The Star Man

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After that rather aggressive scene of Andy chastising Nerys, Cepheid scratched the back of his head as the door was slammed, but gave a nervous expression when he heard the giggle. "Lord almighty, I'm going to be violated before a week has passed, I know it."

Quickly getting the rest of his garbs changed out, lest any other female decides to risk Andromeda's wrath, he folded his costume neatly and placed the mask and hat on top of the pile. "Umm, there is a lock on the door to my lodgings, right?" He asked, though he had a feeling that a lock wouldn't really slow those females down by much at all.

Once they were both swapped out into their new outfits, Ceph would follow his brother out of the room. There was no way he was facing those women by himself. They had home field advantage and there wasn't many places to hide, unlike city streets.

Feeling much like a mouse in a cage, he looked around a bit more thoroughly as he departed the room. With a crew of women, it must be rather clean, right?

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<sub>Andromeda rolled his eyes when he heard Nerys giggle. Oh god, his poor brother is going to have to feel the insanity that is known as fangirling, except when it's once a month when the girls start turning into psychos worse than even he is. He glanced over to Ceph when he spoke up.

"If they bother you, just tell me and I'll talk to them." He explained. Of course then Ceph asked if there was a lock. "Yeah there should be." Except locks don't bother Nerys, unfortunately. At least she's the more reserved and better of the girls.

He then walked out with Ceph, knowing full well a girl might tackle him out of nowhere, but it was oddly quiet as he lead Ceph to his room. he then opened the door to it. Luckily for Ceph, everything was kept clean because Andy was smart enough to know that if he didn't keep it clean, Selena would get very sick and unable to work as efficiently. Yes, he had to help all the girls clean up sometimes... while wearing an apron.</sub>

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Sorry Andy, Ceph planned on jumping ship for a week every month once the woman in red decided to visit. You were on your own when that came around.

"Right." He answered as they made their way out. Okay, there was a lock, but that still didn't make him feel very secure. Maybe he should bar the door...?

Suddenly, he realized that there was a notable lack of females as they walked, and for some reason, he felt immensely more uncomfortable because of it. It was one thing to see you enemy right before you, but it was another to know it was nearby, but be unable to find them.

Sticking rather close to Andy, as if his proximity might create a shield in which to deflect horny fangirls, he followed the pirate captain until they reached the room he'd be staying in.

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<sub>Andy strolled down the hallway, noticing that it was quiet, a little too quiet. And a little TOO Raph. He then opened the door for his brother, looking around. Nerys was a sneak, she could be around. He then looked ove to his twin.

"...Seems safe enough, but it's too quiet. The girls are either hiding or gave up and went to bed. Except Nerys..." Crazy woman. She's about as crazy as Sine! Well... they are related.</sub>

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Once they reached his room, Ceph turned and looked at his brother in the flickering lamp light. He paused for a moment and then, out of nowhere, hugged Andy again.

"I'm glad we found each other." He said, before stepping back, smiling, and then taking a step into the room. "I'll see you in the morning, Andy. Goodnight." He waved lightly and went to shut the door.

Once he was alone, he'd sigh and look around for a moment, before locking the door behind him and setting his clothes on a table.

"What a day." He sighed, before pulling his hair out of it's tie and letting it fall loose around his shoulders. Turning and stretching, he went to go sit on the bed and get ready to go to sleep.

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<sub>Andromeda would proceed to hug his twin again. he didn't say anythign for the longest time, until he finally spoke up, waving to his twin as he left the room.

"I'm glad I found you. Night, bro." He then exited the room, leaving Cepheid to his own sleep, and locking his own door to his room, going to sleep.

However once Cepheid turned around to sit on his bed, he would find Nerys sitting on his bed, her legs crossed and her hands to her sides. She had a small smile on her face when she looked up at him with her one visible eye.

"Took you long enough~." She bounced her foot that was in the air several times.</sub>

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Too tired to notice, it wasn't until he gave the bed his full attention that he noticed one of his future rapists brother's crew members was loafing on his bed. Because of such a revelation, he reacted in a proper manner.

"GOOD LORD WOMAN!"

Leaping back in surprise, he smacked into the wall with a loud thud and pressed against it, looking very much rattled. "What are you doing in here?!" He demanded, looking decidedly more awkward now that he wasn't playing his role of The Star Man. It was going to take a lot more trusted human interaction for him to completely reclaim all of that separated Cepheid and The Star Man. Almost fifteen years of living under a mask did a lot of damage to this man's sense of self and identity.

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<sub>Andy would have heard that, but decided in the end he just gave up on Nerys. He knew she'd be the only one able to scare people like that. Andromeda just groaned and planted his face in the pillow. Crazy woman.

Nerys kept bouncing her foot as Cepheid had... the appropriate response to a woman suddenly sitting on his bed in the darkness. She waited for him to calm down before he asked the rather important question as to why the goth lolita was in his room.

"I'm here to steal your soul and sleep with you." She spoke, rather sarcastically. FInally she moved her hand and waved it, dismissing the idea. "No, I'm not. That's Godwine's job. I just came to talk. Just one on one."</sub>

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Unaware of the fact he was just effectively left to this wily woman's desires, Cepheid looked at the female like she was some kind of viper, keeping a frugal distance from her.

"W-Wha?" Was all he was able to get out at her rather curt response, and looked slightly relieved as she admitted it was Godwin's job. Not a whole lot of an improvement, but at least it wasn't Godwin he was locked in a dim room with.

