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Cynthia sighed and shifted to a larger creature she had come up with when she was younger. It was humanoid but covered in fur, with a cat's head and large feathery wings. She lifted the girl and spread her wings, gliding the rest of the way. "A burden is someone who doesn't admit she is too weak to do anything," she said, her voice more high-pitched, like a cat's. She landed in front of the house and folded her wings, then stooped and entered the cabin. She deposited the girl in a chair, then shifted back to normal and sat down. She was breathing heavily. Shadow-manipulation wasn't exhausting, but shifting her own form could be, especially when she shifted to something so alien and carrying someone easily as heavy as she was. She was very much tempted to let her form fade to shadows and relax on walls, floors, furniture, and people, but she knew that if she did that, it would be difficult to force the shadows back into her form. She sighed and relaxed into the chair, trying not to relax so much that her body disappeared into shadow.
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eris started to shift, slowly coming to. she sat up slowly, holding her hand to her head as if she had a really bad headache "ugh" she said "this is why I hae spirit, you can barely do anything without passing out" she laughed, but feeling weak she laid back down.sigpicI want to say a big thank you to zeke for making me the picture for my birthday.
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Damian looked up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.He looked at Eris for a second, then nodded.
"The problem with Shadow is that you can't get anything done without being labeled a monster, or acting like one. Thanks for wiping his mind, by the way. We might have had to leave him like that."
Cracking his knuckles, he stood up and leaned against the wall, flicking off the lights.
"Cynthia, there going to come back here, aren't they." He said gravely. It wasn't a question. "And they're going to be stronger, too. Right? So what do we do?"Comment
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Cynthia sighed as the other shadow-wielder flicked off the lights. It made it harder not to relax into shadow, but it let her relax her eyes and focus on keeping her form a little. "Yes. They will definately come back." She started to massage the back of her neck. "Not neccessariky stronger, but definately more. There's always more, and often stronger. They won't be too bad, I can always deal with them. It's when they get tired of their own kind being hurt that I worry about." She shot a glare at the psychic, as if daring her to question the word choice. "What they'll send after me then is what worries me. Especially if they find out there are others. They might send wild beasts after us, or they might send genetically modified humans. Or worse yet, others of our own kind." She squeezed her arms to prevent herself from shuddering, knowing that this would be the greatest cause for worry.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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"You still haven't said what you're planning to do. And I don't know what I should do. I mean, you've killed people, and now these people are in danger because of it! But, you did that to protect yourself. You and me, we've been running all our lives. And I don't want that to happen to anyone, ever." He looked at her a little longer, then turned to Eris.
"It's your decision, you're the one in danger. But, maybe, we could make this forest a safe place for people like us. An asylum. Not in the mental sense, like a place of safety."Last edited by Theo Gren; 05-27-2012, 04:14 PM.Comment
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"They aren't in danger because of me," Cynthia said loftily, in an attempt to supress her anger at the comment. "The way I killed my family, the police thought I was the lucky survivor of a robbery-gone-wrong. The people after me found out about my gift when I ran from the foster home I was forced into. That was when I had learned how to fade into shadows. Those blasted hunters are after my gift. If these people are in any danger, it's for helping me, when I could hsve taken care of them myself. Again." If she weren't so tired from transforming, she'd would have stood and left then. Instead, she rolled onto her side on the chair, her head on one arm, her legs draped over the other, her back to the rest of the room.Last edited by HyrulianBlackcat; 05-27-2012, 04:27 PM.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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"your scared of hurting people" eris said sitting up again slowly "you are aren't you" she smiled at Cynthia, turning to face Damian "I agree with you, making this place a safe haven for our kind would be great. but there is one problem. we need resources, I can get enough food for myself from the forest but not for everyone else, and I only have this little shack in this small clearing. if we were to make it big enough for more then just us, because it's already very cramped here, we would need to clear much more of the forest, and the forest is our biggest advantage"sigpicI want to say a big thank you to zeke for making me the picture for my birthday.
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Damian nodded, mind spinning. "I've got nothing on supplies, but if we need space, I've got a contact who can get us something underground."
He patted his pocket, checking for his phone and hiding his annoyance. 'She thinks she's the center of the world, doesn't she?'
