Inevitable Inquiries

"Now I see why you called me your master," Zayde confessed, as much as he hated to be wrong he couldn't deny it.

In his hand was a photograph of the Zayde Rivers Ravena described. The same body type, Hair, height, deadly glare and Almost lifeless look in his eyes, he looked like he didn't even want to take the picture in the first place.

Zayde flung the picture into a box and leaned into the sofa, throwing his arms behind his head. "Rave.."

"Yes master?"

His eyes snapped open, he looked down at her and sat up, she sat in a lotus position, with a book in her arms, she stared up at him through her glasses with worry laced in her eyes. 'She wears glasses as well, Nice,' He thought and glanced at what she was reading.

"Don't call me master again." He uttered trying to figure out what exactly was on the book, because 'That's certainly not English.'

Ravena tore her eyes off him, she looked upset and at the same time her cheeks were slightly red, she bit her lips and slowly nodded then went back to reading.

Zayde scanned the room, feeling suddenly bored, no phones, television or even something to keep himself busy, talk more of going out when people think he's dead. Just the thought of it was beginning to annoy him, He groaned and leaned back, placing his arm over his eyes, slowly drifting into a shallow slumber.

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"Give me a reason why I should listen to you?"

"Because you have no choice but to listen to me, Zayde, You can't keep lying to yourself about this,"

Zayde's eyes snapped open, red and sore, He was no longer in the living room, but found himself beside two strange people, in a dark bedroom with no light except from the one emanating from the red candle at the headrest of the bed.

They were engrossed in their conversation that they hadn't noticed him, even with how close he was, but then the lady was Ravena except she had grey almost white hair, she had a silver sclera with a blood colored–crimson iris like it had always been but this time it seemed like there was flame in it.

"Rave..." He called softly reaching out to touch her, but his hands passed through her like she was not there–In one word a mirage.

But that was not the only thing different, he glanced at the person Ravena was talking with and realized it was himself, but the only difference the man before her had shorter hair compared to his and he looked exhausted.

"Just leave Ravena, I have better things to do,"

"Tell me you didn't Feel anything last night and I will leave,"

"If i said I didn't, you know I will be lieing," He gazed up at her with a small tired smile causing Zayde's jaw to drop.

"Then why can't you just mark me then, I told you i am ready," She went on her knees, staring up at him with doe eyes. However From Zayde's perspective she looked more like the 'Octopus lady.'

"I cannot mark you because it's traumatizing and will really hurt, I do not want to treat you like a slave you are,"

"Please refrain from calling me a Slave, just because you bought and freed me from them doesn't mean I am a slave."

"Someone suddenly has the audacity to speak to her master like that, Do you want me to punish you?"

"By all means, yes."

"You're not fully healed, I can still see bite marks on your arms and neck,"

Zayde's eyes scanned her body and he covered his mouth in shock. 'I was right,' he thought, 'They actually had a thing going, Disgusting.'

"I don't mind master, I am a Succubus and I can't survive without s..."

Zayde covered his ears, refusing to listen to anymore of what she had to say, he turned away from the duo and moved around to find a way he would leave. Then He found himself in front of a mirror similar to the Threshold gate from earlier.

He saw something engraved at the top of the mirror. 'XN' he mumbled, wondering what it would mean.

Then turned to look at the duo mostly himself–the Original Zayde and Ravena, but at the same moment tore his eyes off them when he couldn't handle or think of seeing himself doing such with a stranger.

Suddenly her statement began echoing in his head. 'A Succubus,' he paused letting it sink in 'But she's so Well behaved, she is nothing like that, except that octopus lady, I doubt if Rave is like th...,' He trailed off, closing his eyes to imagine what it would be like if she was actually one. 'I need to ask her,'

[Would the host like to End the session?]

"Session? What session?"

[As requested, You demanded to see Fragment of Your memory]

"I see, Of all the memories, you had to show me this?"

[Apologies but it was what you asked for, You specifically wanted to know what kind of relationship Zayde has with Ravena]

He wanted to speak but he couldn't, He couldn't argue with the Accuracy of a System although he couldn't remember asking for such, at least it cleared his suspicious and now he could avoid it. 'It's simply a slave and master relationship,I shouldn't be really surprised.'

[Would the host like to end the session or move on to the next one?]

"End it, I'm starving and I need to ask her something?"

[Alright]

Zayde suddenly felt himself getting drowsy, his vision was starting to blur and spin, he tried to stay still but unfortunately failed and slumped to the ground, giving into the darkness.

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"Master?"

"Are you okay?"

Relief washed over him when he realized he was out of wherever his system had taken him to.He slowly opened his eyes and saw Ravena staring down at him with a worried expression.

