Labyrinth rouses from her sleep.
Larissa enters slowly, careful not to touch anything. She looks around, frowning as she sees the figure in the cage
Labyrinth speaks, and there is a sound like wind in high mountains.
Labyrinth: Angel
Labyrinth: ...mother of Abigel.
Drezeal: Hey Larissa...
Labyrinth: I saw...your daughter...last night, Angel.
Labyrinth: She..came..to me.
Larissa nods to Drezeal without looking at him, and listens to the woman
Labyrinth: She..fed me.
Drezeal: I'm really sorry... I'm looking for shadows..
Labyrinth: Seek them...elsewhere.
Larissa nods, waving around. "Where there is light, there are shadows
Drezeal Dreadlow: Okie...
Labyrinth: Larissa...they name you...yes?
Larissa nods. "What did you take from her?"
Labyrinth: Only...what she offered. I am...no thief.
Larissa steps closer. "What did she offer?"
Labyrinth turns to look at the angel. "Herself. I do not eat...I only...consume. She was...diminished...only slightly."
Labyrinth smiles at Larissa.
Labyrinth: You...loved...the Nareth?
Larissa breathes in through her nose
Labyrinth: Yesss....
Labyrinth: Come nearer...
Labyrinth watches...
Labyrinth: Nearer.
Larissa steps closer slowly
Labyrinth: I mean...you no...harm.
Larissa nods, stroking the bars gently.
Labyrinth:
I have been...summoned...into this world.
The Nareth...she...was my...gateway.
She gave...herself to bring...me here.
As you...gave yourself...for Abigel.
Labyrinth blinks her red eyevoids...
What...would you ask...of me?
Larissa crouches by the cage, blinking a drop of glowing tear and nods quietly, watching. She slowly speaks. “Who are you, to die for?”
Labyrinth:
I am.
I am summoned...but...the reason for that summoning...has not been revealed..to me.
I am.
Larissa looks away and then back, still tracing the cage absently with a gloved hand.
Labyrinth:
Larissa...angel...please...
Open my cage.
We…should talk...and…
...not like this.
You have will.
Will opens the cage.
I have no free will.
Larissa wipes her eye and stands up. "It is open"
Labyrinth smiles and stands...
Labyrinth: Better..
Labyrinth unfurls her wings.
Larissa wrinkles her nose slightly, but follows her in
Labyrinth:
You…may approach.
No fear.
Larissa: I have no fear, I dont think so.
Labyrinth:
No...not from one...of the Host.
Labyrinth stares towards Larissa.
Labyrinth:
Your daughter...is angry.
Larissa stands and nods, slightly smiling. "She is a lot of things"
Labyrinth:
Indeed.
Much...power...someday.
The Nareth fed...her.
You miss…the Nareth?
You feel...an emptiness?
Labyrinth waits for an answer.
Larissa sighs, looking away, but here eyes are drawn back to her. "Yes"
Labyrinth:
I feel it.
I am...emptiness.
This form...the Nareth chose for me.
It is…unstable.
Come nearer, angel.
Would thee take my…hand?
Larissa smiles slightly “You should never feel empty, if she gave her life for you”
Larissa takes her hand, looking into her blazes of eyes
Labyrinth:
I AM emptiness...
Before Creation...there was Void.
I am Void.
This shape...is but...a mask.
Larissa smiles on. "Well, there is a lot to fill then"
Labyrinth:
Do not...play games with me...
Nothing...will be filled.
I am.
My Lady..she will make use of me...and I will return...to the Void.
Larissa nods. "You have no will. How do you know?"
Labyrinth:
I have...been told.
I am summoned.
Labyrinth opens her left hand, holding it out to Larissa.
Labyrinth:
Take...my hand.
I have a token I was bidden to give thee.
Larissa nods, taking the hand
Labyrinth hand is icy cold. Labyrinth speaks, but now it is with Nareth's voice.
Nareth: Larissa...
Larissa trembles slightly, remembering the cold, and lowers her eyelashes
Labyrinth: If you stand before Labyrinth, I am dead.
Larissa looks up to her voice, squeezing the hand
Nareth:
I have done what must be done.
I found my purpose.
May you find yours.
Labyrinth releases Larissa's hand.
Larissa shivers strongly, pressing her lips together
Labyrinth: That...is all.
No more did..she say..for thee.
Larissa nods, looking at her hand quietly. "Thank you"
Labyrinth:
No.
I am.
No gratitude.
I hold...the Nareth's heart in my chest.
Her blood...the blood of the Omega.
She...gave me that.
Larissa looks up to her
Labyrinth:
Yessss...
The Nareth's heart yet lives...and her memories, in me.
