Silver

"Really? The way you were acting, seems to me like you forgot. Thought this could be a little reminder of what things'll be like for you if you keep pushing me." Gareth normally let his slaves have access to their powers, having various ways of getting them back under control if and when he needed to, but he also had no problem sealing them away with a collar. Maybe he'd been just a little too indulgent with Silver. He quirked an eyebrow, smirking slightly in amusement at the question. "Dunno. What would you like to do?"

"Originally I was gonna practice my powers, but now I have to change plans. And since you did this to me why don't you decide. Others wise I'm jut gonna go hide in the suite." No way was he gonna let people see him like this. Being human again would open him up to problems he didn't want. "Oooorrrr..... we could have some fun. We could wait till it gets a little dark and you could hunt me down in the woods." Silver looked at Gareth with a grin. He may have hated being at the bottom of the totem pole, but being hunted down and put as the prey in some situations was fun.

"You'd have to do a hell of a lot more and really piss me off to get your ass unclaimed." Gareth didn't enjoy the idea of throwing his money away after spending it on Silver, even if he'd been relatively cheap as just a human during that time. They both knew that the aswang wasn't the most reasonable or patient man, however, and he'd eventually lose his temper the more Silver pushed at him. He raised an eyebrow at the question, smirking faintly. "A bit of both. Thought it would be good for you to remember what it felt like to not have those powers of yours and to realize how easily I can take that shit away if I want."

"Great so now I'm stuck like this for awhile. I know how bad it is not having powers. Why do you think I made a deal to be a demon?" That and he knew Gareth had the ability to take anything away from him. Silver didn't have any power when it came to Gareth. The man could over power him even with the demon abilities. "So now what hmmm? After doing this and proving your point, which you have, what did you intend to do?"

Listening to Silver speak, Bradley crossed his arms over his chest. The way the other slave described things made it sound like it was all rainbows and roses, when the reality of his relationship with Gareth wasn't all that great. Sure, when they were happy, Bradley was really happy, but when things weren't happy, the entire suite would know about it. Maybe Gareth did care for him more than he did Finn or Silver, but his boyfriend's obsession with Finn was always one of the sore spots that came up repeatedly.

"Maybe. I mean, snippets or not I've never seen him care for someone like he does you." The competing comment made the man nod. He knew Gareth was often doing some sort of damage to Finn. He could understand how that made Bradley feel. "You know, I get it. Maybe not to the same degree since I've never actually been in a relationship, but..... I've been there." It wasn't like Silver hadn't ever liked someone. "A few masters I've had in the past.... I liked them. To a degree I suppose I hoped they would like me back. But it never went that way. They always had someone else and I was often put in the back seat. And then I was put back in the croft."

Adrasia blinked, feeling somewhat contrite at having judged him so harshly at first. No matter what the other slave was, it was obvious they were in the same boat. "I truly hope I don't." It wasn't a matter of threat or even pride to the celestial. Should he be given even a second with his full capabilities, it was a matter of moral obligation that he use them. The situation, he was sure, would not end well. "I'm sorry to hear you've suffered here," Adrasia looked the other man over more carefully the second time, "I was... recently acquired, from another operation like this one. I had made myself too much of a nuisance to keep." Little more needed to be said about that.

"You say that, but you'd be surprised by how many masters here like challenges. And breaking others." Unfortunately for a lot of them it was a game. A game in which not many won. "I'm not so sad about it any more. Honestly the suffering has been a good thing. To a degree. I didn't think it was at the time. Trust me it was not grand. I've almost died a few times." A small chuckle left him. However he paused it and listened. Seemed they were similar. "I was born and raised in a slave compound. Managed to escape only to be found and thrown here. Never knew the outside world. I'm sorry you got sent here. Must have done a whole lot to be put here."

"I did meet you durin' a crime," Kaden said, raising a brow at SIlver and wondering if he was joking or not. The way he said it indicated that the kid was dead serious. "Breakin' and enterin' and harassment are crimes. Why do you think you were dragged away in a cop car?"

"I guess by technicality you're right. Though given I was under one of those spells I'd call it less of a crime. God knows I'd never want to kiss Finn." He laughed shaking his head. Neither one of them would ever consider it. Even in his heat state Finn refused help. So there was no way in a regular state of mind they would engage in such an action. "Thank god I was human back then huh. Imagine a demon trying to do it." Another laugh left Silver imagining the chaos that would have ensued.

It took Kaden a beat or two to recall why he knew this face. He might be over a thousand years old but his memory sure wasn't failing. Once it hit every detail was recalled in perfect clarity. He remembered dragging Silver out of Bradbury's townhome by the latter's other slave Finn last Spring Mischief. Something about a spell altering the kid's personality and making him obsessed with wanting to kiss Winchester, that part never had been perfectly clarified and left up to the former detective's speculation. Though that had been back when Silver was human and the kid's death in the fight club last year wasn't much a secret. Neither was his return as a demon either.

