[attr="class","screamybod"]He didn't always sleep at night. Sleeping was a highly vulnerable state. Both his former colleagues and his new Mistress's flunkies were both apt to give him trouble and he needed to get on her good side. Hence slinking through the school at night, trying to find clues.Trying to see if he could somehow discover who the obstacles for his master were. He already knew one...

That didn't end well for him.

He narrowed his eyes, finding it odd someone else was outside the school so late. She was facing the school. Probably talking to herself. He saw her jump which again threw him as there were no other people for her to be excited with. That was the human condition right? Being social and loud and confusing.

She started coming his way and his first reaction was to grab his knife but she came up along side him, asking him the oddest question.

'Hey! Do you want to hear a story?'

"No, not really..." he stared into her eyes. They were strange, hyper-focused things. Like she wasn't entirely tied in with reality. Par for the course...

"I'm sure you'll tell me though," he added with a flat affect. He waited, sliding his hands lazily into his pockets as his features tightened, professional now.

"Do I need to sit down, is it a particularly long story?" he wanted to prepare himself for a possibility of ensuing doldrums. He said long like it should have rhymed with boredom.

[attr="class","screamybod"]Time gate? Common sense? Take the light back? The hell is going on with this chick... But that aura, that's not something to ignore.

He bit back his words, listening to her instead. Something about her made his body want to just bow down and wait, even though he felt no allegiance to this being, or did he? She was messing with his mind. The corruption spilled off of her like stench from an open carcass and he had to fight to not be visibly affected by it. She wanted to find the light... He had his suspicions but he didn't want to give those up.

I'm not loyal to that damn woman... But... I don't want to share the light. I found it. If that's what she wants I'm not giving that to her...

He narrowed his eyes, forcing a haughty grin as she continued her story. He wondered when she ever took time to breathe. The reveal of her altered form wasn't anything new to him him. He'd seen his master's servants before. He wasn't sure he'd ever seen this one though. Sometimes they came to gloat to him, sometimes to just spout insanities. That seemed to be the role of a vassal, a sounding box for a lot of weird crap.

Because I need more of that in my diet...

He gasped when she surprised him though.

'It's time we made sure you know where you stand and know that your duty––'

Even if it wasn't his physical form being pierced by her hand he could feel it inside him. He could feel his heart skip and the chill as something alien held him in place, obedient to her will. He gasped, feeling like if she moved it would somehow reap mischief upon his body. It was bearable as long as he stayed there like she told him to. He stared, wide eyed at her, sweat starting to form on his neck from discomfort.

'Now... I need you, and you don't have much time seeing as you will be hunted by three girls, so let me tell you something...'

She'd made her point. He held his hands instinctively over his chest, willing himself to breathe as the chill swept over him and the adrenaline laced his body with a sensation of liquid metal running down his spine. She wasn't one of the Mistress's normal servants was she. Not like Bel had been. This one had an agenda and he was willing to listen now because he didn't want to feel if she really could grasp his heart in her hand, like some Aztec Pinata.

'Your life is endanger, but there's a way that you can be protected and I can have what I want: find the Moon Princess, capture her and bring her outside to the outskirts of Tokyo... And to make sure your loyalty is to me...'

He stared at the candy, still holding his chest as he watched the girl warily. Of course he didn't want to die. He was an animal at best, living until something bigger and stronger than him destroyed him. But it didn't make that a plan he was setting goals for. Maybe he could get by with the bare minimum. Show her the light. She didn't seem like she was interested in destroying it...

Damn justifications. Maybe it's not her. Maybe that light is different. That's it... I don't have to share that.

'Say ahhh~!'

He clutched at his neck, unable to stop her as she shoved his medicine down his gullet. He gasped, his eyes watering as she explained that he now had no choice but to obey his new mistress. He gave her a look of pure disdain as he held his violated throat in his hand.

'This should reconstruct your corruption and make sure that you don't have any regrets or difficulty in making the choices I need you to make, so if you've developed a good heart––or are on the verge of developing one––we're going to stop this immediately, you're already in trouble enough. I don't need you doing anymore good deeds, If anyone is to get in your way, kill them! ANYONE is expendable or can be of used to you in finding or getting a step closer to the Moon Princess...use them! I'd start by finding that wretched moon cat Tsuki and her wretched friend Ares, they can lead you to the discovery of the moon princess––I know they're here. If I were you I'd gather some allies and get ready to paint this town red.'

He wanted to hurt her. She had effectively destroyed the only thing he had left, his ability to choose. She had broken that. He wanted to hurt her but his body wouldn't obey him. He knew that it would only respond to when he willingly chose to obey his Mistress now. He was now the perfect tool.

What I was always made to be...

It didn't make it any easier. He felt the energy inside him, like a jolt of electricity running down his legs. He was given new power for these things. He however, wouldn't be blessed with the choice in how to use it. Oh how badly he wanted to find whoever had given him this devil's deal in the first place and make them feel just how he did right now.

Wherever you are I hope you're happy, because it's not going to last long... He could evade the Sirens now, and possibly handle two senshi. Part of him felt pride in that, at least it was small consolation. He'd take it out on them. They were inconsequential anyways.

'Do we have anything we want to ask?'

"Feh... what am I supposed to call you," he narrowed his eyes at her, showing displeasure. It was all the rebellion he could muster. He was still touching his chest where she'd made him feel just how powerless he really was.

Wherever you are... light, whomever you may be. Run... because I'm going to do terrible things to you.