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 Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:53 pm
Rogue's memories raced at some of the first days at being a Sanguinarian Death Dealer. Not many Sanguinarians could handle the amount of blood around them in general, let alone control the savage mind to be swift and efficient as a Death Dealer, and conceal the gore from humans.
Cage the beast, or you are no better than the animals you have been sent to destroy...use the blood rage to your advantage if you can, otherwise you might as well be dead.
Rogue blinked several times as her mind tried to make sense of the words. Alexz's blood dripped from her teeth, and its power caused Rogue's bones to creak once, her fangs elongating farther than they ever had before. The sharp quick pain startled Rogue and a short whimper barely audible escaped her lips and her eyes widened while something in her fought the pain of the bloodlust growing.
Cage the Beast, or you are better off dead.
Her eyes pleaded for an instant, fully Rogue, but fully trapped under the rage. Another roar escaped her and her eyes grew bloodshot, the iris's glowing green. She fell to the floor and curled into a ball, a feral cry coming from her as her hands popped and her fingers elongated slightly, nails growing longer instantly.
Every muscle and every bone drew tightly as every bit of the predator within her rose to the surface.
I...don't...know what's happen...ing...
She opened her eyes and found Alexz's face.
I need your help.... the last words were whispered into Alexz's mind as Rogue passed out in the darkness.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:38 pm
As Rogue began to panic, her thoughts flooded her own mind. Her body dropped into the darkness and Alexz felt tempted to take advantage of her weak target and attack. Every muscle in her body tensed.
s**t.
Her eyes squeezed shut and fought hard to keep her instincts from getting the best of her. After a moment, her fangs and nails slowly, and somewhat painfully, retracted. An irritating throbbing began to rack her brain, but it was a small price to pay.
By Rogue's side in an instant, she knelt beside her and took her limp body into her arms. She turned to face a small opening in the darkness around them and began to move toward it. As they came nearer to the opening, the Void wrapped itself around them, threatening to keep them in place. A brief exertion of psionic energy propelled them forward, out of the shadows, and into Rogue's office.
After gently setting Rogue on the closest couch, she glided to the bar and helped herself to a much needed drink. She wasn't sure if she should leave in fear of Rogue awakening and wreaking havoc in her own establishment.
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:51 am
The black seemed to swallow her as a darkness pressed upon her mind clouding her vision. A fire burned in her body, the thirst wreaking havoc on her entire system. She was well fed, but not for a Sanguinarian.
Keep the Beast at bay, keep the beast at bay....keeep the beast at bay....
Words fluttered through her mind as if it were a taunt from ages past. She felt bent as her predator had not been flexed this way since she was made.
What seemed like years inside the darkness passed as a few minutes to the waking world.
Her eyes opened and her hands and teeth retracted to their normal state.
She felt exhausted.
"Without any psychic power at all, that was the reason Sanguinarians were put down in the third century. This is the reason we are few and far between, and why a shell needs to be wrapped around our inner mind, and control developed young."
Her words were softly spoken. She shifted slightly to make eye contact with Alexz.
"The threat is gone for now. I'm sorry." Alexz would be able to feel the weight of how sorry Rogue was behind her words.
"Did I hurt you?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:01 am
Alexz examined her nails as she strummed them against the smooth surface of the small bar. How she had managed to extend them so far earlier was still a mystery to her. Being as curious as she often was, it wouldn't remain a mystery for much longer.
As Rogue stirred and awakened, she turned to face her. Her elbows placed themselves on the bar and she leaned against it. A quick glance at her forearm would be quite disconcerting seeing as it was caked in blood, however the wound that had caused her so much pain earlier had since disappeared.
"No need to apologize, it wasn't you that attacked me."
Alexz reminisced the lack of control she experienced for many years following her turning. It was unbelievably frightening to be introduced to a world such as theirs, especially when unreined psychic abilities were added to the mix. She could see that Rogue was now in the same position she had been.
"You lost control, understandably. I apologize for triggering it."
Her hand reached over and rubbed some of the blood off her previously injured forearm, revealing pale unmarked skin.
"Just a scratch, all gone now." she said quietly.
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:02 pm
Regardless of how much of that was me or the animal, I'm sorry.
"I'm sorry."
Rogue glanced at Alexz's arm. The remains of blood could be seen, but no wound lay open. In a reactionary gesture, her tongue licked her lip, the remains of Alexz's blood still on her mouth and chin.
"Not to...admit to any high crime such as draining another vampire of blood..." every vampire is guilty of something, "but your blood reeks of so much power. I am amazed at your control at all, let alone how you have poised yourself all these years."
Thank you for restraining yourself when you had to fight both your bloodlust, and I'm sure my own.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:20 pm
Dorian sat quietly in the corner, with a bottle of Absinthe. Feet rested on the table downing one shot after another.
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The_Black_Armed_Death_God
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:15 pm
"Apology very much accepted."
Alexz glanced down at her arm again and began rubbing off more of the caked blood. In a few seconds, her arm was nearly spotless, except for a very faded tear mark which would most likely have disappeared from sight by the end of the night.
"Thank you, not many realize, nor acknowledge, the effort I put into controlling myself."
"It's extremely tiring some days...but it's necessary."
She sighed and wandered off to the window above the dance floor. Below them were dozens of newborn vampires, all just beginning the long fight for control. There had to be some way to make it all easier...
"Don't mention it, that's what friends are for...not biting you when you're down." she smirked slightly.
