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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Jan 22, 2015 23:50:57 GMT
the air is thick with the smell of the dead and it attracts you like shiny objects attract a crow. the area is riddled with destruction and death and you know there are humans crying over the loss of their loved ones, but that doesn't matter to you. you are not a human after all, you will not get dragged down by feelings of guilt and sadness. right now, you are scouting. looking for corpses not terribly disfigured or ruined by the attack. you are looking for hearts to bottle up and save for later. there are blood splatters here and there from those crushed by the rubble of the attack, ashes of what was burned in the wake of the fire that roared. this is a scene of former chaos and you wish you were there to witness it. CAMERON GUERIN
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Jan 26, 2015 0:30:49 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out if he closes his eyes, he can see the cinema reel flicker and loop, projected upon the inside of his eyelids. it’s like a magician’s trick he turns round and round in his hands, a puzzle he can’t figure out. the pieces don’t fit. there’s the wall of flame that rises above the high city, all-consuming, and the woman—witch? monster? apparition?—who strides into the fire and leaves him with a mystery. [break][break] a mystery and a beautifully wrought sword, whose tangible weight at his hip convinces him the vanishing woman couldn’t have been a fever dream, a hallucination. [break][break] still, cameron thinks eyes can deceive. they feed him the image of a woman crouched in the rubble, the fall of long hair down a narrow back. it’s not the same apparition—the hair color’s different—but he superimposes the two. if he listens, he can hear the echoes of mocking laughter. [break][break] cameron stops and stares. “are you here to laugh at me too?” the words break out unthinkingly, feverishly. he doesn’t have time to choke them back before they’ve already turned against him. [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Jan 26, 2015 0:57:53 GMT
perhaps she's too wrapped up in her searching but she jumps out of her skin at the sound of a familiar voice. when she turns to face him, the recognition is immediate. he's the solider who pointed her to a new spot in the market, the one who ended up allowing her to pocket a lot more coin than she anticipated she would've. his name comes quickly after she recognises him, but his name is not as important as his accusation. "no, i'm not. i have nothing to laugh at you for," she says. their last meeting left an impression on etta, one that made him seem like he was more... collected than he seems to be today. curiousity peaks in etta's interest, making her wonder what has made the change but his human mind is not one she would like to venture too deeply into. CAMERON GUERIN
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Jan 31, 2015 3:33:26 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out the woman isn’t a hallucination. her face is vaguely familiar—he thinks he’s seen her before—but it’s her voice that fishes the memory out and lays it open. the street musician, the harpist. they’re barely more than strangers still. [break][break] cameron tries to stand a little taller, square his shoulders and banish the hazy thoughts circling like vultures from his mind. he smiles, politely, and because his throat is dry from smoke and ash when he speaks the sound is raw, cracks on her name. “it’s et-ta, isn’t it?” then cameron backtracks on his earlier slip of the tongue, before she can think much on it. “forget what i first said. i—thought you were some...one else.”[break][break] he needs a change of subject. “what are you doing here?” [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Jan 31, 2015 23:24:12 GMT
"yes," she says. "and you're cameron."she adds his name to the end of her answer as an after-thought. one to show mutual recognition, to perhaps say i remember you too as much as she dislikes the idea. she wonders—for a moment— who he could be mistaking her for, but the thought is fleeting and is pushed away quickly to deal with his inquiry. "i'm..." she pauses for a brief moment as her eyes glance along the ruins. "admiring the scene, i suppose."CAMERON GUERIN
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Feb 4, 2015 2:36:33 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out he doesn’t feel entirely present in the moment. it’s disconcerting, to think with a splitting headache and a splitting skin. he feels for the ripping seams, isn’t sure where his blood and bone and sinew end and the charred skeleton and guts of the wreckage strewn around them begin. [break][break] cameron looks where etta does and thinks he sees himself. in spite of the horror, there’s something charming about the jagged landscape of the fall-out, something pretty in disasters. [break][break] his smile twists, eyes still fixed on the ruins. “really? there’s not much left to admire.” cameron blinks and shakes his head to break the scene’s hypnotic lull, directs his attention to etta again. “you aren’t supposed to be here, by the way. the high city’s being evacuated.”[attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Feb 8, 2015 3:05:57 GMT
