And Also With You ~The Tooth And Claw Books #3

~ { Interlude: } ~

-----  July 13th, 2010 ------

Layla stood on top of one of the taller buildings on Tokyo, she had to admit at least with her being stuck here in Tokyo the views were good. She paced the roof, her wings extended outwards, she sighed loudly. She hated the fact that her contact was late, she knew thing had gone badly for them in Suredale but she still hated the fact he was late.

"So you are the one our mutual friend has sent me to meet? Pretending to be an exorcist now this is interesting." Spoke a Orpheus appearing out a a teleportation portal.

"You speak of course of Dante?" Layla asked sighing loudly.

"No I speak of Mortis," He replied pulling out a small pouch from his belt, opening it to show it's content.

"Is it genuine?" Layla asked, she didn't like having to use this as a control method.

 But even separating the pair, she was slowly losing control over her catalyst, this late in the game she needed multiple options if Dante didn't work out, Mortis was one of them. But this was the ideal one if she could go for it. She opened the pouch, she opened it up and it's sour sweet note instantly hit her, the things illuminant pulsating had stopped since it had been picked, but the mushroom still had it's marron cap and yellow gills, meaning it was still good.

"Of course it is, but why a Lilium would need Mysdawn would be nice to know?" Orpheus replied, their blood unmistakable to him.

If Demon blood were to be equated to Water for a Vampire, then Lilium blood would most defiantly been the sweetest of wines. Orpheus smirk at her, swearing he had scented her blood before but dismissed it for now. 

"Just hand the damned plants over Vampire, I have no time for your games." She hissed angrily, if he wasn't useful to her she'd have killed him a long time ago.

"Payment first," he snapped. 

She let out a lowly growl, Vampire's being immune to all but a Lilium's ability to camouflage themselves, she pulled out a small bag of her blood throwing it to him. 

"Pleasure doing business with you." He replied before disappearing into the night.

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Taking the Mysdawn with her she moved to a little set up she her temporary home.  There, hidden under a powerful cloaking spell, she had an Alchemists workshop set up.  She placed the Mysdawn next to a second plant, both of them deadly in their own right to her target. The Mysdawn would cause chronic kidney failure, among other things in her target, while the Black Mercy would have done the jo on it's own, both of them combined with the final ingredient would ensure her target had only one choice to survive the poison, one which through her various contacts she could provide. 

Both plants had one thing in common, when crushed, then boiled for several days, they took on the properties of that which it was boiled in, if it was boiled in acid for example then it would also become acidic.

Layla however had acquired an entire flask of Divine-water to use. Once it was up to boiling point she nodded to herself pulling on a surgical mask to ensure she didn't breathe any of what she was about to mix. Two the two plants, crushing them into a fine paste, where she left it to brew.  Once the concoction had finished brewing she picked up a small dagger. With the dagger out she carefully began to coat the weapon in it. Like any Alchemy brewed potion it instantly became part of the weapon, although in the case of weapons it was only ever a single use.

This is very Dishonorable. He is a Custodian wielder. Poison is not the way he should die. Inferius hissed angrily at her.

"I only intend to use the poison to control him if Kiem gives me no other choice."