He who casts a shadow..(Viktor)

[nerosoldato]

Nero piled the broken egg shells of snake eggs on the floor next to his cauldron and potions kit. Nero had dropped all the egg yokes into the cauldron already then he poured a slight amount of acromantula venom inot the cauldrion in a spiral patter in the south-west area of the cauldron. His new source had been very particular about its directions. Apparently it made the poison completely non-lethal if done even slightly incorrectly. Now he had to wait for the yokes and venom to mix. It was supposed to take days. This is why Nero was in the farthest reaches of the dungeons. He could not let anyone find his potion.

At that moment, Nero heard a scream. Someone seemed to be in deep trouble. But it was too far away for them to have noticed Nero doing anything back here. So he got up silently and crept to the door. This room was Nero's safehouse. He enchanted the door shut when he left. It was litter with his experiments and victims(mostly rodents). Nero left the room and locked the door as usual. And went down the corridor toward the source of the scream. Before he got to the source, it had died out. Suddenly, Nero heard footfalls heading his way. He smirked to himself. Thinking to himself, 'This will be a good day to die.' He recognized Viktor and stared with a smirk on his face looking up at the older student. "Curses, eh? You should try poisons. They make alot less noise."

[Viktor Mercus Lorrein]

How did this poor insect of a small wizard dare mock him, as he took his wand, torturing the poor soul with invented spells he learned from Alfi's journal about his creations, it rather had interesting effects, the screams were melody to his ears, how it made him feel happy, in a good mood and how it was just such a big form of pleasure for someone like him, he just smiled, but eventually his fun was gone when the victim passed out, how was that even possible he swore he went easy on him, he sighed pocketing his wand and walking away. He walked unknowingly in the direction of Nero, he looked at the younger boy, he had a weird odor on him, being good with potions, he was wondering if the young boy was attempting a powerful poison, he only caught it from the smell but he would play the 'innocent' boy who knew nothing just to see what he was planning, something told him he wasn't a natural Slytherin.

"I enjoy the screaming of my victims, it'[s a melody to my ears, so what are you planning, you seem familiar to that hag who owns a shop in Hogsmeade and trains pureblood kid.. hmm probably just coincidence or my eyes playing tricks on me." Viktor said as he looked at him, what was this boy planning, the smirk he did at the beginning was suspicious, did he want to trick him with poison, he just smiled though, it would be a foolish idea, but still he would like to see him try if the smell was indeed correct.

[nerosoldato]

Nero raised an eyebrow at Viktor. There was very little point in denying his parentage. He knew right away that he wouldn't be able to trust this boy with too much information. "Nerosoldato is my name. Heir Apparent to Mavado Gaunt. And yes, my mother is Morgana Gaunt. Who teaches half-wits how to wave their wands when casting real magic because their own parents are far too inept to do so themselves.

Nero ignored the rest of what Viktor said. "I've seen you before now. You never seemed significant enough to name though. Are you aware of Auriga?"

[Viktor Mercus Lorrein]

"I do not remember asking you for your name, it is unimportant to me." Viktor said, as he looked at the boy, no doubt about it he was brewing potion, he just looked at him then around in case other people arrived or his victim woke up, he hoped he would. He listened to what Nero had to say. "Yes I am aware of Auriga, she is also a mediocre witch, no doubt about it, searching for love for little babies." Viktor said, love was disgusting to him, he didn't understand it, and yet he felt odd whenever he saw Viola, he could not understand it and it drove him to the brink of insanity at times, he just looked at Nero.

"Now now, why would we talk about girls hmm? Don't tell me you love her, they are only good for having kids, nothing more."

