2467/Coveting Conversation

Coveting Conversation
Date of Scene:	12 February 2017
Location:	Plot Room #2
Synopsis:	Norie is on the Warpath when she found out Eilam got stabbed with a fork. Other discussion happens. Such as a confession. The love kind this time. *Unfinished*
Cast of Characters:	Norie Okana, Eilam Hisakawa

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Norie Okana has posed:
Eilam's Manor is a place known to Norie. Norie heard a rumor when she went to the game crown. She in fact. Arrived at some point while clean up was still going on but after everyone had left. Talk about a kissing girl, familiar. A pink haired boy. She just assumes this is Eilam-kun. She doesn't know many pink haired boys. Also. She... stabbed him... with a fork.. and....

There's a sort of flare of dark energy in the Foyer of the manor and she just calls out. "EILAM-KUN!" she calls out as she begins to stamp through the manor. Looking for Eilam.

"IF YOU'RE DEAD OVER THIS ALREADY I'M GOING TO KILL THIS PERSON SLOWLY AND AGONIZLY LATER WITH A FORK MYSELF!" she says.

Also, she's sort of wafting black energy mist for the first minute of herself being here. Though it stops at some point.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "..."

    No response. The more she looked, though, she would come to find the manor was empty tonight. Just him, in fact, the others in the house weren't actually in for whatever reason. At least no obvious reason. The only real sound in the house was some music playing in a room upstairs. Going towards said room would show the music to be... piano? Well, piano of some kind. Not even classical, a modern piano piece being played from a computer in his room, the sound of running water coming from the conjoining room. None of the doors were shut, though.

    Just Eilam, oblivious to Norie searching for him in any fashion. Instead, the smell of strawberry shampoo heavily permeated the air closest to the open door to the large bathroom, which as with any good fancy rich person house, wasn't even a typical shower. Instead it was more of a proper shower /room/, all fancy looking.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana storm, storm, no one was home. Did.. did Eilam-kun make it home? Oh she's gonna be so upset if he's like dead in an alley somewhere. This girl's suffering is going to be /LEGENDARY/ at this rate if she ever meets her.

She hears music so she follows it to the computer.

Then she can hear running water and smell starberry. But not 'strawberries'. It's like that fake smell shampoos use. So. Eilam must be in the shower. She gives a gentle knock.

"Eilam-kun?" she calls in, just creaking the door open an inch.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "...Norie?"

    He wasn't entirely sure. Why was she here? Let alone seemingly looking for him instead of just calling or waiting somewhere to see where he shows up? "I am hardly the shy type, though the choice is yours if you wish to stay where you are or come. Is something wrong?"

    And briefly Eilam reached up and pressed a spot on a wall panel near him, the music pausing, instead just leaving the sound of the running water of the shower. Nearby her on the floor, if she looked, she would see a pile of rather bloody clothes that also appeared to have bits of chili and cheese on them, his stave and various effects leaned against the wall by the doorway and on the countertop next to such. Seems she was at least partially right in that something happened to him.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana ahs. "I'll wait until you're semi-decent." she says softly. Part of her wants to see if she can still feel ultimate embarrassment by walking in anyways, but it's better if she waits. Besides. She knows her current mental state is 'compromised'.

"I heard a pink hair'ed boy got stabbed. I immediately knew it was you." she says.

Her eyes trace down to the pile of bloodied clothes. Ah. She was right.

"And I was right, it seems. That's a lot of blood." she frowns.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "..."

    That got around fast. Which was worrisome. "It would seem so. Some... girl came into magic somehow, it was doing something to her emotions. Leaving her wanting everything with nothing satisfying, from my understanding. After seh admitted she was aware it was her magic doing it to her, and the source of said magic was from a gem of hers... my attempt to separate the two resulted in the problems."

    He shivered a bit before saying, "God damned Nacho Cheese. Who honestly likes that slimy grease, it is disgusting." Was that the sound of a teeth being brushed? Why yes, it was.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana says. "Well I went to the Crown to relax and they were still cleaning up. I heard what happened." she says softly. A pause. "You sound okay at least..." she says calming down a bit.

