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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:47 pm
Ofelia couldn't stand the calm before the storm, the waiting and pacing that came with not knowing what would happen next. Everyone was gearing up for something, what with all the hunters coming back and the trainees getting nervous in the process, so it wasn't a surprise that the teen was pacing through the dorm grounds like a horse on a short lead-line. Her shoes were sitting nearby, having been kicked off during her little march back and forth, and she was mumbling rather baseless things.
This place wasn't a cult, Jordan had promised her so (Ofelia didn't really believe him but she wanted to so).
This place wasn't much of a club (because clubs didn't have graveyards).
Everyone was going to die in this upcoming mission and Ofelia wasn't really ready to just keel over without a fight. "AHUDHHH this sucks like a rotten apple."
Lame expression, loud voice.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:15 pm
Why was it so crowded lately? Otto walked about, either coming back from a post or going to. The surplus of hunters was a bit unnerving, even if he was an intermediate trainee. Otto hated crowds, so he was in a bit of a rush to be away from anyone. Ofelia's sudden outburst happened right as he was passing her, making him yelp in surprise. "********> He glared at the girl, as if her existence was a thorn in his side. "The Hell is up with you?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:36 pm
"Nothin'. Sup wit'chu?" Ofelia didn't miss a beat at the sudden exclamation of the person next to her, though she did have to stop from smacking them out of surprise. Her hands twitched at her side and she tilted her head, looking this boy up and down. strange coat, not in her group.
Unknown entirely to her? Yup. Proper reaction? Greet him like an idiot. "Who are ya?"
Inside her head Rue was facepalming like it was going out of style, cursing about Ofelia's lack of manners in regards to dealing with a gentleman.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:42 pm
Otto raised a brow at her question. Answer her? Nah. Maybe he'd just leave her. "Otto. Death Division." He gave her a once over, looking unimpressed like usual. He didn't really care who she was, and didn't ask. However.. "What're yellin' about anyway?" She had his curiosity if nothing else.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:02 pm
"Ofelia, Sunnie." Easy enough to answer back, really. "Was yellin' 'bout all this standin' 'round. S'pissin' me off, if we're gonna go out an' die we need ta hurry it up. Ah'm tired'a this waitin', nothin' is gonna happen if we jus' stand here."
It felt good to just tell somehow about how she felt, even if they thought she was crazy for it. Ofelia wasn't eager to die, she just wanted to go out and go on an adventure. Everyone seemed to be just sitting around doing nothing while waiting for orders and dammit she was bored to death.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:10 pm
"Woah... back up.." Otto held up his hands, wondering if he missed something. "What're you talkin' about?" Was she waiting for a mission? But damn she must have no faith in winning if she thought going out there meant certain death. Did this have anything to do with the heightened volume of people at Deus?
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:18 pm
"Ya mean ya didn' hear? At that funeral they6 had jus' a bit ago people were talkin' 'bout horseman an' the end'a the world. The Apocalypse." Ofelia almost said Alpacas again because denial and Ofelia. "Ah'd read 'bout the last time people mentioned that word an' the numbers didn' look too good. Only two people survived outta two hundred." Really, really shitty odds to be perfectly honest.
Ofelia motioned at a few hunters who seemed to be wandering nearby. "They're likely here 'cause they got called back. Sommin' is comin'."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:24 pm
The Apocalypse? Otto had never made the connection before, but it made sense. They were after these Horsemen for a while, so was this why? And according to this girl, there had been a mission to fight it once before, with less than comforting statistics. Otto's gaze fell downward, processing the information he'd been given. "What like... just leadin' us to be slaughtered? I mean.. there's got to be a plan or.." No.. if Caelius was any indication of the will of the leaders, using others as fodder was not a far cry. Hell, he and Eva were used as guinea pigs in a test once. Nearly died.. "I didn't think the Apocalypse was a real thing." He muttered to himself. He'd chalked it up as crazy people talk. Damnit, he was Death! He was supposed to know this stuff! Maybe he wasn't trying hard enough at his job.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:31 pm
"Ah didn' think it was real either so dun feel bad. Ah mean, Ah wasn' even sure what a horseman was 'til Ah got here an' people started really talkin' 'bout it. Still not really sure, jus' know that they're bad juju an' will kill us all." Ofelia moved from where she stood closer to Otto, still keeping a decent space between them just in case. People here didn't always seem too picky about personal space but she wasn't willing to risk a chance of getting punched in the face.
