Re: Another Way

by **Arcana** September 22nd 2013, 6:34 pm

The rather familiar looking Titan looked over the newcomer with half interest, an eyebrow cocking as he seemed to be attempting to understand something about the male.”So Sean, who is this? Its not everyday that a newborn Titan comes around, especially one made from a human. I look forward to your explanation.” He wasn't amused, angry or anything expected of that line of emotions, but his lips were kept in what could be called a smirk. One of the humans at the side of his throne poured him a black looking liquid into an onyx goblet, and he swirled it before sipping on it lightly.

Sean didn't do the whole groveling thing that the others would have done, but stayed on his feet, and looks his precursor in the eyes.”I can't really give an explanation. He caught my interest and I acted off of that, nothing else I can say really.” Sean said with the ease of that cool guy in the 80's movie that smoked, and skated while impregnating some sleezey ho. The other Titans wreathing him muttered amongst themselves as if this were both expected, and at the same time shocking.

”Fair enough.” The Titan King digressed with a shrug, guzzling the goblet of wine down in one gulp, only to have it refilled. ”So tell me about yourself young one. Its not everyday that the Abyss is graced with a Titan that was not exactly birthed in here. I haven't even left this gloomy keep in millions of years, so i'm sure its changed greatly since then, oh, do you want a drink as well?” If anything the Titan could be described as eccentric but billions of years did no favors for a persons mind, so there was a small amount of wiggle room for what he considered sane. If Smoke accepted the drink, a glass of his own with the liquid would be brought to him, but if not, then he just did not get any.

by **Samify** September 22nd 2013, 6:52 pm

Sam stepped forward slightly as the man wanted to know more about him, Sam felt slightly awkward knowing that he probably had several people judging him at one time. He scratched the back of his head as he tried to think of what to say, "Erm... My name is Sam, I'm 21 and from England..." he turned his head slightly to Sean to see if he was doing it right, Sean was just looking at him though. "If you want to know about the world, it's mostly technological now, I have my phone here in my pocket" he pulled it out and turned it on, he had no signal but everyone seemed kind of interested by his handheld device, he slotted it back in his pocket in a hope that it was what they wanted to here. "I was promised immortality by someone, they got my hopes up for a while and then dashed it not too long ago, then I met Sean who could promise me immortality and I took it, he made me a half Titan and now I'm here..." Sam slipped his hand into his other pocket and pulled out several small berries, they were quite addicting. "And as for the beverage, I'm not a drinker, I'll just stick to these berries if you don't mind" Sam felt slightly more casual now, he was expecting the man on the throne to be cold and loud and demanding, but he seemed like an ok guy, perhaps his view of you changes depending on if you are on his good side.

by **Arcana** September 23rd 2013, 12:34 am

The Titan would listen with thinly veiled interest, curious as to the locations he spoke of and so many things. He spoke of many things, including his search for immortality, and from there was how he got here today. "I see.” He said a little cowed that his drink offer was denied, but then again that was how it went with the young, or those not inclined to drink. He preferred to eat berries that composed the wine, instead of its fermented juice. So this drink was brought to Sean, who drank it with gusto, and wiped away small black droplets from around his lips. "If you are indeed part Titan, I think you will not find this so hard a task.” He snapped a finger and a young looking female with eyes like a sapphire, and hair like fire was brought before him. "Kill her, and feed off the Nether her death creates.” The man on the throne said downing another glass of his expensive looking wine, waiting for him to do it. The girl simply gave up, and accepted whatever fate that she was designated. If this former heroic soul would do it was another matter.

by **Samify** September 23rd 2013, 12:58 am

Sam's heart sank, he really didn't want to kill this innocent woman, she didn't look like a menace and she had never done anything bad to Sam before. Sam ran through his life to find that he has never actually killed anyone before, he as just either knocked them out or seriously injured them, but he does not have any blood on his hand. Sam watched this young woman slump down onto the floor without a fight, she seemed malnourished and out of energy and didn't look like she was going to put up a fight. Sam would have said no immediately if he had not been in the home of the Titan's and was being watched and judged by Titan's all around him, he would look extremely weak to his peers and his allies if he chose not to do it, it was the equivalent of accepting the first cigarette from a friend and being judged for it, except that this choice involved ending a life.

