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☀ ☽ Craith Ivan Svyatopolk ☾ ☀
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Craith had not missed Lonan's feeling him up when they'd left the Dragon but he'd done his best to keep his mind off of it. He was aware, after all, that he was acting a bit unusual, or rather, a bit out of character, and he knew he needed to try and get himself and his thoughts together. Unfortunately the ride only offered him so much time to think things over, since Lonan was there the whole time, holding onto him. It was a little difficult to try and think about keeping yourself calm when the person you are trying to keep calm and rational about was with you, and had their arms around you. Maybe when they got to the house he'd have a few moments to step back and think? He hoped so, but honestly he was sure he wouldn't have too much more time than he already had on the bike. Unless Lonan went running through his house or something or around it, which he wasn't sure he would do. There was always that chance of course but he wasn't holding up much hope.
'There is always a chance the car ride will give me time to think more clearly...' He thought to himself as he turned along the dirt path they were driving down, onto another, this one made up of a gray stone brick. Despite how slightly out of place the road may have looked, or how old someone may think it was, it was clearly well taken care of, as the bike moved smoothly over it.'Then again I have no clue what he might try, or if he will even let me have that time to change the subject or push aside the situation. I have questions I need to ask, just as he probably has his own, though, so maybe he will let things settle down enough for those to be gotten out of the way.' He thought as he looked up a bit to see part of his house sticking up out of a few of the trees ahead. In another moment they were pulling in through a gated archway, the gate having been left open as not many people often wandered back that far into the woods, and there wasn't much of a risk of people stumbling across it, and into what looked like a courtyard of sorts, the ground covered in the same stone bricks as the road had been before.
Taking another right he took them under another archway, and to a building to the side of the main one, before he came to a stop, leaning back slightly and pulling the keys from the ignition. He glanced for a moment back towards Lonan, and then to the sky, which had become dark with storm clouds. Sometime during their drive from the dragon, the sky had finally decided to open up on them, and as he moved to get off of the bike, kicking down the stand for when the other got off of it, but also keeping hold of it so it wouldn't fall before he could, he realized his plans for having time to think while the other looked around the house were probably far from realistic. They were soaked to the bone, he would have to get the other a change of clothes for their trip, and he himself would need one as well. Of course it wasn't necessarily that he thought something would happen between them, but he also certainly couldn't imagine Lonan would simply leave things be.
He glanced back towards the other, who seemed to have gone quiet once they had pulled up. He was looking everywhere, but he didn't seem able to fixate on anything in particular. Once they had stopped and Craith got off, he climbed off as well. Though he still seemed rather unfocused.
At least the male was close to his height and size. Only a little shorter, and perhaps, a bit thinner than himself.
"Alright, well, looks like we won't be able to leave right away like we had hoped. We should at least make a stop inside and get a change of clothes. I need to get the keys for the car anyways, so we can take care of everything in one go. I know you don't have any extra clothing on you, so I'll lend you some of mine, they should fit well enough, we aren't too far apart in size." He said slowly letting the bike settle down onto the stand before he took a step back from it and headed around the side of the small building, the garage he'd added onto the house due to the fact that when it was originally built, they weren't exactly something that existed, and onto a small walkway that led up to a side entrance into the actual house. There was a roof over the walkway, so they could take that path when they left the building again to get into the garage, in order to keep themselves from getting soaked again on their way back out.
For a moment it seemed like Lonan didn't hear him. Then all at once he focused back in on him, giving him a smile. "Yeah, I didn't expect it to rain like it did. Though I'm guessing that its not uncommon." He whipped the water off his face. "Also, I can see why you don't want people to know about your house. Is it just you that lives here?" At the question Craith blinked and glanced back towards him for a moment, before he looked forwards again. "Yeah, I do pretty much live here alone. Every once in a while I get visits from certain people and they may stay for a day or two but that's about it."
Moving to the door he reached up and unlocked it, the door there being one of the few, slightly more modernized doors in the house, since it was added later by him when new technology and such had begun to surface. It still fit with the style of the house enough to not feel too out of place at least.
