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.