Bet'anya Agriosa

Bet'anya Agriosa AKA Bethany || Atlantean & Egyptian Goddess || age unknown || Dark Hunter fandom Affiliated with deadbiterpg

[blindinhumanform]

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the thought did twist in his stomach slightly. he had become a human for a reason, and if that meant he was going to be given a soulmate like everyone else then he didn’t want them to be taken from him. as a demon he never thought he needed love, then he met sabrina and the bond they shared was the closest thing he had to any other emotion beside darkness and sinful doing but now… it was an enhance feeling he had in him. not something he would seek out but deep down he felt this growing need for more. he always found the humans to be a bit more greedy even if it came to emotions. they never made it easy and just had one they had what felt like hundreds. “yes, and i wish i knew the answer too. if that was the case i’d hate whoever did this to us. i was very happy just being a familiar to my sabrina. i didn’t think i needed more. and now… i just hope if we have to be separated again from our soulmates then i never find mine… not unless they are able to be with me.” he had changed since meeting the blonde young witch for the better he supposed but he had become so much more than a foreboding figure stretching between dimensions and falling under the dark lord. “so, this means you will promise to come see me? not forget me in this brilliant place you come from?” that would hurt him. “you’ve become a rather useful friend… at least when i feel like i need some fingers running through my hair.” he joked with her smirking even if she couldn’t yet see it. something like a set of nerves twisted in him as she laughed. he chuckled along with her but scolded himself for being so oblivious. “right… i know what you mean by that now.” sadly he’d never experienced it. “i’d imagine it would be pretty impressive to have someone take these clothes of only using teeth; i bet i could do it if i tried hard enough.” he was sure he could but the rest, that was something he pushed from his thoughts around bethany. “maybe… i will give it back, one day. if i see him again. im sure he’d replaced it by now. he was too drunk to really notice much. he probably just figured he dropped it.” salem had very little care about the drunk he stole from, it was all too easy so in salem’s mind the man didn’t care enough to be able to keep it. the LUSH experience was exactly that. a man so happy to have gone out and just do the things humans did, it was rather thrilling. and following the girl out of the store he carried the bags and stopped just when she did. “so, what does it take to do this?” figuring it was simple by how confident she always sounded when she spoke of being able to take him home or to visit him if they were separated.

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But that was something she’d prefer to ease for him, to not make him go through. Even if he found someone else and they were his soulmate, she’d still help him to see his soulmate, would keep him from being parted from them. ❝ Well, we will find out. But I really don’t see them breaking apart soulmates, not everything that we’ve been going through, the fact that they are necessary to keep the balance or to gain balance. Surely breaking soulmates apart would throw the balance out once more. ❞ Or she hoped that was the case. Though when she thought back to the seer’s words, she remembered that soulmates had the option not to remain together once their mark was gone, that they could return to the life they had before. Or they could remain together. Either way, she wasn’t sure she would find a new soulmate, someone that was meant for her and her alone. ❝ Of course I will come to see you! You have to remember that I was raised in this ‘brilliant place’ and that it won’t cause me to forget someone like you. I rather enjoy petting you after all, ❞ she teased with a wink. ❝ I find you rather useful as well. I’ve never had a seeing-eye demon before. Very convenient. ❞ Which was more teasing of course, she just enjoyed having him with her. When they were somewhere she felt they could safely travel from, she smiled and took his hand. ❝ Not very much, really. But you do have to trust me, ❞ Bethany murmured as she pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek, envisioning the place they were meant to go to. One moment, they were stood in the mortal realm, the next. . .her eyes blinked as she was able to take in the striking appearance of her new friend. White marble surrounded them, a huge tub built into the floor in the center of the part of the temple they were in right then. From the edge, they could see the other temples, but her gaze was on him. There were ornate jars on a tray beside the giant bath, holding her favorite salts, lotions and oils for her bath, smelling of eucalyptus and lilies. A white chaise sat a short distance away, her sheer covering still thrown carelessly over the back. ❝ Welcome, Salem, to my home. You’re more beautiful than I thought you’d be, ❞ she breathed, lifting one slightly glowing golden hand to cup his face, a shy smile spreading over her lips. Through nearly sheer white curtains was her bedroom, her symbol resting above a massive bed that was draped in the softest white blankets  she could find. ❝ Shall we start the bath or will I get the chance to see your true form? ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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salem’s face twisted. “maybe it will just fall back to the way things were? but…if that is the case, what about the pairs? if they are from different worlds will they remain together?” he asked not knowing if the goddess knew anymore than he did. he’d hate to find out he had someone and they only be separated again. “or if i’d be able to see you again.” bethany was someone salem wanted to keep spending time with; this he knew. her bringing up taking clothes off with teeth made him laugh once again nervously. “is…that what we have to do? take their clothes off with our teeth? ive never done enything like that.” how could he? his form of demon wasn’t one to be much of a contact driven creature and as a cat? well, it could be the same. “no, cats do not have phones. but when i got here i ran into a drunk and well…i have been borrowing his for the time being. i figured humans love them, i might need it.” how humans could be overwhelmed by all the smells had confused him. no wonder why he never saw a store like this as a cat, he would have avoided it just from the smell of outside the building. “some of…everything? you can pay for all of this?” he asked looking at the size of the bag the overly enthusiastic woman had handed to him only to turn and grab a few more. he looked at all the baskets and items and felt like he was in a first challenge of hell. getting through the store and figuring out what each thing did while also taking in the strong scents. salem handed a bag to bethany and walked them over to the bath bomb section. picking up a few he smiled to hold it out to her. “you will enjoy this when you can see, it’s all gold. and this one is in the shape of a unicorn horn. i didn’t know they had so many colors…” he said filling his bag adding more than one of the bombs that he figured she’d enjoy the most; those being the ones with the most color. salem had spent most of the time picking out his favorite shapes, not even paying attention to the sent that he imagined being what he was only was stronger he tried to organize his brain. as he started to feel the weight of the backs grow heavy he set them to the side. each person at the store seeming suspicious of the odd pair. even looking as normal humans people could point out they were far from it. but then again it wasn’t like he and the goddess were the strangest people running the streets. far from it. but salem got distracted, a sign for ‘body butter’ caught his eyes and he moved to touch the shiny bar of solid body oil. “bethany! feel this.” he practically pulled her over and put it in her hands moving it against her palms and rubbing it in. “body oils? humans think of everything. my skin is so soft.” he said remembering his coat of raven black fur, always so silky. he looked at her skin and laughed. your skin has so much glitter on it… this might not be the glow you get in your world but…it’s something.” he said to the girl only to look at their stash. “i think we have enough. or i’d hope we do.” 

