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Post by lily tomlinson on Jun 18, 2008 11:31:48 GMT -8
Lily looked over at the newcomer with wide eyes, and then even wider eyes as Rui instinctively shielded her. She instinctively got the impression that A) this was not a man to mess with, and B)This was a very bad thing, and Rui was not happy at all.
Placing her hands on Rui's shoulders she sat up a bit straighter so she could look over at the man over his shoulder. She was curious, but she was logical and knew better than to say anything to an unknown party that could cause bad results. Who was he? Why was he causing such a reaction? And why was he here?
Lily bit down on her tongue to keep from asking anything. Curse her curiosity!
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Post by titan on Jun 19, 2008 23:30:51 GMT -8
"Right. Well. As you can see, now is not really the best time for a...chat." Rui said, hoping to get the Lily away from this man before she inadvertently got them killed, "But if you'd like to give me your name, I'm sure we could speak more at a more appropriate time."
"Of course. It's Seth. Seth Marquis." Seth loved doing that. Oh, the dramatic entrance. How he loved it so.
"Wait wait wait. WHAT?" Crap. Well this couldn't be good. They'd managed to attract the personal attention of the most powerful vampire in...who knew how large of a territory?! Wonderful.
"Yes. I get that quite a lot." Seth said, amused by Rui's response, and enjoying the change in demeanor, "And this curious young lady must be Lily. I've heard quite a bit about you. Quite passionate for one so young. But then, neither of you are really young, are you?"
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Post by lily tomlinson on Jun 19, 2008 23:37:09 GMT -8
"Well, I've never heard of you," Lily said as if she were just thinking aloud. After she realized what had just come out of her mouth, her eyes widened and she muttered a ,"F*ck me", cursing her idiocy.
She stuck her chin up over Rui's shoulder in a silent sign of stubbornness. Okay, so she'd sassed him, she'd deal with it.
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Post by titan on Jun 20, 2008 18:45:03 GMT -8
"Well, I'm sure that could probably be arranged. But no, I'd rather not...at this moment.." Seth replied, raising an eyebrow suggestively. The girl was quite interesting. He'd have to..get to know her better later. The boy seemed very protective of her. That could work in his favor.
Rui had been about to claim that he didn't know Lily when Seth made the comment. Now he was caught between defending someone whom he apparently loved, and doing whatever the absolute most powerful vampire he'd ever knew said.
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Post by lily tomlinson on Jun 20, 2008 19:00:51 GMT -8
Lily went slack-jawed for a moment at the suggestion, eyeing the very strange man with wariness and... yes, she would admit it, interest. She was not attracted to him. She refused to believe that, however, he was very... very... She didn't know! But he was interesting her despite her better judgement.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!
Dropping her hands from Rui's shoulders, as she could sense the indecisiveness within his mind, she took a step back and made the decision for him. If this guy was as powerful as Rui was making him out to be, then she didn't want to be the cause of anymore chaos.
"You said that you wanted to talk," Lily said slowly, but taking great care not to let any rebellion into her voice, "I'll leave you two to do so, if you want." She didn't think it would have anything to do with her, so she could stop causing more trouble if she were out of the equation. She didn't think he'd hurt Rui unprovoked, and Rui was much too controlled and smart to do such a thing.
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Post by titan on Jun 26, 2008 21:37:07 GMT -8
"Oh, hey now, I didn't mean it..well, no I did. But you don't have to leave so soon, do you?" Seth said, almost disappointed that the fiery little witch was leaving. That is, if he could feel disappointed.
Rui instinctively tensed when Lily let go of him, and instead of letting her escape and possibly be separated from him for another lifetime, he snaked a hand around her waist and pulled her back to him. It was almost a physical pain to Rui to be so open and mushy, but Air was right at home and content.
"You don't need to leave, Lils." he said, surprised that he and Air were in agreement about the statement.
"No, he's right. The offer I have is for both of you. It's quite simple really. All I need is some sort of truce with such powerful beings as yourself. This way, I can ensure that no fighting ensues in my city without my knowledge or consent. See how that works?"
