Pomegranates

[moonlitknight]

Who: Zero, Ichiru and OPEN
What: Pomegranates seeds are your free tickets to the Underworld!
When: All of June
Where: Near Shore, Hades Temple
Warnings: Ceberus is a curious puppy with three chompers.


Hades pomegranates seem to have a will of their own and purposely jump ship whenever he isn't looking. You may have found a stray pomegranate either by the beach, near the forest, or even better had the the courage to pick them off the two trees flanking the entrance to Hades Temple. Either way, the fruit seems to be in good shape and the seeds inside are pristine and look rather delicious. Picking up the fruit won't have any negative effects, but if you decide to eat theam... well then. You're in for a treat. You get a free night in the Underworld, free of charge! Your hosts will be the Kiryuu twins and their dog. You will be compelled to enter Hades Temple and stay the night. Only then will the compulsion leave you.


i. The Trees

One of the twins is on his way out of Hades Temple when he see's someone near the pomegranate trees and immediately goes to investigate.

"What are you doing?"


ii. Cerberus

The three-headed Hound of Hell is Hades first defense against intruders and will alert him to any and all visitors. Better hope Hades or Ichiru gets to you before Cerberus decides he wants to play. Be nice, he's still a pup the twins have a soft spot for him.

iii. Dinner Time

After Zero figures out what's happened - and after an extensive lecture about eating things off the ground or stealing fruits - Zero finally settles down and gets to work making dinner while Cerberus settles down watches in the background. You may explore your room for the night one of the twins pointed out earlier, but be aware Cerberus won’t like that and will be following you all the way. Conversely, you may decided it's better to stay by Hades side who doesn't seem to understand that a 10 ft three-headed dog made from silver rose vines is not in any way a goddamn puppy! You can help him or settle down on the dining room table.


iv. Night Explorations

Having trouble sleeping? Feel free to go exploring or try your chances at an escape. Who knows maybe the curse has worn off! Either way, Cerberus is a light sleeper and he has your scent. Hades won't be far behind once he finds out his favorite puppy is gone, and Ichiru tends to wander the hallways at night, so better hope you run across one of them before the Hellhound.


v. Wildcard

Open to any shenanigans you'd like to try so feel free to put up your own starter!


[ OOC: Characters are free to make up any symptoms for the "compulsion" to stay. For example: They can get the sudden urge to visit Hades Temple, or their feet will magically take them their without their consent. Or they might just start feeling pain the longer they ignore the compulsion. How many nights they stay is up to you! Eating three seeds can mean one night or three nights, whatever you want! ]

Comments

[toremainbehind]

[Izumo eyes Ichiru for a moment.

He didn't quite believe him either, but there were more pressing matters to attend to, and seeing Eric beginning to withdraw into himself was definitely one that needed attention.

When Zero calls his name, Izumo's eyes flickers to him and he can see the other gesturing to Eric.

A slight inclination of the head in agreement.]

I'll take care of Eric.

[A glance at the young blond and then back at the twins.

He still looks far from pleased.]

Go handle yourself before you decide to slip. [His words are meant for Zero.

There's a lot of blood, after all, and he's not sure how much of it Zero can actually take before his control slips.

A glance at Ichiru, assessing his injuries quietly.]

I'll come handle your injuries later if Zero doesn't first.

[With that said, Izumo makes his way over to Eric.]

[forsakens]

[ Ichiru shot Zero a look for mentioning that he and Eric were both bleeding. Of course, he knew that and he knew what it also meant to the other person that was standing in the room with permeating blood. He did look a little pale to Ichiru. Whether Izumo or Zero chose to believe him or not, he didn't care. Ichiru wasn't much better but he was good at hiding it. ]

I'm fine.

[ Ichiru stated seriously before he glances at Eric briefly. ]

...

[ As much as he wanted to say something, he didn't. There was already enough damage. Ichiru was already taking the lead in leaving the premise because the matter was not going to be discussed beyond this. ]

You are not obligated to, Izumo-san. I can take responsibility for my own wounds.

[ He pauses before speaking to Zero after Izumo's words. ]

Indeed, you should. We'd have a problem if something were to happen. My injuries are minor so I can take Zero, Izumo-san.

[ Ichiru might as well make that suggestion before something happened with Zero. He mostly knew what was going on with the other due to his own experiences in the Underworld and learning about the Pomegranate Seeds. He needed the God to remain sane for his own reasons. ]

[redstray]

[ Eric was only half listening to everyone as they rambled on about this or that. Why did they have to be so noisey?

He frowns as Izumo approaches, shuffling a bit to hide his arm and other injuries. ]

...I'm fine.

[toremainbehind]

I'll believe it more after I check the extent of the damage.

[His tone is the same as it is when he stumbled upon them.

You're free to fight him on this, but Izumo's not going to budge.]

Let me take a look.

[redstray]

[ He was shivering a bit, due to the shock of the cut finally coming through or the mild blood loss. Even still he refused to look at the other, hiding his arm. ]

Not interested.

[toremainbehind]

[Teenagers.

