[IC] Demon Within (REbooting)

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Kyo bowed his head slightly as Katherin introduced him, giving her a grateful smile after. Still unable to answer the boy, he settled for a nod and a smile in response to his greeting. Nightmare seemed to giggle a bit about how it wondered if its old companion had come up with anything new recently, or if it needed any inspiration. It made sense to the dark-haired male how some illnesses and such could quickly turn into nightmare fuel, but he really didn't want to think more on that kind of a collaboration. Instead, he kept following Katherin's lead. It would be nice to see where they would be staying.

[manapool1]

Kyo bowed his head slightly as Katherin introduced him, giving her a grateful smile after. Still unable to answer the boy, he settled for a nod and a smile in response to his greeting. Nightmare seemed to giggle a bit about how it wondered if its old companion had come up with anything new recently, or if it needed any inspiration. It made sense to the dark-haired male how some illnesses and such could quickly turn into nightmare fuel, but he really didn't want to think more on that kind of a collaboration. Instead, he kept following Katherin's lead. It would be nice to see where they would be staying.

@YamiCuoreLaroux

Alders looked around nervously as the eyes of the new acquaintance drilled into him. He just wanted to go to his room right now. Since he had gotten off the cab, Alders had been scared to a brink of his life. Deep down he knew even there the constant reminder of his demon via taunts would haunt him. Alders grit his teeth in dismay at the realization. To never be alone, to be cursed and to know what was with him? Perhaps ignorance truly was bliss, Alders seemed to think so. "could we please get to the room.... I'd like to unpack ma'am" He mummbled with a quivering voice, clearly afraid.

[KatherinWinter]

"All the rooms are available. Please take whatever you want. Alders, I think you might like the tower. But please look around and pick whatever room you like."Katherin told them.

[manapool1]

"I would enjoy that" Alders politely responded. He wanted the room farthest away from the others. The less they were inhabited by diseased, the less they threatened humanity as a whole. Even if it could not kill them, disease lingers in people it infects. Alders also enjoyed solitude. Not that these people were bad, they had been nothing but curdious to him, but he didn't do well with others twenty four seven and would like to have time to himself and not hear other people's talks. "how many people live her?" he asked.

[KatherinWinter]

"Right now I am the only one living here. I have like 30 some rooms. Honestly I haven't explored the whole castle yet. Katherin told him. She had gotten lost the last time she had tried to explore on her own. She thought she might take the time make a map but she hadn't gotten around to doing it yet. Adjusting to being the keeper of a demon lord had taken over. Now that she had found some balance she might get back to trying to make one.@manapool1

[manapool1]

Alders smiled at the words. He was sure exploring the halls would be fun for him, and a good way to escape. Nearing his room he rushed to open the door. The inside was furnished beyond his belief and he was too excited to hold it in, but he did his best to do so. Despite being young, he remembered the house with his father.... among other things. That house was lively, silky and translucent orange and gold curtains, finely cut crystalline chandeliers and porcelain galore. The nostalgia of such a house was to die for, and he was getting all that here. "This is too much ms. Katherin, is there any way I can repay you?" he asked in a delighted manor.

[KatherinWinter]

"You don't have to repay me. As you can see I have more than I will ever need. Consider living here. Consider working together to find a way to live with our demons. We have a lot of time on our hands. The world will change but we never will. We need each other. Katherin told him. She didn't want to be alone forever. She had been alone her whole life. She didn't want to spend eternity alone.

[SilverWolfAngel]

Kyo had barely left the room when Rez finally couldn't hold the pain anymore. Snatching at his shirt he tugged the hem up to his face and shoved it into his mouth in a crumpled lump of fabric. Barely had he chomped down on it when the screams came. Muffled through the shirt, they died before leaving the room. The pain was worse than usual, for the most part because no one had challenged Rez for a while, but also because he had done the challenging, because he had lost, and because he had challenged for something as meager as a card game. that last one only sometimes affected the outcome, for example the worse he fails the more pain, but for something like a card game, with the other combining factors, it didn't change anything.

At some point in time he fell of the chair, landing hard on the ground with a 'ka-thunk', just adding to the pain. Finally, although really it was not long, Rez stopped thrashing like a land-bound fish, and curled up in a tight ball. Whimpering softly. Eventually even his muffled whimpers died out leaving a shaken mess of Rez on the floor. Climbing tediously to his feet, Rez stumbled over to the door, staggering out into the hall and collapsing in the entry hall, deciding he'd wait there until the others came back, and then he'd hopefully be able to find a room, all he wanted right then was to sleep.

As a way to pass the time he fished his ear-buds out of a pocket and cranked the volume up to loud, picking a fast song, and tuning out of the real world, and in to the music.

