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 Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:55 am
"If it was me, I wouldn't have gone for the cheek." Solomon replied, giving her a slightly cheeky smile. Aren was just rolling in his head and trying to bury himself in embarrassing thoughts from when Solomon was 6 years old. There were plenty of those to bury oneself underneath if you looked for them.
"Or all of the above." he agreed with Nevada's suggestions on how to get more sleep in. "Even just an extra hour of sleep would be fantastic if I could manage it." Missions or not, being tired all the time was just not doing it for him.
It seemed like getting a little bit of information in now was probably all the better for him, as she seemed rather surprised that he was definitely not in this for the Halloween aspect of things because he would have known what it was otherwise. The next room was given a brief curious look as he sat down on the stool that Nevada had procured for him, leaning his elbow onto the table as he watched her.
"There isn't like a circle of trees with different shaped doors on them somewhere in this, is there?" he asked, the names of the places that were applicable seeming vaguely familiar to him for some strange reason. "So is it like....." he scratched one cheek. "This Halloween stuff is made out of that FEAR you mentioned and since it's like an energy or something it passes through those layers better?"
I don't think he gets it.
Yeah, probably not.
Halloween didn't sound all too bad...until Horsemen came up and his mother reading revelations came to mind. "And when the lamb opened the seal...I heard one of the four living creatures say 'Come and See'." It was a paraphrase, but he knew it. He knew quite a few of the biblical references of that sort.
"Talk about someone ruining renewable resources..."
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:08 pm
"Oh?" Her eyebrow raised and she gave him a catlike smile. "Well I'm not shy handsome." She fluttered her eyelashes and then nodded. "It'd be good for you probably to at least invest in the Sun training. I feel like they put people in sun who do have more energy. Everyone one of the suns feel like they are..." She tried to think of the word, "Bursting at the seams. Maybe its something to do with their weapons too?"
her head fell back.
"Well if you think about it, it's a lot like the move Nightmare before Christmas. But no there isn't tree's, at least I haven't seen those." she gnawed her lip.
"You be close. FEAR is a energy, as well as INSANITY, and JOY." She held up her fingers, then add a fourth. "And we've discovered a energy called DISTORTION." She wished she had a piece of paper for this moment.
"Halloween is a world based purely on FEAR. Everything there is riddled in it, and if something get's destroyed, it is repaired with such. It's literally the state of life for them. And because FEAR stems from humans, as we are a fearful bunch, it further fuels Halloween. The same can be said about JOY, which fuels christmas." She shook her head, "The points that the energy can pass through are almost limited. It has to have a strong connection to both worlds for it to pass. Such as the Haunted house..." Her voice cracked..."The haunted house stables FEAR and Insanity in a ever changing loop of reality, where Students, Horseman and Hunters can come together. Since portals are offline, we are lucky that you don't have to go there."
She wrapped her arms around herself defensively.
"The Halloween creatures use points like the haunted house, or places where FEAR stems from the strongest and cross into our world. Where they harvest our FEAR by scaring us. Or killing us."
She sighed, "I don't know much about horseman though, since I have only experienced their kind once. But they are far worse....and far scarier than the Halloween........." Except the creature that attacked her.
That creature would be her nightmare for a long time come.
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:28 pm
"Never said you were." he smirked, "Seems like a safe investment, at least, if I'm going to have better shots at stabbing giant Titans that are roaming around." because really, he was awful at stabbing the things.
"That's actually what I was thinking of exactly." he noted, leaning into his hand thoughtfully. As she continued on, he couldn't help but wish he had a piece of paper to take notes on, because there was a lot to take in just from this brief explanation. "So what are INSANITY," besides a type of workout, "and DISTORTION?" he asked - as she'd explained JOY and FEAR already and he kind of got where that was going. It was kind of like being at a concert where you just ran off of excited energy all day.
The way she talked about the Haunted House didn't go unnoticed, however, his eyes darting to the way her arms wrapped around herself and that tone in her voice.... He got up quietly, walking over to her and putting one arm around her.
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:36 pm
Every time she thought of the thing that possessed her. how it cruelly broke her arm with her own body, dragged her hand down her eye... She shuddered. Her fear of it probably fueled it more but...
