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Eselberg Station:
As a nondescript shuttle touched down, two passengers disembarked. Both wore large white robes with hoods pulled low.
"He's here... I can sense him." The first of the two figures stated.
"I can't believe it... It's been so long." The other replied as they began walking into the station's interior.
They were attempting to remain incognito... the problem was they were radiating energy. Energy that most of the people on the station were able to pick up on.
Elenor was lazily sitting behind the counter of the Herrick Coven's Sundry Services with Abigail when her comm pinged with the notification of a personal shuttle arriving. Thinking nothing of it, since that happened on the regular, and she was, as the owner of the station, supposed to be kept aware of such things happening, it wasn't until she stiffened as the sense of 'holier than thou' and 'stick up their ass and proud of it' that she'd learned typically came with Angel's. Intentionally (usually) or not (very rarely).
"Fuck. Abigail, you have the stall. I have... things to work on now." She said, standing up and immediately thinking about the protective wards she'd placed around the station. They were far from complete or comprehensive, but she was now worried they wouldn't be enough to properly protect the station residents if these, beings, had hostile intent.
Makoto was patrolling on a lower level of the Station went she sensed the presence of angels. “The fuck are..” She did a u-turn and shadow stepped through doorways and upstairs as she made her way to the docking area of the station. “This is Security Chief Makoto, we may have unusual guests in the station. “ She said through the inter-station coms.
The pair stopped in their tracks. “We have company. Get behind me.” The first figure commanded. The second got behind the first and began looking around.
“Why are they…?” The second asked.
“Quiet. They're coming.” The first responded, shushing the second.
"Excuse me, folks? You need to keep moving along. This part of the station isn't to loiter in." A UNS worker said, gesturing for the pair to climb the stairs or take the elevator to the main level and continue on to the rest of the station. He was wearing a standard working overalls, marked with one of the dozen of mining corporations within the UNS, and honestly seemed more concerned with keeping things running as they should than trying to combat or stop the pair.
“Excuse us, sir. Where might we find Tarkus Zoren?” The second asked in a soft voice as she peered past the first.
"Uhhh, not sure. I don't live here. I'm just one of the miners in the area at the moment." He said, shrugging. "You'd be better off asking folks in the living section. Up to the main floor, past the industrial and hydroponics bays." He said.
Makoto arrived in full Chief Security uniform and she approached them calmly. The name they asked caught her attention. “I might be able to assist, Ladies, it seems our medical officer is famous” She said with a pleasant smile. “I hope you don’t mind me asking, but why are you looking for him?’ She asked them while making sure she didn’t look threatening to them. She could tell they were angels she could sense they were powerful, but something about their faces reminded her of someone.
“We need to see him.” The first angel replied tersely, dropping the hood. They had been found out. No point in hiding it any longer.
As the hood was pulled back, angelic light spilled from behind her head. A halo shining behind her head.
The second angel did as well. She was slightly shorter than the first, and looked timid behind the first. Her halo’s aura was also slightly dimmer than the other’s “Sister don’t be rude…” She warned.
“No… We are here to see Tarkus and I won’t take no for an answer.” The first replied.
"You might get a no anyways. Depending on the reason you're here." Came the voice of one of the joint owners of the station as she stepped out of the stairwell. "If you're here to cause trouble, we'll kindly ask that you leave. If not, then you will be treated the same as anyone else coming to our station." Elenor said, before gesturing her head to the elevator. "So declare your intent now. If hostile, leave. If peaceful, we'll continue when we've reached the living section."
Makoto frowned and was about to speak when Elenor spoke and began stepping back though she waited to see how the two angels would react. She didn’t seem affected by their aura, which was evident in how calm she was.
The first angel seemed to get agitated, but before she was able to mouth off, the second angel stepped forward towards Elenor. “It’s peaceful. I promise. My name is Verena and my sister’s name is Lotara.” Verena said, a determined look on her face. “Tarkus is someone very important, and we need to speak with him right away.”
“Verena!” Lotara chastised.
“Lotara, you can’t solve every problem with a sword.” Verena shot back in a rare act of defiance as she began moving towards the elevator.
