The night was smooth and silent, the wind whispered gently all across the city putting many to sleep. But, for one it called to them, pulling on their ear, awakening them from their innocent slumber. Bring a hand up Harmony rubs the sleep away, blinking a few times pushes her little body up looking around her room.
A small yawn leaves her. "Hello?" she mummers. No answer came, but, she heard their response it put a small smile on her face. Sliding out of bed her little feet walk to the window. Climbing on the small cushion peeps her eyes out the glass down below and waves at the figure down below. Who waves back with a twisted delighted smile.
Using gestures they point to the window and imitates her to open it. Complying Harmony reaches up unlatching the hook and with her little strength pushes the open, nearly falling out from the gust that followed. Catching herself sets herself straight. Makes sure the figure was still there and there they stood, waiting with a hand held out. Her hand extends to them.
"That's right, come my little mouse."
They whisper.
In halls of the townhouse, another was awake walking through with candlelight to guide them, double checking the doors and windows locked, but most importantly the others were sleeping well. Finished with the first floor climb the stairs to the second floor belonging to the elite. They pass Ciel's room first, stop a second hearing him breathing, good he was sleeping well. Moving onto the second the one which contained Soma's, the prince was no doubt well. Going past a few doors, pass an empty one that belonged to Ciel's oldest cousin who was not here at the moment, the Baroness. For some reason, they lingered at her door the longest.
Their grip tightens on the candlestick, stops sensing something wrong rushes off to the last room charges in. "Lady Haram-!" Agni stops finding her peacefully sleeping in her bed. Curled up with her favorite stuff white bunny, that was a little worn from all its adventures and most importantly the love she showered it. Briefly, he closes his eyes softly sighing to the side.
Walks over softly to her bedside, sets the candlestick down on the nightstand next the flowers brought in by Finnian puts a light touch on her head. Stroking it soothingly. Earning a low mumble from the child, causing her to nuzzle a bit closer to her bunny.
With a little yawn. That made the man's heart melt. "Such a precious child, you are Lady Harmony." He whispers to himself. A light smile crept across his lips. Reaching down he pulls the covers over her more, tucking her in. "Have wonderful dreams, Lady Harmony."
Bowing respectfully to her picks up the candlestick and leaves quietly. Though not before giving a quick glance out the window, seeing nothing. Shuts the door.
It was now or never, you wouldn't be held like this. It didn't matter if your cover was blown, positioning your elbow wait for an opening. Keeping calm and your mind focused, they stop. With a sharp breath and quick footwork step back plunge your elbow back with heavy force. Only for it to be blocked with equal if not more resistance, that you realized who it was right away.
Quickly snatch yourself from their hold. "Well, look who decided to show." You sneer with a matching glare at Sebastian.
He simply returns the expression with that smile. "You seem disappointed." His eyes veer up and down you, his smile turned into an amused if not mocking one. His eyes reflected it, you could see them laughing.
Rolling your eyes fold your arms and repeat what Mikey once told you to say."Take a picture, it'll last longer." Yeah, that would shut him. A conquering smirk appeared, yes, those words always shut anyone or stopped them. Mikey was right.
"Why, I didn't know we were becoming so close, what a generous thing to say." He responds, to your surprise. "I will make sure take you up on such an offer, though maybe.." he pauses for a second thinking about it. "in a much different attire."
That was not...those words you weren't expecting. The many times Mikey's used it, you remember them shutting the other one down. Not them taking the person up on the offer. Dry with words knew no way to respond back. Your conquering smirk fell faster than gravity. Seeing he had you, Sebastian walks over and peers out from behind the shadows. Where he took you, observing the others closely. Humans, what funny creatures. Moving his eyes pass the pleasuring and festivities this associated with this kind of culture before him, scoop the current environment. It rang with euphoria, their senses gone replaced with bliss. It had to be from that odd sweet smell his nose picked up, it spread throughout the whole place in a light fog.
Was it an incense? It was hard to tell. Well, that wasn't the matter at hand right now. Ciel instructed him and you to carry out his orders. So far it was. Infiltration, done. Now, information needed to be gathered, which seem easy enough.
"Well?" You appear by his side casting your eyes around. "There isn't much here. Except those greatly enjoying themselves, it truly does represent Bacchus. Everyone in here is clearly under some sort of...aphrodisac it would seem. It lingers throughout this place. Though there is something rather odd about it."
Odd? You say? So that was the strange smell Sebastian picked up. "And how is that you know? Hmm?"
What an idiotic question to ask, yet it still made you slightly flush. A little. Pushing down such an uncomfortable feeling point the center of the high ceiling, at the suspended medium shaped fig made of crystal with bronze vines coiled around it, there were small holes leaking a sort of greyish smoke or was it steam. It was sweet as Sebastian claimed, with a hint of something velvety grey-green, and something else that for an instant took you back...back to the garden. The smell was so uncanny.
"Baroness. Baroness!" Sebastian's voice breaks you out of the trance. He snaps breaking you fully out of it.
Touching your head lightly from the slight effect you received nodding you heard him, and refocus. "Umm, well," it took a second for your words to come together. Whispering the first part to yourself. "Rather strong. Anyway, I know because of my previous profession as an apothecary. It was my source of living, you know this."
He smirks to himself. "Yes, of course, it is no wonder you can prepare such remedies for the young master. I meant as to how you were able to tell what it was, do you know what is in this aphrodisiac?"
