Howls in the Darkness [Brandon and Etheril]
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>18-04-2010, 10:03:47</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For some reason, the Trans-Atlantic flight she took seemed to take longer than usual, and the short flight from Munich to the one of the two international airports in Bucharest, Romania. Alexis had to smile when she was nearly robbed blind when it came to buying her tourist visa for her little jaunt in Romania—it wasn’t coming out of her own pocket, so she was more than comfortable with fishing out the seventy dollars, before going through pass-port control and exchanging a good chunk of her cash on hand into the proper currency. Her next stop was to get a rental car, which took a little longer than she had thought it would, putting her behind schedule. The one thing that the tall blonde woman hated, it was being behind schedule. It always put her in a bad mood because she tried to budget her trips very tightly, and spending a night in Bucharest before traveling to Pietra, was not in the budget. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So she did what she liked even less, she drove in a foreign country at night. Alexis tried to be reasonable with her safety, and because she traveled alone and would most likely be using the car she had rented as a portable house. It was about two in the morning when she pulled over for the night, on the side of the road and made sure the doors were locked before she climbed into the back seat and used her backpack for a pillow, and used her jacket as a blanket. It got a little chilly in the car, but the way she thought about it, it was better than it being too hot. She had been stuck in the tropics and it had been murder on her and her hair. She napped for just a little bit until the dawn light woke up home and she crawled back into the front seat and started to drive again—a map was spread over the passenger seat and she tried to follow the main roads until she had no choice but to turn off of it and veer straight into the country side.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“At least the view is great,” she murmured under her breath, as she wished she had thought to bring an iPod or something to listen to as she drove but like always, she packed light. Not even a cell-phone on her, just a few changes of clothes, a blanket, and her video camera which wasn’t a state of the art affair, but it was dependable and gave her show a gritty feel. She was a paranormal investigator…at least that was the title people gave her. She really was just in it to debunk the myths and rumors from around the world. At first, it had just been the things that went bump in the night in the United States and then as her ratings soared, she was allowed to travel internationally.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She glanced at the map again as she drove down a straight road that seemed a little worse for the wear and frowned, “Pietra should be…somewhere about here?” She glanced out of her windows and rubbed her eyes—she should have just sucked it up the night before and stayed in a hotel and showered before continuing. But once she reached Pietra, she would take advantage of the fact that the entire town had evacuated because they thought there was a werewolf hunting in the forests around their town. She stared up at towering trees and muttered, “People are really gullible. It’s probably some wolf that escaped a zoo or something.”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The down to earth woman couldn’t wait to debunk this one as she finally managed to drive into the town and looked at her gas gauge, noticing for the first time when she looked at it, that the gauge hadn’t moved at all even though she had been driving for a very long time. She cussed under her breath and parked the car. It was deserted, that much was for sure. She sat in the car for a moment and looked around from her vantage point before she worked up the guts to get out of the car and unpack. Her first task would be to set up a base camp and she looked around for someplace to set up; the townspeople had left in a hurry, some of them living doors unlocked and windows open. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“Creepy,” she admitted to herself as she went into one of the houses and dropped her stuff off before looking around for a bathroom. She looked at the pictures of a loving family on the wall and waved at them, “Pardon the intrusion, but since you’re not here, I’m going to borrow your shower.”&nbsp; <br><br><div align="center">******</div><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis felt a little better after the shower, and had tied up her short blonde hair with a scrunchie and pulled on a baseball cap, before setting out to explore the town with her video camera. She spoke to herself, making notes as she poked about the town. There really wasn’t much there, though according to the legends which she had spent the entire twelve hour flight rereading, a werewolf only showed up at night and he was only a wolf during the night before the full moon, and the night after. She had planned her trip so she would manage to get to the town on those two nights. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But, she looked around her, unsettled, there was something that just didn’t feel right about this little farming town. There was something that set her on edge and made her wish she had brought a cell-phone…she never thought that she would have missed people. It was just too quiet and every noise, whisper of the wind seemed to set her on edge and she started to entertain the idea of werewolves being before groaned, “Now you are sounding like Aunt Tamara. Focus, it’s just an old wives tale like everything else you’ve looked into.” <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She glanced down at her watch, and murmured, “At least we’ll find out soon…another hour until sunset.” She turned her video camera around and spoke into it, “This is Alexis Stell, and I’m in Pietra, Romania at the moment looking into the claim of a werewolf frightening off the town, as you can see there is no one here but me. I’ll admit, it’s a little…creepy but when has that scared me off, right? We’re about two hours from sundown and hopefully that’s when things will get really exciting.”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis clicked the off button and walked back towards the house, and caught a glance of her reflection in one of the windows; she wasn’t classically beautiful, her face was full of sharp angles and planes, and she had little body to speak off. What she did have was hidden underneath a wool sweater that hid a tank top and a pair of straight legged jeans. She was dressed for comfort, and never style. She shook her head slightly, “Maybe I should try a skirt next time…would that help ratings?”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>19-04-2010, 03:16:25</strong>
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				The night was cold and yet it would get colder still as the snow began to fall, covering the village and the earth in a blanket of pure white. There was no doubt that it would stick either, leaving the deserted village as beautiful as it was mysterious. Deep in the night a lone black wolf sunk its jaws into the gut of a black bear, leaving its muzzle coated red and mixed with fur as black as the night. Yet even as it gorged itself her smell drifted through the air and met his keen nose. His ears earerly perked upwards as his head lifted and looked down the rolling hills to the village. It was his home, his territory, and his salvation. The wolf knew every soul that had once lived within it but he did not recognize her scent. Without hesitation he left the carcass of his kill to rot and ran on all fours till he reached the outskirts of his home. <br><br>As he came upon the ancient stone cross the marked the villages entrance he lowered his nose to the ground and smelled her scent once more. Even in the darkness he saw the heavy footprints she had left in the soil, now slowly being covered by fresh snow. He had her scent now but he still wished to see her before he would decide what to do with her. He moved softly and swiftly making his way deeper into Pietra till he heard her speak. As if invisible in the night he sat there in the open, but concealed by shadows and he watched her for a time. He waited patiently and eventually he stood up, and up, and up, till he had regained his fully human form. He wore no clothes and had no defining marks or trinkets on his body but he stood as naked as the day he was born and stepped out of the shadows. In the mix of moonlight and darkness she could clearly see his form and his eyes, yet made observing the details hard. He didnt wait to speak either, letting his language come out in American but with a thick accent that seemed alluring. "You should not be here miss. Please leave, while you still can."
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>19-04-2010, 06:34:24</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis turned the camera back to her and spoke into it, “So…it’s dark out here, obviously but without city lights it is pretty dark out here.” She spun around in a slow circle to give her potential viewers a full view of the town, and spoke knowing that the built in microphone would pick up on her voice, “It started snowing a little while ago, and it’s pretty cold out here. Seems like something out of a movie, really. Hopefully it will stop before too long since the car is pretty much out of gas, and I haven’t found the station just yet. And I’m not sure if the house that I’m squatting in, has heat.”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She continued to walk about the town, looking behind her and feeling terribly alone as she watched the her footsteps slowly get filled back up with snow.&nbsp; The turned off her camera after murmuring, “Another update in thirty minutes, it’s too cold right now and I don’t have gloves.” She hung her camera over her shoulder, and tucked her hands into her pockets, and struggled to keep her fingers warm as she was stopped in her tracks when she finally noticed some peculiar that wasn’t a part of the landscape.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At least, she had never thought of a naked man as part of a landscape before. She was struck dumb for a moment and only when he spoke did she actually note that she had been staring. Alexis tried to process his words before she said, trying to keep her words light, “You shouldn’t be naked.” Why was there a naked man in the snow? She took a step back and was mildly bothered that she had put her camera away; if this man turned out to be a serial killer or something, she would rather have caught him on film than have her death be an unexplained mystery.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hadn’t the town been completely evacuated? The thought caused her to start to shy away and glance in the direction she knew the base-house was at…she had locked all but the front doors, and if she started to run. Alexis didn’t feel comfortable being alone with a naked man, at least one that she didn’t know. But the chance to interview someone who may live in the village stopped her from running and she kept her distance and focused her eyes on his face, “Do you live here? Can you tell me more about the myth? How do you feel about the evacuation?”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>19-04-2010, 07:49:03</strong>