Makoto was about to speak when she was interrupted by a certain cyan-haired bundle of innocence charging past. “You two! Verona and Lotara definitely looked like them too.. eee!” She squealed with glee before turning to Elenor. “Tarkus is their little brother, he told me about them, She” here she points to one of the angels “is the oldest, and from what I have seen she’s had her hands full keeping him and his brother from fighting. “ She chuckled. “I can take them to him, we do not worry because no way would a sister want to kill their brother”
Makoto facepalmed at the innocent naivety of Sachiko with a sigh.
Verena smiled excitedly and stepped over to Sachiko. “You know him!?” She asked, taking Sachi’s hands in her own.
Lotara just looked confused. “How do you know who we are?” She asked, cocking her head to the side in pure bewilderment.
Sachiko held Lotara’s hands in her own”yup! He taught me some stuff on how to be an Artificer” she said then glanced at Lotara. “He spoke of you when I was showing him a new invention I made. He also showed me a bit of his past too.” She said “I can't wait to reunite you two, I think he’ll be so happy!” She said as she thought about what might happen.
Elenor eyed the pair. "Promises can be broken by even Angels. I want you to swear to me, bind in an oath if need be, that you have no hostile intent. I ask because this station is meant to be neutral ground. Even if that means I have to be the utter bitch about it." She said. Sure, technically, Setsuya should be handling the diplomatic things like this, but since this was a pair of angels on a station with a bunch of demons, Elenor was taking the front for the sake of safety.
Lotara looked to Elenor. “I don’t make oaths.” She replied as Verena stood.
“I swear we have no ill intentions. We are simply looking for a long lost little brother.” Verena replied, side eyeing Lotara pleadingly. “Please Lotara… If this gets us to Tarkus then do it. Please?”
Lotara looked annoyed, but finally relented. “Fine I swear…” She finally replied.
Elenor eyed the pair for a few moments, but also at a sigil that lay upon one of the walls, lost in the jumble of other notices and signs. "Very well. You have to understand, there's a sizable magical population on the station, and Angel's are... infamous for their cut and dry view of things." She says, gesturing to the elevator. "Now, let's get to the living section. And show you to the med-wing." she continued, stepping into it herself.
Makoto waited for them to enter as she didn’t feel she should with Sachiko right there, and the two angels so close. Sachiko began leading the way into the elevator, with her hands holding onto Verena’s hand as she did so. Once Lotara followed, Makoto would follow them into the elevator. She kept an eye on them as the elevator soon moved.
Verena gasped and Lotara tensed as they heard they were going to the medical wing. “Why is Tarkus in the medical wing?! Is he hurt?” Verena asked, worry now on her face.
“That idiot probably got himself into a fight and got his ass kicked. It’s not the first time…” Lotara replied, yet despite her words she still was worried as well.
Elenor shook her head. "No, he runs it." She said simply. "One of the best docs I've known." She said, shrugging.
Sachiko nodded ”yeah he’s one of the doctors here, my aunts another as for fighting he sparred once with Makoto here.” She replied.
“HE’S A DOCTOR!?” The two angels cried in unison.
“How…?” Asked Verena before she was cut off by Lotara.
“Tarkus… The battlemage… is a doctor?! There’s no way that’s true.” She replied.
“You’d have to have known Tarkus when he was younger… He never had such aspirations. He was a feared warrior and powerful mage, but he only knew basic healing magic. It’s hard for us to believe that he’d ever become a doctor. Let alone a good one…” Verena added.
Makoto blinked as she listened Battlemage, huh? That explains things She was about to speak, but Sachiko beat her to it. “Battlemage? No wonder that fight you two had was amazing!” She turned to Elenor. ” it should be on the security cams. You should have seen it!” She then turned to the sisters. “I’m sorry for bringing up history, especially distressing ones, but I think it began during the last battle on your world... When he couldn’t save his brother, I think he focused on healing since then so he became a doctor. “ She replied with a frown “Speaking of..” she said, then stopped herself. She wanted to ask them if they had seen him when they became angels. Their brother was a Paladin, so she was certain he might have become an angel too, or at least an Archangel.
Elenor shrugged. "Not really a thing I bother with. I'm not running security. I just own the place." Elenor said, tails flicking behind her as they walked the halls, the storage and industrial area visible through the hallway roof to floor windows. "Elenor Herrick, of the Herrick Coven." She said, figuring she might as well introduce herself now since there wasn't likely to be any attacks from these two. And if they weren't gonna cause trouble, no one on her side of the station, meaning non-UNS folks, were gonna give any either.
