DEVIL

She couldn't remember him! Had her mind entirely spaced, perhaps making new room for all of the horrible things she might have had a hand in doing, and would most inevitably do? The guilt she experienced had the weighted grips of marionette strings, with the coven no doubt trying to exact control of them. It was all their fault she was dealing with this crap, but she could be a most gracious host.

❛ Oh yeah? ❜ she simpered, painted lips upturning into a sly grin, as she sat down at the table in front of him mostly used for séances. ❛ I bet you watch everybody, don't you. ❜ She spoke as if it were a secret between them, moving closer still. What did one do when 𝖊𝖑 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖔 walked through the door? Why, you entertained them, of course. The house hadn't spit him out yet, so that was a sign from some kind of omen she didn't want to think about.

He remembered her! Of all his favourite humans, Nausicaä was special, he'd always kept a watchful eye on her. Her words made him chuckle and he settled down besides her, fingers tapping on the table in front of them. He blinks slowly, one eye and then the other as if he'd never properly learned how to blink or as if he wasn't entirely human. Of course he wasn't human but his body was for the moment. 

He hadn't had the energy to manifest himself away from his vessel, to show her his true self. She wouldn't remember him that way either. He hadn't done the whole 'do not be afraid' thing in ages, his love of all things hedonistic getting himself stuck in his vessel do to using his powers regularly. 

" Not everyone. Just my favourites. "