Fantasy The Unilluminated

[CrazyNotChaotic]

Crazy stretched and disappeared, reappearing right outside the cage. "Give me a minute, human."

 

[AriaFocus]

She stood up rigid at him yelling for Timothy, "calm down!" When he came over to them she let out a small wave.

 

[solicitude]

"Timothy, I need you to walk with this friend of mine and make sure she doesn't go outside the wood."





Timothy nodded. "Okay!"

 

[AriaFocus]

"Why can't we go outside the forest? Don't listen to Eron!" She turned to Timothy. "He doesn't know what he's talking about."

 

[solicitude]

"Because you can't run away and he's a pushover."


"I am not!"

 

[Phil]

Max jumped startled by his disappearance and turned toward his voice when she heard him. "umm, ok"


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[CrazyNotChaotic]

Half an hour later.


"Here you are, sweetie!" He calls out carrying a china plate. "We have pulled duck with lemon parsley marinade and buttered mashed potatoes." He places the plate in front of her with a pressed napkin and a silver fork.

 

[Phil]

Max looks at the plate confused "I don't understand" She looks back at Crazy trying to figure out what his game was.


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[CrazyNotChaotic]

"Go on, eat. It's good food and I didn't give you a knife. I'll return to this side of the cage." He does so and watches her.

 

[Phil]

Max watches him for a minute before sitting down and picking up the fork. She cautiously takes a bite and then smiles at the taste. She starts digging into the food, realizing how hungry she was. She had only been served boiled chicken and stale bread for lunch and dinner and some sort of boiled oats that resembled oatmeal for breakfast. The only thing good she had eaten was the cake that Timothy had snuck her.

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"Do you like it?" Crazy asks. "I was hoping I didn't cook the duck too long."

 

[Phil]

Max nods in response, she did like it, but after all the bland meals she had been eating any sort of change would have been appreciated. She continues to eat enjoying the taste.

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"Now, I've got creme brulee baking in the oven, and it'll be ready once you're done."

 

[Phil]

She looks up at him startled by this news but her expression quickly turns to distrust. She places the fork down on the plate. "Why are you doing that? What is your game?"

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"I'm sorry, I love cooking, and here you are, hungry, so that's why I'm doing it. What I want? Just your attention."

 

[Phil]

Max frowned not trusting him but she returns to eating anyway because she was really hungry. When she finishes eating she pushes the plate back through the bars. She gets up and heads back over to her 'bed' and sits down on it.

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

Crazy takes the plate, bows, and leaves, soon returning with the creme brulee. "Here you are."

 

[Phil]

Max is startled by the bowing and his sudden use of manners toward her. When he returns Max climbs to her feet and walks back over to the bars that separated them. She glared at him trying to understand what caused this shift in behavior.

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"I'm coming in now." He does his vanishing trick appearing behind her.

 

[Phil]

Max jumped a little bit still startled by the trick. She stares at the place he disappeared and crosses her arms continuing to glare. "I still don't trust you"

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"I don't want your trust, just for you to try this." He says softly, putting the dessert on the table.

 

[Phil]

Max turns around to face him and looks at the food and back to him. "What do you gain from this? Why are you being nice to me?"

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"I get your reactions, for one, and second, I get to cook good food." He smiles and curls his wings around the two of them.

 

[Phil]

Max moved her eyes toward the wings that encircled her and a trickle of fear enters her but she does her best not to show it on her face. She turns her attention back to him. "ok fine"

 

[CrazyNotChaotic]

"Unless . ." He lowered his voice. "You have something else in mind?"