Existance in Twilight ( Jack And Sera)

Jack
It was one of those strange times. After the conversation with Iskra that brought up a lot of memories that were best left buried. Along with the revelation that she had in fact not searched as well as she had claimed. Jack had begun to think that it was time he took matters into his own hands. If he had and heir out there, he had to know. Long were the stories that demons had their powers>drained by their children, who took on a portion of their power. And if Jack was to maintain his own authority. As well as seek his revenge on Iskra. Rumour, story or legend. He could not take the risk of it. He needed to find out if there was an heir. And once he got that far. Well. He'd decide just what he was doing. In those tales of lore that he had collected there was also the story of guardian angels. Kami that looked after specific humans, to Jack this indicated that if it was true. Kami had a greater knowledge of the humans than any demon. And thats what he needed, a name. A location. He couldn't imagine there were so many demonic hybrids in the world that these guardians would not know of them. And so, once again Jack emerged from the pits along with several demons of fear and sloth, and sought out a Kami. Their kind tended to congregate around the areas surrounding Mare Maris. This would be his first call. If that failed. He would need to assault the holy gates once again...

Sera
So this was the world below. It felt good to be flying freely through it. Her first run, she had yet to manifest upon the earth in a physical form but it would not be long. She was going to be one of the higher order soon, she just knew it. One of the Great ones, but at the moment, she was fairly weak. The only way in which to get stronger was to go about the world doing the deeds of purity and good. At the moment she was a simple of Angel of the Light, but what she really wanted to be was an Angel of the Morning or the sun. Able to control fire and weaponry at the same time. Able to do some good against the growing darkness festering and pouring out from the gates of that place which does not get mentioned. And first, she had to make her way up to Angel of Purity and then to Angel of grace. It was a daunting task, but she had the determination with which to handle it. Even her teachers had said so before sending her down here to find a few good deeds to do amongst the mortals of the earth. They had told her to take it slowly that she had more than a lifetime, but she had never been one for patience. The sooner she found her physical form and began to do the good deeds, the sooner she could progress down the right path for her. With a gentle flap of those pure white wings, she glided towards the earth. Landing was a bit difficult for her as she stumbled a bit but caught herself with a flourish. Then she giggled a bit as she twirled around to survey the surroundings allowing her wings to fan out and the outfit she was currently wearing to swish about her lithe body in a very fluid gesture. She stood there unknowning as she tooking in the breathtaking sights around her as if seeing them for the first time. She reached a black gloved hand up and entwined her slender digits in those long red locks that were done up in pigtails. IF she let them down, her hair would fall down to her knees. A small smile crossed her face as she began to think where she would need to go first.Hopefully gaining a physical form would not be too difficult, since she would need to interact with this place in order to do things for people. The hand that was entwining itself in her hair, suddenly moved to her perfectly formed lips as the smile faded into a thoughtful frown. One covered finger slowly tapped on her mouth as the other hand moved to her hip in that age old 'I'm thinking hard' formation. What to do was the problem.

Jack
There was nothing for now, and hunting was getting most tiresome. Jack had forgotten what this was like, the sun that is. He'd been sealed up within the Temple of Obstinancy for weeks studying his blood magic without stopping. For the most prt this was good bearing him many fruits of knowledge and power that would help in the future. But in this instance. It was bad. The sun hurt his eyes, so unlike the crimson dust red sky of the underworld. The others however didn't seem to be having the same problem. He imagined it was likely from their time patrolling his base on Terra. He sat down, running one of his white gloved hands through his hair, brushing it aside as well as taking off some of the sweat on his brow. He had to wonder if indeed there was much to this hunt as far as finding one on the earth realm went. But it seemed that this day, luck was going to be on the side of Jack Wiseman. Only moments after nearly giving up the search entirely and ordering a right infernal charge on the gates of the celestial realm. His tainted senses picked something up. Jack was, unlike other demons. Most Onikonjou had specific powers that related to them. Fire, ice. Sometimes not even elemental, but physical. Jack's however was...unique. Within the blood of others Jack could sense taint, or its holy equivalent. This gave him a survival edge against both Oni, and Kami. Allowing him to sense when either were nearby. And right now, like a drum beating against his brain. This sense was telling Jack. There was a Kami nearby. Head jolted upwards, the Pride Demon looked in the direction that his senses were pulling him towards. North. Without warning to his cohorts. Jack rushed ahead, using devilspeed to transmit the distance almost instantaniously. Much to the surprise of the other demons. When he arrived. He would be greeted by the sight of a female Kami. And she would be greeted by his own visage. Jack was by no means ugly. But at the moment he gave off less of a handsome look and more of a rugged appearance. Stained blood on his black suit and of course, the torn section and fleshy stump where his left arm had once been. And of course. The typical tell tale red eyes of a Pride demon. Despite his current condition. Jack let out a smirk, and a brief greeting. " Hello toots..."

Sera
While she was pondering her next move she closed her eyes only to open them a moment later, seeing the red eyes of a demon staring into her fiery orbs. The only difference was that the male before her was demon and she was an angel. How had he gotten here so quickly and how had he seen her without her seeing him. With a start, she jumped back, her hand going to her heaving chest as she began to backpedal to gain room for flight. She ha dto think, just like the angel, the demons had orders to, or rather classifications. Red eyes, the look on his face, then it hit her, a Pride demon. The red eyes were a dead give away. But would he know what she was from mere sight. Her own red eyes were the tell tale sign of the fire that lay just out of her grasp but burned brightly inside her. If she was able to escape she would one day become one of those angels that were most powerful against such creatures as this one-armed monsterous man before her. But if she didn't make a break for it soon, she would never reach that rank. With politeness that was more of a facade than the truth, she replied, "Hello and goodbye". Spinning upon her booted heel, she turned to opposite way and stretched out those glorious wings for a quick leap into sky, with a single downward stroke she would be skyborn.

