Fancy Meeting You Here // Bacchus

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It had been a long weekend, and to say that she really couldn't focus on work, because her mind kept wandering to a certain person, was putting it mildly. Maia tried to stay focused on her work and the paperwork she was doing, but she just couldn't seem to finish it. Her mind kept gping back to a evening, recently when Maia bumped into someone unexpected.


Maia had bumped into a gentleman one evening on her way home from the bakery. His name was Bacchus. To her, Bacchus was a interesting person. For he asked her certain questions, and if anything, he made her think. How the nite ended, was Maia had invited Bacchus for drinks, and she left the pub after changing her looks and made her way home. Lucky for her, Maia could take a potion that helped change her looks for a short amount of time before wearing off and returning to her natural look.



But before leaving the pub, Maia left a small note, telling Bacchus if he truly meant Maua no harm, then Bacchus could meet her there at another time during daylight hours. But since then, Maia hasn't heard anything from him, not even a letter or note in return. Maia would know, since one of her cousins worked at the pub in the kitchen. Seeing that she didn't get a response, Maia went on her way and tried to forget about it, but that was easier said then done.


But now here she was, at work trying to finish things and get them done. Finally when all the paperwork was finished, Maia started to gather her things to go home. Hopefully she would make it back to her house, while the sun was still out and before it got dark. On her way home, Maia stopped by a herb shop to grab a few things she needed to get for work and her patients. But just as she got a few blocks away from her home, Maia started to get a funny feeling that she was being followed. Maia was so busy trying to focus on who was following her, that she didn't watch where she was going or who was ahead of her.



When Maia accidently bumped into someone and she almost fell, but caught her balance at the last minute. Maia looked up to see who she had just bumped into. It was Bacchus. Right away Maia got a bad feeling that something was wrong. She scanned and looked him over, until Maia noticed a small wound on his arm. Or at least it looked that way ro her. Cause unless Maia's senses and nose was wrong, Bacchis was bleeding somewhere. So before he could say anything, Maia grabbed hold of his good arm by the wrist and pulled Bacchus to a near by bench behind her. Maia tried to stop him from talking. "Well, well. Looky who it is. Fancy meeting you here Bacchus. And before you say anything, just stay quiet and follow me. Your not going to bleed or pass out on my watch. Follow me", shesaid. Maia led them over to a wooden bench near by, then took a seat. She started digging out a cloth to clean and cover the injury, plus a few other things to. When she noticed Bacchus not moving, Maia stood and put her hands on her hips then spoke. "Will you come and sit down. Please, so I can clean your wound so it doesn't get infected. And don't get me started either...", she said. If one knew her, they could tell Maia was trying to get a little annoyed or upset, cause her accent was starting to come out. Maia's accent only came put when she was upset or mad. In ths case, it would be she was upset. Maia then waited to see, on how Bacchus would response and what he would do next.

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Bacchus had been busy with things, he had helped the demonic warlock Corvin with a task for the vampire king Vlad and there was his chase to capture his younger brother Sedaiyus. But as more and more time passed Bacchus began to resettle so to speak into a demon of his own way. As his mothers grasp and influence slipped away Bacchus returned more to his base embodiment and outside influences redirected how he felt about things in a manner he couldn't quite conceive just yet. The longer and harder Sedaiyus fought to stay the more Bacchus wondered why? As people threw themselves at him to obtain their desires, something Bacchus had always believed he understood, he realized he really didn't. His mother had taught him that the mortal races were weak and pathetic who only yearned for what they couldn't have because of selfishness and the inability to do anything themselves.

He himself had seen this weakness and concurred for a long time going even further to believe that it was his duty to prey on them as even if he didn't another would, that these beings were not worthy, and that they were his gifts to play with. But Bacchus had seen much in his long life and things began to eat away at him as well as grow. Bacchus was what he was, he did not see himself as evil, he was apart of something that was inside every mortal he had ever come across, yet the legions of heaven only marched against his kind, was he missing something? And he had seen people sacrifice, bleed and claw, and give everything for what was depicted as good things. But he often saw the opposite, it was rather confusing, and generally Bacchus cared little to take note. But he had decided he wanted to understand, he had a curiosity that grew day by day, and a metamorphosis began. 

Bacchus had been taking notes on his 'clients' trying to at first understand their morality behind each desire they asked for. But as he saw people fail, get hurt, and even perish along their path to obtain their desires Bacchus needed more. He needed to understand like with his brother their motivations for doing what they did. He was curious as to how far they went but more importantly why they would go so far. Bacchus had met with one of his 'clients' who was upset that the task Bacchus had given him to do wasn't fair. Bacchus tried to explain the the task was always optional but it was necessary to obtain what was desired. His client who was a gifted man attacked Bacchus. He tried to get into Bacchus head and mentally crush him which failed as Bacchus was too experienced to succumb to such a attack from such a weak foe. Then as the man lashed out to tackle Bacchus he was frozen where he was and fell to an overwhelming force of gravity pushing down on him. 

