-тαℓєѕ σƒ α ∂ємση αη∂ нυмαη- Kireina Kσe & Neρρhy~

[herondale.]

The hall was pretty crammed full of students and families. Halo knew that his family wouldn't be here. Other than his sister who had to be here, he knew that he was alone in this. Since he'd pretty much p*ssed Blitz off, he headed into the hall alone only to be met by the fierce redhead as soon as he did so, her pale hand grabbing the side of his hoodie and yanking him a little to the side. "I didn't want to let them lose on you," she said with a ghost of a smile.

Halo rolled his eyes as they then headed through the crowd to the seated area at the front of the room near the podium. "I don't need extra protection," he muttered in a dark tone, his hazel eyes glancing at the numerous faces that turned to look at him and, he noted, most of which were laughing. Blitz shot most of them a dark glare but that didn't stop the laughter in his head. His jaw tightened in response, his fists clenching as they secured a seat.

"Don't be nervous," he heard Blitz mutter as the lights dimmed and everyone was still, a sudden spot light now on the podium before them. The other students about them were all chattering excitably. Halo wasn't feeling the same energy. Although he wanted to get this done swiftly, it meant he'd be leaving Blitz behind for however long it took for him to get this job done. He hoped the human was weak and easy to break.

Suddenly a man appeared atop of the podium wearing a black suit and and tie. "I think he's come to the wrong prom," Blitz muttered in his ear and Halo couldn't help but glance at her, the ghost of a smile quirking his lips ever so slightly before it fell away as he then turned and listened to the mans booming voice over the tannoys. Halo'd heard it all before, having attended this thing over a hundred times. Good morning ladies and gents, blah blah blah, thank you for coming, blah blah blah. Halo was getting more tense with each word he said. He was only really at proper attention when he heard the man then introducing The List. He felt Blitz nudge him as the names were then called and, one by one, the students around them rose to their feet to stand beneath the podium. Safe to say Halo was quietly c***ping himself. He glanced at Blitz when he heard her name called and she clicked her tongue and a slight smile quirked her lips but her eyes were glazed over with determination. Much to Halos relief, his name was called alongside. His eyes closed ever so slightly at the quiet chorus of boo's but Blitz's nudge forced him to his feet and he followed behind her.

Each of them were then given a scroll bound in black ribbon. Halo noted how his was bound in red ribbon. He made a sort of hissing noise when the man regarded him with disdain as he took the scroll sharply from his hand. Untying the ribbon and holding it in his hand, Halo unrolled the scroll and scanned it. "Acelet D’arville," he read quietly under his breath. He frowned slightly at the roughly drawn image on the scroll beneath the name followed by the address. He glanced at Blitz who seemed to smile at hers before rolling it back closed before Halo could see her target. She simply smiled at him before her eyes fleeted to the audience. Halo sighed as he also glanced a little nervously at the audience. Practically every set of eyes were on him. Him alone. He hadn't felt more exposed in his life.

But at least I'll be away from here he thought.

[noel.]

{{ Sorry for the wait~ I got a bit busy. I'll reply when I get back from school. }}

[herondale.]

{[ Kay. ]}

[noel.]

Acelet, who had been nice and snug on his chair for quite a while, had suddenly let out a quiet sneeze. He rubbed a bit at the now slightly pink nose. That had been a bit odd. "Guess someone's talking about me." Ace wasn't one to go around being superstitious like that a lot of the time, though he did have some beliefs at certain times- it really depended on what the whole deal was. He didn't really by the whole 'being talked about means you sneeze' deal, if so pretty much everyone would be sneezing pretty much all hours of the day. After overhearing a group of girls joking around about it, he couldn't help but remember it and think about how the idea itself was pretty silly. As if.

{{ Ohhh, but little did he know~ }}


"Acelet~" His sister called, he could hear from her voice that she was trying to make his name sound as girly as possible. Technically- it kinda was a name for guys. He had searched it once and it was clearly in the male category of the site he went onto. Still, it sounded feminine. No one really bothered to pick on him now, but some boys had made sure he knew of his name situation in past years. Though to be honest, it hadn't bothered him very much though. He had not cared for those boys to begin with; he simply just paid them no mind and kept to himself.

"Yeah?" He gave a loud response. The urge to get up and walk over to her had not come to him, so speaking loudly would have to do.

"Run out to the grocery store and pick me up some vanilla and chocolate frosting, along with strawberries." Cateline told him, her voice decreasing in volume as she made her way to the two open French doors. He felt a small force hit him lightly on the stomach. Looking down he saw that it was a small roll of cash.

"With today's economy the prices change, what- everyday? Just take that and do what you want with the extra money." Ace's sister said before taking her leave.

"...Okay." Ace didn't exactly remember agreeing to go play 'errand dog', but he would.

After retrieving his shoes and an umbrella {he liked to get wet, but he didn't want to catch a cold} he headed out the door, letting his sister know he was leaving.