She sighs a bit and shakes her head. "I like the way it tastes, but the stuff at the Crown is the 'low end' of Nachos." she says softly.

"Go to a real place. They use real cheese and spices." she says softly. "And make the chips there instead of from a bag."

She closes her eyes and sighs a bit. "I'm.... glad?" she says. "That you're okay." she says quietly.

"Do you know who the girl was?" she asks.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "All I can say is if you ever intend to cozy up with me, you are not getting kissed if you are eating that stuff." It was probably a joke, but hard to say. "And no... I did not get a name. Before she jumped onto me trying to suck my soul out through my throat, she was fairly focused on the fact she was hungry and nothing was satisfying her. Why do you ask?" Eilam actually snorts a bit at that, "I have been around you magical would-be hero types too much. Perhaps in the past if some emotionally-dubious girl decided to try and kiss me, I might have just gone along with it, but I thought the better idea was to try and help her instead. Getting younger in the wrong ways when I try to help people instead of staying to myself." Grumble grumble complain.

    Finally the water turns off, though, and he walks to the doorway where she was. "Are you okay? I am... surprised you came looking for me. I am still in the condition I have been since I was young, a fork is not going to kill me any more than the damned card thing will. Which... is returned, to a point. I do not know if I am anthropomorphizing it a bit too much, but it isn't taking near as much as it was at the peak just yet. Perhaps soon again it will." Why yes, he was standing near her naked, even if the towel he had and was using to dry his face off did cover the majority of him unless she was just that insistent about looking.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana doesn't seem to particularly care right now about nakedness. She's too busy frowning. She sighs a bit. "I know. But no one should be stabbing you." she says. She head tilts. "I don't go to the Crown for the Nachos. No one should. I go for the milkshakes. Like everyone else sane." she insists deadpan.

She frowns. "It's good you tried to help. I'm sorry she... tried to...?"

"Are you just using that an euphemism for her kissing?" she asks. "I heard about that too." she says lightly. She sighs a bit.

"I'm sorry to hear about the card. Hopefully it won't do anything too bad..." she says quietly. "This time around."

A pause. "Do you need me to get you proper clothes?" she asks.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    Something about how Norie said that made him laugh, reaching down to wrap the towel around himself. "If you... so wish, go ahead. I was going to do such myself, but being lazy, I may simply pass upon such." And with that, covered with the towel as he now was, Eilam moved into his room properly and paused to grumble a bit, "And yes, that is... what I meant. I cannot say /why/ she thought such was a good idea, or if she even cared. Perhaps she was just doing whatever came to mind hoping something would be enjoyable? Not unlike yourself, I imagine. At least you have not done anything so forward."

    There he paused to reach to take his stave again, leaning against it slightly. "Staying a bit, or are you satisfied and going to leave for whatever reason?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana walks to the closet, or dress, or wardrobe- where ever Eilam keeps his clothes. She picks out what appears to be a white button down shirt and pair of brown slacks. It isn't very exciting, but Norie likes boring and what appeals to her most, in actuality.

She offers them up as she gently frowns a bit. "Ugh." she says.

"I'm actually...staying? If that's okay? I have something I wanted to ask anyways, but. Not sure. I fnow is a good time anyways..." she trails off.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    A little of closet, a little of dresser, Eilam had all of the above and there were clothes in all. Fancier stuff was hanging up in a walk-in closet, less fancy stuff was folded and sorted but still easily found. One of those 'Lots of clothes, lots of room, might as well spread it out' things. The 'ugh' bit confused him, but Eilam didn't touch on it, instead just taking the clothes and stepping back into the shower room to get them on. "I think I mentioned before you are welcome to stay whenever you like. But if I did not, it is your choice."
    Then as he came back around from the other room, the pants were on and buttoned, shirt on but not really done up or any such, instead Eilam making his way to sit on a rather large recliner and let out a small huff of breath as he dropped the staff and went about using the towel on his hair. He did catch the staff with the top of the foot, however, and just kind of held it there, perhaps in some practiced manner. "What did you wish to ask?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana nods. "You did. Which is also why I kind of just... appeared in the foyer instead of using the door." she says. "I was a little too worried." she says. She gently sighs and looks around the room as she finds a place to sit, resting herself down on.

