The House on the Hill
Interactions: Britney/Ruby
@Shin Ghost Note
”... The Void Heart is not a good person - ghost - whatever. He is an Apparition from the Void, but he requires an anchor to remain in this realm. He latched onto your... predacessor when she was only a child. And, well, groom- molded her in his image. He was going around draining people of their life force while brainwashing her into thinking that it was all okay.”
Alizée listened carefully as Brit spoke, feeling resistance in her. Hesitation. Before it clicked- Void had been seeking the Gates of Paradise since the beginning. With
her.
Her eyes upcurled in happiness, having uncovered some closeness between them. This emotion bubbled up in her, before her chains stirred, and an extra link formed on each of the eight ends.
Before her red eyes slitted, and she kept her silence carefully. Her ‘heart’ felt a bit heavy, a bit stiff, to withhold the real reason Void had been taking life energy. It was for the perfect cause, the ultimate goal.
But she would have to commit to memory that humans, especially the ones here, who recognized her, considered stealing life force a bad thing.
Hm… a conundrum. But something she would worry about later. All that mattered now was creating a relationship with the people in front of her. And that meant conforming to their standards as much as possible.
”The Void Heart needs an anchor to remain in this realm; that anchor has to be a human being. And... I don't mean to be an asshole, but you're just not a human being anymore, so you can't be that anchor. So I doubt he'll want anything to do with you unless Lynn is right.”
Alizée followed Brit's gaze to the white-haired girl, who was staring at her like she'd seen a ghost.
Huh.It was true, she was a voidling, an apparition, knowledgeable on the ancient language and fighter in the Deep. She was aware she herself could adjoin, though the desire never came to her. It made sense that Void would work the same way.
Alizée blinked.
Wait… So it meant when she was human, she had been… adjoined? To Void?
Alizée's hands moved to hold her masked face, feeling euphoria in her epicenter. A line of links morphed into reality on a couple of her chains, glistening with newness.
"... It's not my place to decide for you all. But, there isn't a malicious bone - you know what I mean - in her body. She is scared and in disbelief... yet grateful and hopeful simultaneously."
Alizée's gaze snapped to the woman, entirely surprised at the exact emotional state she was feeling being listed out. It made her feel naked, which wasn't a concept she was aware of until this moment.
As if in response, Ruby looked straight at her, and Alizée felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Your, uh, predecessor, caused my group a lot of problems, you know! ... You won't be doing that again, will you?”
Alizée blinked, having no idea what this woman was referring to. She must have messed up severely to have this woman shouting at her.
Regardless, she shook her head, furiously.
”No ma'am. You won't have any issue with me.””...One of my terms and conditions is that you stop looking for the Void Heart. I'll seal you myself if you don't. The Void Heart has caused us serious trouble, and we don't want him around.”
Alizée stared at Brit, emotion flickering in her burning eyes. On the threat of being sealed, she'd agree to anything. But to give up her search?
It made her heartsick.
”Do we have a deal?”
There was a long,
long pause before Alizée closed her eyes into little glowing slits, seeing Void in her mind, smiling at her.
Her ‘heart’ gave a painful tug, before she spoke.
“...Deal. I'll stop searching.”Meanwhile, Layla had moved around the crowd to sit back in her bar stool, eyes staring wide at the apparition claiming to be Alizée.
The Alizée.
The room had essentially ignored Layla, to which she was grateful. She didn't want any more attention drawn to herself and her running mouth.
But what were the chances Alizée's apparition would appear just as they were arguing about her? It was exactly like they said: Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.
Layla felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked over to see Luna standing behind the bar, staring sympathetically at her.
“You alright?”“Yeah.” Layla said listlessly. The hand left her shoulder, and a few moments later, Luna was pushing a plate of pizza, a glass of milk, and a glass of scotch over to her.
“Eat. You look terrible.” Luna commanded.
Layla tried a smile at the food offering, taking the glass of milk in her hands. Her eyes were drawn back to Alizée.
“Someone has to tell her.”Luna's face grew severe.
“No. You're going to sit here and keep your mouth shut, capiche? Eat your pizza.”Layla blanched, before she obediently took a bite of her pizza, returning her focus to the center of the room.
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