Jack
Was it fear? Jack didn't know. But he wasn't really willing to wait around to find out either. He took a step forwards as she took a step back. Be it in fear, or shock. He closed his eyes shaking his head. Having an idea of what was just to come next. There was always a different kind of feeling to the Kami, it was the same with the Oni. The stronger the taint. The stronger the opposition and this girl had very little to offer him as far as that went. She gave her greetings and subsiquently it would seem her farewells as she began her movements to become sky borne. Jack made no attempts to stop her. And would indeed let her lure herself into thinking she'd gotten away. Pride came before the fall after all. And oh, this Kami was going to fall. With the same technique as before. Devilspeed. The Kami would find herself once again, face to face with the pride demon, this time however, they were much closer. Close enough for Jack to just reach out. And grab her. Which was his precise intention. His hand struck forwards aiming to grasp her by the throat. " ....Tsk tsk...and here I thought you self rightous bastards had some manners....".

Sera
As she bore her slender weight aloft she looked back to see that demon was gone and for a moment her mind went blank. She then turned her head forward just in time to jerked to a stop in midair, right before his outstretched hand. Then she pulled an agile backpedal in midair, his hand just nearly missing her throat. By the sun, he was fast. But maybe he was a bit slow in the mental area, one could only hope. He was a pride demon so it was time to use that against him, "I greeted you as well as gave my farewells. But it would seem like you, sir are lacking in the manners. Being seen in such disarray. Tsk, Tsk." She shook her head as she continued to back pedal her wings flapping to keep her balanced on the nothingness around her. "Stains upon you clothing, your hair so unkempt, one would think you one of those wild looking demons of wrath." She dared not look away from him for a moment for fear of him catching her. She couldn't match his speed, but perhaps she could distract him long enough to get a running start. She mentally let out a prayer to anything in the heavens that could aide her at the moment but it appeared that those in the celestial heavens were busy with more important matters.

Jack
Jack's grasp missed. He inwardly cursed but it wouldn't last much longer. The girl was going to be in his clutches soon. The moment he had picked her up on his radar. The moment she had entered this area, entered his sights. Her fate was sealed. He vastly outplayed her in terms of power. But it seemed that for whatever reason this one had a weapon left after all. Her tongue, casually reminding Jack of his current unkempt state. He tilted his head, wondering just what kind of thing this girl was expecting from a pride demon when she challenged his pride thusly. To Jack. There was only going to be one logical response. He clicked his fingers. The moment he did so. The girl would feel her insides begin to burn. Blood would begin to leak from her skin out into her clothing. Jack's blood magic. It was useful, effective. And excrusiatingly painful. A proper punishment for such talk.

Sera
Her plan did not go the way she wanted. In fact it went horribly wrong for with that snap of those fingers came pain as her blood began to seep through to stain her clothing. She burned from inside as she doubled over in pain and lost her balance dropping to the ground. She bit her lower lip trying not to scream and give him that satisfaction. She closed her eyes and waited in agony for the pain to cease, refusing to beg or even whimper. If she was going to die, she would die bravely. Sad how such a short time away from the heavens could have ended up with her dying at the hands of murderous demon.

Jack
Jack closed his eyes and let out another cruel smirk. Another flash and he was over her once again. He reached down and grasped her with his one hand by the collar. Holding her there as the magics continued to do their work. He bent down on one knee bringing his face close to hers. Breathing heavily onto her so she'd feel the warmth of it upon her face. " Are you afraid little bird?" he tilted his head ever so slightly. " I know my boys like the white meat...particularly little chickens such as yourself...". His grip tightened. " But that isn't going to be for you...oh no.....you think you are going to die all noble like?...not my style girlie....you...are going to live....arn't I kind?...". The pain would cease as Jack let up his magics. Kneeling there. Grinning.

Sera
She trembled as he reached down and pulled her up, he was strong and she had no chance. She opened her eyes, and glared at him through the pain, that fiery spirit showing through. The red hair should have been a warning that she wouldn't go down with a fight, not after words like that. She was not some little flightless bird. She was better than that, She would... live? Was this demon insane? The pain ceased as she stared up at him first in shock then in suspicion. His grin promised only more pain but she was willing to try anything to get away from him at the moment. With all of that spunk in her soul she spit into his face without warning. Hopefully he would be momentarily stunned enough to loosen his grip, at the same moment as the spit, she brought her leg up, her knee aiming for that tender place on a male that would cause him to completely release her. If the move worked, she would try her hand at scrambling along the ground to escape him. It might give her that moment of surprise that would let her get away from that terrible smile. Although it might only enrage him further. either way she was a fighter and a survivor to the core.

Jack
She spat in his face, typical of the Kami. But then again Jack wasn't going to be offering her mercy anyways. What he didn't expect though was the swift kick to the genitals that came next. Causing Jack's grip to come undone through sheer shock. Although it wasn't rage that took him. He just almost. Laughed it off. She had spunk. If not strength. " Nice...try...toots....". Jack held out his hand, performing a technique unique to Demons of Pride. Pride's Chalice. Which is precisely what she'd become. At first there would be little to the effects bar feeling slightly fatigued. And then everything would begin to fade away. Her pride and everything attached to it being syphoned off to Jack. Will to fight. Honour. Hopelessness would replace it, and finally a bind on her emotions that would restrict her from moving. " Spunk....but we'll break that out of you yet....".

