J-Bear!
Junior
One With Billions Of Names; Student- Jatza, Dae [M:380][M:500][M:500][M:-410]
You are a very, very terrifying monster.
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Post by J-Bear! on Oct 15, 2007 19:38:29 GMT -5
Dae sighed. "Such high expectations of me are sure to be disappointed," she said. "And I don't dwell on the past. How do you think I can be so cheerful in a near-death situation if I did?" She queried. "Anyways, Clarik, Rell likes to see me be totured apparently, and I really don't want him to kill any of you, so I'm gonna have to go. But I really wish you'd come with me." She said, pleading with him with her eyes. "Plus, if I die, you won't see me again."
"Anyways, Rell, how nice of you to think of me like that. I'll take it, but I don't need it." Dae smiled, and took the flower, putting it gingerly in her pocket. "Looks like being a half-demon has it's advantages, eh, Rell?" She winked at him.
"So, if anyone wants to come, let's go." She started walking the other direction, throwing one last pleading glance at Clarik and an apologetic one at everyone else. "Bye!"
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Oct 15, 2007 19:38:50 GMT -5
Suzume seemed to almost seemed to have materialized next to Cecil and she poked his elbow and whispered, "Cecee... what are we doing now?" she asked, her turquoise eyes wide and curious and her fox ears twitched. "And what's the mean man who said I killed my parents doing here?" she inquired, obviously she had heard him earlier and it was really quite odd how she went about it. Suzume was really strange, huh? Her ebon tail swished slightly as she tilted her head to the side in a curious manner, showing she had no clue what was going on.
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Post by Arual on Oct 15, 2007 19:51:36 GMT -5
Cecil was startled at Suzume's arrival as he was almost about to blow his cover and fall three stories down from the level he was flying above the others, into the ground. "Suzume!" he said in a surprised manner, though it was toned into a harsh whisper, "Don't scare me that way..... and keep it down, they can't know were up here!"
He knew his friend was younger now- but God in heaven whom he never prayed to- WHY NOW?! He felt as if...well, ever since the Divine Hills and the Ninth Haven, that he was her older brother. So you can see the third reason to his amazement an confusion. His red eyes suddenly bursted with a glow that almost gave them away to the slayer group, his hand clutched to a higher part of a branch to steady himself with.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Oct 15, 2007 20:02:17 GMT -5
Rell laughed, rolling his eyes again. "I've no expectations for you, Naive-Little-Student. I'm giving you a crash course in life, and if you don't learn, you'll die. I'm not one to hold hands, but at least you'll know the way."
His eyes trailed to a tree, where another demonic prescense had apparated, along with an annoying ninja shaped one that he had learned to ignore. Oh, it was that child. Well, at least it was not whining it's diminutive lungs out this time. He would hate to see the black-eyed slayer's mercy tested on a small, defenseless little girl of demonic lineage--mostly because he doubted that the black-eyed slayer's mercy was used to winning any battles in a mind as deranged as that.
"Oh, the laments of the innocent," Rell said in a poetic air, a faint smile upon his face. "Let thou who hast no sin in thy heart be the first to throw the rock." The memo obviously hadn't reached those who... coughcough... needed it?
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Post by demonfire on Oct 15, 2007 20:09:24 GMT -5
((Obviously it hadn't Zawa, XD))
"Dae, maybe we should just ditch Rell, we'd do better together, trust me," he said. He had finished the Caffeine Root, now feeling quite pepped up. "In all honesty, if we leave Rell to fend for himself, which I know he probably could, then we would only have to deal with one hunter as opposed to two, after all, the wolf is hunting Rell. No offense, but then we'd have the best odds of survival," Estrik said in a refined manner. People like Rell were vain, cocky, and thought of others like insignificant ants, namely humans and half demons.
Back in the village, the timer had struck zero, or close enough anyway. Breen's pupilless eyes lit up with an insane hunger, longing for the spill of tainted blood upon the ground. He began walking towards the group, taking his time and enjoying the stroll.
Tar seemingly disappeared, vanishing via pure speed. Not even the footfalls of his wolfish steps were heard, although the grasses ruffled in what one might suspect to be the breeze. As if time had stopped, Tar appeared on the far edge of the forest, his white fur shining in the moonlight. He sniffed the air, picking up the scent of Rell's evil, he was good at that.
