02-10-2025, 12:13 PM
Hayden followed Elyse through the building. The door was seemingly unlocked though he knew that Sky had unlocked the door when they stepped in. Hayden was pretty sure keys didn't exist in Nox's little world. He relied on his hacker friend and now the AI that ran his house. At least the machine was no longer making itself known. Though Hayden imagined now that Nox was back there would be much more evidence that it was around.
As he walked through the house he noticed the slight disaster areas, the crooked pillows. The pile of toys in the corner was probably driving Nox insane. But he had other people to tend to as he followed Elyse up the stairs to her room. She offered him a shower and he shook his head. "I have this thing... about putting dirty clothes on a clean body, while these clothes are not filthy or smelly they've been worn and don't exactly fit the bill. I'm good. But you go take a shower."
He agreed to her words with a nod. He probably didn't want to know how Nox killed the man either, though he suspected it was like all the others that didn't have a building come down on their heads. He had his own MO. And he preferred the heart attack method to the building method. And he preferred no one knowing it wasn't natural until the autopsy. Though Hayden knew without a doubt there was a cruel and horrible bent to Nox's style and if he hadn't taken Lily with him, it might have come out. His darkness was deep and buried and he fought it every moment of every day. Hayden couldn't imagine the fight and the torment he felt. As much as he couldn't really understand what Elyse was going through. To be the last of your line. To be without your parents. To knowing you had something to do with their deaths. But it wasn't her fault. It was their choices that had lead to their deaths.
Hayden hoped Elyse didn't come to resent Nox for what he did. For his part in the whole thing. She was staying in his house.
He sat down with his wallet and ordered a toy box for the toys down stairs. He rushed it so that hopefully it would be here before Nox returned, or at least shortly after. He didn't live out of bags just because that was how he always had. It was order in his otherwise chaotic life.
"I know you have things in storage, maybe you should get more of it out, and stay a while. Didn't you say you wanted to find something more permanent. I'm sure Nox won't mind, he'd probably welcome it. And if you aren't feeling like being a charity case, offer to pay the utilities. As I understand it Sage bought the place out right and there are no bill short of the everyday things. Nox will never ask. I know the three elder Blackthorns, though none of them are actually Blackthorns, intend to help with the bills as soon as they get paying jobs."
As he walked through the house he noticed the slight disaster areas, the crooked pillows. The pile of toys in the corner was probably driving Nox insane. But he had other people to tend to as he followed Elyse up the stairs to her room. She offered him a shower and he shook his head. "I have this thing... about putting dirty clothes on a clean body, while these clothes are not filthy or smelly they've been worn and don't exactly fit the bill. I'm good. But you go take a shower."
He agreed to her words with a nod. He probably didn't want to know how Nox killed the man either, though he suspected it was like all the others that didn't have a building come down on their heads. He had his own MO. And he preferred the heart attack method to the building method. And he preferred no one knowing it wasn't natural until the autopsy. Though Hayden knew without a doubt there was a cruel and horrible bent to Nox's style and if he hadn't taken Lily with him, it might have come out. His darkness was deep and buried and he fought it every moment of every day. Hayden couldn't imagine the fight and the torment he felt. As much as he couldn't really understand what Elyse was going through. To be the last of your line. To be without your parents. To knowing you had something to do with their deaths. But it wasn't her fault. It was their choices that had lead to their deaths.
Hayden hoped Elyse didn't come to resent Nox for what he did. For his part in the whole thing. She was staying in his house.
He sat down with his wallet and ordered a toy box for the toys down stairs. He rushed it so that hopefully it would be here before Nox returned, or at least shortly after. He didn't live out of bags just because that was how he always had. It was order in his otherwise chaotic life.
"I know you have things in storage, maybe you should get more of it out, and stay a while. Didn't you say you wanted to find something more permanent. I'm sure Nox won't mind, he'd probably welcome it. And if you aren't feeling like being a charity case, offer to pay the utilities. As I understand it Sage bought the place out right and there are no bill short of the everyday things. Nox will never ask. I know the three elder Blackthorns, though none of them are actually Blackthorns, intend to help with the bills as soon as they get paying jobs."