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Post by seren on Jun 29, 2024 15:40:28 GMT
"So you finally figure it out," Aven growls, rolling his eyes. "Took you damn well long enough."
What indeed? Aven could avoid the question... but the magic would still be binding. He'd still be stuck in this position. So...
"So now you're stuck with me. You saved my life... so now I'm bound to you. Nothing either of us can do about that."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 1, 2024 9:31:06 GMT
"That's true, guess you'll be moving in with me now. Your companion can move in too though make sure it doesn't make a mess in the house." Sterling said as he looked at Aven and crossed his arms looking at the young fae who was now bound to him by the power of which he tried to use against Sterling to have fun of his own. It served him right trying to fool him, it was karma coming back to bite Aven in the ass.
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Post by seren on Jul 1, 2024 10:00:56 GMT
"Young", relatively. Aven outages Sterling by a couple millenia.
"You're rather blase about this, aren't you?" Aven folds his arms, still with a scowl. "Most wouldn't be so keen on a fae unwillingly moving in. And no need to worry about Aspen - she's chill."
If anything, Aspen looks offended at the notion that she of all dogs would make a mess.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 2, 2024 6:29:08 GMT
"Well I know the mythology, I know that you can't harm me or do anything that would cause me trouble. I can just tell you to behave and you'll have to do it." Sterling said as he looked at Aven and smiled softly looking into his eyes as he crossed his arms and relaxed.
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Post by seren on Jul 2, 2024 7:37:28 GMT
Ugh... why did this one have to be smart? "Still, it's a surprise roommate. I know I wouldn't be happy about it." Like he's happy now. "Ugh... and moving to the city, too..."
He shivers. All that steel and iron... silver wouldn't be as common, true... but that's little consolation. Not to mention poison everywhere.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 3, 2024 6:55:49 GMT
"I've been all alone for a long while so a roommate will be a nice change of pace, especially one so cute." Sterling stated as he looked at Aven and cleared his throat before he ran his hand through his hair and sighed softly. |
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Post by seren on Jul 3, 2024 19:52:26 GMT
Aven quietly raises an eyebrow.
"...yeah, Aspen's pretty cute." He pats her head, watching Sterling. "Best roommate you could ask for."
He knows what Sterling probably meant... but he wants him to say it out loud. So that Aven can tease him.
He's gotta get something out of this, after all.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 3, 2024 20:16:34 GMT
"Aspen is cute, but that's not who I was talking about.. I was saying you're a rather cute roommate." Sterling said as he walked over to Aven and lifted their chin to look down into Aven's eyes and smirked seductively feeling calm and composed. Sterling was a rather handsome man and it was easy for him to put on the charm when he needed to or when he felt the desire to do so.
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Post by seren on Jul 4, 2024 0:28:26 GMT
...why did he have to choose such a fucker to try to trap? Just his luck, really.
"I know I'm good looking." Aven smirks, deciding to ignore Sterling's relative attractiveness for now. "Took you long enough to notice~"
If he's stuck in this position, then he's gonna be as annoying as possible. Hopefully - he really can't tell with this guy, if it'll even work...
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 4, 2024 4:20:48 GMT
Sterling chuckled and smiled at Aven as he looked into his eyes, "Well then shall we check out your place now? I mean I've already got you so you can't reverse our rolls now." Sterling said as he knew how the rules of the fae worked. Aven couldn't get Sterling in a trap now, or rather not your conventional one anyway. He would still be careful but he knew what he could and couldn't do.
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Post by seren on Jul 4, 2024 4:29:24 GMT
"...sure, why not. I've got things to pick up, anyways."
Aven leads the way in silence - it's not a long walk, anyways, at least to him. Half an hour at most - though, for a human on their own, it would take much longer, if not eons. His continued presence in these woods is enough to twist them.
His home seems preserved in time. Old construction; old, tall, walls; yet still standing sturdily, as if they were just built yesterday. Even the lock seems simple - though, in that case, there's a charm assisting the security.
The inside... well. It's hard to get a good read on it, with how much stuff is piled in every corner. Herbs, knickknacks, strange metal objects... every way Sterling could look, there's something new and unique - and often strange.
Leaving Sterling to look around, Aven begins gathering up some items. Charms and amulets, mostly - things to bring him back here when needed, and primed ones to bring him back to Sterling's abode, when the time comes. Taking all his stuff with him... well, it's not gonna happen.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 4, 2024 7:44:45 GMT
"Wow quite a massive collection of various things.. Herbs and knickknacks and even artifacts and relics, even other things I have no clue what they might be.. Clearly you've been around collecting many things." Sterling said looking around in astonishment and amusement as he decided to check out a few of the objects in which Aven had in his collection. Even going so far as to pick up a book which one would consider a grimoire which had a spell that allowed one's innate traits to further enhance just reading it which meant increasing his intelligence further and making him even more attractive than he already was if that was even possible, though it was unfortunately a one time use in which Aven had yet to figure out how to open before Sterling did as it cause his eyes to glow and his body emit a glow as the grimoire activated on him.
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Post by seren on Jul 4, 2024 19:52:06 GMT
"Course I have. You get a lot of stuff over a few thousand years - don't mess with that," he adds as he snatches the grimoire away - possibly too late. "Don't mess with any of the stuff here. Some of it's fine. Some of it does stuff. And not all of it's beneficial."
And some of the stuff is sentimental. He's not going to risk any of it being ruined.
Either way, it's not long before he's gathered what he's needed into a backpack. A few amulets, some books he'd rather keep on hand, and a few changes of clothes. And food for Aspen, of course.
"Alright. We can go back to your camp."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 5, 2024 3:52:43 GMT
"Alright, we'll return to my home in two days. I'm out here for now to get away from the stress of my daily job during the weeks. I usually come out camping on weekends to unwind and embrace nature." Sterling said as he smiled at Aven and cleared his throat looking at him calmly and smiled feeling relaxed and at peace while out in nature.
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Post by seren on Jul 5, 2024 3:57:41 GMT
"...least I'll have that, I guess." Upon second thought, he snatches a pair of gloves from a nearby coat rack before heading out, waiting for Sterling to step outside before closing and locking the door again. "It'll be hard for me to go out much in the city, unfortunately. Pretty much all iron alloys nowadays..."
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