Hades couldn't help a very firm sigh, her eyes narrowing to a half lid from frustration for a single reason, the troubling reports she'd gotten about her only familia member. She was the only member of her familia, but she was causing problems, this was unsatisfactory for Hades, something that she naturally couldn't accept. No, there had to be punishment, punishment and she had to fix this issue. After giving it some thought, she finally figured out how she was going to do just that. She'd arranged her thoughts, and after everything was said and done she looked down at the time and decided there was no time like the present. "@Shigure Kosaka." She spoke firmly believing that that girl was watching her even now. She'd wait for her arrival though, arms crossed, her toe tapping with an unusual impatience as she waited for Shigure to appear. When the girl finally made herself known though, Hades would merely wave her forward with a blank expression before giving a simple order. "Kneel." It would only be when the girl was in the proper position that Hades would sit down, lording herself over the girl as she usually did while she spoke. Looking down at her hand, there were a series of notes, all of which Hades had glanced back to Shigure after glancing over one more time. "I've gotten complaints-- Unsatisfying complaints. Some don't know who you are, others I've had to look for, there are clearly some 'issues' with you. Unsatisfying issues-- Issues that are making business harder on me." She spoke, her gaze on the girl cooling as she folded her hands on her lap. "We're going to be correcting those issues right now, do you understand?"
Shigure almost fell over her own rushed paced as Hades called out to her. Slowly arriving out of the Shadows as she stood at attention, a bright red blush across her face at the sudden summon. Looking the goddess over her blush quickly shifted to a nervous expression before kneeling down as she was told to do. Her tail falling down in slight fear as she glanced at the motes assume something she had done was the cause for Hades' summons. Her ears sank down as the truth hit her. Her goddess was having trouble because of her yet again. She felt like curling up and killing herself, only resisting since her life was Hades possession. Slowly nodding her head as she kept her gaze towards the ground at Hades feet. She feared trying to meet the women's eyes in fear of seeing Hades looking dissatisfied with her. Her fingers nervously tapping her legs as she feared the worse punishments that might befall her for her transgressions. @Hades
Hades looked down at Shigure after a while, slowly setting the notes aside it was clear Hades had a plan, it was one she'd been thinking of a lot lately. Shigure was a good tool but a loose cannon, one that Hades had problems controlling when she wasn't there physically. This was something Hades felt was unacceptable, she needed Shigure to think more like her, she needed to force herself into this girl's head. "Now-- we're going to have a talk about hypotheticals, do you understand?" She asked slowly standing up before looking down at Shigure, taking slow and measured steps she began to walk around the girl. "For example; You see a collection of quests hanging from the guild's quest board. One of them is for killing people, one of them is for killing monsters-- Which one do you pick?" She asked Shigure blankly, though this was a cruel trick question, it would be one of many she would lead Shigure through during this brain washing session until that whisper in her head was her own voice chastising and criticizing her. While she waited and heard Shigure's response, Hades stopped at a corner of the room, looking through a small holder of sorts that contained umbrellas and other tools. Lifting canes one by one, she gave each of them a test swing before returning them as if trying to find the perfect one to use.
"Kill people ... they harder and more of a challenge." Shigure did not even spend much time thinking the question over. She enjoyed pushing herself, and so far the monsters in the dungeon rarely gave her any trouble. But the other adventures that tried to kill her did prove rather tricky to beat. Tail swaying slowly as she remained focused forward at the ground where hades had sat. Unless she was told to move her focus it would remain stuck to that one spot. 'Did it even cross your mind that was a trick question fool?' Shigure considered it for a moment before telling her inner voices it never crossed her mind until it had said something about it. Her mind switched focus to the odd position she was in. She would have been fine with standing or sitting down, but kneeling felt like a half assed version of one or the other. Shigure hated to do things half assed, either commit or don't even try was one of her life mottos. Along with what Hades says is law., and Any that disrespect hades, no matter how small the offence are to be killed in the most gruesome and painfully slowest way possible at the time of the offence. @Hades
Hades only frowned at the girl's abrupt and quick answer. There was just too much the Goddess could find wrong with it, Shigure would have her answer received with silence as Hades selected a tool before finally approaching the kneeling girl once more. "Your tops, take them off." She spoke trying to pull the shirt from Shigure's body swiftly, if there was anything underneath, Hades would try to confiscate that as well. After Shigure had done what she said, she'd try to swing the cane down into the girl's back giving her a sharp and swift lash. Hades did well to select one that wouldn't break Shigure's skin and scar her soft body, but would instead simply be incredibly painful and leave a red mark. "These are wrong answers-- you didn't even think the answer out. Selfish desires like that and you would claim to be my tool? Had you even considered asking me which job you should take and which would be most beneficial for me?" She asked with a monotonous tone, blankly as ever as she continued trying to swing the cane into Shigure a few more times lashing at her back idly but with plenty of strength. "Don't fight it-- This pain will help you, this pain will be good for you. Accept it with your heart, enjoy it." She asserted firmly without even blinking from being forceful with the girl.
