Over the past few weeks Rae had been systematically destroy any chance of her becoming a permanent part of any demon family and so she was only moved from one slave owner to the next, her shortest time being only seventeen hours she planned to break her record with this next family. Even when she discovered which family it was, the house of a very infamous and powerful demon, it only made the challenge more interesting and fun.
Rae's eyes narrowed at the envelope that floated in front of her she swiped her hand down on it snatching it from the air into a crumpled fist reluctantly undoing her damage to open the letter. Her demeanor had an air of boredom to it as if pretending she didn't care about what any demon had to write but as she started actually reading it her attention was caught as she read on her body became more intense gripping the page with both hands leaning in with wide eyes.
Humans may seek freedom through the attempt at the lives of the individuals Lucius and Simeon Dregori the rules are as follows: the girls and other staff are off limits and may not be targeted,communal areas (marked on map) are off limits as are family meals (everyone will be present), loss of this memo results in disqualification. Should an assassination attempt upon Simeon be successful, said individual shall be granted their freedom. In the event of Lucius being taken out, all participants shall be freed.
Her eyes were wide and glued to the page reading it over three times to make sure she had read it right, this was a dream come true for her she was over joyed at the prospect at being able to earn her freedom and looked at the other slaves' expressions her own eyes wide with anticipation of getting to end this nightmare, this was definitely a game changer. She almost thought it was too good to be true but the paper was right there in front of her with an official seal and everything, Rae almost burst out into laughter right then.
Instead she kept herself calm and quiet following the others further into the house despite every bone in her body demanding her to run, she had to fight to keep herself in check wanting to see this challenge through. She couldn't leave now things were just getting interesting and she wanted to find out just how far down this rabbit hole went. The head demon introduced himself as Lucius she smirked eyeing him up and down looking for weaknesses or ways to kill him but saw very few option, she needed to learn more about him she would wait.
When he had asked them to introduce themselves a girl spoke up first as she did Rae leaned forward turning her head to look at the girl frowning and furrowing her brow, "My name is Senna Walburg, sir Lucius. I do not have much in the way of talents, but I am very good at preparing simple meals. I could also take care of cleaning if needed. I was also a good student in my old town and I am good at memorizing and writing. I'll do whatever is asked of me, sir." Rae could already tell that she wasn't going to like that one, she sounded like a brown nosing little kiss ass. Where did she get off calling him 'sir' and bowing like some... slave!
As soon as she was done however Rae jumped in, "my name is Rae Tutankhamun, and I am intelligent beyond your wildest dreams." Her voice was oozing with sarcasm and she put on hand on her hip raising the other above her head waving it in small circles as she gave the most overly pompous bow that she could muster. She rose up in one swift motion listening to the others chime in before someone else entered the room, it was another demon and from what she could tell this was the other demon they could target and he looked like a much easier kill than Lucius but if she could free all of them then she would. Lucius was her main target.
"Raymond, you will be with my eldest child Dydo and Matt will be with Chou my youngest. I trust I've no need for further elaboration there. Sadly Rae, I guess that means you're stuck with me." When he announced that she would be serving under him she flinched like he had given her a slap in the face her fists clenched and she felt sweat break from her face. Then she got angry, why did he say it like it was a bad thing? She'd show him, she would kill him in half the time any normal slave would, Rae was about to say this when another door opened and someone else entered the room.
Dydo tread lightly through the house her foot steps hardly making a noise as she made her way down long hallways and elegant rooms, she walked steadily with even steps seemingly as graceful as a ghost. Almost floating through the rooms that she passed through, her knee length, white dress which billowed around her long legs as she walked only helped in the illusion. Her expression was blank like a stone wall unchanging as she moved drifting through her rather large home.
As she made her way closer to the room where she could hear voices from her walk was interrupted when she stopped mid-step to cover her nose. Just by the smell she could tell that her father had indeed followed through with his promise, regaining her composure she continued toward the door opening it carefully, stepping in side. The smell was worse on the inside and she almost backed out right then but instead she closed the door behind her leaning against it and trying to hold her breath.
She had a talent for hiding her feelings and so her face did not show the discussed she was coming to terms with on the inside, instead her face was the same blank stare that it usually had looking at each of the new faces in the room. She was trying to concentrate on site to distract herself from the smell studying their faces and anything about them trying not to breathe in too much. When she had stood there for only a few seconds she spoke her voice as plain and emotionless as her face, "which one of these is mine?"
The question was directed at her father but her eyes were still on the slaves looking at each of them in turn with her cold stare, out of the corner of her eye she could see her father indicate a male slave towards the middle. As soon as he did she stepped forward walking up to the male looking at him all the while, when she closed the distance between them she folded open her arms grabbing him and pulling him into a tight hug. Her intention was to rub off as much of her scent onto as possible and the sooner she did it the sooner she would stop getting that sick feeling she got when she took in sharp breaths. Which she did now while she was so close to this human, drawing in and out shallow breaths onto his neck as she drew out the hug for as long as she could before she felt nauseous.
When Dydo broke away from the human she gave explanation to her action, nor did she meet the eyes of anyone in the room, instead she kept her eyes on the ground head bowed just slightly. The only words she spoke were in the same tone as before, "I will be taking a long bath, please do not disturb me." Dydo was usually strange in character so actions like these were not out of the ordinary, but in truth seeing a human up close for the first time really spooked the girl and she needed to recuperate not only that but she needed to wash off the smell of him off of herself.
As she was leaving the room thousands of thoughts floated through her mind but her body showed no sigh of turmoil or anxiousness, instead she was as graceful as the moment she walked in. She was determined not to give herself away and with years of practice it was as easy as stepping through grass for her. 'Wearing your heart on your sleeve' was not an expression that was known to her nor was it a phrase that described her,at it was obvious to those who knew her even her family knew very little about her inner thoughts and feelings and she liked it that way. And as she was closing the door to the room she took in a breath of fresh air and she looked up to meet the eyes of her new slave keeping her gaze steady she closed the door completely as if to shut off the relationship before it even started.