Temptest on the Roof{VERIN}

[Hecate Astarte]

Hecate smiled, looking up at the big building before her. She was in New York, not that that was out of the ordinary. She had a place to stay in both New York and Moscow, as well as a few other spots that she didn't go to often. But there was something special about where she was right now. The young demon was standing outside of The Shadow Dragon. The Shadow Dragon was a night club... but it wasn't just any night club... it belonged to one of her brothers and a brother that she looked up to a lot. She wondered if he would remember her... Oh well.

Smoothing back her hair, she stepped inside. Immediately eyes were on her. And so her a few of the patrons. She ran a hand through her hair, a pensive look in her eye, making some of the human boys go crazy. Three offered to buy her a drink but she refused.

After a moment, what she thought was a guard or some sort of worker came up to her. "Are you one of the new stri--"

"No... I'm here looking for Ver- er- Skuld," Hecate quickly cut the man off.

He gave her a quizzical look. "Why? You wanna buy 'im a drink er somethin'?" he asked.

Hecate grinned at him. "Oh no, i'm his sis- i just wanna talk to him. I haven't seen him for a long time." In her head, she was cursing herself. She hated not being able to lie. It was a burden.

"Wait... were you about to say that you were his sister?"

She bit her lip lightly. "Yes, I'm one of his younger sisters. Now please, tell me where I can find him?"

The worker looked her over, then finally decided that she was telling the truth. "I think he is in his room... or on the roof. Just go on up." He pointed out where the stairs to go upstairs were for her.

She blew him a kiss. "Thanks, cutie," she cooed before heading in the direction of the stairs. When she got to them, she looked around and made sure no one was looking. Then she felt her body surge with energy as she became electricity and traveled up to the roof.

The next thing she knew, she was on the roof, on the neon sign. It was high up but it felt pretty cozy. She looked up at the moon, sitting cross-legged on the sign. "Maybe I'll just sit up here for a little bit," she whispered, relaxing on the roof.

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[skuld]

Skuld was laying on his bed, not really in the mood to work tonight, but not really in the mood to lay in his bed all night. He let out a sigh as he rolled onto his back but looked at his night stand for a moment. There was no real reason why he looked at his nightstand, he just did. Then he felt like he sensed something, out of the ordinary, something not normal. In other words, he sensed something that didn't come to his club very often, and that was a demon. He didn't know what demon, or what there intent was. He really didn't care, but that was a lie.

He remained in his bed for a little while longer, until he felt the demon presences coming from above him, which meant they were on the roof. No one was allowed on his roof. He would let some people on the third floor if he was really in a good mood, but the roof was his special place. He climbed at of bed wearing his white pajama pants, and he had misplaced his shirt somewhere. He found it on the floor, picked it up, and then put it on. Skuld then used his electricity powers to travel up to the roof right behind his neon Shadow Dragon sign.

On top of it sat a girl, she was not a little girl, but she was female and Skuld was older then her, so she was a girl in his mind. "Is there a reason you are sitting on my sign little demon?" Skuld said out loud, not really caring that he said the word demon out loud, no one could hear them. Plus he didn't care if anyone heard him in the first place, but that would also be a lie. he hated not being able to lie at the same time enjoyed it. he felt like there was never a real reason to hide the truth. Skuld realized he made no sense to his own self at times.

[Hecate Astarte]

Hecate let the feel of the slight breeze wash over her, almost forgetting what she was here for. She was just so relaxed at the moment, that she almost didn't even care what her reasoning had been. She just took advantage of the moment.

It wasn't until the presence of another demon washed over her that she stopped focusing on her relaxation. She suddenly remembered what she wanted to do. A big grin crossed her features as she looked down on the man.

"Is there a reason you are sitting on my sign little demon?"

Hecate nodded. "There is a reason behind everything we do, right verin? I assume you are Verin... Oh, sorry, I mean Skuld," she cooed.

The Demon slid off of the sign, falling to the ground and landing lightly on her feet. She smiled as she stood in front of the older demon. "As for my reasoning," she began, actually answering his question. "It was where I ended up when I got to the top. I didn't feel like moving from that spot because it was rather relaxing and I was just looking up at the sky."

She gave the demon a good look over. "Now, before you ask me why I am here... I am here to talk to you. A bit of a reunion," she chirped. "A tiny family reunion of sorts."

"oh, and by the way, my names Hecate... er... well, just call me Hecate, my true name is just too long to say."

[skuld]

Skuld kept his eyes focused on the little demon girl with every movement she took and heard all of her words carefully. She seemed familiar but it was hard to tell, he saw a lot of women and she just looked like one of the ones that could have worked for him in the past. Her being a demon made the story different, but knowing his first name was not a big deal, a lot of people knew it in the business world. Then she brought up the word family and Skuld remembered something, he forgot to make his bed before coming up here.

"Hecate? o.k." Skuld said still not remembering anything by the name he was given. He let his mind wonder off trying to think where he could have known her from, or or where she knew him from. Well, she was a demon and he was a demon so Hell was a place they could have met. "So Hecate, who are you exactly?" Skuld said giving up trying to remember her. He had been alive a long time and had met many people since then, humans and demons. It was not really his fault if he could not keep them all in his head.

