lead many astray, confuse them. Lady Satsuki is an extreme case of the opposite. She was driven so heavily by it, against it, even if she seemed not. But, that was all part of the plan.]

[Gamagori can't really begin to understand the sort of world she comes from. It sounds so- different from his own. Ice Kingdom's and Goblin Kingdoms. Different, odd, but simple in a way- almost. If anything Flame Princess just sounds like she was dreadfully lacking in good guidance. Which brings him to his first question. Saving his- concern about that 'kiss' till later... He hadn't even though about how difficult kissing her might be. He's really quite the gentleman.]

You've only mentioned your father, was he the only role model you had?

[She nods once.] Yeah. I have other family members, but I never really saw them as much as my father. My lamp was right above his throne, so all I ever really saw was how he ruled and treated our citizens.

When he and our subjects were done with their business in the throne room, they'd leave. And then I'd be alone. [And so on and so forth. That was all her life was for fourteen years, until she was finally released.]

[That...]

[His brows furrow, sitting back a little, some of the seemingly ever permanent tension dissolving away at how- bad he feels for her. It most likely was easy to get away with keeping his daughter there since Flame Princess has made him aware of the fact that she really doesn't need to eat or anything. So she was just- kept there.]

[A breath and he, glances over. It's hard to keep tired eyes looking at her with how bright she is, glowing through the tinfoil she's had to garb since arriving, had to where in here to not damage his car. And despite looking rather silly, his gaze just looks- fond and concerned. Eventually without so much of a twitch, he'll move his hand over to take hers. The size range between the two almost as ridiculous as that outfit, and the fire still hot enough to feel rather well through the metal but he won't pull away. Sighing as he rubs his thumb over the back of her hand.]

Don't blame only yourself for what you have done. The young only have those older and wiser to look to for guidance. Your faults while still yours, were extensions of your father. You will find the ground harder now after such a pour.

[Flame Princess can't help smiling as Gamagori takes her hand. She wishes she didn't need to keep her hands wrapped- wishes she could intertwine her fingers with his, or at least try to, since his hands are so much bigger than her own. But the foil is a necessity, and it probably always will be when dealing with people who aren't made of fire. Still, much like his words, the touch is comforting to her, regardless of any barrier between them.]

I hope so.

Before I was brought here, it was like I was afraid of my own emotions. I didn't like them, and what they made me do. But I've been feeling okay here. My feelings aren't as scary as they used to be. [There is still a part of her that worries about just how much of an impact her emotions have on her choices and actions, but she hasn't acted out here the way she did in Ooo. Her life on Earth is calmer. More stable. It's been easier for her to keep control of herself.] I even like some of the feelings I have now.

[She glances back at Gamagori, still wearing that shy smile.] And... I like the way I feel about you, too.

[Barrier or not.

Though he wish he could get ahold of the means to help her with this. Not necessarily for hand holding but- for everything. Too bad they have no spell or something for it, right.]

Not only do you learn more about the world around you as you age, but you also learn more about yourself, Princess. I do not doubt it will continue to get easier for you. [A smirk, glancing over to her.]

Even if you should still threaten people from time to time. [Like in his thread, trying to get votes, thanks for that. Though again, he IS smiling right now. He enjoys that side about her, how hot she burns. He's pretty into vibrant personalities.]

Ah- [Annd smile fades. Replaced by a puckered lip frown, flushing, and a swallow as he glances again. His hand doesn't pull from hers though, even tightens a little in his brief silence.]

Yes- me too... [Glance down.] That- brings about a new concern I have. You mentioned burning yourself into the ground. That possibility will pose problematic in a relationship, won't it?

[Ah, right. Now that the other stuff is out of the way, this is probably the best time to talk about how to best approach the issues that would come with physical contact.] Yeah, it makes things pretty hard. But there are ways around it! Like, I can still be okay if I kiss something that isn't flammable - like a rock - and you kiss it back.

[It's about as ridiculous as it sounds, honestly. But it's still a way to kiss without having to worry about destroying the world in the process.] It isn't really the same, but it's nice, and it's not as risky.

