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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 16, 2008 14:40:20 GMT -5
Raven felt much better. She looked at herself in a mirrior she had in her back bag......
Raven: Much better.......Thank you......Oh are you allright? I'm sorry I left you to fight alone.....See I am....well was...a Titan......I got sick of the fighting......
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Post by Max on Jul 16, 2008 15:24:07 GMT -5
Rikash shrugged and looked down at himself. His shirt was a little torn and there was a bruise on his arm, but other than that he was fine. He looked at her and shrugged again, this time to tell her he had started the fight and it wasn't her place to help him. The boy inspected the tear critically and twisted it between his fingers. Letting go he let the cloth drop, good as new.
Glancing back at Raven he tucked his hands in his pocket and waited for a moment. At last he figure out how to ask what he wanted to know. He brought his hand up and let it glow slightly as if he were half way through a teleport and then stopped. He was trying to convey the word power. Then he tipped his head to the side, trying to ask her what kind of powers she had.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 16, 2008 18:10:23 GMT -5
Raven knew what he was asking her. But she didn't pride for her powers any way. They were given to her by her demon father. Raven hadn't noticed she had started to cry again. She reached in the back of her back pack & grabbed her smokes and lit one up. But did away from Rikash......She knew he didn't like that. And if Sparrow saw her doing it....She would have a really bad fit......Raven only did it when she was mad or angry.....Or put in a situation she couldn't handle. Like this one.....She couldn't show off her powers....she just couldn't. In a way they were a curse to her......Her other siblings had managed to use them for goodness only....She too had some times....But still, she hated her powers more than the rest of the Roth children....Now that she knew what she was.....
Raven: Yes.....I have powers.....But never used them since....Um.....I've not used them unless I need to.....I'm sorry I can't show you what they do.......
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Post by Max on Jul 16, 2008 18:19:57 GMT -5
Rikash shrugged and nodded to say that was okay. He understood the look on her face. She was going through something hard right now. He wasn't sure he could relate. He had blamed himself for Jerin's death but then he hadn't had powers. Only his own actions had set in sequence the events. But something was obviously happening to her because of her magic. And who was he to try to intrude onto her life.
Instead he switched subjects. He drew out some money and nodded towards the pizza place, asking her if she was hungry.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 16, 2008 18:35:20 GMT -5
Raven smiled at him. And just nodded to his suggestion. She threw the smoke away. And they bgan to walk to the pizza parlor. Some thing began to happen. Raven felt a tingle in her body. As she hadn't even realized that the city ruins were not far from where they were....and her chakra glowed bright red.....She raised her eyes upwards & saw her Scafe symbol begin to appear.....She hid it with her hand...until her arms bgan to glow red......She backed away from Rikash....Scared half to death...that he would know who she was.......
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Post by Max on Jul 16, 2008 18:46:17 GMT -5
Rikash raised an eyebrow and grabbed her arm before she got far. He was not worried about being gentle. Quite the contrary, he yanked her back and tore her hand away. Looking briefly he shrugged and released her. When he looked at her face, his eyes were disapproving, as if telling her hiding things from him were pretty useless.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 16, 2008 21:55:51 GMT -5
She wanted to run away from him so badly. But he grabbed her before she could.....Raven simply looked down....
Raven: If you care about yourself.......You'll leave me alone......
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Post by Max on Jul 16, 2008 22:46:29 GMT -5
The sober and sad look he gave her said it all. He didn't care about himself, his life. All he wanted to do was fight until one day, someone was better than him. Then he would die. That was all.
So he wouldn't leave her alone. He would just wait. Wait for her explanation. He had heard of her, of course. No one who knew anything didn't recognize the mark of Trigon, though most knew him as Scafe. But there was a difference between legend and truth.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 16, 2008 23:24:11 GMT -5
Raven got the impression sure enough. He knew who she was right away from seeing her scafe symbols on herself......She leaned against a wall and slid down on the side walk......She couldn't hide anything any more from him. He knew.....
Raven: So you know now....Like so many do.....I guess I was an idot to try & hide my true identity from some one as powerful as you.....Trigon is my father. But I don't give him that title. I never will. My brother lied to me a few weeks ago. And that's when I found what I really was. The Destroyer of the World. The Earth will die because of me. Yeah...little me....I'm sorry I tried to hide it from you. I'll understand if you do not want to hang around me any more. All of my other friends have seemed to have abandoned me....Even my own sister....Now you know...Now you know what my powers are....And why I don't take pride in them....They're a curse to me really...more than any thing....Actually my whole life is a curse...On my 17th birthday...it will all end......And I won't be able to stop it......
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Post by Max on Jul 17, 2008 0:16:20 GMT -5
Rikash held up two fingers. Two, two years she still had. He turned his hand with the same two fingers to symbolize peace. She still had two years to try to fix it. Then he returned to her comment on her siblings and friends. He pointed at the bag, then her illusion. She was running away, abandoning them, not the other way around.
