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 Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:53 pm
((I assume the picture is of her?)) Siber bent over to look at the picture. A moderately familiar face was there. "She really was beautiful." His attention was more on the box, though, and he knelt down by it, reaching a hand out to touch its surface. Nothing out of the ordinary; just an old box. But it had meant something to Helmsborough. He sighed slowly, gently taking the box in his hands and inspecting its surfaces for anomalies. he wondered. "Paul, you think I should open it, or you think it'll kill us all?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:09 pm
((Yes, Siber. It was. xd ))
Siber paused as he found an engraved metal plate. He turned it around to look at it.
The box contained the ashes of an "Arleen Helmsborough."
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:11 pm
Joe stumbled around in a decidedly dizzy way. He wound up following Siber.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:59 pm
((Not knowing where his group is, Keilven decides to post.))
"Where exactly are we going?" Keilven asked of his two companions uneasily.
Keilven trusted Takeshi, but wasn't too sure of the way Agnese treated him.
"I have a feeling that I need to know a little more about Abaddon guy. And how to maybe make sure that I won't die if I accidentally look at him the wrong way." Keilven started focusing his comments on Takeshi, since he was the one who had said the name "Abaddon" in the car.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:30 pm
Paul nodded vaguely at Siber's comment on the girl's beauty. He couldn't disagree or agree. Slowly, his thoughts rotated upon the metal man's comments. What did that mean? Not what it meant to him; what did it mean to Paul? How could... could Helmsborough be convinced of... what could be said?
Could the truth be revealed? Could Paul show him how it was? How every moment he spent allowing himself to suffer was a moment that made her suffering worse? Would Helmsborough even listen to them long enough?
"Siber... look in the box. Keep the picture. We might need it. We'll all check the box together to see if there's anything we should know about its contents, perhaps it's meant to track us. Either way, I have an idea. Maybe... maybe we can tell Helmsborough something..."
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:34 pm
Keldan said. A bit of repressed rage broke through and was quickly sealed away.
"Sounds good." He stood up and headed back upstairs to the rest.
He tapped the side of the box and told people what all was in it, then mused, "You know, some people honor their dead by rolling a joint and smoking their ashes. I mean, you can deface the dead the same way, but maybe we should just make a giant blunt for Johnny and let him smoke some of that. At the very least, he might destroy it before he knows what it is and he'll kill himself once we tell him. Or it could drive him further into a murderous rage, but in the end, he'd still probably kill himself, especially if we- you know what?" He caught his breath in excitement. "We could wrap her in this picture! You want someone to feel total loss, we can show him total loss."
Keldan *ruffled his hair.*
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:42 pm
Joe stood, looking around. Suddenly, he had a flash of insight, and found himself inexplicably drawn to...
((Hey Venom, this is yours. We talked about this like, last year. confused ))
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:44 pm
Paul frowned. "No, no, no, no, no, no, and no. That is not what I'm talking about. Desecrating all that remains for him is not only a terrible idea, it's absolutely wrong. If he realizes we tricked him, we will die. I know I'd kill someone if they made me do something like that, long before I'd even think about killing myself. We're not doing that, and we're not thinking about it again." Finished with his rant, Paul shook his head. "No, what we tell him is why he shouldn't be beating himself up. We run the psychologist's course. We show him how his suffering makes her suffer. It might require some pretending, some light-bending, but we might be able to do it, just maybe. He bought into Legion's deception, and if I can replicate that..." Paul trailed off, nodding slowly.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:09 pm
Joe felt a strong urge to go upstairs. Perhaps the Djinn knew what they needed.
--
The shadows in Siber's field of view rippled. He saw her being skinned alive by several of the metallic men with cheese graters and potato peelers while one inserted a needle, slowly and carefully, into the center of her left eye.
The Dreamshell, it seemed, was making some sort of point.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:13 pm
Jacob sighed, he hadn't a clue what to do. With a shrug, he decided to follow Joe.
Any idea what they're looking for?
I don't know, I might, but not now.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:16 pm
((If Joe comes back, he ought to set about training Jacob so that Jacob has something to do.))
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:22 pm
((I'd like to second that idea 3nodding ))
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:30 pm
((Forgot a couple characters...))
Takeshi shrugged at the question addressed to him as he checked every nook and crevice of the room for secret compartments. "I didn't fight him. I was, ah, shooting someone in the head, as it were."
--
Gennady shut his eyes and navigated by scent and feel, which lead him upstairs with Joe.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:43 pm
Joe went upstairs with Gennady. On the stairs, he turned.
"Jacob! Get your a** up here with us," he said. He looked at Gennady. "Uhh. Not sure if you know, but my name is Joe. I'm an elementalist, my ancestor was Roland Dark. Don't suppose you know of us?" he asked as he continued upstairs.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:46 pm
Jacob sighed and hurried up the stairs, joining Joe and Gennady at the top.
He waited for Gennady to answer Joe before he would introduce himself.
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