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Post by Horus on Sept 1, 2008 21:30:22 GMT
horus left the escalating situation outside in the entrance and retreated to the lounge.
he was tired of this, tired of accepting things at face value because if he stopped for an instant to take what had happened in the last few days in it would drive him mad.
The chairs ahead looked as comfortable as a king sized bed as he staggered, half exausted, half fully alert towards one of them near the fire.
he placed his rifle down, leant against his chosen chair, turned and collapsed into it. He sighed loudly and began to stare into the flames.
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((( HORUS' DREAM )))
"Horus, come in dinners ready" His mother shouted from the window of their house. The snow was falling as ever and the sky was its ussual grey. Something in the air felt different today, but to the 12 year old boy that was happily playing in the slowly falling snow, watching his breath turn to mist and conteplating its reason was the only thing that mattered. That and food.
He stood up, wiped his wet woolen mittens on his jacket and ran towards his house.
The dinner smelt good, Mother had the radio on and was listening to her music, Father was still out at work. Scince he would not be home till much later that evening, they had their dinner and she would leave his in the oven for him.
"Make many snow men today angel?" his mother, a tall female version of her son looks, hair and eye colour wise anyway asked smiling as she set his dinner of a steak pie and veg down in front of him.
"Not really, i just like feeling the snow melt in my hands" he laughed shuvelling a spoonfull of pie into his mouth and nodding gratefully.
"well i hope you dont let you're hands get to cold" She said. She was about to add something else when her smile faded and she staired at the radio. The music had stopped and their was a high toned whistle coming from it. this whistleing ended abruptly.
"THIS IS AN EMERGANCY BROADCAST. A FULL NUCLEAR STRIKE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AGAINST MAINLAND RUSSIA. TAKE COVER NOW. STAY INDOORS. THIS IS AN EMERGANCY" the message repeated twice before the radio went silent.
Then the sirens started.
It was a plaintive, Distant yet loud noise that penatrated to the soul with fear and dread.
"Horus, remember what you're father told you about that thing on the street corner, If it ever starts making a funny noise?"
Horus nodded, his smile fading and fear starting to show
"Well that is that noise son. We need to get into the shelter. Now."
And with that they ran. down the street and towards a nother building where the shelter was. There where people all around trying to get in.
They tried desperately to fight their way through the crowds.
Horus lost his grip on his mothers hands and got into the shelter just as the door slammed shut behind him. The sound of the crowd and the sirens was all he could hear now
The few people inside the shelter where holding each other and weeping.
The sirens stopped.
"Mother?"
A loud noise like thunder shook the small dark cramped place that he was locked inside as he screamed. "Mother?!"
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horus woke up with a sharp gasp, tears falling from his eyes.
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Post by Horus on Sept 16, 2008 21:20:05 GMT
He got up out of the chair, wiped his face and walked towards the bar.
Found the bottle that looked like it had the most potent liquor in it and popped the cork...
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Post by Lilith on Sept 19, 2008 17:43:29 GMT
Lilith glides through the open door, she had returned from a rather productive visit to the city to ensure the guests were still happy with the arrangements, but having seen no sign of them she had thought to knock back a few well deserved drinks.
Her mouth twists into a subtle snarl as her eyes fall upon the lycan, Horus. Lilith was in mood for her own company this evening, no one else. Since the beast was far from kindly earlier on she thinks to exert the same treatment... But that is not her style. Begrudgingly she forces a smile to her crimson lips...
"Now, now, I didn't expect to find you waiting up for me, Horus." Lilith teases with a honeyed tone. Something was troubling the young lycan, that much was obvious. But then, Lilith was never one for tact.
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Post by Horus on Sept 19, 2008 22:03:22 GMT
he turned to face the woman "cant sleep anyway"
horus poured a large glass of the red liquid out for himself, and smelt it. It smelt fruity and strong. "This smells good, want some?" Without awaiting a reply he poured another glass out and offered it to her.
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Post by Lilith on Sept 20, 2008 16:11:25 GMT
Lilith's mood softens somewhat as Horus presents her with a glass of red wine, Draxus was always well stocked with the finest. Her elegant fingers curl around the delicate stem of the glass. "Cheers" She says, before raising it and taking a long, indulgent sip. The luxurious tones of fruit and spice slip smoothly over her tongue, the blood from the earlier hunt always enhanced the flavours...
Lilith hoists herself onto the bar surface, crossing her legs and leaning back with a seductive sort of grin. "Come now, lycan, tell me what vexes you" She coaxes, nodding to the stool beside her. Perhaps the wine would loosen his tongue a bit, either way, Lilith would convince him she cared...
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Post by Horus on Sept 20, 2008 23:27:34 GMT
He sighed heavily and sat on the stool. Looking far away in his thoughts he nodded slowly before saying "nightmares".
he looked at the woman in the eyes, did she truely want to know his troubles? what was thing thing arrow had against her? The red haired, attractive woman before him now seemed nothing like the evil that he had seen before. "Haunting memories of a war that no one wins."
He Downed the rest of the glass and refilled.
"Where i am from, mankind has the ability to split the atom. and as the tenacious little bastards we..." he paused looking at the freshly poured glass "or rather, after what has happened to me, 'they' are they use the abilty in many ways. Including single weapons that can decimate entire cities. Ive seen this, Ive survived this. yet i cannot forget this." he turned to look at her again as ligtening flashed from a window, quickly followed by thunder.
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Post by Lilith on Sept 21, 2008 12:41:25 GMT
Lilith smiles warmly at the man, though her eyes glitter hard and cold as usual. She was almost human with the blood flushing her cheeks, racing through her empty veins and flooding her heart. But no amount of blood could heat her soul...
