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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:48 am
*Dafyd considers this silently. He rises from his seat, walks behind the bar and selects something for himself to drink. Returning to his seat, he pours a glass and says*
I suppose we had best be prepared to kill them then, hadn't we?
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:53 am
Sure... when you figure out a way to defeat a thousand-plus renegade angels, you let me know.
:::She ponders for a moment:::
Though... we're making an attempt to gain an advantage. Some of us have learned some skills for just that reason.
:::Though how in the world they'll be useful is another issue entirely:::
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:39 pm
*Dafyd sips his drink*
You seem to have done well so far.
*When Cora gives him a strange look he raises his hand* Hear me out.
You tell me you have a thousand enemies. Where are they?
*with his empty hand he sweeps the room* I haven't seen them. I don't see them here now. I have seen six people come to this place aside from myself. I'm told there is a seventh, this Captain of yours. Perhaps there are others, and yet... I have seen no more than a handful of people here at once.
I have been fighting wars since I was a boy of fifteen. I've scaled ramparts, and I've defended them, and I have the scars to show for both. I can tell you this: there is no castle in the world that can be held by six against a thousand. None save Afalon, and that is a fey place to be sure.
Cora... *he trills the 'r' on his tongue, making the name sound truly exotic. He looks into her blue eyes* if your enemy could kill you, you would all be dead now, and likely I would be dead beside you.
Something is holding these Seraffim back. Figure out what that is, and you'll know what it takes to defeat them.
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:46 pm
:::She ponders...:::
The Captain says... he's found a way to keep the Seraphim out. But some of us have been abducted while here, and taken to where he- they can harm us. I've been kicked within an inch of my life, and so has Luke... he's even gone to Maggie's time, where she lives, threatening her and her son. He managed to kill one of us...
:::Cora looks over at the spot where the chair and the flowers were now. They appeared there a number of days ago, and she imagined one of them leaving it there in her memory as they'd discussed:::
I don't know why he hasn't just taken us one by one and destroyed us. But I know he's... they're very intelligent, there must be a plan behind it. The Captain says he killed Hajime because she would have become a serious threat. :::That familiar shiver ran down her spine. It did everytime she thought about it:::
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:59 pm
But why? Why not kill you all and be done with it?
*he ponders for a moment, sipping his wine*
No man spares the enemy without reason. Sometimes that reason is simple compassion. Do you think these Seraffim are the compassionate sort?
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:05 pm
Ha!
:::She nearly snorts, but the laugh had no humor in it::: You know, watcing my friends tormented to their wits' end, and seeing Hajime's lifeless body fade away leads me to believe no.
No. I'd say he has no compassion. My guess is that he has motive.
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:18 pm
*Dafyd smirks*
Then perhaps he fears you. A little dog snarls and bites before a big dog will so much as lift its head. And why? Because it's afraid.
Or perhaps you're more valuable to him alive than dead. And if so, just why is that?
Or perhaps he's merely mad. That too can be used to your advantage.
Study a man's motives, and you learn his weaknesses.
*he takes a long drink, finishing his glass*
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:27 pm
Mmm...
What he has to fear from me, I'm not sure. He's proven that his phyiscal strength out powers mine by even more than I'm already ashamed to admit.
As for being out of his mind, or keeping me alive for an advantage. I consider those possible.
:::She puts her hand to her chin, thinking...:::
I'll speak with the Captain about it when I see him next. :::She looks at him::: and you should too.
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:40 pm
*Dafyd's lips part in a toothy grin*
Oh, you can be sure of that.
*he rises, leaving the bottle and the glass on the bar*
For now, the men will be looking for me. Today, we give the Angles a spanking they'll not soon forget.
*he rests his hand on Cora's shoulder, murmuring softly* God be with you, Cora. May he deliver us both from our enemies.
*he squeezes her shoulder and gives her a warm smile, then walks across the room to the door and returns home*
**Exit Dafyd**
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:51 pm
:::Cora was about to tell him that his men would certainly not be looking for him, for time was paused where he was from and there was no rush...
But she stopped when he clasped her shoulder and spoke to her like a friend... although what she thought of God was hardly as kind as the way Dafyd spoke of it:::
:::She watches him leave and turns back to the bar, grabbing up his bottle of wine:::
Hm. :::The port he was drinking was one of her favorite reds, she reads the label a few times, abscently, thinking different things to herself. But she smiles slightly when the thoughts lead back to him. His men... he seems like a good leader:::
:::She took his bottle instead of the one she chose out to the library with her:::
*Exit Cora*
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:50 am
*Luke fades in, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt.*
*Luke realizes he's in the Brink and thinks about leaving. It's still damned cold, but it's a gorgeous day out. He's ready to party, and the keg's coming in less than an hour.*
*But no. He's got to get his s**t together. Any time the Brink sees fit to bring him in here, Luke's going to practice.*
*He goes behind the bar to a get a beer... Then he stops. He grabs a Gatorade bottle. Those caps were bigger...*
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