<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Burdensome Bracelet and the Descendant's Deal</strong></span></div><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/bb/53/34bb53327f72a5c76e8c558d11742f1e.png)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>NAME:</strong> Ryusei Tetsuda<br/><strong>DAY:</strong> June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>  Kyless(Really Marceline's) Cell<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong> Kyless, Toshiro<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong> Somethin's weird about that "cat"<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong> Club Clothes (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/25/eb/b5/25ebb53d68465aed07b77c15392f7a43.jpg)</span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> Kyless confirmed that Toshiro's "cat" Marceline was a "not-cat". "Understood. I'll keep that in mind." He wasn't quite sure exactly what that meant, but he knew something was up, and Kyless seemed to know it too. She was just never believed because of her fantastical way of speaking, and maybe because the good doctor was in denial that his feline companion was something more. It may have seemed impossible to him, but Ryusei was the half-demon son of a full demon who was more than 10,000 years old and could produce black fire so hot even ash wasn't left behind. <br/><br/>He had to be open to the possibility that there was something up with his cheshire friend. In the long run, he supposed it wasn't that serious, but a niggling feeling in his spine wouldn't allow him to let his suspicion go so easily. Toshiro himself went along with Ryu's original thoughts, saying that the people who thought Marceline was more than just a cat were paranoid guards who stood around all day and looked at nothing but white surfaces and a demoness who did nothing for the most part.<br/><br/> Likely story. "If you say so, doctor. Must've been my eyes playing tricks on me," he said more to placate Toshiro than actually agree with him. Kyless' beauty was infinite in his eyes, but her talking with the depressor device in her mouth got a slight chuckle from him as he basically understood every word, but to her them muffled and distorted was simply funny, especially since the demoness didn't seem to mind nor care enough to wait before it was removed to speak.<br/><br/> When the devices seemed uncomfortable, he comforted her as he could, with small touches, caring looks and nods of the head to let her know he was indeed here with her in whatever way he could be. Toshiro explained to Kyless about sharing, and at the end of his explanation, he looked to Ryusei for a co-sign in a not so subtle use of Kyless' affection for him to help hammer home a point. Why not help the guy ou? It would also help Kyless in the long run so he saw no reason not to go along with it. "That is true. Your illusions are amazing. They're so amazing they can be terrifying if you show people something frightening." When the conversation shifted to the time spent at his home, he didn't care so much about Toshiro's unhidden look of disappointment. He didn't feel bad about what had happened, nor would he apologize or even do anything differently. <br/><br/>Even when the doctor gave his reasoning, it didn't change anything for the young Descendant. Kyless' own thoughts on the matter were spoken and she was right. Mallory had basically dropped her in Ryusei's lap and left without so much as another word or a look back. And with her bracelet firmly on, Ryusei would have had no trouble handling her if she'd tried to pull something. He was a War demon hybrid who'd been training his entire life and could even fight his father...for very short amounts of time, but still. He specialized in high speed, unpredictable movement, punishing blows and the use of his shadow powers. Kyless was probably the undisputed master of illusions, but the bracelet made it so she couldn't do that, and he couldn't "feel" a warrior spirit from her, which was to say he could tell she wasn't really a fighter. <br/><br/>So he just couldn't comprehend what trouble a nearly 6 foot tall blue demon with ram horns and bells could get into with no magic and him watching over her. He understood covering bases, but it was strange how little common sense people tended to have. He could only shrug when Toshrio brought it up. "There's nothing to hide. I only met her today, but I've heard plenty about Kyless from Mal and my dad. I figured since she's not a fighter, has been a pretty model prisoner for quite a while, and has your bracelet on which she can't remove and I wouldn't remove for her, that the <em>danger</em> was minimal. Beyond all that, she's been nothing but kind and receptive and law-abiding to say the least. You guys could give her <em>some</em> credit." He wasn't being dismissive, but it seemed a big deal was being made out of nothing.<br/><br/> "If a similar situation happens, I'll call somebody. I'll make sure to explain how I'm in no danger from her, and no one else is either when she's with me...in case someone decides to make a mountain out of a mole hill like a dumbass and tries to clean up a situation that doesn't need it." Ryusei was many things, but one to back down in the face of admonishment wasn't one of them. He'd never just sit and take something if he felt there was no reason for it. The conversation quickly continued on, with him smirking and laughing when Toshiro said <em>if</em> his mother was up for a shopping trip. "She's <em>always</em> up for a shopping trip."