Verena enthusiasm waned at Sachiko’s words and Lotara looked more grim than before. It was finally Verena that spoke. “We saw the aftermath, but we… we weren’t quite sure what had happened.”
Lotara answered Sachiko’s unanswered question. “Only Verena and I became angels. Our sisters… they didn’t survive when the castle fell, and Thule had already fallen. We had heard rumors that Tarkus survived, but we couldn’t find him.” She replied. When Elenor introduced herself, Lotara’s face remained neutral as she added. “Lotara Zoren.” She replied formally.
Verena smiled. “Verena Zoren.” She added. “This is a lovely place you have made.” She said looking out at the station.
"Well, found and tweaked. Took it from some pirates that set up shop here. Then folks started showing up." Elenor said, watching the for hatch to cycle to let them enter the utilities section, which housed the hydroponics bay on the left. "We don't really get involved in the day to day running of the place. Not why we took it. It was well away from any other covens, so I wasn't at risk stepping on any other witch's toes." She admitted, chuckling.
Verena nodded. “From what I’ve gathered, Witches don’t work well together. At least separate covens don’t. It was a good idea!” She replied. Lotara remained silent, looking around the hydroponics bay as they walked.
"They do on occasion. Mostly though, your right. It's especially bad when it's found out you managed to pact with a powerful demon." She mused, not really gloating or boast, just being upfront.
Sachiko just frowned in response to their words as they walked, but brightened as they spoke “like my clan, and Tarkus of course.” she said happy for a change in topic. “Tarkus and my aunt joined the medical side of the Station and I was the engineering, manufacturing, and Artificer studying side. Sachiko grew even more excited at the prospect of reintroducing his sisters. She thought maybe he had seen that the castle fell and had assumed his sisters had died with it, but with that now not being the case she thought he’ll be happy.
“Hey.. do you two have healing skills?” She asked as she thought of the possibility of them working together. If they had skills they could use, she was sure they would be welcome.
Makoto remained silent as they walked since Sachiko basically was speaking for her too. She had joined Lotara in the silence club. She smirked when Elenor spoke of pacting with demons, her being one of them in the line.
Verena nodded excitedly. “I use light magic for healing! It’s what I specialize in!” She replied saying a silent prayer.
Lotara shook her head. “I use my magic for combat. I only know basic healing magic.” She replied tersely, pretending not to hear the demon comment. She was going to have to tolerate it.
Soon they reached the main living section passage. "So, you might want to steel yourselves." Elenor said cryptically, as she approached the door leading to the basic dining room and the medicial bay. Promptly turning right and going through the door, she walked down the steps. "Doc! You got visitors. Old, familiar visitors." She called out.
“What now!?” Tarkus called from his office. As the door opened the angels stopped in their tracks, as did Tarkus. All three stunned into silence.
“Lotara… Verena…” Tarkus said quietly, taking a stutter step forward.
Lotara flew forward, wings unfurling and backhanded Tarkus sending him sprawling to the floor. Tears were streaming from her face. “You idiot! How dare you! You made us…” Verena flew forward next but only to join Tarkus on the floor sobbing, tears in her eyes as well. Her face buried in his chest.
A few seconds later Lotara joined the two and hugged the both of them. “You made us worry about you...” She whispered.
“What… how…?” Tarkus said, completely ignoring the fact that he was now on the floor. Bloody tears streaming down his own face.
Elenor crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, chuckling. "So, still pissed at me calling for you Doc?" She asked, watching as the pair of angels sobbed against the demon. Talk about peculiar family reunion. Of course, she was also waiting for any possible acknowledgement of pain that could arise. Hey, her field was brewing and ritual circles, not how the hells and heavens interacted to each other. Much less what happens with physical contact.
Sachiko gasped in surprise when Lotara suddenly unfurled her wings and backhanded Tarkus. She was going to move forward, but Makoto’s hand rested on her shoulders with a shake of her hand. Seeing them cry brought her to become saddened. She moved forward and found herself beside them, placing a comforting hand on their backs as they cried. She tried not to look at Tarkus as it bothered her when he cried tears of blood. She did hope that Heaven and Hell wouldn’t be bothered by the sibling's reunion.
Makoto gritted her teeth when Sachiko ignored her warning and just watched awkwardly.
