Ready Or Not, Here We Are. [Dimitri]

[Dimitri Wladisyaw]

Dimitri smiled sweetly and moved away from the crank, showing that she had done well for now.

"She is sentient is she, I suspected as much of the other one. Such intelligence burned in their eyes, they moved and reacted not as animals but as people." He paused, "How glad I am that you came to me Jade, how delightful that I have this chance to probe into your people."

He released the helmet leaving it loose sat atop her pretty head, another kiss was briefly taken before he spoke again, "But I forget my other guests, let me deal with them and then back to you Jade, think over all the information you can find, I want everything you can think of....alright?" Carefully he placed his hands over her nose blocking her air unless she opened her mouth, when that happened the apple would be firmly placed back inside it to keep her quiet until Dimitri wanted her again.

Rather now he moved to the table and picked up a skewer used to catch great hunks of meat and turned back to Jade, "I grow tired with this, you provide a more exciting delicacy this evening so I will make this quicker than I intended." The first man received a skewer to his heart, his eyes grew wide and then almost with a resigned releif he slumped forward the impliment still protruding from him and blood slowly spilling onto the floro below.

The second man received a short knife across his throat producing a similar effect, however in his eyes it was clear Dimitri could never let a female leave the world so easily. Rather his cool pupils flickered and a smile flowed onto his mouth, he stalked round the table and while keeping an eye on Jade to gauge her reaction he began to carefully kiss the dying girl. Ever the servant and from some deep place inside she even kissed back slightly, perhaps instinct and movement bubbling from the subconscious.

Dimitri finally untied her and left her lying in the middle of the table, carefully he arranged her limbs to form a pose, a romantic pose one might see in a sculpture, all languishing limbs and soft curviture of form. Like some depraved host Dimitri found a knife and casually carved into flesh, letting it come away from the body, eventually it was clear the girl was dead, wide and pale eyes staring vacously upwards.

Dimitri turned his attention back to Jade, carefully he placed a leg on either side of her and sat himself down on her lap, his face but a few inches from hers, with a smile he licked his side of the apple and then removed it from her lips, "More information please."

In the background orcs and the fat necromancer entered and removed the bodies, the fat man failing to hide a wide smile at the chance of new suspects. His cast jade a flabby look before he left and his eyes spoke of such depravity and knowledge, to look at Dimitri one would see both of those in his eyes, also lust burning a blood red flame inside him.

[Jade Alanon]

Though Jade's one question had been left unanswered, the fact that she remained held in the contraption answered her question well enough. He enjoyed having a woman bound before him, it excited him for Jade could see the lust in his eyes, though he had been sated for the moment as he relieved the tension for the damned helmet. She sighed in some relief, seeing that he was more intrigued by the Virkyn themselves then the Sanguine, the power and intelligence he saw in the beasts that walked at the Sanguines' sides was enough to fascinate anyone.

She didn't like the fact that he wished to probe her mind, though she didn't feel that she had to worry about him being a mystic, surely he would have used that ability had he the power to do so. She cursed the other Sanguine for drawing Dimitri's eye, for she was suffering the consequences of it now, she and Nymira both, for she could feel her sister's fear through their connection. Nymira had felt ill at rest being there and she hadn't wished to be left in the room, but Jade had thought it best to go alone, not wishing for both sisters to walk into a trap.

Another kiss touched her lips before he decided that he had neglected his other "guests" long enough. Jade had watched them every so often, seeing them slowly die before her. It was a cruel fate they had been dealt, the table in front of them as well as the floor was drenched in their flowing blood, the smell of blood was heavy in the air. Before Dimitri departed her side, he held her nose so that she had to open her mouth to breathe, once again, the apple was thrust into her mouth and the familiar soreness in her jaw came again as she was forced into silence.

She growled to herself as he went to the first man and thrust a skewer into his heart, a fitting ending it seemed. It was painful but at least it quickened his passage to the afterlife, though having seen his guests from earlier, it was doubtful that death would stop the cruelty from continuing. The second man was also killed quickly, his throat slit, he gurgled a bit before he died as well. Jade didn't look away, she didn't close her eyes nor did she cry, she watched the carnage with eerie silence and calm, she didn't ever kill so pointlessly, but she did kill and so this didn't phase her too much.

Did he wish to gauge just how heartless she could be? Did he want to see just who she was? Was that why he made her watch him slowly and almost tenderly murder the young woman. Was she to experience a similar death if she refused to tell him more about the Sanguine and the Virkyn?

She watched with dispassionate eyes as he murdered the young woman, she could tell the exact moment the girl had died as well, she had taken note of when the girl breathed her last breath. It was a bloody sight to be sure and any lesser woman who have been begging for release, crying against the muffling of the apple, but Jade didn't cry very often and she sure as feth wouldn't let him see her cry.

Once he finished with his little massacre, he left the mess for someone else to clean up and turned his attention back onto Jade. Jade had seen murder in her life, she had seen death, but she had never seen such an artistic murderer before and it fascinated her. She opened her mouth a bit wider so he could remove the apple and she closed her mouth tightly as though she would say nothing to him.

She looked at the orcs and the fat man as they began to clean up the mess, the fat man seemed quite happy with the bodies that had been left for him, though by the way he eyed Jade, he was greedy for another. Jade didn't have much choice but to speak with Dimitri, but how did she know he would even release her once he had his information. He was a lustful man that seemed to take what he wanted when he wanted it. "There isn't many of us left and our enemy is great in numbers. My people and I can hunt our enemies down by the smell of their blood, for their blood is tainted. I share my bondmate's senses and she shares mine, it makes us into more efficient killers."

"Nymira is capable of many things, she is extremely intelligent and has a great knowledge of arcana." She rested her head back against the wood of the chair. "Release me and perhaps you can speak with her."

