3/20/2003

12:24 AM

Logfile from Ichijin.

 

Ichijin

Long and svelte, fair and lean, almost everything about him gives to the hint of slim length. As aquiline features attend the almost aristocratic line of cheekbones and the rebellious tilt of his nose, his mouth is but a tinted slash above a rather strong jaw. Cracked moonlight and shadow have their way with his eyes, dappling irises of malachite with indolent abandon. Brooding rebellion: an ever wayward forelock frequently seems to manage to escape the loose plait his long ash-blonde hair is often bound within, falling negligently over his brow while the rest of his hair descends down to mid-back.

Darkness primarily swathes his fair form, reaching from the toes of his dark boots all the way up neckline if the jacket he wears is fastened shut, but it often isn't. Trousers are of a darker fabric, more than likely ebony, loose enough to easily fit his long legs. In contrast though, he wears a button-down shirt of off-white, a pair of buttons left unfastened at the top. Over all is a long coat, not particularly heavy by any means, but tends to ripple just enough for dramatic effect from the waist down when drawn by the wind.

Ichijin appears to be 25 years, 3 months, and 15 days old.

He is awake and looks alert.

=-=> Ichijin looked at you!

 

Abandoned Warehouse

You see nothing special.

Gouka, Higuchi, and Akurei are here.

Obvious exits:

Out

There is an open portal to Royal Elizabeth-Penthouse 1.

You have closed the portal.

 

She might die, but it's safe to say that Gouka would die extremely happy.  "Why?   Just because I tried to have my way with her?"   The woman stretches again.  "If anything, you should be glad.   I mean....look at what you got.   Knowledge that she cares about you both so much that she was willing to come close to killing me, just to get away."   Adrie starts to sit up.  "I failed to get her....she wanted you, not me."   She stretches again.  "End of story, really."

 

Kieran shakes his head, "If Reese wanted you too, she could be with you. I have no hold over her. However, you didn't ask. You forced and cajoled and hurt. You've been a very bad girl, Gouka. If you had wanted to do that shit with a human, then fine, but you shouldn't have touched another oni and not one who is cared for by Bastian and myself. I do not like with people try to fuck with those I cherish."

 

Reese holds up a hand, skeptical for a moment. "Might I interject for a moment? Just because I'm sleeping with two guys does not make them my sole will to live. I give myself everything I've got. I gave a warning shot, asked nicely, then got away from a situation that I believed was dangerous." A hand grips her elbow in anxiety, and there's a small rumble in the back of the warehouse, as a few cardboard boxes and a great deal of ice falls away from something, clattering to the ground. Perhaps there is a little bit of anger inside Reese, a little grudge held. At least, she has enough energy to unfold a nasty-looking composite of flesh, towering to the roof of the building. "Adrie, Kieran... Meet Bruno." She names her stuffed animals too, but themes them after cute things, rather than good bouncer pseudonyms.

 

Adrie rubs her neck lightly.  "And did a damn fine job of getting away too.   I had no idea you had such versatile powers."   She crosses her legs then, and leans back.  "Wow."   Is all she says about Bruno.  

 

Kieran gaze is settled on Bruno now and he's shaking his head, "Damn Reese, you have been a busy woman. Now I think Gouka there is an even more of a dumb bitch for trying to take you." The monstrosity is eyed again before he turns to study Reese, watching her. This part of her power is very new to him. He steps closer to her, resting a tentative hand on her shoulder.

 

There is a slight distortion to the air, and then a moment later it seems as though Sebastian is simply walking out of thin air. He crosses onto the floor of the warehouse, not looking at all in a charitable mood. His gaze flickers over the expanse of the room before locking upon the others. "What is this? Starting without me? I'm so terribly disappointed," he adds, a touch of sarcasm in his voice that blends with too-kind dramaticism.

 

Reese purses her lips and glares at Adrie, her expression stern. "I think I would like you to take me very, very seriously right now. Because I am extremely upset. You miss, are trying my patience. I told you that I did not wish to hurt you, and I asked you to set me free. I told you that it was rape, and that I disapproved. You did not heed my warning." Oddly enough, her tone has transformed, a mild, pedantic British accent riding gently on her words. "In order for us to function, we need to respect each other. You've shown that you need to be taught respe-..." She feels the magic before spying Sebastian, cringing immediately and pressing gently into Kier. "I thought we could get done before he showed. They're going to kill eachother," she murmurs, suddenly worried. "Aw, shit."

