The Demon Trapping Society
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"Bandage yourself up or grab a bucket from the back to bleed into, I spent all morning scrubbing this floor until it was shiny. People are coming to look it over, I need them to have a good impression of it." Nevia hummed, glancing up briefly at him before back down to the notebook in front of her.
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Theon tucked his other arm out until he was pretty much shirtless, wrapping it up around the stump. He let the door swing shut. "You're selling?"
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"I have to." She whispered almost sadly, "Atticud has gotten himself into a situation and he needs the money. He said he would pay me back eventually, then I can buy myself a new place. Maybe somewhere more central, I don't know." Closing the notebook, she reached over to turn the music on her phone off. "Should I even ask what happened to you today?"
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"If you want money, you just need to ask," Theon said slowly, as if for her benefit. "Do you know how little currency means? Who even needs the money, I'll just have the debtors killed."
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"I don't want to be relying on you and Luci for every little challenge of my life. You don't like the shop anyway, do you? I promise I'll let you bleed all over my flat whenever you like." Nevia got to her feet then, walking over to look better at his arm; grimacing at her. "The other guy came out looking worse, right?"
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"Oh, the other guy no longer exists. Period. And it's not relying. It's a given. Think of it as backdated gifts." Theon extended his arm so she could better see. It was a smooth, perfect cut, as if the blade had been the sharpest of it's kind. It showed every nerve, bone, tendon and muscle.
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"That's disgusting. Why does that freak me out more than your face did when it got burned off?"
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"It's highly educational," Theon told her seriously. "Learn your anatomy. Seriously, tell me who the guy who needs money is. I'll give him something."
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"Old family friend. Atticus borrowed off of him years ago, he added interest and now they want to collect. His name is Monroe Jenkins." She sighed, "I don't want you doing anything, Theo, please. The shop doesn't mean anything to you, it's not your concern."
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"It means to you, though. And you mean to me. Process of elimination - hurt the thing that makes you sad, make you happy, make me happy, we all win." Theon adjusted the pressure on his makeshift bandage.
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"I would just.." She began, before giving up; shaking her head to indicate this defeat. Reaching over she interwound her fingers with his and headed towards the backroom. "I'll get you a proper bandage."
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Theon followed after her, letting his fingers squeeze around hers a little tighter. "Call it selfish. Call it controlling. I just want to be the only one who can tell you what to do with your life." Petulantly, he added, "It's ours. No one else should make you feel like you need to make decisions like this. I'll find you a nicer place myself."
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"I want this place, this is all I need. It could be better, but I love it and..." Nevia grimaced, giving up the act. "I don't want you to bail me out, I don't want anyone to get hurt but I need to help Atticus with this and this is the only way I can. I don't know what I need off of you right now. I'm sorry." Exhaling she gently pushed him down onto the old sofa, "Get that dirty thing off, I'll get you a proper bandage."
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"It doesn't have to be an obvious bail out. I'll be the anonymous donation and you pay me back in instalments. Or with kisses." He sat down and took the rest of the bloodied shirt off his arm. Jostling it made it start oozing blood again.
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Nevia snorted softly at that, grabbing a towel and pressing it against what remained of his bleeding arm with one hand as she rummaged through the first aid kit with her other. "My, my, you are such a scary demon. Though you already have my soul so you can't use that as your payment reauest anymoee, mm? Kisses must be the next best thing."
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"You just told me to take my shirt off because it was dirty but that towel is the most hideous thing I've ever seen." Theon paused, tilted his head and debated a moment. "Wait, did I get you that towel?"
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"It was either you or Atticus. Luci and I have better taste so it wouldn't of been one of us." She replied, flashing him a grin. "The towel is just to stop the oozing, and perhaps my main intention was to get you shirtless in my back room."
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"You just had to ask." Theon mockingly flexed his remaining hand. "Don't bandage it too tight, when it starts to regenerate, it'll suck the bandage in under the skin."
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"This isn't my first rodeo when it comes to fixing you up, I know." She hummed, moving the towel away then and beginning to banadage it. "I- There is something I need to ask, something Luci said that I haven't been able to let go of but I don't want to upset you by asking it."
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((So many things going at once omg))
"Go for it. If it's a stupid question, I'm flicking you in the forehead. Those are the rules."
"Go for it. If it's a stupid question, I'm flicking you in the forehead. Those are the rules."
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"Are you manipulating me to like - to love you? He was certain you were, he looked at me with pity when I argued against it and then said I was throwing a childs tantrum."
(( Haha, you have a character in all of them! ))
(( Haha, you have a character in all of them! ))
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"You've got to understand, if you don't want to be here - you don't have to be here. There's many things I can mess with. The heart isn't one of them. Love is out of bounds. Luci though, he was never human. He doesn't know what love is. Never had a heart, because angels, they're just soldiers made out of clay and once upon a time, Luci was one of them." Theon went quiet for a long moment. "If he can't use it, he doesn't care for it. You weren't throwing a childish tantrum - he was."
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Nevia nodded quietly, tying the last of the bandage and closing up the first aid kit. "No, that is what I thought but I just had to make sure... Ridiculously it's not often he lies to me, not when it comes to you anyway so I just needed to check. Why would you think that I wouldn't want to be here?"
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"There's always an out." Theon made a gesture as if spreading his hands, but it was lacklustre with only one hand and half an arm. "I have your soul. As soon as you're done here, if you're done here, I still have the best part."
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