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soulbait
What: A New Feather has arrived today
When: November 13th, morning
Where: Ciel's house
Summary: Lizzie wakes up in Ciel's house, the Malnosso were nice enough to leave her in a familiar place
Rating: PG
[In her short life, Lizzie had woke up before the maid came to wake her up several times, but never had her maid delayed as it was delaying now. Never had her bed felt so strange, foreign even, not even when she slept in Ciel's place. And never had she woken up with back ache.

She waited, unable to tell for how long, until the light that filtered through the closed window annoyed her enough. Why hasn't anyone come yet? Her feet find the carpet under them as she climbs out of bed, where are her slippers? No matter how much she pats, she can't find them and eventually gives up and moves around barefoot. In the darkness it's hard to move, the room feeling foreign and different, it's hard to get her window to open, but it eventually gives in. When she finally allows the light to wash over her and the room, the very sight is enough to unsettle her.

The place that welcomes her sight isn't London. Wherever she is it's not one of the houses of her family, nor Ciel's mansion.

Eventually she turns to the room and further beyond its closed door, which wasn't locked. Has she been kidnapped? Brought somewhere far away from home? From mom and Ciel? But then why isn't the door locket? She walks through the hall, her hands finding an empty vase somewhere along the way as she explores, trying to find a way out, even if she's unsure of what she could do once she got out. It's not as if she recognizes the city where she is right now, but she assumes that getting away from that house would be the first step. So long as she finds a carriage she probably will be able to go back home or to Ciel's place.

As she turns a corner she hears it, a muffled voice, or maybe it's just a fragment of her imagination. Still she turns towards it and follows the way up to a closed door that again isn't locket. Pushing it softly, she lets it open, revealing the person at the other side.
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CIEL?!!!!!

[The vase crashes against the floor.]

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[Ciel meanwhile, is busy being traumatized. He'd taken to getting up in the morning before Sebastian woke him for a while now, but now... this is the first time the demon hadn't shown up and fixed him his clothes. He's still in his night~~gown~~shirt and he didn't even put his eyepatch on yet. He'd been traversing parts of the house for a while now, muttering to himself, knowing the guy should be around somewhere-

Well, now he thought about it, he hasn't seen him since last night, has he? He went to bed alone after willing some inane task on Sebastian. True, he had grown some more skills here but- But.

He'd even ordered the demon to appear. He hasn't. But the real shock was when he entered the butler's room. Ciel is wide-eyed for a while, staring into the empty closet. No cats, not even his suits.]

Sebastian... No- ... [Yeah, this is horrifying, but then the vase dropping draws his attention somewhere else. He turns wildly, still wide-eyed-]

Elizabeth?! [No that's- not possible...

...And yes, his contract is exposed if you're one to take note of such things. But realizing this, he quickly throws up a hand to cover his eye. This is almost as reflexive as. Well. What the hell is she-]

[She has to double take. She had searched for his eyes the moment he turned around, to be sure to it was him and not just another boy that looked like him from behind. That eye...

She pushes the thought to the back of her mind as he quickly covers it. It was for a second after all and now it's not a time for that, right? Besides there's also the issue of the wings... She had noticed her own by now but hadn't wanted to touch them, to see if they were real because if she didn't then maybe it would all just be a dream. But he had wings too. Black and on his back, moving with him. As if being part of him...

But her mind locks those thoughts for later. For now she focuses on what's right in front of her. Ciel. Ciel is here. Wherever here is. He's there, standing in his nightgown, surprised to see her just as she's surprised to see him. Without his eyepatch or Sebastian's shadow around him.]

[They aren't home.

She already knew that. She had seen it with her own eyes and had thought that she was alone. But somehow it hadn't fully hitted her until now.

Ciel had been kidnapped again. And she had been taken with him. Everyone back home must be deadly worried now, mom, dad, Sebastian, Ciel's servants... And right after they thought Sebastian was dead, just when they thought that the bad thing had been avoided. This happens. The children taken from them.

Her mother is going to kill someone for this. Lizzie knows that and part of her is relieved. They will be rescued in no time, right?

