The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 & Atlas)
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				Title: <strong>The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-11-2011, 04:52:57</strong>
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				The war between the Heavens and Hell had been since the fall of Samael, the angel who would come to be known as Lucifer. But when the war ended, both realms sealed themselves from the mortal coil, vowing never to directly interfere with the the path that man kind would seek to take. Demons remained in Hell, the Angels in Heaven, leaving God and Lucifer to war behind the scenes for the souls of those passing on from the realm of the living.<br><br>Half-breeds are not uncommon, sometimes appearing here and there to more directly enact the plans of their kind, but there is one such creature that both sides would seek to claim as their own. A creature that would either be slain or captured on sight. Legend has it that a being will be born who will have the blood of a demon, an angel and a human flowing together as one. A creature that cannot be banished, and can fight both sides with equal vigor. A creature who could grow in power, and if kept under the sway of the lucky captor, a powerful weapon. <br><br>But no such creature has been born........yet.<br><br>As humanity lacks the supernatural powers of their heavenly and hellish counterparts, there are born a select few who are blessed with the ability to help maintain the balance between worlds. It is with one of these beings, a protege of the great Constantine, that our story begins.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>16-11-2011, 05:49:25</strong>
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				In the war between those On High, and those in the Depths Below, there are those who are caught between. Of those many multitudes there are but a few who can see the lines drawn in the souls of those around them. That can see the taint of the holy and the unholy. The few choose their sides or choose none at all. Of those few there is a great man known to have pulled off the greatest of hat tricks upon even the one most dark, dying, only to return to life once again saved by that very dark force. But his is not about him, but it is but one story of his only surviving apprentice, one who has been trained in the dark scriptures, carrying relics soaked in holy blood, bound in the darkness between worlds. Welcome one of the shadows in the night, the dark warrior who stands by walking the path in the eternal black. Where his path will lead none yet know, only that it will be a bloody path. Carrying a baseball bat a composite of a dozen materials that are deadly to the most common of deadly forces, but celestial and infernal. A highly illegal, m79 grenade launcher, though he only carries what amounts to 40mm shotgun shells of various unique materials, including one rumored to contain teeth from nearly 30 different catholic saints. He stands ready with dozens of tools though few would suspect a baseball backpack to be such a dangerous arsenal against the supernatural. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>16-11-2011, 23:25:01</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://s4.hubimg.com/u/109519_f520.jpg)</div><br><br>Kali had been in the human plane since the beginning of the war. She was first sent by her lover Samael to corrupt the hearts of men and win them over to her cause, and so she still does to this day. Dark luscious skin is mix with perfect rounding curves. She has long, silken ebony hair, and eyes so dark they are almost black. She wasn't tall, her frame small and submissive, all the better to seduce the most powerful, dominant men of society. Those who could see her demonic form would have a hard time deciphering who she fought for. Staying on the human plane she had worked hard to maintain her angelic beauty, as most degenerated into monsters she keep her perfect protruding wings, turning them from pure white to perfect black as a sign of her allegiance. She had guided from behind the scenes the rise and fall of empires, and now she awaited her next task, patiently living out her days until Samael would call upon her again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>17-11-2011, 02:59:43</strong>
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				(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yH2mOf9LVfA/Ta2SLulnvYI/AAAAAAAABkY/ZbLDT-YHYgM/s640/superbe-Keira-Knightley.jpg)<br><br><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Anette</span></strong><br><br>Anette had grown up in an odd sense. She never knew her real parents, but she'd grown up as a product of the system in and out of foster care. She had always been odd, having extraordinary luck at the most opportune times, almost never getting ill, knowing what to say and when....and it frightened people she stayed with. Sometimes, if she was angry, one would even be able to catch a whiff of sulphur about her. If she was happy, the smell of lavender or some light, pleasant smell would hang about her. <br><br>But on this day, her 18th birthday, her life would change. Anette turned around, taking one last look at the building that'd been her home for the past four years when the last foster family dumped her and sped off through the city of Cleveland. She sighed heavily, and pulled her hoodie about her face, tightening the laces. She took another breath, and walked out into the pouring rain.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>18-11-2011, 00:18:04</strong>
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				Kali glided up the stairs of the ratty apartment complex, trying desperately not to touch anything, feeling like it might taint her. She had a stoic glare etched across her face, and behind her followed four muscular half-breeds. Earlier that week a human had taken it upon themselves to intervene in the war between the coils, she was going to deal with them. The stairwell was dirty, leading off into tiny apartment blocks the poorest in the city lived in. She climbed to the top floor, reaching the door she pointed, on of the half breeds banging on it.
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>18-11-2011, 00:27:54</strong>
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				Anette had next to nothing, save a back pack full of her clothes, a diary she'd kept, a little money she'd gotten from doing odd jobs around the place and what she had on now. And the back pack of course. She pulled out the slip of paper from her pocket with the address of the apartment of her friend Miya. She'd met her in the foster program and they'd become fast friends. When she knew she was going to get out, she asked if Miya would let her stay with her until she got a job and her own place. Thankfully, Miya said yes. So she walked on in the rain, getting soaked through but not having enough money to make cab fare.
