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[evalon]

what a strange and bizarre month this has been. Ralph and i have moved on to the cleaning up part of our lives, him with the bar and me with Michael's house. i've sent Peregrine back, it's one of the saddest and oddest things i've had to do lately. i still get the feelings of dread and despair when i'm around him, but i also love him so it's hard

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[cristoff_eleni]

When the sedative wears off I realize how uncomfortable I am, Yuffie must have been good to his word as I am now chained tightly to the damn statue. I do not think I will get out of them this time.

I stir and open my eyes to see Eva which makes me jerk at the chains a little since she is alone. "Drabarni?" then the million little differences hit me, including the feel of her which tells me this is not Eva.

"My pardons Ev."

[evalon]

i've been sitting down reading about some of the demons Yuff has narrowed our list down to while Cristoff's slept. i hear his pulse increase slightly and know he's waking up. i have to smile a little when he first mistakes me for Eva and then apologizes, at least he's calm right now.

"it's quite alright, Cristoff. how are you feeling after your nap?"

[cristoff_eleni]

"Sore, stupid. I believe those are the two I mainly feel right now." it is strange how as much as they look alike they are not. "I am tired of being drugged but as I asked for it I cannot complain I believe."

I wonder if it's a spell or something else that Dracula did that we recognize his blood.

[evalon]

"Eva's not too amused that they keep drugging you either, i assume from her yelling earlier that you told her you didn't want any drugs." i'm waiting for him to start acting crazy like they say he has, but so far he just seems like Cristoff to me.

however, i'm not fooled. perhaps the drugs have made it harder for the demon to talk to him, or maybe he's not fully awake yet. either way, i know he could start with the crazy at anytime. it would help if he'd think in english, though. "do me a favor and help me help you, Cristoff. think in english, please."

[cristoff_eleni]

"I did not, but if it is a choice between listen to the voice and try to hurt someone and be unconcious I will take the latter." He is actually beginning to wonder if they could put him in some sort of coma for a while to stop what is going on until they find an answer.

"Think in...I will try." It is hard, everything I do in my thoughts is in Rom and must be translated to a different language. Closing my eyes I try to think in english as I speak. "May I ask why?"

[evalon]

i feel bad for him, this has to be hard to feel like you're losing your mind and don't have much control over your actions. "would you like me to thrall you? i don't know if it will help, and it's only one form of control over another, but i promise not to make you cluck like a chicken or anything."

he seems so reasonable and i almost tell him why. but if the demon is around or he loses control again, he'll have an advantage and i'm trying to have that by being able to read his mind. "you may ask, but i think it's best if i don't tell you. ask me again after we take care of the demon and you're feeling better."

[cristoff_eleni]

I have to think about it, normally I would say no automatically but she made me attack Yuffie when I know very well what he is and the person who would murder Eva is not on that list.

But not yet I do not think.

"If I start to lose it, then if you feel it necessary thrall me. But only because you promised not to make me cluck." I can feel my mouth trying to smile but it's not quite making it there.

The little girl is sulking that I did not kill Yuffie, that I lost my chance to defend my family.

[evalon]

i nod, trying to listen to his thoughts. something about killing Yuffie and people trying to kill Eva. oh, this thing is good if it's convincing him Yuffie would kill Eva. it's then that i notice just how cold it is down here, i don't notice temperature change that much but it's like an icehouse.

i get up and walk around a little, looking aroung the basement. "is she here now?"

[cristoff_eleni]

"Yes. Do you feel the cold, Yuffie said he felt it when he was here." I do not know if that will mean that those who are demons can sense her by cold but it will mean more than one person can sense her by the temperature.

[evalon]

"yeah, it's freezing down here. you don't feel it?" now that i do i really feel it and i rub my hands over my arms, trying to warm up as i walk around.

there's a bunch of stuff down here; normal basement stuff as well as a wheelchair. i wonder for a moment if it's Spike's as i pass an old mercury glass garden ball and something catches my eye. for a moment i thought i saw my reflection, but i couldn't have. going back over i bend down and look into it, and yes, i do see something. it's hazy, etheral almost, but it's in the shape of a small person and it's over by Cristoff. it makes my skin crawl and i shudder. "i see you" i tell it, not taking my eyes off of the reflecting ball.

[cristoff_eleni]

"No, to me it feels a normal temperature, but I see it quite well." for a moment when she says she sees it, I think she means me, but her voice would not be that cold if it was to me she spoke. The fact that someone else is glimpsing it is such a relief I could almost weep.

The girl tries to cover and tell me that she is humoring me but I know better.

"Meet my tormentor."

[evalon]

never taking my eyes off of her wispy shape, i pick up one of the tranquilizer darts, trying not to make it noticeable. in a flash i turn and throw it at her, only to have it hit the wall behind where i saw her. fuck! i know it's been awhile since i've played darts, but not that long.

"did she move when i threw the dart?"

[cristoff_eleni]

"No, it went right through her." I wish she had asked, I knew that she was insubstantial. "People walk through her sometimes, I do not know if she is a ghost or simply half there."

None of this is making the girl very happy.

[evalon]

damnit. i give the shape one last hard look in the ball and go to sit back down. "what else can you tell me about her? and she's not a ghost, she's a demon of some sort."

looking over to where i saw her i smile coldly. "one that we'll find and destroy."

[cristoff_eleni]

"She looks like a small child. That is how I met her she asked for help in the woods." There is one question that has occured to me that might be important.

"It was enough at first to make me feel guilt, now she uses that to try and make me kill. Why does she need me to kill...what does it gain for her?"

[evalon]

ugh, creepy kids freak me out. "that's a good question. obviously she must get something back from trying to get you to do these things, but what i don't know." i consider it, what makes Cristoff so special that she's chosen him?

"have you asked her? because there has to be a reason she chose you. something maybe you can only give her."