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originally posted in:The New Dojo
12/23/2016 9:24:13 AM
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[i]"I'll admit, Desmond. I've never understood you. I saved you, but you really didn't owe me anything. You tagged around despite being so different than I... Why? Why stay at all? Loyalty? I don't take you for the attached kind."[/i]
[b]She raised an eyebrow looking at him as if she were discovering herself as well. At least, understanding herself. She wondered why she even let him follow in the first place. A relative stranger that for all she knew could have ended her life. She had been less wise back then... But... The point still stood. What was fate getting at here?[/b]
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[i] He turned to look at her..really, look at her this time, his eyes boring into her with an intensity that only Desmond could manage.[/i] "I use to think I owed you something. Back then, I didn't know you were the kind of person who would save someone's life and not think twice about it..people like that don't exist in Midycru. Everything you do for someone there, incurs a debt. And I was paying mine off." "Until I realized that you didn't need me anymore, didn't want me there, but I still stayed. I guess..I just really wanted a friend." [i] He said, and his voice broke. Something so uncharacteristic for Desmond. No tears shown, but his eyes were filled with anguish. What else had he been through to get eyes like those? [/i] "And I thank you for it. Despite how different I am from you, and how many times I'm sure you've wished I would just leave."
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[i]"That's where you were wrong, Desmond. I never wanted you to leave... I was afraid... I don't know what I feared. Maybe myself... Maybe because I knew deep down I would have to return and I didn't want to become attached... But I never wanted to hurt you. Maybe it went farther than that... But I'm not sure myself..."[/i] [b]She sighed, the lines along her arms fading to a deep blue. She even gave off a feeling of regret, like the air around her would bend to her emotions... Elune were such strange creatures... Fueled by feeling over thought.[/b] [i]"I don't know what I feel anymore."[/i]
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"Yeah..neither do I." [i] He says quietly, running his hands through his hair and sighing gently.[/i] "Though..maybe we can figure it out..together." [i] It was half statement, half question, but it was clear what he was trying to do. He still wanted her friendship, and hoped she felt the same. They were equal in terms of having nothing, besides each other. And he didn't wanna change that. [/i]
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[i]"I don't see why not... Not like I have anything else to loose."[/i] [b]Chloe gave a weak smile, the lines along her body returning to the green they usually were.[/b] [i]"What now, what do we start with?"[/i]
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"I don't know..most people are sleeping right now. But that doesn't go for you." [i] Desmond says with a smile. He didn't mention the fact he was still going after the people who'd tried to kill him. [/i] "What about the man who usurped your throne? Do you ever plan to get it back?" [i] What he didn't say, was he would help her if she did. He'd butcher crowds of traitorous bastards for her.[/i]
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[i]"Khazz...? I can't... He's become to powerful. I watched him for a week while he destroyed my home. He doesn't have many in his House... Maybe a few dozen... And yet they destroyed our warships and troops... There's nothing left to rule, nothing left to save."[/i] [b]Khazzavon Trendrike. The Emperor... He wasn't the boy Chloe once knew... He had changed into a cold blooded monster. A damn abomination. She wanted to bring him down... But he alone took the entirety to Elusia.[/b] [i]"Two isn't enough, Desmond. Khazz won."[/i]
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"And yet you don't want vengeance? You don't want to watch the light fade from his eyes, the man who took everything from you? You don't want to exact justice upon him?" [i] Desmond says, looking sideways at her. He knew revenge wasn't for everyone, but he saw it as just another form of Justice.[/i]
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[i]"Even if did, I don't think he can be killed... He's beyond us now... You can't understand unless you see him... He's... Strong."[/i] [b]Chloe couldn't describe what she had seen. A man able to destroy, utterly annihilate the entire inquisitor force, along with what little army the Elune had. They were a peaceful people. Maybe they had a maximum of a few hundred troops... But that had all gone up in flames.[/b] [i]"He's not like me... He's... Evolved."[/i]
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"Everything can die, Chloephina." [i] He says, and if Chloe had never heard him say something he was sure of, that statement was certainly one of them. [/i] "Everything has a weakness to be exploited, and when you do, that's when you put a bullet in it." [i] He recited, most likely Durzo's words.[/i]
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[i]"That's messing with a predator as prey. Sometimes you have to know when it's a lost cause."[/i] [b]Chloe shrugged, not trying to think about it. Even if Desmond wanted to help... He wasn't Elune... He couldn't access their world.[/b]
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"In the bitter business Chloephina..I'm never prey." [i] He said. [/i] "But if you don't want to do anything about it, than I'll respect your wishes."
