A power drink is al that's needed.

The branches and leaves were crunching underneath his feet. Jinn was walking by himself in the woods. No bird was singing nor was there any source of life becides the trees and the bushes. The animals knew that they needed to be quiet. Their instincts told and taught them to stay away from danger. And danger was just passing by.

A small dozen of snakes were wrapped around his neck, arms and upper body. You could barely see the grey sweater beneath the many snakes. The snake were of exotic bred. The colors were running from yellow to black with poison green markings. The black snake with the poison green markings, which was called 'Beast', was the first snake that Jinn met and was so the first snake that he learned to trust. He could still remember the day when he discovered his powers to compell, command and talk with the snakes. First he was scared, but then truthfully happy. The snakes gave him warmth that no one could ever understood nor give hem like the snakes do. His adoptionparents didn't get it. Why does Jinn love the many snakes around his body? Isn't he afraid of that they might kill him? But Jinn didn't give a fuck about their thinkings. He began to change. Thanks to some powerfull warlocks he could unlock his full powers. His hair colored blonde, his eyes turned poison green and scales spread over his body. His adoptionparents didn't accept the sudden change and tried to take his powers back in order to get him back to normal, but Jinn didn't allowed them. So he ran away. And he has been living on his own ever since then.

Jinn let his fingers gently stroke the head of Beast. Beast hissed a little and made clear that he sure liked it. A few snakes crawled along the ground. They smelled something or someone. Someone or something that didn't hide from the many snakes. Curiosity fled over Jinn. Who was it that didn't run or hide? The snakes crawled back and wrapped themselves once again around Jinn's body. Jinn toke a step in the direction of that 'something'. Suddenly Beast hissed:"It's approaching us," Jinn frowned. Someone was approaching him? Was it a human? But he didn't see anyone. A few snakes crawled back on the ground and moved towards something. Jinn followed them with his eyes and then noticed the red fox. "Why are you hiding?" the fox asked. So it was a shapeshifter that approached him. Why? The snakes were still crawling around on the ground. They didn't trust the stranger. "I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but I'm not someone that hides in the woods," Jinn reacted. Just as his snakes, he didn't trust the fox either. What did he want?

Somehow you made me talk.

The snakes noticed someone or something that was approaching him. Jinn didn't know that someone wasn't scared of him and actually tried to approach him. Curiosity fled over him. Who could it be? He couldn't help it though, that he felt a little bit dissapointed when he noticed the man. But the man suprised him with not running away with his tail between his legs. It looked like he was in for some fun. Maybe he was just curious or stubborn. The man should know that Jinn wasn't that social skilled so that he could forget a great talk. And on top of that was that Jinn didn't trust the guy. Just like the various snakes that were crawling around him. Jinn however didn't demand them to attack him. He still wanted to know why the man approached him. "Then why are you sneaking up on me?" the man asked a little bit arrogent and smirked. Jinn raised an eyebrow. Such attitude. It makes Jinn almost want to leave or to attack the man. But he was stubborn and decided to stay put. "I mean, it's not very nice to follow someone." the man added and toke a few steps towards Jinn. Beast hissed aggresively towards the man. He didn't like it either when a stranger came close to Jinn. Jinn decided to answer the earlier question and to ignore the arrogant attitude. "Living beings normally avoid me. So they didn't trust the situation when a living being was actually approaching me instead of avoiding me," Jinn answered simply and nodded towards the snakes that were still crawling around the man. "You're alone here in the woods?" the man suddenly asked. Jinn raised questionally an eyebrow. He glanced over towards Beast. "Don't give him too much information. We can't trust him yet," advised Beast. Jinn nodded and glanced back towards the man. He didn't trust him either. He did however let the snakes crawl back. They wrapped themselves around his body. "Why do you care to know? I don't think that information is valid to you. Becides, why should I tell a total stranger?" Jinn said while petting a few of the snakes.

I don't need forest to protect me.

