"Forgive me, it is.. just a figure of speech. The modernized form of English is seemingly new to me, yet I've managed to work past the "thou" and "thy", of which neither are in use anymore." [i]Perhaps she was slightly embarrassed, though it wouldn't stop her from saying "my Hunter" in the future. Athena held out her arms, as if openly offering to hold it for him.[/i] "I am a mage, to some degree. A mage that is not from these lands, yet.. seeks it out. This place is dark.. evil."

"A mage? Nothing supernatural enough for me to care about killing mages. Hell, half the time they help me out because some witch is sapping their power. Just don't do any blood or bone magic and we're fine." [b]He looked down, to Athena's outstretched arms. He put the jacket in them, but gave her a grim look that basically said "If you make my jacket dirty I will pull you apart."[/b] "And I remember old English... Hell, I remember the crusades. Remember Dracula? Dude put up one hell of a fight, and the Catholic Church got royally screwed before we actually got to his castle. Got a lot of vampires dead, though. Guns would've made it a lot easier though. Too bad the Chinese were holding out on me. Killed a bunch of Oni for them and all they gave me was rice and a few bombs. Though, it was very satisfying to smite them with blessed arrows. Oh, and there was that time I killed that vampire and served him to his own family because he took my arm and ate it." [b]He smiled wickedly, and his face was almost visible from under his hat, but it was just out of sight.[/b] "Good times. Oh, that reminds me!" [b]He leans down to Sabine's corpse, and pulls a knife from his pocket. He cuts her wrist, squeezing blood into a small bottle. He takes a swig of the blood before tucking it away.[/b] "[i]Very[/i] good times." [b]He laughs for a second before composing himself again.[/b]

[i]Athena would take up the jacket with her arms, holstering up the clothing apparel and looking back at "Hunter" with a look that, said on it's own, "Oh, will you?" - though that was followed by a mere smile, and a nod.[/i] "You've been alive for quite a while, then? Interesting. I can only boast of.. about twenty-eight years of life. My mother had sustained herself for thousands of years, before dying after my birth. Ironic, I know. ...In any event, I have yet to be drained by some cruel witch. I will still attempt to assist you. By the way.. how many others have openly taken arms against the supernatural, at least in this area? I fear that.. that you're the first and only one that has been forced to take action."

"Well, I'm technically not the only one. I have three followers. A girl now named Huntress, a man named Pierre, and a man named Brother Thomas. Huntress is obsessed with me, Pierre is obsessed with money, and Brother Thomas is obsessed with the Catholic Church. And me?" [b]He smiled very wide, and looks down at her now.[/b] "I'm obsessed with spilling every single drop of blood I'm allowed to spill. And lemme tell you, killing the undead is a very, very easy loophole to exploit. And it's fun to watch their heads go pop!" [b]He laughs some more, a hearty laugh. It was pretty loud as well.[/b] "Anyways, do you have anywhere to stay? If not you can stay with us. You are a very, very valuable asset. And by that I mean it'd be fûcking nice to not have to stare at the others that are following me during meetings. It gets [i]very[/i] boring." [b]He smiles very widely down at her.[/b]

"Although I do have a place that I call home.. it is very far from this hole. If you don't mind an extra mouth to feed, I'd be more than happy to join you." [i]Though Athena wasn't happy about having to share a home with this.. "Huntress". At the mere mention of her obsession with the Hunter, Athena's eyes blinked, as the slightest confusion came over her face.[/i] "Must I worry about your companions? Believe it or not, I have met plenty of fanatics that curse my magic, plenty of filth that had attempted to cut my throat for gold, and plenty of crazed woman who would do the very same, thanks to the reasons stated already.."