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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:45 am
Eurydike didn't know who he expected to see here, but most of the Negaverse he'd encountered, he hadn't recognized; it wasn't really that surprising, he guessed. They also had one general, and for some reason it was the generals that just kept ******** him right up the a**. But of all the people he expected to see as he strode into one of the cells -
- it wasn't the redhead from a couple of weeks back, lanky, puny, and freckled. "Ginger Spice." He said it cooly, without giving away his muted surprise. "Fancy meetin' you here."
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:41 am
He felt nauseated, dizzy, terrified. A thrum of constant fear was running through Cerussite's mind, which kept going back to the carnival, to the feel of rope tied tightly around his wrists, digging into his skin. He wanted to scream, but found he had no voice; wanted to rage, but found he had no anger, only a welling sense of dread and anxiety.
And it was that man again, standing in front of him, looking coolly down at him without the slightest hint of kindness in his face. Not that Cerussite had expected any, but it made everything even more real, even more awful, petrifying.
Not for the first time in the last five minutes, Cerussite wondered if they were going to kill them.
"M - " He lost his voice momentarily, staring up at the man from his place on the floor.
"My name's not that," he whispered.
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:06 am
"I know."
Eurydike's lips pressed together in a thin line. There would be no kindness, no. He wasn't exactly hesitating either, just - even now, all Cerussite could do was whisper, staring up at him with green eyes that conveyed almost everything but anger or hatred. Expressive guy, once he actually took the time to look at him.
"You're... pretty new, right?" He kind of nudged the prone officer with his toe, his brow furrowed. Probably made sense to grab him, must've been an easy catch. Still. Guess it was probably better to n** them in the a** now before they became another general to deal with. ********, god knew he had enough of those on his a**. "How long you been at this leech s**t for kid?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:22 pm
He was trembling; even just the nudge of the senshi's foot against him made him gasp and recoil backwards, his bound hands trapped in front of him, Cerussite losing his balance on his knees and almost toppling over.
"Stop calling me a leech," he said rapidly, face flushing, his heart clattering in his chest. "I'm not - I just - "
Cerussite drew in a ragged breath. "I was recruited a few months back. Why?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:37 am
Eurydike gave a sigh, the kind of sound that was like a parent exasperated with their child. "Quit bein' one an' maybe I will, " and then he dropped down into a crouch, his hands dangling between his legs as he stared intently at the lanky little lieutenant. "We can do somethin' for that, y'know - we don't gotta be enemies." He said it matter-a-factly, but not exactly unkindly.
A few months back. So the odds of him really having anything useful about the negaverse were kind of slim to nil, he thought to himself, unless they had a primer or something like senshi had - and if that was the case then didn't it kind of stand to reason that it was probably common knowledge type s**t they'd already gotten their hands on? Still. "Why did you join the negaverse? - an' what do you know about it?" See how easily he answered. Gauge his expression, his hesitance or lack there of.
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:31 am
His eyes narrowed, in spite of his fear, frustration rising. "I'm not being anything," said Cerussite, his voice an octave higher than it should have been. "I'm - don't do that, I don't want what you have, I - I know what you all are!"
He swallowed hard, feeling as though he'd overstepped already, face flushing.
"I...joined it to protect people," said Cerussite, keeping his voice as level as possible. "I...that's none of your business."
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:26 pm
The higher octave of voice somehow amused him; it was a lot harder to keep his poker face all of a sudden, and the vaguest traces of humor tugged at his lips.
"Oh yeah, Ginger Snaps? - so you don't drain people's energy?" he asked, fidgeting idly with his lip piercing between his teeth. "So enlighten me then, guy. What am I? What've the big time leeches got to say about us, huh?"
To protect people. "What people? Like family? - you're makin' it my business kid, it ain't like you gotta drop names or anythin."
kuropeco GFHKFKHFKHBFMNMFHKRKEEK THANK YOOOOOU
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:47 pm
He flushed hotly, both at the nickname and the mocking tone.
"Draining energy doesn't kill anyone, and we use it for good," said Cerussite angrily, shifting where he sat and trying to alleviate some of the weight pressing upon his bad leg. "And you're just - you're bullies, is what you are, you hurt people."
He pushed back away from the senshi, shaking his head, a terrible thrill of fear in his stomach, because while he was defiant, he sounded way, way more confident than he actually felt.
"I'm not telling you anything."
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:29 pm
"That's like sayin' guns don't kill people, people kill people, " Eurydike droned, irrationally pleased that he'd gotten under his skin enough to make him blush of all things.
"You leave people lyin' out flat somewhere, the ******** d'ya think's gonna happen? - never mind kissin' people to drain them - though somehow I doubt you're one of those, " he remarked casually out loud, like it was more to himself than the officer before him. "An' to tell me then, kid - what exactly is this 'good' y'think you're doin' with this, huh?"
