Having a chat.

[Angra Mainyu.]

Grumbling lowly, he kicked away a can that was in his way. His half-closed tired eyes looked around for something to do on this day. His twisted looking eyes, the bored expression, the rumbling from his hungry stomach. Everything was making him in a bad mood today. He hadn’t found his angel anywhere, she might brighten it up a bit, but to no avail, she hadn’t been at her room, and he had no idea where she had went. All his thoughts vanished the second someone bumped into him. All this magic. This technological greatness. These beings that are able to sniff out the lives of humans, build, destroy, harm, save, humiliate, and glorify empires, humans, stuff and what not. Yet they couldn’t stop themselves from bumping into someone who’s having a bad day? She was about to apologise, she didn’t have the time though, his hands were around her throat and he killed her quickly and clean. So much unlike him.

[Later]

He had satisfied his hunger, the day seemed a bit better now, quite tender meat actually. He burped lowly. The body, or what was left of it, was lying in magically sealed closet. He slurped down some blood and wiped his mouth as he continued his stroll around campus. Still having a finger, that he took a bite of once in a while. It tasted like heaven, if there had just been a fire mage around to warm it up a bit. He had cleaned half of it to the bone when he noticed someone. His eyes spotted several things on the boy; he was unusual, or as unusual people get in a magic school. He could be used… He might as well try it, no harm done beside people might get a glimpse of his simple plan. He waved to the boy, around his own age, seemingly same height, but he was a lot heavier by the appearance. Angra had heard something about ‘shield mage’ or whatever, rumours were enough, he had heard about the little thing at the prom as well. He threw the half empty finger over his right shoulder as he stepped closer to the boy, sucking his own left ring finger to clean it for blood. Approaching the boy he offered his right hand for a shake. He wouldn’t be offended if he didn’t want to do that.

"What a cursed evening..."

[Darts]

Darts disregarded what he has just seen. He had just seen a man who was eating a finger walk up to him and before sticking his handout; he threw it over his shoulder. What the hell was that about? This guy was some psycho. He wondered where the body had ended up. It wasn’t any of Darts concerns however. This man was just some idiot with his hand out in the air. How much trouble could he be. Possibly an easy fight but...Darts didn’t feel like fighting. He put his hand in the other mans and shook it. The hand was a bit sticky obviously from something Darts didn’t really think about. The man had the feeling of evil all around him. Darts smirked. Evil was something Darts had thought about almost once every day. But never actually got into it. He was a bad ass but he didn’t kill for fun. Although, like he said, he had thought about it.

“My name is Darts Anderson, and it is a bit random to come randomly over to a person and stick your hand out even if it is just to say hello and introduce yourself. Try not to have it happen again.”

Darts let go of the mans hand and smirked. Just feeling the evil from this man made him feel odd. He felt good. He wasn’t sure why yet but figured he would figure out soon enough. He looked at the man. He looked about Darts’ age but a bit heavier. He saw that the man had been eyeing Darts suspiciously on his way over to shake his hand. What was he thinking? Was he planning on killing Darts? Because Darts would make sure that didn’t happen.

Darts had his shields by his side and was ready to use them. He could feel them at his sides. Their energy was a bit higher than usual for some reason. They were itching to do something.

Dusk

Dusk was flying through the halls when he came up to see Darts. “Finally” was the word that came to his mind when he saw Darts. He had been looking all around the academy trying to find him, as he didn’t have anything to do. He landed on Darts shoulder.

“Where the hell have you been?”

Darts glared at the bird with such a glare the bird shut right up and just looked at the man. Darts was very serious right now.

[Angra Mainyu.]

The flapping of wings had Angra's thoughts go to a different thing than birds. But he nearly had to bitch slap himself for that thought; he had to get her out of his mind. It was like some infection he couldn't handle. Still, the words of Darts intrigued him. He said something about not giving him a handshake all of a sudden. Lecture him so to say. The hand shake had had it's purpose, the clean his hand for any non dried blood. This of course was not to be told Darts. For now he would just agree.

"Yeah, well, hadn't expected you to actually shake my hand... Besides, I had my reasons for it."

In truth, he hadn't, because few would shake a hand of someone he knew had either just bitten a finger of someone and left them to bleed, or killed someone and taken their finger to eat. He liked this Darts already, despite his introduction line. He brushed the matter away with a swat of his hand. Looking to the bird with a questioning glance.