Breen gave a slight smirk as he collapsed, a black and red smoke shot out from his back. If he was going to hunt today, he might as well have fun with it. From above he looked like a stray storm cloud, anger appearing as lighting, hate as thunder. The cloud appeared over the clearing and appeared around Dae, sending horrible visions, basically, every possible evil thing she could have done in her life was played out from her, everything from the mundane to the Nazi-like.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Oct 15, 2007 20:16:52 GMT -5
"You're friend has a point," Rell agreed with a grin. "If you're determined to ignore my advice, at least give him an ear. Not literally though, I hope."
The demon didn't seem to be going anywhere. That would involve actual caring that some Dittany soaked rabid monster was running into every ruin around here in pursuit of him. Sorry, it was really a funny mental image...
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Oct 15, 2007 20:33:49 GMT -5
"I think the scary man already knows we're here..." Suzume whispered, watching Rell as she sat on the branch and blinked, she would be humming at the moment but she figured that when she was asked to be quiet- unlike when her parents asked or said anything... now she was supposed to pay attention to it. She shrugged carelessly as she watched the people with the slightest bit of interest and she then looked to Cecee, it was quite obvious that she was quite happy to find him again, because the other people here were scarey... she'd met a werewolf, and even another kitsune... but there was a weird vampire lady who was acting all weird and started hurting Suzume's head and it wasn't exactly pleasant. She still had the oddest taste of blood in her mouth and the unmistakable aura of sadness about her from the whole ordeal. She kinda wanted a hug, in all honesty.
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J-Bear!
Junior
One With Billions Of Names; Student- Jatza, Dae [M:380][M:500][M:500][M:-410]
You are a very, very terrifying monster.
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Post by J-Bear! on Oct 15, 2007 20:38:51 GMT -5
Dae was confused. She wanted to stay with the others, but she didn't want to disappoint Rell, no matter how much of an ass he was. "So, Rell, exactly how am I-" She was interrupted by flashes of images of her doing things she'd never done before. Killing people, anything. "Whoa . . . Dude, I'm like seeing things. Clarik, is this what it feels like to be high?" She asked in slight awe. The images frightened her a bit, especially the more recent ones, but she knew they never happened and never would happen, so she stayed somewhat calm. "Rell, what's going on?"
Jatza immediately froze up when she saw the smoke. "Hey, Estrik, you're a demon. What's that?" She pointed, hoping he wasn't offended by the demon remark. "Or least partly." She muttered lightly.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Oct 15, 2007 20:48:27 GMT -5
The demon glanced at her and briefly skirted across her consciousness, like a leaf across water. He really did try not to smile at all the gruesome images, but it had a bizarre humor, something akin to Barney the Dinosaur switching roles with Godzilla, but the movie was made by the directors of Saw.
"I would say your mind is being assaulted. Body and mind are equally vulnerable in battles, and it is often an advantage to attack the mind, as people spend much less time learning how to defend it. You seem to be reacting well; dare I say I'm proud?"
Because if he had a ditz that ran around screaming, that would just be the end of his teaching career.
"Think of it as a learning experience. Learn to block it out, manipulate it, or even pay attention to some of those pictures. Plagiarism isn't all that bad, after all."
Rell gently traced the influence, coming in contact with the unsurprising chaos of... ah, Breen? Rell actually laughed aloud that time, and had to take a deep breath to calm himself. Human names were rather stupid; he had come to expect that, but... Breen? It made him think of moldy corn flakes.
You sure are taking your time, he murmured around the area of Breen casually.
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Post by demonfire on Oct 15, 2007 20:59:56 GMT -5
"Uh, what? D'you mind if I take a look through your eyes, that would be much easier," Estrik said, utterly confused by what they were saying and seeing. "Oh, it looks to me like Breen's true form. You see, a real demon, unlike Rell, has no solid state, and is just a soul that possesses bodies. That's Breen's soul state," he said. Having a demon inside you did have it's perks when it came to situations like these. "As opposed to me, because Croatoan is not a true demon, he just sold his soul as a human."
A wee bit of the smoke fluttered around Dae's nose and mouth, before being inhaled as if it was oxygen. The rest of the smoke just floated away. "Patience is a virtue, as they say," came his voice from all around.
