Forgotten Horrors

[xXRassBerriXx]

Being as he was, no longer were his horns and tail invisible and the dimness that had been within his shadow faded, turning it back to its original color. His body was still pained yet no longer would any further harm be continued to add to his already weak self. The damage done to him would heal as his energy returned to him and he would cease coughing up blood by the morning.


He was unaware of Anja's actions, he held not even the slight consciousnesses that he had when he was sleeping. For now, everything was blank. He couldn't think at all nor could he hear her comments, he was completely unaware of his surroundings or the movement that was taking place.

 

[spacepanda]

Bending over the demon, Anja unzipped the jacket she had lent him and slipped it off gingerly. It wasn’t hard, his arms- his whole body was limp. He was out cold. She reached for the quilt and pillow, which were still on the couch. Lifting his head, she carefully slipped the pillow underneath, and then followed up the action by covering him with the quilt. Her apartment was fairy warm, a little too warm for her liking, but she dared not adjust the temperature.


Kneeling next to Akaski she stared at him for a moment. He looked almost peaceful this way, and if she had enough energy within her, she probably would have tried to sketch him. She would have to save the image for later.


Slowly reaching over she placed a hand on his cheek, giving it a light tap. “Akaski?” She whispered, just to be sure. Yep, he’s out for the count. It seemed like a good idea, actually.


Walking to the kitchen she filled up a glass of water and placed it on top of the coffee table arranged next to Akaski. With one last glance, she turned the lights off, and was soon in her own bed, her body quickly succumbing to a deep slumber.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Akaski experienced no dreams as for once as his mind was completely silent. The pains within his body faded through the night though he couldn't really feel them any longer as his entire body felt completely numb. He couldn't feel a thing at all and the pain wasn't the worst and as such it wasn't enough to snap him out of his unconsciousness.


yet even though he couldn't feel it the sleep was a comfortable one, considering that he was sleeping on the floor. It still was more comfortable than most places he had slept in, the softness under his head and blanket covering him were both things he wouldn't often have. He didn't always have the options to sleep in doors.


He slept soundly through out the whole night, and seeing as his energy was something that he regained quickly his consciousness finally was regained by morning. Even though it was early, it still was a long sleep as he did end up going to be rather early.It was around six when his eyes opened to find himself within her apartment.


Sitting up he rubbed his head lightly, attempting to recall all that had occurred the night before. He could remember everything up to checking out at the store, but from then everything was blank. He assumed he must have ended up passing out and a faint bit of embarrassment came across him. He didn't think that she would see him like that, but he did wonder how he had managed to get back to the house... he felt more embarrassment enter him at the though of her carrying him, but considering her panting earlier he didn't think she would have the physical power to carry someone like him.

 

[spacepanda]

Anja wasn’t the most attractive sleeper. She was now sprawled about face down with her feet on her pillow and her head at the end of the bed. She resembled a sort of broken starfish.


Awakening in the middle of the night she had gotten up to check on Akaski, but he was still fast asleep. She had showered, enjoyed a snack, and spent the better of nearly two quiet hours secretly sketching a portrait of the sleeping demon. The result of which ended in an extreme likeness, much to her satisfaction. She had even had the time to color it in.


The book was now nestled in between some of the blankets to her right. Colored pencils surrounded her head like a sort of rainbow halo. She dreamed vividly.


She dreamed of climbing mountaintops, she dreamed of hiking in snow-covered forests, and her favorite: she dreamed of a colorful ocean underneath a green moon. She smiled.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Slowly he removed himself from under the blanket, noting that he had slept upon the floor. He had been placed under the blanket, a pillow was beneath his head... he wondered if Anja had done all of this for him. She had yet to harm him in any way, even not when he was as vulnerable as that, she actually seemed to have troubled herself for him.


He felt stupid for it, but he could feel himself beginning to trust her... she would probably just toss him aside once he no longer was of any use to her. Everyone did, once the deal was over so was the friendship. He could risk his life for a person and in the end, it would always hold the same outcome of him being alone again. He wished he could remember his family, maybe they held that kind of friendship Anja spoke off.


Slowly he stood himself up, he felt much better than he had the night before. He had collected a lot of energy throughout the night and he assumed he could now use his abilities comfortably. He could most likely hold an illusion much bigger than just his horns and tail for the day, yet there was not need for that, at least not yet.


He peered around him, wondering where Anja had gone when he took notice to his key upon the ground. Quickly he went over to collect it, wondering why it was even out... He was sure she didn't know how to use it, he didn't even know if humans could use it. He wondered if maybe he had transported them there after all.

