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 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:37 pm
Rin felt his pulse start to speed. "Lundi, I don't... I don't know what to say. What the hell do you hope to gain by keeping me here if you hate me so much? Just... just let me go, okay?" His eyes darted around rapidly in a vain effort to find a way out. He ran to a closed window and slammed his shoulder into it, hoping to find an escape. He fell to his back in agony, his shoulder now throbbing. Caressing his wound, he turned his attention back to the demon whom he loved. Or he thought he loved her.
"You see what you're doing here, Lundi? It's very evil. Very mean. You're being mean and evil and cruel, Lundi! And... and you wonder why you're hurt! It's because you can't love--it's probably impossible for you. You have no heart. But you want others to love you, and you... you hate me for being human, for not being the perfect person. I'm not perfect, Lundi! I'm very imperfect!" Rin breathed heavily for a moment the room weighed down with a heavy silence. "And I don't even know what I did wrong!" he shouted upon the realization of the fact, after a second.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:19 pm
The demon girl cackled, as she had originally, that first night. "Of course I am incapable of love! All that crap about not understanding this realm? You really fell for that?" Though she laughed again, there was a hint of something in her voice. Regret? She hoped he did not notice. "Why would I let you go? You're mine, Rin. I own you," Another laugh.. but with even more awkward, noticeable hesitance. Ludique lifted a hand. At first it was in a fist, but then she released it very suddenly, palm out. Time seemed to freeze. Her eyes brightened considerably. She smirked, her teeth seemed sharper. A collar seemed to materialize around Rin's neck. "I mean, come on," She made a 'come here' motion with her finger, and he seemed to straighten up. "Like I don't know I'm evil."
On the inside, the demon girl was very conflicted. Because she did love Rin, and she wanted him to stay with her for a very long time, and she knew that he wouldn't, and this was all that she knew to do. Ludique tried not to show this. She tried to just seem as evil as possible. "I have wiped your mother's mind, along with anyone you or I have thus far interacted with in your life and my stay here. You do not exist anymore. You are nothing in your pathetic realm," Part lie, part truth. Oh well, he wouldn't know the difference.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:49 pm
Rin let out a strangled choke as the collar appeared. He made a pouting face and sat on the ground with his legs straight out, as though he were a child. "No. They only way that I'm getting up from this spot is if you kill me and drag my body away." He paused. "In a metaphorical sense." Another pause. "But either way, I won't be of much use to you, so I'd just forget any notion of me being a slave or anything. And for the record, I'm a terrible slave. And, and I never, ever loved you. And the whole reason I came here today? Yeah. I was going to tell you that I'm done! With you. And the sex? Yeah, that was awful. I know I said it was great, but I lied. Because I don't love you. Never have." Rin raised an eyebrow in a challenging manner, but his gaze darted around, only making eye contact for a second. He didn't know why he was provoking her. Maybe he was a little hurt by her current actions. Maybe he wanted to see her in emotional pain like his. Maybe he was trying to buy time while he thought of a way out of this mess.
In the back of Rin's mind, he felt a little guilty. He had heard something in the demon's voice, but he didn't want to acknowledge it. Actions spoke louder than words, he told himself, and he was in danger, and he wasn't going to sacrifice his safety for her sake.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:16 pm
The words, ".. if you kill me and drag my body away," had the demon on edge a little bit. Ludique could always force Rin to do what she wanted. She snarled the more he spoke. "I never, ever loved you.. I'm done! With you... The sex? ... awful... lied." The demon threw her hands to her sides, then glared at Rin. Though she didn't bar his ability to speak, she made the human stand. Her eyes seemed to glow and as she snarled her teeth showed. The tips were blackened and they were much longer than usual. "For my first command, I think I shall have you speak the truth," There was a small flash, but then the demon as sitting, legs crossed, in an ornate chair.
Across from her sat Rin, on a much smaller, backless stool. She felt less hesitance as he provoked her. And now she was forcing his mind to spew the truth from his tongue. Their surroundings had changed. They were still in the same room, but the bed and anything very.. "homely" had disappeared. It was just them, the stool, and the chair. She would have the human helpless and hopeless before she was done with him.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:00 pm
Rin had been intent on sitting right where he was, but then he was standing, and he didn't even remember how he'd gotten there. Then Lundi spoke, and the room changed, and he was sitting again. He felt cold. Nothing was right here. This was not how his life was supposed to go. Lundi and he... they were supposed to live together, happily. How had it come to this?
Lundi had commanded the truth from him. That was cute. Like he was going to tell her anything.