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				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>18-11-2011, 01:31:35</strong>
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				When the door didn't open Kali sighed, absently waving her hand the half-breeds smashed down the door. They had impressive strength, even if it wasn't as great as the demons. The girl was sat at a desk in the tiny living room. Dusty books pilled high around her, no doubt she believed they has information on Kali's kind, most of it would be rubbish. She had barely enough time to look around before two of the halfbreeds caught her and pinned her to desk, each holding one of her arms. Kali walked in behind them. She saw a wood carving of the crucified jesus and looked away. Her eyes aching slightly. <em>...Not another Catholic.</em>
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>18-11-2011, 01:38:14</strong>
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				The girl began to whimper as she was restrained, seeing the beautiful woman leading them. "W...who are you!?" she cried out, seeing the way the woman reacted to the crucifix. She knew she was in trouble.<br><br>* * * * * * *<br><br>Anette looked up to make sure she had the right building before finally going to the door and opening it. Her friend lived in a fairly secure building but it didn't require her to get buzzed in. Fortunate for her as she knew Miya was at work and didn't particularly want to be standing out in the rain. She began the long ascent up the stairs, the only thing that sucked about this place was that it had no elevator and Miya lived on the 10th floor. At least Anette would always be in shape.
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				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 01:27:00</strong>
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				Kali placed a finger nail on the back of the girls neck. "You should have learned papist. We are not something that you can eradicate from this world... Say hello to your pathetic God for me." Her blood turned darkest black, spreading from Kali's finger through her capillaries, into her veins and through her body. She began writing in agony as the two men held her down on the desk. <em>I wonder if she'll beg... The weak ones always beg.</em>
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 01:39:19</strong>
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				The girl howled in pain but wouldn't beg, she tried hard not to. But after a few minutes of that agonizing torture, she began to plead for her life even as she knew her request wouldn't be honored.<br><br>* * * * *<br><br>Anette paused at the 4th story, feeling something. She couldn't explain it, but she looked right up. <em>What is this....what is this feeling....it's.....it's evil...</em>. She paused, and tried to shake it off as she kept moving up towards Miya's apartment.
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				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 01:48:26</strong>
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				"Pathetic." She grinned, Her God was capricious, he wouldn't look kindly upon her begging. "See you in hell." She watched as the last of the blackness reached her heart, leaving her spasming on the table, her eyes entirely black. She pulled a dainty finger off of her, wiping it on a tissue. "We're leaving." She strode out of the ratty apartment block, leaving the door hanging open, one of the men barely hiding the body from view.
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 02:00:03</strong>
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				The girl's body slumped to the floor, lifeless and cold.<br><br>* * * * * *<br><br>Anette gripped the banister as she held fast, her world spinning. She felt a mix of sickness, and a strange joy as she felt life forcibly extracted and sent downward like lightning. Someone had died, but not by natural causes. She felt herself shaking as she tried to breath, her chest tightening.<br><br>A small burst of immense power began to build as she tried to move up the stairs again.
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				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 02:43:05</strong>
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				Kali walked down the stairs. She felt the burst of energy from a few floors down, hitting her like a ton of bricks. <em>What was that!</em> She powered on ahead down the stairs. Seeing a girl shaking, clutching at her chest. Kali put her arms around her, instantly feeling the tug of the two forces inside of her body. Drawing her in and repelling her away at the same time <em>...And what are you little girl.</em> He lifted her head up, a fake look of concern on her face utterly convincing. "Are you okay! Breathe! It's gonna be alright!"
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>19-11-2011, 02:56:24</strong>
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				"A....my chest..." she breathed, soon hearing a voice as she looked into the face of a fairly attractive woman. "I....I'll be ok." Anette tried to smile, a bit as she looked into the face of the woman sitting beside her. "I just felt something, probably just a temperature change or something." Anette tried to shrug it off, gently pulling out of the woman's grasp. "Thanks for....worrying." she smiled a little, cautiously moving up the stairs towards Miya's apartment. She could feel th woman's gaze on her somehow, not sure what it was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>21-11-2011, 01:21:46</strong>
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				She had to leave quickly, before the disturbance was reported. Taking note of what the girl looked like she quickly powered ahead back to the nightclub she was the proprietor of. <em>I must learn more of this... Curiosity.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>22-11-2011, 02:27:46</strong>
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				Dragging himself out from the sheets on the couch that did double duty as his bed, Devis wipes the sleep from his eyes with one hand as he feels around blindly on the stand next to the couch where his cell phone is plugged in blaring one of the obnoxious default ringtones. Finally finding it he taps to answer, as he starts to bring the phone to his ear he can hear the once voice he didn't want to hear screeching at him, Britt, an alarmist and intermittent though exceptionally powerful psychic when it works. <br><br>"DEVIS, did you feel it, there was a FUCKING HUGE EXPLOSION OF POWER. I mean REAL power. Head over to 5th and Blarney and you should be able to feel the lingering sensation I was there near there when it blasted all over the place." Her tone grated on his nerves, were it not for her voice always screeching at him he might want to spend time with her rather than avoiding her like a squaking harpy. <br><br>"I was asleep, I didn't feel anything. I'll go check it out, pleast just stop screaming at me and I'll go check it out so just relax and stop your screeches." Running a hand through his shaggy hair, knowing that he'll need to get it cut soon else someone might think him homeless for many years. Scratching his cheek as he rudely hangs up on Britt, damn