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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 5:52:45 GMT -6
Spider web like shadows rolled across the grass slowly. She busied herself with small repairs to the grounds..for reasons she didn't understand. She sent a few sentries out to call him..there was more she wanted to know. To shake the feeling that she was going to be taken again as a fool. There had to be a catch, an underlying reason she had not seen yet. She had thought a lot about what KnOT had said and it still was disturbing. Though now, she had a clearer picture of it all. She felt ready to know. "I want to talk to you...I suppose I can behave myself long enough ." She said with a grin that crept along her lips of its own accord.
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 8, 2012 5:56:55 GMT -6
"You are aware that this is covenant territory, are you not?"
The figure took form from the shadows, unearthing himself from the venomous acidic substance that Amiya would only recognize as the shadows tainted by his own malice. He moved fourth from the cover of darkness, out into the open infront of her and pulled back his hood to expose himself as the Death Lord of Arcane Sanctum, KnOT Death. A show of good will, yet an rare gesture to come from one such as himself.
"The Coven here that my sister clings to with such loyalty will no doubt already be alerted to my presence, I have to wonder if that's not why you've chosen this place for...".
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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 6:11:46 GMT -6
When he arrived she straightened. His show of good will prompted one of her own. She drew her shadows within herself, and they were out of sight. Completely exposed she looked at him. "I chose this place, because of a promise I made. I will not break that promise." She said and watched him carefully.
"It is hard to believe, that you would spare my life, and even offer me a place within your family. Given all I did while blinded, I cannot help but feel that you only wish to draw me closer...to kill me."
She said and blinked once. "Though part of me thinks that to be untrue...So here I stand completely confused by all of this."
Her eyes flickered a few different hues as she looked at him, an indicator of the mixed emotions running rampant.
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 8, 2012 6:18:15 GMT -6
"I could kill you here and now but that would bring me no satisfaction, you do not deserve death. You were manipulated into thinking me to be an enemy of evil. I am not a good man but I have my reasons for my madness and Kan told you none of them, it seems..."
He waved a hand away, signalling to the shadows behind Amiya to withdraw, forcing them to back off casually, a scapegoat should things have gone sour, he would have had her life in his hands within an instant of her making a wrong move but, as much as he despised admitting this to himself, he could not help but feel some form of compassion for her, she had potential but Ketsueki Kan had used her in a way that not even KnOT had manipulated the Lycanthrope. Kan's manipulation over Amiya came as both an impressive feat and act of selfishness not even he thought himself capable of.
"I've already told you that I am giving you the chance to live your own life and make up for blindly following the Assassin and his so called Creed. In a sense, I have free'd you of your ignorance and now feel responsible for helping you to open your eyes".
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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 6:31:35 GMT -6
She had felt the shadows behind her, but still she made no move. She stood stone still for the moment, calm. Though her eyes were stormy with things she didn't want to admit.
"I don't know where to go from here. I have spent so much time being conditioned, lied too and manipulated I am at a loss now. "
She said quietly. Slowly she sat down, tred of standing. She looked more relaxed in his presence but inside she was still very much unsettled. She looked at him, in the hope he would sit too.
"Would your family even accept me? What do you hope to gain?"
Curious now she opens up a little, trying to rid the images in her mind of how she had once depicted him. "If my life is my own to lead now then these are the things I want to know. To perhaps change the way I feel and think about everything..."
She said and watched him. He was aedgend for his cruelty, and loyalty to his family..though she wondered to herself if there wasn't more he was hiding.
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 8, 2012 6:40:18 GMT -6
"I do things in ways that no other has the stomach to do...I see results through violent and sometimes needles brutality and thus is why I have come to be known as the Death Lord, not simply because of my Family that I once led but because of the lives that have been ended in my wake, Amiya".
He reluctantly moved to crouch down, one leg pressed against the ground, the other holding his right arm sitting gently upon the knee, holding his cigarette between two fingers as his eyes moved off elsewhere.
"I had a son out there during my time in exile under Kan's Creed. He died fighting to protect Mortals, apparently believing me to be a tyrant and trying to focus his life into being the polar opposite of what I am. Perhaps he was right in his decision to do so but he did not know me for who I am, simply what his mother was willing to let him believe. My daughter, I've lost contact with too, she believes me to still be dead. Kan ran into her on occasion from what I read in some of her reports, she sounds like she's doing fine on her own, alot like her mother Arashi by the sounds of it...".
His eyes slowly returned to Amiya in thought before continuing to speak.
"You will have to ask the other Death Members their opinions of me, some will say I am rutheless and cold hearted, others that I and old and a broken shell of my former self, Blades would probably tell you that I'm really caring inside but these are only opinions, you would be best to form your own over the time spent around me and the others in the future. What do I gain out of having you along? I do not gain anything...I do not ask you to join us out of personal greed but rather the chance to atone for what your life could and should have become without Kan leading you blindly around like some toy to be played with".
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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 7:05:37 GMT -6
Her eyes changed again as she listened, and settled on a deep garnet color. "I know your history, partially..the lives you'vetaken. " she said and a brief smile crossed her lips when he crouched. It faded when. he spoke again, and she listened closely. "That is why I am here, speaking with you. To form my own view of you. I believe you are ruthless, and determined in your means to accomplish your goals." She said, then raised a brow. "I also think Blades to be right." She said thwn frowned when he mentioned his son dying. "I met your boy once. He was more like you then even he would have admitted." She said, and nodded.
"If she is anything like you she will be just fine." She said and that small fleeting smile returned for a moment. "You have made a family who's name is infamous, and famous in the same light. I think any offer to be a part of that, is a great honor." She said, and wrapped her arms around her knees lightly. "I suppose when I'm not being irrational emotional or close minded...I might say, you aren't so bad." She grinned a little.
