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Post by Sweety8587 on Feb 29, 2004 12:08:48 GMT -5
Brigil's head snapped up immediatly, "Blood Water? Did you say Blood Water??!" He looked surprised, "Yes. Why? Perhaps you've heard of him?" Brigil's eyes glittered darkly as she frowned, "Yes I've heard of him. Never had the pleasure of meeting him. He was the one responsible for Twyla's....untimely passing."
She scowled as she said in a low tone, "If I were ever to meet him, he'd be meeting the wrong end of my sword pressed against his neck faster than he would say 'Jack Robins'."
"Perhaps this union is more dangerous than I thought."She shook her head out of her thoughts, "As much as I would love to see my brother happy again....But I fear that your words might be true."
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Post by Kait on Feb 29, 2004 14:00:28 GMT -5
"As much as I would love to see my brother happy again.... But I fear that your words might be true."
*Ramsey sighed and closed his eyes.* "Audra needs someone.. She needs to remember what it means to live... But I was hoping it would be after Jacob's defeat... If he gets his hands on her, he won't kill her unless he has to... He'll keep her and give her punishments much worse than death. His lust for her is great... and I fear the damage it might do to both our captains. But I'm not sure there's anything we can--" *He was interrupted by a sharp cry, his head snapping in Audra's direction.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Audra woke with a start, sitting straight up. Her chest heaved with her ragged breathing, beads of sweat on her forehead. She suddenly felt quite ashamed of herself, realizing where she was. She rose to her feet, ignoring the stares of the crew members that were awake or had just been woken. Trying to calm herself, she acted as though nothing at all had happened, taking a seat near the entrance of the cave and watching the darkness outside. She mentally cursed herself for having even agreed to sleep in the presence of others... Sleeping alone in her tent or cabin was one thing... People rarely heard her there... But sleeping in a cave with everyone around her was stupid of her. Deciding that she wouldn't make the same mistake again, she kept her eyes wide open and just sat there in silence...*
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Post by Sweety8587 on Feb 29, 2004 14:37:57 GMT -5
Brigil's eyes followed Audra's figure with confusment. "She really doesn't allow herself even a moment to herself does she?" She looked back at Ramsey.
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Gryffon stretched his hand slightly, opened his eyes when his hand encountered nothing but cold stone. He slowly sat up, his bleary eyes looking around him. A few people were awake. Brigil and Mister Conway. The rest of them were either lying on the floor or sleeping against the walls.
He sat up a bit more when he saw Audra sitting by the cave enterance. His brows furrowed in confusion as he slowly stood up and made his way to her, one hand along the wall.
He stood behind her and asked softly, "Would you even deprive yourself of sleep? For everyones safety?"
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Post by Kait on Feb 29, 2004 14:46:13 GMT -5
"She really doesn't allow herself even a moment to herself does she?"
*Ramsey shook his head with a sigh, his voice low so Audra wouldn't hear him.* "She avoids the memories all day by working or planning and then has to face them at night... And if anyone else is around at night she won't even do that. She's foolish in that respect if you ask me..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Would you even deprive yourself of sleep? For everyones safety?"
*Audra frowned, briefly glancing over her shoulder at Gryffon. Instead of answering him she just gave a sigh.* "You shouldn't be up. Go back to sleep."
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Post by Sweety8587 on Feb 29, 2004 14:51:40 GMT -5
Brigil gave a wry smile, "Gryffon's like that. Either he'll do what he wants and not listen to anyone...or listen to someone and not his own heart....Quite annoying and exasperating."
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"You shouldn't be up. Go back to sleep." Gryffon sat down next to her carefully, "I know I shouldn't be up. But neither should you be. What woke you up?"
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Post by Kait on Feb 29, 2004 15:08:02 GMT -5
*Ramsey gave a soft chuckle, shaking his head.* "Well they certainly have enough in common... A very dangerous combination but for now they'll be good for each other." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I know I shouldn't be up. But neither should you be. What woke you up?"
