The Aftermath of when the world comes crashing down (Invite)

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XP: 3,900


It took a bit for Kane to finally find out where the Snakes were on Earth, and after finding them, well, they were in quite the state and in a whirlwind of events, the demonic android had found himself brought to a mansion in a forest pretty far from normal people it seemed. Kane was caught up in the rush to arrive and was told that he would be meeting the person who could possibly help with his possible deal with the Tuffle who had improved him. But after arriving, he had been hiding out within the large mansion, doing his best to keep to himself and keep away from the others, often finding himself in rooms less visited or far from normal traversed spots. 

Kane wasn't a fan of large, fancy homes and even more it seemed as if it was Hazel's sister who was the person he was here to see and he knew what she was from connecting the dots. Hazel herself might of been fine enough to be around, but her sister? Kane had no measure of what she was like and it worried the android a bit that he had been brought along just to satisfy the bored machinations of a Royal, to disperse her own discomfort by messing with his.

He knew where he had to go to meet up with the demoness, where she had set up shop and was waiting, yet Kane found himself hiding once more further from the location, as least the best he could do, to avoid this meeting. He could feel his body shaking slightly and his hair standing up on end, thinking about going to meet Hazel's sister, as the damage from his life before was still there mentally, even if the change to an android removed any physical proof of his past. Several times he had stood up, brushed himself off, and had made ready to walk himself straight into the study, head held high with new and improved confidence, only for his trauma to stop him before he could make it across the threshold. 

He couldn't keep avoiding this forever though, he had joined the Dirty Snakes because he thought that he could become a stronger version of himself, and if he continued to hold himself back then he might as well just leave and disappear. Shaking his head and getting to his feet once more, Kane took a deep breath and once more moved through the mansion, traversing the first floor and making his way up to the second. Each step felt heavier and heavier, and the demonic android constantly had to push away thoughts of betrayal and fear as he approached what he remembered was the study. 

Kane stood in front of the door, his hand hovering inched away from the doorknob, and he took one more deep breath, and pushed himself forward, entering the study and presenting himself to whatever was about to happen within. "I've come to see Hazel's sister?" He'd announce, not quite in the strong voice he had imagined, but rather in a slightly shaky questioning tone. 




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Hazel stirred momentarily when Kon first hit the floor, but the sound was quick to wake up Stone, a large crocodile like gargoyle, it lifted itself up with long legs, it's tail purposely snaked Hazel's chair, shocking her awake, then put itself between Kon and the door. She lurched forward in her chair, surprised by being awaken suddenly, she looked to the bed first out of Instinct and then left up from her chair when realizing Kon was no longer in the bed, her head moved like it was on a swivel searching for the wounded girl, quickly pushing all of her messy red hair out of her face. Realizing Stone must have been the one to awaken her she looked to the door to see him between Kon and the door. "Kon?" It was more of a whisper cause she didn't want to alert any of the other snakes…. Especially Derry.

"Hey hey Kon... Kon?" Hazels voice lowered even more seeing the fear in Kon's eyes, "Hey hey You're gonna okay," Even if Kon fought her, Hazel would use her tail to pick up and cradle Kon with it again, trying to move her back to the bed. As she was lifting Kon she heard the soft rapping against the solid wood door of the bedroom causing Stone to growl at the perceived threat at the door. Hazel's heart felt like it was in her throat when it was Derry's voice that followed the knock.

Hazel and Derry had been at odds ever since the battle, it was difficult for her she was experiencing new emotions from their arguments and it was painful for her, but they had been at odds on how to handle the aftermath of the situation.

Doing what she could with Kon if she could get her in the bed or not, Hazel would go to the door but not open it, "She just now woke up. I don't think this is the right time to talk to her." She rested her forehead against the cool wooden door, she gripped her chest a bit, knowing Derry wouldn't like that answer and that he would probably come in anyways as she turned away from the door, Stone following behind her while she gave him a pat with a solom expression. It wasn't locked so other than her word it's not like anything was physically keeping him from entering the room.

She sat on the edge of the bed trying to keep herself between Derry and Kon if he entered. She gazed over to Kon unsure how to comfort her in this situation.

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Hawthorne was growing impatient with whomever she was supposed to be meeting here, she began reading one of the many books she had brought with her on tuffle tech to keep sharp. Finally she heard someone enter, it didn't even bother to turn around or even look up from her book when he tentatively asked if she was Hazel's sister, she chuffed in response, "I have a name, welp…." She snapped her book shut with a loud thud looking over her shoulder with predatory yellow eyes, "My name is Hawthorn. Use it."

