DAEMONOLGIE✖ new thread page 947

What's possessing you?

Something that I've done wrong.	35.3%	[ 41 ]
Someone I've wronged.	19.0%	[ 22 ]
A strange being from the space between the stars!	23.3%	[ 27 ]
I LIVE FREE FROM REGRET	22.4%	[ 26 ]
Total Votes:			[ 116 ]

[Chrystali]

A triumphant gleam in her eyes, and Astaroth was smiling. It was ugly, almost painful, the curve of feminine lips beneath cruel and uncaring eyes. Neil imagined she was truly the stuff of nightmares, and hearing this new woman call the demoness a Prince...he could only surmise he was not far off from the truth.

He was aghast. In his bid to summon a high ranking Angel, he had summoned a Prince of HELL? The man felt a slender hand slide over his shoulders, forcing him to shudder visibly, tearing his eyes from the malicious glee of his captor. His stomach was tight with fear, but he wouldn't let it show, and that was what she was enjoying. "I wanted t'summon an' Angel..." he murmured quietly, not wanting to feel as pathetic as he had when explaining himself to Brad.

Who, he suddenly noted, was still holding the woman. Whose name he did not know. He blinked at the two, preferring to focus on them rather than the possessive touch of the Prince. Neil didn't want to think of the terms of ridding himself of the female. "Are ye'all well, lass?" he asked the human woman, eyes flicking to the taller male, who simply shook his head. Taking a hesitant breath, Neil offered a smile, "I am appreciative of y'help, of shedding some light on th'matter."

In truth, the man couldn't have possibly felt worse, and Astaroth was enjoying every second of it.

[Mhin Hae-Min]

"How," she said, ignoring Neil's question. It wasn't all okay, but she had her job, and she was going to do it, and that was all that she could say for... anything, at all, right now. Then, realizing she might not have been exactly clear, she cleared her throat and said, "How did you try to summon the angel? I cannot turn back time and fix this for you, but I can help you find out what went wrong... Unless you don't want me to. It's all right if you don't."

It disgusted her a little, seeing the man just ignore the demon. "If you don't like something the demon does, tell it to stop," she said to him. "It's contracted. If your wording for the contract was good and solid, it should listen." Somehow she wasn't sure that wouldn't make the Prince angry, since Mr. Argyle admitted that he hadn't intended to summon a demon. The contract probably had as many holes in as the sky had stars.

“may I kiss you then?
on this miserable paper?
i might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

[Chrystali]

Another deep, shaky sigh. Neil wanted to recount that day about as much as he wanted a hole in the head. Actually, that might have been preferrable...

"A fourth pentacle of Mercury. Assists in knowledge." His voice took on a bland tone, as if he had said something of the nature a thousand times...or perhaps heard it from another. "Black candles t'focus me own negativity, four t'honor th'Archangels. A glass of wine for cordial invite. On a warm night in August, I...did everythin' I was meant to." Neil looked genuinely perplexed about the whole thing, eventually turning his preperations over in his mind.

"Laoise," the demoness purred.

A shudder ran through him. "Aye, me w...my garter snake, Laoise." He was distracted now by the rest of the woman's statement, looking between her and the Prince at his side. "With all due respect m'lady, 'taroth is nae a dog, much as we may not like each other." He stood a little straighter as the demoness withdrew her touch, missing the considering look on her face. "Th'contract 'ad nothing t'say..." He paused, regaining himself again. "...it didn't mention terms of touch and contact."

[Mhin Hae-Min]

"Oh," she said, facing away while she thought this over. "August is Astaroth's month. Snakes are her animal domain, in classical Goetic one of her heads is a snake... She has four assistants. If you're greatly negative, then it would have called to them instead. And she is a demon of knowledge. Mr. Argyle..." She turned back to look at him, unaware that part of the bruise on her face was exposed.

"Joesonghamnida. You must have used small candles, tea lights or maybe four-inch tapers... They probably couldn't keep enough of your negativity to make your intentions so pure as they needed to be." With a sigh, she looked down at the floor. Such a misfortune, after such good intentions; she really did feel bad for Neil. Hae-min didn't comment on his opinion of his demon; to her, the infernal beings couldn't be seen as anything less than dogs. So she would simply keep her mouth shut...

“may I kiss you then?
on this miserable paper?
i might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

[Cinderfae]

((*Seere sidles in to woo Hae-min after seeing that last bit of the rp post* >.>

[Chrystali]

Neil's heart sank with each explanation, each of his intentions ticked off to Astaroth's favor. He could feel the demoness practically oozing with superiority over him, and perhaps there was some truth to the notion; it seemed a little difficult to breathe around the Prince, as if her ego had swelled in his immediate vicinity.

