NOW AT THEIRPATHS.

oh, secretaries. sometimes, they’re USEFUL. other times ... they can’t get the most simplest of things right. she leads the other being in, unaware of exactly what they are. she messes up some basic lines. humans and their NERVES. pathetic. she eventually leaves and he motions the other to sit. ❛ aren’t ordinary people adorable? ❜

❛ there are TWO RULES for success in life, ❜ success. making your father impressed. there’s not much difference between the two. he ADJUSTS his suit, straightening it out more. ❛ one: never reveal EVERYTHING you know. ❜

@fedfear .x.

She had been fooled. Oh how stupid she is! How could she trust him? She could chalk it up to the demons influence on her thoughts and actions. It wasn’t fair. 

She balled up her fists and grit her teeth, “ You- YOU! “ She couldn’t atriculate her thoughts into words, she was far too angry. She shouldn’t have taken his offer! “ YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME! “ 

hm. it seems as if they haven’t been properly INTRODUCED. ❛ oh, dear. what an awkward situation. ❜ a brow raises, but he still puts a hand forward. a formal handshake. humans usually like that. ❛ vlad. ceo of umbra. are you the ... leader of your little group? ❜

❛ everything i have done, i do for the GREATER GOOD. ❜ the greater good of himself, that is. but he doesn’t necessarily need to disclose that kind of information. by appearance, he looks ... normal. as if he actually cares. ❛ don’t you TRUST ME? ❜

❛ some men ... ❜ it starts off OMINOUS. advice that no one has particularly gone looking for. even if it’s useless ramblings, he intends for the words to STICK. ❛ aren’t looking for anything LOGICAL. they can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. some men just want to watch the world BURN. ❜ and how easy is it to turn a world who would willingly give you the fuel to ignite the flames? ❛ you’d be surprised how many of those men hold the power to do so. ❜

❛ i DESPISE guessing games. ❜ which is what this is, isn’t it? there’s a huff as he straightens out his suit. ❛ stop your DIGGING AROUND. do you truly think your building in the only one i invested in? please. ❜ now his adjusts his tie, glancing around. he’s never really been in the building. he didn’t really care to be until now. ❛ a pi being scared of change. that’s new. ❜

❛ you aren’t COMPREHENDING the position that you’re in. ❜

❛ everybody’s got a WEAKNESS, ❜ perhaps it rolls off the tongue particularly TOO easy. perhaps it’s too CASUAL considering the anomaly in front of him. if there’s anything a mortal can do to peak his interest, it’s dressing up like a clown and showing themselves to him. ❛ so what can UMBRA do for you? ---- please do tell me you sent yourself my way. it’d be a shame if you’re just a messenger. ❜

❛ life’s full of TOUGH CHOICES, isn’t it? ❜ but this is no tough choice. it’s THE choice. they had recognized each other. or --- well, he had recognized her. not in a familiar sense. he hasn’t seen her a day before in his extended life --- but the AURA she radiates is that not of a typical human’s. one thing had led to another, and now ---- ❛ don’t you want your POWER? your full potential? ❜ CIRCLING her, he slowly moves. ❛ oh, the power i could replenish for you ... and all you have to do is TAKE IT. ❜

❛ the key to a good lie is that it runs PARALLEL to the truth. ❜ an amused chuckle. ❛ but even then -- that could be a lie within itself. ❜

❛ you speak to me as if you’re not in the presence of DEATH. ❜

❛ do i look STUPID to you? ❜ an agitated sigh. --- humans. out of all the mortals that inhabit this realm, they’re by far the most ... annoying. ❛ what are you really doing here? ❜

❛ well, forgive me for not LEAPING with joy. ------- i hardly see the difference between you and other beings i’ve encountered. ❜ they’re all INFERIOR. every single last one of them. this animal may look like any normal earth-animal -- but everything blends together in his eyes. arms fold behind his back. it, much like most others, does not serve any PURPOSE to him.

       “   EVE,   ” AND LIPS SPREAD, stained the very same color of that lusted, forbidden fruit, unflinching as she reaches in return toward the coiling serpent. yet, within his grasp, she is quick to realize they are certainly in no light-filled garden. 

        but it is somewhere familiar all the same. 

       “   it doesn’t do anyone much good to remain ALONE for long,   ” she comments on the fact just as any other might, but it is a fundamental understanding that even she, the supposed gilded girl, has lived to learn. “   but you do learn a lot about people from afar sometimes, don’t you?   ” 

       a then FALLEN glance lingers among the bespoken company, emanating all their reckless BLISS. 

eve. a name he can potentially remember. majority of the time, it’s USELESS remembering anyone. they come just as quickly as they go, and he has no time to involve himself in such short matters. but what he feels from her is ... DIFFERENT. even as her lithe fingers wrap around his hand. what he can feel is something ... that brings likeliness among them both. a likeliness he does not often experience.