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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:58 pm
Vladimir just stared. None of this made sense. A woman, obviously a demon, who he barely knew, had just kidnapped him using an illusion of the woman he loved. Who also happened to be the only human he had ever regretted killing. But now, now that demon had dissapeared. And Lilia, not a fake, demonic Lilia, but the real one, stood before him.
"L-Lilia?" he stuttered. His eyes stared at her. She was just as she had been that night. Pale, scared, slightly red eyes from cying. Only the bulge in her stomach was gone. Lilia was standing before him, but Rurik's child no longer lived in her stomach.
'That makes sense,' he thought. 'She has been dead for centuries. The baby couldn't have survided...no, wait wait wait! She's been dead! She is dead! I killed her!'
Shadow raced towards the woods, following Vladimir's scent. She also paid attention to the shadows; they were guiding her.
'Always trying to please me, those bastards are...'
"Naturalmente tentamos de agradá-lo, minha Rainha. Você tenho todo ano nós temos." Shadow didn't stop, but she did smile when she heard the voice.
"Morte, you sorry a** son of a b***h. Didn't think I'd be hearing from you ever again." Shadow recalled how she had beat the living hell out of Morte, a Portuguese shadow whom she had known for a very long time. They weren't friends, for Shadow refused to make friends with her own kind. They were simply allies. The main reason Shadow liked Morte was because he, like her, was annoyed with Shade. He only followed his Rainha. That would be her. He was also one of the very few literate and civilized shadows in existance. Unlike many shadows, including Schwarz, he did not refer to himself in the third person all the time.
"Rainha Sombra," he laughed. "Sabe que eu não podia permanecer longe de você para eternamente. Devo retornar ver minha Rainha."
"Hey Morte," Shadow said. "You learned English yet? I find Portuguese to be an annoying language."
"Oh, burn of words, my Queen. Sting like a slap they do on my sexy Portuguese face," Morte said with some difficulty.
"Oh, God no," Shadow groaned. "Go back to that annoying language of yours."
"Meu inglês é isso mau?"
"Yes, Morte. Your English really is that bad. Now what do you want?"
"Ah! Senhora Schwarz ouvido uma mensagem em alemão e inglês sendo falada a todas as sombras por um rapaz. Muitos das sombras risadinha dado e tugged na calça do rapaz, mas entendeu que era para você. Tinha medo vir fala com você, para você estalou em ela mais cedo. Então pediu que passasse ao longo da mensagem."
"Well it was very nice of Schwarz to even decide to get the message to me somehow. A boy, you say. Hmm...what was the message?"
"Senhora Schwarz disse 'He's been indirectly enchanted, I'm not sure of how exactly, but it is beyond a doubt that he will not believe what you are saying. Schnell! Schnell! Sie dumm Schatten!' Isso quer dizer algo a você?"
Shadow's smile faultered, but she turned to Morte, who's figure was racing along beside her.
"Yes, actually. That will be all, Morte. You should go now. Just in case I do something I don't want you to see. Wouldn't want to dirty up that clean conscience of yours."
Morte laughed. "Naturalmente, minha Rainha. Falarei com você mais tarde. A boa sorte com seu amigo."
"Adeus, Morte."
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:49 pm
Kaminari decided to lounge near the fire after she closed the vortex completely. Then she sat up suddenly. "Watch her!" She said suddenly, standing. The demon girl looked back at her mother before nodding and looking back at Lilia. Kaminari dashed into the kitchen and grabbed a thick book from a shelf. Opening it, she read the Demon Language, a scowl forming on her face. "You have trators?" she hissed to no one, before turning and walking back into the living room. She glared at the shadows around her, "Do not go against your queen!" she shrieked, "Despite what she has done to you!" she yelled. Most of the shadows hissed, and faded into nothing, and the real shadows were left. But one did not move. "Leave, Lower, or else I won't regret."
