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Jun 22, 2015 20:53:14 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 22, 2015 20:53:14 GMT -5
Sometimes it could be a real pain to be contracted even more so when it was to someone so… well, for a better understanding. Ishar used to be treated as a god, surrounded by temple servants, fine food and wine. Now she was stuck in a cramped house. Even better yet it only had one bedroom, so sometimes Ishtar had to make due with what she could. Today was one of those days, it had started out with Royce walking into the bedroom to find Ishtar surrounded by male company, three men if we’re counting. Her contracted partner shoo’ed the men away and then went on the rest of her day, as if this was something normal, oh wait, it was.
Ishtar always did as she pleased, and sometimes that also meant using Royce room to get away with some of her more entertaining activities. She kicked off the sheets and got up, changed her appearance to add clothing to her body and then crossed her arms over her chest. “You are being more complacent than normal, which means that you have something to tell me, or something on your mind?”
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Jun 22, 2015 22:57:34 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 22, 2015 22:57:34 GMT -5
"Ishtar..." Royce was not having any of this today. Bad enough she found three men - three - on her bed. In her room. She really tried not to be mad, honestly - but they were in her room! Who knows what were in those sheets now. "You better clean that up. Hell if I'm sleeping on that bed tonight." For all intents and purposes, Royce should have a bigger house - but it was fine for her, and Ishtar could suck it up. She didn't need more space, and it was fanciful enough. Just, what was with this inviting people over? Couldn't she go over to their place? Where did she find these people, anyways.
But damn if Ishtar didn't know her well. Nearly 8 years now - she had summoned Ishtar on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, and Ishtar had been there the whole time as she climbed and crawled her way to the top. She'd even been nice enough not to tell anyone that she was a female, which was something, she supposed. "You're right, why are you always right? Relatively speaking, not sure about your choice of... companionship."
Royce didn't really know how to approach this subject. It had been bothering her for days, a fleeting subject. It was not smart of her to do so, but drunk with power she came to the conclusion - she would not have any loose ends. And her mentor was a loose end. He knew her vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and she couldn't have that. And yet, it would cause suspicions. He could be useful, later on, maybe. "Remember my mentor?"
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Jun 23, 2015 22:25:50 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 23, 2015 22:25:50 GMT -5
Clean? As if Ishtar would do such a thing, if Royce was so worried about the sheets the most Ishtar would do would be to either burn then or change them. She would bring up these options later, but for the moment it looked as if there were more pressing matters to deal with. She did however ignore Royce jab at her choice of bedmates. Honestly as long as she was allowed to wander this earth there were a few pleasures that she aimed to enjoy in this life. That being the company of men and fine wine, well any liqueur would do.
Had it really been eight years? Even Ishtar would had been around for many years could not believe that she allowed herself to be contracted to such a person for so long, yet there was some sort of spunk in Royce that kept her entertaining. In fact Ishtar had grown fond of the magician, almost treating her something a kin to a little sister or friend. They got along well enough that Ishtar could never really summon up the will to want to kill Royce, at least not since the first year of their contract.
"Your mentor?" Ishtar stayed silent for a moment trying to picture the guy and to get a better sense of who he was. Sadly, the guy had never really stood out much, since as soon as Royce was free to go off on her own she did. "I have a faint remembrance, something about always staring at my chest." She waved off the memory and then eyed Royce questioningly. "What about him?"
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Jun 23, 2015 22:34:51 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 23, 2015 22:34:51 GMT -5
If Ishtar could have described a perfect picture of her mentor in a few short words - she did so perfectly. That was definitely him, alright - although Royce had learned to live in relative fear of her mentor to look away whenever he so much at glanced at his direction. Though following the summoning of Ishtar, he never did lay another finger upon her, and she didn't so much as say a goodbye on her eighteenth birthday, a year after she summoned the djinn.
"What should I do about him... he's a vulnerability, a weak end, and yet still I hesitate." Royce was trying to rationally reason it out in her mind - because he was a mentor, dear lord, he probably had another student under him now, and she shuddered at the thought. "He knows things about me that could compromise me. And no, Ishtar, do not sleep with him. Or look for him. Not yet, anyways."
