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* Hayley seeks Janus out, reluctant and resigned.
* Janus is reading some book he found behind a bookcase.
<Janus> . o O ( I forgot I even had this..>! )
<Hayley> (in his study as usual?)
<Hayley> (Hmmm... I wonder what book that is... :o )
<Janus> (It doesn't really matter)
* Hayley taptaps on the door.
<Janus> Yes?
* Janus looks up.
<Hayley> Hi...
* Hayley sidles in.
<Hayley> Are you busy?
* Janus sets the book down.
<Janus> No, not especially...
<Hayley> . o O (Maybe he's too busy and I can tell him another time - oh)
<Hayley> Okay.
<Janus> I noticed that the shelf wasn't sitting flush to the wall...
<Janus> And then I found this wedged behind it!
* Hayley glances at the shelf in question, eager to be sidetracked.
<Hayley> Er, what's that?
<Janus> I don't think I've seen it in twenty years.
* Hayley peers at the book.
<Hayley> ("How to turn young girls into toads!")
* Hayley tries to see what book it is.
<Janus> (I dunno... some book on Norse Runic Divination... written in some language you don't recognize... )
<Janus> (There are a bunch of runes on the cover; it looks old)
<Hayley> Oh, well... I'm glad you found it, I guess.
<Janus> Oh yes...
<Janus> Things like this are most difficult to replace :)
<Hayley> . o O (I wonder what he'd say if I asked him to teach me how to read things like that so we might have a bit more common ground...)
<Hayley> . o O (Well, no point asking until after I know what the future holds.)
* Hayley runs a hand nervously through her curls.
<Hayley> Janus... I need to tell you something that is probably important.
<Janus> ... Oh?
* Janus mostly maintains an air of calm.
<Hayley> Well, maybe it isn't important except in a certain way but I don't want to wait to find out the hard way just how important it is.
<Janus> ... Oh?
* Hayley nods.
* Janus raises his eyebrows.
* Hayley takes a deep breath.
* Janus has a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach.
<Hayley> It's about Lord Vale...
* Hayley isn't looking at him at the moment.
<Janus> Really.
* Hayley nods, biting her lip.
* Janus 's voice seems to grow distant.
<Janus> What about him?
<Hayley> The time he came to the castle wasn't the only time we ever met...
<Hayley> He told me back then... that he could help me and he told me how to find him.
<Janus> I see.
<Hayley> I didn't go right away. I went to Australia first, and then you came for me and I came home with you. But then things didn't work out very well and I went to Ireland...
<Hayley> <m> I don't need to remind you of that...
<Janus> . o O ( Things didn't work out very well? You *left*. )
* Hayley curses herself for a fool.
<Janus> . o O ( I suppose... that *didn't* work out very well now did it? )
<Hayley> Anyway... part of the reason I went to Ireland was - was because that's where he said he'd be.
* Janus thins his lips.
<Janus> How very interesting.
<Hayley> And it's not because I didn't trust you to be able to - end the curse yourself.
<Janus> Of course.
<Janus> . o O ( Liar )
<Hayley> I do trust you.
* Hayley looks up at Janus when she says that.
<Janus> So that is why he wants to meet me.
<Janus> You're his pet project.
<Janus> How charming.
* Janus picks up his book and snaps it shut.
* Hayley snaps her gaze down to the floor and winces as the book snaps shut.
<Janus> And you thought you would just... keep this association with some Unseelie... possibly shadow court sorceror... your little secret.
* Hayley stands with shoulders stooped.
<Janus> Until you thought that I might find out about it.
<Janus> Your honesty and trust... is truly touching.
* Janus has his mother's look as he slowly rises from his seat.
* Hayley looks up at Janus, genuine hurt reflected in her eyes.
<Hayley> I didn't leave it... though.
<Hayley> I came - I told you...
* Hayley looks afraid and backs away from him slowly until she bumps into the wall behind her.
* Janus crosses the room and slides the volume back onto the bookshelf.
<Janus> Tell me Hayley. Why was Lord Vale so eager to help you, initially? What was in it for him?
* Hayley sighs.
<Hayley> <q> I don't know. He thought the curse was interesting.
<Hayley> I know you're angry... you're right to be angry...
* Janus keeps his back turned to her, as though examining the texts on the shelf.
* Hayley swallows.
<Hayley> But I didn't want you to hear it from him first.
<Janus> Well, *that* certainly makes all the difference.
* Hayley winces again at the tone of his voice.
<Hayley> <q> I'm sorry...
<Janus> Just how many of us *do* you have working for you?
<Janus> Are there more benevolent sorcerors out there I shuold expect to hear from in the near future?