Sera
As she scrambled away from him, she could feel herself growing tired, her wings heavy, almost to heavy to bare her aloft. She scrambled into a standing position and tried to run, her first step was her last she sank to her knees, her hands covering her face as her emotions spiraled downward so fast that she could only feel empty of all that was light and good in her soul. But she fiercely held onto that last shred of Light that kept her inner fire burning. Despair replaced everything but that little tongue of flame. Nothing could take that away. It could be warped and changed, but nothing could completely destroy it. It was what made her what she was. the purity of this one emotion, she held onto to it keep her from falling completely under the spell. It was emotion that even a demon could not take from him. As an angel of light, she held onto that spark even as she sank further into darkness. Outwardly she began to weep silently, her slender hands covering her face

Jack
Jack walked forwards, then ever so casually he held out his hand. Watching her as she cried. His hand covered her face. And gripped. He pulled her inwards placing her back to his front. His nose felt carefully along the slender lining of her neck almost sensually as he whispered into her ear. " Amusing....you think you can fight my darkness don't you?...you'll see...its all looking down for you, and my do we have a long long way to go down....". His strength was superior to her own. Which would say nothing about the power of his magic. His next move was a combination of both. A technique he had developed recently within research of the vampire possession spirit. This one was just a basic bite and injestion of the blood. Whilst using his magics to bind her further.Jack drew back his head and bit into her skin, piercing it with ease. Letting blood flow into his mouth. She would be held by his strength. The drain of pride. But now also by something else that came with the bite. It was a secondary thing that he used to keep his victims from moving. The bite was at first painful yes. But following that first sharp intense pain. Was an equally intense pleasure overwealming the opponent with a will not to move. He needed her good and properly out of it for dragging her back. Otherwise. Well. It could get messy.

Sera
She was pulled into his embrace and she could do nothing but allow him to nuzzle against her ivory neck. Her head fell to her sides as his teeth sank into her neck. The pain did not phase her as she was was so deep into that darkness of despair and misery. But the pleasure she was unprepared for and she let out a gasp, her red eyes opening wide for a moment. Anyone looking on would indeed be privilaged to view such scene as these two, the opposites they posed, the contrast of light and dark, purity and light being overcome by corruption and darkness. As her blood flowed out her eyes grew glassy and glazed, a slight smile on her face. For a moment they were caught in time, almost as if captured by an artist on a canvas, a masterpiece of sensual death. As her hand came up towards his head against her neck, it appear to be seeking to caress, but one would never know as the world went dark for her and her eyes closed as she sank into true oblivion.

Jack
Jack had almost forgotten at this stage just what he was doing. It was that spirit of hunger againa nd the will to get this over and done with. He had completely forgotten just what his prey was as the blood flushed into his mouth. She was a kami. Now to understand just what was passing through Jack's mind at this point one must note that Jack had good reason to dislike the Kami and even greater reason to not wish for any part of their holy version of the demonic taint to be entering his system. And yet as the blood flowed in his mind bade him to draw back. But his bite only seemed to get harder. His body refusing to budge as her hand made the move for the caress.His own hand moved away from her face and trailed down the Kami's body grasping at her chest in an almost possessive animalistic manner. However, for the moment. Logic seemed to break through this want for her blood. She was getting weaker and not just due to the binding power. But the blood loss. If he didn't stop soon then this would be for naught. And yet. So so difficult. He fought against his own urges and drew his blood stained mouth back. Even as he did so, just looking at the trickles>of the crimson liquid across her neck...it almost made him want to bite anew. He shook his head however. And lifted her up onto his shoulder. It was time to bring her to the place she would be most weak. Most helpless. It was time to return to the Seat of Pride.

Sera
She was barely there, but she knew the moment he stopped the assault upon her ivory colored neck, now stained with the bright crimson of her blood. She was too weak to much more than allow him to manhandle her and toss her over his shoulder. For a moment her eyes fluttered open to see the back of the demon who would surely kill her after whatever he had planned. Her eyes closed again as she tried to regain her wits and her power. How had this happened? Why was it her that he was after? Was it just any Kami would do? Too many questions and her brain could not focus on anything more than keeping herself alive. The answers would come in time. But most like she would not like them, no not at all. So she hung there, limp. Her body pressed against his shoulder like a sack of flour. Where was he taking her? She hung there on the edge of oblivion and entually just gave in totally to the darkness surrounding her. It was much easier this way.

Jack
It would take them some time to reach the lower plains of hell. Even longer to reach the areas of Jacks domain also known as "Pride's Bastion". The place was a cursed and scarrred wasteland. Twisted bythe corruption and evil of those who wandered it. Rivers of lava and an uncomfortable level of heat that even Jack himself had never really gotten used to. Oonce thye entered his lands it didn't take too long to reach the place known as the " Seat of Pride" a ruined court house of all things in which the clan of Pride had once ruled out over the demons of emotion. Now of that clan. Only Jack remained. But there would be more. One day. The demons that had followed him to the upper plains reported back in with the leader of Fear Jonah, and with the leader of Madness Ceila. Both who gave Jack an odd nod, curious as to just what he had planned for the Kami. But at the same time. Leaving. Knowing her fate was not to be one they wished to imagine on themselves. Jack placed her down on a table in what he had caliously refered to as " the cold room". A place where he kept the corpses of others for bleeding out. For taking their blood. Unlike the outside in here it was uncomfortably cold. A stark difference. He collected chains and shackles. And placed them around her limbs. If she was going to recover enough for torture...then he was going to have to help with the recovery. He used his blood magic to draw his own blood from the vein, placing the flow in a chalice. Moving it over her lips.And tipping it ever so slightly. Just enough to allow the blood to enter her. And restore her.

Sera
The first few drops of his blood that fell against her tongue and she became aware once more, even as the rest flowed into her veins she felt the taint of darkness and she lurched up, closing her mouth against the onslaught of more blood. Was it too late? Would it taint her permenantly? She jerked and strained to rise only to notice that there were chains holding her down. The temperature was so cold and the icyness of the table bit into her. She struggled against the bonds and glared at the demon that had cause all of this. Anger burned in those red orbs so hot that it might be able to burn the soul of someone. But this demon had no soul. "What did you do to me?" Her mouth was red with his blood, her lips slightly swollen and tinted red.>
She stopped struggling for a moment to take in her surrounds and the weakness she felt let her know exactly in which realm she lay at the moment. A look of horror passed of her face and she glared back to him, "Let me" it was futile but there was nothing else at the moment she could do.

