#capturedjosh

“Oh, yes, that can definitely be done,” Seth replied with a smile, “I assume you’d be looking for this to be protection against pretty much everything, right?” 

Continued from here.

“Oh,” Manny said, his eyes going slightly wide and brows raising. The corner of his lips curved into a hint of a smile, a subtle mischievous glimmer sparkling in his green eyes. That seemed like a fun spell to play with. He stared at Josh in confusion for a moment before he remembered just what spell he’d been hit with himself. “Sorry, it’s Manny. Hey, be honest with me,” he said with a smirk, “Do you think I’m pretty?”

Coming back to his room after his shift, he didn’t expect to see a letter there. So far, there had only really been one creature that kept up the tradition for him and that was Josh. Seeing his name, he smiled to realize it was the one and only. After reading the letter, though, Kronos felt worried. It sounded serious.

Hey Josh, Would you like to come over for dinner? We can talk more then. I hope everything is okay and want to apologize for not being around much after we all, well, woke up. Sticking to routine has helped my mind relinquish some of its uncertainties. Either way, if you would like to join me for dinner I would love to cook whatever you would like. Yours, Kronos

So far so good. Seth made it through the first round without too much incident. The win against Jaxon felt pretty good, he almost felt like he’d gotten a handle on this new magic Lilith left behind. Less wild and more contained. Maybe. He’d see as this tournament went on. 

His next fight was up against Josh Williams, a slave he remembered meeting once or twice. From the leftover memories from Lilith, he knew that he’d met her as well and she knew exactly what he was. Seth didn’t particularly care what type of creature Josh was so long as he could put up a decent fight. He wasn’t looking to seriously hurt the other slave, but the witch didn’t want an automatic win. He needed to prove to himself that he could do this tournament himself without a demon possession intervening. 

He smiled small as Josh stepped into the ring across from him. “As much as I don’t want to harm you, I hope you won’t make this super easy for me,” he chuckled, holding out his hands at his sides as they sparked with red and black energy.