Your Worst Nightmare (NN1/FF/Felix)

[Felix Falora]

"We've done the impossible before," Felix said. "I truely believe there's nothing we can't do... but once Oni comes out, he is mine to destroy."

"Could you stop being petty over it for just one..." Trevor began.

"Enough! Fighting will not help us. It has been decided." Masahiro looked at Oni and smirked. "Angels, mikos, and demons. All have come and all have failed. But Heaven nor Hell knows a force like us, Oni. We've been through Hell and killed the Devil. Do you really think we can't sever a pathetic blood pact?"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Kyle was still looking down. Oni clenched Kyle's shoulder's tighter as the others spoke.

"These guys have fought and killed a Devil-- and yes, I mean a, there's more than one devil, and not all of them are called Lucifer-- I fought Ratatosk, a clockwork monster, Nicholas Flamel, Him..." Tree said. She grabbed Ark by the collar and held him up in front of her. "Oh, yeah, and this kid can literally rewrite reality. You should be worried."

Ark look confused and gave a small wave to Oni. "...hi?"

"Ties of blood are deeper than those you are familiar with," Oni stated. He yawned. "Your light rune has exhausted me. I'll be back later. Please do wake me up when you attempt to break the ties of blood."

And then, Oni sunk back into Kyle's shadow. Kyle, on the other hand, looked absolutely exhausted. Actually, he seemed too exhausted to speak.

Snowy floated over to him and waved a hand in front of his face. Kyle blinked. "Kid's exhausted. Oni must have been pulling on his life energy to stay in a physical form."

"Don't worry about me... I don't want to be a burden," Kyle mumbled. "Please... don't bother..."

"And he's delirious," Snowy added.

[nintendonut1]

Double D shut his eyes breifly in relief; as firm as his conviction was, he was glad Oni was finally gone.

He looked up again when Kyle murmured, and a tiny smile returned to his face. "Kyle... don't say such things... no life... worth saving... is a burden to me..." He slumped gently against Kyle, growing exhausted himself as he gave the boy a lopsided smile. "...I made you...a promise... and I'm going to... fufill... it..."

[Felix Falora]

"I don't know you much, kid, but my pride has been challenged. Call it selfishness, but I'm gonna help you too, just to prove to this Oni that all pacts made of darkness can be destroyed," Masahiro said.

"... If Edward will help, then surely I too must," Felix said simply.

"Double D, someone's gonna slap ya one of these days with that kind of attitude. Overly optimistic people seem to be hated for some reason." Trevor smirked. "Good thing I ain't like that. I'll do... what I can, I guess."

[Firebreath Fishslap]

"You can't possibly believe that..." Kyle said in response. He looked less exhausted, but not by much. No matter what, he was going to stay pessimistic to the end, it seemed. Tree scowled.

"You really need to lighten up, kid," Tree said. She crossed her arms, causing Todd to flop around a bit. The fish complained a bit before looking over at Kyle and assessing him.

"Look, foo. You wanna get rid of that demon, right?" Todd asked. Kyle nodded. "It's as much our problem too. Half it's 'cause you ain't got no self confidence, but the other half's 'cause you won't let anyone help ya." Kyle didn't look Todd in the face as he said this, so Todd burped up some fire and caught Kyle's hair on fire.

"Um... ah..." Kyle said, still being too modest to even scream.

[nintendonut1]

"Oh, for crying out loud~!" Eddy rolled his eyes, clenching a fist around the fire and putting it out. As he helped his pal up, Double D flashed a weak, but questioning.. almost hurt glance towards Trevor. He said nothing, honestly confused. What...did he mean?

"Look," Eddy was growing tired of the run-around in this conversation already, though surprised many as he began to speak his mind, jabbing a finger towards Kyle. "We're helping you whether you think we can or not. If Sockhead thinks we can do it, than that's good enough for me. He's not right all the time, but I trust his optamism WAY more than the rest of you's stubbornness. At least he wants to get things DONE instead of yammering about it.

"And YOU," he glared at Felix, moving Double D into his arms. "...need to quit with this vendetta for revenge for two freakin' seconds and at least LOOK like you care about him. He's been in OBVIOUS pain all morning, and all you can think about is killing the freakin' demon!? Geez! Your own DAUGHTER'S been with him since the attack! At least SHE cares!"

It was harsh. It was cold. It was typical for Eddy. But no one said it wasn't true.

Ed bit his lip, patting Kyle on the shoulder and whispering, "...Eddy doesn't mean ALL that."

[Felix Falora]

"Whoa, what do you...?!" Felix began.

"Be silent, you filthy vermin," Masahiro said, probably taking the rest of them off guard. "Eddy already said it, but let me make it clearer for your clouded mind. My appologies to those who will take offense to this, Nazz, Michiko, Matilde, Tree, not that you'd forgive me anyway, but I believe this'll be the clearest thing to say to Felix. Oh, and Marion... deaf." Now Marion was deaf. "Anyway... Felix... quit with the bitching and get back in the kitchen, you overlyemotional illogical unforgiving she-male."

"Still offended somewhat," Nazz muttered, having chosen to stay out of most of these as she realized she'd never get them, the reason she stayed silent often, but she was always there... always.

Masahiro shrugged and said, "Your lover needs you more then a demon who we've only just discovered. Even I, in all my pride, would be willing to drop this whole thing if Perceval wanted me to. But you, Felix, are acting like a selfish child with a one-track mind. You need to shut the fuck up and get over yourself... There, Marion... undeaf." Marion was now undeaf. "Hoorah for the eye of con-FELIX!" Masahiro grabbed the angel who had been stalking away, looking downcast, and elbowed him in the face. A loud bash could be heard and Felix fell against Double D with spiral eyes. "I'M NOT LETTING YOU BE EMO EITHER, I'VE DONE THAT ENOUGH FOR TEN PLOTLINES!... Plotline? Wait a minute, what?... Exorcism now, useless metaphors later."

