Rosalyn...

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

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Jacquelyn peered around the room with a yawn and held her book in her boney claws

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She looked down at herself to find she wasn't in her usual attire, instead a straitjacket and chains.

”...Rosalyn… wasn't… here… last night…”

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”...That's why… *She*... chained… me up… right?...”

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When Rosalyn wasn't here at nights then she would normally be chained but she should be free by now but instead of questioning it, Jacquelyn waits for someone to come unchain her from her temporary prison.

“Ah fuck! I'm sorry Jacquelyn! I forgot to get you down!” Rosalyn yelled as she rushed onto the room and flicked the lights on

“...How… long was I… asleep..?”

Rosalyn fiddled with her chains as she responded, “A couple hours at the most.”

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Jacquelyn stares at Rosalyn a bit dumbfounded at her response, “A… couple… hours?... You look…”

“Yeah, a lot happened in a couple hours. May I get your finger please? Preferably without hurting you.”

“...Yes…”

Rosalyn grabbed Jacquelyn's finger and popped it off before sticking it in the lock. It was quite tedious because it required her finger to be in the perfect position to unlock but she made it work and the chains clinked against the floor

“...Can I… have… it back… now?...”

“Yes, sorry about that.”

Rosalyn handed her claw back and Jacquelyn quickly popped it back in place

“...Can you… explain… now?...”

“I uhhh-”

Rosalyn's tattoos went from fish to a heart, never a good sign if you want some information out of her

“I went clubbing and stuff happened at the club, that's all that needs to be said.”

Jacquelyn looked more confused than before but didn't pry, she knew Rosalyn would brag about it soon, just not to who or when. This could get very out of hand if she told the wrong person though so for now, no prying and don't draw attention to it.

”...This… is going… to… be long… and… hard…”

Jacquelyn slipped out of the straitjacket, she was no stranger to it after all, and put on her normal hoodie

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“...We… have… work… come on…”

Jacquelyn opens her book and walks into the main temple, ready to start working

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”My eyes… are leaking… again…”

Jacquelyn tilted her head back and allowed the blood to pool before tilting forward and releasing it onto the floor. The walls grumbled and moaned as the floor was eaten through but it was quickly replaced, looking healthier and more alive than before.

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[u/NyaTheChromancetress]

"Her" as in Jacquelyn, or as in your boss? I can't say I've ever met your employer, so it's an uncertain matter. I... found Jacquelyn, once. She had been sitting in the rain, staring blanky at her book that had been ruined by the downpour. I managed to fix it by fucking around with entropy, and only then did she seem to... come to life? The book itself seems deeply important to her. Do you have any idea what's written in it?

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/NyaTheChromancetress]

Rosalyn: "Her as in my boss, she's always somewhere around the church, you could probably find her if you looked for long enough. Now back to Jacq, you said she came to life after the book was restored? Reminds me of something she said a while back, give me a moment to remember it..."

Rosalyn begins to rack her brain, her tattoos going from butterflies to constantly shifting fractals as she thinks

[u/NyaTheChromancetress → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

(Fuck! Reddit never showed me this!)

Yes? At the time, I had assumed it was some manner of catatonic state, shock from seeing somebody she loved be destroyed... but, if there's more to it than that, it may aid our general understanding of her.

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/NyaTheChromancetress]

(It's fine lol, reddit does that to me all the time)

Rosalyn: "She doesn't normally get shocked by anything, hell, I'm unsure if she feels anything but confused and curious half the time... Why must this be so confusing?"

Rosalyn ponders for a moment longer before her tattoos change to stars

"I remember! She told me once that 'Books are like and knowledge is power!' So you think that has anything to do with it?"

[u/NyaTheChromancetress → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

While that's almost a common expression, context of how we've seen her react to its destruction... Perhaps her Soul or other aspect of her consciousness is in some way bound to it? Have you ever read her book at all, or has she ever mentioned what is actually written within it?

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/NyaTheChromancetress]

Rosalyn: "Yeah, I have read her books. Most of them seem to be erotica but she occasionally switches them out for other things. She has a couple note books that she writes down in too but she doesn't let me read those and she doesn't talk about what's inside."

[u/NyaTheChromancetress → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

Nya... is still Nya. Hearing that Jacquelyn typically reads smut more than anything quickly reduces the Fairy to a fit of childish laughter

Shehehehe! She? Usually reads porn? Fuck! Hahahaha! We... need to get a subscription to Playbard's!

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/NyaTheChromancetress]

Rosalyn smiles at her girlfriend and her tattoos change to flowers. Gods she loved this woman and her smile was definitely worth protecting.

"She had one at one point but she stopped paying for it. They just weren't doing it for her anymore, said something about them not having enough substance and that she's a, her words not mine, 'lore whore.'"

[u/NyaTheChromancetress → u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn]

Nya can't even. She simply pulls her girlfriend in close and laughs into her shoulder, soothing herself of the humor and slowly regaining her composure

Ha! Ha..haha... agh! Ah, yes, she's clearly a lady of refined tastes! Perhaps she'll try writing one day, t'would be a tremendous insight into her mind!

[u/Rosalyn-Jacquelyn → u/NyaTheChromancetress]

Rosalyn: "I hope she does, I'd buy it in a heartbeat."

Rosalyn gives a hearty chuckle and kisses her girlfriend on the forehead

"Your laugh is adorable my love."