[OOC: Just a warning, this next bit might be a little fucked up. I just kind of went with it.]
The man's eyes went from solid white to pure black as he remembered the events on that day.
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"Alys! Alys, honey! Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
Arty stalked through the halls of the mansion that he and his wife had came to earlier, dagger in hand. The woman had previously ran at her husband's command upon meeting the sinister being in the upstairs room.
Her heart was beating, almost uncontrollably, as she hid in a cabinet space in one of the spare rooms in the first floor. What was that thing? And where is Arty?
"Alys!" the man called out to her again.
"A-Arty?" she finally spoke in a trembling voice. "Arty, where are you? We have to get out of here."
"Sure, honey. We do. But I need you to come out to me. Let me see you!"
She slowly crawled out of the cabinet space to reveal herself to the man, a look of pure horror in her eyes. "Arty.." she whispered. "Where is he? We must go."
"Oh, what's the rush, darling? We have friends here... don't you want to stay and mingle with your friends?"
The woman looked at him in disbelief, her voice rising in panic. "What's going on with you?! Has.. Has he gotten to you somehow?"
She stepped closer to see the man's eyes. They were as dark as the sky with no stars. Letting out a scream of terror, she turned heel to run away from the man she loved, but was quickly jolted back when he grabbed her arm.
"Well, lookie, lookie, who the hell do we have here?" the man asked, much in the same way Ipsen had talked to Hana. "I can smell the fear on you, girl. What's the matter? Don't you love me anymore?"
"You are NOT the man I love!" she snapped, tears building up in her eyes. "Give me my Arty ba-"
No matter how much she begged and pleaded, the man was too far gone to listen. The last bit of plea was interrupted by the sharp, cold pinch of the knife going through her back. With eyes wide in shock, and heartbreak, she collapsed to the ground.
Rolling her over on her back, the man put a knee each around her legs, hovering over her with a wild look in his eyes.
"Arty p-please.." she mouthed as a tear slipped down the side of her face. "I love you.."
Those were her last words before the man, possessed by the demon upstairs, stabbed her in the heart, in the stomach, and everywhere else - over and over again.
"I love you too Alys! I love you too! It will all be over soon, honey! Don't worry! Just promise you'll never stop loving me!"
He pulled the dagger from the woman one last time, her body and the floor around them completely covered in her blood. He stared into her lifeless eyes for a moment, until the black washed away and he went back to his normal state of mind.
"A-Alys.. N-No! Fuck! Alys! No!" he screamed, shaking her shoulders, trying to cover the wounds, anything. Nothing was working! What had happened? What the hell had happened?!
Collapsing on top of her, the man wept uncontrollably.
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Lowen's awoke from his trance, making an obvious transition from vision to reality, but his eyes remained black as coal. He stared up at the woman and blinked one, and it was followed by a curious smile.
"Oh, hello. Are you lost?" he asked, sitting upright. "I do not know if I'll be able to help you out if you are. I'm just a kitsune from Thantos, but I tend to travel most days. The name's Tobin. Who are you?"
