tensci sees a ghost. 

    Sniffling, the Covetess floated between the walls of Limbo. An inner darkness loomed and a distressed whimper crawled from the back of her throat that none but she could hear; no cries, pleads or exchanges could be made with any entity. 

    All alone in the abyss that was both beautiful and horrifying.. 
      Would anyone save her here?

anomaliies is followed by an apparition. 

    For days she’d been silent, for days the world could not see or touch her person. So why was she here? Why did she remember nothing and why could no one speak to her? Could this be a form of hell? Of punishment? 

      “Why…” Nevy choked a sob. 

Gev

      WORRIED?

      Ah, it was like Nevy to worry, but it didn’t matter how well she explained her reasons, he somehow always came out confused. With his bag on the table, and the flap open, he paused the search for his sandwich and observed her from beneath dark eyelashes.

      “Do something?” He inquired, mocking the intensity she’d used. “Why do you make it sound like that? She’s trying to be my friend, not take me around a corner to stick a knife in my back.” He withdrew the square, plastic container holding his lunch from his bag and then pushed the bag off to the side. “For as long as I’ve known Fira, I can’t fathom why you’d believe otherwise.”

      He was oblivious to the deeper emotions brewing within Fira’s end of the friendship, if any truly existed.

      He peeled the lid off the plastic container, pulled either sleeve of his shirt back, and reached for his sandwich. And that’s when he spoke without thinking his words over. They just slipped right from his mouth.

      “You sound jealous, you know?”

    There’s a tinge of rage deep inside the floating aquatic, one that begins to bubble and brew to the surface with a scowl on her once pretty face. Now it was filled with disdain and outright scorn to her host whom so casually pointed out her flaw – one she was willing to ignore and pretend never existed. 

               “I don’t sound any particular way, Gev. 
                   You just don’t understand women–or me.”

    Perhaps it was a light jab at his tunnel vision in regards to the heart, persons or even his own beliefs. But she didn’t need to get into specifics, all she had to do was wait for Gev to make his own conclusions, and play off that insecure thought or worried tone. 

                        She just had to wait. 

Gev

      Gev, once staring out the office window and into the waiting room at no one in particular, is now face-to-face with the figment of his own imagination. He was visibly deflated by Nevy’s persistence and perhaps defeated by the time she’d poked his nose and inquired about whether or not he liked having her around.

      He didn’t admit to it on a daily basis, but he did enjoy having her with him. She was nice company, and a good friend. He wouldn’t have made it this far without her, truthfully. And whenever he was feeling down, whether it was about himself or another subject, she always knew what to say in order to make him feel better.

      Nevy was certainly no burden, but all the same, her attachment to his being wasn’t requested either. Gev had absolutely no saying whenever fate decided to join them together, and for that, he sometimes came off distant toward his aquatic companion.

      With an audible sigh, he suddenly pushed himself up and out of his chair. He then reached for his bag and threw it over his shoulder. “I’m going to lunch,” He said to Fira beside him. “Alone, i-if you don’t mind… I just… have some things I need to think about.”

      Fira said she understood, but she looked disappointed. Gev was growing more and more distant, as of late… But he refused to explain the reason behind it, for how did one make sense of a creature only they could see?? It would sound crazy and the last thing he needed was TITAN to believe he had a lunatic among his supreme ranks.

      Later, when he was away from the office and in solitude within the city, he took a seat at a public outdoor table, dropping his bag down. His eyes closed, he suddenly said, “For the record, I do like having you around, but didn’t we agree you’d leave my work alone?” Out to nothing but air, it would seem, should anyone look over at the boy who sat “alone”.

   A silent war won on her behalf, with glee filling the depths of her stomach when he stood and announced his immediate leave to take lunch. Despite Fira’s obvious dislike of not being invited with him, enough that made his demon look on with scorn. She had him the entire day! Why would she need to eat with him as well? 

 With a graceful twist, the Covetess swam through the air just behind Gev and occasionally in front of him; dipping through doors and watching with big curious eyes, one’s that looked ready to cry. He didn’t look too happy with her needy behavior, in fact, he looked a bit exhausted. 

  In one breath her fears were abolished with his reassurance that he did enjoy her company, yet did give a slight scolding to her pestering him during hours of work; the most dangerous of times to have him being distracted or having him speak to himself. But could he really blame her? A world of silence where only one person could speak to her? That knew she existed once? It was near maddening being stuck in this limbo, in this colorless world. 

       “I know I said I wouldn’t bother you at work, but I got worried. That woman was talking to you a lot, asking about you wanting to go somewhere after work. It really scared me, Gev, because then I wouldn’t be able to be with you then – not really. Honestly, I think she’s trying to do something.…” 

   Nevy was no fool, she knew exactly what Fira was aiming for; they’d been working together for a long time, and knew each other even longer still when they were children. The affections of a young woman for a young man weren’t uncommon, but she’d be damned if someone tried to take Gev from her. 