I need to shave soon. Getting up he gets ready feeling his joints crack loudly as he stretches the sleep from his muscles. Throwing on a snarky shirt, and heavy jeans, thick work boots and a pseudo leather biker's jacket. Accessing a small hidden compartment he drops a few canisters for his friend Harv as he loads Harv into his pack into the pockets in his baseball backpack along with a few sundry minor tools of power he's acquired in the past two years away from his mentor. Double checking the straps on everything he straps Harv next to his many times blessed, rune encrusted black baseball bat, an alloy of titanium and nearly 30 artifacts held holy by dozens of beliefs. Sometimes you could cheat your way through a weapon of faith, if others had faith in something material then that faith could be harnessed, with a work around or two. <br><br>Heading out he hopes that it will just be a false call, but you never know when you get a call from an erratic like Britt. Arriving at the locations he can feel it as a heavy fog ringing like a battle of human belief, demonic taint, celestial fury all striking at itself seeking destruction. Floored at the strangeness as nothing he ever expected. Running inside, finding the initial door locked, he backs up and rushes in delivering a heavy boot to the door frame as he mutters one of the few words of power he knows which amplifies the force of his kick, but something of that force rebounds upon him with the same word. Cursing as he hops for a few moments holding his ankle, thankful that his workboots provide a sturdy for his feet and ankles, most likely the only think keeping his ankle from breaking. Looking up at the door, he realizes he put a bit too much force into the word, as the door is mere splinters the larger ones embedded into the stairs. Taking a moment to test his foot, he leaps the first few stairs dodging the veritable minefield of splinters, taking steps three at a time, reaching into his pack for his trusty baseball bat. Keeping his mind open trying to seek the heaviest concentration of the strange maelstrom of powers.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>22-11-2011, 02:43:36</strong>
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				Anette finally made it up the stairs, feeling as if she was going to vomit and feeling drawn to where she'd felt the evil presence that had caught her attention. She'd never really believed in the supernatural, and always ignored the strange happenings about her. She felt that if she perhaps ignored them, they would fade from existence. Sadly for her,&nbsp; that was not the case. She could smell sulphur and it made her stomach turn while making her want to follow it as she turned her brown eyes to the door to the neighbor's apartment.<br><br><em>I shouldn't....it's none of my business.</em>, she thought, chewing on her lip. Miya's door was right in front of her, and she just could not ignore the nagging sensation at seemed to thrust invisible tendrils into her consciousness and draw her to it like a moth to a flame. She felt her feet take the initiative as she moved towards the door which had been left ajar. She had watched enough crime dramas to know not to touch anything with her hands, using her long hoodie sleeve to put around her palm as she gently nudged the door open a bit more.<br><br>She cautiously called out. "H...Hello?" she heard nothing, and chanced going in further. "A..are you alright?" She could feel it, whomever lived here was not alright. She'd felt the loss of life. She didn't want to acknowledge it. But she just couldn't in this room. Especially when her eyes landed on the dried up husk that had once been a young woman, maybe only a few years older than her. She felt the urge to vomit as she began to smell the scent of Hell even more now, just seeing the body would have confirmed her gut feeling even if the smell had not. She turned around and began to puke even as she felt something telling her to look back, to appreciate the <em>beauty</em> of torment before her.<br><br>After a few moments she managed to get herself together, her eyes falling on a crucifix that oddly seemed to rejuvenate her to a point. She began to cry a little, hating this. She hated these moments where she felt such distinct feelings that forced her to look at herself and accept she might not be normal. She turned around and began to make a hasty exit to Miya's apartment before anyone would blame her for this. Not that they could, but people always need someone to blame.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>25-11-2011, 17:41:00</strong>
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				Kali stepped from the apartment, starting down the street as Devis walked past. <em>That was fast... Too fast.</em> She started to worry, had the girl called for help some how? It didn't matter, she was too well protected for someone to touch her. They would have to be mad. They would end up with half the underworld chasing them. She looked back at Devis, having heard of him, but never having seen him in the flesh before, one of Constantine's proteges. <em>How mad are you Devis?</em> She pondered, before she climbed into the back of her car, driving away.
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				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>27-11-2011, 08:48:51</strong>
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				Devis works his way up the stairs until he can feel the intensity of the vile staleness in the air begins to fade even in the slightest, before he turns back and begins following it on the floor where the event occurred. Loosening the runed baseball bat in his pack he readies himself for anything he can imagine that he might face, though he clears his mind at the last moment. Coming to a stop before an apartment door which is hanging slightly ajar. Turning quickly as he brings out his weapon of choice for closer quarters, only to find the stench held at bay by another strange sensation as though all possibility were mixed together tainted with varying degrees of good an evil, evershifting. Looking about he seeks any obvious source of this strange sensation, only to find Anette crying, but clearly the sensation of the dark is beyond her, though the second feeling of mixed possibility is squared upon her. <br><br>In a challenge but not too loud voice, "Who are you girl? Do you know what's happened in the other room?"
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>27-11-2011, 08:56:04</strong>
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				Anette looked up at the sound of a voice. Her face was stained with tears, and not too far off it was clear to see that she'd gotten sick at the sight of the husk that was once a living woman on the floor. There was no way she could have done this, but the feeling of power, the residual energies all flowed from her. It was currently sealed away, but the burst had come from her somehow.<br><br>"I...I didn't do this. I came in because the door was open to....to see if whoever was ok and....and....oh god..." she grimaced, vomiting again. For a brief moment, the smell of sulphur and divinity mixed in a perfect blend as she tried to stand up, shaking. She tried to run past Devis, wanting to wash her hand of this whole mess.
