The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 14, 2008 16:53:05 GMT -5
*She fell silent at that and looked away, her expression clouded.*
"...not much has changed," *she ventured after a time.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 14, 2008 17:04:02 GMT -5
"It changed for Erik," Erik said, but he was well aware that he was extraordinary.
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 14, 2008 17:28:33 GMT -5
"Lucky you."
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Post by Erik on Oct 14, 2008 17:32:12 GMT -5
"Luck was singularly uninterested in Erik's case," he growled. "I made myself into what I am. We who are born vulnerable must learn to fight, or else we are trod underfoot. As you have been."
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 14, 2008 17:36:33 GMT -5
"What resources have I to put up a fight? I ask you!" *she snarled.* "Caged and bound, sold into a dark pit--how have I been trained, how have I been educated to fight? I could not even teach myself--I had not that freedom you were gifted with."
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Post by Erik on Oct 14, 2008 17:57:10 GMT -5
"I earned my freedom," Erik snarled back. "I killed for it, and stole, and anything else I had to. And I taught myself. If nothing else, you had your chance here, when I let you go. What did you do? What skills did you draw upon, or learn? Or did you just run back to your own cage?"
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 15, 2008 8:01:47 GMT -5
"LIKE HOW YOU USED YOUR CHANCE AT HAVING A NORMAL LIFE, A NORMAL FACE?" *she hollered back.* "WHO'S RUNNING BACK TO THEIR CAGE, NOW MOTHERFUCKER?"
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Post by Erik on Oct 15, 2008 8:55:20 GMT -5
Erik's arm shot out, his long fingers wrapping firmly around the girl's throat.
"When you have lived as long as Erik has in the shadow of men's hate, then he may consider allowing you to judge him," he hissed in her ear. "You know nothing!"
Perhaps he had squandered some of his advantage--but he had barely had a face before his entire being had been ripped away. And during that time, he had created a family--a family which had all but abandoned him when his true face had once again been revealed.
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 15, 2008 8:58:34 GMT -5
((Instead of fostering meaningful relationships, he basically scattered his seed. A lot of it.))
*She could not speak as he held her throat, but her pride would not allow her to gasp or choke audibly before him. Instead, she only glared at him as her lungs felt they would burst.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 15, 2008 9:32:20 GMT -5
((You don't need to tell me that. But this is Erik!logic. Plus, I maintain that Leroux!Erik would do an awful job of it in the same situation.))
It was no fun, when they couldn't fight and he didn't have any real interest in killing them. Besides, it would be another body to get rid of. He shoved her away, releasing her, and turned his back.
"Erik will not kill you at this time," he said. "But you are on your own. I once felt some responsibility for you, considering your purchaser's great ignorance. That is done."
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 15, 2008 10:15:16 GMT -5
"If I could only FIND the man who bought me, I could surely...well..." *she shook her head, void of any actual plan as she had no real destination or motive aside from longing for freedom. Where would she go? Where could she go?* "Something."
*She turned to go, even so, not willing to test Erik further. She turned into a passage that would lead up into the opera house, and disappeared from sight.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 15, 2008 10:48:00 GMT -5
Erik sighed. She was an idiot, who took less advantage of her freedom than any sensible creature should, but he felt a twinge of pity for her, just the same.
"His address," he said suddenly behind her again, and told her where Nadir lived.
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The Girl
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Post by The Girl on Oct 15, 2008 16:30:05 GMT -5
"...thank you, Erik."
*She nodded, focusing on the information a moment so she could not forget it.*
"...goodbye."
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Post by Erik on Oct 15, 2008 16:41:35 GMT -5
Erik just disappeared unsentimentally into the shadows.
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