 

Adrie gets to her feet.   "No, we're not going to kill each other.   Because I'm leaving.   Look at yourselves."   She flicks her hands at all of them.  "You worship Homasubi.   A god of destruction.  I worship a god of trickery and deception.  Nainokami is a goddess of darkness...and Amatsumika is a god of corruption and decay.  So why the hell are you people so upset?   So I did what I did.   Did I act at all out of character for someone who worships a lord of deceit?   If you kill me....is that wrong for a servant of destruction?   No.  I have no wish to die.   But I do know that while Sungnocha can go get himself another Gouka...the rest of the Sungnocha who know me...if the others have even been chosen yet...will remember that."  She shrugs then.  "You kill me.   They kill you.   Your replacements kill them.   Rather pointless, really."  Although Sungnocha's chosen would try their damnedest to point the finger at someone else.  "We're supposed to be evil.   Oh, sure, we're just supposed to help bring back the balance.  But face it people, the flip sides of that holy coin /are/ evil.    Darkness, Corruption, Trickery, and Destruction?   Sounds pretty damned evil to me.  So...spare me your petty carpings.  Kill me, don't kill me...I'm done trading words with you all.   I'll leave Reese alone.   You can have her."  She flicks her fingers, negligently.  "I don't really think my behavior should be a surprise to anyone."   Talk and walk out at the same time.  Yep.  Buy time.

 

Kieran is not going to stop her. Sebastian claimed that right and so Kieran watches her carefully, shaking his head. He's not going to argue philosophy with this woman. His arm does slip around Reese's shoulder though, holding her closer, his lips moving down to her ear, "If Bastian needs to hurt her for you, the let him. He can't give you his love, but he gives you this instead. Just accept it Reese."

 

Get it done before he showed? What's this? Sebastian has been all kinds of constipated since last evening just for this. It would be a shame to have him go postal without somewhere to focus all that angst. As he walks forward, the man is already drawing in outrageous amounts of energy, far more than what he can typically use, allowing that knot within him to take over. Not a single word of what Adrie said is actually processed, eyes already calculating the engineering of the warehouse as the blue glow conjures around his hands. "Death is too easy for you Gouka," he nearly purrs, the insanity etching through his voice already. "I deamed of you last evening as I held Reese. I even heard the sound you would make when the walls begin to fall. Would you like to hear it? The pops and crunches. It even sounded wet." His eyes seem to flash, that conjured glow taking the form of a ball of chi, quickly winding and growing upon itself with a flickering glow. The man licks his lips once, an almost slow movement, but in the next breath he releases the blast, aiming not at Adrie but to blaze a path to cut her off from the door, rending flooring on its way to the wall.

 

Reese crosses her arms mildly. "I don't accept this," she says, both to Adrie and Kier, standing to a side and watching impassively. Death is too easy - suffering is paramount. This is approved of, and the woman makes no further effort to stop Sebastian. Not to say that there is no work to be done. Perhaps in the same way that Seb analyzed the architecture, Reese gazes at her creation, finding key lines of magic and releasing them. What was a solid entity of flesh and muscle is now just a pile of goop, snaking away from the line of fire and escaping up walls and out the high windows of the warehouse. No, she does not want her baby fried - it'll make an interesting jigsaw puzzle for later. She slips her hand near to waist, finding Kieran's and squeezing. Let's just hope Seb leaves enough of the building intact enough for a quick escape.

 

Adrie stops, sighing as her way out is demolished.   "Very well.  I see we're going to have to do it this way."   She says, before turning back around and smiling at Seb.   "It's too bad you're not a woman, baby.   Because that dream sounds positively divine."   She /did/ beg Lexie to shoot her /again./   "Well.   Go ahead then."

 

Kieran is rolling his eyes at the stubborn Homasubi oni he finds himself living with these days. Gouka's words are not going to be commented on, though he holds onto Reese's hand tightly, saying quietly to her, "If things get worst and we can't get out of her on our own, I'll pull us through the fire. Just be ready to hold on so I can keep you from getting burned."

