"And this will be your room, Rexikat," said Lexian with a sigh. "I do hope you'll enjoy you stay." He rolled his eyes.
I pinned him with a narrow-eyed glare, and he immediately backed away. "If you need help finding your way around, just ask one of the others in the tower," he muttered, before sharply turning heel and striding away.
I snorted to myself. How easy it was to manipulate people. Soon enough, I'd have him wrapped in chains. Like someone else I used to know...
Shaking my head out of the fragmented memories, I pushed the door open to my room. I made sure to lock it behind me, sealing it with my magic; who knew how many Nobodies in the castle knew how to pick a lock.
Looking around me, I could see that my room was rather spacious, with a bed in one corner, a desk, a dresser, a closet, a bookshelf, and a window with a seat. I picked up my bag and threw it onto the bed. It wasn't that big; when I had been attacked...when Kateri was destroyed, I was in such a state, I had only packed what I knew I needed, and some things I couldn't bear to part with.
First throwing all of my clothes into the appropriate drawers, I then turned to the issue of my bed. I hadn't slept in a proper bed since...
I stood for a moment, racking my brain for more memories. I almost had one when I sensed somebody approaching my door. Whirling around with my hands in fists, I crouched down low and snarled. My ears twitched as they picked up the light, skipping footsteps that could only mean one thing: a girl.
And a happy girl at that.
Headed straight for my door. My room. My territory.
I growled lowly again and opened the door just in time to catch her fist. She had been about to knock. She gasped with a small, "Oh!" as I held her hand tighter.
"Hiya! I'm supposed to be looking for pieces of Triskix's memory, but I heard we had a new member, and couldn't wait to meet you! So you're a newbie, right? I heard Lexian brought you up here, but he's not here anymore. Wow, that's a pretty awesome tattoo. Must have hurt like something else. But wait, I never even knocked, so how did you know I was coming? Oh, are you telepathic or somethin'? We don't have any telepaths in the castle yet. At least, none that I know of..."
I tuned out the girl's incessant chatter to observe her more closely. Pale, icy blue hair, hazel eyes, and about my height, she didn't seem like a fighter at all to me. More like...some girl who regularly plays with dolls and calls them by name. I leaned in to get a bit of her scent. Sweet, like burnt sugar, but with a hint of something darker. I could smell the happiness radiating off her body, but there was something underneath I just couldn't pin down.
"...and so my name is Xyris, and now we can be friends, right?" The girl--Kyris--looked at me expectantly. I stared blankly back.
"Um, helllooooo? Geez, you're worse than Materux," she muttered. "At least she speaks when spoken to."
I glared at her more fiercely. What the hell did she think I was, some house cat? Absolutely unacceptable. I released her hand and made to shut my door, wanting nothing more to do with the girl.
The door had just about closed when suddenly, a huge shard of ice slammed into my door, knocking it open. I managed to react and jump out of the way to avoid being impaled, but damn, was I pissed.
I looked to the doorway and growled at Xyris. Her eyes were red, and she held an expression of rage on her face. "What is wrong with you? You don't just close a door in someone's face in the middle of a conversation!"
This girl was ridiculous. You don't start a conversation with someone who you don't know who didn't even want to talk in the first place. I unraveled my Legato Melodies from around my thighs and hands and let them slip to the floor. As she tried to enter my room, I stood up with a savage growl, and with a flick of my wrists, directed the chains to bind themselves around the girl's body. Striding forward purposefully, I pulled my arm back and threw it forward, the chains mimicking my movement and slamming the girl against the hallway wall.
I got good and close to her face so she won't misunderstand my meaning. "Don't you dare ever attack unprovoked like that again, do you understand? Next time I might not be as merciful, rules or not."
She struggled angrily against my chains, but I knew she wouldn't get free that easily, and smirked. I opened my mouth to speak again, when I heard the tell-tale whistle of a weapon flying through the air. Ducking quickly and sending out some chains to catch the weapon, I whipped around towards the source.
Another Nobody stood there, one I was unfamiliar with. He had short grey hair...and the most annoying smile I had ever seen. "Hey," he said. "You mind lettin' her down right about now?"
"Who are you?" I responded, not liking the way he continued smiling.
"I'm Tsukux. I'm new here. How about you?" He held out his hand. I deigned not to shake it. He shrugged. "Whatever. You wanna let her down?"
"No," I said, "I'll let her down when I want to." True to my word, I stood there staring at him for another minute before I allowed my chains to retract, and Xyris fell to the floor, along with Tsukux's weapon.
Skirting around me, he picked up his sword and helped Xyris to her feet. She glared at me and spat, "You b***h, I'll get you for this."
I waved her off. "Shouldn't have messed with me, then," I said. "Now you know. Leave me alone, don't bother me without a reason, and we'll get along fine." I closed my door and took a deep breath. I really needed to watch my temper.
Too annoyed to continue unpacking, I re-wrapped my chains, grabbed a blanket from my bag, and curled up on the window seat for a nice nap. The last thing I thought about was something Xyris had said. Something about looking for pieces of memory...I yawned. Maybe I would help look tomorrow.
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Continue, anyone?
KitKat: Wow, Rex, way to make friends.
Rexikat: She wouldn't...shut...up. And she was so happy.
KitKat: Right, then. You just go on being your anti-social self.
Rexikat: *glare*
KitKat: Please, you know that doesn't work on me. ^_^