Why did the man stay? Why didn't he just walk away like every normal person would do? The man even asked Jinn why he was sneaking up on him. Jinn was suprised by those words. As if Jinn would ever try to make social contact with others. Jinn regaind his serious mode and answered the question. "That sounds no more than right. I would be suspicious too." the man reacted. So why did the man stay? The quesion became more valuable with every second. Suddenly the man asked if Jinn was alone. Jinn didn't know what he was supposed to answer on it. Yes he was alone, but he didn't need anyone else becide his snakes. Beast did adviste him to not give the unknown man much information. That's why Jinn answered the man's question with more questions. "I'm just curious." the man answered simply and toke a step back. So it was just humon curiosity that was giving the man this behaviour? The man turned away from Jinn, but it didn't take him a second to turn back to Jinn. Jinn looked him in the eye. "I can offer you something." the man started. "It's not something big or valuable. It's more like a save heaven." he continued. A heaven? "I give you the save heaven and you promise me to work with me. To be part of our bigger something." the man said. Jinn raised an eyebrow. A save heaven? And that man could give it to him? It almost sounded as if Jinn was taking into a maffia. "I'm not naïef. I don't believe in a 'save heaven'. It sounds like something that the desperate ones would believe in," Jinn said. He was a realistic. He wasn't a naïef someone that would just follow any random person who came up to him to take him to some 'save heaven'. Yeah right. Sounds just like a fairy tale. "What do you know about the family tree Venom?" the man asked. Jinn looked at him with a questionally look in his green eyes. He crossed his arms. "I know that they are troublemakers," Jinn answered. He didn't have any experience with the family tree's around here. He wasn't very social. So why even bother to join on of those tree's? "I'm not very into the whole 'we help together, fight together and are together thing'. I can survive on my own. So I'm not gonna waste my time one some stupid society unless they are worth my time," Jinn said and grins a little. The snakes around him were telling him to leave. He was talking too long with this stranger. But Jinn ignored them. He was curious where this talk was going to.

Just give me a reason.

Jinn started to give reaction on the man's words, but he cut him of midsentence. "I never said that you are naive." Jinn sighed. "I would never call someone naive I don't know." the man explained. Jinn shoke his head. "I never said you were calling me naive. But that 'heaven' is bullshit," Jinn fired back. The snakes wanted Jinn to leave and in some way Jinn did want to leave, but the man caught his attention. The man asked him what Jinn knew about the Venom. A name he had heard before, but never looked into it. Why should he? He gave the man a short but true answer. The man shoke his head. "Some of us are troublemakers I don't deny that. But I can say for sure we're not only that." the man reacted. So what, he was trying to talk the behaviour, of those who were wrong, right? Pathetic. It looked like the man was promoting Venom. Jinn however didn't know who the man was. But Jinn could assure him that he wasn't looking for a happily family tree to gather around a campfire and sing songs. But the man suprised Jinn again. He laughed. Not as if he was making fun of Jinn, but because of his words. Jinn frowned. "I should not worry about that. Venom isn't like other Family Trees where we see each other every week. Everyone lives for himself and only if you need help you can ask. It can be very handy to have some troublemakers from Venom behind your back." the man explained. Jinn let his thoughts go over his words. Jinn admitted that it would be nice to have someone to take his back, but that would also mean that Jinn needed to do the same to the other members of Venom, which were totally strangers for him. Jinn didn't know if he should be stubborn and still decide to fly solo or to give in and follow the Venom. "I'm not pushing you, the only reason why I ask you is that you're interesting and you'll fit perfectly in Venom. Think about it. If you want you can always find me in Corfort." the man added. Jinn perked his eyes on him. "Intresting hea? You are just judging on my looks and on my powers. Thus you only want to use me as one of your paws. Am I wrong, leader of the Venom?" Jinn figured the position of the man out allong the talking. Why would someone otherwise talk like that about the Venom? "I don't need protection. If I did need it, I would've stayed with my parents. But I'll try to not be all negative. Give me a good reason why I should join the Venom and then I'll think about it," Jinn said and smirked.

What about some action?

The man was making some points, but Jinn looked behind those rose smelling thoughts. Jinn could solve a riddle and thus find out that the man was no one less than the leader of the Venom. Why would he otherwise talk about the Venom like that? Jinn wouldn't give in that easily. It was not like he was afraid of the man nor the family tree, but he was just rather on his own and if the Venom didn't order him more than that, Jinn would decline the man's over.