Tar was sitting in the bushes, stealthily, his aura was covered up as to even make him blind to the half-breed. Patience sure was a virtue, the ploy that Breen was doing happened countless times before.
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hannah montana
Junior
Student - Amber, Clarik[M:1000]
broken words come from healing jaws.
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Post by hannah montana on Oct 15, 2007 21:11:42 GMT -5
Clarik sniffed at the air, glaring up at the smoke before it seemed to disappear as quickly as it came. He was crouched again in that feral position. He nodded towards Estrik. "Good plan. Rell, was it? You'll be fine alone, I presume?" Clarik gave Dae a curious look and a half-grin. "You haven't ever had a buzz?"
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Oct 15, 2007 21:15:59 GMT -5
"So is Charity," the demon smiled. "But I suppose you are giving the world the absence of us, or something like that? What a splendid way to wrap up nothing and make it look appealing."
"Was that a slur?" Rell added under his breath to the half-breed for his comment. He was content to chuckle and shrug it off, as the alternative involved explaining a lot of obvious things to a mentally-deprived blind child he really had no reason to like anyway. It all had to do with Earth's atmosphere, anyway. There was a shocking drop in essence compared to the otherworld, which would destroy a demon in weeks (and that is if it was strong) if not for a vessel- human bodies, good old fashioned lamps, and of that kind of thing. Demons born on earth were obviously given a vessel of their own from their parents, but demons vacationing... not so lucky. There was always summoning, where the chains of the summoner slightly warded off such problems, but that was a loathsome solution. Other solutions went into the arcane magics, and considered that anyone still reading this was an odd, desperate kind of creature, he wasn't going into it.
He did wave one hand negligently at Clarik, however, indicating...well, something.
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J-Bear!
Junior
One With Billions Of Names; Student- Jatza, Dae [M:380][M:500][M:500][M:-410]
You are a very, very terrifying monster.
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Post by J-Bear! on Oct 15, 2007 21:40:17 GMT -5
Dae smiled. "Nope, I'm a good, sober girl." She winked at him, and saw more images, although trying to block the out, and then the smoke went up her nostrils. She coughed loudly. "And thanks, I guess, Rell." She shrugged. She had seen much, much worse when her father committed murder/suicide.
Jatza smiled sadly. "Go ahead. Sorry. I keep forgetting. It's hard not too, with you being so nice and all." She shrugged. "That's weird. What happens if a person inhales the smoke?" She asked, truly curious.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Oct 15, 2007 21:55:53 GMT -5
"If he attempts to possess you, you would be well advised to gather up the essence of yourself to expel him. Certain memories, ideals, and emotions are solely yours and make up who you are, and these can be solid material to cling to when another's essence tries to wash out the control of your own. Also, manipulating your will can cause a counterstrike," he explained to Dae casually.
The smart move would be to bring Dae into a hostage position, which would in this situation be viewed as one of the few things that could weaken him. The smoke seemed to reinforce that theory, though perhaps it was giving the slayers too much to say that they would do anything smart.
Of course, if she fully succumbed to any possession, he'd simply kill her. Sad, but she'd probably thank him for it anyway. This wasn't a Harry Potter novel. (Harry/Voldemort: HAHA! Playing chip fool! Harry: *Twitch* Kill me, please Dumbledore. This sucks, no wants. Dumbledore: 0.0 Noes Harry, I cannot kill my beloved student. I love yous too much! Harry/Voldemort: Sucks to be you then! *murderizes Dumbledore* Dumbledore: pwnt. x.x Harry: Agh, the eternal paaaain)
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Post by demonfire on Oct 16, 2007 5:47:33 GMT -5
"Depends on how much of the smoke enters the body, if it's the entire thing, that leads to a full possession, although a small amount doesn't really have that much effect," Estrik said with a smile to Jatza.
In Dae's head a voice echoed much like her own, "You know what? This is all Estrik's fault, if we didn't come to this barren wasteland of a town, then we probably wouldn't be hunted by two psycopaths right now." The voice sounded just like Dae's own mental voice, who ever said possession was the only neat trick Breen had up his sleeve?
Tar disappeared from the bushes, only to appear in the trees behind Suzume and Cecil. Silently he appeared behind, and then went off somewhere new, taunting the prey.
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