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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:20 am
"Hiro, you know I only keep women around." Shu answered the boy, giving him only a glance before looking back to the ghost. Watching him as he moved and talked the Incubus seemed rather unimpressed, though it was hard to impress such a person now adays. Letting the others have their words first he simply sat there and waited to speak.
Uro was first, the pissy werewolf deciding to make a big deal out of this intruding ghost. "So I take it was you scratching along upstairs then! You know how annoying that is to my hearing?" She growled, eyeing the man as she sat there. Chances were she wouldnt get an anser to begin with, so she just wanted her chance to fume.
Rolling his eyes Cain lowered his sword, seeing as no one else was taking it as seriously as he was. They would see one day when they got attacked by an undercover Hero. Not being the one for words the Beastmaster took his place over by the corner of the room, crossing his arms over his bare chest as he watched.
"Well then, if your so bored, why dont you stick around? Surely a gathering of all the Villian Leaders might peek your intrest." Shu said after everyone else was done talking. Looking over the brim of his glass as he drank he waited the Phantoms answer.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:46 am
"Thats why I asked."
Hiro answered Shu with a sly but truthful manner, glancing at him with an all knowing smile before returning his look to the ghost that had apparently spooked all the maids not but a few moments ago. Only a few moments later when everyone started throwing comments at the ghost did Hiro loose interest.
He stood up and crossed the room. Knowing that someone would ask he told them without being answered.
"I left my staff outside."
He explained with a wave. He got outside and went up to his new mount, telling the mount it's new name, Verith, and grabbed his staff from it's position at being tied at the saddle.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:20 pm
Eremes chuckled, his voice a hollow, ethereal ring. "How could you be so sure it was me, Lady Uro? I am but a phantom, after all. I just pass through things as though they weren't even there." He said, running his along the wall, through it, to make his point. He kept his own secret talents to himself; divulging them was on a need-to-know basis, and the people who needed to know were himself and whoever was paying him. However, he knew, knowing the people whom he was talking to, they'd figure it out rather easily. "A meeting of all of Joura's high-ranking cutthroats, you say? Perhaps hanging around for a while would suit my endeavor. Hopefully I'll find something relevant to my interests."
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:13 pm
Shu watched Hiro go outside, not bothering to comment on the wanderings of that boy at the moment.
Uro smiled wickedly and pointed to the ghost. "Ah, but I have you! Not but a moment ago you hit the ground with a human weighted thud." She said, pointing that out to everyone. If what he had said was true, it wouldnt have thumped like that when he hit. Smiling in a proud manner she ordered a drink from one of the maids, though she had to grab her attention away from Shu to do it.
Shu, being just as playful as always, continued to look at the ghost as he comment on the Villains being cutthroats. This really only made Shu smile. "Well, if it suits you, then by all means, stay! And if you think your talents could be used, feel free to speak up." He offered.
((God that one is horrible))
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:08 pm
"Very well, Lady Uro, you have me there. However, if I were 'human-weighted', as you so astutely pointed out, what do you make of this?" Eremes crossed his legs and sat in the air of where he had stood, as steady as though he were sitting on something invisible. "With your knowledge of the Black Arts, I'm sure you'll get it." Eremes encouraged her. He knew she could find out how he did it easily, but it would really impress him if she could find out what he truly was...much more than just a ghost. Eremes turned slightly and acknowledged Shu's offer. "You have my gratitude. I think I will stay for a bit." He nodded. "As you may already know—or not know, since my presence seems to have been stricken from record—my talents were many, back when I was among the living. I both can and cannot say I'm glad that I'm dead. Alive, my abilities were numerous. Dead, they are now even more so. Assassinations, infiltrations, espionage, betrayal. To the highest bidder go my services. However...I lack the drive to do anything now. No motivation, you could say. I never believed the after life could be so damned boring." Eremes put his head on his hand as he rested his elbow on his knee, looking somewhat like a child whose run out of toys to play with.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:40 pm
Hiro came back inside, staff in hand, to hear the ghost and Uro argueing over details of his talents. He shook his head with a smirk across his face, a half laugh at Uro finding nothing better to do than argue with the living dead.
"You really shouldn't have gotten her started, now you will never hear the end of it."
He told the ghost. This was actualy more of a challenge to Uro, a way of indirectly calling her a big mouthed b***h. He smirked at her with a laughing look as he passed by her. He hoped he could get her to attack if he kept at it, that way he could test his new found strength from his training in a realistic setting.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:05 pm
Dagger sat listening to the conversation, rather bored at the moment as Jem walked around the room, touching stuff that would most likely get broken if she kept it up. She walked over to Uro and grabbed her hand, holding it in hers. She may of been sixteen but her mind was that of a five year old. She rather liked the werewolf woman.
Disaba walked back into the room, her annoyance gone. She was anxious for Lilie to come back even though she was a nuetral. It would make for a great bedtime story when everything was over, whether the villians or heroes won, it didn't matter. She stood behind Shu, her arms wrapped around his neck as she licked the back of his ear.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:55 pm
Uro opened her mouth to say something, but quickly closed it again, thinking about what the ghost had said. She was no genius on the afterlife, or those who didnt go to it, whichever one fit the best here.
