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Desert Grey 10
Merriam Hayden
NAMBULA, Elite Guard are busting up into houses, threatening people, bashing Blue Guards in the face when they try to stop them, things are generally going to hell
INNER CITY, Annie walking down the hall when she hears crashing and banging around in Kathy’s birdcage room, she opens the door and see’s Eric standing at the window, there are destroyed cages and dead birds around him
Annie hesitantly approaches him “Mr. Vedichello? Is everything alright?”
Eric turns to face her, his hair is a mess and he looks severely unhinged “Alright? Alright?! No! Nothing is alright! Nothing ever has been! The people are so messy, so hard to keep track of…they can’t be trusted. No one can…”
Annie backs away slowly and reaches for the door
Eric snaps his head up “Where are you going, Ms. Velvet?”
“I have some things to file for you…”
Eric approaches her and picks up a sharp part of a broken cage “Why not stay with me? You don’t seem to mind my presence.”
“I’m sorry, sir. I’m very busy at the moment.” Annie quickly exits the room and closes the door behind her, she runs, Eric had stabbed the door
Annie runs down the hall and rests against the wall, she accidently triggers the door that leads down to the secret lab, she looks down the dark hall and walks down it, the door closes behind her, she reaches down her shirt and pulls out a camera
“{At last we’ll see what secrets you’ve been hiding, Eric.}”
MEANWHILE WITH THE WANDERERS
Torrid is lying on a cot with Elijah at his side, Angie is outside the tent and he get’s hugged by Janet
Elijah looks up when Torrid starts murmuring in Gaan “(Father…don’t go…don’t go! I love you. Stay. Father!)”
Elijah see’s Torrid’s father (who’s wearing a mask) sitting over Torrid who disappears as Torrid wakes up
“Elijah? What happened?”
“You…Samson said you had a seizure.”
“I what now?”
“You’re disoriented. It’s okay.” Elijah touches Torrid’s face “Rest here for a while. Then when you get up go scrape yourself clean.”
“Okay.” Torrid lays there while Elijah goes off
Angie grabs Elijah’s sleeve “Elijah…is Torrid going to die?”
Elijah smiles at him “No, Angie. He just needs to rest for a while. Don’t bother him too much today okay?”
“Okay…Gael was going to teach me some new songs today.”
“That’s good! When Torrid’s feeling better you can play those songs for him.”
“Hey yeah! That’s a great idea!” Angie turns to Janet “But you can listen while I’m learning so you can hear it first okay?”
Janet smiles “That sounds fine, but I may be busy myself today.”
“Oh…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll stick around for a while.” Janet takes Angie’s hand and they go off
Elijah waves at them before he heads off to find Michael (who is with the various jugs of water)
Michael smiles “*It is wonderful to be surrounded by so much clean water. All the polluted water that I’ve been sensing has been making me ill.*”
Elijah hugs him “*I’m sorry you’ve been feeling that way Brother. It pains that I am here to ask you for a favor…*”
“*It is fine, Brother. What do you need?*”
“*I wish to perform a water cleansing for someone. Is there any water to spare?*”
Michael looks weary “*Brother…I know it’s not my place to say this, nor am I really the best person to talk of such things, but…if it’s for that red haired man…I don’t think trading one broken man for another is much of a trade.”
Elijah looks shocked “*What do you mean?!*”
“*I might not have a sexual appetite like you or John, but I’m not completely ignorant of these things. I’ve caught you looking at him as you used to look and Andrew.*”
“*Michael…the water cleansing is a way for me to spiritually cleanse another man. And I think Torrid would benefit from spiritually cleansing. Besides it may be the only way to open the possibility of counseling to him.*”
Michael sighs “*If you insist, Brother. I’ll trust your judgment over mine.*”
“*Fret not, Brother. I know what I’m doing.*”
MEANWHILE WITH TORRID, he scrapes some excess oil off his skin and pulls on a long yellow shirt, he rubs his forehead as he makes his way back to the Healers Tent and he bumps into Elijah
“Ah! There you are. I trust Samson instructed you on how to scrape yourself clean.”
