“Lai! Lai, where are you?!” Letho called, trudging through ash. She hugged herself, though she wasn’t cold. Rather, she hugged herself because this ash-laden landscape frightened her. Everything seemed so gloomy. The very atmosphere looked as if it could suck the joy out of anybody unfortunate enough to come through it.

The demoness shielded her eyes from the raining ash with a single hand, continuing to march onward. Wherever Lai had gone, that was where she needed to be, always his faithful servant. However, being a faithful servant didn’t make her immune to tripping over obstacles that had been hidden in the ash, as she found out when she tripped over a rock and fell face-first into the ash.

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“Such foolish kids,” Hojo said, dipping a tea bag into his cup of piping hot water. He stared at the cup for a moment before turning his attention to his half-eaten ham sandwich. A small smile graced his face as he remembered that ham sandwiches were Lai’s favorite.

He grabbed the sandwich and took a hearty bite, laughing through the food in his mouth and thinking, “I wonder if Lailoken tastes like ham. That would be rather yummy. Would the king undo the curse on me if he knew what I’d do to his bastard child? He probably would!”

“That’s what you think,” a deep voice said. A dark-brown-skinned man with long dreadlocks appeared before Hojo, dressed in a pair of black jeans and a regal red cape. Atop the man’s head was a lopsided crown, two small horns keeping it from staying squarely on the king’s head.

“Ing Eliva!” Hojo shouted through his mouthful of sandwich. He choked it down and hurriedly knelt down before his king, saying, “I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you to eat. I wasn’t expecting such a surprise visit, my Lord.”

King Elijah took the remains of Hojo’s sandwich and swallowed them whole, to Hojo’s secret joy. Any day that some of his saliva could go into the king’s mouth was a good day in his book. Elijah then took Hojo’s tea, sniffed it, and tossed it over his shoulder with a dissatisfied grunt.

“I hear Lailoken’s gone off to see the Wishmaster,” Elijah said, crossing his arms. “What exactly is he wishing for? I thought that he would wish for something involving that wretched human women he killed, but then I realized that he could possibly wish for my demise.”

Hojo laughed. “He wouldn’t wish for your demise, my Leige. He’s too grief-stricken over that girl to remember his grudge against you, I assure you.”

“He better be,” Elijah warned, grabbing Hojo’s throat and hoisting him into the air, squeezing him menacingly. “You and I both know that death alone wouldn’t be enough to stop me from making your life even worse than I already have!”

With that, he disappeared, leaving Hojo to sputter and cough as he regained his breath.

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Originally Posted by Ciroton Ciroton (3:30:08 PM): D'aww aiko called me intellegant. xD

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