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His question made her hesitate for a moment. Salem had a point. Would the pairs be broken up? Forced to live without one another in separate worlds. ❝ This is another time that I wish that I was an omnipotent god. I wish I had the answer. But I can’t see soulmates being split and forced to live apart from one another. ❞ His next words made her smile softly. ❝ You wouldn’t be parted from me, Salem. Or, rather, I would be able to see you still, to come to you. You would still be able to see me, ❞ she assured him, glad that was something that he had been concerned about. Bet’anya was glad that he wanted to see her again, to maintain contact after the present apocalypse was settled. When he asked if they had to take someone’s clothes off with their teeth, she laughed before she was able to stop it. ❝ No, it’s not something that you have to do. It’s really something you do to impress your partner, so that they can tell how. . .talented you might be in bed. ❞ Chuckling, she shook her head, glad that her slight blush hadn’t shown on her skin, or rather hoped it hadn’t. ❝ You say ‘borrowed’, I’ll be sure not to treat you like a mischievous little thief. You obviously have every intention of returning it, ❞ she teased. His confusion and surprise over their journey made her smile at him, her head nodding. ❝ It took a little while, converting to modern monetary exchanges, but yes, I can. Being what I am has its benefits. At times. ❞ The smells alone were confusing but she was able to pull a few enjoyable ones from the mixture assaulting her nose. At his words, Bethany felt another smile creeping over her lips. ❝ I trust you, strangely enough. I really am looking forward to seeing what you’ve chosen. ❞ When she heard the bags be set down, she figured it was time to finish and go, at least until she felt his hands pull her and the excitement in his voice. For a demon, she found him to be precious. ❝ That feels amazing. You should grab anything you think might be enjoyable, ❞ she stated as she rubbed her hands together, loving how the body butter felt between her hands. More laughter bubbled from her lips as she nodded in agreement. ❝ Grab some of this and those oils. The sooner we finish here, the sooner we can get back to my realm and enjoy these. ❞ When he was ready, she led him up to the register, paying for everything, and guiding him out to another area that she could safely transport them from, without worry of humans seeing and growing frightened. Not all humans seemed to be privy to the situation at hand after all. 

[blindinhumanform]

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“this seer, i just hope they aren’t hoping too much on this soulmate thing. i mean, as much of a romantic idea that it is… ive seen much worse have to be done just to turn one bump of fate back to balance the scales.” but if it was as easy as bethany described the seer to have visioned it, i would rather it just to be as easy as finding a person with the same mark. “maybe that is the best way to let it happen, all at once instead of just… obsessing over it. it seems more valiant that way, more like a story. i do hope you get your soulmate though. from what i can tell, you deserve it more than most.” he offered her a smile even if she couldn’t see it. he figured eventually she will, as long as they get the task at hand out of the way. he turned to look at her and couldn’t help but laugh as he squeezed her hand and walked beside her. “at your services, my lovely bethany. let me be the best seeing eye cat that i can.” if he wasn’t protecting his witch he was guiding a goddess around; apparently salem was becoming accustomed to servicing beautiful woman. “you can take sabrina with us? im sure she would love that, to see just who happened to be ripped into this… dimension?” sale was still a bit lost on what to call the town.  “no, i want to do it this way. shopping with you, im sure the two of us can manage to find a place that sells these things. think of it as a challenge, you are a goddess and im a demon, these simple humans buy these all the time. and where you have powers i have…” he started to pat at his pockets with his free hand. patting down the phone he happened to have…pick pocketed when he appeared, thinking it would eventually come in handy. “a phone. we can google where to get these things.” and  after several attempts at finding out what he needed, the search engine had a few good references to what a few positive comments by people saying just where to go. “apparently downtown has the as user BATHABOUTBATHS  says the ‘bath heaven on earth’. i think we can trust them, they have bath twice in their name. and the place is called lush.” was salem trying to prolong his time with the goddess? perhaps but he figured doing the human thing could be actually fun for them in the end. “come this way, bethany.” 