"Well, it seem likes common essentials mixed together, but.."
"But what?"
That was it, but what? This aphrodisiac was strong and different anyone you've ever made in the past for others. There was something about this one that left you knotted inside, your throat slowly swelled. Moving your eyes back to the people still under the influence of the effects, study their behavior and mannerisms. It nearly mirrored that one story you recall reading in history class, about a woman...from Greek mythology living on an island. Who was it again?
It didn't matter, at least not right now. Despite it red light in your mind. "...There is some other sort of mixture within that making its effects different. Slightly, it would seem. See." Pointing to an individual with female company sitting on his titillatily, she stroking under his chin, while his hand did the same on her bare leg which rose becoming hidden under her dress.
The desire rising in their locked gaze, you could feel it emitting from them. Hearts racing ravenously. Stronger than normal, you didn't need x-ray vision to see. There was a strange discoloration on both, though more noticeably the female, her face had small and faint blotches of it. Some sort of grayish color.
A side effect of this aroma no doubt. "That coloration on the skin, this stuff is also being seeped through the skin as well. From prolonging exposure. Not sure how, it is," explain scratching your arm. "but giving the faintness of it, I would say they two of them are rather new. Compared to the others."
Sebastian follows your direction to a trio, engaged in a rather creamy fervent exploration, to put it mildly. Your head turned away quickly from the scene out of privacy to come across another scene twice as worst, opt to just looking up at the ceiling. Still informing Sebastian who couldn't help but take advantage of your behavior.
"As I was saying," you continue, clearing your throat,"those two I'm sorry three, their discoloration suggest-"
Sebastian leans closer into your space. Highlighting the word."Suggest what?"
Your eyes shoot at him oddly and his sultry smile upon you. Goodness, he was way too close, taking a step back giving some distance proceed with the rest. "Suggest, th-that they have been exposed longer. Their discoloration is spread further on their body. Though," you notice something different about this discoloration. "It's darker than the others."
Noticing the drop and concern in your tone, Sebastian finds you troubled submerged in your eyes. That flared with alarm. "Baroness, are you alright?"
There was no response from you, you'd become gripped by this unknown it flushed you nearly pale. Your eyes shoot right passed him up at the suspended crystal. His eyes follow, trying to see what it was you saw or felt. There was nothing. "Baroness," he whispers returning his eyes back to you, finding the spot empty. "Baroness?" He looks around, there was no sign of you. Not even a flutter.
You slipped right through him, how he wasn't sure. Sure you were faster than humans clearly, but to be that swift was a whole different level. You left no indication you were present by him, this wasn't good. He couldn't come back empty-handed to Ciel if he did he'd have to face the scrutiny of his master, but that didn't ring in his mind. Harmony came in light, the little child would be...well she just wouldn't take it well. Such a fragile one, the idea of her waking up to nothing well, was not an earache he wanted to have. The girl's cries could wake the dead. And this damn amora was made it rather hard to find May's correct scent.
Swimming through the different scents finally locates it, along with some other familiar ones to his surprise. "Well," he said surprised, tempted to look for those scents focused back on May's. Double-checking it was her's, yes it was. That scent he knew well. Was strangely close, scanning around again sees nothing. "Baroness. Baroness? Ba-" A low moan catches his ears.
Looking down he finds you on the floor, out and delirious. This aroma was taking effect on you. You laid there struggling to breath curled up shivering, your skin was shinning but no secrete of sweat, rather odd his mind believed. Kneeling down, he puts to fingers to your throat finding a low pulse that seem to stagger and stop. Moving to your eyes find them sunken and glassy. It was your gasping for air that made quickly scoop you up.
So light, the thought crossed his mind. Then again it could be from your current situation. Holding you close he peers from behind his back remained pressed up against the wall. Looking for a way out, knew he could easily just walk out with you in his arms seeing the low attention all around. Spotting his exit and his planned formed takes action, to be stopped by your hand reaching up and grabbing his jacket.
This surprised him, mustering up strength pull yourself up despite your condition out of reaction his hold on you tightens the more you moved. "Baroness, wh-"
You shake your head climbing on him, push yourself out of his arms stumble and fall on all four. Struggling still to breathe it was agony no doubt, your vision and senses swayed, your head felt like it was melting. Your limbs felt like jell-o you barely managed to hold yourself up. This aroma...no poison was strong, it could affect your biology like this, you were correct there was something else in it in order of it to this much to you. If it could do this to you, then who knows what it was doing to the humans.
Staggering to focus your mind, it was hard. Sebastian stood back unsure what to do, he watched you stubbornly try to fight against what was illing you. Your resistance was formidable if not foolish. Under normal circumstance, he would have just scooped you up, but a part of him stared with interest to see what it was you trying to do when he noticed behind your glossy eyes there was undeniable will that blazed in you. Which you used as a focal point for what came next. It happened so quick, he couldn't believe it. You had no concern if others might see, you just did it and the result left you unresponsive. Your body went completely limped and everything just seem to shut down. This time there was no breathing, there was nothing.
What did you just do? While his mind tried to figure it out, he scoops you up again in his arms this time should you wake up, he wasn't going to allow you to leave. To make sure holds you closer slips out using his speed makes a quickly leaves in a blur, unaware a pair of watchful eyes noticed the fleeing blur. Turns and walks away down a long hall, picks up a phone.
"It's me, they came just as you said...Yes, yes she did. Should I-understood." They finish hanging up.
