Doppelgänger✔️

Confrontation

Finding the will to look away, Halmi shuts her eyes tight and shakes her head frantically as she backed away. She bumps into a wall and opens her eyes.  Her feet splashed against the flooded floors and it only takes a few moments for her to realize she is back in the present. Her gaze flits up in the direction of the demon regarding her with Jimin's amused smirk from only a few feet away.

"That was fun." It remarks.

Halmi felt as if she could sink into the wall with how closely she pressed her back against it the moment the demon took a step forward.

Noticing her recoil, it smirks.

"And may I say...You've aged beautifully. Still the same curious spark in your eyes that you had back then. When I first saw you. "

Halmi gulps heavily at the question, the irony of it making her stomach turn. Of course, she remembered. That was the day she invited the evil into her world. The day the realms converged and the portals were opened. The day of her eleventh birthday.

The beginning of the end.

"Yes. I remember." She mumbles and the demon's chuckle deepens as it moves forward. Halmi is vaguely aware of the way the demon's steps repel the water, steam rising from the floor in it's wake.

Stopping midway, the demon lifts it's brow.

"So...How's the family?" it smiles and a bit of Halmi's fear dissipates momentarily and is replaced by rage. She lifts her chin and narrows her eyes on the monster's face.

"Fuck you..." she spits, making it flinch as her spittle hits Jimin's face.

Regretting her impulsive response, Halmi stiffens and yelps at the demon's sudden proximity. Jimin's body towered over her by a few inches, pinning her to the wall with demonically venomous eyes and its growl.

The scent of the demon's breath wasn't as unpleasant as she'd expected to be but its unnatural temperature sends another wave of goosebumps over her. Ice cold and harrowing clouds huffed from it's mouth as it leaned against her body, grazing her ear with it's lips.

A feeling she wished she wasn't so familiar with.

"I don't think that would be appropriate given the circumstances Bora...but please refrain from doing that again. It is rather vile and unbecoming of you....." it warns.

Another growl ripples inside of it's chest. Halmi stifles a whimper at the sound so close to her ear but remains a still expression as the demon gauged it.

"Vile....you would know.." she murmurs, turning away from the flowing current of cold breath in her face. Halmi cranes her neck in her weak attempt to gain some distance from Jimin's grinning and borrowed face, making the demon suck it's teeth in amusement.

"No, you would know." it sneers, grabbing Halmi by her chin harshly before backing away slightly with twinkling eyes. Turning her to face it, the demon smirks.

"Now....don't take this the wrong way. It's not that I don't enjoy our little talks. But I'm on a bit of a tight schedule and I've wasted so much time as is...I'm sure there's an intriguing reason as to why you've placed yourself in my path...hmm?"

Halmi flinched at the feel of ice-cold fingers strumming down the side of her face. She resists the urge to gag at it's touch as her hand stealthily reaches beneath her coat. Fortunately, it seems that the demon is too distracted with teasing her to notice her nimble fingers grasping the handle of the knife tucked against her hip.

"Don't go quiet now Bora...I'm dying to know your plan.." it says seductively, rubbing its thumb over Halmi's bottom lip.

In a swift shift of her stance, Halmi quickly grasps her blade, the handle etched with ancient symbols, and holds it out towards Jimin's chest. The demon staggers backward as the sharpest point of the stone poked at it's solar plexus, it's eyes widening a fraction at the sight of it.