Bacchus was going to leave not wishing the man harm really when he felt a sharp sting in his arm. The man was telekinetic as well as telepathic and had flung a blade from off the wall into Bacchus. Bacchus didn't react much to this. He incinerated the blade and walked out leaving the man there for a little while until he had moved a decent distance. Bacchus sighed as he looked at his bleeding arm thinking how troublesome things had gotten. He felt like he had walked for a long time before his arm began to hurt again, the blade must have had something on it toxic or magical that was hindering his healing quickly. Bacchus wondered if he would need to feed to heal it or not. Looking down at his arm though he realized that he was bleeding all over his shirt. He began to take his shirt off which prevented him from seeing someone in front of him.

He felt himself run into someone and paused himself. Taking his shirt off he looked upon a familiar face. Now wearing only pants he dabbed his shirt at his arm a little bit trying to hide his wound.  Bacchus calmly muttered "Maia?" Then he felt her try to pull him. Bacchus didn't quite understand her concern but was interested in why she wished to help him though. "There is nothing to worry about, I have been hurt before, I have even perished once." Bacchus went with Maia finally and sat on a bench. "Why help me? You do not really know me. Perhaps I deserved to be hurt. What do you get out of helping me?"  Bacchus asked with a look of curiosity on his face. "You feel different than the others here, opposite to me, there is a light in you, can you not feel it also?" Bacchus asked in wonder. "Do you know I am a demon Maia? Does your instincts truly push you to heal or help me?"

Bacchus wished he could pull out his journal that was tucked into the back of his pants on the left side. He wanted to record her answers, her feeling, he wanted to understand. But for the moment he sat patiently.

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Maia had been walking to go gather supplies, whenshe accidently lost her balance and bumped into someone. When she looked up, Maia saw she bumped into a familiar face. It was Bacchus. But once she saw that he was bleeding, right away Maia gently pullee him over to a near by bench, so that she could treat his wounds. Maia was going to do her best to treat his wound, even if she had to do it herself. But hopefully, Maia had enough medicine on hand to spare healing herself.



Once she got Bacchus sitting on the bench, Maia sat down and she started going through her bag, looking for all of the right things. While searching, Maia wanted to slow the bleeding, so she pulled out a extra cloth scarf she brought, and used it to tie it above the injury to slow it. But she also lost her focus when Bacchus spoke to her that there was nothing to worry about. It made her look up and spoke quietly to him. "Bacchus are you serious? Of course you have to worry. Your hurt and bleeding. How do we know you didn't get poison or infected?", she said. Given the situation that Maia found him in, she was lucky that his injury wasn't infected already. Just the thought that Bacchus was being stubborn upset her, but since Bacchus was letting her treat him, Maia would take what she could get.



But before she could finish tending him, what Bacchus said next caught her totally off guard. When Bacchus mentioned that he had been hurt before? It made her look up at him, and Maia could feel her mood change, she wondered if her eyes were their normal bright green or not. "You been hurt before? Who hurt you and how? If I may ask?", she said. Just the thought made her mad, but Maia could feel a spark of anger rise, then she spoke quietly. "Well I can't do anything about before, but you won't get hurt with me, and you won't get sick, not on my watch"., she said. That answer was indeed very true, as Maia always did her best to keep her patients healthy and well. Bacchus wasn't one of her patuents, but if Maia could help him, then she would.



As time was ticking away, Maia found four different potions that she needed, to help fit his injury. After getting the small bottles out, Maia turned to face him, and started to explain on what she was about to do to treat him. But before she could talk, Bacchus spoke first, catching her off guard again. "Why help me? You do not really know me. Perhaps I deserved to be hurt. What do you get out of helping me?", Bacchus said. That was enough to make her look up, then give him a small frown, as Maia was puzzled by his sudden question. "Um what? I'm helping you so you don't get infected? No matter who you are, nobody deserves to be hurt. Or get sick if it can be prevented. I don't know you well, but you seem nice. And if I can help get you well and not sick? Then I will help. Now stop and hold still", she said. At first, Maia didn't mean to raise her voice a little, which made her accent come out a little strongly, but if that's what to took for her to get Bacchus to sit still, then that's what she would do.



Once she started cleaning the wound, Maia starting talking so she could tell him how to clean it. Maia then showed Bacchus a small red bottle, before she poured the liquid on it. "Here. This red one I'm pouring guards against infectin, but it might sting a little", she said. Then next Maia took out a small yellow potion bottle, and held it up so he could see it. "I'm going to give you three things. First, this yellow bottle is to clean your injury", she said. Maia poured two drops onto the injury, before closing it and handing it over to him. She picked up a green bottle next. "Second. This green one to take down the swelling. Pour only two drops, so it heals naturally", she said. After explaing it, she handed over the green bottle. After cleaning the wound, Maia pulled out a extra cloth scarf she had brought with her, and she wrapped that around his arm, to act for a bandage and barrier to cover it.



