Closed When All is Dust

[Dolce]

Dolce had run to Vayl for protection as soon as she had heard his voice. "Vayl! Thank goodness you're home! She's nuts! Threatened to kill me and eat my carcass! She's a cannibal!" She buried her faces in her master's chest. She was honestly terrified of this crazy woman. "Threatening me in my own home... We should report this to her master. Let him know, she can't be trusted going out alone." It was only then Dolce noticed that she was shaking. She tried to nuzzle closer to her master not that it was possible. She allowed herself to cry quietly now. More out of relief than anything. She was safe now. Dolce inhaled Vayl's scent. So very safe.

[Vayl]

x

Something seemed to shift in Vayl's gaze when Redd started talking about loyalty. They seemed to become stormy, violent.

"Redd" he muttered, seemingly barely suppressing.. some emotion.

"Redd, don't you dare talk about loyalty to me, when you left the only safe place I had to you, met a total stranger, and made him your master simply because I let him help you. I didn't leave you Redd, I watched as you were captured, and stood next to the human 'Elias' while he freed you. You always had the option to leave me if you wanted, but you chose to stay with me." A growl rose and something inside Vayl snapped.

"And as for Dolce, I found her beaten half to death by the side of the road, would you prefer that I left her to die? Like how I could have left you to die of your injuries?? SO DON'T YOU DARE ACCUSE ME OF SOMETHING ONLY HUMANS DO!" he yelled, leaning forwards in hostility, before falling to one knee, hardly noticing Dolce was practically crushed by him.

Breathing heavily, he stared at the back of his palm on the floor, not quite understanding what he had done. Looking up at Redd, to see her hand, his expression turned into pained pity.

"Redd.. You've got your belongings... just.. get out, please." he muttered sadly, standing up slowly.

"I can't help you any more, Redd."

Vayl ran a shaky hand through his cobweb hair.

"Petch I don't even think you can help yourself.

x

But one day
you will stand before death's decrepit gate,
without really knowing why

[Redd]

x

Redd could have scoffed at the kelvic's words, or Dolce as she had now just learned. Dolce hadn't seen cannibal, if only the other kelvic had met her before she had come into the city, she would have gotten quite the shock.

Vayl's words reached her ears and she wanted nothing more than to turn around and to bite into his throat, instead she reined herself in as she closed her hazel hues. She wanted nothing more than turn into a feral beast as each word he said bit down deep and hard.

A whisper came to her lips as she refused to look at the two that were grasping at each other. "No... You cannot help me any more and you're right, I cannot even help myself..." Her words paused as she rested a hand upon the door, "Only Master Elias can help me now..." She finally whispered as she then exited the door, allowing it to fall closed behind her.

She wanted to howl, to lash out with a vicious bite, to tear anyone and anything limb from limb as her bare feet carried her over the pavement and bridges. They carried her far from where she had once lived, until she came to a stop before a canal.

It was there that she came to a blinding halt, her lungs drawing in quick gasps, mostly from the pain of her fractured ribs as her hands reached out to wrap them around her form. She fell to her knees as she bowed her head, her brindle red hair falling into her face as she fought to hold back the tide.

She wanted blood, she needed blood to be spilled and a snarl soon found its way upon her lips. Her fingers curled in as her nails dug into her sides, making her snarl even more with pain. Hate, that's all she felt was hate as it slivered down through her form, she wanted death, she wanted to taste it upon her tongue.

Maser Elias flashed through her mind and she she squeezed her hazel hues tight, forcing oxygen back into her lungs. She had to get herself under control, she had to return back to him, as was her duty. It was her duty to obey him.

After a moments hesitation, she forced herself to stand, and lifting her gaze, she took note of where she was. It seemed she was where she had once been when Elias had saved her from the slavers. She knew her way back from here.

x

"I can't give you the sunset,
But I can give you the night."

x

[Dolce]

Just like that, it was over. Redd was gone and Vayl was home. Dolce squirmed and wiggled herself free from her collapsed master. Lucky thing he was Symenestra and wasn't as heavy as he looked. Getting to her feet still trembling, her concern moved to Vayl who seemed almost stuck in his kneeling position. "Come on Vayl, get off the floor." She tugged at him to no avail. She tried switching tactics, "Veetaaarrriiii," she whined. Calling Vayl by his birth name always elicited response. Dolce crossed her arms her face still tear stained, "Vetari, I swear if you don't get up...Fine." Walking over to the bed she threw herself onto the bed and laid there strung about. Burying her head in a pillow, she cried. After a few ticks she felt move and dip, looking up she smiled Vayl, getting up she put her arms out asking silently for a hug. Embracing her master she felt better. She sighed cuddling him and finally playing with his hair. She smiled, a feather now embedded in his hair.

[Vayl]

x

Vayl frowned with mixed tears of despair and joy.

"Please, please don't call me that." he smiled sadly as he hugged Dolce back "You have no idea how much it irritates me"

Raising a hand to his hair, he felt the softness of something other than his hair, and moved his hand to investigate.

"Oh, its one of your feathers?" Vayl smiled kindly. "But why did you put it in my... Oh, its probably one of your possessiveness things." he chuckled as he swept Dolce off her feet and carried her to the window.

"No more ghosts from the past now" he said sombrely, looking at the view of the lake.

"Just us two Dolce."

x

But one day
you will stand before death's decrepit gate,
without really knowing why

[Nemesis]

Dolce

Knowledge :

Skills

Skill	XP
Cleaning	+3
Observation	+2
Rhetoric	+1
Socialisation	+3

Lores

*Just Vayl and Me Now
*Redd: Kelvic
*Redd: Vayl's Old Friend

Micellaneous :

Injuries

*None

Loot/Expenses

*None

Redd

Knowledge :

Skills

Skill	XP
Deduction	+1
Disguise	+1
Intimidation	+1
Observation	+2
Socialisation	+3

Lores

*Dolce: Kelvic
*Dolce: Resentful of Humans
*Dolce: Vayl's New Lover
*Replaceable

Micellaneous :

Injuries

*None, except the recurring spasms which are still going on, it seems

Loot/Expenses

*None

Vayl

Knowledge :

Skills

Skill	XP
Intimidation	+1
Socialisation	+1

Lores

*Just Dolce and Me Now
*Redd Meets Dolce

Micellaneous :

Injuries

*None

Loot/Expenses

*None

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Notes

*Glad to see this thread happened, even if it was sad but it would have been a shame to miss out in Redd and Dolce meeting... maybe more interactions one day?!

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