[Hecate Astarte]

Hecate grinned, seeing a glimmer of recollection in the other demon's eyes until it seemed to disappear again. She was... disappointed, to say the least. And here she had thought that maybe he had remembered her... oh, maybe if she guided him in the right direction, he would remember.

Pouting slightly, she looked down in disappointment. It didn't surprise her all that much that he didn't remember her, though. "And here I hoped that you, of all people, the only demon who seems to have a sense of family, would have remembered one of his own, younger sisters. I may not be the youngest, but I'm close to it..." She paused. Maybe saying her whole name would help...

"Hecate Ardat-Lile Lilith Lilura Aosoth Astarte. Does that help you at all?" Katie asked, a bit hopefully.

[skuld]

Skuld felt sort of bad for not remembering the little demon, she seemed really hurt. She had feelings, like him. well, they all had feeling, most didn't shown them because it could give of the sense of weakness. The little demon the started talking about family and how she was the little sister but not the youngest little sister. That rung some bells. Not very many, but it rung a few. Skuld had five other brothers and six sister, Hecate was one of them apparently. It was like a little family get together. Skuld remembered what little he knew of her.

It was not like they saw one another everyday back when they were younger or growing up. they were all just half siblings and their dad kept them busy with different things, and they didn't really get time to see their other siblings. Even if they did, Skuld felt like most of his siblings didn't care for him, but he would change that. "Careful saying your full name, I have cameras even up here." Skuld said with a smile and then held his arms open for a hug. He felt over joyed that his sister was here, but the fact that she made it into his night club and up to his roof was nerve racking. He was going to have to fire who even let her come in here, possibly saying she was his sister.

[Hecate Astarte]

Huh? Camera's? Up here? Why hadn't she thought of that? Hopefully he will protect what ever tape caught her name and erase it. Or at least she would hope so. Oh, they were family, of course he would... right?

Then the demon opened up his arms. What was he doing? How strange... this action of his. What was it he was trying to...

'Oh, he is trying to give me a hug!'

[/color] she thought, then smiled back.

She wrapped her arms around the demon and squeezed tightly. "Does this mean you remember?" She asked, happiness flooding through her. This was great... wonderful even! She was getting the attention she had been wanting, the attention from family she hadn't been waiting a long time for!
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[skuld]

Skuld only did this hugging action, because he saw it on t.v and apparently family members were suppose to do it to show their affection. He would have felt dumb with his arms wide open for a hug and she didn't know what it meant. He was very pleased when she did come over and give him a hug, it was and odd feeling, but it was also nice. He wished he could also hug his other brothers and sisters, and even his dad. If he hugged his dad, he might not make it out alive. It all depended, Skuld never really saw his dad much. he was the third oldest son, and he only saw his dad a handful of times in his whole entire demon life. He was going to end up having a dad complex the next time he saw him.

Skuld so badly wanted to say that he had no clue who she was, but then he would be lying and he could not do that. No matter how hard he tried, and he had tried before. He took an orange one time and tried to say it was an apple out loud but every time he went to say it, he said orange. That was a stupid way to lie, but it proved the point he could not lie. "I remember that your my sister and you have a family love complex." Skuld said cheerfully thinking that he was no longer the only one that wanted love from his family. Then he remembered that Hecate didn't like her sisters. Skuld lived his sisters the most, but he would not tell his brothers that, unless he was asked.

"When did you arrive here, and how did you find me?" Skuld asked wondering how in the whole entire planet did she find him at a night club. Hell was a lot bigger compared to this place so searching was nothing, but what where her leads. Did someone give his location out? Did another demon have it out for him. Skuld put up his guard and glanced around to still make sure they were alone. Forgetting he was still hugging Hecate and was now squeezing her harder. If she had not been a demon, she would have been in serous pain. Skuld was stronger then her, so he could crush her, both she was the daughter of Hell's king.

[Hecate Astarte]

To Hecate, this felt rather… good. It was interesting to have another one of her siblings to actually show her affection back to her. Oh, it gave her a rather strange feeling where her… actually, she had no idea what was there. But it was in the somewhat middle of her chest. Rather strange… interesting yet strange. Huh, she’d have to talk to this brother more often, he seemed rather sweet… and loving… and like her in the way that he actually showed slightly more emotions than usual.

"I remember that your my sister and you have a family love complex."

Hecate pulled herself out of the hug, a devious grin on her lips. A family love complex? Ha, that was funny. She didn’t have a family love complex at all… she liked to be loved by everybody! It didn’t matter who it was. If someone showed her affection in any sort of way, she loved it. Oh, it made her giggle a bit. ”A family love complex? Hehe, people must have me wrong. Yeah, I love being loved by my family the most, but, honestly, I just have a ‘love me’ complex. I try to be loved by everybody,”

[/b] she corrected. Hecate’s eyes gleamed in the low lights. She didn’t mean to, but her head seemed to just twist slightly and look up at the protective moon.

