Chapter 38: Artzify
The crimson haired woman from another reality was currently on her way to a specific location...a beanstalk and she wasn't a redhead at the moment. By transferring her magic into Killian… something that she was never going to forget...why because the guy had been screaming in pain and in pleasure...that guy was becoming an addict.
Every time she used her magic on him, he looked like he was in absolute bliss, like he had literally found heaven on earth. Yeah, her head was still wrapping around that fact...said head being currently blonde like Emma Swan blonde. By pulling Emma's magic into herself, it made her go from ginger to blonde...something she hoped was temporary.
The reason...her Captain, her God of the Sea. He loved her hair...so many times he just reached out and started running his hands through it. Several comments were made about how soft it was, how much he loved the color...a fiery red or the color of spilt blood. Had anyone else said that, she would have been completely creeped out and she wouldn't have believed them either.
It was different with him...right from the start. Contrary to popular belief, she was not blind or blissfully unaware. She had seen him following her, trailing behind her like a lost puppy...more like he was her puppy. Normally she hated being the center of attention, but feeling his eyes on her almost all day...it made her feel safe… like he wouldn't allow anyone to harm her.
During the day, she made certain to exhibit her skills, knowledge, and core traits. She wanted him to observe her, so that he could derive conclusions based on what he saw and heard. Which was her ulterior motive when she started gushing about Storybrooke and the people she cared for.
She knew from experience how hard it was to create an accurate profile of someone without actually interacting with the subject of said profile, so she did her best to give him as much information about herself as possible...which required the gossip biddies aka the local newspapers. She didn't particularly care for gossip despite being guilty of gossiping herself...though she thinks everyone has been guilty of that at one time or another in their lives.
Fortunately, she got some help from some rather unlikely sources; the fiery Rem, the gentle Lily, and the enigmatic Kyubei. Kyubei was definitely a shock for her. She hadn't expected the cute fluff ball of a contractor to even exist in the OUaT universe, but there he was, waltzing about like he owned the place.
Under normal circumstances, she would have been afraid of him...had it not been for the mark on his back. It was the mark of the Blood Guard, the Ouroboros. It was a modified version, but still recognizable. The only difference was that there was a starburst within the Ouroboros, denoting his absolute loyalty to the Star Child, founder and Lady of the Blood Guard.
Admittedly their interaction was brief, much to her annoyance, but that was due to Killian getting submerged into some kind of memory/vision. Had Kyubei not Gibbs smacked him, his mind would have shattered from going too deep. Then there was the quaking of footsteps...stupid ass fucking ogres. They were beginning to really bug her.
She got a heads up from her little fluff ball that Killian was being dense and then she heard the music...a very fast rhythm...she couldn't help it, she just started dancing. She spotted Kyubei and her captain across the way and she had to hold in her laughter from how he was glaring at the contractor. Kyubei vanished and Killian stalked off.