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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 Apr 9, 2015 1:57:54 GMT
two nights ago she got
that look in her eyes
kaleidoscope but that's
only half the time lunch (etta watches him eat with gloved hands folded, the picture of abstinence, of incuriosity) passes with idle chatter that reveals nothing new about the other. when sundown falls, the sun drips through the open window of his room like syrupy gold. it bathes etta in a strange glow that does not make her any less inscrutable. stay the night, he says. that was weeks ago, before etta gradually became a fixture in a barren home, framed by the window's geometry and cosmic rays. a temporary fixture—even when cameron lays his hands on the angles of her shoulders, there's a cloak of irreality that hangs over the entire situation, over the girl-monster. he notices when she's gone—to eat, he assumes—her absence a presence in and of itself. he isn't surprised when she doesn't come back that day, or the next, or the day after that. gone a week, then two. cameron isn't surprised when he comes home one day and etta is standing there, catching the light, as if she'd never left at all. [attr="class","coffin"] ETTA[newclass=.coffin a]font-family:consolas;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;[/newclass] |
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Apr 10, 2015 1:21:42 GMT
at one time, she traveled a lot. from town to town, leaving a trail of bodies never connected to her but now it's different, she supposes. she hunts far, spans her trips amongst days to weeks and then she returns, something she's never done before. she returns to a house built for humans and she feels like a foreign object inside it. maybe that's why she leaves sometimes, to get away from it all. maybe it's not, she's not quite sure anymore. it's all muddled and unclear and she spends more hours in a day trying to make sense of it all than she does hunting. she comes back with a bag, jars of hearts tucked beneath the hidden bottom of the bag. simple tricks, but it keeps her secret safe. she's a bit surprised when cameron walks in, hands clutching the strap of her bag a little tighter. "hello," she says. CAMERON GUERIN, idk |
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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 Apr 11, 2015 3:44:08 GMT
"hello etta," he replies, then turns and strides over to the low wooden table, where he lays his sword and scabbard down and shrugs off his imperial soldier's jacket. "pleasant trip?" cameron inquires as casually as asking about the weather, glances back over at etta. this time his eyes linger, settle on the bulky bag she's carrying. [attr="class","coffin"] ETTA [newclass=.coffin a]font-family:consolas;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;[/newclass] |
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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wdywfm?
Apr 19, 2015 3:29:26 GMT
via mobile
Post by ETTA on Apr 19, 2015 3:29:26 GMT
etta pauses for a moment, thinking about her reply before she says it. "i suppose," she says.
vague, it leaves less to be said about her trip and more to be interpreted. it is no secret from cameron that he houses a monster, but it has never been explicitly been stated that she hunts humans, that she hunts her own kind too. she knows the fact hunting humans is not something someone wants to hear, but cannibalism is even more frowned upon from what she has heard.
and she will not take any chances with anymore bad impressions (why? don't ask. she doesn't know.) "did anything important happen during my abscence?" she asks, as if she really cares about what happens in shara. |
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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 Apr 21, 2015 0:40:45 GMT
her answer is as ambiguous as he'd expect it to be—etta is an ambiguity. he smiles a little, turns fully to make his way over and loses the features of her face in the afternoon light. it hits his eyes and the edges of his vision blur, whiten; casts her hair into a dark, contradictory halo. cameron's still blinking away the sunspots when he stands in front of her and brushes a stray strand off her cheek. the action is soft, affectionate as to throw his words into starker contrast. "the imperial guard captured a monster who'd wandered in, near the fruit stands." he pauses, removes his fingers. "public execution. very gruesome." [attr="class","coffin"] ETTA[newclass=.coffin a]font-family:consolas;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;[/newclass] |
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on Apr 21, 2015 1:01:39 GMT
his touch is soft, affectionate from what she's gathered, but it puts her on edge. her body tenses, she flinches away, she puts distance between him and her because being touched is still something she'll never get used too. she doesn't apologise for it, for her inability to reciprocate his affection. she doesn't understand it. "i see," she says. she pauses to think, let his words sink in and let her thoughts collect themselves. "did you execute it?" she says it and it leaves a disgusting taste on her tongue. she may as well be an it too. 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 Apr 21, 2015 1:59:23 GMT
"i did my duty." the response is equivocally calm, uninflected. it's a taste of etta's own medicine, that he should bat around the truth like a ball of yarn, fraying ends and unraveling parts. he didn't execute the monster—wasn't the soldier who stood at its side and coldly lit the match. but he played guard, spectator, watched unblinkingly and heard the fearful outcry of the gathered crowd, mingled with the death shrieks of a monstrosity ablaze. she isn't as good at veiling her emotions anymore, or maybe he's simply learned to look closer, but cameron spots the disgust scrawled on her face. he is an unkind man. "it could be you, the next time." why did you come back?[attr="class","coffin"] ETTA [newclass=.coffin a]font-family:consolas;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;[/newclass] |
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Monster
siren
50 years old
singer
played by nitah
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Post by ETTA on May 10, 2015 23:01:25 GMT
her mind hisses at him, as if i'm unaware of that. it hurts her pride, wounds her as he implies she would get caught, wounds her that he doesn't have faith in her ability (but she is a monster, one with a beak and talons, one that ripes out hearts and eats them in the shadows no one wants to explore. you don't put faith into a monster like her). "would you put me in that position," she walks towards him in slow, steady steps. "cameron?" she stops just short of him, centimetres apart if any. she looks up at him, gaze steady and serious. in her eyes she has a little bit of that lingering apathy she used to carry with her in excess. she drops her bag, the little glass jars clatter against the solid floor. "i'm sure you have enough proof to do so," he words come out as nothing louder than whispers meant to be heard by just the two of them. her tone is edged with something she can't identify herself, but has no reason to decipher. CAMERON GUERIN |
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