“Um, yeah. I was wondering how your people managed not to smell horrible all the time without water.”
“We don’t bathe with water. It’s too precious for that.”
“Uh huh. Why was I not brought any pants?” Torrid gestures to his exposed skinny legs
“You won’t need pants where I’m about to take you. Come.” Elijah takes Torrid’s arm
Andrew see’s Elijah drag Torrid off, but is soon distracted by Faizah
“(Andrew! How would you like to bring me the heart of the Head of State?)”
“(I would enjoy nothing more.)”
“(Then come with me! We’re having a meeting about it.)”
Andrew follows Faizah
Elijah drags Torrid to a secluded area within the abandoned city, he gestures for Torrid to sit while he tidies up the area and Elijah sets down a water pouch
Torrid is weary of the situation “Not that I don’t trust you, but what the hell is going on?”
Elijah smiles at him “Well, after your seizure earlier today I figured it would be a good idea to spiritually cleanse you.”
“This involves me not wearing pants?”
“It involves you being completely nude actually. I’m going to use this water to cleanse your spirit.”
“You’re going to pour water on me while I’m naked?”
“No. I’m going to touch you with the water.”
“While I’m naked.”
“Yes.”
Torrid quickly removes the long yellow shirt and bunches it in his lap, he rubs a hand through his hair “Whatever, just…let’s just get this over with. I don’t have the energy to fight you about it.”
Elijah smiles and removes his own shirt, Torrid visibly stiffens (hahaha)
Elijah goes over to Torrid with the pouch and starts by pouring it over his face, Torrid closes his eyes, Elijah then proceeds to rub his wet rubs down Torrid’s body, he pours more water down Torrid’s back
Torrid becomes more relaxed as Elijah touches him, even has a moment of spiritual relief, then Elijah has Torrid drink from the pouch, after some suggestive sucking/licking action, Elijah takes the last swig himself and kisses Torrid
“Is this part of-“ Torrid whispers
“Not usually.” Elijah kisses him again more fiercely this time before pulling away again “I’m sorry. This is wrong.”
“Wrong? I think not.” Torrid wraps his arms around Elijah’s shoulders “Trust me, honey. I’ve done things much worse than this.”
“But I shouldn’t-“
“Do you want to?”
Elijah looks into his eyes “Yes.”
They make out until they roll on the floor
MEANWHILE IN THE SECRET LAB
Annie is wondering through a hallway and see’s a young girl who somewhat resembles Kathy (but with black hair)
“Ms. Vedichello?” Annie tries to follow her and is lead down a winding path to a hanger bay like area full of vats
MEANWHILE THERE IS CUDDLING GOING ON WITH TORLIJAH
“You’re like a dream, Elijah.” Torrid snuggles against Elijah’s chest “You’re gorgeous, kind hearted, and have deplorable taste in men.”
Elijah strokes Torrid’s hair “And what makes you think you’re so undesirable?”
“Oh come on, Elijah. Look at me. Everything about me is too long and I have an ugly nose.” Torrid sits up while he says this
“I’ll have you know I find your nose charming.” Elijah kisses Torrid’s nose “As for everything else, well, long ears are a mark of great beauty in most tribes for one thing. Also I rather appreciate your…length.”
Torrid snickers “Be that as it may…I didn’t grow up in a tribe. I’m certainly not a part of one now.”
“Then why were you murmuring Gaan in your sleep. I heard you calling for an oma.”
“Father…” Torrid begins to turn away from Elijah “I don’t want to talk about that.”
Elijah puts an arm around Torrid “I want to help you, Torrid. Samson told me that your seizure was perhaps caused by alcohol withdrawal. I also told him of your shaking and that’s the conclusion he drew.”
Torrid looks angry for a moment, but then he nuzzles Elijah
“We don’t have to talk right now, but we should sometime soon. Okay?”
“Later.” Torrid kisses him “Much later.”
“That’s fine.” Elijah kisses him again
End Part 10