[color=a187be][b][h3]Galbrek and Vera[/h3][/b][/color]

[b][h3] Episode 3, the seventh doll. [/h3][/b]


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Galbrek pondered by himself for a moment on the latest happenings, how he had been forced to abandon one of his outposts and the fight with William and his brother, aswell as the arrival of Meredith. He had to make use of it, and what better way to do it than from this girl. The half-demon began to smirk. 

[color=8882be][b]"I would like you to do something for me.... human. A very simple thing really. You will read from a paper which contains words which I have written."[/b][/color] He swiftly made his way over to the other end of the room picking up a camera.
[b][color=8882be]"Dear William and his brother is going to be quite occupied with matters concerning the law."
[/color][/b]He took a slight breath. [b][color=8882be]"And you get a chance to get payback to all those who has left you. William. Wolfie. Meredith." [/color][/b]

He quickly scribbled together something on a paper. I want you to read this while I film you reading it out loud.

[color=fff200][i]Hello, I wish to inform the authorities of Rhea of the illegal and cruel manner in which the Ascot family has inflicted upon myself and the gracious young lord Galbrek Ravenovich. They in their unlawful manner of trying to play god have caused mayhem throughout the city, causing a large airship to crash in the middle of the city, ruining the street and buildings in it's path aswell as making several people lose their home.

Taking the resources of the Rhean government to help civilians, clear rubble and apprehend innocents in place of those whom are guilty for this catastrophy.

The Ascots! William Ascot and those who support this terrorist must be brought before the Rhean court for murder, arson, terrorism, stalking, illegal use of government resources, theft, recklessness in public space, unlawful flight in a district where children play and they were above the speed limit and much more! Meanwhile the graceful and most kind young lord Galbrek has provided me, a mere human with a safe haven from those who want to ruin our great city! [/i][/color]

[b][color=ec008c]"Wolf didn't leave me..."[/color][/b] Vera narrowed her eyes, but had lost the will to raise her voice.

[b][color=8882be]"Then where is he? Oh that's right he's screwing around with Meredith! Or soon is going to be! Don't you hate them? Don't you despise them? Take this chance to give what is due..." [/color][/b]Galbrek replied to Vera.

Of course Vera would have loved for Wolf to just magically know she was in danger, but even she could only be so unreasonable. She knew, or at least had to believe, though, that it was just a matter of time before Wolf noticed she was in trouble.

[b][color=ec008c]"Save your manipulations for someone who's dumb enough to buy them,"[/color][/b] Vera muttered as she read over the paper. For a moment, she considered going along. A spiteful little part of her was all too happy to take the shot at William, and from what she knew, it wasn't all lies. William's crusade, well intentioned or not, had caused a lot of trouble. Just look at the position she'd ended up in. But then the last line struck a nerve. She'd been tied up, tortured, and stripped of her dignity and he had the gall to ask her to say he was providing a safe haven? The paper crinkled as her fingers dug into it before she suddenly crumpled it up and threw it back at him. [b][color=ec008c]"Safe haven?! You-" [/color][/b]She bit her lip, not wanting to anger him, lest she set him off again.

[b][color=8882be]"Why you insolent little-"[/color][/b] Galbrek paused and tried to collect himself, pulling his hair back with one of his hands. [b][color=8882be]"Now now, let's not be hasty! It isn't I whose betrayed you! I was never on your side, but at least I haven't deceived you..."[/color][/b] The half-demon began walking throughout the room, as if inspecting her for any signs of giving in to his demands. [b][color=8882be]"Why do you think all these idiots have banded up together? Because I am the only one whose not wearing a mask! I am as you see me. Unlike Meredith whose played you for a fool! Like William who doesn't care for you at all and has put you and all things dear to you into harms way! Why defend these people? And this Wolf whose selling his body and mind the moment you turn around! Deny it all you wish you know I'm right!"[/color][/b] Galbrek spoke out and raised his both arms. That's when he felt a tingle in the back of his head, something horrible had happened of that he was sure. But what? He looked around the room briefly.

Vera just wrapped her arms back around her knees, curling back up, [b][color=ec008c]"You don't know him..."[/color][/b] she said, repeating it over and over to herself until it was a barely audible whisper. How had it come to this, her clinging onto him as her only hope? It was beneath her.......

Galbrek snapped out of his odd state of feeling and looked to Vera. [b][color=8882be]"And you do? He has likely not even noticed you are gone! Oh and whose going to help and comfort him? Oh that's right, Meredith! Well isn't that awfully convinient? Don't you understand that if you really want something in this world you take it by force. I very easily took away your freedom you might think. But no! I wasn't the one which took it from you, you were caged even before! By these people you call friends all with their smiling masks and ugly insides all wanting you to disappear forever. They hate you, they want you out of the way. Haven't you noticed the looks? The way they talk? William? Meredith? Andras? You are being screwed with by all of them and the only one whose been honest with you is I!"
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[b][color=ec008c]". . . fine. Then wait. If by the end of the day no one's come for me I'll read your stupid script. . ."[/color][/b] Vera finally spoke back to him.

[b][color=8882be]"Fine, if that is going to make any difference. I need to wait for Meredith's delivery after all, but I cannot have her see you. Since that means she might reject the deal and kill you where you stand with her own hands. I wouldn't like that. Blood is hard to wipe out of rugs."[/color][/b] The half-demon turned around to look away from Vera, he hid a slight grin as the cogwheels in his head was starting to spin faster.

[b][color=ec008c]"What, can't even keep one little love starved succubus under control?"[/color][/b] Vera muttered dejectedly. So much for all his claims of being strong.

[b][color=8882be]"Hmph. I am going to dispose of her after her usefulness is over. All she has to do is to bring me Andras. That's all. You were the price I had to pay in order for that. I have no other use for a fool like her, she would be better off gone. She would just upset my plans. Though you will be able to have your revenge. I can very much keep things under control without her."
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Galbrek felt his face with one of his hands, searching for bruises or other unusualness.[b][color=8882be] "Yes, let me show you just how control feels like... human."[/color][/b] The half-demon walked over to his work-table in the room, he walked and hit his head on some doll pieces hanging from the ceiling. "Fucking shit.."

[b][color=8882be]"So William thinks he can play god. Watch this is how you be a god..."[/color][/b] The half-demon reached out with his hands at various tools by the work-table and then grabbing a plain looking doll head. [b][color=8882be]"This'll do... now colour... hmm.. ahh yes... let's go with purple."[/color][/b] Galbrek took out two globes resembling eyes with purple irises and shoved them into the sockets. Then he opened a lower compartment of the table, lifting up a female doll torso. Placing it on the table, before he manifested his marionette strings, reaching over in the room for two pair of arms and legs, before putting them together with the torso.  Lastly he mounted the head on the torso, leaving the hairless and unclothed doll on the table. Sitting there with it's piercing purple eyes.

[b][color=8882be]"Now every god have an eye for details..."[/color][/b] He said out loud before assembling a pair of eyelashes and eyebrows on the doll, he picked a pair of white ones. Taking out a white long haired wig from a box, then using his marionette strings to sew it stuck to the doll's head. [b][color=8882be]"Hmm... no... abit shorter."[/color][/b] He took hold of the wig and did a slicing cut with a string which severed the hair leaving the doll with shoulderlong hair.

The half-demon rubbed his hands together and blew some dust and fake hair away, then reached for a painting kit, beginning to swiftly paint the lips of the doll black and adding some makeup to it aswell as two black lines under her eyes and painting a vertically inversed cross at her forehead , then proceeded by painting the fingernails black. Galbrek pondered for a moment, then made a snapping noise with one of his fingers. Shooting a couple of his strings over to a nearby dresser, tearing the door off it and snatching a red gothic lolita dress from it, after which he lifted the doll up with his other hand's marionette strings and sliding the outfit on it, before setting it back down. [b][color=8882be]"What do you think... human?" [/color][/b]

[b][color=ec008c]"Yeah yeah, you're real talented. I already know you can make doll people. I also know how quickly they fall apart the second the wind blows in their direction,"[/color][/b] Vera rolled her eyes. It seemed that since they now had a sort of deal, her confidence was slowly returning.

[b][color=8882be]"Ofcourse I am talented. A god should be. Hmph. Don't presume all my creations are weak spirited like Darla or Bertrand. After all that's the most important ingridient ever..."[/color][/b] Galbrek said, turning his head to look to Vera, his face looking like a mix of someone truly insane and someone in sorrow. [b][color=8882be]"Ones soul. Every body needs it's soul! Now let see... we are on the letter G. My favorite letter..."[/color][/b] Galbrek reached over to look into a demonic looking book. [b][color=8882be]"G...G...G... let see whom be the lucky winner... Ahh there we have the one..."[/color][/b] Galbrek seemed to memorize the name before standing up in front of the motionless doll. He began to make some precise teatrical movement with both his arms and began to speak in a different tongue. [i][b][color=8882be]"Zenth Las vi darian, el marsadia von evight! Frihei tu ras lan kaan! The girl Giselle van Dern! Bind her soul to this form, this vessel that I have assembled! Bara nu shakara! Invadiria lasvendariel soulendria!"[/color][/b][/i] Whilst the half-demon was chanting his body was eveloped by dark purple energy and some eerie feeling of something cold entering the room, before all the energy began to gather around the motionless doll,[i][b][color=8882be] "Neo Genesia! Wardath eth ternal!"[/color][/b][/i] The purple energy began to move into the doll and soon enough a glow would emit from the doll for a moment, before fading away. Whereof the half-demon took a step back. [b][color=8882be]"Wake up to your new chance at life. Giselle. I, Galbrek has bestowed this gift upon you as the true god that I am."
[/color][/b]Slowly the doll like figure began to twitch, its fingers moving and it's eyes opening, slowly the hands would move towards the doll's lap then the doll would raise it's head. [b][color=7bcdc8]"Where am I?"[/color][/b] A low and slightly monotone voice asked.


Vera's jaw dropped. At first she'd thought Galbrek had the ability to somehow create life in some form, but apparently these dolls were just containers for reanimated souls. That made him somehow both less impressive and twice as sinister all at the same time.

Vera knew there had to be a limit to the accord she'd reached with Galbrek, but this was just too much, [b][color=ec008c]"You're in the house of a delusional fool who's planning to make you his slave. If you have any sense of self worth you'll kill yourself and go back to sleep,"[/color][/b] she said. A god? Really? Did a god fear pepper spray? She was pretty sure they didn't.


The doll turned it's head over at Vera first, her eyes being almost looking like they were closed, or akin to how someone would look staring into too much light. Her head then jerked back to look at Galbrek. [b][color=7bcdc8]"I... died.. but now I am here? Are you really a god?"[/color][/b] The girl asked as if she didn't want to believe it, but also took in the words Vera said. [b][color=7bcdc8]"I am a slave?" [/color][/b]The doll asked.

Galbrek swiftly replied. [b][color=8882be]"Yes, yes, I am your liberator and benefactor. I have saved you from the clutches of death. As a thank you for doing so, I expect some form of gratitude in form of servitude."[/color][/b] The half-demon grabbed a nearby napkin and wiped some sweat away, before carelessly throwing the napkin somewhere in the room. He couldn't waste time caring about such things.
[b][color=8882be]"Not to mention you are made of a sturdier kind than some of my earlier creations, increased durability and strength. Quite gracious of me don't you think?"[/color][/b] Galbrek asked.
The doll kept a very cool posture as if in thought, throwing another glance to Vera. [b][color=7bcdc8]"Who are you?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=ec008c]"He kidnapped me... and he's going to use me as payment so he can kidnap someone else... so that he can kill a lot of people last I knew,"[/color][/b] Vera scowled. [b][color=ec008c]"Unless he gracious, godliness has changed his mind? But then again, what kind of god needs to kidnap girls just to enforce his will?" [/color][/b]

[b][color=8882be]"Tch! Not alot of people. Just enough so that there cannot be anymore showing up. Don't listen to my prisoner, she is just being shown how kind and generous I'd be. You could almost say she is your mother now, being here at your second birth! Hah!"[/color][/b] The half-demon jested before he realized what he just said, just as the doll replied. [b][color=7bcdc8]"Mother?"[/color][/b] The white haired doll said out loud. [b][color=8882be]"No no, forget what I just said. I shall inform you of all the things you need to know in time my little puppet."[/color][/b] Galbrek tried to reassure Giselle. [b][color=7bcdc8]"No..."[/color][/b] She answered. [b][color=7bcdc8]"Nooo!"[/color][/b] She raised her right arm and threw a punch directly into Galbrek's chest sending him flying into a nearby porcelain mask shelf.

Vera's eyes went wide. This was an unexpected turn of events. Did this girl really think of her as a mother in any way now? Or was she mad that he would suggest that Vera was her mother? Because one definitely required a different take than the other.

[b][color=ec008c]"H-hey kid,"[/color][/b] she certainly was acting like one right now. [b][color=ec008c]"Calm down. T-tell me what's going through your head right now." [/color][/b]

[color=7bcdc8][b]"This place is all wrong. I must go to my mother and father..."[/b][/color] The doll said in a monotone manner, turning her head to look over to Vera. Galbrek in the meantime was getting up from the floor. [b][color=8882be]"Fucking.. shit... shit... heh...heheh... this time I got a fierce one! Yes! Just what I need, just some slight adjustments to that temper right about fucking now!"[/color][/b] The half-demon shot out strings towards the doll, attaching around her left arm, the doll turned it's head to Galbrek again, grabbing hold of the strings with it's free hand and jerked it forcefully. [b][color=7bcdc8]"Let go."[/color][/b] She said with a serious voice. "If you behave. I don't want to waste the time it took to assemble your body just to tear it to shreds moments later to show the difference in power. Don't bite the hand that feeds you!" Galbrek retracted his strings and brushed off his arm. [b][color=8882be]"Fucking hell my porcelain mask collection is ruined. Now my father has to buy me a new one." [/color][/b]

No, this girl was just mad. Rightfully so, in Vera's mind. Maybe she could use this, maybe not. Either way, she felt a shred of respect for her, not just caving into Galbrek's commands.

[b][color=ec008c]"New deal, Galbrek,"[/color][/b] Vera spoke up. [b][color=ec008c]"You leave this kid alone if you want your script read."[/color][/b] She had no idea if this would work. [b][color=ec008c]"I'm not a liar, like you. If I say I'll do something I'll do it. I'll make one exception and read your little sheet of lies to the letter. So if you're right about Wolf, and this girl is still intact when he doesn't show up, I'll do it. But only if."[/color][/b] She glared at him, every ounce of fire that had previously been extinguished suddenly back in full blaze.

[b][color=8882be]"What? What? You are breaking our deal for a new one? Hnghnnn..."[/color][/b] The half-demon was boiling inside as he tightened his fists, he began to reply through his teeth. [b][color=8882be]"Fine, but you'll stay put in this room until my package arrives..."[/color][/b] The half-demon kicked a nearby ground vase so it broke. The doll stared in silence between Vera and Galbrek. [b][color=7bcdc8]"I am not a kid."[/color][/b] She said as if it was a matter of fact, staring Vera straight into her eyes with those piercing purple orbs slightly visible through the slits that were her eyes.. [b][color=7bcdc8]"I will wait for now... I have to get used to this." [/color][/b]The doll began to move her artifical hands and legs, she had still no shoes or boots, but her dress reached down to her knees. She began to walk unsteadily on the ground, akin somewhat to a drunk person walking home after too many drinks at a party.

[b][color=ec008c]"Sorry..."[/color][/b] She mumbled to the doll. It wasn't quite the gratitude she'd hoped for, but at least the doll wasn't really on Galbrek's side either... yet. For now, she knew she was mostly out of cards to play. If she tried too hard to win over the doll, who so far was nearly impossible to read anyway, Galbrek might decide Vera reading his sheet wasn't all that important after all... For now all she could do was wait. Wait for Wolf. Wait for the doll to decide who she liked more. Wait and hope the world leaned in her direction from here on out.


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