Velencia Mansion (T)(Invite)(Home)

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Velencia Mansion

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This great mansion belongs to Stella Velencia, a wealthy woman who makes a living in buying and selling information. It is said that she can find anything and anyone. Stella, like any other inhabitant is completely in love and loyal to Kira, her Savior. It is said she made her home in this village not just out of love but also strategical placement, the village being one of the safest around by the side of her God.

First Floor - The first floor is her living quarters and main living room and kitchen.

Second Floor - Is Stella's personal collection of art, weapons, and anything else that catches her eye.

Third Floor - Stella's main office, the office itself has papers littering the ground in a disorganized state, the eight foot desk sits at the back of the room with three large comfortable chairs resting infront of it. Her Desk often has papers to be signed. Her most favorite pieces of art hang and decorate the walls here as well as a small spiral metal stairway that leads to the loft above where she likes to think.

Behind house - At the back of her home, out of sight is a small training field, to the left as one enters the field is a shed filled with various training equipment, targets, training dummies, weights and so on.

Dramatis Persona

Stella Velencia

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Demandred began to walk the streets of this village, the people seemed to take extra notice however since he was walking with The First Lady Angel, people in this village truly had a deep respect for the Mistress as well as her Angels it seemed. He couldn't recall ever seeing such loyalty before in any other village, everyone had there own agenda, more so, so did he. But atleast he was honest about it, and frankly he wouldn't be able to hide it from the Lady Angel, not that he tried, but Demandred was always a background person. He preferred to not draw too much attention to himself and walking with a beautiful woman who happens to be the First Lady of the village wasn't exactly a good start. Life was weird that way.

Demandred was only about a step or so behind the Angel when he decided to ask, "Excuse me lady angel....You said 'Thanks to our God' what did you mean by that" Demandred asked recalling there conversation that had just had not long ago. He figured it might be some kind of religious thing, but he liked asking questions and piecing things together anyway.

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First Lady Angel Hilary smiled a genuine and beautiful smile when Demandred asked his question. If it was one thing all of the citizens of A Savior's Sacred Place loved it was praising Kira, their God. "What did I mean?" Hilary asked, still smiling. "What I meant was our God has helped us through everything. She made this Utopian village in fact. A lovely woman and even holier person than I. Her name is Kira Sankuchi, Killer, a strange name for a God yes, but she is nothing but wonderful. Away now as she is we all miss her, and on Sundays we hold great festives in anxious waiting of her return to the village."

Hilary would say this and look at Demandred to see his reaction, as the two continued on a path that had been walked so many times by Hilary. They were close to Stella's home now and it would only be a short time before they reached the place, but Hilary was still confident that she had a bit more time to discuss her God, and she waited for Demandred.

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Demandred could have melted with the smile the First Lady gave him, something about beautiful woman always got to him, but it was more than looks and a lot about personality. Something about the First Lady had a deadliness to her, it wasn't obvious, but that smile was as warm and comforting as it could be lethal. He couldn't see it. But he could see that she was completely loyal to Kira, and if he threatened her God, she would kill him within a moment. Demandred eyes stayed on the path ahead as he thought about what the First Lady Angel had said, his eyes showed confusion and mixture of other emotions that they almost always did, no matter how strong he tried to make himself seem.

“Sankuchi...” he said to himself just under his breath, looking at his right hand the second hand mouth stuck its tongue out at him, “I didn't think Id meet anyone from the Clan ever again...” Demandred looked around at the village people as they passed them by, “It is a Utopia, I don't remember being in a village that looked so happy” his voice sounded pleased, but at the same time, the memories of his own village filled his memory and it was saddened.

“A God....” he repeated to himself, “You would die for her?” he asked, unsure, yet the idea of her being a god was not something he questioned, he knew what she would say, it was more to confirm it for himself. “Why? Does she love everyone as much as they love her? I've seen Demons and devils in this world already....The line between difference is getting harder to see..” he trailed off in thought. Harder to see for who Demandred?, his voice echoed, for the world? Or for you?.

