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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 7:02:53 GMT
"Oh," Cyr said quietly. He wasn't sure he knew anyone like that who would be able to help him.
His mind flicked elsewhere for a moment, bidden by Bez's talk earlier about Myut, but no. He shouldn't hope for things like that. The sweetness of expectations could turn the fruits of reality sour too easily, and he wanted to be grateful for whatever did happen, not disappointed that it didn't go as planned.
But the others had been...surprisingly kind to him? Val had offered him a place to stay, Bez had lent him love advice, and here was Ino, making the future seem a little less scary.
Cyr abruptly turned quite pink. "Why are you being so nice to me?" He blurted.
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 7:10:22 GMT
Ino shrugged. "I never had anything against you in the first place. I needed to feed, and you were what I needed. It was never personal," he told him. "We're in a confusing position, and I'd rather not be caught pants down starving if and when something happens," he continued, thinking back to his conversation with Eris. "It's a little unfortunate that I don't have an enemy here to feed from, but outside of feeding, well. I like you. I don't want to hurt you. You need help that I can offer. I broke off young from my mother, but at least she taught me the rules of the game first. The least I can do is even out your board."
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 14:45:50 GMT
Cyr scowled a little again. "You can't have it both ways. And I know how long a demon can go without feeding." He said sulkily. This was why he didn't like envy demons. They were annoying and entitled. "If you keep messing with me, I will retaliate, I don't care how you know me." He warned.
He was a good boy with highly regulated emotions. His formative years were as a pride demon with parents who'd rather die than show a fleck of their true feelings. And then his teenaged years had been the vulnerable misery of struggling to learn how to be himself with no guidance, no reassurance, and no kindness. And despite all that, he'd kept a gentle sort of nature, something slightly soft and timid behind a well put-together exterior. Usually in the face of frustration, he'd just self-destruct.
But if there was one thing he couldn't handle. It was being made a fool. Especially by someone who had so quickly and easily targeted his vulnerability. It wasn't like Bez, who would prod and pinch and poke at him until she found his softest spots, but seemed to ultimately have his best interests in mind. Envy demons just liked to hurt people.
His eyes flared again a little as he put things together. "Who comes off worse here," he said a bit slowly, a bit carefully. "The underfed lust demon who just wants to be left alone, or the envy demon victimizing someone half his age after a full gala's worth of feeding oppertunities?"
Cyr got up, crossing the room to hang up his shirt before looking back over his shoulder at the little demon, his face cool. "Try me."
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Post by anthemum on Nov 11, 2022 18:18:49 GMT
Ino looked rather stung as Cyr rejected his help. "Are you paying attention?" His voice was low, but demanding. "No, of course you're not. You're going to be fine." His control slipped for the brief moment it took for that slip of the tongue, and then he drew it back.
Ino had his own theories about why they were here, and he could feel the noose closing around his neck in a way this lust didn't have to worry about at all. His breath hitched and his eyes flashed, tucking away his kindness, if this was how he'd be treated.
"Very well. You've made your position clear. Who am I to tell you to change your plans?" He said, voice flat. "Ta"
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Post by Pieluver on Nov 11, 2022 18:54:14 GMT
Cyr glared at the envy demon as the other left, feeling very much that the other's suddenly returning hostility had come from being called out. He'd been momentarily taken in by those nice words, but he knew the moment he let his guard down the other would be back to needling him raw.
"'ta then," he replied, equally dry, turning his back to the door again.
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