"Yes. I wanted to. Talk to you. About..."

She shakes her head. "This is stupid. I haven't... talked to Natsumi-chan yet." she says quietly. "About my feelings about this. But she's hard to get a hold of." she says quietly.

"I mean. I wanted to talk to you. About the gift you gave me. On Christmas." she says quietly.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "...yes? No reason to be shy or embarrassed about anything. You're immortal all the same as I am." That amused him a bit, even if he knew there was a fair bit of difference between them, simply in behavior and personality. "Not like I am going to tease you about it or anything. Besides, even if you say it strangely or it comes out wrong, we'll both be around forever, so always room to say something differently later."

    He stopped rubbing at his hair and instead reached over to a nearby nightstand to pull out a comb to start running it through his hair. It was quite long, but then again most people who had long hair were familiar enough with the process of having to actually deal with it.

    Eilam wasn't really sure what to think about her focusing on the gift again. Perhaps it was a bit much of him? Well, he would see.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana shakes her head. "Shy and Embarrassed are things I can still feel. Thankfully." she says. "So I take what I can get sometimes." she offers. "Not that I enjoy feeling them. But they're better to feel than... hate or anger." she admits. "Or sadness." she says.

She sighs a bit. "I don't like. Talking about the way I feel things. Because sometimes it can be scary to understand what feelings can be if you see them in a different way, and because the description of them can be taken out of proportion." she says quietly.

"I can't feel. Love? I can feel fond of people." she says. "But that's not quite love. That's more... like. How someone loves someone like a brother. Or a friend." she says.

"I can't feel 'romantic' love either." she says. "But I finally know what I do feel, in relation to it." she says quietly. "And it's 'Covet'." she says.

"I haven't talked about this. To people. Because too many people have. Past issues. With others who have 'covet'ed' them." she says.

"So it has a negative connotation." she says.

"I 'covet' Natsumi-chan." she says quietly. "But I also... covet you." she says quietly.

"and I am confused. Because. I know it will hurt Natsumi-chan if I say such a thing." she says quietly.

"But I just... can't. Figure this out in my head."

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    For the entire time, Eilam remained quiet, watching her as he went about lazily working through his pink mass of wet hair atop his head. And even after she paused at the end, he seemed to think a bit more before finally speaking. "You are you, in the end. If someone truly cares for you, they will accept you, the perfections and the flaws alike. I mean I am hardly one to speak from experience, as I have held myself away from such for a long time. I have, however, been around a lot of others who have been together their whole lives. And they all had something in common."

    The comb was put down and the towel dropped onto the floor near the chair. "Acceptance. You cannot be in a relationship with someone without accepting all of them. If you only want part, it is not a relationship, it is simply using someone. Which I have been guilty of plenty in the past, lying to people that I will be dying soon, using others to not feel as lonely as I was, for company, pleasure. Hardly a nice thing to hear, I imagine, but I did say I would be honest with you when I gave you the gift, yes?"

    Raising his foot, Eilam picked the stave up and unscrewed it to reveal the hidden-away estoc in the compartment inside. "This is for me, to protect myself from those who do not accept me. I do not need this for you, or several other people in this world that I want to trust. Likewise... you would not need something like this for her, or she for you. If it makes her sad that you are more human than you want to admit, the problem is there, not you. Especially since you are trying so hard to be human in the ways that count. Relationships, being true to yourself and emotions - which you can go through the motions of even if you might not feel them fully."

    Eilam did smile a bit at that, "Though to be fair, I am not much different. I do not let myself love others, because I have no desire for the hurt that can come along with it. I am fine with coveting others. So who am I to complain if someone else feels such of me? The question remains, though... what do you covet, as you put it? Of her? Of me? Do you want our company, our attention, our bodies? Do you want to possess us just to yourself, or do you simply want to be able to have us when you like? There is no shame in what you want, only how you go about getting it. So think about it, and be honest. What of us do you wish to possess for yourself?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana frowns. "It's hard for me to describe. When I think of... Natsumi-chan. It's keeping her close. Not too far. Just there. Maybe with a lock.. or key..." she says. "When I think about it in an abstract sense." she says softly. "With you it's... because..." she says quietly. "...I won't lose you." she says. "...like if I. Accidently drain you to death. You actually bounce back from that. I can touch you. Just fine. While I worry about touching others." she says.

