[1v1] Without a Shadow of a Doubt (Zar and Solia)

[Baneful]

Since Nuru dissapeared, Zar had taken to roaming the haunted house like a forlorn ghost. He didn't know what he expected to find, if anything at all - all that mattered was that there was something soothing about the shifting winding rooms and halls. It felt like he was looking, even if it was only an illusion to soothe his restless mind.

Whenever he entered the house, he always wore human form, it was habit, a hopeful act, as if retracing his footsteps would somehow repeat his good fortune in meeting that hunter woman, Rin, he'd met before. It was safer overall, a fellow Halloween creature could be deterred from attacking simply by dropping the illusion, a hunter would not be so easy to deter was he in demon shape.

As a human, he had short and ruffled black hair and intense blue eyes. Everything about his appearance was tailor made to appear rakishly handsome, devoid of much of his natural gawkiness and stuffy attitude, even his clothing became a more contemporary casual suit. He strolled as if nothing in the world could hurry him.

The silence in the house was soothing, and he'd grown so used to it that a voice not far off was enough to startle him. With a sharp intake of breath he froze, straining to hear. It had sounded female, or young, that at least was reassuring, and he edged closer, peering around the doorframe where he'd heard it.

"Someone there?"
 

[Baneful]

Zar had to suppress the urge to smile toothily at the fact that his present company was not only female but a hunter too, he didn't even flinch away at the bow, if he got shot, he got shot. Fortune favoured the brave. It helped that he'd bluffed this sort of thing before, instincts kicking in he normally suppressed.

"Wandering for the most part. I'm a sort of caretaker here." It was easy to lie when he'd done it so often. "I used to be like you, but now this place doesn't want to let me go."

 

[Baneful]

"It's fine." he said with a curious attentiveness, humans simply sung to some residual instinct in him, they were delightful to look at, like observing some exquisite and delightful meal. He had to be nimble minded though, they were smarter than most things gave them credit for. "That would be wonderful." he said. "But I should like to take one last look around the house before we leave if that is acceptable. My name is Zar, by the way." He smiled sweetly, remembering Rin and her coat. "I do not have my coat any longer though, it got lost some time ago. Unfortunate, I was always very fond of the emblem." He edged a little nearer in what seemed an amicable fashion. "You know, I think there are some live roses a little further up if you should like to see them."