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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:13 pm
Roulin took his form in the memory as himself. He was younger, but only by a few months. His hair wasn't straightened as it was now and so it stood tall like the spores of a dandelion atop it's pale, lanky stalk. As Acelyn made her way deeper into the memory, the young Owls who stood stargazing turned to face her. Aimee, who unbeknownst to Acelyn was simple a construct, noticed the blonde Owl first. Roulin, who is in control of the small area smirked at her allowing the red haired to depart to her. Walking behind his old lover, Roulin relinquished his coat to the shoulders of the young metal controlling woman. "Here Acelyn. You need this more than I do right now." Patting her shoulders, he left the two sisters to speak to each other~
"Why're you crying?" The illusionist asked the sobbing girl before him. Back in the realm of the real, Roulin's eyes were barely opening resembling grey slits now. His smirk was as evident as the smirk on a man exiting a coma. His words were clear, though shaking weakly as he tried to speak. "Emotionless people don't cry Ace...Your sister is right there looking you in your eyes. No need to be sad..." The memory being displayed was one Roulin played to himself always so his emotions were intact. His thumbs smoothed away any fallen tears on the girl's chillingly cold face before they could fall onto her lap. Looking deeper into the thought displayed in his and her's head, he asked, "How are you feeling right now? Elated I hope..."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:26 pm
"I miss her so much..." The blonde started to calm down, breathing heavily as she tried to stop herself. "I am happy... I'm not emotionless... I tried to hide my feelings to keep from getting hurt. Just like you hid these memories." In the image displayed, Acelyn was in her sister's arms and had her eyes closed as she listed to Aimee hum her little sister's favorite lullaby. "I hated it that you were taken from me... That I lived without you. I know you found happiness, but I wish I could have told you I loved you to your face one last time..." The girl opened her eyes and smiled up at Aimee, looking into her kind eyes.
Acelyn, in the real world, opened her eyes, looking Roulin straight in the face. Her hand slowly made his way to his as it rested on her cheek, taking his hand in her's softly. "Thank you... I am happier now. I owe it all to you." The young woman ran her thumb over the back of Roulin's hand softly, a genuine, kind smile was on her lips as she spoke. "I thank you for sharing your memories of her with me, helping me... You really have done a lot for me." Acelyn's eyes made contact with his, they had transformed into a kind and soft place.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:16 pm
Roulin's influence over the girl's mind faded as the grey swirl of his eyes lightened. The memorable amethyst hue of his eyes faded in giving him his trademark lavender stare. It sat upon the girl in front of him who was still sobbing a bit. The young man couldn't blame her especially now that he knew about her life story. Rubbing the back of his head giving that humble smile that all men of his lineage were prone to give, he replied to the excited and saddened girl, "Once again, it was nothing. Just the least I could do for a fellow Owl. Don't mention it." Roulin found himself smiling brighter when the girl went over the back of his hand with her thumb. He wasn't enamored, but rather happy for her. Acelyn's expression was priceless and like her sister, she was a far more beautiful Owl when she did smile. Swiping another tear away with his thumb, he nodded to the blonde and scratched his head again. "I can feel that you're happy. My main power is Empathic Mimicry, so how you feel, I either feel it or understand. But yeah, you're welcome Ace. Anything to--ahh you know. Fellow Owl and whatnot."
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Che kept silent until Demios was well away from the kitchen and on his way to retrieve what Che needed for his dessert. The little woman's words had already dug into Che like the relentless claws of a falcon, but he withstood and even offered some humor for the girl before he got serious. "Well, I was going to stand and cook and lie to you....but then I remembered you have that telepath thing going on." After placing the main dish in the over to cook for the allotted time, Che took a seat at the dinner table wondering which freezer the blonde devil would have Sebastian hide the vanilla ice cream. His dark purple eyes wandered to the young psion's and sheepishly he grinned at her. He knew he was in for a lecture now....