"As fer bein' slaughtered? Probably? Ah mean we're trainees - Ah been hearin' people call mah group 'Lambs' - as in like lambs ta the slaughter. An' then ya gotta factor in they say trainees are cannon fodder 'cause we dun have lots'a training an' can be easily replaced." Ofelia was blunt. Like an anvil.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:36 pm
She was just saying everything Otto knew but didn't want to hear. "Lambs... huh. They called us Hatchlings." Otto muttered, looking gloomier than normal. This just bites, he thought. He knew being a hunter carried risk, but to know he stood no chance at all, with no one willing to put an inch of value in the lives of trainees? It was depressing, even to the pessimistic Otto. He hated this. In fact, he wasn't moping anymore. He was angry. Otto yelled and kicked a wall nearby, startling some hunters who were passing by. "That's ********' bullshit. I didn't sign up here to be treated like a ********' pawn!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:41 pm
Ofelia walked over and patted Otto on the shoulder. Her motion wasn't meant to be one of pity and it barely lasted more than two pats, and she grinned at him. "Ah know how ya feel pretty much a hundred percent. Ah didn' know As was signin' up fer anythin' though, Ah jus' didn' wanna go ta jail fer burnin' down a public buildin'." Her grin spread wider. The more she talked about burning the barn and the school shed the happier the memory seemed. Well, the memory of the fire anyway since Ofelia liked to build fires. The smell of smoke, so nice.
"An' hatchlin', really? Ah didn' know each group had their own name - kinda sounds like a bad idea. Ah'd hate to be like the lone survivor of a group an' haveta explain the name ta anyone else." She pulled her hand back from Otto's shoulder and made a sort of dramatic motion. "As fer me though, Ah hate this waitin'. Goin' out ta die scares me, sure, but Ah wanna go! It's an adventure waitin' out there fer us an' we're draggin' our feet."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:57 pm
He turned his head slightly at the pat to his shoulder. Apparently that was supposed to be comforting. he didn't understand how this girl could go about this situation so cheerily. Worse off she seemed fine with dying so long as she didn't have to sit and wait for it. Otto gritted his teeth, then just scoffed. "Go train or somethin' then. Why sit and wait when you can try to make yerself stronger? Might even stand a chance later on.." Seemed a better idea than waiting to die. "I still don't like this.." Maybe he'd do some investigating. What was this other event, and why did it go so horribly wrong?
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:09 pm
"What good will bein' strong due ta me if Ah walk inta a trap or sommin'? Ah can be as strong as Ah want but Ah dunno how ta swim or do other stuff. Ah get trapped in a room wit' water an' Ah'm as good as dead." Ofelia looked at Otto and shrugged, her face pretty. . . chipper? Well it was hard to tell and she certainly couldn't read Otto's feelings at all. "An' Ah get ya - Ah dun like it either. Ah mean, Ah dunno if there really will even be a mission but one can' really help but think it."
Then you shouldn't talk about there being a mission, retarded hick. Rue's voice settled into the conversation, screeching like usual and burning at Ofelia's ears. All you're doing is speculating and pissing people off.
"Meh." Ofelia stuck a finger in her ear, like she was poking at Rue. "Ah f'gur sommin' is gonna happen 'cause it's too strange fer all these people jus' ta randomly come back - or fer mah division leads ta show up. Everyone said they were gone fer a while, so. . . " For as stupid as Ofelia normally was sometimes she really knew how to connect the dots.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:19 pm
Tch. Fine. Die, he thought. If she didn't want to help herself, then he didn't care to try either. The mention of the Sun Division leads made Otto's skin crawl. "Ugh.. those bastards.." He hated Allen with a bloody passion. Simon was a d**k too, but at least he wasn't as crazy. "Wish they'd crawl back to the Hell hole they came from." Otto scoffed, huffing and turning around to start walking away. "Yes mission, no mission. What the ******** ever.."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:31 pm
"Where ya goin'?" Ofelia didn't know to leave well enough alone and she started to follow Otto as he turned away. "An' why the hate fer Simon an' Allan? Sure they're like all kinds'a batshit crazy but at least crazy can save our lives. Or so Rep told me once, Ah think." Okay, Ofelia didn't remember who told her that maybe she was just making it up.
"Aren't ya in the least bit curious? Ah mean come on - end'a the world! Us goin' out ta meet it an' stop it the way those people did! We can be big goddamn heros!" The sun teen might be gung-ho now but a few days or even a few hours ago she was hating everything about this place.
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