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[Flower]

The boy Hilary walked with questioned her about her God, first asking if she would die for her then getting into other questions. She also witnessed the boy looking at his hand and a tongue coming out of it, and the boy making a comment about his clan. Hilary decided she would go on and tell him all about it. "Of course I'd die for her. She loves everyone and always will, not to mention she is the reincarnation of the woman who found this village...Misa. Our God has always been strong, even been faced with difficult tasks, and she has always loved everyone. Even if they've had to be killed, she only did it out of love for the others. She wished to protect us all through killing criminals who would hurt us. That's why we are all so happy. There is no reason not to be happy here."

Hilary's smile was larger now and she stopped walking and looked at the boy. "In this village you can do whatever you want with only one condition: If it affects someone else they must agree. So if two people wanted to fight to the death, and they agreed to it, they could kill one another. No problem. If one person didn't want to though then they wouldn't fight. Anyone who disobeys this one and only rule is thrown out of the village or killed."

Hilary stopped and waited for the man's reply.

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Demandred found it hard to believe, but thats because the word love had been stricken from his vocabulary since he had lost everything that was related to the word. She stopped and looked at him and he couldn't help but meet her gaze, “I didn't mean to offend you in any way, I'm just trying to sort things out inside” The First Lady Angel was of course loyal, everyone in this village was loyal to there core, Demandred admired that, somebody willing to die for the cause they believed in. After all, Demandred was willing to sacrifice his entire life.

“Its nice to see that....Its nice to hear that there is atleast once place left in world that had such values...I look forward to meeting her” he nodded to her with soft smile, not moving his gaze from her own. “But before I can make a decision, it all starts with Stella” his voice full of determination. Maybe he could make what resemblance of a home he still had in his mind here, but like all things he had to make sure that he could finally grasp the concept.

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[Flower]

Hilary nodded in affirmation and then started to walk again. The two would walk for some time in the hot sun before finally reaching the path to the mansion. Hilary looked up it's beautiful stone walls and said, "I believe this is where Stella lives. Would you like me to accompany you or wait here?"

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Demandreds eyes set on the home and he went into a deep center of focus at what he was to accomplish here, he had thought about this for weeks, what exactly he was to do and ask, and now he finally had the decision infront of him. Turning to the Angel he had a different set of calm about him, a seriousness and inner focus. “Please, I would like you to accompany me,” he spoke softly, “As the First Lady Angel, this is something I would like you to hear” he smiled and took a deep breath, exhaling slowly and turning to the Mansion.

Demandred approached the steps of this great building, it seemed business was good, and this only added to his confidence that she indeed was very good at her job. Knocking on the door, he waited patiently, his mind all on the task at hand. Steps could be heard as someone approached the door, the door slowly opened and a particular young woman opened the door. She looked him up and down, seeing the First Lady Angel she walked past him and took her hand and kissed it gently, curtsying at the same time in great admiration. “My Lady” she said, her voice was near bliss, “What brings you to my home First Lady Angel?” she asked her. Demandred took this opportunity to step in.

Clearing his throat as subtlety as possible..“Excuse me miss, my names Demandred, the old man from Snow should have contacted Stella announcing my arrival?” he spoke up, giving an excusing nod to the Lady Angel for interrupting, he wasn't in a hurry but he had been anticipating this for a long time.

She turned to face him without showing her back at all the First Angel, “Ah, business I see. Yes, you are expected. Please, come inside and make yourselves at home” she said leading the way with a smile. Demandred supposed that the Stella must have had servants, but it seemed strange to him for some reason. “Its not everyday I get the First Lady Angel herself to be welcomed into my home” Demandred nodded as the woman pushed her Giant doors open for the two of them, looking at the Lady Angel he smiled and nodded following the other woman inside. She led them to the top of her home, where a desk and many bookshelves was, an office of sorts. Walking around the desk she sat down put her feet up on the desk and smiled. “Stella Velencia” she introduced, “How can I help you?” she smirked at him at the shock on his face. Demandred paused and cleared his throat.