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Feelings...harboring....don't. And no, it wasn't Kate. Please don't go hurting her. It's not the boys either...it was Kate by the way, but she didn't do anything. I did." The elder tore the card from his forehead and lowered it to the table he sat in front of. When he lifted his hand, the card was gone possibly back into his sleeve. "Apparently, Kate his this door she protects right? As long as it's open, she slowly dies. It was opened by Roulin and opened wider by me. Sooooo, we have to close it as soon as we can. Besides that, life has been....hard. Planning left and right trying to stay alive. There needs to be peace in the valley again. Like when you were a kid and we'd do stuff. No wars back then. Just us a family minus my sons and my brother."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:24 pm
Acelyn let him touch her, her smile still on her face as she rubbed her eyes. "Yeah... Fellow Owl." Her eyes shifted from looking straight into the man's lavender gaze to the wine on the table. She poured herself another glass, then looking back at the man afterwords. Her eyes still soft seemed to look at him for an answer to a question not yet asked. "What's your job like. To where you can go all these places? There were Owls in France once. I watched as the Effiel tower was destroyed." The blonde stood and walked over to her bag once she put her glass down, taking out a sketch pad. The girl walked over to Roulin and took his hand, pulling him gentley. "Come sit." The blonde went over to the bed and sat in the middle of it, patting the bed next to her. She opened it up to the detail drawing of the battle, running her hands over the picture. "Were you in that fight with Aimee?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:00 pm
Roulin's gaze was cast upon the wine just as Acelyn's was when the implanted dream had ran it's course. The glass he'd placed by his foot was still half filled. Noticing this, he drank it away and held the glass in his hand before leaning back into the seat. Acelyn poured her glass and the Italian did just the same seconds afterwards. Her question was posed soon thereafter, but Roulin opted to wait until he was sitting on her bed next to her to answer. Needless to say, his brow raised with interest after the young blonde pulled him over to the warm comforter and the satin sheets of the bed. When he was rested and his back was against the headboard, he glanced over into the sketchbook, his lips curling in memory, "My job...is like hell. Technically, I don't have a job. I'm...an activist I guess. I'm also the Owl of Life, one of the Great Four Owls. I'm also leader of the Four Suits. Um, that's it I believe."
Snuggling into the pillow that sat at the base of his back, Roulin answered the girl's next question. "Yeah, I was there. I fought, but our team still lost. My mentor was killed in that fight as well. Aimee was there as well, but I don't remember if she was fighting or being support. Hopefully support. Do you have anymore pictures Ace? Because this is pretty detailed. Did you sketch this from the news or the paper?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:03 pm
 "That sucks" were the words that uttered from the psion's mouth. She had to think about what was just said to her and register the feelings that Che must have been feeling. "So you're feeling guilty?" she asked him. She really didn't know how to respond again. "So do you and Roulin have to die again in order for it to close or is this a physical place that can be reached?" she asked him. Poor Che, what was he to do? "As a kid I was killing people who were enemies of our group Che, what t.v. show did you steal our reality from?" she asked trying to make light of the situation. "Do you know how long she has to live?" she asked out of curiosity, she was just trying to understand the situation better than what she did as of right now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:12 pm
The blonde Owl listened to Roulin talk, her eyes on him as he told her his job and what it was like. If anyone else had told her these things and she seemed confused, they would call her a moron. She had never heard of any of these terms and it really intrigued her. "The Owl of Life huh? Sounds like you are pretty important. Do you get some kind of perks with this so called job? I mean maybe leaving for a while longer than anyone else, or something like that." The girl seemed to smile brighter, scooting up towards the head board so she could show Roulin how detailed it was.
Pointing to a railing with a woman on it, she began to explain. "That is me. My apartment could see everything that was happening, the fighting, the powers, everything. It was an amazing sight to behold, no matter who you were." The girl's eyes twinkled as she talked, showing her enthusiasm. She flipped to the next page, a picture of a woman figure on the floor in a pool of blood, a man standing over her while her top half of her skull was beside her body. "I dreamt this... It was the worst nightmare I ever had. I didn't know who the girl was, or the man... It just came to me."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:56 pm
"It's...kinda, but not really important. It's a job that you don't need to know about unless something is wrong. As for the perks, I have to work until I die. Literally." With a grin, Roulin explained his job to her to mask the futility that was him trying to avoid it all. The grin vanished when he shook his head and took down a quarter of the wine he'd poured himself before moving. "As for leave, I never leave. I'm never called either. All I know is that I don't--I don't age anymore. I have to die by being killed...it's beautiful yet sad at the same time."