Shigure did not go against Hades orders before, and she would not start now. Removing her top layer to reveal her bandaged chest and countless bands with small knifes and needles that she was rather versatile with. Slowly removing all but one band that was against her left wrist. If Hades tried to take it from her she would move her hand away and hold the item it help to her skin tightly. The small cross with a name engraved into the metal, her only remaining reminder of someone very dear to her other then Hades. "Please ... not the cross..." As she was about to try to say an apology her back straitened, ears shot upward akin to her tail as she gasped from the sudden hit against her back. The following strikes sent Shigure down, her legs against the floor as she held her head and dropped the cross. Right behind her bandages Hades would see faded scars that doubled as crudely written words against Shigure's skin. 'you killed her, not me' Shigure's focus set on the ground between her legs as she tried to avoid crying. She could not bring herself to accept the pain like Hades was asking her. The same method was used to try and break Shigure's mind when she was younger, how could she enjoy it when that same pain drew those memories back into her mind. Tail sinking down slowly if Hades stopped hitting her back, her mouth sealed shut as she tried to pick up her cross again and gripped it tightly. @Hades
After a few more swings, Hades wouldn't hesitate to stop, rather then beating the girl into simply listening, the Goddess had better plans. Violence alone was never the solution after all, it was far too much brute force and wasn't at all a means of really communicating the importance of her words. Instead, Hades would look down at Shigure after striking her, reaching down for the cross to try and take it before Shigure could retrieve it she spoke with a blank monotonous tone as always. "Relying on a crutch, thinking about the past-- It is irrelevant. Your life ended the day you gave it to me, do you understand?" She spoke firmly. Reaching out with a hand, Hades began stroking her head, ruffling her ears as before, stroking her hair delicately petting her like an animal as she continued speaking. "You are my tool, it is your purpose from now on to merely serve me. Anything beyond your service should be irrelevant-- Pain, desires, these things will just get in your way, bad things that will make it harder for you to be a good tool. Things that will make you feel sad, bad, upset or mad-- Do you need these things? What good are these things to you? They aren't-- There is no benefit to them, instead I will teach you about joy, the joy of having a purpose, of being wanted-- Being needed. Do you understand?" Hades asked tilting her head to look down at Shigure to see if she really understood. If Hades managed to get the cross, she would show it to Shigure giving it a little shake. "I am the God of the underworld, thus I know what lies at the end of your life. I know what is on the other side-- There will be time for this when you are there. Until then, we shall continue, do you understand?" She asked still petting the girl's head gently, using a carrot and stick method.
