[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]

The demon doesn't move for a long moment, then, much like a crow in the face of oncoming traffic, it performs some sort of bizarre last-minute maneuver and hops just out of the path of danger.

[arsgoetia]

Kit says, "Look, can we not do the hostage thing..."

[arsgoetia]

"The crow don't do hostages," the demon says distastefully. "We do collateral."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*barrels down on it with Tokunaga! casts again!

all while swearing impressively, sorry Kit*

[arsgoetia]

The demon dodges, though it puffs a few feathers here and there as it does so, whipping out what appears to be a police baton.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*change of plans: Tokunaga keeps chasing down the demon, going in more or less a straight line

but Anise pushes off its head and dives at another angle, towards the crow and towards Kit*

[arsgoetia]

The demon writes something down in its notebook. The fact that it has only two hands and is holding a baton, a pen, and a notebook doesn't seem to be an issue.

At the last moment, again, it darts around Tokunaga and smacks it hard with the baton.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*IT COLLAPSES

Anise, meanwhile, makes it in front of Kit, another Limited at the ready*

[arsgoetia]

"I apologize for the trouble, Miss Anise," Kit murmurs to her back.

[arsgoetia]

The demon holds up its hands in mock-surrender, which would probably work better in theory if he weren't still holding a baton.

"I don't like fighting," he says.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*flicks her fingers at Kit without turning, a sort of oh, you motion*

You'll have to deal with it or go away!

[arsgoetia]

"Let's make a deal instead," the demon suggests, and promptly sits down, cross-legged.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*frowns*

What sort of deal?

[arsgoetia]

"Question for a question," suggests the demon.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

...if you promise not to sneak Kit from behind me, or jump up and knock me out, while we deal.

[arsgoetia]

"A deal is a deal," the demon says agreeably, smiling.

:) :) :)

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

That's not a promise.

[arsgoetia]

"Promise!" the demon pulls out its book. "No lying. You either."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*nods, sitting level with the demon*

...all right. Promise.

[arsgoetia]

It holds out one white-gloved hand. "Shake on it."

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

*clasps its hand and shakes*

[arsgoetia]

It pulls its hand back slowly, picking up its feather quill again.

"Anise Tatlin, not of this world," it asks, "why do you not wish to return to the house of Lucia M. Bellcourt?"

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

...because I'm afraid of meeting her again, after what happened last time.

[arsgoetia]

The demon blinks, urging her to continue. It makes a few pen scratches.

[ofortunistic.livejournal.com]

I fought Lucia and yelled at her last time. Because she'd hurt people and done some pretty stupid things, and--and it wasn't worth it. It's not going to be worth it ever, and she doesn't know that, and...

...and then we went back in the middle of that. She was crying. I want to talk to her but I don't know what's happened to her since.