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[lilmis]

The doors open to relive two maids standing with a door each and Michelle standing there in a different black dress one more suited for extravagant occasions. "Welcome to my small estate." she eye's up viper she smiles at him "You look very handsome when properly clothed." she take a rose from a vase next to the doors snapping of the head off and places it in his top pocket "That even better please come in. Hollow i see that you have made it here as well." she scans over him in such disgust as he wore blood stain commoner cloths.

She leads the pair to the corridor "viper if you would be ever so kind to make your way to the dinning room last door on the left please. You will find the others try to behave." she grab hollow by the scruff of his neck "You will come with me Hollow. We will be back momentarily." as the pair went up stairs.

Michelle drags Hollow to a room up stairs she shut and locks the door "Sorry but i need to talk to you and to find you something decent to wear." Looking at Hollow figure he wasn't much taller then her father maybe some of his cloth would fit him she thought. She turn and opens up a few wardrobes and draws rummaging through cloth she turn to look at him. "I've read a lot about you and your kind in my library, my father kept note as well, i know exactly what you are. Hollow Star son of a black dragon!."

[leoin666]

Viper strolled down the extensive corridor that seemed to go on for a while until he came to the last door on the left. He opened it slowly and saw the room beyond. It was a grand dining hall with a huge table, which seated at least fifty people. Not everyone's eyes were on him which was a good start. He made his way towards a seat by the head of the table with a "Reserved" sign placed accordingly. He sat down and thouhgt about the remark that the Lady had made and ever so slightly, blushed. It was quite a feat for Viper as not only had he never blushed before in his life, he was just that pale.

Most of the people around him looked like nobles that had come from almost every part of the world. He was slightly unnerved by this, as he was a wanted man for starters, but the nobles looked as thought they were from almost every province where he had carried out an assassination. But there was no way that any of them would have ever seen him before... He hoped...

[hollowstar]

Michelle passes hollow and grabs the hood of his tunic pulling him down to the floor as she drags him up stairs "Hey what are you doing let go of me." As he tries to kick himself free. She pulls him in to a room and locks the door "what's going on here and why are you staring at me like that." hollow nerves put him to pieces as she wanted to talk with hollow. she tell him she will find him something decent to wear as he looks at his own cloth questioning what's wrong with them.

she rifles through assortment of cloth throwing them at him a she turns to look at him and tells about how she read about his kinda and what he really is Hollow drops the cloth and hang his head. "That's me but iam not like what people say." Hollow half looks at Michelle "It's true that i am born of a black dragon and that destruction is my true nature but i hate that part of me." He bring his face up to Michelle's level to show the shame in his face. "From what i remember that village hated the sight of me. They choose to try and kill me they almost did i was 13 years old and only remembering what they did and waking up to burning rubble."

[lilmis]

Michelle grins at what hollow said to her "So you have a darker side, don't we all have that the reports call you a monster one of pure brutality i didn't actually think it would be you, your a idiot but yet you show compassion a good heart." she looks at her hand still covered with the bandage he made and hides it from Hollow. She pulls out a grey suit and lays it on the bed she walk up to him and pulls off his top and stare at his Fiske "you seem a little large chested then viper almost toned."

She pick u the shirt closing one eye measuring it at a distance to see if it fits "To be honest i don't really care about your past your different. I mean your human-ish in looks but half dragon. as you can see i am not quite human either." She hold the shirt in one hand kisses his cheek "That's for attacking and making you look like a fool" she opens another draw next to them and takes out some mens under ware.

"Humans are very how can i put it... pointless but that viper hides something as my pentagram burns every time he is close." she looks down at Hollow waiting for him to do something as coughs and glowing red "Well off with them then it's very clear you can't dress yourself if you only wear drab."

[hollowstar]

Hollow looked at her confusingly she didn't seem to really care about much of what he said and yet insults him and complements him. She yanks of his tunic staring at him hollow was unsure where to put himself as she continued to ramble on. It was true that he and her where human-ish as well begin different, he did notice the cat ears earlier when he and viper walked in by this time she was measuring a shirt up then she kisses him.

His face light up in scarlet red as she explain what it's for shortly after she looks at him funny holding male underwear and she also starts to talk about viper. "he seems alright to me but then again he had to explain what happened before i passed out." Michelle demanded that he take of the rest of his cloths "i can't this is all i have on if i do I'll be um... a little exposed." as a worrying grin passed his face, yet this women was complex she was cold but kinda and very demanding. what is it she wanted from him and to more the point why did she as viper to dinner in-less she planned for these events to unfold.

