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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:50 am
"Um?" Paul asked Alex, cocking an eyebrow, but didn't wait for an answer. Instead, he thrust the door open and burst in. There were several people barricaded within, all of them looking terrified. A couple looked a little braver and seemed to be holding things that qualified as weapons, like chairs. One even held a painting.
"Alright, folks, no need to panic," Paul said before any of them could do anything. "We're here to help. We're gonna get you back where you came from, so just hold on." With that, Paul began searching around, trying to figure out if the sense he had felt was something in here or if they were looking in the wrong place.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:27 pm
Aurelie landed in a crouch and sprang up into a stance just in time to see Joe advancing. He looked seriously pissed, and when he came so close, her jaw dropped at his words. And she wondered, with definate surprise, why he wasn't trying to singe her head off, just shooting sparks and flames around her.
She looked down his arm and into his eyes, hers calm and accepting, having done what she had intended. Her voice was pitched just as low, for his ears alone, as all the others were occupied with fighting someone else.
"And just what do you do to change sides then Joe? Just say hey, I changed my mind?"
Crashes and unholy roars and growls and other sounds were still emerging from above them, and she did not even want to know what that fight looked like. She stood back straight with her arms at her sides and kept her eyes on Joe's, unflinching when he burned his fire brighter.
Apollime continued ranting in her head about how she was going to get them killed, but Aurelie tuned her out and waited on Joe's next move. "Well? ..."
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:34 pm
An ironic grin flashed across Joe's face. "I'm not sure you understand...there was no 'change of heart', there was no betrayal. I was never on Legion's side. From the very start, I've been keeping myself alive until I could escape. I never actually planned to stay on Legion's side for long."
He raised his hand higher, having let it droop a little in his explanation. "But never mind that. We have business here, don't we? I know I might be a healer and a bit of a pacifist, but I refuse to let someone as dangerous as you Warlocks continue to cause pain to people." The fire that was swirling around his arm began to move downwards, congregating in his palm in the form of a flaming deathball.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:02 pm
Aurelie shook her head slightly and sighed. She looked through the flames as they swirled hotter and brighter around his arm, unflinching at his power. Apolline could read her intentions and continued screaming loudly.
"Thats not what I meant Joe. I was knocked flat after a few hits the two times I have been in a fight, and haven't done any damage except to the station itself."
Her voice was still soft for only his ears, and her eyes were on his, vulnerable.
"I thought we were the good guys Joe. You befriended me, and were nice to me. And then.. when they came, I thought, I thought they.."
Her voice broke, and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before looking at him again.
"I thought they took you Joe. The only friend I had made, I thought they were hurting you. So I listened to Legion, and I joined the fight. He was talking about a traitor, so was Chaos, but I thought, No, not Joe. He wouldn't go with the bad guys. He wouldn't do that. Not my friend. He wouldn't leave and not tell me, wouldn't go with the bad guys. But here you are.
I was mad Joe, because I thought you had betrayed us. I was hurt. I was bluffing. I thought you had left me. But, if your side is really the good guys, I was wrong.
And, you misunderstood my question. I wanted to know what it took to be on your side. I want to be with the good guys, I want to be on your side Joe."
She could feel her hair lifting and swirling around her as the heat and air from his power blew at her. She blinked and waited, wondering if he would just blast her. She held up her hand in front of his and her fire glyph glowed, taking some of the heat spilling from his hand, hoping it would catch some of the blast if he indeed let it fly.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:22 pm
Curses were being spit out loudly, becoming more colorful by the minute. A big peice of rubble was shaking as Chaos rolled to her hands and knees, buried under the floor debris for the moment. Dots and swirls were raging in front of her eyes and her third eye was still open, her head throbbing from the impact and then the fall. she couldn't focus to close it just yet and thought to leave it open to use to her advantage. She had seen the demons appearing afer the lightening show but still hadn't had enough time to block it properly.
Angrily she punched the ground and growled reaching for her magic.
Her demons surrounded her in shadow and blew the debris off her back against the near wall. She stood and pushed her hair out of her eyes, dusting her knees off and huffing out a breath as her demons continued to swirl in shadows around her. She made a flick of a wrist and they dispersed. Each reappeared in the shadows around the debris and things in the floor, in front of and behind Siber through the room. Since Aurelie and Joe seemed to be into it she ignored them completely and focused on Siber.
"What happened to the white flag Hunter? Forget about it or just never intending to abide by it, like I thought?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:25 pm
"Oh, dear me, did I forget it?" Siber unfolded the necessary materials again. "I still have no reason to believe you will try to kill me under the white flag of truce at least until we hit the bottom floor. I am even unopposed to the elevator idea; I just happen to think it would cause an inordinate amount of tension." He swept a low bow with the fan, carefully avoiding the swirling shadows around him. With his Ajna, he could feel where they all were, in addition to the slight shadow magic aiding him. Clearly, he had hurt the girl. Good; it would make her less able to fight. Coming out of his bow as though somewhat dazed, he swayed on his feet before resuming conversation. It wasn't that he was drunk, high, or even pretending to be either; it was just entertaining. Carefully, he began chanting for the Anahata, the butterfly dæmon again. She would need to recharge after blocking the lightning. Siber began, once more, to feel the strain. It wasn't heavy, here in Crossover, but it was a definite force working against him. He snapped the fan closed lazily. "Aurelie, if you're lying, stop; this is too dangerous a game for you to try any of that crap, and as little as I care, I don't want to see you dead. Chaos, if you're willing, we can go to a more open area. Otherwise, I would be honored to fight you here." He stopped as though an idea had occurred to him and looked Chaos in the eye. "Or we could call an actual truce- I dance a mean tango and I still have my iPod speakers with me. Or would you rather swing? Or waltz?" Keldan sighed.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:54 pm
((You should all know that I'm off 'till Friday as of tomorrow (Monday) so if you'd like, you can have Paul work on the anchor, Venom. Or Siber, or something like that.))