Jack
She awakened with that blood in her mouth and it almost seemed as iff she knew just as he did what he was putting into her. And yet up and about she was. Well. Up anyways. The chains would see to the rest as far as that went. She certainly did look angry though. Good, anger was always a good start as far as the negative emotions went. He didn't say a word to her. Merely lifted the sword part out of his cane positioned it above her shoulder and...drove down. The flesh part was easy to pierce, the bone, well provided a little more resistance. The stone of the table below too had to be pushed through. But he was strong enough. " I've got some questions for you Kami". He spoke softly, quietly. But carrying that inner threat of more pain should she decide to disobey. " You can either obey, and answer...which will be rewarded, or resistance...which too will be rewarded". He twisted the sword in the wound. " Well. A reward I imagine you wouldn't quite be into".

Sera
As he took that sword out and held it over her shoulder, she knew what would come next and braced herself for the pain. It was slow torture as he pushed the tip into her flesh, and through the bone, and even through the wing. The way it pushed further let her know it was into the table beneather her as she gasped in pain, tears at the corner of her now tightly shut eyes. Her lower lip was clamped between her teeth, bringing blood as she bit down to keep from screaming in pain as he twisted. What in the heavens did he want with her? She opened her eyes and he swam through her vision. His words coming to haunt her. What did he want to know? YEs she could imagine the reward for resistance, but no one ever said she was the most intellegent of angels, just the most stubborn and now that stubborness >
took hold and she shook her head, a single tear slipping down her cheek and droping to the table below her. She would not beg. Her shake of the head was more for her than him. She was going to be tortured anyway. And she did not have much knowledge of anything demonic so why her?


Jack
The look on her face as well as the noises she made gave him enough of an idea that she knew just what was going to happen to her if she didn't comply. Yet that shake of the head. Jack didn't quite know if that was just working through the pain or denial. So in a sense of odd mercy, he decided to take it as the former. And spare her more pain. Well. At least unitl he asked his questions " I've heard of Kami known as Guardians...who look after individual humans". Jack spoke carefully, clearly. Just so that she understood every word. " This indicates to me that your people know more about humans than ours do...which would make sense...we spend most of our time down here killing one another.....so.....I need to find one specific indivivdual...and believe me this is....very...very important to me....so....you are going to start by answering my question". He laid the hand on the pommel of his cane sword. " Where is the hybrid known as Hanabi?".

Sera
He stopped the twisting, the words came again, and she looked at him and blinked. Yes there were guardians but she wasn't one and well, she knew the moment she told him the truth she would get more pain or death. But then again she couldn't just tell him and have his wrath fall upon some settlement. Because then he would most likely have kept her here and then would have to come back after finding out she lied and beat her. What was wrong with her> She shook her head and wanted to smack herself. Why was she even considering lying, that was the demonic blood coursing through her. Hopefully it would run its course. By the fires of the heavens, if it stayed in her, she wouldn't be able to go home. She would be...tainted. He leaned on the hilt and she gasped at that barest of movements. "I-I do not know. I'm not a guardian." She glared at him again and tried to think of how to get herself out of this mess and drew another blanket. She would survie, always she survived. This little bird... where had that thought come from... That was what he had called her... This little angel would not plead or cry like a baby. She would bear the torture that was sure to come. at least it would have to end sometime. He couldn't just keep torturing her, could he?

Jack
And she didn't give the answer that he had wanted. She sounded almost sincere. But so did most demons. And the only difference he saw between his kind and theirs was the ego. It didn't really matter if she was lying or not though. He wasn't going to take the risk. She was going to tell him just where Hanabi was. Or at least tell him who could. " Hybird demons are watched carefully. More than other humans...I know that much...and there can't be so many of them that you do not know". He sensed his own taint inside her. And then gripped onto it using his blood magic. It would begin to move around her more quickly. Her heart would begin to beat faster and faster. She would feel warm yet at the same time. Cold. " Answer". With one movement of a finger. Blood began to leak down her face along with her tears. It would sting. Hardly pain but still. More of a fear aspect.

Sera
The blood stung as it dripped down her cheek. How was he doing that. She jerked away from him and let out a scream of pain as she felt more of the shoulder flesh tear. Quickly she clamped her mouth shut and remained still. Her chest was heaving as the pain wracked her body. But she still answered him, Her heart was beating so fast at the moment and she was begining to feel warm and cold at the same time. It burned and she looked back to him with a glare. "I do not know" she snapped out, the pain making her lose focus. "I was not trained with the guardians and do not know the same things as they do. This was my first time to the earth. Why do you want to know about this person so much? Even if I knew I would not tell you. You would not.." She couldn't finish the statement as she tried to catch her breath.

Jack
Jack stopped the torture for a moment and looked up at the roof of the cold room. He sat down on the table next to her slender form and merely petted her face. " You want to know toots?....ah whats the story of an old demon to a kami anyways?...". He smirked. But it almost seemed...false. " Ya see..I'm one of the originals.....I wasn't born after the dawn...I woke up seconds after it....and I wasn't alone...there was this girl...this hybird...Hanabi. Me and her we stuck together through thick and thin. And dare I say it we even came to love one another...buuutt it didn't last....I began to hear the call of this place...I needed to come here and...she needed to be with her own kind....". Jack leaned back slightly. " Reason I want to know is, before I left there is the incy wincy slightpossiblilty that I fathered a child...and well. My kind being my kind...theres this little story that goes...that our children inherit a portion of our power...truth be told I've got so many enemies I can't really afford for that power to be shared out". But telling her wasn't going to do much, he wasn't looking for sympathy. Just answers. " Now lets see..got a little lost in story time....I think I'm just going to shut you up and give you some more pain...then when your pride has wobbled away to jelly we'll see just how much you can offer me. Hows that sound?....". He took his sword and wrenched it out. With that, he began to undo her clothing. Shame and pain generally went well when it came to torture.

