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The Souls of Salem [WoD]




  • Mariah blinked in surprise... she hadn't considered for a moment that Flora would turn on Zarred like that. Any doubts she had about the woman's loyalties had cleared up instantly... indeed, she had done her quite a service... and proved she was deadly at the same time. "He did.... or rather, it seemed he was never with us to begin with." She says with a slight sigh as she looks at the corpse... as he was he couldn't give her the answers she wanted, which annoyed her.


    She brings the woman into a hug, petting her hair softly. "Shhh, it's okay, you did well. Go to the cafeteria, get something sweet, tell them i said to cook you up something nice, then get some sleep." She says walking Flora out. "I'll take care of cleaning up. Later on, we're going to talk about your reward for defending me, as wewll as your potential future." She says, heading back into her room, shutting the door.


    While all this was happening, Cecila ha been slowly making her way to the statue. She was devastated that she saw her boyfriend die... she hated it, her rage threatened to consume her.. but there was nothing she could do about it.... no, her best thing to do was to get out of here... to disappear before she could be brought to answer questions. With a cry she focuses her powers shattering the statue while fading into the floor below, making it look ike she had broken her catalyst... all she had to do now was wait for Zarreds spell to run out. She sighs, taking a breath, which was completely unneeded, and awaits the inevitable.


    A man in a trenchcoat comes into the room, looking at the body. "...Something to do with the body, I take it?" HE asked quietly.


    "No.. well now actually, yes." She says, looking to him with a formal smile. "This dead... idiot sent Danielle and a new recruit into twilight. I need you to retrieve them for me... and while you're at it,can you do something for this new corpse? He has information i greatly desire."


    "I can bind his spirit and force him to answer your questions. That should be enough." He says. "Let's see... a portal to twilight, a bound spirit... your bill is coming out nicely." He says


    "You'll get your money. You know i deliver." She says. Her eyes would blink, flashing silver. "Danielle... to my side." She whispered. Obviously she wasn't in the room with her but Danielle could still hear her summons from far away... she would be compelled to come immediately. "In life he was a mage... he could be planning something with others. I need this info quick."


    The man , known as Eric looks above the man, his normally dead eyes turning up into a smile. "Is that right? I wonder if he was with the Veil, or perhaps the council..." He says with a grin, poking the body. "Poor, lost little mage. Getting involved with politics nets you nothing, there is no purpose in dying for their whims." He says, his eyes turning color revealing the flow of a Nimbus. "But it looks like you're lucky... or perhaps far from it. As it turns out, we aren't quite done with you yet."

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Vance sighed a bit, the last thing he wanted to do was see the traitor again let alone save his worthless ass. "Well I take it since you got a text you trace the text back to its sorce. Or is that one of the resons you need me as well?"


Vance said with a bit of a madman grin. He already having a plan had a few ideas in mind on how to get into a building and how to mess a few things up along the way.
 
"Truthfully, while we like technology... but we're terible with them." The man admits, shrugging as if to say 'Oh well'. He hands the man his cell phone. "Here, take it, it's a burner anyway." He says. "If you can use that to backtrace the information then more power to you." He says. " Once you find him and get him out, we'll pay you more... you can go all out with the others, so feel free to display your...artistry." He claps.


"I hope you have an excellent Debut, Mr.Kallen." HE says. a blink and... he was gone.
 
Aurora took Danielles hand smiling slightly in thanks. When Danielle spoke to her she was a bit surpised, but nodded in response. "Well I mean your the one in charge here right?" She said only half joking, the small laugh didn't help too much either.
 
Vance had blinked and the man was gone, oh how he wished he could pull disappearing acts like that. He took the phone and had worked his magic on it. Finding that the other phone was also a burner. He could find the general area within 500 yards or so, it was not much but it was a start. Next thing to do was to make a few bombs.


