Chap 4, Seti -
Setting, Basement-
Early Evening -
Chapter Four - What Are You? A Revelation.
Yellow came downstairs with Purple, her husband. They cautiously approached Seti's little den.
"Hello? Seti?" inquired Yellow, shining a torch into the far end of the box.
In the middle of a circular pile of blankets lay a sleeping supernatural being. He had long dark-brown hair, jeans, black boots, and a long-sleeved black T-shirt much too large for the wearer, a hole cut in either sleeve for his thumbs to poke through.
Curled into a tight ball in fetal position, translucent bluish 'hose-like' appendages wrapped tightly around his arms, legs and torso.
"So, he's not a Poltergeist?" whispered Yellow.
"No, he's not. I know he needs ki though,"
"What a surprise. They all seem to need our ki"
To Seti loudly, "Hey, 'you awake? Wake up. You've slept all day. It's night already,"
Seti stretched and recoiled seven of his eight appendages back into his body with a zipping sound. One appeared to be lame with a bloody end, and dangled at his side. Flickering his eyes momentarily, he awoke to Purple and Yellow peering into his nest, shining a flashlight into his face.
Shielding his eyes from the rude light, he discerned the two curious intruders to his nest.
"It's night already, do you want dinner? There's some beef stew tonight,"
Seti stifled a yawn, "No thank you. I don't usually eat food like you do…"
"But you do sometimes, right?" pursued Yellow with eager hospitality.
"Well, yeah. That's why I'm so solid," tapping his chest to illustrate the point, "Can't go through walls anymore since I've been eating solid food,"
"Good," smiled Yellow, "Come upstairs and I'll make you a plate,"
"No, that's alright, I'm fine down here…"
"You're shy, huh? Well, can I bring something down here for you?"
Seti examined his hands, "Sure," remembering his manner, "Yes, please, if you don't mind,"
Yellow enthusiastically skipped upstairs to the kitchen to prepare a plate of beef stew and seasoned rice.
Purple remained with Seti, continuing his research of this supernatural through curious inquiries, "So, Seti is it?"
"Yes, that's me…"
"Indigo tells me that you're not a Poltergeist, and that you're unsure what race, I guess you'd call it that… you are. Is that right?"
"Yeah, I really don't know who my people are. I might be a mix of something, half of this and half of that, or something… Do you know what I am?" he moved to the front of the box and sat on the ground cross-legged.
Purple knelt down next to him, "Well, I've done some research on the web, and I found some sites on Poltergeists and such, and I do have a theory. But first, I need to see something. If you don't mind, can I see the side of your chest? It's ok, I used to be in medical school, at least until I came to this place," offering information about himself to make his patient feel more comfortable. Purple was always keen to play the role of the doctor whenever possible.
Seti lifted up his oversized black shirt revealing a thin chest, looking rather malnourished with protruding ribs.
Investigating the side of his chest, Purple noticed four little slits on each side. Looking like old pink scars, each was almost two inches long with about an inch between them. They formed a dotted line, starting beneath each arm down to his hip bone. Purple ran his finger down each of the eight slits to examine them, "So this is where you drain ki, huh?" and lifting up the lame one, "What happened here,"
Seti protectively retracted it upon his touch. It was scabbed over just enough to allow it to turn completely meta-physical into its usual translucent blue.
Then, Seti extended all eight slightly for examination. With his shirt up, it appeared as though they just appeared on top of the little marks on his side. Purple was able to see straight through the tentacles down to the slits in his side. He noted that the slits did not widen or open up when the coils appeared.
Purple tried to grasp a tentacle for inspection, however his hand could not hold the meta-physical limb. After a moment, Seti consciously solidified one tentacle and presented it for inspection.
"Very strange," Purple narrowed his eyes and turned it over, and looked at the end of it. Seti shoulders and arms were tense with worry, "It's alright," Purple reassured, "I really won't hurt you," releasing Seti's ki-drain appendage and all eight snapped back to hide in his body, "Well, now I know what you are. Just like I thought, you're an Incubus,"
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