Once inside he moved to let the other in, and once he was, he closed the door behind him, before carefully slipping his shoes off and setting them to the side. Once that was taken care of he turned to start moving through the house, reaching up to flick a switch, which brought on all of the lights down to a certain point in the hall. He had installed electricity in the place at some point, though he didn't always use it since he didn't technically need to. He could see in the dark well enough with or without the whole color blindness issue his ability brought on. Just one made things bright and overly colorful. If he didn't use the electricity to light the place up, though, he generally used lanterns or candles. Kind of old fashion, maybe, but he preferred it that way.
"Please make sure you take your shoes off for now, Lonan, and follow me. We'll get you some clothes to change into. Wouldn't want us having to make the trip soaking wet. I don't imagine that would be too comfortable." He said, glancing back at him, chuckling slightly. Honestly it was rather uncomfortable as was, as his jacket and shirt were both soaked through completely. Usually he didn't mind the rain, or being out in it, but when on a motorcycle there was no avoiding being pelted and drenched entirely, while simply walking through the rain slowed the process at least a bit. Still, even in the rain he enjoyed being on a bike, even if at times the rain felt like it was pelting you in the face. Which technically, it was, and would be if you didn't wear a helmet.
The other nodded and quickly took off his shoes, setting them down next to his. "Sounds good to me. You probably don't want people sitting in your car soaking wet either." As they walked the other seemed to take that time to take a look around, only seeming to look back as if to make sure sure he wasn't getting left behind.
"Mm not like it would much matter to me if it was unavoidable or something. I'm not going to get bent out of shape over it, but if I can avoid it then I would prefer to."
"Which reminds me. I kind of need to know where we are headed before we go. It would be kind of pointless to leave if I don't know where I need to go. We'd be stuck driving around aimlessly and probably get nowhere." He said laughing slightly as he made his way through the house. When he reached the stairs he turned and flicked a switch that turned on the lights for the stairs, and part of the hall above, before he started making his way up them. "Will maybe help us figure out an approximate amount of time it may take for us to travel from here to there and back as well. Would be a good thing to know just in case we need to stop somewhere for the night."
The male glanced back to Craith when he started talking again. "Keenan's apartment in Zlido. I know how to get there when we get to the city. I'm not sure how long it takes to get there from here or if we'd have to spend the night somewhere though. Keenan says we might have to, but he doesn't know for sure." The other paused, seeming to think things over for a moment. "Though there are hotels if we need to stay," he said smiling.
"I see, well at least there are places to stay if we need to.." He said, the city the other mentioned they lived in not completely sinking in yet. "It will take us some time to get there though yes. We'll have to pass through Hinas, and deal with the traffic there as well as whatever we run into along the way. It may not take too terribly long, like an enitre day or anything but depending we may have to stop anyways somewhere anyways."
That was a worrying thought actually, with how everything had been going up until then, The thought of staying in a hotel room with the other after having dug himself a hole earlier made him nervous. At the same time, because of how off guard and careless he was being, it was in some weird way....exciting? That thought only made him all the more aware of how messed up he was right then. It was hardly the time to be thinking of any of this, and he knew he needed to really start thinking on everything and sorting things out properly in his mind...lest he go crazy or do something crazy later on down the road. He needed to avoid that...if possible. Then suddenly he paused when the city name finally sank in a bit more. A million thoughts flickered through his mind at once, one of which being that he had to be a bit more observant with the two now that he knew exactly which city they came from, and the other major one being...
"Wait wait wait, what? Did you walk all the way from Zlido to Reim? I mean I know you aren't human Lonan but damn. I guess it wouldn't be as bad if you at least stopped to sleep or rest often....but something tells me you probably didn't do that." He said, turning to face him again, clearly surprised. Yes in the past he had walked long distances without much of a break, he probably still could, but that was all the more reason for him to be surprised and concerned. He had traveled all the way from Zlido, to Reim? Not to mention when Craith had moved to pick him up he didn't seem to arrive in a car or anything, so he kind of assumed he'd walked? With how he looked when he arrived, exhausted with clothes covered in dirt and soaked in sweat, he figured that was more than likely exactly what happened. He shook his head a bit. 'He must be about as tired as I am if that's the case.'