"What is so important that it couldn't wait until the morning?" He asked, now more curious than spooked. What did she want to talk about? Was it about his relationship with Andy? Did she was an autograph or something? Good god, can't a man catch a break?

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<sub>Nerys uncrossed her legs and then scooted over to offer a seat for Ceph, if he would take it. Knowing him he probably wont considering how open all of the girls were. Nerys knew when to shed her fangirl desires and turn serious. It wasn't common though for her to act so giddy either way.

"You don't have to worry about me, you can put your trust in that." She admitted. "I'm only in Andy's crew for the ride and adventure. Not like Godwine and Daniela, who he saved. Hell if I know about Selena."

He asked why it couldn't wait and she shrugged. That was one thing she was bad at. Timing. Nerys was a nighttime kind of girl, so this would be her best chance if Ceph tried to run off.

"I might be asleep all day tomorrow. Might as well get it over with now." She paused. "... How much do you really know about your brother?"</sub>

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No, he was still rather wary, so he remained standing, though he was much less tense. The door was locked, but it'd only take a swift movement to free it and make his escape if the need arose. He'd still listen to the girl, though, and raise an eyebrow. So Andy 'saved' Godwin and Daniela? He'd have to ask later, maybe over breakfast.

He shrugged lightly and allowed his intruder to ask her question after she explained herself, though once the words were out, he stood in silence.

"...I'm sorry, Nerys. You're a nice girl and I'm sure you and my brother are on good terms, but that really isn't any concern of yours. We are strangers, after all." He answered. "The fact of the matter is that he is my brother. My twin, and no matter what he does, no matter how much I may disagree with his actions, that will never change, nor will my loyalty to him. Now if you're quite done, I would like to be able to sleep in peace."

It was rare for Ceph to behave in such a manner, as he was always The Star Man, though on the odd occasion, something would happen that would make him have to sober up and grab life by the balls. In this case, he was being a slight grump in keeping his personal relations personal. In all honesty, he only know what the public knew, that he was a pirate that attacked, killed, and raped with little prejudice or exception. But he knew a side of that man that no on else-possible save the woman, Sine-knew.

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<sub>Nerys watched the man carefully, before she stood up from the bed, dusting off her dress. Would she have to play this kind of game now? She didn't like doing this... Especially if Andromeda found out, but maybe he was right. It wasn't her business... or was it? She was Sine's niece. She had to know these things.

"I wasn't going to chastise you about what Andy has done, because I'm well aware of that and I'm still standing beside him. So do the rest of the girls, because he saved Godwine and Daniela from a terrible situation." She then pulled her hair back to show her entire face, adjusting her headband to keep her hair back. "Take a good look at me. Do you think I would? After all he's done? Especially for Sine?"

She gave a hot glare at Cepheid when he spoke up about that. Man, if Sine and Andy did marry, it would be inlaws arguing over here.</sub>

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Fairly out of practice when it came to dealing with people outside of the mask, Cepheid was quickly losing patience with this woman.

"If that's not what your here for, then why are you asking about what I know?" He asked. "I think it's pretty clear we haven't seen each other in years, so I know about as much as the next guy, which is completely made up of street talk rumors." Nope, he wasn't gonna spill out Sine. Whoever that was, that was someone dear to Andromeda's heart, and he wasn't going to go passing that information out to anyone now that he knew it's worth.

He sighed, however, when clearly Nerys was pushing the subject. "Listen. Why don't you ask Andromeda about her?" He suggested, trying to be civil despite his weariness. the fact that he had skipped his last two meals was not helping at all, as he had a hollow gnawing in his stomach that was deciding to act up now. "If he doesn't want to tell you, then I can tell you now that you won't have any luck with me." Sorry Nerys, you weren't gonna get anything from this fellow with any ease.

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<sub>Nerys was pretty patient though, and she would keep at it until she would get what she wanted. Which basically was Sine's whereabouts. She stared at him as he spoke up. Seriously? She had overheard them mentioning Sine, she knew he knew something about her...

"You have to know something. You just..!" Nerys shook her head. No, pleading never got her anywhere. Nerys' shoulders sagged and she just looked visibly disappointed. She then looked down, finally just admitting her feelings for Cepheid on the whole situation.

"I know enough about her from what he's told me and what she's told me as a child. I just want to know if she's okay... I heard the word Sine when I passed by, I just... thought you knew something... clearly you don't."</sub>

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.....Okay, maybe you were. That just wasn't fair, Nerys.

At first, Cepheid was remaining stubbornly silent as the female began to plead with him, but as soon as she became honest, he felt his heart begin to melt in guilt.

It would be so easy to continue to the ruse. Just continue to claim that he knew nothing...Come on, boy. Just say 'I'm sorry' and send her on her way!

"Look, I don't even know much. I just ferried a woman named from Dula to Seria a long time ago." He said. He'd keep the word 'pregnant' to himself. He wasn't sure if Andy wanted his crew to know. It was bad enough he divulged this. "Yes, she matched the description of the Sine Andy knew, but there are a lot of people in this world. It might have been her, but it might not have."

He sighed. "Happy now? Can I please go to sleep in peace now?" Even in the darkness, it was clear that he was weary and about ready to drop. The lack of food in his system was going to make getting up in the morning a chore due to low blood sugar.