[nerosoldato]

Nero knew of Viktor's sort. He had met sociopaths before. They were common in Nero's world. He seperated his goals from their affliction in his mind there was no correlation. Nero's smugness faded. He had no need for babies or love. He had already covered this with Auriga. It seemed she was still moping about the same nonsense. "I see. It doesn't matter. Nevermind. Who is it you're torturing. I know alot about the students. I spy on them. Maybe I can give you information. For instance, the Potters don't trust Goblins. And so Cole leaves heaps of coins in the Forbidden Forest. There is a small shack in the middle of the forest if you head straight into the forest from the groundskeeper's back door. He's probably there now. Why he's missing, eh?" Nero frowned. "I wonder what else he keeps out there. He thinks its all safe whatever it is. He's deathly 'fraid of the forest. I bet he reckons we are too." Nero didn'r care if Viktor had the information and used it to get the galleons. Nero had more than enough galleons for himself already.

[Viktor Mercus Lorrein]

Viktor just listened, the info he had wasn't valuable, he didn't care about money he was wealthy because of the job his mom did, a lifelong supply of galleons, he looked at Nero calmly, if he had better information than that would be good, except how can he have new information, on a dead body. "Cole is dead, had my fun by killing him, torturing him and killing him, he was weak, the weak only serve the strong." He said, as he looked back to where he left the student. "I believe the one I was torturing is named Marcus, he tried to block my path, I hate when people do that." Viktor looked at Nero. "So, what kind of potion were you brewing, by the smell you have on yourself, seems like something poisonous, you can try it on Marcus, I do not care about his life."

[nerosoldato]

Nero raised an eyebrow at Viktor. He was not wasting time that was for sure. Nero was already planning on how best to use Viktor. Eventually though, Nero's plot would end in Viktor's death. Nero smirked smugly. He wouldn't even have to do it. "Cole is dead? Useless boy, he was. I thought he'd at least grow old enough to use his wealth in later years."

Nero shuddered when Viktor spoke about his potion. It irked him when people were intelligent enough to see through him. "It is extremely poisonous or not at all. Depending on how you complete it. That being said, it is not complete yet. Using it now will dillute the ingredients and merely cause a bad cough for a few hours. Patience wins the day." Nero shrugged. "Don't tell him I was here. Or anyone else."

[Viktor Mercus Lorrein]

Viktor just gave him a smile. "I'd be careful on who I'd be trying to use if I were you." He knew that was the boys plan, he didn't care much of it, Nero would have his uses, and then he would end his life once he has no use. He looked at him calmly and just nodded "Everything requires patience, and don't worry I won't tell anyone about this, except professor Salazar might realize some of his ingredients are missing." Viktor said, it would be funny to see Salazar's reaction but the professor didn't seem to care much, he was up to something, he just knew it but couldn't tell what. Two brilliant minds could cause a lot of trouble which was a plus in his book.

[nerosoldato]

Nero laughed dryly. "Salazar? Poison ingredients? You'll have to threaten me better than that. Anything Salazar has, I have access to more of."

"Use my fellow wizards? I would never do such a thing." Nero smirked as he said this. "I could take you to my hideaway. It is just down the corridor here. It is not trapped. Just locked." Nero turned away from Viktor and went back towards his room. Not caring if Viktor decided to follow him or not.

[Viktor Mercus Lorrein]

"Why would I do threats to my fellow Slytherin students, that's not like me, Salazar seems to have a lot of things in his mind. Unknown plans." Viktor said, the sort of rampage he is going would of been stopped if Salazar cared enough, no the man was definitively up to something, he followed Nero to his hideout as he called it, the place seemed awfully familiar to him, maybe he went there once when he was younger, he didn't quite remember, he looked at the cauldron the smell of the potion hitting his nostrils, indeed he was working on something deadly. "Let's work on completing your art, we will use it... on Marcus, to see how well the poison works. It will be... interesting." Viktor said with a smirk, he would let Nero complete his own potions, just a way to see if he was truly worth it, it wouldn't be bad to have a 'partner' in crime.

[nerosoldato]

Nero smirked and gazed across the potions kit at Viktor. He was not sure how much Viktor knew about potions. "That one isn't finished. I do have slower poisons. Imagine, he suddenly dies in the middle of class. People will think even the Professors can't keep them safe. Of course, they can't." Nero took a short vial of liquid from inside his robe. He examined it for a moment, Give him that." Nero nodded towards the brewing cauldron, "This one will take some days to complete yet."