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				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>03-02-2012, 20:59:14</strong>
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				Devis catches Annette as she tries to rush past him. He pulls her back forcing her to focus on him, her eyes still wild with fear, chest heaving in panic. Shaking her to pull her temporarily from her panic, "Pull yourself together woman. I can tell you didn't do this, so calm the hell down, I'm not dealing with the panicked woman bullshit again, I don't need the stress." Devis manhandles her off to the side away from the gore in the adjacent room.<br><br>"Now calm down and breathe, I need you to be something more than a panicking dog trying to run yipping for the hills. Do you understand?"
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>04-02-2012, 04:57:41</strong>
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				She yelped and tried to fight as she felt the man's hands clamp down on her, keeping her from leaving and pulling her&nbsp; back in. She only half-heard his words, her vision blurred by her fear but she eventually took a few deep breaths, scowling at him as he called her antics bull shit. "Listen asshole...." she said, her thoughts clearing a bit. "<em>I</em> didn't come here to see this nor did I want for...." her voice trailed off, she didn't even try to explain it, she hardly knew this man. "Anyway I have to go just....I won't say anything."<br><br>She managed to wriggle his arms off a little and looked at him.
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				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>07-02-2012, 04:36:35</strong>
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				"Are you going to calm down, or is this just gonna be another bad night for both of us?" his voice growls with his frustrations. Devis clearly hates dealing with excitable women who are in the middle of a well earned panic attack. His eyes reflect his focus as she meets his gaze, firm and unrelenting, a presence that is almost stifling were it directed at her in anger. "Listen the room is going to get ripe soon, you don't want to smell it, so please take a moment to breath and get your heart rate under control, you don't need to trying to mimic the energizer bunny on meth right now."
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>07-02-2012, 05:00:04</strong>
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				She scowled at him. <em>Listen asshole....I didn't charge in here and I'm not being rude either!!!</em> was what she wanted to say, but for the moment it was all she could do to just remain still, taking deep breaths to avoid puking again, or trying to run. She took a few deep breaths and eventually nodded. "I'm.......I'll be ok....." she said, her voice still strained, but for the moment, she was calmed. "Who the fuck are you...." she said, looking at him warily.
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				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 00:26:59</strong>
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				"I'm an investigator for matters like you just walked into. The things that the regular police wouldn't even begin to be able to accept, let alone understand." he replies to her question with a calm, baritone voice. "You'll find that all of this," he motions to the other room slightly, "is just the beginning of something you'll never want to experience again."
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				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 00:32:34</strong>
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				Anette leaned against the wall, her breathing becoming a bit more regular as she stared at him. She still didn't want to deal with any of this, as she started to speak. "What if I don't want to experience any of this at all? What if I just want to walk away and pretend it never happened?"
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				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 00:56:49</strong>
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				"it's too late you're already involved you walked into it and now you're going to have to survive or die." his tone is clear that he is generally dismissive of sitting down and not fighting for every inch of life.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 01:08:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"And what's gonna happen to me?! I was supposed to have a life....now what....I'm just gonna follow you around until you dump me somewhere?" she said, having had enough and going to him. As she approached, there was a faint hint of sulphur in the air, and he could feel a power radiate from her that she might not be aware of. "This is all just.....some weird freaky thing. It can't be real!"<br><br>Her eyes began to glow red.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 02:20:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Riiiight, so the blood and guts in the other room is mickey mouse's shit?. You either learn to handle yourself, which I get the feeling you'll be able to do, or you get killed. If you figure out how to handle yourself you might be able to pull of a normal life, or not. It's the kicks girlie, so stop flashing the red blinkers at me."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 02:30:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She paused, looking again at the blood bath before them. She managed to resist the urge to hurl again, but still kept her hand at her stomach, looking queasy. Her eyes stopped glowing and the faint trace of sulphur on the air disappeared. "This is so fucked up...." she said, trying hard not to cry. "So what....I'm gonna crash at your place and we'll be besties? Can I at least leave a note for my friend?" she said, annoyed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 03:11:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Devis nods, "You'd better leave the note, we'll need to make sure there's no sign you were here after this happened. Otherwise you will need to make it out as though you were sickened and horrified at the sight and had to leave. Do not tell the friend where you're going to be staying or even hint at it. Understood?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 03:50:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anette grumbled. "She lives next door....I just came over here because the door was open and, silly me, I had to give a shit about human life." she said, going next door. Maya wasn't home, but she had to let her know that she couldn't stay and she'd get in touch soon.<br><br>She wrote a hastily written note on a piece of notebook paper, and slid it under the door. "I told her I'd be in touch....because I'm sure as shit not going to go on some mystical joyride. I wanted to live with my friend and be normal."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 04:07:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Caring about human life isn't a bad thing, else I sure as hell wouldn't be here. You'll figure things out, don't let it follow you like the memory a fat man in a leotard doing the macarena." He steps out the door, thinking that she's going to end up getting him killed somehow before he figured out what the hell is going on with her and the glowing red eyes with other things he'd caught. A half demon who didn't know, how would it happen. Blood calls to blood, was she a defect or maybe something else. Answers will have to wait until later, he thought, right now getting her out of here is the best move.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>15-02-2012, 04:12:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She frowned but half smiled a little at the visual he gave her, walking behind him and grabbing her book bag as they made their way from the scene. She felt guilty, she wanted to stay with Maya, and who was that woman from earlier...? None of it made any sense, but she stood behind Devis. "I need a shower, dibs when we get to your place." she said as they began to walk down the stairwell.