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Post by lily tomlinson on Jun 26, 2008 22:48:58 GMT -8
Lily took comfort in the arm around her waist, even though she could tell Rui wasn't too fond of public displays of affection. She was all for it, but hey, men were... men.
She looked over at him for a moment and smiled softly, before turning back to Seth with a thoughtful look on her face. "That doesn't seem so bad of an agreement," she said slowly, "However, what about the other party? I have no intention of starting a fight, and I don't think Rui would do so unprovoked. But there's still one girl out there with a lot of anger and bitterness and it's all directed at the two of us. Now, if she attacks, what are we supposed to do? Just stand there and let her kill us?"
While Lily may act stupid at times, she did have a vast amount of common sense. There were just too many loopholes in Seth's offer for her to just immediately jump into agreement. And if he were to say that if they didn't listen he'd kill them, then she'd just have to kindly inform him that she was more afraid of Fire than him, no offense. He was pretty scary, but still, she'd rather not get burnt to death again...
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Post by titan on Jun 27, 2008 21:21:20 GMT -8
"Theoretically, that should be getting taken care of right now." Seth explained, thinking about Wednesday. It was probably about time to go check on her. If These two were wary of Fire, then Wednesday wasn't going to stand a chance if and when she managed to piss this chick off.
"I realize that this is abrupt, but our conversation has reminded me that one of my associates could possibly be endangered as we speak. Here's my card, call me when you come to a decision." In a smooth motion, Seth pulled out a business card with the words "Seth Marquis" in large letters, and in smaller letters, "Your local Deity." and his privet cell number. He kept those cards especially for those who would appreciate the humor there. Everyone else got a regular boring one.
When Seth had gone, Rui turned to Lily with the card, "Well, that's not pretentious at all." he said dryly.
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Post by lily tomlinson on Jun 27, 2008 23:04:06 GMT -8
Lily stared at the card with furrowed eyebrows. She mouthed the words as she read, "Your local... deity."
Wait. Seth... Deity... God...?
Seth is God. Don't argue.
"Oh my God!" Lily said, when all of a sudden she start to laugh. It wasn't so much of a girly laugh, but full-bellied, no restraint in her humor at all. She was laughing so hard that she doubled over and sank to the ground. "That's just.... hilarious!"
It was hilarious to her, because she remembered a fearful character she'd met once, who had called some Seth person a God. And now she got it. Oh, what a day this was!
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Post by titan on Jul 3, 2008 11:30:09 GMT -8
"Shhh!" Rui hissed, hushing her and looking around to make sure Seth wasn't still in hearing range, "It would be best not to be killed today." he said, calming as there was not sign of Seth.
"Do you even know who he is? What he is?" Rui asked, exasperated by her ignorance, "He was the first Nightworlder of the human times. In the Bible, there's a Seth, you know. The second son of Adam or something like that. As in Adam and Eve. Well, that's him. And as powerful as we are, there are things that he can do that are so terrible that no one who has seen them still lives. As in..whole villages." he threw up his hands in frustration. What could he say that would make her understand?
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Post by lily tomlinson on Jul 3, 2008 12:02:12 GMT -8
Lily pursed her lips in an effort to stop laughing, but her eyes still sparkled in her mirth. "Sorry," she said, and she was honest about that. She really was sorry, but she did just find it so funny. With a burst of courage she reached over and wrapped her arms around his waist, tilting her head back to look at him. "It's just funny, especially your pretentious comment. You forget we were once worshiped like gods. But I gotcha. Seth is bad. Fear Seth. Ok."
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Post by titan on Jul 23, 2008 20:08:07 GMT -8
Rui gave Lily a look that said plainly just how important it was to him that they not joke about this and then walked back toward the car. When he noticed that she wasn't following him, he turned back around.
"Can we go home now or do I have to spend more time around people...in the sand?"
((we could end this thread here, or with your post, but I thought it was about ready to wrap up...))
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