She knew that the so called goddess of war was one for violence, and in a way, so was Royce. But at least she had some willpower and the logic to realize that yes, killing unnecessarily would result in downfall and the loss of support (not that she had many, but she was a high minister and appearances were everything according to magician status quo). But even with Ishtar's striking... personality, Royce still wanted a second opinion, and Ishtar was only too happy to oblige (usually). Not to say she was always right, though. "What do you think I should do?"
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Jun 23, 2015 23:57:27 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 23, 2015 23:57:27 GMT -5
"Interesting, let me really think about that." Even though Ishtar was known as a difficult woman, Royce was smart to come to her with such a question. After all, it was one of Ishtar's greatest skill to not only bring lust to the people, but to also know when to create war. To have a war you needed an army, people to use, and you needed to know who you were fighting. You needed to know their weaknesses, and you needed to be able to decide if you could live without them. Although an asset in his own rights, this mentor of Royce had not really done anything to prove his loyalty, or have shown to be helpful in anyway. In fact, he was really just a liability, unless Royce could come up with a reason to use him.
"Loose strings are hard to deal with, even more so if you have some sort of connection to them. He hasn't been of much help, but of what we knew he has not tried to stop you either. Though, he could be holding out. I would call him to a friendly meeting and judge him there. You give the signal and I will end him." She couldn't just sway Royce choice, this was part of her life choices and she needed to make up her own mind. Ishtar had no problem giving suggestions, but she did not want to be the one making the choice.
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Jun 24, 2015 0:11:19 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 24, 2015 0:11:19 GMT -5
Was it the fact that she had known him for ten years of her life - from ages eight to eighteen, for she had spent more time with him than without. And he had been a good man, for maybe seven of those years. The last three were hell, living under him, studying under him. Yet she wouldn't deny it - she had always loved his praise. She loved being praised in general, but it had been something special coming from him. It was probably connected to her childhood innocence, back then.
"I don't want to see him, though..." She mumbled, although Royce knew that what Ishtar said was probably the best way to go. She didn't want to admit that her djinn was right but... she was right. "You and always being right, you really do have four thousand years of wisdom in you even if you don't act like it." It was reassuring that Ishtar would be there to protect her - and she doubted there was a djinn as strong as her, even if it was her mentor. She wasn't sure if her mentor was mentally strong enough for that - for even though she was ages younger than him, her contract with Ishtar was limited to whatever the djinn herself wanted to do.
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Jun 24, 2015 0:43:28 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 24, 2015 0:43:28 GMT -5
"Many years, and I still how boundless questions when it comes to the regards of humans, your kind is not an easy bunch to understand. Though entertaining yes." She was right, she was always right, that was why Royce would come to her. She was not really evil, she was just free spirited. She wanted to do things her way and sometimes human morals did not like the way she did things, but overall Ishtar was a decent spirit. Even if Royce did not like the suggestion, it was one of the best, and made the most sense. They needed to see if this mentor could be used, or if he was dead weight, only meeting him would answer that.
She honestly did not know how Royce would handle the encounter, but she had faith in her partner. "You'd do just fine, and you'll have me there so not a single worry needed." Ishtar had pride in herself, if she said that she would protect Royce then that was exactly what she was going to do. She hardly every turned on her work if she could keep from it.
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Jun 24, 2015 22:59:45 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 24, 2015 22:59:45 GMT -5
"Good to know we're putting on a great show for you djinn. Because that's totally what we're here for." Royce couldn't bite the sarcasm out of her voice, but by now Ishtar should be used to it. Not a day went by without some sort of sarcastic remark from her. "And I find it hard to believe that after four thousand years you couldn't have adapted a little inkling on what makes humanity tick? Or were you too busy with your own agenda for war and lust?" Again with the sarcasm, and this time she knew that Ishtar would probably chide her on it. Even if Royce was a repeat offender.
Still, apprehension gripped her heart and she didn't want to meet her mentor, not if she could help it. Her chest clenched and her heart felt icy but still she knew that Ishtar was right. "I know, I just don't want to. I need to but I don't want to." She made a childish gesture, cross her arms against her chest - she didn't know who she was trying to show it to, either.