 

As the blast connects with the wall, a good amount of siding and metal tumble to the floor in a riot of noise. And that is all it takes for Sebastian to drop deeper into the sheer rapture of destruction. Well, hell. If Adrie is just going to stand there, Seb will be more than happy to oblige. He draws forward another step, hands lifting above his head to draw together another ball of chi between them. As palms draw apart it grows, causing yet more odd flickers to flash within the warehouse. Reese and Kieran? His mind is nowhere close to acknowledging their presence. The ball grows larger, gathering strength before the oni howls once and lets it go, letting it explode against the ceiling. Everyone better duck because it is gonna start raining roofing now.

 

Reese blinks in Kieran's direction, peering at the walls critically and dodging a piece of the ceiling. One doesn't get away with being a servant of destruction without knowing a bit about the field. "It's not going to burn," she comments mildly to the man. "It's aluminum, and it's not going to burn. We really should get out of here. Chances are more likely that he'll hit the melting point, though I don't know if chi blasts obey laws of chemistry." She considers the roof momentarily, then cringes, throwing Sebastian a look. "We really should," she reiterates, then purses her lips critically, torn between safety and a perverse brand of devotion.

 

Adrie lets the parts of the building fall near her, not moving, even as one large chuck hits the ground, then tilts sideways.  She moves then, but only because the chunk falls into her, putting a huge gash in her right arm and breaking the bone as well.  She hisses sharply, drawing in air through teeth gritted in pain.   Her eyes glow then, with drunken and insane lust, as her own chi flares to life, her body writhing as she falls to the ground, the wounds on her arm healing themselves.

 

Kieran shakes his head at Reese, "Not the damn building, Reese, the flames of my portal. The only want to get us out of here. Unless you want me to try to calm him? Or I get you out and get back. I might be able to manage that without passing out. Damn, damn, damn!"

 

Sebastian continues to walk forward, stepping over the various bits of rubble that is still tumbling down. You know, this would be so much more fun if they were doing this out on the street where he could do more than blow holes in things, and instead watch as entire buildings topple to the streets. Now /that/ is something worthwhile. He is quickly closing the distance between him and the writhing Gouka, hands extending to the sides now to release more blasts just any old place. Better duck.

 

Reese shakes her head firmly, releasing her hand from Kieran's and peering at the path between herself and Sebastian. "No," is her reply, concise, warm, and thick as emotion. "This is his love - didn't you say that, Kieran? The least I could do is endure and watch. The most I can do is treasure, and that is precisely what I plan I doing." Rubble above, chi blasts ahead: what's a girl to do? The first blast in her path is dodged; by the time the second flies by, a fridge is thrown open and the remnants of Reese's leather outfit is sent to parry it. Half the frozen corpse disintegrates, leaving the remainder as a shield for her further approach. Capable, confident, probably a little crazy: the woman is on a kamikaze-type mission to the center of the warehouse. 

 

Adrie is in no mood to duck, caught up in a pain so intense, it's almost sexual.   Her eyes open as her powers fade, and she smiles, slowly getting to her feet, before being hit again.   She'll probably end up buried alive, but as her powers activate to heal her once more, she doesn't really care.   Or realize that she can only do that...heal in the way she is, for a short time before she'll just be too worn out too.

 

Kieran is cursing stubborn women as he follows after Reese, dodging bits, hardly caring when the occasional piece strike his shoulder or nicks his face. It all heals on its own as well. Handy that. His hand raises upwards, a small fire ball filling his palm and darkening the skin immediately. Higuchi never winces at the touch of his own fire, though the pain is there. Pain is good, he'll agree with Gouka on that one. He lets the ball flatten and spread outward, forming a flaming umbrella of sorts that serves as an odd barrier against the debri, the heat palpable as he continues on in long strides.

 

Sebastian finally arrives next to Adrie, his eyes scathing over her form. He doesn't speak, but there is a wealth of meaning just in the gaze, not an breath of sanity within. Abruptly, the man is reaching over as if to try curl his fingers in her hair and drag her close to him. His voice lowers to a low note once more, "You like this, Gouka? I can see it in your eyes. You enjoy what you have wrought? Will you still be smiling when you see your blood running before your eyes, blinding you? Will you flush with desire as I press my hands just so.. on your head and squeeze?" His head abruptly lowers, voice a drawn whisper, "Miserable, rutting whore."

