Skylar's P.O.V
I found myself back in the living room and before I knew it I had collapsed on the couch not really wanting to do anything. I had almost fallen asleep when I felt a small weight land on my back, I looked over to see a bundle of long black hair attached to quite a small body. But there was something off about her… this sort of energy could only be found in one place, it wouldn't be disguising itself as a little girl let alone harbouring with demons. "Excuse me young lady what's your name?" I asked kindly
"Ophis." She said. Straight and to the point I like it. Well I did not expect the Ouroboros Dragon to be taking refuge here. I wonder if my sacred gear would work on her, considering she's stronger than me.
"Excuse me Ophis-sama, could I try something with you really fast?" Letting me curiosity get the better of me had always been a terrible trait of mine I just really wanted to know if this would work on anything even if their power is greater than mine.
"I guess that would be fine, just remember if it's something I don't like I won't hesitate to kill you." She warned. Heading her warning and with that I flicked my hair to the side, uncovering the filth that laid beneath. I guess I'll try a simple command.
"Put your arms above your head." I said mentally sending the order straight into her mind, there was a little hesitation but sure enough her arms slowly made their way upwards. "Okay that's enough, lower them." The order again going straight to her mind and her arms were lowered. "That wasn't anything you were completely against was it?' I asked cautiously.
"Well, I was never in danger, I don't sense any hostility coming from you and you didn't try to take advantage of me. So all in all I guess that was fine." Ophis said, I was about to speak when she continued. "However, DO NOT make a habit of controlling my actions, or your stay with these people will be short lived." She had the form of a little girl, but I felt a change in the air around me. She was not kidding, if I pushed the boundaries too far she would kill me, without hesitation.
"Duly noted, This will be the only time I even think about trying to control you, I just wanted to see if my power was at that level, because honestly I haven't even reached balance breaker yet." I admitted a little ashamed. I looked at the floor and scratched the back of my head. "From people I've spoken to, they reached it when they couldn't protect something they needed to, others when they felt an over-whelming rage. I have never felt either of those things."
"Can I ask you something?" Ophis said inquisitively
"Yeah. Go for it, what can the harm be?" I replied
"Well I've been wondering since you got here. Do you know the full extent of your power? Or have you only pieced together parts of what you can do?" She asked two questions in one.
"Well there is something I want to try, but I have never been allied with anybody to try it. And there's something that I've only recently been experimenting with so I haven't perfected it." I replied honestly, I wouldn't to get on Ophis's bad side. So I will avoid lying to her at all costs.
"I see, would you mind telling me what these two techniques are, are they private?" Ophis continued to inquire.
"Sure, I guess there's no harm in telling you." I reply with a gentle tone. "Well, the first one is me being, well… The simplest way to put it is a communication tower, with my eye giving me Telepathic abilities I can talk directly into people's minds without other people hearing me speak." I kinda feel like I'm rambling, but she did ask. "But at the moment I can only do that with direct eye contact or if I have established a link with them an hour before hand. But that's the thing, it only lasts an hour. I figure if I can reach Balance Breaker, I can last much longer than that, possibly even up to a day. Even without Balance Breaker, I think I may be able to get it up to about 5 hours." I finished my explanation and looked over at Ophis, Her face was still deadpan as it always is. Even more so than Koneko, It's a little scary actually.
"I see that would be very helpful for your comrades but from what I can gather, using your ability causes you quite a fair bit of harm. How would you be able to cope with that pain for hours on end?" She was asking all the right questions, but luckily for me I had all the right answers to those questions.
"Well the thing with that is, I'm only in pain when I give orders to people, read their minds or am letting them read mine. Just normal speech is no problem, so just having people relay their words through me shouldn't bring much or any pain, the most it will be is a light ache." Wow, this is probably the most I've actually talked with something about myself and my abilities.
"I see, that makes sense. Now about this other thing that you've only tinkered with but haven't mastered, what exactly is it?" Shy asked further. Thank the lord this one is a lot simpler to explain.
"Essentially it's a sonar, it tells me where people are but it hurts quite a bit to use, so I avoid using it if I have to, that's why I have only tinkered with it." This was the explanation I gave to her, it wasn't a very god explanation but it was the best I could do. "However it could be helpful when entering a suspicious area where there is a possibility of ambush" I further explained adding more clarity, "Ophis, I have a question. Why are you so interested in my powers?" I probed cautiously.
