asgardeventide | First Curse; Video

Entry tags:

First Curse; Video

[Ritsu has finally gotten the hang of this device, and the nerve to speak up.]

I'm sorry for being so terribly rude and not introducing myself further. There seems to have been a mistaken, and I was brought here, to.... well... I suppose everyone knows by now, but I was wondering if there was a way to let the gods know they picked the wrong Ritsu, or the wrong Sohma, or the wrong Ritsu Sohma.

I'm sorry for bothering you all with my question, but I figure the sooner I am gone, the less of a burden I'll be on you all.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

No... trust me. As soon as I find Meat, she's never going to let you out of her sight. The name's Samantha Grey. Charmed, I'm sure. Never been one for decent manners anyway, or at least not since I left home.

Miss Grey! I will be sure to -

[Wait.]

... And I said I would make this place even greyer! What have I done?! I've already gone and insulted the first person who wanted to talk to me over this line of communication! I'M THE WORST PERSON IN ALL OF ASGARD! I'M SO SORRY THAT I INSULTED YOUR PRECIOUS FAMILY NAMESAKE! I DON'T DESERVE TO EVER SPEAK THE NAME AND COLOR OF GREY AGAIN!

I APOLOGIZE TO YOU I APOLOGIZE TO ALL GREYS I APOLOGIZE TO THE WORRRRRRRRLLLLLD!

[The response comes back a second or two later. There's a very distinct possibility that Samantha went to message 'that insane Meat person' to inform her about Ritsu. A very distinct possibility.]

...

My mother accepts your apology from the grave. Don't apologize to my father. He's a dick. And I... really wouldn't worry about it so much. The Grey name isn't exactly a household thing where I come from. I don't think there's any extended family to speak of.

Did someone, perhaps, hit you on your head as a child?

[Hurray for friends.]

But family is oh so very important, and I went and degraded it like the heartless waste of flesh that I am... If this truly is Hell, such acts like these prove I belong here...

... No, but I was often hit by myself! I was a very clumsy child who grew up into a clumsy adult.

Somehow... I'm not surprised. Look, nothing's insulted, so stop worrying about my mother. You don't have to keep apologizing for everything!

[Cue apology for apologizing in 3...2...]

[You know him well.]

I'm sorry for worrying about your mother when it was none of my business! I'm sorry for all of my useless apologies that do no good!

Okay, so you officially just weirded me out with that one. We're going to stop the apologizing right now, or I'm going to ask you what house you're in, march over there and gag you for an hour to save you from making anymore mistakes you can't castigate yourself for, like, I don't know... breathing.

I believe I'm in Sigyn house.

... Why, am I breathing too much? Is there a limited supply of oxygen that I'm taking up?!

... I'm getting the gag. Stay perfectly still and breathe normally. I'm going to come over and do you a favor. Besides, I've never been to Sigyn House.

Out of curiosity, what power did the faceless woman tell you you got?

Oh, a visitor! I'll clean up the place right away1 Should I get snacks? Oh, no, you said to stay still... then I'll get the snacks when you get here!

[He's awfully excited about this.]

Healing, I think.

Noted. For your reference, supposedly those powers work on you. You might just want to keep that in mind for later.

[And Ritsu would be left to wonder exactly what she meant by that for a little while, though not that long given that she currently only lived in Loki District, so it was a shorter trek to the Sigyn house. It was more a matter of finding which of the doors had Ritsu's name on it.

Was she seriously coming over to a stranger's house to tie them up and gag them so they couldn't whine for a bit? ...probably.]

[Ritsu, meanwhile, was doing exactly as ordered.

... Seriously, EXACTLY, as ordered. He hasn't moved an inch. He's in the middle of the room, frozen, except for the breathing he's trying to control. When Samantha goes come over, she'll find a young man with girly long hair, wearing a girly kimono, and who bursts into a smile to see her.]

Hello, Miss Gray!

[She's standing there in the doorway, looking at him. Between her two hands is a twisted handkerchief and she has a look on her face that isn't exactly insane, but it's not entirely avoiding the slightly unhinged end of the spectrum.

Her horns, this close, do not look like costume horns and there's a definite tail lashing about behind her, a bit like an agitated cat with its spaded tip waving left and right. The faintest whiff of sulfur lingered in the air, somehow managing not to be offensive.]