Sam slowly walked over, wondering if this is what they actually wanted or was just a joke that they were playing on him, they seemed way too serious to be joking though. Sam stepped behind the woman who was on her knees and wrapped his arms around her head and neck with the intention of twisting it so quickly that it would snap her neck and kill her humanely. Sam took in a few deep breaths, he started to feel cold and began to think that he was going to do something he was going to regret. Sure Titan's fed off of the death of others, but Sam had only been a Titan for half n hour and he did not deem it necessary to kill anyone whenever he wanted to get the sudden rush of Nether, he knew that he would grow into it eventually, but he did not feel like he should be thrown into the deep end.

Sam sighed and was worried about what kind of reception he was going to face, he looked up at Sean for a short second before pulling away and holding his head down, he slowly turned to the precursor and held out his arms by his side "Sorry but... I just can't do it yet, this transition is going to take longer than an hour, you're just going ot have to let me adapt at my own pace... if that's ok with you..."

by **Arcana** September 25th 2013, 2:09 am

The Titan monarch would look upon the younger male with a certain interest, hoping that he would do as was asked of him, but also curious if he had the gall to deny it. In all honesty he did not really have any great expectations for one so new to the Titan blood, but then again if he was chosen by someone like Sean, there had to be something there, or he was meant to be a personal play thing for his descendant. It did not matter either way, but the old codger was always looking forward to some new talent within his own dark little kingdom. IN the end he did not kill the woman, and that seemed to add a small amount of relief to her face, but not enough for anyone but him to notice. The kind act was amusing, but he did the woman no favors in the end.

”Oh really? That’s too bad.” He said tutting lightly, letting his right index finger meander about in a circle as dark energy would follow suit, forming a small circle within the air that was there as long as he continued the movement. In an instant he stopped and snapped, as the girl was wrenched up and dragged away, perhaps back to whatever quarters the female was being held. ”Well with that out of the way.” He looked to his counsel, who seemed to be expecting something like this to come along. ”Normally when a Titan refuses to do something I command them to do, they are given death, but if Sean chose you, I won’t doubt his judgment.” He said with little emotion within his tone as possible.

”Thank you.” Sean said with a bow, and with a wave they seemed to be dismissed.

’Do whatever you want with him.” The current Titan king said, and Sean would do just that.

”Lets go Sam.” Sean would say and then they would….go.

by **Samify** September 25th 2013, 3:37 pm

Sam's heart was in his mouth as he waited for the judgement to be dished out, he was expected to be shunned by the Titan's for not killing the defenseless woman, sweat started to form on his forehead as he thought his time was up and he tugged on his collar as the precursor made his decision. The woman was dragged away by some kind of force, probably back to the cage that she came from, but at least she was allowed to live for a little bit longer than planned.

It appeared being picked to become a Titan by Sean had its privileges, the biggest privilege is that he is allowed to remain alive. Sam heard Sean's reply behind him as he took a few steps back to return in line with him, "Do whatever you want with him" didn't sound like a reassuring statement to him, it sounded like Sean could kill him on the spot and no one would care but Sean told Sam that it was time to leave and he did, he turned around and followed Sean out of the eerie room. When Sam deemed them far enough away that anyone in the room would hear, Sam said "Well I think that went pretty well, don't you think?..."

by **Arcana** September 25th 2013, 10:49 pm

”Could have gone much worst. They could have flogged you or beat you with overly sized sausages, not really sure what the king has in mind.” Sean noted with a shrug of his shoulders. They walked down one of the long hallways that went throughout the castle, occasionally moving past one of the many servants that worked keeping the place in optimal shape. ’Well since you are now my ward, or whatever they call this, you will be living in the castle with me. Not exactly the best place to live, but it’s a castle, so there’s that.” They would walk for what felt like a while, but was only around five minutes, and then the two found a rather ornate room.

There was a large bed that overtook most of it, with a pallet of dark reds and anything else that seemed to fit the darkish scheme of the whole damn place. Sean would walk over to his bed and plop down lazily rolling about before getting comfortable, looking to Sam who was likely confused. ”I guess it’s time I tell you what your duties are or something like that.” Sean said rather unenthused.

by **Samify** September 25th 2013, 11:06 pm

Overly sized sausages? Sam hoped that they didn't exist, unless he wasn't being serious and it was an odd euphemism that he didn't quite get at first. They walked through one of the many corridors of this large castle, when he was told that he would be living in it he was rather surprised and yet slightly worried, this castle was clearly a nicer place to live than in the apartment that he lived in currently, but he had commitments to keep back in the real world, he had a cat/girl living with him that he took care of, he couldn't simply leave her and he couldn't leave Zoe either because he simply didn't want to. It seemed like the entire thought that he had took up the trip, they both entered a room that looked quite dull, just like everything else in this weird dimension, did no one know what colour means?

Sean strolled in and laid down on his bed, Sam was closing the door as he looked around, was he literally going to live with Sean? He assumed he meant inside the castle, not inside the same bed. Sean rolled around a bit as he tried to relax before explaining that Sam had "duties", it appeared Sam was stuck with this group of people as one of their own, he simply wanted to take the immortality and be on his way, but now he was a part of the team. Sean didn't sound very confident though, "You sound like you've never done anything like this before" Sam walked over and sat on the side of the bed as he continued to look around the room. "So what are my duties anyway? I was planning on just going back to my regular life and pop in here every once in a while to see what was going on."

by **Arcana** September 25th 2013, 11:37 pm

”Never done this before really. I mean I knew how to make someone a Titan, and all of that good stuff, but I never really thought about after wards. Sean noted with some uncertainty as he rolled onto his back, holding his feet up in the air and kicking them a little, an exercise in boredom and perhaps a thought process run rampant. What were the duties of a new born Titan anyway? ”I guess as long as you don’t piss me off and do what I say, all will be okay or something like that.” His mind for a moment thought over the design of the room, and….it was blander than Aaron’s attire was, and that would not do. With that small thought finished running its course through his mind; Sean would turn his attention back towards Sam with somewhat of a roguish smirk. He would move in a rather smooth seeming motion and rest his head on Sam’s lap, regardless if he did not like so or not. ”So what did you plan to do once you got your immortality from a race of people with their fashion ripped from gothic weekly? Not that I plan to call your idea stupid or anything; but did you think you could walk away without having to pay something?”

by **Samify** September 25th 2013, 11:54 pm

Dont piss off Sean, that seemed easy enough, he seemed like an ok guy. So he didn't actually have any duties it seemed, unless he actually did but Sean just didn't know what to tell him, he preferred it this way though because at least he didn't have to do much. Sam was pretty comfortable sitting at the side of the bed, Sean seemed to be attempting to get even more comfortable than he was, he swiveled around and rested his head on Sam's lap, a rather forward thing to do to someone who you have only met recently, people rest their heads on other people all of the time though so it was not really a big deal and the "Don't piss off Sean" clause of the mental contract popped into Sam's head, maybe it was best just to stay still.

