[Final Day] The Crow

[arsgoetia]

"Found you," says the feathered demon with the notebook, snapping it shut. He smiles at you too widely.

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[arsgoetia]

Kit takes one look at a demon, ducks behind a tombstone, and tries very hard to pretend he is not a greatly incorporeal soul lacking any form of protection and only loosely tied to this world.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*grips Tokunaga hard in both hands, tense and ready*

Were you really looking for little old me? ♥

[arsgoetia]

"Well, I didn't know it was you." The demon hops down onto the ground, making no sound as he lands. "Hm, hmmm . . . Anise Tatlin. Not of this world. ♥ Ohhhh."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*gets to her feet*

Of course I'm not ♪ I'm just lost and trying to find my way home ♪

[arsgoetia]

"Lost and trying to find your way home?" the demon echoes. It laughs a laugh like a crow cawing. "Yes, but still? ♥ But still?"

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

But everyone keeps chasing me, you know? ♥ Can't a cute little girl get a break?

*...starts to circle toward the demon, to lead it off from Christian*

[arsgoetia]

The demon turns in place, but doesn't move.

"Doesn't seem like you're being chased," the demon points out.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

There's you.

[arsgoetia]

"Hm, hmmm . . ." the demon muses. "Where am I chasing you? Are you running?"

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

Kind of. I'm staying away from Lucia's house.

[arsgoetia]

The demon cocks its head to one side, white eye narrowing.

"Lucia?" it echoes. "Lucia. Why do you stay away?"

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

That's a secret.

[arsgoetia]

The demon's eyes brighten. "I like secrets," it confesses.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

...

I have lots of secrets.

[arsgoetia]

"Like the stray over there?" The demon's gaze goes sharply towards the gravestone behind which Kit is hiding. "Is he a friend? Is he a secret? Hm, hmmm . . ."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

He's one but not the other.

[arsgoetia]

Kit thinks something like, "Oh no, not again."

[arsgoetia]

"Which is it?" the crow asks. "Tell me."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

Who says I give information for free? ♥

[arsgoetia]

The demon's smile widens uncannily. It flips open its notebook.

"I trade," it tells her.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

What a coincidence! Me too.

[arsgoetia]

The demon reaches in a pocket and pulls out a gold piece about the size of its palm.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*. . . kya*

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*WAIT WAIT NO BAD ANISE*

Nuh-uh! I meant information for information.

[arsgoetia]

The demon tilts its head. "A little bit of both?" it suggests, producing a second coin. It is so shiny.