[She pauses for a moment.] There's a chance that might not be an issue here. Well, not as big of an issue. [His lips would still end up being burned, after all.] I don't have all of my powers here, so maybe the part of me that made me burn through the ground was taken away too! Though the only way we could find out is if we actually... [She blushes again. Um.] Kiss for real.

But the other way is probably the smarter thing to do.

A- rock?

[Sorry that- does sound really ridiculous. He's not exactly sure what that- if that would..

His brows furrow.]

Hm, I'm not unopen to risky and pain isn't and issue either, though I'm not as familiar with burns. [He says that so sure of himself too. Pain not an issue? Weirdo. Or he's got some power to help?

Psst, he doesn't.]

But if- it would be all right. [Lips pursed, not wanting to sound rude but-] Could we step out of the car first? [He loves his car.]

[Flame Princess blinks as she listens to Gamagori speak. Pain isn't an issue? Odd. But wait, does that mean he wants to... now?

Well, she certainly wouldn't be opposed to kissing him. Especially since they are boyfriend and girlfriend now. So, if he's okay with the possibility of it going wrong, and isn't afraid of being burned, then- yeah! Why can't they try kissing now? And besides...]

Oh! [Right. His car.] Sure, we can get out. [She knows how much he loves his car, and she doesn't want to ruin it in case she does end up burning everything horribly.]

Just give me a second. [And she'll take her hand out from under Gamagori's and start to try unbuckling herself. Rather awkwardly, too. It's a bit tricky when her hands are completely wrapped in foil.]

[He'll start to get out before hearing he have an issue with the buckle. There's a glance, and he turn to lean near her again.]

Allow me, Flame Princess.

[Big fingers or not, still fingers not in aluminum mittens. He unbuckles it easily, leaning close but not close enough to chance a surprise burn or crowd her. He grabs hold of it and reaches an arm over her to set it aside so that when it's pulled back into the seat it doesn't yank any foil with it.]

Give me a moment.

[-To, them get out and get your door for you.]

[She stops once Gamagori speaks and moves to undo her seat belt. She'll wait until he's done with everything - taking care of the belt, getting out of the car, and opening the door for her - before moving again. She carefully gets out of the car, and will wait for Gamagori to close the car door before speaking up again.]

So... how should we do this? [Flame Princess can't exactly get up to his height to kiss him. She can grow larger, but it isn't so much choosing how big she grows as she just becomes a flaming giant. Which wouldn't really help with what they're trying to do now.

But she does reach out to touch his hands, even if she can't actually grasp them.]

[A slightly confused look at that. What does she mean how? Either he's going to crouch over her as he stands or- kneel. He takes the second one. For some reason it makes more sense considering she's royalty.]

[So he kneels, immediately feeling his body heat up and knowing it's not from the person near him. His face despite it's darker tone goes red and his hands squeeze at his sides. Strangely enough, no worry comes to him about getting burned, though he knows it's inevitable. He considers it a test of his tolerance though, he'd like to kiss her more than once in a while... Still, he can;t know how hot she might burn this time...]

[Fingers crossed? Still, he doesn't even consider it, especially when he should have a healer on mind.]

[Try not to get too high of temperature when he looks at you, qurl, when he moves to grab your hand again, both, and does his best at a smile. Despite his face's need to frown when faced with nervousness.]

[Flame Princess can't help but brighten and heat up as Gamagori kneels down so he can be at her height. And it's... hard not to burn even hotter when he takes her hands and smiles at her like that. But she takes a deep breath to try and calm down, so she won't be too nervous or excited.

He'll get burned either way, and he did say that pain wasn't an issue, but still. She doesn't want to really hurt him, or burn him badly enough that he won't want to kiss her again. Assuming the worst doesn't end up happening, anyway. But she'll just... hope that it doesn't.

Once Flame Princess is sure that her temperature isn't absurdly high, she closes her eyes and leans forward to press her lips to Gamagori's.

Here goes nothing.]

[And she would and does- He leans in to close the gap and you can hear it. That tssss sound as they lock. His entire body sets off an alarm to back off, as anyone's might but the pain isn't- too terrible. Less terrible than it might be for most others, though he feels like it wouldn't feel as bad if it wasn't on his mouth. That sound and slight smell but he kisses her back with effort, the only flinch in him at his brow, heavy and wrinkled. Not pulling away, infact- he pulls her a little closer.]