He brought his hand down and a window opened up in front of them. Slowly a tall figure detached itself from the light. The man faded into view, his bronze skin glowing, but seemingly invisible to the mortals that wandered by. "Honestly Rikash, when I said call if you need me I didn't mean for a friendly chat." The man was saying, obvious very annoyed. Rikash raised and skeptical eyebrow. "Yes yes I'm aware you don't chat but that's aside the fact here young 'un. I count four limbs and a head so you're not in life threatening danger. I gave you enough power to keep you safe enough, so what do you want?" The man huffed as Rikash waited patiently.
He glanced at Raven then back at the older man. "Ah, you." He said, glancing at Raven for a moment. "Yes, I knew who she was. Well I'm a god I would hope so." The man seemed to be holding a one sided conversation, reading the boy's body language better than any speech. "It doesn't concern me. Or you. You always have a place on the mountain and you know it. No he can't touch it. Stop being paranoid. Look, it's all very well and good you've made new friends, but my point is, what do you want with me?" Rikash looked down suddenly, as if embarrassed. But what ever it was, the man seemed to understand.
"Oh, well yes I suppose." He said at last, heavily. Turning he touched Raven's forehead. It glowed yellow for a moment then faded. "I won't interfere in mortal business, but I can make it so that the pain leading up to the event is less. Is that enough?" The question was directed sharply at Rikash. The boy shrugged and nodded apologetically. The man's manner suddenly changed and he knelt down in front of Rikash. "Hey, perk up. He would have been proud that you're trying to help her." He spoke softly, almost fatherly. Rikash wouldn't meet his eyes. "Rikash, listen to me. Stop torturing yourself over it." When Rikash didn't look up the man straightened up and sighed. "I have to get back. I'm Hermes by the way." He added, shaking Raven's hand. As he started to fade away, he spoke one last thing just for Raven to hear. Take care of him for me, Raven Roth. He thinks it's his responsibility to protect you as long as he can. If you die too soon and make him feel bad, I will resurrect you just so I can kill you my self. With the last parting words, he was gone.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 17, 2008 1:03:01 GMT -5
He was right. She was running away....To her though it seemed no one cared about her any more. And she would just be fine with that. But as the spector appeared to them...She knw she could not hide any thing from him. She knew he knew about her. Her entire life probably. But when he said those last words to herin her mind...that scared her....She simply just nodded when Rikash wasn't looking....So nowshe really had to make sure she stayed alive.....Or that guy was going to kill her again...Probably more worse.....After Hermes had left....Raven turned to Rikash
Raven: You're right....I was rnning away.....From everything & everyone.....I can't face them....I just can't....Esecially my sister.....She'll probably give me a hard time....Don't say a thing...It's because she loves me....I blocked her away....I didn't want to hear her in mind....I didn't want to her anyone....I didn't want them to be sorry for me....Saying thins such as..."Poor little Rae....She's only 15...." You understand don't you?
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Post by Max on Jul 17, 2008 7:50:51 GMT -5
Rikash thought for a moment, still half distracted. At last he nodded and shrugged at the same time. He understood what she was saying, but he wasn't sure he could relate completely to her situation. Of course he had gotten coos of sympathy after Jerin died, but he had been so drawn into himself then he had barely noticed.
He looked at Raven and pointed to her forehead then tipped his head, to ask her if Hermes had helped the pain enough. He felt bad he had asked for Hermes' help. He wanted to handle everything himself. But he didn't know how to relieve pain like he did it. Rikash felt a sudden rush of emotion swamp through him. That was one of the problems with how he acted. He couped everything up and seemed so calm all the time. But every once in a while, the gates opened. Rikash turned his back to Raven and looked down, his fists clenched stubbornly as he stopped the sob rising in his throat. Jerin's face still hovered fresh in his mind. The feeling of the cold steel slicing through his neck could never leave him. He touched his throat shakily with one hand, feeling the scar that ran across it. The illusion to hide its appearance still held, but barely. If he didn't get a hold of himself it could slip.
Biting his lip until it bled, Rikash slowly with drew his hand and relaxed, forcing those feelings away again. He still couldn't look at Raven, but at least he was starting to keep himself under control. He hated it, being so weak. So pathetic. It was stupid, mortal. Sometimes he considered taking Hermes' offer and going to Mount Olympus to live forever. But right now, Earth was still his home.
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 17, 2008 11:58:04 GMT -5
Raven: What? Oh....Yeah...He helped it...I'm fine now....Thank you....Are you ok?
She noticed how he was acting...There must've been something bothering him....For he just turned away from her.
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Post by Max on Jul 17, 2008 22:27:38 GMT -5
Rikash couldn't look at her, but he lied and nodded. Everything was fine, he told her silently. He wasn't ever that good at lying. He could feel wet in his eyes but he furiously dashed it out of existence, pretending it had never been there.
((Sorry for the shortness Ms Raven. Time is of the shortness.))
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Post by Raven Roth on Jul 18, 2008 22:08:33 GMT -5
Raven looked down. She felt like she got into his business.....and he didn't want her interferring..
Raven: I'm sorry. Did I do some thing wrong?
((Same here^^ It's ok^^))
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