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 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:10 pm
Shun nodded quietly to Mitsu as he closed the door. He moved closer to the lycan before setting the bag on the ground and pulling out the cloth inside. The coat was still wrapped up in something else. He didn't think this was cruel or mean. It was just something that might be necessary. The bits of suspicion in the back of his mind...
He hoped he was wrong.
That he was just imagining things thanks to his exhaustion. Over-thinking things. Though Amrita asked the lycan how she was, he decided to just get down to business. Unfolding the fabric, he pulled out something white, red, and gold from within. In the next moment, he held it up, revealing the item in question in full.
A bloodstained sleeveless hunter coat with double scythes.
"This." he said cooly.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:21 pm
Mitsu smiled since it seemed she got the name right, nodding to the girl. "I'm...good? How are you fairing after everything?" Mitsu asked softly. The girl was smiling but it seemed forced more than anything.
Her attention only went back to Shun as he straightened holding up the item in question. Instantly she froze staring at the long white and gold coat, her eyes going from red patch to red patch. After a moment the tension that seemed to riddle her body slacked off slightly and she looked to Shun with a forced smile. "T-that's a nice coat. Where did you get it?" There was a slight edge to her voice as she stared between the two.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:53 pm
While he held the coat, Shun was watching and listening to Mitsu very carefully. There was definitely a reaction to the coat. Was it recollection? Something else? He wasn't sure. She had tensed though. And there was a little bit of an edge to her voice.
"I slit a hunter's throat."
Matter of fact tone.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:01 pm
There was a slight twitch to her eye and despite the smile it looked like she was struggling, holding something in. Her hand absently went to her hair, ruffling it in a frustrated gesture. That's when he said it and her smile began to fade.
"You...you did?" She regarded the coat again, eyes focused on it so intently. "May I see it?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:04 pm
There was a peculiar look on her face. Shun watched her carefully still. It looked like she was struggling with something. That wasn't something he would expect out of her if she was recalling something. Hopes of that were slowly diminishing and being replaced with more and more suspicion.
"Not yet."
With a swift motion, he put the coat on himself. Apparently he wanted to try it on first.
Or maybe he wanted to see if this sparked anything further. After all... Stacey did look of asian decent.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:12 pm
"Not yet?" Her voice lacked the sweet tone she usually mustered, her eyes narrowing as he swiftly slipped the coat on. Her hand clutched at her hair, every muscle in her body tense as she stared at the reaper with a 'you didn't just ******** do that' expression.
"It looks nice. Why don't you let me try it on?" Her words were nearly clipped, hinting at anger that was being buried under her now cool expression. Thrusting out her hand toward him she waited for him to hand the coat over, forcing an overly sweet smile on her face.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:17 pm
Shun's eye narrowed as he watched her expression. That look on her face. It made it seem like he just performed some sort of ungodly act. It wasn't out of shock either. There were hints of anger in her voice too. Now, Mitsu struggled with what he had done, but as far as he knew, she never resented him for it.
"This is what it means to be human..." he said while looking himself over.
"Do you remember those words? Despite being the enemy, I have to say that he earned some respect for dying with dignity rather than screaming for mercy."
Now it seemed like he was trying to push buttons. Trying to dredge things up. It didn't seem like he was going to take off the coat just yet.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:38 pm
When he ignored her request her fingers balled into a tight fist before she withdrew her hand. She stared at him hard but the quote he provided her only made her snort in reply, bringing up a hand to cover her mouth for a moment.
"Cute....now hand over the damn coat." Her hand was presented again, waiting. "Now." It was no longer asking, she was point blank demanding.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:43 pm
The Reaper stared hard at Mitsu, who was acting even more out of the norm. She never snorted. And her tone had shifted. He didn't missed that balled fist either. He had made her angry. And now she was demanding for the coat. At this point, things had fed into his suspicion enough for him to act upon it.
Shun walked over towards her, though instead of removing the coat to hand over, he instead reached out to grab her by the collar of her shirt and pulling her close.
"Perhaps love really is a weakness," he said quietly, more to himself. It kept him from getting wary earlier on after all. Shaking his head to himself, he hard into her eyes, "Who are you. Really?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:53 pm
He was coming closer but once again he was making no move to remove the coat. Instead he reached out for the collar of her shirt and pulled her close. Her eyes went wide for a moment as she regarded him, a hand coming up around his wrist.
"Who am I..?-
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:56 pm
"Think hard. I think you know who I am." She purred with Mitsu's voice, her mouth set in an arrogant little smirk.