He went down to his little area that he used to build his toys. While working on his first bomb his mind flashed to when he and Zarred had been together in there band. He remembered CeCe and the other members. He was so lost down memory lane he slipped and messed up his bomb. He was lucky to live but he inhaled some toxins. "Fucking shit!" He cursed as he tried to air out the room his head spinning from the fumes. He didn't have time to waste with making sure he was alright as he worked again this time making a shrapnel bomb. Thankfully his spinning head was not a factor as he put the bomb togeather.


He then had to pull off the next part of his plan, orrdering pizza. He picked up the burner phone, might as well since it was there and placed his order. "Hello, I'd like to order a large Hawaiin, a large vegetarian and a large meat lovers." He said ordering what he would for the band when he and Zarred were togeather in the band. Once the wait for the pizza was done, half an hour or no tip. He payed for the food and put on clothes that looked like what the delivery boy had on. He snacked on the Hawaiin while keeping the other two pizzas in a warm blanket, Once he ate what he could of the pizza he placed the bomb he cooked up in the empty box, and placed it in the middle of the other two.


Thinking of his band once again fucked him over as he from arming the bomb set it off. He got hit full force from the bomb. He was lucky to survive. He felt torn up. He had to come up with another plan, he was a fucking terrorist he was not going to let these setbacks stop him.


Well what's a few more piercings in his body getting up he moved into the car with just his laptop. He refused to be a joke, he was going to save that fucker and then beat his ass for making him go though this.
 
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Flora sobbed in the woman's arms for a few minutes before getting up, silently shaking her head as she brushed the remaining tears from her eyes. She cleaned of her blade before re-sheathing it and slowly making her way out of the room, at this point the girl looked like a walking corpse. Her head hung low and her should slumped, her face had a look of pure sorrow on it. She passed Eric as she walked down the hall, knowing who the man was from the intercom but she just didn't have it in her to even acknowledge them. She finally got down to the cafeteria, the staff was nice enough serving her "Something sweet" before smiling and seeing her off. She mumbled her thanks and went to go sit alone towards the corner of the eating area. Usually a popular and talkative person no one approached her seeing her current state, along with her feeling of sorrow came the look of someone who had died on the inside. Her normal attractive features seemed to dull and darken, she dully stuck her spoon into the pudding she had been given. She slowly rose the spoon to her mouth gently closing her mouth around it. The she laughed a bit at that as a tear fell into the pudding, it was supposed to be a sweet treat but all Flora could taste was bitterness and regret. She soon could no longer bear the taste and through out the dish and returned the silverware to the kitchen staff before slumping up back toward her room. On her way back she stopped and picked up her things from the infirmary, giving her patients a weak smile and wave good night before going back up to her room. Upon arriving she locked the door and tossed her stuff aside and made her way to the shower. Thinking maybe she could try and wash away this feeling in the shower she stayed there basking in the hot water as if it would cleanse her of her sin. She finally got out after about 30 minutes deciding that the shower wasn't helping she went tot he last place she could think of to forget. She flopped on her bed her head in the pillows as she slowly cried until she let the dark folds of her mind carry her off to a tormented slumber.
 
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"..That's to be determined; but never mind that." She helps the girl up, maintaining her tense tone. "..Look upon this situation with open eyes. That is my request." Once she was standing, the knight releases her hand; pushing her hair back behind her shoulders and glancing at the scenery once more before leading her inside. "..And never, EVER upset Mariah; I'll kill you myself if she mentions you displeased her so much as one time." It was around that time that Danielle received a mental request to return to her mistress; wasting no time going through halls and instead fading right through the walls. ..Bringing Aurora with her, of course. Unsure if she could see her, Danielle gets onto one knee in a very low bow. "Mistress." She says humbly. The girl had hardly even noticed the corpse of their attacker lying on the floor not too far from them.. With another man just by it. None of that mattered. Just Mariah.
 
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As Eric had been about to prepare a spell, he blinked. "Damn it, it looks like i'l have to make that bill slightly lower... you're kindred and you can't tell that this guy is still alive?" He asked.