Hello Ritsu. Be a good... boy I suppose and open your mouth, would you? We're going to have a talk, and you're not going to apologize once during it.

Clear?

[He blinks a bit at the horns, tail, and smell. He can only come to one obvious conclusion...]

Ooh, a cosplayer! It's so nice to meet one up close!

[... dammit ritsu.]

I'll go get a chair to sit in. Would that make things easier?

[The 'cosplayer' comment just makes her twitch.]

It's like I'm in Pasadena all over again.

[she walks straight towards him after slamming the door and gives Ritsu a rough shove before trying to sit down on top of his chest. She wraps the handkerchief up again and holds it out.]

A chair would make this even more awkward. I don't like touching people, but you're not going to stop it with all of 'this' if I don't do this. I just know it. You'll be screeching in apology for making me remember Pasadena, and that's the last thing I need.

Open wide.

[Suddenly, as he's touched, everything changes - he screeches and tries to get her to back off.]

No! No! Wait, don't touch -

[Then he goes absolutely still. Waiting. But nothing happens. He stares, and then looks at his hands, slowly, from one to the other. Where's the curse...?]

... I'm... I'm still...?

[Her hand whips back as he reacts like that. That surprises her and she rolls off of him, looking at him askance and grunting.]

I'm not going to do anything to you, Ritsu... other than shut you up so I can get some things across without you interrupting me. Trust me. Affection is the last thing I want from anyone right now.

You're still what? A self-loathing blonde that screams like a canary at the mirror? Yes, yes you are.

[He doesn't seem to hear her right away. He sits up, touching his chest, touching his hair... he's human. He's still human. But... that shouldn't be! How is this even possible?]

It's... It's...

[Only then does he remember he's not alone. Pale, he looks at her, his voice a little weaker.]

Oh... right... I'm... sorry for startling you...

[But it's not full of the teary enthusiasm as he showed before. Something momentous has happened and you just happened to be there.]

[She sighed and reached up to rub her forehead. This one was a handful, and she wasn't sure if he wasn't just completely insane. It didn't help that it felt like the house she was in was glaring at her a little.]

Stop apologizing. I really will gag you. You realize that, don't you?

[He'd love to tell you, but family secret and all. But is it still a secret when the curse is gone? It's making him dizzy.]

Yes, yes, I...

[He swallows, and sits properly on his knees, trying to calm down.]

I would apologize for my behavior if that was allowed.

[She shrugs.]

Apologizing is pretty much the main thing you've been doing, Ritsu. It's so loud I'm sort of assuming someone beat you over this crap often, or you just got used to being really loud about your apologies. It's fine, just... try to calm down. It makes it really hard to talk right now, you know?

I didn't mean to imply my family was abusive! It's the opposite - my family is wonderful. They're the ones who are abused by my horrid nature.

[Despite the overwhelming shock of his curse... he's still ritsu, so.]

[Of course. This was all some sort of internal complex or something, or they were just lying through their teeth. Both were legitimate options, and Samantha had neither the time nor inclination to check.]

Let's... get back to something you said earlier. I'm not a cosplayer, and this isn't a costume. I'm a half demon, Ritsu. Half succubus to be precise, if you know the term. So when I talk about being born on the sin-side of things, I mean it quite literally.

Please don't tug the tail to prove it's in there. It gets annoyed at that.

...

...

...

Eeeeeeeeh?!

THEN I REALLY AM IN HELL?! ARE YOU HERE TO STAB ME WITH PITCHFORKS AND CAST ME INTO THE FIRES OF ETERNAL DAMNATION?!

[In a split second, that shouting caused Samantha to lash out in irritation. She barely understood that she'd done it until she'd done it. One of her hands hand reached towards Ritsu, partially covering the air between them. Those fingers closed, like a puppeteer clenching down to grip the strings of its marrionette and yanking backwards. The goal was to bring the young Sohma to a complete stop and silence the shouting.]

SHUT UP! Damnit! Open your mouth!

[She looked like she had realized what was happening and she was getting green, like she might throw up at any time. She had never intentionally used the power while not demonic on another soul, and the reaction, which was so automatic she hadn't thought about it, made her feel sick to her stomach.

God, she was a monster, but at the moment she still wanted Ritsu to not talk.]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject