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[color=ccff99]"I'm not talking in riddles, I'm still trying to understand what happened,"[/color] Eris couldn't help but snap in frustration. [i]Obviously[/i] he wasn't making any sense, [i]he [/i]didn't even completely get it. He had half a mind to tell the kid to fuck off, but he felt like he needed to tell [i]someone[/i] or he was going to go insane. He needed some sort of proof that he wasn't crazy, but he still hesitated. What if he did tell Max and got dismissed? Then what?

Eris rubbed his temples as he squeezed his eyes shut, hoping the pointless motion would help steady him. Ugh, being stressed was the worst, was this how peasants lived? No wonder they were so miserable. Right, he needed to properly ground himself. All this was doing was making him appear weak-minded, and like hell was he going to dig himself deeper right now. He needed to gain the kid's trust and get him on his side, and as much as his actions were about to contradict that, he needed to reel Max in sooner than later.

Opening his eyes, Eris opened his mouth once before closing it, wondering where to start. The beginning was as good a place as any, he supposed. [color=ccff99]"I thought I was dealing with Varis, too since he spoke and acted just like him. But at one point he seemed to have forgotten his own name. Strange, but I didn't think much of it until he somehow used magic against a mage. She must have been puppeting him, or at least had been one of the few that was in charge of the test since he spoke poorly of her 'disrespecting' him and specifically referred to her as human. And then he began interrogating me as he tried to 'remember' who he was,"[/color] The blonde spoke carefully, crossing his arms. [color=ccff99]"He spoke of things outside of our lifetime intimately--he was shocked when I mentioned the current Lord Marivaldi was Salazar and not Ralmevik. He stated he was a villager of sorts, but he lost me around there. At that point I actually thought the test had changed, or shifted into getting him to remember himself properly."[/color]

He paused for a moment, shaking his head as he remembered the next part. He wasn't about to go and admit certain parts of that conversation, that was for sure. For now, he would stick to what mattered. He was well aware nothing he said made any sort of sense, so he doubted the kid would notice, but until he spoke to Her Highness, he would keep the contents of it to himself. For now. [color=ccff99]"I reminded him of the night we met, and it seemed to have done the trick, but he seemed [i]horrified[/i],"[/color] He continued. [color=ccff99]"It was like he was someone completely different, the way he spoke, the way he carried himself, his mannerisms...and realizing he was 'Varis' shook him to the core. At that point, however, he--"[/color] He nearly added in the exchange they had, but changed it at the last moment. [color=ccff99]--bit my wrist and then dropped the coin in my hand."[/color]

Ruffling his hands through his hair, he did feel another prick of frustration. Saying it out loud didn't seem to help him as he secretly hoped it would. [color=ccff99]"I checked myself when I came out, and that's when I saw the mark. It's the same place he bit me, he used [i]magic[/i] to do this,"[/color] Eris sounded a little hopeless as he spoke. [color=ccff99]"I didn't even know vampires could [i]use[/i] magic, but unless it was a blood-drinking mage masquerading as a vampire, I know what I saw."[/color]

Slumping his shoulders, the blonde turned away from Max. [color=ccff99]"...if you don't believe me, fine, but that's what happened,"[/color] He lowered his voice. 

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[sub][right]Getting to the point with [@Scribe of Thoth].[/right][/sub]