Dark Shore

Pestilence walked along the shoreline with a young girl at his arm, "Have you enjoyed you're evening?" he asked he tenderly, "It's been wonderful, so amazing" he had the entire day to butter this girl up, the evening had gone just as wonderfully, "My dear I could just eat you up" he said lifting her hand and pressing his lips against it. The girl blushed slightly, "Well, then... why not, have a taste" she replied slyly. "Dont... mind.. if I do" he said kissing up her arm, as he reached her neck he sunk his fangs into her throat. She screamed in agony and suprise.... In a few moments her corpse fell to the sand, "Another night, another meal" Pestilence said calmly, "oops almost forgot to finish my drink" Pestilence placed his hand upon the girls head and she started to deteriorate, he was sucking all of the liquids out of her, not just her blood. in a few more moments, she was but dust that blew away with a gust of wind along the beach.

Shivering, Josephine wandered along the edge of the shore, holding her arms to her chest. Her silky ears were pressed flat to her head as the wind whipped and tugged at her hair and the ribbons tied therein. She had yet to find a place to stay at this academy, having lost the dorm number she had been left with, and now she feared she was catching a cold. As she stopped walking for a moment, her nose twitched, and she sneezed.
"Kyu!"
She rubbed her nose with a sniffle and sat down, at last, on a moss covered rock. Her cornflower blue eyes gazed cautiously about the surrounding area, and she felt, at once, alone. There was not another person in the nearest vincinity to her--only the ominous shapes of trees and various other foliage trembling in the dusk. Tucking her knees up to her chest as she sat upon the rock, the deject little neko put her head down and shut her eyes, softly humming a song to soothe her nerves.

Pestilence made his way over to the lone figure walking alone the beach, "Good evening miss" he said calmly, the girl was sitting on a rock along the beach front "It's dangerous to walk alone this time of night you know"he said looking at her ears "Especially for one as young as yourself", Pestilence sat stood at arms length from her "Pearce" he said introducing himself.

As the stranger approached her, the black ears atop her head, of some feline origin, twitched subtly. Her tail flicked as he stopped about arms length away from her, and she lifted her head ever so slightly to look up at him. She met his gaze evenly, despite shivering in the cold. Cocking her head to the side, she rested her cheek on her knee and blinked at the man.
"Good evening," she whispered shyly. "And yes, I know it's probably dangerous...but I can probably take care of myself."
Her latter answer had begun as a statement with a different end, changed only as an after thought. It wouldn't do to let this stranger know she had nowhere to go. Not at all.
Sniffling back another sneeze, she shook her head and tucked her knees closer to her chest. She watched him quietly and curiously, never making a movement or a sound beyond her first greeting. At last, she recalled that he had stated his name, and wrinkled her nose at her rudness for forgetting to return the favor.
"Josephine," she then introduced herself, her voice no louder than before.

"Why're you sitting out here in the cold Josephine?" Pestilence asked her, "This hour is one for laying in a bed warm and comfortable, not shivering out in the cold", this girl had odd qualities, cat ears perhaps some birth defect. "Might I offer you a ride home?" he asked with a caring tone in his voice

"My home is far from here," she said carefully, "and isn't there supposed to be some sort of...rule against going with a stranger...?"
Though her master had kept her well isolated from the outside world, Josephine was, at the same time, well cautioned against those she did not know. Possessive as he was, her master had made sure to ingrain it into her mind that, even if she were to eventually be separated from him, that she would follow none but him. Of course, since she had arrived here at the academy, she had broken the "stranger danger" rule quite a few times. This man, however charming he may have seemed, felt curiously…sinister; she couldn’t place it. Wrinkling her nose, she realized that he smelled faintly like death and ash—had he been releasing the ashes of someone passed on into the air? She’d heard people did that.
“I’m not sure I would be able to tell you where it was anyway,” she said at last, “I’m lost.”

"Thats too bad" Pestilence answered, there was something about this girl that interested Pestilence, normally he would see a being as a meal, but this one was different, something special. "Well we cant just leave you out in the cold now can we" he said, "and by your shivers I can see you haven't eaten in a while" Pestilence removed his jacket and handed it to the girl "Here take this for now" he said making sure that she wasn't about to die from catching something like hypothermia

"Thank you," she mumbled, accepting his jacket gratefully and wrapping herself about in its warm folds, "and I'm not hungry."
A little dizzy, still, from feeding someone else, but I'm alright myself.
Absently, she ran her fingers along the trip of his jacket, wondering just why he was being so kind. He had no reason, as far as she could see; he wasn't curious, like Kuro, nor was he satisfying himself, like Masa--he wasn't repaying a favor like Grana, and he had nothing to apologize for. All in all, he was...confusing.
"Why are you being so kind to a stranger?" she asked after a moment of silence, unable to repress her innate curiosity. Perhaps curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought her back.