 

[spacepanda]

A loud, sudden, buzzing noise jolted Anja from her slumber. “What the hell,” she grumbled sleepily. Eyes half closed she sat up on the bed, reaching over to the cell phone vibrating next to her.


“Hello?” She answered, rubbing her eyes. She felt like hell, having been awoken in the midsts of deep REM sleep. Her eyes snapped open at the familiar voice at the other end. Victor! Her jaw tensed. “Jesus, Victor it’s…” she took a peek at her clock, “a little after six, what the hell do you want?”


Glancing at the mirror next to her desk she attempted to make her hair look somewhat decent. “What?” She exclaimed suddenly. “NO!” Victor had, apparently, been enjoying himself all night at some sort of ‘indoor Jacuzzi party’ and was now too drunk to start his shift in an hour. At least that explains the swimming trunks, Anja thought.


She sighed, “Victor, you know I have company. I can’t cover your shift. Besides, Greg gave me these next couple of days off…” she trailed off thinking about the private conversation she had with Greg in his office. She blushed, now suddenly wondering where Akaski was. I better check on him soon.


“I’m sorry what?… No…Ask Nikki.” She hung up the phone and closed her eyes, sprawled out on her bed once again. Today had already begun with a headache.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Akaski looked over the key a couple times, wishing he could remember what all had occurred... he hoped he hadn't said anything he would regret. It would only give her something to tease him about, if she wouldn't already tease him for falling to weakness like that. He was just so sleepy, he couldn't help it as he had been running on only an hour's worth of energy.


He slipped the key back into his pocket where he normally kept it and for once it seemed to be a rather comfortable temperature within the house. He quietly removed his jacket, underneath was his long sleeved under-shirt, but seeing as it was no longer needed at the moment he chose to remove it. It would probably need to be washed at some point anyways.


Unsure of were to put it he simply wrapped the jacket under around his waist when he realized he was no longer wearing the green coat.. he did hope he hadn't managed to lose it somehow while he was out.


Once again curious over the location of Anja he stepped out into the kitchen, peering in he found that it was empty... he did hope she had come home as well, he couldn't remember if she had gone with him or not.

 

[spacepanda]

“LEAVE. ME. ALONE!” Anja bellowed. She had gotten dressed for the day and was now being barraged by text messages from Victor. Shutting off her phone, she adjusted her black top. The shirt was shoulder less and not something she would have normally worn in the winter, but if it was cold outside, it was hot inside. It was warm enough for her to wear a skirt even, one that matched the color of her eyes, without any stockings. Of course if she went out today she would have to throw some on… along with a sweater.


She stared for a moment at the picture she had drawn just hours earlier. She was pretty proud of it, but she highly doubted Akaski would be very amused if he saw it. Closing the sketchbook and placing it on her desk, she made her way to her bedroom door and peeked her head out. Akaski was peering into the kitchen.


“Hungry?” She called out to him as she left the confinements of her room.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Akaski paused as he heard Anja's voice, looking over in her direction. He was rather relieved to see her, glad to find that nothing had occurred during the time he was unconscious. He had been worried over her once again, and though he still disliked the fact that he was coming to like someone he was still happy to see her.


He wasn't necessarily hungry, at least he wasn't at the moment as his appetite had a habit of deceiving him. He assumed it would be safe to eat to avoid any hunger pains later in the day so he gave a soft nod. "Kind of..."


He looked away a moment, thinking over the questions within his mind as he stills struggled to remember the night before. He did hope the answer wouldn't be one to fluster him, but he would rather that occur then him going on unknowing. "What happened?" He questioned her, his tail moving about behind him as it was now once again visible.

 

[spacepanda]

Anja glanced away at his question, breaking eye contact. What had happened? A lot had happened. Her face turned a light shade of crimson as she remembered what he had said before they had made it home. At the time she had been too worried to even think about. But now… She supposed she could just ask him what he remembered, but it was probably best to just give him a quick run through.


“Um, well… you got… sick, and then you fell, and then you used your key to bring us here.” She shuddered a bit thinking about the key. That thing would be the stuff of demons, she concluded.


She busied herself folding the quilt that was still on the floor. She didn’t really want to look at him for too long at the moment. “You don’t remember… anything?” She asked, voice filled with curiosity. It would help her a great deal if she knew just how embarrassed she had to be.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

He glanced away from her a moment, thinking over the provided answer... then, does that mean he had fallen unconsios infront of her, or did he just feel like sleeping on the floor? Deciding now to answer her question he spoke truthfully, he didn't see any reason not to. "I can remember you telling me to wait outside... but I can't remember anything after that" he rplied.