"Ya, I thought this place would be best. Away from a lot of people, but it seems people aren't the only ones who enjoy parks." Chuckling he reached down waiting a moment to see if the dog would allow him to pet. "Ya." Looking back to the other it took him a few seconds. "Aaahhh. You're the cop Finn called right? The one who had to drag me away. Not the best way to meet someone. But i suppose it's better than meeting me during a crime."

"I can do some card tricks, I can't say that I'm really a master at them. Haven't done them in centuries." he admitted with a chuckle and watched the other sit in front of him. "Some magic tricks rely on redirection, others rely on misdirection and trickery." he replied and lifted up a card, glancing briefly at it to see what it was and shook his hand a few times, the card changing in front of his eyes and smiled. "I learned from a street performer years ago. When I first learned how to do it, I used colored fabrics."

Watching the card shift to another Silver wondered how easy it was to learn that. "So... how is it done? The tricks and redirecting." Perhaps this would be something new for Silver to learn. He always liked learning new things and this would certainly be something fun. "Colored fabrics? What could you do those?"

"Yeah, I'm sure you will. We'll see how long that lasts, though." If he'd been a better man, Gareth might have felt a little bad about losing his patience with Silver. But the aswang had never pretended to be anything other than what he was and the former human had to have known that he was pushing it with his master every time he mouthed off and thought it was funny. He huffed softly and dropped his hand, crossing his arms with a small shake of the head. "You're not in any trouble right now. Long as you realize I'm not gonna keep putting up with that shit and change your behavior, we're fine."

Nodding the man bit the inside of his lip. He'd for sure have to think about the choices and consequences of his actions. Being told he wasn't in trouble was a relief and made him relax a bit. "The last thing I want is to be thrown back below." And it was true. You could call it a fear perhaps. "So.... making me human. You find it funny?" He slipped his hands into his pants pockets as he looked his master up and down. "Or are you trying to show you can do as you please with me? That should already be a given."

Relax -- well, he certainly wouldn't now. This one couldn't have come out of the dormitory too, or Adrasia would have noticed his departure as the hours of the night dragged on. That fact, coupled with a trill of celestial awareness as the stranger stepped closer, told Adrasia all he needed to know. His eyes narrowed a fraction. "I wager you speak from experience," Adrasia replied cautiously, slipping just enough out of the room that their exchange wouldn't arouse any attention from the sleepers inside, "I won't be going anywhere alone any time soon, not unless someone upstairs decides they prefer the look of my neck bare. Which would be an unwise move for everyone involved."

"Unfortunately. My time here has been..... well lets just say it hasn't been pleasant. And down here wasn't either." Leaning against a wall he wondered if the man was trying to be threatening or just give a warning. Either way, Silver just gave a small smirk. "You know, I've heard that before. You're not the first to say such things. One day you'll find someone who will take that challenge." And Silver was curious if anything would happen. Perhaps the castle would have a new hole in it. Or the other would find himself with his face in the ground. "How did you end up here?"

It took a few days for Naoya to adjust to his new life, when he first arrived, he was depressed as he tried to figure out what he did wrong that got him sold off and sent to Krovs. The first few days, Naoya stayed in the corner of the Undercroft and didn't interact with anyone as he tried to understand the predicament that he found himself in. He barely ate and slept, he was trapped not just physically but also mentally but as the days passed, he slowly started to find meaning.

"Not really, but I heard you do card tricks." Silver moved to sit in front of the other watching the card shuffle and change. "Never seen magic tricks before. So I figured I'd come see what you can do." Smiling he nodded towards the other waiting to see what he could do. "I heard there's a lot of cool card tricks. I also heard magic tricks rely on redirecting or something? How did you learn it?"

Kaden threw the slobbery, dirt-streaked tennis ball once again for his German Shepherd to chase after, as he did quite often these days. Summer weather brought more sunshine and warmth on the castle grounds, which the kresnik was only limited to wander around until he was no longer grounded. Ares at least loved sprinting around the property with all the room for him to do so, especially near the gardens where they were now. Course this location often also proved treacherous when other folks were strolling around.

Silver had been trying to practice his new powers with a lot of failures. But he wasn't going to give up. He knew he needed to learn them eventually. The one he was really trying to learn was the whole teleporting thing. He knew it was something demons could do, he just didn't know if he'd ever master it. Deciding it wasn't a wise idea to try it anywhere near others or things that could be broken or destroyed, the incubus decided a wider space was best. At least then he could do it without worry.

It seemed like bringing up Raiden snapped Silver out of whatever bullshit he was attempting to do. Gareth wasn't sure if he was trying to act all cocky these days because he felt it was what a demon would act like or if he was just trying to piss the aswang off into doing something. If it was the latter option, the master was pretty sure his slave didn't have a damn clue what Gareth would do if he was pushed enough. "I don't care about you trying to figure out who the hell you might be. Figure all that shit out. What I do care about is you being a mouthy little brat to me at every turn these days when I think we both fucking know that's not why I ended up claiming you in the first place." If he'd wanted more than one brat in his suite, he would have claimed someone else. Silver had seemed like less of a headache when he'd just been human and eager to please, when he didn't have the healing abilities of a supernatural creature. "You're asking me?" He questioned with a snort, raising an eyebrow at the younger man. "When have I ever given the impression that I give a shit what anyone thinks of me, Silver?"