A cool breeze carrying droplets of rain welcomed him. He pulled up his hood and opened the clear umbrella with a slight black tint before stepping into the rain. His ears welcomed the sound of the drumming against the umbrella as he walked down the street. The small grocery store he was headed to wasn't too far away.

Frosting and strawberries. He wondered what today's surprise would be.

[herondale.]

After the 'ceremony' - as the Elder Demons liked to call it - the students who had been chosen were then lead from the school. This process was pretty lengthy and, if Halo was honest, a little over-dramatic - the organisers tried to make them wear stupid coats which were quickly incinerated by Blitz - but he was just thankful to be out of the school and in a zone where some forms of bullying weren't to be tollerated. Even though he was still frowned upon, the Elders had enough self control to keep it silent.

But this didn't mean that he was treated much better.

The students were lead into the Council Collumns where they'd all be sent off to their human towns and, as they were all split up, the Elder assigned to him regarded him with nothing short of disgust. He saw the shakey glance that Blitz had given him as she was lead away but she smiled and waved cheekily even when her Elder looked between them with annoyance. And disgust, of course.

Wandering down the ancient halls was a little nerve-wrecking as he thought of the things to come. The way that he would get into the human world was to simply step through a door. That was it. He'd be given a list of instructions to point him in the right direction then he'd be shoved through the door. He bit his lip as he walked, his gaze fixed on the hood of the Elder before him who'd made it clear to distance herself from him. He bit back the chuckle in his throat as they neared the door way and his heart began to beat even faster in his chest. Yeah, he was nervous. Yeah, this meant a lot to him. But he tried to keep it out of his posture and face, keeping everything stoic and blank. He glanced at the Elder when she paused beside the door, turning to face him with an equally blank expression. She then held out a hand that had a scroll in it, her oddly young-looking figures curled around it. He frowned slightly but stepped forwards to retrieve it anyway just as she pulled it away. He glanced at her in confusion.

"You will do this without," she said simply and he wished he could hit her. The shock must've been clear in his eyes when he saw the smirk on the Elder's face. She then titled her head slightly toward the door, motioning for him to step through.

With a sharp growl, Halo then moved toward the door and just as his hand fell on the handle, he glanced at the Elder and hissed the word, "Selfish hag," under his breath. The anger in her eyes was pretty immense but Halo simply smirked and stepped through the door.

~ ~ ~

The first thing that hit Halo as he walked through the door was the temperature drop. After living in a constant heat of around 30 degrees or more, suddenly dropping to anything lower is, well, a pretty big body shock. He tensed slightly at the cold but he then noticed the water falling onto his bare arms. He frowned; it was a pretty alien feeling. He glanced behind him to see only houses and the rest of the street he was stood on. His eyes lifted to the sky before narrowing when the water droplets fell onto his cheeks.

He felt himself shudder impulsively as he then glanced back down the rest of the street and began to walk. His footsteps seemed oddly loud on the tarmac and his dark brown hair had begun to stick to the back of his neck thanks to the rain that was falling down his back. His fists were clenched at his sides and he suddenly felt the the huge hit of what he was doing. He didn't even know where to start. Where was he supposed to find this damn kid anyway?!

Almost as if he'd spoken aloud, he heard faint footsteps nearby. His senses were suddenly hightened, he realised, when he glanced to find the source of the noise. Walking down the opposing side of the street was a boy, perhaps a little shorter than himself, holding what seemed to be some sort of umbrella. Halo was irritated by the fact the boy was wearing a hood; it would be a lot easier if the kid, Acelet or whatever, would just openly walked out and screamed his name. Halo closed his eyes and linked his hands behind his head. This was going to be a lot trickier than he'd hoped.

[noel.]

{{ History class always seems to hit me with a project right as I'm starting a good roleplay- I've finished it up though so it's likely I'll be able to be much more active than I have been the past few days. }}

Ace watched the scenery in front of him that was becoming consumed and blurred by the quickening drops of rain. Blue-grey eyes narrowing, he could swear there was a figure in the distance- just o the opposite side of the rode as him. The figure seemed to not have an umbrella or any 'rain suitable' clothing Acelet noticed as he got closer. Though it seemed not to mind by the looks of it. Curiosity grabbed the best of him and he decided to switch over to the other side of the street. While it was easy for him to ignore someone, Ace was a very curious person and actually did happen to have a heart- hence the slight concern he felt. He even found himself walking with faster pace than he previously had been. As he lessened the distance between them he confirmed that the person had been a guy, taller and most likely older than him.

Keeping the usual bored expression plastered on his face, he walked right up next to the other boy. "Hey, you'll catch a cold if you stay out in the rain like that." Ace warned, raising an eyebrow to the other while offering his umbrella out a bit so it could cover both of them if the other accepted. Ace had noticed how he had seemed a bit...well, lost. In his eyes there were glints of his confusion and curiosity. After all, while this could be something rather normal, Ace had a feeling that something was rather interesting about this person.

[herondale.]