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 02:52:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Looking back at her, he nods. At least she's getting back to being a normal female, no matter what she really is, that's one thing a guy can really count on girls are girls. "it's an old one, but it works great, you'll probably enjoy the shower."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 03:18:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"At least I can enjoy one thing today..." she said, her tone morose as she followed behind. She really didn't want to go with this guy. Nothing made sense, and yet somehow...deep inside....she knew that she was going to have to face who (or what) she is. And she was going to have to do it soon.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 03:31:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Once outside, she finds that the man who so bravely walked into a blood soaked crime scene, drives a complete piece of shit car, a rusted relic from easily 20 years ago if not more. Solid, steel framed, rusted steel that is, as things just got better and better. Clearly it needed a wash, and to have the detritus of time spent owned by a man who ate far too much fast food, cleared from it's threadbare seats.<br><br>"Yeah I know it's a junker so don't give me shit, fighting demons doesn't exactly pay all that well when the things you need to use to fight them are expensive as whatever hell wants them to be."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 03:39:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Maybe you should hit up demon battle supplies r' us." Anette quipped. She wasn't going to comment on his piece of shit car, the fact he felt the need to even bring it up. "I wasn't going to talk about your car but since you seem to think I was going to bitch about it I can come up with some stuff." she was bluffing of course, but it did annoy her a little.<br><br>"I just want to take a shower and figure out what the fuck I'm going to do ok?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 03:59:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Flashing her a dirty look that could whither plants caught in the periphery, he turns and gets into the car, moving with greater force then he would ever need, the echo of his door slamming cracks open the quiet of the night in this small dark part of the city. <br><br>"Get in already," he growls, his discontent not even a question.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>21-02-2012, 04:06:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Dickhead." she muttered as she slid in, slamming her door with equal annoyance. She sat in silence as she heard the old clunker begin to sputter to life as he pulled away from the side walk, the car groaning in protest the whole way.<br><br>She turned to study the man called Devis. He wasn't bad looking, but his "charming" personality was definitely&nbsp; a turn off. Not to mention she'd felt chest pain that should have killed her, felt strange sensations, and saw a body. The day was more than a little fucked up, and she had no doubts that unless she was high on some drug, that it was only going to get worse.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>24-02-2012, 05:20:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fortunately for Annette, his car appears to drive like a dream, nary a stall, sputter, or backfire. The drive itself is uneventful, the cities blazing neons passing by like electronic will-o-the-wisps. Even those soon fade as the neighborhood roughens and ages in a distinctly bad way. Graffiti shows everywhere, the feeling of intense oppression and fear seems to emanate all around her, but yet underneath it all there is something to it that she can't put her finger on that soothes her soul, as he brings his junker of a car to a stop.<br><br>"We have arrived, try not to stare at the locals too long or they might keep you."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>24-02-2012, 05:26:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It does come as a shock to her, she half expected the clunker to stall out at some point on their trip but was surprised that it drove so well. Almost like a new car. She felt a bit nervous as she started to note the graffiti appearing everywhere, noticing gang signs creeping up in the "art work" left behind. "Now this is what I call fancy living..." she uttered under her breath when they came to a stop.<br><br>"I'll keep that in mind." she muttered as she followed him in. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 03:05:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Annette finds that his apartment is shocking spacious considering the area. The walls of the apartment are lined with wire racks bowing under the weight of dozens of not hundreds of strange items. Seems he is a bit of a hoarder, many of the boxes there are yellowing with age, possibly mold with some items. The floors are worn, and clearly need a new coat of wax, the ceiling is waterdamaged, but nothing appears to be recent. Furniture appears worn and dinged in many places.<br><br>"Here is home sweet, settle down," he points towards the couch, half covered in blankets and the small coffee table covered in first aid equipment.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 03:17:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She looked about, not sure whether she should be impressed or concerned. She knew there was definitely mold, but it didn't seem to be obnoxious. A good cleaning could do wonders for this little "apartment". At least it was spacious, or would be if it weren't for all the damn boxes. "Lovely home you have. Your cleaning lady does a bang-up job." she said, unable to resist making some form of commentary.<br><br>She moved over to the couch, which didn't look unclean, just cluttered. "I take it this is where I get to sleep..." she said, frowning as she tried to get comfortable.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 05:24:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Feel free to clean it off, but be careful of the shotgun under the seat cushion, loaded with BB's of holy and unholy relics respectively, they're expensive. I don't want to deal with cleaning up the blood." His tone is serious, but she can't quite tell if he's joking. Considering all that's happened, it's questionable if there is any humor to it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 05:42:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She was mere moments from throwing herself firmly onto the cushion before she heard his comment and paled. "Y....are you fucking kidding me? You have a shot gun under your damn couch cushions!?" she frowned, throwing the cushions to the side. Sure enough, there it was. <br><br>"I'm not sleeping on top of a gun thanks." she frowned, taking it and propping it securely (she hoped) against the wall nearby.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 05:57:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"that's why I warned you, I normally have to worry about one last dirty trick stored just for some cocksure freelancer like myself always kept in the bullpen by these crazy assed paranoid angels and demons, of course I keep a back up for when they beat the living hell out of me. I'm only human, can't afford to play fair." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 06:01:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She half-smiled a little. "Then I should at least say thanks for the heads up." she said with a slight nod, letting herself fall into the couch for a bit. Then she remembered her need for a shower. "Where's the bathroom? I need a shower." she said.