Leaving only a little wine in his glass with this swig, he sat the glass on the nightstand and watched the bubbles swirl on the liquid's surface. "I do get a power. I can create cubical force fields around things. Light purple in color of course." Giving a rest to his life, he stared down at the two pictures that Acelyn had flipped to. Of course they were detailed magnificently, but their accuracy still unnerved the young man. "Alot of things are amazing from afar. It's only until you get close do you get scarred. Ahh, a night--a nightmare...hmm. Ahem...how did you afford all of this Acelyn? What do you do for a living? Obviously it's not some desk job or some swanky Owl position."
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"Guilty. Responsible...maybe a bit of a mixture," replied Che as he shifted in his seat. His elbow was lowered onto the table and following that was his cheek falling into his hand. Propping his head now, the elder Owl sighed and rolled his eyes annoyed with the situation and the lack of information from Kate. "We don't have to die. I know that much...or rather I hope. I'd...be rather miffed if I had to. I hope it's just a place we have to go to, but knowing Ms. Jule, it'll be convoluted. Not that I mind doing it." Lazily, he readjusted himself again, this time lacing his fingers over his belly. "Heh. You know what I mean. When we did have the time to sit down and think and do things a family should. Not....kill things y'know? Peace, quiet and tranquility."
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:56 pm
It didn't take long for Demios to get the hint that they wanted some time alone. "Uh alright I'll be back soon, come on Aiden lets go get some snacks and leave them to talk" Demios said as he picked up the child and began to head out. He turned to the two of them and smiled "Don't have too much fun while I'm gone" He said.
Demios was glad that the store he was headed for wasn't too long of a walk from the Casino. He knew he should take his time to get the supplies they wanted that way the two of them would have time to talk. "Hmm, should we get anything else while we're here Aiden?" he asked the little guy. He was surprised at how attached he felt to the kid especially seeing how he didn't really know him that long. "Maybe its because your Amara's kid" he said. Not wanting to spend too much time in the store he began to grab what he needed. It was then that he paused realizing he didn't know much about kids "Well, now I see a problem I don't know whats okay to buy for you" He said with a slight frown.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:21 pm
"Well you shouldn't feel guilty at all, I believe that fate brought you back." she told him. "I mean I know Noel crafted your body and all but it's not like you summoned yourself out of that realm or anything" she told him. Of course she knew that he had feelings for Kate but at the same time...it wasn't his fault. "I've died a total of three times I believe...and you see I haven't disrupted a balance" she added on. As she checked on the food that was cooking she decided to add a few spices to the dishes. "I'm really not trying to sound like a heartless b***h...but can't she just do it herself? She knows it better than anyone else" Amara figured.
Walking around Che, she then floated in the air looking at the movie that was playing as of right now. "I understand what you're saying Che...I honestly do. i miss those times to, but you should know more than anyone that things always change, you've been alive forever" she said making a joke at his unknown age. "Well if you need any help, I'm more than happy to help you Che" she offered. She then looked turned her attention back to him. "So what are your plans after all of this is done? Do you want to marry Kate or something?" she asked him. Amara had a plan on what she would do as soon as the war was over...if Che asked, she'd be completely honest with him.
