You are my whore....(invite)

[Hana Tachiban]

Hana was following Bear into the kitchen, beginning to feel better, when she felt herself halted by the god. A false yet convincing look alike emerged from behind her and took her place, and Hana reached out in a panic to try and stop her.
"No, NO!" she screamed, the noise falling on deaf ears. She bowed a little under the pain of Laz squeezing her shoulders, which made it easier for him to drag her out of the house."BEAR! BEAR!" The half-'pire turned in Lazarus's arms and shoved against him. "

[Bear]

Bear looked at the faux Hana utterly bewildered. "That lil bastard is messing with ya? sounds like a child who didnt get his toy, i don like how much hes been playin with ya but i let him because you liked it.." he shook his head, this just didnt make sense to him. Hana was NEVEr this weak. He wastn sharp enough to see through the god's illusion but dogs had a good sense of right and wrong. He rushed after the departing 'hana' as well as Laz and Hana. "If you really feel like that Lass, lets see ya tell me our whole first meeting," bear didnt get what was up but really, but if Laz was involved he wanted to confirm that his lady was his lady and not part of the eccentric god's game.

[Lazarus Morningstar]

Lazarus placed his hand on Hana's forehead with a wicked smile as the illusionary Hana turned and looked ashamed. "I..." she sighed and shook her head, "I picked you out from the gypsy on crimson's birthday..." She held her arm and rubbed it a little before turning back away as Lazarus got Hana out the door. Wings spread from his back as he holds her tightly. "Don't worry my dear..." he whispered. "You will remember everything soon... then you can go...." Flapping off the ground he smiled as the doorframe became slightly smaller, his shadow blotting out the moonlight entering the house. "Once you remember everything.... you'll be free to go... but I refuse to have any more distractions..." launching up into the air he started to fly faster as Hana was held closely to his body.

Once he was out of sight the illusion would start to walk out the door and then, vanish after turning the corner. Lazarus no longer cared if bear was aware or not.

Landing into a cave he starts to still carry Hana, against her will, through a labyrinth of caves and tunnels. Soon however he sets her down and just orders her with a 'Follow' before walking. "I will show you my kingdom of dirt.... everything I have... and your lost past before your mother's death..."

[Hana Tachiban]

Hana watched Bear as he spoke to a lie, praying he didn't believe her, hoping he knew this was all some trick from the god of sin. Laz had gotten into her head to feed Bear that line of how she picked him out, and she burned with anger to know how he was tricking him.

Before she knew it, the god had her in his arms, and they were flying. Hana cried hot, steady tears of anger and beat as hard as she could against Laz. "You son of a bitch," she cried, shoving against him, "I hate you, I HATE YOU! Stop doing this!"

She had no idea where they ended up, and quite frankly she didn't care. All she knew was that Bear was home and confused, and she was far away from him. Mindlessly yet involuntarily, the petite woman followed Laz. Upon lifting her hand to wipe tears from her face, she saw the ring on her finger again and began trying to pry it off. There was no give to the thing. It seemed magically attached to her body, to the point where pulling hard caused her a deal of pain. "I don't care what you have to show me. You don't know a goddamn thing about me or my mother, so don't begin to fill my head with poison. I saw what you did to Bear. All you do is lie."

[Bear]

Bear had run out in his shirtless glory, and when he got outside and the 'Hana' vanished he realised there had been no scent attached to the illusion and he snarled. "You think bein' a god is some curse?? Its the only thing keeping you alive right now!" he roared into the heavens. "If you dont want to suffer anymore you should let me take your 'ead off yer shoulders!" He sighed, shoulders drooping.

[Lazarus Morningstar]

"Do not worry, he is not confused.... I just was jealous and needed to feel his wrath..." The god smiled at her and kept walking, leading her down the labyrinth that seemed to shift as they moved. "Actually, I don't lie... each illusion I have revealed the truth at the end... I made sure he followed and believed but had it vanish before him..." Looking at her he smiled again, "Remember dinner? I gave the false illusion and then revealed myself at the end.... I don't lie... that's time dear... I don't gain from lying, the truth is far worse..." he said with a smile as he finally made it to a large gateway, two large demons guarded the doors as they opened the magically sealed chamber. Inside was mounds of treasure and gold.

