Ugh... I Swear It Never Ends...

It hadn't been that long since she and her family had taken it upon themselves to make their their way up the snow covered mountain of Mount Hakobe, they passed the settlements of course making sure not to be seen. That would just cause an annoyance that really she could do without in truth, the rest of her family wouldn't have cared but when they moved with purpose they generally ignored everything else in their path. It didn't always happen because you know people get in the way but still it was an odd and rare occurrence. In honesty she absolutely hated the snow all it took was for her to close her eyes and she could blend perfectly into the surrounding area. She wasn't about to argue with Cirven, she was under terms with him at current but she knew those would be short lived and had a lot to do before what she thought he was eventually would do happened. She just feared he would do it before she could get all her pieces into place, she just hoped if it came to that, that Ruvel would forgive her but then she didn't know who she would choose really, both sides were important to her but for very different reasons. That however was tomorrow's worry, for now everything was at peace, well as at peace as it could be travelling with six crazed family members.

As always they separated so they would know the layout, this prevented any unforeseen issues and more than often than not they'd be removed from the equations before they became an issue. Cirven decided that he wanted to go in with a persona, that was normally trouble but she played along, She still didn't believe that anyone would ever believe that she was a tourist given her appearance. Then there was how Cirven decided to embarrass her before kicking the guard through the door. He then had one guard kill the others before killing themselves, she had claimed all souls bar one and followed the butler towards the thrown room but ended up in the kitchen since it was along the way. Her casual wear seemed to surprise the young man as she dressed like a maid willingly, she seen absolutely no issue with it, it was comfortable and nobody every expected the help. Knowing that the mistress of the castle would be mad at them for diverting she decided to make her a treat fit for a queen and seemed like it worked.

This now was her guild it would seem and everything was going well, well might have been an overstatement given that she really didn't want to be there but this was where her family was and she couldn't go to Tolgalen due to terms. It finally happened, Cirven's little conversation that they were highly trained individuals, it wasn't lie in the least as they had all been trained in at least three skills even if they hadn't wanted to be. She had become decent enough friends with the maid and butler of the castle and had even taught them a few things when it came to treats and desserts to keep their lady off their asses. Today the conversation took a bit of a turn "Demi, the mistress told me to give you this." Bertrand said holding out an ornate envelope making the woman roll her eyes "She realises I listen to Trase not her..." she said opening the envelop to read the letter within it, she may have dressed like a maid but she wasn't anyone's servant "Fine, fine I'll deal with this... her dessert is waiting in the fridge... it will finish setting in around five minutes." she explained sighing as she walked out the kitchen and towards the castle doors "I swear... if its not one thing it's another with these people..." she complained walking out into the snow caring little for the bad weather, it wasn't like it bothered her.

She started walking down the mountain her clothing changing to be an angel blue cheongsam with slits up both sides, under it she wore a pair of white loose trousers over her she wore what seemed to be a thin white and ice blue ornate cloak as she headed towards the town that seemed to be causing the issue. "If it isn't one nutty test it's another... I... I'm going to end up killing someone just to release some stress at this point... I can see it now..." she said to herself as she continued walking to her destination, the thing was where she was walking there was no foot prints it was as perfect as it always had been. "So I need to prove myself as an informant, very well..." she thought as she paused and sat in the snow for a moment, it wasn't like she was with any of the others so she needed to play it a little smarter. She could pretend that she was being held hostage and get information that way, she could torture them and get information that way or she could just keep to the shadows and search that way. The final one seemed boring to her in all honesty but a game of cat and mouse did have it's own appeal, torture was more up the others alley than hers and it would be to easy to get them to trust. "Fine, cat and mouse it is." she said finally making a decision standing looking to the village that she was to infiltrate, keeping to the snowy tree line she moved around it seeing where the weak points where.

She listened as the guards went on about the day to day gossip making her roll her eyes, she couldn't believe that this was what she was being reduced to. Kneeling she picked up a stone with a smile she tossed it in the air just a little testing the weight, before throwing it at tree causing the snow to fall a little as if someone had climbed it "Who's there?" one of the men called out as Demi had moved to pick up another stone and throwing it to hit a brittle bunch of twigs a little way a ways making it seemed like they had been stood on. The two men cautiously moved away from their posts to go investigate, she made sure they were far enough away from the main entrance and slipped right in before they noticed her presence 'What morons...' she thought to herself moving to crouch at a near by wall that was covered by shadows, she knew low level members of this group would only have basic knowledge and so of little use to her, she seen a building nearby with scaffolding and so climbed up it with ease, it was only natural that a bird eyes view would help her get a lay of the land allowing her sense as a reaper to go out so she could sense how many people were within the town. She had to admit it had its benefits over having magical senses but then it also had its downside such as she couldn't tell who was strongest but gave accurate numbers and where they were. 'two hundred and three people with in the village, one third of them are to young to hold a weapon so they are not the one I am looking for.' she thought to herself as she started to dash from one roof to the next being careful not to be noticed and thanks to how she had been trained she didn't disrupt the snow so it didn't move so there was no need for anyone to look up unless they were looking to the sky.