{[ Yay! c; ]}

A soft almost inaudible sigh left his mouth as Halo reopened his eyes and stared up at the sky once again, his hands tightening on the back of his neck. He had to think about this. His general idea of just charging forth and hoping for the best would not be a good idea in this situation. Considering he'd been thrown somewhere near where this Acelet kid was meant he'd need to search for a while.

Halo let his gaze drop down just as he heard footsteps once again but this time closer than before and his grip tightened even more on the back of his neck. Why he was so tense he wasn't really sure. He knew full well that this 'somebody' wouldn't be a Demon yet he was still worried about bumping into anyone. Perhaps it was because that this 'somebody' wasn't a Demon that worried him. This somebody was a human, a race he'd never met before.

Letting his arms drop from behind his neck and lowering his head, finding that his hands and face were staring to go numb from the rain, he let his hazel gaze fall on the boy beside him that had almost appeared out of no where which did nothing to decrease the tension. But this boy seemed completely harmless. And familiar. In the tension, Acelet's hazily drawn face had been lost amist the fogginess that his worries had brought with them which irritated him greatly. All of this mix was toxic, meaning his mood was pretty foul.

Yet, somehow Halo managed to keep this buried as his gaze locked on the boy beside him and he had to admit he glanced at the umbrella as though it were foriegn and he didn't have a clue what it was before his gaze flicked back to the boy, his gaze showing a fraction of his surprise at the boys generosity. Nonetheless, Halo forced a sort of half smile that took quite a lot to muster as he replied, "I'll be fine." His eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at the boy through the rain, frowning slightly at his familiarity, before he continued to walk.

[noel.]

That was such an utterly annoying response to receive, yet one that Ace himself would most likely give if he was in the stranger's position. Even so he couldn't shake the fact hat he had never seen this person before. Over the years the small town had grown together, so while not everyone really knew each other very well, you could still recognize many other residents. This was even more of a reason to assume the boy was lost. He might have even had a fever coming on, having looked at his umbrella like it was a zombie-unicorn or something odd along those lines.

He sighed and decided that he'd try to see one more time if he could help this person out, especially because his sister would have his head on a plate if she found out he had let something like this slide. Followed after the other, not getting to close and then decided to speak up. "Um, look- if you need help finding a place or house, I could help you out." He offered, walking a little ways behind the hazy figure. He hesitated for a moment, thinking that maybe he should give his name. He had a feeling that if he were in a situation like that where someone was offering him help, he'd b more likely to accept if the person had the decency to introduce themselves. Geez, he was starting to get a headache from all of the thinking. Though as confused as he was, it didn't show on his face. "My name is Ace by the way. I know where most people live and where places are around this town so if you need any help getting somewhere..." Acelet trailed off a bit at the end of his string of information, figuring the boy in front of his got the gist. Then yet another idea popped into his head as well. "I live just down the street too, so if you need any dry clothes we could stop by there." He added. Lord, Acelet wasn't sure if he was just doing this because he knew his sister would want him to or out of plain personal interest.

[herondale.]

Halo really wasn't paying much attention to the boy he'd just met but he couldn't get the odd familiarity of the boys face out his mind and he had a feeling that walking away now was perhaps a bad idea which was probably why his pace had slowed slightly on realising the boy was still following. It irritated him, however, that this boy was persistant and it was all he could do to not snap at the boy. Halo's gaze wasn't exactly fixed anywhere as his eyes flicked from house to house as if expecting to feel some sort of pull to one in particular. When nothing spectacular happened, however, Halo sighed and simply stared ahead. Of course this wasn't supposed to be easy. But that damn Elder hadn't given him the instructions he needed to complete this mission. She'd made it needlessly difficult but Halo should've expected it.

When the boys voice came again from behind him, Halo frowned angrily as he replied sharply, "No thanks." Why people insisted on helping when they were doing the opposite was beyond his reconning and he simply continued to walk. That is until the boy said his name. Halo had to stop from cheering aloud when the boy said his name was Ace - obviously short of Acelet. An inaudible sigh passed through Halo's lips and he knew he'd need to back-track alittle to save this. Keeping up his slightly irritable act, Halo's pace slowed as he glanced at the boy over his shoulder. "Seeing as you won't leave me alone," Halo muttered mainly to himself, "I'll take you up on the clothes offer."

[noel.]

In a case now where some people might have a look of satisfaction or a look of relief on their faces, glad that that someone had accepted there help, Ace seemed rather uninterested by the expression he wore. That didn't change the fact that he was slightly pleased with himself. "Okay then." He said quickly, the words most likely consumed by the noise of rain hitting the ground. With that he turned, not even saying a simple phrase such as 'follow me'. He figured that it was obvious enough that the other was supposed to follow him. He had pointed to his house a little while ago after all.

"I think some of my dad's clothes will be able to fit you better than mine." Ace said in a quiet tone which made it seem like the information was mainly just said to himself rather than to Halo. His clothes would most likely be too small. "Oh," He started right when he remembered he was missing a rather important detail. "What's your name?"