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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 6, 2016 0:23:02 GMT
There was compassion on both the wizened old faces as they looked at Eto in his emotional struggle. The woman looked at the man and some unheard communication passed between them. The man nodded to himself as he collected his thoughts and cleared his throat. He placed his cup on the table in a slow and deliverate way then looked at Eto and smiled. He explainednthings in a very slow way as if to help Eto keep up and understand.
"You may not realise it, but Silverthorn is very important to us, despite what you may think of our actions. Even before the chaos was put into motion to become this universe we knew of her coming. We have done all in our power to help her in this task. Whats happening to her is her reward", he quickly put his hands up in a supplicating and calming gesture, "please before you make judgement, understand that all souls eventually reach fulfillment in some way. Silverthorns is just more," he waved his hand in a encompassing way, "shall we say obvious, perhaps stark way?"
He picked up his cup and took a sipnwatching Eto with an air of expectancy.
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Post by Eto on Mar 6, 2016 6:51:21 GMT
Eto glanced up and down between Thorn and the aged pair, most of his attention specifically on Thorn. He would tip the cup, just enough to give her a swallow of tea. His voice was low and calm, his rage ebbing slightly. He kissed her forehead gently leaning back up to stare at them. "Thorn has spent the a large portion of the universes life performing the job that you literally forced her to take." He sighed softly. "Would you bring me some water please?"
He pulled one of his handkerchiefs from a pocket folding it one handed, then laying if next to Thorn's head. "The reward she is receiving... The reward she is experiencing right now, is no reward to her. It is a punishment."She is feeling now, guilt, pain, anger. She doesn't know how to handle the emotions, and she's changing into something she thinks makes her repulsive awful." Pain was evident in his voice and in his eyes. Eto sighed, pressing his hand against his face.
He sat contemplating for a moment, ruby eyes shifting left to right. The next words that fell from his lips were filled with no rage or anger or aggression, but fear and determination. "Can I take her path? Can you bestow upon me her mantle and free her from the responsibilities? Free her from the pain so that she can be happy? If you can't, can you give me the same purpose, I have no purpose, I am not asking for an egomaniacal reason. I want to be able to empathize with her, understand her. I want to do more than what I do to help her. I love her, not as a lover, but as the only family I have ever had." He stops, sighing softly.
Eto shakes his head, his name of hair flying back and forth. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask you for power or favors. But you're the only ones she would look up too, you're the best person to ask." He set his hand on Thorn's forehead, brushing her bangs out of her face.
"This..." He motioned around the house. "Interrupted us talking about the most important conversation we've had related to us, not us like us. But I did something bad, I didn't mean it and it's put a rift between us. This is the first time we've even spoken about it since, and it has been avoided for the better part of half a century..." Eto's shoulders fell, for all his strength, all his power and determination, he felt weak and powerless. The dwarf was one of the only beings who MIGHT be able to help.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 6, 2016 12:42:20 GMT
The little dwarf man put his cup down his eyes on Eto and he stood. He moved around the table and put a hand out to place on Eto's shoulder in a fatherly manner. There was compassion and understanding in his expression. He smiled gently at the Vampire his eyes moved to thorn with the same gentleness and then back to Eto. "I know you care deeply about Silverthorn and you are worried about her. She is important to you. But you need to understand she is also important to us", He turned and looked at the little woman with a nod and she returned it with the same gentle smile she also then directed at Eto. "Both of us Care very much about her and so do many many others. A lot depends on her and what she does."
He looked down at Thorn now while he spoke and it was unsettling that the woman also looked at Thorn at the same time and in the same manner. The were almost like the same person acting at the same time.
"We have been working with her, sometimes with her knowledge and sometimes without her knowing. some of the things we have done were to condition her to be exactly what she needs to be to proceed to the next stage of her development. Many others development depends on her success too. The things that are changing her are in part something that is necessary to help her succeed as well as what is meant to happen for her to move to the next state."
He moves back to the where the cup was left and sits back down picking up his cup. "she is much stronger than you believe and she will begin to understand when she needs to. We would not do anything to damage her though it sometimes seems like we are. Her pain also is something that molds her into what she needs to be. I think you will understand that when she is further along in her soul development.
Thorn moans softly. It seems the tea that Eto is administering is finally helping her to revive. Her eyelids flutter a little and silver slits can been seen for a moment before they close and then partially open. "Eto......Eto the witch.......Don't.."
