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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 5:25:13 GMT
Ino looked up with a quick breath to calm himself, making his limbs go still and keeping his gaze steady. "I hope you know this is giving me some seriously mixed signals, Cyr."
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 5:32:30 GMT
"I thought that's what you like," Cyr said, his innocent look interrupted by a sly smirk. "Why don't we play nice with each other, hm?" he fixed him with a firm, golden stare. "I'm a lover, not a fighter. But I'm dealing with a lot right now, and if you keep pushing it, we're going to have a problem, you and I."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 5:35:33 GMT
"Mmm, there's this thing called consent. As a general rule I like to know a man's intent before he gets this close." Ino crossed his arms and brought a leg up to brace against the wall. "Cutie, we're sort of all dealing with a lot. But sure. I have nothing against you."
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 5:42:29 GMT
"Oh, but I must have liked waking up with a little demon sitting on my chest, didn't I?" Cyr lifted his eyebrows. "Don't be a smartass. Come talk to me when you find out that your fiance and possibly also your family have been conspiring to horribly disfigure you, and you only find out because you've been apprehended for a crime you had nothing to do with." Cyr's eyes flared with the mounting frustration and helplessness he'd been battling all day. He growled out a little laugh. "Maybe I should thank you for bringing that poison. It sure saved me."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 5:46:52 GMT
"Okay, no, don't slander me like that. I was waking you up from a god-awful hangover, not molesting you." Ino told Cyr, breathing evenly through his nose. "Second of all, if your betrothal contract is worth shit, it's broken now. Third, you're welcome! See, we don't have to be enemies!" he filled his tone with false cheer, his own irritation growing.
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 5:54:15 GMT
"My parents set the whole thing up," Cyr replied his voice suddenly distant. "I haven't even seen the contract." He stared at the wall beside Ino's head. "I'm going to have to go hide out on Earth after we get out of here," he said, fist balling up. "I don't want to be enemies with anyone. But kid...I really need you to stop, ok?"
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 5:59:02 GMT
"I mean...good plan? Go to earth, power up, then get back here and take your revenge. You're lucky to have that option." Ino pointed out, unimpressed. "Also? I'm not your enemy. I told you that already." He debated asking Cyr not to call him kid, but that would probably just cause the lust to make it his permanent nickname.
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 6:03:53 GMT
Cyr stared at him for a moment. Then another moment. Then he started to laugh, an uneasy, wheezing sound. "You don't know who my family is, do you," he said at length, using the bottom of his t-shirt to wipe his eyes as he tried to catch his breath. He pointed to the suit jacket hanging on the back of his wardrobe (he was doing his best to fix the creases) where his family's crest was quite evident on the breast--the hawk's one blue-gem eye and the snake's red one gleaming at them from across the room. "I'm a bastard, they'd squash me like a grape."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 6:09:07 GMT
Ino followed the pointing finger, for a second not computing what he was seeing. The Herrons, and Cyris, and Ino had been busy with his own machinations but he remembered a small boy in royal blue and... "You can't be little baby Cyris! When I last saw you you were still tiny! My goodness, you've grown up, and damn you did a fine job!" His eyes sparkled, then dulled as he drew together more of the pieces. "Is bastard really how your mama chose to play this though? Downright stupid of her really. No wonder I didn't recognize you, you never had a debute and that's a damn shame. Looking like this? What were they thinking?"
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 6:15:05 GMT
Cyr blinked once. He blinked twice. W........what???
It was like a flip had switched, the tiny demon was now talking to him like an auntie. He'd expected Ino to recognize the name, but it seemed like...wait....
"Uh......how old are you?" he asked, sounding extraordinarily puzzled. He hadn't pegged the envy demon, with his purple streak and his cute, slightly childish demeanor to probably not be much older than him. But.....what???
He straightened from the wall, wringing his hands nervously, suddenly a timid little boy again. "Well...um....it was fine until I...er...I manifested, and they realized I wasn't...well...you know."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 6:25:30 GMT
Ino blinked. "I'm the same age as Vivian's mother." he told him. "If we were humans, I was straight, and got started young, I could be your dad. I don't keep very good track, but...I'm definitely older than Val...does it really matter?" he asked. "Anyway, your mother played it completely wrong, because you're a gorgeous type of lust, and oh, was it your father who insisted? Male prides are quite annoying sometimes. What you need, once we figure out this contract business, is to get you a debute and a better mate, if that's what you want? You sounded put out about having to go to earth. You could just roam around down here, I guess, but I really would recommend becoming strong enough to hold a territory if you want to do that. You know, the Prince definitely has a contract sealer on his team. Once you get out of here, bring it up for him. He'd probably help you."
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 6:32:13 GMT
Cyr looked shaken. "O....oh." he said faintly. He wasn't really listening to Ino talk anymore, the revelation that this guy was old enough to be his dad had shocked him so deeply.
"I...It's not that easy," he said at length, turning to sit back on his bed with none of the enthralling grace with which he'd gotten up from it not too long ago. "Feeding might be easy for you, but it's not for me." He looked away.
He picked up the shirt again, struggling with the earring, full of frustration and embarrassment.
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 6:48:06 GMT
Ino came closer, hovering nearby. "So the debute and the better mate, right? With a proper contract you'd never have to worry about feeding." Ino pointed out. "I know why your parents wouldn't have had one, but it really would be the fastest way to get you introduced to many eligible demons. But we can take it slower as well, if you prefer to stay lower key."
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 6:51:49 GMT
"I....I don't really know how those things work," Cyr mumbled, finally managing to free the earring, but at the cost of one golden thread pulled loose, enough to make his heart twinge with the frustration simmering inside him. He always managed to mess everything up. "And...I....I don't really want my parents to find me again..."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 6:56:51 GMT
"You need a powerful patron as you seek a new mate." Ino said. He was one such demon, with a web of connections and information that could cushion, if not insulate, Cyr from his parents' machinations, but he didn't want to be forced to break a promise. "Someone with the social capital to keep demons interested in spite of opposition. I wonder..."
Could Bezabelle do it? She did seem fond of Cyr. He'd have to try and pry a little.
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