But this has happened before. Ciel was kidnapped, taken from them all... And they had given up on him. Everyone had been so sure that he had died, even if his body wasn't found, even if Lizzie cried and yelled, sure that he was still alive somewhere... What if they were giving up on them again now? Or even worse... What if her parents were dead just like Ciel's parents had been killed when he was taken? She can't remember, she doesn't know what happened when she was kidnapped. What if her house had been burned too?

What... What is going to happen to them? Who had taken them? Fear clutches her heart as she thinks about it all and stares at a wide-eyed Ciel... Why had them been kidnapped?]

[But at least... At least Ciel is there. At least she isn't alone. And no one had taken Ciel away from her again, to a far place where she couldn't reach. Even if she doesn't know what will happen to them... Or if her family is all right. Ciel is there with her. She's with him.

How often had she wanted to be taken to where he was during the time he had been missing? Even as everyone told her that he was dead, she knew he wasn't. She felt it in her heart and wanted to go with him since no one would go to bring him back to her. Sebastian had done it, he had taken Ciel back to her... But he's nowhere to be seen now.

They are alone. But at least they are together.

Whatever happens... Even if they are killed or something horrible... She is with Ciel.

She launches herself forward, clinging to his neck desperately. She's so scared. She's terrified. And sad, and worried. But she's so happy. Ciel is there. She's allowed to be with Ciel. Even if it's to face a horrible future, even if they are away from hom. She'll be with Ciel.]

Thank God, thank God, thank God...

[She cries... And still manages to laugh at the same time. Hugging him tightly, making sure that he's there indeed. With her. That she's with him. And all she says is a thanks to God, because this has been his work, right? Even if it's for something bad, God has allowed her her deepest wish... That if Ciel was taken ever again she would be taken too. Nothing else matters. She's with Ciel. She'll be always with him. Even if that always is just for a short time. She would go anywhere if it meant that she could be with Ciel after all, even if it meant that she had to climb down to hell. Because being with Ciel was heaven enough for her.]

[...Crying? Well that's to be expected, isn't it? Just as much as when she dive-tackles him into an embrace. the force of the collision makes him fall back. It hurts his wings to land on them like this but who cares? Sebastian isn't answering his calls and now Lizzie is here? He's already resisting the urge to vomit all over the place here but he has to stay strong. Awkwardly, he pulls one hand around her while the other is still covering his eye-]

Elizabeth! Wha-!

[Get off him, woman. ...Or at least he wants to say that, but his gusto isn't working quite right. Plus, well.]

[God, if he's even involved here, is an asshole. To see her here is odd enough, but now that he adjusts himself, he looks to the back of her neck. Her hair isn't done up so he can't see what must be here but- she too must be branded. The thought enrages him even through the haze of disgust and fear he's feeling right now.

And she too has wings...?

He really can't bring himself to speak. He's trying so hard not to just collapse into a pile of pathetic goop right now]

[They fall but she doesn't mind or care. She doesn't realize yet that the back ache she has is from the wings so she doesn't register how it may hurt him to fall over his own. She's just so happy. And scared. Terrified. Worried and relieved at the same time.

So she keeps hugging him, making sure that he's there. He's solid and warm. He's there, with her. Calling her full name, even if she always tells him to call her Lizzie, just like always. And she keeps crying, because in the confussion of feelings she has there's nothing else she can do.]

Ciel... Thank God. I'm so... I'm so relieved. So happy...

[But she's scared as well. Terrified.]

I'm so scared Ciel... Where are we? Who brought us here?

[She finally pulls a little to look at him again, closer. Her face obviously worried for his well being.]

Are you okay?

[She's really- here?! Oh Malnosso, you bastards, this isn't fair at all. AT ALL. Ciel is resisting the urge to do something more drastic, but for now he just tries to peal her off of him. He can't explain anything if she's draping herself all over him.

But to think that she- This- She doesn't belong here. He might not want to be here, but at least-]

[Calm. He needs to force calm. Still covering his eye with one arm and trying to worm out of her with the other:]

Get off! I am fine.