The little wizened woman turns and looks at thorn quickly at her words and pours a little more helltea into the cup for Eto. Thron stirs from her position and turns her head to look at the witch and bares her teeth a little. "Yes i remember that scent......."
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Post by Eto on Mar 6, 2016 18:36:55 GMT
Eto stared at the dwarf listening carefully, slowly he stood up staring at him. Ruby eyes alight with power. "Yeah, so you're conditioning her, abusing her, treating her like a beast." The last word to leave his lips was a snarl. "You need her to complete the task. You condition her, push her, make her you're bloody puppet." He sighed softly, closing his eyes.
"But it doesn't matter, because Thorn's purpose is all consuming. Regardless of what I do, Thorn will work her soul into oblivion." Thorn's mumbling caught his attention. His brows knit together, as he tried to understand. The second string of words drew his eyes up to the pair of strange beings. "I can argue the morals of this with you until the universe explodes."
His scimitars appeared in his hands as if by magic. "You help me help her." He growled dangerously. "I don't care about the goal, the quest, I don't know what it is. Teach me. Tell me. Something!" He roared, his fury exploding out around him, the power in the air almost palpable.
"Thorn, I'm here, I will not let them hurt you." He tried to assure her. "I will do whatever it takes, whatever the cost. Thorn lives. That's a I need. Give me something! Something to help bear her burden."
Eto's alabaster Knuckles, seemed even paler as blood dripped down his scimitars, so tight was his grip on their handles. "And be aware, if you're lying, or you betray her... I will hunt you anywhere, after I deal with the cause."
One if his scimitars whipped out, creating a clear line between them and Thorn. "I will nurse her back to health. She obviously doesn't trust you. She's warning me. You'd better give me something, some reason to believe in your cause, or I will take her out of here."
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 7, 2016 5:27:29 GMT
Thorn sits up leaning heavily on Eto and the pallet she is on. Her face is so white the silver metallic cast to it is more than usually apparent. She has a sour look on her face as she looks at the liittle wizened woman with her eyes and she bares her fangs. "I remeber you. How could i forget? I ought to tear younapart. I am not longer the little spawn so easilyntaken advantage, foul witch!"
The man is watching Eto a sad look in his eyes while Thorn is glaring at the woman who is looking back at her with a strange mix of sadness and pride. The little man is the first to speak.
"Etonis you must understand you are part of this universe with Silverthorn. You both play parts thatnare made for you. The way you are is how you need to be to work together with all other things in this to head towards what the best outcome for all of you. There are many outcomes that the universe is heading towards. We are just here to make sure it becomes what it was meant to be. Each is chosen for the task they are able to do. Some need a little help with it, that is all."
Thorn is still glaring at the wizened dwarf woman. If she was capable of movement she would have fown acros the spacembetween them and gone for her throat.
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Post by Eto on Mar 8, 2016 6:08:28 GMT
Eto's scimitars seemed to disappear back into their jeweled scabbards as quickly as they had come out, his arms immediately moving to wrap around Thorn. His ruby eyes scanned over her face as she raged at the witch. "Thorn, what's going on?" He spoke softly to her, trying to keep her sitting up. "That is the dwarf you showed me, here is another." He glanced back at them for a moment before turning back to her. "What do you need? What do you plan to do? What can I do?" The fiery haired vampire had heard the dwarf clearly. If what they said was true this wasn't a bad thing she was going through, but what if they were wrong? Worse still, what if they were lying to him. "Thorn, I need you to focus on me for a sec, who are these dwarves?" He needed to know, needed to understand. And the only person in the world he trusted to explain it was Thorn.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 8, 2016 17:09:50 GMT
Thorn was livid as she glared at the female that had setved them drinks and who now sat calmly watching her with a tiny cup drawn up to her mouth. The littlemwomans eyes held interest and relief but also bemusement at thorns reaction to her. She didnt look worried at all as she sipped at her cup of helltea. Thorn continued glaring at her, she knew whom the little man was, and she was rather irritatedmhe had taken so long to answer her plea. She did not, however, understand why he had brought along the witch. One sniff and it was obvious this was only a temporary abode for them. Thorn could smell the other creature that usually 8nhabited this place, though she wasn't sure where it was. She glanced around distractedly at the surroundings but her eyes returned and fixed on the witch and she growled like a pack of wolves in answer to Etos question.