She crouched suddenly looking to the meeting square watching as some heavily armoured people were talking to each other. Though there was three of them, it was clear which one was the highest on the food change and so pushed her own magical presence down as she would need to follow him as all information told and untold would be with him. Quietly she waited until the two groups parted before she moved forward and jamp from the roof landing silently into the snow still leaving no indent on the snow dashing from one piece of cover to the next as she followed the head of this group to a building. He opened the door and walked in allowing the door to close on it's own but before it could she quick stepped forward. Her eyes went wide as she heard voices, she wasn't overly happy she didn't feel like getting her cloak covered in blood today but if it came to that she wouldn't mind it, it just meant one less issue at a later point but still she was playing cat and mouse right now not hunt and kill.

She moved to the shadows and crouched behind a chair watching as what she believed as a group of recruits left for their training 'Guess I'm in the barracks, if nothing else I can make a map of this place when I get back.' thought to herself as she slowly went up the steps silently and quickly trying to find where the leader of this organisation was. It wasn't that hard to find him hearing some of the chatter in the dining hall saying that there would be an attack on the castle at the north of the mountain and that they wouldn't know what hit them 'That's what you all think' she chimed in her head a dark giddy childlike smile on her face 'You want to meet death, it can be arranged...' she continued before flicking her forehead 'Nope, not getting out... information gathering not kill counting today.' she reminded herself continuing down the hall until she got to a large wooden door, it was more ornate than the rest so she believed that this was the place the guy would be so opened the door allowing herself in. "Hi, I'm looking for top secret information on this order... you wouldn't happen to have any to hand would you?" she said in a sincere voice which caught the larger man of guard, in fact he started laughing at her question "You can't be serious young la-" "Oh I'm perfectly serious now if you please I would hate to kill you." she interrupted him as he spoke

"Look miss this joke is running thin, you have one chance to walk out of here without cuffs now I suggest you take it." he advised Demi looked to him a smile "I'll be walking out here without cuffs regardless of this conversation, I just see my cloak a painted red with your blood." he was taken aback by just how sure she was of herself but his eyes went wide as he started seeing a black aura coming from her making him feel injured, a subtle flick of her wrist made additional energy come from her but this time it seemed to affect the man's shadow. Turning he moved to grab his sword, she seeing this turned her hand to be flat and slashed at the air in a single diagonal fluidic motion almost cutting into another realm the moment that she did wails and screams of agony heard from the other side making the man pause in his tracks in fear. "Monster!" he called out making Demi chuckle "No, that would be Trase... I'm a reaper... so I guess close enough when you think about it." her voice filled by thought, she had only had her own 'monster' out a few times and if it came out here well no one was surviving it was that simple. She moved in and dragged out a set of chains and threw them at him watching as they wrapped around him with little issue binding him.

"Hmm..." she said feeling herself being injured by her father for using his power in such a way but but it didn't phase her in anyway as she moved closer to him and watched as he struggled against his bindings. "What a big sword you have, are you over compensating for something little man?" she asked picking it up wielding it with some efficiency. With a few quick strikes across his chest he bit his lip feeling the sharp bite of the blade that had served him loyally for many years, getting use to the weight she twirled her white hair floating around her as she cut across his stomach deeply his insides starting to fall out slowly as she jamp up cutting up his body making sure it bit in to do fatal damage as it cut up his intestines stomach though it grinded against his rib cage. "Should have just given me the information, this wouldn't have been needed." she reminded him as she pulled the blade out before twisting once more cutting the top of his head off before it lopped his head off making him fall to the floor. She looked to her hands and clothing and groaned a little "I wanted to stay clean today... it never ends... I swear!" she complained before she reminded why she was here and started looking around the room opening cupboards, drawers and even his safe after getting his keys and took all information she could find and headed for the window where she quick stepped from the window sill and out to be out of the outer wall heading back up the mountain with what she was asked to get.

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