South Attic, late Thursday afternoon (after workshops)

[demonbelthazor]

Bel shimmered with Blair into the South Attic's living room. "Make yourself at home," he growled, looking around to see if Phoebe was there. He didn't hear her at the moment.

"So, what do I need to do?" he asked.


[ooc: open to Blair and Phoebe, all others enter at your own risk. ;) ]

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Weird, man." Blair stepped back and took a moment to process the whole shimmer thing. He bounced, mostly just to make sure he still could.

"Let's get down to business." He took a seat on the floor and rumaged through his bag for candles. "Lemon pie? Strawberry? Tropical passion?"

[demonbelthazor]

"To eat?" Bel said, not understanding. "I don't know what's in the fridge, but if you need pie or something Piper may have some." He wondered what it might have to do with relaxation.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair laughed and pulled three different candles from his bag. "No, man. I meant the scents of the candles. Although I suppose you could eat them. They are supposed to be all natural."

He sniffed one carefully before licking it. "Ew. No on the eating thing."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel regarded the candles dubiously. "You don't have ones that don't smell fruity?" he growled.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Um...here." Blair held up the tropical passion candle with a shrug. "I think it's supposed to smell like...uh...passion? In the tropics?"

"Fruit is good though, it's pretty tame. Nobody feels threatend by fruit. Although Broots and I almost got mushed by pomengrantes that one time...but that was a totally different situation."

[demonbelthazor]

"All right," Bel said. "Tropical passion. You need me to light that?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair shook his head hastily and dug in his backpack for a lighter. "Let's just keep our flames to ourselves, okay?"

He set the candle up on the floor and moved to sit crosslegged in front of it, resting his hands in his lap. "Move to sit like this, man."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel awkwardly folded his bulky frame into the position Blair indicated. "Now what?" he said impatiently, wanting to get this over and done with so he could look human again.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair pointed at the lit candle between them. "Focus on the flame, man. Try and tune out everything else. Just look at the flame."

He took a deep breath and his voice dropped lower. "It's the only light here, the only warmth. Focus until that's all you see." He waited to see if Bel would calm down and settle into a trance or if he needed to go further.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel tried to do as Blair said, but thoughts kept racing through his mind. What if it didn't work? What if he was stuck like this forever? What if he couldn't pretend to be a human -- he really was a demon and nothing could change that? He growled in frustration.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Hooboy, you're relaxing." Blair teased. "Okay, let's try it a different way."

He scooted closer to the candle and lit a bundle of sage. Blowing it out quickly and blowing the smoke around the room. "Alright, Bel, breathe that in for minute and close your eyes. Pretend you're standing in a kitchen. Can you see the kitchen?"

[demonbelthazor]

Closing his eyes, Bel inhaled the scent of burning sage. Kitchen. Right. He could do this. He called to mind the kitchen of the attic. Wasn't hard, it was right behind him.

"I can see it," he said.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair grinned and gave the tinest of bounces. "Okay Bel, look at the burners on the stove. They're on full blast. Very hot. Are they gas burners with flames or electric with coils?"

[sensethevisions]

After Yogalites and getting some lucnh, Phoebe came back to the attic, intending on spending some quiet time with Cole. He may be stuck in his scarier demon form right now, but he was still Cole, still her soulmate, and she wanted to spend time with him.

She entered the attic quietly, and smiled in surprise to see Blair there. When she caught some of the words that were being said, she nodded to herself and sat on the floor against the wall so she didn't disturb them.

Blair was the most happy and relaxed guy she had ever known. If anyone could help Cole relax, it would be Blair.

[demonbelthazor]

Cole looked around and saw Phoebe watching. "I'm human again!" he said, smiling at her.


[ooc: leaving work in a minute so I'll be disappearing for an hour.]

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe grinned and got to her feet to come hug him.

"Yes, yes you are."

[demonbelthazor]

"Miss me?" Cole said, hugging her back.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe kissed him.

"You were still here, but I missed seeeing you like this, too."

[demonbelthazor]

"I missed holding you," Cole said.

[sensethevisions]

"I missed being held."

[demonbelthazor]

"Hopefully whatever it was...won't happen again," Cole said.

[sensethevisions]

"Do you know what caused the stress that caused it?"

She so owed Blair for helping Cole.

[demonbelthazor]

"I've had a lot on my mind, I guess," Cole said. "And I was so afraid that I couldn't control the demon in me that it started to control me instead."

[sensethevisions]

"Oh sweetheart," She kissed him gently and then hugged him tightly. "It doesn't."

[demonbelthazor]

"I'm never going to be human," Cole said. "There's always going to be the demon inside me. I can't repress it completely."