After several long moments the angels stopped their crying and truly took in what Tarkus had become.
Lotara stood, wiping the tears away. “Show me... “
Tarkus looked confused as he helped Verena to her feet. “Show you what?”
Lotara looked sternly at Tarkus and commanded “Show me your true form now!”
Tarkus sighed, then unfurled his own black wings and tail. His horns grew longer as well. “Yes Lotara…”
Verena didn’t seem to care, holding onto Tarkus protectively. “Lotara it doesn’t matter! He’s alive and that’s what matters.” She said putting herself between the two. Her wings unfurled as well.
“We can’t… This is…” Lotara tried to come up with a response but couldn’t. Ever since becoming an angel, she was sworn to fight the demons. But, this was a morally grey area. Tarkus was using his powers to help, but that didn’t change facts.
Tarkus for his part was unusually silent.
Elenor continued to wait. After several moments of silence, she sighed. "So, you see part of why I demanded that oath Miss Aggressive?" She asked, looking at Lotara. "I had no intention of letting you hurting him, since he helps everyone on the station. Even if his bedside manners are shit. But honestly? Blunt is nice at times."
Makoto spoke” There are a great many demons in the United Alliance of Neutral Systems, but all of them except for 1 are pacted, and contracted, they won't be hostile to you or the other nations of the universe. Like the Doctor, they are citizens of their own right. I think I know what Sachiko’s up to, the innocent adorable girl. Do not harm the doctor, no matter his race and your own race rules, and you’ll be left alone, even the succubus will leave you be.” She left it unsaid unless the angels sought out the succubus for a good time, but she kinda thought that they wouldn't.
Sachiko piped up” yeah I was thinking one could join as part of security while the other could be a doctor like auntie, and Tarkus’ She said as her purity shone through.
Lotara was silent for several moments then finally spoke. “Fine… I’ll overlook it for now. But I will be watching, Tarkus. If you show any signs of evil intent I will have to stop you.” She said sternly before closing her wings and tucking them back close to her body.
Verena did the same, looking at Sachiko and patting her affectionately on the head. “I would like that very much. That is if you all will have us.”
Tarkus looked to Elenor pleading. “I promise they won’t cause trouble. I’ll keep Lotara in line.”
Lotara looked agast. “You keep ME in line? You have become over confident in your old age.”
Elenor shook her head. "You'll stay in visitor quarters for now." She said, raising a hand to halt any objections before they started. "I cannot just decide 'yes' or 'no' alone. I have to talk to Setsuya, who is the station administrator, and Lucas, the demon I'm pacted with, and the other owner of the station. This has to be a agreed upon thing. If either feel it's too likely to cause strife and trouble, we'll politely ask you to leave. Yes, I'd like to have you stay. Not because I think we absolutely need to have angels, but it would be a valuable proof that we are a station that tries to be neutral ground. If we can get angels and demons living in the same place and it not turning into a turf war, than that cements it further." She explained, since she felt she needed to as it is.
“Before you make that decision…” Tarkus said calmly, taking Verena’s hand then Lotara’s. “Let them know that if they leave, I will leave as well…” Both of the angels looked at him in shock.
Sachiko felt her head getting patted. It always made her feel great to get a head pat. She thought it had to do with her Nekomata half of her heritage. It made her wonder if Elenor, her mother and Aunt Sparrow will like it too. She didn’t think to ask as she got distracted. She was shocked by Tarkus’s words and she tried to think of a way to change his mind, but she couldn’t as that would be selfish.
Makoto remained silent and nodded her head in acknowledgement to Elenor’s words as well as Tarkus’s words as well. She understood, as they were his sisters, he’d want to be with them.
Elenor nodded. "I'll be sure to bring that up when we talk about it. For now, they're to be handled like any other visitor Makoto. Keep them out of the industrial areas besides the passage to and from the docks, and if they cause trouble, again, they're just visitors. I don't imagine Setsuya or Lucas will say they have to go, but it's still possible." She said, pushing away from the wall and waving to all of them as she stepped out, already working on contacting the pair in question.
Verena simply smiled and hugged Tarkus once more. Lotara looked away. “You didn’t have to do that, Tarkus…”
Tarkus laughed. “For my big sisters? Of course I would. We won’t be separated, ever again.” He promised, smiling bigger than anyone on the station had ever seen him do.