She.helped him sit up and pushed a glass of water into his hands, moving back when he held on to it and stared blankly at the clear cool liquid with a satisfied smile.

'I could never get tired of this special treatment,'

He thought and downed the content at once, failing to notice the stares Ravena was sending his way, the silence was killing her and her curiosity rose more.

She had lot of questions and demands but she was sceptical about asking such from a person who looked more dangerous than he actually was, until her eyes landed on something foreign on him.

"Master?"

"What?" Zayde turned to her, griping the glass in his hands tight that she thought it would shatter any moment.

"Did you always have a tattoo on you in your past life?" She asked, barely whispering, she seemed to keep a distance from him since the moment he got out of the prism and he noticed it. She watched him search his body; from his hands to under the shirt he was wearing and his legs, but he saw nothing.

Zayde glared at her, suddenly angry, one thing he hated was being treated like a fool and useless pointless games

"Where is the tattoo?" He demanded, eyes piercing deep into her soul, threatening her with an invisible gun, which she knew very well he would use at any time.

"Y..your neck," She whispered raising her hands to touch him, inches away from his skin, she quickly withdrew and moved away from him due to the sudden heat she felt moving through her body like a flame, keeping her gaze glued to the ground.

When Zayde noticed her sudden movements and withdrawal, he squinted and frowned, trying to see what exactly she was hiding. He no longer cared about the tattoo knowing it would be there later, but her strange behaviors that only began when he woke up seemed to disturb him.

"Rave..what is the matter?" He inquired, taking a step closer, she remained still with her head kept low. "Say something? Is anyone here?" He immediately went on an alert and began looking around for a possible sign of an intruder yet there was none.

"It's nothing," She mumbled, her voice low and quiet. She was hiding something and he could feel it, he now saw one similarity between her and the strange Octopus lady, his eyes slowly widen when he realized.

[Do not do what you will regret, Zayde]

'Shut it, No one tells me what to do about my feelings,' He commanded, almost yelling in his mind. He clenched his fists tight, letting all what he had discovered sink in slowly, veins visible on his arms extending down to where his fist were tightly held.

For a moment, silence enveloped the room, the sound of beeping of the machines from a different room and wind became audible now that she couldn't sense his presence or hear any movements–Like he vanished without saying a word.

"He's gone," she heaved a sigh and raised her head slowly, feeling relived that he hadn't asked anymore questions that would be too embarrassing to answer and most that would enrage him.

Unfortunately, He was right in front of her, staring down at her with his dark Orbs. She felt awful, shame taking her into it's warm embrace at that moment, praying that the ground would open up and swallow her immediately.

"Mast...." She trailed off when his hands wrapped around her throat, he tightened his fist watching her eyes widened and the flesh under his skin burn as his rage increased.

"Rave..." He growled, his voice low and menacing as he stared deep Into her eyes. "You're awfully well behaved for a Succubus, I wonder what you would have done to me if you couldn't control yourself after kissing me,"

"M..master, I can explain, I didn't mean to...." Her words got stuck in her throat when his hold around her throat tightened.

"Call me master again and I will bash your head into the wall.....I am not as stupid as you previous master, You didn't expect me not to find out?"

"I'm sorry master, I had to do whatever I can to help you activate Oblivon," Ravena's voice rose and fell and she spoke, her sight was becoming blurry by the second, the air going into her lungs were thin and barely enough to keep her alive for so long.

"And that was poisoning, I have nothing against the kiss but you poisoning me is unforgivable. If you are loyal enough to still want to serve someone who is not your master then you should not cause that person pain!"

He spat, already at his peak, he would snap her throat at any moment and he wouldn't hesitate to throw her body off the roof and into a trash can. "Tell me Ravena was there no other way to activate Oblivon than making me go through pain?"

"There wasn't, I did it so it would sense that it's host is injured and activate itself to heal you....I am really sorry master, I promise would never do anything to hurt you," She whispered, her voice blocked off by the obstruction in her throat. Tears were begining to gather in her eyes, threatening to fall.

Zayde saw how honest she was and her promise just weakened him all of a sudden. 'Curse this weak body,' He slowly released her, giving sight to a horribly reddened flash, his fingers had even made a cut so deep blood had already began trickling down.

He sighed and wiped off the blood, rubbing it between his fingers, the warm liquid felt soothing on his skin as it got absorbed.

"I'm sorry, master," Ravena apologized again, keeping her head low to avoid looking into his angered eyes, she heard his sigh and mumble something under his breath, but then he shocked her again by asking another question that almost made her loose consciousness.

"Just answer my question, How are you a Succubus and you have tentacles and you're this well behaved?"