meme | #002 -- absolute obedience ( do you do you want to )

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the ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE MEME 1. Post with your character. 2. That character is compelled to follow the orders of anyone who replies. 3. Any orders. 4. Any orders. Meme Strategy: There's nothing in the rules about whether or not your character knows s/he must obey - as well, the other character might not know that s/he must be obeyed. Play it however you like. Don't like the orders you got? Not willing to have your character follow them, even if you've had a good time up to this point? Talk to the other player, use OOC notes or PMs, try and work it out. Got some stuff you'd never want to play out? Consider making a preferences post and linking to it when you reply here. Wanna give orders that people would love to follow? Give em context. Make it a story. Is this about revenge? Working out some personal issues? Too dumb to realize that the other guy has to do whatever your guy says?

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[striking]

Stimulating. [ she breathes it. ] That's a good word, isn't it? There are a lot of different kinds of stimulation. Mental. Emotional.

Physical.

[the_new_sexy]

[Yes, and the way she says that word makes Sherlock extremely awkward, and then even more awkward because he can't work out why, exactly, he feels awkward. The damn Woman. He struggles to stay perfectly still.]

I've never been much for emotional stimulation.

[striking]

No.

[ her tone says she's unsurprised, but she's still got that little smile. ]

Do you think I could tell you to? If I ordered you, right now, to fall in love with me, what do you think would happen, Mr. Holmes?

[the_new_sexy]

[He narrows his eyes at her, trying to work out what she means by this.]

I imagine it would be the same effect as telling someone to feel sad or die. They would be compelled to react accordingly, however the internal stimulus would not be present. I would be compelled to act as though I loved you, but it would be a very hollow action.

[striking]

[ dark eyelashes go low. emerald eyeliner today, rather than teal. she reaches up, and slides her fingers along the sharp corner of his jaw, down to his pulse point. ]

Would it?

[the_new_sexy]

[He swallows. No matter how often she inserts herself into his personal space, it will always be something new, something strange. He knows his own pulse raises when she's around. It's very destructive, his own personal chemistry.]

And if I returned the instruction?

[striking]

[ she feels the flicker of his heartbeat underneath her finger and smiles, drawing her hand back even as she's stepping a little closer. good answer. ]

Oh, no. That's not how this works, is it?

[the_new_sexy]

Isn't it?

Figuring out how this works is all part of the fun. There's a limit to what people will do before they start denying you.

[striking]

Undo the laces... of your left shoe.

[the_new_sexy]

[he doesn't move himself away from their closeness, but lifts up his left foot and undoes the laces without looking away from her]

[striking]

[ she watches him, growing more pleased by the minute. ]

That's how this works.

[ and then without any orders at all she leans in and ghosts her lips where her fingers just were; almost close enough to be a kiss, her breath tickling his skin. ]

[the_new_sexy]

[his eyes follow her as she leans towards him, her lips grazing his pulse point. The act of intimacy is lost on him, really, though he supposes he understands the implications of it.]

Tell me what your intentions are, Miss Adler.

[striking]

For such a smart man, you're sometimes very stupid.

[ she draws back, slightly petulant but reining herself in admirably. after all, she still has the power to make him obey. not that she plans to use it — that's hardly stimulating. ]

[the_new_sexy]

Doesn't go both ways, then. Interesting.

[He raises an eyebrow at her withdrawal. She makes no sense to him at times. Most times. It's an unusual feeling, not understanding someone's motives.]

[striking]

Wouldn't be any fun if it did, now would it. And what would you even tell me to do? "Stop being boring?"

[the_new_sexy]

That's never been a problem for you.

[striking]

Tell me more.

[the_new_sexy]

[He imagines this instruction is meant to be a comment on his flattery, but he finds himself unable to stop, to his great embarrassment]

There are very few people, let alone women, that I respect intellectually, and you---managing to outwit me not once, but twice, you are unique. Boring wouldn't suit you.

[striking]

[ She blinks — it's not that she'd forgotten about the way the power lies right now, but she hadn't really meant it as an order. A little smile, as genuinely flattered as if he'd said something romantic. ]

It's true, I don't do boring. Now, you're the master of visualization, so answer me something. If I told you to have dinner with me, what do you think would happen?

[the_new_sexy]

You would ask, I would ask you why. You would explain why you want to, and---[he takes a step towards her, trying not to be visibly awkward at his sudden inability to be silent about her]---we would move in, just brushing each other's personal space.

And then---[he looks away from her]---nothing. We would remain the same.

[striking]

[ Another small smile. She likes that, even just the idea of it; the anticipation created when he changes the way the game is played, denies her in the way so few people can. It's what fascinates her. She has all the pieces of his mystery but there's always an unexpected twist. ]

[ Still, something catches her attention, and she's close again. Perfume, today, a very subtle scent of sandalwood, or perhaps there's just something in her soap. ]

Surely you know why I want to, Mr Holmes?

[the_new_sexy]

If I did, I wouldn't be asking.

[That's a lie, of course. If he did know, he'd probably be asking anyway. As it is, he's still not certain what she means by 'dinner'. Or...anything else about her, actually.

He inhales her perfume. He's done a study of perfumes and their origins, it's on the website, but hers is foreign. Alien. Utterly untraceable. It might even be classified as 'intoxicating']

[striking]

Pay attention. There are two reasons to eat: to sate hunger, and for the pleasure of the food. Dinner, however, dinner is not simply a way to spend time with someone, but to invite them to share in satiation and pleasure. Mutual pleasure being, of course, greater than the sum of it's parts.

[ The manner in which she speaks is a very subtle mockery of Sherlock when he solves a case. ]

I'm not going to tell you to have dinner with me, Mr. Holmes, because then you'd have to obey me. But I'm not going to ask, either.

[ Irene doesn't tend to ask for things. ]

[the_new_sexy]

[his lip does twitch in amusement a her mockery.]

Then you're at a loss, Miss Adler. [Because Sherlock Holmes can and will be just that stubborn.]

[striking]

Actually, I believe most would consider it your loss.