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iStoleYurVamps
iStoleYurVamps
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 Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:21 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:14 pm
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iStoleYurVamps
iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:32 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:08 pm
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A trade off. Poke understood trade offs. She liked the idea of trading something for something else. A chance to increase her own wealth by exchanging goods. But this time it was trading information. A dangerous game, one that both of them would have to be careful in save they don't reveal the wrong information.
But her concerns on that would have to wait. She listened intently to Solia, each word seeming to bore a hole in her conciseness. Disbelief was shown on her face briefly, to be replaced by shock.
"Jacking hell..." She growled once the hunter had finished. "thats not..." Her tail began to lash back and forth as a sign of her agitation. She looked the other way, appearing conflicted. "I always thought scaring was a safe zone. Something that could be done without hurting the human involved. Just a quick fright, then they're left alone to recover..." What she was being told made sense, but she didn't want to believe it.
She shook her head. "What I meant by 'our laws', were the ones placed on us, halloween. Even though we need human fear to survive, we have strict regulations that must be followed. Killing humans is forbidden, hurting them is forbidden. Hell even talking to them can get you in trouble."
"But what you're saying is, thats not the case, and humans are being scared beyond what should be allowed...."
She clenched her fists, moving close to a wall. "It' so...aggravating..UGH!" It came out to smash against the wood, the timber cracking under the pressure. "I don't get it! They feed us this bullshit about rules and regulations, and here there are monsters going all out. What the jack is going on..." Her growling intensified. "Why wont they tell s anything?!"
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iStoleYurVamps
iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:50 pm
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At Poke’s agitation, Solia inched back, Drawing her weapon just a little bit closer. She’d defend herself if she had to. “I- I’m sorry.” It came out a whisper. She hadn’t wanted to make it sound bad but.. that was the reality of things. “It’s… difficult. Us hunters… we’re probably good cases to what happens when the shadows take things too far. I’ve met one who lost his home to fire started by um.. Others I assume would have similar stories. I’m afraid I don’t know your laws intimately. It’s not on my level yet.” Shuffling, she leaned against a wall.
“When I grew up I could see them and.. well. My parents thought I was cursed. They had me go through a lot of things. Things that made it hard to just live a normal life. I mean, I tried, but it was always hard. To be honest not all the shadows were bad. Sometimes they tried to help me. Sometimes I think they wanted to be kind. But the thing was… no matter what happened, I could see them, no one else could. It made me different and for us humans… different is not good.”
She tried to smile, ignoring her own memories. Trying to ignore Poke’s anger, though she was slightly edging away. “I want people to be able to live without going through what I did. I’m not sure how but.. I want to try. Israfel sometimes talks about a cycle. A cycle that if we keep fighting, we’ll just create more like me, cause more strife, more pain- he.. he said that the first step we’d have to take is to leave the cycle. That is what it means to understand.” She tried to sound hopeful, but fear ebbed into her voice. Poke had struck out, and now she wasn’t able to read the dragon so easily anymore.
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:52 am
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At first she did not hear the whispered apology, her mind feeding off her own anger at what was happening. But she heard Solia's story, and once she looked back she realized her folly in letting her emotions take control. It was obvious by the hunters stance and how she held her weapon close that she had frightened her.
"....s**t..." Her body lost all tension as the dragon stood there feeling utterly stupid. She had had no intention of hurting Solia in her moment of anger, but then the hunter would have no idea of her intentions. She proably thought she was about to eat or something.
Her fins pressed to the side of her head, and the dragoness slumped to the ground with a sigh. Best to look as non threatening as possible.
"I'm...I'm sorry." She held up her hands, palms facing the hunter as a sign she meant no harm. "I didn't mean to scare you like that. I was just taking my anger out on the wall." The irony of her words was not lost on the dragon either. It was her frigging job to cause fear, and here she was saying sorry for it. Although when she looked at the hunter, hearing the fear in her voice, it was easy for her to feel bad.
"If it's any reassurance, I've never struck out at someone just because I'm pissed. Thats not how I roll. I may punch walls and break items, but nothing too extreme." She looked to the ground, her tail curling around her body. "You have nothing to fear from me. Really."
Her hand came around to scratch the back of her head. "It just bugs me...hearing about all these 'shadows' and what they're doing. Are they special kinds of Halloweeners, or maybe even horsemen?" She looked up at Solia once more, her gaze containing no anger. "I'm just...annoyed that you had to put up with so such crap. To be labeled cursed cause you see things sounds so utterly stupid.... It's not like you summoned them or anything...."
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iStoleYurVamps
iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:14 am
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An apology, Solia inched back, Israfel telling her to be wary but- he didn’t feel a sharp spike of fear, the hints to an attack. “I… It’s okay. We just met and it’s understandable that we’re wary of each other. It’s all from preconceived notions that have until recently been proven true. You mean no harm, but I cannot know this, just and neither can you. Our trust is built on new ground, and all trust take time and effort to create a solid foundation after all.” She took a deep breath, looking around her.
It was nice to talk about this with one of them. To hear them and just.. listen. To talk. Israfel liked it too. Talking was a step from the cycle. It was the first step. “Humans… It’s neither here nor there. I think it’s a bit of.. lost in transition. The shadows, er, halloweeners don’t quite realize what they are doing when they are near someone who can see them. Just as those who see them don’t quite know what they are seeing. I got past my issues… but I don’t know. There are a lot of unanswered questions. I want to try and find a way where no one must suffer for the happiness of all. There doesn’t need to be sacrifice or suffering for peace. Just time and a willingness to try and understand. To talk. To give and take in equal fair and balanced measure. But, it’s a bit of an impossible dream really.”
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:37 am
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Well, at least she hadn't run off or attacked her, so that was something. Poke sat back, listing to the girl speak of hope and peace and all goody good things. Which wasn't bad. Just as long as everything didn't become rainbows and unicorns and gag worthy glitter.
Though she wasn't sure how to respond to Solia. Was it that simple, to just blame everything on a misunderstanding? She doubted it, but hey, it wouldn't hurt to go along with this.
"It's only impossible if you let it be." The dragon said eventually. "If you're willing to try, then thats a step forward to making it possible. I'm sure there are others out there who want to make peace with humans." At this she paused, looked around a bit, then coughed. "Like me I guess but I'm still no pushover. But there are whole originations out there that strive to protect them."
"But hey, I'm all for no sacrifices or suffering."
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iStoleYurVamps
iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:01 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:20 pm
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