Stolas writes at his desk before his butler comes up to him with two different gift bags. He places them on the table and bows before leaving. The owl demon takes out the box from one bag, Asmodeus' symbol on it as he opens it to reveal an Asmodean crystal. He smiles and sets it down before reaching into the other gift bag. He takes out a velvet box and opens it to reveal a ring with a blood diamond in the center. He smiles softly and blushes before closing it. He thinks back to a time before...
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"I thought we could perhaps spend an afternoon together! My treat, it'll be fun!" Stolas talks on the phone while sitting on his bed.
"What's the occasion? The next full moon isn't for a few days." Lizzie looks confused.
"Well...Yes, I know it isn't the full moon yet...But I thought that-"
"Mom! I'm going out!" Anarchy calls out.
"Okay! Have fun!" Lizzie waves as her son leaves, "So what's this about?"
"Of-Well...Uhm..." Stolas blushes, "I just wanted to spend some more time with you, that's all..."
Lizzie blushes as well, "Oh...uh, sure...I'll see you later then?"
"Very good then...ta ta for now!" Stolas hangs up, sighing, "I do hope nothing's troubling her but..." he lies down on his bed with a sigh as he imagines Lizzie, "Oh, my little Imp...why must you be so...difficult? I don't understand...I mean, I have provided you with everything you've ever wanted, haven't I? We've done so much with each other already and yet you continue to seem...off.
What else could there be? Are all commoners like this? And...now I'm talking to myself..." he gets up, heading out to his balcony, "I need some space to think...Oh, Elizabeth..."
Stolas: It is expected, an oath by blood to hold the tome. And the starlight passes overhead, fuels all the skills I've honed.
The owl demon finds himself in a cosmic world surrounded by planets, including the Earth and moon.
Stolas: I am a guardian, a watcher of these ancient rites. Yet I find myself drawn from that path, on those dazzling moonlit nights.
Stolas takes a hold of the moon, holding it close to him.
Stolas: Let me hold you, keep you close to me. I long to hear your voice. But dearest, I know better now. I must give you this choice.
The owl demon holds his arms out as the moon circles around him.
Stolas: I can give you everything you need. Or do you want to hear me plead?
Just look my way, just look my way.
The moon starts to slowly float away, guiding him to follow.
Stolas: Is there something more that I don't know. That you won't say 'til we've both grown cold? Just say...Please, stay...Look my way.
The owl demon watches as the moon rises into the sky, seeming out of reach.
Stolas: This unspoken contract, a deed we forged for mutual gain. If that's all this was when you're not here, what is this rooted pain?
An outline of Elizabeth is formed by stars, the constellation, moving around Stolas, and cupping his cheek. He puts his hand in hers before she gets dragged away from him.
Stolas: I don't care that you're of lower station, or primed to sate my dark temptations. Why can't you understand? Let me explain!
The owl demon kneels on the water, holding himself as he sheds a tear.
Stolas: And I'm terrified, as I cry, to make these feelings true. What's left for me and my broken heart, if I cannot have you?
Shooting stars shoot across the sky as Stolas becomes a constellation with a blue string around his finger. He looks over to see the moon, holding a constellation of Elizabeth captured, the imp struggling to break free as she has a similar blue string wrapped around her finger.
Stolas: Unless it's me, and no matter what in this world I could give. It's not enough, to get through the walls you've conjured up to live?
Stolas goes towards her, pressing his hands against the moon's surface, heat radiating as Elizabeth pressed her hands against the moon. He then frowns sadly as he pushes the moon away, the string nearly breaking.
Stolas: Is this what you feel? Scorned by a realm that cannot comprehend.
What you are, so I'll grant you this mercy this bind on our souls needs to end.
"I don't want it to end." a voice echoes around him.
Stolas looks up towards the moon as a constellation hand was reaching out, "Elizabeth?" The owl demon smiles as he launches out of the water, flying towards the moon to free her.
Stolas: I will try to make amends, for making you means to an end.
So, look my way, please, look my way!
The owl demon reaches a hand out and the constellation solidifies into a real hand as he pulls Elizabeth into his arms and out of the moon as the two start plummeting towards the water.
Stolas: And if there's something more that I don't know? I'll save us both before we grow cold. If you'll stay, and just say...
"Look my way"
The two land in the water, tears falling out of their eyes as they smile at each other.
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"Stolas?"
Stolas wakes up, giving a hoot as he does, "Hmm?" he finds himself in bed. He looks down at finds Lizzie nuzzled up to him.
"Is everything okay?"
Stolas smiles at her as he lies down, pulling her close to him, "Everything's perfect, Eliza-Darling."
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Stolas places the engagement box down, smiling at a picture of him, Lizzie, Anarchy, and Octavia together, "Soon, my love..."