"You know... crazy as it may seem maybe it would help with your control a little more if you took from me"
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:25 pm
"Í, this place isn't what it used to be... I wonder where he is?" Dorian said as he got up and threw the bottle of absinthe against the wall.His Irish accent heavy with each word,the chains on each side of his pants rattled as he stood. His lack of shirt made his shoulder holster very notice able under his trench coat.
"Bartender, I need a wee bit more absinthe. It seems I ran out, have you seen a friend of mine?He's about your highet red hair, sounds kind of like me?"
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The_Black_Armed_Death_God
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:23 pm
Rogue wiped the remainder of blood off her chin while Alexz spoke. She looked at her hands and flexed them twice, feeling the phantom pain in her mind...something of a growth spurt? She really had no idea.
As Alexz spoke the last of her words, Rogue's eyes shot to her, the emerald fire going bright for a moment, then returning to normal. Take from you...but.."Do you really think that a good idea?" Rogue felt the monster thrash within her at the thought of Alexz's blood, but was well caged at the moment. She could not tell if she should adhere to not drinking because she wouldn't be able to stop or if deep within her, the darkness was truly afraid of being contained and controlled. The biggest part of them being Elders was their control. If any of the other vampires had witnessed what had happened in the darkness, the Elders themselves would lose some respect.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:12 pm
Alexz turned to face Rogue and leaned her body against the glass at her back. Her fingers strummed against her thighs as she judged the safety of her suggestion.
"We both know how important control is...without it, we'd be no better than a newborn..."
It had taken her such a long time to gain control over her psychic abilities; it would take Rogue equally as long to control the Void if she were to do it without assistance. She was afraid it was time that they couldn't afford to lose.
"I'll stop you if you can't do it on your own."
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:42 pm
Rogue felt the void shift mildly within her. She was lucky she was not put down as a newborn. Most surviving vampires were - survival on most fronts meant staying out of the public eye. Too many murders in one place meant devastation to the vampire community as they would pick up and move from the area...even if the vampire doing the killing was a stray.
Rogue slowly started to stand.
"Even this way control won't be instant..." she moved inhumanly fast to Alexz's side, and looked her in the eye about a foot from her face.
"You would need to teach me a few things about your own control."
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:49 pm
"Instant, no, but it would certainly expedite the process." Alexz spoke softly, considering how close Rogue was, anything above a whisper could be compared to shouting.
She tilted her head, exposing her neck to Rogue, essentially placing her life in her hands Trust was not something commonly found amongst vampires; this situation would be extremely peculiar to others of their kind, however they were different. So much had happened during her time in New York that not trusting Rogue would be foolish.
"I'll teach you as much as inhumanly possible." she smirked.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:02 pm
The trust somewhat alarmed Rogue, as Alexz bared the artery in her neck. The alarm fell more on Rogue's own question of control instead of any desire to hurt Alexz in any way shape or form.
Rogue would lay her life for any of the elders of New York. There was something more though that made the difference in the trust between her and Alexz. She knew there was comradery between them. Their status mattered not with the kind of trust they held, and had they known each other as humans, she knew that was where the trust would begin. Alexz knew this, and Rogue was sure of it.
Still, to any member of the race, this would be, strange at best.
As Alexz spoke, Rogue reached within her own mind and pulled reigns on her own control.
Rogue slowly let her fangs elongate as she looked at Alexz, unflinching. She moved a hand slowly to Alexz's chin, as not to startle. Any quick movement could cause an unwanted reactionary response.
She ran her finger along Alexz's jawline, and leaned forward.
In an almost inaudible whisper she spoke, "I hope you are right about this."
She let her fangs pierce the flesh letting the black blood flow into her mouth.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:27 pm
Alexz involuntarily whimpered as Rogue's fangs pierced her skin. Her body slackened against her as her blood rushed out of her quicker than she had initially expected. Her eyes squeezed shut as her fangs painfully elongated. Maybe this decision was unwise and reckless, but then again, so was everything for their kind.
"Don't let my memories consume you or else you won't be able to stop."
Her eyelids fluttered open as she took a deep breath to calm herself. Now she had to focus on coaching Rogue, though the growing hungry deep within her began to protest the situation. She regained her composure and straightened herself. Describing ways to gain control over yourself was more difficult than she expected.
"Slowing down helps, too."
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:28 pm
Rogue felt the tension in Alexz's body loosen as her power rich blood flowed past her lips. Rogue tightened her hold on Alexz, putting one hand behind her as she relaxed, and moving the other hand behind her head, almost cradling her neck. She pulled Alexz closer to her with a steel strong hand, and Rogue's fangs moved deeper into Alexz's flesh, slightly elongating to close to their farthest length, letting the blood flow freely. She was not letting Alexz's own regenerative healing properties close around her own fangs.
Cage the beast, cage the beast, cage the beast her own mind sang to her as the blood flowed a little faster. But the power...
It was then that Rogue felt the rush of memories. This was nothing to any human extent, or even vampire she'd ever had before, even though the vampires years could make for far more memories than the oldest human she had known.
Rogue had only seen glimpses of Alexz's mind, and even that small peek had been allowed by Alexz herself. No one really saw much more than she wanted them to if they had any psychic ability at all. Slow down... echoed in her brain.
She slowed down the flow of blood, letting the power of the blood change her insides as they flowed.
She felt the weight of the memories of the thousands upon thousands of people she had come in contact with as well as her own thoughts on them as she digressed. Her mind felt a pointed pain as the memories flashed, her feeling them as if they were her own.
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