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				He watched her carefully but he also paid attention to her scent, the nervousness and curiousity that her scent betrayed made him smile coyly for a moment. He shook his head side to side slowly while staring into her eyes before he turned to the side, ready to leave. "Sorry miss. The only thing Im telling you is that you're in danger here. You should leave before something happens." he didnt wait to hear an answer before he darted back into the darkness. Rounding a corner and transforming back into his lupin state once again before running down the road faster then any human could travel.<br><br>He made his way toward the cliffs overlooking the town and from the high perch he watched his home and her. As he sat there on the stones he tossed his head back, breathed deeply, and let out a long howl. The sound traveling so far that it seemed like it would travel all around the world and return before the night was over. She had a night to look around and figure out what she wanted to do but as night came in the next day he would have to take steps to make sure she left this place before "they" came for her
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>20-04-2010, 01:05:16</strong>
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				Alexis held up a hand when he started to walk away, "Wait! Damnit, wait a minute--sir? Sir!" She groaned to herself as she watched him disappear into the shadows and snow before kicked the white fluff that was piling up around her and shook her head, “Leave? Oh no, no, no, no!” She muttered unhappily under her breath before she looked down at the tracks in the snow and considered following them before a shivered racked her body. She hesitated a moment longer before she turned heel and started back to the house. She would put on a warmer jacket, and another layer of clothes, and maybe see if she had packed a pair of gloves in her backpack before she went after the man.<br><br>He seemed to know something, or at least wanted her to think, he knew something about this entire werewolf conspiracy going on in this town. But if he was a part of this town, why hadn’t he evacuated with them? Maybe he was crazy, she thought to herself. It was the best bet considering he showed himself to her while stark naked in the middle of a snow storm. She jumped as the sound of a wolf’s howl broke the eerie silence that blanketed the tone and she looked around, trying to pinpoint where the noise could be coming from.<br><br>“It’s just a wolf,” she told herself, “Can’t blame for living though, beast’s got a set of lungs on him.” She opened the door and stepped inside, before looking towards her knapsack and dumping the contents of the floor. The blonde woman started to rummage through her clothes; thick woolen sweaters, and lighter tank-tops, and several pairs of hardy looking jeans, and numerous pairs of socks before coming up with a single pair of mismatched gloves. She grabbed a second sweater before heading back outside, stopping once more to grab a flashlight and a new pack of batteries for her camera. <br><br>She had a man to find, answers to get, and a myth to debunk. It was going to be a full night, but she was ready for it. At least the jetlag was going to be a good thing in this case. <br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>20-04-2010, 05:58:12</strong>
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				He sat on the highest peak of the cliffs overlooking the two, watching and waiting. Occasionally his eyes would adjust, allowing him to look across the barrier that seperated the two worlds. Then he saw her again, exiting the house and beginning to walk in the night. <em>"I wonder if she tempts fate all the time?"</em> he thought as he layed down on the cool stone. There was time to watch and to plan, he needed to make her leave this place before the darkness consumed her. Yet he was the only one who would likely come despite his howls that echoed over the land seeking aid. At this point it seemed to chances of other wolves arriving to assist him was were slim at best. <br><br>As she walked between a set of homes and out of his field of view he stood up again, smelling the air this time so he could find her no matter where she hid or walked. <em>"Alright little red riding hood. Lets see if you can see whats hidden away in the darkness."</em> he thought as he bounded down the hill and into the shadows. It was time to play with her a bit, she still had her day in the village but that didnt mean he would make it an easy one. <br><br>Once near the village he stopped in the town square, near an old fountain that had long gone dry but had stood there for centuries. He sat there, waiting patiently for her to see him in his wolf form. Yet he wondered what she would do when confronted with a predetor like him, even before she saw the true nightmare that hid within him.
