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located in Cross Academy, a part of Vampire Knight: Bonds of Fate, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Character Portrait: Aryan von Nacht Character Portrait: Helen Trist
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Aryan smiled, rather pleased with himself as Leora and the Keir both left. They had both walked into that one, and they had both taken the bait. He did love it when plans went correctly. He then returned to what he had been doing before, shuffling through the papers in front of him.

"Helen, has Roran Edyta gotten back to us about the Council's treaty with the Pantheon? I was execting to hear back from him last week. I have a meeting with the Council next week, and I would not want to show up without the right information."

Of course, if Roran failed in his end of the bargin, Aryan had many other contacts to draw upon, though Roran had been his closest one to the source of the matter. "Also, if you do not mind, I would like both you and Yuki to accompany me. I trust no one in that Council, not even Edyta, and I would feel better if I had the two of you there, as it were."


It was fortunate that heā€™d brought it up, because she was about to do so herself. Finishing the last paragraph of the book, she closed it and reshelved it before returning to the table at which Aryan sat and assuming the place across from him, folging her hands together on the smooth wood of the table. Something flickered behind her eyes for a moment; she could have almost sworn she heard the sound of familiar, malicious laughter. But it wasnā€™t there. It was never there, at least not in any way that anyone else could hear it. That didnā€™t make it unrealā€”on the contrary, to her, these phantoms were sometimes more real than anything in the physical world had ever been.

But the shadow passed, and she met his eyes, though even seated, she had to tip her head up to do so. Pale blue-violet looked into amethyst, and she tilted her head vaguely to one side, shaking her head just minutely. ā€œRoran Edyta was found dead this morning,ā€ she replied quietly. ā€œHis throat was slit, from the amount of blood left behind. I can only suppose someone discovered who he worked for.ā€ Heā€™d probably slipped up, trusted the wrong person somewhere along the line. It was known to happen.

As for the request, she only nodded. She did not ever do any speaking at Council functions, but she wasnā€™t going to talkā€”that was something Aryan could do quite well on his own. She would go in case things got hostile. And if the measures they were willing to take against a simple informant were that extremeā€¦ then things may very well become hostile. Helen frowned slightly, her lips thinning for a moment, but the expression returned to simple neutrality within a few seconds.


Aryan sighed, setting down the paper he had been holding and rubbed at his temples. Edyta was dead...fantastic. The fool had not covered his tracks. It was a good thing Aryan covered his. There was no way that they could trace his path to him, Aryan had made sure of that. Still, that did not mean that the man did not talk. That was the risk in every transaction, every deal.

The von Nacht passed a hand over his eyes, collecting his thoughts. "That is troubling news. Would that I were not called to appear, I would not go in front of the Council at all. This smells of Pantheon, I do not like it." The last thing he wanted was to put Yuki and Helen in danger, but it was tantamount to suicide if he went alone. It was not his wish to put any of his family in danger, but perhaps he would be better served putting up with Zero's company. Even the Council would be hard-pressed for answers attacking the Kuraguri Heir.

"What of the Hunter Association? Has anyone contacted us from their ranks?" Despite the escalating war, there were still some who desired peace, though they were getting thinner by the year.


ā€œNo,ā€ she replied without hesitation. ā€œNot since the overture from the Dissidents last month. I expect they are still laying lowā€”they are not yet strong enough to be of any real help.ā€ The Dissidents were a small group of Hunters who wanted above all else to end the war. They had taken the Hunterā€™s mandate to preserve human life to mean that a war that killed this many humans was unacceptable. But they were small, and many of them were still afraid of going too public. It was entirely reasonableā€”Helen understood strategy very well. Theodor was a master of the craft, and not everything heā€™d left behind in her was malevolent. At least, she chose to believe it wasnā€™t.

That her aptitude for such matters might be her own and not his wasnā€™t something sheā€™d ever even thought to consider. She was what she had been made, and anything extra had simply been allowed. She blinked slowly, watching him think. He was very adroit, Aryan wasā€”if his deft manipulation of his cousins was not sufficient evidence for this, the fact that he was the one who handled the Council was probably proof. His father was broadly in charge of coordinating the familyā€™s effort in the war, where they chose to intervene. Vincent Kuragari was also involved there, and Morgan Alistair ran the larger-scale spy network that included the middle five Kuragari brothers. Ava Kuragari kept all the moving parts working in sync, and Erys Alistair and Nikki von Nacht were frequent leaders of the larger-scale ground operations. But Aryan was younger than they were, and sometimes his jobs were the most insidious of them all.

ā€œDo not think it,ā€ she said simply, though it had more the feel of a request to it than an order. She didnā€™t presume to tell any of them what to do, after all. He was contemplating leaving her behind, she could tell. ā€œMy name may not carry much weight, but my sword speaks at sufficient volume.ā€ She was ruthless in a way that those like Balthasar and Zero were not, but more judicious in the application of such force than either of the Alistair twins. She was also disposable, unlike any of them. They were important, she was not. It made her the ideal choice, though she would not protest if he chose not to take Yuki.


Aryan nodded, that was not very surprising. The Dissidents were formidable, but small. He sighed through his nose, his eyes closing. This was getting worse and worse, yet he had little choice but to comply. He opened his eyes, returning his gaze to Helen when she told him not to think it. The girl was so perceptive, enough so that it scared him at times.

He offered her a wan smile. "I have never doubted your prowess with a blade, nor will I ever, and I rue those that do. However, you misjudge your station. As far as I am concerned you are family as much as Balthasar is my brother, and I will not allow for needless harm to those in my family." He could see her point though, and that was why he cose her and Yuki in the first place. They both had underlying tendancies to not hold back, and their sheer ruthlessness rivaled that of his Aunt Erys, if not outran it completely. His brother was far more inclined to peaceful approaches, as was Zero. Though it may not be such a bad idea to bring the Twins along.

No, no, in the end, it was not a good idea. As deadly as they could be, they were also far too high on the watch list, being what they were. In the end, his only real soultion was the original plan. He stood, taking the papers and stowing them in his bag once more. "I'm expected at midnight on the 17th, a week from tomorrow. The three of us will leave the day before." He had turned to leave when he turned back to her, a small smile on his face. "Thank you, Helen. I appreciate you coming along."