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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:54 pm
Mahareshi Rorsch "Eh, well, I guess you're right. Don't know much about what went on besides we got attacked." Che decided as he walked around that long expanse of road. Looking around into the nighttime, the features of the land began to ring a few bells, but the more he thought about where they were, the faster nothing came to mind. "We do have one lead though. While in the grocery store, Amara noted that we may have been under attack by the UNS. That would make sense because no Owl/Human team has access to such advanced tools. I mean...a ******** serum that takes away powers?"
"Just blocks'em Che. Nothing more than that. I can still feel my Negation, but it's weaker than a pig in a slaughterhouse." Thomas chimed in. He too had no idea where the trio had stopped at. It looked like the country though. To their right was a small one story house with a red brick chimney. Everything else was wheat and corn. Behind and in front of them was just a long two lane strip of road that seemed to go on for miles upon miles. Adding to what was already said, Thomas spoke up, "UNS? Tell that psychic psycho she's wrong. The UNS wouldn't fire on me! I'm it's damn leader!"
"I guess the president got tired of your smell and finally decided to oust you. It was bound to happen really. Smell or not, you are an Owl therefore you need to be killed along with the rest of us bad smelling Owls." Che jeered. Still though, he was serious about the matter. The government led the UNS and had more say so than Thomas. This wasn't good. Now that they had means to remove powers, that meant that Thomas wasn't needed anymore. The entire UNS branch wasn't needed anymore. This only meant death and destruction for Owls who were hiding or Owls who actually needed their powers to live. "Yeah you two. I think things are going to get far more grim now before they even begin to get better."
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:15 pm
((UNS - Will))
Will paid no heed to the sickening crack echoing from the trunk. Sebastian had only did what he asked, and Will didn't give a damn who was in that trunk. Whoever it was deserved to be in the trunk. The Satan Owl's chauffeur was only being merciful to the now dead man. Despite the few "odd roadbumps" (that were pedestrians and the like getting hit by the car because they were in the way), Sebastian's driving was quite "smooth." The ride was not too long, and Will noted Sebastian's comments about the wine with a smirk. Mikhail, the Russian mafia boss, did have quite an appetite for whiskey.
"Getting your f***ed up a** out of there," Will replied coolly to Anya. Well, it didn't seem that either of the two "guests" wanted any wine. Fine with him. The Satan Owl didn't fancy a glass at this point either. He opened a compartment and tossed a first aid kit at Anya and Johan. "Use it." It wasn't a request, but Will knew Anya wouldn't give a damn. She was pissed. He knew she was pissed. And Johan? Well, Will didn't really care much for him. He had just conveniently been located next to Will back at Che's house.
Hobbs End.
Twas the name on the sign that labeled the town’s designation. It was a quaint town in Vermont, really not an extremely high tech town by the looks of it. Nothing too fancy anyway. The scenery was pretty dark as it was into the wee hours of the night now. The street lights were on yet a few flickered as a dog sprinted by chased by a group of children, who by common sense, should be sleeping in bed.
Will said nothing more as the car drove into town and stopped before a black mansion. The ebony gates creaked open to allow them passage to the building, and the great doors that welcomed entrance to the mansion mysteriously opened as if expecting them. Indeed, a butler of sorts was at the door and greeted them with a bow.....however, the butler was none other than Sebastian.... Where the driver of the car had been sitting before was a skeleton with identical clothes as Sebastian and also hair like Sebastian's... really, the only difference was that it was a skeleton, and Sebastian was not....
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:21 pm
"That they do. The life of my father has taught me that golden rule. And Dante, God bless his soul..." Roulin said in a brief moment of mourning. His uncle had been a beacon of hope and the very man he looked up to when thinking about the end result of a bad time. Now that he was gone, all he had was Che, his true assurance. As Cecilia went on about relaxing, Roulin found himself nodding both to her and the rhythmic, though droning melody of one of his favorite love songs, Nights in White Satin. Why had the song popped up in his head? He was sad, but he knew he wasn't sad enough to hallucinate a song perfectly down to the last note. Couldn't have been his Eidetic Memory acting up either.
"It wouldn't end up well. I can tell he's more advanced than just your regular run of the mill shadow manipulator, but this is Sydney, the queen of Darkness. He'll need all the help he can get. To help, I'll need all the sleep I can--" His thought was cut off when Cecilia abruptly tapped him on his shoulder. Looking over, he first saw blue fingers, then a blue wrist, then the girl's real blue form. Demios's spell had worn off! His hair was longer and darker. His skin was somewhat lighter and due to the bit of water still upon him, it shined. When Cecilia posed her question, Roulin didn't feel as crazy as he had anymore. "They umm...they have," he started, though with a sheepish tone once again. "And yes, I can hear music. You're not going crazy. Unless of course we both are going crazy from the stress and fatigue."
