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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 30, 2014 19:17:51 GMT -5
Nuriko smiled, giggling a little as she listened to the twins talking among each other. Willows words made her smile as she looked in the direction of the twins. "Not at all, I am actually quite happy that you two came to see me." She stood up, relaxing herself a bit as she enjoyed the feeling of the wind blowing. She took a few steps into the water. Being day-blind had made her really appreciate the sensations she never payed much attention to before. Smell, sound, touch, it was all much more noticable to her. She stumbled on the sand a little, but regained her composure as she moved herself out to the edge of the water. She closed her eyes, feeling the water on her feet. She started concentrating on the water, then walked forward, keeping herself on top of the water. She was always amused with the fact that she had mastered the art of walking on water, but she hadn't done it in some time. She smiled to herself. Then she opened her eyes slowly, keeping her back turned to the beach.
Someone was watching her...
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 30, 2014 19:51:32 GMT -5
Nocturne sat outside of everyone view, however, he knew they could feel him. Nuriko should know he was there. The twins as well. But, he wasn't there for Nuriko, only the twins. He studied Nuriko for some time then the twins. Something about them made his stomach churn. Specifically the one with short hair.
"That must be the one calling herself War... Hmph..." he said to himself. He kept staring, until finally looking away. "I cant learn from them, not like this..." he said looking back at Willow. "How foolish..." he said starting to turn to Nuriko. He watched her closely, knowing she could feel him close.
"What are you going to do...?" he said to himself again. His mind relived those memories Kaiden had in the half of his soul he was in control of. He watched Kaiden and Nuriko madly in love. Everything that Kaiden felt for her was still there. But, even Nocturne knew that things had changed for them both. He watched Tori and Kazuma chase one another around, Hana playing with her little brother Akira. He watched Nuriko and her family, everything that they were. Then, he noticed something about Nuriko, something was missing. Something rather important to him. He eyed Nuriko and frowned before whispering to her, knowing only she could hear it.
"Where is my brother...? Where is Thanatos?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 30, 2014 23:23:51 GMT -5
Nuriko stood there after hearing Nocturne's question, a small grin on her face.
"He's here. Me and Thanatos have been through alot together."
A small voice echoed from the back of her head.
I believe my brother wishes to see me.
Nuriko smiled to herself, her eyes flashing a black darker than night. She smiled as she looked toward where Nocturne was standing at. Then she disappeared in a wisp of black mist. The figure that reappeared behind Nocturne was not the same woman who disappeared. But Thanatos as it currently is. He hovered there for a moment. Then he growled, but to Nocturne it would sound like whispering in his head.
'You wanted to see me...
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 30, 2014 23:37:06 GMT -5
Nocturne turned around and smirked at his brother hovering behind him. "Ah yes... How have you been brother? Its been so long since our... argument..." he said it looking rather dissapointed with himself. He eyed the being and nodded, "That isn't why I am here. I did not come to look into our past..." he said looking back at the two twins. "You know what I want, by now I am sure of it. I came to inform you that you need to prepare them both. The one in the swimsuit... She is going to fall rather swiftly if she isn't trained." he said looking rather uneasy at Willow. He felt unsure what he wanted from her. He turned back to Thanatos and sighed, directing the final comment to Nuriko.
"Have them prepared by next week brother. I want them to put up a fight..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 3:26:37 GMT -5
Thanatos hovered there looking at his younger brother. He knew that Nocturne was referring to the battle, but he never expected him to apologize for it. Then again, His brother appeared to be rather remorseful about alot that had happened since then. He wasn't sure what to make of him yet. He disappeared in a swirl of black mist, replaced by Nuriko standing in the spot, looking at Nocturne. She looked at him, half sad, half confused. She gazed into Nocturnes eyes, seeing his own sadness and frustration. Then she sighed.
"Nothing can ever be simple." she glanced down at the twins on the beach before looking back at him. "This... I feel so guilty, I find myself wondering if it will ever get easier for me. I really hate my mother." Nuriko's face turned frustrated. "I have had to avoid being around Kaiden for long periods of time, just so I can keep a cool head. Because... when I see him, a part of me wants to forget about everything else. Forget about Tori, the kids, everything. I've been trying really hard." Nuriko sighed.
"And my family always wonder why I keep so many secrets. I still remember having to tell Tori and Kaiden about Kaiden's daughter. That was fun..."