 

Reese gratefully spares a glance for the shelter, but her mind is utterly concentrated on magic and power - Kieran's skin is depressed somewhat, like a soft kiss to his cheek. As Sebastian speaks, however, she takes the opportunity to sprint to him, the remains of her pet corpse following her along the ground. Its purpose is soon made apparent: Sebastian is embraced from behind, and the body is used as a step, bringing her lips level to the man's ear. She whispers impassioned words, "I want to be with you. Please." So said, gates holding her senses are released, and she looses a deluge of chi into Sebastian - not forced, but there for his use alone.

 

Adrie opens her eyes then, an insanity there no less deep than Sebastian's, and her hand raises against the man's stomach, and she smiles.   "And you...you sick bastard male...will you enjoy it when your guts are rotting from the inside out from the deadliest disease known to man kind?   When your internal organs literally liquify?"  She asks, her voice low and dangerous.  "Go ahead.  Kill me.   You'll be dead too.   That, my dear Ichijin...is the power granted to me by the ferret god.   I will die...but so will you....and far more painfully than anything you could ever do to me."

 

Kieran is following of course. He's the sidekick tonight. The fire follows too and he glares down at Gouka. "Do it and I'll burn you alive. Then I'll burn the disease from his body because that is the power granted to by the Lady of Darkness. So try, it please. Otherwise, get your sorry ass out of her, Gouka. Reese seems to want to go home with her sick bastard male. Funny how that works."

 

Sebastian has been flooded with Reese's chi before, and considering how much he already has zipping through him once more, the man is going to be completely useless with one heck of a hammering chi hangover for the next couple of days. Well, that is if he actually lives. His eyes flash open with Reese's gift, and his entire body seems to shudder. Way, way too much, and it diverts him immediately. Adrie is released, possibly even pushed away as all thoughts of revenge upon the woman for hurting Reese flee whatever shred of focus was left in his mind. He quite literally bellows, every muscle tensing. The next chi ball flares to life immediately, all the power given to him needing a release and there it is. It grows by leaps and bounds, easily dwarfing the blasts from before. A groan, and off it goes, blazing a path through the rubble, right through the wall, and on to impact against a building across the street. D'oh. There goes the neighborhood.

 

Reese, arms still around Sebastian, had forgotten about that little effect; maybe the young woman needs a memo tattooed to her arm or something. Give Ichijin chi, things blow up. Right. Eyes close, head rests delicately against the small of the man's back, clearing her throat when the rubble finally stops its grinding fall. "Go away, Adrie. Go away now. Please?" she asks solemnly, merely a voice, a pair of forearms, the rest blocked from view. Again, her small voice lets loose its ultimatum: "I don't want to have to hurt you."

 

Adrie gets slowly to her feet.  "Which is precisely what I was trying to do before /he/ showed up."   She says, coolly, before lowering her hand and walking away from the group.  "Good day."

Seeing as he would prefer not to be blasted to hell and back, Kieran is making himself a human target again as he steps in front of Sebastian, settling hands on each of his cheeks, flooding him now immense heat in effort to shut down his mind and body enough to render him far less harmful to organic and inorganic objects. He's not going to comment any more about this screwed up situation. He just wants to go home. "Earth to Bastian, it's time to come back down from orbit now, darlin'."

 

Sebastian is shivering, standing there as if in shock. If not for Reese clinging to his back the man could very well collapse to the ground then and there. Yep, put a fork in him. Sebastian is done. The heat that floods his body now provokes another gasp, his eyes flashing wide. Arms are immediately coming forward as if to grip Kieran's elbows, fingers digging in. He draws in one ragged breath after another, watching the other oni. "What happened?... Reese?"

 

"I'm here," Reese replies quietly, implementing a few measures to make certain that gravity doesn't master Sebastian. "I made a little mistake, darling, but it's all fixed now. You've no need to worry." Yes, ignore the surrounding wreckage and the gigantic hole leading to another demolished building just outside. A thought crosses her mind mildly, and she peers around Sebastian to peer curiously at Kier. "Earth to Bastian? You are sooo five years ago. Geeez."

