Into the Darkness [What Lies Within]

RP Junkie Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 85

Silence. Complete silence was the answer that she got. Shaking her head, Lust grabbed one of Gluttony’s shirts, peeling off the clothes that she had on and sliding easily into it. Running her hand along her belly, she cringed as she was met by more silence. It was just like everything else, if she wanted something done she would have to do it herself. Pushing past Gluttony, she narrowed her eyes at him and shoved him out of her way “I’ll say this just once, if you’re not with me, then you’re against me.”

Stomping down the hallway, she stopped in front of that blasted door, the damnable thing that was the cause of all of this. Turning sharply on her heel, she looked to each of the other doors, opening her mouth to call for her siblings, a smile coming over her lips “They won’t be with me, so fuck them all.”

Running her fingers along the metallic form in front of her, she shivered with anticipation as the creature that had been closed for so long took on a life of it’s own. Screams, or what sounded like screams anyways to Lust reached her ears as the door squirmed and writhed from her touch. She knew that she could do this, she had done it before. Running her fingers along the circle that had embedded itself in the steel like flesh, she jumped as it began to glow and come to life.

One by one, each of the Seven Sin’s long forgotten symbols sprang to life, Lust’s breath quickening as her breasts heaved, almost as if she was about to give into the desires that drove her onward everyday.

Placing both hands upon the door, she splayed her fingers, whimpering and then moaning as the excitement in her body grew, an equally odd sensation flooding through her lower abdomen, as she realized the serpent of a man had been telling the truth. Turning her head, she smiled down at Gluttony, still standing dumbfounded in the doorway to his room, her fingers running over each of the seven symbols and the eighth one that lie in the middle. The cold, and long unused lock on the door, echoing with a click as it gave into her touch.

Sliding her thin fingers down the door, she caressed the steel between her palm almost as she would a lover, gripping the doorknob firmly and turning it ever so slowly, as she pushed it. Wind flowed freely as the door opened, sending rifts of air out and down the hallway, causing any closed door to bang as if it was coming off of it’s hinges, the whole house shaking on it’s very foundation as Lust walked inside and shut the door behind her.

The crashing of the steel as it slammed shut and relocked itself caused Lust to nearly jump out of her skin, her eyes refocusing to the darkness that lied within the taboo room. Looking around, Lust moved slowly, the hounds that had placed themselves as stone guards seeming to follow her every move.

And there it was, right in front of her, the things that they had been told to stay away from, the reason that they had been forbidden to enter what almost seemed to be a sanctuary. Eight books, seven in one perfect circle, the eighth standing high above the rest, her mind racing, but her body standing perfectly still as she took in all that she saw.

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:13 pm

Standing in the doorway still, He turned and looked at the stairs as He felt some sort of disturbance coming from the hallway above. Taking a step towards the great stairway He spoke to Himself, since there was obviously no one else around “Surely she didn’t, she wouldn’t have…”

When the house shook on it’s very foundation, He knew that she had, racing up the stairs, the rumble sending Him to one knee as He gripped the banister between His fingers, pulling Himself up and carting Himself all the way to the top.

Watching Lust as she walked through the door, He screamed at her “Lust, No!! You can’t not by yourself!!” Cursing under His breath as she slipped in closing the door behind her, He raced to the huge piece of life like steel, banging on it as the symbols disappeared one by one.

Turning His attention to Gluttony, He ran over to him “What have you done, what did you let her do, how could you let her go in there by herself??” Of course he wouldn’t understand the ramifications of what had just happened but they would all soon know if they weren’t able to get Lust out of there and soon.

Barging down the hallway, He banged on each of the other doors, calling to the rest of them “Come out, come out here now, all of you and someone find a way to get that damnable witch back to this house or your sister will never come out of there.”

Creeping slowly, He made His way back to the door, reaching for the doorknob and pulling His hand back as a shock of electricity flowed through Him “Damn it and damn you all.”