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 31, 2014 4:42:37 GMT -5
"Your feelings shroud your mind. You were once so alone that only you and your thoughts could sit and muster. You got used to being that way, thus, you must adjust to them all." he said folding his arms. His look was cold, yet, still inviting. "You are thinking a bit much into your emotions Tsukina. Im pretty sure Eiko taught you better than to let them interfere." he said giving her a cocky smirk. He looked up at the clouds above, seeing the blue sky made his brain race until he snapped back into reality.
"Nuriko, you need to be prepared for our dance. You need to talk to Kaiden and Tori TOGETHER. They need to hear it from you. If you hide it, shove it away... Nothing will get solved. You need to tell them both. Not just for your fate, but, mine. I refuse to die by your hands if you are unwilling to fight the battle within yourself." he said as he looked up toward the Volcano. "I must take my leave. I will come to you if anything crosses my mind. Goodbye." and without hesitation, he vanished. As he did, Hana looked up to see her mother standing quite a distance away.
"Mom...? Is everything okay?" she shouted. The twins turned to see her standing alone. "Willow... Now is your chance... Talk to her about it!" Sanya said nervously. Willow groaned and walked toward Nuriko and her face turned red.
"I-I... need to talk to someone about something a-and Adrianne isn't... I... I just want someone more quiet about it I guess..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 16:21:18 GMT -5
Nuriko shook her head. "No, you taught me to control them. Eiko taught me to use them as a weapon. I am well aware of all this...." She watched Nocturne dissapear, gazing in the direction he was standing. "I am not unwilling. I just need to pull myself together, is all..." she smiled a little. Then she turned to see her daughter, Sanya, and Willow looking at her. Then she whispered to herself 'Don't worry... I will not fail you.' Then she began slowly walking back to the group, making sure not to fall on herself. As Willow walked up to her, she stopped and watched the girl, who was looking rather nervous. Nuriko smiled and gestured at the sand as she sat down slowly.
"Of course. Come sit with me."
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Sebastian walked up to the beach slowly, watching the family enjoy themselves on the beach. He saw Nuriko sitting with the twins, Hana was playing with Akira, and Tori was still chasing Kazuma. He smiled, watching everyone for a few minutes before walking up to Tori. "Sorry to bother you, Tori, but may I have a word with you? It's about Nuriko..." And he walked away from the group, down the beach a little.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 31, 2014 17:24:42 GMT -5
Willow sat with Nuriko and continued to blush, she kept looking at her body, which was scrawny but fit. She then sighed, "Nuriko... You have to be the most beautiful woman on this island... I just wanted to ask what it took to be... Ya know..." she said hiding her face. She was always the last person to care about her appearance, but, today was horrible. Sanya forced her to get a bathing suit and it made her realize she had no real features. She had barely what one would call a chest, nothing below that would give her any real looks. More than ninety percent of her cares not about her appearance, but, now it really bothered her.
"I just don't feel right in my own body. Sanya made me wear this stupid thing but I feel... wrong..." she said looking up toward the water. She watched Kazuma and Tori running around like a couple of idiots and then scanned Hana's body. Hana was built like her mother almost to the littlest detail. Once she finished scanning her, she hid her torso and sighed.
"I feel stupid..."
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Tori heard the mans words and nodded to him. He turned to Kazuma and shouted to him, "Hey, watch over the girls Kazu, I have to speak with your grandfather for a moment." he said following Sebastian off to a more empty area. Sebastian spoke as Tori listened closely. Once the gentleman ended, Tori nodded and gave him his fullest attention.
"Of course sir. What did you need to discuss about her?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 18:08:03 GMT -5
Nuriko chuckled, smiling toward the girl. "I have been around for a very long time. If there's anything I have learned, it's that there is beauty in everything. You are a very beautiful girl, Willow. You don't have to wear a dress to look good. I've seen some girls who look completely silly in a dress, but they look really good in pants and a tank top. Everyone pulls off their own form of beauty in some unique way. You just have to find yours. Wear whatever makes you comfortable." Nuriko smiles, then points to hana. "Hana may have my figure, but you will rarely find her wearing the same clothes I do. She have very little confidence in her own body, where as I probably have too much." Nuriko laughed. "Lillith, you're... niece, I would say? You two do look alot alike, except she inherited her mothers figure. But outside of the occasional mini-skirt she wears at her concerts and a kimono for temple duty, you won't see her in a skirt or dress unless she has no choice. That's just her preference. But I think she gets that from her father. I have never seen your brother in dress clothes either." Nuriko looked off into the distance.
