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Aiden's frightened gaze would drift up to Lilith when she addressed him, and then over to Nurse Morry when she lowered herself down to his level, his breathing accelerated and gaze rather empty. He was unresponsive to thier questions. He'd stare wide-eyed into the nurse's eyes for a short moment, but as she'd reach out to him, the child's eyes would grow somehow wider as they followed her hand. Suddenly, the child would cry out, "No!" as he sprung away from the woman and scrambled to attempt an escape down the hallway, clearly more frantic now and spiraling into a fullblown panic attack... perhaps, a PTSD episode. Lionel would giggle sinisterly as his plan was unfolding even better than anticipated.

Nurse Morry Joy

As all of this was going on, Morry was a little confused. Still, she decided to keep a safe distance, just in case things would be too much for the little kid, not wanting to stress him out any further.

Lilith Eclair

Lilith smiled widely as the demonic energy emanated from the small body of the boy.

Dream Visitor: Well well, what did I say.

Lilith: Yes, yes, you're always right, fathe- ehem. That was quite the lucky guess.

Dream Visitor: Dream Visitor clams up in surprise when he hears Lilith's unexpected slip of the tongue N-now that we know what we're dealing with things should be a lot simpler.

Lilith looks at Aiden (demon): "Me? A monster, huh .. You've certainly got that right."

Lilith stares straight into the child's eyes almost as if trying to peer inside to get a glimpse of the demon hiding behind them. Her eyes once more dyed black with a menacing and malicious glint. Large black veins appearing throughout her body, dyed with dark black blood pulsating in contrast to her snow white skin. Darkness surrounds her almost as if in a comforting embrace. Flickering like flames, quiet and calm at times, but violently lashing out the next. The cloak of darkness spreading throughout the hallway surrounding the immidiate vicinity spreading out from her. Behind Lilith, almost imperceptible at first look, a large ominous figure appears to flit in and out of this plane of existence. From the silhouette the figure looming behind her protectively appears to be a creature with orange eyes and ... tentacles surrounding its mouth.




Dream Visitor: It's been a while since I've last seen you using your Illithid powers seriously. Be careful, I know you've been practicing using small miniscule amounts, but nothing short of disastrous ever happened from when you cross a certain threshold of power and now you're using up way more than you've ever tried previously. Remember when you almost wiped out that small town? Luckily people thought it was a small earthquake ..

Lilith: Thanks for the reminder. I .. I just really want to save this boy. You know how I always said I've wanted a younger brother? Maybe we can be really good friends ..

Lilith to Aiden (demon): "A little tough love never hurt anyone. Boys are meant to bounce around, get hurt while playing, and next thing you know they'll be running around again as if nothing happened. That small amount of blood isn't anything to be concerned about."

"So, demon, I've met lots of your kind out in the world. Some were hilariously outrageous and good company, and some are cowards, much like yourself. One of the things you demons do have in common is you all seem to be starved for entertainment and fun. How much fun have you really had hiding inside a weak little boy? I imagine you can't really do much of what you want considering the limitations. You want to cause havoc and you crave attention so badly but all you can do is deal with small fry but never the big fish. How much fun is that for you really?"

"Tell you what, from what Headmaster Murdoch wrote to me earlier, you do have your moments of .. kindness i suppose? Maybe? You willingly protect young Aiden when his life is at risk. Then again that maybe just for your own selfish reasons. Either way how about we make a deal? You can either play nice with Aiden and be a makeshift guardian for him AND we can go out somewhere to have fun .. REAL fun with some bad people if you catch my drift. Or we can take our time playing with some iron, silver, salt, latin incatations from a very special old pope. I've got plenty of time to research your true name as well if you'd prefer that. Don't forget to mention that I've got a couple of funny little blessed holy trinkets I found during my travels that you may find less than pleasant."

Lilith pulls out a small knife from her pack, and floats it towards Aiden (demon). At a glance it looks like a simple ceremonial knife with blades at both ends (one black blade and one white blade) but it emanates a warm glow and exudes an extremely holy aura. It hovers just out of reach of the boy outside of the ice wall while spinning around in the air almost playfully.

"Well? What do you say?"

Aiden (Lionel) would calmly observe the women as they each seemed to prep for battle, "Ohh look at you two~" he'd gush cheesily, not bothering to remove himself from his space on the floor where he now sat with crossed legs, criss cross applesauce. His gaze would drift over to the floating dagger before he offered a disinterested eye roll. "No thanks, hun... to all options. I do whatever I want. And I'm quite happy with this soft little baby body~ People react so much bigger when they see a small child slaughtering people and committing other horrid acts. They always look so shocked; it just really adds to the moment, y'know? And then I get the added fun of people like you getting all bent out of whack because 'ohhh, the poor baby needs saving!'" he mocked. "And Aiden, the pathetic little brat that he is, is so manipulable and so emotional, man! His constant reactiveness just provides me with endless entertainment~ I don't even gotta be steering the ship to get my daily dose of fun!"

