"I'm still bored. You still haven't provided me with entertainment. What kind of host are you? And are you gonna let me use my magical mojo or not?"
"My decision will not affect your decision the least bit, as I have no control over you"
She looks suspicious "You're telling me this? I thought you were smarter than this, little lord...and more greedy. Seriously, why would a power-hungry guy like you admit to have no control. That's dumb. You could have just not mentioned it, and still have power, but no, Ciel is too good for that. Unless...that's what you want me to think, in which case I would be the dumb one. But I'm not dumb. I'm way smarter than you." she continues
"Sebastian, stop her ramblings" orders the young boy.
"Yes, my lord." he bows loyally. Sebastian grips her by her neck, and pulls her in towards his lips.
She shoves him off, "NO! BAD!"
"I have a case to take care of. Leave." Ciel massages his temples.
"What's the magic word?" teases Sienna.
He stares straight ahead, back stiff, nostrils flared, "Sienna, I kindly ask that you leave."
"Yeah, no. I still didn't hear the magic word anywhere in that sentence." she finally realizes what he said "A case? I can help. I'll help. Let's do it. But I want to get off this blasted boat, first. Let's go." And before Ciel could protest, the world seems to tilt on its axis, when in reality the boat just flopped under water.
For those few second under the ocean's surface Ciel thought he was dying. Water entered his lungs, and he coughed relentlessly, which only brought in more liquid. Then, the ship just popped up innocently on the ocean, as if it had been there all along, and nothing strange was going on.
Several other boats could be seen on the docks in the distance.
It was quite foggy, which would explain why nobody was suspicious that the ship just popped up out of nowhere. The fog was difficult to see through, and often veiled boats, sometimes revealing a vague outline.
"You okay, little lord? You sound like you're hacking up a lung. It's not your asthma, is it?"
Ciel didn't even know how she knew about his medical condition. Did Sebastian tell her? Maybe he let it slip in passing.
Sebastian loomed over his hunched over figure, "My lord," He offers the young man a hand.
Sienna slaps it away. "Are you okay?" she pets his hair, cradling his head.
Ciel sputters "L-let go!"
"Ah, so you are okay. That's good. At least we're here. You don't have to worry about getting sea sick again...Unless you want us to sail back to England, which I wouldn't recommend with your sensitivity to...well...everything." she fake-whispers "You should probably work on that."
"I said 'let go!'"
"Alright, alright, no need to get your panties in a wad, Mr. I'm too cool for logic and my amazing dear Sienna" she whines "I mean, come on, how often do you get the chance to meet me and live to tell the tale? You're lucky. You are graced with my presence almost every hour of every waking day."
"'Gracing me with your presence'?" Ciel retorts "There is no graceful aspect of you, though I can think of many annoying ones."
"That's 'cause you're looking in the wrong place at the wrong time just about every time I do something graceful...which is every day, mind you." she waggles a finger in his direction.
"Like what? Name five good traits about you."
"Good ones? I thought we were talking about graceful ones." Sienna grins "I guess I'll just have to name all of them, then. I will warn you that the list did grow quite a bit, so be prepared."
"Dear God, no." he moans in agony.
"'Dear God'? You haven't even met the guy, and he's dear to you, yet here I am with you every morning, but all I get is 'stupid girl.'" she pulls a holier-than-thou face. "Besides, he's not all that great. I'm way more awesome. I can even drink three Russian bottles of vodka and a PBR before I pass out."
"Three?" Great, so now he was living with a drunk. How nice.
"Yep," she confirms "Three. Impressive, I know, but I don't like to brag much."
"Right," deadpans Ciel "Well-"
"Young master, we have successfully docked. Would you like for me to change your clothes?" Sebastian, ever the faithful butler, interrupts.
Sienna cuts off the young man's answer "No need," she grins "I have everything under control" the woman turns to Ciel "What do you want to wear? Is there a certain look you're going for? Do you want to fit in, or stand out? Let everyone know you're a British nobleman, or conceal your identity? C'mon, I need more to work with."
"I-"
"Meh, who cares what you want? Let's do a nobleman look. That gives us more options, and Mr. Grumpy-pants might not be so grumpy any more" she sings
With a hypothetical snap of her fingers, the young man was instantly dressed in a dry outfit. It wasn't very different from what he normally wore, thankfully. He was now clad in a black suit with a blue tie, though he did notice that the fabric was significantly lighter, and his shoes softer. She wasn't half bad, he mused. If he was in such comfort every day, it might just be worth it to keep her around.
"We're done here, Little Lord. Off we go!" shouts Sienna. She yanks Ciel roughly by his arm, skipping to the exit. The young man pushes against her, digging his heels in the ground in a feeble attempt to stop her. "Oh, stop it. You aren't gonna get far, so stop trying."
"Where are we going?" he rips her hand off his arm.
"Who cares? C'mon, I wanna go shopping." she says.
Sienna skips along the road, singing an unfamiliar tune.