Part of her had to bite her tongue and not give her Noble name as she was in the process of unlearning much of that in pursuit to join Hazel in Freedom especially after her father finally had a male heir, Hawthorne had been essentially made obsolete to her father's family. She finally turned to face the surprisingly tall grey demon, "Well at least you'll be easy to look at for long periods of time," she seemed to spat out the sentence but it was strangely a compliment on his appearance. She wasn't good at giving compliments to strangers to begin with. "We will be working in my lab in the basement but the entrance was put up here."

Despite her raising Hawthorne had a special ability of being an empathy, it was not something she ever tried to use and wasn't super strong but she could get a very accurate gist of most people's emotions and she could tell he was very nervous other than the obvious outward markers. "If you're not comfortable going somewhere that's secluded with me yet we could start some of the examination here," your voice didn't have any give to it very cold and dry with the light feminine after tones but it wasn't necessarily mean as she had more kindness towards her own kin then she would towards the human her sister had been mingling with.

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Not exactly shocked by the rough response when she first spoke, and his entire body flinched when she had shut the book, avoiding her glaze for a moment and pressing his back against the door, fighting the urge to leave before anything more happened. Instead he clenched his fists and straightened himself up once more, taking a deep breath and looking at her, listening as she introduced herself. He wouldn't forget her name, he didn't want any punishment for not addressing her as she wanted him too. 

He had trouble finding his voice when she spoke about how he'd be easy to look at, and Kane nodded lightly as if in agreement, though it was more to appease her than agreement. When she then mentioned about going to the 'lab in the basement' the Android's hair stood on end and he slouched back once more, the thought of being trapped in a 'lab in the basement' honestly brought up too many memories and he really wanted to turn tail and run now. Kane might of seemed a tad uncomfortable on the outside, with his hair on end and his body language showing him retreating away, but his mind was in full panic mode. 

Then she spoke to him again, this time stating that he hadn't really... heard much of before... consideration. Hawthorne had shown consideration toward him, offering to start up in the Study to help ease him into it and Kane looked at her with a mixture of confusion and fear, before sliding down the door onto the ground, sitting there and letting out a long stressed sigh. Kane leaned forward and placed both hands over his eyes, rubbing them a little and breathing deeply, before waving a hand over toward Hawthorne, as if asking for a moment. 

She wasn't like those who had messed with him in the past, she wasn't like the Royals who used and abused him, she was different. Using his tail to help, Kane pushed himself to his feet shakily before walking further into the room before sitting down on a nearby chair, luckily designed for those with tails in mind, letting his head drop a bit and he gave a slow wave toward him and a thumbs up. 

"Please.... please forgive my actions... I... I've had a very sordid history with Demon Royals and..." Kane said, his voice still shaky, "even now every instinct in my body is telling me to run." He didn't bother to lift his head yet, keeping his eyes closed as he continued to take deep breaths in an attempt to continue calming his nerves. "I would... prefer if we kept it here... for the start at least." He would state, finally lifting his head and looking at Hawthorne. "What should I do to start?" The Demonic Android would ask, his expression one of exhaustion and weariness, before he looked down at his armored self and forced it to vanish, though it seemed to resist a few times as he fought with his fear, exposing his bare chest and arm as to allow her easier access to his body.



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Hazel's face twisted into a mortified expression when she saw Kon protect her throat when Hazel picked her up, forcing Hazel to look away from Kon, the ugly feeling washing over her and sending a chill down her spine… was this shame? Or guilt? Maybe both, once again new emotions perming her mind. She wasn't exactly sure if Kon remembered the battle, Mirin had told her it was a type of uncontrollable transformation, and in her experience those kinds of transformations didn't come with clear memories and tended to be traumatic…. She still had nightmares about killing Derry after her ravenous form on Plant.

Just like she assumed Derry didn't heed Hazel's statement through the door as he entered anyway, Hazel irritated by him ignoring her, was only half listening to Derry. She was trying to check on Kon's bandages, ensuring they were secure and she hadn't dirtied them by crawling on the floor. The longer Derry was there the worse Kon seemed to react, to the point she was beginning to hyperventilate, "Kon?" Hazel voice rose in concern while she moved to hold Kon's head examining her pupils, she was petrified by Derry's mere presence or perhaps it was from both of them being around her, "My gods Kon, I'm so sorry, I'm so-" tears were swelling up in her crystal blue eyes the guilt becoming unmountable, something Hazel was struggling with after the battle was the strangest feeling of being similar to her own mother… she couldn't shake it off as much as she tried and it was almost rotting her from the inside out.