Walking past there were nothing more than treasure before crossing the large pillars in this chamber, further and further they walked past treasures of the humans before a large staircase seemed to come forth. Heat could be felt coming from the doorway and soon what Lazarus was to show her came into view, a large castle rested under the earth, obsidian walls laced with magic were surrounded by lakes of lava and more demonkin than could be imagined. Further and further down he led her as the stairs glowed with each step, soothing them and making sure their step did not falter. "This is a shrine of the old gods, before me or you were cast out... before the gods of old were forgotten....." he said with a grin, "The gods that made me this way...."

Further down he opened the doors as more guards rested inside, forever valiant, "This is where I fell to when the god found me... I crashed into the land outside and found this cave... for days I was lost in the darkness until I found this pit...." He was his beautiful form as he kept leading her deeper and deeper, "They took pity on me and gave me the power of the god at the cost of my soul that was dying... the metal no longer killed but I still felt it...but... enough, you..." he said as he finally got into the thicket of his fortress. A pair of white angelic wings rested in suspended animation with magical purpose. Turning to her he smiled as he placed on her face. "You remember nothing of me... why do you think you can't remember anything before your trial?"

[Bear]

(Skip Bear until hes back in the picture)

[Hana Tachiban]

Hana continued to follow Lazarus, having given up on the ring on her finger. It wasn't coming off, and she realized he must have slipped it on while she was asleep.
She understood now when he said he'd lost his soul. . .that made a lot of sense as to how fucked up he was. . .and she was sure to project that thought toward him. She followed him through the labyrinth of stone and heat, sweating even in Bear's shirt, her silvery bangs plastered to her forehead.
Hana saw the wings suspended there and narrowed her eyes. There was an odd familiarity in those wings. "How do you know anything about my trial? I was set up, accused of murder, and then cast to earth. There's nothing else. That's the end of the story."
Her hand moved to her stomach, smoothing over the tiny bump beneath her shirt.

[Lazarus Morningstar]

Shaking his head he walks over to her and smiles softly, "You... you don't get it...." Placing a soft hand on her forehead he gives her memories, if they are hers, his, or memories he took from someone who fell long ago are unknown. Lazarus truly believes in his core that these are the lost memories of Hana but the truth is usually stranger than the lies he could come up with. He was never one to be a liar, he was an instigator, not a liar. "Feel them... search... remember..." Memories of her and Lazarus, a man with golden hair like her own and purple eyes, handsome and well loved except those who were powerful. They shared a love and were to be wed, a love that someone was envious of. The same man who performed the trial against Hana for the death of her mother. The man who cast lazarus out, ordered the punishment for the death of someone close to both of them was seen hammering the metal to his mortal frame. She was not supposed to see Lazarus being punished further than the simple exile and was hit over the head. Again the fuzziness dictates in her memories and is filled with memories, again if they were the solid truth or the demented hopes of sin are in itself hazy.

Lazarus paints, or replaces missing pieces, of a long love long lost by the man who set them up, cast them out, and punished them. Lazarus' exile in cursed metal was witnessed as Hana's mother objected to the treatment until the very end.

Stepping away lazarus looked saddened and simply turned back toward the wings. "I don't know what I unlocked, or made clear.... I simply saw what was lucked and broken..." The god looked at the wings and then back to Hana, "Did even a sliver of your memory of me return?"