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 06:36:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Devis points down a short hallway, "First door on the right, don't open the one on the left, or the one at the end. Unpleasantly trapped."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 06:53:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Damn.....should I even leave this couch?" she said, a bit shocked at his level of security. She made her way to his bathroom, stripping down after turning on the shower and letting the water heat up a little. She stuck her hand in, and when it was the right temperature she went into the shower.<br><br>After a few moments beneath the warm water pelting against her in the dingy shower, she pressed her forehead against the cool tiles and began to cry. She felt the stresses of the day beginning to leave her, having been bottled up she finally began to let them out.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 07:50:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Wondering if he should walk in to check on her, he finally cracks and decides to check in on her, after all what normal human being could handle the stress and the trauma of it all. He quietly stalks up to the door, and listens for a moment before he cracks open the door to check up on her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 08:01:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He would hear her sobbing, getting out all the stresses of the day in one fell swoop. Anette turned her head a little as she saw the door cracking open slowly. "I'm showering here asshole!!!" she shrieked, wanting to just be left alone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 08:10:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I'm just checking on you, I was worried, damn it, freaking crazy woman." he growls out darkly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-02-2012, 08:22:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She frowned. "I'm fine just......just give me a few minutes!!" she said, only half-snapping at him. She peeled herself off the tile of the shower walls and finished washing a few minutes later, allowing herself a few moments to just let the heated water trickle down her flesh. Eventually, Devis would hear the sound of the shower turning off.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:10:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Listening intently, for a bit, he lays back in the living room, on one of the heavy chair feet kicking out, shoes off to the side. He seems relaxed for once as he works to massage one shoulder and then the other. Damn, he though to himself, it's been one hell of a fucked up month. Nearly a dozen banished demon possessions, four halfbreeds sent off the hard way, and one dunked unto a blessed swimming pool, god bless the catholics who else would have their swimming pool blessed.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:25:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anette came out with soaked hair and wearing a faded t-shirt with some baggy sweat pants. She had a towel about her neck to keep her hair from soaking her shirt. She looked at Devis, catching him rubbing his shoulders. "Hey....sorry about....being bitchy." she said quietly, but loudly enough that he would hear her. She flopped down, still carefully, on his couch as she looked at him again. "So....what do we do for eats?" <br><br>She was a slender girl, but the glimpse he'd gotten of her body was a nice one that's for sure. It was like a perfect mix of heavenly and sinful. It almost seemed impossible, in fact that would be a good way to describe her. Something about her screamed <em>SHE SHOULD NOT EXIST!!!</em> but it was hard to identify specifically what it was.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:36:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He looks up, and thinks for a moment on her question, even as his thoughts bound back over to her strange presence. "There's some cereal in the cupboard on the right, don't touch the cupboards on the left, there are nasty things in there, unpleasant but useful."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:39:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"What....no pizza?" she tried to joke. But she was starving either way as she went over to the cupboard and pulled out a box of cereal. She poured it in a bowl and went to his fridge, opening it and then frowning. "Do you ever check your milk? It's expired.....and I think I saw the container move...." She took the bowl of dry cereal and started to munch on it like it were a bowl of chips.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:42:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"If it's not staging it's own rebellion then it's still useful, meddling angel repellant," strangely Devis sounds dead serious when he says it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>28-02-2012, 02:56:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Well, you can have that conversation with your own intestines. I on the other hand don't want to add an upset stomach and the shits to an already super fun day." she gripped, eating the cereal as he sits there rubbing at his shoulders.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 01:24:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Devis chuckles a bit, "No I was serious, sometimes a spawn of an angel decides to try something either to over help me or to under help me, and soured milk is kinda like super powered skunk to them."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 01:52:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She smiled a bit as he chuckled. "I'll take your word for it..." she said, unable to hide a smile. The first one on her face all day. "So..." she said, stuffing cereal in her mouth, "That means we'll order pizza then because this is not a meal..." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 02:10:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yeah that will be the plan, what do you like on your pizza anyways?" as the two proceed to order a decently sized pizza and wait for it's arrival.<br><br>"So what the heck is it that you do for a living anyways?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 02:39:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Pepperoni. And Jalapenos." she said as he asked and watched him order food. "I don't do anything...I was raised in the system." she said, with a bit of a bitter taste in her mouth as she said that. She'd made friends, but being in foster care had done her no real favors due to the strange happenings that always went about around her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 03:01:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Really jalapenos on pizza?, eh, half of it anyways will be yours, the other half will get ham, bacon and mushroom" he replies as he shakes his head.<br><br>"So you just got out of the system all on your lonesome then... have you had a chance to learn a trade or get a degree or anything like that?" he seems a bit concerned at the whole here's your highschool diploma, equivalent in today's world of graduating kindergarten.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>05-03-2012, 03:42:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I did manage to graduate asshole so don't worry." she said with a bit of a scowl. "I don't have the money for college anyway. And what's wrong with jalapenos?" she said, looking at him.<br><br>"I don't know what I want to do anyways....I just got booted out by the government with what I have and I was going to stay with a friend until I almost had a heart attack on a stairwell and discovered people jerky in a neighbor's apartment. Trying to figure out my life path didn't seem pressing at the time."