[His hands moving up to slide around behind her, soft in the gesture but holding her close till his fingers and arms might press against areas not completely covered in aluminum.]

[There's a shake finally, his upper body flexing, head going dazed from the stinging at his mouth but he breaks the kiss and-]

Hhnng- ahh-- [God yes.]

[It hurts. Amazing. Lights all his skin up and makes him feel both alive and subjugated by her presence alone. Purposefully or not, with his face red and his upper body tight, he liked it in his own masochistic way. Huffing out a breath a lot more lewd than the romantic moment might call for.]

[Once she kisses him, Flame Princess almost expects for something horrible to happen right away, like it did when she first kissed Finn. But there's no blinding flash of light, no spike in temperature, and the ground is still solid beneath her feet and his knees. Nothing bad is happening. It actually feels nice. Better than nice. Then Gamagori kisses her back, pulls her close, and wraps his arms around her. Yes. Definitely better than nice.

But then he pulls away and... oh. Uh. That was certainly a noise.

Flame Princess opens her eyes and looks at the burns on and surrounding Gamagori's mouth.]

Are you- okay? [She doesn't look unhappy or angry or anything like that. In fact, she's still blushing and smiling a little, although there's definitely some confusion there, too. Flame Princess... really doesn't know what to make of that reaction.]

Nnhh-- yes, I'm okay. [Said as he takes a deep breath and hisses a little from the air touching his lips. Chapped, charred even, he's definitely got burns, more so since he pushed in a little. But that tingling and sudden pain there was mind numbing and- more enjoyable than expected. Than a usual kiss.]

[Still- it leaves- marks and the after pain, while the ache is nice in it's own way, will only prove a nuisance.]

I can kiss you again.

[Said with a low, soft out breath, looking at her with lazy eyelids. Enjoy continuing not to know what to do with the reaction, Flame Princess. Gamagori's expression is- a bit different from the usual. Though when most people are in pain they usually break their norms- just, Gamagori's pain induced feeling and face don't- really suggest anything negative.]

[There's a small sigh of relief once he says he's okay. She was worried about that, and still kind of is. He should probably get those burns looked at when they're done here. But other than that he seems... okay? Good, even. Which is surprising, though not necessarily in a bad way. At least this means he can physically tolerate kissing her.

... And is open to trying again, apparently.]

Yes! [Sounding a little eager there, but well. She really liked kissing Gamagori, and he's still at her level, still holding onto her. So. If he's sure he can handle being burned again, then Flame Princess certainly won't say no.] I mean, okay. I'd like that.

[Hopefully she knows someone he can talk to about getting them healed, not that he really seems too urgent about it, despite how angry the burns look. At least he's handling it well? He should, he prides himself on taking it for others after all.]

Then we will! [A smile, his hands tightening on her to pull her close again and pushes up to kiss her, letting her draw in for the final 30% instead. This time he knows what to expect, how it will hurt, and despite the result of searing skin, he'd like for it again as much as she does.]

[Flame Princess, get wise. There's more to this man than honesty, passion, and pounds and pounds of muscle.]

[Flame Princess is... starting to realize that. And honestly? She doesn't mind. It's strange, yes, but definitely not bad. Being around someone who can handle as much pain as Gamagori does is new to her, but- Is it really just being able to put up with the pain of being with her? Or does he really like it? His own reactions seem to suggest as much, though... maybe that's for the best. If she's going to be with someone, isn't it better if they don't just tolerate the pain she causes, but actually enjoy it?

She leans forward to close the gap between them, and kisses him once more. The soft hiss of fire meeting flesh is there again, along with small trails of steam coming from where their lips meet, and where his hands brush against spots that aren't totally wrapped in foil. She closes her eyes and sighs into the kiss, gently pressing herself against him. It isn't just their closeness that she's enjoying. It's certainly a part of it, but there's so much more to it than that.

Burning things - burning people - always felt good to her. But she was always a danger, something to be wary of. Could never allow herself to touch someone without some kind of barrier. And she could never allow herself to like it, either. Burning people means hurting them, and isn't hurting people something only bad guys like?