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>20-04-2010, 07:58:37</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis rubbed her nose to bring some feeling back into it as she turned on her camera and smiled into it and speaking to it again, “Well, I saw someone in the town earlier, and he warned me off—apparently the myths are very strong which gives me hope that this is a real case of the paranormal! Can you imagine? I may just meet a werewolf in Romania!” She forced her voice to be chirper even though she didn’t believe a single thing that came out of her mouth and she continued on, “But he ran off before I could get his name, and some answers…hopefully I can find him again. And get an interview.”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She clicked the off button before she muttered under her breath, “And if any of you actually believe things that go bump in the night exist, you need a therapist.” She rolled her eyes a little; it wasn’t that she disliked her fans, she just thought they could spend their time better if they didn’t spend their time looking for things that didn’t exist. She shook her hair to dislodge the snow that was clinging to her curls and starting to thaw in her hair, chilling her to the bone. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She moved in between the buildings and shouted, “I know you are here, just come out and talk to me. I just have a few questions, sir? Sir?” She waved her flashlight in the air unhappily and jumped when she swore she saw something move out of the corner of her eye before she turned around—there was nothing. She shook her head, “Must have been a shadow…oh well…”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But a feeling of unease lingered in her stomach lingered as she continued to look through the village. She muttered things underneath her breath, before she started to near the town square and hesitated when she felt something…just watching her and she slowly turned to look at the old stone fountain that sat in the center of the town—a relic from when there had been no running water in the houses. There…was a wolf sitting in front of the well. She tilted her head to the side, and said softly, “Nice wolf?” <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Weren’t they just like feral dogs? Don’t be afraid? Don’t run…stand your ground and look big? And back away slowly. “…So there are wolves here…nice.”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>20-04-2010, 23:38:17</strong>
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				He tilted his head to the side slightly and watched her, if he had been in his human form he would have laughed as she tried to puff herself up and make herself seem larger and more threatening. It was such a pathetic attempt that he was glad he was in a form that lacked emotional responses that she could understand. He only sat there, his tail sweeping back and forth as he watched her, his eyes staring into her own with as much curiousity as feirceness. The entire facade seemed like he was a statue except for his tail and eyes. <br><br><em>"What will you do now?"</em> he wondered as he continued to stare, taking in her form as his nose wrinkled over and over again so he could smell the air. If he didn't back down would she run? Would she make some feeble attempt at shooing him away? Would she be foolish enough to attack him? His jaws suddenly parted a bit and his tongue extended to show he was panting, giving the best smile that he could in his canine form. 
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>21-04-2010, 04:43:20</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis kept an eye on the wolf, and watched him as he just stared at her. So far, he just seemed like an overgrown dog as his tail wagged slowly—no, she thought, not wagged, waved slowly against the snow covered ground. It reminded her of the way cats sat and waited for their prey to think they were safe. Only the twitch of their tails gave them away, and the vibrancy of their eyes. She swallowed a little as those eyes followed her movements, and&nbsp; she held back the urge to run and focused her breathing, trying to keep from worrying too much and becoming scared.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She paused for a moment before she started to back away slowly, keeping eye contact with the wolf until it seemed…to smile at her. A big canine smile that made her tense and she murmured, “Nice doggie.” She continued to back away, not taking her eyes off of him&nbsp; as she considered her options. The only thing she knew was, “Don’t run…”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She wasn’t sure if she was talking to the wolf or to herself, but it seemed like a good order nonetheless.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>21-04-2010, 07:48:40</strong>
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				After panting for a few more moments his leg lifted, moving back and forth quickly to scratch behind his right ear for a few moments. Then he let out a healthy bark and stood up before walking around the fountain, stopping to take one more look backwards before he walked off into the shadows. Perhaps that would keep her on edge and make her harder prey or perhaps it would freak her out even more. Either way he would keep watching her from the shadows as an observer. <br><br>Even in the darkness he took his time watching her but occasionally his eyes would shift, allowing him to look across the border of the two worlds he lived in. It was quiet tonight, on both sides of the world, but that didnt mean that nothing was going to happen. Sometimes the quietest nights were the ones that were the most dangerous.