<Hayley> It's not like that... and no, it's just you, you and him.
<Janus> So...
<Janus> I must just have a nicer house.
<Hayley> ...
* Janus leans against the bookshelf, resting his head on his forearm.
* Hayley trots up behind Janus and turns him around.
<Hayley> How dare you!
* Hayley is all of a sudden very angry!
<Janus> (you are stronger than me, right?)
<Hayley> (I certainly am)
<Janus> (thought so)
* Janus is whirled.
* Janus blinks in surprise.
<Hayley> How DARE you imply that... that I'd be like that!
* Hayley is angry and has tears in her eyes at the same time.
<Hayley> I've been faithful to you since I've been here, in spite of half my soul screaming to be near Faren!
* Janus narrows his eyes.
<Janus> . o O ( faren, eh... )
<Hayley> How dare you suggest that I'd *play* you like that, against Lord Vale!
<Hayley> I LOVE you, god damn it! Every time I hurt you it sends daggers through me too.
* Janus looks away.
* Hayley is losing control of her rage and it's degenerating into angry tears.
<Hayley> Is that how you feel about me? That I'm - just playing you to get things my way?
<Hayley> That all this is a *lie*?
<Janus> I don't know what to think.
<Hayley> I've told you already that the way I feel about you is *real*. You said yourself that nothing else could hurt so much.
<Janus> Well why didn't you tell me about Anastasius, then?
* Janus turns his head back and stares down at her.
<Janus> Now I look like a *fool*!
<Hayley> Because I knew it would upset you. Why tell you something that would hurt unless I *had* to say it.
<Hayley> Why do you look like a fool?
<Janus> *He* must certainly think I'm some kind of lovesick idiot, being led around on your little leash
<Janus> Meanwhile, you have him working on your problem all this time...
<Janus> Obviously, he is aware of *my* work.
<Hayley> I haven't seen him for a year. how could he know about your work?
<Hayley> I certainly haven't told him.
<Janus> Someone did!
<Hayley> He knows who you *are* and what you are capable of - who wouldn't? They only teach about you in all the histories!
* Janus brushes past her.
<Hayley> But if he knows the details about your research, it certainly isn't from me.
<Janus> They certainly had better not be teaching about *this*!
*** Paint-It-Black has joined #changeling
* Janus slaps the case which holds the tome of blood magic.
<Hayley> I don't even know what you're doing myself!
<Hayley> I don't understand it in the slightest; I can't read Runes. I have no Naming.
<Janus> You knew enough to be frightened.
<Hayley> ...
<Hayley> I remember enough to be frightened.
<Hayley> But I haven't told him about what you're doing. Mostly I just talked like a foolish prating child about this man who I was desperately in love with andhow unhappy I was.
<Janus> Which one?
* Janus says bitterly.
<Hayley> You.
<Hayley> I didn't know of Faren until last Beltaine.
* Hayley feels very tired all of a sudden. She lifts a hand to her forehead.
<Hayley> And then I knew it had started all over again and I ran...
<Hayley> You came a few days later.
<Hayley> And I have been with you since... you know that; Rook would have told you otherwise.
<Hayley> ...
* Janus looks down at the case, spreading his fingers out across the polished wood.
<Janus> ...
<Janus> (brb bathroom)
<Hayley> (ok)
<Paint-It-Black> (I wish this was an EiS week)
<Hayley> (hehe)
<Hayley> (Next week. :) )
<Janus> (back)
<Hayley> (ok)
<Hayley> <w> Blood magic is wrong... according to the Tuatha de Danaan. I wish there were another way, but they have wronged me, anyway - so why should I care any longer? And maybe they only banned it because it made us... too much like them.
<Janus> Probably.
* Janus scowls.
<Janus> (ooh, I hates them tuatha)
<Elanya> (hee hee hee, if only you knew >:D)
<Hayley> It's written into the Escheat, even... not to spill Faerie blood.
<Hayley> It *is* dangerous... what if you cut too deep, lose too much?
<Janus> I don't care for preaching.
<Janus> Leave me alone.
* Janus says tiredly, not looking up.
<Hayley> Yes, Janus...
<Hayley> <w> I just meant that I am not so sure whether my fear is *of* you or whether it is of *losing you*.
* Hayley leaves as requested.
<Hayley> (but not before touching him lightly on the shoulder. :) )

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BalthCat at 13:46, 12 November 2014

Ladyiolanthe: Created page with "* Hayley seeks Janus out, reluctant and resigned. * Janus is reading some book he found behind a bookcase. . o O ( I forgot I even had this..>! ) (in his study a..."