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Post by ThatGuy on Sept 5, 2007 19:08:54 GMT -6
Helios smiled patiently, remembering his own thoughts after the change. He lay his hand on the ghoul's shoulder and felt a sense of pride that he had not entirely expected. Silas had always been white noise- like Cherrie and Thatcher and Scarlet and all the other minions. Now, he felt like Silas was the prize in the cereal box. It wasn't why you bought the box, but it was still something fun to play with.
"Thank you," he replied to the man. "Nove's been playing you, correct?"
Silas nodded, seeming to have had an epiphany before his near-death experience. "Do you want to hurt him?"
He watched closely until the moment he knew Silas would nod, and cut him off. "The hesitation is good, but we are going to hurt him. Just more patiently that you might be expecting. Now, let us continue the dance I started with your former master." Helios said with a cackle, he still got a rush from things like that and toying with humans would only be sweeter because of it.
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Post by FangedSmile on Sept 5, 2007 19:37:36 GMT -6
Silas smiled broadly. He could feel the part of himself that had respected Nove, as well as the part that feared him. Both parts had shifted and he actually felt closer to his employer than ever before. Their relationship now was now built on lies and fear. He felt like he could see the timeline of his past few years and examine them like watching a movie that was playing at double the speed.
He felt like he had been too young to help Nove- who had been too young to help himself. Now, there was a guide. A man who had been lurking around for quite a while, and alive for centuries. Silas was unsure how he knew any of that, but he did. So he trusted and followed like a good butler.
"He should be back if the lights are on," he explained. "But given that they turned on piece by piece instead of all at once, I'd say he's tired." --
Indeed, Nove was both back and utterly exhausted. He entered the party and smiled bashfully at the guests who applauded his victory over maintenance. The first person he looked for was Silas.
"You're pushing it," said Scarlet, as she swayed over to him. "Just because you're handsome enough to run up a million flights of stairs, bleed from the nose, and still look great- doesn't mean you should."
Nove forced himself to blush and grimaced slightly. "Sorry... it was a lot of stairs. Excuse me."
He retreated to the washroom with a timer in his brain telling him that no good host spends twenty minutes away from their party guests. Where the hell was Silas?
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Post by B. B. Wolf on Sept 5, 2007 21:18:03 GMT -6
Inside, Rave continued to make his way through the guests, ignorant for the moment that the man he had just killed walked in a new... unlife.
Already, he was amazed at how his evening was turning out and pondering the method he would use to dispose of the boy wonder. It was unnerving to hear the way the guests spoke about him, even when he was acting strangely. They praised every action he did and made excuses, and he could already see the headlines reporting that brat's death. They'd hail him as an angel who died too soon, then everyone he'd wronged would start coming forward, they'd all hate him for another three months and forget he existed in the span of two years. Tops.
--- The universe was not ready to stop at an Elementalist, a vampire, a ghoul, and a dragon. On the street, a new threat roamed. A man that appeared to be in his forties and wore raggedy clothes stumbled down the street, muttering to himself. He stopped as Helios and Silas leaped off the roof and raced up the staircase Nove had ruined, cackling. A human's eye would have never seen them. But...
"A vampire! Jumping from roof to roof. Foolish creatures think they're immortal. I hate them!"
"I do tend to despise vampires. They try to act sophisticated, but in the end, all they are are blood gorging animals without a pulse of their own."
The man staggered at the sudden intrusions but nodded in agreement.
"Foolish... hypocritical... pale... too..."
"Yeah, to pale too."
"Too.... two... there were...."
"Indeed there were. Perhaps another has just been created... "
"The air... smells... familiar..."
The raggedy man sniffed the air and narrowed his eyes.
"Sulfur."
"Cinnamon!"
"RAVE!"
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Post by ThatGuy on Sept 6, 2007 16:45:48 GMT -6
Helios and Silas arrived back at the party alongside those who were pushing the 'fashionably late' definition. Once inside, Helios examined the crowd for a brief moment before determining that their host was back and where he had gone. He pushed Silas forcefully in that direction.
"Go enjoy your new life," he instructed.
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Post by FangedSmile on Sept 9, 2007 18:22:11 GMT -6
"There you are!" lectured Nove, looking up and noticing Silas' reflection in the bathroom mirror.
"Hello, Nove," Rion replied with a smile. "Murder not go well?"
