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"He doesn't have me, dear." Val remarked with a grin, his glinting golden eyes boring into Nexi as he passed the two of them to get to a now very pale Vis. His raised hand connected hard with the shoulder of the shaking youth and roughly pushed him back- taking Ruri's hand he turned to face her, winking in his typically arrogant manner. "If people can truely be owned, then he would be mine." He inclined his head lightly before bowing, placing a kiss on her hand. "Who do I have the pleasure of meeting?"

Vis was caught off guard by Val's sudden shove, he attempted desperately not to fall as his "friend" grabbed the girl's hand and his obnoxious fur coat blocked the view. Too confused to say anything his speech fell back into familiar stuttering and he stood there, blinking lamely.

"I think she asked who I was, not you." Val chuckled mirthlessly, as his eyes once again swept over the green youth, appraising him and enjoying the stern glare he was receiving. "Ruriska, it is indeed a pleasu-" Something behind him stirred and interrupted the red-haired youth.

"Val, what are you doing here?" Vis asked with a nervous vibrato playing through his voice, having finally regained his balance. "You weren't here this morning."

Val sighed, as one would expect an adult to sigh after being asked a rather stupid question by a small child. He made no effort to conceal his annoyance at the interruption as he declared, "I'm sorry you had to meet him first, Ruriska," he smiled apologetically, glancing over his shoulder. "He thinks I should spend every waking moment hovering around him".

"I do not!" Vis yelled in indignation and he was prepared to yell a whole lot more, but he was cut short.

"It's polite to let people finish their sentences, Alexander. Where was I.. Ah, yes. It is indeed a pleasure to meet you, Ruriska. My name.. " he bowed lightly once again, "Is Valycinte. Or at least, that is the name of the medication that created me. I.. haven't yet been able to adequately describe myself with a name of my own."

"As I said, my name was not my doing. Still, I thank the doctors for blessing me with a name that a princess such as you would like," he stated, rising up to his full length and bringing a hand back to flip his hair over his shoulder. Finally appearing to have noticed Nexi's existance but still full-on ignoring Vis', the purple-skinned apparition turned to the other "imaginary" being. "Nexium.. ? Now what," he scoffed, "does that cure?" Tilting his head to one side revealed the curiousity hidden behind his arrogant attitude, and the quick wink directed at Nexi would have anyone believe that Valycinte was perhaps just teasing.

Vis knew better, though. Now that Val ignored him and the two weren't too interested in him either, he was left to his own ponderings. This is what he always does. Well.. at least.. I think.. I imagined that's what he would always do upon meeting someone that could see him.. The thing is, no one had ever been able to see Val before. Viscount had heard him complaining about this fact often. Shuffeling uncomfortably at the thought that besides this girl and her apparently nice friend, there might be world of others like Val out there, the painful tingling in his neck resurfaced.

"I could show you the solarium!" Vis exclaimed suddenly, casting a hopeful look at Ruri. The idea had come to mind because that's where Vis had often gone when Val was still a see-through illusion.. The bright light flowing through the many windows of the large room reduced Val to nothing but weird-glowing outlines. He had found it easy to pretend the obnoxious youth didn't exist if he couldn't see him. His grey eyes swivelled from the girl to her illusion, wondering if he had to convince him as well. "It's really not far from here.. I promise. Just take a left over there," he waved his hand casually at nothing in particular, "and a right at the end of the empty hallway." This vague explanation was concluded with a short nod and another hopeful glance at Ruriska.

Val, of course, couldn't appreciate this idea much. He was smiling still from the chuckle Ruri had given him and Nexi's ignorance concerning his own effects, but it never could be long before Vis found a way to ruin his good mood. "The solarium? Sure, we could go there.. if you're into that kind of thing." He said with a sneer, shaking his head. "Personally, I don't see what's good about that room. It's old, dusty and there's nothing but a bunch of ancient chairs standing around."

Vis sputtered, looking for a way to explain away the fact that Val was indeed right. There was nothing in the solarium and to anyone but Vis it might've appeared a bit creepy. The wooden chairs had leather straps and metal chains attached to them, as they were used for treating people. Years ago, when they believed the sun was a cure for certain severe mental diseases. While the patients had long since died and ways of treatment had changed, the lunatics' seats had remained. Before he could start naming the good qualities of the room, Val seemed to have read his mind.

"I'm afraid it will scare our guest." Val sighed, sending a (probably fake) worried look Ruri's way, frowning slightly. "You've heard the stories.. There are ghosts in that room."

"You'll come with us too, right Val?” "... Sure. I'll go with you." Valycinte murmured, the creases that his frowning made in his otherwise flawless skin deepening. A moment ago, when the young apparition had looked in the eyes of the sarcastic solid one, the latter had felt a strange sensation running through his body. Tingling mental electricity had slightly shocked his senses, leaving Val confused. It was not the fear of the "ghosts" that awaited the redhead in the solarium that had had this effect on him, nor was it Ruri's seemingly endless and equally scary enthusiasm. Simply that.. "You'll come with us too, right Val?” Nexi was so.. cute.