[So cruel Ciel. She finally lets him go completely and starts checking him over. Specially the back, but not touching the wings, just trying to see if they are indeed... Oh god, they are...]

Ciel... Why do we have wings?

[Stupid question, she knows. How is he going to know that? She shakes her head.]

Have you seen who brought us here?

[Ugh. He still feels sick to his stomach right now, but keeping one hand over his eye he shakes his head] I have not. There is a village filled with people who have not.

[That... Makes her blink. She assumed that the people outside the house wouldn't know a thing, otherwise they would have called the police already, right?]

It seems we weren't locked down... Do you think we can get to a carriage to go back home?

[Oh, maybe the doors to the outside are locked...]

Ah, the window of the room I woke up in isn't locked! We could get out through there?

Elizabeth. [Okay he needs to be cold now, so he makes his tone as flat as he can make it.] We are not confined to this household, we are confined to the village it rests in.

[Silence... Uhm... What?]

The whole village kidnapped us?

No. [And how to make her accept this... oh he'll just say it] The whole village has been kidnapped.

[...]

How can someone kidnap a whole village? I didn't see any huge walls to stop people from leaving.

There is an impregnable invisible wall beyond the edge of the village. [He knows how stupid that sounds. Exhale]

[...]

You already went that far? In your nightgown?

I had- [Sebastian- the word dies in his throat. He feels the need to vomit once more but he hold it back. No, no, there is no need to mention him.] -heard of others who have ventured that far.

[Uh... It sounds still strange... And hard to believe but it's Ciel, why would he make that up? Still, it doesn't fit entirely.]

You heard of others? Did you wake up that early?

[Obviously she thinks he arrived at the same time as her. It's natural after all, they were together at the not!funeral.]

No- I... [...There's really no good way to say this] Elizabeth, I have been in this place for months. [He hands his head here, with Sebastian, but now he's-

He's gone? But that's impossible. Impossible]

[... Months?]

[That... That can't be. She just saw him yesterday, the previous night... But he's saying it so seriously and Ciel really isn't the type to lie or make jokes like that... But there's no way that's true so why is he saying it so seriously?

Why does he seem so troubled? He seems almost sick... What if... What if the people who kidnapped them did something to him? Or hit his head or something? That could be really dangerous! But if Ciel really is so confused about the time and how long has it been and all...]

[How to say it? Should she be bold? Should she go along with it? No, if she goes along with it would only hurt him more, right? Eventually the truth would surface... She manages a forced smile, trying to cover the scared expression that she feels that suddenly formed in her face.]

M-Months? Ahaha, that's a really long time Ciel! Isn't it a bit too long, maybe?

I mean, it hasn't been that long since we were celebrating that Sebastian was fine, right?

[The previous night in fact but maybe if she gets him himself to realize it...]

[Celebrating that- But he doesn't...]

Elizabeth, I have no recollection of such an event. [This is said flatly, sternly. As in shut up woman. She's not lying but... the future, perhaps? No, that's- ...No, it's not impossible. He steel his resolve and presses forward.]

To my recollection, the most recent time we spent together was when you visited and requested we go on a boat ride together. We invited Ms. Hopkins [Nina, that is] to the manor in order to ready me new attire for the occasion. I awoke in this village sometime after the end of that day.

[Okay... he keeps his eye locked on her while the other is hidden with his hand... he needs his eyepatch]

This sort of discrepancy is not unheard of in Luceti, the village we are in now. In this village people are taken from across both worlds and time by the kidnappers here.

You would not have noticed me gone. [And now, much quieter. ...So that means that people really do go back and forget, unless Elizabeth is from some other world entirely. While not impossible, he doesn't let himself dwell on that. No, he refuses to] By all accounts, when people are returned to their worlds, no time has past and they have no recollection or evidence of the events which happened to them in Luceti.

Edited 2010-11-16 23:13 (UTC)

Wh-What? Ciel, that happened barely two weeks ago!

[Even if he had vanished somehow, it certainly didn't amount up to months.

She listens to the rest of his explanation though. A small confused frown in her face as he talks. It makes no sense, it's just hard to understand. People are taken from different worlds and times? And no one back home notices them gone because they eventually return and no time has past?]