She just sighs and grabs her far arm.

"It's not really the same, that." she says. "You make a choice to be that way. I can't. I just am, because I can't feel the other things." she says.

"It's easier for me to realize what's wrong because there isn't 'two sides' warring inside me anymore. I don't like that very much." she says.

"But it lets me know if I'm getting too 'bad'." she says.

"When I feel too conflicted." she says.

"Which also isn't the same as confused." she says.

"Which is also odd."

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    The stave is placed back together and resecured before being laid down on the floor. As she spoke, Eilam stretched a tiny bit and the sound of his back popping could be heard, and by the time she mentioned conflicted, he had stood up and started to walk towards her. "So if you can be you without worrying about any lingering problems... perhaps that is the answer?" The question is asked as he moves to sit closer to her, upon the edge of the bed. "It would seem like to me the solution is to stop overthinking me, then, since I will always be around and things will sort themselves out eventually? So perhaps you should stay the night, try to get some sleep. I am hardly a coffin, but since you've already admitted you are not worried as much about hurting me... you could hardly complain, hm? Sure, you worry about others hurting me, but you know I am safe around you, and that gives you some comfort."
    A small laugh follows such as he holds his hand out towards the soft-spoken vampire girl. "Besides, I could use some better company than the chili-cheese fry-eating magical girl of hunger that molested me earlier. For some reason I think you would be much more enjoyable to spend the night together with, and if you find yourself feeling adventurous enough later, perhaps take the opportunity to find out if all that coveting of me you do is as good as it is in your mind?"

    He certainly sounded like he was teasing her, but perhaps the teasing was also quite an honest offer. The hand was held out towards her. "If it makes you feel any better, I can bite, too? Unless you don't happen to be a bitey vampire. Then I suppose I just have to touch you a lot to make you not feel like the only one with problems touching." Yeah, he was teasing her. Despite being serious. How Eilam.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana nods. "I know. I guess it's why I'm not /more/ of a mess about this. Natsumi-chan. I need to think in the short term. She's mortal. In about... 70... 80 years. Maybe less. That confusion won't be a problem. I'd say even before that. I'm not sure if I even 'age' physically--- and If I don't, it'd just get to a point where it feels... weird." she says silently. "In that when she is twenty and I am still.. physically thirteen..." she says. "I wouldn't even know how to begin to deal with those mundane questions from others."

She sighs and just shakes her head.

Then /teasing/. She does blush but it's that just soft light pink across her cheeks, while she still keeps this ultra deadpan expression and tone. It's embarrassing to be sure to be teased.

She does however, take the offered hand softly. She just nods a bit a little, at the offer.

She does head tilts and just says: "You know I don't bite." she says. "I drain energy. Which is why I have the problem with touching." she says. Okay not quite the answer he was looking for maybe. "But maybe I should try biting." she says somewhat innocently. "Just to teach you a lesson about cracking jokes like that." she says. Deadpan humor, obviously.

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "How you would deal with it? Well, that would be up to you, but that is kind of a sour way to think about it. I mean... I am not one to speak, but I have been looking at relationships as four or five year stints at best, not... lifetimes. Here you are thinking someone you care for who cares back will be there your whole life. I can hardly tell you to be a bit more 'real' about it, I mean... magic counted and all, but if you really want to be with her, then do it. That is the thing about being around forever, no one has a say in you. Especially because you, unlike me, can beat the hell out of anyone who says otherwise or simply drain them. Silly as it sounds, if someone gets catty with you, perhaps you should just practice draining them or doing something to make them forget? I mean I have not heard rumors of a vampire running around the city, so surely you can drain others without them remembering? But that is just me being crass."