The shadow barely wavered, and spoke in a thick Dutch accent, "Trucs gehoorzaamt aan de meesteres van de tijd. Shadow Queen is terug wilde. Trucs wonderen, maar kunnen Meesteres van de tijd zie de toekomst willen ze kan oproepen van de dood? Mei Meesteres van Time helpen Trucs en de andere schaduwen in het verkrijgen van Koningin Shadow terug? Mei Meesteres van deze tijd doen?" Kaminari scowled, and casted light into the shadow, before waving her hand off.
"Ik doe wat ik aub, Trucs. Maar ik denk dat je zielig hoopt, en misschien zal ik nemen genade. Nu worden gegaan Lagere! Gaan!" She ordered in light Duch. She was very good in most languages. In fact, she made up most of them. Inperastion never came from the angels. She then turned and walked to the window, and watched the scene with her daughter.
Lilia stood there, unable to say anything. Finally, she choked out, "Vlad...I forgive you." She murmured, tears welling up in her eyes, "Mistress of Time says that I can stay. Forever. If you wanted me to. But her energy is low! Vlad, don't reject me." She pleaded, stepping towards the vampire. "I'm not a human anymore," she promised, "you can't hurt me."
Kaminari smiled at the thought of Vlad hurting a locked soul. If anything hurt a locked soul, they would instantly be faced with the being who locked it. The irony of it, would be that Vlad would have to face himself and Kaminari at the same time, since Vlad was the one that killed Lilia, and Kaminari was the one the retreaved her. How interesting. Then, there were murmurs in the back ground. "Be gone, Lowers!" She screeched, turning, and instantly all the Shadows in the room, screamed in agony and fled the house. "Patheic little creatures if they are not experiance. Keep watching!" She ordered her daughter, who sighed, and peered out the window, watching carefully.
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:33 pm
Attimasc's potion was wearing off, he had already lost all color, but was still solid, which made him look like less than a shadow. He eventually came to a house, he stopped when he saw someone staring out the window. He froze (metaphorically of course), until he was certain that she hadn't seen him, he then got on his stomache and crawled into the forest, and around to the back of the house.
((alright, I feel stupid, all these long posts, though amazing, are a bit overwhelming, could someone provide a brief summary to what has happened so far?))
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:03 am
OOC:
hehe. Okay, Basically, Kaminari summoned all the people that Vlad had attacked and killed for blood in the past. When she found out that Vlad didn't want any of them, she sent all of them back, but one. Lilia, he love from long ago. He had killed her, and he regreted it. So Kaminari had promised her that he could keep her forever (since she's the time demon and everything). But there are two catches. One I haven't told you about, since I don't think it's going to be nesscary; two, if Lilia falls in love again, then so be it. He can never have her back.
End OOC.
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:55 pm
((alright, sounds good, sorry for breaking the flow))
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:29 pm
Vladimir fell forward and took Lilia into his arms.
"Lilia..." he said, inhaling. She smelled the same. And yet...not human at all. He switched to Russian when talking to her. "I'd never reject you. This is just so...strange." He turned to the Lilia-look alike and went back to English. "What does the demon hope to accomplish by giving me Lilia back?"
Shadow saw the house. It was surrounded by trees. She noticed a figure in a window so she carefully disguised herself then went around back. She was going extremely fast and not really paying attention. That's when she slammed into Attimasc. Well...slid through him.
It was the absolute strangest sensation. Shadow had been through solid walls. Been through people, and that was weird. But Shadow tended to stay away from water. Now then, to go through a person made wholly of water. That was weird. Shadow felt herself slow as soon as she hit his body. As she was contemplating why she even hit him, she felt her bottom half stretching away from her top half. It continued to slide through his body fairly quickly, though it felt like this happened over the course of minutes instead of seconds. Her arms flailed out behind her as they were sucked through. She gasped as she felt herself exiting his back. But something was wrong...
"WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?" Shadow yelled as she fell to the ground. Pain erupted in her knees, which were spread out on the ground. Her dress stretched across her pale legs. Shadow just stared at herself. She felt the ground solid beneath her, something that she had never felt before. Carefully, but wobbling a lot, she stood. On her own feet.
