Topic: Whispers on the Wind.

The East Wind

Date: 2010-08-03 21:09 EST
Erie's first meal of the day was to be savored, and the harmless little flirtation she began with the waiter had been an enjoyable way to pass an hour. Late afternoon had been spent lazily people watching and shopping at her favorite stores. She had no pressing business; the small clinic she worked at had limited hours to offer and she had heard nothing back from the applications she had dropped at the three other hospitals she had looked into.

"Mi scusi, bella."

The words that came from just over her shoulder were smooth like wine, spoken with perfect pitch and poise.

"It seems you have a seat available there. Mind if I join you?" There was a sense of amusement as familiarity filled the air.

"Late. As usual." She slid those slow smoky sable eyes upward over the form before her and held the man there within them, her knowing smile was personal and edged with the uncomfortable sensation that she got it - whatever it was - and she was amused by it all. A toss of her head sent blonde spiky locks of hair every which way as she motioned toward the seat across from her, her gaze never breaking from the hold on his.

Dressed, as always, in a fine suit tailored to his lean and masculine build, Eurus stood just a few feet away. His dark eyes met her gaze evenly, his features like marble stone -- smooth and hard -- save for his mouth, which was pulled into a thin and dangerous smile. He kept her gaze for a long moment, even as he started around the table to the offered chair. Only did he break the stare when the passing waiter who had fallen victim to Erie's charms chanced by, to which he said. "Water, per favore." He sat comfortably and crossed his legs, eyes returning to the beauty of The South Wind. "Ciao, sorella. How have you been?"

He unnerved her, this chaste and virtuous man who killed by edicts she could not fathom. This, of course, was not what her gaze told as she maintained the air of the French aristocrat she had once been. His ease at speaking in his home language always drew out her own hidden accent as she caressed the words with her smoky voice. "Well enough, if a trifle bored with it all. Boreas was most put out that you didn't arrive for the meeting this morn-" She stopped quite suddenly aware that she had no evidence to support that he -hadn't- been there but had simply gone unseen. Her smile was genuinely amused. "But you already know this."

Again he smiled, though this smile was accompanied by a small nod. "Of course. And worry not, bella, for Boreas is always put out." He turned to the waiter who placed the glass before him and gave to him a few coins. "Grazie." He took a very quick sip and then return his attention to Erie.
"Bored? That doesn't sound like you. You are so accomplished at keeping yourself busy. Why has life been so stale for you?"

She shrugged languidly, relaxed within her seat, the simple lifting of her shoulder threatened the ribbons that tied her wrap dress closed. "It has been nearly a month since our last...playdate." His presence should have been unnerving, the danger that emanated from him was akin to the hunting predator; yet, he had always soothed her and it showed as her gaze grew hooded and her posture even more relaxed. There was no need to be on edge and watchful; for if danger approached, Eurus would know.

"Then perhaps it is time to arrange another. After the events that transpired this morning, my schedule has cleared up extensively -- which of course was the reason I had to miss our little get-together." Another sip taken, another smile given. "How has the job hunt gone? Last we spoke you were looking into finding a spot at one of the....how you say....hospitals? Any luck there?"

"And quite suddenly I am most interested in your morning, mon chasseur." The tray seemed to materialized before her at the discreet skill of the waiter, gone in seconds. The amber liquid in the bottle caught the light of the candled torches that illuminated the gardened porch she claimed. Pouring herself a shot she made no offer toward him, well aware of his vows. A dab of salt on the sensitive flesh between finger and thumb prepared with expertly nimble and artist-long fingers. "None as of yet, but as we say, c'est la vie." The shot was tipped back with ease, the lime bit into and finally those lush lips suckled the salty flesh of her hand. Her smoky gaze revealing both pleasure and curiosity as it linked again with his.

The East Wind

Date: 2010-08-03 21:10 EST
Eurus was a man for certain, and the ministrations of the salt upon her flesh added with the tongue that licked it clean filled his mind with vows of chastity. He turned away slowly to survey the scene around them. "Events were accelerated due the politician whom I was watching's need to indulge in little boys. It was beyond me to sit and simply watch." He paused, looking back at her. "I am hoping that L'eredit? understands, for my orders were to stay the killing blow until receiving orders, but this I could not do. There are just some things that are in god's hands. This was one of them."

