forum "How would you like to be... a villain's acquaintance?" (OxO closed)

Started January 19, 2023 by Deleted user

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Sylvia's gaze softened as the captive asked her questions, was it that necessary to threaten her with the knife? Kendric never did anything like that to her, but Sylvia was willing to learn how to be a villain when she took her in. But then again, she was just a young tween that had just ran away from home…

She tried her best to keep herself composed as she softly answered, "Look, when I came here, I was kind of the same way you are, without powers, without athletic skills, but I was much younger. But… but the reason Kendric took me in was because she saw something in my eyes, she saw determination for something I had to learn about, she saw- Well, who am I kidding, I suck at these kinds of speeches. Anyway, I just need you to help me, please?"

Her voice started to waver, and her eyes began to tear up. Sylvia quickly rubbed her eyes and telepathically cut off the vines that were holding Clarissa in place and still kept her hostage with an aventurine aura that the woman could see but not feel. "So how 'bout I give you a quick tour of the palace, Topaz."

Clarissa's mind was still reeling from the adrenaline but she was able to listen to the woman’s strange explanation. She would try to process it later, though she did chuckle softly when Sylvia said that she wasn't good at the speech.

She let out a shaky sigh of relief when the vines were removed and carefully stood up, making note of the strange green glow. “What exactly do you need my help with?” she asked hesitantly. Though she didn't object to the tour and made no comment about the new name.

Sylvia sighed, "Something… important. I'll explain more later."

She left the room, expecting the girl to follow her. "So, you were just in the hostage's room," the young villainess chuckled softly. "Not really, that's just a spare room. Gosh, this place has a lot of spare rooms come to think of it."

She closed the door behind them and headed towards the other room. Their steps echoed on the marble floors and vine-laced walls in the hallway. Sylvia casually opened another door, "And this is the weapon room."

The room was not so big in itself, but what seemed what hundreds of different swords, blades, daggers, etc. beautifully decorated the walls; each one was neatly hung in their places.

Sylvia let out another sigh as she wistfully gazed at the weapons hanging on the wall, "This was one of Kendric's favorite rooms…" She let her eyes rest on the walls for another minute, then closed the door. "Anyway, let me show you one of my favorite rooms. The pOiSoN room." She said, quickly elevating her mood as she walked to the place.

Clarissa raised a brow at the dismissive answer but followed when Sylvia walked out of the room. Though she did do a double-take at the joke before rolling her eyes. “That wasn't very funny.” she muttered.

At the sight of the weapon room, she let out a whistle at all the different types of blades on the walls. Some small part of her had always respected the people who handled knives. The precision, the style, the grace… Her thoughts screeched to a halt as Sylvia closed the door. “Uh… Kendrick?” she asked, remembering that she had mentioned that name before too.

“Poison? I hope you have proper safety equipment in place for that.” she commented.

"Safety equipment? Ohhhh, this isn't where I make potions. This is where I store them." Sylvie said nonchalantly, "Besides, what are a few bottles going to do to you?"

She opened the door, then quickly closed it. "You know what, you're probably right. We should check the rooms as we train." Sylvie took a quick glance at the door, and grinned. "Wait, I'll be right back.

The villainess walked into the room, hardly opening the door and closed it behind her. After a few seconds, she reappeared holding a small glass bottle labeled "ARSENIC," lifted the cork and took a quick sip. "Alright, so I think we should start training outside, is that good?" Sylvie asked with an eager smile.
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Once outside, Sylvie led the acquaintance-to-be into a large clearing in the forest. Beaming, she inhaled the fresh air around her. "So, what do you think? My second favorite place and also Kendric's favorite place, well it was her favorite place. But, either way…"

Her eyes started to glow their signature green; however, Sylvester lifted his head without warning and stuck out his tongue, checking the air. "You might want to start quickly, he's sssstarting to plan ssssomething against us." He hissed cautiously, words only Sylvia or other snakes could understand.

“I work in a lab.” Clarissa pointed out. “Even just storing bottles can be dangerous if you don't do it right.” she explained, not sure if she actually wanted to see where this woman made her poisons.

“Wait, train?” she questioned nervously. “What happened to just giving me a…” her words trailed off at the sight of the bottle and took a step back. “What the hell are you doing?!?!?!” she nearly shrieked as Sylvia actually DRANK the poison. Apparently forgetting all of Sylvia’s powers even as the villain dragged her outside.
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“I think it's beautiful out here but I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you drank freaking ARSENIC!” she admitted, clearly not amused by Sylvia’s antics. Even if she appeared fine right now, not taking notice of the snake around the villain’s neck.

Sylvia laughed, "You mean this?" She asked tauntingly, pulling out the small bottle and taking another drink.

Clearly annoyed, the golden snake on her neck hissed, "Ssstop it, SsSylvie. You're going to give the poor girl a heart attack."

"Relax, she'll be fine." Sylvie casually replied, again lifting the bottle to her lips. This time just to quench her thirst than to tease the woman in front of her.

"SsSylvie…"

"Fine," she turned to her new aquaintance, "I'm immune to both poisons and venom, so arsenic," Sylvie threw the bottle into the air, making it dissapear, "doesn't faze me." The villainess turned to her snake, "You happy?"

"Quite." Satisfied, Sylvester smelled the air again.

"By the way, I haven't introduced you to my snake. Topaz, this is Sylvester. Sylvester…" She lowered her voice, "Say hi."

"Why would I bother, she can't understand a word I say, or can she?"

"Just try."

Sylester sighed and smiled bashfully, "Hi."

"Now, would you like to try out some powers, Topaz?"

(It's ok.)

Clarissa sighed, rubbing her forehead in pure annoyance. “At least, if you die, I can go home and forget this whole thing.” she muttered before looking back up.

She raised a brow when she saw Sylvia speaking to her snake-shaped necklace and let out a huff. “You… You're immune. Ok. If I'm going to be stuck here with you, I'm going to ask you not to do that kind of stunt again.” she all but demanded, her eyes narrowed.

“Uhh…” she stammered for a moment and the unusual introduction. “Hi. Wait… Powers? Me?” she asked incredulously. “What can I do?”

Sylvia reached out her hand, a green flame came out of her palm. It slowly dissolved only to reveal a necklace, its only pendant was an opalescent stone carved to look like an arrowhead. "Here, put it on. I'll give you the powers as we go and don't worry, they won't be that strong… yet."

Clarissa just raised a brow at the sight of the jewelry but reluctantly accepted it. “And what powers would this give me?” she wondered, unwilling to admit that the new necklace was… kind of… pretty.

"Well, some of my powers. You know, controlling plants, levitating, immunity to poison and venom, oh, and you'll be able to understand snakes!" Sylvia spun the necklace around her finger, "So do you want to take it or not?"

“Well, considering I’m stuck here for now and don't want to die…” she rolled her eyes as she held out her hand. “Sure, I’ll take it. At least the levitation sounds cool.” she added with a mutter. Though she also thought that the poison immunity could be useful… and the plant powers didn't sound that bad either.