<br/><br/> When they talked about the "orange soap", Ryusei realized he'd misspoke. It wasn't that Kyless smelled bad, he was just used to far more fragrance. Everyone in his household got sweaty a lot, whether from training or spending long hours in a lab or office, or out fighting evil demons. So it was just a "thing" that all the Tetsuda's made sure they were clean and smelling nice as often as possible. Kyless didn't have that luxury, and though she was clean, it was industrial soap that <em>only</em> cleaned and did nothing else. Toshiro's explanation made him understand that and it made even more sense about why Kyless had been so excited about the shower and all the body washes, perfumes, and lathers she'd had access to. <br/><br/>He nodded his head, understanding what Toshiro was explaining, but wondering why it was an issue if the bracelet stayed on 99% of the time so any magic she could draw from natural substances wouldn't work anyway. But he wasn't the scientist. "Okay. I suppose that makes sense," was his response. When Kyless brought up how Mallory cheated and how it made her feel, Ryusei felt for the demoness. She wasn't one to hide her emotions, and he could tell from her voice she didn't enjoy following the rules while other people broke them and treated her badly. Then she blew his mind and asked if she could keep him. <br/><br/>Without even realizing it, crimson rapidly spread across his face, and he nervously rubbed his head. When Toshi asked him the same question, if she could keep him, he gulped heavily then nodded his head. "Of course you can keep me, Kyless. If I can keep you," he said with a sheepish grin. No one had ever asked if they could have him before, and he certainly had no problem letting Kyless be the first. The test with the weird arcanometer thing had revealed something to Toshiro that was a bad<em>thing</em> in Kyless' ever more popular speech pattern. His two suggestions were either turn down the intensity of the bracelet, hoping it would still work, but not actually harm Kyless in the future. Or take it off, but she be stuck in her cell. <br/><br/>The higher ups in Ryusei's eyes were like prison wardens. They thought only harsh rules and repetition and monotony could rehabilitate someone. But they ignored how treating people like shit and putting them in bad conditions only made them hate you more as time went on. It was obvious just by looking at how prisoners from all over the world for centuries tended to end up right back in prison after being treated awfully while on the inside the first time. "Maybe you can find a good middle ground. Hopefully at least." When the doctor removed the bracelet, almost immediately Kyless took advantage and flexed her powers...<em>hard</em>. <br/><br/>Her fingers, then her hand turned invisible, then back, and then all illusory hell broke loose. Infinite plans of trippy colors, cliffs made of clouds. A million other things that didn't make sense were flying past them at such speed it was like the opening crawl of a Marvel movie. While Toshrio was overwhelmed, Ryusei was simply awed, and his glowing eyes widened in sheer amazement at just what Kyless could do. "It's...it's beautiful." Half a minute of impossibility before their very eyes, and when it was over, Ryusei was kind of disappointed with the real world as the most beautiful demon he'd ever seen fell onto her bed, exhausted from pushing her magic so far in such a short amount of time after not being able to use it for far longer. <br/><br/>"Your big magic is so wonderful, Kyless. It's almost as beautiful as you." After resting a bit, all of Kyless' energy seemed to return, and she nearly attacked Marceline in her excitement to get the admittedly cute cat in her arms. He watched in amusement as she played with the cat, then put her on her head so she could perch on her horns like some sort of feline queen. She introduced him to Marceline, and he nodded his head. "It's good to meet you, Marceline," he said not only to placate Kyless, but because he was still conviced something was up with the cat. <br/><br/>He got told the rules for staying so he nodded. "Okay. I'll bring her a pillow or a toy next time. You can't keep me if I can't be around, now can you?" After telling the cat a bit about him, he reached out and scritched the pretty feline behind her ears and under her chin before she wriggled free from Kyless' horns and went over to Toshiro and forced him to acknowledge her. It was then that Ryusei noticed the poor guy was completely out of it. Despite his intelligence, it seemed his human brian couldn't quite comprehend everything it had seen. Maybe because he was a hybrid it didn't affect him the same? "Toshiro? <em>Toshiro</em>?!" He snapped his fingers to no response, then had an idea. "This won't be pleasant, but I think it'll wake you up." Opening a small portal, he took the doctors hand and placed it inside. There was no connecting portal this time, only the repository for the infinite abyssal darkness that he controlled. The cold would be otherworldy, so he only placed his hand inside for a moment, but the shock would hopefully snap him out of whatever stupor he'd been left under. <br/></span><br/>