Akaski was a little relieved to hear that he had used the key rather than her carrying him all the way here, being carried sounds much more embarrassing to him. He would have preferred not blacking out at all, but at times it can't be helped, especially when he is weak like that. He did hope that Anja wouldn't mind the small display, he truly didn't want to be teased over something like that. As did he hope no embarrassing word were said. He knew his current feelings for her, could he have kept quiet about them?

 

[spacepanda]

Anja took in a deep breath, allowing herself a moment to gather her thoughts. It seemed Akaski really didn't remember anything that he had said the evening before. She wondered, given his past confession, if memory loss was a common occurrence on the life of a demon. He really didn't seem all too bothered by it. He must of been delirious, Anja concluded, remembering how had seemed almost... protective. She decided to keep his words to herself... for now.


Anja came to a swift realization. Why was she being so nice? She was supposed to be angry. The dreams she had awoken from had been calming, but she was, now that she recalled the previous day's events, upset. Her face contorted into one of obvious displeasure.


"You!" She shouted, quickly closing the distance between them she gave him a bit of a shove. "Don't you ever do that again! Why couldn't you tell me you were feeling unwell? Do you have any idea how worried I was?"


She quickly regretted the last sentence, but decided to play it off by continuing to scold him. "And don't you ever try using that key on me again!" She still felt a bit shaky every time she thought of how they had traveled back to her apartment.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Akaski looked down to her, feeling the small shove of which he could easily recover from. Had she just confessed to being worried? About him? He could easily have guessed by her actions that he probably had reached the more dire states of fatigue, coughing blood wasn't normally seen as a good thing and though it had happened to him a couple times before the process still was incredibly painful. He did wish that he could remember all that happened on that night, but he couldn't exactly help it for now.


"I-I was fine, you don't need to get into such a fuss over it..." He lied with a flick of his tail, not wanting to promote further worry over himself. "When my energy gets to low, it can end up harming my body. In other words coughing blood, trouble breathing, and bruising easily are all part of it, but its perfectly fine now. Its happened to me before anyways."


He recalled her last statement over his key quickly causing him to question her. "And what's wrong with my key? Its a very rare tool."

 

[spacepanda]

Relieved that he hadn't chosen to tease her, she was only too happy for the change in subject.


"It's creepy! That whole... transition where everything is just pitch darkness..." She visibly shuddered with disgust. "It's ununnatural!"


She crossed her arms. "And I wasn't fussing," she lied as well, "We have a deal, remember?"


(Sorry for the short post I'm at work >.>)

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

"That pitch darkness is actually a place you know" Akaski said, thinking back to all of the times he had passed through that place, yet never had he been able to truly transport himself there. He truly did want to visit it seeing as it seemed to be the perfect place for a demon of shadows to practice, but not yet could he reach it.


He wondered what held him back, what kept him from entering the domain. He knew a goddess lived within it, an aggressive one, but people still manage to get into her realm anyways. He always had an unexplainable curiosity over that place and is god, he always felt so nostalgic whenever he passed through it.


"It's a place known as the abyss, and I imagine its where my key was created. It's ruled over by an aggressive goddess who goes by the name of Hikage. I've wanted to the visit that place for a long time now, but even through I've passed through it I can never get myself actually be transported there for over a second" He explained.


(It's alright )

 

[spacepanda]

Anja shot the demon an incredulous look. 'A place you know'? It wasn't any place she knew. And yet he actually seemed to hold the place in high regard. He actually wanted to spend some time there, going so far as to even attempt it several times. The very notion disturbed her.


Pulling out a chair at the kitchen table she sat herself down, cradling her head in her hands. "Weirdo," she grumbled, the sitting up added, "So, what is it exactly you have planned for today? Buy a pretzel, take in the festive scenes, pass out in a pool of blood in my arms again?"


Okay, so she was being sarcastic and a bit rude. But she was still upset with him. He hadn't even apologized for not notifying her of his condition the previous evening, but if he was going to act nonchalant about it, she supposed she would too. She was just going to have to keep a better eye on him because as much as she didn't want to admit it, it was kinda nice having him around to talk to... and to have someone to fret over her. Well, someone that wasn't her dimwitted Boss, anyway.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

His attention was once again grasped as she heard her speak of his plans. I-in her arms? This was easily enough to cause him embarrassment, his tail flaring behind him as it always would when he felt that particular feeling. Though at times it was easy to hide emotion from his expression, his tail was a different ordeal as at times it seemed to even have a mind of its own.


