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Sloth ([info]modern_acedia) wrote in [info]nevermore_logs,
@ 2015-01-29 21:48:00

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Current mood: cold
Entry tags:envy, sloth

WHO: Sloth and Envy
WHAT: reuniting
WHEN: Thursday night
WHERE: somewhere in NY
WARNINGS: Well it's Sloth and Envy, so


The bus ride was horribly boring. Sloth felt a little bit of satisfaction at first, knowing that the Christian farm boy was going to be horribly questioning his faith, his life, and himself for the next fifty years, but that wore off after several hours on a bus struggling through a snow storm. He'd say one thing for the driver, he was certainly determined to do his job.

The last year was a haze of parties, drugs, and poorly-lit gigs. The guitarist of the band had a very rich step-father who was trying to buy his way into her affections by financing a tour of the band through the eastern states. Luna Silence and the Moonlighters had a very niche following, so after the rather specific performances, there was a lot of down time with groupies. Sloth vaguely kind of remembered taking some kind of upper and betting he could walk back to New York, and hence, the barn.

The snow was pretty annoying. But so long as Sloth could get to Envy's creepy castle, there would be some place to sleep tonight.

He pulled out his phone and tapped out a quick message.

To: ENVY
hey im on my way bak 2 nyc, wher cn i find u?


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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-01-30 12:12 pm UTC (link)
There was some satisfaction in knowing Sloth preferred his company over the other's. He was setting up the stage for one of his little Temperance photoshoots when he got the message, a creepy little smile tugging at his lips, fanning out over his face with a cackle. He replied with the location of his abandoned hospital.

Brentwood.

Envy certainly wasn't alone tonight, but it would be nice to wallow in the company of one like him.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-01-30 07:15 pm UTC (link)
Oh awesome, Envy was at home. It took Sloth a couple of hours, getting from the bus depot onto another bus and then walking a bit of a distance, but he finally made it. He was glad to shut the doors behind him to block out the snow, and truthfully, he was quite curious about Envy's art project. As he wandered through the corridors, he glanced through doors to see where Envy might be hiding. There was classical music playing. Sloth smirked and followed the sound.

"Hey, not too late am I?" he said as he came upon Envy's "studio", and then stopped and gaped. "Duuuuuuuude..."

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-01-31 04:59 am UTC (link)
Envy had been busy. He might have lost the day light, but he had some oil lamps and candles laid out across the room. It looked like a séance, except the eeriest thing in that room was not Envy. It was the creation he'd made out of Temperance. She sat in her chair, hands tied down to the arms. Her hair despite the dirt and dried blood, still had some bounce, the color almost a little more red than it's natural auburn. She lifted her eyes, the makeup Envy had painted in place of her natural beauty showing as Sloth entered.

She felt her skin crawl. She didn't acknowledge either of them, just gave a cold stare. There was still a soft brilliance in her eyes. She wasn't going to give Envy the satisfaction of thinking this was okay. With two of them here however, that was going to be more difficult. Both boys were stronger than her right now, especially when neither were her opposite or an excess. She'd be better off with Greed or Lust than Envy.

Envy had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, a shoe in his hands that he'd intended to put on the Virtue's feet. She needed the pair for it to look right.

"You made it," Envy said taking the strap out from his buckle, not even looking to Sloth, he was focused on his living canvas.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-01-31 06:03 am UTC (link)
"Yeah..." Sloth said, dropping his backpack on the floor. He looked around slowly, taking it all in. Envy was certainly in his element here. He gave a half-wave to Temperance, shrugging off her stare. "So... you don't think you'll get in trouble for this?" he asked, bending down to shove his iPod into his bag.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-01 01:06 am UTC (link)
"With who?" The Virtues hadn't even noticed one of their own missing for this long. There was little they could do to him, and even if they did Envy would spit in their face. Envy was not afraid of any backlash, he was being entertained with his project.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-01 01:17 am UTC (link)
"Iunno, like, angels or some shit." Sloth shrugged a shoulder and scratched his head. He didn't want to end up taking the flack for his siblings again. If anyone came after him, he'd make well sure they knew he had absolutely zero to do with it. "So that's Temperance, right?"