 

"Hush you," Kieran says back to her, smiling. "At least I can take a chi blast and live to tell about you. You can't. Can we go home now?" He asks that last of both of them. He'll willing to call a cab if they need it. His hands do release Sebastian, only to settle lower around the oni's waist, the heat less intense but still there. Soothing.

 

Sebastian's eyes slowly drift shut, dizziness causing his vision to swirl. Oh, if not for these two he would so be measuring his length upon the ground. He shivers once more, hand lifting up to press to his forehead. Oh, lordie... the hangover is already starting, and pounding at a vengeance. "I..." And that is all he manages before loosing consciousness. Hopefully he'll wake up after the cab ride.

 

Adrie leaves.

 

"You...?" Reese manages to ask, before lifting Sebastian into the air, seeming to carry him in a fireman's grip. There's just something about being able to look like you're slinging a six-foot tall blonde man over your shoulder that makes a girl feel butch. "True, Kier," she says, indicating to the hole in the wall. That's just about the exit, right? "But you get the advantage of always getting the front side, see? What am I going to do, rebraid his hair?" Nothing to eliminate bottled up rage like a good plait.

 

"I can carry him if you want, Reese. He's rather tall for you, don't you think? Besides, I like braiding his hair," shrugs Kieran, pulling out his phone to call a cab to their location. "Besides, he's got a nice ass, so what are you really complaining about."

 

Royal Elizabeth-Penthouse 1

Mahogany is prevalent, drawing along the dramatic lines of this rather swanky penthouse. Opening into the outer hallway is a pair of double doors, raised upon a couple of steps before the sunken front area. With expansive wood floors and vaulting ceiling, the space afforded is extraordinarily luxurious.  Even more impressive is the view granted by the panel windows that look out onto a wide balcony dressed with topiary and the spread of Manhattan.

Within, there is a grouping of leather couches rather close to a fireplace and just off to the side of an open bar area. Further along and closer to the windows is a long dining table rimmed with high-backed chairs as off to the left leads to the kitchen. On to the right is a set of stairs that lead up towards a loft that overlooks the entire area. Over all, there is an almost impersonal aura to the place, with no personality other than what the interior decorator left it with.

Obvious exits:

Exit   Loft   Bedroom

 

Akurei comes home.

Higuchi comes home.

 

Sebastian is still quite unconscious. Its good to be the dead weight, or not, depending upon whose custody you are in. Although, he is showing signs of life now and again with a mutter under his breath, or a groan. Anyone got a big bottle of Tylenol?

 

"... What I'm saying, Kier, is that I think it's necessary to have a wall when you're trying to do it standing up. I mean, think about what kind of accidents could happen if you don't have something to brace yourself against?" She pauses by the door, having not relinquished her hold on Sebastian, and looking meaningfully at the lock. You know that these people are able to keep up a running conversation about sex throughout an entire cab ride and more.

 

Kieran unlocks the door and opens it for her, laughing, "I'm six foot four, Reese. I'm strong enough to have sex with someone, even another man, standing up and holding them without needing a wall. Besides, I have excellent balance. I'll show you sometime if you want."

 

And Sebastian missed all of that? More is the pity. He will be expecting the both of you to regale him with every detail later, including examples -hopefully the kind that he will be allowed to participate in. Damn. Why does he have to miss it all?

 

"Well, /I/ personally don't have that problem," Reese says, shrugging her shoulders. "Though I typically cheat. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to test that out. For scientific purposes, you know." Smirking, she peers between the master bedroom and the couch, finally showing preference to the former and wandering towards the large bed, gently laying Sebastian down and immediately bustling off, finding ibuprofen and a small terry towel, dampening it and laying it on the prone man's forehead.

 

"Scientific purposes. Of course Reese. There's not an ounce of sexual attraction between either of us. Or caring. Indeed," he is laughing softly at this, reaching out to swat her on the butt as she passes. Kieran climbs onto the bed besides Sebastian, hands unraveling the spent oni's hair. He doesn't mind the unbraiding/braiding thing. Shame for all that hair to get knotted. "Reese, are you okay though. Tell me the truth. I was rather worried you know."