She mutters the lyrics, "We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz!"
"May I ask what song that is? Who wrote it?"
"Huh? Oh, Nope." she pops the 'P', stopping in her place "It's way ahead of your time, little boy." Sienna pushes her index finger on the center of his forehead.v
"What about your friend's v..." he mumbles the end of the unfamiliar word. He could have sworn it started with a 'V'.
"I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you." she cups a hand around her ear in a mocking show of expanding her senses to hear something nonexistent.
"Nothing," he fumes "Just your friend's art show, or whatever."
"Oooh," Sienna grimaces "Yea... about that... I didn't really have a friend who..."
"As I expected. It's not as if anyone would want to be friends with you."
"Nice comeback. Where'd you get it from, the 1800s? Oops," mocks the woman "I'm sorry, I forgot. You are from the 1800s."
"You would forget, with your pea-sized brain and goldfish memory."
"Actually, my brain is bigger than yours, and goldfish can actually remember for months. Your insults are outdated, sweetie." he cringes at the endearment" "With all that money of yours, I'd expect you to buy some new ones."
"I'm sorry, but I seem to have to spend money on purchasing new silverware that someone," his gaze swings toward his butler "keeps using to kill people."
Both heads swivel to Sebastian. "Oooooh, man, that was a low blow. You don't ever go there. You just crossed the line, dude."
"I apoligize for being so outspoken my lord, but you have never complained before. I assume you are simply desperate for an insult, but ran out, so you dragged myself into this."
Ciel sputters "W-what? Sebastian, shut up"
"Aww..." the woman coos, patting his cheek "You're so cute when you're proven wrong." Sienna pauses, rubbing her thumb over his cheek yet again. "Oh my god," she repeats the action, quicker this time. "Your skin is so soft. What do you do to keep it? Stay huddled inside? What did your poor parents do to make you want to stay away from society? Jeez, I'm kind of jealous of you now. That's not good." she directs her attention to the demon again "Sebastian, get me some good skin care stuff. I may be awesome, but that does not stop acne. Seriously, how do you both keep your skin so nice, pale, soft, and clear? I swear, you're both in on something you've kept from me."
Sebastian replies with his velvety-smooth voice, "On the contrary, my lady. We simply share effortless beauty. Though, as you suggested, the young master does stay inside quite a bit, due to his past health issues and... other reasons that have more to do with pickiness than medical problems."
"Sebastian! Stop that!" he demands
Feigning innocence, he questions "Stop what, my lord?"
"Veiling insults. I'm not a child, I can understand what you're saying!"
"Why, I never though that of my master. I'm hurt you would think I was so critical of you." says the butler.
"Yeah, yeah. " Ciel grumbles under his breath, "Continue, Sienna."
"Sure!" her face brightens, working wonders on her appearance. Her silky hair was pulled back into a ponytail, her face frame blowing across her face in the wind. The woman's blue eyes made her look in her early 20s to late teens, when she was much older.
In that moment, Sebastian could have sworn his heart (which he did indeed have) skipped a beat. Odd. Being in human form this long, serving as a human, must have taken a toll on his demon presence. Nothing was different, he corrected. Nothing at all. He was perfectly fine. He just needed to take a break from everything, he reassured himself.
Writer's block is worse than before. I'd love some recommendations. You can PM me or review. Either one. I have several storylines bouncing around in my head, but... they're all for other fandoms. Mostly SnK and SAO, though there is some minor one-shot ideas for Kuroko no Basket and Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. I don't know what to do.
I have plenty of free time since school is over, but I seem to be too lazy to get anything done. I should probably make some deadlines for myself. I'll try to make longer chapters more often. I may make another few stories, which I know I will regret. Maybe I'll just write it without publishing it, and then publish it every week or something. I think I'll do that.
Sorry if I seem sort of robotic. I'm not feeling very emotional right now. This story is taking up all of my energy. Do you ever get so into your reading/writing that you just get really excited, and suddenly feel like running around or fighting titans. I get that ALL the time, so I start pacing, which tires me after a while. Also, my heart rate increases, and humor just makes me waste energy laughing.
At this point, I don't care how harsh you are with your reviews. I am beyond caring about that.
I'm getting more serious about my art now. For a year or so, I've been collecting money to spend on something. I didn't know what for, but I still saved. I have enough now but I REALLY like money, so I don't want to spend it, I think. My birthday's coming up, and I think that I might get a few more books, ore maybe even some more art supplies. I don't know, so I want to wait, but I'm conflicted, because I don't know how long the product will be in the specific store I want.
I don't know if any of you have read a book called Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty. It's a great book that I highly recommend.
I'm editing all chapters at different times, so there will be a lot of minor changes, but nothing that affects the plot. It's mainly just grammar, punctuation, and description editing. Also, I tried to make Sienna's appearance clearer.
Sienna has dark blue-black hair and blue eyes. She's pretty much an older female version of Ciel.
Sorry. I'll end this A/N here.