As a nondescript shuttle touched down, two passengers disembarked. Both wore large white robes with hoods pulled low.
"He's here... I can sense him." The first of the two figures stated.
"I can't believe it... It's been so long." The other replied as they began walking into the station's interior.
They were attempting to remain incognito... the problem was they were radiating energy. Energy that most of the people on the station were able to pick up on.
Elenor was lazily sitting behind the counter of the Herrick Coven's Sundry Services with Abigail when her comm pinged with the notification of a personal shuttle arriving. Thinking nothing of it, since that happened on the regular, and she was, as the owner of the station, supposed to be kept aware of such things happening, it wasn't until she stiffened as the sense of 'holier than thou' and 'stick up their ass and proud of it' that she'd learned typically came with Angel's. Intentionally (usually) or not (very rarely).
"Fuck. Abigail, you have the stall. I have... things to work on now." She said, standing up and immediately thinking about the protective wards she'd placed around the station. They were far from complete or comprehensive, but she was now worried they wouldn't be enough to properly protect the station residents if these, beings, had hostile intent.
Makoto was patrolling on a lower level of the Station went she sensed the presence of angels. “The fuck are..” She did a u-turn and shadow stepped through doorways and upstairs as she made her way to the docking area of the station. “This is Security Chief Makoto, we may have unusual guests in the station. “ She said through the inter-station coms.
The pair stopped in their tracks. “We have company. Get behind me.” The first figure commanded. The second got behind the first and began looking around.
“Why are they…?” The second asked.
“Quiet. They're coming.” The first responded, shushing the second.
"Excuse me, folks? You need to keep moving along. This part of the station isn't to loiter in." A UNS worker said, gesturing for the pair to climb the stairs or take the elevator to the main level and continue on to the rest of the station. He was wearing a standard working overalls, marked with one of the dozen of mining corporations within the UNS, and honestly seemed more concerned with keeping things running as they should than trying to combat or stop the pair.
“Excuse us, sir. Where might we find Tarkus Zoren?” The second asked in a soft voice as she peered past the first.
"Uhhh, not sure. I don't live here. I'm just one of the miners in the area at the moment." He said, shrugging. "You'd be better off asking folks in the living section. Up to the main floor, past the industrial and hydroponics bays." He said.
Makoto arrived in full Chief Security uniform and she approached them calmly. The name they asked caught her attention. “I might be able to assist, Ladies, it seems our medical officer is famous” She said with a pleasant smile. “I hope you don’t mind me asking, but why are you looking for him?’ She asked them while making sure she didn’t look threatening to them. She could tell they were angels she could sense they were powerful, but something about their faces reminded her of someone.
“We need to see him.” The first angel replied tersely, dropping the hood. They had been found out. No point in hiding it any longer.
As the hood was pulled back, angelic light spilled from behind her head. A halo shining behind her head.
The second angel did as well. She was slightly shorter than the first, and looked timid behind the first. Her halo’s aura was also slightly dimmer than the other’s “Sister don’t be rude…” She warned.
“No… We are here to see Tarkus and I won’t take no for an answer.” The first replied.
"You might get a no anyways. Depending on the reason you're here." Came the voice of one of the joint owners of the station as she stepped out of the stairwell. "If you're here to cause trouble, we'll kindly ask that you leave. If not, then you will be treated the same as anyone else coming to our station." Elenor said, before gesturing her head to the elevator. "So declare your intent now. If hostile, leave. If peaceful, we'll continue when we've reached the living section."
Makoto frowned and was about to speak when Elenor spoke and began stepping back though she waited to see how the two angels would react. She didn’t seem affected by their aura, which was evident in how calm she was.
The first angel seemed to get agitated, but before she was able to mouth off, the second angel stepped forward towards Elenor. “It’s peaceful. I promise. My name is Verena and my sister’s name is Lotara.” Verena said, a determined look on her face. “Tarkus is someone very important, and we need to speak with him right away.”
“Verena!” Lotara chastised.
“Lotara, you can’t solve every problem with a sword.” Verena shot back in a rare act of defiance as she began moving towards the elevator.
