Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 4:31:33 PM)
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Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 4:31:40 PM)
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Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 4:34:31 PM)
*the same jeans she'd been in when he met her, paired now with a wide-necked henley and the everpresent coin necklace and bone cross. She's thrown a fur-lined hoodie over them and her boots are unlaced as she wanders the park near her house, whispering* Okay.. Ah'm prob'ly certifiable for dis.. Zaebos.. if you're lis'nin.. Ah'd like to talk with ya..

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 4:35:33 PM)
Ah mean.. if ya can be bother'd. Or oh hell ah don't know.. *her cheeks coloring, the proud little voudon embarassed by her own uncertainty*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 4:43:31 PM)
When she spoke his name she could feel the chords of creation being plucked. It was unlike calling the names of the Loa, this name held power, true power, and she knew that power as soon as it left her lips. Silence returned to her for many moments before any sign of response would come, but come it did. The night around her lit up from many sets of golden yellow eyes. For a moment they were from a squirel peaking down at her from a tree, then a rodent scurrying through the shadows on the ground, but none of those so striking as that they suddenly rose up from the river. His long sinuous body shimmered in the moonlight, like a marble statue, his scales took on a soft pure white glow. He moved with the silence of a shadow as he approached, his body coiling up beneath him as he gazed down at her. "You have called, and I have come. I feel your uncertainty, and so I come to offer some solace...but do not think I will come each time my name is spoken."

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 4:51:02 PM)
*her throat constricts as the largest set of those eyes finds her, she's not sure what she expected..but a full-on public appearance in the flesh didn't even make the top ten list. That he knew she was nervous and felt foolish did nothing to help the blush, her color remains high on her cheeks.* Ah.. wanted to ask you.. You heard what ah found about your name..*swallowing hard, it was easier to rant and rail at a familiar little wooden statue* Ah got your note. Ah'd like to hear your side of it.. S'a cop thing ah guess. Ah'm missin a lot of the pieces. But, you're no Lwa, all th'rules their bound by..you're not. *quietly, staunchly unwilling to give up her faith* ..Dat don't mean you aren't just as worthy of respect.. or more so.. So, ah guess.. Ah'm askin what you are.. *falling silent tensely*

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 4:53:19 PM)
*throughout speaking with him..she watches that golden gaze, only glancing down from time to time to gather her thoughts before continuing. Her own warm brown eyes are wide as saucers, and perfectly transparent in her honesty*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 4:59:13 PM)
His eyes narrowed dangerously, the coils beneath him begining to shift a little faster as if in iritation. The color began to change as well, the pale white darkening into a midnight black, struck with vibrant swirls of bloody crimson. "You ask of me what I have already told you. But this one time, I will tell you again. Ask for me to repeat myself after this...and you will be punished." He fell silent for a moment to let the implications of his words to sink in before he continued. "In the begining, all was nothingness, and light. When the Creator decided to give life to a new world of matter, he feared to do so himself or risk being tainted by the abyss. So we were created. Some of us shaped the earth, some covered it in the seas. I was brought into existance to create the living things, my kind gave life to your people, though I was lord over those things who wore scales and fangs. For a time I protected you from my children, for at the Creator's command I loved you most of all."

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 5:05:02 PM)
*isn't fool enough to argue with him, though her mind searches frantically for more than a passing reference to creation in what she was able to remember of his first visit. He's much clearer this time about the issue, and it helps that it matches up with some of what she'd found. Nigh-involuntarily, she takes a step toward him, strangely reassurred despite his irritation* Then, you're not trying to take away mah beliefs.. Luci was worried you were trying t undermine my faith. Ah didn't know what ta think. But dis.. you're not sometin strange an new.. Ah've believed all mah life. God an his angels, the lwa an their dead.

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:12:09 PM)
Her decleration of her belief seemed to calm his irritation some and the baleful red patterns across his scales faded away. The deep black faded as well, though shimmered in sparkling emerald green rather than the pure white, though as to what this might mean was anyone's guess. The mass of coiled loosened as he settled down, relaxing and resting his hands along the ridge of his spine. "The beliefs proseltzed by your human religious leaders are skewed shadows of the truth. The spirits you defer to mere reflections of who we are, dreamt up by your innate need for our return. The Creator turned his back on you, and left you to destruction. I do not seek to undermine your faith....I seek to give it actual worth and meaning. I revealed myself to you, to pull the wool from your eyes so you might finally know the truth."

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:13:03 PM)
( proselytized* rather )

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 5:23:30 PM)
*her gaze drawn to the shifting colors of his scales, she very nearly touches the scales in pure wonder before catching herself and lifting her gaze to his eyes again* Mama's beliefs were that the Lwa were merely honored dead.. venerated spirits. Nothing so high as an Angel.. *it seems to make perfect sense to her that an Angel wouldn't know about her pitiable lwa, it'd be like a human studying ants. Sure some do, but not the vast majority* Dey can't even do more den borrow flesh of the willin faithful for a few hours, maybe give a bit of good advice. Mah poor Damballah just a friend on the otha side, just a spirit. It a kindness to bring me Truth.. but for what purpose? What can I do for an angel?