"The male is one of 'The Nine' but that witch, "she spat the word out at the female dwarf with a great deal of hatred, "was the one that turned me into this". Thorn made a gesture that encompassed her whole visage.
The little man then moved to step between Thorn and the female but addressed Eto while Thorn craned her neck trying to continue her glare which seemed to have no adverse effect on the little female creature across from her.
"Please meet my fellow member of The Nine, Eto. This is Aradia di Toscano.. I'm not sure if you know of her. Thorn has met her before, obviously, but it seems it was not a pleasant meeting for her. That is a shame as Aradia has assured me she has a deep fondness for Thorn, odd..." His eyes turned to Thorn slightly puzzled. It seemes they didnt really understand howmtheir actions affected other beings much. They were only intersted in the desired outcomes.
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Post by Eto on Mar 9, 2016 1:34:02 GMT
Recognition and realization crossed Eto's features in what could easily been seen as a comical change in his expression. The rage that had almost subsided blazed into an intense fire inside him. "You arrogant bastard! You have no idea what you do?! The end justifies the means? Thrice damned dwarves!" He fumed, very few things irked him the way that their ignorance of the situation had. "You tell me it is for the best, for better of the universe! You've never taken the time to see what your manipulations cause?!" His fangs extended unconsciously as he was worked up.
"You are like children! You do what you want because you have no inclination of the consequences your actions have on others! You're HURTING people! You're bloody monsters. Is this universe your creation? Did you spend the time and energy necessary to create it? Or are you just toying with it like a brute? Trying to change it into something you like more than what it's inhabitants care for?!" Eto's fist came down into the low table before him, splitting it in half. "You don't know what you've done. You ignorant, petulant, selfish CHILDREN!"
Were his mind clearer, he might have drawn his weapons on them, might have attacked them as both his morals and his very nature demanded. Neither held sway, he felt rage anger and hatred toward the pair. "You bloody creatures are willing to sacrifice Thorn for your petty schemes! I come asking to help, to take part, are you just ignorant? Are you just truly that apathetic to those you manipulate like pieces on a chessboard?" He demanded of both dwarves, power radiated out from his form, soaking the room once again in pure vampire energy.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 11, 2016 11:56:17 GMT
Neither the little man or the little woman moved to protect themselves. They had no reason to. They were only the concepts that moved the universe in the direction it should be going. They didnt look hurt or angry at Eto. The witch had no ill emotions towards Thorn, no anger or exasperation or disappointment. These two just were, and similar to Thorn, the things they did made sense to them and often only to them. To them the things they did were absolutely necessary. There were no grey areas, no emotion and no questioning of judgement.
Eto was now being studied by three sets of eyes, two sets of silver (one puzzled and surprised and the other just held sadness) and one old wizened brown. The first to move was Thorn, and this was mainly because of the empathy she felt for her friend. The other two were literally at a loss of what to do. They had tried to explain and this creature was obvioysly not capable of understanding. Or perhaps he needed ore time to process this information. Thorn put a hand out to lay on Etos forearm her mouth curved but the smile was strained and did not reach her eyes. Her words directed at the old man. She did not trust herself to talk to the witch.
"I understand that you may be here to answer my questions to some degree?" Her face turned to the dwarf with one raised brow. When he nodded slightly and dragged his eyes away from Eto to look at her she continued. The wizened woman continued watching Eto with a kind of curiosity. "Then there must be a reason you brought her", she almost spat out the last word but continued not to look at the female dwarf. Thorns hand pointed at the female but her other hand remained reassuringly on Etos arm. When the man nodded again then glanced at Eto quickly, Thorn nodded then turned back to Eto.
"I really need some questions answered. I'm sorry about this but i would like you to stay here while i talk. Can you stay with me without getting too upset?"
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Post by Eto on Mar 22, 2016 5:59:49 GMT
Eto took a slow and deep breath, staring at the others as Thorn's hand came to rest on his far too tense forearm. He wanted to rip them apart, to tear into them like the meddling bullies they seemed to be, but these weren't his people, they were Thorn's, and they had helped with her recovery. His gut instinct was warring with his mind, and his mind was winning. Barely. "Yeah, I can stay here. I wont interfere. Apologies." He nodded his head toward both of the dwarfs. "I don't understand, and I truly don't like it, but it's not my call. It's hers, and I'll respect that." The fiery haired vampire moved to crouch next to Thorn, placing his body protectively between his oldest friend and the pair of obviously dangerous dwarfs.
