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She didn't notice. Instead, she kept her focus on comforting him.

2016-01-01 12:44:35

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A few more came. Not enough to catch up with how much he'd cried, but any at all was a borderline miracle. "..............I don't want to be here when I wake up.......can I..........can we go somewhere else.....?"

2016-01-01 12:47:37

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She reluctantly pulled away. "Of course."

2016-01-01 12:48:32

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He wiped his face and stared some more at the dampness on his hand when it came away. His eyes weren't empty anymore, but so sad. He was starting to look like Seculus.

2016-01-01 12:50:29

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She took his hand once more, and headed back to the castle, doing her best to ignore the stares this time.

2016-01-01 12:52:51

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He made it to the garden gates before he began to fade. He wouldn't even let go of her hand.

2016-01-01 12:54:41

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She squeezed his hand once last time, and he disappeared.

2016-01-01 12:56:39

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Madison cried himself awake. We were both still sleeping in the living room until we finished unpacking, so I heard him.. It woke me up. I waited a minute, it might not be a good idea to wake him, but when I did finally go over to shake him awake, he was already curled up with his head in his hands. "....M....Madison? Are you okay......?" I could tell from his thoughts that he clearly wasn't. Whatever had happened in.....Calistor, I suppose he was in, must have been terrible. So why would you ask such a stupid question, then? I just........he didn't respond. I rubbed his shoulder gently. He mumbled something. I couldn't hear it, but I heard what it had started as in his head. ".........I'm not.......a real person........." [No you're not.] {/Jack/. Stop it.} [Whaaaat? I'm just telling it like it is!] |If that's the case, you're just as fake as he is.| [Yes, and?] "......you are. Who.....told you that?" "..........everyone.....everyone knows.......I'm......" Wait, that can't be right. Everyone? Ivory would never.....oh. He's saying it in the sense that I do, when I say I've 'driven everyone away', and things like that..... ".....you could ask anyone. They'd say you're a person....I promise...... [Except me!]" "......wh-what?" "No, that's.....Jack. That's Jack, I'm sorry. Don't listen to him, he's..../really/ not a good source of opinions. He thinks rabbits will take over the world.....heh........." [Because they would, if they weren't eaten and killed by irresponsible pet owners all the time!] "....but anyway, you're......if Ivory cares about you, that's certainly a plus towards your worth, especially for you, since, well, you actually earned it.....unlike me...... |Basically, Ivory doesn't care about objects. Literally. She is completely non-materialistic. You've seen her spending money willy-nilly. So if you were one, why would you still be around?|" "....you're.....I mean, I guess you're right, sort of...but......the fuck is that....?" "That's....Ish. |Ishiah.| Right....I guess.....he knows what he's talking about the best out of all of us. |You bet your ass I do.|" ".......do you always do this?" "Wh-what?" At least he seems to have recovered a bit. At least, enough for comprehensible, /actual/ speech.... "......let them talk." "Oh....I mean.....not....intentionally, usually? But it doesn't much matter anymore what I allow, they sort of just......" ".........." He was thinking....how worthless he was for not being able to fix me. Ah-- "I-it's not your fault if you can't fix me, I know I'm not fixable, it isn't....that sort of damage. Please, don't blame yourself....you're.......you used to be so confident. I mean, so did I, but that was a /long/ time ago, you're still, um, how do I say this.....you can still fix yourself. Without your power, I don't know how much good that would do. I'm not entirely sure what happened to cause this, and I have no right to make presumptions, or think I know what you're going through, but I've seen on your face things that I feel every day....so maybe....I can help a little. Even if you can't help me. Now that we live together.....I don't want you to end up like me, Ivory needs at least one friend who can cheer her up successfully, and you usually have the best chances. So it's for her sake too, I suppose, and mine too, I'm selfish that way, but...you can still be helped, so if you'd tell me what you're feeling that's the source of all your despair, I wouldn't ever want to dig around in your head for that information, perhaps I can talk you through it....? Even though I'm sort of....terrible at that....Zane really was much better." "...you're offering......to be my therapist?" "Um....I suppose that's somewhere near an accurate comparison? I'm certainly not up to professional standards, though." "I......okay. I probably need....th-thank you. You're going through a lot more than I am, you don't really have to, I just need to learn how not to...." "....feel? Please don't...that doesn't help anyone. And it's terrible enough when it's not intentional, much less when you do it /intentionally/, I'm not sure why anyone would do that, but....maybe you can tell me why you would?"

2016-01-01 13:37:17

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A new house with a big living room. Just like she always wanted. The new windows had just been placed into the house, blocking the UV rays from entering the house but still have light in it during the day. A sliding glass door that led out to a small back yard, and a high ceiling to top it off. Of course, this meant much more blank canvas for Ivory to work with. Which she didn't mind. Currently, she was on a librarian's ladder, and turned to Ren once she was stable on it. "Alright, now hand me one of the bigger paintings." She spoke, a nail already in the wall thanks to Lance.

2016-01-02 07:47:19

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They hefted her wax art and passed it up to her. They'd run several laps around the house already. Ren had /never/ lived somewhere as large as this, between their apartment and a fairly small house packed with kids. It was so cool! They'd be happy living in the living room alone. Once she had the painting, they held the ladder steady. "Don't worry, if you fall, I'll catch you!"

2016-01-02 07:50:13

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"I hope so." She placed the painting on the nail. "I don't think Lance would appreciate an explanation as to how I broke my spine while hanging this and now I need Seculus."

2016-01-02 07:53:15

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"Maybe I should go get a mattress."

2016-01-02 07:54:13

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"I'll be fine. I'm already done anyway." She started to move down the ladder.

2016-01-02 08:00:28

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"Okay, good. We can't dump a bucket of paint on the empty spaces now?"

2016-01-02 08:02:24

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"We could if you wanted, but I'd have to ask Lance what colors he'd want."

2016-01-02 08:03:20

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"He wants black. And red."

2016-01-02 08:03:34

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"That's what /you/ want."

2016-01-02 08:03:55

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"Then he'll want it too. Well actually I want neon green and purple, but black and red would give it a nice aesthetic."

2016-01-02 08:04:37

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"Just because we're vampires doesn't mean we have to look like ones."

There was the sound of the garage door opening. Looks like Lance was home.

2016-01-02 08:05:59

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"It's too late for me, I'm blonde. I'll go ask!" They ran off to the garage to try and convince Lance into letting them pour paint all over the living room.

2016-01-02 08:06:43

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"What does that have to do with anything?" She chased after them.

Instead of just Lance stepping out of the car, another male stepped out the car. Hair a platinum blonde, and his exposed arms were covered in tattoos. "Is this your new girlfriend, Lance?" He spoke with a french accent, and smirked.

"No it's yours." Lance responded as he locked his car.

2016-01-02 08:12:58

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They paused and considered the new person. Then they smiled coldly. "Welcome to my parlor. Your grisly demise awaits you."

2016-01-02 08:15:58

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Ivory poked her head into the garage. "Ren don't scare him yet."

"Yet?" Lance spoke.

"Yet. Hi Jacques." She looked to the blonde now.

"Ren? As in your other partner?"

"Yes."

"Are all of them blonde?"

"...Yes."

He looked to Lance. "I told you, you weren't her type."

2016-01-02 08:19:47

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"Seculus is only partially blonde. So you're Jacques? Nice to meet you."

2016-01-02 08:22:04

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"Still counts."

"I've heard a great deal about you Ren." Jacques spoke. "You like to run around naked in World of Warcraft and kill everyone? Or did they make that up?"

2016-01-02 08:28:42