"What's wrong?" Pheona looked down at the inscription.
"That's the name of the serpent in my dream- remember that really awful dream I had a while back?" Keisin opened the book to the first page to look at the spells.
"Why would they have the same name? You don't think it's the same person, do you?" Pheona looked down at the spells in confusion. "Besides, why does he have mesmerizing spells if he's a serpent?"
"I don't think he is a serpent- I think he's a sorcerer of some sort." Keisin flipped through the pages curiously. "And it looks like a very powerful one."
Pheona nodded uneasily, not able to help the feeling that she'd heard that name somewhere before. She thought for a minute and sighed, not able to remember. Hopefully it would come to her later. "Well, you can take a look at that book for a minute, I'm going to get out of his outfit." Pheona looked down in dismay at her blood covered dress. It had been so nice when she had first gotten it…
Keisin nodded, continuing to read the book without looking up at her. She chuckled at his intent reading and walked up the stairs to her room to change.
Pheona walked back over to Keisin, laughing when she saw he hadn't moved from the spot- though she did see a few more pages read in the book. "Did you find anything?" She looked over his shoulder.
"Yeah- it seems a lot like the spell that's on Rynu- maybe if I can figure this out, we can-" He looked up and froze, a light blush coloring his cheeks. She was dressed in metallic red robes, black and gold embroidery lining the neckline of her usual off-the-shoulders style dress. These outfits of hers would be the death of him.
"I look that good?" Pheona looked down at herself with a smile at his shocked stare. "These is my favorite dress."
"Uh, yeah- you look very pretty." Keisin said, clearing his throat to act casual. Pheona's smile only widened.
"So, you were saying?"
Keisin thought for a minute, trying to find his last thought before seeing her. "I can't remember."
Pheona laughed, making his blush deepen. "You were talking about if you can figure out these spells, you can do something with Rynu."
"Ah, yeah- I can maybe try and reverse the spell that's cast on him from Demetre. There's a bunch of different mesmerizing spells in here that involve markings."
Pheona looked up at him uneasily. "Is it okay for you to do those?"
Keisin shrugged. "It's not like I'm trying to control people. I just want to figure them out to help Rynu."
Pheona nodded in approval. "So, how do you learn them?"
"Well see, that's the problem… I'd have to find someone who's willing to put up with me trying different spells on them. I can't really do these on creatures or anything, because they're oriented toward humans."
Pheona looked down at the pages uneasily. "You can experiment on me, if you want."
Keisin looked up at her in surprise. "Are you sure? I thought you didn't like… what I do."
She glanced up at him, a weak smile coming over her face. "I trust you. I know you wouldn't do anything bad."
Keisin watched her for any sign of denial for a minute and sighed. "If you're sure, I can try."
"Yeah, I'm sure. Start with a simple one, though. We'll see how it goes." Pheona stepped back to prepare for the first spell.
"Alright, we'll try this first one in here." Keisin flipped opened the cover, looking at the first page. He raised a hand and looked up at her uneasily. "You're positive you want to do this?"
Pheona nodded. "If it might help Rynu, then yes."
"Alright…" Keisin sighed and wrote the rune in the air carefully, being sure to accurately trace the glow before him. He pushed the rune toward Pheona, who gasped as it sunk into her body, the glow fading against her skin.
Keisin waited for a minute as she blinked in shock. "You feeling alright?"
Pheona looked at him in surprise, as if just noticing he was there. "Yeah, I feel fine." She smiled warmly. "Mmmmmm, yeah, I feel nice."
Keisin watched her uneasily as she walked up to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and sighed, leaning against him. "Did I ever tell you how cute you are? Tall too- I like tall guys." She giggled against him.
"Uh…" Keisin held up the book behind her, hooking his other arm around her shoulder to turn the page. "Oh crap, wrong spell."
"Put that book down for a minute, will you? Let's have some fun." She laughed against his shirt. She nuzzled her chest, humming happily.
"Oh Gods- alright, give me a minute to find the reversal." Keisin hurriedly flipped through the pages of the book as Pheona giggled. His eyes widened in shock as she kissed his neck, looking down at her in panic. "C-can you please let me concentrate?"
"No." She giggled, pressing against him as she laughed. "You're always way too serious."
"Well one of us has to be." Keisin said uneasily, watching her closely. Part of him was glad to see Pheona attracted to him like this- but the logical part of him knew that this wasn't really how she felt. He pushed her away with a sigh of dismay, knowing that if this were the real her, she would never act this way.
"What, don't you like me?" Pheona asked in confusion as he held his hand on her shoulder to keep her away.
"Yeah I do, it's just… this isn't you." Keisin watched her uneasily. He sighed in dismay when her eyes started tearing up, sniffing softly. "Gods, don't cry… I cast the wrong spell, and now you're not acting like yourself. If you'll wait for a minute I can change you back to normal."
Pheona nodded, looking down at herself as if seeing what was wrong with her.
Keisin let out a growl of frustration and pulled her toward him, kissing her fiercely before pushing her back away. "There. Now let me concentrate." He said, his voice husky as he flipped back through the pages.
Pheona smiled wryly, sitting down in the chair behind him, folding one leg over the other to reveal a long line of the skin of her leg from beneath her skirt.
Keisin glanced at her, swallowing the sudden lump in his throat before turning back to the book, hastily flipping through pages.
"Ah, finally." Keisin sighed in relief, drawing another rune in the air in front of him, making sure it was right this time. He pushed the rune toward Pheona, who sagged in her seat for a minute before blinking in surprise.
"What happened, did it work?" She sat up, looking down at her legs and blushing to a cherry red before unfolding her legs, settling her skirt back over her legs modestly.
"It worked." Keisin sighed in relief. "But I don't want to do that again."
