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Ozerchabal's music made Chloe want to slam her own face through a sheet of glass. This was exactly the kind of pumped up that she wanted to be today. With her head swimming in hell's music, she tore the price tag off of her newly purchased sledgehammer and marched into the cave.

This was where Eroshay had made the shrine to her father, Mikhainon. She thought that she would be able to tolerate it, but it haunted her dreams. She thought she could feel him, reaching into this world through his sacred ground, grasping for her mind. He wanted revenge, and the truce they struck would only prevent the worst he was capable of. He could still drive her mad. Was he trying to drive her mad? Was that his game? That fucker! She would show him!

With a primal yell, she swung her hammer. She could be heard well past the range of Ozerchabal's song - but this part of the island was usually empty. She swung again, and again, smashing anything that looked important. Ozerchabal joined in with his own hammer, chipping away at the bloody paintings on the cave's inner surface.

She wanted to feel a tendril of his power, wanted to feel his anger, wanted to feel it crest and destroy itself against her own anger. She didn't feel anything. She swung harder, and all it made her feel was out of breath. There was no triumph here, none of the satisfaction she had imagined - only emptiness. She swung harder. In the back of her mind, she began to wonder if any of this was real, if her father had actually been trying to act against her. She felt guilt (Guilt!?) at destroying something Shay had worked so hard on. Wasn't she family too, kinda-sorta? Did she need to suffer too for this?

Maybe this was all imagined. The dreams, the fears, everything. Chloe swung harder to shake these thoughts loose. Maybe he was making her think these things and feel these things, nibbling at the back of her mind. It was a nice try! Haha! She laughed, bitter and defiant. She swung harder.

Ozerchabal noticed the newcomer first. The music stopped. Chloe turned to face the entrance.

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Rhymien on this day happened to be testing out a more serious suit of his. He'd been letting loose and perhaps enjoying himself a little too much on the island as of late. He needed to get his costumes for the real fun, but that was later, and this was now. He wasn't Rhymien right now.

He was Kenneth. And Kenneth was a young, new blood, ice troll. Memories and falsities flew to mind so easily that Rhymien might have tricked himself into believing Kenneth was a real being. He was the first catfish ever to be invented.

Right. That day Kenneth had taken a walk along rocky shores and private places. He liked looking for secrets; it was among his top favorite three things to do during his free time. If it weren't for the music and all the noise, Ken might have never stumbled upon Chloe as she tore apart a used to be shrine.

It was going to take her some effort; there was blood drawings on the walls and etches, pillows, a giant statue of some enormous beast (her father himself Rhymien knew, but Kenneth didn't), and a sacrificial bowl.

When the Demon girl turned to face him, along with her two large looking friends, Kenneth rose his hands a little, not above head level, but enough to show he meant no harm.

"Uh. I can go?" Kenneth suggested with clear anxiety in his tone at the idea that she might just turn that weapon on him and end him where he stood.


 
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Horns. He had horns, and this made him look very suspicious. Maybe he was a demon - and there was nothing wrong with that, but why here and now? And why couldn't Chloe sense him? Was Mikhainon blocking her ability to sense other demons somehow? Was this boy going to pose a threat? He was too suspicious.

Chloe took a few steps towards him to get a better look at him. "Who and what are you? What are you doing here?" She was still holding the hammer. her eyes locked on him in an intense stare. She was still breathing heavily from the exertion earlier, now very much on edge.

Even if her father did send him - what was she going to do? Kill him? No. That would be playing right into his hand, unless she was trying to defend herself. She didn't have a plan for this. She didn't know why she was interrogating him like this. But she was scared, and she had a big hammer.
 
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She was scared and she -did- have a very sizeable hammer. It was lucky that Kenneth was more durable than most, thanks to Trolls blood. He grimaced in an exaggerated sort of way before flashing her a smile.

"Kenneth Frostborne, miss. I'm 'n' Ice Troll. Well... I guess half 'n' Frost Troll and half 'n' Mountain Troll. Dad says we got just a hint of Ogre blood in us, but mom ne--" Kenneth stopped himself and breathed out, taking a step back and nearly tripping over the carved stairs that led into the shrine area.

"S-Sorry. I talk when I'm nervous. I just heard music and I... well... I didn't expect a horny girl with a giant hammer. Not that I think you're horny! I mean, er, you have horns! Horned!"


 
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Chloe stopped as Kenneth started correcting himself. She chuckled. "That's actually a pretty good pun, Kenneth. Horny. I should use that one more often." She nodded. "It makes a lot of sense that you're a frost troll, too. And it'd be dumb of him to send some timid horned guy after me, now that I think about it. You're probably just some fuckin' guy." Now she laughed. "I bet he's FUCKING ENJOYING THIS TOO." She turned around mid-sentence to shout at the altar, then turned back to Kenneth. "Anyway, I'm Chloe. Wanna help me and Ozzy fuck this place up? Since you liked the music enough to come closer."