RP Junkie Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 62

Sloth was in his room still trying to translate the pages that he had stolen when he heard something in the hallway. It sounded to him that Lust had already grown tired of Gluttony. He had to laugh. There was no way to ever contain Lust you just had to enjoy her while she was with you, even Sloth knew that. She was really the only one who could make him move or do anything. Just like this plan of taking her child. He lusted for it. Sloth, Envy, and Pride, all of them lusted for that child or a way to hurt Lust herself. Gluttony had overwhelmed Lust by his never getting his fill of her. Wrath was so possessed with Lust that his anger and fear of losing her caused exactly that. Eve lusted to be like her mother and to be as desirable and beautiful as she was. Even Pride was lustful of the attention Lust received and her beauty. Envy was angry because his desire to be with her caused her to push him away, hurt him and finally ignore him. Even Greed was consumed by Lust. She wanted Lust all to herself and smothered her as much as the others, but Lust continued. Sloth himself if the truth be known would not be able to resist her. He lusted for her attention and any time that he could spend alone with her. After all when Wrath was hurt and Lust was frightened, who was it that moved like lightning throughout the house trying to find something to help Wrath. Was it for Wrath that Sloth had done this? Oh no it was for Lust. To please Lust. That disgusted him. A little bit of her attention and he acted like a fool.

He returned to his work after hearing her pass by his room. The next thing he knew was the building rumbling and that old bastard “Father” screaming like a frightened school girl. This really pissed Sloth off. He knew that he would have to leave his room and his work so that no one would come in there looking for him. He gathered up his papers and hid them in the back of his closet under the floorboards. It would be no surprise to anyone that he took his time coming out. The thought did strike him that Envy was gone and someone would need to cover for him if anyone noticed.

Sloth exited his room and so far only Gluttony was there. He looked over at Gluttony who seemed to just be standing there like a zombie and for a moment he wondered if the warrior had drunk some of the stew Eve hadn’t finished. “Father” was still acting like a fool and screaming to get the witch back. Sloth just hung his head down and smirked. “I thought you were all powerful ‘Father’? Can’t you bring the witch back yourself or are you as impotent as a castrated dog?” Sloth had his fill of this being in their house and thought of immobilizing him. “So Lust went into that room by herself. Now she can come out and tell me what’s in there and I can stay in my room.” He turned to go back to his room, but as he headed back, it occurred to him exactly what “Father” had said. Lust went into the forbidden room. Even that damned door had opened for her and no one else. He turned around and looked at “Father”. “So all powerful knowing one, why in the name of hell didn’t you stop her? What a pitiful being you are! And just how are we to bring the witch back if we don’t know where she is? Entice her with that clear liquid she is so fond of? You know none of us can touch that. Find her yourself and good riddance to Lust and that beast within her.” If death were to find Lust that would solve a large problem with having to deal with the thing growing in her belly. Sloth leaned up against the wall and lit a cigarette.

RP Junkie Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 95

Standing there dumbfounded, he watched as Lust roamed around and started her little rant. “So what if it is true? You had one kid….well, supposedly. What are you gonna, dump this one too? It’s not like last time, if that’s what you are thinking. I’m not that creepy old man that claims to be our father, so it’s not very likely it will be some deformed monster or anything.”

For heavens sake, Eve wasn’t exactly ugly or anything. A bit of a bitch, and a pain in the ass, yes, but hardly ugly. Rolling his eyes a bit as she gave him such an ultimatum. Hadn’t he been at her side all of this time after all? After a moments though, he turns and moves to follow Lust out into the hallway, hearing her scream as she does.

“What in the hell is wrong with yo…..” He starts to call out, then notices Lust pressed up against THE door. “Lust?” He pauses, not sure what’s going on until the door starts to react to her. “Lust” He calls again, wondering what she is doing, but as he gets no response from her whatsoever, Gluttony starts walking down the hallway, picking up the pace as the door opens up and she starts inside.

What the hell was she doing? She gives him an ultimatum like that, and then ditches him? “Damnit Lust, answer me.” He calls to her rather loudly, just as the door closes shut behind her. Maybe there was more to what everyone, including Wrath, kept telling him over and over. It was then that he noticed “Daddy”, and his asanign questions.

“Get away from me, I didn’t LET her do anything. Do you think I knew she was going to do this?” He growls low, “Like you care anyways.” Gluttony stops in front of the infamous door and slams his fist against the frame, having seen what touching the knob had done to the Serpent. “Get out here. What are you doing Lust? I can’t believe you would say the things you did then hide.” He scowls, rather pissed at the moment. “God Damnit Lust, what in the name Hell ARE you doing, answer me.”