[manapool1]

"Well, I shall stay with you as long as I can, it's the least I can do to repay you for what you've done for me..." He gestured, awaiting his bags for the seemingly mute other man. Where all the other's mute? Katherin communicated through and the other one seemed to never talk. Perhaps he was just shy? Regardless he removed his cap and overjacket, leaving his brown hair and black shirt exposed. So this was his new family? H had a feeling they wouldn't be as odd as his father and mother. He could get used to this. The idea of eternal life, however, struck fear in him. Loosing everyone he knew outside of the castle? Watching the world end? Watching humanity end, it all seemed so painful. Would he aged, like a teen always desires? Sitting on the bed, the young man looked over and gave a weak smile. He was already akin to and enjoyed the new reservation!

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Suddenly snapping back to attention after having been wowed by the room that they had been led to, Kyo looked down in slight embarrassment as he handed over the suitcase and stepped away from the door to the room. It was kind of reassuring to have use of his hands again, though he hadn't really minded helping out. It just made it a lot easier to communicate with a second hand available. Giving one last smile in an attempt to reassure the nervous-looking young man, he waited in the hall for Katherin.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin waved her goodbye. She wanted to get the others settled. It was nice to have people around her. People who were struggling as much as she was. Maybe more she thought. Every demon was different. Just because she and Secrets had reached an agreement that didn't mean that the others had. She indicated for Kyo to follow her. "Pick a room. There are plenty."@YamiCuoreLaroux

[manapool1]

Now alone, Alders allowed a tear to come down his face before he sat down in the fetal position. It was too much for them to be so kind and for him to pity himself for it, Alders couldn't help but feel worse then ever for taking so much from her and giving nothing more in return. After a moments of silence he stood up and began to unpack, thinking over the others he wasn't sure what to think. Alders had only met a few, but he already had an odd feeling he wasn't ready to meet the others. He had to remember they had demons within, and that this made them dangerous. Of course the demon within decided to but in. "Your such a coward at times. You shouldn't stay too long, they are demons after all!" the demon sleazes within. It was clear he was trying to make thing look worse, and his tactics would have worked if Alders was slightly young.
"Not today, I think I'm going to stay here for a while"

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

@KatherinWinter
Kyo nodded in response and followed Katherin to find a room to stay in. As he looked around the hall at the many doors, he could hardly believe that the girl really live here by herself. "If it's alright for me to ask, how long have you lived here? Have you always lived by yourself?"

[KatherinWinter]

@YamiCuoreLaroux
"I have lived alone my whole life. Well I suppose that isn't completely true. I bounced around from foster home to foster home so I wasn't really alone until I was eighteen. Once I was too old for the system I was truly alone for the first time. But I have lived alone here for little over a year. I didn't even know about the aunt that left it to me until after she passed away." Katherin told him.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

@KatherinWinter
Kyo nodded solemnly, feeling a bit of empathy at the mention of being alone and without a permanent home. His own experiences after the accident his family was in had been pretty difficult. He hadn't been as lucky in his experience with anything to do with any aunts, however, and he still carried the remains of that time with him. He just couldn't get away from it, no matter how different his life was now. Still, that was all an explanation for another time, though he didn't doubt that she could get the information at any time. It wasn't so much a secret in his mind as just not immediately relevant, but he didn't know how Secrets determined what to take. "I see. It must have been very quiet, then."

The silent male wasn't sure what more to say after that, not wanting to be too intrusive in his questioning or too imposing with his opinion. It was still something he worried about on a daily basis. As they walked by a few of the other rooms, however, he did finding himself somewhat drawn to one in particular. Nothing more special about it than he expected was in the other rooms, just a good feeling. Turning back to Katherin, he bowed his head a little. "I will take this room if it is alright. It will be nice to get some rest. Thank you, Miss Katherin."

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin nodded her acceptance. She was glad to have people to help her fill the castle. It didn't feel do empty now. She headed to her room ready to start a new day. She laid on her bed happy not to be alone. She hoped that the others would choose to stay. Forever was a long time to be alone. She ignored Secrets whispers about her new housemates. She had time to learn them later. For now she wanted to learn about the people first.

[Morric]

Death's Door

Blustering flames roared into existence, filling the scorched innards of a brick fireplace, casting a warm hue onto a dark and empty room. Sitting on a massive estate was a rather old castle that held many rooms, hallways, and on this particular evening, a host of demon possessed humans. Among the various rooms, bed, bath, or otherwise, was a rather dark study, lit only by the flickering glow of fresh flames lapping up the chimney. The room was empty and cold until it became filled with a ancient and chilling presence. An unseen force slowly turned a velvet and oak sofa chair sitting just in front of the fireplace toward a small mahogany coffee table. The same mysterious force began pouring a kettle of tea into a small porcelain teacup which also appeared out of nowhere. The tea set was clean and white, detailed with a silver trim and filled with a steaming auburn liquid.