~Something is wrong, something about these beings doesn't work, doesn't fit. I don't know what it is, and I'm not sure I want to find out, but if it interferes with Thorn's plans, and endangers her... No, I can't think like that.~ He thought to himself, looking to Thorn before they began. "We need to finish our conversation from earlier..." He commented, not wanting to experience another half a century with buried and hidden feelings that would do nothing but make their lives harder.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 22, 2016 16:36:10 GMT
Thorn smiled at Eto and then patted his arm gently to reassure him before she turned back the two dwarves. Her smile almost immediately faded as she considered what she needed to say. Both were looking at Eto at this time with a mixture of sadness and strangely understanding, and when she spoke they turned in her direction. For some strange reason, when Thorn talked to these two, her multi toned quality of her voice was enhanced and her voice seemed deeper than usual. Thorn wasn't sure why this was and she was curious about it but it wasn't something of importance right now. She tried to gather her thoughts.
"I am sure there is some reason as to why you have brought the witch here with you this time. I had half a mind to let Eto just attack if i thought it would do any good but i know it wouldn't. Lets just call it a truce for now and you can explain to me why you are here and if it was worth the effort of me asking Eto to leave you be or not." Thorn crosses her arms over her chest and raises her eyebrows in expectant anticipation looking at the male dwarf. She guesses he is probably going to explain first as she has no idea why the female is here at all.
The little man sat down at his place at the Japanese style table and picked up his cup. He took a sip and looked at Thorn in a thoughtful manner. He then glanced at the female dwarf who nodded at him and he turned back to Thorn and began.
"I am sure you have noticed there are some things happening to your bodies when you are in one? You probably also noticed some changes to your actual soul itself? I am sure you are wondering what this all means." Thorn nodded slightly at him and he smiled and continued, "The quest i gave you a long time ago was your soul quest i am sure you remember this? The reason it is called this is because it affects your soul depending on your success and your work. What i am trying to say is the progress that you are making with your quest is having the affect it should have, as a result," he gestures at her in a way indicating her form, "you are obtaining some of the reward or the results of your work are showing on your souls progression. You are becoming how you are supposed to be." He smiled at Thorn in a strange proud way nodding at her then turned to the female to continue, but Thorn interjected here.
"So what you are telling me is this is supposed to happen?" She reached back and yanked some of the feathers viciously out of her wings and let them fall from her hands her eyes boring into the little mans face. "This is what I am to become? Am i an," She shudders a little at the thought having trouble spitting the words out,"Angel...?" Thorn makes an ungraceful sound and looks away out over the room not seeing anything her eyes fall on. The idea of becoming an angel is many things but disgust is probably the strongest. When she looks back at the little man, who remained silent at this time, he is shaking his head and then looking imploringly at the dwarvan woman, seeming lost for words or unable to continue. The little female is watching Thorn closely with a raised eyebrow very much the way Thorn is often noted doing. For a time she is silent then she smiles a little at Thorn and continues.
"You are afraid of becoming an angel? I understand you have been feeling emotions you are not used to, that is correct?" Thorn nods slightly and the little female smiles and continues. "The Emotions that you have been given that you didn't have before are actually part of your reward for your quest completion. Though you still have a long way to go, you have completed certain objectives and therefore you have obtained certain understandings. Understanding is the ultimate reward for your efforts in your soul quest as it is with any on soul quests. Because of your level being of the second wave you are heading towards being a celestial soul and," she holds her hand up to stop the protest that Thorn is about to make, "hear me out, before you think that this will make you an angel let me tell you that celestial does not necessarily mean angelic. Your Father is a celestial and there is no way you could think of him as an angel."
She had definitely managed to stop Thorn before she started ranting. Thorn looked a little confused and was chewing at a jagged nail slowly as she stared at the little female dwarf. That her father was a celestial was something she hadn't considered. If that was not a danger the only problem she had now was having to deal with the emotions she suddenly had access to. Though she didn't mind the changes so much, but the emotions were having an affect she wasn't sure she was ready for.
"Is it totally necessary? I mean is it voluntary? Can you stop it?"