Aiden clung to Demios as they left for the store. His eyes glew with excitement as he stared at the many lights that was the the city of Las Vegas. The infant looked at Demios playing with his face with his small little hands. When he asked Aiden what should he get, "yaaaaaa" Aiden cooed. As he grabbed the food the young baby looked and clapped his hands. Aiden didn't know what they were getting at the store...he just liked being somewhere new and spending time with someone else other than Aeon. Too bad Demios couldn't understand Aiden...if he could, he would be sure to tell Demios what he wanted.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:51 pm
Demios smiled as he looked at the infant, he seemed so cheerful and Demios had almost forgotten what such innocent joy looked like. Aiden seemed to be impressed by the simplest of things and it made Demios smile. While he was grabbing the snack foods he noticed a few small things that he thought maybe Aiden could eat, they were made for infants but he wasn't sure he'd check with Amara before he actually gave them to Aiden. It was then that he herd Aiden respond, granted it wasn't anything he could understand but it felt good to hear the infant as if he somehow understood him. It was on their way to the check out line that Demios noticed a small rattle with a moon and stars on it. He grabbed it and showed it to Aiden "Do you like it?" He asked as he gave it to Aiden and smiled hoping he would like it. Demios then noticed a small stuffed raven sitting there on their way out it reminded him of bad memories, and yet it seemed so sweet. He grabbed it and showed it to Aiden "What do you think?" He asked as he gave it to Aiden and some reason seeing Aiden with the stuffed animal gave Demios a feeling of hope. They then headed to the checkout to get back to the Casino.
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:41 pm
Che sighed again then tapped out a rhythm against the table as he listened to Amara's reasoning. Ironically, the young Owl had given him the option that he wished he could chose. But alas, this was Kate and through his and his son's fault the door was opened wider than it needed to be if at all. "It's fine Amara. Just something else I'll take responsibility for. I don't mind," replied Che. His days of laziness were being cut short and it was taking a slight toll on him. Rather than worry, he watched Amara add more to the dishes in progress.
"Some things change and some things don't. I've been alive and lived twice. I've seen my friends die many times. Sets of friends Amara. Wiped away by little Tim, Thomas and just...other things like cancer or heart attacks." His tired eyes turned to the blonde girl as floated through the air like a poltergeist or a smile-less Cheshire cat. "My plans after this is done...I want to be an ambassador for Owl and Human relations. Bet you weren't expected a real goal were you? Marrying Kate may or may not happen...we already live together and weddings are expensive...unnecessary and work for everyone. You know how I am about work. Now you know I have to ask you what do you plan on doing with your life right?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:14 pm
Listening to the talking of the mastering owl began to make her think. What would happen between her and the people she considered friends? Would they die off? Would she die off before them? Many of them were now immortal. Amara then looked at Che and smiled. "Well I just want you to know that you've done a great job in everything that you've done so far that I can see" she reassured him. "Wow Che...you're actually going for the happy rainbow co-existence thing huh...yea that is surprising" she told him. When he explained his and Kate's situation she completely understood, a part of her was thinking that her and Lucien may never get married.
When Che asked Amara what were her plans she stopped in her tracks. She had thought about it daily, wanting a "normal" life but things would never be normal for her...she knew that much. And the visions she saw of the 12 alternate futures...none of them were good...except for two. "Well as you know Lucien will go off and try to be the biggest threat the world has seen" she started off. "About two years ago, Che. I had a series of visions, twelve to be exact...I've never been able to see the future...but I did. Every vision ended horribly but two...I know that you plan on giving up the herald of mind to Tim...." she trailed off. "She'll be killed and many others will be killed due to the war...I can't see who all dies...but that stuck out to me. Anyways after the war...I'll open up a school for OWLs...teaching young OWLS how to utilize their gifts and be apart of normal society or whatever they may choose, all the while supporting Lucien and raising my son" she said to him.
"The thing is...6 months after my school is built, it will be attacked by humans. Many of my 'friends' will betray each other, me, and others because of their power and the dramatic shift in their lives...they will begin to change. I'll travel the world, visiting some of the worlds most gifted psychics, taking advice and sparring against them...all the while...trying to get the power that I lost" she said. "That's when I'll have the brilliant epiphany that two species can not inhabit this one rock. I'll recruit gifted OWLs, diverse and who hold greater potential than we ever did and start my own team. We will go the UN, and discuss my plans of how things will be ran, seeing how human and OWL relations will not get better in the future. When they refuse, I'll kill the head of the UN to make a statement. Violence will pursue and the hunting of OWLS will increase" she told him.
