Shadows and Magic and Robots, Oh My! [Closed]

[exuviiated]

Warnings: Possible violence, probable swearing.
Location: Right outside the mall.
Characters: Aaron Barnett, Peridot
When: Three days after meeting Daniel.
Summary: Aaron attempts to lure Peridot to the dark side.

He'd spent the days after meeting the techie cripple and his familiar from hell in a deepening rut of anger. Black gunk gathered steadily on his skin, and no matter how many times he wiped it off it still came. His saliva, too, coating his mouth and turning the once-pink gums black. He wondered if the same had happened to his blood.

Not at all surprisingly, the native residents of Freesia cleared out quickly as soon as he walked down the street. He didn't want to go back to his apartment just yet-- not at all, especially if he would get the gunk on his semi-new mattress. So that saw him wandering aimlessly, which saw him coming near the mall (and seeing someone very strange.

Now, strange usually meant Lux. But she-- she? Didn't have the look the others he'd arrived with had. She still looked a little green (ha.) If he could whittle down their numbers (not by attacking-- recruiting, a voice in his head whispers, all the better.

"Hey! Are you new here?"