"I've been a little busy at the moment." Mariah says. Her eyes were closed and she tapped her forehead, thinking about the days events. Still, she turned to look at the man, examining him. "That's quite the skill." She says, aadmitting that. "I thought that only we Kindred could pull something like this... it looks like he's simply in a torpor." She says, moving her arm that she bled into his moth, waiting for a decent amount to slide down his throat. "Don't worry I'll pay you." She says. "I'm going to get him addicted to me so he'll talk more... I need you to watch over him, counterspell his attempts to escape."


"And now you want me on guard duty?!" He says, laughing. "This is quite the bill your racing up... this information must be valuable to you."


"It is...if i have more people in my ranks while i'm busy trying to experiment it's going to mess me up." Mariah says. "'m getting so close i can feel it. Thanks to the information you've given me and my own experiments, my goal in in our grasp. I will NOT have it come to hell."


Turning, she watches as Danielle comes with Aurora in tow, bowing before heer. "Danielle, my loyal knight..." She says, almost with a bit of fondness as she looked at her, turning to Eric and nodding. "These are the two. Please bring them back to the world."


Eric nods, holding his hand out, making motions in the ait and chanting. After a few moments, gravity seemed to take effect as they were now in their world.


She takes Danielle's bed, petting her softly, not unlike how one greets a pet. She smiles, placing her arm, still slick and bloody, placing it in front of the woman, as if allowing her to drink. "Here, a good pet deserves a treat." She says.


Her eyes then turn to the last woman...Aurora "Ms. Fitzpatrick. I apologize that our meeting was so....delayed. Unforseen ways too, no less. My name is Mariah Cross. I lead this group. I heard about your issues with this man... brutality. trying to use you as a scapehoat.... he's been dealt with." She says, motioning towards the dead like body. "Rest assured i'll set you up s bit niver as compensation for your fitst day ot overly rough treatment... for now i suggest you get some sleep." She offers to the woman


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"What...?" The half-dead mage let out a raspy whisper. Zarred's eyes flickered open, deciding to cancel his own spell. He expected to be in the Infirmary, with Flora, but instead he was lying here in Mariah's office. He saw the two women he banished into Twilight return to material form. He was glad he got to see aurora again, because he still felt guilty about having to hurt her and he hoped that while they were escaping that he would have time to make amends. Paradox prevents things from going as planned.


With his physical sensations restored, Zarred noticed a few things. Blood was leaking out his neck, he was dying and losing blood very quickly. His vision was blurry and he could hardly move or even see what was going on. His pain had returned, and at once, all of his nerves were burning, especially near his chest and neck. He could hardly focus or even think, and it required all of his concentration to even pick out basic details. He noticed that the man he had heard was called Eric was using a sort of Rote spell. It seemed like a counter-spell to him, since Klab himself had studied how to counter Death magic. With his blurred sight, he couldn't tell if it was a universal counterspell based in Prime or the more likely Death based variant. Either way, Klab was afraid of this man. These cultists had an Awakening who was powerful enough to reverse his spells. Still, he didn't give up hope yet. He still had an idea, and in desperation, he had no choice but to beg for help like the coward he was.


He started by fraying his own pattern to free up more Mana for him to use while the attention was not focussed on him. He took the burning energy that he could feel surging from his nerves and focused until he converted that energy into a magical form. It drained him of even more of his ableness and dexterity, but he figured the Mana would be more useful in saving his life right now more so than his frail dying body.


Once he was done with this process, he called out in a stressed, barely audible voice. "H-Hey!" he body quivered and shook in pain as he started to move very slightly on the floor. He looked more alive now, but only as a alive as a creature who looked like they had been kicked to death could look. He wanted to get their attention, but he wasn't even sure it would work.


It was around then that he noticed the sweet tingling sensation that was Mariah's blood. It felt sweet beyond words to him, and even managed to give him a bit of a high even while he was in so much pain. It reminded him of the drugs that he used to take to dull away his pain when he was depressed. That feeling of pure physical and mental bliss that allowed him to escape wrapped around his mind again, except this time it was at least five times more intense than any human drug. He could taste it was hers, Mariah's. Somehow, he felt her essence in the blood without any magic, because it was bound to her, and now...by a thread...he was bound to her. By Lucifer! He truly wanted more...more of her blood...and more of her. The thought of her made him suddenly so happy. She could love him like CeCe did, and like the way his mother never did. No, she would be better than his girlfriend. His girlfriend was dead and even she said she had moved on. A new love creeped into Zarred's drug-addled and desperate mind, and her name was Mariah.