    The taken hand is held in his, not doing anything with it at the moment, just holding her hand. "The world is ours, forever. Things change fast enough, as you will come to see, that thinking about something that far away is a bit... less practical than you might imagine. I know I preach a lot about being safe for the future, but I care more about ten, twenty years, fourty perhaps... not eighty or ninety. By that point anyone who had a problem with me will have already vanished with only the memories I give to them remaining. You... have her, now. And as long as the two of you want each other, that is good enough, right? No one else has any say in that." With his other hand, Eilam reaches up to poke at the tip of her nose. "Just you, and her. I do not even have a say. Make sense? Then again, here we go talking a lot."

    Using the hand as leverage, Eilam lays back onto the bed, attempting to tug her with him, fully intending to pull her into a hug and not let go unless she earnestly tried to get free or complained. "Though if I'm being honest, kissing is a much better thing to focus on instead of biting. You would be running before you started walking, yeah? Should at least save the biting until your coveting moves onto something a bit more wanton." a pause, "Or sleeping. Sleeping is sometimes just as nice."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana lets herself be taken into the hug. She doesn't quite... hug back. It's hard for her to. She does eventually make an attempt with her hands moving to Eilam's sides, but that's the closest she gets.

She nods. "You're not going anywhere. Neither am I. Time is definitely on our side in regards to that." she says softly.

She does however, let her head rest on his chest.

"Kissing is fine." she says wrly. "Though I find it hard to initiate." she admits.

"That kind of contact. Always hard. For me." she says softly.

"I just..."

"Sorry if this is... much." she says.

"Just things. In my head. That are hard to get out."

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "You are fine, you should learn not to apologize if at all possible. I know it is something you were probably brought up doing, but at least with some, there is no need." Eilam spoke rather quietly as he just hugged around her, content with that, not bothering trying to get anything out of the contact other than enjoying having someone there. "That's why I suggested just talking. You are not going to offend me, even if you think my shampoo is a bit much or something. Talk all you want, or not, I will still be here to hug you. No need for anything else, hm? Though I will warn I might fall asleep at some point."

    He did seem rather relaxed, all considered. "Not often i have anyone here with me after all." He refrained from any mention of usually sleeping with far less clothes on than he had now. Clothes were okay for now after all, she'd even picked them out for him. "Though I will keep in mind to be the one kissing you if the moment comes up, yeah? No reason to leave you to fret over doing it or not."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana sleeps in a coffin, so not like she isn't any better about her sleeping habits. Well. Usually sleeps in a coffin.

"Yeah..." she says softly. But she closes her eyes and just rests there a moment. She doesn't wanna think right now.

But she has to. "No, I know your situation and with that stupid card..." she mutters.

"The card. Right." she says.

"There is a friend of mine seeking these cards. He may be interested in sealing it. In fact I know he will. If I had known he was seeking them, or knew how to do so, I'd gone to him first, really." she says.

"Just..."

"He's also the person that owns the place I was thinking of taking you the first time." she says quietly.

"I need to figure out... how to approach this without breaking your privacy while also talking to him about it."

Eilam Hisakawa has posed:
    "You already involved those two. I would rather you not start to involve others at this point unless they cannot manage. Not without... me looking into them first. If I had known about that Kazuo fellow before you said anything to them, I would have told you not to. He cannot even keep track of his own privacy, or does not care to, so I would hardly trust them with mine. But for whatever reason... I find myself wanting to trust the other. Not sure why, and that bothers me a bit, but it is what it is."

    "So before you run off trying to get others involved, tell me about them? I am sure they are not just someone you and you alone know, right? What would others know of them, that kind of thing. If I asked someone else about them, what would I hear?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana says. "Mamoru-kun. He's... he helped me sort out some things in my head. He means well, genuinely at least. I know that much. He's forgiving as long as you're not making the same mistake repeatedly." she says quietly.

"I spoke to Mamoru. Kazuo came because he's one of Mamoru's guardians." she says silently. "He's also an energy manipulator." she says.

"Well. It's. Riventon-sama." she says. "'My Boss'." she says. "at 'work'." she says.

"He was the first person I ever met that was willing to talk to me." she says. "Rather than try to fight me." she says.

She motions to the ornate braclet on her left arm. "He made this for me. I've explained it before I think. It keeps my energy levels in check. It's part of what helped me become more 'normal' like this." she says softly.

"So he knows what he's doing about this stuff."

"I'm just. Afraid. Of something." she says quietly.