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Cynthia lifted her head to stare at the psychic. Then she laughed. "Afraid of hurting people? I suppose you could say that, since my killing are always quick and rather painless." She stood. "But you missed something, mind-reader. I don't care if I hurt people. I just care about what I need to protect. And right now, nothing falls in that category but me." She threw a glare at the other shadow-wielder. "I don't care how strong the lot of you are. I don't give a **** what your life stories are. All I know is that I'm the only one being hunted by crazy scientists after my gifts. If that means I'm stupid for being more open about my ability, fine. If that means you lucky *****es have been living in the cushion of life while I have been running, fine. I don't give a ****. And if you won't leave me and my '*****y'," she air-quoted the word, "attitude alone, then I'm gone." She moved to the door and stood there with her hand on the knob, waiting for a responce.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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Damian shook his head and grabbed his phone, typing into it.
"Go." He said without looking up. "You don't want to be part of this, fine. But if you're naive enough to think that they won't go after us or that people haven't already, you're a idiot. When you came here, you put the three of them at risk, and if you won't take responsibility for that, you might as well leave. Now stop being so god**** patronizing and wake up, or don't let the door hit you on the *** on the way out, savvy?"
He angrily punched the send button and stuffed it into his pocket, fuming.
"We're trying to build something here, but you don't seem to get that. So just... go."Comment
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Cynthia flicked her hair from her face. "As I said, it's not my fault you helped me. If they come after you for your abilities like they do after me, that's not my fault, nor my problem. I will have you know, though. By gathering all the others gifted with our abilities in one spot, you will make it much easier for the hunters to catch them all." She opened the door and left, not bothering to latch the door behind her.
She was very careful to keep her emotions in check until she was certain the psychic couldn't hear her thoughts any more, then she let herself fade into the shadows and disappear into the night. She had hoped, even if she didn't want to admit it, that they wouldn't cast her out. That she wouldn't be thrown out like a piece of garbage. But she had something to cheer her up. Her shadow piece by the men who had come after her drew the rest of her together and she formed herself, although she purposely changed her features. She always looked different when she interrogated her hunters after she had defeated them. She sat, crossed-legged, and waited patiently. She knew it wouldn't be long before one of them would wake, and she had the patience of a shadow.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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Rhytha sat quietly while they talked, shivering. She looked around until she spotted a fireplace, a small pile of wood stacked nearby. Slowly, painfully, she pulled herself to her feet and limped over to to it. "She has a point..... about making this place a.... a sanctuary......." She put a few logs into the fireplace, then sent a spark of flame into it, setting it ablaze. "If we made it known..... that this was a gathering place for...... for people like us.... we'd be a... a pretty easy target...." She curled up beside the fire, letting the warmth seep into her, energizing her. "But if we built, for instance, a private school, one with a very rigid application process that included a private interview with the applicant, and only accepted those who were gifted, we could create a hidden sanctuary for them right under the noses of those who hunt us. Not only that, but we can help to teach the gifted children how to control thier gifts, so that they can live among normal people without being persecuted for being different." She grinned sheepishly. "I've been thinking about it for a while now, but I don't really have the means to do it by myself. I can't even afford a new pair of sandals."Comment
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"Very X-Men." Damian said, closing the door behind Cynthia. "I'm not sure a school would work. There's adults with powers too, there's the students who wouldn't sign up, making it realistic... too many details. But who says we need to go public? Build up a safehouse, keep our eyes open for news reports and stuff, maybe set up an intelligence network when we have the manpower. I can get an underground base set up, I know a guy who's good at that sort of thing."
The soldier looked up and saw a girl sitting on the ground near him. He blinked a few times, then tried to move, but lay back down on the damp grass after a second when his muscles ached in protest.
"Who are-?" He tried to say, but coughed halfway through and had to start over again. "Who are you? What happened?"Comment
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Rhytha blushed, embarrassed. "What? It used to be my favorite movie, and it sounded like a good idea for a cover."Comment
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Cynthia grinned, revealing fangs she had created for this form, and flicked her loose, blood-red hair away from her face. "I was going to ask you that, human," she said, a sadistic purr in her voice. "I am Keena, and I wish to know why your people keep coming after my daughter." Keena was the name of her brother's Bionicle, and since Cynthia had always liked the name, she used it as her cover name when she needed one. Her green eyes leveled with the man's. "And if you don't tell me, I will finish the job she did."Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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