Xanthe
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Post by Xanthe on Mar 6, 2008 21:56:29 GMT -5
Xanthe laughed and finally managed to settle herself down.
"Sorry," she apologized, brandishing a grin. "How was your sleep?"
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Ronan
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Curious Lover
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Post by Ronan on Apr 7, 2008 8:04:28 GMT -5
"It was good. Waking up next to you however is much better."
*Ronan leaned in and gently kissed Xanthe's lower lip.*
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Kaida Amaya
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still so much a child
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Post by Kaida Amaya on Apr 9, 2008 16:35:36 GMT -5
***NEW NIGHT***
*Kaida sat quietly by the lake in the moonlight. She had meditated for the past week--she was growing stronger against her hunger, but never for long enough--she knew she would always have to kill again, someday. Tonight was the night, she knew. She could feel the ache of her limitations as she desperately tried to stretch them and failed. They would not yield entirely, but she could feel them move...with time. And she had so much time to notice these things...the movements of glaciers...the lifespans of stars...
Still, she was always so weary of trying.
Knowing she must feed, she would try to get it done quickly--but she would feed upon one who did not deserve to live.
And so she sat, waiting.*
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Post by Valmont on Apr 9, 2008 16:40:12 GMT -5
*Valmont strolled by the dark lake, not at all brooding or musing or anything of the kind. No, he wasn't that sort of man. He had decidedly not gone by the library fruitlessly seeking a certain girl, if only to tease. And he hadn't finished the works of Jane Austen.
He clearly wasn't carrying a copy of Tom Jones under his arm, either.
Well, perhaps he was all that. But at the moment, he was furiously recalling in his mind's eye all the wives and nuns and virgins he'd seduced, and what a bloody wonder he was at his work, and how much glory it had brought him in certain circles after everyone else had retired.*
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Kaida Amaya
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still so much a child
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Post by Kaida Amaya on Apr 9, 2008 16:54:28 GMT -5
Perfect.
*The cad was about as useful as a rat--generally only good for spreading disease. Kaida appeared out of the shadows, looking rather frail ans woebegone but quite, quite beautiful.*
"Penny for a poor girl, Monsieur?"
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Post by Valmont on Apr 9, 2008 17:02:43 GMT -5
*Valmont thought he probably should start regaining his old self by not being sympathetic at all. So he sneered.*
"You're not worth it, my dear," *he said.* "Come by when you've cleaned yourself up and we'll see about it."
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Kaida Amaya
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still so much a child
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Post by Kaida Amaya on Apr 9, 2008 17:21:57 GMT -5
*Her dark eyes met his, mesmerizingly moonlit.*
"...I'm worth ten of you, and more..." *she purred, moving nearer.*
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Post by Valmont on Apr 9, 2008 17:25:19 GMT -5
*Now that she was closer, he did notice she was pretty enough, in that exotic way. He did not back away, but he did position his walking stick across him. Probably a cutpurse.*
"Is that what they convinced you in whatever harem you ran away from?" *he asked easily.* "I very much doubt that."
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Post by Valerie on Apr 9, 2008 17:37:00 GMT -5
*Valerie had been tracking this one--her first real vampire. She was easy enough. This one didn't kill often, but when she did, she killed early in the evening...when she was weaker, further from the deepest hours of the night.
When she saw who the vampire was chatting up, however, she hung back in the shadows for a moment, wondering if she should let the vampire have one last kill...THIS kill...*
...she's weak, now. Once she feeds upon him--even a drop--she'll be that much stronger. Do you really want to make this harder for yourself, Valerie?
*It was like Giles was inside her head. Valerie grit her teeth and adjusted the Scythe in her sweating palm, wondering vaguely why the vampire hadn't sensed her yet...she was so close.
Kaida turned, her eyes narrowing instinctively.*
"...Slayer..." *she almost hissed the word. Valerie stepped out of the shadows.*
"No sense beating about the bush, then," *she said shortly, focusing only on the vampire. She could NOT afford to mess this up by letting Valmont distract her.*
"I've heard of you...and your kind...but never met one..." *mused Kaida.*
"You're not much of a threat..." *said Valerie softly.* "You rarely kill."
*Kaida gazed at her a moment, then laughed softly.*
"A new Slayer. They've sent a baby after me. ME." *She laughed, again. Valerie wetted her lips.*
"I'm not the one who hasn't eaten in a week," *she reminded Kaida.* "Without his blood on your tongue, I'm your better."
*Kaida stopped, and nodded slowly, but said nothing nor did she move to feed on Valmont.*
"You don't want to kill him?" *asked Valerie with sudden realization.* "Whyever not?"
"I dislike killing in general. I despise what I have been forced to become. And yet...you will still try to destroy me?"
"I will destroy you," *admitted Valerie with some regret. This vampire seemed nice.*
"Of course. ...I am almost glad, you know. To end this. You do good work."
"I wouldn't know. I've never done it before now."
"Am I making it too easy?"
"Do you want to fight me?"
"Knowing you'll win? I'm no fool, nor do I love this existence so much."
*Valerie held out the Scythe.*
"Shall we?"
*Kaida paused a moment, reflecting on the centuries, before she nodded, smiling slightly as she stepped forward. Her last coherent thought was of her father's smiling face and strong arms as Valerie drove the Scythe through her body, reducing her to crackling dust.*
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Post by Valmont on Apr 9, 2008 17:52:04 GMT -5
*Valmont watched the whole thing silently, retaining at least some sense of self-preservation. Though he wasn't certain he was in less danger with one girl gone
disappeared
and the other standing there with an enormous blade.*
"This is your job?" *he asked finally, his voice annoyingly scratchy from the dryness of his mouth.*
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Post by Valerie on Apr 9, 2008 17:55:37 GMT -5
*She had been staring at the pile of dust until he spoke, and she glanced at him quickly with strange, sudden terror.*
"Oui. Do not tell anyone."
*Turning, she disappeared back into the shadows.*
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Post by Valmont on Apr 9, 2008 18:04:48 GMT -5
*Her departure twinged like an ill-struck chord within him.*
"Wait!"
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Post by Valerie on Apr 10, 2008 1:11:57 GMT -5
*Feet scraped to a halt somewhere in the darkness, and her voice floated back to his ears.*
"What?"
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Post by Valmont on Apr 10, 2008 11:14:39 GMT -5
"What was she?"
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Post by Valerie on Apr 10, 2008 11:23:26 GMT -5
"A vampire."
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