While she was finishing up the last touches to make sure the injury was clean and wouldn't get infected, Maia showed the last bottle to him. It was a small blue bottle, that she held up so Bacchus could see. "And lastly. This blue bottle, only take it if your really in pain. Pour two drops and mix it with water. Don't over do it. Just two drops okay?", she said. After explaining everything, she handed over all three small potion bottles to him. Maia then continued on. "Okay, only two drops to clean it, and two to take swelling down. Do that once in morning and once at nite. You have enough in there to last a week. That will be enough to heal it, and then you should be okay after that", she said. Maia then paused, as she realized that she didn't have anything else to wipe her hands on, so Maia pulled off the scarf she had on her head, and used that to wipe her hands before putting it down.



Finally once everything was said and done, Maia started to gather her things to get ready to leave. Until Bacchus said something she thought was a little funny to her. That Bacchus was a Demon. Maia couldn't help but laugh, at his sense of humor to her. "Umm your a demon? Right.. and I guess I'm the queen of the planet. But I'm not. But that was funny, I like your sense of humor. Keep that though.. cute", she said. Maia then gave another laugh, and tried to stop, but it took her a few minutes. Then Bacchus spoke to her again, but his answers puzzled her. "How do I feel different then the others here? I'm just a normal simple and plain girl. What do you mean?", she asked. Maia was indeed puzzled by his question. Then when Bacchus mentioned something about her having a light in her? Maia looked down at herself. With seeing nothing different, she looked up and gave him a puzzled look. "What do you mean I have a light? I'm just a simple girl. Oh..maybe you just never knew anyone with pure good attentions? Who was sincere in helping you? That just wanted to help you with nothing in return. I don't want anything from you, a simple thank you is all needed", she said. After that, seeing that Maia helped him all she could, she stood up to her feet to get ready to go. "But I have to go. I must get more supplies before the store closes. Make sure you follow my directions to treat your injury, and it will heal soon. Have a good afternoon..", she said. Once she said all that, Maia gathered her things to leave. But because she used both her scarfs to treat Bacchus, Maia pulled up her jacket hood to help cover her head against the afternoon chill, before walking away.

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Bacchus was not sure what to make of Maia. Did she truly not see the truth, naive to what he was, to what she was? Was this sympathy and compassion she displayed or did she want something? Was she playing towards something? Bacchus use to be able to tell, but he had spent too much time in his home world to remember these things. "I have a rather unique physiology compared to most, you would find most toxins and poisons have little to no effect on me, and I am generally not prone to the same sickness and infections as the people here are. I suppose I was born lucky from this stand point." Bacchus spoke mono-toned staring at Maia curiously. "I have been damaged by many foes in my lifetime, but it is irrelevant, none succeeded in destroying me. My life can be complicated at times, people don't generally understand my purpose, and I have found it troubling to try to understand people. It makes for conflicting circumstances in some cases." Bacchus raised a brow interested in Maia more so than their first meeting.

"Do you really believe that? That no one deserves to be hurt? In my experience there are many cases when people have earned a punishment for nefarious actions and the consequences are to be harmed, people have perished because they tried to hurt others as well, and suffering can be found all over the world. I wonder if your feelings towards helping me would change if you found out I was responsible for taking the lives of many, for starting wars, and for bringing about genocide of entire races?" Bacchus questioned trying to understand. Bacchus watched as she applied medicine and wrapped his arm. It was shocking to Bacchus really, as if a mouse ran up to a lion and fell asleep upon it with no regard to what they were to each other. "I will not require your medicines further. I tend to heal quickly, but thank you." Bacchus watched as Maia found humor in his admission of what he was. She didn't seem to understand what she was either, such an oddity this was.

As she got up to leave Bacchus stood abruptly "Wait!" he said anxiously. This surprised him a bit but he wasn't sure to make of what had happened. Bacchus wanted to know more and did not want Maia to leave until he understood her behavior better. "I wish to know more Maia. I want to know why you feel the way you do. But I cannot do it alone, I need your help. Is there something you desire Maia? More than anything in the world, is there something you want, even if it doesn't seem possible, a dream perhaps, is there something? I wish to understand these mortal feelings, I want to know the morality people have, I need to know their motivations. Do you want to help me with this Maia? Help me to know and understand humanity?" Bacchus needed these things to understand why Sedaiyus was as he was. It would settle what has baffled him for ages and bring closure to his curiousities.