The man gritted his teeth. It made Jinn slightly smirk. It seems like he could slightly look into the tactic that the man had.
"Yes I did judge you on your looks." answered the man.
"Don't act like you never do that. It isn't always wrong to judge a book by it's cover." he further explained. Jinn smirked.
"You can not judge on the cover of a book if it's useless for you or not," Jinn reacted. Not that Jinn wouldn't be usefull. He could accomplish many things, but only if he saw the use of it. He wouldn't blindly waste his time and effort in something that someone orders him to do so. That's why Jinn gave the man more words to think about. Jinn made his arguments invalid, but the man shoke his head and laughed softly.
"Like I said I'm not pushing you. If you don't want it, your don't want it. But I can tell you, it doesn't matter how, but if I want you, you get in." the man said imminent and grinsed. Jinn frowned. He automatically thought behind the man's words. So.. If Jinn didn't join he will get people after him, trying to take him to the Venom? Jinn heard the snakes hissing. How generous, he thought sarcastic.
"But I give you your reason. I'm offering you a place because I think you have great power. By great power comes fear from other people with less power. They want to see you gone or even want to take you're power. That's why I'm offering you a safe heaven. You have some troublemakers behind your back and you're still free to go where ever you wanna be. I'm not giving your orders and you don't have to do the same for others." the man further explained. Jinn glanced over to the snakes. It was true that Jinn couldn't stay long in an area because of the powers he has. People were afraid of him and if they had the chance and the guts, the would kill hem. That was for sure. If the man kept his word and let Jinn do his thing, without ordering him around, the whole idea of being in the Venom wouldn't sound so bad after all.
'But it's up to you. If you want to be alone, you're going your own way. I'm just offering." the man added with a grin. Jinn smirked and looked back to the man.
"But you will get me in eventually?" Jinn said, signifying the earlier words of the man. Jinn tilt his head a little.
"Well then.. I'm curious if you would really try that hard for just a cover of a book," Jinn said smirking. The snakes hissed, while Jinn turned his back and walked away. He was enjoying the talk of the man. Now.. He wanted to find out if the man wasn't just al talk, but if he could also do something with his 'troublemakers'. Jinn was an excellent fighter and defender. Becides his snakes, he could poison people with his fingertips. How much effort would the man put in Jinn or would he give up and let Jinn go? If the man would make work of him, Jinn could consider himself as a Venom, since the conditions sounded great.

Something entertainment.

So.. The man wanted him in the Venom? And he will get Jinn in it, no matter what? Sounded like a challenge. A challenge Jinn wasn't afraid of accepting. He was rather curious on how much effort the man would put into him. So Jinn decided to put an end to the talk and challenged the leader. Jinn saw how the man got flustered for a moment, but then regaind his smirk. "You'll hear fast enough about me." the man said. Jinn smirked and then just walked away. He was curious on how this would go. He knew that he had called trouble on himself. After all.. The Venom wasn't a family tree you should play with. But let's just say that Jinn loved to have a bit of a spicy taste to his boring life.

Jinn just walked away from the man. He didn't hear footsteps behind him and the snakes weren't hearing or sencing anything. So Jinn concluded that the man himself wouldn't do the dirty work. Jinn assumed that the little dogs of the man weren't as strong as their leader. Jinn rubbed his hands and smirked a little. Finally. Some fun. Suddenly the snakes begun to hiss. They were smelling and hearing the sound of humans. More than just one human. Jinn didn't run away. Why should he? Then he was practically running away from the fun he wanted. Some snakes were crawling of Jinn on to the ground, to assure his safety. A backstab attack was cheap, but Jinn never knew what the puppets would do. Jinn heard the branches grin and before he could a further step, people were surrounding him. Jinn looked around the people. His face was expressionless. He didn't show any sign of fear. He wasn't afraid at all. The people were clearly from the Venom. So these were the puppets that did the dirty work? Jinn didn't have enough time to think about how pathetic it was, because one 'puppet' decided to make already a move. Jinn could easily avoid the attack. The snakes weren't only an attack and defense source, but they could also inform Jinn where the attack will come from and if danger was ahead. You could say that normal people will never take out Jinn. Jinn decided to put some effort in this whole act aswell. More snakes begun to crawl over the ground. It was like the whole ground was just covered with snakes. The snakes mercilessly bit and strangled the puppets. Poisoning them or strangeling them to death. Well.. Not all of them. Jinn spared a few of them. They could tell the big boss how their little adventure went. However, the remainder puppets didn't give in. Not even after they saw how Jinn killed some of them without even using his own poison powers. It seemed like the Venom wasn't that weak and pathetic after all. The remainder puppets didn't dare to touch Jinn though. Jinn just walked back to the place where he encountered the man first. The puppets were just following him. Grumbling something pathetic. Jinn smirked as he returned before the man. "Well that was a good show. Even though some of your man failed to entertain me. You should keep a clean up. Some of those weren't even worth killing," Jinn said with a smirked and nodded towards the remainded puppets. Jinn glanced back to the man. He sure was more intrested in the offer the man made. "My name is Jinn," Jinn finally introduced himself.

