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Out of the now void whiteness there seemed to be one thing that remained. One thing that Xiu's power had not sucked up into the black pearl she now held delicately in her fingers. As the object drew closer to her mouth the dark figure approached, long legs closing the distance fairly quickly. "Hold it, hold it hold it!"

Like a snake Titus struck out with his hand plucking the small pearl from Xiu's fingers before she could push it passed her lips. With furrowed brows he looked the object over seeming almost offended. "What did....how did....what have you done?" He sounded displeased. "All my hard work and you cram it in a little ping pong ball."

Titus continued to roll the item around in his fingers studying it as if trying to crack a code. How the hell could he fix this? He had spent the better part of an hour trying to talk the poor schmuck into this setting. All his hard work and what did he have to show for it? A marble. "How do I fix this?" He seemed to be asking himself as he stared at the marble now ignoring Xiu as he tried to work out the problem in his mind.

Titus could hear the ghoul muttering behind him but hadn't paid her any mind at first. He was still trying to figure out how to extract his nightmare from the tiny pearl she had created. "Maybe if I just add water...." That seemed logical enough and as if on cue a glass of liquid appeared in his hand.

That was, however, when Xiu finally got his attention. "This." Titus hissed turning toward her and holding up the pearl. "I spent the better part of an hour at work and you destroy it in seconds." As he stepped closer, white pupil-less eyes trained on her face his taller form looming over hers. "Fix this." It was every bit of a command and not a request.

"Yeah, I did this, Powderpuff." Titus had been rather pleased with his work and then she had shown up. He was a little surprised she didn't move but he could see the hint of fear in her stern expression. Trying to play the brave one. It made his smile turn cruel as she continued, his gaze turning to her upturned hand.

"Titus," Was all he offered before he pulled back and plopped the pearl into the glass of water and waited. Nothing. He swirled the glass a little and the pearl went clanking against the sides with every turn. Nothing......well damn. Maybe if he tried to shake it up?

"Wait....wait...hold the skelephone. Meal?" He paused in his actions, gaze turning toward Xiu with furrowed brows. It was like his mind was finally piecing the puzzle together and he wasn't very pleased with his conclusion. "Dream Eater....." He scoffed a bit like that was the last thing he needed.

"Oi!" Titus grumbled as Xiu managed to grab the glass from his hand. He sneered rather irritated as she explained specifically what she was. "Yeah, sure, baku. A dream eater is a dream eater." They were all the same to him. Basically a pest, breaking into his dream and....and... "Hey hey hey," He was too late to stop her as she down the water and the pearl before handing him back the empty glass.

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Was she seriously handing him the empty glass back? On reflex he took it before immediately tossing it behind his shoulder at least comforted by the loud shattering noise it made as it hit...whatever in this white blank space. The look of dissatisfaction on her face was also something but it still left him irked.

"I was thinking I was working and now I need to start all over. So if you wouldn't mind shoving off," He tried to shoo her along with a slight flicking motion of his hand before he made his way back over to the dreamer still huddled on the floor. There he casually crouched beside the student with a sigh, placing an arm over the victim's shoulder. "You better hurry mate, I think their coming."

A figure began to form in the white though they were mostly white themselves. Or at least their coat was. Titus had seen several of these Hunters so far and the designs on their coats always seemed to vary as well as their weapon. The closer the figure came to them the more vivid and tangible it became. It wasn't long before the whip came into view, the weapon spiraling around the Hunter like a live snake with a mind of its own.

Titus smiled a smile that threatened to split his face in two as he looked at the little baku. His expression was somewhat like how a child would regard a puppy shortly before punting it off into the distance with glee. "I'm sorry what was that about permission? Did you get invited here?" Titus leaned on the dreamer like they were merely a piece of furniture for his use.

"No one wants to have the pants scared off them in their sleep, little dream eater. Besides, its a whole other matter when you know its coming. Often you can't sleep or you try to fight it. Its much more realistic this way and the poor sap will be none the wiser." He patted the dreamer on the head briskly after what he considered sound logic. "If that's not enough of a reason then how about Je m'en fou."

When Xiu turned to look at the Hunter Titus stayed right where he was. "Eh? I've seen plenty of them in these dreams. All a little different but the same. Their image seems to work the best, driving fear in deep." With an oddly gentle touch, Titus reached down with his hand to lift the dreamers head and turned them to look in the direction of the Hunter he had created. No doubt if they spotted them there would be more. It was during this act that he felt a pull against his power that didn't belong to the dreamer. Once again the baku was trying to ruin his plans.

With a growl he stood to his full height, tattered wings flaring out like smoky waves of black fire at his back. "You just want to continue to get in the way don't you, Powderpuff?" There looked to be malicious intent in his eyes, he wasn't about to lose this fight.

A chuckle rose in his throat, a creepy sound that seemed to echo through the void. "Life is full of guinea pigs just waiting for their moment of use to shine. He should be so lucky that I have chosen him to help further my own abilities." Full of himself much? Nah, not at all.

His smile only grew when she made an attempt to be helpful. "Oh, is the little dream eater offering some assistance to the cause?" How amusing. "So noble...so cute." His expression darkened almost dangerously. "I don't do cute."

He moved a little closer, chains starting to break their way from the floor circling around Xiu's feet like snakes. "I know enough." Titus hissed the Hunter he had created moving toward the dreamer now, his whip flailing and slicing through the air with ease. "And I'm afraid you are asking a bit much don't you think? You're asking me to fight my nature. I am a Nightmare Demon. It's my life to create nightmares, to who is no concern of mine."

One of the chains at Xiu's feet started to slither toward her shoe with the intent of binding her legs. It lashed out quickly though the noise was unmistakable.

Titus growled slightly, a somewhat feral sound bubbling up in his throat. "Then bon appetit. I'll make sure their worth eating." He had seen the look of disgust on her face, she didn't like to eat them. In that case he would make them as unpleasant as possible.

The demon started to smile seeing the widening of her eyes. For a moment he thought he had her but that wasn't the case when he was suddenly met with a knee to the groin. "Ooof," While it was still dreamspace pain was no foreigner here. He doubled over quickly, white and black eyes wide. The panic the pain induced had his wings flaring out the black shadowing bits wavering in a frenzy. It actually started to spread out from his form, leaking into the white void that surrounded them like ink pouring from a bottle. It began to bubble up as it hit the floor, the sounds of screams echoing as if trapped in the black.