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-01 01:23 am UTC (link)
"Don't mistake their fear for justice. It's all talk," Envy laughed, already with his hand cupping Temperance's chin, forcing her to look at him. He wiped her perfectly red lipstick so that it smeared across her cheek. "She's much stronger than her male counterpart." He meant Jonah, whom he'd single-handedly tampered with. Madison was a lot more fun.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-01 01:28 am UTC (link)
"What? Counterpart?" Sloth asked, nonplussed. "She's stronger?" Until that moment he hadn't considered that he might be stronger one way or the other. She certainly didn't look happy, anyway.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-01 01:31 am UTC (link)
"Like you." Envy looked over his shoulder to scan Sloth for the first time since he'd arrived. When Envy first ran into Sloth he was a she. Envy seemed to prefer girls when it came to his attention. Their feminine features, soft curves, there was a whole lot more damage he could do to it. "She too can be a man, but she's much more enjoyable like this." Envy cocked a half-smile which stayed perked as he started to pencil in the eyebrows over Temperance's eyes. He'd shaved them previously so he could work on a blank canvas.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-01 01:40 am UTC (link)
"Oh my god, I wondered why she looked so weird!" Sloth exclaimed with a laugh. "I couldn't place it til right then! No eyebrows!" Under Envy's appraising look, he felt a little self conscious of his penis all of a sudden, like it somehow wasn't good enough for Envy's attention. "Are other people... more fun that way?" He asked awkwardly.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-01 03:51 pm UTC (link)
Temperance tried to move her head, causing Envy's line to escape across her temple. Envy's eyes flashed a little darker green as he straightened her face within his grasp by her chin. He held her still while he redrew the line, using his saliva on his finger to wipe off the mistake.

Without even looking at Sloth, Envy answered his question. "There's more to work with. I prefer girls." There was more to destroy inside their heads. If Sloth was asking about himself, then yes, Envy also preferred his more feminine self, but his company wasn't entirely unwanted or Envy would have drug him out.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-01 07:55 pm UTC (link)
Sloth watched Envy work for a minute, then found himself a place to sit and rummaged in his bag to roll a smoke. It was quiet for a few minutes as he sorted himself out. The click of the lighter broke it, and he too a long inhale. "She's not saying much," he observed.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-01 10:47 pm UTC (link)
"You want her to talk?" Envy asked finishing up his masterpiece. He curled his finger around one of her ringlets of hair, bringing it to his nose for a smell. It was divine. "I can make her talk." Temperance had learned to not say anything to Envy while he was "dressing" her, it only made him more brutal. If Temperance was to make it out of here alive, she was going to have to keep her strength for more than yelling at Envy.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-02 02:30 am UTC (link)
"Maybe she wants a smoke," Sloth suggested, holding the spliff out for Envy to take. "She looks like she needs to loosen up." He smirked, liking that he (through Envy) had some actual power over a (currently, temporarily) weaker being. He drew the line at sniffing people but he did like to gloat. "This is almost as fun as the time I buried Patience."

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-03 04:46 am UTC (link)
Envy had a devilish grin. "Oh Sloth, you surprise me." Envy took a step back, positioning Temperance how he wanted. He had his camera already to start snapping pictures. "She'll speak when I make her do something she doesn't like." Virtues didn't like being exposed, and this was beyond humiliation.

She eyed Sloth who looked ready to pop a cigarette in her mouth as if she really were just a doll. It was then that she protested. Envy already knew how vile and disgusting he was, the two of them in the same room made her vomit in her mouth as her words came up. "No drugs..." because that cigarette in Sloth's hand was more than nicotine.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-03 06:00 am UTC (link)
"Oh come on you big baby, it's only a bit of weed and tobacco. It's herbal. Grows from the ground, just the way God made it." Sloth rolled his eyes and inhaled a lungful of smoke, then blew it out in a soft cloud to haze in her face. "See? It's green. Natural." He smirked back at Envy. He liked doing things to earn his approval.

"How are you getting her to sit so still, anyway?" he asked, as if she wasn't even there.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-05 05:12 am UTC (link)
Sloth was getting into this little show, it was just entertainment for Envy. In a way both Temperance and Sloth were his puppets. "She can't walk without toes..." Envy pointed down to her feet which were stuffed in a pair of black wedges with bows around the ankles. He'd only taken off a few, but it was enough to make getting up painful.

