Atlanta

[Petite Omnivore]

he world has suffered a magic apocalypse. We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. When magic is up, planes drop out of the sky, cars stall, electricity dies. When magic is down, guns work and spells fail.

It's a volatile, screwed-up world. Magic feeds on technology,
gnawing down on skyscrappers until most of them topple and fall,
leaving only skeletal husks behind. Monsters prowl the ruined streets, w
erebears and werehyenas stalk their prey; and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers
driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

Nathan was not having that she had been crying. He could smell the saltiness of her tears in the air. He looked at her. Even though he was a confident hard a** he still did have some feelings he just did not like to show them.

"Are you crying because of me hitting on your beautiful self?" He smiled afterward even though it probably wouldn't make her feel any better. He wouldn't tell her that he knew about her past. He did want her to want to tell him things. He wasn't sure why he felt this way about her. Maybe its because he was young and stupid, who knew.

 

[The Villainess Wildcard]

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Anubis
Huntress of the Pack
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Anubis shook her head quickly.

"That would be pointless, like crying over a hunt." She sighed, crossin her arms. The scent of a guard nearing her home worried her. Curfew. No one was supposed to be up. Not even her. Anubis glowered at Nathan and yanked him into the home.

"Now, why are you here?" Anubis growled softly, shutting the door so the guard wouldn't find them up. She crossed the room and sat in the chair. She slid the paper off of the table and crumpled it up, shoving it into her pocket. Anubis kept her eyes locked on Nathan, not trusting him a single bit. Sure, he didn't seem like he was going to cause any harm, but that didn't mean I had to trust him. He was at my house in the night, and he was after chrfew. That was a bad sign to me.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

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Nathan wanted to know why she was crying. His heart skipped a beat as she pulled him inside. It seemed like a kind of sexual motion and dominating but he wouldn't make his advances yet. He let himself be dragged inside and sat down on a couch that was in her home. It was cozy, and he liked it.

"Well whats bothering you?" He said in a gentle tone and wasn't trying to push it but to let her know that he was doing his best to be genuine.

 

[The Villainess Wildcard]

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Anubis
Huntress of the Pack
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"Why should I tell you anything, Nathan?" Anubis sighed, thinking of the paper in her pocket and all those before them. Part of her wanted to tell him, to be able to break down in tears and tell him everything. But she knew better. He wouldn't pity her, he'd probably laugh in her face. Anubis gripped the seat of the old wooden chair.

"Theres no point in speaking of things I obviously wont be able to change..." Anubis added softly: sadness tinged her voice as she fought back a fresh flood of tears.

 

[Makulino]

After waking from his sleep Makulino still had the images from the bazaar sites that coursed through his mind. Clinching the medallion around his neck “What other secrets do you have to share with me?”

Makulino picked up his Katana from the rack next to his bed and slowly sheathed it at his side. He made his way downstairs and out the door. He heads to his garage where some sort of vehicle hides covered up by a large gray tarp. He rips the tarp off revealing an old 67’ GTO Shelby Mustang six speed. He opens the driver door and gently sits in and makes his way towards the guilds headquarters.

On his way “I need to call her so I may figure out what happened last night and see if she knows anything about what it means.” He reaches for his phone, pushes his speed dial for Kate. His most agile Peon, and awaits her answer.  

[Petite Omnivore]

Nathan wasn't one to let someone slide on not sharing when he asked a question. But this girl man this girl. She was so shattered in her self confidence and he didn't know why. What was she thinking? She was gorgeous. That black hair those soft features, everything about her screamed sexy, agile and if she would ever smile. Damn!

He wanted to shake his head so the thought of that would dissipate. He watched as she gripped the seat of the wooden chair she was sitting in. Something was really bothering this girl. Nathan would get up and move across the room to her quickly. He put his hands overtop of the side of the chair and stared into her eyes. God willing that she didn't freak out on him although she probably would. He looked at her no sign of anger but of gentleness in his eyes.

This totally was not like him! "You do know that you are beautiful right?" HE said calmly. He kept looking at her. "No matter what you've been through that doesnt mean your worth nothing." He stopped talking and now had embarassed himself. This cocky son of a b***h that was Nathan was now embarassed. A slight pink-ness ran through his strong facial features.

 

[The Villainess Wildcard]

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Anubis
Huntress of the Pack
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Anubis was slghtly freaked when Nathan got so close. She was terrified he'd try something again, yet it didnt look like that was his plan. Yet, at his comment, Anubis couldn't help but scoff.

