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Post by [ st r yder ] on Jan 31, 2007 20:18:48 GMT -5
If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
Sheila's words made it harder to fight. I felt my rage all but burst form from me, and the struggle was evident in my voice and in my words.
' I am not afraid of you,' I spat, my icy tone harsher than I had wanted it. I feared one thing, and I tell no one one it. I turned my head slightly, glaring at Shiela from the corner of my functional eye. A familiar spasm of anger ran down my spine, but I pressed it back against the back of my mind.
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Post by sheila on Jan 31, 2007 20:24:38 GMT -5
(short and sweet...)
"...What do you fear then, Kaze, my kinsman?" Sheila said, standing her ground, well aware of the tension rising from Kaze's eager and violent body.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Jan 31, 2007 21:35:24 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
I listened to the exchange in silence, contemplating my own actions if things went eh way I expected them too. Who would gain the advantage, I had to wonder. I doubted Sheila was really the type to want my protection, and I doubted Kaze was really worthy of it in the end. Reflection or not, he was still someone I didn't trust, and there was something seriously wrong with him.
Fingering my sword I glanced outside the cave to the rising sun, it's light only beginning to break over the horizon. I wished I could be out there, int eh morning light, enjoying what little freedom I still had, and just enjoy nature in general. But I feared what I would find if I returned later, I feared there would be bodies here.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by [ st r yder ] on Feb 1, 2007 19:09:11 GMT -5
If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
Sheila's words burned againts my eardrums, and I faced away for a moment, fighting back against the onslaught. But I lost, and lost terribly. I turned, aiming my hand for her throat, merly to pin her against the wall and not to hurt her.
It was like I nightmare that could not wake myself from.
' Have you not already guesed from what I have told you?' my breath would have been on her face, the smell of blood hot in her nostrils.
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Post by sheila on Feb 1, 2007 20:34:03 GMT -5
Sheila hung pinned by the throat against the wall. But her neck was so thin from starvation for years of being within a cage and hardly fed that it was a loose grip in Kaze's hands. She glared at him, without a trace or flicker of fear. She looked at Kakashi coolly, wondering what his reaction would be to a sudden assault on her, but she didn't expect him to help.
She then glared once again at Kaze. "Have you not already guessed that you are not aware of how wrathful others are in comparison to you?"
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Post by [ st r yder ] on Feb 1, 2007 20:56:37 GMT -5
If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
' Why should I care? ' I growled. It was the truth, what I spoke then. I truly didn't care. I would fight them if I had to, but still, it seemed that after Arra had died that life was not worth living. I was only vaugley aware of Kakasih, though the fury that I felt then wanted everyone in the cave dead.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Feb 4, 2007 15:23:02 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
I stood quickly, narrowing my eyes at the two. What to do? I had no oath with either of them, and to tell you the truth I really like either of them all that much in the first place. But I had to do something, so a slow movement I half drew my sword.
Now, surely there must be a better way to solve this...
I muttered, carefully positioning myself in case someone attacked. My eye glanced quickly around the cave, taking in escape routs, attack points, places I could get blocked in, and then coming up with strategies and back-up strategies and back-up back-up strategies all in a few seconds. This was the kind of thing I had lived my life for, this was when I could do what I had been born for. This was when I could really think.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by sheila on Feb 4, 2007 18:11:51 GMT -5
"If you truly 'don't care,' prove it," Sheila challenged. "Let yourself be brave enough to put. me. down." She said the latter half of her remark with precision and a slowed tone.
And should Kaze be unwilling to let her go, and if he would be willing to try to kill her, Sheila would not go down without putting up a good fight. She'd faced men with weapons and no weapons-- and had beaten them all with just her fists and naked feet.
Fighting a shade, though there may be things to take into consideration, would have no real difference in matter.
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Post by [ st r yder ] on Feb 5, 2007 20:19:32 GMT -5
If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
I kept my eyes on hers, and I could not keep my mpre-than-slightly maniacal pleasure from my face. The short knife seemed to appear in my hand from nowhere, and I drug the flat side of the cold steel across her cheek. ' Alright, ' I said, and I heard the cracking glee in my voice. So there was going to be a fight. Or maybe that's only what I hoped. I released my iron grip on her throat, stepping away with my classical catlike grace.
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Post by sheila on Feb 5, 2007 20:47:41 GMT -5
Sheila dropped to the floor, using one of her hands as extra foot to regain her balance. She stood up again and brushed a finger across her cheek. A slight bit of blood, but a wound as minor as this would heal very quickly-- perhaps in the next hour.
She walked to the entrance of the cavern and sat down by a wall, looking out at the progressing late night.
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Post by [ st r yder ] on Feb 6, 2007 19:02:31 GMT -5
[size1=] If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
I stared at her, my arm at my side and my knife clenched in my fist. Gradually, I managed to slow my breathing down to almost normal. I glared at her back, but turned toward the darkness, my knife dissappearing into its sheath and my hands running through my thick red hair in frustration.
' And I'm the one who is supposed to be afraid? ' I asked to the empty air. I was fairly far back in the cave now, my icy voic echoing off the walls.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Feb 12, 2007 20:30:24 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
If you two keep this up, you're all going to be afraid of me.
I growled, the threat ringing a bit hollow in my voice. What could I do? No one was actually threatening me, it didn't seem to effect me much at all. It should have, I shouldn't have wanted to see more blood shed, to see more death then I already had. But, deep down, I did want to see it. And that's what scared me the most.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by sheila on Feb 12, 2007 20:45:37 GMT -5
Sheila stuck up her middle finger-- though it was unclear as to who she addressed it to-- and stood again. She left the cave.
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Post by Daemon [Naryae] on Feb 13, 2007 12:56:53 GMT -5
=Born into emptiness= =Learn to be lonely, learn to find your world in darkness= =Who will be there for you?=
Well, that was well handled. I added with a sigh, sitting back down on my rocky seat as Sheila left the cave. Something told me to go after her, and something else said "No, let her rot."
I rolled my eyes at her gesture drumming with boredom on a rock. What else was there to do? I knew if I tried to say anything it would come out wrong, and well, would probably end in bloodshed. So I decided to shut my mouth before it even opened and try to avoid a disaster which was probably going to happen anyway later.
=Comfort and care for you?= =Learn to be lonely, learn to be your one companion= =Life can be lived, life can be loved a.l.o.n.e=
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Post by [ st r yder ] on Feb 14, 2007 19:18:46 GMT -5
If I Turn my back I’m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll Take from me ‘till everything is gone If I let them go I’ll be outdone But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself.
I snarled again, striding down the cave toward Kakashi, stopping not three feet from him. I felt the fire in my eyes, the temper rising in my blood. I fought to hold my knife at my side, not finish him that second. ' And why do you think I would fear you?' I growled, clenching m muscles, fighting not to kill.
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