The woman moved, and his eyes immediately shifted to something dark blooming on her face, but his friend was already in action. He was surprised that Brad could move so fast, tenderly taking the woman's face in his hand. "Hae-min," the normally calm Italian's voice was livid. "What. Happened?" Anger...and a lot of it. Neil was not used to hearing that, and it made him flinch into Astaroth.

"Should...should we be leavin', lass?" he asked softly, trying to give the woman an out if she didn't want to answer.

[Mhin Hae-Min]

Brad was angry, and he scared her when he was angry. So frightened, in fact, she blurted out the truth before she could think about it- "Tae-yulandIwerefighting," she told him, all in one breath, and then as if realizing what she had said she slapped both hands over her mouth and looked at the ground. Hoping to cover it up, she looked over at Neil's shoes- turning the bruised side of her face away- and said, slower and in a more understandable tone, "I mean. I walked into a door- i-it wasn't really anything big but you know how vain I am." Trying to make it a joke, that might work. Nothing happened, she thought firmly.

"Aiyeh, ah... Is there anything else I can help you with?" Brush it off. Act like it was nothing. Because it wasn't- nothing happened. If Hae-min couldn't convince herself, she would never, ever convince Brad, and she didn't want him to worry. The demoness over Mr. Argyle's shoulder was the problem here. That was something to worry on, and she focused in on that problem. "I don't think there's much else I can tell you... Since you didn't receive assistance for your summoning through here, you don't have to sign the waiver, even though I think Edward would appreciate it if you came back sometimes. You could meet with me, if that would make you more comfortable, or you could meet with Ed, who's..."

Well. Edward was Edward.

"...And I don't recommend you meet with Tae-yul," she said under her breath, though Brad, being so close, might have heard it.

“may I kiss you then?
on this miserable paper?
i might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

[Chrystali]

He could tell by the pulse jumping beneath his friend's neck that Brad didn't believe the 'door' thing for a second. As the other's dark gaze turned up the stairs, otherwise remaining motionless with an arm still around the woman, Neil decided to plunge along with her words. "Um, I think y'covered it nicely," he said with a small hint of remorse, remembering his own problems. "Ye'want us t'come back later the? Like a check up?" He glanced over to Astaroth as though to see what she thought of it, but as usual, she retained her stoic and distinerested expression.

Neil sighed softly. "Aye, we can at least come back. If anything, just t'...keep things up t'date. So there's no surprises." At least...at least they didn't require knowing the contents of the contract. He didn't want to say it out loud, didn't want either of them to hear what he'd done in his desperation. That, at least, was one mistake he could keep to himself.

[Mhin Hae-Min]

"Yes," she said, reaching up to rub at her face. Was the bruise really that extensive anyway? She knew she bruised easy. A door could have done it, really, it didn't have to be her brother. "It's exactly that, so we know about all the different kinds of demons and how they act."

The woman reached up to turn Brad's face to hers, even knowing it would remind him of the bruise. "Don't," she told him. "He's my dongsaeng. Sometimes he gets angry, that's all. And he tries, he really does. He's a good b- man," she corrected herself. He was grown now, her little brother. "It was an accident, and I said my fair share of bad things. It doesn't happen that often, and I'm older, I should know better, especially since I dragged up things he didn't want to talk about. I'm the one who made it go out of control. So don't." I love you, oppa, she tried to say, but she found herself choked up; she stepped quickly back to the desk where she had been when the two men had come in and covered her face with her hands. Hae-min could ignore them until they left, really she could, but she found herself watching them anyway. More specifically, Brad. Part of her hoped he would leave. The other part wanted to tuck herself back into his arms and cry...

[Like I said, Chrys, a wrap-up is good if you're ready to be done; if not, let me know and I'll quote it into a guild thread before I hit the sack. ;D

This does mean others can get their shop RPs in.]

“may I kiss you then?
on this miserable paper?
i might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

[Cinderfae]

((dammit now Seere wants to sidle up to Brad and whisper devil thoughts in his ear... "you can't let him treat her that way..."

[Chrystali]

[ *grins at Cinder* Seere wouldn't have to try very hard. God help both of them if Brad ever catches Tae-yul alone. XD I am, however, finished with my shop RP, thank you zig!! *heading to bed* ]

[kokobu]

[ a-are we still using parenthesis cause i'm not sure anymore

anyway HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZIGE since i won't be on later to tell you heart ]

[shibrogane]

No we're good now. o 3o

THANK YOU KOKO. heart THIS WILL BE A GOOD DAY, I SENSE IT.

“may I kiss you then?
on this miserable paper?
i might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”

[Chrystali]

HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY [again] ZIG!!!

[Chrystali]

Tag for zig. [Krys, I'll reply to ours when I'm home. XD]