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Che ended his talk with Thomas, then started toward the house that was in the clearing. Knowing this place, he only hoped the people around would be hospitable enough to let them stay in the house. Waving to the two, Che kept moving forward. Around them were endless fields of corn, wheat and rolls of barley were only meters from the house. The man of the house may have had been a farmer and if that was the case, then they'd be just as hospitable as the mastering Owl expected them to be. Now at the door of the house, Che knocked, then fleeced his collar in an attempt to make himself looks as presentable as he could. "Okay. If anyone asks about the smell, Thomas is a pig farmer okay? Our truck broke down a few miles away...or something. All they need to know is we need a place to sleep. Barn, or bed."
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:36 pm
"I don't think the music is on account of stress or fatigue at all," Cecilia disagreed. The song that was playing was familiar to her. It took her a moment to realize that it had been the song she and her ex boyfriend had danced to on their first date. The song held many memories for her. Some good, and some bad. The song had also played on the radio the night....An overwhelming sadness came over her, but she mentally shook her head, she couldn't think of that. "I used to listen to this song all the time," Cecilia confessed. "To me, sometimes it was calming, other times it made me sad. I wonder why it's playing now." She directed her gaze towards Roulin once again. Now that his disguise had diminished, the pink tinge deepened upon her cheeks at the prospect of lying in bed next to her very appealing half naked leader. He had a quiet lean strength that Cecilia preferred over bulging muscles. She found herself staring at him for a few moments before she mentally slapped herself and brought her gaze back towards the ceiling. She lightly rubbed her wound and saw the blood trickling down her fingers from where she had touched it. However, it wasn't as much blood as before. "Um...I know you're tired and we can do this another time if you would rather, but if you're able to, do you think you could stop this wound from bleeding? You don't have to heal it all the way. I wouldn't mind if I ended up with a small pink scar, just stop it from bleeding and getting infected, please if you can."
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:57 pm
Morgan, tapped her cigarette on her knee, not seeing any ash tray around the darkness, and Nik seemed to use the shadows as he liked. " Circus freak huh?" she smiled and chuckled slightly in response, "i guess that is what most people used to call you guys huh? at least till the name owls came about, such is human nature though, reject something you don't understand" she said with a nod, before dropping her own cigarette but and watching irritably as his shadow picked one of her cigarettes out of her bra. "This is border line violation dude" she grumbled as she grabbed one of her own and lit it quickly, she glanced back at bailey as Nik tried to reassure her "she is pretty quiet" she said and glanced at the other two Nick had intorduced earlier, these happy and sad characters were very quiet as well, sleep perhaps? she couldn't tell since it was kinda dark. "you know this manipulation of shadows you do, is there any way you can describe how it works? how you are able to move in and out of the real world and the shadow?" she asked, somewhat a schoolar who had been bored of school.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:29 pm
Jeannie smiled as she finished her meal. She then disappeared from sight. Soon she came back walking as she gave Itachi and Amya towels. "You two can clean yourselves us,like I said, make yourselves at home" she said as she walked towards the living room as she took out a phone and began to make calls. She had to get to the bottom of what was going on with everything.
"Um not to be rude, but I don't give a damn where we go as long as we can get the hell out of here" she said in a frantic tone. She looked at the two light heralds as she blushed from her attitude. Looking towards the distance she sighed. "I'm ready when you two are" she told the two men.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:55 pm
Lucien couldn't believe what had just happened. To think, everything he had planned up until now had been thrown for a loop. As the three of them came to a landing far from Che's house Lucien stared blankly at the ground. There was nothing, the UNS was gone, he didn't care about the people who had turned on him, they were worthless, pawns to be used. What he knew he needed was the resources, luckily he always had a plan B he had a decently sized information web, he wouldn't let this attack go on unpunished. He smirked a little. Looking up into the sky he began laughing loudly. There was a dark undertone to his voice as he laughed into the air. His laughter slowly began to die down. He raised a hand up placing it over his face. "I didn't think the world still bread such madness! It's perfection!" he said with another laugh. "So the UNS has turned on me? Oh well, the corporation was just a way for me to gain information and support it doesn't matter now I have what I need now." He lowered his hand, his architech seal flashed in his eyes, they had no idea the man they had just turned against them. "Well I suppose life wouldn't be fun if it wasn't for twists like that." he smirked and looked at Amara and Vincent. "So, what will you do?" He asked as he looked towards his girlfriend and her pet project, as of right now he wasn't exactly in a pleasant mood, he was rather pissed off.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:53 pm
Roulin could hear the wailings that panned throughout the song that played within his head on repeat. Never could he get tired of it. But still, it was strange that the song would pick now to manifest itself. Or was it? There was a heartshaped bed, a heartshaped jacuzzi and scented candles in the bathroom. Even in the drawers, there were rather tasteless, skimpy, but enticing lingerie. Eh...there was no time to think about this now. Roulin nodded at the points that Cecilia had brought up to him. A side of him wanted to meet her ex and at least judge his character. The other wanted to slam him. Shaking the thoughts from his head, he looked back over to the azure girl who's fingertips now had blood on them.