Silver didn't try to fight back as Gareth pushed him away. He didn't expect any affection from the man. Standing there and listening, it made sense. Gareth's opinion was the only one he should care about. After all it was up to him if Silver was sent away or not. The finger under his chin made him bite his lip. It seemed that helped. Apologizing did go far when one acted out. "I'll behave from now on. I'll do my best to not care what others say or think." Perhaps he had gotten things more wrong than he thought. He had been around people who knew who they were and held their heads high. Imitating that did nothing for the man. "What now? Am I in a lot of trouble?"

It was closer to dawn than to midnight when Adrasia slipped from his simple bed, carefully placing each step as he threaded his way around those who hadn't already been summoned up for the night. It was easy to move quietly in a place like this, the collective noise of each rasped breath and rustle of blankets built to a low hum in the celestial's keen ears. Adrasia knew that was not the only factor of his restlessness — after all, the last castle had kept him in solitary for weeks until his transfer to Krovs, it was only natural that his first night in the dormitory proper would be an unsettled one. Reasoning it out, however, did little for the nervous energy buzzing in his chest.

"Relax. I'm only killing time." Silver stepped from where he had been lurking. Honestly he hadn't expected to run into or interact with anyone at this time. The man had simply wanted to visit the place that haunted him. Being a demon now he wanted to look at the undercroft. It was different now. Not in how it was, or the lack of decor or even the barely there cots and bedding. But rather how he looked at it as a whole. Those in it. It seemed to feel different now that he wasn't a human who worried about wasting away down there.

The faerie sighed softly, figuring he couldn't shit on Silver's dreams of getting out of there. He had them too, and he'd managed to experience a little more freedom recently thanks to Gareth purchasing him.. but that didn't mean he wasn't still a tad bitter over the suite situation. Maybe he was just taking his frustrations out on Silver because he could. "We're just all fed up, Silver. I'm fed up of the suite being.. a tad overcrowded. I'm fed up of feeling jealous and like I'm having to compete with everyone for my own boyfriend's attention, and I'm fed up of this fucking castle."

Silver listened to Bradley and did feel bad. He had always felt that way since he had been brought in. It was always feeling off. Finn was basically the pain slut, and Bradley.....Silver knew he and Gareth were very close. "You know.....when I came here, I was scared shitless. I had masters come and go, claim me and dump me back. It really fucked with me. I would get so confident and happy and think finally I was going to be safe. But I never was." Looking at the other he could feel what it was like to want attention from someone.

"You do realise he would have to purchase you in order to take you anywhere. It's just taken him long enough to purchase me," Bradley muttered, the thought of Gareth taking Silver anywhere instead of him feeding the jealous monster inside him, even though he knew he had absolutely nothing to worry about, especially when it came to Silver. Looking at the newly turned demon with a deadpan expression, Bradley rolled his eyes. "Don't do that."

"I know. But I can dream right? I mean it will probably never happen and you're right he doesn't do things on the whim. But you've been out of here. You've seen things. You can't tell me any of it isn't worth dreaming for." There was a huge chance it would never happen. But he had a long life to live now so he could wait. Chuckling as Bradley told him no the demon put his hands up in a playful manner. "Alright alright. Thought it would bring some cheer into the suite. You and Finn look miserable all the time. Figured it was worth a try."

Gareth just gave Silver a look at that, the aswang's eyes narrowing slightly. It should have probably amused him a little bit that the former human thought he could get away with being a mouthy little shit now that he'd been upgraded to a demon. Apparently it didn't register just how easily Gareth could take all of those new powers from him with something as simple as a new collar designed to suppress supernatural abilities. He scoffed quietly, shaking his head. "I thought you already knew this, but apparently I've got to explain it. I claimed you, Bradley and Finn for vastly different reasons. I don't need or want two slaves giving me attitude all the damn time. You wanna act like a mouthy bitch, go and find someone who is in the mood for it."

Silver just stared as Gareth spoke. It seemed his act was pointless. Acting big and bad to prove a point was just a waste. God was he ever going to get things right? He pulled his arms away and just stepped back. Trying to examine the situation better. His lips moved to a straight line as he tried to gather everything in his head. Sure he had been acting out of character. Cocky, smart mouthed, not even a brat just straight up annoying when he really thought about it. But wasn’t that how demons were supposed to act? The whole thing was just confusing. His time in the castle was confusing. Everyone he met trying to tell him how to be, how to act, what fit and what didn’t, was even more confusing. Had he really been just swapping how he acted based on the people? Was he just trying to fit in and be what others wanted? Or…. What he thought they wanted?