And without further ado, I give you more about Jade. If you have questions, feel free to contact me.
Beginnings
By Neko-chan the Mewse
4/27/09
Their jobs were exceedingly boring. Jade absentmindedly tweaked an air wave to blow a ship off course. In this day and age, it was one of the few ways to find amusement. After all, Luke would be so upset if he killed people for fun.
"I don't think he'd be too upset if we destroyed a ship or two. Maybe if we destroyed a continent he'd say something, but we wouldn't do that." Jade glanced over at his darker aspect with a raised eyebrow. "Well, alright, maybe I would do that." When Jade's stare intensified, his darker aspect sighed and reluctantly added, "I suppose we'll have to leave them alone."
Jade let out a sigh. Some days, it was difficult being split into three different versions of the same person. The lighter aspect of him leaned around and up to look at the Necromancer, as most had agreed to call his darker aspect. "Lowering the population of the land wouldn't benefit us at all! They're amusing to watch and if you kill them then we really wouldn't have anything else to do."
The Necromancer harrumphed and glared at the young boy, arching an eyebrow in surprise. Jade turned to stare as well. A statement like that, coming from the more 'human' side of him, was rather disturbing.
The lighter aspect held onto his serious face for another moment before faltering. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
Both Jade and the Necromancer heaved internal sighs of relief. So Jade's growing humanity was acting like any other normal child and mimicking those around him. Well, if that was the case… "Perhaps you should go see what Anise is up to. We wouldn't want her to get in trouble, would we? In fact, I think you should be her personal assistant. That way, we won't have to constantly go to her when she needs us." Jade smiled at the child.
The seemingly five year old didn't buy any of it. "But you need me," the younger Jade protested. "There's a reason there's three of us!"
The Necromancer gave the boy a Look. "We aren't that old yet. Two of us can handle the job just fine. Besides one of the reasons there's three of us is because Eefret's job is so heavily dependent on us." The darker aspect was a harsh and unforgiving personality, but even he didn't want to see Jade's budding humanity get corrupted.
Jade could see the hesitation and he quickly moved to eliminate it. "Come now, don't tell me you don't like your Auntie Anise."
The young child, eager to please and always afraid of insulting people, snapped back. "Of course not! Auntie Anise is nice and so is everyone else! You're just mean old jerks!" With that said, their lighter aspect vanished off, presumably to join Anise.
Jade and the Necromancer shared a knowing and mischievous glance. "I suppose that takes care of that." Jade smiled and shrugged.
"Now we have to do all of his work as well," the Necromancer sighed. "What a bother."
"Don't forget we still need to name him."
"I know that! You think I wouldn't remember after four hundred years of not having a name for him?"
"Well, you never know."
"Shut up!"
"You act more and more like Asch, every day."
"Damn you!"
Nearby, but not so close that Jade would be put on high alert, Guy and Natalia attempted to muffle their laughter. They had manifested themselves when they had felt Jade do so, only to accidentally overhear Jade's internal argument. "They still haven't named him?" Guy chuckled.
Natalia smiled broadly as she fought the urge to giggle. "The poor boy. Maybe we should give Jade a hand and name him. I can't believe that four centuries have gone by and they still haven't named him!"
"We could let Tear name him," Guy suggested, managing to keep a straight face. He exchanged a look with Natalia and both promptly returned to laughter.
Hearing the laughter, Jade and the Necromancer glanced towards where they knew their fellow sentiences were attempting to hide. Jade silently wondered what they could possibly want to ask him. Manifesting oneself was hardly done for amusement after all. Jade had manifested to get a better look at the air waves. That Guy and Natalia had manifested as well was certainly not a coincidence.
The Necromancer grinned evilly and gestured towards Jade. If they really had a good reason to talk to him, it would frustrate them to find he had returned to fonon form. Jade hesitated, his conscience telling him it wasn't nice to ruin people's hard work, but centuries of bad habits won over.
When Guy and Natalia managed to stop laughing, they were displeased to find Jade had vanished on them. Then again, they had known Jade for centuries and weren't really surprised…