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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 12:26:27 GMT -6
"Since when do you deliver coffee?" Lilith rubbed her eyes as her little brother was already sitting at the kitchen table, with a carrier of coffee. Damien was already facing her with a smile.
"Since I haven't seen you in a couple of weeks. I did however see Judas, what's going on?"
"Do you really want to know?"
"I doubt it, why again?"
Lilith walked over to the table, pulling a chair out to sit across from him. Taking the coffee that had a 'L' on it. "You're asking like it eve stopped."
"Is that why you're wearing your ring on the wrong hand?"
"I thought we all agreed we were not talking about that."
"I just worry about you sis, you need to live a lil, not stayed cooped up in this warehouse.... working." You could tell the word 'working' was labored for his to say.
"I don't stay cooped up, I even went and had coffee with Bathory the other day."
"Yeah I heard about that, even heard about the company you were left with. You let him come back here?"
An eyebrow raised, did Cell actually tell them about that? Test the waters... do what Lilith does best. "He wasn't too bad, took a few pictures." No lies were actually said, something she felt strongly about, especially with Damien.
"He's not that bad of a guy. Bath really likes him and can joke around him. She even set him up with Tiff."
"Tiff?" She dulled any expression as she focused on the hot coffee, letting it burn the inside of her mouth. "As in your sister in law Tiff?"
"Yeah, crazy ass shit. He came with us to Bath's Oasis 'Bath Time' shoot, they like instantly kicked off. Guess they're even going out Friday for lunch or something."
"....And what does Steven think about that?"
"He... indifferent. He knows Tiff can handle herself and that Cell isn't like Bishop or the douche."
"Is that his new name?"
"It has a ring to it."
Lilith just shook her head as she tried not to focus on what Damien just told her. They weren't exclusive. She just kept staring at Damien, avoiding the painting she had hung in her living room. Her trophy... if she collected such things. (Of course she did)
"It does."
A loud bell rang, causing Damien to jump nearly out of his skin.
"What in the hell was that?"
"The door bell." Lilith stood and walked over to the small television screen she had installed in the kitchen... "Damien, you should probably take your coffee and go see Bath."
"Work?" He was walking up behind her when she turned off the screen.
"Yes work, work you will not be a apart of." Nor will Bathory know who was at her door. "Take the back way?"
Instead of an answer Damien just hugged her, squeezing as hard as he could. "Damien?"
"I hope one day you can live like the rest of us."
"That may not be the blessing you think it is." She kissed his forehead before he walked past the table, leaving the coffee for her, she needed it more. Disappearing beyond the elevator to the back where a hidden exit was... an emergency exit to be exact.
She turned the screen back on once she heard the door shut. Frowning at who was on her screen...
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 12:31:59 GMT -6
He might not be a entirely welcome visitor, but he was a necessary one, he was looking mask first right at the camera, waving quietly as he stood leant against yhe wall, just patient as ever.
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 12:44:10 GMT -6
The door near him opened as Lilith stepped out. "A call would have been nice V, I had company."
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 12:51:07 GMT -6
An inclination of his head and a small quietly spoken affirmation of consent.
"And risk everyone knowing where I'm going and what I'm doing? And why does it matter so? Are you ashamed of me Lilith?"
He crossed his arms and she could almost feel the slight smirk form beyond that impassive mask, dark orbs staring at her no intimidation meant he was just studying her, getting a read.
"it refreshing to see you have regained some of your pallor since our last meeting. |
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 13:02:16 GMT -6
"Shame isn't the word I would use V but technically a heads up would have benefitted you. It was Damien upstairs and we both know how much he blabs to Bathory."
She shook her head, knowing Damien wouldn't know who he was... but could still slip up and say the wrong thing.
"I'm in a much better mood today." Her tone wasn't sarcasm, but it wasn't entirely serious either.
"Can we go inside? Or that also risky?" Noooow she was being the smartass.
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 13:20:41 GMT -6
He shrugs a little.
"Inside works, if it works for you, I was just being polite"
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 13:25:07 GMT -6
"You've already been inside once, a second time isn't going to do any harm." She disappeared back inside, holding the door for him, closing it behind him. She set the lock and walked towards the elevator.
"How's Remmi feeling?"
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 13:27:48 GMT -6
A shrug as he steps on in, closing the door behind him as he stayed at his usual quiet tones.
"Well, last I saw her she was better, butn ow? Who knows? She could be dead, she could in Rio, she could be playing Tetris...Once it was clear we had parted ways again , my responsibilities ended."
He sits on a counter as he waits watching, thinking and musing.
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 13:50:38 GMT -6
"Oh really? Well she's not dead, cause from what I saw you were feeling some of her pain... But yeah, we'll go with that part if it makes you feel better."
She walked over by him, standing instead of sitting. "Checking up on me?"
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 14:15:59 GMT -6
A small sigh and a shake of head.
"You told me to come back another time, this is another time."
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 14:23:33 GMT -6
"Congratulations V, you're human. At least more human than Remmi but less human than lets say... Judas." She turned to him, "And there is something weird I hadn't seen before, that little hiccup is taking me a bit more time than I thought it would."
"Do you ever hear little voices, like whispers... or have impulses that aren't quite your own?"
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 14:35:33 GMT -6
The revelation was almost a relief.. He was but wasn't human, He did have a lot he couldn't explain, and then he said gently.
"Never voices, and I'm always in control... but sometimes I just...Know, I know Damien will take 25 minutes to get to Bathory, I know you are favouring a stretch on your right hip, and I know Brooklyn is currently puzzling over her new dog.
I Know Remmi and Nero are in the same place, I can tell you where every weapon of every kind exists in this room and the next three beyond it."
Another smirk.
"And I know You know all those things too." |
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 14:47:26 GMT -6
"But the reasons are different, you developed this. Whatever stops you from being just human is the reason you know this." Of course she didn't touch on herself, not right now. This was about V and the anomaly in his blood.
"What's happened since coming back, is that a good term for it?"
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Post by V on Feb 8, 2015 14:52:05 GMT -6
He tilts his head and said softly.
"When I was dying, I was drowning, or it felt that way... And a hand offered it'self to me..I took it ..because I felt like I had more to do... Places to go..But hen I woke up..I was ..different, colder.. I just knew, Then...I killed Jack, long story short, set him on fire, carved him up. made it close.. made it personal.. Maybe I made him a part of me, who knows...I don't.. But I know that I am as of when I came back, cold.. just...cold.." |
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Post by Lilith on Feb 8, 2015 15:00:04 GMT -6
Her attention perked when he brought up Jack. "Jack... Brooklyn's Jack?... What made you kill him so intimately?" Notice she didn't ask how he was still alive.
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