Mind Games
Scene Three, The Date part a
Xellos knocked on the door and waited with a little mischievous smile playing on his lips. He stood there at the door clad in a dark purple suit, with a bouquet or dark red roses. Many girls had seen him walking in the town approaching Filia's house and were drooling over him. Yeah he looked good, bad thing was that he knew it too. 'I wonder what you'll think about the flowers. Heh heh.' Those said roses were definitely beautiful but what made them a good choice for Xellos to give them to Filia was the fact that they had been laced with three different fine powders. The first was one that caused the person who had inhaled it to experience a strong lack of emotional control. The second was a powder that caused stomach sickness after a person eats food. And the third, which was Xellos' favorite, was a fine powder that caused temporary insomnia. That way after the date was over Filia wouldn't be able to sleep and would be stuck thinking about how she regretted 'toying around' with Xellos and about how much her stomach illness was bothering her. 'Heh, heh, let the games begin…'
Filia had heard the knock on the door. But it was 5:30 not six like he was supposed to come. So Filia just did what De Tanga had instructed her to do. De Tanga did warn her that Xellos would either come early or late so she needed to be ready at least an hour before the pick up time and be a little patient. Filia glanced again at the rest of the instructions De Tanga had written down on a note:
'3) If he shows up early then keep him waiting for at least fifteen minutes. Don't even talk to him this will kill him by getting him very angry. When you finally answer the door act as sweet as you can and you'll see him cringe and try to pretend that he doesn't mind.
4) If he doesn't show up on time, wait again fifteen minutes. Then write a note and leave it on the front door for him to see. The note should say something like: 'You took too long so I went with De Tanga instead.' And then go out the back way and meet me outside. And yes I was serious about taking you out on that date.
De Tanga'
Filia grinned at herself in the mirror. She had chosen a spaghetti strap ice blue dress that was tight fitting with a slit down the side. She also had on a simple small gold pendant and matching gold earrings. Her hair was let loose and her face was down up with a light touch of make up. She was very satisfied with the way she looked and knew that she was going to turn some heads.
She watched the time very carefully. Xellos was letting his impatience be known by knocking much harder and more frequently on the door. It took all the self-control she had from refrain from laughing, but she did stifle a very quiet giggle. 'Five more minutes…'
Xellos was slumped down on the mat in front of the door. He was very annoyed, he was… pouting.
'What the hell is taking her so long?! And why can't she answer the damned door! How dare she keep me waiting like this?!'
~Waiting? But Xellos how can you be waiting? You're early…~ De Tanga amusingly comment to Xellos via telepathy.
'Don't you have anything better to do than to hound me?'
~Hmm now do I? Nope. Aren't you blessed.~
'More like cursed…'
~Now, now is that any way to talk to your best friend?~
'Oh but I'm not actually talking to you.' Xellos grinned to himself. He knew that De Tanga was around close by. 'What are you up to?' Xellos absentmindedly thought realizing that he didn't guard that thought well enough.
~Now why would I be up to anything?~ De Tanga cut off the link before Xellos could do anything further. Xellos was right he was very close by. Closer then he thought. De Tanga was about practically standing next to him but invisible to Xellos' eyes. De Tanga fiddled with the gem on his cloak. He had been given that very same gem many years ago as payment for helping a few elves from the clutches of death. The wearer of the gem was granted invisibility to all creatures for as long as ten hours at a time. Not only could Xellos not see De Tanga, he couldn't sense him at all physically or spiritually.
Xellos got up again and was about to pound on the door once again when Filia finally opened it. She stepped out so that Xellos could see her. Xellos was stunned and couldn't speak.
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting but you shouldn't have been so early." Filia said sweetly and adoringly bashing her eyes at the trickster priest.
"Um ah… sure no problem…" Xellos finally managed to get out once his voice had returned.
Filia was a bit puzzled but then quickly noticed the roses. "Those flowers?"
Xellos mentally shock himself off and regained his composure with his twisted smile back on his face. "Why Filia-dear they are for you." He bowed before her and handed her the roses. Filia glanced that the roses suspiciously.
~I wouldn't sniff them if I were you Filia. He's added some special powders to them.~ De Tanga's voice entered her head. It made a bit dizzy and lightheaded. Talking telepathically with someone wasn't something that she was used to doing.
"That's very…sweet of you Xellos. I'd better go put these in a vase. If you'll excuse me I'll only be a minute." And she went inside and did just that. She came back outside unfazed by the powder because obviously she had sniffed any of it.
"Aren't you going to smell them? They are very special roses and they smell… heavenly." Xellos gushed out with false sugariness. He was smiling and his eyes were open even though the left one was twitching at bit at the corner.
"I suppose they do. But smelling them would be no good for me. Right now my allergies are acting up and I can't smell anything. So shall we go?"
"Yes we shall." He wasn't too pleased with the current turn events but he took her arm walked with her through the city.
~Way to go Filia. Everything is going well.~ De Tanga stated to Filia in her head with a pleasant happy tone.
'Yes but De Tanga you said that Xellos would be angry and trying to hide it once I finally came out. He wasn't angry or happy. He seemed shocked if even.' She glared at the said monster. He wasn't paying too much attention to her but she was still unnerved that she was walking arm in arm with him. Maybe it was the fact that everyone could see them or maybe it was because she was slightly enjoying it?
~I noticed that too. I wonder why… But then I guess it's not everyday that Xellos gets the pleasure of taking out such a lovely and radiant dragoness out on a date.~
Filia blushed slightly and cursed De Tanga for causing her to do so. Thankfully Xellos was far too absorbed with what was going on in his mind to notice…