Envy rubbed one of her cheeks so that the skin broke into a red bruise. "Go on take a drag of his smoke..." he took it from Sloth and put it near Temperance's lips, which were tightened into a thin line. She was not just an object, but what could she do?

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-05 09:30 am UTC (link)
"Oh wow, okay," Sloth said with a snort, shaking his head like Oh Envy, whatever will we do with you? "It's sorta... arty the way the blood has leaked out like that. Hey actually, marijuana is a painkiller you know, you should smoke it, it'll help." He took a step back, stretching his arms above his head, joints popping loudly. Envy really had an excellent work ethic, he had to admit. There was a lot to admire there. Not that Sloth was ever really going to follow through on using him as a roll model for working.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-09 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Envy petted her face. If he wasn't so crazy, one would think it was even in a loving manner, but instead it was just gloating in his own handiwork. She did look beautiful. When he was done he waved the smoke in front of her face for her to soak in. It would sedate her a little, but Envy had to admit, he liked that defiance in her eyes. "Afraid, little Virtue?" She didn't answer him, he wasn't worthy enough of an answer. Instead she spit in his face.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 11:12 am UTC (link)
"Woah shit man, are you just gonna take that??" Sloth demanded, jumping to his feet. The bloodlust was rising in him, the desire to see something happen that would be exciting and raw. Temperance had guts, but shit, what an idiot. She was gonna get creamed.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-10 08:43 pm UTC (link)
Envy's upper lip twitched ever so slightly. Otherwise his face was like stone. He wiped the spit off his cheek, then licked it off his fingers, while Sloth was back there cheerleading. There was a hint of exasperation in his breath when he paused, wiping his wet fingers off on her face all the way down her neck. He took a cigarette from his back pocket. He held his hand out to Sloth for a lighter. "She want's to be defiant, I'll just reward her." He would burn a hole in her skin.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Sloth held out the lighter obediently, flicking the flame on. He kind of wanted to hold it to Temperance's hair and just watch her burn, but this was Envy's show and he wasn't going to interfere. He didn't want to face how angry Envy would be then. He licked his lips though, lasciviously, wanting to bite and taste, wishing he could affect Temperance the way he could mortals, and drain her dry of hope.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-10 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Both he and Sloth didn't have the ability to really hurt Temperance the way they could others, but to have one in his special seat in his own house of torture, was a sweet reward. Envy had done a little number on her male self but he was a lot more pliable than the Temperance he had here. This one gave him much more pleasure when he cracked her bones.

Envy lit the cigarette, the flames flickering off the end, and he blew the smoke in her face. He'd already picked out the perfect spot to brand. He lingered the end of the cigarette over her face, but it was down her arm that he drug that cigarette butt. All the way to the wrist. He liked seeing the flesh melt underneath. Envy was painting on her with the cigarette as he would a brush.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 09:31 pm UTC (link)
The smell wasn't pleasant, and it was kinda gross to watch, but Sloth couldn't tear his eyes away. The glowing embers of the cigarette stuck to Temperance's arm. It was kind of beautiful.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-10 09:48 pm UTC (link)
Envy liked the smell, it was a bed of roses for him. Better than that was the look of pure pain Temperance's face. He shushed her lightly, rubbing his thumb over the crease that had formed over her forehead. He wasn't going to ask her if she wanted more like he did his other victims, he was just going to soak in her pain for a minute. It felt good in a way mortals couldn't touch. He liked hurting something like himself.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Sloth slouched back a bit, accidentally knocking against the camera set up on the tripod. He hurriedly straightened it, then, after a moment, pressed the shutter to take a picture with Envy crouched before Temperance like that. He shouldn't touch Envy's stuff, but surely he wouldn't mind. The flash was kind of bright, though.

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[info]middle_path
2015-02-10 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Temperance went out of her head for a minute, it was the only way to distract her body from the pain. Her eyes lulled closed as she said some silent prayers. She was meditating while Envy used her body as a canvas. Deep down in his core, Temperance knew what he was trying to do. He wasn't just trying to physically break her, he was trying to see if he could seep into her. As a Virtue she held some wave of protection, but Envy was not her opposite. She had been greatly compromised already when he'd damaged her male counterpart. Envy had used that little mortal girl Jonah had liked as a means to dig into him. And it had worked, but now as Madison she was a lot tougher.