*Audra lowered her head, closing her eyes. She wished he would just go away but at the same time she wanted him to stay and force her to do this. She was too confused about things...* "Just... dreaming old dreams. I'm used to it though. After all, it's happened every night for the past five years. Nothing to worry about..." *She lifted her head to look at him, managing a bit of a smile.* "Really... Everything's fine. Besides... I'm... not tired anyway..." *She looked away again, knowing he would probably see right though that.*
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Post by Sweety8587 on Mar 1, 2004 1:15:59 GMT -5
Brigil gave him a bemused look,"Im not sure on the 'good combination' part. But perhaps they can help each other in healing old wounds."
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"Really... Everything's fine. Besides... I'm... not tired anyway..." Gryffon replied, "If its been happening for five years now, I would hardly say that its alright....Audra, whats troubling you?" Gryffon looked at her, although her gaze was towards the waning storm.
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Post by Kait on Mar 1, 2004 1:26:02 GMT -5
*Ramsey shot a glance at his captain and smiled when he spotted Gryffon by her side.* "I certainly hope so..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Audra, whats troubling you?"
*Audra kept her eyes on the storm although she really wasn't paying the least bit of attention to it... She was silent for a moment, debating on whether or not to answer him. Finally, she took a deep breath, closing her eyes. She wasn't used to discussing this situation with people... but perhaps he deserved to know.* "Every night I have to see him... No matter what I do I see his face... Sometimes I see him with me, acting like he actually cared for me... Other times I see him...... with my parents... All the blood... Their tortured faces... Their vacant eyes..." *She shuddered, opening her eyes again.* "He won't go away..."
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Post by Sweety8587 on Mar 1, 2004 1:32:26 GMT -5
Gryffon shook his head sligtly in confusion, "Who? Who's face doesn't go away?" He could see that who ever it was, had obviously done something to her and her family that it had left quite a large scar on her mind.
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Post by Kait on Mar 1, 2004 1:41:20 GMT -5
*Audra tried to remain calm, slowly turning her head toward Gryffon as she replied, failing to keep the venom from her voice as she spoke the name.* "Jacob... Jacob 'Blood Water' Douglas... The man that briefly stole my heart, wasn't satisfied, and had to take everything else from me as well... My parents... The crew... And yet here I am... Just fine because I'm fun for him to play with." *She stopped there, noticing the look on Gryffon's face. Her eyes slowly lost their anger as she wondered what was wrong...*
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Post by Sweety8587 on Mar 1, 2004 1:53:41 GMT -5
Gryffon's face paled to a near ghostly white as he asked in a strangled voice, "Blood...Water? Oh god..." He buried his face in is hands a baragge of carefully surpressed memories washed over him.
Twyla's smiling face as she boarded, her laughter at finally being out in the sea, her fear when they had spotted the Jolly Roger....her screams as he took her in front of him. His frame shuddered in repulsion and anger.
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Post by Kait on Mar 1, 2004 1:58:22 GMT -5
*Audra's eyes widened slightly at Gryffon's reaction, all her anger leaving her as it was quickly replaced by concern.* "Gryffon? Gryffon, what is it? What's wrong?" *She gently wrapped her good arm around him in the best physical comfort she could offer at the moment.*
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Post by Sweety8587 on Mar 1, 2004 2:54:00 GMT -5
Gryffon looked up at her, his eyes blank. "I've met him before. It....it didn't end up in a nice way. He..." his voice cracked as silent tears went down his pale cheeks.
He could still hear Twyla's screams. Asking him to help her. To save her. He had failed her that day.
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Post by Kait on Mar 1, 2004 8:26:42 GMT -5
*Audra's eyes darkened as she leaned forward, her lips gently brushing against his cheeks where tears had fallen. She brushed them away softly with her thumb.* "Shhh... It's ok... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have said anything." *She lowered her head, holding back tears of her own. As much as she wanted to know what happened, she knew how hard it could be... She had lost so many people to Jacob's tyranny...* "You don't have to tell me anything tonight..."
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Post by Sweety8587 on Mar 1, 2004 9:21:07 GMT -5
Brigil stood up when she saw Gryffon's state thinking "This is as far as it goes tonight." She made her way to him and placed her hands on his shoulder and said quietly, "Come on Ray. You need to rest."
She lead him back before returning to Audra saying shortly, "I'll bet you're wondering whats the story there?"
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