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:28 pm
((Okay, thanks for letting us know. I, myself, just got back after 3 days gone. I was pleased with your progress now that I finally found a way to get my NPCs mostly out of the way. biggrin ))
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:03 pm
Joe's hand wavered, his eyes betraying his uncertainty. "I..."
Joe nodded mentally and closed his hand slowly. The fire there let itself go back into his arm, and he closed his eyes for a moment.
Damn it. What do we do now, Roland?
Yeah, he tried to read my mind. But I'm not doing that to her! It hurt like death, and I'm not even sure if it worked!
Joe opened his eyes and crouched down, so that he was level with Aurelie. He tentatively put out his hand, laying it on her shoulder.
Roland said right away.
What? Joe asked, instantly tense and alert.
loud.>
Joe relaxed, allowing Roland to continue. After a few seconds, Roland gave him a mental thumbs-up. Joe stood and looked down on Aurelie for a second, then his face broke into a smile and he reached out a hand.
"As far as I can tell, you're not planning to kill me. Admittedly, I'm not so great at reading other people's mind, but..." He shrugged.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." He stood above her, his hand reached out to her and a smile on his face. he was illuminated by the dust, which caught the light, and his hair moved slightly in the breeze that he created.
((haha, anime-hero for the win! xd ))
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:47 pm
Aurelie stared up at Joe, barely believing he had actually poofed away the fire and was listening to her. She had thought, in some small corner of her mind, that he would just let it go. After a hesitant moment of looking at Joe and then at his hand, she decided to believe him.
She reached up and giving an odd look at the shadows and then at Siber and Chaos who she had just sort of remembered were also in the room and very much growling at each other, she let Joe help her up.
hate you.>
Apolline Continued ranting, and throwing something out about hiding her identity from Joe's warlock so that the warlock wouldn't recognize her, cause of something. She couldn't understand everything, as every other word ended with a horrified and embarrassed ear peircing screech that only Aurelie could hear. Yay.
"Hey Joe, quick question, since thats all I can hear in my ear right now. Ask Roland if he knew a female in his original Cabal.
And uh... just how the hell are we going somewhere, no I don't think there is anywhere to go dahling." She added the last part sarcastically, but was looking up where she could hear Legion and Helmsborough fighting.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:14 pm
Joe smiled. "I'd ask, but I doubt it'd do much good. Roland lost most of his memories in the transfer to the present day. Why? Should he know her?"
He led her, still by the hand, to stand on the side of Siber. The three of them stood together, glaring at Chaos.
((where are the other Legionairres, exactly?))
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:34 pm
((Upper floors. As NPCs at this time, their movements will not be reported unless a PC can see them.))
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:08 pm
Siber, not prepared to grace anyone with a glare yet, backed away until there was a triangle connecting him with the other three. "Aurelie, I'll be honest. I don't trust you. Joe, I'll also be honest with you- I think you're being dumb. Plus, if you haven't noticed, there are shadow dæmons surrounding the both of you." Siber himself had stepped very carefully, hopping lightly from toe-tip to toe-tip "Chaos, my offer still stands." He bowed in a flourish, sweeping the fan before him.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:42 pm
Joe punched Siber lightly. "And you're just a big dramatic kid who always needs my help in a fight. If you want, you can examine her mind...I already tried, lightly, we'll say. It looked fine to me."
He looked at the fan. "So, we're going to still offer them a truce for now? I'm in for that. But what's this about these demons? I don't see anything." Joe kept his energy primed and ready to rip, although he really didn't see anything yet.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:56 am
The shadows close to Chaos began to hiss and move, then began curling up around her legs in a thick miasma, trailing tendrils out into the air like some spooky horror movie. Her head lowered allowing her fall of hair to shield her eyes as they stared at the shadows surrounding her. Suddenly they whipped up at her command and made a rope of sorts of twisting shadows to the next floor up. She raised her head as she wrapped one hand securely about the shadows, which then surrounded her arm in tendrils. Then she bowed in return to Siber and swept her hand in front of her.
"As does my answer dear Hunter. There will be no false truths betwixt us, or false truces for that matter."
She blew him a mocking kiss before the band of shadows tightened and she was pulled to the next floor before she could blink. She stepped away from the hole in the floor, intent on finding Samuel, Eric, and Legion. And wondered what Aurelie was doing, being truthful, or if she held something up her sleeve. Since she bet it was the latter, she turned back to the hole and stared down at them. Giving a quick mental command to the shadows in the room.
"Do what you may darlings, but leave the girl be. She may yet be on our side. Allow them no farther into the building, but they may leave unharmed if they like."
As she spoke the shadows began whispering together and whirling throughout the room, and where Joe had not seen them before, he most definately could now as hundreds of red eyes snapped open to glare at the two Hunters from within the shadows. Not controlling them anymore she just left them to thier own devices, leaving a shadow rope dangleing so that Aurelie could climb up if she was indeed still with them. But she left a command that if anyone but the female touched the rope it would disintigrate and attack the one who touched it.
With a smirk it was all over in seconds and she walked away from the hole following the sounds of fighting up towards the next levels of the building to find Legion.
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