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❝ How do we know that the soulmate pairing isn’t enough to bring the worlds back to a stable state? We’d still have to clean things up, I’m sure. Or Death might be able to handle a bit of that as well, if she so chose. Who knows. ❞  Bethany shrugged. Stressing about it right then wasn’t going to solve it, it wasn’t going to fix things if she were upset or worried about what could happen if they failed, or even if they succeeded.  ❝ Considering you’re the first person I’ve talked to since this started that I don’t want to hit or smite, I think you are quite deserving as well. I hope you find your beloved, ❞  she murmured with a soft smile.  ❝ If your witch decided that she wanted to go with us to see her old world, absolutely. I could take her, I believe the soulmate marks would work in one’s own world as well, that they won’t be bound here. Nothing that seer said mentioned needing to remain here. She said to consider it a brief debrief and then something about removing undergarments with her teeth. ❞ The strange memory had her shaking her head, laughter bubbling from between full lips.  ❝ Then we shall shop as humans, ❞  she agreed.  ❝ Cats have phones? What an intriguing world you come from. ❞  When he told her about the store, she nodded and happily went with him. If he was trying to prolong his time, he wasn’t the only one. Bethany was enjoying being there with him, exploring and plotting entertaining schemes together. If they put their minds to it, she was sure that they could cause some trouble and laugh while doing it. As they approached the store, her face contorted at all the scents coming from it. ❝ I can’t tell if it smells heavenly, or like I’m standing in the Greek pantheon wanting to kill someone, or if I’m going to develop a cosmic headache. Let’s be quick. Grab some of everything. ❞ One thing about her status, unlimited funds. It was something that all the gods could enjoy, though some thought it cheating, they did have an abundance of wealth they were able to convert to human funds. That had taken a while to figure out when bartering and gold were no longer the norm for transactions.

[blindinhumanform]

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“oh, yes, i’d be more worshiped though if i happened to be paired with an egyptian though, right?” he asked with a chuckle; not that salem wouldn’t love to be worshiped by someone other than feared. it wasn’t like he was going to search out his soulmate though, he didn’t know what true love felt like and as foreign as a feeling could be for a demon he figured it was for the better to just let fate decide on if he was able to even feel it for himself or not. but his face fell when she told him about her broken connection. “i’m sorry… to hear about that. i’m sure though if you have a soulmate here you’d be happy with them. it’s supposed to be your perfect match, isn’t it?” is that even what a soulmate was? did love have anything to do with this or was that just what he got from all those nights of watching movies with sabrina and seeing the cheesy plot lines. suddenly salem selfishly felt glad the girl couldn’t see how flushed red he got. “i uh…” he started before shrugging. “i would supposed she had but i never um would have seen sabrina take a bath before.” embarrassed, it was a new feeling for the demon in the human form and he hated it. still he let his hand fall to hers and slide his fingers agianst her palms before letting their fingers match up.  “never even notice we were gone, that sounds promising. but lets go, i’m actually kind of excited for this adventure, and not just for the bath bombs.” honestly, salem wanted to know if it was really possible that the girl could get anymore beautiful than she already was and how he might react if it was true. “you could take us to our world? i want to show you what it is like, i bet you wouldn’t be too impressed, but maybe there are a few places that you’d enjoy, sabrina and her friends had a few places in her town she’d go to that the humans all went frazy over. one even run by an inncubi which i always found rather humorous.” pulling her further he began to walk toward the town. not even really sure where to get bath bombs he was sure it would have to come up eventually. “where do people usually get these? are there shops for this kind of thing?” perhaps salem should have paid better attention as a cat. 

