He warmtches Set leave, that last look like a hammer to his chest. It is wrong of course. Seto is the one who betrayed him. So why is it that Suzaku feels guilty?
He steps back as his mother returns and locks the door. It takes him a moment to shake out of his shock. "I'm uninjured, mother."
He was used to being tackled in sports, he hadn't injured himself in the scuffle. "Did he hurt you?"
He doesn't want to believe it still. That Seto would go so far to attack his mother. "Would you like a hot drink?"
Even if she is uninjured she used a lot of power and caring for her is easier than thinking about literally anything else.
"Are you sure?" The desire to baby him and give him a thorough once-over is there. However, Suzaku is practically grown and not a demonling anymore. It is beneath them both to give into such emotions and feelings.
"I am fine." She is a little out of breath. Her forcefields had been larger than the ones she normally created. I had taken a little out of her but she is going to act as though she is fine. She is fine. It had been just a little overexertion. "You are very considerate to offer but no. I do not need something hot to drink." Perhaps later.
Katherine reaches into the pocket of her apron and removes the small vial. She holds it up to the light and examines it. The very act of looking at it makes her uncomfortable. "How long have you known him?"
He nodded. He was sure. It was no more than he could handle and he was not a demonling any more. Crying and snivelling was far beneath him. They had both survived. It was fine.
His frown deapened as he saw the vial. He is relieved of course that she had managed to grab it off Seto. It meant he could not go on to poison someone else. Not with that vial at least.
"A few years." He can't actually remember meeting him. Just one of those people who seemed to have always been in his life.
"He is the one who taught me metal working." He frowned. Seto had always seemed at ease with his life. He has a husband. A life here. How could he turn on them?
"That was him?" What had happened to the demon to make him act violently towards them? Had he ingested what is in the vial?
It's not the time for hand-wringing or clutching pearls. "I do not." Which troubles her. It looks like it might be blood but what kind? A lot of potions looked like blood. (They usually had blood in them!)
Katherine heads into the kitchen where she retrieves a small tin box from a cabinet drawer. She opens it, puts the vial inside, and feels better immediately. The effect does not go unnoticed. She finds it odd. It surely must be a dangerous poison or worse, a drug.
He just nodded. He's struggling to believe it himself. What had happened to him? Why would he act in such a way.
The potion looked strange to him, but potions is not his strongest subject at school and if his mother could not tell what it was then he had very little chance.
He felt a bit more at ease when the potion was put into the box and more so when she suggested taking it to his father. If anyone had the knowledge to figure out what it was it would be him.
"I am sure he will get to the bottom of this. If there are more vials like this around it needs to be dealt with."
She nods her head at her son. It is urgent that she gets the vial to her husband but she can't leave the house like this. She reaches to the small of her back and undoes her apron which is then hung on a hook. (A place for everything and everything in its place!)
"He will." He has to, she feels. Under normal circumstances, she would never go to the torture mill. Leopold Fitz is a busy man who does not need a distraction while at work but this is important.
Katherine moves very quickly. She puts on her best coat and hat. She changes her shoes into something more appropriate. When she's done she rejoins Suzaku but not before collecting the tin and putting it into her handbag.
"Alright. I am leaving." She secures her hat with a very long hatpin. "I want you to bolt the doors, all of them. Make the house look like no one is home." His chores outside can wait. "Do not answer the phone or the door. Do you understand?" Because she is taking Seto's threat of coming back seriously.
It was worrying that his mother felt strongly enough about this that she planned to go and find his father at work. But at the same time it was reassuring that she was willing to go so far to protect them, he felt safe in the knowledge that she had the matter under control. After all if there was anything his mother was good at it was control, everything was planned and deliberate from dinner to schedules to the organisation of knives.
He waits whilst she gets ready, just watching the tin with the vial in it. He doesn't want to let it out of his sight. Not until she returns and it is safely in her handbag.
He worries about her going alone, but he won't insult her by insinuating she can't protect herself. She can and it is not that far to the torture mill. Her orders get another nod.
She finishes fastening the buttons on her coat. "You're a good son, Suzaku." Katherine smiles briefly at him. It's another blink twice and you'll miss it moment.
