The raven haired man was once again kneeling on the hardwood floor and observing the feline who was currently passing a ball of yarn back and forth between her tiny paws. They, or rather the cat, kept at least eight feet away from the demon at all times besides the time they played tag then she would draw him in as close as possible and then evade him with a type of grace and speed that was unmatched.
The she-cat appeared completely relaxed, dropping her guard for the moment. However, appearances were deceiving as Sebastian had learned earlier the cat never allowed her guard to fall around him. It's been three days since the Master has brought the blonde and the cat here. In those three days, the girl has slept nonstop and the cat continued to...change. She no longer looked like a simple house cat.
All four of the paws looked as if they had been dipped in a bucket of black paint up to the ankle, both tails appeared ringed in black, and the ears had also turned completely black. At the center of the she-cat's forehead was a black diamond, she was rather exotic looking for a cat and the two tails made her stand out. Yet, Sebastian still could not tell what sort of creature she was, he's never seen such a cat before.
After remaining kneeling for at least ten minutes, Sebastian decided that it might be wise to get something done. His master has been complaining more than usual about Sebastian's lack of attention whenever the cat was around. He would admit that she was a bit of a distraction, he's broken several glasses, put on his master's attire inside out, and even been late for dinner.
The demon would admit that he was a tad off track when it comes to cats, but this was just plain unheard of. There was something about this lovely creature that threw the demon utterly off his game. This was something he'd have to further ponder at another time, it was about time for his master to be returning home. Nightfall had once again claimed this side of the world and once again his master had left on a walk, but the boy was always punctual with his return unless something kept him that was.
As Sebastian moved to stand up his dark red eyes widen when he found his limbs unable to move. He tried once more to rise and again his body did not budge from his position. Well, this was new. The cat, Shiina, had stopped playing with her ball of yarn and was watching him, or at least had her eyes in his general direction. His thoughts on her being blind had been confirmed when he noticed that although she always looked in the right direction, the eyes never moved to fully meet anyone's eyes nor did they moved at all, it was her head that often swerved in the right direction.
Shiina left the yarn ball to pad closer to him and then around him, it was only then that Sebastian perceived that there was a third presence within the room. Little white feet were seen moving before the hem of skirts hide them from his view. He tipped his head back and brought his eyes up to meet the curious jaded ones before him. The girl's long blonde hair nearly swept the floor as she continued to move in a circle around him.
She finally halted and crouched down, wrapping her arms around her legs and resting her chin on her knees as if hold her head up was to much trouble. Shiina jumped up from the floor and draped herself over the blonde's head with a meow. The cat was rather perky and happy to see the blonde up and moving.
He had to confess that the pair together were adorable, more the cat then the girl and once again he had the strongest urge to grab the cat, his restraints wouldn't allow him to move though. After feeling that a decent amount of time of neither of them talking had passed, Sebastian struck up a conversation of sorts.
"So you have finally awoken." The statement was met with a blank stare before the slow head nod. "The reason I can not move is that your doing?" He got a longer blank stare and an even slower head nod as if she had to think about that for few seconds. "Will you release me?" The answer this time came in the form of a stare and a head shake no. If the girl was trying to infuriate the demon she was doing a very good job of it.
"Why not?" He made sure not to ask a yes or no question this time and was waiting for an answer. She shrugged. He took in a deep breath of air and let out in a long exasperated sigh. There was a meow from Shiina and the girl parted her lips and her voice came out in an enthralling monotone, there was a lilt there that was unheard of in Sebastian's ears.
"Glyph." She reached out her hand and touched the ground a few inches from Sebastian. As soon as her fingers came in contact the floor below him lit up, a light blue circle with some sort of symbol at the center rotated underneath him. There were chains wrapped around his whole being several times over, they clearly not normal chains since they appeared to be made up of the same blue energy that powered the glyph. Sebastian had lost his smile long ago and now was growing increasingly concerned.
The pupils within his eyes went slit as they glowed with demonic power, he struggled, assuming that the chains would simply break if enough force was pushed on them. At first, there was the sound of chains rattling with strain put on them, but his victory was short-lived as a second set of chains flew out of the glyph and wrapped around him even tighter.
The girl now had her whole hand pressed against the ground instead of her fingertips, the blank look had transformed into something of awe that vanished as her head whipped around, blonde locks brushing against Sebastian's face with how quickly she swung her head around.
For the second time that day Sebastian was left perplexed as the girl shot her hand out and a second glyph appeared with a new symbol entrapped in the middle. This one shined black and had thinner dark chains shooting out and wrapping around the body of his master as he entered the room. The look on Ceil's face was priceless, but something to dwell on later.
He and his master were currently tied up, literally, and Sebastian for once was stumped on how to get out of this mess. The girl had turned her head away from him and was solely focused at his master. Ciel looked rather vexed as his only visible eye was bleeding red and the pupil a mere slit. There was a touch of fear at the look that was cast at her, but she did not lose her focus and was reassured as the cat atop her head shifted into a more comfortable position, Shiina wouldn't let anyone hurt her.
"What is this? Release me!" Ciel snapped at the blonde who cringed at his loud voice. Sebastian spotted how the blonde reacted to negative emotions, he even though irked, has spoken in a calm and composed manner where his spoiled master spoke with anger and demands, which was normal for the arrogant little pric—brat. They might be going around this wrong, unfortunately, on an emotional level he couldn't follow what the girl would be feeling, logically he would be on the defense in unusual territory. She had chained them up but didn't seem to be making any moves to hurt them.
"Would you like some tea?" There was a smile in his tone now that he had some clue on how to handle this problem. At his question, the girl turned and looked at him. "How about we sit down and have some tea while discussing all of this? I must say I am very intrigued on how these bindings work Miss—" It took a few seconds but as expected he was given a name.