"I'd recommend that if you go to the Haunted House, that you take a friend." She left it at that.
"Insanity is under study right now, and has become one of our top priorites." She smiled a bit as he came over and wrapped an arm over her. "Don't worry Handsome, I try not to pull the damsel in distress card often."
"insanity is a combination of FEAR and and unknown energy together. We don't know how its fueled, where it comes from. But the haunted house is coated in it, and it warps our realities." She moved on, "Distortion is the same, and it's exactly what it's name says. An energy that distorts our realities. It is has become more prominent with Insanity levels spiking. All of these are inconclusive studies though."
"We don't have enough resources or samples for me to give you a real answer. But you'll know it when you see it."
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:00 pm
"Well, just seemed like you needed a little pick me up." he answered, "So I thought I'd help where I can." After all, she was more likely to be saving his a** on a mission at the current moment than he was hers, so hey, little things.
Her explanation of the other two types of energy had him scratching his chin again. Hm. "Seems like everything is just a jumble of everything else..." his head hurt from trying to get it all in one sitting and he found himself scratching the side of it. "Think I need a break from today's lesson before I ask any more questions." If it was something he'd get when he saw it, then all the better. Maybe that was the way he needed to see it.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:01 pm
Regardless of what you thought Solomon, she'd rely on you as a sun on the forefronts. So you'd actually be the one saving her a**, and more than you probably thought. wink wink.
"No problem." She tapped her brain, "Knowledge is gained after being here for a year, though from what I've heard from the older or more experienced hunters is that we happen to wake up in one of the most dangerous times." She shrugged.
"All this serious talk makes me sleepy." She yawned, covering her mouth. "If you're still restless, I can set you down the sun training path. Or if you want, I don't mind a nap partner." her eye twinkled at him.
/smile smile smile/
"I won't even try to peek at your face while your sleeping..." This was important to say.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:00 pm
Just because he was a sun didn't mean he was a good one.
"Well, last year was the supposed apocalypse or so they said with the whole December 21st thing." Solomon suggested as a reason as to why that time period could have been so dangerous, "Especially with horsemen being an actual thing."
Serious talk probably wasn't exactly what was draining her, but he wasn't about to point that out, just grinning. "Really? I was just thinking I could go for a nap myself." Liar Aren chimed in his head, but Solomon dismissed that.
"Well, that will keep me from having to marry the evil queen, at least." he jested, "Or you from turning to stone." he added.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:41 pm
"Oh that." She smiled at him, cupping her chin thoughtfully. "I do believe we didn't stand a chance, but since the world hasn't ended, and the horseman are still plotting our doom, I say we are in the status of midwar. A uh...Mexican standoff."
She hopped off from the table, holding her hand out for Solomon to take and led him out of the life labs.
"Well since we haven't had our first date, I hope you don't mind that I won't be taking you to my room." She smiled over at him, leading him to the small and hidden mist lounge. The hole in the wall had been fixed, thank goodness and a large couch spread in the are, with a counter, coffee machine and small other accessories. She beelined to the couch, pulling off her coat and flopping down on it.
"It's a tight fit if you don't mind." She moved to give him some space. "Come on handsome, I'm comfy." She grinned.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:51 pm
"Well since we haven't had a first date I won't complain about us not going to my room either." Solomon countered, taking Nevada's hand as they left the 'classroom' and headed on their secret way to - somewhere. He wasn't sure exactly where they were going at that point.
Whatever it was, it looked small and like a handful of people had put it together rather painstakingly and with a certain amount of care (there were a few mugs with names on them like someone had put them there for everybody, hmm).
Unlike Nevada, however, instead of just the coat coming off, as nice as it was, she also got an eyeful of the tattoos that went all the way down his chest and even down onto his stomach as his shirt came off as well. With a joking tone he muttered an 'Oops, oh well' before depositing both items over the back of the couch as he sat down on it and stretched out.
It felt good on ache-y muscles.
"Mmm, if I had a problem with a small couch, I don't think I would be able to handle a nap buddy." Solomon commented out loud as he leaned back against one of the arms.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:59 pm
Nevada watched thoughtfully, her cheek propped up by the palm of her hand as Solomon stripped down. And to her delight, she got to see the tattoo's that led a large trail from his chest to his stomach.
