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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 15, 2007 0:08:36 GMT
"Yes" Leo answered the first question, "No" he answered the second. He watched as she glanced at the house. He was unsure how to answer the third, "Yes" he answered the fourth. He saw the pleading look, walked up to the door and turned the handle. He used a small amount of his strength and the door began to make cracking noises. The lock suddenly broke and Leo pushed the door open. The stench on death hit him as if he walked into a wall of the smell. It was so bad that even a human could smell it but not as bad as he could. He frowned and stepped aside letting the girl enter.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 15, 2007 9:08:38 GMT
Nico smile gratefully at the man and stood back as he approached the door. She gasped slighly as the lock gave way to the mans grip. She noted the frown on his face and stepped towards the open doorway. She recoiled slightly at the smell that greeted her - it smelt of rotting human flesh. She took another two steps and paused. Then she dropped her bag and fled up the stairs.
"Aunty Pandora?" Her voice was full of fear.
She opened a door on the landing and was greeted with the sight of her aunt, lying in bed. There were two small puncture wounds in her neck.
Nico gave a small sob and ran back down the stairs.
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 15, 2007 20:05:57 GMT
Leo waited by the door as the girl ran up stairs. He turned his head away in a futile effort to try and escape the smell. He heard her upstairs. He judged best not to get involved. He just stood by the door and waited for the girl to thank him for the help he had given her then he would be on his way again.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 15, 2007 23:47:26 GMT
As Nico ran back down the stairs, she saw the man stood in the doorway still. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran towards him. She effectively launched herself at him and clung to him. Had she been thinking clearly, she would never have done it, but at that moment she just needed to feel the warmth of another living person. She had, after all, had quite a shock. She closed her eyes and allowed the tears of shock and sorrow to run silently down her face.
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:05:14 GMT
Leo stood there with a frown on his face as the girl held him and cried. His arms remained at his side, he looked uncomfortable.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 17, 2007 19:13:56 GMT
After a few minutes, Nico stopped crying and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. She let go of the man and stepped away from him. She looked at his face, but didn't meet his eyes.
"I'm sorry." She said in a quiet, shaky voice.
She turned away and retrieved her bag from where she had dropped it, and turned back to the man.
"Thank you for your help."
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:17:54 GMT
"Do not be sorry, I have noticed the crying is form of getting rid of grief. You have had a shock, it is natural. You are quite welcome for the help" He paused for a moment and took a breath as if he decided something. "Do you require me to dispose of the body?" He still stood frowning.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 17, 2007 19:21:25 GMT
"Di....dispose of the...."
Nico stared at him, taken back by his bluntness again.
She frowned slightly.
"How?"
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:25:45 GMT
"Remove the body from the house and bury it in the garden. I would require a shovel if you have one. But if not I could dig a grave but hand. Do not worry about detaining me from an errand or a destination I require to get to, I have no where to be" He still stood by the door where he had stood since he opened the door.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 17, 2007 19:28:24 GMT
Nico gasped.
"The garden?" I'd.... I'd rather not. I don't think I could live in this house knowing she was buried there...."
She thought for a moment.
"Then again... I don't think I could live here anyway."
She shuddered and glanced over her shoulder to the stairs.
"Not knowing that she died here."
She turned to the man again.
"Are... are you sure you don't mind?"
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:32:58 GMT
"Yes" He said answering her first question. "No I do not mind, infact it would please me to get rid of the stentch"
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 17, 2007 19:34:23 GMT
Nico managed a small, grateful smile.
"Thank you."
She looked past him to the door.
"Would you mind if I waited outside? Only..."
She glanced towards the stairs again.
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:36:35 GMT
"I do not mind where you are" Leo had not chanced his tone of voice in the whole time he had been talking. He had also remained where he had been stood since the door opened.
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Post by Nico Smith on Dec 17, 2007 19:39:38 GMT
She glanced towards the stairs once more, before looking the man in the eyes.
"Thank you" she repeated.
She dropped her eyes and walked past him, leaving the house. She seated herself on her bike again, and drew her feet up, resting her chin on her knees, her eyes focused on the door.
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Post by Leo Silvêr on Dec 17, 2007 19:52:00 GMT
Leo saw the fear, loneliness and hurt in the girls eyes, but there was nothing that he could do about it. Before entering the house Leo took off his large coat and hung it on an upturned nail on the porch. He then took off his shoes and placed them under the coat. He then made his way up the stairs his nose leading him to the corpse in the bed. It stank. He picked it up and carried the decaying thing down the stairs and out of the house. He threw it down in the far end of the over grown garden. The girl had not given him a shovel or digging implement. He didn't care, he didn't need it. Leo took a breath and closed his eyes. He felt the surge of strength and of letting go. When he next opened his eyes he saw threw a wolfs. The corpse smelled worse. He knelt down in the dirt and began to dig with his front paws. Soon he has a sizable hole. He Put the body in and pushed the mound of dirt over it. He closed his eyes once again. Then when he opened them again he was a man.
He turned and walked back to the house. He then went from room to room opening all the windows and doors and smashing the ones that would not open. This was to air out the house and get rid of the stink. He then collected together all the things in the room that the body had been in and put them in a pile in the garden. These he proceeded to set fire to. The heat making the death stink worse, but covering it slightly with the smell of smoke.
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