That day..upon the beach. Your death...in..the hospital. Her razor..upon you.
I know…I see.
Larissa: You have a name.
Labyrinth:
I have many names.
Eris.
Labyrinth.
Maze.
Paradox.
Chaos.
Contradiction.
All are me.
Labyrinth...if you wish.
Like the hedge maze...
Remember?
Larissa smiles
Labyrinth:
Yessss....
My coming, angel...always presages some…calamity..or revelation.
Larissa's lip tremble slightly at some memories upbrought, but she watches Labyrinth, listening.
Labyrinth:
There is a war...yesss...
The Reckoning.
Larissa nods, her stance slowly back to normal, as Nareth's voice fades into a memory again, and she slowly paces the floor in front of Labyrinth, listening to her. "What have you got to do with those"
Labyrinth:
Perhaps nothing.
Perhaps everything.
I cannot yet say.
I may be here...to aid..the Reckoning
Or to..destroy it.
Or neither.
My Lady..knows.
Do..you serve..the Reckoning?
Larissa smiles, tilting a head, her eyes glowing whitely. "Does Omega?"
Labyrinth: Ah...does she...
Larissa: Labyrinth, I am Larissa. I serve nor Your Lady, nor anyone. I am a true Omegan though.
Labyrinth:
Neutrality.
I am all things neutral.
Yet..I may be weilded.
Larissa: If you have her memory, you surely know what that means
Labyrinth:
Yessssss...
Your question...
Does Omega? Do you..wish an answer?
Larissa smiles. "I am curious of your answer, yes"
Labyrinth:
I do not know.
But...I know this....
Are you...aware of..the one named...Vlad?
Labyrinth waits impatiently.
Labyrinth: The Hextail?
Larissa nods. "She is Omega. Of course you dont know. As to the other question. Yes, I know... him.
Labyrinth:
Yes....
He spoke with…the memory of the Nareth.
She thought...much of him.
Larissa perks an eyebrow. "What did she have to say to him, Labyrinth?"
Labyrinth:
He holds Omega and...Dimentox...accountable...for the Reckoning.
He…says...they shall...both be...judged.
That they...have brought this...upon thee.
I know…that.
Larissa bites her lip, processing
Labyrinth:
He may...be a lunatic.
He may speak the truth.
Larissa: Who shall judge them?
Labyrinth:
The Council...of Elders.
This...he said...unto the memory…of the Nareth.
He said, too, the war...is irrelevant.
Life...and death...irrelevant.
But…they shall…he said...be held accountable.
Larissa shifts her balance. "By the Elders..."
Labyrinth:
Yesssssss...
The Elders.
They…are not known...to me.
And...
Larissa of the Host.
One more thing...
The memory of Nareth...meant for you.
But...now..a price.
Larissa breathes in, as her eyes dart around before looking back to her again.
Labyrinth: A choice.
Larissa smiles. "It is worth a price, plenty"
Labyrinth smiles and nods, exposing jagged razor-sharp teeth.
Labyrinth:
Then...
I will consume part of you, that…this form...will remain stable.
And then...I will speak what...you would know.
Labyrinth holds out her left palm, and there's a sound like air being pulled through a tiny hole, like a hurricane.
Labyrinth: Do not…struggle.
Larissa looks into the set of blazes and nods "I am but soul. The more you take, the more to give
Labyrinth: Only a few…atoms.
Labyrinth leaks darkness and cold.
The cold flicks at Larissa, stealing infinitesimal bits of her.
Labyrinth: Enough...
Labyrinth takes the darkness back into her.
Labyrinth: Stand near...
Labyrinth: The Nareth killed stars, you...know that?
You: I remember some reference.
Labyrinth:
She wanted..thee…to see...that light.
Labyrinth opens her mouth a burning hydrogen gas explodes from her.
Labyrinth:
Listen...angel.
Pontifex...came here with her.
He held a knife...as Lady cut...her open.
Nareth wished...you to know...
Labyrinth draws the fire back into her.
Labyrinth:
There is...no more.
I hold...the heart of the Nareth.
The memories.
The mind.
You…should leave...this place.
Angel.
Labyrinth stands.
Larissa swallows, holding her palms upwards, as the light reaches her. Her tears are dried by the light, and she blinks as it is retreated. She sighs, and steps back. "You are not empty, then."
Labyrinth folds her wings.
Labyrinth:
I am. I am...nothing.
A vessel.
I must...return to my cage.
Share...this knowledge...or keep it unto thine self.
Larissa nods. "Take care of those memories, please"
Labyrinth: They are here, forever.
Labyrinth closes her eyes.
Larissa clenches her jaw, walking out of the Pit, not looking back