"Lucien will try and stop me...which will more than likely lead to us splitting...that part of the vision was hazy...Roulin will try as well...I can't see past that point....except for one thing...OWLs will finally live in peace...a utopia...all of these events that I just listed was one of the two possible futures that will occur" she told him. "You're the first person I've told this to...and it would be foolish to try and stop me before these things even happen Che..." she said trailing as she turned the fire down from some of the food. "You know I've never really belonged with any group Che...not the UNS because we were working for humans, not the NIght OWLS they were do gooders..." she said to him.
Aiden grabbed the rattle and began to shake it and then put it in his mouth, the handle that is. The baby was now happy and then shifted his attention to the raven stuffed animal. He didn't take to it like he did the rattle but still played with it. Aiden then gave Demios' face a hug and gave him a gummy kiss on the cheek as he giggled with glee.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:15 am
((Serena))
Well there went a possible business deal…Not that Serena actually planned on turning up at the pretty boys place, he was far too eager and confident. She remained standing outside blinking a few times as she withheld from hoping that Hito would suddenly pop up with a grin and begin rambling on about how Serena was slacking or something. It never happened and deep down Serena knew that he wouldn’t appear. Her white hair blew around in the light wind as she turned back round to gaze towards Will who was sipping tea looking all innocent and unconcerned with what had just happened. Serena raised an eyebrow at the first comment Will made on the whole thing. While the words he spoke didn’t suit him he said them sarcastic enough to make them work “Mhmm…I guess we can say that…”
Serena smiled slightly when Will reminded her of the hot springs. At least there it was sure to be relaxing. “Ah right…Shall we?” She leaned on the doorframe for a few seconds longer before walking on ahead, knowing that Will would be following. “I think that meeting went rather well” She suddenly said in a rather innocent tone of voice. “They were interesting people…” She spun round to face Will with a smirk “However, that bald guy….I don’t like him. In fact, I would have preferred the gunman who took down pretty boy had missed and hit baldy…” She shrugged like it was nothing “I suppose him being alive is ok…After all, that means I might get to kill him at some point~” With a laugh she turned back around and took a step forwards….only to stop when a man dressed in black came smashing through a wall and cartwheeling along the well-kept lawn. “Is that….is that Sebastian?”
((NPC---Sebastian))
Well the ‘loving’ moment that was being had between the butler and the maid (Might as well be one ;D) was soon smacked apart. “How many? I actually get a choice? Hmm…Surprise me~” The dark haired male stood up after being freed by Myra and her not so heavy body. He stretched out only to receive a sharp pain somewhere in his chest. “Definitely a cracked rib…” When Myra demanded some cookies Sebastian arched forwards as if he was going to bow…Which he was just because he likes bowing <.<….Instead of receiving gratitude, Myra aimed a very painful kick towards the tall male and what with her incredible strength, he was sent flying through the air and through a wall.
The wall which Seb had smashed through was one that backed off onto the garden and so he was sent summersaulting across the cobbled pathway and only came to a halt when some new features (rose bushes!) blocked his path. The dark haired butler untangled himself from the thorns and winced slightly as he stood up. "Play time so soon, Myra?" His suit was now looking far from appropriate, ripped, torn and covered in concrete dust, but his smug expression was the one thing that shined through, he was planning pay back now.... Through cloudy eyes, Sebastian noted Will and Serena staring at him, what their current expressions were eluded him. He smirked and bowed. “My apologises for my current attire…”
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:52 am
The blonde Owl stared at the Owl of Life as he talked, her smile seemed stuck on her face. She pushed her blonde hair out of her face, putting down the sketch pad as she did so. Her eyes lost their glimmer for a second as he asked about how she had this money, making her uneasy. "Well..." She bit her thumb, her sigh was let out slowly. "My job.. I got most of my money from hits that people asked me to do..." Her eyes soon wandered back to the raven haired man, blinking a little. "I was hired... by the U.N.S. I am not proud of it but it gives me the chance to further my power." Her eyes stayed on him as she scooted away, scared what he was going to say or do to her.
"I was just asked to be a defensive person... Nothing more. I don't want to fight. That's not me." Her eyes shifted away from Roulin, moving in her seat a little as she talked. In her mind she was scared of what he would say or do to her. She technically wasn't on his side and she was afraid that meant he would leave her and hate her forever.
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