She nods amiably as he talks, understanding and accepting. "Races of all kind will always seek out ways to destroy each other." Liltih says at last, draping her arm over his shoulder as if to console him. "Humans are racked by the conflict between their basic primal urges, and their advanced emotions. The outcome is often destructive" She adds, waving her hand dismissively. Her mind wanders to the days gone by, when the first Gods began to discover their power, tearing whole realms and galaxies apart with magic the lycan couldn't even dream of... So what if the humans destroyed their little world... They hadn't even worked out how to get to Midian other than the odd accident... No... they were the last on a very long list of threats to the universe...
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Post by Horus on Sept 21, 2008 13:54:09 GMT
"You could call it that" he nodded, destructive. Remembering what had been left of the city after he left the shelter. Desolate ruined maze of twisted, scorched metal. Then the gang fights over food started.
"what brought you to this place?" he asked changing the subject from his past to hers.
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Post by Lilith on Sept 23, 2008 20:15:38 GMT
Lilith is mildly surprised by the sudden question and slightly taken a-back. It was not often they wished to hear of anyone else's story but their own. Too often had she sat listening to the young men she seduced prettling on about their hopes and dreams, their dark pasts... You have no idea she would often think...
"Well I am a long time friend of the Honorable Lord Draxus" Lilith replies, that hint of jest returning to her voice. "Midian's existence is no great secret to our home realm. I come to do business" She adds a little wink then drains her glass. Outside the rain hammered down, she could hear the din from the entrance hall as it hit the domed glass roof. Dramatic and over exaggerated by the echoes of the hall. She smiles with short sigh, enjoying the sound.
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Post by Horus on Nov 25, 2008 23:13:13 GMT
The rain grew heavier, horus listened to what this woman had to say, "ive met draxus but once, he seemed a busy man"
he sipped his wine again "what kind of business is it that you are in?"
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Post by Orpheus on Nov 27, 2008 22:31:00 GMT
Arrow padded through the storm outside, his blond fur plastered to his body by the driving rain. He had hunted, and the wolf part of his mind was stronger than usual, urging him to violence, freedom, passion.
The Palace stood warm and inviting, so in his canid wisdom sought it out.
Inside, the smell of his mistress overwhelmed him, causing him to shiver and salivate all at the same time. With swift steps he found himself in the same chamber as she, talking with Horus.
Get a grip he chided himself, not wanting to show such obvious weakness in front of another, despite how he trusted the wolf. He was also dripping steadily on the floor.
Stepping up into a human form to greet them, he felt some fleeting modesty for the first time in a long time. He bowed, strangely awkward and devoid of his usual grace, "Mistress?"
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Post by Lilith on Nov 30, 2008 12:14:42 GMT
Lilith smiles politely at Horus, a playful tone glinting in the deep green of her eyes as if she had just won a casual game of chess with the lycan. She turns to Arilux, her expression warm, almost motherly in its appearance. "My Dear one" Lilith croons with a soft voice. It had been a while since she had seen the pup and had put it down to simple temporary madness after their last encounter. The revelation and the pleasure, perhaps it had been too much too quickly...?
She opens her arms to him, coaxing him into her embrace. "Tell me, what has kept you from me my love?" she asks, her tone so full of hurt, it was almost believable...
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Post by Arrow on Nov 30, 2008 13:52:45 GMT
Arrow eyed her nervously, unsure how to respond to such a question to her satisfaction, but he walked into her embrace like a man returning home, and all worry was washed away.
"I am sorry." To his surprise and amazement, tears were stinging his eyes, blurring his vision. When had he last cried? Let himself go like this? It had to be years, months, who knew? He reigned in his emotion, a ruthless act from the seemingly calm, assured werewolf.
"The wolf took over, I suppose..." He said it in a whisper against her shoulder, tingling pleasantly at her touch. "Can you ever forgive me, Mistress?"
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Post by Horus on Nov 30, 2008 16:33:54 GMT
Horus stayed quiet, this bieng the first time he had seen arrow scince their fight. his shoulder still hurt, while things where left as amicably as they could have been, there seemed to be unsaid words between them. And now was not the time.
Arrow called this woman mistress, was this his master? this woman that had some kind of spell over him. The thunder roared outside and the rain grew heavier still.
Deciding to leave them too it, horus got up, nodded to lillith and said "excuse me, i must go and find my 'mistress' " underlining his last words with a flash of a glance at arrow and nodded as if to say "you know who i mean"
with that he stepped down into a wolf and left the palace in search of airlia, calling out her name as he went..
(exit)
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Post by Lilith on Dec 1, 2008 17:35:23 GMT
Lilith watches Horus leave the room, clearly an awkwardness stirred between the two werewolves. How interesting... She holds Arrow to her breast, stroking his sandy blonde hair, ruffling it as she would wolf's fur. At last she lifts him from her, holding his face between her hands "You are here now. You are safe"
Lilith slides away from Arrow, walking elegantly to the windows. The harsh industrial light of the city below splinters through the tiny drops of rain lashing at the glass. How beautiful these minute details were... "I have a problem" She says after what seems hours, her stance formal, her tone business like. "I am in need of a very rare, very fragile trinket currently in the possession of a market trader. I would go myself but I am being summoned back to my home for a council or a meeting of some sort... I forget what for" Lilith turns to face the lycan, smiling, though an impatient sort of flash lingers in her eyes...
"Would you be so kind, Arilux, my dearest...?"
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