"Umm...what?" Shadow shrieked and her hands flew to her throat. "My voice...it came out of my throat..." Shadow felt the vibrations in her throat. "I'm...I'm solid..." That's when she noticed something. She couldn't see the little shadows lurking all around her. No voices in her head. No gleaming eyes. Nothing...
"Augh!" Shadow screamed. She ran over to the house and began to smash her skull into the side of it. Blood the color of clear blue water spurted out. Shadow fell, twitching, onto the ground. Through blurred vision she saw Shade standing above her.
"Well that wasn't smart of you. Freaking out, that is. It's that pill of yours. You absorbed some of that boy's water. He is a water-creature, after all." Then Shade grinned. "Then again this could be a good thing. The water is quickly being flushed from your system via that gash on your head. The cut will fade...but the water will also flush out that pill." Shade grinned, his gleaming fangs sticking out from under his lips.
"Noooo...." Shadow groaned. Barely able to see, she reached out for Attimasc. "My left pocket....one pill...right pocket.....one vial.....please.....don't let me fade...." Then she collapsed. The small amout of color she had began to quickly fade to gray. She was dissapearing. Fading back into the world she had been avoiding for so long.
((hee hee hee oh no what is going on? and who is this Shade guy??? you'll soon find out~))
"What was that?" Vlad exclaimed. He had heard a yell. "Shadow?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:44 pm
"Sheize!" Attimasc swore, running towards her, and taking a pill from the pocket, he put it in her mouth, using a bit of water from himself to wash it down. Seeing her swallow it, he sat back on his heels and relaxed. He put a hand over her mouth in case she tried to speak again, and pushed himself against the wall, trying to be as invisible as possible.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:59 am
Kaminari was looking through her spell book at her table when she heard words from behind the house. Her gaze barely wavered from the book, but her grip around it tightened. "Child, distract the Vampire." she whispered, standing, and walking to the den, and opening the door that led to the back porch. She saw quite a sight, Shadow bleeding water, and Attimasc helping her. "Do you know the punishment for trespassing on my land?" She asked smoothly.
The demon child looked at Vlad, a thin smile coming onto her face. "Nothing of course. Mother already has the world. Do I still look like her? I am dearly sorry for that," she hissed, a forked tongue slipping out, and she returned to her orginal looks. She was almost like Mudesa, only her hair wasn't snakes. She was quite tall for a human size, but in the demon world, she would be very tiny. "Mother wishes nothing off the girl. If you like, I can change that." She smirked, resting her arms on the windowstill.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:13 pm
Vladimir clenched his jaw and moved in front of Lilia, standing up to his full height. He barely met the demon's eyes, but he was tall enough.
"I don't know what you want, and I am still confused about what your master wants. But if you're telling the truth about this 'deal', then let us pass."
'This is why I told myself I'd never get involved with anything powerful. Especially demons...'
Shadow coughed and sputtered as she felt her essence get sucked back into her 'body'.
"Idiot!" she said, shoving her hand in her right pocket. She, with some difficulty, yanked a vial of red liquid out of it. She didn't bother to take the cork out of the vial; she shoved the whole thing into her mouth and bit down. The sound of pointed teeth crunching on glass surrounded her and she shivered; it didn't sound very pleasent. She swallowed the rest of the glass and liquid, then pulled out three more vials. She tore the corks out of the vials with her teeth, downed all three vials at once, then threw the now licked clean vials into the woods. Shadow wobbled and shivered as the rest of her essence finally came back to her. Little shadows wailed and cried, but she ignored them, as usual.
Shadow turned to Kaminari. She bowed deeply.
"I am sorry, Kaminari. Tresspassing upon the land of a demon of your power is beyond me. I cannot positively say the same for Attimasc, but I assume that he has enough brains to not do such a thing. However..." She stood and changed form a bit; she grew a little and her hair went a shade darker. "However. I was only following what some little...birdies told me. They told me that a friend of mine, Vladimir, wandered over here. I'm sorry, he did not wander. He was led here by a woman. And, I'm sorry, but there is only one woman besides me that Vladimir would follow to a demon's home." Shadow took a step forward and reached out a hand. "Now then. My friend, please."