 

Sebastian is finally rousing. Maybe it is their conversation, or the cloth on his head, or possibly finally laying down and not having all the blood rush to his head anymore. He blinks back to consciousness, wincing just the slightest. Ohhhhhh, the throbbing. And we are talking about his head at the moment, so get your dirty oni minds out of the gutter. His eyes are immediately squeezing back shut, "Reese?"

 

"Absolutely," Reese replies, giggling brightly and winking at the swat and sliding onto Sebastian's other side, her hand pressing lightly into the towel. "I think I'll be okay. I was having nightmares, but I'm prone to them - I'm sure they'll go away eventually. Or maybe I'll just have to go to sleep exhausted." The banter brings a smile to her face, her face sobering for a moment to murmur, "I'm fi-.. right here, Seb." Reese: smooth ride, good brakes, and a real tight turn radius.

 

Kieran eyes Sebastian, then eyes Reese. "Got to sleep exhausted? He doesn't look capable if I'm gleening your meaning correctly. If that's a clue for me to step up, you could ask nicer, Reese." Higuchi gives her a smile as his hands stroke through Sebastian's unbound hair. Ah yes, bishie hair fetish, always good.

 

Sebastian mutters under his breath, "What are the pair of you discussing over me? Or do I even want to know?" A hand reaches over to try to seek out Reese's, his eyes slowly opening once more to peer at the pair, confusion still muddling his thoughts but at least he is conscious now.

 

Reese pouts over at Kieran, running a finger from the corner of her eye to her chin. *tear* "Aww. You don't find pandering and subtlty attractive in a girl?" she asks, voice softer now as she tenderly brushes aside Sebastian's forelock and smiles downwards. "I suppose it's useless to ask if you're all right, darling, but is it any worse than usual?" She takes the hand slowly, downplaying all of her actions, even the reassuring squeeze given to Seb's hand soft and gentle.

 

Kieran presses his hands along Sebastian's back, letting heat flow through them into the man lying down, relaxing any muscles made sore for the stress of exercion. Not to mention soothing and caressing throughout skin and blood alike. He winks back to Reese, "Always, sweetie, always." Then he falls silent again, focusing attention back on Ichijin.

 

Sebastian doesn't know if he should wince at the hangover or purr at all of this attention. Maybe if he wasn't quite so spent at the moment, he'd be purring, so instead they'll have to get along with a wry smile. "All will be fine," he murmurs, squeezing her hand right on back. "Although if you two decide to jump each other, at least have the curtesy to do it in another room... and with the door closed. I don't think my ears could take the noise." Yes, there is a distinct note of teasing to his his voice.

 

Reese would ruffle the man's hair if she didn't think the strands might all feel like hammers to the skull. "Nah," she murmurs, her smile affectionate. "You two stood vigil over me - the least I could do is chastely return the favor. Imagine, one day we might all be healthy simultaneously." She winks, tilting head gently to a side, then slides down beside the man. "Can I get you anything? We've got Aspirin and water - well, my leftovers, at least. Or do you just want to get some rest?"

 

Kieran is doing the same on the other side of Sebastian. See Reese, you have the front this time. "I wouldn't do that either. No matter how tempting Reese is, it seems rather callous to leave you here recuperating while we enjoy ourselves. Believe it or not, I can endure without." And so he can, though his hands continue to massage the resting oni's back.

 

"No, thank you. Your presence is quite welcome enough, Reese." Another soft smile graces Sebastian's lips, almost lazy. He brings her held hand to his mouth to give it a soft kiss, and then laying it against his chest to gently stroke her fingers. But doesn't Reese usually get the front? As when Kier was so cold? Seb spooning his back, Reese in the front. He is smiling once more at Kieran's comment, "I wouldn't mind. I'll be doing nothing but sleeping anyway.... even if I'm ever impressed by your powers of enforced chastity -short-term or not, Kieran."

 

"I don't believe it," Reese quips, lifting her head a little to grin cheekily at Kieran. She opens her mouth, then shuts it again - perhaps his lecture to Adrie did do some good after all. The kiss makes her blush softly, letting head lay down and eyes close. "You'd best take the ibuprofen before you go to sleep, then. When you wake up with the light in your eyes, you'll want to have it in your system." She grins, rolling her shoulders back a little bit.