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Sebastian looked at Tori.
"I don't want to take too much of your time, time spent with your family in these situations is precious. But Nuriko has been through alot lately. She needs support, and help, but she is too stubborn to ask for help, though i'm pretty sure she would never ask anyone this. But Nuriko is fighting a battle inside. I'm not going to tell you all the details, that will be up to her. But suffice it to say she is having a hard time. She loves you more than anything, but what her mother did completely reset all those years Nuriko spent trying to get over Kaiden. She has the feelings for you, on top of the feelings for Kaiden."
Sebastian put his hands in his pants pockets, standing there calmly while looking at Tori. "If there is anything I have learned, it is that love never truely dies. Her problem is she feels guilty about loving two people at once. She feels like she is making things harder on you. She is starting to lose faith in herself. What she needs, is to be reminded of why she fell in love with you in the first place. " Sebastian looked up into the sky, watching the clouds go by.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 31, 2014 18:34:25 GMT -5
Willow looked at Nuriko and gave a soft smile. "You think so...?" she said clearing her throat. "Im not even sure what I look good in, but, I never thought I would care this much." she said chuckling nervously. "My sister always wears loose clothing, almost like she is trying to hid withing her own clothes. I find it rather silly but... I get it." she said looking over at Sanya, who was sitting there laughing at Kazuma and Akira playing tag.
"We both changed so much since we came here. I don't feel angry as much and she opened up way more than ever before. Being here made so much of a difference..." Willow said tearing up and wiping away her tears. "Nuriko... I just want to say, no matter what happens... I would like to call you my friend. I know it probably sounds weird but... out of all the people I have met here, only you made me feel open. Sure I had my sister but..." she stopped and shook her head, "She is too much of a dork for me. Heh..."
Sanya turned to them and waved and Willow nodded, "I just want to know if he is going to kill me..." she said sighing. "I just want to be prepared for the end. I didn't get to have a life worth living before. I really don't care if I ever do. I just want to not be hunted anymore, not to be ridiculed... but most of all, not be a monster anymore..."
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Tori nodded, "I know sir. I have every intention of making your daughter feel more at ease with her issues involving this whole ordeal. Tonight is going to be a night for us. To help her forget it all for at least today." he said looking over at her, "I love her more than anything in existence. I won't let her down..." he turned to Sebastian and smiled. "Nor will I fail you sir. Its an honor to even have the privilege of knowing Nuriko let alone being her future. I am honored to have you here giving me advice and everything you have done for us is more than I could ever ask for. Thank you..." he bowed his head and as he did he felt a cold breeze on the back of his neck. Whispers followed and then vanished. Tori stood there turning to Willow and then Sanya, then back toward Sebastian.
"Um... Sir, my latin is rusty... What does 'Belli mortisque statera requiritur.' mean?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 18:57:12 GMT -5
Nuriko smiled at the girls, then placed her hand on Willows shoulder gently. "I will always be here for you girls if you need anything. But..." Nuriko looked toward where Tori and Sebastian were talking, not really able to see anything but she could sense them there. She sighed, her face falling a little before looking back at Willow. Then she looked at Sanya. "Hey, Sanya. Come with me and your sister for a sec. We need to talk." Then she smiled sadly, walking slowly toward Tori and Sebastian. She got close to them just in time for Tori to ask for a Latin translation. She frowned a little, looking back at the twins, then sighed.
"It means 'War and Death, the balance required.' It means that Nocturne intends to fight the twins. But, he does intend on giving them a chance to fight back. He's given me a week to prepare them..."
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 31, 2014 19:07:26 GMT -5
Willow's face grew dark as well as Sanya's. "H-He wants us... Dead?" Sanya said trying not to tear up. Tori looked at her and then Willow, who looked like she had seen a ghost. "Look you two, nobody is going to get near you. I will make sure of it..." he said looking at Nuriko. Sanya looked at her sister and took her hand. "Sister... What do we do...?" she said, Willow knocked her away and feel into the sand. She sat there and hated how she felt inside. She felt every bit of pain when Nocturne destroyed her. She begged to him on the inside. That drove her crazy, to the point of dangerous.
"H-He wants us dead for some foolish ideals of his..." she said digging her hands into the sand. "We haven't done anything wrong! Why do we have to get punished for something we wouldn't do!" she sat there and took a deep breath and looked at Tori, flames raged in her eyes as tears fell. "If he wants to fight me again, then he will have to make sure he does a good job this time." she said looking to Nuriko.