Sera
She listened and for a moment it seemed like he might just be looking for a lost love and that pulled a tthe strings of her heart. Could demons truly love? They had taught her that demons only knew how to hate and kill. She was lost in the story time, a look of sympathy on her face until she realized he was after the possibility of an innocent child not the actuality of one. But then in a swift movement, he pulled the sword from her shoulder and she let out another scream of pain. What in the heavens was he going on about. She had told him everything she knew. Then the worst part came, his hands were going after her clothing. Shock registered on her face and she struggled anew. She had to keep this next act from happening, Her innocence would not be taken by a demon. So she used the only weapon she had, her tongue, "Seriously. I do not know her. And I thought a Demon could not experience love. Do you still love her? Or was that a passing fancy?" Keep him talking and he would forget about his intentions. As a demon of Pride, it was safe to assume he liked to hear himself talk. "Or did she spurn you and your monsterous ways?" She winced as her tongue went faster than her brain and might have just gotten her in serious trouble.

Jack
He whistled as he continued. Listening to her. She was claiming that she didn't know her again, and honestly Jjack knew that was probably true. But it didn't really matter. Of course she would say that even if she did. She was a Kami he was a demon. She wasn't going to cooperate till it was forced out of her. " No, no....". He continued to work away at her clothes. " Honestly I don't really know...Can I love anymore?...its a difficult thing to describe being what I am....I feel the intent to kill, to destroy and yet...there are those memories of a time gone past....so honestly I cannot say....but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough...". And then she came onto the point about her spurning him. He chuckled lightly. " If you must know, I left her lying in bed. And walked out the door without so much as a goodbye...". Regret laced in there, but he immedietly tried to cover it up by whistling away he finished undoing the buttons of her shirt and opened it up. Next he moved on down to yank away at her skirt. " Oh and. Don't worry, i'm not going to rape you". It seemed an odd thing for a demon to say yet, Jack felt it was needed just to clear up any confusion about what was going to happen to her. " I'm not into that kind of thing....strange I know...but there you have it".

Sera
She listened to him as she twisted and turned trying to evade his hands in a twisted version of a dance. But still he managed to succeed and she growled at him. Anger bubbling up at his last comment. The rest of what he said didn't matter so much. Her own pride was pricked and she huffed. Then as usual, her tongue was faster than her brain, "What? Am I not good enough for you?" She immediately closed her mouth as a look of shock came over her face just as he finished with her skirt. "By the heavens, I did not mean that the way it sounded." But now she had ceased her struggles and watched him. "if you are not going to rape me, then what are you going to do?" What did happen when a Kami and a demon had relations. It was forbidden but no one knew or understood why. It was rumored that the opposite of each other, they would create a friction that could destroy an entire forest. Well those were the rumors anyway and why was she having these thoughts. That Demon's blood, it had to be the cause.Perhaps he would have another demon do that? or maybe cut her flesh. Oh burning faith, would she have scars? On this perfect body? No. "I am telling you the truth, I do not know."

Jack
When her skirt came down and she said that. Only then did Jack stop. He looked up at her slightly shocked by it. Did this Kami want to have that kind of relation with him? Was this entire ordeal begining to get her riled? He shook his head. " No no thats not it. I'm just not the rapey type. Believe me I know plenty of demons who are. And to be honest the whole sex without consent thing isn't so much fun when you can't focus on doing as opposed to holding the person still....its an awkward thing". The explaination wasn't really that great but it was enough of a try for him. " Don't worry, I won't hold it against you". He winked, likely that would just embarass her more. " Righto....lets start shall we?....". Jack picked up that chalice of his with the blood in it and moved over to her injured shoulder, pulling back her shirt to reveal the flesh. He then poured the blood onto the wound. More of the corruption entering her. But he wasn't quite done yet. " Hmm..chains arn't holding you down well enough...I wonder..". He grapsed her arm and yanked at it in the opposite direction to her body. Hopefully without enough force to dislocate.

Sera
She blushed at his wink and then watched him retreive the chalice. "did we just banter?" She asked curiously, strange that she would be so calm for a moment, right before he continued his torture of her. It was rather strange and insane. The taint from his blood was fast working its way through her system. "Well I am glad there will be no rape. I just draw the line at ...." About this time he pulled aside the rest of her shirt and poured the blood on her wound. The burning sensation made her wince and hiss at him. She tried to move but he grabbed her arm and jerked with enough force to dislocate her shoulder and cause another scream. Another tear from the pain slipped down her cheek. "Burning Faith, Truly I tell you, I do not know." The taint was flowing from the wound and into her system. A metallic tang crossed her tastebuds and her head swam as the darkness spread through her veins. She began to pant from it all, a winded, ran a long way, kind of pant as she glared at him. She would not break so easily and to prove it she tried her words again. "I think I would prefer the rape to this. But then again if I consented it wouldn't be rape, would it." In her mind the wheels began to turn as she hatched a plan. Foreign thoughts and feelings floating around in her once pure mind. She was a prideful thing and vain to some extent and this demon was much like her, but on the opposite side of the spectrum, or was it truly opposite. As his blood burned through her veins, she wondered if he felt the same after ingesting her.

Jack
The tell tale cry of her pain and the limpness of her arm told him he'd been successful in his attempt at dislocating her arm. But it seemed that his blood was having a rather odd effect on her. It was making her more privy to....darker thoughts. It was an interesting thing. It seemed the taint was capable of overcoming a Kami's natural instincts if even for a short time. He raised aneyebrow at her comment on the rape. " And you would be consenting to me would you?". He said in a rather normal manner which would probably be odd considering the subject matter. He ran a finger down the centre of her body. Before stopping at her stomach. There he pressed down. Not hard however. Using his magic, there would be a brief moment of pain before her blood welled to the surface through the pores. Soaking that finger. He lifted it to his mouth and put it inside before winking again, removing it and saying. " Tastey"

Sera
She shivered as his finger ran down the center of her body and then gasped as the pain came. IT was almost sensual as he licked the blood off his finger, her eyes narrowed and her breathing grew shallow. She shook her head and hissed. "What are you doing to me? Remove this taint you have infested me with. This darkness is not me." She was frustrated and it showed. No male had ever touched her bared skin. Especially in such a manner. Her eyes were twin flames as she glared at him. Then she let out a sigh. She was not going to be released any time soon. So she gritted her teeth and softly said, "Please, let me go. I do not know who this mortal is that you seek. Please stop this." Maybe the please would work. It was this flame of hope that kept her from giving in to the darkness and despair seeping around her. Inside her body the darkness of his blood fought against the light of hers. She needed to purge the darkness soon, or it might become a part of her. And who knew what that would do to her. It was not something that was covered during training.