The scorched Kon shaking in fear reminded her too much of her past, her biggest emotional trigger was the day she protected Hawthorne, the day she killed her abusive mother. Hazel clenched her eyes shut and when they opened the whites of her eyes were black, "Derry OUT, can't you see what you're doing? You just keep pushing and pushing, you should know uncontrolled forms come with backlash?! Isn't that what Mirin said? It's an uncontrolled state!" Her voice wasn't quite angry as much as it was pleading, It didn't matter if she had to fight Derry over this, Hazel had to right her wrongs and what she saw as Derry's failings with Kon. She was so young, and deserved to experience a better life than this. Little did she realize that these feelings are what truly separated her from the monster that was her mother.

She moved away from Kon to approach Derry her ears lowered, her black eyes fading back to white, "Please. We can talk about this in the hall, she's just awoken and possibly has jumbled memories, she needs a bit of time to make sense of them…. She protected her neck when I- she-" she kept her voice very low to try to keep Kon from hearing, as tears overflowed when she brought her hands up to her face, she seemed mortified with herself. "Please Derry." She pleaded one last time as she cleaned her face to regain some composure, she didn't want to tell Derry, Kon was beyond terrified of him right now. "Just give us a moment and I'll meet you in the Hall, okay?" She looked up with bright blue pleading eyes hoping he would comply and not force her to make him comply if she got angry.

Whether or not he listened she would turn back to Kon blocking Derry from her line of sight, "Kon, what do you remember?"

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Hawthorne expressed visible confusion at the large demon's actions, he was on the floor seeming signaling for a moment to think? She wasn't too sure to be completely honest, poor pitiful man, she thought to herself. Yet she could understand, Hazel had warned her there was a chance this was a former slave of royals and nobles, many of them treated their slaves like they were no more than inanimate objects with no consciousness or will of their own, toys so to speak.

She crossed her arms expectancy yet didn't say anything to rush him, if she wanted to study his tech she would have to treat him a tad bit gentler than she would most strangers. Finally the one called Kane would weakly get to his feet to and into the closest chair. In some way he completely confirmed what Hazel had hypothesized, "You were a slave." It honestly had meant to be a question but came out more of a statement, realizing that probably sounded way harsher than intended, she tried again, "My sister probably told you what we are. Our kind don't keep 'toys' like the others, in fact most of the nymphs you may see around here helping out are here by their own accord, loyal generations to my sister, Hazel's always had a soft spot for any demon of our specific species…."

She sighed while uncrossing her arms and slowly approching Kane, in a matter as if trying to not startle a stray, "Considering your position you may not know how most of our kind are treated by our other fellow 'nobles' even if we are Nobility." Her voice still didn't express much emotion, more of a 'it is how it is' attitude about the whole thing even though truthfully she had a much more passionate opinion about it much like her sister, even considering how she was so easily replaced by a male heir.

When Kane armor retracted Hawthorne's mood immediately shifted, with a look of surprise, ever her short white hair started to float around her, "Hazel wasn't kidding when she said she found something extraordinary," her voice had some excitement to it at last, a flicker of emotion. Much like Hazel Hawthorne seemed to have no qualms invading ones personal space, her hands were quick to examine his torso first, where the armor had once been, "It's completely smooth….. this can only be.. nano technology, it practically perfected here, we just need to see how those little guys work, How severe was the damage to your original body? Hm? Hazel said you got augmented to fix your body and help give you more power," her voice was far less cold now and more inquisitive.

With her this close it may have been easier to realize it wasn't armor on her left arm but it WAS her arm, as she wasn't wearing any of her armor pieces at the moment, and it seemed her jaw was also a robotic prosthetic, "I'm sure Hazel's probably said something about why I know what I do about tech. I don't have much magic either…" she seemed mellow and calm while stating this although it not something she easily said often. Even if Hazel was her sister and always supported her it still felt like being under a looming Shadow with her massive magical abilities, and Hawthorne having so little.