“I was under the impression that you were....” he paused again, “Well old” he said speaking honestly, “Stella is supposed to be in her mid seventies, you...you look like your in your thirties” he said, his eyes looking at her face.

“Oh well, I eat my fruits and Vegetables, you know” she laughed when Demandred face was blank. She held up her hand, and a once young hand slowly turned old and wrinkled then returned back to its luster. “Don't always believe your eyes Demandred, they can be easily tricked” she grinned, “Now I understand you had an interesting little job for me?” she cooed.

Demandred nodded, “Three years ago there was a genocide of an entire Toujitakumi village on the Eastern side of the Land of Earth. A group of Ninja entered in the night and killed everyone in the village in a matter of minutes.” Demandreds voice was ice cold for the first time in months, “I want you to find out who these Ninja were, who had given them the order, everyone who was responsible, and anyone who knew about it” Every word was dipped in acid, filled with hate.

Stella nodded slowly, “And what happens when you find them?” she asked, though she already knew the answer.

“I'm going to kill them all...” he said simply, a thought that played over and over in his head day and night, in his dreams and nightmares. If he was going to be a citizen he would have had to tell the Mistress sooner or later, it was better that her First Lady Angel was here, though what was going through her mind....he had no idea....

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[Flower]

Hilary watched as all of the following events unfolded. She would have liked to talk and converse with Stella, but the woman was suddenly swept away by Demandred who had much to talk about. After they had talked for a little bit Demandred introduced his desire to kill the men who had destroyed his clan and Hilary could sit still no longer.

"Demandred, you can of course not do that. Killing men who don't want to die is very bad, but surely if these men killed your clan then they deserve it. Talk to my God. I feel she'd be more than happy to kill this men for the sake of the peaceful world."

If Demandred insisted on killing this men without talking to God first then there would be a problem. He'd have to leave immediately or risk contaminating the peacefulness of the village.

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Demandred turned to face the First Lady Angel, “Whether they want to live or not, Lady Angel, they all deserve to die, and I am going to kill them” he said calmly, though he was a little cold when speaking. Softening his voice now as too not offend, “I know I must first speak to Mistress Kira, but these are my intentions, not what I would bring to the village” he explained. Looking to Stella now he spoke with a small amount of intensity. “This is just a job, a job that I heard you are very good at, what I do on my own time is my business”

Stella nodded, “Of course it is, my job is to gather information, not to interpret, or to judge what one does with it” she shrugged her shoulders, playing with her hair absent mindedly. Sitting up suddenly she wrote down a great many things on a piece of paper, and then looked up at him. “Gathering all that costs quite the bill however.....And I'm guessing you don't have that much Ryo to pay upfront..” she said this looking over his gear and clothing. Demandred didn't speak, just waited patiently. “Of course, we can come to an arrangement” Demandred raised his eyebrow in question, “Well the details would have to be worked out at a later time until you speak to our Savior, but if you complete a few jobs for me, I'm sure everything would be fine” she smiled. “You scratch my back, I scratch yours” she winked.

“I can agree to that” he nodded. Demandred didn't expect to be working for another person, but if the exchange of information was the ends, then the means didn't matter to him.

“We can discuss more in detail, after you speak to our God” she determined with smile, “Now you can stay in the guest room for now until she returns” Looking away from Demandred her set on the First Lady Angel. “It is an honor have you in my home my Lady” she curtsied, “I have much work to be done today, If you can excuse me” Stella did not sit down at her desk until Hilary had given confirmation however. Demandred nodded and bowed deeply to Stella before turning and walking out of her office, Demandred waited patiently for her outside, leaning up against the wall in thought, was it a mistake to let the First Lady be here?

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[Flower]

Hilary looked at Demandred intently as he spoke, revealing that he did not plan on involving their Utopian village in his monstrous acts of unrequited murder. After Demandred finished conversing with Stella and the lady moved on, after the two had reached some sort of deal, Demandred exited and Hilary was close behind. As she came out to see Demandred he laid against a wall, and Hilary said, "You said you do not mean to involve the village. However..."