"Cordelia." Sebastian felt the chains loosen a little more and found he could breathe a little easier.
"Very well then, Miss Cordelia would you like to join us for some tea? There shall be sweets." The word sweets sealed the deal, the glyphs slowly vanished and the chains shattered into blue and black glitter before fading away as well. Sebastian adjusted his attire and then led the way to the dinner table, leaving Ciel standing there.
He sat Cordelia down with Shiina still on her head and excused himself to head to the kitchen. Cordelia rearranged herself so that she was sitting on her feet, feeling a bit cold. Ciel entered moments later, his eye returning to that rich blue, as he sat down farthest from the girl and her cat somewhat regretting picking the pair up and at the same fascinated with Cordelia and her strange cat.
"How did you do that?" Ciel finally spoke, breaking the somewhat awkward silence between them. Cordelia had begun staring at him the moment he had taken a seat and was continuing to do so making him a little uncomfortable.
"What?" He was doing better than Sebastian had when questioning her, but was getting the same one worded respond.
"You summoned chains from your palm."
"Oh."
"Well, how did you do it?"
"What?"
"Summon chains from your palm?"
"Yes." Ciel's eye had gone back to red after the five-second conversation making Cordelia lean a little away from the table and Shiina hiss at Ciel. The younger demon was starting to wonder if this was really worth the mystery.
Sebastian returned with a tray of tea and small cakes, after passing them out he took his rightful place at his master's side. Ciel didn't often eat because of the lack of taste and the fact that it never filled him, but over time it's become a chore that he handles in public. Why he was eating now...perhaps for the sake of normalcy. It's been a very very long time since he sat down with anyone over tea.
His thoughts slowly drained him of his anger once again and his eye returned to normal. His attention went back to Cordelia who was staring at the cup and plate set down in front of her like it might bite. Sebastian couldn't help but wonder what she was doing when she removed Shiina from her head and set her down in front the cup of tea. The cat sniffed it before lapping at it. After a second she meowed and moved onto the small cakes, after taking a bite of each one and meowing only then did Cordelia pick up the tea and drink and take a bite out of the cakes.
The two came to a conclusion at the same time, she was having the cat check for poison. It was rare for anyone to do that in this day and age, but you wouldn't be poisoned unless you were some kind of threat right? As that very thought ran through Ciel's head, he found that he had a very particular taste in his mouth. It was a taste he recalled, a spicy citrus flavor taste that was sharp and fresh, a hard to describe taste that is unforgettable once tasted.
That's when it hit him, this taste it was Earl Grey Tea. However, he hadn't even taken a sip from his cup and even then it's never tasted like this. A sweet taste quickly mixed it into the taste of tea in his mouth and made him to gag, it was not a good taste. He must have been making a face for Sebastian was look at him with concern. The demon butler was unable to voice his concern for that airy monotone was calling his attention.
"Lady Grey Tea? Do you have any?" This was the first time that either of them had heard her say more than one word. Sebastian recovered quickly and answered her.
"Forgive me, but I don't believe I have any in stock." Cordelia's lower lip jutted out as the facade expression gave away to one of a child who had just been told she was not allowed to have something she loved. It almost made Sebastian want to go out and fetch some for her, almost. Considering what she had done with him here he didn't want to leave his master alone with the girl, demon or not. The cat, Shiina meowed and Cordelia turned to look at her.
"Okay, Shiina said that I should apologize for chaining you up because it's rude considering how hospitable you're being. So I am sorry." It wasn't hard to tell that she did fully understand why she was apologizing nor what she had done wrong but was doing what she was told because she was told. Neither demon seemed any longer concerned with the apology and more the fact that she could talk to the cat.
"She talks to you?" Ciel asked, seriously hoping they weren't going to go in a circle again some answers would be nice.
"She can talk to you too. She says she doesn't like talking to idiots and perverts." Both looked over to Shiina who was sitting there acting as if they were privileged to even have her at the table. She was most definitely a cat, but what kind eluded them.
"What kind cat is Shiina?"
"The monstrous kind." That answer gave little for Ciel to go on other than what he already knew, Shiina wasn't normal and apparently, neither was her owner.
"Where is that book you had chained to arm?"
"It's still there just smaller."She lifted up an arm and pulled back her sleeve a bit to show the bracelet around her wrist with the charm sized book.
"How did you summon the chains?" This question took a moment longer to answer as she had to think about it and look at Shiina who meowed something to her.
"I am the Keeper."
"Keeper?"
"Yes."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Shiina said that I should not bother explaining since you're too simple minded to follow."
"Where and year were you born in?" The question this time came from Sebastian, abrupt and curious, mostly to his master's temper in place.
"Japan 1582." There was no thinking about it Cordelia spoke the truth. It was clear that such a thing was not supposed to be known considering how Shiina hissed at Cordelia and nipped her finger. The girl flinched and pulled her hand away, looking lost as to why she had been nipped. "What?" The cat gave a screeching meow and puffed up her fur. "No one has ever asked me that question before. You've never told me how to answer it." There they both gained a bit of insight, the cat prepped the girl in how to answer questions which meant she was blunt and spoke without thinking.
Lying must not come naturally to her. Sebastian and Ciel picked the pair apart piece by piece but had a long away before the puzzle was even close to finished. Questions must have been done for Cordelia suddenly rose to her feet with Shiina riding on her head again.. "Adrian Crevan, I need to find him." She began walking out of the room, although before her feet the met the doorway a new glyph appeared, glowing a bright green, she stepped through the glyph and she and glyph were gone just like that.