But he felt a swelling from within and, before he could stop himself, he was talking. Talking and talking and talking--he couldn't hold anything back. "When I was five years old, I looked up my teacher's skirt while she was helping another student. When I was seven, I stole a candy bar from the store and then I ate it but then I felt so bad but I couldn't give it back so I stole a chocolate bar from another store and put it back where I had stolen the first one. When I was eight, my dad promised me that he was going to build me a play fort in the back yard but then he left my mom and I for some white collar job and wife in New York and to this day I have abandonment issues. I When I was ten, I fell in love with this girl named Louisa Lou but I didn't know how to show it so I got all my friends together and planned out this big romantic extravaganza with roses and pretty trees but then it rained and she thought that I was playing a joke on her so she slapped me and never talked to me again. When I was 13, I kissed my best friend's girlfriend even though I didn't even know that they were together because they wanted to keep their relationship secret and because that b***h had a huge mouth, she told my friend that I came on to her, even though she was the one seducing me, and Marcus never truly forgave me for that and I've always felt responsible for him moving away to Florida a couple of months later. Last year, a few of my friends and I went out into the woods and smoked pot for the first time and told my friend, who wouldn't toke, to hold on to my joint for me while I took a piss and while I was gone my friends were caught by the cops who had apparently been tipped off by people nearby who were concerned about the yelling and Billy, who didn't even take a hit, got in serious trouble for having it with him, and even though he never ratted me out, I've always felt like a terrible person because I never defended him either." Rin gasped and choked, now crying, as he remembered all the things he'd ever wanted to tell the truth about but had kept inside. Words kept bubbling out.
"And.. and, when I met you, Lundi, I think I felt love for the first time--and I know that we've had a pretty emotional relationship with all the... drama, and magic... and whole culture barrier thing. I still love you, Lundi, and the sex was amazing, no lie there. But I feel betrayed that you brought me here like this rather than just talking to me so we could handle this issue like adults, rather than children... who have the power of gods in their hands." The words stopped flowing. This must have been what she wanted all along. the whole expose was a little embarrassing, then. He averted his stare and dried his eyes with his sleeve.
"And you magic'd me!" Rin accused, upon the realization.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:50 pm
Ludique sat and listened. She waited and waited. He spoke for an eternity, dragging on about utter nothingness. But he cried and for a moment he seemed relieved. Like every lie he had ever told was a weight that held him down.. and now he was lifted. After waiting, after listening, Ludique began to smile. "That wasn't so hard, was it, Rin?" She waited a moment, then spoke again. After her finished, she silenced him. "I want you to know something, okay?" She laughed, "Not that you could really object.." She stood, then began walking around the room. She was pacing. Nervous. "I'm a very.. difficult person.." As if he didn't know that. "My magic makes me very unstable emotionally, as I am very strong," She continued to pace, using her hands for emphasis, "And my emotional instability makes my magic very unstable sometimes," She stopped short and stared at Rin, suddenly harsh, "That does not mean it will never not work, though," She seemed to relax, "Just that sometimes it works too well. Like a moment ago. When you told me every single truth you've ever not said. That was a perfect example." She paused. "Look, what I'm trying to say.. is I'm a total, evil b***h. Yeah. I'm an evil, vulgar c**t and any other word you want to call me. But I'm a teenager, sort of, like you. And I'm a demon, and I don't know how to deal with emotions. So I'm going to keep you, but I'm not going to make you do things like cook or clean-" She scrunched up her nose, "Except yourself. Please clean yourself." She continued in a softer tone. "So be mad that I cast on you, and be mad that I'm enslaving you, whatever. But you're stuck with it and you might as well make the most of it." Ludique laughed, "I mean, what other demon would have great sex with you and deal with having their name mispronounced every day?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:05 pm
Rin was torn between being wooed and offended. "My manly scent!" He gasped. But he couldn't be angry. He knew then that she genuinely cared for him, even though she was terrible at showing it. He coughed in a manly fashion to hide an emotional sigh that he felt coming on. "Well. Okay. Hundred year old teenage demon. While we're sitting here, all cozy like," he coughed, implying that was actually not comfortable, and then continued, "let's get some things straight. If I'm to be here for, uh, eternity, what will you tell my family? Did I just run away? Or was I abducted by some psychopath who intends to keep me as a sex slave in his basement?" Rin paused at the irony of the suggestion that he had not originally picked up on. "And what about your family? What are you going to tell them? Who am I? Are we... boyfriend and girlfriend here? Are we, like, a normal couple? Is this how males are usually treated in the demon realm?" he asked, referring to his lack of ability to move.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:46 pm
"As I stated, your family doesn't even know you exist. If they did, they would think you and I ran away to be together and there's no hope in finding us," Ludique smiled, listening and waiting. When he finished, she seemed to be smirking. She allowed him some movement, but she wouldn't let him close to the windows or door.. or her, for that matter. She spoke again after his questioning. "My family is in France, Rin! I've mentioned this, yes? And, uh.. I will tell them nothing. I'm not supposed to bring humans in without asking my dad first.." The merciless, feared demon!.. scared of her dad in France. "And here you're kind of a nobody. A slave to keep you safe. My property. Men.. well, demon men, are pretty highly regarded, but since you're human you're sort of low-class. If you want we can be a couple again. I don't care. We're still going to ********, though."
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:52 pm
"Oh." Wow. No one would miss him. That hurt, a little. Right in the feelers. But Rin had never been one to be over-emotional. Until lately. "I'm not supposed to be here? Who's gonna get the whip when you're found out, Lundi, you or me?" Rin eyed her accusingly.