Vis, completely unawares to the problems his "friend" was having, sported a grin as big if not bigger than Ruri's. It had been so long since he had met people that weren't part of the Happy Home staff, whose only goal it was to keep him as quiet as possible. And these two, well, they were just great! "Right, then! Follow me!" He half-ordered, unable to keep his happiness from his voice, stomping off through the doorway into a long and badly lit hall. It got colder here as the group was moving away from the main-building, but Vis was sure the sun would provide plenty of warmth once they got to the solarium. Besides, it wasn't that far away. "Okay.. Okay.. Just go here." He pointed 'round a corner, walking past open doors which lead to abandoned, dusty rooms. They were getting into the older, unused asylum. Originally it had been an orphanage, or something.. Vis had overheard some nurses chatting about the Home's history. "Don't mind the scattered books, or the toys.." He mumbled after a few more corners and hallways, careful not to step on one of the antique toy horses which lay on the floor.

The air was getting considerably staler, and Val caught himself getting worried to whether or not it was warm enough for Nexi. "Oh, come on. Get a grip." He said in a low voice, after which his bottom lip curled into a pout.

Before Val could get a chance to wonder where Nexi went, as he had tuned out when the green-haired apparition started talking about macaws, said boy popped up in front of him almost causing Val to land face first in him. Nearly tripping over his surprise Valycinte grabbed Nexi by the collar of his t-shirt (he really didn't like to be caught off guard) and brought the youth to within an inch of his face before he managed to snarl a "Do that again and you're dead, kid". He pushed Nexi back into the wall before he had a chance to say anything.

Val looked away, sneering confidently, but inside he wasn't quite sure if he had reacted so violently because he got scared or because when the boy was so close to him he wanted to.. Either way, he'd stay away from the brat from now on. "No matter how cute he is." "What was that, Val?" Vis had turned around against his better judgement, wearing a curious expression. "Who's cute? And.. Hey, where's that Nexium gone to?" He'd now stopped completely in his tracks, taking a look around as if he was expecting Nexi to be lurking in one of the shadows. His eyes turned back to Val when he decided the shadowy areas were empty, and his brows frowned in indignation.

"You should have kept an eye on him!" "Whatever." Valycinte had learnt to tune out Vis' shrieking quite a while ago, so when his "friend" starting ranting about how he "had lost the only guest we've ever had" the youth just waved his hand, wanting to wave the whining noise away.

(( Oooh lord, does Val ever feel bad. xD Ruri, you monster. ))
He hadn't expected this for a response. If he had known this would..

His face lost its colour, his eyes were directed towards the floor, the usual emerald sparkles that made up strands of his hair now hung limply over his shoulders. Val noticed all this and more, and felt a feeling he never had the displeasure of feeling before. It wasn't the looks he was getting from Vis and Ruri that caused the uncomfortable clenching of his throat. Nexi was facing him, now, he was even saying something. Some nonsense about being sorry, but all the red-head could see was his mouth moving. Valycinte just wanted him to smile again.

"Jesus Val! What did you do to the boy?" Vis interjected as Nexium offered to continue the trip. The light was pretty dim, but even Vis noticed that the happy mood of see-through youth had made a turn for the worst. He was unsure if he should apologize for his friend's undoubtedly awful behaviour to Ruri or her friend, so he compromised by nervously shouting at the bad guy instead. It always seemed to work in movies.

His eyes shot up and down the usually arrogant adult and noticed a slight change in his demeanor - but thankfully Vis' mind repressed thoughts that it might be caused by guilt, Val was simply not capable of such an emotion. "Well? Apologize to him!" he shouted as he pointed a shaking finger at the pair standing near him.

He didn't realise Val wanted to apologize more than anything. Val had simply never.. never apologized before. He had never felt the need to. Right now though, he felt as if he would explode if he didn't. Look, I'm.. sorry.

It was one thing to say that in the privacy of his own mind, but the imaginary being's pride simple would stand for uttering such sensitivities out loud. Instead, that pride coupled with the surge of jealousy that hit him as Ruri started cooing to Nexi (his Nexi) caused him to react in the only way he knew how to. He cursed, more at himself than anyone else (but would they know that?) and faded into the wall next to him, but not before he heard..

Vis' voice, letting out an apologetic: "I'm so sorry for all this!"

Damnit, why was it so easy for him to say that?

Despite Ruri's reassurances, Vis had started to feel quite uncomfortable with the whole situation. He wobbled to pick up a dusty rocking chair discarded messily against a wall and sank into it with a sigh louder than the complaining creak the old wood let out. His hands ran through his hair as the youth's head sank miserably. He didn't even look up as he murmured: "I should have prevented him from coming.. I knew this would happen." The tone of his voice sounded resentful, directed at himself and Val. After spending so long in isolation he felt crawling in bed and sleeping until he didn't remember the events of the day was the only solution for these problems. Vis wasn't used to dealing with other people. Shuddering, he stumbled to his feet and wanted to excuse himself.

Little did he know that for undoubtedly the first time ever, Val agreed with him. He too was looking for a comfortable dark spot to spend the rest of day. After walking through the wall he decided that the room beyond it was too light for his taste. Just before he managed to phase through the wall left of him, which led to a darker, abandoned room, he caught a glimpse of something green coming from the wall he had cursed his way through not too long ago. Before Nexi (it had to be him) could see him, though, Val had already plunged head-first into the cool darkness of the next room.