castleinthemist | The One who Will Lead

Harth sat at the table, watching the few and the proud eat their fill while poking at an empty bowl as if he had eaten himself already. Just playing about, taking note of lingering smells on anyone who past. Namely for anyone who might have encountered the Duo's in passing in the last few days. Wouldn't be hard to tell. There was one other thing though, figuring out and listening to what the feelings of the remaining castle dwellers were. Would they could they accept a leader like himself? That was the plan, naturally. He was the one who would lead, and he was going to get them out of here, and if it had to be one body at a time? If he had to turn each of them and escape in the night? Then that's what he'd do. He'd open those doors and march them right out in the moonlight.

But he preferred a more subtle approach for now. Use what he had in this little game of chess. It was more interesting and useful to him to use them as they were now. Killing them, he learned, would only make another shadow spirit to contend with. Might also erase their unique abilities.

They were better utilized as they were. And for Danny, it wasn't going to be much of an option. For Haku and the Duo's, he may just have to keep them under wraps for a while longer.

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Harth made sure he wasn't followed, even double checking for that woman of darkness he'd met. He opened the door in the pigeon room and stepped inside closing the door behind him. He looks down into the circle at the boys, approaching them both and caressing the chin of the newest addition with his hand.

"So glad you could keep your big brother company." Harth crooned, patting him patronizingly on the head.

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Harth nodded his head ever slightly at Heero's word. It was trap set up by their own social interactions. Harth already knew what he had to focus on, Toph and that dragon to start, the other humans should be easy enough.

"You don't have much of an option. Be thankful you are already of use to us now. Should you submit, which is decidedly unlikely, I could make accommodations. But we both know you two aren't going to play, and that means you're exactly where you're meant to be."

Duo grit his teeth at that one, turning his eyes back to look at Harth sharply. Now he's defining their meaning for them? Great. Exactly what they needed to hear.

If there was a way for them to get out, and Duo had a few ideas by this point, it wasn't going to take them long, and by then? He was going to find a way to kill that guy. For starters, he bit his lip while pulling up some of the information that Haku told him.

"Oi. Heero. Does sunlight kill you?"

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Duo finally went quiet, his double's question making him curious enough to actually shut up for a while. He still didn't agree with either of them, damnit, but all of his protests were just going to keep falling on deaf ears.

"I don't intend to find out if it does." He looked at the older Duo and gave him a smirk. Harth hadn't said whether or not he was, but he knew what the older pilot was thinking. Try and chase him out into the sunlight if they got free. He wasn't about to find out if it would happen.

Harth frowns at the older Duo, a brow raised at the question. What's the purpose of that question? His tone however indicated an ulterior motive. He remained silent, allowing Duo the privilege to ask the question.

Duo pauses as that, sinking down at Heero's answer, turning his head briefly to look at Heero. He had to choose his words carefully here.

"...Well really I just wanted to know why Harth can walk in the sunlight. Vampires are supposed to burn up, yehknow. So what? Is the big boss a supervamp? Do you get the same voodoo as he does or did you get the short end of the stick? That's what I want to know." Duo said, leaning back against his brother. Maybe... Just maybe that will buy them an argument. And if that might just leave them alone together for a while.

That's all he needed.

"... heh. Man, talk 'bout gettin' gyped," the younger one chimed in with a snarky, smug grin. It didn't take much for him to catch on to what his double was trying to do. "You don't even get to be all that badass! Hell of a stingy vampire, if you ask me. I'd ask for a refund if I were you."

A part of him was very aware of what the two Duos were doing. They wanted him to focus on Harth with their questions and ignore them for a bit. However, a much larger part of him wanted to know as well. He needed to know in order to live. Did he have the same abilities as Harth, or was he made lesser?

Standing straight, he looked at Harth with a rather icy expression on his face. Hands clenched at his sides, he slowly stalked towards his sire.

"I'd like to know, too."

"It's because I have the benefit of certain magics unavailable to you, Heero. I know that isn't a satasfying answer but it's all I'm going to say on the matter. You will die if you walk into direct sunlight." Harth replied.

But then, he wasn't going to go on the list of other things that Heero was weak to, not in front of these two. Considering the reaction Heero had, it was clear that the two boys could still get under his skin.

It wasn't apparent that he was angry, he held himself flawlessly. No emotion through him, and he maintained face. He was looking at the two of them now, as if he was weighing which one looked better for food.

"What a cop out." Duo maligned, nudging his twin. Really they shouldn't be heckling, it was just more trouble. But it was all they had in their arsenal.

"Man, that's bull and you know it, Heero!" the younger one continued, "He's just afraid of some one being more powerful than him. Obviously. Why else would he give you such a crap answer?"

Harth was right. That was definitely an unsatisfactory answer. His sire had taught him the healing spell which could mean he might be able to perform other magics as well.

For now he'd drop it. Any information that was vital to him needed to be told to him in private, not with these two listening in. Besides, they were only egging him on, trying to make him distrust Harth and use him. That wasn't about to happen either.

He looked at the older Duo and turned on him, giving him a good swift punch to the jaw. It wasn't really all that strong, but it would be painful to talk for a little while. "That's for not knowing when to shut up."

Then he turned on Harth.

"You're going to tell me everything later." He hissed at his sire before he decided to step out of the circle room for a bit and watch the birds in the next room.

Harth watches him carefully, barely flinching. As Heero moves to discipline the older one, he tuts the younger one. He watches Duo whipping his head back, glowering back up at Heero, then looking attentive as the young one turned to him and ordered him about.

Tell him everything? Not likely. But enough.

"I will." He said with a nod, turning his head to watch him go, he turns his attention back to the boys.

"You know, I'll be honest. Capturing you? Not exactly an a-priority for me. Getting us out of here? That's the plan. That's my big evil diabolical plan." He mused, shaking his head. "Am I really more important than getting free of his place and that witch?"

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With that pelt to his face, he sunk a bit against his brother, watching Heero go. He stretched out his jaw, knowing it would be bruised from that sharp strike. He looked back to Harth, sighing. Still talking?

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