Give me the troublemakers.

Jinn expected some puppets to follow him, but he didn't expect that the puppets were so weak. He could litterally kill them in just one hand move. Was this the strength of Venom? Jinn would almost feel sorry for the man. Either way, Jinn decided to go back. The man had his attention and if all the conditions were true that the man stated, it would be a great opportunity for Jinn. So Jinn returned to the man. A few remain puppets followed him. Jinn smirked while telling the man that he should get puppets with more strength. The puppets were no match for Jinn, but that could also be because Jinn was just mad strong. "We can find more entertaining people in Kaechan." the man said with a smirked. Jinn nodded. The man was right that he would get Jinn. Even though Jinn would've never guessed that he would be joining a family tree, but the Venom looked just a little bit too intresting to ignore. Jinn introduced himself. It was about time. "I'm pleased to meet you Jinn." the man reacted. Jinn nodded. You could see it as a 'nice to meet you too' thing. "My name is Roman Villiars." introduced the man himself. Jinn nodded again. "Like I said I'll do everything to get you in Venom." Roman continued. Jinn smirked a little bit. He didn't feel like giving a reaction on it. It was clear that Roman knew how he needed to play a game. But Jinn didn't lose. He would never lose. "I think we should talk about your position. You killed a few very good man with very good positions. Did you maybe thought about a position well you killing my man?" Roman asked. Jinn smirked a little bit. "In what position do I get the most 'troublemakers' behind my back?" Jinn asked with a little smirk. The snakes around him finally calmed down. They felt that Jinn was comfirtable with situation, so they didn't feel the need anymore to kill anyone. Satisfaction. Jinn thought a little bit about the rank he wanted to be. It didn't really matter to him, but maybe he should add a little bit to his words. Before he gets the rank he didn't want. "Gotta tell you though that I'd rather give commands then obey them," Jinn added with a little grins.

Sayonara.

Jinn was stubborn, but also selfish, so he decided to join the Venom either way. It would give him a little bit more power and it would help when he got in trouble again. Roman laughed. "That's what I like to hear." he said on the response of Jinn about what he rank he wanted. It didn't really matter to Jinn. He just wanted as much as troublemakers behind his back as possible. "That's what I like to hear." Roman reacted, still laughing softly. Jinn smirked a little bit. He was glad that Roman understood what he wanted. Now it was only a question if Jinn would get what he wanted. If not, Jinn would leave again. Thus Jinn added that he'd rather give commands than obey them. Roman made a little thinking sound. "What did you thought about second command?" Roman suggested. Second command? Sound like Jinn would've had more power than others in the Venom and so more troublemakers behin his back. But Jinn needed more information. To make sure that his thought were right. So Jinn kept quiet, waiting for a further explanation. "You get your own puppets to play with, they protect you and help you. And every new member you recruit is your puppet." Roman fruther explained. Jinn nodded as a sign he understood it. It indeed sounded like a real pleasure that Jinn joined the Venom. It would help him alot. "And after a while maybe you like it to work with me messing a bit with Warlocks." Roman added with a grins. Jinn smirked, but that fainted when Roman toke another step closer to Jinn and stood close to him. Jinn wasn't used to having someone nearby him. Some snakes were hissing indignant, but Jinn demanded them to shut up. "But for that problem we need a private place to talk." Roman whispered in Jinn's ear. Roman toke a step back again and winked at Jinn. Beast hissed aggresively. "Don't let that man touch you," the black snake warned Jinn. Jinn just looked at Roman. Didn't really know how he should react on him. Finally he just coughed. "I think I'll be leaving. If you need anything you can just call me. I'll leave some snakes in your surrounding. So they can contact me," Jinn said. He grinsed a little and then turned around. "Goodbye," Jinn said and walked away.