"I'm not a dhampir!" Sofiya repeated, probably in vain to Tabs' insistence that she was. "Mother was completely human when she had me. But no, she goes and has a mid-life crisis and gets a vampire boyfriend and he turns out to be a doomed king and it's something out of a really bad knockoff of a really bad vampire novel, and-"<br/><br/>The sudden realization, and she sat down in the other chair Tabs had conjured. "You aren't actually listening, are you? Well, fine! Remove all those lame vampire weaknesses that I don't have. I'm kind of curious how that will work."<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Auxilia couldn't help but giggle at Darclight's offer, Prime looking up at him with a sly smile as the other three of her looked ready to pounce on him right that instant. "So, I didn't get the specs on your armor when we were linked before. How is it at keeping you clean? If you've been in it for years, maybe we should get you a shower first..." It seemed she hadn't<em>quite</em>finished teasing him. "You should know I'm a<em>champion</em>back-scrubber."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">spoiler</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mainly because it's gonna flip to IC2 when she does, hah.</div></div><br/>---<br/><br/>"I think," the Silver Spider said casually, "that if we have someone who can make diamonds with her bare hands treating us to a shopping trip, we should buy<em>all</em>the swimsuits." Ace might have<em>just</em>saved her, but that didn't mean Silvia was above taking advantage of the situation. Confident in this, she ran ahead!<br/><br/>One whirlwind of shopping later, Silvia seemed to have taken Kanina's advice to heart - insofar as they had stuck Auxilia with a strappy bikini that looked like it would come off with a stiff breeze (which she looked torn between being sour and being amused about), and a sleek silver (of course) one-piece for herself, and several back-ups in case they wound up having any sexy misadventures with mer-men.<br/><br/>"I guess we need to talk about everything we need to talk about," Silvia said to Ace a little while later, sitting on a bench, kicking her legs and waiting for a nearby drink stand to finish their order, "let me get some alcohol in me and then we can plan plans and upheave upheavals, all right?" She gave her savior a little smile and casually wrapped a spider-leg around her shoulder. "I promise it'll be worth it."