[Hana Tachiban]

A painful familiarity flooded Hana's mind, invading her senses, taking her back centuries ago to a time she'd long since tried to forget. If people thought Hana was a good mother, then HER mother should have taken the mantle of maternal goddess. She was perfect, Hana's mother, and loved and supported her daughter to an extent that the half'pire could only dream of. So to see her in her memories, so full of life, sent Hana reeling.
She gripped the sides of her head and sank to her knees. There was the trial, and her mother had already been dead for it. But never could she remember what came before that.
But these images of Laz. . .a beautiful seraph with hair and wings like hers. . .this made sense. Back when she was known as Hanael, the champion of strength and willpower, the angel of redemption. She'd. . .loved?

She buried her face in her hands and wept for a brief moment as emotion washed through her. "Why don't I remember you?" she asked, "You were. . .you were there? When they took my wings?"

[Lazarus Morningstar]

Lazarus knelt down, "you see... do you see why I've been so..." he shook his head as he stood up and seemed reluctant to touch her, "Odd... I... it's like coming in contact with home.... only to be afraid that the time will end as soon as you relent or...." He was actually backed up against a wall and leery of moving, holding his arms close to his chest and just watching her, "I was afraid to let it slip through my fingers, I just wanted you to know... to remember me... even if it doesn't last..." he said softly as he paused, "I just wanted you to look at me and at least remember what I looked like... for someone to know me..."

[Hana Tachiban]

"No, no, no," Hana insisted, shaking her head. "That's not true. . .it can't be true." She slipped her hands into her hair. Her head ached. She got up and attempted to shove Laz, even as the image of her mother flashed in her mind again. "I can't believe you. . .I won't believe you. You're a LIAR. What does it matter if it's true, anyway?"
She turned and began walking away. She wasn't sure where she was going, but the way they came was certainly the way out, yes?

[Lazarus Morningstar]

"I'm not a liar...." he said softly, turn after turn kept her coming back to the same room it seemed. Lazarus just stayed in the corner he stood in, "What do I have to gain, capturing a mortal, a prophet no less, fixing hazing memories, showing her the one location that I have left.... my true face... my true name... What purpose do I have to lie?" He rubbed his arm as he looked at her, "I'm most likely going to be punished again... They could take everything that I have left away... or worse... put me in prison... I may even die...." Looking at her, the god actually believed every word from his mouth. A soft laugh escapes his mouth as he continued, "I mean... I fell once and was punished for you once already..." Shaking his head he looked down as he pushed himself off the wall and walked back to the wings, "It's not like it will hurt as much as the first fall doing it again..."

[Hana Tachiban]

The maze wasn't really a maze at all. . .more like a series of paths that kept bringing her back to Laz. Occasionally, she would have to brace herself against the wall as flashbacks ripped through her mind, reinforcing everything that Laz was saying.
She saw her mother again, so wise and serene, and she knew it couldn't be false. . .it couldn't. She was there all over again, so vivid in her mind, especially since she'd never told anyone else the most intimate details about her life leading up to the trial. But now she realized. . .she never told anyone because she didn't know.
Hana fell to her knees in front of Lazarus and dropped her face into her hands. "I'm sorry," she whispered, recalling the images of the man hammering metal onto the god of sin. "I'm so sorry, Lazarus."

[Lazarus Morningstar]

Lazarus caught her as she fell, not letting her possibly hurt herself, "Don't be... I'm a monster, I know... but..." He held her close, "I don't care if you love the man... if you want to have his child... I don't care..." He lifter her face and and just stared into her eyes for a moment without speaking, "I just don't want you to forget me... to not visit me..." Pressing his forehead against hers he cried, "I was so consumed with what I am... I let it rule me, I don't even know how long I can fully resist it... I just... I don't want you to hate me..." Letting go of her face he stopped and slowly started to stand up, not looking at her. "I... I got carried away, consumed... Please..." His hands were stretched out and he was not looking at her, "When i get too emotional or feel something so strong I overact and indulge... I can't control myself so please... I don't want to give you a reason to hate me..."

Again he moves back to his corner and just keeps staring at the ground. "I just want to be a part of your life... and my mind thought capturing you would actually give me the chance to let you see..." shaking his head, "I'm sorry... I was a fool to bring you here... I'm so sorry..."