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>13-03-2012, 01:12:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"sounds more like the government got you just educated enough to put one foot in front of the other and then told you to walk. as for people jerky there, more like catnip than jerky, demons are all just a bit crazy." He said shaking his head, wanting to just forget the last experience he'd had with thoroughly dismembered corpses, more specifically the last time one came back to life, sort of.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>13-03-2012, 01:17:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Pretty much." she said with a nod, as they waited in silence for a little while until the pizza arrived. "I'll get it." she said, getting up and going to his door, surprising the pizza man who looked around her shoulder. "Didn't peg you for a ladies man, Devis..." the guy said, he regularly delivered to Devis since everyone else thought he was a whackjob. <br><br>After closing the door, Anette turned to look at him. "Guess you don't get down and busy often...." she chuckled.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>27-03-2012, 04:02:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Devis laughs a bit, "No certainly not a ladies man at all. Women don't want to deal with the crazy ones, let alone someone who experiences the things people can't stand to see"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>27-03-2012, 04:17:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She felt a little badly as she handed him his food and began to eat hers. His place was a bit trashed, so she decided to eat out of her box. "Well, I haven't said I believe any of this shit....but....I'm not going back to my friend's place until all that weirdness stops."<br><br>She thought back to the strange feeling she'd had in her chest as she'd walked up the stairs. She still hadn't told him about that, but he'd said her eyes glowed. "Hey.....what did you mean about my eyes glowing? Didn't you say something about that?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>30-03-2012, 03:01:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Devis nods, "your eyes started glowing, for a moment I thought you were a halfdemon or something, but there's no doubt that there is something different about you." He seems concerned about it, now that his mind has been brought back to the subject of her eyes. He isn't sure what to think, but he knows that this is going to change things, however they land.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>30-03-2012, 03:14:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She frowned. "How the fuck would my eyes start glowing?" she said. He wasn't the first person to have seen her eyes glow and she knew she'd seen them before, but she always denied it fiercely. "I'm not some special creature I'm just inordinately lucky that's all."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>24-04-2012, 01:40:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"well tuts, you aren't normal. and special educational requirements most likely won't cover this shit" His tone is far more aggressive than before, he seems both frustrated and angered. Perhaps he's seen more than he appears, or perhaps it's just the anger and rage at those who try to shut away the real world.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>25-04-2012, 06:41:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"You're nuts." she said flatly, taking another slice of pizza. "Check the water you're drinking I think someone put some crazy shit in it." she said between bites. She knew he wasn't wrong, but she didn't want to accept it. She couldn't accept it. Too much had happened already that day, she wasn't sure how much more she could take.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 03:30:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"well then go get some sleep for the night, you'll need the rest for all the long distance swimming you're doing in denial." his voice leaves little doubt he's seen denial many times about the horrible things that hidden wars bring. He turns away and heads to his room unbuttoning his wrinkled shirt, as he passes through his bedroom doorway he balls it up and tosses it to what she assumes in some unseen clothes hamper or more likely a grungy pile of sweat and bloodstained clothing, torn and ragged from whatever it is he's done in the past. Before the doorway closes she can see the scars across his back, 4 parallel lines of agony going from one shoulder to the opposite kidney&nbsp; a long half circle of puncture wounds wrapping around his left bicep, various other relatively nondescript stabs, slashes, and assuming a small spattering of small caliber gunshot scars.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 03:36:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Bite me dickhead." she frowned as she heard the tone of his voice. She got up with a frustrated groan as she took the pizza left overs to put in the fridge. She turns to speak, but he'd already walked off. "Yeah...just like a man. Walk off when someone's talking." she said, making sure he heard her as she started to follow after to go to bed. She turned her head just to see his scarred body as her jaw dropped. <em>S...shit...</em>, she thought, feeling horrible as her eyes traced over him. He did have a pretty good looking body as she quickly turned away and went to her room, trying to forget what she'd seen.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shaitan</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 03:50:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Stalking about his bedroom he can feel the tension getting to him, building in his shoulders as tension. <em>Why the hell is she trying to deny what's happening to her, I mean I know why because who in the fucking hell would ever believe their eyes were glowing unless they'd seen enough of the crap that's really out there. Whatever she is, this is going to end badly, you don't get conflicting responses like those unless there is something very big going on and those bring a bodycount that will be newsworthy in days.</em> Glancing around his room at the racks on the walls, he grabs a pair of knives with very strangely embroidered sheaths and takes a few moments to get them looped into his belt at the small of his back, crossing in opposite directions. Whatever was going to happen, unarmed wasn't a way to end up as anything more that a covered up statistic.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>04-05-2012, 04:00:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anette crawled into the bed, just curling up. She saw a dead body, yet another person she'd come across saw glowing eyes. The whole fucking day was just screwed up. She wrapped the covers about her as tightly as she could but having difficulty succumbing to sleep. Instead, she found herself staring up at his dingy ceiling, seeing cracks in it and stains from the apartment above. She sighed, the sounds of the city just beyond the dirty glass. Would she ever be or feel normal? Was she ever normal to begin with?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Red Doctor)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 18:19:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				From the safety of her holding Kali projected her astral form across the city. Everything appeared a thin ghostly veil, but those Angels and demons appeared as lights across the city, burning flames of red and white. I took her but a moment to find her... Her power burnt so brightly it might have been a sun next to a box of matches. She was glad that no other demon's were searching for her... It was necessary to be in someones presence to sense them again on the astral plain. <br><br>Kali's form materialized in the bed beside Anette as she curled up, sleeping. Kali was completely nude, and she pressed her body to Anette's as she dreamed, her long tanned legs running along Anette's, her fingers gently stroking Anette's arm, touching bare flesh. The power radiating from her was like electricity <em>Poor Devis...If only he could feel as the Demons and the Angels do.