When Hades took the Cross Shigure lost her expression, right arm reaching to retriever the last thing she had to remember the one almost as dear to her as Hades. If Hades bothered to look at the cross she would see two words intersecting. 'Satsuma' and 'sister', Until Shigure had it back within her hands she would keep trying to retrieve the small object. No words would reach her as her expression and mind seemed only set on the cross. If she ever managed to get it back she would slam her head to the ground at Hades , her hands tightly wrapped around the cross as she started to cry. "I ... Not her ... Anyone but her ..." Shigure kept her head to the ground as she held the cross, ready to take any punishment for keeping such a thing and even trying to retake it from Hades. Her sister was the reason Shigure was still alive, still fighting her mother, still searching for her dad to make everything right again. Even if Hades would cast her out she had a promise to keep to her dead sister, one she was willing to be hated by the one she loved just to fulfil that promise. If Hades asked why she wished to keep her cross Shigure would fight back her tears so she could speak clearly. "Satsuma ... she was my younger sister... I promised her I would find dad ... and until I did I would not break under mothers attempts to gain full control of our house... The cross ... is the only thing that reminds me of that promise ... if I lose it ... I can't ... Even if you will cast me out ... I have to keep that promise to make up for causing her death..." Shigure kept her head down even while she spoke. @Hades
Hades cocked her head, hearing the girl's answers and explanations though were something that made Hades frown for quite a while. The reason however was deep thought, after all this was something she could use, but exactly how to use it was the question. Musing for a while, she slid her hand down onto Shigure's head giving it a soft pet as she spoke with an icy tone. "Every grievance has it's perpetrator and every debt has it's collector... Shigure-- I have no ill will with you, your desires or your family, but you belong to me." She asserted trying to straighten herself up. Shigure would be able to feel the softness of her bare foot keeping Shigure's head down as she spoke with a blank tone as always. "Everything however does have it's price, and even this small freedom can be bought-- but what do you have left to give me?" She asked not letting there be too much or too little of her weight on the girl. After a bit more thought, Hades would finally exhale a breath, having come up with how to use this, she gazed down at Shigure icily as she spoke. "It's not as if I can't allow this... It's also not like I'll refuse to help you... I could even cut you a deal; I won't take his soul until you're reunited. We merely have to find something for you to trade me that's of equal worth." She explained with a vague shrug as if it wasn't a very big deal, in truth it wasn't she'd hardly care about Shigure's personal reasons, they were personal for a reason after all, though she wasn't morally above using them for her own gain. She simply had to find something to gain though. Shigure had already given her more or less anything just for acceptance, at this point, even Hades was at a loss for what this girl could offer her. "Let us get back on task though shall we... We must begin changing your behavior, changing you until you're more appropriate and suitable to be my tool. Do you understand? If this change cannot be made, then using you will be harder." She explained rubbing her chin as if considering how to deal with the future if things went south and Shigure wouldn't be usable any more.
Shigure only had one thing she could offer in her mind that Hades could never own otherwise. Taking a deep breath, she was willing to give it away if it meant keeping her promise to her sister, and within Hades good grace. "...Emotions... If you let me purse my father until I kill him for what he started ... I'll give up every emotion in return. Unless you wish for me to feel something like happiness or hate ... I won't ..." Shigure's tail sunk as she spoke. She was willing to give up enjoying Hades paying her attention just to kill her own father. Her head slowly rose as she looked up towards Hades. It was the only thing she had that she could not give to Hades without herself trying to do such. It was the last piece to fully control her. Looking at her cross before she spoke again raising it towards Hades. "If not ... then take the cross... If I have to pick my sister's promise or you ... ... I'd follow you, even if you ordered me to follow my father despite what he is trying to do..." Shigure fought back her words. She could not tell a god or goddess just what her father was trying to do. To be the child of someone like him would not doubt rip her away from Hades. Moving her head back down as she simply waited for what Hades had to say or how she would react. @Hades
Listening to Shigure for a moment, Hades closed her eyes briefly before finally looking down at the girl slowly. Considering it briefly her stoic epression made it hard to guess what she was thinking, but in the end she finally nodded slowly. "Understood, we will make this a deal then. I will take your emotions, you will feel what I want you to... In return, I will allow you to hang onto your dream. Your willingness to obey me over your promise is enough, I prefer having your emotions. From now on you will give them to me." She spoke softly reaching out towards Shigure's head, giving her head a soft pet still. "I will also allow you to continue enjoying my attention... Feel ecstasy from my soft petting. I want you to be motivated, so I want you to feel as much enjoyment as possible from me." She spoke blankly, her tone monotonous as always but Shigure was still her useful tool, she wouldn't take away her motivation, instead though she continued musing as she walked around Shigure slowly. "You will however feel great pain when I am upset or dissatisfied. Do you understand? I will not allow you to feel anything but pain when I am not happy." She said sitting back down looking to Shigure with a blank but sharp gaze, this girl was her only tool at the moment, so she had to use her well. "Now, strip off the rest of your things, I will update your status for the moment. While we do, we will talk about more hypothetical situations, and I will tell you how to feel about them... Do you understand?" She insisted firmly on going over more hypotheticals, but if Shigure didn't want to take things off for her status update, Hades wouldn't pressure her for it if she wanted to wait. "You are my tool Shigure, I want you to be useful... I want to need you. You must become a better tool so that I need you." She explained tryinig to motivate Shigure more.
