Atticus' face became expressionless as Ellise mentioned that putting herself and fun first, contributed to her friends death. While he did not know the details nor felt like prying, "Oh, I'm sorry, Ellise." he apologized as he didn't want to be rude, but now he knows why she is so serious most of the time and as he himself, doesn't have enough time left, he wanted to bring happiness to others and if that meant playing cupid between Ellise and Despair, then he would do it. "Well, lets just move on from this subject now. I wouldn't want to bring up painful memories, but I have one thing to ask. Why do I sense a faint aura of Despair's wavelength coming from you?" Ellise would remember the kiss that Despair gave her and the words he spoke about calling him whenever she needed or wanted him. As soon as he was going for another bite, Atticus heard the door open and the first person he saw was Shira, as his eyes met her, the next thing he knew, she had ran over and hugged him, almost knocking him out of his chair. "I'm glad to be back." he told her as he hugged her back. "I missed you, Shira."
━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ellise shrugged "The weirdo kissed me so he must've done something then." she said. She looked up when Shira came home and almost tackled Atticus "Hey, Shira!" she greeted. ━━━━━━━━━━━━
Shira smiled happily as she hugged Atticus "I missed you too." she said. After another few moments of hugging him she pulled away and looked at him "Woah... you look a little different." she said as she put on hand on his face and looked him over.
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Spreader of Despair
Deadshot Lawton
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:19 pm
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Krieg follows her in not saying much with his hoodie and soul protect up. He didn't trust them and didn't want to talk to them so he sits down on the couch way from them not paying attention to them. He did smell the food and started to get hungry.
Atticus would stare directly at Shira as she put her hands on his face and looked him over, commenting that he looked different. Atticus smiled, "Well, what do you expect. I've been in a different world for about two years." he replied. It had been so long since he last saw her and while she hasn't changed a bit, he was indeed different. Most notably was the small scar around his left eye. "I had intended to go and find you, but me and Ellise had a little discussion about her love life." he joked. Soon, his smile faded as some unknown person had followed Shira into the house, he would not greet or say a single word to either Atticus nor Ellise, which Atticus took offense to. Atticus' eyes followed the boy as he made his way over to the couch, "It's common courtesy to introduce yourself to others, before walking into their home and making yourself comfortable." Atticus told him. "If you are with Shira, then she must trust you and want you here, but you will still show the proper respect towards others. That live here." Atticus was clearly more strict then he used to be.
Shira looked from Atticus to Krieg "Oh. Thats Krieg. He will be spending the night here until I show him the DMA tomorrow." she told Atticus. Ellise glanced over towards Krieg when he walked in before looking at the others.
"Krieg?" Atticus repeated before facing Shira, "He doesn't seem to be human and if you are bringing him to the DMA, then that narrows down the possibilities greatly. He is no warlock, that is for sure. He doesn't carry a relic or staff of any kind that can utilize his magic, plus he just doesn't give off an warlock feel. So he is either a demon or kishin. There is also no smell or trace of demon blood in you, also. Which means you can only be one thing." In just a matter of seconds, Atticus was able to deduce Krieg's identity, with only Shira's words and his own mind. "You keep strange company, Shira. How are you involved with his kishin? Just what kind of troubles have you gotten yourself into?" he asked, of course he was just teasing her. Not really interested in hearing whatever story was, Atticus was just happy that he was reunited with Shira again.
Shira smiled "I am looking into an organization called Machinist Order... Krieg said he would help me with some info on them so we were working on that today." she explained. She eyed the scar on Atticus "How did you get that?" she asked curiously.
As Shira mentioned his scar, Atticus reached his hands up, removing his shades, revealing even more of the scar, along with his same old yellow eyes. Placing his left hand on the scar, Atticus would smile, "It was a gift, from a close friend of mine." he told her, cryptically. He intentionally avoided telling her who it was and just how it happened. "I entrusted him with something and as a thank you, he scarred my face." Atticus added, before realizing that there was still a lot of food left. "Well, we can talk about that later, for now. Lets celebrate for being reunited. I've prepared quite a feast." He would then motion for Shira to head towards the table, "Your friend is free to join us as well." he stated, glancing back at Krieg.
Shira stared at Atticus for a moment "Weird friendship..." she muttered before nodded and walking to the kitchen. She got some food before sitting next to Atticus. She tried a little before digging in since she hadn't eaten anything for a while. "Wow... this is really good." she said with a grin.
Atticus would be seen staring at Shira as she ate. While it came off as creepy, to him, it was ordinary. After two long years away, he was finally back with her, though, it was also a solemn reunion, because he now only had three years left, instead of five. Smiling, Atticus did not show any of his sadness, instead he decided to enjoy every minute with her and their friends. "You must have been starving." he stated, letting out a small laugh, as his eyes darted to Ellise. "You know, I've just discovered that Despair has a thing for Ellise and it appears that she too, has a little something for him, even if she doesn't admit it."
Shira looked between Atticus and Ellise for a moment "Oh... I see." she said. Meanwhile, Ellise glared at Atticus "I. Don't." she told him with a strict tone.
"Come on, Ellise, you could at least play along with me for a bit. I wanted to see Shira's reaction. We all know that there is no way that you could fall for Despair.", but Atticus would try his best to help Despair out. "Speaking of which, Shira, I trust that Despair has been on his best behavior, well, at least not causing too much trouble." he stated.
Shira muffled a laugh as Ellise slumped in her seat slightly. She looked up at Atticus then "Yep... he has been as good as he could be." she said with a slight joking tone.
"Well, that's good to hear. I had given him the task of watching over the city while we all were busy, but judging from all the strong auras around the world. It seems that something big is under-works." From the moment he arrived, Atticus could sense terribly powerful and dark soul wavelengths flaring up all over the world, this had to have been some coordinated assault, but this time, he decided not to get involved. "So, what is this about the Machinist Order? If I'm going to help, I'll need full details. Also, Ellise, since I am back, Despair will be coming over a lot. So, you might need to prepare yourself for all of his....habits." Atticus was a little mysterious with the habits part.
