"To be honest, I never said how I was ill." Erica countered as she leaned against the door.

"And my finances are none of your concern." She added as she took the money out of her wallet.

"We agreed it'd be a total of 100k. This should be the end of it." She added, as she passed a wad of money over to him.

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Erica panicked internally when she saw the red, but that didn't last long before she just sighed.

".... I admit, I had my suspicions." She commented, her voice probably surprisingly calm in his opinion.

"But all right." She added. "You going to get off my property now, or no?" She was maintaining a calm exterior, but she really was panicking internally.

And planning to contact Azazel once he was gone.

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Erica wanted to pull her arm out of his grasp, but as she felt the intensity from the markings, he was able to see her pupils dilate from the onslaught within her own head.

As he spoke, he knew she would hear it, but couldn't properly respond, at least not at first. After a few seconds that were closer to a minute, she did manage to tear her wrist out of his grasp and step - although it was more of a stagger - backwards a few paces.

She didn't say anything before closing the door in his face. She knew that a door wouldn't stop him, but she also wasn't sure if she cared for the moment.

She just needed a break. That was a lot more than she could handle, and she knew that she'd be completely overloaded if she wasn't careful. The last thing she wanted was the mental and emotional shut down that those like her tended to experience.

"Dammit..." She growled as she leaned her back against the door, not wanting to look to see if he was still there or not.

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Erica looked to him, a flash of panic in her gaze before it was buried. She wasn't one to show emotions, but that wasn't anything surprising. He'd probably dealt with others that were like her in the past.

"The fuck do you want with me?" She asked, impatience in her voice. She had no interest in this, and it really wasn't hard to guess.

"I paid you my dues." She continued, not touching on the Az comment. She knew that he wasn't the only demon, or even celestial, being that she knew. She hoped one of the others could help, but .... well, she had to get this asswipe away from her for the moment.

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Erica didn't have the space to back up, she was already against the door. She had no idea what it was that she could do here. All she knew, was that this wasn't good, couldn't be good.

She had to get away from him, but she couldn't see a way to do so .

"You demons, never answering a simple question." she commented. Her voice wasn't quivering, but that's only because of the serious effort she was putting in.

She wasn't scared, exactly, but she was most definitely on edge. This wasn't nice, and she didn't want to know what it was that he was driving at.

Sadlyu, she didn't think she'd have a choie in the matter.

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The card got caught in her sleeve, not touching her skin. She had no idea what that was all about, since it seemed to be doing nothing after a few seconds, she reached up with her opposite hand - the one that didn't have the markings - and grabbed the card. There was a second of nothing, and that was the second she brought it down. She was about to fling it back at him, before she felt it.

Her arm, the markings upon it, throbbed.

She could feel them writhing, spreading, digging deeper within her.

She couldn't drop the card, either. She was frozen in place for the moment. As he grasped her chin, she could do nothing.

"Don't worry. You won't break." He assured her, even though he was aware that there was a decent chance she wouldn't retain that. The 'activation' of that curse of her was far too strong.

"You'll get damned close though." He added before letting go of her chin and stepping back, watching her sink to her knees. He could see the onslaught, the edge that was very quickly coming.

The markings were spreading across her as well, quickly seeming to 'devour' her face. Her face was about half covered, the eye on the covered side pure black, before he finally left her to this as he knew that it would wear off in a few days.

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Roxie paused before looking over to Az.

"Eh?" She asked.

"Nope. Sharp told me I was taking her appointments for the next bit because of her curse." She added. "Why? what's up?" She paused a moment, looking from him head to toe.

"And I know we don't really need sleep or anything, but you look tired, boy. Perhaps I can help ... liven you up?" She asked, a smirk to her voice.

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Roxie was silent for a moment before sighing lightly.

"I ... doubt it's anything worrisome, to be honest." She commented. "Demonic mana tends to like to .. fluctuate."

"And information on it? I have no idea where any records that couldbe of use are. If I recall correctly, the archives where that information was form the get go was destroyed the last time the celestials invaded the infernals." She added

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"Yup." Roxie commented.

"I'm amazed that she hasn't succumbed to them yet." She added.

"She's what? 27?" She asked. When Azazel nodded, she sighed.

"Already a decade or so past when people usually lose themselves to the curse. I've met a few of them.... I'm amazed that she's doing well still. She has emotions, this is probably a long time coming."

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"You do that then." Roxie commented.

"Meanwhile, I gotta go get someone to spill some tea." She added with a smirk.

"I'll have fun with this one." With that, she headed off.

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