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#21 Laufey

Posted 09 July 2005 - 10:24 AM


“If you will hear me out, I will try to make certain that you live,” the vampire went on. His eyes were a pale green, like glass. Almost transparent, they were. “If not, I might as well let you die.”


Odd fellow, this. Hmmm...


Very odd. :shock:


The pictures kept coming, explaining what the vampire wanted, and offering suggestions and alternatives, showing the different choices to be made. They were storming through his head, leaving only the smallest sense of self huddled against the wall of his mind, barely clinging to sanity. Far in the distance, he could hear himself scream, although it sounded muffled and choked. The tiny part of him that could still form coherent thoughts wondered just how enraged Aerie would have been at learning that the vampire had succeeded where she had failed.


Hehehehehe, stupid Aerie. :shock:


Well, it wasn't really her fault...it was perfectly reasonable to trust what she thought was one of Bodhi's slaves.


But no. That wasn’t the real issue, not at all. If his…colleague…lived, he would at least be able to talk to him, perhaps they could come to an agreement after all, now they both knew the truth about the other. If he lives.


That's a pretty big if at the moment. ;-)


Yeah... ;-)



Eventually, he reached his goal, a small wooden door at the end of a tunnel so narrow he almost had to walk sideways through it. Bracing himself, he prepared himself to knock on it as he had been bid. The unpleasant thought occurred to him that this all reminded him of a certain child’s tale he had been told when little. It had been Tamoko who shared it with him, and he hadn’t slept well for a week afterwards, as he recalled. Come into my house, said the wicked fox to the children. Come inside, and all your wishes will be granted – for a price. And they did step inside, and when they came out, the curse was upon them.


Interesting story. Did you hear it or make it up yourself?


Bit of both. I got the idea from a movie called 'The Wishing Stair', and altered it quite a bit.


The vampire was tall, taller than any he had seen so far. Taller than most humans, in fact, and thinner. There were deep hollows in its pale cheeks, and its green eyes were sunken in and shadowed. And there was something else as well. Yoshimo had seen more vampires in the past year than he had ever wished for, and though they could vary a great deal in appearance, this one was somehow different from them all. It wasn’t its looks, or at least not just that. Rather it was in the way it watched him. Vampires, even the most mindless of subordinate fledglings or the most outwardly controlled of masters, always had a sense of hunger about them, that made you aware of how they wanted to leap on you and drink your blood. But not this one. It just eyed him coldly, almost indifferently. Whatever it might want from him, it wasn’t blood.


Nice mystery you've got going along. This just getting odder and odder. :oops:


You'll find out in time. :shock:



“Yes, my friend, it is I. What has this fiend been doing to you?”


At least he's still alive.


For now...


He looked uncomprehending at first, then followed the bounty hunter’s gaze to where the vampire stood silently against one wall. “I’ve never seen him before…in my life,” he whispered. “Have I…been missing something?”


Ooookkaayyy... :D :shock:


:?


Next: Back to Rini and gang, and we learn just what the reason was for that scream.


I'd venture a guess in saying it wasn't a climatic scream? ;-)


Nope. :wink:
Rogues do it from behind.




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