"I'll think about it. Maybe tomorrow - you think tomorrow's a good time to talk to him? I don't really know how to contact him, you think he'd have the same number, the same house? Probably... I don't know though."
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Jun 25, 2015 3:00:20 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 25, 2015 3:00:20 GMT -5
Yes, humans were entertaining, and whether Royce liked it or not Ishtar even used her magician for her own personal entertainment. Ishtar got her kicks in different ways, while watching the people around her was one of them, drinking and gathering pleasure with others was another hobby. She really did enjoy her place among humans and was not about to let it end any time soon. Because of this she did find herself breaking one of her many rules, she tried her best to stay out of Royce life, but she really could not afford the woman dying or going to jail, so there were times she would have to interject. "Maybe I was? It wasn't like I had time to travel, I lived in a temple where I was worshiped most of the time. Only stepping out when need be." Really, the only times she ever left the temple was to trick kingdoms into fighting each other, kill rulers in request that they be replaced. She used to be able to get away with so much back then, but now times had changed, and murder came with extra planning.
"Really child, it is not the end of the world, I've taught you many things. You wanted power and I've given it to you. You want to keep it, you will have to work for it. Nevertheless, do not worry, I will be there to guard you." She took a seat on the bed, finding this to be aimed at being a long conversation. There was no reason to her standing all day if she was going to be trapped to one place. She did ponder over the thought of her magician meeting this man tomorrow. She came to the facts that doing it too soon was not the best of ideas, they needed a plan. "Slow down, not so quickly, I think you should contact him tomorrow, but set up the meeting to a few days from now. You need time to plan this out, also need to figure out a meeting place, where if he needs to be killed it can be taken care of out of sight, and with no one around to question his disappearance."
Killing him would be easy, a well placed hand, and some electricity and it would be all over in seconds. She would do it quick and kind if that was what her Magician wanted. Disposing the body would be just as easy, she would eat him, change to her Griffin form and gobble him up, then there would be nothing left of him to look for.
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Jun 26, 2015 1:48:04 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 26, 2015 1:48:04 GMT -5
"Touché. I concede - although you've had eight years of interactions now. Is it still hard to understand, because I think you've got the physical intimacy down." Royce grimaced at the thought. She wasn't sure how Ishtar got her kick out of that, but maybe it was just personal taste. Then again, she wasn't sure how long Ishtar had taken a break from humanity. Obviously the djinn loved the human world, that much was obvious from their first encounter.
"I get it. You're like a mother. Weren't you just lamenting about how you don't know humans all too well and here you are, calling me a child." Still, she was glad of her djinn's counseling. It made her feel infinitely better about the situation. The possible solution was stumbled across, and it was more or less the nitty gritty of the planning now that was getting her. Her mentor... he was powerful, surely. Cutting off contact with him had been more effective than she had thought it would be.
She was getting ahead of herself, though. "I understand. I'll see if I can find a way to contact him, maybe research some places. Somewhere private, though I'd rather not murder him here, if I can help it. Ishtar, have you any suggestions? You go out to unsavory places all the time, don't you?"
Royce would rather not murder, but what had to be done, would be done. With Ishtar as her accomplice, surely she'd get away with it with no problems, but she was't sure what it would do to her conscience. If she had one in the first place, that was.
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Jun 26, 2015 5:26:43 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 26, 2015 5:26:43 GMT -5
"And if you followed my lead, then maybe all the pent up stress you had would be released. You must know that these physical intimacy do help with stress release." For once, instead of being dirty she came out with really hard facts. Although she did it a little more then would be deemed necessary, the act itself was good for a person and could even make them more pleasant to be around. This was probably why Ishtar favored both sex and drinking, they were both things that in turn could relax a person, although to be fair, one was more healthier than the other. Yet as a djinn she really did not have to worry about physical health.