"Beautiful? Right. I was a mistake when I was born and my parents were killed because of me. Im a curse, and therefore, not beautiful." Anubis snapped, yet not as harshly as she'd been trying. His eyes seemed so soft, so differen from the Nathan she'd heard of so often.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

Kate had managed to drive home safetly. She had to end up pushing her car about a block because the magic wave came and put her Subie out of commission. It was hard but having a stick shift made it easier to push the car. She made it to the front of her apartment complex. She opened the driver side door and pulled the emergency brake.

She headed up to her house. The wards were back in effect which meant that Kate would sleep well. The wards permitted her entry and she flopped onto the couch fully clothed and passed out.

((Morning and the magic is still functioning.))

Kate was drooling all over her couch pillow. It wasn't the most comfortable thing for sleeping on. On top of it she slept but now had a completely overstretched muscle in her left arm from having it overtop of her head while she slept on her stomach.

Her phone started screaming at her with the most abnoxious ring ever, mostly because she had stayed out late and it was too early for the damn thing to be going off. She smacked at the sound like it was an alarm clock for a moment. When she woke up enough to realize it was her phone she grabbed it.

"Blaise." She said groggily into the speaker. Whoever this was had better have a damn good reason for interrupting her "beauty" rest.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

Pack laws were pack laws. Nathan couldn't help what had happened to her family and wouldn't try to fix it. All he could do was be there for this girl. Nathan knew what being alone felt like and maybe that was why he had such empathy for her, and in all truthfullness it was scary the hell out of him.

He hadn't moved and was barely breathing as he stood overtop of her. He suddenly had the urge to kiss her so badly. He backed off. He stood up moved his arms off the chair and felt like he could breathe again.

"You arent the only one who's grown up alone." He said shamefully. His family had abandoned him after they found out what he was and the fact that he could shapeshift into that black monstrocity of a panther. It was her in the pack that he felt welcome. He feigned confidence wherever he went.

He couldn't tell her more than that as his emotions were bothering him. He left and looked over his shoulder once more at the girl. He would head back to the quarters and sneak back to avoid getting caught for breaking curfew.

 

[Makulino]

At the sound of Kate answering the phone, he had a slight pause, for no one has ever answered the phone like that to him from the guild. "Is there a reason you are still asleep Kate" he says with a strict and calm tone to his voice.

"I need you to meet me at the guild. There are a couple of things that i need to discuss with you in person. The matter is quite important. Is there a way that you can be here in thirty minutes?" with a rhetorical tone to his phone

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[The Villainess Wildcard]

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Anubis
Huntress of the Pack
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Anubis frowned as she watched Nathan left. She felt lonely all over again, as if Nathan had momentarily filled the hole in her. She thrned and crawled into her bed, burying herself in the blankets. She managed to sleep somewhat peacefully, an all too familiar pair of yellow-green eyes tauntig her throughout her dreams. The night wore on with Anubis cryig out in her sleep for someone, anyone, to save her. Yet, even in her dreams, she was left all alone.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

She wouldn't feel the need to explain herself to him. She had a damn good excuse for being out so late, it wasn't like she was much of a party person anyways, and he should have known that about her. He also knew the type of work that she did and how everything was a tight knit working machine.

Kate groaned into the phone and would regret it as soon as she did. But she really shouldn't care, this guy was already judging her before he even knew what was going on.

"Ya." She said still obviously fatigued. She stood up and stretched as she hung up the phone on him. She grabbed her jacket that somehow she had thrown off during her sleep cycle. She put it on and pulled the hood up over her hair that was down but bed head messy.

She grabbed her carkeys and would have to take the truck that ran on water infused with magic since the tech was down. It would take her 15 minutes to get there. She wasn't in a hurry and the truck was a piece of s**t that still didn't like to run well, so she would take it easy. Coffee or something would be nice but that wasn't going to be enough to make her peppy and pleasant. Makulino would have his hands full this morning.

 

[Petite Omnivore]

It was going to be obviously apparent that Nathan had intimacy issues, and that was an understatement. He avoiding deep connections like the plague. He hadn't been trying to hurt Anubis but he had freaked himself out.

Morning came and the sun pecked its rays in through one of the windows in the young pack members quarters. Nathan groaned as the light landed directly in his eyes. Why is it that no matter where the window is it always lands in your eyes? He thought to himself. He rolled out of bed which was on the top bunk and hung his legs over. Everyone had already scattered out of the bunks which meant he was late for breakfast. His stomach growled at him and was screaming feed me. Nathan like most shifters had an appetite from hell. He walked hurriedly down to the dining hall. His hood he pulled over his head and hung his head low to avoid people today. Girls would still gawk at him granted but he really didn't want the attention today.