But Gamagori doesn't just like kissing her, he likes the pain that comes with it, too. And knowing that, gradually coming to understand that part of him, means Flame Princess is free enjoy herself, too. She makes a soft 'mmn' sound, and almost hesitantly parts her lips - wanting to deepen their kiss, but still a little too shy to do it all on her own.

Still, the sensation that comes with kissing him, being held by him and burning into him feels... amazing, honestly.]

[Steam and it's as bombarding as the heat, almost as bad as it. Aggravating his skin and surrounding his upper body and head. It hurts, it all does, stings before the pain is almost enough to make him feel- numb. Enjoy it, it's true. It probably makes falling into it much easier for Flame Princess who, despite always worried about hurting others, would enjoy to burn. It only makes sense for someone made of fire to like the feeling of it, to want to. But when you have concern in your heart it would only make doing so for her a burden. It- doesn't feel like that now.]

[The kiss lasts forever for him. Because it hurts, because he can smell his skin, because his head is buzzing and his ears are ringing and he falls into this sort of- cathartic place only though that enjoy pain could ever really understand. Feels subjugated by it but at the same time empowered, like he could handle anything, do anything, and yet like he deserves it, like he's so very much a bad boy and should feel every moment of it.]

[Holds her close and his fingers singe worse. The sound continuing, a constant 'tssss' of steam and a crackling of flesh that just gets too hot. His whole body flexes, his toes curling from him, the pain in tense enough to make his eyes twitch and curl behind lids, to make him moan out heavy through his nose.]

[All until their mouths open and a flurry of steam arises. Louder now and Gamagori has to pull back. His tongue having touched her, feeling heat take over his mouth, feeling like he might pass out from the sudden drumming pain that instantly began in his face, in his head.]

--Aahh-- [His hands slowly pulling away, smoke trailing up from either one, but not as bad as where it is from him mouth. His eyes keep closed and the area around his mouth isn't- merely just angry and red anymore. But back in small places, thin and peeled at the corners of his mouth. He feels like he can't close it, and doesn't, slowly raising his hand over his mouth to cover it, unable to really move his tongue at all. All so-

dry.

Stinging, his eyes stay closed, tightening and he pants heavy breathes through his nose. He can't- really reassure he right now either. Can't really speak, got in- too deep. And the way his face looks certianly won't reassure her on it's own...]

[Flame Princess is content to keep that kiss going, wants to, because he likes it and so does she and it feels fantastic, but- then he pulls away from her and makes that sound, and suddenly it's very clear that kissing each other again was a terrible idea.]

Gamagori! [That... good Grod, that does not look good at all.] Oh my Glob, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! [Why did she do that? Why didn't she think about just how badly something like that would hurt him? Even if he likes being burned, he's still just a human which means fire can and will hurt him just as badly as it would anyone else. Liking something painful doesn't magically make somebody immune to it! This was a bad idea, this was such a bad idea, why wasn't she thinking properly!?

Right, they're going to need to take care of this somehow. She's going to need to take care of this somehow, because she's the one who hurt him so the least she could do is try and help fix it. But she doesn't... quite know anyone with healing abilities yet. Maybe he does?]

Gamagori, do you...? [He can't talk right now, that's why he's covering his mouth. Don't ask him things.] Sorry! Um. Nevermind. Just give me a second!

[Maybe someone who responded to her knows how to heal. All the imPorts have powers, so there's got to be some chance that someone would have an ability like that. It would probably be smarter to just add onto that post asking if anyone was a healer, but how would that even look? "Hi, does anybody know how to heal? I tried kissing that guy I said I like but then I burned the junk out of him because I'm made of fire and what the heck did I think would happen?"

Yeah, that... probably would not go over well. And so she quickly spends some time sending and receiving text messages - haha yes smiley face smiley face we both like each other great but how about we somehow switch to talking about powers? It's a little while before Flame Princess manages to find someone, explain the situation, and send them the directions, but at least it's done. She sighs.]

I found somebody who can heal you. She's in Heropa, so it shouldn't take her too long to come over and help you out.

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