_____Shigure wanted to turn around and hug Hades for allowing her to stay by her side and still purse her father. But she knew that would likely cause a bad reaction and she did not want to get on Hades bad side so soon and have to offer something she might not be able to fully give Hades. But her emotions had already been deeply tied with Hades. Complying to Hades words Shigure purred happily as Hades petted her head while she spoke to her. Feeling great pain was one thing that would take a lot of time to relearn for the young girl however. _____Shigure had done everything to not feel pain on any great level after she lost her sister and found out what her dad was after. Hades words of removing more cloths did not even register in Shigure's mind, at least not a sense that she should consider not doing it. Removing what little she had left before turning a bright crimson realizing what she had done. Hades could see parts of Shigure she never thought she would show anyone, not even the goddess she admired so much. _____Hades next comment made Shigure blush even deeper. If hades wanted to need her Shigure would do anything to make it so. But her current situation was still hard for her to adjust to as she nervously buckled her legs and her tail flicked around slowly. For the moment Shigure wanted to enjoy Hades attention, she wanted to burn it into her memory so she could recall it whenever and wherever. Her tail started to pick up speed as it swayed as Shigure slowly grew to accept the situation and the new contract details with her goddess. @Hades
Hades nodded at Shigure who acted without even paying attention, it was something that pleased the goddess. Stroking the girl's hair still, she watched Shigure closely, criticizing her briefly but she nodded back quickly. "Yes, this is what I need from you, obedience without question and without pause. Continue like this, and serve me well." She spoke giving Shigure a forceful push to turn her around so she could begin updating the girl's status. Unlike the printing, there was no pain, only a mild light show of purples and blacks Shigure would be able to see the cast off from as Hades updated her. It was only when she was done that she'd press a palm to Shigure's bare back. "You are my tool, my weapon and shield at this point. You must move and act in ways that suit my needs." She spoke trying to drag Shigure back slowly until she managed to drag her onto her bed. The sheets were fine, the quilt was plush, but Hades wasn't doing so for any unreasonable request, instead she began petting Shigure's belly with an idle hand, leaning back against a myriad of pillows to prop herself up as she reached for the book at her night stand. "Now, the next hypothetical." She began, intent on continuing the brainwashing while she idly kept her gaze focused on her book. "From now on, you are not to kill at random. No name useless chumps that none will search for are fine to kill as you please, I will not condone the killing of high profile citizens or adventurers however. You will not attack them unless they strike you first, do you understand?" She spoke firmly indictating that this was non-negotiable. She didn't however simply leave Shigure with such an order she would dislike, rubbing her belly a bit more attentively, but only briefly, she continued on in a blank voice. "Soon... Soon you will be able to kill for fun as you want. Not yet though-- Not those people. Until a proper stage for you to kill is ready, I will not allow you to kill wantonly." She would say, but suddenly, a thought occurred, her brow knit as she glanced down to Shigure finally. "These are my quilts and sheets as well, you will not dirty them with your clothes from outside, if you damage them I will not welcome you back to this place." She said firmly.
