Your soul to keep

Magic has a heavy price. Alexi charges interest. { SEMI-HIATUS } { indie oc rp loathed by fate }

[heartfullofxfright]

@malevolentmagic continued from here

“kinda seems unfair you want me to pick one,” she retorts. she knows it’s childish and not even that great of a comeback, but he’s really under her skin. without giving him a verbal answer, she grabs a fistful of his shirt and tugs him towards her so she can kiss him.

[malevolentmagic]

he's not entirely sure she won't punch him after the kiss, but he's still she's picked this option. he closes the gap, kissing her angrily, but also desperately. because she's infuriating, but she's also somehow perfect for him and he hates her and he loves her and it's all so fucking messy, all the time, and he doesn't know how else to kiss her.

[malevolentmagic]

@heartfullofxfright sent: “would you just listen to me for two seconds?” from jasey <3

he almost says no. not because he doesn't want to hear her out, thought that's at least part of it, but because if anyone can talk him out of murdering someone over this shit show, it's jasey and he doesn't entirely want to be talked out of it. "fine. talk fast."

[malevolentmagic]

“Are you sure you’re desperate enough to be making deals with me, love? You don’t exactly seem like the type.” He’d been doing this job for long enough to recognize the people who made up his usual clientele. The other didn’t seem to fit the mold.

[malevolentmagic]

“I love the way you’re breaking.”

[malevolentmagic]

“I want you so much, but I hate your guts.” A young Jasey and Alexi???

@heartfullofxfright

"the feeling is incredibly fucking mutual." he'd never met someone so infuriating in his life. "so the question is, are you gonna punch me or kiss me?"

[malevolentmagic]

“I think we’re soulmates because of how frequently we destroy each other.” full blown dysfunctional duo with their magic <3

@heartfullofxfright

he takes a moment to consider that statement. if they were any other people, it would be an incredibly fucked up thing to say. it is a fucked up thing to say, really, but he doesn't mind so much. it's almost too sappy for either of them, too, but it manages to strike the balance that somehow works for them.

"i think we're soulmates because we don't actually destroy each other. no matter what we fucking do, the other one can always handle it. i don't think there's another person in this whole damn universe who could deal with my shit, jase. not the way you do."

[ofviolentdeath]

"You could at least be helpful, you know. It won't kill you."

[malevolentmagic]

"I could, but it's not particularly in my nature. To be fair, I'm equally unhelpful to Lex."

[ofviolentdeath]

@babyitsmagic is also getting Brynn for REASONS

"I'm not interested in whatever you have to say to me, I'm busy planning my way out, thanks."

[malevolentmagic]

"I admire your determination. I don't think it's gonna work, but I respect the commitment."

[ofviolentdeath]

It was definitely far too much information to give to a Delaney, he knew that, but maybe he could shift the focus off of his own kids long enough to come up with some sort of plan. "Well, she was a toddler the last time I saw her but I would still rather you not murder my daughter." It wasn't her fault that she was stuck with him as a father and she shouldn't pay the price for it either.

[malevolentmagic]

"She's made it abundantly clear that she would literally rather die than work for me. She really seems to think the work is beneath her. If she lives, I think she might turn out quite a bit like your mother." If she lived and Alexi didn't break her first. But she certainly seemed to have inherited Charlotte's judgement attitude.

[ofviolentdeath]

"From what his eldest filled me in on, I'm still in the lead by one. I think the surprising thing is that Muirenn had a bastard before she died." That was a kid he was certainly interested in because it was most likely Robert's bastard. "Can't really fault the mother of the two older kids for hiding them, can you? Half demons with my mother? She would have killed them." He paused, considering the question. It bothered him that Alexi had his kid, but if she was safe in his care... "That depends. Are you planning on killing her?"

[malevolentmagic]

He let out a noncommittal, "hmmm" in response to that. He wouldn't be surprised if his mother had kept track of those details. She liked knowing what was happening in the magical community. Alexi tended to keep track of things more relevant to him and honestly? Only Ajax's family line was of any concern at this point. "How well do you know your daughter, Ajax? How long do you think it will take her to force my hand on that front?"

[ofviolentdeath]

"She was the oldest member left, Ren blew her fucking brains out and Phee's always been too much of a spineless bitch for it. Don't think any of the kids have the stomach for that messy of a murder." Maybe Colette, but he was fairly certain she would have admitted it if it had been her doing. "You picked the one kid raised by my mother. How did you think that was going to go?"

[malevolentmagic]

"Orpheus probably has more bastard children running around than you do by now. Maybe one of them was jaded enough to do it." Alexi hadn't cared enough to look into it. "At the time, I picked the only child anyone knew you had. ...humor me for a moment. If you could walk away without paying the debt yourself, but it meant leaving her with me, would you do it?" There wasn't really a right answer here. Alexi was mostly just curious if Ajax actually gave a shit about any of his kids.

[ofviolentdeath]

"Tell me, were you involved in my dear old mother's quite messy death? My niece didn't offer a lot of insight on that." He wouldn't be upset if the other had been behind it, but it would still be nice to know. "I'm pretty sure the twins know of each other, but no, I don't think any of the kids aside from those two know any of the others." He wasn't even sure how many he actually had, but he knew of at least four. "But I'm going to assume you got your talons on Brynnlie and she's proving to be more than you have the patience for?" The girl had been raised by his mother after all.

[malevolentmagic]

"As much as I'd love to take credit for that, I think you should probably be looking at your own family instead." It had struck him and Eleanor both as an inside job, even if neither of them could prove that. "She's righteous to the point of being self-destructive. And extremely irritating about it all." Most people would've caved by now.

[ofviolentdeath]

Ah. That made more sense. "In my defense, it's very hard to pay any kind of debt when your mother strips you of everything that makes you a person and locks you away." He paused, curiosity getting the better of him. "Which daughter?"

[malevolentmagic]

"Yes, Charlotte really did make a mess of things." She hadn't just inconvenienced Alexi, either. Her attempts to fix the corruption in her family had only made everything worse as far as Alexi could tell. "The one who doesn't know about any of the others. Or would that be all of them?" Under different circumstances, he'd take more joy in being correct about Brynn having siblings, but he was still half considering gutting the whole fucking family for how much of a headache she'd been.

[ofviolentdeath]

@babyitsmagic liked for Ajax

"Look, I'll be honest with you, I've spent the last few decades in a fairly catatonic state. If I knew you before, I don't recognize you enough to remember."

[malevolentmagic]

"Oh, I'm well-aware of where you've been the last few decades, Ajax. I'm less-aware of whether or not you're lying to me right now, but I think I can figure it out. You owe me a debt and your daughter has not done a particularly good job of paying it off."

[ofviolentdeath]

"I think it's rather sweet that she believes you to be so untouchable that something as unseen as cancer would be the only thing that stood even half a chance of taking you from us."

[malevolentmagic]

"Her faith in me is flattering, if also somewhat concerning. Sometimes I think her expectations may be a little high."

[ofviolentdeath]

"That is very true and I do rather like having this side of you almost entirely to myself. Although, Belladonna is still concerned that you have cancer or something."

[malevolentmagic]

"I'm a little offended that she thinks cancer of all things could take me out. If I'm going to die, it's going to be nothing short of bloody revenge. An illness isn't going to manage it."

[ofviolentdeath]

"I'd say it's part of your charm but I'm one of a select few that find that charming, so thank Khaos you're very cute."

[malevolentmagic]

"I only need to be charming to a select few people. No one else really deals with me in the long-term."