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Post by Raziel on Oct 1, 2009 19:46:13 GMT -5
"I know I don't have much pull with anyone upstairs anymore, but there has to be somebody that can tell me something about this War dimension...."
He nodded at the Dracula question.
"Mostly things from the past. Which might help us, if any of it ever showed some kind of weakness. But the only one he ever had was from his wife, it looks like."
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Post by Brandi on Oct 1, 2009 20:01:06 GMT -5
"Elisabeta." *Brandi concurred without affect. But then her brow lowered and she shook her head.*
"No, not that one. The other." *She frowned.* "I don't remember her name. Or their names. Did they have names? Surely they did..." *She argued with herself.*
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Post by Raziel on Oct 1, 2009 22:02:03 GMT -5
He furrowed his brow, but then it smoothed it out as he sorted out what she was saying.
"Damn, I forgot there were different Draculas." He sighed.
"Why's this have to be so complicated?"
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Post by Brandi on Oct 2, 2009 13:36:27 GMT -5
*Brandi let out a hollow chuckle, gaze fixed blankly on the wall.*
“Just how the verse is. Changing, adapting, complicating…” *Her eyes narrowed as the wheels in her brain spun.*
“Interconnecting. Convoluting.”
*She turned and caught him sharply by the wrist, her eyes finding his in urgency.*
“Tell me…tell me everything you know about Dracula’s relationship to me. And to you.” *She wondered what it might mean.*
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Post by Raziel on Oct 2, 2009 15:44:32 GMT -5
"You'd think I'd be used to this by now." He mumbled.
He rested his hand over the one on his wrist.
"Drac seems to have been harassing us both for a long time. In your past lives and mine. For a while I couldn't find out why he was so obsessed with doing that--what he had against either of us. But it's...we've been together before, you and I." He heaved a sigh.
"And ages ago he had a plan that I interfered with and stopped. He's born a grudge against me ever since then. But worse, he's always had his eye on the one woman I've...loved..."
His gaze was almost unreadable.
"You."
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Post by Brandi on Oct 4, 2009 10:39:36 GMT -5
*She moved quickly on instinct, lifting her hands to his face, her thumbs resting on his brow as the rest of her hands cupped this temples like some evangelist. Brandi seemed unphased by his confession, shutting her eyes.*
“Focus on that. Your feelings. Everything you can remember.”
*If she’d paused she’d have marveled at what the hell she thought she was trying to do, but the time of logic was long past, leaving gut reaction in its place.*
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Post by Raziel on Oct 4, 2009 12:51:37 GMT -5
He sighed at the touch, closing his eyes. How many times had wished to feel that, if only for a short while?
"I've...been a hunter of things like him for a long time, I think. And you, you were either one too or you had some interesting powers or skills that helped in the fight."
He frowned, trying to recall. It was odd, how these memories were surfacing now.
"He was jealous, of...of us. I think our relationship reminded him of what he had once with his Elisabetta. And...he...saw something of her in you? I'm not very clear on that part."
He sighed.
"But I did something to royally piss him off, and he keeps following you and I, every time we come back, whatever we come back as. And a part of his schemes has always included you somehow, to get to me."
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Post by Brandi on Oct 4, 2009 14:29:52 GMT -5
*If she'd been really listening to him, she might have found some dark humor in any Dracula seeing Elisabeta in her, given the fact that she kinda was in her technically speaking. But alas, she was focused elsewhere; reaching out into that void between the images and histories and specialties and flaws. Just past the block.
Her brow furrowed as she struggled. Lips parted in silence for a long moment before the words came.*
"Heart...heart of fire." *Her lashes fluttered, her eyes rolled up and pushing harder to that just out of reach.*
"Heart of....stone." *She pursed her lips.*
"Heart of fire for a heart of stone." *She murmured, gaining a little more confidence as she repeated the words.*
Heart of fire for a heart of stone."
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Post by Raziel on Oct 4, 2009 23:37:32 GMT -5
He opened his eyes, watching her and listening curiously as she repeated what sounded like...a poem? Saying? Spell?
"What's that from?"
He felt as though he should know the answer already.
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Post by Brandi on Oct 6, 2009 7:56:04 GMT -5
*As he looked at her, it was easy to see that the act was not without some side effects. She started to tremble as she fought for the rest of it, the whites of her eyes peeking from beneath her lashes.*
“Stone. Stone. Stone.”
*She tensed for a moment and then fell slack, collapsing back on the bed, frazzled.*
“Alone.” *She whispered, her breath shallow.*
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Post by Raziel on Oct 6, 2009 9:17:21 GMT -5
"Brandi!"
He grasped her shoulder, gently shaking her.
"Brandi, love, wake up."
What had just happened? What had she been saying?
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Post by Brandi on Oct 6, 2009 9:46:25 GMT -5
*Brandi remained limp in his arms, her eyes rolling and unable to focus. But a realization came to her. She’d done it. Taken the first step where she’d never managed before. She blinked, trying to sort out the jumbled thoughts that came with it.*
“I…” *She breathed.* “I did it. I can…I can…” *Her brow lowered as she fought to sit up with little success. Every thing was so heavy, drained by the exertion.*
“I need more…more something. I can see past it. If only…I need more…” *She frowned, trying to figure out what would help.*
“Something to channel through.”
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Post by Raziel on Oct 6, 2009 16:50:16 GMT -5
He helped her to sit up, still with his arms around her as he tried to sort out what she was saying.
"What happened? Did you use a power of yours or something?"
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Post by Brandi on Oct 7, 2009 10:55:25 GMT -5
*Brandi blinked. It didn’t feel like her power. Not really. More like she was tapping something else. Her head tilted side to side for a moment.*
“Something else. Bigger. Like…” *She pursed her lips, looking for the word.*
“Like this stream of knowledge. Just outside my normal grasp.”
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Post by Raziel on Oct 11, 2009 11:34:34 GMT -5
"That's still damned impressive. You're all right, though, right?"
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