                        She had to protect him. 

hislethargy:

      He was. Oh, he was, but he was doing everything in his power to ignore her; at least until he and Fira will have finished with the latest recruitment. So, typing furiously, he pretended as if he didn’t currently have someone looming from above him and blowing bubbles in his direction (as a sort of distraction, no doubt).

                                    Always the persistent, Nevy was.

      “That ought to do it.”

      He said finally. But not in response to the scaled beauty; rather, to the recently approved recruit of TITAN’s army. With a small grin, he handed Jax his official papers and sent him on his way; Fira congratulating the man from beside Gev.

      And Gev still wasn’t acknowledging the floating Covetess, even after the fact.

    A few bubbles left her lips while her envious gaze turned ten-fold in a glare just down on his head, yet she was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. After all, they weren’t alone – his coworker was just at his side and a few TITAN followers kept coming to the window and leaving. 

     With an elegant spin, Nevy was then stretched out over Gev’s keyboard and blocked the sight of both his monitor and the window to service potential followers. With a single pink finger she poked the center of his nose, “Gev, just go on lunch already. Tell her that you’re hungry and go to lunch so we can talk.” 

                                   “I hate when you ignore me like this, Gev. 
                                      Don’t you like having me around?”

hislethargy looks to the Princess. 

             “Gev….”

   A few bubbles passed by the young man’s head, swirling and twirling around until they popped against each other, his face or head. When he continued tapping away on his keyboard, she floated over head and gave a firm glare, “…Gev, are you listening to me?”

cagedmagpie:

❝ The thing is, _{I don’t know when he’ll be back. He’s usually gone for a long time… He usually likes hearing more about my health improvements than puzzles, but I can understand why. Ever since you started talking to me, I’ve been feeling better and better  overall. I guess the loneliness was really taking a toll.} ❞ _{She reached over for a book placed further from her on the table, violet eyes scanning the pages as she quickly flipped through text and pictures; until she suddenly stopped. Quite eagerly, she pointed to a picture of a cyan and bright pink mermaid accompanied by a silhouette of a girl.  
❝ One day we’ll really get to be like that. I’ll be strong enough to swim, and we’ll make it to the ocean! I’ve only seen pictures, but maybe actually going there will help you remember something? ❞}

    “You–You don’t think he’s coming back anytime soon? But I thought–I was sure he would. After all, it’s been a few weeks since he’s been here, Maggie. Aren’t you worried about him? Maybe enough to try and get Olai to call and tell him to come home?” An ulterior motive to her planting doubts in her hosts mind, if there was one person she dearly wanted to see, and quickly, it was Odin. 

    Casually her emerald gaze traveled to the bed, watching Maggie’s finger twirl along a few drawings and then one in particular; a mermaid and young girl. It was this picture that forced her into the air and clasp her chin in thought, studying the picture with intensity. 

      “Maybe….” Nevy didn’t sound very certain, “what if I do remember when we get there? I could remember things that are hurtful… that maybe I wanted to never remember at all. Maybe there’s a reason my life was taken from me – if I had a life at all.”

cagedmagpie:

Her pale, unsure _{hands had been turning a certain piece over and over between slender fingers before the piece was pressed into place.  ❝ We’ve done this nearly ten times in the past week and I still can never remember where it goes       ❞ There was never much to do during days when she felt sicker than ever, but Nevy was always there to keep her company    unlike the rest of the family. While they were busy with missions, she was busy trying to even stand. But this mermaid, as Magpie categorized her, was always talking with her. She had trouble remembering things about herself, but she knew everything Magpie told her about the Arrow family, mermaids, and her sickness.  ❝ Thank you, Nevy. ❞}

      “You shouldn’t beat yourself up about it, Magpie. Things take time.. memory takes time.” 

   Nevy knew more than most about memories; they came in flash backs and sometimes even her dreams – if they were dreams. The covetess could never tell if she was actually sleeping or merely stagnate in limbo. Another phase of existence that just went quiet while her charge drifted in and out of her comatose like slumber. How jealous she was that Maggie could slumber, while she was stuck in the waking world… in a world seen by no one but a select few – apparently. 

    “I’m sure Odin will be happy to see you’ve finished it again.
     Hehe, I can’t wait for him to come back home~ ♥ ♥” 

  There was one person amidst the Arrow family that sparked her mind to wander; Odin Arrow. Each time he came around she felt a great warmth in her chest, a flush to her face and a quiet admiration. But why? Did she know someone before that was like him? 

cagedmagpie dreams of the Princess. 

          “Right here….” 

   Gently the tip of her vibrant pink finger pressed against a particular piece of the puzzle; showing her where exactly it could fit and how. Nevy felt helpful and so full of happiness to have a captive audience like this, someone who needed her just as much as she needed someone to watch her. 

                       “It should fit.”