Ozerchabal didn't like this idea, but he didn't say anything. He didn't trust Kenneth, and he didn't want to spend this whole experience keeping an eye on Chloe's back around this rando. He just wanted to jam out and hit things really hard with a hammer.
 
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If Kenneth had someone to share a glance with when Chloe yelled at the alter/shrine, he would have done it. As it was, he took that as a chance to step back away a little more.

"Ooooookaaay," he said slowly, giving himself time to think over the options. Which happened to be, get the fuck out of there, or join the crazy girl with a hammer in destroying this Shrine.

Personally, Rhymien would have been all for doing it, but Kenneth was not Rhymien.

"No, uh, I think... Well..." And with that, he darted off the steps and as quickly away from her and her crazy crew as possible.



Shay didn't visit the shrine much since Gabriel was gone now. It was still a very private place, though, and sometimes she wanted to be somewhere alone to think.

That day, as Shay approached the area where the shrine was located, a blue boy with horns pushed past her and kept right on going. He looked terrified. Which didn't bode well for her.

Shay cursed and ran for the shrine, surprised at what she found when she got there. "Oh for fuck's sake."


 
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Neither of the two demons made any effort to stop him. "He must not like having fun," Ozerchabal said after he had been gone for a few seconds. Chloe just stared at the entrance for a while, deep in thought.

"I don't think he's going to be a problem. Do you, Ozzy?"

"Probably not." He started smashing the wall again, breaking off more pieces of mural.

Chloe started to think about the amount of time Shay had spent on it and how much it had made her father happy to have a cultist again, and it made her sad. What a stupid thing to feel. Why couldn't she be stronger? Why couldn't she just hate him? This place was giving him power, too, and a foothold onto the island. She couldn't let it stay. She wiped her eyes and went back to smashing.

And then Shay was here. When Chloe heard her voice, she whipped around. Now she thought she was starting to see how her father would respond to this. He was sending Shay to deal with this, wasn't he? Shay was his cultist after all. And Chloe knew she had a gun on her back when she lived with Klaus - who was to say she wouldn't still? She was clever. She could probably hide the thing from Angelo.

"What are you doing here?" Chloe was almost shouting, brandishing her hammer. Ozzy got his horn ready. "Did he tell you to come stop me? Is that it?"
 
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Shay made a face when Chloe held her hammer threateningly. She didn't back away or move forward. Crossing her arms under her bust, Shay said, "You mean Gabriel?"

"No one sent me. You think I listen to the whims of capricious Demons posing as Gods?"

Shay looked around at all the damage done here. Her blood was on those walls in a literal way. Looking at all the hard work, Shay didn't feel bad that it was gone. She understood in some sense of the word. If this had belonged to Vito or Klaus, she would have done the same exact thing.

"This place is secluded. I used to come here to think before I put the damn thing in. I'd stopped coming here, but I decided to give it a shot. And here you are."

Shay gave a hard look at Ozzy. "Call your fucking dog off, Chloe, I'm tired of being threatened. It's not like you couldn't take me out yourself. Angelo took my gun and my knife."


 
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You think I listen to the whims of capricious Demons posing as Gods?

Chloe made a show of looking around at the remains of the cave's carefuly crafted decorations. Shay kept talking before she could retort.

"I don't have a dog." Ozzy didn't move. "And I don't believe a word of this." Chloe's eyes rested on a blood painting of her father's true form. She started laughing. "Holy shit, Shay. If you don't, how did you put it? If you don't follow the whims of capricious demons posing as gods, what the fuck are we standing in here? Am I supposed to think you made this for fun?" Another burst of laughter."Did you accidentally pray in his name here?"
 
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Shay mimicked Chloe's laughter, feeling venom on her tongue. "What do you call this Chloe? How about the same fucking thing you did to survive without having your fucking life ruined? Or did you accidently follow his order? Accidently train under him?"

Shay didn't spit on the floor between them, but it certainly seemed like she wanted to. "I only ever prayed once, and I never intended for it to be to him. Don't act like you have any idea of my intentions or my loyalties. You know nothing about me, and you've always thought poorly of me."

"You acted so behind him when he was around, all high and mighty and now he's gone, and you're interrogating me. Who was the one who agreed with him when he–" Shay cut herself off, looked off to the side and quelled her rage.

"I'm really not in the mood to have you point more fingers at me, Chloe. Either kill me and get it over with or back off."


 
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