She is soon ready to go and leaves via the front door. Before departing for the torture mill, she locks the front door. She trusts that Suzaku will do as he is told.
He was only as good as his parents pushed him to be. He watched her leave and then set about doing exactly what she had told him, bolting the door behind him before locking and bolting the back door. He moved around the house to make sure all the windows were locked and the lights off.
Once the house was secure he moved to his own room, staying out of sight of the window to wait. He has a lot to think about and process.
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Re: continued thread: Hellburbia
Date: 2022-01-19 08:43 am (UTC)He steps back as his mother returns and locks the door. It takes him a moment to shake out of his shock. "I'm uninjured, mother."
He was used to being tackled in sports, he hadn't injured himself in the scuffle. "Did he hurt you?"
He doesn't want to believe it still. That Seto would go so far to attack his mother. "Would you like a hot drink?"
Even if she is uninjured she used a lot of power and caring for her is easier than thinking about literally anything else.
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Date: 2022-01-19 04:24 pm (UTC)"I am fine." She is a little out of breath. Her forcefields had been larger than the ones she normally created. I had taken a little out of her but she is going to act as though she is fine. She is fine. It had been just a little overexertion. "You are very considerate to offer but no. I do not need something hot to drink." Perhaps later.
Katherine reaches into the pocket of her apron and removes the small vial. She holds it up to the light and examines it. The very act of looking at it makes her uncomfortable. "How long have you known him?"
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Date: 2022-01-19 07:12 pm (UTC)His frown deapened as he saw the vial. He is relieved of course that she had managed to grab it off Seto. It meant he could not go on to poison someone else. Not with that vial at least.
"A few years." He can't actually remember meeting him. Just one of those people who seemed to have always been in his life.
"He is the one who taught me metal working." He frowned. Seto had always seemed at ease with his life. He has a husband. A life here. How could he turn on them?
"Do you know what kind of poison it is?"
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Date: 2022-01-20 03:30 am (UTC)It's not the time for hand-wringing or clutching pearls. "I do not." Which troubles her. It looks like it might be blood but what kind? A lot of potions looked like blood. (They usually had blood in them!)
Katherine heads into the kitchen where she retrieves a small tin box from a cabinet drawer. She opens it, puts the vial inside, and feels better immediately. The effect does not go unnoticed. She finds it odd. It surely must be a dangerous poison or worse, a drug.
"I'm going to take this to your Father."
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Date: 2022-01-20 05:05 am (UTC)The potion looked strange to him, but potions is not his strongest subject at school and if his mother could not tell what it was then he had very little chance.
He felt a bit more at ease when the potion was put into the box and more so when she suggested taking it to his father. If anyone had the knowledge to figure out what it was it would be him.
"I am sure he will get to the bottom of this. If there are more vials like this around it needs to be dealt with."
Before demons got hurt.
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Date: 2022-01-20 03:05 pm (UTC)"He will." He has to, she feels. Under normal circumstances, she would never go to the torture mill. Leopold Fitz is a busy man who does not need a distraction while at work but this is important.
Katherine moves very quickly. She puts on her best coat and hat. She changes her shoes into something more appropriate. When she's done she rejoins Suzaku but not before collecting the tin and putting it into her handbag.
"Alright. I am leaving." She secures her hat with a very long hatpin. "I want you to bolt the doors, all of them. Make the house look like no one is home." His chores outside can wait. "Do not answer the phone or the door. Do you understand?" Because she is taking Seto's threat of coming back seriously.
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Date: 2022-01-20 06:28 pm (UTC)He waits whilst she gets ready, just watching the tin with the vial in it. He doesn't want to let it out of his sight. Not until she returns and it is safely in her handbag.
He worries about her going alone, but he won't insult her by insinuating she can't protect herself. She can and it is not that far to the torture mill. Her orders get another nod.
"I understand mother. I will."
/wrap?
Date: 2022-01-22 12:26 am (UTC)She is soon ready to go and leaves via the front door. Before departing for the torture mill, she locks the front door. She trusts that Suzaku will do as he is told.
wrap!
Date: 2022-01-23 04:49 am (UTC)Once the house was secure he moved to his own room, staying out of sight of the window to wait. He has a lot to think about and process.