[2012/11/06 09:03] Seth took a deep breath and everything but the girl and himself seemed to freeze. He approached her, smirking a bit. "What's got you so excited, girl?" he asked with a laugh, snapping his fingers and putting a cigarette in his lips again. "Should be careful about getting that riled up around here." Suddenly, he was gone, only to whisper in her ear from behind her. "Never know what might take an interest." He was gone again, over by the wall. "Something tells me you're not the average woman, damsel in distress, that bullshit. So what are you? Better yet, who are you?" Again he vanished and reappeared behind her. "Do you even know?"
[09:11] Ingkeu blinked a few times rapidly as everything seemed to freeze in time. The scuffle of her boots against the dirty floor could be heard as she turned and looked around in shock. Yet, as the man approached her she drew in a deep breath and felt that for some reason she could not make eye contact with him.
Though her mismatched hues were directed to the floor, she watched as his digi-grade boots neared her and then came to a stop. His question caused the lynx-girl's cheeks to flush handsomely before she turned her face away from him, hoping that her crimson tresses would fall just enough to cover those nicely flushed cheeks. "I--" she started but suddenly he was gone, leaving her lips gaped as she looked around, trying to find out where he had disappeared to.
With a startled yelp she jumped as his whisper came from behind, causing her to take a few steps away from where she thought the voice had come from. "I--!!" she started again, before her mismatched gazed found his form now over by a different wall, his words yet again haunting her enough that she would grow silent.
"I don't know..." She murmured, a small bit of defeat hinting at her voice as he reappeared behind her. Quickly she spun to look at him, gently shaking her head at his last question. "I'm sorry, but I barely remember anything about myself. I don't even know my own name." The tone in her voice hinted that the lynx may have been disappointed in herself due to the lapse in her memory.
"I feel that there's something very important that I should be doing, but for the life of me I cannot remember what it is." Slowly she attempted to pace away from him, shaking her head in confusion as she just realized she had confided in a complete and suspicious stranger, before something tugged at her to look back at him. Instantly she regretted it, seeing the smirk on his face, and once more her gaze drifted to his feet.
[09:17] Seth vanished from the wall he was resting again, to appear in front of her. "Now now, nothing is lost forever." He vanished and appeared behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders, starting to give her a shoulder massage. He let go and vanished appearing with his feet on the ceiling, as if gravity reversed itself. "You see, I could find everything out you wanted to know. All those forgotten memories. All those blocked images. Everything you never wanted, and everything you've always wanted." He dropped, righting immediately before landing. One hand was held out. In it glowed a small sphere. One that had what looked like a memory of hers. "But, everything comes at a price. Are you sure you can pay it?"
[09:25] Ingkeu watched him uneasily as he appeared in front of her. She was looking up to him now, though unwillingly. The stranger's words chilled her, and further more she wondered just how exactly he was performing this little trick. Perhaps she had really gone mad with the ship. After all, she was the one who wanted to stay and talk to the transformed one. Yep, she was officially batshit. Or so she thought.
Shaking her head she nipped into her lower lip. "What do you mean nothing is lost forever?" she asked as he disappeared again, "Doesn't that completely contradict the meaning of loss?" Ingkeu let out another yelp as he appeared behind her, though settled perhaps a tiny bit as he had begun to kneed his thumbs into her shoulder blade.
When she could no longer feel his cold touch, she looked to the ceiling, noting him standing there quite casually. Slowly, things were beginning to phase her less and less. Normal, was slowly becoming a figment of her imagination in itself.
Gazing at him skeptically she shook her head. "That's impossible." she murmured in response to him being able to help her reclaim her lost memories. In fact, it wasn't until he dropped right in front of her, exposing the orb to her that she finally started to believe him.
A look of pure shock was plastered across the girl's pretty little face before her vision instantly flicked to find his gaze. His last question sent a knowing shiver down her spine, but curiosity had her held captive in its grasps. "I'd do anything..." she breathed quietly, still seemingly quite stunned by what he had spoken.
[09:34] Seth smirked the smirk of the victor, of the one who knew that everything was going according to their devious plan. The smirk the devil himself had taught Seth. "Tha's more like it, lass." He closed his hand, letting the orb disappear. "Before I can really do anything, I need you to do something for me. When Jericho comes back, and he undoubtedly will, I need you to steal the flask from him." He took the cigarette from his mouth and flicked it up into the air, vanising and reappearing to grab it behind her. "One simple task, and at least some of your memories will be returned to you." He appeared in front of her again, stroking a cheek with one finger. "Of course, there will be other prices to pay..." he trailed off, putting a finger to her forehead and giving her the mental image of her being absolutely ravaged by him. "Information is a useful commodity. After all, how can you make sure you're sane if you don't even know who you are really?" Doubt and desire were powerful tools, and with how wet the kitten was already, well, it didn't take a genius to figure out desire would work well. "Of course, should you try to trick me...." he showed that same vague orb, and then make it explode into a thousand tiny pieces. "Let's just say I was lying when I said that things couldn't be lost forever." And the threat. The deal sealer. He appeared where he was when this all began, and held his hand out. "Do we have a deal?"
[09:41] Ingkeu eyed him uneasy, the rough swallow she made visible as it trailed down her slim little neck. Quietly she listened to him, her body trembling a small bit as she felt it wasn't the wisest idea to be making deals with the stranger. Yet at the same time, she desperately wanted what he had to offer. Desire was definitely over riding caution at this point as he spoke of her task.
"My name?" she asked, as he trailed his hand against her cheek almost too tenderly. "I want to know who I-" but her words were caught in her throat as the image haunted her. A small gasp left her, lending the small lynx to take a few carefully measured steps back before she nipped sharply into her lower lip.
It was undeniable that the idea had excited her, but she did not want to be the one to admit it. Instead, she remained quiet, listening quite carefully to his words to see if she could detect any flukes. Unfortunately for her, his presentation was solid.
"I see." Ingkeu said quietly, nodding tenderly. "So all I need to do, is get the holy water away from this Jericho when he awakens, then you'll give me my memories back?" She was quiet for a moment before she fixed him with an uncertain glance, "How do I know you won't disappear behind the rambling mad man for another six months?"
[09:49] Seth took the unshaken hand from display and pulled the cigarette from his lips. "Clever girl," he mused. out loud. "What kept me locked up behind that maniac, was the holy water. He kept drinking it to keep me weakened so his will over powered mine. You see, he doesn't like the deal he struck with the devil to gain my power. He chickened out after we leveled a city. Went to a church and started chugging the holy water." He put the cigarette back in his lips. "One way or another I'll come out again. If you miss me that much, you could always shoot him in the head. Brought me out this time, didn't it?" His hand outstretched once more. "Now then, do we have a deal?"
[09:52] Ingkeu watched him uneasily, listening to his words as he spoke. After he had concluded she gave a small but sincere nod. Slowly her slender bare fingers reached out towards his outstretched hand, still a bit unsure about shaking the hand he had offered her.
"Yes..." She spoke uneasily before finally her fingers touched his open palm. "We have a deal."
[09:56] Seth grinned a bit, burning the mark of the deal into the palm of her hand. Only she and he would see the mark, but it was there, real enough as anything else. "Twas a pleasure doing business, my dear." He slowly backed away into the blackness, vanishing as time suddenly began to return. He was no where to be seen, leaving her to wonder if it was real or a dream, or the ship itself, fucking with her. But one glance at her palm, would be the mark of an ancient hieroglyph, vaguely there, and still warm to the touch. In her head, the words would come forth. "We'll see each other again, real soon."
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