House of Masks 009c

Trystan eventually catches up to the elf, panting. "Sera! What happened?!" [3/14/2013 9:40:49 PM] Josie: She hug-glomps Trystan right there in the hallway and bawls on his shoulder. [3/14/2013 9:40:58 PM] Josie: Or, well, chest. She's pretty short. [3/14/2013 9:42:21 PM] Trystan: ((He's only 5'6", so probably shoulder.)) [3/14/2013 9:42:29 PM] Josie: Quite possible! [3/14/2013 9:43:01 PM] Trystan: Trystan awkwardly pats her back. "It's alright now. What did Marilla -do-?" [3/14/2013 9:43:25 PM] Josie: Serafina: Nothing! It's all *my* fault. [3/14/2013 9:44:17 PM] Trystan: "Then what did -you- do?" [3/14/2013 9:44:35 PM] Josie: Serafina: I'm going to hurt him, I know I'm going to hurt him! You need to stop me! [3/14/2013 9:45:00 PM] Trystan: "Who, Aethon? How do you know?" [3/14/2013 9:45:40 PM] Josie: Serafina: Because I'm a *monster*. [3/14/2013 9:46:31 PM] Trystan: "No, you're not. What makes you think that?" [3/14/2013 9:46:53 PM] Josie: Serafina: But I *am*! You don't know! [3/14/2013 9:47:12 PM] Trystan: "Then tell me?" [3/14/2013 9:48:16 PM] Josie: Serafina looks around, obviously terrified, and drags Trystan into one of the rooms nearby. [3/14/2013 9:48:31 PM] Trystan: Trystan is dragged! [3/14/2013 9:48:44 PM] Josie: It turns out to be a small sitting room. [3/14/2013 9:49:03 PM] Josie: Serafina: You *know* our family. You *know* what they're like. [3/14/2013 9:49:05 PM] Josie: She wrings her hands. [3/14/2013 9:49:51 PM] Trystan: "... I do. And I know that sometimes we don't mesh with it. It doesn't make us monsters." [3/14/2013 9:51:03 PM] Josie: Serafina: No, no, you don't understand. [3/14/2013 9:51:33 PM] Trystan: "Then help me understand." He hugs her again, rubbing her back gently. [3/14/2013 9:52:03 PM] Josie: Serafina: ... it .... it was part of an experiment. To try to... breed better d'Amicis. [3/14/2013 9:52:26 PM] Josie: Tears dribble down her face, which is now blotchy. She's not pretty when she cries at all, and she's exuding misery. [3/14/2013 9:52:47 PM] Trystan: "... I see." And he does, really, since cadet branch. [3/14/2013 9:53:26 PM] Josie: Serafina: I *am* a monster. [3/14/2013 9:54:48 PM] Trystan: "... So am I, then. You've met my father. What truer monster is there?" [3/14/2013 9:56:42 PM] Josie: Her features melt a little bit, and she grows about a foot. At the same time a giant pair of leathery, batlike black wings grow out of her back, claws replace her fingernails, she gets little fangs and a pair of black horns sweeping back out of her forehead. Her hair also gets longer and substantially less orderly. [3/14/2013 9:57:11 PM] Trystan: "... Ah. Half succubus?" [3/14/2013 9:57:30 PM] Josie: She nodnodnods miserably. Her complexion is better this way, but it's still a little bit blotchy from crying. [3/14/2013 9:57:53 PM] Josie: Serafina: Worthe. [3/14/2013 9:58:09 PM] Trystan: "... Can I tell you something that I think no one else in the family knows besides Ulisse?" [3/14/2013 9:58:14 PM] Josie: Serafina: I'm *more* than half. My mother'th part thuccubuth too. [3/14/2013 9:58:40 PM] Josie: Serafina: Darn thethe thtupid TEETH. [3/14/2013 9:58:45 PM] Josie: She starts to cry all over again. [3/14/2013 9:59:13 PM] Trystan: "I inheirited my father's powers. I'm doomed to become a necromancer, and if I try to hold it in, I'm just going to kill everyone around me when the dam bursts." [3/14/2013 9:59:28 PM] Trystan: "I guess we're not so different, huh, cos?" [3/14/2013 10:00:36 PM] Trystan: "... I envy you a little, though. At least you can be whatever you want, even if your parents screwed you over." He smiles bitterly. [3/14/2013 10:00:49 PM] Josie: Serafina: But I *can't.* [3/14/2013 10:01:01 PM] Josie: Serafina: I only *look* like whatever I want. [3/14/2013 10:01:56 PM] Trystan: "... Did you know Illa was a wereleopard? This house just abounds with unwilling monsters, huh?" [3/14/2013 10:02:54 PM] Josie: Serafina: Of courthe. Ulith... Ulithth... *darn* thethe thupid FANGTH. [3/14/2013 10:03:29 PM] Josie: Serafina licks her lips and speaks slowly and carefully. "U...liss...e ssssuggesssted her for the poth... for the job. [3/14/2013 10:05:40 PM] Trystan: "And she worked hard controlling it. Like I do. Like you do. You're not -all- succubus, and you've got that d'Amici will burning in you. You'll be fine. On top of that, Aethon is a holy man. That should help protect him." [3/14/2013 10:06:09 PM] Josie: Serafina gulps. "I'm hungry all the time." [3/14/2013 10:06:38 PM] Trystan: Trystan freezes. "Turn back. Russet's angry, which probably mean people." [3/14/2013 10:07:34 PM] Josie: She shifts into her usual self, and rubs her lips with the back of her hand. [3/14/2013 10:08:08 PM] Trystan: "You'll be fine. I promise." [3/14/2013 10:10:46 PM] Josie: Serafina: ... but what if he's *not*? [3/14/2013 10:11:40 PM] Trystan: "We'll find an artifact or something to protect him, or a way to lift your hunger. Maybe both."