"I want you to teach me how to fight! Please!" she said looking worried, yet, determined. Sanya looked away, then gasped as Willow took her hand for the first time. "S-Sister..." she said as Willow held on tight. She swallowed the lump in her throat and looked at Nuriko.
"M-Me too... I don't want to fight anyone but... I can't sit around crying anymore! I-I can't hide anymore!"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 19:24:00 GMT -5
Nuriko sighed, shaking her head while looking at Tori. "I love you, hun. But this is something they have to do. But they will have me." She kneels down in front of the twins, relaxing herself a little. Then she looked at Willow and Sanya. "He sees you as another creation of your fathers that people can attempt to manipulate for their own gain. He doesn't want to risk another incident like last time. He still blames himself for everything that happened. But I think it is more of he intends to give you a chance to prove to him that you deserve a chance to live." She looked between the two other girls. "And he wouldn't have it any other way. He has too much honor to fight someone who is not prepared for it. Not even me..." Nuriko sighed sadly, his words still echoing in her mind as clearly as if he was there saying them.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jul 31, 2014 19:47:53 GMT -5
Tori nodded, "If thats what you want, then I will honor that. But, I want to be there for you no matter what. All of you." he said nodding to Willow and Sanya. The twins looked at one another and then back at Nuriko. "We need to prove ourselves. Not just to him, but, to everyone. Being monsters doensn't mean we aren't able to handle being around people!" Willow said looking rather pumped. When she said it, Sanya sighed.
"You keep saying that..." she sighed to her sister, "I thought we talked about that word..." she said looking down. Willow turned and sighed, "S-Sorry... Being called that for so long it feels like a title..." she said looking at Nuriko and standing up straight.
"Thank you for helping us..."
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Nocturne blitzed through the forest until he reached the summit of the mountain. A ways up, there was a cave in which housed the ones he hunted. However, he was here not for them, but, their mother. He walked inside and looked around. Diabound was gone, but, all of his books and diaries were still around. He led himself inside and read one of the titles of a diary. "Everlasting Glory? Hmph..." he said opening it up, reading the pages aloud.
"The project were a success. Each subject is now retrofitted with a Harbringer and can now be enlisted into General Liwa's care. They will learn from her how to use their new abilities perfectly in time for their new roles. Nuriko happens to rattle me to this day, gaining such progress after 3 days is remarkable. She says her and Thanatos are friends, but, one cannot simply be friends with a weapon. A soldier doesn't cuddle his rifle like a puppy." Nocturne rolled his eyes and looked through the rest of the diaries. He reached the page involving Kaiden.
"It seems I made miscalculations with Kaiden. The reactions are quite high and the Harbringer seems to want more than Kaiden can give him. I asked around to see what Kaiden had been doing, perhaps something is causing the Harbringer to misbehave. Annoying. That boy is constantly getting in the way..." he read aloud. Nocturne gripped the book and gritted his teeth before the book disintegrated into black mist.
"Is that what you thought? You were a bigger fool than I thought..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jul 31, 2014 22:38:39 GMT -5
Nuriko smiled, moving to Tori and wrapping her arms around him. She smiled, resting her head on his chest and she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. Then she turned around and looked back at the twins.
"No need to thank me, I already wanted to do that anyways." Then she turned around and looked back at Tori. "Did you still want to go do something?"
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Adrianne wasn't used to the caverns being so quiet. Diabound wasn't around at the moment, and the twins were out. She entertained herself by playing hide and seek with little Khirai. Khirai was good at hiding. But she got bored easily. Khirai, while sitting in her hiding spot, decided she wanted to do some reading while her mother was looking for her. So walked as quietly as her little legs would allow and went to the main room where all the books were. As she came around the corner, she noticed a man in the room that she didnt recognize. She stopped, becoming very quiet. She scanned the room, seeing if she could find her book. Then she found it. On top of a pile of books that were a few feet behind the strange man.
She slowly walked up to the pile of books, not really caring if the man heard her or not. She wasn't afraid of him. She stopped at the pile of books. It was alot higher than it looked back there... she wasn't even sure if she could reach it. She reached for it. But she was a few books too short. She huffed, trying to reach up for it again, on her tip toes. Almost there. So she jumped. She grabbed the book, then upon landing, slipped and fell into the pile of books.
"...Ow."
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