The demon would sigh in satisfaction before continuing on, "Look, you can't touch me," he'd smirk cockily, "Aiden and I? We're intertwined, on a soul level. He signed a contract~" The demon's smirk would grow horribly wide as he knew exactly how untouchable he was. "See, you try to do anything to little ole' me, and you'll be hurting this little baby child," giggled Lionel. "If you want to get rid of me, you're going to have to obliterate his soul..." The demon would tilt his head playfully, his evil grin shrinking to a deceiving smile that reflected childlike innocence. In a sad kid voice, not too different from Aiden's normal voice, Lionel would whimper, "Don't hurt me, Lilith! Please! Look what you do!" In a swift and sudden motion, the child would slit his own throat with a shard of broken glass that had been subtly removed from the bottom of his shoe and hidden in the palm of his hand since he'd started fidgeting with his shoes earlier. The boy would dramatically gasp and choke as he fell onto his back, clutching his own throat and writhing momentarily on the floor. Then, the boy would fall still and limp once more.

Upon examination, the women would notice that the throat slash was relatively shallow, deep enough to draw a cut of blood straight from one side of his neck to the other, but shallow enough to miss the arteries and be non-life-threatening. The dramatic reaction was just a theatrical play. After a short moment, the little boy's tired eyes would open, again reflecting the gray color they'd shown before Lionel had taken control. He'd sit up slowly, seemingly in a daze, as he reached immediately for his neck, a look of pain and queasiness upon his face, "Erghh, Lionel..."

Nurse Morry Joy

Morry was rather shocked over how this demon was tormenting this child. Once Aiden was back in control, the nurse would rush to him, pulling forth some soft bandages as the flames from her fingers faded. She did not waste a second to wrap it around the shallow wound, infusing it with just a hint of healing magic to hasten the process. A cut that would take weeks to heal would hopefully now be fixed in a matter of days.
"It's ok...You're safe now..."
With her heart racing madly, having feared the kid would have died or much worse, she finds herself embracing him warmly, hoping to keep him safe despite his initial harsh reaction.

Lilith Eclair

The soft green glow from Lilith's hand expands to encompass herself and Aiden. The wounds on Aiden's body, the slit on his neck caused by the demon and the one on the back of his head, both emit a small amount of steam as the skin quickly stitches itself visibly to the naked eye. Aiden would feel the pain vanish from the wound as warmth surrounds him and the wounds heal and close up.

Lilith: "Aiden, we arrived in front of the Nurse's Office and you suddenly had a panic attack. In your moment of agitation, a demon who said he's contracted with you took advantage to emerge from within you and tried to cause trouble."

Dream Visitor: I wonder how often this happens to him. Quite the dangerous companion he has there.

Lilith: If what the demon said was true, then the only way to rid of him is to also detroy Aiden's soul so if we can't separate them then I'll have to eliminate the boy as well. Though we both know we can't trust whatever a demon says so who knows how much of the truth he's actually saying.

Dream Visitor: That's correct, you must stay vigilant.

Lilith inquires: "How do you feel now?"

Aiden would watch uncertainly as Lilith's green magic encompassed him. The child, out of distrust, was just about to protest her use of magic on him, but the pain would go away almost immediately, and the boy would silence himself from complaining. After hearing Lilith's description of what had happened, Aiden casually sighed, "Yeah...that's Lionel..." Looking around at the two women and the surrounding hallway, the child would continue now in a tone of surprise, "But nobody got hurt?" He would then reach to his own throat where the cut had been just moments before, "...except me, I guess..?" A boyish smile would slowly spread across his face now as he perked up and started to giggle, "Ha! Lionel! You got bested by a couple of girls!" Lionel would immediately growl back, Shut up, Aiden. You were bawling on the floor like a baby just a moment ago... besides, you're the one that got us trapped by that girl in the first place. Aiden would shrink in on himself a bit, "Oh yeah..." he mumbled, remembering more how his panic attack went down. Then, he'd look suddenly to Lilith and angrily shout, "You were chasing me! And you used magic to trap me in a cage!" Seemingly having already forgotten that she'd just used magic to heal him, the little boy would point accusingly at Lilith, "You're crazy!" He'd then turn abruptly to the nurse to point at her and finish his ranting, "And you! I'm not getting any of your big, scary shots! I don't need any check-ups now. I'm all healed." He'd cross his arms stubbornly just before his stomach would loudly growl with hunger.