"I am Angra, and what a nice bird. Hmm, strange, most people at this academy would already have thrown a spell at me when they saw me discard a half eaten human finger like that. Unless you disagree, then the two of us have a similar view upon human lives.”

He put his hands into his pockets, meaning that he could only give Darts a migraine instantly instead of pain touching him. That didn’t matter, as this was a friendly chat. He hoped. As he exanimate the bird, he came up with a list of different species it could be. He wasn't that good with birds, as he had never studied bird lore, only recently had he expanded his knowledge inside the world of enchantments and had made a plan involving this knowledge. If Darts showed to be a good investment.

[Darts]

Angra had introduced himself. Darts didn’t really care, as Angra wasn’t concerned with him. But when the man suggested they had the same view of human lives Darts smirked. Of course they didn’t. Angra was just some killer by the looks of it. Not Darts at all.

“It isn’t that we have the same View it is just that I don’t get involved with the business of others when it doesn’t really interest me. Human lives don’t interest me. You kill them then have fun with it. It is the few lives that I care about however, that I will protect. Too bad there aren’t really any here yet.”

He looked at Angra who seemed to be eyeing Dusk. “It is a Gray Hawk if you are wondering. Say hello you little annoyance.”

“Yeah whatever. Hey names Dusk...whatever.”

Darts smirked. This bird was an idiot all right, an annoyance, an evil hawk, and as stupid as they come but he was Darts’ friend no mater how much they fought. Although he didn’t think of him as a friend, more of a companion. Even though Dusk was evil he wasn’t killer evil. Just evil.

[Angra Mainyu.]

“This school doesn’t have anyone worth protecting, experience should show you that. All these humans that inhabit this place are worth nothing in the grand scheme of things. They are cannon fodder for the leaders, food for the vampires, and prey for the beasts. You shouldn’t concern yourself of protecting humans… Instead, you should support me in the future to come. I might have things that can spark your interest quite a bit…” He paused for a second before continuing. “I heard about the unfortunate event at the big dance. How does revenge sound?”

Angra said simply, Darts was a non-caring guy; he should have figured instantly, those were harsh to negotiate with. At least he could bribe some people with money, others he could intimidate with eternal pain. The non-caring ones didn’t care for either; they would protect themselves, bothering Angra with a fight before dieing. He hoped it wouldn’t come to that. It was a futile fight that would bring no gain to either of them.

[Darts]

“The prom was unfortunate. Why you know about this I do not know. And unfortunately for you I do not have a big enough grudge to actually fighting him. Though he did take the girl I was after. But looking at you I am thinking you have something more devious up your sleeve and I am willing to hear it.”

He thought back to the prom. Him in the lounge and seeing Xav and Lex swapping spit. It disgusted him and after seeing it he headed for his room. That night he thought a lot about it and was pretty pissed off with Xav. He felt his anger rise as the face of Xav popped in his head. He might have fun doing something to him. But what was Angra planning.

Darts paced the hall for a minuet.

“What are you planning exactly?

[Angra Mainyu.]

“Oh, there’s a rumour around here about it. It’s a simple plan. Neither of them harmed you physically, from what I heard. But that doesn’t mean we won’t do that. Ahem, I have a friend, who is specialised in enchanting. I will have him enchant a necklace, or some other thing that you know Lexandra likes to wear. The enchantment will affect her mind in a way so she will have an urge to harm Xavier, harm him physically, and thus mentally as well. Should leave their relationship broken along with Xavier… Do you like the plan?”

He said and stopped his little plan speaking there. He had told the main things about the plan, no names except the two targets. He looked around to make sure no one had heard them; the place was deserted, except some people at the far end of the hallway. None had heard about the plan. It was a rather good plan, he just needed to find a way it couldn’t be tracked back to him when he was done. If anyone told Celeste about this then their relationship could be in peril. He smiled as he turned back to look at Darts. Not a soft smile, more of a menacing smile.

[Darts]

“Great there is a rumor already. That’s just perfect.”

Dart’s said in a dry, sarcastic type of way. He listened to Angras plan. A decent one for what he figured he had just made up. It was definitely odd and Darts wad wondering what Angras intentions really were. But it was a devious plan. Darts did still want to give Xavier a taste of his own medicine. It wasn’t so much that fact that he was dating Lexandra but from what he did at the prom. Yelling out that Darts was a jerk to Lexandra really pissed Darts off and he wasn’t going to let it slide. He could feel the darkness rising as he smirked at the thought of Xavier in pain.