"Oh, and, no, thanks, by the way. But, hey, why don't you go date a demon man? I heard their held in pretty high regard," he offered, nodding enthusiastically. He paused very deliberately, pretended to think, and then added, laughing, " Well, higher than us lowly humans." So much for taking all this on the chin.
Just the things that she was saying. He was getting really pissed off. Even though it pained him to turn down sex with the hot demon. It hurt right in the feelers.
Rin took note of how she spoke of her father. She had never talked of a person like that before. She was... scared of him! Rin would have to keep that in mind for later.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:39 pm
At his refusal, the demon's feelings were hurt. And as he had learned, the demon with hurt feelings tended to react unreasonably. But, as a turn from the usual, the girl just sat back down, watching him. She was uncharacteristically quiet and calm for a very long six seconds. "I will not be whipped, nor you. I will get a slap on the wrist and I will be made to put you back. Like a hatchling." Hatchling being puppy, to her. Ludique stayed quiet again, as if waiting. But if he tried to respond, she was already cutting him off. "Demon men are not my type. They are too serious. They don't wrestle with me," She paused. Dramatically, she sighed, and then spoke quickly and in confession, "And they do not make me feel powerful or respected or feared and they don't challenge me. They don't make me feel like I'm really a teenager like you do. They treat me like some ugly little thing," To a demon, she was too human-like. And that was ugly, "They don't care about me. You think a demon man would care about Ludique? Some stupid little French trollop who ran away from home to go to the human realm?" The demon huffed. She hadn't noticed that she had risen. She flopped back into the chair. "No man is my type. Except you. And you're being stupid about it."
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:46 pm
"Oh, oh, I'm being stupid about it?" Rin challenged. "You're the one who brings me to the demon realm and then enslaves me, then argues that if you un-enslave me, I'll be in danger, because I'm in the demon realm, where you brought me!" Rin took a deep breath, looked down, and leaned back. "Okay. I'm done. Sorry. I had to get the last word, there." He looked her straight in the eyes, then. "And you really don't like any of the demon men here? Because I bet they're very handsome. And steely. And dark. And handsome." He blushed as he fished for compliments like a little girl. In reality, he was very pleased with what Lundi had said, and he put the statements she said as she opened up to him in the back of his mind, ready for access if he could use it.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:31 pm
Ludique watched him. There was something to her look. Behind the evil, controlling b***h. Behind the totally and completely evil second layer, and third.. and fourth.. there was some sort of word behind it. Or, rather, words. With her eyes and her lips and the very depths of her soul came the words, "I only want you." And sure, she had enslaved him. And sure, she had lied to him. And sure, he had figured out that no matter what she said, she was still a no-good, evil-to-the-core demon. But she had never really lied about her feelings.. except when she did. Overlooking that, the demon got up. A twitch of her fingers and the old room was back. The beautiful bed, the wardrobe. All the homely furniture had returned. Ludique spoke softly this time, "In retrospect, I probably should have kept your memories erased." Let him forget about her.
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:11 pm
Rin looked back into her eyes, and he felt what she wanted to say, but didn't. He felt guilty for being a d**k about everything. He shouldn't, but he did. And he wanted to see the worst in her; he really wanted to hate her for what she'd done--but he couldn't. He'd already vented out all his anger, and now he was just sad. He was sad that their relationship had become so convoluted and twisted. He missed just holding her. He missed the feeling of safety. He missed her warmth.
He would try to make amends. He would try to show her that her emotions weren't placed in the wrong person.
"Hey, now, Lundi. Let's not get caught up in the past. We can't change what we've done, remember. We're all here, now, so why don't we just enjoy it?" He smiled very forcibly, then cleared his throat. "So." He looked around the room. "Nice place you've got here. The decor's pleasant. When I can see it."
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:22 am
Ludique stared at him for all the time it took for him to speak. And instead of taking his compliment, and instead of really listening to what he was saying, she shrugged and turned towards the door. "I definitely should have kept your memories erased, it would have been easier. You were already, totally, interested in me. Ohh, new girl? Interested in Rin?" The demon gave a little laugh. Her speech wasn't cruel, at least in tone. She continued, "And maybe I should have gone on pretending human things, at least then you wouldn't have been in this situation."
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:52 pm
Rin, against his better instincts, mused upon the possibility. He was guiltily pleased by the idea of Lundi loving him without him knowing that she was a demon. But Rin was nothing if not practical. "Oh, please, Lundi. You would have grown bored with being human. You would have ended up hexing me during sex or something," he laughed as he imagined the scene in his head. "I would have been all, 'what the hell wrong with this b***h?' and bolted." He chuckled softly as he imagined himself doing that. "Anyway, the fact is... like, that would never have worked out. You can look at it however you want, but if you had ever tried to be human around me, I totally would have been weirded out. Because it's just a fact, Lundi, you're not human. And you don't act like it." He shrugged unapologetically, as he reflected that she was actually right. If she had continued her human facade, he would definitely not be here now.
Then, just to show how 'uninterested' he was in the topic, he asked, "So, when's your father getting home, anyway? I'm dying to meet him."
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