A mother? Maybe so, Ishtar did used to be called the mother of many women, those that she had taken under her wing and raised within her temple. Even though the djinn would hate to admit it, she had a way of becoming attached to certain people, and it just so happened that Royce became one of those people. Well enough so that she did not want to see the poor dear get murdered any time soon. She would protect her for now, maybe ever for the rest of Royce short life, still there could be a day where even Ishtar may turn, if pushed right.
"I did say that I would protect you, my advice would have that effect as well as personally protecting you, so I only see fit to give my own opinion from time to time. When needed of course." There were times where even Ishtar did not want to get herself mixed up with some of Royce problems. Like this whole girl/guy thing. Ishtar herself did not understand it, and she could in turn be whoever she wanted. This was in fact Royce's choice of being, and Ishtar was not going to get in the way of it.
Ishtar did think about Royce question and she could only find a small number of options for her answer. "Well other then a few places in the redlight district that know me, there are not many places I could change in. Unless we count seeing him at his own home, which may be be risky. If she is still into sleeping around, it may be easier to lure him with your body, but that is an uncertainty." It was not the worse of ideas, but it was hard to judge when she was not sure of what type of man this mentor really was.
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Jun 29, 2015 3:44:47 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jun 29, 2015 3:44:47 GMT -5
"Ishtar, you've gotta be fcking kidding me. Please tell me you're kidding." She stared at the djinn really hard. Did she not know - well, no. She didn't know, and that was the thing. Perhaps she should tell Ishtar? But that was almost revealing too much information to the djinn, and even so one day if Ishtar was to turn on her... But she refused to think like that. To live in the moment, she should do that. "If there's one thing I don't wish to do any time soon, it's that. Don't you know things like that don't interest me?"
They actually did. Although awfully curious about what it would feel if she actually enjoyed it, she had no intentions of trying. Especially not in the way Ishtar did it. To give so freely something that could potentially be sought out and used strategically, that was a tragedy. But Ishtar did not understand many things about Royce. She knew that, her djinn herself admitted to not knowing, though she had knowledge to spare. It was just that she no longer wanted to be associated with being female.
She thought about Ishtar's plan. Royce couldn't disagree more. "Are you sure that is the best plan? Luring him with my body... it sounds more like a bad, bad plan with so many things that could go wrong. Perhaps I'll just take a visit to his house. He'll be there anyways, and it's private. Though he may be discovered... he would definitely be found missing, at the very least." None of this seduction crap.
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Jun 29, 2015 19:12:21 GMT -5
Post by ishtar on Jun 29, 2015 19:12:21 GMT -5
Ishtar shrugged, if that was how Royce wanted it then why ask for suggestions.If the choice to just go to his home was there then why not take it? There was the chance of having to deal with an apprentice or djinn of his own, but from what Ishtar knew of this master. He had nothing that could better her, in fact she doubt there were many that could. She had pride in her powers and knew very well the chaos she could cause. She was also not afraid to kill, which made things a lot easier in the end. She was never a good spirit, more of a chaos spirit so it made sense that she could do the things that she could do.
"His house it is then, now was that really so hard to decide. Would you like to surprise him, or give him warning of your approach? We have no clue what may be waiting inside but I am sure that we can handle it." No matter what Royce wanted to do in the end Ishtar would be there to help, she just wished that the woman would make up her mind already. Until Royce did the setting up, an they finally went to talk with this guy, there was really nothing for Ishtar to do. She was waiting for the go ahead to either pounce, or let the guy live, but she wanted to know the answer as soon as possible.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:35:54 GMT -5
Post by royce sasaki on Jul 9, 2015 23:35:54 GMT -5
Royce knew that Ishtar was powerful, and that knowledge made her somewhat confident that whatever shit she got into, Ishtar would protect her. Maybe relying on it would be her crutch, her weakness, her achilles heel, but Ishtar was like a friend to her. That happens when the so called 'contract' operated by mostly her djinn's rules. And she was kind of more like a mother hovering over her. Except... more risque. Used her bed to have sex. Was definitely not conservative. Wanted Royce to be sexual, even. It seemed like Royce was the one who was chiding her four thousand year old djinn on her inappropriate behavior.
"We'll show up uninvited."
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