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Her words stung and Kane visibly flinched at them, before nodding lightly. He placed his hands together and rubbed them together, trying to keep himself from pulling away from her as she approached, and Kane let out another sigh. "Yeah I... yeah... that's mostly why I agreed to see you... but it... there are many things I am still trying to deal with..." Kane said, the white of his eyes slowly drifting away from looking at Hawthorne fully. He wanted to trust Hazel and Hawthorne, he wanted to open up and not feel so fragile around them, but it wasn't as easy as getting a mad scientist of a Tuffle to reconstruct one's body. 

"I don't think I really knew what Demons owned me and when... I was picked up, used, and abandoned more than a few times that its just..." Kane started, before he stopped and took in another deep breath, clenching his hands so hard that his nails pierced his skin a little, "its a blur... memories I don't think I want to remember... for my own sake." The Android shook his head and rubbed his eyes with one hand, before sitting up again and looking at Hawthorne, waiting to see what she'd look at... only for her to invade his space almost immediately. 

Well... this was at least similar with Hazel. He once again froze, arms resting on his legs as Hawthorne began to examine him, a slight shivering could be felt if Hawthorne wasn't distracted enough by the idea of him. "Y-Yeah... that's what the Tuffle called it, Nano tech..." He said, and then when she asked about the damage for his original body Kane looked at her and then looked down at his hands again. "Extensive..." Kane muttered, wringing his hands again and closing his eyes for a moment and taking a deep breath. 

"To start, my right horn was snapped in half... my back... I assume it's no longer there, was covered in scars from various... experiments and vented frustrations... a third of my tail was 'harvested' for something... and I had been starved and was always malnourished... I grew like 3 feet after the nano tech started to repair my body..." He said, before looking at Hawthorne when she spoke of having low magic herself. "Hey, at least you had someone like Hazel, right? She seems like someone good to have on your side." Kane stated, shrugging a little, hoping that it was the right thing to say but to be honest, he didn't exactly have a lot of experience with stuff like that. 

"Sorry you had to deal with that though, and sorry about whatever happened to you." He would add, giving her hand a tentative pat. That was proper to do, right?


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Hazel was way beyond relieved when Derry reluctantly agreed to Hazel's demands, even more so when he pulled her in for a small act of affection, the action making her want to burst into tears again. She hated arguing with him so much, but she felt like she needed to do this.

She sat on the edge of the bed giving Kon her space, as she answered Hazel's question with more questions, Hazel looked cold as she rebutted Kon's questions, "Do you want to die?"

She asked the young saiyan bluntly, before glancing away for a moment unsure how to put what she felt into words, "Maybe it's selfish, but you remind me too much of someone. Someone that I sacrificed everything for so she could just have a chance." Hazel sighed leaning back on her palms to look at the ornate ceiling, "I would be willing to do that for you too…. You could say I've recently developed what your kind call empathy? Your kind has such short life spans, you don't have the same ability to use time to get chance after chance, or a 're-do'."

She glanced sideways at Kon, "Maybe, Im just a stupid old woman who thinks she can help someone, but regardless you're a little stuck with me." She smiled with a chuckle, the action causing her to wince from her own wounds then becoming a little somber, "I know what it's like to have my freedom stripped away, simply to fulfill somebody else's agenda, having no say in your life and future. If I can I want to help you regain that,"

"I'm still impressed you managed to break one of my bones, it's not the easiest feat," her hand grazing the bandaged area under her breast, "Bones are a little harder to fix though," a smirk returning to her face, revealing she didn't think much of her injuries inflicted by Kon, "I will say I've very interested in that form you 'used'," considering how out of control Kon had been, saying she used the form was a bit of a stretch. "You managed to keep us quite busy,"

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Hawthorne was quick to start typing out the damage he told her, keeping them as a reference point for her study on his transformation and integration of the nanotech. While Hawthorne and Kane shared small bits about their past, the massive demon patted Thorn's hand in an attempt to comfort her, despite her hands all over his chest to examine him the action caused her to recoil and pull her hands away from him.

Her pale face glowing pink, from his action, "I-I don't need anyone's pity," her softening yellow eyes looked down at her hand, and rubbed it for a moment, "You don't need it either. You went through all of that to fix and improve your body, stop acting weak, you aren't weak anymore," in some ways it almost seemed as if she was telling this to herself as well as Kane.

She wrung the wrist of her normal arm before returning to Kane with a newly calmed demeanor, "Would you allow me to take some small samples? I can bring up the materials needed rather than both of us going down to the lab." She asked while circling him and typing the difference between what he described as his previous state and his current upgraded state.

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