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❝ I suppose you’d be right, rather than another cat that might be of a pococurante or phlegmatic disposition towards you as a cat. ❞ Which, that made sense to her, one cat being less responsive to another cat, while her kind was a little more moved by them. His not searching out a soulmate was something that she understood, not really caring about searching her own soulmate out. If she found them, then all the better, but she wasn’t going to actively look for them. While that approach might not have turned out the way she thought it would before, letting her supposed soulmate come to her. At least this time, there would be proof. Or so a seer said. ❝ I’m not really looking. I know it’s supposed to help everything, but I’d rather just let them find me. The mad seer might get it right this time. ❞ Apparently love didn’t have anything to do with it, at least not at first. That wasn’t a prerequisite for one being their soulmate. And the mad seer had even said that soulmates could completely hate one another, they were just the souls that were bound to be together, that would belong. Emotions weren’t something that always came into play apparently. ❝ A demon and a gentleman? Color me surprised, ❞ she teased, grinning in his general direction. It was a shame that she couldn’t see him blush, it would’ve amused her greatly. The feel of his hand on hers made her grin widened until her face ached, her delicate fingers moving to entwine with his. ❝ My seeing eye cat? Or seeing eye demon? ❞ Bet’anya teased. ❝ I can take you to your world, yes. Both of you, if that was what she wished. But I’m now partial to my desire for bath bombs. Bath bombs first, witches’ home second. ❞ Walking along with him was interesting, it’d been a long time since she’d blindly walked the streets with a man that held her hand. Thousands of years, really. ❝ I suppose I could make it easy and just materialize some. I’ve never shopped at a human store. Stalls in ancient Greece don’t count anymore, I believe, ❞ she said with a chuckle. That was an interesting memory, all her time in Greece, especially since she despised most of the Greek gods. Hell, she still held a bit of a grudge against them. And if she ever saw Apollo or Dionysus again, she’d punch them. Well, maybe not Apollo. He deserved far worse, a fate she hadn’t given him all those eons ago. ❝ Would that be easier? Since neither of us know where to find them? ❞ Focusing on their task at hand was far safer and more enjoyable than thinking back on such things.

[blindinhumanform]

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“exactly, which is why i think this form is the fitting one for this world. as much as some people love cats i do not think its normal to love one as their soulmate. but who knows…maybe i will have my soulmate be a cat in their own world.” he shrugged. not wanting to think too much of it. he was still a skeptic that he could feel that kind of love for anyone. “what about you bethany, do you know who your soulmate is?” but she talked about usieing her powers against the dark lord and he stiffled a laugh. he would like to see a battle between the two. of course he had no idea just how powerful she really was. all until the girl almost got him knocked in the face where he pulled away. “watch it, miss, i would like to keep my face not bruised up. he said with a chuckle. “bathbombs? what an odd request though, i guess i do see the temptation. they are supposed to do pretty great things.” not that salem would know, a cat bath was certainly more tongue and less tub. in fact…salem hadn’t even thought he’d taken a bath since turning into a human, only the use of a shower seemed more convenient. “we can bring all the bath bombs you’d like. it would be a first for both of us to see.” just trying to imagine what she had described of her home he figured it was well worth seeing. anything fit for a goddess like her must have been something beyond imagination. “you have me very curious on what this place has to offer, which only means we have to make a trip to this place whenever we can. i would like to see just how big this bath really can get.” he said. one moment salem was worried about not returning to greendale and the next he was planning a trip with a goddess to another world just to see what a tub of bathbombs would look like. “you know, i wish you could see my home. it might not be as grand but sabrina’s aunts made it… their own. and the town could be really interesting as well, especially when the young sabrina seems to had stirred something up.” 

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❝ I could do the cliche of being Egyptian and loving cats, but I agree, I wouldn’t want my soulmate in the form of a cat. There might be some questionable connotations there. ❞ His words made her chuckle, glad that he at least had some goals about his soulmate. ❝ I don’t. I thought I did, but I think I was wrong. There’s a lot of history behind that. ❞ Like eleven thousand years, so it was incredibly complicated. At his words, she laughed, taking her hands back and muttering an apology. ❝ I’d rather not bruise up your face before I actually get to have a good look at it. ❞ Nodding in answer to the question of bath bombs, she grinned at him. ❝ I’ve never seen one before. I am very curious and why go through the end of the world with regrets? ❞ Which is how most people should be viewing the apocalypse. ❝ Let’s go find as many of them as we can then. ❞ At least he was willing to do it with her, to try them out and get to experience it. ❝ You’ve really never seen a bath bomb? Does your witch not partake in them? ❞ When he mentioned his curiosity, she laughed and gave a slight shrug. ❝ Then let’s go. We’ll be back before anyone realizes that we’ve gone. One moment here, one moment there. Not much time will pass here while we’re gone. ❞ Which was something that she’d learned when venturing home to verify a few things before returning to check out those coming and going. ❝ With you as my guide, we could go to your world. I wouldn’t want to unleash my powers for too long, but I think I’d like to see the world you came here from, the one that you choose to call home. ❞ The family of his witch sounded interesting. Licking her lips, she laughed and held her hand out to him, carefully since she didn’t want to nearly hit him again. ❝ Let’s get some bath bombs and go visit the Atlantean pantheon. Shall we? ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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as she described what this seer had envisioned as the posible solution being the soulmates marks then he could only think of how in any way this could relate to him being able to take on another form like her could besides just being the cat counterpart. “that must explain why im human then. it would be slightly difficult for me to find a signifigant other in the form of a cat, and for their part i don’t know how they would take it if there was a soulmate for me. im still trying to figure out if familiars need a soulmate or not.” he said to the girl who had fully captivated him from the very moment they met. perhaps in an unconventional way, he was enjoying the power this goddess had and what it did to him. or maybe it was just the petting that was bringing this on. as he was thoroughly enjoying that. he smiled at the woman. “i would certainly not protest to evening out the satisfying action for you.” even still, he brushed his hand against her free one. a tempting shor at just what she was missing. “i would rather you didn’t. not yet at least.” at least he never swatred away a hand like many domestic house cats do when they had enough petting and suddenly just turned into their own form of evil. no, he was too addicted to the soft toudh. “he is, a dark lord doesn’t just let things slide, though he can be outwitted by the most unlikely characters… not to brag about the powers of my witch but she was been more defiant against him.” he rose a brow. salem felt curious again and wondered if witches could teleport to greendale. “then i would just have to come with you, like i said i would like for you to be able to see me. and there is no doubt i would enjoy what you look like. or what you’re home looks like as well. “which i am now wanting to know what is the home of a goddess like?” 