Jack
"Hmm". It was cruel of him, but then thats what he was. Giving her this little moment as if he was thinking of letting her go after the please. IN truth it meant nothing to him. " If you arn't going to answer these questions girl then at least I can use you for something else in the meantime...tell me....just how does my blood...my darkness feel in you?". He walked around to her head. Bending himself down so that he was on level with her. " You should feel privilged. None of your kind has had that honour yet...". He would learn something from her if not the location of Hanabi then he would learn enough for his blood magic research to continue as far as the taints effects on the kami". He whispered in her ear. " Remember....truth is rewarded...as is lies...".

Sera
For a moment she had hope, for a moment she was almost free. Her heart sank as he moved around to her head and she followed him with her eyes, her head tilted upward to see him. He was so close, that her heart began to beat in tempo and time with his. The darkness of him calling to the darkness now within her. It was a strange feeling. She almost felt like crying at her situation, but she was older than that. She would survive through this. "I have answered truthfully and I still get pain. how is that a reward?" His mouth was so close that his breath tickled her ear. She turned her to the side to see him, her lips coming perilously close to his. She spoke in a soft whisper, "It feels rather strange. I do not like it. It burns and fills my thoughts with strange concepts, things I know I am forbidden to do. Feelings that are dark flit in and out. Not Anger, but Wrath, Not Harmony but discord. Ple.." She almost said please again, but that would be begging. And she was not going to beg for anything.

Jack
So it felt strange and was pulling her towards the darker things in life that demons generally considered normal but Kami would have considered abominable. Well he had promised her a reward. But it didn't seem that she had quite grasped what he had been getting at. His reward for truth and compliance was different from his reward for non compliance. He nodded, moved over to her arm. lifted it to his mouth and bit in. Once again that technique that would give pain at first, but seconds later a great abundance of pleasure. Of course he wasn't saying he didn't enjoy the taste of the blood in his mouth as well. However he drew back the bite, keeping himself in control. " Good...keep up the compliant nature and you might make it out of this one alive....now....tell me...". He was interested to know this much at least. " What do your kind know of what goes down here?...you must have a rough idea...".

Sera
As he moved to her arms, she winced as his hand closed about it. She was expecting more pain and pain did come, but it was a surprise that pleasure came afterward due to that bite. One could get addicted to that bite. He drew forth her blood and she trembled. Even after he released her arm, she trembled for a few moments more, her eyes locked on his the best that they could. She heard him speak, but it took a moment to regain her senses. But she answered, "This is new, I almost feel like I have to answer you and tell you everything I know, almost as if..." she let off the statement for a moment and shook her head. Could that be a side effect of the blood he had given her? Could that be why her jaw was practically unhinged whenever he asked a question? By the five graces, she was in trouble. This could be bad for her. She might spill to him too much and then... well she was not going to think about it at the moment, instead she answered his next question. "The only thing I know is that this is a den of sin and damnation. You demons fight more against each other than anything else. >
Always grasping for more power over the others. If you all worked together you would be a force to be reckoned with since demons are naturally stronger than we are...." Her eyes grew wide and she mentally kicked herself. Yes it must be the blood.

Jack
He smirked as she began to speak out once again. But he felt that in the last part he needed to correct her. " Heres a little secret, just for you Kami girl...truth us between the Kami and the Oni there were no real differences at dawns begining....at least strength wise....the reason we all seem so powerful now is because...well...". He let out a chuckle and ran his finger up her body again to her neck. " Well...its because over the years all the weaker ones die out....this place doesn't tolerate weakness...it may be brutal..barren and ugly...but it breeds strength...". He clenched his fist as he said so, it seemed to be an almost essential part of his beliefs. But it was most interesting to note that she was begining to become more compliant towards his questions. Was it the pain or was it the blood? He didn't quite know. But he would find out. " But ah...I get distracted...". Jack at this stage thought of a little mischievious thing to do. And indeed, It would test just what was going on with her. " Hmm....well you told the truth...so do you want the bite?....and if so....where do you want it?...". His eyes lit up with amusement.

Sera
Her mind was so focused on his finger that she almost missed what he was saying. So that was the real reason it made sense. Her lithe form shivered as goose flesh rose in small bumps along her skin. Why was he doing this? Why was she letting him do this to me? Why was she responding to him like this? His question surprise her and she answered immediately, "I do not want it again, and yet I do. I actually want more but don't know how to..." She clamped her mouth shut and blushed all the way from the neck to her hairline. "I cannot believe I just said that. Burning faith, why did I just say that?" She looked shocked and closed her eyes wishing that some hole would just swallow her whole. This blood was causing her more trouble with each passing moment. "You have never tested this on one of my kind before. So you do not know the side effects? Can you reverse the effects?" maybe he would be forthcomming with some information. Her hands fisted as she took a couple of deep breaths to steady herself

Jack
He looked up at the roof. "I know nothing of the effects. I know even less about whether or not its effects can be reversed". Jack just shrugged. Then again, he hadn't tested the effects of Kami blood on himself. Was he recieving any side effect like her. He didn't know. " This is all just an experiment....". Jack rapped his fingers against the table. " But why would you want it to be reversed..you seem much more open and...suggestive..". He let out another laugh. Short but sinister. " So...you were saying....just what is it my little bird that you don't know how to?...". He was toying with her. A demon to an angel. To him this was most enjoyable. He never really got the chance to experiement on the kami much. Even if she couldn't help him find Hanabi. This alone would be something to record in his books.