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>21-04-2010, 08:08:13</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She tilted her head to the side, almost stunned when the wolf let out a bark and walked away, only glancing at her one more time before he disappeared in the shadows. Alexis didn’t know if that was normal behavior for wolves but she was in no hurry to decide if there was something odd with the wolf. He had been bigger than the wolves she had seen on television but she had never seen one in real life, so perhaps that was what they looked like? She frowned a little bit, and turned around, glancing behind her often as she walked through the village again. She kept her eyes on the shadows, trying to make sure that the wolf was sneaking up on her to disembowel or something equally gruesome.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She ran her gloved hands through her hair and muttered, “Well, maybe they were just scared off by the wolf?” He had been a little odd with how he stared and seemed to grin as she backed away. She frowned and looked around the village that seemed as if it should have been on the front of a Hallmark Christmas card and started to jog through the village, needing to let out some energy and perhaps tire herself out enough to be able to sleep. Alexis kept an easy pace and allowed her mind to wonder—she had a feeling that the wolf was the cause of all of this. She hummed to herself and turned a corner around one of the buildings, ducking through the shadows and circling back. The pace she set wasn’t quick, but one that made for a slow burn that was more fulfilling for her in the long run.<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>22-04-2010, 05:10:50</strong>
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				Occasionally she could hear the soft patter of paws in the shadows but he never revealed himself again, at least not in that night. Eventually it got late in the night, and the stars shined brightly in the sky. The moon while vacant from the night only caused the brightness of the stars to seem even brighter. For the rest of the night he would watch from the shadows, letting her go back to her camp without the worry of his presence. Yet he sat nearby, watching and guarding her as the seconds turned to minutes and minutes turned to hours.
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>22-04-2010, 07:13:36</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When she finally made it back to the house, it was almost midnight, and sleep finally beckoned about one in the morning after she had downloaded all of her footage onto her laptop, saving it, and erasing what had been on the digital camcorder and prepping it for another day of research. She had a feeling what with how the shooting was going so far, she was going to have to rely on a lot of filler and describing the various myths about werewolves from around the world. That put a frown on her face as she went to bed, still dressed, and curled up on a couch.&nbsp; She set the alarm on her wrist watch for eleven in the morning, before she murmured a soft prayer before closing her eyes and burying her face into the blanket she had borrowed from the linen closet.<br><div align="center">******</div><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Beep. Beep. Bee-bee-beep. Bee-bee-beep.</em><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis groaned as she pressed the off button on wrist watch and slowly sat up, running her fingers through hair as she teased out the knots that had formed through the night. She looked out the window and frowned a little—it was still snowing! She hadn’t packed for this kind of weather, and while she was borrowing blankets and such from the house, she drew the line at borrowing clothes. That just seemed too much like stealing for her tastes. The blonde woman got off the couch, and folded up the blanket. She would have to look for the gas station in town, and find a way to push the car there. Hopefully, the snow wasn’t too deep so she could still leave. The last thing she wanted was to be trapped in the rural village, with no communication out, and a stuck car. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She pulled out a protein bar from her knapsack and munched on it slowly as she spoke out loud to herself, “So I think this was a bust. Wish I had found that guy last night…”<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alexis finished off her breakfast before she looked around the house, trying to find a container or something to carry the gasoline back to the car since she wasn’t going to push it. She got a bucket and a hose, before she set out into the snow, sinking up to her knees in the drifts in some places as she shivered, “There is a reason I live in central California! A reason!” Her voice was shrill was she continued to speak to herself and walk through the town, looking for the elusive gas station—there had to be one. Every town had one.&nbsp; <br><br>“It would be just my luck…” she murmured when she finally found it. The pumps were locked up, and there was a sign stuck between the handles of the pumps. She had a feeling that the words in Romanian said something along the lines of “Out of Order” or “No Gas”. She closed her eyes and muttered softly, “It was 250 kilometers here, and it wasn’t snowing then. I don’t want to have to walk that.”<br>
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				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>23-04-2010, 06:47:48</strong>