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:27:55 PM)
"Believe...", he said softly, quietly. There was almost a gentleness to his tone if not for the ever present edge in his gaze, the agression ever simmering within the large golden eyes. "When the Creator demanded that we let you destroy yourselves we turned against his wishes to protect you, because we loved you. Now that I have returned, I wonder if he was right to turn his back on you." He shook his head slightly, the golden chains dancing beneath his slender ivory horns. "But I will not give up on you yet. I spoke with those creatures who know you best, creatures to whom deception has no meaning. They begged me to spare your life and so I shall. But the tribulations to come will be difficult...if I am to protect you for their sake, you must know the truth so that you can be prepared."

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 5:36:09 PM)
Zaebos.. Doubting Thomas himself would believe at dis point. Dat ain't what ah know of faith, not belief, dat's jes knowledge. Ah've had given me what only a handful claim to have evah had in dis world.. Proof. Seen wit mah own eyes what normal folks have ta take on Faith. *spreading her hands toward the bulk of his form, her wonder not diminished for all that she has quietly moved him in her mind from Belief to Fact*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:44:15 PM)
He watched her quietly for a few moments, the only sound the escaped him being the shifting porcelin of his scales slowly sliding across one another beneath him. At length he nodded and decided to offer her something no one, mortal nor fallen, had been offered so far. A glimpse of his host. The massive being known as Zaebos shed shimmering scales and beautifuly sculpted flesh, shrinking before her very eyes. Within moments a mere man stood before her. His face was hidden by the deep shadows his hood, but she could see the broad powerfuly muscled form of his human torso beneath the unzipped sweater. He wore thread bare jeans and worn boots, scuffed by constant living in the wilds outside of the city. He was a tall man, abnormally so for one of japanese descent, though with his visage so hidden only his accent revealed it. "Not all of my kind will be so forgiving for what you have done to this world we created for you. I will protect you when I can, but I am not omnipotent. Even one who sculpted creation from t

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:44:26 PM)
the nothingness of the abyss has limits...even if they are limited beyond the comprehension of your mortal mind. But never underestimate the power of faith, do not let it be cheapened by the facts of my presence before you."

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 5:55:02 PM)
*again, watching the transformation with open fascination, small divots appearing in her brow as he chooses the form of a mortal.. she moves forward curiously. Tilting her head as if to peer into the hood, trying to see the now-familiar golden eyes under its shadow. She perhaps..lacks the fear she should have.. but she's been told he's here to protect her, and bless the child, but she believes. She speaks on a breath only, no sound..in case he's changed to disguise himself from someone or something she hasn't seen* ..Zaebos..? Do you want me to -cook- the eggs for your altar..? *quiet and hesitant, her fingers just brushing the bottom edge of the hood..without moving it*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 5:59:34 PM)
His eyes followed her hand as it rose up before him. Reaching up, he grasped her wrist in his strong grasp, though he did not squeeze hard enough to actually hurt her. She had seen this much, but he would not reveal his face to her. "Make your offerings with faith in your heart and my name on your lips, that alone is enough. The specifics mean little. There is one last thing I must tell you before you go...." He still held her wrist in one hand while his other rose, his palm placing flat against her chest over her heart, just above the ample swell of her breasts. "The one closest to your heart does not trust me....does not truly believe. Without her belief, I can not protect her. If you wish her to survive the coming trials that will be presented to the both of you....you must convince her." And with that he released her, turning his back and slowly begining towards the river from which he came.

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 6:08:03 PM)
*A short intake of breath..but, she doesn't flinch at his grasp, nor try to pull away. Staring straight into his eyes and listening in earnest, she nods once to his instructions. Seems Lina never does anything halfway. He can feel her elevated pulse, the gentle movement of her breathing under his hand. She doesn't try to argue with the warning he gives about Luci, or point out that her friend's cold logic makes Lina seem like a doe-eye'd child by comparison. ..She lets her hands fall as she's released, watching him move back to the water. When he's nearly there, she runs after to see..to watch until he vanishes. She doesn't want to miss a moment*

Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 6:10:21 PM)
He did not turn when he heard her rushing steps, rather he simply continued his slow stride. He walked down the bank into the river itself, slowly sinking into the dark murky water until it swallowed him completely. And then he was simply gone, the only sign he had been there at all being the feint scent of musk on the air and boot prints in the mud that led into the water.

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 6:21:55 PM)
*can't resist the urge to follow to the bank.. crouched down to press her fingers into the bootprint before it vanishes, an impish smile as the work-oriented side of her brain kicks in again*

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 6:28:10 PM)
*reaching her other hand back to find the edge of the grass, she plunks herself down to sit*

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 6:37:05 PM)
*and Lina..will probably still be sitting there when the sky starts to lighten and she realizes Luci is going to realize she left the house if she doesn't get home fast! Lina takes off running for home* ((Logging here, still on Skype, thanks for the scene!))

Lina Devereaux (Oct 13, 2010 6:37:10 PM)
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Tokugawa Shinjo (Oct 13, 2010 6:37:15 PM)
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