Sera
he felt like just giving in. Something in the darkness coursing through her veins wanted her to ask and her mouth opened even as she struggled not to say anything. Her nails bit into the palms of her hands, drawing blood as she struggled against herself. Another tear rolled down her cheek. Her mouth shut and she bit her lip to keep from saying anything. A fighter to the last she would not give in so easily. Finally she could not stand it any longer and the tension released from her and as she exhaled softly, "Anywhere, p-please. I just want it" She choked back a sob and kept her eyes closed tightly. Finally her strength was gone. But she wrapped that little part of her that remained pure and light in a tight bubble. She would hold on to this little part of her until her death. What was happening to her? Why was he doing this?

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Sera
She was weak here and it would press upon her. But was there any other place. "So you will not let me go free." She read his undertones. The claiming, the possessiveness, the harsh truth, all stated that he would not just let her go free. As she watched, he formed his own clothing and her face came to her forehead. SHe had forgotten about that. In all of this craziness she forgot that little part of her. With a quick flick of the wrist she was cleaned up, not as well as a bath, but was wearing something similar to her previous outfit. Her wings came to wrap about her as she slide off the table to the floor. She glanced back to see the stain of her innocence upon the table. A shutter passed through her, pleasure mixed with shame, and she blushed again. Being down here would keep her at her weakest and with a sigh, and the blush still staining her cheeks, she turned back to look at him asking softly, "What do you want of me?" It was not meant as of a slave to master, but as if asking what next, what am I to do down here, that kind of thing all rolled into one questions. The fact thatshe still had the backbone to look at him, should be a clue that her pride was not completely broken, which meant that neither was she


Jack
A small smirk crept up Jacks face as he sensed the pride within her. If he had wanted he would have snatched it from her in an instant. But, he did not. " I do not keep you caged bird. You may leave as you wish". Jack however gestured to one of the windows leading to the barren planes of the underworld. " Surviving the trip back is another thing entirely. You'd need to cross the entire>
expanse of hell to find one single cave that leads back up to Terra...assuming you somehow manage to survive and find the cave. You will then be killed upon returning to your home". Jack tilted his head. " You are free, but you are also a prisoner. When the choice is certain death or life here...the choice is not so difficult". Jack began to walk out into the main hallway and gestured for her >
to follow him. " I'll admit I am interested to see how you will develop. My blood now courses through your veins....of course you have little idea of just what that means...I am after all no ordinary demon of Pride". The halls seemed for the most part empty. It seemed that their noises would have driven away even the bravest of demons. " You may not like it, and it may curse you. But you now>
have a power in you that no Kami has ever experienced before"

Sera
Her heart sank at the thought of all that way, in the territory of the demons and being at her weakest. She was still trapped, but the trap was so simple that she could cry. He would not keep her here but then again he would not help her leave either. As she followed him through the halls, there was not a soul in sight. Her depression was evident upon her face and in her sigh that flowed from her lush lips, that had only minutes before been the appetizer of the demon in front of her. unconsciously she licked over those two pin pricks and butterflies settled in her stomach. "A gilded cage is still a cage none the less. But I do not have a choice, really. I prefer life." His comments about the curse in her blood made her wince. "Please, do not remind me. I am forever barred from my home." A real sense of loss came over and it took all she had not to cry. Never to see that realm again, to never feel the air in her feathers as she flew over the grand temple. My how far she had fallen. "So I am truly yours, what does that mean? To be claimed as yours?"

Jack
Jack stopped in his tracks for a moment. What did it mean precisely? He had no real idea. " Thats a good question actually. I've never actually claimed anyone before". Jack turned to her. " What do you think it means?....should I make you my slave?....my test subject?...or should you just merely exist by my side?". Jack shrugged. At this stage it could be any of those things. He hadn't really decided yet. " Well you arn't barred forever..". Jack rolled his eyes. "Kind of slides onto my comment before..Honestly you have no idea how lucky you are that I was looking to question you, otherwise I would have probably just kill you outright....You ever hear about the time a demon possessed stormed the gates and infiltrated heaven?....". That particular event had only happened a few months prior to this. So it was quite possible. " Well I was the demon inside that human...we had a deal...and well...I don't really need to go into it". A lot of Kami had died trying to stop that man fuelled by Jacks power. And it had all been so much fun. " Anyways. If you did want to see it I suppose I could just help you become strong enough to storm the gates yourself". Jack shrugged. There were a lot of possibilities to come.

Sera
She stopped and shook her head at the thought of being a slave. But continued to listen to him rattle on. "Yes, I have heard of it." A lot of angels had died and she was left looking at him in a mixture of fear and awe. "that was you? Burning faith, what have I gotten myself into?" She glanced down the hallway on either side and wodnered at the absent of demons then it dawned on her, "I am assuming that staying here, I will not be at the mercy of any other demon but yourself." As she glanced back to him she was overcome with a strange desire, the darkness inside her making her step up to him and look up, her pink tongue caressing the bite mark that still lingered on her lip, but was slowly fading. Her hand came up to his cheek and was just about to touch in a caress when she gained control of herself and let the hand fall. "Lead on. It seems I have only one choice, well smart choice." Still she wondered at what he had in store for, maybe it was a combination of all three. Only time would tell. BUt as she stood this close to him, she noticed that their hearts were still beating in
time with one another. Strange

Jack
Once again that tinge of fear in the air. Strange how it mixed with her pride so well like some fine cocktail of emotions. " They won't touch you, so long as I will it". Jack pushe dopen the main doors that led into the " throne room" of sorts. It was more like a large court, with a single stone throne at the back of the room. She got close to him again, almost too close. And Jack almost felt >
his face drawing close to hers once again but. Kept back. " Still, there are dangers in this realm, and the other that remain. I have enemies. And they shall become yours". His eyes reflected a second thought. Her enemies. Or perhaps allies. But then. She was bound to him now. Such things were unlikely. But Jack was not someone to trust so easily. " You must become strong". Jack walked to his>
throne and took the seat. " I am proficent enough with a sword to suit my own needs. But my expertise lies in magic. Blood magic to be more specific. However I am also talented in a multitude of others....was there any in particular aside from your obvious healing skills. You were interested in learning before?.....this....".