[Dimitri Wladisyaw]

(ooc: Much apologies!)

Dimitri let his lips curve into what could pass as a grin, he took his weight from her and stood now taking a long moment to re-arrange his clothes. He drew a hand through his hair, drying blood holding it in place and the grin grew slightly as he licked a finger idly.

"We will move onto your Virkyn later my dear, we shall have her in the room if I choose to release you or not, that is at this moment my perogative." He paused and tapped a finger to his cheek and pursed his lips like an Arakmatian moneylender.

"For the moment I think you my little sponge have more information, I might squeeze harder to drain it from you." He nodded and walked over to her resting beside her. Carefully he removed the scarf from her hair and ran a hand through it as easily as he could considering her bound position.

"I have been generous so far offering much Jade have I not? But times perhaps change as do ideas and concepts, I am beginning to admire the idea of a killing team in my city, some highly powered tools I can use." He paused, "You will be useful as a wanderer but not for long, you shall come and go and I may need you more than that." He paused, "You say your people are fading, perhaps it is time to attach your flag to a new cause, a cause that has the blessings of the future and does not find itself bound by the austerity of the past."

He ran his hands down the side of her head and placed an index finger under the nape of each ear, locking them but not applying pressure. "Time to make some difficult decisions my little Jade, negotiate with me in your cool manner, you fear not death but with my people I can make life continue for eternity, I can heal wounds once inflicted and then cause them again and I can destroy minds in the end." He rested his chin atop her head and smiled, "Greed is my sin perhaps, I dont want to let you leave here, not now anyway."

[Jade Alanon]

Jade couldn't believe she had been so foolish in sitting in the damnable chair, this perhaps was one of her greatest mistakes and if she wasn't careful, her last mistake in this life as well. She had no interest in dying, though it was a possibility, no, Dimitri wouldn't kill her because he wasn't a foolish man. He saw use in her, the only reason he toyed with her so, he wanted to show her that he had control over her, but in reality, aside from his guards and his torture devices, he had no true way of containing her. She abhorred being in this situation and never allow this to happen again when she escaped the chair.

She chose to say nothing for the moment, her jaw still aching slightly from the few times he had wedged that damn apple into her mouth. Nymira could feel that something was not right with her sister, pacing in the room she had been left in and growling to herself. Nymira would be capable of making her way to the room, able to sense where her sister was being held, but she didn't wish to do so unless it was absolutely necessary mostly because putting Jade further into danger would only worsen the situation. Her own growl resonated through the room, her frustration shared by that of her sister. A similar growl escaped Jade's lips as Dimitri demanded more information.

She rolled her eyes as he spoke about using the Sanguine as a tool, it was ridiculous and would never happen. One Sanguine was not worth the loss of her clan, she would be allowed to die to keep the Sanguine from being discovered. "We are not tools to be used by those that wish it." She killed for people before, did bounty hunts and such, but it had been of her own choice. If Dimitri wished for her help in things, wished for her to kill for him, she would, but she would be looked on as more then just a tool. They had been cursed, so joining a new cause would get them nowhere fast, no, Dimitri would not get what he wanted in this case.

She shuddered at the feel of his hands on her skin, biting her lip as he held her head in position. His threat was frightening in a way, but despite the fact that she knew this to be true, she would not betray her people to a man that would use the Sanguine for his own gain. She had been tortured more times then she could account for, had endured more pains of the flesh and mind then she liked to think about and she would continue to do so as long as she lived, she had no delusions of that. Her pain would not stop with Dimitri, there would be others like him, but hopefully Jade wouldn't be as foolish with them as she had been with this man. "I don't fear your methods Dimitri nor will I be persuaded by them. You are wrong in believing my people will kill for you just because you want it. I agreed to kill for you, it makes no difference to me, but I highly doubt you'll get more then that."

She took a breath from her little tirade and smiled. "I'm rather insulted that you don't think I'm enough." Arrogant? Perhaps. Or perhaps she was simply trying to annoy him. "You can't always have what you want."

[Dimitri Wladisyaw]

Dimitri drew back slightly, his hands lightly moving away from her skin and a feeling of attachment came over him. He smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth turning as though pricked by invisible hooks. He did not speak for a little moment and indeed rested on a chair watching her from a short distance away.

"I am something of a fan of fishing you know. I find it relaxing." He smiled and made a gesture as though he were casting a line in some great sea, "It is sedate and yet contains fight, the fish longs to be free and the fisherman reels him in, takes him from the azure dephs and then posesses him. But casual fishermen return the catch, they hunt for sport." He smiled, "I like to fish, I have you on my line now Jade, nicely bound, but this is not sport, I am a poor fisherman now, I need you for my catch, I need you to fufill a purpose." He smiled carefully and then spoke hauntingly, "I do not need to gut you and eat you, but I might if I feel inclined, and if you decide to serve no other purpose."

He paused, "But I will give you some credit my little assasin, you will not be my servant, perhaps before for money but never in the sense I need, I desire." He paused, "The undead are loyal, and I need similar loyalty in you, you would always serve your family before me...perhaps I can understand such misguided loyalty, I have it for this city, my people, I look for them before myself sometimes, I have perhaps been a fool."

He smiled, "I ask you for a moment of origional selfish conduct Jade Alanon, a moment where you save your own life at the expense of your family, a moment where you with all clarity become self-serving." He paused, "I want nothing more than information, I want the location of your familt fortress, I want details of your bond with the creatures and I want the location and names of your brothers and sisters so I might meet them one day, so they are not hidden from my one cold eye." He stood now and moved over to Jade, carefully he placed a finger in each of her nostrils with his hand in a claw. "Tell me now or I will do my utmost to rip the skin from your face, I give you my word, help me now and I will set you free with favours."