"are you trying to hide the mess you made?" she says. her lips pull into a grin, but it changes halfway through. it becomes less friendly, more malicious. she doesn't notice. it's a joke to her. funny, light-hearted, human. or so she thinks. but real humor has always been lost on her. it flies over her head and when it lands in her hands, it gets lost in translation. but she doesn't know, she never does. "imperial soliders are not as perfect as they seem apparently." CAMERON GUERIN
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Feb 9, 2015 0:38:47 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out he bristles. “no. we’re only human, after all.” her tone, sharp-edged and laced with scathing humor, sets him on the defensive. the attack bruises where it shouldn’t, finds weakness and veins that shouldn’t show and insidiously settles in his blood, pounds against his eardrums. [break][break] cameron doesn’t know whom he’s defending—the soldier or the boy. he’s less and less sure of which he speaks for, only that a senseless anger’s straining against skin and seam. [break][break] “and i have nothing to hide.” liar, the boy accuses. the soldier gags him. [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Feb 9, 2015 5:40:03 GMT
I think im gonna make it worse I talk to you but It dont work [attr="class","shootme"]"but how many lives did your imperfections cost," she asks.
too many she presumes. among the rubble are citzens, wealthy and classy now cold and dead. somewhere is the emperor, the former emperor. the one they failed to protect, her gaze moves up from the ground. her eyes meet his for a brief moment before moving onto something else.
there is not much for them to catch on though, rubble and dirt are only so interesting. for a moment, she thinks about meeting his gaze again. watching him, his reactions, if only to see if he's any different from other's she's encountered. but the thought is pushed away, replaced with other ones instead.
"and everyone has something to hide, even apparent soldiers." [newclass=".shootme"]text-align: justify; font: 11px times new roman; width: 300px; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid; -webkit-column-count: 2; -moz-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; -moz-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd;[/newclass][newclass=".yearsnyears"]border: 5px solid; margin: 0px auto 5px; height: 75px; width: 75px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/kcYhNH0.png); -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);[/newclass]
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Feb 11, 2015 5:24:23 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out he doesn’t answer the question, doesn’t even consider the death toll. the number is meaningless to him, the digits imaginary and rounded. hollow zeros for faceless people, unreal. vertigo creeps up and blurs the edges of his field of vision. cameron blinks, re-focuses his gaze on etta, clenches and unclenches his hands. [break][break] he won’t hold up under her cold, surgical scrutiny, cameron realizes. not now, not when the ground threatens to overturn him from under his feet. not when her eyes are laughing and he grasps for words that never come. the dutiful soldier’s fallen silent in his mind—ashamed at her accusations, maybe. the boy never has a chance to speak at all. he’s long buried the past; it’s just a ghost risen. [break][break] finally his mouth opens. “then what are you hiding? you’re not distressed. you don’t look...bothered by what happened at all.”[break][break] “why are you here?” cameron asks again, tone harsher, more insistent. [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Feb 12, 2015 15:59:19 GMT
I think im gonna make it worse I talk to you but It dont work [attr="class","shootme"]the grin on her face grows, more malicious losing more of it's friendly edge. 'do you truly want to know what i hide?' she thinks. her talon-replaced-finger tingle, a shiver rolls down her back, everything screams 'show him the truth' but her self-control is strong. she is not a wild beast, nor is she some experienced sage. she is herself, and she knows she will not lose herself to some impulsive feeling. "i hide many things," she says. "things... you don't want to know about."CAMERON GUERIN[newclass=".shootme"]text-align: justify; font: 11px times new roman; width: 300px; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid; -webkit-column-count: 2; -moz-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; -moz-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd;[/newclass][newclass=".yearsnyears"]border: 5px solid; margin: 0px auto 5px; height: 75px; width: 75px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/kcYhNH0.png); -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);[/newclass]