"I-I don't remember that!" he said in retort towards her previous statement, acting as if it was something he could undo even though it had already been done. "Are you sure it wasn't a dream or something? You said I used to key to get us here..." Though he did realize the key required energy to operate, he could have easily used up to much and ended up loosing consciousness, though he tried to ignore that fact. He then peered away for a moment before resuming speech. "A-as for plans, I only came here to learn a bit." 
( Poke~ Sorrry if I'm being a bother >.> I just don't know to many people who are on past seven. )

 

[spacepanda]

( Hey no prob, I'll be home from work in an hour and then I'll post :] ) 
(Btw, what timezone are you in, I know I have sleeping troubles which is why I'm on a lot, but I was wondering because one day I remember we posted back and forth for like...12 hours lol)

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

( Eastern time, it's about nine pm here. I just have a habit of staying up late, I do it all the time so I guess it just became normal. )

 

[spacepanda]

(I am also EST, now I dont feel like such a loser that we were RPing till 7am lol)

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

( Lol, roleplaying is an addictive habit ^.^ )

 

[spacepanda]

Like I would choose to dream that, Anja rolled her eyes. Noticing the swish of Akaski’s tail, she sat up straighter in her chair. It seemed this day might as well start off with a bit of entertainment.


“Ah, don’t worry. You didn’t pass out until after you used the key. As for the blood, there wasn’t too much of it. I was merely exaggerating on that part. The ‘in my arms’ bit was spot-on. Although, it’s a shame you don’t seem to remember any of it,” she lightly tapped the table with her fingers, “You said the most lovely things to me.” She gave him that cat-and-mouse grin again.


“So!” She exclaimed as stretched her arms to the ceiling and leaned back against her chair, “What is it you wish to learn so much about?”

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

He quickly felt his tail's swish increase to a faster pace, somewhat like an aggravated cat only this would be to express embarrassment. His face had once again become slightly flustered, so he had said things to her?


He did wonder what all he had spilt, it seemed he was correct that she would have something to tease him about. Trying to once again protest the matter he was quick to deny. "I-I was tired! I wasn't thinking straight!" Often Akaski would tease, yet oddly it seemed he had no tolerance for it himself. He was easily made flustered and it was completely obvious, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.


"A-and just whatever I can..." He said vaguely seeing as this was the same way he had approached the demon realm when he had first lost his memory. The unimportant things came back to him quickly after a bit of reading, things seemed to come back to him quickly with pacific reminders.

 

[spacepanda]

Anja couldn’t help but to chortle at his obvious discomfort, but she did feel a little bad about it. She was afraid if she took it any farther his tail would fly off him and break something. It was already reminding her of a set of angry windshield wipers.


“Well, I’m afraid I’m not exactly a person most would consider cultured, but I’ll try my best to answer any questions you have. That being said,” she arose from her seating position and sauntered into the kitchen, “I’m going to start making us some breakfast. Your clothes are next to the couch if you want to shower.”


She had left the shopping bags next to the couch last night, figuring it was as good a place as any for now. Upon opening the refrigerator door, she closed it once more, popping her head out of the kitchen. “Um, I’m not quite sure how technology works in your world, it seems more advance than ours, but if you have any questions about how the shower works let me know. It can get kind of cranky. There are supplies you can use under the sink.” She said, slinking back to the kitchen with slight embarrassment.


Well, hopefully I can at least provide a decent enough breakfast, she was momentarily thankful she had gone grocery shopping not two days earlier.

 

[xXRassBerriXx]

Akaski was rather relieved to find that the matter had been dropped, the rhythmic swishing of his tail decreasing in speed as the small blush on his face began to fade. He did recognize the word shower, though it wasn't a common appliance in the demonic realm has demons held a different preference for bathing. Akaski had used one before, but he assumed one up here would be rather different.


"Alright..." He replied, assuming he wouldn't need to tell her what he was doing as he went back into the living room. He peered around for a moment before spotting the bag of which he took in hand, looking inside a moment just to be sure he had selected the right ones. Finding it to be the clothing he had selected, he turned himself back around and entered the door to the bathroom. By this time his tail had returned to its normal pace and his face was back to its normal pale coloring.


He peered at the bathroom curiously, approaching what he assumed to be the shower seeing as it would be large enough for him to stand within. Peeking inside of it he spotted two knobs both with unfamiliar symbols upon them. Akaski guessed thy represented the useage of the knobs which was most likely just plain hot and cold.


He chose one to turn for now before undressing himself and entering the shower, trying to figure out everything by himself and curiously trying to make out what the soap bottles said.