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❝ I don’t imagine many would take kindly to their soulmate being an actual cat. Cat-like, perhaps. But I believe an actual cat would be a deal-breaker. ❞ And yet, she couldn’t stop smiling and petting him. When her arm grew tired though, she switched hands, nearly nailing him in the face as she tried to reach his hair. ❝ I’d rather not visit such a world, to face your dark lord as a human. While I’m not mortal, I would be at a disadvantage. And I really am trying to refrain from using my powers at this time. Well, the more destructive powers. ❞ It was a fine line. While she still used certain abilities, most were closed off to her for obvious reasons. Like ending the world. ❝ Your witch sounds formidable. I’d love to meet her sometime. ❞ Though Bethany wondered if the witch would be jealous, or would try and test her or draw power out from her. It was something that Bethany dealt with on a regular basis with other gods, mostly lesser powers. But it was still a frustrating and rather infuriating thing to deal with. ❝ Say when. Though I do have one request. We gather all the bath bombs we can find and take them. I’ve never seen one fizz before and I am yearning to see it for myself. As well as your human and true forms. ❞ At his question, she hummed thoughtfully. ❝ Well, it’s a lot more white marble than you’d think. It’s large, there’s open areas to overlook other temples. The closed off areas for bathing, sleeping, entertaining are all also large. My bath is really why I want those bath bombs. It’s quite. . .sizable, and I want to fill it with bath bombs. It’d be easier to show you. I’d rather enjoy your face when you see it for the first time. ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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salem frowned, he would have much rather it be easy and her to know all the answers on why he took this form here, if it meant anything or not. “i see, it could be a thought for now then, if i’m supposed to have a bigger part, if any of us are. so far, it only seems that the main goal is to keep us distracted by finding our soulmates.” he said with a small chuckle. he had given her hand a few nudges as she contined to run her fingers through his hair. something he was never one to pull away from. before taking on his part of a familiar he’d never had felt the attention of touch before, and he relished in it as a cat. this was almost like an addiction to him now. “that depends, bethany, do you want to know what it’s like? i can assure you after a few moments it just becomes obsessive. i would even tell you that you didn’t have to keep petting me, but i think you are enjoying it as much as i am.” he said with a soft smirk toward her. “i do know of other gods in my world; humans worshiping other forms. it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if you and your father are one of them. not that people give much lessons to familiars, i observe and learn as i go along. mostly all i know is what the dark lord brings to my witch, her coven; and the hell that he causes the humans. but even he has to keep to a balance, as much as i know he would over throw it to make himself the all powerful in one second if he could. if he has heard of you, im sure he would be jealous of the power.” salem had seen pretty harsh light on the dark lord’s doings, he knew if he was in this ending time with all these new powers and deities, he’d be trying something. “it’s not all knowing what to say, trust me. this whole conversation with you ive pretty new to me. i just happen to not be afraid to say what i’m thinking. it just so happens that what i’m thinking is that you probably are close to one of the most beautiful forms i’ve seen. even if you don’t have an eternal glow like you would in your world.” that was one thing a demon was shy of. fear. only few things frightened salem and what they were happened to be unspeakably horrific, nothing he would let cross his mind as he wouldn’t want to manifest the idea of sabrina becoming hurt in any way. “that is if any of us survive this ending of the worlds, right?” 

