Nessa sat forward with a book between her fingers and pointed it at the group. An outline of a vessel was sketched with the words body, heart, mind, and soul. Nessa drummed her fingers on the book with a look of pity on her face.
"You need to find the vessel of your childhood, to carry the potion" Nessa said, a veil fell onto her eyes "its gold, Kendi with intricate artwork circling it, palms tree and Tamil blessings" Arioch nodded his has stiffed "the soul, blood from the two, the heart, gifted gemstones and gold and the mind, substance of memories" she placed her hand on the picture "you need to place all this in the vessel, the drink it and the same time to break the bond" Nessa shivered as the veil faded away from her eyes and stared at the group "you know what to do?" Arioch nodded and stood up. "then leave"
"That's it?" Marv asked. Nessa turned to her instantly. Her eyes turned white this time.
"What more do you want?" she crossed her arms and sat back.
Marv also crossed her arms. "Well, I took off work for a woman to tell me about body, mind and soul shit, like isn't that a song?" a mischievous smile settled on Nessa's mouth.
"Want a reading?" Nessa's eyes glowed over the crystal ball.
Arioch grabbed Marv's hand as if to stop her. She shook it off. "Sure, why not?"
"Gimme your hand" Marv presents her hand, Nessa bracelets jiggled as she grabbed Marv's hand "grief, sadness with no escape" Marv tries to pull away "death follows you but it never touches you" Marv pulls away again "you have killed so many with this curse" tears start to fill Marv's eyes "so many stilled heart beats and so many faded eyes" Marv starts to panic, her body shaking "Nova, Rory, Ash, Jett, Elodie, Ariana, Leo, Liam and Grace" Arioch grabs Nessa hand but his hand burns "there's one more, Noah" the word echoed and finally Marv pulls away,
tears running down her face, she stares at Arioch before leaving the tent.
Arioch appeared in front of Nessa, his hand wrapped around her neck. "What did you do to her?" he growls, pushing back the burning sensuous that scripted on his skin.
Nessa smiled. "I just showed her the past," she said in a sing-along voice.
Arioch squeezed her neck. "if you touch her again, I will…"
Nessa starts laughing like a maniac. "What?" She widened her eyes like she was listening to them. "We bond in blood and in oath" Arioch pushed her onto the velvet table, knocking over the crystal ball. Min and Nandi were too studded to speak "Even if you could, you can't save her, you can't even save yourself" Nessa laughs became intense and so did the burning flesh that crept up Arioch arm, so he let go of her, watching her collect herself "get out" is all she said be disappearing behind a curtain.
"What color is the sky?" a soft voice and Marv turned to see those beautiful, sad eyes.
"Noah," Marv smiled with tears in her eyes.
Noah laid his onto his forearm which made his curls wiggle "Hey marvelous, watch the sky" he turned onto his back again, his hand rested on his chest, he drummed them so slightly.
"what sky do you want? The clear blue sky that lacks any depth but refreshing or the cotton floss sky that's so pink, so warm and so sweet," she whispered, not even paying attention to the sky.
"cotton candy sky" Noah hummed softly next to her "taste the sky, Marvel" his voice echoed through the room and Marv opened her eyes as she was faced with reflection on the marble floor.
She could hear her heartbeat again, her hush breath and the tears that felt silent in the other eye, she blinked it away. A headache cut through her head, but she ignored it. Marv just stopped breathing and just listened to her heart beat again, and the ringing of her ears. But her heartbeat took over any sound in the room, her lungs began to burn and nose flared. Marv's heartbeat began to slow and vision began to float.
"Who's Noah?" Arioch's voice vibrated the floors beneath her.
Marv gasped and sat up on the cold floor. "What?" she stood up and moved as far away from him.
"Noah" he crept closer to Marv, and she grabbed her sides as if the name itself was hurting her "Noah, you call his name in your sleep" He cleared his throat "and Nessa mentioned it" Marv's eyes turned dark.
Marv moved towards him. The meek woman who had laid on the floor was gone. "Noah is no one's business, especially yours. You never utter his name again, you have no right" Arioch eyes turned to pity and Marv flinched at them.
Nandi waltzed into Marv's room in burnt orange and bralette with only embroidered flowers to hide her nipples. "Marv, I thought a. Bit. Of…" she went silent the moment she felt the tense in the room "Am I interrupting something?" she crossed her arms with a curious look on her face.
"No," Marv cleared her voice as Arioch left in a huff. Marv turned away from Nandi to regain herself. "you were saying something about 'a bit of'?" Marv was shaking as she tried to keep to herself.
Nandi was frozen for a moment. "Oh, yeah" she moved deeper into the room. "we are going to a bar. Just have some fun and relax" Nandi danced a bit.
Marv was still on Arioch and his curious nature "yeah, sounds great" she muttered under her breath.
"Do you have something nice to wear?" Nandi pulled Marv's suitcase out.
"what?" Marv looked at her.
Nandi opened the suitcase and went through her clothing. "we are going to a gay bar. You need a good-looking outfit" she pulled out a hand full of chains. "What is this?" she asked.
"my outfit for tonight," Marv said with a mischievous smile.