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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 11:47:25 GMT -5
*Tessa's eyes fell upon the crimson mess that lined the floor and walls of the bathroom, then resting on her childe. Seeing his distress, she quickly set the clothing on the clean floor outside, entering the bathroom.* "Nikolas... Listen to me... You didn't kill him. I did. What happened afterward couldn't be helped. It's not your fault... I promise you..." *She gingerly stepped on the cleanest portions of the tiled floor, crossing over to him.* "You had to do it... You didn't have a choice."
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 12:00:46 GMT -5
Nikolas still was silent. *I didn't have a choice, I didn't have a choice... that's right... that hunger did this.... but I was able to stop myself while I was outside of this room, then I lost control... but it was either that or insaity or death... well that man's dead and I think I'm going insane now so what was the point?* His mind kept rambling as he just stood there, not moving.
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 12:07:54 GMT -5
*When she received no response, Tessa gently placed her hands on Nikolas' shoulders, looking him in the eyes.* "Nikolas, look at me... There's nothing wrong with what you did. You had to do it. If you hadn't, you would have died. That's not an excuse, that's a fact. I did this to you... I changed you into what I am... I'll explain everything to you and then you'll understand all of this... But first we need to get you cleaned up, ok? Do you understand?"
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 12:11:37 GMT -5
He stopped listening at 'I did this to you... ' Nikolas looked at her,"... you did this? you did this to me? You're the reason why I'm covered in blood, and that guy is smeared across this bathroom?" he looked at her in shock, starting to get mad.
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 12:16:01 GMT -5
*Tessa lowered her gaze quickly.* "Yes... I am... And I'm sorry, Nikolas. I really am. You'll understand why... I promise. You have to trust me... It will all make sense soon."
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 12:19:17 GMT -5
"I highly doubt that. I doubt that any of this could make sense. " he shook his head and moved away from her to the side. "how could any of this make sense? I just tore apart a dead man's body! How does that make sense?!" Nikolas had moved away from the wall and took a couple steps away from Tessa.
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 15:20:59 GMT -5
*Tessa shook her head lightly.* "Nikolas, please... You can't be angry with me... You just don't understand yet. I do. I've been where you are now... I know what you're feeling... You just need to trust me right now. It's all you can do. I can give you the answers you need. I'll help you so that you won't have to feel this way again. Just be patient with me." *She bent down to pick up his stained jacket from the floor.*
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 15:25:06 GMT -5
"patient? I have to be patient? That's alot to ask for right now." he stood in the doorway to the bathroom.
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 15:31:18 GMT -5
*Tessa's eyes flashed toward the door that Nikolas stood in front of, her mind momentarily going into a panic... If he made a run for it, he might be lost to her forever... another childe without any real training in the ways of the Kindred. He'd be in danger from every stronger vampire out there, as well as vampire hunters. And there was an even greater threat... He could put the entire Masquerade in danger if he gave anyone out there some knowledge of what had happened to him... and what he was.* "Nikolas... You have to listen to me. If you don't, you're going to put yourself in extreme danger, as well as many other people. I just brought you back from the dead... I'm not anxious to see you die again..."
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 15:34:46 GMT -5
"what?! I died?! Wonderful! So I'm dead! No you said you brought me back. What the hell am I?" He wanted answers and quickly.
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 15:39:34 GMT -5
*Tessa's voice softened for a moment.* "You won't like the answer to that, Nikolas..." *She folded his jacket over her arm.* "Listen... Let's get you in a nice hot shower while Nathaniel and I clean this bathroom up and get rid of your clothes. There are fresh ones waiting for you just outside the door. After everything's cleaned up and you've had some time to calm down, you'll be ready to listen to what I have to say and you'll get all of the answers you want. I'll tell you anything you need to know. But not until then."
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 15:41:41 GMT -5
"why can't I have the answers now? Why do I have to wait? What's wrong with telling me now, and THEN giving me time to think about it?"
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 15:55:35 GMT -5
*Tessa was losing her patience. She wasn't at all used to dealing with humans (or those who still had their humanity) for so long.* "Because you obviously are in NO condition to let the things I tell you sink in! If I explain things to you while you're like this, there's no telling what you'll do! And believe it or not, sir, I'm trying to make this as easy and painless as possible for you. Most of my kind do this by sending their childer out into the streets to wildly hunt down and slaughter their first meal and then scold them afterward for their weakness! Some of them just leave their childer immediately and let them figure out everything on their own by searching the entire city for tiny scraps of information. Would you rather do it that way? Because that's what will happen to you if you don't listen to me and you leave this place without the proper knowledge. You'll tear humans to shreds again and again and that's if you don't get snatched up as a meal for another of our kind first! So I suggest that you do things my way if you want to stay safe. Do you understand?"
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Post by Ze on May 14, 2005 15:59:52 GMT -5
"no, actually, I don't understand anything. Because once someone dies, they're supposed to stay dead. Yet from what you've told me, I've died and yet... HERE I AM! talking and yelling. and I just shredded an f**king dead guy in there! So, I don't understand. I would prefer if I knew things now so they could sink in, and I couldn't leave this place if I wanted to... the keys to my car are in my coat, which you happen to have, and I would prefer NOT to walk back to my house."
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Post by Kait on May 14, 2005 16:09:12 GMT -5
"I should've known you'd behave this way. You've always been stubborn about everything. Do I have to take a lawyer's approach to this? Because I have plenty of evidence for you..." *She slammed his coat down on the countertop around the sink, striding over him swiftly so that he wouldn't have time to get away. Before he could react, she had grabbed his hand and placed it directly over his heart.* "Do you feel your heart beating under there? Hm? How about here?" *She moved his hand to her own chest.* "There's nothing... No heart beat... No pulse... You don't even have to breathe if you don't want to... You're dead. As am I. And yet, we live... This is the unlife, Nikolas. And it's for more dangerous than the mortal existence. If you don't listen to me, you're going to get yourself killed... or worse. This is one case that you are NOT going to win. You need me whether you like it or not... simply because you don't know what you are and I do." *As if to emphasize that point, she opened her mouth, allowing her fangs to once again extend from her upper jaw. However, she held Nikolas' hand tightly with her superhuman strength so that he would never be able to pull away and run.*
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