Erie had spent enough time around Eurus to understand the Italian word L'eredit?, translated to 'The Legacy.' "Ahhh..." Her throaty exclamation of understanding was a pleasurable sound all of its own, whispery rough as if hoarsened by screaming. "Cleaning the world one cesspit at a time, Eurus?" She poured another shot, well aware that her system was backwards than the common lick it, suck it, slam it that usually accompanied tequila. Those who knew her were aware that this was one of those idiosyncrasies that made up her personality and when asked she was known to respond with a descriptive explanation of the pleasure she found in salty flesh. The dart of her tongue across her skin wettened it again for the reapplication of salt as she readied round two, her breath still hissing from the burn of the last one. "When you come for me, mon chasseur, to rid the world of my evil, promise me you'll make me scream." There was something unhinged and darkly chaotic in her gaze as she made the request as sweetly as one asked for a goodbye kiss.

He considered her request momentarily as he watched the madness in her gaze. He found the chaos that lurked within her charming and calming all at once, as though his world of order needed some sense of upheaval, and that just her way of thinking added enough of it to keep him satisfied. "Prometto, bella. You will sing death's song loudly." Thin lips again creased into a smile, and Eurus finished off the water. "Did Boreas have any specific orders for me? Certainly he knew that you would be running into me later on."

"Of course he did." Teasing his staid principals was part of their dance. She was his opposite in many ways and when with him for extended periods of time she found herself unable to do anything but respond in time honored traditional ways. She was quirky and chaotic, unbalanced and unpredictable because it was the negative reflection of him, everything on the left side to his right. She tossed the shot with the whip of her head extending the slender white column of her throat for his to take, to slash a ribbon of red across as if gifting her with an expensive necklace of inexplicable charm. The lime was claimed and her white teeth crushed the silky delicate strands of the citrus fruit before those demonically desirous lips caressed her own flesh again, her tongue clearly flickering out to lick greedily at the salt.

As the span of her throat came into view his gaze instantly fell to the thin straw that idly bobbled within his empty glass. How easily it would be, with but a flick of his thumb, to pierce the jugular and spill the lifeblood of Erie all across the table. With a toss of the napkin holder to his left he could stagger the watchman who walked by, shedding three bullets from the gun holstered in his breast into him, and disappearing into nothingness as the crowd around them erupted into a storm of disaster.

How easy.

He blinked away the imagery and laced his fingers together upon his lap, a tilt of his head showing inquiry. "And?"

The slow spread of her lips from her teeth was indecent really. The smile incandescent in its pure unadulterated enjoyment, as if she had been a participant in his envisioned bloodshed. The sweet burn of the liquor was weaving its stupor-inducing calm and she practically poured herself back into the frame of her chair, relaxing in a gliding of curvy soft flesh that beckoned. "Oh some idle threat about you not attending the reunion. I'm not sure I recall exactly."

Eurus had thought that she might be joking, though when dealing with one overcome by insanity, such as Erie, he had to be certain. Her teasing drew a grin. "Well then I will most assuredly make the next one." He uncrossed his legs and slowly pulled himself upward out of his seat, eyes still locked upon her. "I suppose I should be on my way. If you don't have any plans later on come and join me at that dance hall we found last week. I would love to spin you across the floor once more."

She sighed with very real pleasure at the thought of his dancing skills - which most assuredly translated in the moves of a paramour, yet he was celibate. This surely was a twist of humor by the fates, darkly perverse. "Dancing sounds most enjoyable." Her smoky gaze promising that she would use the opportunity to incite them both into fiery heights of lust.

With easy steps the assassin moved around the table, reaching out to draw from the centerpiece one of the ornate and colorful flowers. He pinched it at the stem so that only the bloom remained, and slid it carefully into her jagged blonde hair, just behind the ear. "Addio, bella." He whispered, and after a hesitant moment turned and started away.

Held still, suspended, even her breath whispered to a halt within her chest as she awaited his gift. His hands, elegant and chivalrous had dealt more death than any plague she had been blamed for and it was part fear that held her frozen, but the heat in her smoky gaze revealed that it was just as much desire. She watched him as he watched her, only breathing after he stepped away, whispering in her smoky voice a rejoinder, "Au revoir, mon chassuer."

His steps were even and calculated, as though every one of them had been preordained. He could feel the tingle in his fingers - the urge to drive the sharp stem into the side of her neck and end her life - begin to dull as he put distance between them, though that didn't stop him from sliding his hands into his jacket pockets. He stepped into the gathered crowd that made its way along the cobbled street of the marketplace, and between blinks...was gone.