When he asked her something else, she moved her gaze back over towards him. How had she found him… hmm. ”Well, I arrived around nine-ish. When I got here, your… employees, er whatever they are to you, thought that I was here as the new stripper. Yuck. I simply said that I wasn’t and told them I was your sister and was told I’d find you either in your room or on the roof. I didn’t want to chance your room, so I came up here. For how long I was up here, I haven’t a clue,” she said, over explaining what had happened. ”As for how I found you, I remembered your name from when I was younger. I always had looked up to you, you know. Anyhoo, when I heard of the Shadow Dragon, I thought it was just another club. But then I heard who owned it and immediately thought it was you. And I was right!”[/b] she chirped.

The girl glanced around then returned her full attention to the guy in front of her. ”So, do you stay in New York most of the time?”[/b] She was rather curious, seeing in which a majority of her time was spent in Russia.[/blockquote]

[skuld]

Skuld listened to his sister’s story word for word as he sat on the side of the wall that was built around the roof, so no one would fall off. ‘That would be interesting’ Skuld thought for a moment and then refocused himself back on his sisters words. He heard about his employees just letting her come on up here and he knew that it was time for a meeting, when the club would close down. Well, it would have to wait for tomorrow night, because he would have to go back to Hell in the morning, and then come back at night. The only thing that was bad about being a demon was being sent back to Hell in the morning, but the humans did need a break from them, he figured. They were not all bad…most were…ok, so they all were bad.

Hecate then asked him if he stayed mostly in New York, Skuld didn’t have to think very long to answer that question. “Mostly in New York, I do go to other places, but New York is where my club is at, so I can’t really just leave it. Well, I could, but I would make sure someone would take care of it, and I would only leave for a little. I enjoy New York; it’s very busy and full of people." Skuld said with a smile as he looked down to see people still coming into his club. Skuld was very pleased that business was good; it meant more money into his pocket. “What about you? Do you need a place to stay, a job. As your brother I’m willing to look out for you.” Skuld said like it was his obligation and that was all, but he would not mind having someone living with him. Things did get lonely sometimes.

It might have been time for him to start looking out for a woman, or visit the third floor more often to get female company. Wanting to be alone and feeling lonely were different. Skuld liked to be alone to think, but he mostly likes to be in the group of the people having fun. This is why he started to feel boared up on the roof, with just one other person. Not like this person was unimportant, it was just, she was not familiar to him, and it was just the two of them. Skuld also never really planned what he would do when he found his siblings, but he also never imagined that one of them would find him.

[Hecate Astarte]

“Mostly in New York, I do go to other places, but New York is where my club is at, so I can’t really just leave it. Well, I could, but I would make sure someone would take care of it, and I would only leave for a little. I enjoy New York; it’s very busy and full of people."

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Hecate grinned. ”Ooh, so you stay here when you aren’t in hell? Well, I’ve gotta admit, this club of yours is rather nice looking, even if you staff is below par. Still, you stay here that often? You could always leave your club in charge of a trusted employee or something like that, right?”[/b] She was curious, always has been. And this was indeed something that piqued her curiosity. She wanted to learn everything that she could about her brother.

“What about you? Do you need a place to stay, a job. As your brother I’m willing to look out for you.”[/color][/b]

What about her? Huh, very few people were ever that interested in her… then again, he was family. ”Me, well, I usually stay in Russia… or Europe. But mainly Russia. I do a lot of modeling there. Well, I do modeling here to, and my school is here. I go to a night college, trying to get the whole ‘human’ experience, you know?”[/b] she looked absolutely innocent. Most wouldn’t suspect that she was such an evil spirit, not just by looking at her, at least. ”I don’t exactly need a place to stay, though one would be nice. It would give me a place to rest or study whenever I’m in town. As for a job, my modeling isn’t a consistent thing so I could maybe help bartend for you. Bet I can get business to become even better then ever,”[/b] Hecate cooed.[/blockquote]

[skuld]

Skuld felt happy that his sister thought it was a nice club, it was. Everyone who lived in New York knew about it, and if they didn’t, they didn’t get out much. It brought in a nice sum of money, and Skuld could live a life almost close to the one he would have in Hell. Except for the fact the he could not just go on some rampage causing problems. Well, he could, but it would not turn out well for him in the end. He didn’t like that he didn’t like his staff. Skuld liked his staff, some of them just got the job because of their names, or because the seemed perfect for the job. He still would not have picked them if he didn’t think they were right for the job, or good for it. He still would talk to them about just letting women up onto the 3ed floor.

Skuld listened to her response and smiled relaxed understanding what she was doing. It was so cute how she would have say that she didn’t need something, but how she would not mind doing something. He didn’t really understand why she wanted to go to school. Sure it was a big part of being a human, but for children. Well, his sister was a child back in Hell so it made a little since. Skuld was an adult and it would look weird if he wanted to go to school. College was a possibility but anything below that was a no-no. “You think you could make my business better then it is now?” Skuld said with a weird look of disbelief. If Skuld just walked down stairs, business would improve, plus he was not too sure about letting his sister bartend. She could wait tables or something like that.