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As Flora tried her best to fall into the dark recesses of sleep her sorrow and regret would not let her off so easily. As she opened her eyes she found her self in a familiar place, sunlight came through the clear windows shining on flowers, it was her mothers green room. As she looked around she saw a much younger version of herself, playing with a daffodil. She couldn't help but smile as she watched a much younger version of herself, but... the scene seemed so eerily familiar... "Flora? Are you in here dear?" Just then a beautiful woman with long white hair in a pony tail walked in smiling. She was decently tall and her green eyes beamed with energy as she looked at the younger version of Flora. As she watched her mother kneel beside her younger counter part, Flora couldn't help but crack a wide grin. Suddenly there was the sound of a door breaking and a gun shot sounding like a loud boom. "Why yo-Gah!" "Damn Mage! Die!" Was all the fearful mother and daughter could hear from the next room over. "Mommy that was Da-" Her mother quickly covered her mouth silencing her. "Flora my little flower, please do mommy a big favor and stay here please." The little girl stayed put, just like her mother had wanted, Meanwhile Flora just watched in horror, she realized why the scene had felt so familiar.... it was the day Flora lost everything... Flora turned to her younger self. "Don't go... please just stay here you don't need to see that." But sadly the past could not be re written and her younger self quickly waddled out to the horror that would soon scare her for as long as she lived. "M-mommy i'm scared are you and daddy ok?" Was all little Flora said as she made her way out of the room. "No don't!" Flora begged the dream as she followed her younger self out of the door. As she entered the room it cut to the scene where young Flora had kill the criminal, her dead parents lying not far off, but instead of the killer the body was.... Zarreds. "No... no this isn't real...." Flora looked down at her hands to see them covered in blood. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" She screamed clutching her head and closing her eyes. She woke up screaming from the night mare, a cold sweat dripping from her body as she hunched over in bed breathing hard. "It was just... a dream?" Flora questioned herself looking around to make sure she was still in the room Mariah had given to her. So it looked like the days events really did happen, she really did stab Zarred... Flora laughed to herself tearing up a bit. Oh this whole damned thing.. what had she gotten hers self into when she agreed to her friends Vera's offer? 'It'll be easy just keep the guy alive for me hun' Her friend had said with a wink before she had finally boarded her plane. Oh dear Vera had made it sound so easy.... she never expected she end up stabbing the man to try and prevent him form hurting someone. Flora let out a large sigh, all this was so confusing, Mariah had actually showed her kindness and a place to call home. While what she thought was her best friend Vera it felt like left her for dead... so much for going into the city to help the awakened there, Flora thought to herself sadly. She lied back in her bed looking up at the ceiling. "Now what? I don't know what else i have left now..." She clutched her pillow pet she had brought with her in her duffle bag, something she had had since her 7th birthday, a gift from her mother, he was a bit rugged but Flora still held onto him. "Hmm what do you think i should do puff?" Flora asked the stuffed animal playfully, the only response was the worn out smile that was stitched on its face. All Flora did was giggle and held the stuffed animal close. "Yeah nothing.... that's the best thing to do...." Flora said hugging the panda. "Y'know i really didn't want to stab him, he was a pretty nice guy but i couldn't help it... i didn't want to see a scene like what happened to mom..." Flora started sniveling as she talked to the stuffed animal. "I never wanted to see something like that again, but i here i am... and now theres a fresh coat of blood covering my hands... It looks like i was wrong my demons will stay.... Even to the grave it seems." And with that final note Flora simply lay there waiting for sleep to take her yet again to her tormented paradise....
 