RP Junkie Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 69

Standing on a hillside come distance from the Cathedral, Envy looks back upon the place they had settled into. How was it that they had all come to stay in one place for this long? It didn’t make any sense to him at all. Reaching backwards into his pack, he pulls out something that he hadn’t looked at in some time…something that he doubted that anyone even knew that he still had. In his hands, once he brought them in front of himself again. A green dog.

Where and how the Serpent had ever gotten his hands on such things was beyond him. He had only scattered memories at best of this toy, but he did remember it. He felt a disturbance coming from the Cathedral…it was something that he had felt before. Had someone opened that door? It couldn’t be, could it?

Shaking his head to clear it of thoughts, Envy shrugged and turned his back. Even if they had opened the door, he didn’t care. He had a goal, and more importantly, he needed to get away from the insanity that had pervaded the House of Sin. If he broke down and went back now, he knew that he would not be leaving again for a very long time. His strides quickened as he walked up the hill, until he reached the very top. There he paused and grabbed the hilt of his sword.

Thankfully he had discovered the secret to the powers of the Sin’s, and had found a way to negate it. The sword in his hand was the key to this, or more importantly, the power stored within. Normally he wouldn’t even think of using it except in dire need, but considering that he had no intentions of going back to the Cathedral anytime soon, there was no reason to hold back. The power contained within would not get him the whole way to town, but it would get him to a cross-roads that he remembered wasn’t all that far away. It would take him a sennight, at least, to get to the village by normal means…thankfully he had other means that would cut the trip in half.

Without any fear of his siblings discovering his secret, or disrupting him when he needed to recharge the blade, he dipped into its power and moved in a single dimensional leap from one hillside to another. This power was limited to what he could see, which severely limited it inside of buildings, but outside in the open, he could easily jump across miles of space in the matter of moments. He wasn’t, however, willing to use that power without the power of his sword, otherwise he would be taking the risk of being disabled for a time…and that was something he didn’t want. He had bigger plans for his time.

Making a few more leaps using his Hell given powers, Envy sucks in the cool night air. He was now at least two days worth of travel away from the place the Sin’s had started to call home, all in the matter of a couple of hours. There, down the hillside, where five roads converged, sat a run down old building that used to be an inn. Starting down the hill, he noticed a campfire that someone must have built inside. Maybe he would begin his ‘adventure’ a bit early after all and find some carnal release.

With a skip in his step, Envy gives his blade a twirl and slides it back into its scabbard while walking towards the building. “Mmmm, I wonder what kind of pleasures this mortal world has in store for me. I can’t wait to sample them all.” His emerald eyes glittered in the sparse moonlight, which he could finally see from his miles distance from the place where the rest of his ‘family’ rested. It was well into the night, with morning only being a few hours away, at most. Stopping before the door of the building, he takes a deep breath…then grins.

RP Junkie Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 51

Eve was startled awake by banging on the door, she was surprised that it didn’t fall right into the room since it had been ripped clear off of it’s frame. Attempting to sit up, she found herself still tight within Wrath’s grasp, struggling against him, as she placed her hand on his shoulder and shaking him back and forth “Wake up, something is happening.”

She wasn’t very happy about being woken up from her deep sleep, but she was even less happy that she was stuck in Wrath’s grasp. Turning her head, she looked out the window, it was pitch black, so it had to be in the middle of the night still. Listening to the goings on in the hallway, she could hear Sloth, and what sounded like Gluttony. Apparently Lust had done something that she wasn’t supposed to do, so now of course they were all going to run to her rescue.

Pushing against Wrath again, she shoved hard, giving herself a small amount of room to pull herself out of his arms, sitting on the edge of the bed, she looked down and realized that her clothes were missing. Cursing under her breath, Eve stood up, pulling a sheet off of the bed and wrapping it around her body.

Glancing about the room, Eve began to look for her clothes, hoping that Wrath didn’t wake up with any urges that he thought he would have to sate by using her. Sitting back down on the edge of the bed, Eve wasn’t quite sure that she wanted to know what was going on in the hallway. It was drama, always drama when it came to Lust. Laying back on the bed, Eve stared at the ceiling wondering what in the hell her bitch of a mother had done this time.

RP Junkie Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 69

Waking with a start, Wrath growls. He must have fallen asleep for a moment. Banging on his destroyed door and screaming was what woke him up, but it was the feeling of an empty bed that forced him to actually move.