As for being bullies - "The negaverse scarred me. They kidnapped my boyfriend an' ******** him up. They kinda threatened to kill everyone I knew an' loved. Soooo I mean. If takin' a stand against that s**t makes me a bully, then sure. I'll take that over bein' a murderer, " he droned, fixing Cerussite with an unamused look.
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:36 pm
"People do kill people, in case you forgot," said Cerussite waspishly, his chest rising and falling rapidly, betraying the sense of terrible, awful anxiety he was feeling. "A gun will sit there unused until someone picks it up, won't it?"
He shifted, and then recoiled as though he'd been physically slapped, a dull red flush suffusing his cheeks.
"I - I don't do that!" Cerussite said hotly, thoroughly embarrassed. "I don't - kiss - that's absurd - "
He wallowed hard, shifting again; his leg was throbbing, his back aching from the position he sat in, and Cerussite tried not to think of Hitch, or of how his fiance was probably waiting for him back at their apartment, out of his mind with worry.
"Isn't that...isn't that what you're doing right now?" Cerussite asked. "Kidnapping and torturing?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:25 pm
Eurydike rolled his eyes rather dramatically and grunted, shifting around on the balls of his feet and adjusting his toga to keep himself decent. "********, of all the nega pricks to end up with, I got the gun enthusiast, " he droned sarcastically, "For the record, that doesn't make a gun not a gun by the way, you're still ********' clutchin' a smokin' gun either way, so..." He trailed off, waving a hand in the air and wrinkling his nose. He was losing himself to the analogy s**t. Focus Hitch, you're supposed to be getting info or pushing the purification thing, that's the game here.
The reaction from him was kind of satisfying, no lie. Eurydike grinned with a flash of teeth. "Absurd? - happened to me an' at least one other person so someone's definitely doin' it, " he remarked rather cheerily. "How do I know you don't pull that s**t too, huh? Some negaverse 101 thing?"
As for the kidnapping and torture, "You people took my boyfriend, " and maybe that was giving too much information, but - Eurydike shrugged. "Why shouldn't I ********' return the favor?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:40 am
He pressed his mouth shut, his cheeks heating. This was the kind of man it felt pointless to argue to; the kind of man that was so entrenched in his own thoughts that there would be no convincing him otherwise, no telling him that he was wrong because he'd never believe him.
Cerussite's cheeks were flushed a deep scarlet.
"I - I don't - " he stammered. "I've never - that's horrible."
He was not about to say that he'd only ever kissed his fiance - that would be giving too much information away.
"I d-did nothing of the sort," he said hotly. "I don't - I don't just take people, and I never have. Since - since when is it okay to k-kidnap people and t-torture them j-just because they did it to you? T-that's not how life works, y-you don't get to d-decide that."
The fear had settled deep within now. Cerussite did not know half of what he was saying, the words coming out too fast, panicked.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:36 pm
He should have felt bad - he should have read the panic and the stuttering in Cerussite's voice and cut him some sort of slack, really. It wasn't like he knew anything of value. He was some brainwashed little tool of the negaverse who hardly even knew what he was.
Except he'd set off a set.
Eurydike glared at him. His eyes were so dark they were almost black, and his jaw had set, square and firm. He eased forward, grabbing the lieutenant by the collar and tugging him forward, inches away from him so he would have nowhere to look but at the senshi.
"That's how my life works. An' you don't get to decide that, " he hissed dangerously.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:36 pm
He knew he'd gone too far.
Cerussite could sense the change in the air, sense the sudden tenseness and the sharpness that hung like a dagger. His eyes widened, and with a fear that rang through his veins, he tried desperately to crawl backwards, his legs kicking out in front of him, his bound hands scrabbling painfully across the floor.
He did not get very far. Fingers closed in the front of his uniform, and Cerussite let out a choking gasp as he was jerked forward, his breath stuttering out of him in a half strangled sound. He was too close; he felt the anger, saw the utter fury, the rage.
The hate.
"I h-haven't done anything w-wrong," Cerussite whispered desperately. "I'm - you c-can't punish me for - for someone else."
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:50 pm
"You did somethin' wrong the minute you ********' signed on with these ********, " he snapped back, and the more Cerussite sat there and tried to tell him what he could and couldn't do, along with how he could and couldn't live his life, and -
He hated the look on the lieutenant's face. Fearfully defiant. How did two such things even go together?
"An' you can't ********' tell me what I can an' can't do, 'cause you ********' listen here you b*****d - " He gripped the fabric of his shirt tighter, all but shaking him, forcing him into a deliberately uncomfortable position. " - I ain't the one tied up. You're the one that can't do jack s**t."
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