Her wound was still there, though not gaping as it was before. It had healed somewhat, but not enough to keep out infection. Roulin felt sorry for here and he felt apologetic for dragging her into the fight in the first place. Maybe hiring her wasn't such a good idea...especially if she could be living in someplace safe, warm and not so sleezy. His eyes were locked with her's and for moments, he looked deeper and deeper as if to find something. Her voice soon rung across his ears though. Despite her subtle apologies and assurances, she knew as well as he did that something needed to be done if she were to sleep peacefully. "I can heal you, but afterwards, I need to get to sleep. I've been scratching the bottom of my barrel all day..." The doctoring owl crawled across the red bed and stopped at her side. His knees went beneath him and he bent down slowly placing his right thumb just above her scar. When the preparations were done, he looked back up into her teal eyes and smiled confirmingly. "Umm, alright Cici. This may burn a little...are you ready?"
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"Turning invisible huh? I've dabbled with it, but nothing to serious. It'll make for a laugh when I pen a tail on someone," said Lomoli as he took his teacher's hand. He was suprised that he'd forgotten all about L's island, the Light Herald's private getaway. Upon remembering that, he also remembered that each Herald had a place to their self. "Yeah, I'm with Aeon. To hell with staying local...no one here wants us anyway...let's just get out of here. Please."
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:14 am
Cecilia struggled not to think about her past. Yes, many things had happened back then, some good and some terrible, but she did her best not to dwell on the terrible. The young Cosmic Owl shifted her teal eyes towards Roulin and saw that he was looking at her as well. Her breath caught in her throat for a few moments preventing her from speaking. What would have happened if she hadn't met Roulin? Would she still be fighting in this war, or would she be somewhere safe? Cecilia already knew the answer. Even if Roulin was not in the picture, she would still be doing everything she could to defend the world and everyone in it from both the Owls and humans who wanted to destroy them regardless of whether Roulin was in the picture or not. When he mentioned needed to sleep after this, Cecilia nodded understandingly. She too would need to sleep in order to start on the road to replenishing her energy. "Yes, I'm ready," she said. Cecilia was sure that the pain would be nothing compared to the different pains she had experienced in the past.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:36 am
((NPC - Cerberus))
The three headed dog lay relaxingly on the couch. As the "romantic" music came on, the dog snorted as he rolled pretty much all of his eyes at the noise, but it disappeared from his ears soon because Demios meant for the music to only be heard by Roulin and Cecilia. When the Mystic Owl sat down on the couch, Cerberus was just about to kick him off when Demios wisely provided Cerberus with three steaks, one for each head. The dog snorted and chowed them down, accepting the "toll" for Demios sitting on the couch. Finished with the steaks, the dog continued to flip through channels, but there was nothing interesting on. He stayed for a few seconds on a channel showing some old Clint Eastwood Wild West movie and then another with some weird horror movie named "In the Mouth of Madness" and then tossed the remote control at Demios before bounding off the couch and heading to the bedroom. He trotted up to the heart shaped bed like a ninja. The dog was black after all and then proceeded to jump onto the bed and snuggled right in between Roulin and Cecilia. It growled softly as it settled itself. The bed was comfier than the couch. If it knew what Rou and CC were doing and that Rou was about to heal CC, Cerberus didn't care and totally disregarded the fact as he made himself comfortable.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:24 am
"You're the one who's going to have a ******** up a** if you don't stop treating me like some object or sack of potatoes you can throw around as you please!" Anya retorted at a low growl. She obviously didn't take kindly to Will's unceremonious hauling of her body away from Che's house like a sack of produce or something. But before she could get an answer out of Will, the Satan Owl tossed her a first aid kit, basically ordering her to stitch herself up. "Dammit, Will! I'm not taking any alleged 'help' from you!" she shouted at him as the car pulled up towards the creepy-looking mansion in Hobbs End. Once the car stopped, Anya crawled over Johan, opened the side door of the car and got out. "That's it! I'm leaving!" she shouted over her shoulder to Will and his creepy butler, Sebastian.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:48 am
Solaris Beauty Jeannie smiled as she finished her meal. She then disappeared from sight. Soon she came back walking as she gave Itachi and Amya towels. "You two can clean yourselves us,like I said, make yourselves at home" she said as she walked towards the living room as she took out a phone and began to make calls. She had to get to the bottom of what was going on with everything.