Hilary looked at Demandred closer, "You might do just that. If you plan on getting involved with our village whatsoever you need to kill these men first, for if you do it after it will bring shame to the village and it's civilians. It's just not the vision we uphold nor that the citizens follow.

She finished and waited for Demandred's response.

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Demandred eyes traced the Lady Angel as she stepped out of the office, “However..” he echoed after her once she said it. There was always a catch, always someone who couldn't see what he would do. Kill them first? Demandred has been looking for these men for 3 years and the only lead he had was Stella, something that he couldn't afford and would likely do more damage before finding the ones responsible. “If Kira truly is building another world that is pure then these men won't be missed, only a monster could have given this order...” his voice was heated and rising slowly but he calmed himself before his anger got the best of him. “Your telling me your god has never done anything to kill another? Thats all this is, its me finding guilty men, and executing them”

Maybe coming here in person was a bad a idea, he knew he shouldn't have trusted anyone, everything always came with consequences. Demandred started to walk downstairs once again, he was letting that anger take over him again and his thoughts were jumbled. Maybe it was better this way, not having a home or village to worry about, how many more missions awaited him before finding the ones responsible? 10? 15? Too many that he didn't want to think about, all those would be filled with battle, death and pointlessness of his life being wasted. But it would happen. “My purpose on this earth is to kill these men....” he said to himself, he was here to carry out what his family could not get in death. Would god stop him from claiming retribution? Demandred was in the right, he was convinced that he was. “If this village can't accept that....” Then what? His thoughts echoed, Then there wrong, everything is wrong.

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First Lady Angel was actually a bit unhappy with Demandred's sudden aggression. However, she laid this aside and addressed him normally as he began to walk down the stairs. She hoped that he would stop and listen. "As I said before if you were to address our God I'm sure she'd see that these were bad people and make a move to eliminate them. Or..."

Hilary was not one to lie and she wasn't lying now. It was of a high possibility that the following might happen if Demandred were to take the time to gain Kira's trust. Although it might take a while and some commitment. "If you asked I'm sure Kira would eventually assign you the mission to eliminate them yourself. If it is that important to you..."

It was up to him now. If he continued to run down the stairs Hilary wouldn't stop his leaving.

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Demandred stopped in his tracks and listened to what the Lady Angel said, and his own words replayed in his mind over and over again. He was becoming bitter, and whenever he thought of this subject he was getting quicker and more violently to anger. Mentally and emotionally he pushed his feelings deeper into himself, effectively turning it inward on himself and making sure they would not rise. Don't lose your cool, you'll get them eventually, you've waited three years, you can't afford the wait he spoke inside. Turning back to the Lady Angel, he bowed in respect. “I am sorry, my anger was displaced, and I should not have snapped at you” he admitted and replaced his outlook with a smile, bowing one more time to her.

“I think then that I must see Kira, if she can help me get retribution...My loyalty is hers” he nodded more to himself then to her. “Thank for bringing me here” he smiled again, “I am grateful, May I escort you back to the tower?” he held out his hand. Demandred couldn't afford to snap, he had to keep himself collected, hold those feeling inside, keep up the facade for the time being until he needed it. He hoped the Angel could forgive him, this would not happen again, not if he could help it.

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[Flower]

First Lady Angel, Hilary, would allow her hand to be taken and then she would walk with Demandred, more pleased now than before, back to the A Savior's Domain. She doubted that the walk would have any events that would cause her harm and if she got there safely it would be time to bid Demandred a fair well, for she did have other stuff to do.

If nothing were to interrupt her then she would say, "Please check in after a couple days. I'm sure that Kira will be here soon, after all it is her village."

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Demandred would walk in utter silence with the lady Angel, his eyes staying on the ground and focused on the future. When they arrived he bowed in respect and nodded. “Yes, course, I will check back later when she has the time. Thank for for your time” he would turn with a smile and head back to the mansion, he had a couple things he wanted to ask Stella anyway.

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[Flower]

Hilary bid the man a good farewell and she took off for the tower, leaving him to do what he would.

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