"Now give me the goddamn coat. A monster like you doesn't deserve it."
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:58 pm
"Yes. You heard me."
Shun let out a breath, glancing to the hand around his wrist. This wasn't easy, seeing how she looked very much like Mitsu. But things were not adding up.
"I admit, my insight was blinded by love. I should have realized sooner. So I repeat. Who the ******** are you? And where is Mitsu?"
Was this a doppleganger aligned with the hunters? No. Even a doppleganger wouldn't use human terms. This was something else. There was a flicker of fear within him as he asked the whereabouts of Mitsu. The one before him was the one he had been around since the rescue.
"What have you done with her...?"
More fear than he would have liked leaked into his tone there. Was the collar some sort of mind control device? Maybe the true one was still here... but...
But then her tone shifted and she had decided to drop the facade. His eye narrowed once more.
"I'm not handing over the jack damn coat you little whore," he hissed, gripping onto the collar more tightly. Think hard? That tone. He heard something similar. There was only one hunter he knew that was in charge of Mitsu's capture. Could it be...?
Suddenly Shun's stomach wretched a bit.
"What the ******** have you done with her. I swear if you have harmed even a single hair on her body I will ******** end you."
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:59 am
"Mitsu is safe." She smiled sweetly now, tilting her head to one side and widening her red eyes. Her ears perked a bit as well. "In her new home." What did that mean? Just on Deus? Or...?
The golem was weaker than she would have liked. Were Candace in her own body she could have easily shoved Shun away from her, but as it stood all she could manage in this form was to tug at his wrist to pry him off her. Suddenly she sighed and stepped back, looking very disappointed and shaking her head. She ruffled her hair a bit, looking away. "Ugh, he's not going to be happy when he hears about this.." She grumbled quietly to herself, wincing as Shun pulled her close again. Damnit! Let the hell go! "Whore? That's cute. Call me something I haven't already heard, lover boy." The golem with Mitsu's face grinned again.
"Me? Harm her? That's the exact opposite of what I would ever do to that lovely girl. I can assure you I've taken very good care of her. She's such a sweetheart, that Mitsu. She'll make her new companion very happy." It was a lie. A cold lie that Candace told with such ease that it was as if it could possibly be true. Shun didn't have to know it was false information. But hey, she had already been found out. "So tell me, when did you figure it out? I imagine you pulled this little ******** stunt intentionally, knowing I'd react to it. Scum like you wearing that coat is disgusting. Take. It. Off. Before I make you take it off." She snarled. "Now."
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:36 am
"Liar."
Shun hissed at her, still not letting go. No. He did not believe that Mitsu was safe or that she wouldn't harm her. But this confirmed his fears that she was still on the island. All this time... The bit about the companion thing. He had to hope that she was lying about that too. After all... she's pretty much lied to him for weeks now. That didn't stop rage for surging through him.
"You're filled with s**t," he said, seething now, "You want to hear something new? I'm sure I've told you many things a few days ago because I doubt anyone would ever seriously consider a deceiving heartless piece of s**t like you as their loved one."
Yes. He wasn't happy at all to realize that he had been telling Candace of all people that he loved her. Showed her all that affection. That he even kissed her. It made him feel sick.
"No. The only thing disgusting here is you and your ******** faction taking people against their wills against their friends and loved ones and turning them into those abominations you wield as weapons. You want this coat? Just try and take it."
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:51 pm
Amrita stayed near the door, merely watching the going-ons with a hesitant sort of interest. She really didn't think it was a good idea, and as bad as she felt for going through with it she had to admit that she wanted to know if it would work. As the coat was introduced she stopped watching Shun and instead focused everything on Mitsu; to her surprise, something did happen. It was minute at first, little shifts and tones that even to her, who had little interactions with Mitsu herself, screamed wrong.
Of course it got worse from there, and Amrita found herself backing up slowly, actually frightened by the change in someone who had been so sweet; someone who, quite quickly, was outed as a Hunter in her mind. The idea that this was a golem never crossed her mind; instead her first thought was the tagging. Someone was talking through Mitsu, manipulating her body, making her so everything that was definitely not in Mitsu's normal character. She didn't hear anything else, she didn't register the conversation any more; all she could do was stare at Mitsu. Manipulated Mitsu, acting like she did towards someone very dear to her.
No...Oh jack no...
Amrita was overcome with terror, followed quite closely by a very intense wave of nausea. She was sick to her empty stomach, believing she was seeing the tagging in action for the first time.
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