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Feb 19, 2015 4:22:43 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out “maybe i don’t." he shrugs to feign nonchalance—it’s a bad bluster; the movement is jerky and artificial, the muscles of his shoulders too tense to push and pull fluidly. cameron doesn’t look at her, at her lips dripping malice. cameron focuses on a spot right beside her head. [break][break] “but the empire will. they’ll want to know what you’re doing here, right after the terrorist attack, want to know if you had anything to do with it.”[break][break] “i could—” his voice cracks hoarsely. his throat burns. “i could apprehend you. as a suspect.” the sword’s weight at his side reminds him that he could. where is the lie? [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Feb 19, 2015 4:51:02 GMT
I think im gonna make it worse I talk to you but It dont work [attr="class","shootme"] "arrest me?" she takes it like a joke. lips spread in a grin no longer malicious. laughter bubbles up in her throat, but it is not released. she does not laugh, but her lips press together, keeping it from spilling out. this joke is a mess to her. the meaning is smudged along the way, misinterpreted and taken wrong. but she does not care, does not care to notice. instead, she talks. "will arresting me make-up for your failures? do your threats make you feel better?" lips pressed tighter, laughter held longer, a grin growing. "does pretending to be a solider make you feel like one?"CAMERON GUERIN[newclass=".shootme"]text-align: justify; font: 11px times new roman; width: 300px; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid; -webkit-column-count: 2; -moz-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; -moz-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd;[/newclass][newclass=".yearsnyears"]border: 5px solid; margin: 0px auto 5px; height: 75px; width: 75px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/kcYhNH0.png); -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);[/newclass]
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Champion
HUMAN
22 years old
IMPERIAL CHAMPION
played by PISCES
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WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME, I CAN'T BE BLAMED, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME AGAIN
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Post by CAMERON GUERIN on Feb 25, 2015 2:55:04 GMT
[nospaces] we're all in[break] our private traps[break] clamped in them[break] we can never get out the intention to cut hides there in plain sight, in reined laughter and open amusement at his expense. it doesn’t matter if etta knows she’s cut deeper than mere skin and sinew and bone, laid him hideously bare on the dissection table, only that she has. [break][break] he isn’t a whole person anymore. just a scrambled assortment of organs and viscera and heavy blood that gushes as fury, as violence. a dam breaks—he hears the deafening bloodflood and nothing else, doesn’t think before he acts. [break][break] “no,” cameron snarls. “it won’t, it doesn’t, it never will.” in the quickening space between words he shortens the distance without meaning to, digs shaking fingers into her upper arm and holds her there. “but what else can i do but pretend? what else would you have me be?”[break][break] anger thins out to a trickle. he’s breathing hard. cameron realizes he can see each separate strand of hair against etta’s cheekbones, see the white of her eyes. he releases his grip and flinches back. [attr="Class","pisces1"] ETTA[newclass=".pisces1"] margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 180px; background: #FF0000; width: 170px; padding: 5px 10px; text-align: right;[/newclass][newclass=".pisces1 a"]color: #000!important; font: 25px arial;[/newclass]
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Feb 25, 2015 6:32:05 GMT
I think im gonna make it worse I talk to you but It dont work [attr="class","shootme"]muscles tense, nerves stand on edge and her body gets ready. these fingers digging into her are an annoyance and a reminder. a guard must be kept up at all times. her body untenses when he puts distance between them and lets go of her. but her guard is up now, the lingering feeling of human fingers on her skin leaves her restless. the questions he poses to her leave her confused, she didn't expect to find exposed nerves with her careless words. "what are you talking about?"CAMERON GUERIN[newclass=".shootme"]text-align: justify; font: 11px times new roman; width: 300px; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid; -webkit-column-count: 2; -moz-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; -moz-column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd; column-rule: 1px dotted #ddd;[/newclass][newclass=".yearsnyears"]border: 5px solid; margin: 0px auto 5px; height: 75px; width: 75px; background: url(http://i.imgur.com/kcYhNH0.png); -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);[/newclass]
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