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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:20 am
((Ice and Sajhiri, thanks!))
Ice's house was a small, cozy looking place already decorated for Christmas. There was a statue of Santa and Jack sitting by the front door and unlit Christmas lights decorating the front porch. It was only the first of December, so it's a sure sign that someone in the house loved Christmas very much indeed.
It was light out, and far earlier than Silva usually wakes up, but the dark red feien was lying on his back on the roof, his head pillowed by his hands and a toothpick hanging from the corner of his lips. He looked to be waiting for something.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:31 am
Twas some night before Christmas,
And furtive and soft,
The flapping of wings,
Came from aloft.
A dark feien-sized form descended from the background of the starry sky, to alight near the Santa statue. The christmas lights played across Averno's scowling features and the envelope in her hands. "Bah HUmbug!" she muttered.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:34 am
"Not a Christmas girl, huh?" Silva asked loudly enough for her to hear as he slowly sat up and looked down at her. "Why am I not surprised?" He had been waiting for her to show up. He figured it had something to do with the old man and his, as Soho called her, lady friend. But he had been surprised the first time he sensed her magical energy.
For a second he had even thought she came to see him.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:41 am
"I'm a darkness element, Silva. Leave it to the Gaians to light up their yards at night so brightly a 747 could land in them. So yes, not much of a Christmas girl." She rested her hands on her hips and looked over the white-haired figure with a frown.
"I suppose I owe you a thank you, for snapping the neck of the little fiend that nearly killed me with those poisoned cupcakes."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:47 am
"He got you, too?" He asked, slightly surprised. "I hadn't noticed." He got to his feet, stretching languidly before stepping off the side of the house. His wings spread to catch him right before he hit the porch. "But I'm surprised. No lecture on becoming even more cold-blooded than I already was? You disappoint me, Princess."
He glanced up, eyeing the mistletoe that hung from the roof with amusement. If she hadn't noticed he wasn't about to bring it up. Not unless she really pissed him off.
Soho had insisted on kissing him (on the cheek, of course) at least five times already thanks to those damn leaves. "Tell me, would you have done it?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:52 am
Averno's gaze followed Silva's eyes to the roof and the plant dangling there. She smirked slightly, before looking back at him. "In an instant. But I couldn't for the same reason you didn't know I was sick. After Arae and I tried to murder each other in a duel, Sajhiri separated us and locked both of us up. Shortly after that we were both so ill any chance of escape was out of the question."
She turned the envelope over in her hands as she talked, her wings twitching in memory of the fury in Arae's eyes, the mindless rage. She wasn't about to admit the ancient likely would have ended her if Sajhiri hadn't interfered. "I'd have disemboweled him and fed his entrails to the gargoyles if I'd been able to get to him. You were much too merciful. Your little girlfriend making you soft?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:57 am
The ever so slightest hints of a wince crossed his face as he remembered what had happened in the shop. "No." He said. "I was planning on drawing it out." He said. "But something... distracted me." He eyed the letter. "Writing me love letters, princess? I'm stunned."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:04 am
A dark brow arched at Silva's wince. Mistaking it for her spotting of the mistletoe, Averno sidled closer to him, lowering her voice to a husky near whisper. "Do you want me to write you love letters?" She purred.
She leaned back then and blunted, "Do I seem the mushy type? Arae and Aleric are the Queen and King of romantic nonsense. I've been reduced to a messenger. But if it'll get her out of the house and out of my hair some, it's worth it. You need to get that boy off his tail to stop writing and start macking on her."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:10 am
He laughed. For the first time in God knows how long, he actually laughed. "Macking? Aleric? Damn, woman, you don't know him very well, do you?" He drawled when he was done, chewing on his toothpick. "She'll have to tie him down if she wants a snog. All that nice guy bullshit he lives for means he takes things way too slow."
"Now me, on the other hand. I'm always up for an easy lay." It was a lie. He hadn't slept with Quantel, but Q was more than he had time to handle. But she didn't need to know that. Besides, she was more likely to slap him than snog him. He leered at her, knowing it would piss her off. "So... wanna?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:19 am
Averno snorted. "Nice guy means nothing if he gets around Arae. She's the closest thing to a free loving hippy I've ever seen. All earth mothery and 'its natural' and such. If she fancies him, she'll get him to drop that goody goody nonsense at least long enough for a snogfest."
At the proposition narrowed her eyes. "What makes you think you could handle me, skinny man?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:25 am
The image of Aleric in that position amused him, but he followed her change of subject quickly enough. "Hmm... So you've got some experience?" He asked, doubt showing clearly on his face. "Wore out some other poor b*****d? Now I'm downright curious. Who's your lover, Princess?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:30 am
"It wouldn't be polite to snog and tell." Averno quipped. She wasn't about to let Silva know she had no experience whatso-freaking-ever. Not so much as a kiss. "You look worried, don't think you have the stamina for it?" Antagonizing Silva was the best Christmas present she could hope for. She might actually have to thank Arae later.
She idly tossed the envelope to the doorstep for Aleric to find when next he ventured out.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:33 am
"Oh, I have stamina enough." He said with a little smirk. "I'd last a hell of a lot longer than you could. But I wouldn't want any of your ex-lovers getting jealous. I've already killed one psycho b*****d this month. Don't want to make it a habit." He drawled, his tone belying his words.
"Besides, I wouldn't want you getting addicted."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:35 am
Averno choked out a laugh. "Puh-leeze. As if a skinny boy like you could addict me. Who are you and what did you do with the Silva I knew? Afraid to kill an ex-boyfriend if he needed killing? That doesn't sound like you." She grinned. "But it's ok. I can accept it if I intimidate you that way."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:47 am
Her question hit him a little harder than he thought it would, but he just smirked. "Sometimes when you're as ******** up in the head as I was at the time things don't go the way you think they should."
He reached out, to touch her ear as his other hand raised to his toothpick. "And princess, you'd have to be a hell of a lot scarier than you are to intimidate me." He went on, giving her plenty of time to pull away if she wanted.
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