At the question, Lonan gave him what looked to be a sheepish smile. "Yeah, I didn't get much sleep. Not that I didn't try, but after the fifth time waking up with someone pawing at me I decided it was better to just save the sleeping for when I had a place to stay. Which I now have thanks to you." The other said, giving him a smile that seemed much more genuine than most of the other ones he'd given him. After a moment of watching him, he offered a smile of his own in return, this one softer than the ones he'd been giving him throughout the day. He wanted to say something, wanted to say he wouldn't just abandon him, or his people, wouldn't just leave them out on the streets, that he wouldn't leave someone he cared about in any way without a home or place to stay, but he might say too much. To begin with, to say "his people" would be giving a bit too much away.
Although now he was curious. Even if Lonan wasn't human, how exactly had the body he was possessing handle it? The body was definitely not demonic itself in nature, that much he could tell, and to some extent it seemed it may be simply human. However, even with a demon possessing the body usually a humans body could only handle so much, and a walk all the way from Zlido to Reim with little to no sleep was not something most humans could handle. Even those with special abilities or an immortal or near immortal soul. Maybe some could but...Either way it was something to think about. What was Keenan exactly? Not to mention who was he, or is he? To have lived in Zlido... Maybe it was nothing.
Once at the top of the stairs he started down the next hall, only this time he didn't have to walk too far, and he paused at the first door they came across. Reaching over, he slid the door open slowly, and made his way inside the room on the other side. The curtains were open enough to let light in, so he at least had no need to turn the lights on there, and even if he had, the lights in his room were much dimmer than those in the rest of the house. Turning he beckoned the other in as he moved for his closet, reaching over to pull open the doors. It was a massive one, big enough to walk into, and it was filled with some of his old clothing from the past, and plenty of his more modern style of clothes. Most of the old stuff was hidden towards the back however, and Lonan probably wouldn't find it unless he went all the way back there. Even if he did find it and questioned it, he wouldn't mind answering. He still appreciated the clothing and the style, even if he usually avoided wearing it. For plenty of reasons. One being to better avoid being noticed and recognized by the governors of the different cities. Another reason being that with how he moved, it was easier to get around in the clothes he wore now. Not that he couldn't move well in the other clothes cause he still could, it just wasn't as easy.
Moving into the closet, he reached up and ran his hand over a few articles of clothing, before looking over at Lonan again.
"Go ahead and choose something, and I'll let you choose where you'll change. If you leave the clothes here I'll wash them for you as soon as I get the chance and get them back to you."
"All right," the other said walking into the closet. It didn't seem to take him very long to find pants and a shirt that would fit him and be comfortable for a possibly long drive, then the male just started to change right there in the closet in front of him, but paused for a moment glance over at him before shrugging and continuing. He honestly shouldn't have been surprised that he'd do that, and yet he found himself pausing to watch, surprised at how quickly he had just moved to change without really thinking about the fact that he was standing right there in the closet with him. After a moment however he turned and slid his fingers along a few articles of clothing before he found something. He pulled it from it's place in the closet before flicking his gaze back over to Lonan, who, at the moment, had no shirt on. He might have been able to keep himself from looking him over, if the tattoos hadn't caught his attention. If you could even call them tattoos.
