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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2014 18:02:28 GMT -8
It wasn't much of a walk to the street. Probably the only reasons they hadn't heard the car approach were the rain and its relative stealth as a new luxury machine. Demetri stood waiting. 
Demetri-
"Free from the sad remains of your rebirth?"
Cameron-
"Yeah, I guess."
Demetri-
"You're not going to be trouble tonight?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2014 18:12:25 GMT -8
 Ru- "I've had enough of trouble tonight, Demetri." He spoke softly, but firmly. It was a strange tone he hadn't used before, higher than what he chose for a speaking voice, but lower than what he spoke at in fear or anger.
He loaded himself in the car."Carryon." |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2014 18:38:33 GMT -8
The new vampires got into the back seat and Demetri started to drive.
Demetri-
"Well, are we all as well as we can be, ready to start our education?"
Cameron-
"... I guess so."
Demetri-
"Good. Well, first then," he looked at them in the rearview mirror as he drove, "Let me be completely honest with you about the unpleasant realities. That way we can move onto less unpleasant topics..."
((Placeholda. Jara, I'm gonna go out for a few hours - gotta get groceries...))
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2014 18:49:05 GMT -8
Ru- "Yes, go on." Ru sat back and listened to Demetri. He wasn't his favorite person today, by far, but he would at least be honest about the situation. |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2014 21:53:20 GMT -8
As they passed through the neighborhood, the alleys between the buildings began to give hints of a world outside these shabby corridors. The lights of an underpass... and they came to the first sign promising a highway out of there. But not yet.
Demetri-
"You're in a bad situation - a bit of a throwback to the un-Holy Ages..." He hissed a certain word in there. "... There are rulers who only hold power by birthright who have absolute authority over your life and death, and of The Circle, your maker and mine, Ru, is one of the worst abusers of that power. Granted, in the past he's been quite clever about strategy in a way that makes us all feel more secure today against threats from other vampires. But the threat he poses to you is considerable.
I'm not supposed to get in his way, but I do, and with luck and perseverance, I can afford you a modicum of safety from his advances. But for you, Ru, all he has to do to make that protection evaporate is directly tell me to stop it. To avoid that confrontation, be nonconfrontational without being accommodating in the slightest. Lie. Make excuses. Don't let yourself end up alone with him. I'm sorry..."
"...some people are less fortunate than you have been thus far. Young Tristan is in the less-than-tender care of my youngest sister Sarah, and as she is close to our father, that means there is no one between the young one and the old. I hope to get him 'out of jail' so to speak, but that is what he must return home to at the end of every night.
*siigh* Any questions about that before we move onto less terrible things?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2014 22:03:24 GMT -8
Ru- "...I understand. I had that impression from speaking to the others. I actually have very few questions right now." Ru didn't seem to have a pinch of the other's rebellious streak in him, and put his head against the car window as it moved, like someone trying to sleep. He closed his eyes, intentionally since now was not the appropriate time to bother people, and Demetri didn't seem like someone he felt like annoying right now.
He needed some friends... Don't fight them Cameron... |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2014 22:22:37 GMT -8
Cameron-
"So... why are you pointing all of that at Ru? I thought we were going to the same place."
Demetri-
"You're mine, in essence, and I can keep you where and how I please unless Dragomir tells me otherwise. This is my plan for now. I stay at the mansion sometimes and I'm going to intentionally do so now, under the pretense of training you fellows. In actuality, I'm going to focus my efforts on keeping Tomasz from getting too close to you, and throwing distractions at him until he - hopefully - forgets you altogether.
I don't want to have to do this. I have very important things other than this to attend to now, but I don't want to let anyone else down right now. We're in a bit of a hectic state of affairs. But as I said, with luck and wit, we can get through this. Now... for the less terrible things?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 3, 2014 22:26:34 GMT -8
Ru- "Yes, please." He did think of a question, and one he thought wouldn't displease anyone right now. "Why are you helping us, if you don't have to? I know you don't have to do that." He gave Demetri a speculative look, and wondered if MAYBE perhaps possibly there might be a shade of a nice guy in there. Somewhere. Possibly, and opened his eyes brielfy from the napping bits. "You're free to move on to the less terrible things when you want." |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 3, 2014 23:41:23 GMT -8
Demetri-
"...I have my reasons. Good of you to not thank me yet. We'll see how much good my assistance is worth before we get to that. Now..." He turned to Cameron.
 
Demetri-
"What is this... with your hair?"
Cameron-
"What?"
Demetri-
"The rise, man. What is this? Did you get your hands on some strange product? Is this what you consider... cool?"
Cameron-
"Not my fault. Who cut my hair? I could've told them this would happen. Not long enough to weigh it down."
Demetri-
"*siiigh* We'll find some sort of industrial pomade post-haste. Anyway,"
Demetri-
"I'm rather proud of what I've made of myself in the last few centuries. Given time, you can become masters of physical and mental arts, experience brilliant moments that transcend anything a human can ever know. Very soon, you will have almost nothing to fear from mortals. You will be as a thing of their nightmares - frightening yet impossible to believe or understand. You will do as you please among them, leaving nothing more in their memories than a phantom of a notion of something greater than they can ever be."
((Good place to leave off this conversation / times skip to the Dragomir Estate? Or did u want Ru to ask more Qs first? Either way, I'm done for the night. Peace y'all!)) |
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 4, 2014 15:24:14 GMT -8
Ru- Ru seems content with these answers, and continues to be silent in the meantime. He doesn't seem bothered by the noise or the strange derangements surrounding them, or even the events that had taken place. He was simply finished thinking about so many bitter things all together for now. |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 4, 2014 16:30:37 GMT -8
((Proceed to new chapter: Dragomir Estate when it is created.))
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