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				All throughout the night he sat diligently on the peaks overlooking the village, occasionally he would take his time to look across the barrier between the two worlds but as dawn broke he wandered back into town. He wondered about the woman from the night before, she didnt have the same sense of fear that people in these mountains had. She was an outsider, that much was clear from her foreign scent and her American accent. He wanted to return to his home, to lay down and sleep for the day but her presence wouldnt allow it, at least not yet. <br><br>He could do nothing but to go and look for her. It took time but when he found her standing at the old gas station and dinner he hid in the shadows once again and changed back into his human form. As naked as the night before he stepped out and gave an audible sigh, even in the light winds that blew around them. "There's still time." he said, not waiting for her to turn around he walked up slowly to her, showing his hands free of instruments. "Theres no one left in the village to help you. Its dangerous here and if you stay you wont even be able to help yourself. If you started walking now you could probably find a horse drawn carriage or sled to take you to the next village."<br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>24-04-2010, 09:24:55</strong>
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				&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Alexis prepared to turn around and head back to the house, and make a long distance call back to her producer and see if he could call someone to send a car out to her and pick her up, or something to that end. However, she jumped and spun around quickly, swinging the bucket in a wide arc before she froze—the man from last night? Her mind tried to wrap around it as she froze again; he was still naked. And while it had been hard to see in the middle of the night, she swallowed the sudden lump in her throat and she pulled her eyes up to his face, trying to focus on that rather than the fact that he was nude and completely relaxed with it.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“Is that a threat?” She finally asked when she could get her tongue to work and she frowned at him, “I don’t like threats, and I’m not living until you answer some questions—who are you? Why do you want me out of the village? It can’t be because of wolf, he was all right with me being…” He, she thought, even joined her on her job until she went to bed…it had been nice, having something run with her and she started to consider the idea of getting a dog when she got back home. It would be nice to have that same companionship while she ran, and it might get her off of the treadmill and outside.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“Also, don’t you have clothes?” That seemed to be a pressing need to her, it was quite hard for her to take him seriously while he pranced around naked. Though at the same time, the confidence he exuded made it almost easy to ignore…and even think of his ego as his clothing. She frowned, what an odd thought.<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Howls in the Darkness [Brandon and Etheril]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>25-04-2010, 07:21:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				His head tilted to the side as he looked over her, thinking about the questions for a few moments. "My name is Anton and no, Im just looking out for your safety. Now that I answered your questions you can go yes? As I said, there's still time." he asked in a matter of factly tone. He didnt really move much, though he did feel somewhat uncomfortable since he lacked clothes and the fur of his other forms. He didnt care that she saw him naked, she had seen him naked the night before when he ran on all fours, and if she refused to leave sometime soon he would have to reveal something that would make her instincts want to run as fast and far as possible.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Howls in the Darkness [Brandon and Etheril]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Etheril</strong> on <strong>27-04-2010, 06:52:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Alexis frowned at his answers, and rolled her eyes a little as he said he was doing this for her safety. If she had a dime for every time someone said that...she frowned, actually she wouldn't have any money at all. No one had ever told her that before even when they were trying to tell her to get away and leave their style of life alone. The blonde shook her head slightly, "Well, Anton, I'm not leaving just yet. I'm not walking through Romania, in the snow, so tough luck." <br><br>She pulled up all of her courage and walked passed him, "And if you are crazy enough to attack me, I'll have you know, that I have a crew coming in a few days so leave me alone." She smiled in a calm manner, even though the lies just slipped from her lips like so many drops of poison. She never had a problem with lying, and she wouldn't feel bad about it now especially if it got the man (was he younger than her? He did rather look it) to leave her alone. She tossed over her shoulder, "You really should be worried about frostbite, Anton, it's really cold out here."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Howls in the Darkness [Brandon and Etheril]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Brandon</strong> on <strong>06-05-2010, 07:25:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He looked back at her, and smelled the air. Sensing the lie she told as if it were as plain as the scent of her body and clothes. He only shrugged before he began to walk away, slower this time, giving her time to let his warning from before sink in. "As I said, there's still time but that time will run out quickly. It's still your choice and you will have to live with the unpleasant consequences. "
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