Amaya didn't say anything when her husband simply took her glass from her and drank the alcohol. She smiled and nodded when Jeannie came back with the towels. "Thank you, Jeannie. Is there anything we can do?" Amaya didn't like to partake in someone else's hospitality without giving something back. "Itachi and I would be happy to help... after the showers."------- ((UNS - Will))
Will smirked as Anya crawled over the stern and serious UNS Johanator. "Ah, Anya, watch your health, dear. Comparing your self to potatoes is well.... you're a bit better looking than them after all. A different level entirely." He stepped out of the car as if everything that had happened was perfectly normal. He chuckled lightly. "Johan, Anya, Sebastian will see to your needs." While the mansion was not the most modern looking type due to the setting, it did have quite the fancy luxuries including a sauna, spa, whirlpool, massage area, and so on. The fact that the mansion might be haunted was something the Satan Owl didn't feel the need to mention. "Sebastian, show Johan in." He nodded and stalked after Anya, grabbing her arm. "Anya, I don't recommend wandering about at this hour." As if by coincidence, something dark brushed by the gates of the mansion, and there was an eerie noise. "And if you really do feel the need to, I do insist you stay on the mansion grounds and inside."
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:50 am
((UNS---Daryle))
Daryle entered the lounge with the pizza boxes held up in one hand, a short while later Annie and Daryle were joined by Genya…who was wearing some of Annie’s clothes. “Oh, looking good Gen!” Daryle said with a grin. Daryle settled himself down on the floor and grabbed a slice of pizza. “Ah! Quite right Genya. Itadakimasu!!!” He shouted before taking a big old bite of the deliciously hot pizza. He watched as Annie took only a small slice and shook his head. “Watching those thighs, Annie bear?” He smiled and waved one hand innocently “Only joking! You are fine the way you are, hehehe” He continued to eat his pizza in silence, simply thinking a few things though.
“Ahhh that was marvellous!” Daryle exclaimed as he flopped backwards and laid down on the floor. “I have not had pizza for agees!” The Breezy Owl stared up at the white ceiling feeling pleasantly full. “So Genya, how are you liking America?” He asked with a soft laugh. “Been pretty eventful, hm?” He was making small talk…small talk until he moved onto the next topic. “How would you like to stay here with Annie for a few days? Just until I figure out what is going on and where you stand in this mess….It will be safer for you here.” Daryle sat up and looked over at Genya with a kind smile. “As soon as I find Demios I can reunite the pair of you. How does that sound?” Of course, Daryle will be asking the Satan Owl about the kid. If Genya knew Will then Will had to know Genya. Right?
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:52 am
Nikolai was about to answer Morgan's question, when they arrived at their destination. He smiled and said, "Well, we're here, so my answer will have to wait for a bit." Nik smiled and looked up, opening the link between the shadow bubble and the world above. He, Morgan, and Bailey all started floating up towards the exit. Nik looked down and waved to Happiness and Sadness, saying, "Be back soon you two." Nik made it up to the exit first, sticking his hands through and pulling himself up and out of the shadow, grinning while he did. Nik stood up and smiled at the two people in front of him, waved and said, "Heya Anya, hi Will." Nik had in fact, been melded with Anya's shadow this entire time, and had simply been following her while she was being carried by Will, tossed into the car, and now as she exited the car. Morgan and Bailey floated out of her shadow shortly thereafter, and Nik simply smiled and bobbed his head as usual as if nothing odd had happened. He looked around, and saw the black mansion nearby and said, "Nice place! Loving the color scheme. That your mansion Will?" Nik hummed and paid little attention to the fact that the place they were in looked awfully familiar for some reason, it might have been in a book he read at some point. Nik paid even less attention to the rather odd looking shape that brushed past the gate and the rather odd looking pack of kids chasing a dog.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:24 pm
Bailey did not speak to Nik, Morgan, nor the other two girls while within the shadow. It was not because she didn't like either of them. She didn't know them well enough to make her judgments yet. It was because she had nothing to say. But that didn't mean she wasn't listening to everything that Nik and Morgan were saying to each other. She did not want to reveal how her own powers had manifested. The collar she wore around her neck was proof that her powers were very dangerous and unstable and this was the only way that she could control them for now. But with the collar, her powers were very much restricted. Yet, she was afraid to remove it for fear of what might happen. Her thoughts were interrupted as they left the shadow. Bailey looked around finding herself in another unfamiliar place. Yet, she saw three people she recognized from Che's home: Will, Anya (the girl who had poisoned Will earlier and made him vomit all over the place), and Johan. She blinked one...twice...and looked up towards the dark mansion. It had an interesting architectural style that wasn't used with the mansions that were built these days, meaning that this mansion was a bit older. Finally, after a long silence, Bailey spoke. "It looks like it would make a great haunted house," she said before falling silent again.
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