"you know" Pestilence mumbled "I haven't the slightest idea" all of this was so odd to Pestilence, normally his character would only be an act, but somehow this girl brought forth a feeling that reminded him of his family, "Must just be in my good nature" he said, "Though normally I have no good nature" There was something about this girl, just something special. "Would you like to get something to eat?" he asked hoping she didn't collapse before she could answer.

"I was under the impression that accepting food from a stranger was the same as accepting a ride," she said quietly.
As the wind ruffled over Josephine's hair, she looked past the peculiar man at the ocean beyond the shoreline. Water like oil lapped at the sickly grey sand, tossing and turning about along the horizon. From what she had seen of this academy, rare was a place that was not desolate or decaying in some way, be it morally or physically. Either that, or she simply had the misfortune to find every place that was in such a state.
At length, she brought her gaze back to the man, as if just now realizing he was there. He was tall, and had the appearance of one who had trained often. Simply put, he looked strong. Beyond that, however, was the expression in his eyes. It was something she could not place, and as such, her caution was only heightened.

"Well if you'd prefer to starve be my guest, but I can't leave a lady such as yourself out here by yourself" Pestilence said, the girl obviously had reason to be afraid of him, most people were after all. "At least let me escort you to a warmer place" he said pulling out an umbrella "3...2....1" he counted down, and as he reached one rain started to plummet from the sky, "A few hours in this weather and you'd be onto the great beyond"

When the rain fell, she let out a soft mew and sat up, alert. The fresh scent of rain filled her nostrils and she purred, closing her eyes and shaking her head to clear her head. As if she weren't odd enough for a feline already, she adored water, particularly of the natural, rainy sort. Lacking the touch of rain, she noted the presence of his umbrella for the first time, and shook her head again.
"I...suppose," she agreed at last. "Where are we going?"

Pestilence smiled when she asked him where they were going, "I know a place nearby, it's Chinese I hope you don't mind" he pulled a small clip out of his pocket and pressed a button on it. "I prefer to travel is style rather than in common attire if you please" he said as a smooth sports car parked near the road next to the beach blinked it's lights, Pestilence led the girl by her hand," I prefer to take my own personal modern carriage" he said opening the door for her, "Shall we?"

The Car

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"I've never been in a car like that," she said, her curiosity piquing at the sight of his vehicle. "Nor have I ever been to a "Chinese" restaurant."
The confines of his car, while luxurious, still bothered her in the smallest of ways, causing her to feel boxed in and without an escape. As she tumbled into the seat, smelling strongly of leather and "new car," the neko curled up into a ball and pressed herself into the seat. Her spray bottle was tucked into her lap, and she secured the seat belt easily enough that she would be able to reach it if need be. Tucking herself into a position, she gazed around at her new surroundings, marveling at the sleekness of the man’s car. It certainly was a piece of work. Master had never been one for cars, and had only taken Josephine in one once.

Pestilence closed the door behind her, he made his way to the drivers seat and slid his door shut. "It's not too far" he said shifting the car into drive, "Feel free to play with the radio" he said mentioning to the high tech device in the middle of the car. "And so our journey begins"

Shifting a little as the car took off into the night, Josephine curled up and repressed a yawn, blinking curiously at the radio "Pearce" had mentioned. As she had told him before, she had been in a car only once, and never had she seen one like his. Her masters car was a rather old fashioned model, but stylish nonetheless. It had not had a radio like this in it before. Reaching for it, she tentatively turned it on, only to cringe at the volume. She hurriedly turned it down, keeping a hand over her ears the whole time. For a time, she fiddled with the knobs, settling at last on what seemed like a good station--classic rock. The songs weren't too loud, nor too slow, but still pleasing to the ear. Satisfied, she settled back into the seat again and closed her eyes, her ears twitching as she listened to the music and to her "companion's" breathing and movements. She still didn't fully trust him.

Pestilence smiled as the girl fiddled with the radio, ("What's this feeling") he thought, ("It seems familiar, like a memory long forgotten"), normally he would have let this child die in the cold, but by some turn of fate he had saved her life. While just a few moments earlier he had disposed of another... perhaps his questions would be answered in due time...

------Exit to Chinese Resturaunt

Adria popped up out of nowhere behind a man and watched him curiously with a smirk. "You know you could easily put that out with water, or stepping on it after throwing it to the ground."She said still with a smirk across her lips.

"Well I am not quite sure I can help you with that. I do not smoke them. In fact, I do not smoke at all." Adria said to him, her smirk turning into a grin.

Adria walked around him, trailing her finger over and across the mans Shoulders. "Well i don't know. Can you help me get something?" She asked, turning her head around a tad to look at him with the same grin then turned her head back forward. "I mean a woman like me needs things and sometimes can not get them."Saying with still the same grin and stopping. After stopping, she turned and sat on a fairly large boulder and just gazed at the man.