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 8, 2012 7:14:51 GMT -6
"I'm not certain whether the family will return to power, my priority lies with Arcane as a whole and the family is second to the capital now. They think less of me and few of them are aware that my brother will soon inherit the legacy and shape it as he sees fit. Lita and Kenshu, I would defend without hesitation though they too I fear will not return to Arcane with us. Blades is questionable, she has followed me without hesitation and her loyalty has always been strong but her resolve and reason is flawed, she's to easily swayed to either trust or attack, it's always only black and white with her and that is why she makes the perfect Death Dealer but a person of political influence, she is not....Should you wish to know of me in ways I am not likely to speak of, myself. Go seek out Kenshu and Lita, they will tell you best...".
KnOT did not respond to the subject of his Son and Daughter, such things were best left in past, as visible as Arashi herself had become to him. Times had changed and it had taken some time but following Kan's Creed, KnOT had succeeded in not only taking on the ability to weild the shadows but secretly, successfully killed every part of him that cared for most others, Arashi specifically.
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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 7:23:46 GMT -6
Her head tilted a little and she watched him. "You say to know you best to ask others. I am asking the source and no one else.I do not want my curiosities taken for such emotions as liking you." She said, though a subtle and uncomfortable twinge took the out of her stomach. She shoved it deep down and looked at him. "Arcane will return to its glory, and your family.." she said, though she thought a bit optimistic..she grinned thinking of her sister. "Seems Reina had an effect on me after all." She mused and then looked at him again. "They will return if they wish." She said, and could agree on bis perception of Blades..she had a feeling that woman wouldnt like her..
A sigh and she looked down a moment in thought. "What are your plans for the creed...as much as I would love to see it burning.. I want to help wipe it out..that I think would give me some..grasp of closure and let me start over again."
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 8, 2012 7:30:13 GMT -6
Everything about KnOT Death grew suddenly dark and malicious, the shadows came to him upon sensing his sudden heightened sense of anger and hatred, they hissed in ecstasy causing the air around the two to grow dense, the figures eyes flashing an ominious orange tinge of sadism as he watched Amiya momentarily judging her reaction as he spoke with out hiding his intentions for her former creed.
"I'm going to make sure that everyone of them die a slow and painful death, bleeding them dry while they hang from the cliff faces of Noctis Umbris sending a message to all who draw near that I am not one to be fucked with".
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Post by amiya on Oct 8, 2012 7:37:31 GMT -6
His reaction made her blink. Her shadows coiled tight around her and she watched him. A smile formed along her lips and her mutable eyes changed to a deep red. "I want to help." She said, impressed by his little display, knowing he had much much more as far as power was concerned. Perhaps she was indeed wise not to engage a fight. "Ah, there is the KnOT I am familiar with." She said, and gauged his shadows and their acidic hisses. They were poison..and made her wonder....
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 9, 2012 1:01:12 GMT -6
"I have my moments, Amiya...There are some that would turn your opinion of me upside down. As far as the Creed is concerned, you've chosen wisely, there is nothing but death to come in their future..."
He couldn't help but notice her watching his shadows, A single shade extended from his form, moving in closer to examine the shadows of her own before hissing maliciously and suddenly becoming somewhat agressive. It took only a wave of KnOT's hand for it to withdrew almost instantly.
"They are not alike yours. Your Shadows are not filled with your personal being but instead, you work on par with them as an equal. You are not their equal, such things should obey you and be filled with your true essence so that they can become accustomed to who you really are, they will feed off of your feelings, your anger or love...If you have any love left to give".
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Post by amiya on Oct 9, 2012 6:04:11 GMT -6
"Now, I would rather not listen to anyone else's opinions. That..didn't.get me very far before."
She said softly, and watched him. The tendril of shadow he sent was met with a curious one of her own. She pulled it back to her when his became agressive, and wraped it tight to her. They hissed their protest and she could only smile. 'Hush now, I do not think they will hurt us anymore.' She spoke to them softly before turning back to KnOT.
"No, they are not like mine."
She said and raised a brow with a slight tilt to her head.
"They are my very being KnOT. They obey me, and I treat them well. They are rooted to my emotions indeed, and that is what got me in trouble in the first place.."
She said and then sighed. She rested back against her shadows and frowned a little. "I don't know what I have left to give anymore...but I'm not going to let the past spoil the future."
She looked at him, and blinked. She hadn't seen this side of him before. It was both unnerving, and a relief. She had spent so much time hating him that she had blinded herself to everything else. She closed up a little, and her eyes flickered when she thought about everything. She didn't quite know how to take it all in. Her shadows went from calm and docile to a little more agitated and restless.
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Post by KnOT Death. on Oct 11, 2012 3:47:14 GMT -6
"Then meet me in Noctis Umbris, we will walk through the front door and wipe everything clean. You will accompany me and show them no mercy so that I can know that your words are not filled with the poison I would expect in Ketsueki Kan...".
He moved to stand, taking the last drag from his cigarette before dropping it and stamping it out with the edge of his boot, watching her to guage her reaction to his words, he needed to study her carefully in case she were intent on betraying him. Betraying him like he had done to Ketsueki Kan but also like Kan had done to Amiya.
"I need to clear things up here first, there a few things that require my undivided attention...My sister being one of those things. Should you come across a man who goes by Blackblood, I'd advise you not to get in his way, he is...Not one to be underestimated and more than a worthy match for even myself."
"When you are ready, I await your return. Until then, farewell...".
He vanished soon after, a few weeks and he would be departing again for Arcane and Noctis Umbris. He did however have something to tie up with Sauri Matashina.
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I am so happy to see that