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"Oh? You survived the chief? Well that's a surprise," Sitting at her desk in the lobby of the Intelligence Agency, Cathy the cyclop says to a certain fox.
"Eheheh... Yay me..." Ren brushes the back of his neck as he coughs, "So, where is the first branch office? Can't be late for my first day right?" He asks as he looks around the quiet lobby.
"The tenth floor. The floor where all lunatics like the chief stay. Now get the hell out of my sight."
Ren gives a quick thanks to the cyclop before he moves towards the elevator. And as he was about to push the call button, the elevator opens to reveal a face, or the lack thereof that causes Ren's eyes to stiffen.
The certain chief that made him shot himself is standing in there as emotionless and stoic as ever, prompting his ears to lay low. With her stiff posture and raised chin, she tilts her head at Ren, "Hmm? So you still intent to stay even after yesterday? Hmm... Commendable. But now, excuse me. I have some businesses to attend to," she then exits the elevator, keeping her stiff demeanor as she walks forward.
"Um... Is Niz with you?" Ren asks as she walks past him.
"No."
At that, he looks down as he purses his lips. Him and Niz had planned to talk about the things that happened last night. But mostly, Ren wanted to talk to him about... Her. He already tried to call that damn lizard, but he didn't answer, even after the fifth times he called.
Well that's definitely the usual Niz, guess Ren will just wait to see him later then.
As he turns back to the elevator, he sees that someone else; a short, chalk skinned and white haired woman wearing the knight uniform is already standing in the corner of the elevator. Her eyes is as black as the void with ink-like liquid slightly leaking out of them as if she's wearing some melting mascara. But the thing that causes Ren to jolt out his fur is her silent smile that forms the moment they make eye contact with each other.
With sweat tickling his face, Ren decides to go in anyways, not wanting the situation to be even more questionable.
Ah, the smooth, jazz elevator music. At least, this helps calm him down. Maybe he should check his phone here, to see if Niz had messaged him back already-
"Hey, can I pet your tail?"
Not even the worst ever gore in this wretched world could cause all his furs to jolt out all at once.
"Excuse my sister. She's weird," A croaky and deep voice joins after the girl, putting another layer to the tingly sensation at the back of Ren's neck, "Wait.. You're that fox guy that shot himself yeah? The new member?" The same deep voice says before Ren could respond.
Only after he gathers the gulps to glance behind, he could see that from the girl's right eye, wriggles out a length of a snake-like creature with the jaw of a Venus flytrap as its head. Its body is made out of flowing pitch black ink, with no other feature decorating its 'face' apart from a pair of tiny golden dots.
Pishacha, a type of demon known to gurge and live within a vessel as a parasite. They feast on their soul as the host's mind slowly trample into their control and onto madness.
But it seems, this particular vessel, the demon's 'sister' as he said feels... Alive. Proven by a warming wave of peach-coloured aura emanating around her body.
"Uh, yeah! Not sure about what you meant by 'new member' though..." Ren snickers off his surprise with an awkward smile.
"Ah come on~ you know what I mean. You're accepted into the first branch yeah? Well me and my sister are members there. So welcome new co-worker! Hope you enjoy your new work here! The last new face we've seen transfered after just two days. So..."
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Kaleidoscope: The Fox And The Butterfly
Romance"Love is bliss. Yet it is poison." "Only those who know the pain I went through could possibly understand." "Now, my sweetest child, the question is..." "Can you bear to experience it?" --- When a goddess who was deeply loved within her people's hea...