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Most of the time, she wished she had all the answers as well. But it was never that easy, especially when it came to being in her human form. There was less information for her in some ways. ❝ I’m not sure that distracted is the right word. From what I heard and what I know of Death, she sincerely believes that seer and that this soulmate business will fix things, or at least slow them. ❞ His statement had her chuckling, shaking her head. ❝ I’ll take your word for it. And perhaps, one day, I’ll let you pet me. We’d be even then, ❞ she murmured, fingers twirling his dark locks around her fingers. It was definitely calming, just the idle touches she was giving him. Perhaps he was a pet in a way, but she enjoyed his company, his human form. Though she was curious how much she’d enjoy his cat form, too. ❝ Would you rather I stop? ❞ she asked, hand stilling in his hair. Bethany smirked slightly, her fingers lifting from his head before brushing through those dark tendrils once more. ❝ I wonder if there is any knowledge of me in your world, but I don’t suppose that you’d like to travel there and find out. ❞ Bet’anya smiled sadly, sure that her father was mentioned in many worlds, but she was far less known. Then again, spending thousands of years as a statue would do that to a goddess. A pang of regret and despair went through her and it took all she had to school her face, pushing those thoughts away. ❝ Your dark lord sounds dark indeed. And like every other power-hungry lesser god I’ve ever known. ❞ The barest touch of red tinged her cheeks at his words. True, she’d been called beautiful countless times, mostly in a way to appease her ire, but he wasn’t scared of her as he said it. It just seemed to her that Salem spoke his mind. Which made it mean all the more to her. ❝ You speak as though I’m trapped here. I may not be omnipotent, but I can still freely travel back to my realm, my home, as I wish. I came to get a better understanding of the situation, I’m not trapped here. So when I offer to show you Katoteros, I’m being sincere and not speaking figuratively or for after the worlds either end or don’t. ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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“if all the worlds are at risk than i question what role this puts me as. and why now i can take more forms than just one as a cat. back home i gave one purpose, to service my witch, sabrina. i know she considers us equals but there is only so much equality one can get in the state of a large eyed animal resting on rafters. i am still connected to her though, i know this.” he said, he still felt her, her feelings and his own, that was one thing he did find comfort in, it was a much less lonely world, even for a demon when he took his call from the small blonde girl. “but if i am a human form maybe there is more in store for what destruction there is to come. either way, i don’t mind it.” chaos was one thing demons craved and as much as he knew he had a witch to protect that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to enjoy somethings while the worlds unfolded from their perfectly wrapped orders. he chuckled a bit leaning closer as if to tell a secret. “to be honest any touch has the same effect, and i believe you’d enjoy it just as much, only it’s not normal for two humans to scratch each other behind the ears now it is? “the dark lord would enjoy you and your family very much. wrath and misery? those are things he cherishes.” salem could only imagine what the dark lord would do with things like bethany and her father. great things, he imagined. “you must be extremely dangerous if you are more beautiful than this. even beauty can be used to do some terrible things. but i would still enjoy to see that form. i would show you mine not that it’s all that impressive.” he was lucky he wasn’t as ego tistical about how grotesque he looked compared to many other demons out there. 

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❝ I wish I had your answers. Gods are not omnipotent, as much as they might wish everyone else to believe that they are. Which is why a valkyrie seer was able to foresee all of this, and not one of my kind was able to. I’m glad to hear that Sabrina treats you as an equal. To treat one’s familiar poorly, I’ve heard witches tell of great consequences and retaliation from dark forces. Perhaps they were of a different world than you and your witch, but I’ve never heard good things come of mistreating one’s familiar. ❞ Chaos was enjoyable, very much so. And her favorite Greeks to interact with (besides Athena, and even then the list was very short) were descended directly from Chaos. It was something that she thoroughly enjoyed indulging in. ❝ You want to pet me? Or would you prefer I keep petting you? ❞ Bethany asked, her fingers stroking through his hair as she chuckled. While she was sure that wasn’t what he meant, it was how she took it in that moment. ❝ Your dark lord would be an interesting adversary. Both pantheons I descend from fear me, as do all other pantheons I’ve interacted with before, as well as fearing my father. I wonder if your dark lord has heard of either of us, knows the true darkness and destruction that we wield. ❞ His words made her chuckle, cheeks flushing slightly. What a demon he was to be able to bring a flush to the cheeks of a goddess. ❝ You seem to know just what to say, ❞ Bet’anya murmured. ❝ Well, if we find a moment to make that trip to Katoteros, we can show one another our true forms. ❞ Which did seem like a fun idea to her, but she wasn’t sure that he would actually want to make such a journey.

