Cor: "Sing a little happy sun shiny song!"
Kenshin: "I'll skip..." But anyways, you guys, I was just writing this to tell you that I know I switched the mysterious mood of the first chapter to a more... I dunno what kind of mood the second is, but that's what I'm goin' for! It gets boring with just one tone all the time! So yeah! SPASTIC AND PROUD!
Chapter Three: Fall Of The Third Feather
Cor sighed, slipping down against the cold wall to the floor, hand fluttering up to her head and rubbing her temple. She had just blown any chance of safety whatsoever for the night, as Mishio had been her... partner, of sorts. Hanging her head and closing her eyes, she drifted into a light daze...
Abruptly broken by a knock on the door of the shared suite, "Hey, Vishina, common! Lord Kurash is doing a count later on tonight; don't want to be caught off the streets!" "Coming, Keikio." She called back, standing and saying a quick prayer to the Gods as she left the room, walking down the halls and out to the road.
The vixen shivered slightly as she glanced at the setting sun, stars dotting the sky as if brushed there by an artistic hand. One who cared little about the affairs of beings below, and only of the true beauty of nature. Feeling a lump rising in her throat, she quickly took to the shadows of the main street.
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"So, he's back once again..." muttered one of the girls, among the first to be rejected but one night ago. "Who?" Mishio's head snapped up from fixing the kimono to fold around her bosom. "That man... the one who came among us last night, and left with none." "That one, huh?" She shot a glance towards Cor, standing in the shadows of the main street, and smirked, "Time for the wallflower to be plucked."
He spotted her quickly. She was not hard to find, in truth... a fleck of gold in the midst of ebony and crimson silk. Making his way through the street, he broke through her shadowy wall, coming up quietly behind her.
"So, will you tell me your name now?" She yelped slightly, spinning around wide-eyed to face the intruder of her composure. "How did you... I didn't hear..." "Your name?"
Silence.
He shook his head slightly, "Not wise... not wise at all." "Like I told you before, it is Vishina. That is my only name. Now, why don't you go to one of the other's to fulfill your lust for the night?" A smirked crawled across his lips, "But do you not realize? I have paid in advance." She briefly recalled the feeling of a bag of coins, dropped into her hand, and her heart failed for a brief second.
He gripped her by the shoulder, firmly yet gently, "No need to worry. I want you for simple company... tonight at least. I feel we need to have... a small chat." A cold fire burning beneath her eyes, she shot him a brief glare as he turned his back, and then quietly followed, clenching her fists into balls at her side. ---- "They are all in place?" "Yes, milord." "Excellent." Kurash stood, the remaining geishas fluttering around him, as he walked to the window, cracking his knuckles with the slow, steady pace. Reaching the lookout to the streets, he placed his hands behind his back. 'Saitou... you think me such a fool? You think that I would not see through your pathetic plans? Even when we were one in the same, brothers in the Shinsengumi, I always despised you. You mocked me, pretending to be an ally and friend. And then you turned your back on me when I needed you the most. Now, you fall into my trap once again..." His eyes fell on Vishina as she left with him, 'You'll fall for her, won't you? And once she is just barely within your grasps... I'll rip her away, along with your life.'
Yes, I know this chapter was a little bit short! Not to mention not exactly my best... kinda a bridge chapter, ya know? But I'm trying to keep them coming one chapter every two or three days! See that button down there? SEND? It's caaaaallllliiinnngggg yoooooooooou...
Kenshin: "I'll skip..." But anyways, you guys, I was just writing this to tell you that I know I switched the mysterious mood of the first chapter to a more... I dunno what kind of mood the second is, but that's what I'm goin' for! It gets boring with just one tone all the time! So yeah! SPASTIC AND PROUD!
Chapter Three: Fall Of The Third Feather
Cor sighed, slipping down against the cold wall to the floor, hand fluttering up to her head and rubbing her temple. She had just blown any chance of safety whatsoever for the night, as Mishio had been her... partner, of sorts. Hanging her head and closing her eyes, she drifted into a light daze...
Abruptly broken by a knock on the door of the shared suite, "Hey, Vishina, common! Lord Kurash is doing a count later on tonight; don't want to be caught off the streets!" "Coming, Keikio." She called back, standing and saying a quick prayer to the Gods as she left the room, walking down the halls and out to the road.
The vixen shivered slightly as she glanced at the setting sun, stars dotting the sky as if brushed there by an artistic hand. One who cared little about the affairs of beings below, and only of the true beauty of nature. Feeling a lump rising in her throat, she quickly took to the shadows of the main street.
----
"So, he's back once again..." muttered one of the girls, among the first to be rejected but one night ago. "Who?" Mishio's head snapped up from fixing the kimono to fold around her bosom. "That man... the one who came among us last night, and left with none." "That one, huh?" She shot a glance towards Cor, standing in the shadows of the main street, and smirked, "Time for the wallflower to be plucked."
He spotted her quickly. She was not hard to find, in truth... a fleck of gold in the midst of ebony and crimson silk. Making his way through the street, he broke through her shadowy wall, coming up quietly behind her.
"So, will you tell me your name now?" She yelped slightly, spinning around wide-eyed to face the intruder of her composure. "How did you... I didn't hear..." "Your name?"
Silence.
He shook his head slightly, "Not wise... not wise at all." "Like I told you before, it is Vishina. That is my only name. Now, why don't you go to one of the other's to fulfill your lust for the night?" A smirked crawled across his lips, "But do you not realize? I have paid in advance." She briefly recalled the feeling of a bag of coins, dropped into her hand, and her heart failed for a brief second.
He gripped her by the shoulder, firmly yet gently, "No need to worry. I want you for simple company... tonight at least. I feel we need to have... a small chat." A cold fire burning beneath her eyes, she shot him a brief glare as he turned his back, and then quietly followed, clenching her fists into balls at her side. ---- "They are all in place?" "Yes, milord." "Excellent." Kurash stood, the remaining geishas fluttering around him, as he walked to the window, cracking his knuckles with the slow, steady pace. Reaching the lookout to the streets, he placed his hands behind his back. 'Saitou... you think me such a fool? You think that I would not see through your pathetic plans? Even when we were one in the same, brothers in the Shinsengumi, I always despised you. You mocked me, pretending to be an ally and friend. And then you turned your back on me when I needed you the most. Now, you fall into my trap once again..." His eyes fell on Vishina as she left with him, 'You'll fall for her, won't you? And once she is just barely within your grasps... I'll rip her away, along with your life.'
Yes, I know this chapter was a little bit short! Not to mention not exactly my best... kinda a bridge chapter, ya know? But I'm trying to keep them coming one chapter every two or three days! See that button down there? SEND? It's caaaaallllliiinnngggg yoooooooooou...