Makoto was about to speak when she was interrupted by a certain cyan-haired bundle of innocence charging past. “You two! Verona and Lotara definitely looked like them too.. eee!” She squealed with glee before turning to Elenor. “Tarkus is their little brother, he told me about them, She” here she points to one of the angels “is the oldest, and from what I have seen she’s had her hands full keeping him and his brother from fighting. “ She chuckled. “I can take them to him, we do not worry because no way would a sister want to kill their brother”
Makoto facepalmed at the innocent naivety of Sachiko with a sigh.
Verena smiled excitedly and stepped over to Sachiko. “You know him!?” She asked, taking Sachi’s hands in her own.
Lotara just looked confused. “How do you know who we are?” She asked, cocking her head to the side in pure bewilderment.
Sachiko held Lotara’s hands in her own”yup! He taught me some stuff on how to be an Artificer” she said then glanced at Lotara. “He spoke of you when I was showing him a new invention I made. He also showed me a bit of his past too.” She said “I can't wait to reunite you two, I think he’ll be so happy!” She said as she thought about what might happen.
Elenor eyed the pair. "Promises can be broken by even Angels. I want you to swear to me, bind in an oath if need be, that you have no hostile intent. I ask because this station is meant to be neutral ground. Even if that means I have to be the utter bitch about it." She said. Sure, technically, Setsuya should be handling the diplomatic things like this, but since this was a pair of angels on a station with a bunch of demons, Elenor was taking the front for the sake of safety.
Lotara looked to Elenor. “I don’t make oaths.” She replied as Verena stood.
“I swear we have no ill intentions. We are simply looking for a long lost little brother.” Verena replied, side eyeing Lotara pleadingly. “Please Lotara… If this gets us to Tarkus then do it. Please?”
Lotara looked annoyed, but finally relented. “Fine I swear…” She finally replied.
Elenor eyed the pair for a few moments, but also at a sigil that lay upon one of the walls, lost in the jumble of other notices and signs. "Very well. You have to understand, there's a sizable magical population on the station, and Angel's are... infamous for their cut and dry view of things." She says, gesturing to the elevator. "Now, let's get to the living section. And show you to the med-wing." she continued, stepping into it herself.
Makoto waited for them to enter as she didn’t feel she should with Sachiko right there, and the two angels so close. Sachiko began leading the way into the elevator, with her hands holding onto Verena’s hand as she did so. Once Lotara followed, Makoto would follow them into the elevator. She kept an eye on them as the elevator soon moved.
Verena gasped and Lotara tensed as they heard they were going to the medical wing. “Why is Tarkus in the medical wing?! Is he hurt?” Verena asked, worry now on her face.
“That idiot probably got himself into a fight and got his ass kicked. It’s not the first time…” Lotara replied, yet despite her words she still was worried as well.
Elenor shook her head. "No, he runs it." She said simply. "One of the best docs I've known." She said, shrugging.
Sachiko nodded ”yeah he’s one of the doctors here, my aunts another as for fighting he sparred once with Makoto here.” She replied.
“HE’S A DOCTOR!?” The two angels cried in unison.
“How…?” Asked Verena before she was cut off by Lotara.
“Tarkus… The battlemage… is a doctor?! There’s no way that’s true.” She replied.
“You’d have to have known Tarkus when he was younger… He never had such aspirations. He was a feared warrior and powerful mage, but he only knew basic healing magic. It’s hard for us to believe that he’d ever become a doctor. Let alone a good one…” Verena added.
Makoto blinked as she listened Battlemage, huh? That explains things She was about to speak, but Sachiko beat her to it. “Battlemage? No wonder that fight you two had was amazing!” She turned to Elenor. ” it should be on the security cams. You should have seen it!” She then turned to the sisters. “I’m sorry for bringing up history, especially distressing ones, but I think it began during the last battle on your world... When he couldn’t save his brother, I think he focused on healing since then so he became a doctor. “ She replied with a frown “Speaking of..” she said, then stopped herself. She wanted to ask them if they had seen him when they became angels. Their brother was a Paladin, so she was certain he might have become an angel too, or at least an Archangel.
Elenor shrugged. "Not really a thing I bother with. I'm not running security. I just own the place." Elenor said, tails flicking behind her as they walked the halls, the storage and industrial area visible through the hallway roof to floor windows. "Elenor Herrick, of the Herrick Coven." She said, figuring she might as well introduce herself now since there wasn't likely to be any attacks from these two. And if they weren't gonna cause trouble, no one on her side of the station, meaning non-UNS folks, were gonna give any either.