Hollow dose as he is told and remove that last of his clothing "happy now." he state unhappy with the situation crossing his arms. Hollow goes to grab the underwear but touches her and say "I can dress myself" but as he did touch her a familiar pain hit him. Hollow become dizzy his vision blurs he let go of her his sense returned.

[leoin666]

Viper sat waiting at the table very nervously. There was something wrong. He saw Michelle and Hollow enter the room and make thier way to the head of the table. Across from him, Viper saw another reserved sign and saw that it was for Hollow... She was very efficient. But why would she be doing all of this?

Why invite him to dinner? Why greet him with such poise and elegance? What would he do when he had to eat? He wasn't concerned about being poisoned as he was naturally immune to almost any poison imaginable, but the fact that he had to eat through his snake was going to be a bit disturbing for no less than the entirety of the banquet. He was fiddling with one of the dinner knives, spinning it rapidly in his fingers, twirling faster and faster until he realised what he was doing. He looked up and he saw some of the people giving him a funny look. He put the knife down carefully.

As Hollow and Michelle drew closer, he could see that Hollow was blushing. His cheeks were almost scarlet and he wasn't doing a very good job at hiding it. He smiled to himself and wondered what he had done to gain such a ladie's favor. No matter. He grinned in the only way he knew how, baring his teeth slightly to show his fang-like canines. He meant to do so in a decent gesure and he saw one of the old noble ladies whispering something to one of her neighbours. He stopped grinning rather promptly as Michelle and Hollow took thier places...

[lilmis]

Michelle stand and waits as hollow pulls the chair back for her to sit on he tuck her in under the table. "good your manners are getting better hollow." she scans down the table making sure everyone is here she smile. She rings a bell as the maids laid the table with food from all unique tastes "viper may i ask you something." she questions she asks before he could answer "Isn't it strange sitting here in front of all these nobles that you have work for...." She smiles as dinner was served to each of the guests and herself she pick up a glass of freshly poured wine and smells aroma it gave of, taking a small sip still staring as viper.

[leoin666]

Viper took her question into great consideration as it took him by surprise. He leant over to her so that he could whisper. "That... Is correct, but as for strange you dont know that half of it. You are in a position of authority, correct?" said Viper not waiting for her to answer, "And of course you would be responsible for almost, what, half the city guards? It is true that I did perform certain tasks for more than half of these people sitting here presently. Yes, Lady Michelle, I am a killer. I am THE killer. People want someone dead, they go to a regular assassin no-name. But if someone wants someone else to dissapear from the face of not only this world but to have every last documental trace of them dissapear also, they come to me. Both the innocent and the guilty have fallen to my blades. Some even spread the rumor that I could slay the gods themselves, however this is obviously not true... so far anyway."

Viper looked into her eyes and could see the intimidation kept well hidden under a layer of self control that had been forged over the years. "One more thing. I don't mean to offend you or your fantastic hospitality but, I can't eat like everyone else... It's a bit silly i know, but i have to feed through, well, I'll call him a 'pet' of sorts. It's rather complicated... Could I just have some wine for the duration of the meal? I would apreciate it very much, m'lady..." He sat back as his eyes darted around the room, looking from one face to the next.

None of the people that he had dealt with had ever seen him before, but all knew his name. Many of the people that were here were in thier current positions of power because of hits that he had carried out. If anyone were to hear his name spoken, he would be in alot of trouble. The least of his concerns was being locked up or executed, that he could deal with, but the noteriety that he had would go through the roof if people could now match the infamous name to a face.

[lilmis]

Viper had explained that he had work for half of the nobles around them "It doesn't matter if you are a killer we all have to survive don't we?" as she whispers back. He stated he had an unusual eating habit, she agree to his term of only drinking wine "I think you'll find the wine exceptional as it's one of the finer vintage but if you don't like the red there is some white i have in waiting." She pushes here chair back and taps her glass to get everyones attention "I hope everyone is having a splendid time but there is an important matter at hand, so gentlemen please meet me in the study and I'll explain." She looks to viper and hollow and signals them to come with her.