But... You were there. You were home, with me, with Sebastian and everyone else... Always... How could you be gone for months? Do you mean that you were taken and then returned to us without no one noticing? Then why are 'you' still here?

[...Ah] Luceti ignores all conventional logic. Whatever you can imagine may in fact be possible here.

[No conventional logic... She can't doubt Ciel, she knows he wouldn't make up something this crazy. Unfortunately that means that Ciel had been kidnapped again, taken away from home, from his friends, from her. And no one even noticed this time. So they could take him away from her as many times as they wanted and she wouldn't notice? Not even Sebastian would notice?

Lizzie remains silent after that. She has nothing to say at the moment. Ciel was there, back home with her and everyone. And yet he had been taken, even if eventually returned, she, who had been taken later than him, was meeting him in this prison. And no one would notice her gone either. Not even Ciel who was still home in her time. Because he was still locked here are the same time.

Why? Why is it that something keeps taking Ciel away from her? Taking him into unhappy places? Doing horrible things to him? And she never came to know even a bit of it all. At least now... At least now they will suffer together, right? At least now she can keep fighting the unhappiness that chases Ciel and keeps cheating on her to win him over.]

[...He sighs and stands. He's trying hard, hard to be a man, but it's clear that his stance is even more shakey than usual. Not to mention he's still in a night~~gown~~shit. He heads to the door]

There is much else you need to know, come.

[Yes, his voice is harder than it probably should be but it's hard to feel nice right now]

[She tries to be positive. Cheerful. She focuses on the good side of this: she's with Ciel. Even if she's without her parents and servants. Even if Ciel has been here for months without her noticing. Even if now she may be here for months without anyone noticing. She's with Ciel. They are together and that's enough, right?

She has to be strong. She can't cry, what would that serve now? Crying won't make her return and even if it did then she would be leaving Ciel alone, wouldn't she? But if she smiles she will fill the place with happiness, right? If she fights for it, happiness will come. Smiles always make everything better. It would make Ciel see that she's fine, even if she's not, he wouldn't have to worry if she's fine and happy, right?

She stands up and follows, still not saying a word. Trying to gather energy again to smile once more. Focus in the positive things. Focus in the only positive thing. Ciel and her are together. That's all that matters, right?]

[He leads her... to his study. There he puts on a simple eye-patch before turning back to her, taking his journal off his desk as he does so. This is important, so...]

You no doubt awoke with a book like this near you. It will be important in future.

[...]

The rooms in this place are pretty well furnished, you know? When I woke up the room was all closed and it was dark, it was hard to say if I was at home or not, the bed was really comfortable! And the views of the village from that room were really lovely! Can I get that room as mine while we're here, Ciel? It didn't seem to be very far from where you were, once I got out of there after opening the window.

[Reading: I don't know what you're talking about. She had better things to do than to check for strange books near her.]

...Ah, yes, of course. No one lives in this manor except myself. [WINCE again at Sebastian's recent loss]

[... No one? Well, she didn't expect his servants but... He hasn't hired anyone from here? The two of them... Together, which is good, and alone in a house, which isn't that good.]

Uh... Maybe I should go somewhere else? I mean... We are engaged but... To live the two of us together and alone...

[She herself might ignore it if he does so but only if he does.]

No. You will remain here, Elizabeth. [This comes out fastly. Defensively. He can't let her go anywhere else because what if she- ...That- No, no]

[...]

As you wish, Ciel.

[She's not even going to complain about the name this time. Ciel was too serious and defensive about it, that basically screams 'Do not press' territory.]

Now... [He's going to open the journal (his) and flip to that guide page of Raine's. He sets that down on the table for her before standing]

You would do well to read that document.

[Blinks at the document and then looks at Ciel before reaching for the journal and start reading it. It doesn't take long before she frowns and reaches with a hand to touch the back of her neck. It's quite obvious what part she's in. She looks up at Ciel in confusion.]

We have been branded?

[...]

We have. [And here, he flips back his hair a little to display the back of his neck for her]

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