OOC--> Oh... Clydesdales... BIG horses. REALLY Big.
Bic-->
::Ti smiled softly, and took his hand as he offered it, nodding to accept his idea of continuing their conversatoin in a different location... she did not seem offput by the sudden eruption of chaos around them... in fact, she seemed to greatly enjoy it, with a twinkling in her eye, as she watched the destruction develop... she listened to Loki offer a different proposition-- her crews lives for the gem.... she did not flinch when he swore by 'those above'... nor did her countenance change, she was outwardly unaffected... but never-the-less... she did not especially like the involvement of "those above"... By that as it was... that was not what was turning the gears in her head, as she watched her comrades fight for their lives... she was clearly deep in thought, in analyzation of what he asked her to do.... to say that Titania, the great Rage Demon Supreme,
loved all these MoEs present would be a violent and unrealistic stretch of the imagination... there were FEW Ti even CARED about, in that sense of the word, for Ti used the verb 'love' VERY carefully. She had loved Julian. He left her behind, faded into her past, along with Paris, whom she'd also loved dearly. A great turmoil developed within her at the loss of her lover and her near-sister, she smited all those who regurgitated the cliche "Tis better to have loved and lost..." with a vengeance... for she neither believe the saying to be true nor did she ever care to hear it preached to her again. But there was something now that made her hesitate to kill her comrades, and this had nothing to do with them at all. In fact, this, like most things with Ti, was all about Numero Uno. #1. Titania. She turned to face Loki with a "No ifs ands or buts" tone about her and spoke in a firm voice, explaining herself and speaking her mind.::
"No, I will not. My Subordinates trust me with their lives... these are the people I lead into battle. These are the people whom would sacrifice their life to save mine if i asked them to. You now ask me to prove my alliance to you by pulling a
switch on my MoE followers? How can You, Loki, trust ME after you watch me betray them? It would be a decimation of my reputation and I will not comply. Ask me to do almost anything else, and I will, but I will not cripple myself in the future by bruising my rep, you cannot ask of me that. Ask me to remove them from your household, and I will. Ask me to purge them from your realm, and send them home, and I will. But double-cross my crew? A traitor, you cannot ask me to become. If we become partners, you, one day, will reach a point wher eyou must trust me with everything you have. It's all about trust sweetpea... In MY book... Treachery will get you ERASED. From time, space, and reality. You betray me, and I will have you...
disappear. I am no hypocrite, just as I am no Sell-out. I want the Gem badly... and i will do whatever is in good taste and within my power to acquire it.... while that is a whole hell of a lot... that does not encompass things such as what you have just suggested. My offer still stands... but my patience wears threadbare, fair warning."
::Ti was not BSing Loki now, and anyone who was paying attention could tell. It was straight up business at present, she was not softening any fallout nor was she beating around any bushes. She shot straight for the hip and let him know everything he needed to know to make his next move.... business was like a game of chess to Ti... and she would treat it just like that... put him in
Check now,
Aim straight for a Check Mate....::