</em> Kali grinned, placing feather light kisses along Anette's neck, "Wake up my dear...Wake up." She called out to her like a siren. "Your not safe here."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>01-06-2012, 23:58:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Something warm was laying next to her. It felt familiar and yet alarms rang inside her head. Something dangerous was beside her as she lay snuggled beneath warm blankets. Soon, faint, delicate kisses began to caress her neck as she began to shiver. She felt a little warm all over as her eyes began to open. A soft voice, a woman's voice, spoke to her.<br><br>It couldn't be Devis, as she stirred, turning sleepily towards the warm body beside her. Her eyes opened wide. "W....who the......" she said, backing away a little. <em>Why do I feel drawn...and repulsed.....what is she...?!</em>, she thought, backing away further still. "What do you mean I'm not safe here...."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 01:33:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali lent forward, whispering in her ear seductively. "...You have walked into something you don't understand girl...Devis is evil... A rapist and a murderer..." She drew the rest of her body into Anette's. Running her soft hands along her body. "You need to come with me...You need to escape...You can trust me."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:15:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Wait...w-wait I...." she tried to push the strange woman back. The caress of warm breath on her ear sent a jolt through her, one she felt in her most intimate places as she swallowed hard. "I don't understand.....who are you.....what's going on!?" she said, her voice still panicked a little though now she was wrestling with desire as well as fear and confusion.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:30:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali jumped forward, pressing her lips to the frantically screaming girl to silence her. She let out a soft quiet moan as she held Anette's face tightly to hers. The taste of her lips were intoxicating. They tasted of the most elicit scents and flavours she could only dream off. There was something wrong about this girl, but still her kiss became more and more passionate.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:33:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"DEV-!?" she tried to scream out, before the sweetest lips she'd ever tasted devoured her lips in a kiss meant to silence her. Anette's eyes went wide as she tried to resist, but her body was warming fast, as if these exotic tastes were infiltrating and bending her will. She parted her lips as her eyes began to close, her cheeks flushing as she let out a soft whimper*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:47:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali smiled devilishly. She felt such energy from the girl. The need she felt near the angels, the need to dominate, to control. She hissed when she heard that soft whimper. It was enough to set her off. She pushed Anette down on the bed, growling hungrily to her. She lent on top of her, pushing a finger to her lips. "shhh..." Kali nodded slowly, hypnotically.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:50:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anette felt like her body was on fire, her breasts and lower lips tingling from that kiss. She looked, eyes filled with mixed emotions. She was trying to speak again, but her lips were silenced by that finger as the woman climbed on top of her. She felt something, something trying to take hold of her will.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 02:59:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali grinned. "perfect." She spoke as if it was almost a purr. Her fingers ran through Anette's hair and she dragged her hips up Anette's body in a slowly, sultry movement. She sat upright, her hips at Anette's neck, her sex only a few inches from her lips..."So innocent...so powerful" She pressed her hips down and grabbed a tight hold of Anette's hair. pushing her sex to Anette's lips.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 03:04:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She let out a soft little moan, hearing that purr as she felt the woman's body sliding up her own, her sex brushing against her before Anette saw that soft mound just a little bit away from her lips. Before anything else happened, she yelped a little as her hair was yanked and her face driven into the other woman's pussy. The scent was intoxicating, and her tongue soon curiously went out to taste her honey.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 03:10:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali began to grind her hips, keeping a vice like grip on Anette's hair as she gently began the buck her hips, running the tongue along her sex. She closed her eyes, focusing hard on remaining silent, her heart rate climbing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 03:13:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Perhaps it was the taste that made her snap and lose control. Or maybe it was something else. But suddenly. after feeling the woman's hips grinding on her tongue, she grabbed hold of her. "No." she hissed, suddenly, very powerfully, turning the tables. She looked down at the strange woman beneath her, her eyes glowing red as she dove in, kissing her hard. She felt the urge to be in control, to dominate. And her lower lips were starting to grow drenched.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 19:55:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali had to force down a squeal as Anette flipped her body. She saw her glowing red eyes and she gulped, her eyes widening. She hadn't seen power like this in a long time. She let out a slight whimper as Anette looked hungrily down upon her. She felt like a young demoness again compared to her. As She began to kiss her Kali returned the action hungrily. She wrapped her lips to Anette's desperately trying to keep her quiet. She hadn't felt like this in so long.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 22:39:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She growled heavily as the woman beneath her whimpered, startled that she'd suddenly taken charge of the situation. Her tongue dove in as she reached down, grabbing one of Kali's legs and bending it between her legs, grinding against it while one of her hands began to make it's way towards Kali's sex.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Montagne</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 23:20:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Kali did what she new best, moving her body to maximise Anette's pleasure. Her body shifted and writhed beneath her so seductively. <em>What am I doing! I came here to take her away...</em> She hissed as she saw those fingers approaching her, then looked back into the red eyes. <em>Or...awake the Demon.</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Apprentice and the Balance...... (Shaitan, DarkRose15 &amp; Atlas)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkRose15</strong> on <strong>02-06-2012, 23:23:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anette wasn't herself in that moment, closing her eyes as she lightly stroked Kali's pussy lips. Feeling how excited she was, she didn't mess around. She thrust two fingers in, and began to move them hard and fast, still grinding on Kali's leg.
			</dd>
		</dl>
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