[blindinhumanform]

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salem was finding the time with the girl very helpful to him. he was finding out a little more about what else lies in the other worlds. and maybe if he can just return to his own, not that the place they were in was all so terrible. “you do have a point though, maintaining the worlds. i have seen many versions of my own, being twisted when there was a mistake… not pointing fingers.” he had to rail off thinking of greendale in the many states of destruction it had gone through before sabrina had seemed to find the answer just in time. “i think if we knew more about what this place really is we can find the answers on putting things right again.” he said. not sure where to start except the beginning having to constantly retrace everything back to the day he had become this human form and showed up far from greendale. he closed his eyes as her hands read him conforted by the touch.  “i told you, i make a very good human. at least from what i have seen. i could have changed into something worse, like an iguana. or just remained in my natural form… but i can’t say many of the humans would like that.” he said in a bit of a whisper. no, his form was much… more nightmare educing before he agreed to be sabrina’s familiar. “though, i think i can be sure it is much easier getting adored attention as a cat. all i have to do is roll around and purr and usually humans fall to get my attention.” he said with a bit of a laugh. she wasn’t human though, this he knew. and he was sure no matter what form he wouldn’t be able to trick her into a little spotlight and constant praise. “now you. not as a human. are you just as pretty?” 

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Spending time with Salem was entertaining, and she did enjoy regaling someone with tales of their kind, someone that knew the reality of things not human. So many there had either irritated her to the point of walking away, or just bored her until she pretended she heard someone calling her name. For who could argue with a goddess that had heightened senses, even beyond normal, due to her loss of sight in that form. ❝ This place is just where Billie chose to convene us, to discuss what the seer had seen, what Death had seen as well, coming to pass. All the worlds are at risk, all the planes set to crumble. If there weren’t so many horrors to be faced before then, I’d say let the goddess of destruction free of Kalosis and end it in a reign of her glorified wrath. Sadly, that seems to be out of the question. ❞ Bethany sighed in disappointment. At least Apollymi had earned her reign of destruction, but the worlds ending for no reason at all, it was tiresome and disappointing. ❝ So you do. At least from what I can feel, your appearance makes for a very attractive human. ❞ Chuckling, she shrugged slightly. ❝ I can’t tell if you’re asking me to keep petting you or not. Does scratching behind your ears in this form do the same thing for you? I’m the goddess of wrath and misery. My father is a fearsome deity, the likes of which no pantheon would ever cross. No form of yours could draw fear from me. ❞ Bet’anya informed him, though she preferred the teasing she had done about a cat form versus a human one. At his question, she laughed, a real laugh, the likes of which she hadn’t had in some time. ❝ I’m told even more so, but having a slight glow to your eyes and skin does make you more eye-catching. I’m told the seer glows and has gold eyes, so she’s a good way to find out. If you ever find yourself in Katoteros, maybe I’ll even show you my true form. ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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the way he seemed to find how strange this place could be only made him more comfortable. salem had seen more strange and unusual but then there were times when things seemed, beyond that. “no, i’m not anything like those gods.” he said with a bit of a darker taste on his tongue. even if his demonic ways were much less sinister than many of the others there was still a tug when his senses went on to speak of gods or deities. “and i certainly don’t have as many children.” he said with a chuckle. knowing as much about zeus as a demon who lived with a wich could. “i will have to see it if it happens. what do creatures such as myself need with a soulmate? im connected to my witch already, as her familiar that is. what more could i need? are you in a desperate look to see if you have a soulmate?” he had to ask, the idea of it, of how he couldn’t read her like he could others was getting to him. “describe it? you want me to describe how i look?” he asked. it was almost like a game, if only salem had been more used to playing games. “okay, dark. pretty much my features are dark… you know, the hair…my eyes. not as dark as the ones in my original state, as im pretty much all a mass of darkness then. us demons seem to carry on the same look though, but i have these things in my cheeks when i smile, like dips.” once again grabbing her hand and bringing it to his cheek. “i… don’t think im very good at this.”

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He wasn’t the only one that thought it was strange, she wholeheartedly agreed. But she also had been in stranger parts of the human world, in stranger times. Even then, she’d been blind, and it was as much a struggle then as it was there with Salem. ❝ I would hope not, you don’t feel like one of us. If you were, I would be shamed for not being able to tell. ❞ Bethany chuckled as she thought about an unknown god, a full-blooded one, and her not being able to sense him. ❝ You never know what you’re missing until you get it or lose it. And it’s not so much about us as it is about maintaining the worlds, restoring them. All of them. So wherever you came from, even it will cease to exist if we don’t find a way to balance those energies. ❞ Sighing, Bet’anya shook her head. ❝ I think I’ve met with Billie too many times, her words are coming from my lips as though I’m a puppet. ❞ When he asked if she meant to describe his looks, she eagerly nodded, chuckling as he struggled with the task. Once more, her brows rose in surprise as he took her hands, this time apparently guiding them to his face. ❝ I’ve heard worse. ❞ But as she felt his cheek beneath her fingers, she gently began moving them over his face, exploring his features. ❝ Strong jaw, always a plus. Full lips, I’m sure you have plenty of people swooning over those. Distinct nose, strong brow, defined cheeks. Good hair. Seems like I really am missing out on a view. Shame. ❞

[blindinhumanform]

[blindinhumanform]

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entertained by where this was going he seemed to tip his head, a mannerism he picked up in his feline state and only carried over. it was simply easier being a cat or just his original form. not that he’d be able to roam free looking as shadowy and frightening as most humans found him. “that it is. but what are you if you don’t mind me asking?” he’d sense if she was demonic like himself. “if i can be a familiar i can certainly be given a soulmate can i not? i don’t know, if there is such thing for creatures like me than perhaps me taking this state is for the best, not that you can tell, but i make for a handsome human and cat. as for the prisoners? it seems we are just going to have to see what damage can come from them.” he said. this hole curiosity about the woman seemed to grow now. wanting to know more since she seemed to realize off the bat he was definitely not human. but what gave it away? 