 

"Hush, both of you," Kieran says in mild protest, brushing aside Sebastian's hair to lightly kiss the back of his neck, breathing extra warmth into the touch. "I have to say, I think the bitch got off lightly, but it was quite exciting to watch. Reese, your creativity obviously knows no bounds. Bruno was, rather, unexpected. Effective though."

 

Sebastian is smiling once more, again light, "I'll just keep them closed, or the pair of you will remember to keep the shades drawn." Again, he presses her fingers to his chest, gently rubbing her knuckles. Kieran's kiss provokes a soft sigh before he is frowning once more, something of confusion as he tries to piece together what happened. "Bruno?" There is something vague there.

 

Reese smirks lightly at Kieran's words, laughing. "Lexie asked for something phenomenal. When the world goes to shit, that's when I'll truly get to play." And hopefully, they'll have enough bodies together by then to have an army truly worthy of the Yin. "Bruno," Reese offers, "is a merger of all of the bodies that Morwen and I had collected in the warehouse. He's very big," she adds. Stating the obvious? Perhaps she's just enhancing the man's memory. "As for Adrie, she might not have gotten quite what she deserved, but an eye for an eye is a little difficult in this case. Hopefully, she's afraid, at least."

 

Kieran lets his warm lips drift over Sebastian's nape, down along his throat, caresses undemanding. An arm slides over the oni's side, fingers brushing against Reese. "I hope she is indeed afraid," he says quietly, deep voice humming against Ichijin's skin. "You were generous to let her go, Reese."

 

Sebastian is frowning once more, trying to puzzle the pieces back together, but it is a bit too soon and quite a few of those pieces are awfully elusive. "Big," he echoes, still not quite seeing it, even if it is still a vague impression. His eyes are opening once more, staring across to Reese with obvious concern. He seems to be content to simply watch her though, "She will not touch you again."

 

"I know," Reese replies solemnly to the both of them. "I honestly didn't think she would after I left her in her apartment. Outside, she is confident and terrifying, but inside... inside she is very, very frightened. All that needs to happen is for someone to tap into that and expose it, and the woman will collapse." She shrugs her shoulders, doubting her own generosity. "When we get a new warehouse, Seb, I'll show you." They can make friends and play tag!

 

Sebastian continues to watch Reese, allowing the silence to unfold for a moment. He speaks softly, "I don't care about the woman, just as long as she doesn't hurt you again, Reese." Kieran's own quieting is noted, but warmth and presence is more than appreciated. He briefly squeezes Reese's hand once more, keeping it against him.

 

Reese grazes her knuckles against Sebastian's chest, closing her eyes. "I care about the woman. She's very, very wrong, but that doesn't mean I can't have some semblence of pity for her stupidity. We are not creatures of evil, you and I, Sebastian." The confidence she slides behind this sentence is poignant in her newfound assurance of this fact. "She won't hurt me - no worries."

 

Sebastian refrains from saying anything once more. But after a moment he breathes, "You are far more forgiving than I am." Again, he slowly lifts her hand to his lips once more, brushing her knuckles with his mouth. "Reese, I..." But something stops him from continuing, confusion showing once more, then he sighs, "Rest."

 

"This, I know as well," Reese says, smiling again and extending her fingers to the touch, trailing the pads on her fingertips beneath the man's jaw, then releasing herself from his grasp. Hands are employed as she cups his face, looking expectantly into his eyes, then releases that tension. "Get some sleep," she whispers, pressing a light kiss to the man's lips. "I'm sure you'll feel much better for it in the morning." If the girl is disappointed, it doesn't show at all in her soft actions.

 

Sebastian just needs to gather himself together again is all. Maybe try to find another old book on anatomy. Maybe he really should get that Operation game. That and not have a Higuchi clinging to his back, even if he is rather welcome, take a good long shower to get rid of the destruction dust, leave the hair down, etc... Then maybe he can finally come to terms with the impossible. Maybe. "Thank you," he murmurs before letting blessed unconsciousness claim him once more.