They very well could just be markings he was...born with? Brought into existence with? He wasn't sure exactly what kind of demon Lonan was other than one that possessed others. There were a few that had markings they were born with. Whatever the case was, Craith shifted his gaze slowly over them for a moment, fascinated by them. Then just as he was about to shift his gaze away from them so he could get changed, something caught his attention. Did they just move? He blinked and though he turned his head so he was facing the clothes, he kept his gaze on the markings, watching carefully. Upon closer inspection, he realized, that yes, they were in fact moving, though only slightly. Well if the tattoos themselves didn't catch his attention that certainly did. He needed to stop staring though and actually get dressed. He didn't want to give Lonan any ideas, and also felt like a bit of a creeper just sitting there staring at him like that. Quickly he flicked his gaze over to his own clothes and decided he might as well get changed there as well. What would be the point in not doing so? Setting the clothes he'd chosen down for a moment he started to change as well, his gaze flicking every once in a while back to Lonan as he did so. In a way he was a bit nervous about changing in front of the other, because he seemed to have near no scars compared to himself, who had been through so many battles and fights in the past and had plenty. Why that would matter, he wasn't sure though. It wasn't like he was usually this worried about his own appearance. The other finished before him, and he seemed to stand there, waiting for him to finish changing. "Anything else before we go?"
"Hmm." He hummed in thought as he changed, his gaze drifting to the ceiling as he did so. "The keys, and maybe a few snacks or drinks for the trip? I'm not sure if you've eaten or not, and even if you have might be good to bring stuff along with us anyways...though we can just stop somewhere if we really need anything. It would take a bit of time to stop at the kitchen. Yeah if we need to we can stop to get something. Better to get real food than just eat snacks anyways I think." He said as he turned to pick up the shirt he'd chosen, pulling it on before he grabbed a jacket and pulled that on as well. "Ready?" He asked with a quick flash of a grin, before he moved to leave the closet, hand against Lonan's lower back to move him out with him. He'd done it without really thinking, again, but when he turned to close the door to the closet he moved the hand away, and when he went to pull him along this time, he instead lightly took hold of his arm and tugged him along, like the other had done when dragging him to the dragon before. At least the keys he needed were in the room, and he didn't need to go far to get them. Walking over to one of the stands in his room, he reached over and picked up one of the two sets of keys that were there, and set down the motorcycle ones next to the ones he'd left there. Turning back to Lonan he held them up with a grin.
"Alright lets get moving yeah? The sooner we get moving, the better. You can always look around here another time. It would take a while for you to get through the entire house." He said with a laugh before he lowered the hand that he held the keys in, and started to lead him out of the room and towards the stairs. As he led him through the halls he flicked the switches as they passed them, turning off the lights he'd turned on when they were on their way up to his room before. When they reached the door they had come in through, he reached forward to open it, and moved through, waiting for Lonan to move through and past him before he closed it and locked it again. Then turning he moved to the door that lead to the garage, unlocking and opening that, flicking the lights on, and revealing the two cars he owned. A Charger and a Skyline. After a moment of flicking his gaze between the two he moved for the charger, unlocking the driver side door and slowly letting go of Lonan's arm so he could pull the door open. He reached down and hit the button to unlock the other door and turned to look at the other.
The male was running his hands along the car as he walked around it to get in, and Craith's gaze followed him as he went. "Nice car," The other said, grinning. He couldn't help but grin slightly himself at that, and at the others next comment he raised an eyebrow, curious and amused. "Though Keenan still likes his better." He paused for a moment though for some reason, before continuing, and Craith tilted his head just a bit, grin thinning just a bit as he watched him, curious about why he had suddenly stopped talking. Maybe Keenan had gotten annoyed with him again? "Anyway, let's get going." There was a good chance that was in fact the case. He wanted to ask about the car Keenan had, but he figured it might be best to wait a bit before he did so.
"Alright, then, hop in and we'll be on our way." He said as he brought up the key chain and hit a button on a small remote in his hand, which opened the garage door. After that he slid into the car, and flicked his gaze back over to the male with a smile, before he put the keys into the ignition and started the car up. When he was sure the other was in and was settled, he pulled his legs the rest of the way into the car, closed the door, and flicked his gaze up to the rear view mirror for just a moment, before he backed out of the garage, hitting the button that had opened the door and watched as it closed. After he was sure it was secure, he turned the car around, and with just a quick glance towards Lonan, he tore out of the drive way and through the arch they had passed under before, and they were on their way.
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