"That's funny," retorted Nove, though his tone said 'shut up.' "If you're going to be a comedian than find a microphone and entertain the guests. If you want to be of use then go make drinks and keep people's attention until the other members return."
"Yes, sir." Silas nodded. "But don't you think quite a few people already seem to know what is going on?"
"I can deal with Helios," Nove replied with a roll of his eyes that irked Silas. "And Rave has been too distracted by the women here to concern himself with my business."
"Wow," said Silas, leaning against the wall and taking a look at the bloody tissues on the counter beside Nove. "How much is the rent in Denial?"
Nove's movements slowed and he peered at Silas, scrutinizing him. Silas responded with a confident grin. " I know it's uncouth to ask about finances, but I think your accountant should be aware since you can't handle money yourself."
Nove turned and frowned at him before sliding into his public mask and locking Silas out of the unspoken bond that said he could drop his guard around the butler. "I'll take that under advisement," he replied with the copy/paste phrase his publicist had drilled into him. "I value the experience that others have to offer."
Silas' frown deepened. He was being shut out and he knew it, though his smile returned as he realized that his mission had been to annoy his employer and that mission was a success. Before he could reply, Nove pushed past him and spotted the first person he felt he could blame his luck on.
"You are one of the few people I know who can light up a room, simply by leaving it," he stated with the most innocent, child-like gaze and the smile of a golden retriever.
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Post by ThatGuy on Sept 9, 2007 18:50:15 GMT -6
Helios smiled back, showing his fangs innocently. If the model wanted to play, then he would be happy to include him.
"I was just thinking about that song 'Stairway to Heaven,' and wondering if you knew there was an elevator to hell." Helios murmured, casually revealing that he knew where Nove had gone and hinting at what he had done.
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Post by FangedSmile on Sept 9, 2007 19:20:15 GMT -6
Nove took in the fangs and was stunned for a moment. But his own abilities told him not to be closed-minded to other possibilities. He glanced over his shoulder and observed Silas watching him with pale skin and a grin. For a moment, he wondered if what he was feeling was the elusive sense of loss or concern for another person. The vampire near him made him not want to care what he was feeling.
"So, I leave you alone for five minutes and you kill my assistant? What reason do you have to suspect I'll let you out of here alive?" As he spoke, the silver in the room began to gather and sharpen.
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Post by ThatGuy on Sept 9, 2007 21:10:26 GMT -6
"Well actually it involved a security camera in that building across the street." Helios said with a straight face, having had more practice at lying than Nove ever would.
He did smile over Nove's shoulder at Rion though, seeing no reason not to plant seeds of paranoia in Nove's mind.
"I'm afraid that I left the tape somewhere and don't quite remember where however, dropped it while I was coming down from your roof I guess." Helios continued looking thoughtful and glancing at the door to the roof.
"Blood, Blood Everywhere." Helios said before slipping away into the crowd effortlessly.
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Post by lonemanslayer on Sept 10, 2007 10:34:03 GMT -6
(sorry every one firefox has been acting gay adn not letting me log onto anything....just a note never let any one mess with internet seting when they dont know what the hell they are doing...)
The man looked up and the descending group. He stud in his spot like a stature for a long while looking them up and down studding them from behind his sunglasses
"Looks like you are all ready to head out to a fun time...."
the sense of blood shed shivered thru his body as he felt death was near......and yet...there was something else near by.....powers of other permeated the atmosphere ' well this just got interesting' he mused in his mind
".....or maybe your coming from a 'fun' time" his voice cold.
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Post by FangedSmile on Sept 10, 2007 18:49:51 GMT -6
One of the few members of the group who were even paying attention pushed past the stranger. Heading to," he stated. "It's an exclusive event. Go bother someone else."
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Nove started after Helios, but soon realized that was redundant. He wanted to end the party right then, but he needed the alibi. Instead, the young model took a moment to regain his composure, plastered on the fake smile and tried to decide what to do. If he left the party again then he ruined his alibi, but he had suspicions of Rion now so he couldn't send him out to look for the video... speaking of Rion.
Nove drifted through the crowd until he could snag his lack by the collar.
"Rion-"
"Yes?"
"Why don't you go to my closet and change into something not covered with blood?" Nove advised in a whisper.
Rion nodded and moved off to find something particularly expensive, and Nove gazed around the party. If the video was somewhere between the roof and the apartment then there were great odds that no one would look for awhile... in the meantime he had another issue. He didn't think Helios caused that injury... not if he'd been at the elevator, there wouldn't have been time.