Sera
She followed him to the throne and stood before him as he spoke, remaining still and quiet. Perhaps she could redeem herself by continuing on the path laid out for her, just going about it a different way. She thought about his question and answered truthfully, "Fire, although I am better with my swords, which have been misplaced during alll of the ...this..." It seemed that neither of them wanted to place a name to what had happened, since there was no true name for it. They had both changed somehow and it would manifest itself soon. Time would tell how bad their act truly had been. She waited for the rest of the demons he apparently controlled, if the throne was any indication., to arrive to her shocking prescence here and his claim of her. Something else nagged at her, "What happens if there is a child? It has never happened that I know about."

Jack
Jack raised his hand as she spoke the word fire. And his hand burst into flames. " Good, fire I can teach". The fire then took a black tint the flames growing darker. " Also hellfire...but then you are a kami....so I suppose the equivalent would be holy fire...". And thats when she mentioned that little nagging fear of his own. What if there was a child bore of that union of theirs>
Jack had little time to think on his reply. " It depends". Jack folded one leg over there other. There were many factors. Iskra wanted a child bore of a kami that much he knew already. Jack's own theory concerning such a hybrid was a creature so driven by its own inner chaos that it would destory everything around it. But in reality. The girl was right. it hadn't happened before. So one>
could never really know. There were many things to take into consideration. "...For one, it depends on how our current situation develops. As things are, I am simply a demon who found you tortured you, and then somehow through a strange series of events we ended up having sex with one another". There he put it out there just what had happened. " At the moment I can't imagine>
you care all too much about my life or death. So that would take into account a lot. Then theres also the point of whether or not you'd actually want to carry the spawn of a demon and..." Jack bit his lip at the last moment. " It would also depend on what my research would say about the....mindset...of such a child".

Sera
She nodded that beautiful head of hers and sighed, "We will just have to wait and see, I suppose. And as to the last, I would not do such a thing as destroy an innocent baby. It is just not within me. I would carry it." Again she had told the truth and with it a little more came out of her unhinged mouth. "At least you did not rape me" There that was said as well, it was out in the open and an attempt at humor. "Now the real question remains, Will it happen again? Do you want me like that again? And for now, my existance depends upon you" This last was said as a fact, devoid of emotion, "So in a sense we have to learn to coexist" Or rather she had to learn to exist down here and with him in order to survive. So his was heavy in magic, she had never heard of this blood magic but she would study it to see if the effects of them could be reversed. "Can it be reversed, this problem or ours, and do you really want to reverse it?" She needed to learn to control the flapping motion of her mouth. It seemed to happen around him. It had to be his taint in her.

Jack
So she would carry the child. Interesting and yet he hadn't expected it. As a Kami he would have thought she consider suicide before taking such an action. In his experience all Kami hated Oni simply for existing. That had been his primary experience anyways. " Indeed. As I said". Jack leaned back slightly. Joining her attempt at humour. Breaking the ice so to speak. " Its just not so much fun>
when you are trying to hold them down. Particularly if you happen to be missing a limb". He looked at her and then winked. " And it was fun". Then the question as to whether or not he wanted her like that again. Jack merely shrugged. " It is like many things. If that is to be then it shall. I do not find you unattractive. You are quite aluring and I enjoyed the feel of your body". He placed >
his remaining hand on the armrest at this stage. " So, yes. Likely that I shall indulge that desire once again, if so permitted". Keeping the last part in as a reminder to his no rape policy on females. Now came the more complicated bit. As if the former hadn't been difficult enough. " Coexisting should not be an issue. I have but one rule". The demon of Pride raised up his hand, lifting his>
index finger. " Don't. Fuck. With Jack". He tilted his head. Another sly grin. " Well in your case, the literal sense might be an exception". But now onto the real part. " Can it be reversed?...I do not know, I have not experimented this deeply into mixing of the bloods. As to whether I want to reverse it or not...well....I'm curious to see just what new powers it brings to us both...so for now>
no....I have no interest in reversing it".

Sera
Judge by his remarks and comments. They would most like have such an encounter again, and she found herself hating it and wanting it at the same time. She was just glad that he was into rape, so she had the choice. But that made it harder for her. Because it would be her own downfall to choose to have sex with him again. Oh how complete was her fall. There really were opposites. His one rule was easy enough to follow and she nodded her head while processing the rest. "I also have a rule, I am not an Oni, so do not treat me as such. I wish to maintain some of my morals and order. Otherwise I will not survive down here anyways." Was she agree to work with him, why? By the fiery graces, she had fallen far and hard, but she needed him to survive. That was apparent in this place. And he was not interested in reversing it, but if she learned from him, she might be able to come up with a way to reverse it herself, before she became use to it. Agreement on her own rule would mean that they could cohabitate here. But her place here was still uncertain. It would come in time. With that she
watch his reactions.

Jack
Jack merely nodded. " Very well. You are not an Oni. You are what you are. I will not force you to do morally degrading things however...". Jack had to take this little time to remind her of this cage she was in. " Just remember. That goes both ways for you. Because you are not an Oni. Because you are a creature of light and mercy. That will in turn inhibit your ability to survive and this is a place of survival. Do not mistake that for a moment or your light will extinguished forever". Jack folded one leg over the other and stared solemnly at her with his blood red eyes. " I am what I am and I do what I do to survive. That now also extends to you. Do not mistake that you will see me do horrible things, things that will give you nightmares". Jack leaned forward ever so slightly. " But they'll also give your enemies the same nightmares".

Total EXP: 17,186
Jack:8593
Sera:8593
Jack PWC: 8327

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