Yes... That is exactly what he was thinking, he simply wanted his immortality and then leave, but it appeared he was going to stay here longer than he hoped. "Err... Of course not, I mean if you guys were so nice as to give me immortality, the least I could do is hang around and help out wherever I am needed... But just to make sure I understand this correctly, I am going to be living here... In this castle... In this room and not in the real world in my apartment with my cat and erm... close friend? Are you telling me I am going to have to move all of my stuff from the real world into here? If that's even possible..." It was certainly going to be a tough transition if he was to move, Amber might not know any different between the two places, but Zoe would probably hate it here being surrounded by so many Titans, she would most probably never visit him on those grounds alone.

by **Arcana** September 26th 2013, 12:20 am

”A cat and a friend?” Sean said smirking lightly. ”And you do now live in this castle, but that does not mean you are permanently locked in here. You probably get a free pass to go back and forth between your old world and this one in maybe two weeks tops.” Sean said addressing that small issue, and turning his head slightly, looking up at the male with a quizzical expression on his face. ”Mostly you just need to learn about all that nice stuff like where to go in The Abyss, political BS and where you are within the grand scheme of things. Your things can be moved for you, if that is your wish. Not sure why you would want to go anywhere else than here, but that’s up to you I suppose.” Granted Sean also had The Ethereal Isles to call home, and someone to call his. The thought of Ouroboros made him smirk a little wider.

So now he had this youngling, and that meant that he would have to help him become accommodated to everything that was around him. ”But you shouldn’t worry too much Sam, there is more to this dingy world than what you’ve seen. I’ve heard of places with more color than even on the plain of Earth, and colors beyond what you could image. This may be called The Abyss, but that was mostly by mortals that were taken here long ago, and the name kinda stuck.”

by **Samify** September 26th 2013, 12:36 am

"Yes a cat and a close friend, don't you judge me" he said with a slight laugh, that was pretty much all he had other than the belongings in his house and the scars on his back. Sam was relieved to here that he wasn't stuck in this place and that he was free to venture between the two worlds, it made sense when he thought that he met Sean in his world and not in the Abyss, but still even two weeks was a long time, Amber would be worried sick about him and would be panicking by herself, hopefully she could take care of herself until Sam could get a hold of her. The Abyss just seemed like a large wasteland full of nothing, Sam never did like politics and he assumed he was at the bottom of the food chain and was going to work his way up. Sam was quite worried about this whole situation that he found himself in, but as long as he had Sean there to help him out with anything he needed or wanted, Sam was certain that he would be fine, the main thing he was worried about was how Amber and more importantly Zoe would react, as far as he was aware Zoe was a hunter of demons and now Sam practically was one, so did this mean that she would have to kill him? He hoped not, and even if she chose not to, Sam lived in a castle full of demons, it would certainly cause Zoe some problems, but Sam hoped that they could push through it.

As for the world that he was now living in, colour was not a necessity, it would make the place more appealing but it did not change anything, he was sure that he would be visiting some of the places that Sean spoke about with Sean so they could both explore it together. "Hmm... So I guess its been too long to change it to Super Happy Fun Land?"

by **Arcana** September 26th 2013, 1:20 am

”hey, no judging here.” Sean said with a slight chuckle on his part, perhaps enjoying his decision to make this man a Titan more than a couple of minutes ago. He was sure that once Same learned more about The Abyss, its rich culture, and blah blah blah, he would be more likely to stick around than before, and something made him want that to be a reality. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that Sean gave him this new life, something that was akin to giving birth, but then again it could have been something else; not that he really knew which. ”Too long indeed. If I did, the old farts in power would wine, nag, and bitch until either my ears fell off or I changed it back. Likely the latter would happen, since I hate nagging almost as much as moldy cheese.” he mused over something for a moment. ”I do like cats though. Had one when I was younger, and it was one of my best friends, well my best non human friend anyway. Named her Shadow, and damn did she love tuna. I swear that cat thought it was crack or something.”

by **Samify** September 26th 2013, 1:35 am

Sam was slightly amused over this strange bonding period. "Hmm, well my cat isn't exactly a normal cat... I mean I thought it was a normal cat when this girl gave it to me, she was a stray cat on the street who decided to live with me when I lived in England so I took care of her, then I moved over o here with her and I found out she was actually a... err... shapeshifter... she can be in the form of a cat or a person which didn't change the way i feel about her, but it certainly did make things more interesting. My whole life has been more interesting over the past year or so, it's been rather hard to keep up with sometimes." The two of them were probably going to be spending a lot of time together seems that Sean was Sam's sort of mentor, so why not get to know each other as soon as possible. Sean already seemed pretty comfortable around Sam, but Sam was in a new place around new faces so he was slightly more nervous and it was probably best to get to know Sean as quickly as possible.

