04 | but really I'm not actually your friend

[scentofmakai]

Characters: Zett and you! Backdated somewhat to May 1st-4th.
Setting: Floors 92, 73, 99, then around the tower May 4th only.
Format: Starting actionspam, will change to match!
Summary: Zett has hide and seek to play. Then he finds a doll...
Warnings: None so far. Violence likely in the doll prompt. Chloe's thread gets creepy in sexual ways.

[Floor 92/Floor 73]
[If you're someone who's agreed to play hide and seek with Zett, on the agreed-upon day and time you'll find Zett tapping his foot impatiently near the stairway.] There you are!

[If you're not someone who's agreed to play, well, you might run into him waiting for his partner anyway. He'll explain what he's doing if asked.]

[Floor 99]
[Zett spends a lot of time in the caverns here. They remind him of his home in the Deep Hole, actually...

Visitors will find him just lying on his back staring up at the ceiling.]

[Around the Tower]
[It looks like Zett's giving a guide to the tower to someone, stopping at each floor on the stairway and explaining that floor's particular hazards to them. It's very thoughtful of him to do so.

Unfortunately, that 'someone' is a doll from the toy shop. Resembling a redheaded girl, it doesn't look exactly like the friend Zett left at home... But the doll's powers of suggestion are strong and he's now convinced that Mirai Kaname has entered the tower.

And he will lash out violently if anyone attempts to hurt her.]

Comments

[scentofmakai]

[Snort.] I could break it.

[This is true.]

[true_noir]

Let a girl have a brief fantasy that she has the illusion of power... [She giggled.] So, I have a dare, do I? What am I going to ask of you, now that I've caught you?

I should be careful, after all, since I should be the one to hide first. If I ask you something too mean, you might return the favor, yes?

[scentofmakai]

Fair is fair, an eye for an 'I dare you' and all that.

[true_noir]

[She winced and glanced away.]

Not the eyes, if you don't mind... everyone seems to have a fascination with them.

[Her fingers reached down and ran up, under his chin, tipping it up.]

Hmmm, why don't we try something simple and terribly inappropriate, though. Won't you give the victorious seeker a kiss... and don't try to cheap out with just a peck. After all, you're going to put me at risk next...

[scentofmakai]

Just an expression.

[Zett sighed.] You'll make a cheater out of me, but I'll go along with it for the sake of the next dare.

[He leaned up quickly into a long and thorough kiss.]

[true_noir]

[Her fingers reached up to the back of his chin to press firmly and hold him there for just a second or two longer than he might have planned. She used the fact that she was leaning over him to her advantage to press in a little, pulling at the demon's lip, curious to see if he felt like just another human or if there was a difference to taste as her tongue brushed against his lips. Eventually, though, she did pull back, a thin trail of saliva there for a second. Her smile never left.]

Cheater, mmm? I'm afraid the island I was forced to live on gave me ... broader attitudes to that sort of thing than some.

But that's just a kiss. Hardly a cheat, I assure you.

[scentofmakai]

[Right now? He felt and tasted just like any human would.]

Eheh... sure was a kiss, though.

[He rubbed at the back of his neck sheepishly. He has memories from Beelzebub of how kisses work but he actually hasn't, personally, kissed anyone before this.]

[true_noir]

mmm. This is the second of these worlds I've been taken to. The last one... well, let's just say that kissing was the sort of thing you learned for your own health.

Glad you liked it, though. Maybe it will give me an advantage, confusing your poor little head while you hunt for me.

[And before Atia, she'd only ever kissed Kirika. Of course, Atia... was its own trainer.]

[scentofmakai]

You wish. Up to a hundred again?

[true_noir]

I'll take any advantage I can get right now... and yes, I think that fair. [Her lips brushed near to tickle along the hoodie and then she dashed off to search for a location as he started counting.]

Good luck little demon!

[She went hunting for one of the sarcophagi that was open and empty, not the main one. Several were already closed, and their weight more than enough to hide hers. Finding one suitable, she slide the door closed and stilled herself as much as possible.]

[scentofmakai]

[Eventually Zett came to the room with the sarcophagi. On the one hand, he wasn't going to waste time. On the other hand, kicking these would injure his foot anyway, and he didn't feel like doing that. He didn't want to leave the room unchecked, so he listened at each one of the sarcophagi.

When he came to listen to hers, he grinned and slid it open.] Found you~

[true_noir]

[When the door opened on the coffin, she sighed over-dramatically and put the back of her hand to her head, leaning back against the wood and looking up at the roof.]

And here I thought it was such a good hiding spot too.

[She'd seen one more she wanted to save for the next round. It was definitely risky...]

And what, may I ask are you going to have me do?

[scentofmakai]

Flies are pretty good at selective hearing.

Hm, I'm not sure. I didn't really have anything in mind that I wanted - do questions work?

[true_noir]

mmm, yes. I'll give you three since you're not taking the dare. You might have an idea what you want after that...

But be careful what you ask. You never know if you really want to know something.

[scentofmakai]

Alright then. First question: what about eyes makes a dumb pun that bad?

[true_noir]

[Well, that made her squirm, biting her lips and finally sighing.]

I've been tortured and killed with something that tore past my eye a few times. The last was much more recent. It's... I'm not usually afraid, but it's become a sore spot for me.

[scentofmakai]

Fair enough. Everyone has a weakness or two. Next question.

...How many people have you kissed?

[true_noir]

Since... Atia? [The change of topic eases her a little and she leans back against the coffin's wall, one of her boots leaning out and tapping against his heel playfully.

It's obvious that she has to think about it.]

I've lost track a little, but about seventy or eighty or so... there were a lot of curses that had me with more than one, so my memory's a bit ... fuzzy.

[scentofmakai]

...[And it's obvious that he doesn't have anything to say to that.]

Last question, how long were you in Atia, I need to do some math here.

[true_noir]

Math?

[She giggled and leaned up towards him, her lips pursed and then in a very inappropriate grin.]

About eight months. I'd say that, outside of curses, I had relations with a new person about once a week. In the cursed weeks?

Five to ten for a week.

[scentofmakai]

[He leaned back a little to get some space.]

I don't even meet five people every week. Your life is weird.

[true_noir]

A little. Atia was a strange creature. We had to, ever week to two weeks, or we were strangled to death.

It sort of forced you to be social, even if you didn't want to.

[scentofmakai]

Sounds like a fun place for a vacation...

[true_noir]

It was... in a way, though most obviously hated the kidnapping and the strangling parts. Beautiful island though, and ... well, if it weren't for it and here I'd be dead.

Death gives a bit of perspective on these things, after all. I prefer to adapt, though I confess. That creature's habits do die hard...

[Another forward lean in, another very inappropriate smile, though this one looked more like she was teasing him.]

[scentofmakai]

[Zett takes a step back this time.] It's not hard to tell. So! Next round?