"Well you see, I've grown quite fond of this group of people and I have quite the comfortable here, it's not as good as the dimensional gap but at least they're not using me for my power like the other people I was with." That's pretty brutal, using her solely for her abilities. Kind of makes me glad I've always been alone, I never had to deal with any of that.
I turned to leave when Ophis called out to me once more. "Skylar, you seem like a nice person but you should know. I won't be letting my guard down around you anytime soon." I assumed as much, even though she could have crushed me like a toothpick. It's normal to be uneasy around new people. And with that I left the lounge room.
I looked at the clock which read quarter past eight, how late do these guys eat? Just as I was thinking that I heard shouting and yelling coming from the kitchen so I went to snoop. Hey I was curious don't judge me. So following the noise I walked in on quite the situation, The blonde one and Rias-sama were wearing nothing but aprons and both parties had stolen one of Issei's arms. I must say it was quite the view, however I felt kind of bad for taking advantage of the situation. I loudly cleared my throat and all three looked at me. "Sorry to intrude but what time is tea? It's been awhile since I last ate."
"Oh, Skylar-san this is um" Rias looked ever so cute trying to regain her composure. "How long have you been standing there? It's rude to spy on others."
"I haven't been here long honestly, I walked on the room like five seconds ago" I said desperately trying to explain myself meanwhile the blonde had fallen to her knees and Issei had stood in front of her. He was extremely protective of her in particular, I wonder why that was.
"Skylar, could to turn away for a second? Asia wants to leave to get dressed, she's quite shy unless it's me." Issei asked with a kind smile. So without delay I turned around so the blonde one whom I now know as Asia could make her leave.
"I'll go as well, this is not exactly dignified apparel" with that she walked off with the air of royalty that always surrounded her, but I manage to get a few words in before she left.
"Rias-sama please don't change your habits just because I'm here, I already feel like I'm imposing on you just by staying here." I said, I tried to make it sound like kindness but really I just wanted to see her naked more. That would probably suffice. She looked back at me.
"I'll keep that in mind." And with that she was completely out of sight. So I then turned my attention to Issei.
"So is this a frequent thing? The other girls being naked just because they can."
"It sure is, although now that you're here they may be a bit more reserved." Issei sounded a little down when he said the last part of that sentence. Well it's to be expected really, all these girls that are nude around him most of the time, now covering themselves up because of an unexpected intrusion. It be pretty upset about that as well. "However, I'll probably still wake up to them surrounding me, not all is lost." He added afterwards. Issei you luck bastard
Akeno-san then walked in the door, walked straight up to Issei bit his ear and grabbed his crotch. "'I'll start dinner now then" the Raven haired beauty announced. She then whispered something into Issei's ear, which I assumed was dirty because he suddenly had a really goofy face and blood trickled down his nose. "Oh Skylar-san I didn't see you there. Have you been standing there the whole time?"
"Yeah I have actually, and I must say I'm a little jealous of the sekiryuutei over here." I said scratching the back of my head. I might as well just tell the truth.
She then looked at me and walked over slowly. "If you're as manly as Issei over here, then maybe, just maybe you will be able to get the same treatment. However Issei has saved our lives on multiple occasions. So you have a lot of work to do Skylar-san.
"Well Akeno-san I look forward to the day that you see me worthy." I delivered these words directly into her mind as I gazed into her eyes. She took a step back when she heard my voice but didn't see my mouth move. "I found this way of communicating works quite well for saying things that are too embarrassing to be said out loud." I continued then something I didn't expect to happen occurred. She responded to me.
"Well Skylar-san I did not think this would be in your little bag of tricks, however I assume you can only do it whilst we have eye contact" And with that she turned away from me
"Wrong, this link will last for roughly an hour. If I wanted to I could even alter your thoughts or emotions for the next hour. But considering this is the closest thing I've ever had to a home. I won't be in a rush to ruin it." As I finished Akeno-san turned back around and looked at me in disbelief.
"I see, so this ability of yours could be quite beneficial for you. You could have your way with any of us and we'd be able to do nothing about it." I could see the perverted cogs in Akeno's mind turning. "We've been standing here in silence for a while, Issei will soon think we're not getting along, we should start to speak aloud."
"Well Akeno I look forward to the day you see me as heroic, so I receive the same perks as Issei, given he is okay with it." I looked over at Issei.
"That will all depend on how close we becomes as comrades, I won't share Akeno with just anybody." He proclaimed. Duly noted I left the room to go sit on the couch and wait for dinner.