Even so...she was still in a human body. There was a lot of damage he could do, and any crack of weakness, Envy prayed upon it. He was a lion with ferocious claws and teeth and he was gnawing away at her from the inside out. She didn't like the way he made her skin pimple in fear.

Yes, Temperance was afraid.

When Sloth knocked over the camera, Temperance's eyes flashed open, thankful for a moment that Envy's attentions could direct themselves to someone else.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Sloth saw Temperance's eyes open, making eye contact with her properly, and for a moment she might have seen that he was a little afraid of Envy too, and this was his way of dealing with it. He and Envy were not equals when they set out to accomplish things. But he just pulled a face and laughed it off.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-10 11:30 pm UTC (link)
There was a loneliness in Envy that made him so dangerous. He spent most of his time with himself as a playmate. It's what made him the sick, twisted Sin he was. It was all the underlying layers of demented thoughts that threaded themselves together that made him disturbed. It was why Envy at his most raw could be the most dangerous of all of them. He didn't overindulge like the Excesses. He didn't burn out quickly. He dwelled in his misery and drug everyone into his massive web, once there they were hooked they were destined down this path of inner destruction. That's really what Envy was reaching for inside of Temperance. He'd never broken a Virtue, but he had to admit the idea alone was just too tempting for him to put down now that he'd tasted her fear.

"Why are you touching things?" Envy asked, his voice very direct. Sloth was clumsy, and Envy was an artist.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 11:38 pm UTC (link)
"I just- taking a picture. For posterity." Sloth held his hands up and stepped away, eyes wide with mock innocence. "Shit, didn't know you'd be so touchy 'bout it." He sat down on a chair a short distance away, and sighed heavily. He decided to light up a new joint. Envy was such a control freak, he thought, smoking it sulkily. Like hadn't he buried Patience that time? He was capable of doing stuff on his own, not a child to be told off. He kind of wanted to go now, and he wondered if Envy would even notice if he wasn't there.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-10 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Envy just had a vision that he didn't want disturbed. When he finished burning lines on Temperance's arms, her eyes focused on the wall behind Sloth as she swallowed down the lump in her throat. As long as Envy didn't bring anyone else in on his project. She hated when he brought in other girls as if they were set pieces to his stage.

There were lights in this room, he had lamps and a heater, but there were a million candles spaced out in various places that he had to light. Envy took the lighter he'd borrowed from Sloth and started to light the ones that were stationed around Temperance's feet. He tip-toed out of the circle and lit some more, which fanned out across the room. Once he was done with those, then he'd blind Temperance with the real lights. For right now he wanted the mood lighting.

He stepped on his used cigarette then walked back over to Sloth. "Don't think of going anywhere yet, I might put you in there." Envy definitely preferred females, that much was certain in to how he played his attentions, but Sloth wasn't just a speck on the wall. Sloth was in his web, and Envy wasn't going to let him roll out.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-10 11:57 pm UTC (link)
"What? I'm not doing that," Sloth said slowly, exhaling smoke from his lungs. "I'm not like her." He didn't want Envy to force him to participate. He may not be able to face Envy down, but he wasn't going to meekly succumb to his pressure. Besides, he didn't know what Envy would make him do. He didn't want to end up as a painted corpse, like Temperance would inevitably be.

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[info]gre3n_eyed
2015-02-11 12:14 am UTC (link)
Envy snapped a hateful glance. "I'm not putting you in that." His eyes scaled up and down as if Sloth in this body disgusted him. "But it doesn't mean I won't put you in the picture." He snapped a few just before Temperance bowed her head from the flash. The light stung her eyes.

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[info]modern_acedia
2015-02-11 01:45 am UTC (link)
Sloth's lip curled in disgust. Great, now he was a hatstand or a lamp or something. Even better. Nice to know he was appreciated. He pulled the finger behind Envy's back and folded his arms. "Yeah well I gotta go soon anyway. I got shit to do."

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