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Aurora nodded quietly to Danielle's remarks, not wanting to potentially piss off the knight. After that, Danielle lead her into a room where, she saw a woman with pale skin and raven black hair. Her eyes were a piercing red, that unsettled her quite bit. The woman spoke to a man that stood to the left of Aurora commanding him to do her bidding. After a few moments, Aurora felt a shift in her equilibrium, similar to when she would ground herself of energies after a ritual. The change of gravity startled her a bit, and the ache from where she had been tased returned, but for the most part she seemed back to normal.


"Thank you fo-" Aurora began as she looked back up at the cult leader, only to see Danielle latched to her wrist drinking down her blood. The mediums eyes widened a bit, before she looked to her right trying to avert her gazed from the weird and seemingly private scene. This was not normal by any means, it gave her the chills, it even made her feel sick to her stomach. She wasn't squeamish per se, but the scene looked wrong. Before she could continue her eyes rested to a body that laid on the floor.


'That's...' Aurora saw his bloody and beaten body. He had what seemed like multiple wounds in his chest as well as a gaping hole in his neck, all laying in a large pool of blood. He was dead, there was no doubt about it. 'So this is what they do to you if you disobey....'


She shook slightly, closing her eyes, as memories from her past flashed behind her eyelids. She stiffened her body, trying to be as rigid as possible as she lowered her eyes to her feet. 'Now is NOT the time to be thinking about that, Aurora, stay focused!' She thought, forcing the lingering images out of her mind.She kept her eyes heavily lidded, trying to block out both of the grotesque sights, finding she had both sights in her peripheral. It was extremely clear that she was very uncomfortable. She softly cleared her throat of the bile that had formed from her discomfort before she spoke again.


"Thank you for your assistance, ma'am. I appreciate your generous hospitality." Aurora said softly, still keeping her eyes to the ground. She was about to speak again when she heard a small noise to the right of her. Her eyes focused on the mangled body, and she gasped a he called to them, moving albeit painfully to look at everyone. 'Oh gods he's alive?!' She thought as she covered her mouth with her hand.


"How is this even-! W-we need to get him to a-" She cut herself off as she looked over to Mariah, realizing who she was speaking to. She still didn't like Zarred for what he had done, but no one deserved to be tortured like that. She knew that from experience.
 
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Danielle looked to Mariah affectionately, smiling as she was pet. ..It made her almost angry to see her arm was injured, even though she was being offered her blood. It was always conflicting, seeing the one she cared about in pain - While gaining pleasure from it. In a way, her joy from drinking her blood almost cancelled out entirely; replaced instead by concern for her mistress. ..But the fact that she was pleased with her overrode it all. And she only ever got blood when Mariah was pleased with her.


The girl placed her lips over Mariah's arm, drinking her blood and closing her eyes in peace. This is why she stabbed people. Mariah was her everything.. Gave her everything. Though she rarely acknowledged it, Mariah's blood was the only thing keeping her alive. Or half alive. Thinking about it gave her a headache.


After a long moment, Danielle parts from her mistress' arm, giving her a sincere smile and licking the blood from her around her mouth. "Thank you, Mistress. It means the world to hear you are pleased with me." It took all her will not to hug her there and then.. Though Mariah had thanked her in many ways during her service, what she truly desired was something more physical.. More.. 'Affectionate.' It would never be done.


Taking a step back, Danielle only just realized how uncomfortable her target was. Dead bodies tended to do that the first time... Only, this one wasn't dead. Her eyes glanced over the dying man before returning to Mariah's. As she was about to speak, she heard Aurora's comment. She mentally sighed. Was she really so naïve? As if they were going to bring her to a hospital. It was not her place to correct her. Not here, at least. "Shall I fetch the nurse, my queen? Or would you rather I finish him myself..?"
 
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"Oh my, how polite." Mariah says with a slight smile, looking at her. "You've already learned faster than most of my other new recruits. Even if they just come waltzing in, respect is key here." She says, sitting in her chair andd leaning back, looking at everyone present once She had given Danielle her reward. "As for the boy... I want you to go capture a doctor, Danielle... I want to trust that cute, cute Flora but I have reason to suspect her now. Go find one in the morning, knock him cold, and bring him to me... I'm sure Eric will keep him stabilized until then."