"Wow handsome, Talk about a happy trail." She teased, studying them intently.
She didn't say much else till he joined her, finding a way for to rest her head somewhere in the crook of his shoulder, resting a hand over his chest. instead of her usual fall asleep right away, she closed her eye and made a small humming sound.
What Solomon would find, was that Nevada was like a cat. Purring and all.
"I would hope not. I don't know why, but I can just about sleep anywhere, on anything." But not with just anyone. Only ones she felt wouldn't take advantage of the situation. Solomon striked her as a respectable guy. "One of my friends from death division? His name's Jake, found me on a training dummy one time. I guess it bothered him enough to send me a little doll version and a note that said stop sleeping in weird places."
Silence for a moment...
"What are the tattoo's for Handsome?" She tapped his chest.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:25 pm
Solomon traced one finger down along the tattoos. "Bet you'd find some interesting things through this labyrinth for sure." he commented, putting one arm around Nevada's shoulders as she curled up with him, propping one foot on the other arm of the couch as he settled in.
"Fortunately I'm not that picky about sleeping spots either." He'd camped out in some pretty podunk spots himself while working. Like in a tree - it was about the 5th least comfortable spot in memory. Looking at the tattoos as Nevada asked about them, he smiled a bit.
"Different things. Got one for each of my sisters - " he pointed those ones out, "and a few for projects I worked as a stuntman in."
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:33 pm
"I'm finding that the whole package is very interesting." She tapped his visor next and chuckled. "A man with mysterious mask, and tattoo's. Very curious indeed."
She was totally sapping his heat though, curling into him with comfortable ease.
"That's good, Then we'll get along just fine." She pursued her lips as she opened her eye to where he pointed out the ones for his sisters. How interesting. A sentimental man then....
"A stuntman?" She blinked, startled a little. "You were a stuntman?" Like in movies? Action scene? How fun!
"Did you ever almost die?" She almost asked it like a child in awe, "Do they actually shoot you?"
nap, what was a nap. She was talking to a stuntman. Cool.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:56 pm
Oh. Huh. He hadn't mentioned that at all. "I didn't mention that earlier? I worked for quite a while as a stuntman - exploding cars, exploding buildings, daring car chases, free falling - I was particularly good at the physical stunts after years of training on the front of gymnastics." It would have explained why his muscles, while not a show off like some people - were very much defined.
"They don't shoot real guns, so that wasn't a problem, but I did have the safety gear fault out on me once. Broke my arm in three places and snapped a rib." he held up an arm and flexed it to show her the scars from said incident. "And I've seen doctors a lot from work between that and I've seen people have to get eyes put back in." he tapped his visor. "Not me, of course. I wear the proper safety gear."
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:16 pm
Wow.
Suddenly Solomon was like ten times cooler than before.
But damn that was a lot of activities to involve yourself in, how was he not tired......
"Nope, I'm afraid I never asked, which is a damn shame. Well better late than never." She shrugged. Her eye would widened at the mention of broken arm, then down to the scars where it was, her hand reaching out to touch it.
"A exprienced man with pain....." That explained perhaps why he seemed to take pain pills. Even without the right name on the bottle, she figured the hunter might've had some pain that just didn't ever go away. It was food for thought, and her mind was already processing a lot.
"Well I suppose that helps you adjust to here, But I don't think we have proper gear." She flicked his visor before settling back in and yawning again. "What a life. You're trading one dangerous one for another...." She mumbled, her eye closing. "I wonder what it'd be like to fall off from a building into one of those like....air paddings or whatever...." her voice was starting to drift.
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:19 am
It was a walk down a life he was going to really miss - but he was sure everybody on the island really missed their lived from back home in their own way. Whether it was just having a working shower or the people in said life or something as mundane as a job of making other people look cool.
"Yeah, there's more where this came from." he replied, watching her fingers as they ran over the scars. It was hard to forget the image of the bone pulled through his skin, blood everywhere, body aching.......made him feel pretty alive.
He could hear the fading consciousness in her voice, smiling a bit as he leaned his head back again, laying his scarred arm over her shoulders as well. "It's pretty freeing. Kind of like driving really fast without having to think about how you're going to stop safely at the end."
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