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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:14 pm
Was the figure smiling or frowning? It was impossible to tell. It's tone however, was firmly amused.
"I am not the one who brought you here, nor was I the time before. If you wish to leave, you may." A pause. "At a price."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:41 pm
The rifle was lifted a little higher, the end of it pressing against Gale's shoulder. He felt the familiar twinge in his chest, an ache that had nothing to do with the discomfort of the earlier attacks, his heart beginning to pound rapidly against his chest.
"What sort of price?" he asked.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:32 pm
The shadow pointed to the scar, the tattoo, the marking now. "Come now, we are not all savages. You are of much more use to me alive than dead, and I have made so, so many more promises before yours."
Despite that, the figure's voice took a very ominous tone as that tattoo continued to burn on Gale's wrist. "A small price to pay, for everything else you wish to know."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:22 pm
He was still holding the rifle, but the inside of his wrist was burning, like someone was holding a brand to his skin, making his fingers twitch with the effort of trying not to move. But he could see the figure gesturing towards his arm.
"You expect me to trust you?" Gale said, and felt Jinhai curl inside of his mind, quiet and listening. "Are you..."
It clicked into place. Gale stared, then inhaled another breath that hurt. The mark on his wrist throbbed.
"What exactly do you want from me? Why should I give it to you?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:00 pm
In a moment it felt like two forces were pushing Gale at the same time. The first, tethering him to this reality, this Dusk, the other pushing him though an unseen barrier. For a moment the world, the paradigm, swapped, and he saw not The Dusk, but the Horseman Tower-
- and not a shadow but her. He knew exactly who she was.
"Children never learn do they?" she moved just as lazily as her shadow counterpart. "You cannot keep what does not belong to you."
A moment later he was in The Dusk again and she was just a shadow, and in her hand was just red. "How about I make this simpler for you - the fragment or your life."
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:30 pm
He could still hear Jinhai, his voice fainter than usual, somewhere in the back of his mind. Gale opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out; the world around him tilted, twisted, and suddenly he was not there but elsewhere and -
And there she was. He stared at her, expression darkening, Gale's chest thudding with the erratic heartbeat, and he couldn't do anything but stand there, frozen in place, his arm burning.
They were back again. His heartbeat was still unsteady.
"What will you do with it if I give it to you?" he asked, because even right now, at the crux of this situation, he needed answers. He couldn't just give anything away so easily.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:17 pm
"What you really must consider, child," she said, tone growing steadily colder, "Is if that price is worthy of your sacrifice. Such a small life, and you could have had so, so much more."
Again she didn't wait. Instead, the moment Gale blinked, he saw himself as something more. He was a horseman, Conquest it seemed like and at his feet were fallen Hunters, at his side his allies, their Fear strong, unmistakable. For a moment he only lived in that reality.kuropeco Gale is experiencing a SMALL snippet/memory of himself as a horseman/ like his version in this Meta
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:23 pm
His teeth gritted together. "My life is not insignificant just because you - "
The world tilted again, shifted and changed. There were bodies at his feet. He was Xiao Lang, he was a noble soldier of Conquest, and he was so much better than those lowly human pretenders. He could remember Loki, at his side, and Merope, just a short distance away, and they would crush the humans beneath them -
The memory swerved.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:30 am
"That's good," a voice whispered to Gale, no to this horseman version of him, and he felt stronger, confident - the memory felt more real than anything he had every experience.
He wasn't a Hunter all wasn't he? No, this-
- this was where he belonged. kuropeco
gaia_star Go ahead and turn in the clothing prize in the week 2 clothing thread (titled: SECRET BOSS name your character
gaia_star Gale now is convinced he is his horseman AU self for the entire meta. This self is prior to him gaining any memories/experiences from the Week 1 or Week 2 meta events. Even his vision is a bit foggy, as he sees himself as a horseman - though everyone else appears as they are.
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