Still thinking, she let the other carry on a conversation with Shu, wanting the time to think about the puzzle set before her. Hearing Hiro speak about her she offered him a glare before returning her gaze elsewhere. The boy may have deserved a beating, but she was no fool to attack him with Shu around. Or while Shu lived.
A sudden taking of her hand seemed to suprise the werewolf, causing her to look over at teh girl with a look of confusion. Most people would have had their throats torn out by this time for that, but again, not the time nor place for it. Shrugging it off she went back to her task of thought, though she listened to the others as well.
**
Shu listened to the complaints of the dead one probably more closely than any one else in the room. Shu seemed to take a intrest in everything, or everyone, who could be of use to him or the war. "Then by all means my good ghost, stay and see if we peek your intrest." Shu said, the good ghost part an obvious joke by the tone in his voice. It also dawned on him the the dead had yet to speak his name, which would have been the next thing Shu brought up had his attention not been torn away by Disaba.
Looking up to her he offered a smile and winked. "Dont start that now, who knows where it might lead." He said in a sly tone, putting a hand on the back of her neck to message it softly as she stood behind him. Looking back out to the room he wondered when the otherse would get here.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:25 pm
Reading Shu's intentions through the look in his eyes, Eremes started again. "Eremes. My name is Eremes Guile. I died during the War of the Gods, secretly under contract by both sides against one another. Whatever side won, I still cashed in...or at least I would have." Eremes crossed his arms, still sitting in the air, taking silent pleasure in Uro's confusion. "I died. It wasn't a painless death, either. I could've had my head cut off, or I could've been blown away by a deadly spell. And what happens?" Eremes punched a fist into his hand. "I get burned alive by a damned Falor, of all creatures." Of all the creatures Eremes could've possibly, and did, face in the war, the one to bring about his ruin just had to be the most fearsome kind of all the monsters in Joura. "I let my guard down for the quickest second, and the beast latches onto me and cooks me like a bird with all of its last. I had always secretly hoped I wouldn't die an agonizingly slow death. Looks like I never realized that."
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:34 pm
Hiro took a seat, a little ways away from Shu this time so as to leave room for whatever woman he could pull away from her work. He sighed and began to listen to what the ghost had to say. For the moment Eremes, as he called himself, was telling the story of his death. Hiro couldn't help a cleaver remark or two to escape himself, with so many puns willingly offering themselves up in this situation. He applauded, unenthusiasticly, with a grin on his face before he spoke so as to attract attention.
" What a wonderful ghost story, Mr. Eremes! But I must say, that even though you didn't die as you may have liked it seems fate was kind and granted you a second chance at it."
He said with a half-hearted chuckle, in an almost mocking way as he continued to applaud the Ghost's heartfelt tale
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:57 am
Shu watched as Hiro took a seat relatively close, but not too close as to interfear with anyone sitting next to him. Such a good boy, Shu mused scilently to himself before returning attention to the ghost known as Eremes. Now this ghost was really starting to gain his intrest, such a two timer should have been on their side from the start, but, you cant win them all.
"Such a sad story, Mr. Guile, makes my heart sad that such a fine person was stricken from the records so easily." Shu said, though, who could believe he had a heart to begin with? Sitting comfortably on his couch with one woman at his side and Disaba standing behind him, it would be hard to prove anything other than that faact he was a lust driven demon.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:24 pm
Disaba pouted and let go of him, placing her back against a near wall. She put her hands behind her back and listened, although this conversation was giving her a headache. She wanted to get this resurrection over with instead of talking about who else they should get together.
Jem smiled at Uro, watching her. She had a feeling Uro wasn't exactly liking the hand holding but it made her comfortable and she refused to let go.
Dagger cleared his throat.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:18 pm
Eremes turned his head toward the boy next to Shu, whose tone was so satirical it was practically insulting. "Quite." He said simply. "Although it's not much of a second chance, really. I can't die again. It's physically impossible." Eremes put his hands behind his head and leaned back, legs still crossed and still floating in the air. He briefly wondered if Uro was still thinking of an answer to his question. "I'm stuck here until the end of time."
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:49 pm
Shu could have commented on the being here till the end of time thing, but he thought that was better left unsaid for now. Why bring up something that can be used against him if they might need him. Better to let them think you know nothing instead of everything.
Looking back to Disaba as she left he wondered why she seemed to be having mode swings like that. First she wants to be all over him, then she wants to be away. Such a confusing girl. Shrugging it off he returned attention to the room and matters at hand. "Well, Eremes, boredom seems to be the only thing that awaits you outside these walls." He commented, looking around the room and the history it would sooner or later hold.
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Uro didnt bother to smile back, she was still puzzling over what the hell that ghostie could possibly mean. It angered her to see it wasnt as easy as he said, but she didnt bother to let it show. She simply sat in her chair holding the hand of the sixteen year old girl and puzzled.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:01 am
Eremes nodded. "I've become increasingly aware of that fact." He agreed. In this time of pseudo-peace in the world of Joura, there wasn't much entertainment an avaricious specter could find freely—and Eremes's form of entertainment included murder. The only individuals with bright ideas in their heads now were the villains, ever wanting to turn the tide in their favor. The apparition wouldn't mind helping them along...for a price. Buying his services need not include money now; as long as the job would prove eventful and entertaining for him, that was payment enough. Eremes tried what he could to glean what amusement there was to have in the bleak afterlife.
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