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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 18, 2009 23:00:29 GMT -5
"Hey there, pretty, wanna go for a ride?"
Elexa, dressed in a black fur-lined dress and long fingerless gloves that reached almost to her shoulders, turned to the man leaning out of the expensive-looking vehicle and giving her a look that might have made another woman glad she hadn't worn something more revealing. As it was, Elexa looked back at him coyly, violet eyes drawing his mechanical beast to the side of the road. With some detachment she thought that it seemed to move like some kind of wild cat; one of the poisonous creatures that roamed her realm freely.
"Maybe..." she said mysteriously to him as she walked over to him, turning on all the charm she had.
To him, she moved like the Jaguar his car was named after - she was no glitzed-up hooker... this was the real thing.
Elexa looked in his eyes. "I can take you for a ride you'll never forget right here..." She oozed up to him; one hand with black-painted nails ran over his face.
"But... the car..."
"The car'll be safe for a few minutes..."
It never occurred to him that when he nodded and stepped into the dark, deserted alley that he didn't even know her name, or that it wasn't safe to be picking up strangers at twilight on deserted streets. He didn't worry about the money in his pocket, or the expensive watch he wore, or anything else.
He never saw the sly, dark smile...
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 10:43:09 GMT -5
Zelos had used all of his power to escape Yeligar, battered and a little bruised he pushed himself to stand. He yelled out and fell against the brick wall. He was about to take a rest when he felt something...something not from Earth was upsetting the balance of life, by taking one. He got up and moved himself to an alley way, charging a spell in his hands and etching closer to see.
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 10:57:34 GMT -5
Violet eyes glowing in the soft darkness, Elexa leaned over the man, now caught in the depth of her Thrall, caressing the skin of his neck, then, moving as if to kiss him, slowly, savoring every moment, she struck.
Sharp fangs plunged into the neck of her prey and she drained the life out of him.
It was a pity, she thought, that she'd had to kill him... he'd been a fine, strong young man, and the world, any world, needed more of those, even ones as arrogant as this one.
He fell limp in her hands, and she withdrew from her meal, brushing his eyes closed with one delicate hand. She looked up from the body of her victim, about to stand...
....Then her eyes met those of Zelos Shinigami, and she froze.
"L-Lord Zelos..." she spoke.
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 11:07:37 GMT -5
Zelos stood there, his eyes widened, his hand still glowing with the spell. He expected many things to toy with the thread of life, seeing her was not the ones on the top of her list. Despite her agreement with him, he wasn't sure about the Sumata of Darkness she was the most dangerous of them all next to Trucido. Why? Because of what she is. A female who can toy with a mind, a woman of wit rather than strength. Zelos admitted that he hasn't been the most careful around her, this was to change.
"...You have an explanation for this then?"
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 11:34:40 GMT -5
"I... would have told you in time, milord."
She stood, wiping the blood from her face with a black glove.
"It is whispered among the rest of the world that the Nerezzan royal family is something other than human, because no mere mortal could control the demons of our land. Stories are told to Santo-Lucian children that the Dark Lady will come for them if they don't behave. These rumors were spawned thousands of years ago in the early days of our world... when my family asked for blood money from the humans who stumbled into their dark realm, and in return, gave them protection from the worse creatures that haunt the darkness of our land."
She looked into his eyes. "I am sorry, milord... I should have told you sooner, rather than have you find out, like this." For once, her words were sincere, holding the ring of true honesty, and her eyes plead with him to forgive her her error.
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 11:40:40 GMT -5
"Vampires." Zelos stated, his eyes flickering from the blood she wiped and the young man on the floor. "Do you kill for food or pleasure?"
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 11:58:37 GMT -5
"Only for food," she said. "Usually, never... as a female of the royal family, I only need to feed once every few months, and usually do not kill my victim. But... here... in this magic-forsaken place..."
She shrugged and looked away.
"Only a death can quench the thirst for blood, and I must kill once every two weeks to just survive. It will be a blessing to leave Earth, and forever."
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 12:02:20 GMT -5
"Every two...but we've been travelling around faster than we can stay..." Zelos murmured, either she ate secretly or she has been starving. "Do any of the other Sumata know?"
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 12:09:51 GMT -5
She shook her head. "I doubt even the young King Frexton, who would have the most cause to know, knows. Possibly Trucido..."
She looked down at the body. "It may not be wise to stay here, Zelos. These Earth people have an advanced justice system. They almost caught me..."
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 12:20:38 GMT -5
Without a word he grabbed her arm and in a smog of black clouds they appeared in a room. It seemed to be the one Zelos was using, for some of his affects were on the floor and some medics kits. "I would not be surprised if Trucido knew... but it would be wiser if none of the others did."
Particuarly Seigmand.
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 12:27:34 GMT -5
"Of course. It is a secret that's been kept for many thousands of years..." Shaking her head, she looked around the room. "Impressive ability... very useful. How exactly is it done?"
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 13:23:10 GMT -5
"It's part of my power..." he explained, sitting down. "I have to be able to teleport in order to guide spirits to peace. Make it there before something else can..."
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 13:56:18 GMT -5
"Of course. And you take care of all of the souls of Crepusculum, correct?"
She sat down as well.
"Do you... think less of me, now?" she asked him, trying to discen what was going on behind those stomcloud eyes.
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Post by Zelos Shinigami-Mezmillion on Sept 19, 2009 14:05:10 GMT -5
He paused while he was wrapping a bandage and said slowly, "I do not think of you any different than I have before. Although next time I'd rather be told than having found out..."
He stopped and then said, "Tell me about vampirism."
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Post by Lady Elexa B'Shera on Sept 19, 2009 14:27:56 GMT -5
She nodded.
"Vampirism... it's an interesting condition. Vampires must drink human blood. We are stronger, faster, and more deadly than humans. Most have some affinity for the shadows. We can see in total blackness."
Searching her memory, she continued. "Most vampires are born this way, although we don't have children easily, and only with mortals. The purer the blood of the vampire, that is, the more directly related to my family and I they are, the more powerful they are, and the less often they need to feed. Natural-born female vampires are always full vampires; natural-born males are called 'dhampirs' or 'halflings' and are less powerful, as the power is carried along the female bloodline - that's why the Nerezzan rule is passed along to the eldest daughter. We age extremely slowly, and can live for centuries after we reach adulthood if we are not murdered."
She waited, as if for some inevitable question.
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