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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:00 am
This thread represents an old apartment building.
The building used to be in the middle of a nice area, but now it's right at the edge of a ravine that was formed in the aftermath of the events that split the city into pieces.
The building itself is barely habitable, and it seems to be taken over by squatters, though individual apartments may remain intact.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:09 am
She walks up the street with Ed, holding his hand. She is unsure of what they will find here, but glad that he is with her, whatever awaits them.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:26 pm
Ed reached into his pocet habitually for his keys only to find that they were missing, "********" he hissed as he let go of Nina's hand and with a mighty kick booted the door from it's lock shattering the wood around it. Taking Nina's hand once again he slowly made his way up the stairs to his apartment. The lights were out with no sign of turning back on.
Breaking off from Nina once again Ed rummaged around in the dark eventually pulling out a large torch and set about looking through the place. The apartment looked not only like it had been hit by the cataclysm but by some one looking through his stuff. "This isn't good" he whispered as he made his way back towards Nina. Stopping by a shelf he reached into a draw pulling up a secret cover and grabbing a pistol, "Nina, we need to leave......." Taking her by the hand he aimed the pistol into the room as he drove her back down the stairs and out of the door.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:45 am
She is somber, and she hates to see what has come of a place filled with good memories.
When he tells her they need to leave, she stays close by him and does exactly what he guides her to do, hurrying out, but she watches over his shoulder.
"What is it, did you see something?"
She tries to spark her gift, to probe with her empathy for whatever it may be. If there are emotions to be found, she might be able to sense them. She holds his hand tightly.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:34 pm
Ed shook his head, "not quite" he replied as he looked back over his shoulder "But I sure as hell don't want to be in there when they do turn up" Turning away from Nina for a second he bent double and placing his hands on his knees supported himself as he violently threw up. There had been a time when the sight he had seen upstairs in his apartment would have not affected him but back here in Crosshaven, Standing up once again he slipped the pistol into the back of his trousers and pulled his jacket over it once again.
Ed lit a cigarette re-gaining his composure before making his way back to Nina, "I wouldn't if I were you" he said reffering to her attempt to pick up any form of emotional residue around the place. Looking back up at the apartment once again Ed shook his head sighing, "You know anywhere else I could shack up for a week or so?" he asked as he fook several long draws on his cigarette and dropping the stub to the floor standing on it to put it out properly.
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Nina Nevermore generated a random number between
1 and 40 ...
26!
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:43 pm
She actually reaches out and rubs his back a little while he is sick, almost motherly. She looks out over the place they just visited with worried eyes, and when he has composed himself, she takes out a cigarette herself.
"Don't worry about a place to stay. You can stay with me at the manor for as long as you need. But I have to ask, who are they?"
She knows she should heed his warning about sensing the emotions of this place. She knows it will be an unpleasant experience, to say the least. But knowledge is power. She pushes her gift out there, sensing for any emotional signatures.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:27 pm
Ed sighed as he tried not to think of the corpse that he had just seen nailed upside down to his appartment wall. Taking a draw on his cigarette he Blew the smoke out from both his mouth and nose. "Before I came to crosshaven I did some work for a couple of groups of people that could only be called unsavoury" He took another draw on his cigarette and placed the gun in the back of his jeans. "when I told them I was leaving they weren't too please a** you can imagine with a bloke that can persuade just about anyone to do anything." he sighed the smoke once again floating from his lips. "I was told that were I to return one day that I would be punished for my betrayal" Ed squatted down and rested on his haunches "so I was in exile and all the while my family lived in total ignorance of what had happened," Ed tossed away the cigarette butt and reached into his pocket and pulled out yet another cigarette and sparked up "but then I get this letter the day you and I go into the factory saying that my cousin had been killed by these people after running some errands, so I did what any self respecting family member would do, Hide the trruth, and take matters into my own hands, so I did. I turned up at these fella's place and dealt with them in a very specific way that let them know that were they to make any trouble for my family they would be dealing with a very pissed off me." Ed looked across at Nina wondering if she was still with him "and that was their response, trashing my apartment leaving images of my family laying about and crucifying an old aquiantance of mine," through out what he had been saying Ed had managed to remain moderatly calm until he reached the conversation about the corpse, "they know what they're doing, they know a vioent death creates a restless spirit and being in my appartment and in my name will create a spirit that wants nothing more than to drag me down with it to the deepest circle of hell" Tears were welling up in Ed's eyes as he finished speaking, "Now I have no one out of here, they're all gone not a chance one of them will have survived" Bringing up a hand to his eyes he tried to stop himself from crying, "Now I am really all alone" he choked.
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:50 am
(( Sorry, so sorry, for taking so long to respond. I won't make a habit of it. ))
She listens, really listens, to the story of what has happened to him. Her eyes tear a bit in empathy for him. "Ed, you did what you had to do. You had to leave, and you had to take vengeance. I would kill for my family too, without a second thought." She looks back at the house, and then to him. "I know about these kinds of things. My father could see and command the spirits of the dead, so could my brother, it was their gift. I wish either of them were still living." Yeah, they were gone, and just when she really really needed them. "If it comes for you, I will protect you. I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe."
She reaches up and touches his face. Her eyes are full of understanding. "You are not alone, baby. You have me standing across from you, looking you in the eyes. And believe me when I say that anything or anyone that comes after you has to deal with me too, and all of those loyal to me."
After a moment, she says firmly, "I know what it's like to carry guilt. You are carrying so much guilt that it's making you sick with grief, and perhaps even luring those dark things to you. Let it go, when you can Ed. It's not your fault the things they did. You were protecting your own, now it's my turn to protect you."
She looks back at the building. "Do you want me to have it leveled and burned?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:45 pm
((Tis ok, I might have problems gettin online soon. What did you think of that RP link I sent ya?)) Ed looked into Nina's eyes, he could tell she wasn't lying, "Thanks" he replied, "Level it" he whispered as he looked back to the building "Just let me get some things first" He lit another cigarette and offered them one to Nina, "we'll protect each other" he whispered his voice now rather hoarse. "I've got some time to make up" he added taking Nina'a hand leading her away from the apartment building.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:52 am
(( Looks cool, I'll definitely sign up. ))
She definitely takes the cigarette--she needs one right now. "It's better that way. I feel safer with you near me."
She helps him carry his things, and takes one look back at the building before heading off back the way they came.
"The manor is still in good repair, and the electricity never goes out because we have generators. It's probably one of the best places to live in the city right now. The only problem is, it serves as an office as well, and that means it is frequented by all sorts of people. My quarters are fairly private, but there is always something going on in the building. It feels safer to me that way, to keep people close, strength in numbers, I suppose."
She heads back to the manor with him.
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