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Post by Kiba on Jun 10, 2010 19:28:38 GMT -5
Kiba didn't expect to find anyone here. Not anyone he knew, at least--the scents were old and fragmented, or long since run over by new scents. But Helen mentioned that a small inn outside the city was the least likely place that Menelaus would look for her--it had taken Kiba himself a few months of scouring every place possible before finally remembering that detail.
Just before he left the trees, he remembered that even this city might think twice about a bedraggled and skeletal white wolf just walking right into the Rouge. So he sat down, took a few moments to put up his human illusion, and walked the rest of the way over.
The young man trudging into the inn was starved and dirty, with the last few remnants of a burn wound showing through the front of his badly-burned jacket. His black hair was long and even messier than it usually was, throwing his drawn face into harsh contrast; the only feature that even hinted at attractiveness were his pale blue eyes, glittering with surprising clarity.
But it was unlikely that anyone inside would have gotten a good look at him, because even the slight effort of pushing through the door was enough for his legs to give out.
"...Fuck."
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Post by Snow White on Jun 10, 2010 19:38:00 GMT -5
Snow had found the inn through her friend and was sitting quietly in the den reading a strange book about monsters. It scared her a bit, especially since it had just started raining outside, at the same moment the doors to the inn flew open.
Dropping her book with a yelp, she stood up and slowly moved to the door, it was late, according to the lovely girl that ran the inn, people showed up at all hours of the night. As she turned the corner she saw the poor man and ran over to him.
"Oh goodness, goodness" she touched his head "Sir, sir can you hear me?"
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Post by Kiba on Jun 10, 2010 21:50:18 GMT -5
"Sir, sir, can you hear me?"
He jolted at the girl's contact and shoved himself up into a sitting position, adrenalin tensing his muscles. His disguise was only visual, and it was lucky that she'd touched his head instead of a shoulder or something--he was too tired to think of an explanation for why the rest of his body would feel like it was covered in fur when it shouldn't have been.
But did she have to be so loud? He moved a few feet further away, wincing as his side hit the door. "Of course I can hear you--I'm not deaf."
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Post by Snow White on Jun 11, 2010 0:12:57 GMT -5
"Oh" she hummed softly, pouting her lips, before reaching out as he moved and wincing as he hit the door "I, apologize sir."
She knew reaching for him again would be the wrong choice "Can you walk? Or crawl, crawl would be all right, we need to get you in a bed and get you cleaned up, there's one just down the ha-"
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Post by Kiba on Jun 11, 2010 11:20:27 GMT -5
What was she rambling about? Beds... Did she think he was going to stay here? But staying would waste time and he still had no idea where Helen was!
"No! I am not--" He got himself under control just in time to keep from sounding too snappish. "I'm... not going to stay here. I'm looking for someone who might be here already. Who's in charge?"
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Post by Snow White on Jun 11, 2010 15:54:27 GMT -5
Snow huffed and stood up "She's out and you are going to stay here long enough to clean you up dear, and that's that" she exhaled "my name is Snow, whats this persons name?"
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Post by Kiba on Jun 12, 2010 15:47:45 GMT -5
What was he, a dog? He bit back a snarl, which would have exposed his fangs (and raised questions about why a human was growling like a wolf). Though his eyes narrowed icily as he stood back up and deliberately took advantage of the fact that he was half a head taller than her, his deep breath came out more like a weary sigh than an irritated huff.
"Her name is Helen."
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Post by Snow White on Jun 12, 2010 18:20:48 GMT -5
He didn't scare her, Snow had been through enough in her immortal life that some hurt young man with an attitude didn't frighten her one bit. In fact, if he tried anything on her, he'd find himself knee deep in blood and a fully healed woman with a very upset pout.
"Helen? Do you happen to know her last name sir?"
There was something odd about this man, it was in his eyes, something she'd seen before, but couldn't put a name on it.
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Post by Kiba on Jun 12, 2010 18:56:03 GMT -5
Last name? The hell? Helen didn't have any other--wait. She was some sort of noble or another. Princess? Queen? The details were still fuzzy (damn humans and their complications), but she was one or the other... or both?
"I don't know if this is her whole name, but some people call her Helen of Troy."
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Post by Snow White on Jun 12, 2010 19:05:55 GMT -5
Snow's eyes widened "Helen of Troy? Oh goodness, oh goodness" she blinked, he was either delusional or completely serious, then again this woman could have just told him she was Helen of Troy.
As all of this was possible she wasn't sure which one to go with.
She blinked and grew very quiet, very meek "Would you please come sit down, allow me to help you clean up, then we can talk about this Helen."
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Post by Kiba on Jun 12, 2010 19:21:34 GMT -5
Again with the cleaning?
"Just dump me in some water and I'll be fine," he told her irritably; wolves weren't averse to cleaning, but if he didn't take off time to eat more than a few pounds at a time, there was no way he'd take off for a bath. He did notice that she recognized Helen's name--in fact, a lot of people recognized Helen's name whenever he decided to ask if they'd seen her. With the exact same tone that Snow had used.
He'd have to watch out for Menelaus.
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Post by Snow White on Jun 12, 2010 19:23:34 GMT -5
"Then please, at least sit" she looked up at him earnestly.
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Post by Kiba on Jun 12, 2010 19:33:42 GMT -5
"Sure..." He shuffled over to a seat and sat down somewhat noisily, hoping that she'd pass it off as exhaustion.
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Post by Snow White on Jun 12, 2010 19:41:02 GMT -5
Snow smiled and sat across from him silently in a brown chair before smiling. "From what I know, Helen of Troy shouldn't be alive, now. You see dear, from my knowledge, Helen of Troy existed before the 5th century, and may or may not be a legend..."
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Post by Kiba on Jun 12, 2010 19:49:24 GMT -5
Not... real? Helen couldn't NOT be real. Just because she was a legend didn't mean she was dead. Hell, HE was a legend and look what happened to him! Died and came back and there was fucking MAGIC in this world--
"SHE IS NOT DEAD YET!"
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