During this conversation, Shadow had kept her cool. She knew how to speak to people that were above her. The same could not be said for a certain boy.
As soon as Shadow had bowed to Kaminari, Shade had erupted with anger.
"What are you doing?" he screamed. Shadow heard him, but she chose to ignore him. Puffing up with anger, Shade made himself visible to her.
"You stop this this instant! Someone like you should not bow to a demon! Who cares if she's powerful? A friendly handshake is all you can give her! YOU DO NOT BOW TO ANYBODY!"
"Well...except you, my Lord." Shade spun around and slapped Fille so hard she fell to the ground.
"Did I say you could speak?" he roared. His attention was now on Fille; just as she had wanted it to be.
"My Lord, you cannot influence the Lady Shadow's decisions from here. And...and it is the Lady Shadow's choice whether or not to bow to another being," said Fille, a small French shadow that had served Shade ever since Shadow had left. Even though her name meant 'daughter', she was more like a mistress/maid to Shade.
"It is NOT her choice!" Shade roared. "She is royalty!"
"My Lord, that is true. That also means she can choose for herself. And you cannot influence that decision. Because, you know...you aren't-"
"Silence!" Shade shrieked, slapping Fille again. "You will not speak of that! No one ever will! I am the Shadow King! That is my title and it will be for forever!" With that, Shade stormed off, shrieking obsceneties every few seconds. Before hurrying off to catch up with Shade, Fille drifted over to Shadow.
"My Lady..." Fille whispered, lightly planting a kiss upon Shadow's cheek. "I await your return..."
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:29 pm
The demon girl smiled, and shook her head. "You may not leave the land until Mother says so. But do not worry. You are allowed in the house," she whispered, the door opening on it's own. "Mother will be dealing with the tresspassers." She smiled, "Was I convincing?" she asked, a smile coming upon her lips.
Kaminari smirked, and opened the door completely. "You may want to visit with Vlad and his newly aqquired love. And then I'll deal with your punishments." she promised, holding open the door for the water boy too.
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:38 pm
"I'm sorry," Attimasc said to Shadow, "I panicked," he turned to Kaminari, not going in, "Alright, what's the catch, don't try to act suprised, demons almost always have an ulterior motive whenever they do something 'nice' for someone, and you don't seem the type to do something out of the goodness of your heart. So, you do something for him, and I can guess what, then he does something for you, even if unknowingly. So, what is he doing for you?"
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:00 pm
Kamianri smiled, "Nothing. Do you want a bet against me on that?" She dared.
REALLY SORRY FOR SHORT POST!!]
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:47 am
Shadow only blinked when she heard Fille. Likewise, she snorted and grinned a bit when she heard Shade's rampage.
'Hmm...I could just dissolve and escape...then I'd have to hide out for a few years in limbo to avoid Shade and Kaminari...might not ever be able to come back all the way...hmm...but then again, I'd be leaving Attimasc...I could...no, I couldn't do that to him. Besides, I just took a pill. It'd be hard to go back...and as soon as we got there I'd be in their clutches...hmm. I'll keep it as a plan Z.'
Shadow walked forward, slowly, thinking about what Kaminari said about 'Vlad's new love.'
'More like long lost love who happens to be the baby mama of another guy...'
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:06 pm
Attimasc grimaced, "Rule number 1 for living: never bet against a demon," He smiled impishly, "However, a friendly game of cribbage is another matter entirely,"
((I'm going to be gone for a week starting Feb. 23, I will be getting back Mar. 1))
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:21 pm
"Aye, never make a bet with a demon. And if a small girl asks you to help her find her lost kitten, you get the hell outta there." Shadow smiled. "Especially if that girl has red eyes, a tail, and pointed teeth."
'Ha ha ha...will Lucie ever learn?'
"I've got all sorts of advice like that. If you ever need any..."
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