Verena enthusiasm waned at Sachiko’s words and Lotara looked more grim than before. It was finally Verena that spoke. “We saw the aftermath, but we… we weren’t quite sure what had happened.”
Lotara answered Sachiko’s unanswered question. “Only Verena and I became angels. Our sisters… they didn’t survive when the castle fell, and Thule had already fallen. We had heard rumors that Tarkus survived, but we couldn’t find him.” She replied. When Elenor introduced herself, Lotara’s face remained neutral as she added. “Lotara Zoren.” She replied formally.
Verena smiled. “Verena Zoren.” She added. “This is a lovely place you have made.” She said looking out at the station.
"Well, found and tweaked. Took it from some pirates that set up shop here. Then folks started showing up." Elenor said, watching the for hatch to cycle to let them enter the utilities section, which housed the hydroponics bay on the left. "We don't really get involved in the day to day running of the place. Not why we took it. It was well away from any other covens, so I wasn't at risk stepping on any other witch's toes." She admitted, chuckling.
Verena nodded. “From what I’ve gathered, Witches don’t work well together. At least separate covens don’t. It was a good idea!” She replied. Lotara remained silent, looking around the hydroponics bay as they walked.
"They do on occasion. Mostly though, your right. It's especially bad when it's found out you managed to pact with a powerful demon." She mused, not really gloating or boast, just being upfront.
Sachiko just frowned in response to their words as they walked, but brightened as they spoke “like my clan, and Tarkus of course.” she said happy for a change in topic. “Tarkus and my aunt joined the medical side of the Station and I was the engineering, manufacturing, and Artificer studying side. Sachiko grew even more excited at the prospect of reintroducing his sisters. She thought maybe he had seen that the castle fell and had assumed his sisters had died with it, but with that now not being the case she thought he’ll be happy.
“Hey.. do you two have healing skills?” She asked as she thought of the possibility of them working together. If they had skills they could use, she was sure they would be welcome.
Makoto remained silent as they walked since Sachiko basically was speaking for her too. She had joined Lotara in the silence club. She smirked when Elenor spoke of pacting with demons, her being one of them in the line.
Verena nodded excitedly. “I use light magic for healing! It’s what I specialize in!” She replied saying a silent prayer.
Lotara shook her head. “I use my magic for combat. I only know basic healing magic.” She replied tersely, pretending not to hear the demon comment. She was going to have to tolerate it.
Soon they reached the main living section passage. "So, you might want to steel yourselves." Elenor said cryptically, as she approached the door leading to the basic dining room and the medicial bay. Promptly turning right and going through the door, she walked down the steps. "Doc! You got visitors. Old, familiar visitors." She called out.
“What now!?” Tarkus called from his office. As the door opened the angels stopped in their tracks, as did Tarkus. All three stunned into silence.
“Lotara… Verena…” Tarkus said quietly, taking a stutter step forward.
Lotara flew forward, wings unfurling and backhanded Tarkus sending him sprawling to the floor. Tears were streaming from her face. “You idiot! How dare you! You made us…” Verena flew forward next but only to join Tarkus on the floor sobbing, tears in her eyes as well. Her face buried in his chest.
A few seconds later Lotara joined the two and hugged the both of them. “You made us worry about you...” She whispered.
“What… how…?” Tarkus said, completely ignoring the fact that he was now on the floor. Bloody tears streaming down his own face.
Elenor crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, chuckling. "So, still pissed at me calling for you Doc?" She asked, watching as the pair of angels sobbed against the demon. Talk about peculiar family reunion. Of course, she was also waiting for any possible acknowledgement of pain that could arise. Hey, her field was brewing and ritual circles, not how the hells and heavens interacted to each other. Much less what happens with physical contact.
Sachiko gasped in surprise when Lotara suddenly unfurled her wings and backhanded Tarkus. She was going to move forward, but Makoto’s hand rested on her shoulders with a shake of her hand. Seeing them cry brought her to become saddened. She moved forward and found herself beside them, placing a comforting hand on their backs as they cried. She tried not to look at Tarkus as it bothered her when he cried tears of blood. She did hope that Heaven and Hell wouldn’t be bothered by the sibling's reunion.
Makoto gritted her teeth when Sachiko ignored her warning and just watched awkwardly.