"I guess I could pull something." Eric says, shrugging. "I take it you want me to question the guy?"





"Yes, that would be lovely. Find out what he knows please." She says, looking back towards the woman. "Now then Aurora... I have high hopes for you. You have a gift... a gift that might potentially reward you greatly. Come, walk with me...Danielle, attend me." She says, walking out the door with them. "I'm sure you have lots of questions... is there anything you might like to know immediately?"





Eric shuts the door, turning and looking at him ."It's good to see you, mage... well actually, it isn't, but at least i'll get paid for fucking one of you up." He says. "To these people im Eric and im sure that will suffice, though i go by much more... let's get started with our little q and a, shall we?"


@NovaPheonix @Zayuz @Mistress Iris





 
Vance still bloody and gritting his teeth though the pain. He had to have faith that he'd make it though this before he or Zarred died. He first of all drove off to the liquor store. He bought enough liquor to make an alcoholic look mild in comparison. Once he had enough to fill his car he drove off to the area that Zarred had texted from. It was a damn forest. Great not only did the fucker get kidnapped but he got kidnapped in an area where there was no one around for miles. Sighing he opened up his laptop and tried to boost the signal he got from the phone. He was on fire going though the keys trying to his hardiest to locate old friends.


After a hour and a half of gruelling frantic typing, the type you see in Hollywood movies and anime Vance got though to the signal and...
 
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"Fuck answering your questions, I'm bleeding to death..." Zarred spat at the man's shoes from the ground, a bit of blood mixed with his saliva. He looked up at this man, Eric, and realized that his name wasn't even close to being real. Mages often adopted shadow names, but this man went one layer deeper...using an alias on top of that. "You've awakened though, so I have a bit of natural respect for you. I'll let you call me Klab." He spoke his shadow name, meant to be similar to the color black, but reversed. He looked up into the man's blue eyes, recognizing him as both a rival and an enemy. Being a mage that was allied with this kindred cult, he now saw him as a traitor and a person that filled him with sizzling rage even while he was on the brink of death. "Take me to Flora, she can help me right now, unless you want me to die...you of all people know I can just kill myself right now if I will it...go ahead and try to stop me." He coughed a bit more blood out of his mouth. He now Obsessed himself with finding out as much as he could about this so called Mage. What kind of mage would accept money for doing something like this? Who did he work for, or was he independent somehow? What were his capabilities and favored Arcana? Zarred obsessed himself with now answering all these questions, and being who he was...even if he died right now he would find out what he wanted to know as a ghost if he had to. Blood pooled around his pants and his normally dark colored clothes, staining them with dark blotches of red. Blood dripped off some of his pins as well, smacking against the floor.


@ValkyrieRose
 
Aurora reluctantly followed, she didn't feel comfortable around Danielle to begin with and now the head honcho and her guard, potentially the two strongest people here, were going to be alone with her. Sirens were already going off in her head, but she did her best to quell them. She didn't have a choice, if she ran Danielle would likely drag her back or just outright kill her; that was not an option. For now she would keep her head low, and try to keep her wits about her.


"Um....well I am a little curious as to why you brought me here." She said softly, trying not to anger Mariah with her forwardness. "I mean, I am not sure what it is I can help you with. I'm just a medium, pretty sure...vampires...outclass me here." She added slowly. "Your guard did say something about being a mage though, I think it's a mistake. I gave up my Wiccan roots a long time ago." Aurora paused, her frown deepening ever so slightly. "Anyways, I can't do anything all that extraordinary. I'm really sorry, but you'll likely be very disappointed."
 



  • "Klab is it?" He asked, looking at him, nodding. "If that's your name in shadows... it would be rude of me not to tell you mine. In the World of Darkness, i go by Velkys." He says with a slight smile, which only increased as he saw the man's hatred. "Yes... hate me... that only makes me laugh. " He says sitting up, He gets up, walking over to him.