"Oh for fuck's sake," Trevor muttered under his breath so Marion couldn't hear.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Tree didn't really care about Masahiro's chewing out of Felix. Really, she was only here because she'd felt like bringing some gifts (that most likely were just failed experiments that Tree hadn't wanted to toss out), and had stayed because it was amusing.

"They're like children," Tree said in response to Trevor, well aware of the irony of that statement. At that moment, Tree's infamous lack of tact kicked in and Tree yelled, "HEY! EMO MPREG ANGELS! SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY AND TAKE MY GODDAMN GIFTS!" She held out the bag she'd brought in with her.

"...This is my fault isn't it..." Kyle mumbled. "Um... could someone please untie me?"

[nintendonut1]

"Oh! Sure!" Ed giggled a little cluelessly, undoing Kyle's bounds while humming. "You should rest too, you're getting all sleepy!"

"Ngh..." So was Double D. Needingly, he clung tightly to Felix. "Felix... please... I'm... mngh..."

Eddy blinked, stunned. Man, and I thought I was gonna catch heat from being blunt... geez...

[Felix Falora]

"Oh hi Edward... Hehehe, why are there stars floating around your head?" Felix asked with a giggle.

"Hit him a little too hard there, didn't you?" Trevor asked Masahiro, then was the unfortunate victim of Tree's yelling. "... ... ... FLETCHER... I CAN'T HEAR ANYMORE!"

"What? Gifts? Couldn't you have... I forget who I'm talking to," Masahiro said with a sigh and then... took Tree's gifts without much else to say.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Tree handed over the presents. "Careful, that one on the bottom likes fingers." That all but confirmed what the content of these gifts were.

Once Ed untied him, Kyle stood up. He looked a bit guilty as Ed said he looked tired, and shook his head. "I-I'm okay... I'm going to go make myself useful now..."

He slunk off into the kitchen, where he got to work washing the pile of dishes in the sink. It didn't look like anyone had cleaned them recently. If anything, Kyle was an efficient worker.

Ark went over to Marion. "Hi! I'm Ark! I'm an angel!"

[nintendonut1]

"Huh?" Raz watched Kyle slump into the kitchen. "H-hey, wait, it's okay, really, we can take care of.... uh..."

The psychic was.. impressed, to say the least. He wasn't Eddy-fast, but he certainly did the dishes well. "N..nevermind. If you don't mind doing them, I mean... keep it up!"

"...um..." Skywise blinked at the gifts. "...I heard a growl from that one wrapped in dark violet..."

"What!?" Fletcher stormed in, having heard Trevor all the way down the hall. "For the love of Pete, Trev, what're you screaming about?" He looked down at the couple collapsed on the floor. "...and shouldn't Eddward still be in bed?"

Marion looked up from her spot on the floor next to her parents. At Ark's greeting, she let out a smile. "Hello!"

[Felix Falora]

"Let's just say Hell is breaking loose, Fletcher," Masahiro said. "And I have a score to settle. Could you ask Percy to come here for me please? I need time to think and... maybe he can help me, if he wants, with the runes I need to sculpt... also, what do you suppose we do with these... gifts?"

"Put them somewhere safe?" Trevor asked.

"I have never heard of creatures like these before. What are they?" Masahiro asked.

"Oh my god, Masahiro, you're dense," Trevor said, facepalming. (But so am I, and I wanna know. What are they?!)

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Tree got into a bit of a huff as Masahiro spoke. "They're not ALL creatures. Just Mr. Snufflekins. The other one's some expired orange soda-- er, miracle drink (and dammit, you better appreciate that stuff; it's going for $500 a kilo at the moment on eBay) and the third one's.... uh..."

"The third one's something of my own creation. It's a Make-Your-Own-Alchemic-Weapon Kit," Snowy piped up. "Also, the creatures are called homunculi, for future reference. Mr. Orange was a homunculus." Hopefully at least Double D would remember Mr. Orange, though Snowy doubted anyone remembered the glorified soccer ball that was him.

Ark grinned as Marion said hi. "You're so cuuuuuuute! I wanna hug you!" And he did.

Kyle said nothing to Raz, staying focused on the dishes. Anything to keep him not focused on what had happened earlier. Actually, Kyle was thinking of running off. He just didn't want to do it when anyone was there to see.

[nintendonut1]

All Double D could manage was a nod; he did remember, who wouldn't, but he was too exhausted to say so. Looking up at his daughter's open laughter, he managed a smile at Ark and Marion, his heart lifting considerably as he clinged to his poor, dizzy little angel.

Well... at least the mood was lightening up.

"Mnn... Felix... I'm tired..." he breathed gently, his wings still flopped behind him. They were closer to full size, but not yet.

Fletcher sighed to Trevor, then nodded. "Very well. I'll return with him shortly."

"Uh.... thanks," Eddy blinked, putting the gifts aside. Skywise braved a peek inside Mr Snufflekin's box, blinking in confusion.

Raz pouted. Kyle's thoughts were too loud NOT to catch. "...look, don't run off, okay? It's pretty obvious that Double D cares about you. Once he's back to full strength, the first thing he's probably gonna do is head to a library and do research on this whole blood pact thing; trust me, I know how he works."