The little man and woman shook their heads slowly with pity and sad smiles on their faces. It was the male that responded to her this time though the female glanced at Eto to see his reaction then looked at the male with affection. "No this is the way it must be for you to go forward, and you will need to have these understandings to be able to continue your task. I'm sorry that you are having trouble with this but it must happen and it is not possible to halt or to stop it."
Thorn nodded and looked away and at Eto. Her face was unreadable. She now knew what was going on but she was not sure she liked it much. But then if it was a necessity for her to complete her task then she guessed she would need some methods to cope. Suddenly she wished Donna Angela was here so she could talk to her.
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Post by Eto on Mar 26, 2016 12:55:37 GMT
Eto ground his teeth as he listened to the little creatures talk. If Thorn hadn't needed them expressly he'd happily cut them to ribbons. He let out a soft sigh turning his head to the side, a loud 'pop' echoing from his neck. They didn't get what they were doing, sure they might have the entirety of their plan for the universe in mind, but did they give a damn about the effect they'd have on their so-called agents? He doubted it, he'd rather see the pair of them strung up for the things they'd said and obviously done. Things that hurt Thorn, things that hurt everyone and everything in existence because THEY thought it was the thing to do.
Another low soft sigh escaped his lips as he turned back toward the pair of dwarfs, his ruby eyes far more calm than they had any right to be. "Bloody dwarfs... Deep breaths vampire boy, keep yourself calm." Another couple of deep breaths and he looked toward Thorn. "You need back-up in this, call, I'll come running." He assured her, dim ruby eyes struggling to read his oldest friends expression and failing miserably.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 26, 2016 13:41:04 GMT
Thorn listened closely to all the dwarves said. She also noted Etos impatience but she truly needed this information, and she drank this up like a greedy child. She wasnt going to become an angel, celestial is not necessarily part of the host.
Though thorn would probably fit in well with the host due to how she looked, but her deep hatred of Yahweh would alienate her immediately. Thorn was so scared to be placed amongst the host that she would have looked for a way to end her soul. She hung on the words of these dwarves like they were her lifeline, dragging her away from the brink of horror unknown. How could she continue if she was going to change into something she detested so much? She would rather not go on if that was the end result, and yet her drive for her task wouldnt allow her to stop. She would relentlessly push herself into this future.
"So," she finally spoke and both dwarves looked at her intently, " i am not becoming an angel?" The little man nodded while the female didnt react letting Thorns attention focus on the male dwarf. Thorn directed her attention to the male and started questioning him carefully while the female slipped away towards Eto, her disarming silver eyes very much like Thorns, glanced at his scimitars then back at him. She leaned in close to whisper to him.
"I need to talk with you. If you value Silverthorns life i hope you will listen to me"
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Post by Eto on Mar 26, 2016 14:44:06 GMT
Eto looked over the female dwarf very carefully, rage once again building in his eyes. Everyone was threatening her lately it seemed. With a brief nod, Eto would take another deep breath. "What is it that you need from me?" He asked quietly, his hands dropping to the hilts of his scimitars. It wasn't a threatening gesture, not that he could threaten them anyway, more of a self comfort. It had been a long time since he'd felt this uncomfortable anywhere, and he'd spent the better part of the last two decades working as a mercenary.
Concern itched at the back of his mind, something about everything they were saying didn't seem to quite fit. But this was Thorn's quest, her purpose, and regardless of his personal disagreement with them, she was more important to him than his hatred.
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Post by SilverThorn on Mar 26, 2016 15:12:15 GMT
The little female nodded and all signs of her smile left on her face. Instead there was an ageless sorrow and hurt and worry that could almost be deciphered like a childs puzzle. Anyone standing near would understand in a moment they were close to something that knew things that should not be known, and who had long ago grieved for those that never met another living being. The female put her hand out looking into Etos face with the aim being his forearm as she most probably couldnt reach any higher, for a split second the facade showing her eyes as silver would slip away and reveal behind them twin holes looking into roiling chaos and elements swirling around in a mixture of reddish molten mass. Then the illusion would return and her eyes would be the silver again. When she spoke her words were a low hiss so only to carry to the sharp attentive ears of the vampire.
"You understand who and what i am? I know you are not ignorant of Silverthorns origins. With what i am i know what she is capable and what she must do. It is important that she do her quest, and i am sure she would turn to you under stress. Did you realise what she would do if she thought her celestial staus would make her an angel? I need you to do something for me. Are you willing to listen?"
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