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Titus had been meaning to pay his most favored reaper a visit. Oh how time had flown by since they had last seen each other, though when Shun had been sent off the demon was fairly certain he wouldn't see him again....and was grateful. But now here they were attending the same damn school all over again. How in the name of Jack did this turn out this way? It was like a divine punishment of some sort.

Figuring he might as well make the best of it Titus sought out the reaper dormitory. Really the dorm in and of itself was a rats nest in his mind, something that needed to be purged off the face of Halloween. He wouldn't step foot inside but being here was close enough.

Finding a nice secluded area Titus plopped himself down before he stretched and closed his eyes focusing on what he needed to do. It was night time and there were many sleeping reapers inside the dorm. The minds of those who had already drifted off were like lights in the distance, it was just a matter of following the right path. It had taken quite a bit of practice on Titus' part, distinguishing one path from another when they truly all looked alike but somehow he had managed to do it, following that familiar strand to Shun's dream.

When he arrived Titus was rather surprised to find such a tranquil state for a dream, the reaper alone and meditating. He stood behind him on his high point looking out over the waterfall. "Water, its such a terrible thing to put in your dream, Soul Herder." He knew his weakness, he knew a few places to jab and he wasn't above using them all again.

"Ohh," The sound was nothing less than amused as Titus approached. "I'm surprised to see that you are aware that I am here. That certainly makes things more interesting."

Titus began to sit but at first there were no chairs to be had. For a moment it looked like he was going to just sit back and fall on his rear but at the last moment a chair poofed into existence, wisps of black fading away as Titus plopped into the seat as if it had been there all along. Leaning back in his seat, Titus poised his hands in front of himself looking out over the scenery. It seemed things were about to change and while he didn't have control over the entire environment there were things he could change, things he could do by implanting a simple thought.

"Now why would I leave, its been so long since we last saw one another."

"Psh, I think I'm rather comfortable here. I might kick back for a while and - of!" Before he knew it the chair beneath him had vanished and Titus crashed to the ground with a thud. The amusement was gone from his face as he tried to figure out what happened. "Well," The demon began as he collected himself, trying not to let his surprise show. "Seems the little reaper has learned a few tricks since I was here last."

Standing Titus made a show of dusting himself off before straightening in his stance. "I take it Daddy no longer haunts your dreams at night? Those used to be the most fun to watch."

Now this was a little unexpected. Titus never imagined Shun would be able to take control of his dreams, especially to this level. No doubt someone was helping him, someone that had control of this element like he did. He wondered...who? Who was it that Shun knew? Titus wondered if he could make the reaper reveal who it was in some way.

"I see you've been practicing," Titus growled a bit, stomping the ground with his foot. When he did the ground rose up into a shield blocking the spikes that were headed in his direction. While Shun was gathering control Titus still had a bit more practice with manipulation. It was going to take more than that to get rid of him. "I'm sure you didn't do this on your own. Who's been helping you?"

"Say its a hunch, a nagging thought in the back of my mind from experience. This is my element after all, Soul Herder." The hole that opened up at his feet made Titus falter though his tattered wings began to move pulling him into flight. They flared out, shifting and moving with the currents of air as he pulled himself higher and out of harms way.

"So what do they look like Shun? Give me a name. Surely its not that little monster I saw you with at the theater." If he could get him to concentrate on who it was it was possible they could appear in the dream. Titus would have made the monster he had seen the reaper with appear but he honestly didn't remember well enough what she looked like to make it happen. It was mostly a blur of white and pale skin. He couldn't even remember the color of her eyes. Next time...next time he would look at her closely.

"Oh, I don't need you to tell me," Titus said with a smile, flying out of the way of the blades as they came soaring toward him. "I merely need you to think it. Whether you like it or not your mind often works against you in your sleep. That nagging feeling like a door you don't want opened but it never stays locked. An event you try to keep from happening but no matter how you try it unfurls all the same." Really he was planting the idea of failure now. Something he had done before.

"Oh you would know all about that wouldn't you, Soul Herder?" Titus smiled willing the water that the waterfall had fed into to rise and deepen. "Isn't that why your father sent you away? You were always such a disappointment to him."

The tranquility of the scene started to melt away with just that one reference to his father. Yes, this is what Titus remembered. The frustration, the fear, the chaotic mess that went on in Shun's mind over the older reaper. It was too delicious to pass up despite how curious he was to dig up who had been helping him with his lucid dreaming.

In a flash Shun was above him, aiming an attack with his daggers. This wasn't an unfamiliar move to the demon, he had seen Shun perform it before...and on him no less. Still, that didn't give him enough time to move out of the way, the realm of reality still holding an ounce of thread in this dream world. The blade of Shun's dagger neatly sliced through the front of his coat pulling it open as Titus continued his retreat. He didn't even bother to access the damage or cared to see if he had been cut. It was a dream anyway, his real body would be fine.

"I hope you enjoy your swim." Titus smiled almost playfully as Shun passed him in his decent, hoping to play up in the reaper's mind that the pool of water was below him. No doubt the more the reaper thought about it the worse it would be. A small pool could easily turn into a river or a lake and suck him under if he over thought the idea of drowning. Titus wasn't quite strong enough to manipulate something so large, not just yet, but he could still plant the idea, grow the seed of fear and let Shun's mind do all the work.