After several long moments the angels stopped their crying and truly took in what Tarkus had become.
Lotara stood, wiping the tears away. “Show me... “
Tarkus looked confused as he helped Verena to her feet. “Show you what?”
Lotara looked sternly at Tarkus and commanded “Show me your true form now!”
Tarkus sighed, then unfurled his own black wings and tail. His horns grew longer as well. “Yes Lotara…”
Verena didn’t seem to care, holding onto Tarkus protectively. “Lotara it doesn’t matter! He’s alive and that’s what matters.” She said putting herself between the two. Her wings unfurled as well.
“We can’t… This is…” Lotara tried to come up with a response but couldn’t. Ever since becoming an angel, she was sworn to fight the demons. But, this was a morally grey area. Tarkus was using his powers to help, but that didn’t change facts.
Tarkus for his part was unusually silent.
Elenor continued to wait. After several moments of silence, she sighed. "So, you see part of why I demanded that oath Miss Aggressive?" She asked, looking at Lotara. "I had no intention of letting you hurting him, since he helps everyone on the station. Even if his bedside manners are shit. But honestly? Blunt is nice at times."
Makoto spoke” There are a great many demons in the United Alliance of Neutral Systems, but all of them except for 1 are pacted, and contracted, they won't be hostile to you or the other nations of the universe. Like the Doctor, they are citizens of their own right. I think I know what Sachiko’s up to, the innocent adorable girl. Do not harm the doctor, no matter his race and your own race rules, and you’ll be left alone, even the succubus will leave you be.” She left it unsaid unless the angels sought out the succubus for a good time, but she kinda thought that they wouldn't.
Sachiko piped up” yeah I was thinking one could join as part of security while the other could be a doctor like auntie, and Tarkus’ She said as her purity shone through.
Lotara was silent for several moments then finally spoke. “Fine… I’ll overlook it for now. But I will be watching, Tarkus. If you show any signs of evil intent I will have to stop you.” She said sternly before closing her wings and tucking them back close to her body.
Verena did the same, looking at Sachiko and patting her affectionately on the head. “I would like that very much. That is if you all will have us.”
Tarkus looked to Elenor pleading. “I promise they won’t cause trouble. I’ll keep Lotara in line.”
Lotara looked agast. “You keep ME in line? You have become over confident in your old age.”
Elenor shook her head. "You'll stay in visitor quarters for now." She said, raising a hand to halt any objections before they started. "I cannot just decide 'yes' or 'no' alone. I have to talk to Setsuya, who is the station administrator, and Lucas, the demon I'm pacted with, and the other owner of the station. This has to be a agreed upon thing. If either feel it's too likely to cause strife and trouble, we'll politely ask you to leave. Yes, I'd like to have you stay. Not because I think we absolutely need to have angels, but it would be a valuable proof that we are a station that tries to be neutral ground. If we can get angels and demons living in the same place and it not turning into a turf war, than that cements it further." She explained, since she felt she needed to as it is.
“Before you make that decision…” Tarkus said calmly, taking Verena’s hand then Lotara’s. “Let them know that if they leave, I will leave as well…” Both of the angels looked at him in shock.
Sachiko felt her head getting patted. It always made her feel great to get a head pat. She thought it had to do with her Nekomata half of her heritage. It made her wonder if Elenor, her mother and Aunt Sparrow will like it too. She didn’t think to ask as she got distracted. She was shocked by Tarkus’s words and she tried to think of a way to change his mind, but she couldn’t as that would be selfish.
Makoto remained silent and nodded her head in acknowledgement to Elenor’s words as well as Tarkus’s words as well. She understood, as they were his sisters, he’d want to be with them.
Elenor nodded. "I'll be sure to bring that up when we talk about it. For now, they're to be handled like any other visitor Makoto. Keep them out of the industrial areas besides the passage to and from the docks, and if they cause trouble, again, they're just visitors. I don't imagine Setsuya or Lucas will say they have to go, but it's still possible." She said, pushing away from the wall and waving to all of them as she stepped out, already working on contacting the pair in question.
Verena simply smiled and hugged Tarkus once more. Lotara looked away. “You didn’t have to do that, Tarkus…”
Tarkus laughed. “For my big sisters? Of course I would. We won’t be separated, ever again.” He promised, smiling bigger than anyone on the station had ever seen him do.