“What are you doing?” Wrath asked Eve groggily. “Why are you getting dressed? Are you going to go out there and fawn over your mother like the rest of those piss ants?” Slowly he sat up, his body lethargic from the tiny bit of sleep he had gotten, having not even realized how tired he was until this very moment.

“Just ignore them, and come back to bed. You’re stronger then that. personally I hope she killed herself.” He could hear Gluttony and the Serpent then, and their little whineings. “Sounds to me like she locked herself away behind that gods forsaken door. Let her have it, and let her stay in there. All you’re doing is giving her what she wants if you go out there.”

Wrath didn’t much feel like arguing about it though. His hand snaked out and grabbed hers like an iron band. What he wanted was for her to lay down with him. He wanted, and needed, to feel the warmth of another person laying beside him. He wanted more then that, but he would compromise if it came to it. He was just…tired of being alone. His eyes, dark and forbidding…stared into hers. He gave her a look that said in no uncertain terms that if she left his bed, he would shatter, and he would not be held responsible for what he did. It was a rare moment of sanity within his destroyed mind, a rare and fragile moment. One wrong move, and his memories might careen down a bad path once more.

“Just leave them to their silly drama and come lay with me. Surely you’re still tired, just as I am.” His voice was dark, suggestive, and as smooth as silk. A soft purr came from his lips as he continued to look into her eyes. “Let them all die and rot for all that it matters.” The words were rather cynical, but the voice that spoke them was soft and lulling. But underneath it all rested a volcano. One that was ready to erupt at the slightest tremor.

RP Junkie Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 54

“What in the hell is going on now?” Pride sat up from the spot on her bed, the banging on the door causing her to curse out loud. Standing up she tossed the paper that she had been holding onto the floor and pulled open her own bedroom door. They all looked like rats, rats scurrying around trying to figure out what to do.

Stepping into the hallway, she took it all in. Sloth yelling at Daddy, Daddy yelling at Gluttony, Gluttony yelling at Lust…behind that damned door. So she had finally done it, it seemed that she had enough and just opened it up and went in on her own. Smirking, she decided that she would join in the festivities, glancing about and wonder why Wrath hadn’t made his appearance yet.

“So she finally did it did she, opened the door and went inside, and here you all are acting as if you care. If what is behind it is so important and so deadly, then tell me something Daddy dear, why was it put in the house in the first place?”

Laughing, she crossed her arms about her chest, resting them under her bosoms. “Give it up Gluttony, nothing is more important now, except maybe that creature she has growing inside of her. By the way it is yours this time isn’t it? Or did she not learn her lesson the first time around.”

RP Junkie Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 51

As she heard Wrath stir behind her, Eve turned her head and looked towards him, listening to him as she continued to try and figure out what was going on in the hallway. As Wrath finished speaking, she guessed he was right, it didn’t really matter what was going on out there, if she tried to intrude it would only end up like it always did.

Feeling his hand wrap around hers, she pulled the sheet up to cover her body some more. “I wasn’t getting dressed, I was just trying to figure out what was going on, and how I got in here, the last thing I remember was Sloth feeding me.” Eve didn’t try and struggle, she knew that it was of no use, if she tried, then he would just pull her up along side him anyways, whether she wanted to or not.

Eve would have to admit, that a part of her wanted to, a part of her wanted to lie next to him, parts of her wanted even more than that, but she wasn’t willing to go that far, at least, she didn’t think that she was. Pushing herself up towards Wrath, she listened to him as he spoke to her, he didn’t sound like the angry wretch that they all made him out to be. Not this time, this time for once, he sounded vulnerable.

Crawling up the length of the bed, she situated herself on her back, staring at the ceiling as she listened to the others on the outside. Whether he wanted to or not, sooner or later they were going to have to go and see what was happening out there. Eve knew of the anger that dwelled deep inside of Wrath and that was not something that she wanted to face right now, even if she could curb it if she had to.

RP Junkie Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 85

Glancing around, Lust knew almost immediately that she shouldn’t be there alone. On the other side she could hear voices, she could hear someone telling her that she needed to come out. Making her way back to the door, she pulled on the doorknob, finding it as locked, just like it had always been before. Turning slowly, she looked to the statues of the hounds that were guarding the books, whatever was inside of them had to be of the greatest importance, she knew this now.