Nove spot Rave and that was that. No more wondering. The shoe-less deviant was in a herd of smokers near a window, not a threat at the moment. Nove brought his attention to a group which approached him, wanting to hear 'everything' of his latest jobs.
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Post by ThatGuy on Sept 11, 2007 21:00:26 GMT -6
Helios made his way over to Rave with a small smile on his lips. He would enjoy watching Nove run in circles trying to find that security tape that didn't exist.
He coughed politely behind Rave, knowing the man would be aware of his presence at least.
When he had the man's attention he leaned in close, sniffing at the cinnamon smell but ignoring it.
"I must thank you for injuring Rion so gravely, his new form is so much more beautiful." Helios said, casually slipping out information again to shock the other.
"Though I will have to ask you to harm him no more lest you wish to fight myself." he continued with a more serious tone in his voice.
Rion was under his protection as a Night Child now and he would brook no interferece in the well being of his 'son'.
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Post by B. B. Wolf on Sept 12, 2007 13:27:09 GMT -6
Rave begins to turn just before Helios coughs and smiles brightly. Though the news about the new Rion is somewhat suprising, it's not at all shocking. Stranger things have happened. Rave merely smiles, then glances at Rion.
"It is well that you've given the man a second chance, I have no problem with him. But I do despise what people tend to do with their lives that taints them so."
Raves glasses slip down enough to show his eyes to Helios. Blacker than night.
"Don't you think so?" he asks before slipping them back up.
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Post by lonemanslayer on Sept 12, 2007 13:41:17 GMT -6
There was a flash of light a quick keening of metal as a lance of metal and speed slashed at the man pushing his way thru. the white cloke fell to the ground into millions of tiny shreds, the man in dark was facing him standing still like nothing happened, on the tip of his cane witch was still in the crook of his arm was a long strip of the cloke fluttering for a second as if in a breeze.
"Can I join now?" he said is voice still monotone, an eye brow slightly cocked up above his sunglasses
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Post by FangedSmile on Sept 12, 2007 15:51:22 GMT -6
Nove was smiling politely as some guest who had lost his attention at "hello." His thoughts were lingering on the video tape he HAD to get. Which was probably a good thing as he was too busy to berate Rion for having picked out the most expensive outfit he owned. Rion wasn't sure if Nove would say anything though, as bizarre as it sounded, he and the model were friends.
Rather, he was the closest thing Nove had to an actual friend. Though, if Nove noticed the price tag on something for any reason other than deciding if it was worthy of a place in his home then he must have been ill.
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The snobby man stood gaping at the stranger and was pulled back by another guest.
"Get away!"
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Post by B. B. Wolf on Sept 12, 2007 21:09:32 GMT -6
yeahMalcolm staggers toward the tall building the party is being held in. He growls when someone tries to stop him.
"Hey man, you ain't gettin' in here lookin' like that," the large man says. Malcolm straightens up.
"Move... aside..."
He spins to the right and doubles over.
"Oh for Pete's sake, just kill the idiot. Rave is close!"
He turns to the left and straightens a bit.
"Don't make a big mess, you probably could do with a change of clothes anyway."
He turns back to face the guard.
"Kill the man... steal the clothes..."
He smiles maliciously and his skin begins to turn brown and flake away.
"Hide... the body," he gasps out. By now the guard is sufficiently scared.
"Hey man, you just back off now, ok?" he says
"Best way to hide a body is in plain sight!"
"Indeed, but then the plague was so much fun, perhaps we could just toss his corpse in a sewer."
"No! We need to be quick! Rave might not be there for long! And besides... there are so many 'witnesses' upstairs..."
"Can't... leave... any wit... witnesses..." he gasps out, his face now degrading into a rotten looking corpse as is his whole body.
"Man, what da hell is wrong wit' you?!"
At that, Malcolm stops. His eyes swirling with a strange energy. When he speaks next, it's as if all three of the voices are speaking at once.
"Wrong?... Everythings wrong."
Malcolms hands shoot out and grab the man by his head. The poor guards screams are cut off almost immediately as his skin is blown away in little flakes by a strange wind. Even the skeleton disintigrates into nothing.
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Five minutes later, Malcolm no longer staggers and is wearing a crisp new suit as he calmly presses a button to start the elevator moving.
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