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thescourned:

“You’re picking the wrong time to tempt me. Silas has been getting under my skin and I’d like nothing more than to sentence someone to an eternity of misery, and you’d do just fine.” she replied without skipping a beat, though she couldn’t hold back an eye roll as she spoke. She forgave him for his previous indiscretions, and considering the toll his soul was taking on the poor feline, she didn’t find it to hard to believe either. “Don’t thank me. Your soul is still in limbo, we still have to get you back up and running again.”

“Silas?  That douchenozzle?  Can’t you like... turn him back into a rock or something -- why not send him to misery eternal?” He wasn’t really in the right place to be getting into really anything in that moment, but he was starting to piece things together a bit better. Her closing statement resonated with him. Having an end goal was in many ways grounding to the heretic. So, with a small pause for thought, Kai Parker accepted this new charge. “What I gotta do, boss?”

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thescourned:

“Don’t tempt me, Parker. I could just as easily stick you in a drawer for the rest of eternity and never talk to you again.” It was an empty threat, she had a promise to keep, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to try and make the dazed heretic sweat it, and take her sweet time bringing him back. “Maybe if you’d been more cooperative as a cat I would have let you pick the necklace.” she muttered with an eye roll. “Yes, Cade. Arcadius. The devil. Otherwise known as the guy who is just itching to get his hands on your soul.”

“That’s what I do, baby. I tempt people.” He wasn’t even going to comment on the threat, as he was having the time of his life just, conversing with someone again. The one-sided excuses from before, as a cat, were starting to drive him a little loopy. “Honestly, I wasn’t feeling too hot near the end there... I remember none of it.” If he had a spine, a chill probably would have ran down it. He wasn’t surprised, by any means, but it wasn’t a lovely piece of info either. “Thanks, Tess,” was all that came to mind to say.

[hcresy]

thescourned:

“Next time I might not be as inclined to do so, but we’ll just see how this goes.” She was sure should the situation come to pass again, which, knowing his luck, it would, she’d love than likely be willing to help him, that was, unless he gave her a reason not to. “Yes, Kai, you are a pretty necklace." 

“You say that.” Kai was clearly paying little attention to the situation, and the high chance of future, similar situations. Dying was just... not that big of a deal. It never was. Hell, on the other hand. “Hm.” His hum was short, curt, and dripping with a ‘not entirely convinced’ edge. Facetiously so. “I’ll be the judge of that.” And then he paused, thoughts whirring. “Also -- did you say Cade?” It was easy to block that minute detail out, but coming from her, it dawned on him that it may have been more than a playful quip. 

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thescourned:

“Well, next time, I might not be around to save you from another, and more excruciating, death.” She understood his pride, it was the same pride she felt went she saw all the things her mentee had accomplished over the years. “Londyn, Landyn, and my protege.” she admitted, trying to think of the best way to put the next bit of news. “Your soul is in a necklace…”

“Not with that attitude,” he practically hummed. To hear it was his eldest pair that had accomplished this... Frankly, he’d expected better results. He had noticed the stalling, the crescendo, and again -- he was kind of disappointed. “Am I a pretty necklace?”

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thescourned:

“Just promise me next time you’ll remind your offspring not to perform spells without knowing what they do.” She didn’t need to worry about what other things could have happened had Alaya shared a different spell with the twins. “I wouldn’t say you are alive, but you are certainly not dead either.”

There was a misplaced sense of pride, thinking about his babies and their collectively stubborn nature. “You say that like it would make a difference,” was all he could offer on the matter, that pride seeping through with a bright tone. “Who was it this time?  Also, where am I -- or should I ask what am I?” 

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thescourned:

“Just promise me next time you’ll remind your offspring not to perform spells without knowing what they do.” She didn’t need to worry about what other things could have happened had Alaya shared a different spell with the twins. “I wouldn’t say you are alive, but you are certainly not dead either.”

There was a pause. “What exactly are you implying?” It should have crossed his mind, the possibility that he was trapped as a cat because of something one of his kids chose to do, but the fact that no one came searching for him diminished any sense of rationality to the situation. He chose not to look the gift horse in the mouth. Even if the gift was him being a foot tall and without opposable thumbs. “Ah,” he mused, as if he knew exactly where she was getting at it. “Better than a cat?”

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thescourned:

It would be a lie to say she was entirely confident that her spell had worked. The situation had been dire, and she’d had to think fast, and she wasn’t sure if there was enough left to save by the time she got to him, but hearing his voice, however drowsy, was a relief to the witch. “Congratulations, your kids didn’t get you killed, this time.” she replied, hiding any doubts she had to prior to now. “Now we just need to figure out what the next step is.”

