#thedesolateplace

 “ Uh, Zhen? Would you mind explaining to me just what this is? And why you’ve named it? “

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Ah- How long had she been gone? The bruises and cuts that littered her form as she peered at the male with several bones broken in her limbs. How was she still walking? How was she still moving? Admittedly she couldn’t remember much, the pain that followed her injuries was extensive but… who was he?

She hobbled along, joints groaning in protest. She did remember that she had to keep fighting- but fight what?

Finally her body gave out after a few feet, knees buckling under her. She felt like her body was on fire, like something was eating away at her but she didn’t know what.

“Where….am I?”

The room itself wasn’t that impressive, it was just enough to be considered a temporary spot to stay in. The moment the female started to regain consciousness, a man removed himself from his chair, approaching the makeshift bed she was currently resting. 

“Safe, well, comparin’ how I found you and right now, I’d say it’s a right word to use.” A small grin expressed on his face, looking at her bandaged wounds and bruises which he was the one who was responsible for treating them, despite it was obviously lackluster. Not that he really cared, in his mind, it was at least something. 

“ .... Sorry, Psychi. I’ve had a hell of a day; Kiana tried breaking into one of the Hyperion’s kitchens seventeen times and I had to chase her off each time. “

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“Watched…?” The female would stop, glancing around. It was true that something was there, but she couldn’t pinpoint where it was. “A-alright….stay close. I can’t…pinpoint where the sensation is coming again.”

They’d been moving for some time now, and honestly Psychi wasn’t in the best position to pick up fighting, she definitely couldn’t kill if it came down to it. “Hopefully when if we keep moving…we will be left alone..”

He truly hoped that as well. These senses kept plaguing him which it was the sole reason he became quite anxious and tense. 

@thedesolateplace​ asked: “ (Psychi & Bella to Liam/H.L.) Oh the provocation was very easy to see working on the honkai dragon. The lights flickered down, causing Psychi to feel her blood run cold. Fear. That is what Psychi was feeling but Benares would speak up before Psychi had a chance to react. "How dare you disrespect my Queen!!" The bzzrap of electricity arced then, blowing a few bulbs now from the previous flickering a few feet away from them.

 Psychi knew this situation wasn't going to end well— but.... "Stop!!" She was smaller than him, and she wouldn't be able to overpower him but. "Liam! Stop!" When she said that name— she meant HIM. "Nothing good will come out of this!" But it was becoming clear he was antagonizing the other. She didn't want Liam or H.L. to be in trouble, to be hunted down and while she knew they were strong....but....! Sucking in a breath— she took a risk, black and red feathers danced into the air, catching Bella by surprise as small blast of lightning burned one away. A mind trick— but it was already enough, she'd managed to slip the dragon female into one of her illusions, disengaging her previous hostile nature. A few burn marks here, broken glass from the lights there, and something that Psychi was going to ignore at this point in favor of turning her complete attention back to H.L. "....stop..." Her voice quivered and begged. Using her power so suddenly, it exhausted her. "I forced her to disengage— there's no reason to continue!" Her grip held firm on his arm now. If he attempted to continue this further....She'd use physical force. Then she spoke again, tiredly. "....and for the record....Liam isn't the only one I want to see." Yup. She made that bold quip. Just...needed to get him away...

"I understand....she....the Herrscher of the void....they cause you both trouble and agitation....but not now. Do not go down this road....I don't want to lose either of you, and you know as well as I do that things will not be simply erased if you do this...." Again, pleading. Anything she can do to get him to not attack the female that had sunken to her knees. The illusion wasn't much, a simple action and it would erase the incident completely. Yet.... she would give a careful push against him, other hand coming to his chest to try and force him back. “

“ That’s the spirit! “

The fact that the dragon girl had quite obviously fallen for his provocations hook, line, and sinker was not wasted; as indicated by the clearly pleased notes that could be picked up in his voice, and the fact that his smirk happened to grow as her little electrical display grew. He had decided that he would let her get going in full swing before he decided to strip her of it all and knock her down. He wondered just how the Herrscher of the Void would react to the story that her servant here would give her about him-- Or even better yet, how she would react to learning that her prized little servant here was dead! But alas, that was not to be. Not with Psychi here to intervene and prevent things from escalating any further.

While electing to ignore Psychi’s initial attempts at begging him to stop, his reaction to the sudden appearance of the black and red feathers dancing down through the air was virtually the exact same as Bella’s-- minus the obliteration of one, that is. It took him a moment to properly realize what had been done when he saw the one he had been antagonizing slowly revert back to how she had been before she had begun to start getting more and more hostile due to his affects; but once he had, he released a disappointed sigh as he allowed his expression to revert back to the way it had been before that smirk had etched itself upon his face. Psychi had put her into an illusion, which rendered any point in his further going with this moot, and now the girl who was still hanging on one of his arms.

“ .... Don’t worry; there is no point for me to deal with her like this. None. “ He waited for her to wrap up with her entire spiel of begging him not to continue with this before finally deciding to respond. Even her quip about not only wanting to see Liam didn’t prompt his usual sort of response... and after a moment, he lightly pulled his arm from her grasp before approaching Bella’s currently incapacitated form and reaching out with an arm to wrap his fingers loosely around her throat. After releasing a sigh, much softer than the last one, he released his loose grip and allowed his arm to fall to his side again.

“ You know as well as I do, that he will never deal with her. Nor will he deal with this one. The only thing he is ever going to do, is bottle up all the irritation that they bring him and leave me to deal with it. Sooner or later, I WILL get to deal with them. “ Each word said was quite clearly dripping with the irritation that had been shoved unto him since the arrival of the Herrscher of the Void upon the Hyperion. But once done with this, he turned from the collapsed Bella’s form and walked over until he was at Psychi’s side.