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[i]"And what of you? And the men that tried to kill you? What will become of them? You are clearly one to let go of a grudge."[/i] [b]Live and let go probably wasn't Desmond's style. And she knew that he was a killer... She understood it more now... Even if she wished she didn't. If Desmond was going after them, she wouldn't take a side, but she'd try to make sure Desmond stayed safe... However that would work.[/b]
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"They're going to get theirs." [i] Desmond said quietly. [/i] "But they'll be back for me and Lucien, before I can go after them. They'll be back for vengeance after what Lucien did to their infiltrator. She was barely alive once he got done with her." [i] Desmond said. Lucien had severed most of her right side from her, and melted the skin to her bones. But after seeing some their abilities..he had no doubt she was alive, and they'd want revenge.[/i] "Not to mention that man called Revenant, with the Red Ka'kari. He's going to have to answer some question before I rip that thing from his corpse." [i] He growled. Durzo had destroyed the Red, and created Mount Amarath, a volcano back in Midycru. So why the hell was it here...?[/i]
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[i]"I see... Well... I wish you luck. I don't know what help I could be. I'm not one for conflict."[/i] [b]She remarked, assuming she'd be better off staying out of the way.[/b] [i]"Just be safe..."[/i]
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"Yeah I know." [i] Once she tells him to be safe, he scoffs and grins.[/i] "What fun would that be though?" [i] He chides.[/i]
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[i]"It's not about fun, Desmond... Without you... I don't know what I have left."[/i] [b]It wasn't exactly what she wanted to admit, but Desmond was the last thing she cared about, the last thing that had any value.[/b] [b]She took a deep breath, shuffling her legs like a nervous child, using her free hand to push her hair away from her face and over her ear.[/b] [i]"I guess I shouldn't burden you... I just don't want you to be hurt."[/i]
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[i]Desmond nods.[/i] ''I know. And i won't die, i can promise you that for certain.'' [i]Not with the Ka'kari's consequences on the line, no..he wouldn't die. He didn't care what it took.[/i] ''You aren't a burden, Chloephina. You are far from it.'' [i]He says, with a rare genuine smile across his lips. He brushes his fingertips across the back of her hand in a comforting motion, and then leans his head back against the bench, shutting his eyes with a sigh.[/i]
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[b]Chloe looks at her hand, green lines swirling where Desmond had touched. Funny... Her skin rarely reacted like that.[/b] [i]"Well... I'll need to get another room... And I'm sure the sun isn't far behind."[/i] [b]With a silent glance towards the horizon, Chloe slips her hands into the pockets of her pants.[/b] [i]"Hope my old one didn't get replaced."[/i]
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"It didn't." [i] He said quietly, eyes still closed and head tilted to the sky. He didn't offer up why he knew that, and he didn't show any signs of telling her.[/i]
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[i]"Well, I'll make my way back... I'm going to get up early tomorrow to walk... Enjoy the dawn while I can."[/i] [b]She rubbed her eyes slowly, not because she was tired, but just to get out the remaining grief that hung in the glossy gaze.[/b]
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"I'll be around if you need me." [i] He sent a silent prayer to Nysos that she did, for some odd reason.[/i] "My room is still next to yours." [i] he says quietly, opening his eyes and running his hands over his face; sitting up from the bench. He needed sleep.[/i]
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[i]"I'll make sure to knock if I need anything..."[/i] [b]She too got up, rubbing her left arm and letting her head hang.[/b] [i]"Probably not my best day. I don't even feel tired..."[/i] [b]More like she was afraid to sleep, but she wasn't about to say that out loud. Rather, she began her quiet walk through the building out into the courts, arm still clutched in the other.[/b] [i]"I can't believe this is the closest thing to a home I have..."[/i] [b]She whispered to herself, feeling out of place... Half these people were one man armies... And she was...? The odd on out.[/b]
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[spoiler]end?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Might as well[/spoiler]