[leoin666]

Viper nodded to Lady Michelle and then towards the ladies he saw gossiping to each other moments before and flicked a forked tounge towards them for but a split second before turning to Michelle and walking with her to the study. He glanced across to Hollow as if to say: What's going on? He also took a split second to glance a little further down Lady Michelle's back than socially acceptable and reminded himself that he had to behave.

As they walked they came to a pair of large oak wood doors that opened into quite a large room filled with books and parchments strewn about a large desk that had but a single small chair behind the desk that was barely visible behind the stacks of research.
"I'm not surprised if you have the entire world catalogued here! Haha!" joked Viper. He looked around for some a few seconds at the vast expanse of shelves on the walls before his attention was once again drawn to Michelle.

[hollowstar]

Hollow hadn't touched or eaten a thing as his mind was till back in that room with images of him and Michelle, it wasn't too long till she moved all them men to the study viper asks hollow what was going on. "A job." was all hollow replied a his face still red from her encounter as he walks in to a massive room filled with books and paper littering the many desks around "explains why she knows quite a bit." he stops and taps vipers shoulder and whispers "don't let her be alone with you she knows you hide something. She has the seal of anti-demon tattooed across her back, she's a magic made one man...women army." He smiles as the group come to a stop the doors shut behind them and continues to whisper to viper "She is really something she has a nice body but such demanding voice ." hollow quickly leans back as he looks over by Michelle.

[lilmis]

Michelle knocked on the desk and begin to speck "Everyone in this room knows our current events with demons bar two, they will be our key to winning this war." She points to Hollow and Viper "There names are not important." one of the nobles spoke up and said how are this man and thing referring to Viper and Hollow. "That's what make them unique if there is trust issues i will be going along to the demons strong hold." The noble men look at each other and talk amongst them self's they question her about what she wants to achieve.

Michelle smiles "glad you asked we are going for the three queens in the north strong hold but we need a distraction to get in." Another noble makes himself known by agreeing to sacrifice some of his men. Michelle thanks him and turn her attentions to Viper and Hollow "Now are you two willing to help us you will be greatly rewarded." She stares into there eye and wait there answers.

[leoin666]

Viper had always wanted to do something for the greater good and the opportunity had just popped up right in front of him. It sounded like they were going to be performing a siege on a Deamon stronghold. He didn't like full combat unless there was no other solution. He raised his hand to get the attention of her Ladyship. "I don't think there will be a need for a distraction or the sacrifice of men. If i can manage to get over the walls, subdue the guards and lower the gates so that the rest of the attack force can enter the fortress unharmed, i think that it will be far more productive that depleteing the number of men that we are able to strike the fortress with. And belive me, I can get it done, m'lady."

Viper gave her a cheerful wink and gave a slight bow. He noticed that some of the other nobles seemed quite impressed with his knowlege of strategic affairs. "Meanwhile, my 'companion' here could lead a specialised strike team deep into the heart of the enemy, taking out whatever supporting troops they may have in waiting so that the main force remains unhindered in thier mission." Although Viper was trying to turn over a new set of scales, so to speak, his main inspiration for the sudden outburst was definitely the reward attatched to the deed.

[lilmis]

"That's what iam counting on viper but we have one small problem." she walks up to hollow and grabs the chain around his neck. "This is a suppression chain an enchanted chain made by the demons for there so called pets. my guess is hollow has had a little run in with our friends but it's no matter as my magic can break them but i need some time to break it." She tugs at the chain gentle a few time .

"I won't break the bonds of Hollow chain until we have entered the fort last thing we need is a dragons suppressed rage in my estate." she smiles at Hollow. She leave Hollow and stares in to vipers eyes "How much time do you need in side? and what's your plan to get over the walls? also is there any way you can bide me some time to break Hollows chain?"

[leoin666]

Given the chance, Viper coud very well be a one man army and he knew it. If the lady needed time to break the chain, she would have it. Although it was usualy against his code of conduct to be loud and destructive, he would have to be. He would have to use his secret teqnique, Fangs of a Tyrant. It had the power to pierce even the armour of titans but he had been too afraid to use it until now. "I can buy you as much time as you need, m'lady. A few deamons will be of no match, and I can regroup with you whenever you need me. " said Viper proudly. "I'll think you'll find that there is alot more to me than meets the... eye."

"So, when do we begin the assault?" he asked eagerly.