Seasons of Love (Cadus)

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus furrows a brow and walks over to the poor girl, his hand extends to touch her but he doesn't. "I'm sorry, I will figure out what to do to help you..." With that he started to head to the temple.

Clot on the other hand laughs, "Oh you bitch.. you're no fun... Fine... I'll go see Rose.... but don't think for a minute I'll wipe my feet..." Clot vanishes to go do who knows what as cadus hobbles along, his spirit with him.

[Reaper]

When Cadus is at the temple be sees Andy there with the little girl. The little girl touches Andy's face, "This is difficult for everyone... what you suffer with be a fraction of the hell I bring on the other gods. Reaper. Yoya. Rhaego. Rayen. First are foremost. They forgot those that made them. Your punishment is very simple. Tell this girl that you will not save her from me."

Rose looks at Clot as he enters, "Took you long enough to get here." She says with a smile. She wasn't hurting anymore. "You've changed. Is the toddler still your favorite?"

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus shakes his head, "No... I won't do that..." Slamming his staff onto the ground vines and roots pierce the ground and start to grow all around him. "If you've resorted to punishing me by hurting innocent mortals... it is no wonder you were forgotten..."

Clot strolls in and smiles, "I've got all the time, and I arrived right on time... by how this plays out, let me answer you quickly... No, yes, yes I'm sure, no no no no and you know I never stopped caring about you... you were just a jealous woman that made dumb decisions instead of talking to me... BEFORE I was insane." Clot smiled as he stood there.

Cadus glared at her, "Let her go... this is MY punishment for forgetting, my amnesia that apparently is warrent for punishment... Come to me..." He said as he extended his hand to her.

[Reaper]

The young female runs over and takes Cadus' hand. She shakes her head, "Don't let her have my body." The little girl walks over to him. "I need her body... she is MY avatar. She is so hung on you she won't just give up."

Rose laughs and sits back, "How is she? How is Riot doing? I realize I was in the wrong..." She says brushing his hair out of his , "I Missed you... I've missed you so much Ace."

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus does not let go of her and simply looks annoyed, "Can you not just share? Bestoy yourself upon her and share the body? Otherwise I will be taking her with me..." His resolve was solid like a redwood as he tried to stare her down. "Or you can find another..."

Ace smiled, "She's good... She's married and had a kid with my buddy... She's in the world I promised her...I missed you too... So... I actually forgot how this one goes... Do ya wanna go back to earth? The projects are free here, no hunting... it's a world I promised you all..." He smiled.

[Reaper]

The girl glares at him, "She is mine. Why do you care you don't remember her..." She says, "Fine. I will share her body." Andy clings to Cadus, "It's Almost Time For HER To wake... do you think she will kill any mortals when she does?" Andy clings to him. "Cadus..."

Rose laughs and kicks her feet, "You are okay with this? You are okay with how this turned out? I can feel the obsession with her is still there... why deny it?"

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus holds her tight, "I care for all of them... I care for all of you... and what do you mean? Who is waking up?" Cadus looked bewildered as he looked at her, he still was a little hazy.

Ace laughs, "I'm not insane anymore, well I am but so far that it's clarity... She has the world I wanted... I can still protect her, but to protect her I need to be an observer and not a participant." Softly he smiled, "I did so many bad things after you left..." He finally relented.

[Reaper]

The girl smiles, "Andy. The asylum will be full of mortals... mortals and prophets. How many do you think... will die?" The girl clinging to his arm is gone though he can feel her tears on his arm.

Rose kicks her legs sitting on nothing, "What did you do after I left Ace? What evil did you commit? Did you realize that it wasn't for her good like you thought? That it was for your good... and that she became the perfect you tried to stop anyway?"

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus looks angered as vines lash out at the girl. "WHERE IS SHE!" he shouts in anger, "I will stop it... I WON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIE!... not... not again..." he looked distraught.

Ace laughs and simply touches rose's head, implanting every vile dead he did but left the plotting out, left the schemes and such out of her mind. "It was for a cause but that is what I did..." Leaning back once more he shook his head, "No.. I am the perfect... I'm a god now... I AM the perfect I said I would... she's no longer a vampire, she can walk in the sun, she does not need blood constantly, silver doesn't hurt her... I did everything I set out to do..." Clot smiled even brighter as he stood there. "It took me a millennium trapped in a fold of time to figure out how to get out... and to find my sanity...once I learned how to control time, I found this little world... so one man had a link that could open up a way to bring everyone here...." he laughed, "Granted it's still open.... but..." SHaking his head he continued, "I'm the last thing I said I promised her, she begged me to stop.... so..." putting his hands up he smiles, "I stopped... I keep her safe, I've done all I set out to do...She can't die from anything but a god or prophet of us, she has a god constantly linked to her so if it ever comes close... I can intervene... she's safe..."

[Reaper]

The little girl shrugs, "The insane goddess... and the nightmare goddess shall be there when it starts, bring more gods and less will die." The small girl vanishes and Cadus would wake up in bed with Reaper.

Rose laughs, "That is precious." She waves her hand and shows that Zealous is working to catch Riot. "Can you stop that? She will be worked on again... because of the rules set in place to keep you in check you cannot stop it Ace. That. Is your punishment. I am just here to deliver it."

[Cadus Mandrake]

Ace laughs, "Who do you think pushed for those rules..." Leaning in he whispers, "There is a reason the old gods were forgotten..." With that he laughs even harder and steps back. "I am time, also the interaction you say are... Placed... for me are in discussion" Shaking his head he looks at her, "I've already lived enough punishment for everything I do... I've seen my final punishment..." Again he laughs as he vanishes.

Cadus wakes up in a sweat, "I... I need to warn them all..." Summoning his staff again he starts to move out of bed.

[Reaper]

Reaper wakes up and grabs his arm, "Where are you going Cadus? You had a nightmare Hon. Come back to bed." She tried to soothe him. It did seem it was all a dream.

Rose pouts, "I do want to be alive again Ace." She says kicking her feet.

[Cadus Mandrake]

Ace smiles "why do you think I had this conversation? I can get you a body and talk to a few people." He smiled something wicked.

Cadus shakes his head. "It was a warning. I know the differences... I must warn them..."

[Reaper]

Reaper gets out of bed and puts on a robe. "Who are you warning? What was it about?" She asks. Reaper grabs his arm again looking very worried. "Who do you plan to warn?"

[Cadus Mandrake]

Cadus resolves himself as robes form on him from plant fibers, "Everyone... the malkavian's being sane is just the start..." He would start to head off