She looked over each of them, starting with the first, and just knowing that it was meant for Pride, reaching out to touch it, she felt a breeze as cold as ice blow across her fingers, causing her to jerk her hand back immediately. Moving to the second book, she looked upon it, the very cover seeming to disappear before anything could be seen. It was for Envy of course. The third book came to life, jumping at her hand, and cutting her deeply across her palm, what sounded like growls coming out of the very pages. “Wrath’s”

As Lust moved on to the fourth book, a strong smell of whiskey, filled her nose, making her stomach turn as she went on to the next in line. The fifth, seemed to do nothing at all, plainer than all the rest, nothing fancy about it. Lust reached her hand out, her fingers sinking straight through as she gasped and pulled them back. Shaking her head, she stepped forward to what would have to be Gluttony’s, it looked bigger than the rest, and she knew that she wouldn’t be able to touch it either.

Stopping at the last, she looked it over, her hand shaking as she grabbed the cover, feeling the warmth spread through her body as it became too hot to touch. Scowling, she knew that there had to be a way to be able to open it, but what that was at this time she did not know.

Looking to the middle of the room, she wondered what it was that stood in the middle, the one that was away from all of the rest. Slipping between two of the pedestals, she moved to the center of the room, standing on her tip toes as she glanced upon the relic sitting in the middle of the wooden slab, the cover black as night the words on the page just as dark, the passages highlighted in red: Genesis 1:4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.” Genesis 1:5 “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.”

Lust stared in disbelief, the day that Sin was born, the day that Eve ate from the tree of knowledge. Turning around she looked at the books, realizing what was inside of them all, a gasp falling from her lips as she ran to the closed door, beating on it with her fists, the only way out would be for the rest of them to come in.

RP Junkie Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 69

Cracking his knuckles, Envy sat before the fireplace in the old, semi-abandoned building. The very first fingers of dawn were licking over the distant mountains. Which was to say that it was still mostly dark with just a little bit of color coming into the sky. Two men lay off to the side, lying in a deep pool of their own blood. A young woman lay directly to the side of Envy, naked under a thick blanket, finally sleeping after a few hours worth of terror, and pleasure.

A smirk found it’s way upon his lips as he ran his fingers over the fur that rested on the floor beneath her. She hadn’t been a virgin, which most likely meant she had been the wife of one of the men he had slain. Either that or they had been using her, just as he had. She had fought with him tooth and nail before giving in, but once he had her pinned, she had given in like a starving woman with a loaf of bread.

He was quite sure he had shown her things that she had never felt before, and most likely never would again. Not that it mattered to him, she had been a momentary pleasure and distraction, nothing more.

The naked blade of his sword rested in his lap, the firelight reflecting off it, it’s magic fully charged now. There was now nothing left to keep him here in this building. As much fun as he had had with this lovely girl beside him, he was tired of her. The struggle had been the fun part, and she wouldn’t fight him anymore. Being as close to the Cathedral as it was, and simply due to the fact he didn’t want any bastard children live Eve running around, Envy leaned over to look into the eyes of the girl as he nudged her awake. “Morning.” He spoke to her.

She stretched like a kitten, looking up at him like some sort of mood struck calf. He painted a smile on his lips as his hand lowered to brush her hair. As his fingers cupped her chin, and he started to push, panic raised in her eyes. “I’m bored with you.” He whispers to her as he shoves hard, snapping her neck instantly, the light leaving her beautiful brown eyes. For pragmatic reasons, she had to die. Still, it didn’t take anything away from the pleasure of the kill.

Envy rose up from the floor and stretched, his smile warm and satisfied from the night’s activities. The men he had killed had been merchants, and sitting out back of the building was a wagon full of supplies, with everything that Sloth had wanted and more. They even had some pastries, though not exactly all that fresh. But then, if someone were delivering them from any town, they wouldn’t be freshly baked either. These would suffice.

But that raised the matter of…did he really want to go home? Not really, but he had promised Sloth and Pride that he would bring these things back home. Perhaps he should just head back now, drop all this stuff off, and then disappear for good. No one would really miss him, and if things went bad, then he wouldn’t be around to get fingers pointed at him. It was all too perfect. Not to mention there was the matter of the disturbance he had felt when he had left earlier in the night. Curiosity was a powerful emotion, and once more it overpowered his better senses and had him outside with the wagon.