    Kneeling down, he lowered his hands over his body. He began to talk, chanting and as he does, the words that Zarred would hear would seem to echo constantly... even sentences into his chanting, Zarred could still hear the first one, albeit in the back of his mind on repeat. "The edge of darkness is the edge of life, as you who falls into the abyss gazes into it, your song is not yet finished. Play the melody of rebirth and rise." He says, tracing along his body, his scars, slowly healing him.


    "I doubt that Mariah wants you talking to anyone, so this is the best you've got."





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Danielle rushed to open the door, allowing her mistress as well as Aurora through into the hallway. She followed behind in solemn silence, watching to make sure the medium didnt run away. The only sound she made was her armor clanking with each step, her hands resting by her sides as she tries not to make eye contact with either of them. She was doing her job now; it would be wise to seem professional.


Not that her heart ever stopped racing. As Mariah touched Aurora's chin, she almost wishes it could be hers.. And from what she interpreted by the last phrase, a blush appeared over her face. The knight looked away, hoping to conceal it. Was she implying that they would sleep together..? That was what the first thing that came to mind for her was; though she figured it was mostly attributes to how she thought of Mariah. She mentally reassures herself that Mariah meant joining her as a vampire or something like that.. Another common goal of hers. ..If this girl took her role... Ooh, she would be in for a bad time.
 
Klab chuckled a little bit as his wounds were magically stitched together. He took the opportunity and magically ripped apart some of his body from the inside, drawing Mana from the painful Scouring. It was enough to restore him to full power, but he was still somewhat injured. At least the bleeding at stopped, and he appreciated that, but he took a moment to remind the man. "You know, this still won't prevent my death...unless you take me to Flo-" He thought back for a moment. "Wait, YOU are...Velkys?! Shit..."


Klab tried to focus on him, but the sudden shock of knowing this man was an infamous Magus Killer caused his mind to stumble and disrupt his will. His mage sight became blurred, and instead of sensing Velkys' scent or other information...all of it was blurred and muddled. He smelled the noise as a rough cinnamon sort of taste that burned inside his mind. Oh, hells, it was bad. Zarred laid there, somewhat healed, with a shocked and confused expression his his face as his senses started to blend together. The sweet taste of Mariah's blood was replaced with the harsh flavor of this man and it made Klab nauseous.
 
Aurora felt a cold creepy chill down her spine, so she stepped back and turned her head away, not liking the proximity between the two. "I'll think about it." She stated. "I'm still not very comfortable with the idea considering.....the way you arranged our meeting." Before she could stop herself she added. "It's not the best way to earn someones trust." She took a breathe realizing what she had said, then deciding that it was all or nothing. "And honestly I don't know how I feel about being around....vampires." She still had problems saying that word. "Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with the way you live your life, but that's not really something that interests me. I am worried about my safety from any of the other followers who also abide by your....lifestyle. Are there even any other humans here? How am I supposed to fit in if fundamentally I don't."
 



  • "I see my reputation proceeds me." Velkys says with a slight grin. "That's right, THAT Velkys. The one they write all those stories about. The ones that usually end in '...and they never came back' "


    He looks at the mage, sighing. "I wish you wouldn't be so difficult, I'm trying to help.... now that we have our little introductions out of the way, let's begin. Who sent you? Veil? Council?" He asked him with all of the kidding aside. "You understand that if someone sent you here... they probably sent you to die. There is no vast information, no secret that threatens you an your other mages... it's useless. If you surrender to Mariah's blood bond you might actually be happy instead of.. some poor, lonely goth."