"So why don't you tell me more about yourself Sean? We're gonna be around each other a lot and right now I only know your name, you tell me some stuff and I can share some stuff about me if you want"

by **Arcana** September 26th 2013, 2:15 am

”Shape shifting cat? I have to say that’s a new one?” Sean noted with a sly smirk, perhaps not completely believing him, though he was a death controlling demon thing; so that was not too much of a stretch. His life was not the only one that was interesting as of late. Sean had come into his Titan powers only half a year ago, and now here he was in his castle, laying his head on the lap of a man that he barely knew, and who probably did not like the weirdo using him like a personal pillow, though Sean did not care either way. ”You want to know more about me?” Sean asked with a certain innocent twinge to his voice, and a smile.

”Well, it was a little less than a year ago that I was living in Chicago with…a friend. That was until I met someone who changed all of that, there was a few things that happened, I awakened by own Titan powers, killed someone, opened a giant portal above a small town in Georgia, was thrown into prison, broken out and blah blah blah.I don’t really want to bore you with too much exposition.” He would adjust where he head lay for a moment, still feeling rather comfortable where he was laying. When you were used to the coldness around you, a little warmth was welcome, and considering that he was still partially human, that meant that he had some warmth to him.

’I did get to see this really cool island that was built in little over a day.” He added as if it were the best thing that he had ever seen, and something that he would show when he had the time, perhaps after he showed Smoke all of The Abyss, or at least part of it. ”After a year here I am, in the castle of the dominant race in this dark realm where everything rots, and if you can believe it, they want me to reduce Earth to this sad state, regardless of what it means. I’m not sure if it’s just hubris or something else entirely.” He spoke about the plan with a certain disdain, heels of his feet kicking lightly against the covers that coated the bed, which were softer than the pillows, which were rather rough cotton or whatever that called it.

”So, tell me more about yourself Sam.”

by **Samify** September 26th 2013, 6:43 pm

Sean seemed to have a rather exciting life and has many topics he can talk about when speaking about his past, opening a portal over a small town in Georgia certainly caught his attention, Sam hadn't heard anything about that and Sean seemed to speak about it nonchalantly as if it was one of those things that he did every day.

"They want to make Earth look like this place? At least we will be able to name it whatever we want, so I say that Super Happy Fun Land is back on the table" Sam wasn't really sure how to feel about the possibility of making Earth look just like this place, his whole life he has spent saving and helping random people and now he was a part of a group that planned on destroying all of those people as well as the wildlife, civilization as a whole would be gone.

"Well you probably heard me talking a little bit about myself back in that big room, but I'll go into a bit more detail. I come from England, nice place, crap weather, rains pretty much all of the time, it's pretty miserable around there, your race will love it. I went into a forest for fun with a bunch of friends one day and I was seperated from them, this weird spirit flew through me and I woke up in a hospital with the powers I have now, i found it soon after that the spirit was a women that was killed by her crazed husband in the same forest, I was also the only one out of all of my friends to escape from the forest. I didn't really know what to do then, I panicked and ran away from my home and left my family and moved into an abandoned house somewhere around London. I met this girl, she was really nice, she was from America so I showed her around the city a bit and treated her really nice, she was the one that gave me the stray cat... Hmm what else... Oh yeah! I was pretty much abducted by this company called Abraxis and they tested me for a bunch of different things leaving me with some bad scars on my back, I stayed in America since then... Found the girl that I met back in England, kissed her, she didn't kiss back blah blah blah, not important... now I live happily with another woman who pops in and out because of her... erm... work." At this point Sam realized that he had pretty much been rambling about his entire life story, he hoped Sean didn't mind.

"That's pretty much everything about me..."

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