Within this large manor, those that hosted demons inside themselves which had been invited and now searched for answers or what have you, found their rooms or conversed as it would seem. The culmination of these souls drew the wayward attention of an observant shadow. A shadow that now enjoyed its tea before the crackling flames that lit the room of the study. Despite the fire, the room did not grow any warmer. In fact the air was chilled like the inside of a fridge. A light coat of frost began to coat the doorknob that led to the study, and the hallway that led to it became cooled and a tense aura lingered in the air.

[SilverWolfAngel]

Having sat in the entry hall for a good number of songs, Rez finally decided that it looked like no one was coming.
Jumping to his feet, music still pounding in his ears, he wandered up a staircase and down a few corridors, losing himself somewhere along the way. Shrugging when he realized this, he delved deeper into the castle, sticking his head round every door. He found that some rooms had furniture while others were bare, and some looked like they had once been furnished, but had been raided, leaving big heavy stuff, but no smaller, personal possessions.

He also stumbled across a large was-once-extravagant multi-tiered room with no apparent obvious purpose, although he supposed there would have been a reason for it, he just didn't know what it was. Other notable rooms included a workshop-like place, with old dry sawdust littering the floor, and many tools lining the walls on pegs, an empty kitchen that looked like it couldn't have been used in the last century, there was literally that much dust, a empty stone room with a bad vibe, and no it wasn't the dungeon, an old style drawing room, with a very nice view, tree clad hills and grassy valleys, a smithy, and a door with frost on the handle sutiated in a freezing hallway, from which came a tense, almost deadly feeling. Suffice to say Rez did not linger long, and certainly didn’t sate his intangible curiosity.

But best of all, in Rez’s opinion, was another multi-tiered room, this one with a rather obvious purpose, stated boldly with beautifully crafted wooden shelves crammed to bursting with colourful books. Everything from big thick leather bound tomes, down to skinny paperbacks missing the back cover, from books on history, to books on religion, fiction and non-fiction, endless rows upon rows of books. Standing in the doorway, Rez inhaled, catching that soft, for the most part indescribable, glorious smell of books. Slipping inside he flicked off his music, hearing nothing but the soft clomping of his worn and faded brown army boots. It was nice to not be hearing a voice, commenting on every word or thought, to feel like he was alone in his head, like there was no one else pushing for a different outcome, that it was all his own decisions.

He had found quite quickly that if he threw the voice enough bones in the form of accepted challenges, it would shut up and withdraw for a while, hibernating almost, the length of time depending on many factors, most of which Rez had no clue about.

Running a hand gently along the book spines Rez, drank in the atmosphere, feeling at ease for the first time since coming to this place. Picking a book at random he found himself a snug nook, filled with pillows and blankets, perfect in his opinion, and opened the book; Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology according to the red hardback cover. Snuggling down he flicked through, pausing on a page with a picture of a dragon? hiding behind it’s wings, like those spies in old cheesy movies. The word on the page labeled the dragon as ‘Incognito’. Rez sniggered then read through the descriptions of draco americanus incognito. He really started laughing however when he read the piece listed under colour;

COLOUR
A number of combinations is possible. One
account points to it being gold and silver, but this
may be due to the fact that the description was of
a gold and silver statue of the creature rather than
the thing itself.

Utterly exhausted, with all his energy finally spent, Rez had just enough mind to carefully lay the book down before curling up in one of the fleecy blankets and drifting off to sleep.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin hummed as she made her way to the kitchen. She wasn't the best cook but now that she had people to cook for, she wanted to cook for them. She asked Secrets if he knew what they would like but since most people didn't try to hide their favorite foods he didn't have an answer for her. So she decided on eggs. They were simple enough and most people liked them so it seemed like the best bet.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Kyo woke up a bit slowly, a bit surprised that he hadn't suffered from any nightmares this time. Perhaps his demon was taking a break...or maybe just building up to something much worse later. It always seemed to like messing with him every now and then.

Deciding to just be grateful for the time being, the dark-haired man rose to get ready for the day, blinking a bit sleepily at the room he found himself in. It took a moment for him to remember the details of exactly what happened the night before, but it made a bit more sense by the time he had cleaned up and gotten into a new change of clothing. Just a simple pair of black trousers and a nice blue shirt were all that he felt would be necessary for the day, though he slipped a hair tie into his pocket just in case before leaving the room.

After a bit of wandering, the dark-eyed man eventually made it back to the main hall they had been in the day before, realizing that he actually didn't know where he should be going. Perhaps there is somewhere we should meet for breakfast? I wonder where the kitchen is...