@NovaPheonix @Mistress Iris


 
Flora sighed again as she awoke again, she couldn't sleep, the events crawled like centipedes in her head, disrupting sleep at every turn. She slowly sits up swinging her legs over the side of the bed. She put on her shoes, her pillow pet loosely laying at her side as she did so. She equipped her kukri to her side like she always did and put on a sweatshirt. She needed to do something perhaps go for a walk, her thoughts turned to Mariah. The woman had offered to talk whenever and she seemed like a nice enough person to Flora. Even if she knew the woman wasn't human she didn't seem like she had any ill intent for her. Flora picked up her Pillow pet smiling. "Why don't we go pay her a visit bud? Shes since enough i think you would like her.." Flora said playfully carrying him with her as she got up and made her way to the door. Despite her shaky mentality having still thought she killed her friend. The slight aroma of daffodils hit the air as she opened the door smiling a bit as she held the stuffed animal. As she walked out of the room she saw the small group of Mariah, Danielle and Aurora, she tried her best to give the group a smile but could only form a feeble one at that. "Oh Mariah, just the person i was going to see... Do you mind if i talked to you for a bit in private? Theirs something id like to get off my mind and talk about with you.." Flora said in a relatively peaceful tone despite her shaken appearance in her sweatshirt holding the stuffed animal. The scent of daffodils now wafting through the hall way.
 
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Klab watched the man, his face holding firm and his shallow expression not waning at all. He laid on the ground there and responded to the man's harsh jilt. "You don't need to know why I'm here, or who sent me...and I'm not telling you. I'm not afraid of dying, so a mage-killer like you won't scare me. I know you were with the Arrow, strong bunch. Strength like that isn't gonna scare me, ya see."


He blinked for a moment, considering how badly he wanted to finish his job, and how badly he still wanted to give CeCe her life back. Even if he didn't want to be with her, he still thought her life ended far too soon and too suddenly for him not to have sympathy. Mariah could change his mind, but she could not erase his memories.


"What you are doing here is probably in violation of what the Camarilla would want, what my employers stand for, and what the deathlords in the Underworld would allow...so I don't want to hear you tell me that it's not a threat to anybody."


He glared firmly into the man's eyes, cementing into his mind the fact that he would tell him nothing, and without using telepathy, tried to communicate that to him as well. In that instant, he focused his emotions and his eyes flashed a harsh white color that looked like his entire eyes were a pale white. This was his nimbus. His body was alive, but in reality...at least to him, he was dead inside.
 
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  • "The Camarilla? You must be joking." Velkys laughs, looking at him. "Don't worry, we don't have any issues with them. Your employers... well, we don't care of them, and the deathlords can go suck it. Things exist to change, don't you agree." He says calmly. He sees him, as if trying to figure the man out. "You're an interesting one that's for sure. Most people wouldn't be willing to off themselves for their employers or the like... and scary scary." He says, laughing as he sees Zared flash your nimbus. "I'm willing to have some fun with this if you are." He says, using his own nimbus to cause the words to echo within his head.


    "You understand right? Everything you do is going to fail. Nothing will be gained. You can't win, you won't succeed, you won't complete your goals at the rate your dying. Say you ie, what then? You may be suicidal but... something is driving you. What is it? Mariah is a very well connected woman, i'm sure she can swing... just about anything. We're more than willing to negotiate... and think of what we could do to you if you fail. Death is only one thing that can happen, there is so much more."





@DARK7 @Mistress Iris
 
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When Mariah brought up her past all thoughts going through Auroras head froze. Her body froze and she went stone faced. This happened whenever her past was brought up, she just shut down. It happened with her relatives often enough that it was a defense mechanism. Everything around her dulled, like turning down the dial on a radio and light dimmer. She was there, but her body was on autopilot. She was stuck in her own head, just left with her own thoughts.


Not paying much attention to what was happening around her, her mind took note of basic things. Mariah pushed her towards a door. It was her room. A woman who was vaguely familiar was speaking to them. Mariah spoke to her, then spoke to Aurora herself. Mariah was leaving. With those notes the medium moved into the room without a word, locking the door behind her. She moved to her bed and laid down, not bothering to look at anything else.


After a few minutes of pure silence, her defense broke, and memories of her past flooded into her mind. She was good at holding her walls up and being strong, but without fail whenever her defensive mode came up after it fell, she would break down and remember everything. She started crying as per normal, but her tears were absolutely silent. She had learned to do that, because back then if they had heard her crying the blame game would start all over again. After she calmed down the last few thoughts that passed through her head were: 'I don't know how trustworthy Mariah really is. I need to get to Zarred, maybe he can help me sort out this mess....'
 
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