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It did get frustrating, not being able to see the other person’s features and expressions or mannerisms, but she got what she could by the energies that brushed hers, by the inflection of their voices. Salem was interesting, he was an unfamiliar sort of energy, but she knew he didn’t feel or taste of human. ❝ The thing that so many worship and pray to see, that rarely grant them the pleasure. Unless you’re Zeus or one of those others that fathers a thousand children, ❞ she joked, chuckling softly. ❝ I believe everyone can have a soulmate. Death is the only one that denies she’s able to have one, but that tricky seer of hers, one can never trust one so mad. ❞ In answer, she offered a shrug, but she still didn’t know what she’d do if those things did break through. Would she be able to fight without her powers quickening the destruction? Or would she have to sit the battle out? It was a difficult decision. ❝ Tell me more. I can’t see you, so I can only trust what you say. Poor choice, that, but I find it can be quite entertaining. Tell me about you, your face, your kind. And maybe I might let you in on mine. If you could find such a thing entertaining. ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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there is was, a chuckle that had the boy finding her statement all too ironic. “really? they do say some strange things don’t they?” even as a cat he couldn’t say his curiosity ever delved all that far into anything too dangerous. mostly it was sabrina who had been the curious little witch. “bethany, that is much easier than bet’anya.” he said dropping his hand to his side. his shrug said it all. “unnerving. i just don’t want to get into anything. you know… watch what can come from it? it’s probably for the best.” hell, if the worlds would rip and collide then how could salem deny ir. 

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❝ They’re strange in most ways, yes. Including their strange phrases. Posing as one is really tiring after a while, ❞ she agreed, chuckling at the sound she managed to pull from him. ❝ Bethany, it is. And the soulmates? The rumors of ungodly beasts threatening to free themselves from their prison? ❞ What she didn’t say, stopped herself from adding, was the goddess of destruction sealed away in Kalosis, an Atlantean power that could destroy the universes all on her own. Which was why Bethany was suppressing her own powers as much as possible, not wanting to add to whatever could free her.

[blindinhumanform]

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unknown to time really he only shrugged at the statement; humans said funny things and he observed most and still he was oblivious to others. “i don’t, it is that they find themselves waving their hands in front of people’s faces?” seemed a little bold to ask but he was not used to actually speaking to people other than the young witch who had called for him. instead of just holding his hand out in front of the girl and waiting to shake hands with her he just took it and gave a wild shake. “salem….” he’d only chosen that name, supposed he needed a last name he thought quick and grinned. “salem bronwen.” 

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❝ I believe that the human saying is that curiosity killed the cat. Curious creatures. ❞ Bet’anya chuckled as she felt him take her hand and shake vigorously. It’d been some time that someone had touched her without her permission. Too many feared her wrath to risk even brushing her shoulder, let alone taking her hand. She was an entity to be feared. But the contact amused her. ❝ Pleasure to meet you, Salem Bronwen. Bet’anya Agriosa. You may call me Bethany. ❞ While she was also called Bet or Beth, she didn’t encourage it normally. ❝ What’s your take on the imposing apocalypse? ❞

[blindinhumanform]

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SALEM couldn’t help himself, it even did take him a moment or two to even realize the girl hadn’t been able to see before his curiosity peaked. taking on a human form had given him the ability to actually wave his hand in front of a sightless person, to see what would happen; the result? not good. “er-” he said before coughing to release the lump in his throat. “i was curious if that was a thing. that you would be able to tell or not.” 

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❝ It’s a ‘thing’. You know what they say about curiosity, ❞ she teased, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. ❝ I think that I earned the right to your name, since you’ve already invaded my space and tested my loss of sight. ❞ Temporary loss, but it was still lost until she returned to Katoteros, just to try and maintain what she could of the balance. But perhaps the goddess of wrath and misery wasn’t one to tick off, she was holding her temper in remarkably, most likely because of the situation that was going on.

[blindinhumanform]

❝ Just because I can’t see you waving fingers in front of my face doesn’t mean I don’t know you’re doing it. I can feel the wind moving over my skin, ❞ the goddess informed the other person, sighing to herself. The one thing she hated about taking human form was that she lost her sight, but it wouldn’t do to let her unbalanced powers loose and disturb things even more.

[blindinhumanform]