The dead city of ivory malachite black as ebony and obsidian was silent and nothing stirred, save for the undead inhabitants who sauntered throughout the somber streets and alleyways of the forgotten place that had been forsaken by time and history. On the veranda of a towering structure in the center sat a solitary figure draped in the shadows of the building. Looking down on the huge cityscape through a left eye with a blue iris in it, the figure looked to the stairs at the sound of her fellow liaison approaching from below. "You're back…" she commented blandly as the other girl took a seat beside her and leaned against her side for comfort.

"Yeah, miss me, big sis?" Soa remarked affectionately and embraced her in a hug. "What's say you and I go on up and have a little fun for a while? It's so boring waiting for something that's not even arrived yet." She pulled a lump of flesh from a ghoulish corpse she'd been devouring and offered it to the other girl. "Want a bite? I'll split it with you, my adorable crow."

"Thank you, Soa," she said, accepting the meal and biting into it. She hardly needed to eat any form of sustenance in her condition, but adopted the same eating habits since the doppelganger insisted on sharing with her. "And no, we cannot go above at this point, not until a deal is prepared. You are still in trouble for causing chaos amongst the populace, and you are still grounded for it."

Soa sighed somberly. "I said I was sorry, big sis."

"Sorry is not good enough. Your actions have jeopardized our position. Our enemies shall surely utilize every opportunity to see us eliminated so they can acquire the key."

"Hey, at least it's coming to this world, right? What's there to worry about?"

"Plenty, for they may discover its current location and the carrier, whoever it may be. Still, all is going accordingly as the key will be here in time. Soon the sixth head will be reunited."

"Kind of like us, right, big sis?" Soa giggled, glad to be at her side as the figure nodded to affirm the similarity. However, her silence on the subject began to make the doppelganger slightly uncomfortable. For once since she was conceived and manifested into her own demon, Soa began to actually look sad. "Hey, big sis?" she asked, wanting the other's attention. "If I mess up again, will I be placed into a casket too? Am I going to end up like her, big sis?"

This question caught the other girl off guard and actually worried her. To put her at ease, a little sisterly bonding time was needed so Soa could feel better. "No…I would never see it happen ever again," she murmured, wrapping her arm around the doppelganger's shoulder to comfort her. Soa wasn't like her, but she couldn't abandon her. "You are one of our Lord's liaisons, his fourth in fact. You've attained a higher power only few have ever had the opportunity to have bestowed onto them. Even so, we shall always be at your side for we are always together."

Soa smiled and looked up at her adorable crow. "Forever?"

The other girl smiled back at her. "Forever."

Her reassurance was all that was needed to make Soa happy again. "Oh, I love you, big sis! You're such an adorable crow!" she exclaimed with joy and threw her arms around her.

"I love you too, my little sister." It felt good knowing the joys of having a sister again.