“When it comes down to it, it does sound like a decent plan. I am actually willing to do this despite how evil it sounds. I am willing to give the darkness a shot. But who is this friend you know, and when will he be able to have he necklace or, whatever, done? Also, by the looks of it, Lexandra and Xavier are around the same fighting skill. So there is a good chance that if Xavier notices the jewelry that he will be able to get it off. So what I am suggesting is that you have your friend put a spell on the jewelry so that it can’t be taken off without a very specific incantation that only you me and that man will know.”

Dusk jumped off of Darts’ shoulder and flew down the hall. Even thought he had a beak, one could tell he was smiling menacingly. He was truly a sinister little bird. He believed having Darts, as his owner would surely pay off as he could sense the darkness inside him but he didn’t think it would start to happen so soon. This was perfect. At this rate Dusk and Darts would be very powerful.

[Angra Mainyu.]

"I shall inform him right away. Just a friend of mine, you need not to worry about him. He won't remember anything once he's done with it. Only you and I will know what happened, and I trust you will keep this between the two of us. Alright, Darts?"

His tongue slid across his front row of teeth, there were no remnants of human flesh on his teeth. He would have to brush his teeth before he continued on through the day. The stench of blood everytime he opened his mouth would be quite disturbing for everyone else. He saw the bird flapping away from the two of them. He was quite sure he saw a menacing smile on it's beak... Trying to forget this quite disturbing picture in his mind right away he turned to Darts.

"You have a point there Darts, we could charm it so that could be done, but that would make it highly unstable and make the curse last shorter. If Xavier is smart enough to spot something like that, then I will just come up with some other way of harming him. Before you ask, then I have my own reasons, that I won't tell you, to have him harmed. More to the point. Will you become an ally of me? To stand by my side... I shall show you the true colours of the world... And I could surely need someone as skilled as you..."

[Darts]

“Your ally? Heh, I guess you can call me that. But you try anything then I am afraid I will have to do something about it. I have actually heard your name before Angra. I do in fact know a little bit about you. There are rumors in the school as you have stated. But you try to betray, trick, or anything stupid with me then I will have to tell a certain girl about a couple things. I believe her name is Celeste. I am not threatening you as I have just said I am your ally. But I am sure you girl would not like to know what you are up to, Angra.”

Darts smiled. Hopefully it wouldn’t come to that. When he had learned of Angras name he realized of whom he was. He didn’t realize how evil and devious he was however. Darts was pretty sure that Angras girlfriend did not know about his killing and completely evil personality. Darts really didn’t want it to come to that however. Darts and Angra should make a very good team.

Darts felt that if they wanted to be very good allies and a very good team that they would need some more power however. Possibly a way to get past the rules for as long as they can.

“Anyway I am sure it won’t come to that. Listen, you get a ring enchanted from your friend and deliver it to me. I will meet up with Lexandra and give it to her. If all goes well she will wear it and go after Xav. If Xav is defeated by her than we can sure he feels great pain. But we are going to need some great power if we are allies. What I mean is that I am going to see if I can seduce the combative arts instructor. She is pretty fine and if den correctly we should be able to get away with a lot. Lets hope.

[Angra Mainyu.]

Angra lifted his left eyebrow and looked at Darts with an ice cold expression on his face. Darts just made a mistake, he threatened Angra and he didn't like that sort of things. He pushed up his sun glasses so they covered his eyes cold with dead and wrath. He had already slain someone today, no need to slay another one just yet. He forced his mind to relax again. Let it slide and instead give him a new sort of reply.

"Darts, my friend, you made a small error on your parts there. It's never wise to throw such a card on the table until the right time, and not in any way in such a blunt manor. Oh, and you better not tell Celeste, since I won't be in the best of moods."

He opened his mouth to yawn and looked down the hallway. Still empty, the rotting smell of death kept people at a distance, just a normal human reaction to stay alive was to stay away from those recently deceased. He cracked his neck to the left.

"I already said I would do that... You will get the ring delivered at some point later. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. Depends how long it takes for him to create it..."

He spoke that, but really was thinking:

~Or gather the people needed as a sacrifice...~

Since he had learned from the book, that this particular enchantment was harder to break if a human life had been sacrificed for it's creation.

"Seems like we have a deal..."