The horses weren’t exactly happy to see him, but they would calm down soon enough. And if not, he would just have to kill them. Pulling himself up onto the driver’s bench, Envy wheels the horses around and gets them moving down the road. They still weren’t very eager, but they obeyed him none-the-less. He would use his powers soon to get their sooner, but he wasn’t sure how much it would take to move him, two horses, and an entire wagon, through time and space to get to the Cathedral. Still, he estimated that he would arrive there sometime after dawn.

If he were lucky, perhaps he would meet up with another wagon along the way. If he was luckier, there would be another woman on board, and he could have some more fun. If that were the case, he might even bring her along and present her to Sloth as a present. Laughing now, at that thought, Envy urged the horses on faster. He had a long way to go, and he needed to get to a spot where he could see for a long ways before he wanted to attempt his transportation spell.

RP Junkie Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 69

He lay there, watching Eve as she decided whether to listen to him or not. He could see the internal debate, and more then that, he could smell her desire to do more then just stay. No one else might have noticed it, but he did. It was pungent, and distinct…the scent of lust. Not ‘the’ Lust, but rather the animal act of instinct.

“Lust has locked herself behind ‘the door’. At least that’s what it sounds like from the voices I hear outside.” He stretches languidly and reaches out, running his fingers through her hair teasingly as he purrs. “What’s the point, or need, to go out there? If we do, we’re just gonna have to listen to them all whimper and whine, and spout out insults. Really, what’s the point of that? If that’s what you want Eve, I can insult you all you could possibly want.” A wide smirk splays across his lips as he looks down at her, his body resting on its side.

Unfortunately, as he lay there with Eve, curiosity was getting the better of him. That and the noise they were all making through his broken door was quite distracting. With rage building once more, he starts to rise, his hands brushing over Eve’s neck as he gets off the bed. He felt one of his demons passing through him into her. Wrath could have prevented it, but he decided not to as he stood up and started getting dressed, not wanting to be caught off guard like he had with Gluttony.

Doing a quick count in his head, he smirked as he realized Fear had crossed over. “Get up and get dressed, let’s get this over with.” He all but growled out, none to happy with the distractions that Lust was causing once more. That woman was a huge thorn in his side lately, a major pain in the ass. If she hated him so much, and wanted to be with Gluttony so badly, why couldn’t she just stay out of his life?

RP Junkie Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 85

Sinking to her knees, Lust continued to beat on the door, slumping against it in pure exhaustion, as she closed her eyes. Why was all of this happening, how did it all get to this point and why had it gone so far? Closing her eyes, she drifted off to sleep, the noises on the other side of the door, seeming to become farther and farther away.

So many images filled her head as she began to dream, the taverns that they had traveled to, the trouble that they had caused. It all seemed like distant memories now. Stretching out, Lust tossed and turned, waking with a start as her body jerked. Sitting straight up she blinked her eyes opening and closing them as the darkness became clearer around her. Shaking her head, she wiped the sweat from her brow, strange dreams had been plaguing her since she had found out she was with child. Some of them so real that she had to wonder if it was a glimpse of what was to come.

Reaching her hand over, she felt the empty spot next to her, cold as it had been for sometime now. Sitting up, she tossed her feet over the side of the bed, letting them hit the floor as she stood, her hand moving down between her breasts and caressing her bulging belly. Surely he would come back soon, she knew that she wouldn’t be able to do this without Wrath, even though she did have Greed, what would she say if he came back and the child was already born.

Sliding into one of Wrath’s oversized shirts, she opened the door to their room, peeking down the hallway. It was quiet as always, her brothers and sisters doing what they do best no doubt. Stepping out into the hallway, she made her way downstairs looking out the window to the path leading to the front door, hoping he would come home soon.

Lust traveled room to room and looked upon the relics of the past, each one reminding her of the places they had been and the things that they had seen. Settling down in one place had not been an easy task for any of the seven, their will and want and need to go on always boiling upon the tip of their souls. But here was where they were, and here was where they would stay. The house creaked around her, noone had dared to come knocking...at least not yet...she figured, sooner or later they would and when they did, they would be invited in, that mistake of crossing the threshold into their domain, most likely to be their last.

Glancing to the top of the stairs, the locked steel door caught her eyes. One of these days they would get it open, perhaps one day soon.