Farewell to Days of Peace [Verdada, Amaranta]

A smile played across Verdada's features, tired and amused as those hands cluthced at her without much purchase. And without further ceremony, she plunged Amaranta's head into the water, chuckling softly as she closed her eyes and sang softly.

"The ship it swayed, heave ho heave ho, on the dark and stormy blue. And I held tight tot he Captain's might, as he pulled up his Trews."

She peeled the woman's head up from the water, smiling as she watched them suck in air. A fervent attempt at survival, of course, and a moment for Verdada to allow them to get in some Air. Before plunging them straight back into the water by their nape. That smile of hers softening as she watched them carefully. Keeping tabs on the enertgy of their struggling. How much air they were getting, how much water they might have swallowed. Didn't wanna hold them down there too long after all~

"'You haven't slept, heave ho' He said. 'In many suns and moons'. 'Oh I will sleep, when we reach shore, and Pray we get there soon.'"

This time she didn't pull up, she tugged, lifting Amaranta a little, her ears and the back of her head would peek up from the water, giving her brief moment of hope that she would get to breathe again. But it didn't come, she held her there, and tightened her grip. Waiting for the panic to settle in. For those frantic thoughts to peel away at everything else. Those cognizant thoughts. To dig down into what REALLY mattered. Until that fear of death crept in, still singing all the way.

"He said now, 'Hush love, here's your gown. There's the bed, Lantern's down." But I don't want to go to sleep. In all my Dreams I Drown."

One last tug, peeling Amaranta from the water and depositing her onto her side on the edge of the bathhouse, smirking a bit to herself, reaching in and peeling those feathers from the woman's back and giving a few mighty swats to their back, helping all the water spill out as she gave an appreciative whistle. "Alright girly, Let's see, here. Open your eyes and look at me." She instructed, no real alarm in her voice, after all, the effects would take a bit to wear off. Plenty of time for her to see how Amaranta was faring. And of course, her own heart was racing just a little. That smile of hers nice and wide, curious to see what results were brought out. And of course, curious to see how Amaranta took to her methods. It'd be her turn to feel the threat of death if it didn't go over well.

How fuckin exciting~

"Oh I thought about it~ But you wouldn't make nearly as pretty a corpse as you do a person. Then again, making you think I was going to kill you WAS the point." She noted with a lopsided smile, folding her legs as she leaned back and watched Amaranta get a hold of herself.

"I imagine a gal as strong as you probably doesn't feel the threat of death very often. Much less helplessness in the face of it. Even if you've experienced it before, the memory can dull over time." She noted calmly enough, reaching in and wiping away that tear before sitting upright, flashing a little grin down to the lioness. No shortness of mirth in her eyes, pleased to see a change in those pretty eyes. Certainly it seemed that her little technique had incited SOMETHING in the arrnacar. Seemed she wasn't gonna get he rhead blown off after all.

"So, mi gatita. I'm sure you got a lot on your mind right about now. So let's finish up the bath, and then we can see about getting something to eat. I won't go asking you to tell me about what went flashing through your head. You'll probably need a bit to rest and recover from all that. All that shit in your head prob ably is in a big messy jumble. So for right now, you just rest that pretty head of yours and sleep on it a while."