Izumo shrugs.]

Fine. You can bandage it yourself then, but you'll bleed out at this rate. [A pause.]

At least follow me into the kitchen.

[redstray]

[ He chewed on his thoughts for a moment before shitting his eyes, slowly getting up. His hand still firmly clasped to his bloody injury. He took a couple of steps towards Izumo, not looking at him, his eyes firmly on the ground. ]

Fine...

[toremainbehind]

This way then.

[A glance at Eric before Izumo turns to head into the direction of the kitchen.]

[redstray]

[ He follows, head down, watching Izumo's legs to bring him to the kitchen ]

[toremainbehind]

[Eventually, they make it there.

The food Zero was cooking was more than likely still on the stove, and there was a brief thought as to whether or not dinner will still happen, but there are other matters.]

Sit down.

[His tone holds no room for arguments. He'll allow Eric to take care of his injury himself.

He goes to fetch the first aid kit before he hands it over to Eric.]

[redstray]

[ He sits down at the table, taking the first aid kit rather clumsily. He gets it open and stares at the contents. ]

Uhm...

[ Maybe because he was tired or dazed, or maybe he didn't know, but he had no idea where to even start with fixing his arm. He grabs a wrap that wasn't even for stopping the bleeding and tried to get it open. That works...right? ]

[toremainbehind]

[At first, Izumo is content to watch.

Until he notices that Eric grabbed the wrong wrap, and Izumo steps up.]

Just let me bandage it. You're in no condition to do so right now.

[redstray]

[ He pauses in his qest to open this damn thing, still not looking over ar Izumo. He growls lightly before shrugging, defeated. ]

...fine...

[ He peels the bloody, sticky sleeve off of his arm, showing the cut Ichiru's sword had made. It wasn't super deep but it was long, about a palm's length across. ]

[toremainbehind]

[Izumo eyes it for a moment before he settles down into a chair near Eric, but not too close to make him entirely uncomfortable.]

Bear with me.

[Because he's going to grab an antiseptic wipe first to sanitize the cut and wipe off any excess blood that didn't stain Eric's sleeve.]

[moonlitknight]

[ His healing is working to stop the bleeding already, the blood flow has lessened but this kind of injury will take time. He's not a Pureblood, but having taken blood from four different Purebloods Zero's healing abilities are much better than they used to be which is why the blood flow has lessened and beginning to clot. Still, he'll need some bandages but more importantly, he needs to get out of the room before his bloodlust gets the best of him. ]

There's a first aid kit in the kitchen and one in every room, under the sink.

[ Izumo can get the one in the kitchen and Ichiru one of the others. ]

[forsakens]

[ What a unique ability. Ichiru didn't expect him to heal that fast but it was fair given that he's a God with also an interesting combination of vampire to add to it. He never really questioned above all of that but only nodded his head.

He's getting the first aid kit but it wasn't for him since he could take care of the matter later. He was still lingering on the thought of why Zero decided that it was okay to thwart the attack to himself rather than letting Ichiru taking that blow for himself. He's already making his out of the main room and down the corridor. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ With Ichiru gone, Zero lets his shoulders lax letting Ceberus hold most of his weight. But, he only does this for a minute. He needs to get Ceberus out of there first. Pulling away from, Zero heads out, leading the Hellhound out the blood stained room and away from the two shinki's. When Ichiru returns, he'll find Zero in a corner of the throne room with Ceberus at his side, while the blood flow begins to clot, stopping the bleeding. ]

[forsakens]

Eh-- You really have unnatural healing abilities.

[ He muses as he approached the large creature and its master. He keeps his distance since he's aware that the dog might be tense from the encounter earlier. He hands the first aid kit to Zero. ]

It won't hurt to disinfect it right?

[ He made no actual effort to tend to his own. The blood on his head and the burn had stop bleeding if anything. He was in minimal pain but he didn't seem to express it. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ He didn't need to show it for Zero know. He always knew. ]

Come here.

[forsakens]

I said it's fine.

[ He repeats, with a bit more of sharp edge to his tone. Not that it wills top Zero but he's not really in the mood. Ichiru casually drops the first aid kit on Zero's lap before stepping away from him. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ He sighs then starts to get up, wincing when he pulls his shoulder which has Ceberus pawing at him. ]

[forsakens]

[ He's going to get pushed back down because Ichiru is really exasperated with him. One minute he was being treated coldly and the next Zero suddenly was caring about his well being. It's kind of frustrating for him to understand.

He grabs the first aid box and pops it open. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ So long as he's within arm's reach, Zero moves to pull him down next to him. ]

You're bleeding.

STOP GIVING ME FEEELS!!!!!!!!!!! T________T

[forsakens]

!!!

[ Ichiru ends up falling back into the open space in the corner that Zero embedded himself in. ]

It's minor.

[ He states, trying not to wince from the grab. Lucky for Zero, he got the bad arm, where he got burned on the shoulder. ] Let go.

I'm just getting started~

[moonlitknight]

It isn't. [ He picks up the medkit. ] To me, it isn't.