_____Shigure slowly moved with Hade's push to have her back facing the goddess. the tension she felt slightly going down as she watched the lights as Hades updated her stats for her. Her tail occasionally tapping Hades hand as it waved behind the girl who could not stop herself from enjoying the attention. However when Shigure was set on the bed she turned a bright red, her mind only thinking of one thing. She was laying in bed with Hades, things had been moving way to fast for her. _____When the comment came out she was not allowed to kill anyone she puffed up her cheeks slightly. All she knew well enough was killing people, while she was not exactly clean about how she killed them because she liked watching the light fade from the eyes of her pray was a personally issue she would have to overcome to better serve her goddess. She purred Happily hearing that it was only a temporary no killing time and she would need, or me allowed to kill people later on. her head nodding slowly to show she understood what Hades was saying about the fabrics on the bed. Shigure some them as the stand for the holy grail that was Hades, to damage or taint them was far from her mind of things to do. @Hades
Hades watched Shigure's attempts at protest, but didn't acknowledge them, she wouldn't allow her tool to kill people who were potentially useful to her. Instead she needed Shigure to operate appropriately and be diligent in expanding her business or creating demand for her to supply goods or relief. "Good. Soon you will be able to kill, I will create a place solely for the purpose of allowing people to kill other people... But that is for the future, when we are more successful, in that place you can kill and watch as much as you like." She explained, there was no way for her to allow Shigure to kill anyone normally, but in a real life or death fight, killing wasn't as much of a big deal if it were advertised as such, she would be able to kill whoever and however she pleased. "Next." She spoke as she continued to read, putting some thought into what else she needed Shigure to change or do. While thinking on it, she flipped a few pages of her book idly reading still before the thought popped into her head. "You must do well to put on a good face as an adventurer, blend and pretend. Your experience isn't suited to hunting monsters, but you must grow adept at it and hunting other creatures as well as people. There must be nothing you can't fight well." She tried to demand more of Shigure, but nodded her head. "With that, we will see how you perform, and in the future, if you should disappoint me again, we shall have another meeting like this." She explained, glancing down to Shigure firmly. "Do you understand?"
_____Shigure wanted to protest with words to Hades, but she knew she was not a tool that should do such. looking down she could only growl at having to act friendly to people and not her usual hostility towards them for approaching her. But she was fine with learning how to hunt more living things, and fighting them. Curling slightly up against Hades as she purred and enjoyed the moment while it lasted. her nervousness was slowly fading as she got used to being near Hades not as Shigure, but as Hades' tool. _____Shigure wanted to ask Hades if she needed anything of her, or if she would be spending the night beside Hades. The thought of the second turning her a bright red as her purring got louder. Slowly rolling a bit as her tail flicked around happily. She wished moments like this one never ended, even if it was embarrassing, the fact she and Hades got to be alone made up for all of it. @Hades
Hades finally glanced down at Shigure, considering something briefly, a very faint difficult to discern smile appeared at a thought as she began to speak firmly. She decided on a method of getting through to her tool in a way she would understand. "Being able to lie and being approachable makes it easier to kill humans. Earning their trust and slaying them, you must also know this method to use when you cannot simply erase them plainly." She explained thinking Shigure would be able to understand this. Though she needed to force Shigure's compliance as she glanced down from her bed briefly to a small wicker basket she usually used for holding fruit, it was large, and held Hades' pomegranates when she had them, but at the moment it was empty. Throwing a pillow into the basket from her bed, she glanced down at Shigure and pointed to the basket with a book. "I will allow you to sleep in that basket from now on. If you don't want to, then I don't care, but this is the closest to me I will allow you at night." She explained blankly, giving Shigure something she probably wanted. She wouldn't allow Shigure in her bed unless she wanted a pet to play with and amuse herself with while she was reading. Shigure was her pet and tool after all, not a partner or lover.
_____Shigure would set her focus on the basket with the pillow inside as she listened to Hades speak. A light unsatisfied purr would escape her lips before she looked to Hades one more time. A gaze that asked if she was excused from the bed now or not. If she was given a nod or verbal dismissal she would slowly crawl her way to get off from the foot of the bed before going to the basket and curling up into a ball like a cat or dog would sometimes. _____She would only take a few seconds after the event to fall asleep. Her tail slowly settling around her legs and feet as she lightly snored for a moment before her breathing was soft and almost like an infant. It was not jagged or uneven from the previous situation she was in, but purely at peace. She was allowed to sleep, while not in the same bed as Hades, but beside the goddess. Her body slightly turning as she tried to find the just right spot while sleeping in the basket. Any attempt to wake her outside saying her name would prove wasted efforts on the exhausted kitten.