Something had convinced him the conversation was going to end with that short, playful exchange, so when he heard the woman continue on, there was a further stir in his awareness of the situation. He wasn’t in a physical world -- that much he could tell. It was like speaking to someone with your eyes closed. He could hear her voice, and he could hear his -- “Thank you, I think.” -- but that was the extent. “So, did you just say I’m not dead?”

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thescourned:

@hcresy

“Testing, testing… one, two, three.”

From being trapped in the body of a stray cat, it was a testament to Kai’s resolve to admit that he felt even more out of place. There was something different this time -- a bizarre, hollow feeling when he finally did regain consciousness. “Loud and clear, Corporal,” came the drowsy reply from the waking Gemini.

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bcnnster:

“I can’t stand you sometimes.” she replied with a smile as she shook her head. “It’s just surprising all things considered…”

“Do I need anything more than the fact it’s your name too?  Aside from Grams being badass... and probably the smartest Bennett to walk this earth. Sorry.” Kai’s smirk was angled, playful. “She knew when to lock me up, she knew how to save you. Well... inadvertently, you could even say she saved us both.”

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vivicnnc:

The promise wasn’t much, but it was what she needed for the moment, something to hold onto. “Then we can try.” she offered with a nod, trying not to get her hopes up, but it was already to late for that. “….Because I’d really like to get to know the man that held me in the hospital better.”

It felt as if a weight had been lifted off him. “Okay.” He’s subconsciously mirroring her nod. Her following statement managed to tug at his heartstrings, and the moment in question felt even more vivid right then than when they had shared it together. “That night.. I had to say hello and goodbye to my little girl. I’d like to earn the right to call you my daughter again.”

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vivicnnc:

His question caught her off guard, but maybe that was because she was still reeling from all the information that had just been provided to her. She mulled over his question, the offer at a relationship, or at least the possibility of attempting to have one was nearly too much to pass up, and too good to be true. “You’re not going to leave this time, right?” She doesn’t waste a minute before adding “Because I can’t let you in just to lose you again. I can’t.”

The silence that spanned between his offer and her awaited response was deafening. The sounds of their off-beat hearts was all that filled his ears; loud and daunting like the drums of war. It wasn’t an evenly sliced reply -- it was no easy answer -- but he was grateful for the progress. “I’m not going anywhere,” he assured firmly.

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blondeorblue:

Brady glared daggers at the heretic, not saying a single word to him as she offered “In this house, we believe in treating others how we would like to be treated.”

“So, I should love you both?  A lot?” His wild grin slowly grew. “Very convenient.”

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bcnnster:

The witch hung onto every word, nodding along as he spoke up until the moment she notices the frown plastered on his face. “It might not be ideal, but you both care for each other right? And the attraction was obviously mutual…” she began, taking his hand and squeezing it gently. “The world works in mysterious ways…”

“Oh, I think he’s crazy about me. But I’m crazy about him so of course I’m going to go  CRAZY  thinking about how this is going to play out.” Kai took a deep breath, clearly trying his damnedest to collect his thoughts. “I can’t stop seeing him, Bon, and I won’t. He’s the only one who can change my mind.” In contrast with the inhale, he sighed, taking on a more resigned expression as something popped in. “He’s good, and bold, and there’s a chance he’ll wake up one day to realize he preferred the life he had before I came crashing in.”

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bcnnster:

“ - Really?”

“I wouldn’t stamp a reality symbol on a hypothetical idea based on a hypothetical situation. But if you just gotta know, then yeah -- I’m thinking really.” The heretic paused. “Why not?”

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bcnnster:

There were plenty of thoughts running through the Bennett’s head, but she pushed them all aside in favor of supporting the heretic in front of her. “So, you’re falling hard for Alexander Claire, huh? What’s it like?”

“Intoxicating,” he threw out initially, the first word coming to mind. “I couldn’t tell you the how, or the when, but I developed feelings for my son’s boyfriend... and then slept with him.” Kai looked up at Bonnie with a sheepish frown. “What I did was wrong and I want to care about it more, but I wouldn’t take a second of it back.”

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bcnnster:

“Kai Parker.” She isn’t mad, she’s not even disappointed, she’s more surprised than anything. “Does Will know?”

“Nope.”

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bcnnster:

“It’s all hypothetical until you show up at my doorstep with your new baby Sonnie Sennett Parker.”

He held in a laugh, instead choosing to smile warmly. “Sheila, actually. Sheila Parker.”