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Maia didn't understand some of the things, that Bacchus was talking about. Sure Bacchus seems like a strong man, from what she could tell, but Maia knew evrn strong people got injuried, sick or hurt once in a while and those could sometimes be fatal. As a healer, Maia did her best to help others, in any way she could, if there was anything she could do to help prevent it. But Maia was glad that he had some humor. "You sound like your so certain. But I have seen people say that before. Some make it, some don't. But like I said before, you won't get sick on my watch. Not if I can help prevent it", she said. After finished wrapping his arm, Maia looked up at Bacchus and gave him a smile. "Well there you go. Make sure you follow my direction on taking care of that arm, so it heals naturally", she said. Once Maia was done, she poured a little water on her hands to clean them. Now she had to get going, if she was going to make to the store to get supplies before the shop closed.



While gathering her things, Maia was still listening to Bacchus and was in their conversation, though she had to leave soon. But before Maia left, she did address a few things that Bacchus just mentioned to her. How could she say it without being foward? Maia took a moment to choose her words carefully. "If you been damaged or targeted, then I suggest you be careful. It's a good thing none have destoryed you, but still be careful. Things can get complicated. I don't know who you are, or what your purpose is, but don't place innocent people at risk. If someone is indeed after you, they can target being around you. People are hard to understand sometimes, most it depends on the kind of person they are, and the reason behind what they do.", she said. That was the best advice Maia coulf give him without being too foward, but it was also the truth. She hoped thst Bacchus could follow her advice.



As she got to her feet, Maia got maybe two steps away, before she heard some yell for her to wait. She looked back to see Bacchus hurry towards her. Maia was a little surprised, that Bacchus wanted to talk to her more, cause he seemed like Bacchus could talk to anyone, but seemed like he had a interested in her. But why her? Maia was trying to figure that part out, when Bacchus asked something that caught her off guard. "I wish to know more Maia. I want to know why you feel the way you do. But I cannot do it alone, I need your help. ", Bacchus said. Something about the way he sait it, just got her attention. Maia looked at her watched and saw she still had a little time, so waved her hand at Bacchus, telling him to follow her. "Okay then take a walk with me. I can explain a few things while we want to the store.", she said. Maia then turned and started walking in the direction she needed to go. Maia left it up to Bacchus if he wanted to join her or not, but if he wanted to learn more, then he could make the decision.



Maia started walking ahead on her own, and almost forgot which direction the store was, until she saw the signs for it. She was going to a herbal shop, that she needed to get some things for a healing potion Maia needed at work. It got quiet for a few minutes, then she heard Bacchus ask her more questions. Guess he did indeed followed her, Maia was trying to figure him out, but all she sensed from Bacchus was he was more curious about her. "Okay where to start. I will do my best to help you. I will tell you if I have a answer for it, and when I don't know. Second, you might not always like my answers, but I'm only speaking from what I know or have been through. Third, there is a difference between desires and wishes. You can make a wish, but they don't always come true. You can desire something, but if the intentions are not good, or not well, it can backfire on you.", she said. As Maia was explaining things to Bacchus, she clicked them off with her other hand on each point that she was talking about.



While walking past a park on their way to the store, Maia noticed that there were many people out today. Maybe the stores were having a sale on items. Maia didn't feel that anything was wrong, and things seemed normal. As they continued walking, Maia glanced ovet to look at Bacchus to go on explaining. "If you want to know people's motivations, first you have to understand the person themselves. Everyone is different. What may be good for one person, isn't good for someone else. We each have our own way of thinking, feeling things differently, have our own opinions. I will try to help explain things best I can.", she said. Maia then stopped at a intersection and tried to remember which way she needed to go for the shop. Left or Right? Last time she came a different way when walking to the shop. Then she spotted a sign she remembered walking by, and headed over in that direction.



Just as she passed a few cafes, Maia saw what she was looking for. The herbal shop. But ber luck was in, cause the shop didn't close for another few hours, she made it. Seeing there was a small bakery next to the shop with outside tables, Maia headed there. Finding a open table, where she could see the shop window, she took a seat. Maia then waved her hand at the empty seat a cross from where she was sitting, for Bacchus to join her. "Would you like to join me? We have a few hours before the shop closes. I'm afraid this isn't going to be short and I need to eat. You hungry?", she said. Maia forgot to has been hours since she had last eaten, and needed to eat to keep her engery up, if she was going to explain all this to help Bacchus. Maia then looked at a few things, she wanted something light. A few muffins and a hot coco looked great. Looking up to signal the waiter, she noticed Bacchus still standing. Maia gave him a smile. "Are you okay? You can sit down, then you would be more comfortable then standing. Everyone likes food and sweets. While I answer your questions to help, perhaps you can tell me something. What kind of food do you like?", she asked. It seemed like a safe enough question for her to ask about. Maia then sat back in her chair and raised a eyebrow at him, as she waited to see what Bacchus would do next.

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