08-25-2015, 09:52 AM
Fire seemed to erupt from Nox and hit near his feet and Connor jumped back, puzzled. But Nox had turned his attention to Aria. He wanted them to stay out of it. Connor was irritated and started to say something but stopped.
He watched as Nox pleaded with Aria. The look on her face was that of a demon or something- malevolence playing across her features, hungering for their pain. She was alien.
And Nox begged her to not force his hand. He just a kid, poor thing. His sister was gone. And now he was forced to pull Aria back from the brink of...whatever it was. It was too much. He had broken.
Somehow, he was reaching Aria. Nox fell to his knees seemingly overwhelmed. The Aria he remembered was there, the compassion and the kindness. It was as if that other thing, that creature, had been pushed away and caged. A slither of fear touched Connor. To live with such darkness, to be normal and free and kind and yet have such evil inside you, holding it at bay. It was a terrifying thought.
Because the woman he saw now sank down and took Nox in her arms and held his lankiness with her small frame, as if she were the strong one. And Nox wept.
Connor echoed Aria's words. "We all help, Nox. We'll find your sister."
He looked at Ayden for a moment, trying to understand was was going on behind those eyes. Was he asking too much of her? He shrugged weakly. "I have to help him Ayden."
He wasn't sure he could explain why right now. He just had to. But she didn't. He looked at Aria again and then at her. "I'm sorry. This isn't fair to you."
Edited by Connor Kent, Aug 25 2015, 10:03 AM.
He watched as Nox pleaded with Aria. The look on her face was that of a demon or something- malevolence playing across her features, hungering for their pain. She was alien.
And Nox begged her to not force his hand. He just a kid, poor thing. His sister was gone. And now he was forced to pull Aria back from the brink of...whatever it was. It was too much. He had broken.
Somehow, he was reaching Aria. Nox fell to his knees seemingly overwhelmed. The Aria he remembered was there, the compassion and the kindness. It was as if that other thing, that creature, had been pushed away and caged. A slither of fear touched Connor. To live with such darkness, to be normal and free and kind and yet have such evil inside you, holding it at bay. It was a terrifying thought.
Because the woman he saw now sank down and took Nox in her arms and held his lankiness with her small frame, as if she were the strong one. And Nox wept.
Connor echoed Aria's words. "We all help, Nox. We'll find your sister."
He looked at Ayden for a moment, trying to understand was was going on behind those eyes. Was he asking too much of her? He shrugged weakly. "I have to help him Ayden."
He wasn't sure he could explain why right now. He just had to. But she didn't. He looked at Aria again and then at her. "I'm sorry. This isn't fair to you."
Edited by Connor Kent, Aug 25 2015, 10:03 AM.