War of the Pendant (Started)

Artemis Climalsi | His apartment with AJ and Flame (Evening)

It took me by surprise to hear Amber laugh. I thought, For once, somebody gets the joke. I watched her play with Tiger as I sat down on a chair with Apollo in my arms. Apollo purred as he sat on my lap. I scratched him behind his ears and said, "I guess you and Tiger just made a couple new friends, Apollo."
He jumped out of my lap and laid down at my feet.
I didn't bother with him. Unlike Tiger and Mia, I know when Apollo says enough is enough. What really bothered me for the past two weeks was that Apollo's tail kept bristling when in the presence of a dog. My amulet went cold every time I was in front of a vampire that had a dog with her, which meant the vampire was a Nightwalker. My best guess was that she was hellbent on looking for the Daylight Master, whose face was unknown to the Nightwalkers but not to Morganians. In fact, a small few of my kills have been Morganian witches to keep my face hidden from their leader. Although I didn't know their leader very well, Mia have told me rumors of a Nightwalker who commited patricide. If that was the leader of the Nightwalker-Morganian group, then I might end up having a near-evenly matched opponent.

Spoiler

We should continue the Vampire and Slave SB I made. And Happy Birthday for Thursday!

AJ and Flame|Artemis's home|Evening

AJ looked up from Tiger and noticed instantly that Artemis was in deep thought.
"Um, Artemis? May we please have something to eat? We haven't eaten since we escaped the reaserch faculty nearby." AJ asked politely.
"Please sir, can we?" Flame added

Blaze Carver/ The streets of Fortuna with Lazarus (evening)

The next few moments past by in a haze; keeping my feet moving was the only thing I could concentrate on. Time blurred and all I could think of was the other pair of footsteps that echoed beside me.

Until Bella dutifully shoved her nose into my one free hand. For a moment I froze, abruptly torn from my trance. I stiffened for a second and continued coolly, utterly humiliated that I lost myself that quick.

Damn it, where was my constant supply of nervy confidence when I needed it? It scares the hell out of me to feel such human emotions. Every kill I made took a bit of me with it and every time I felt less and less guilty. This was like a slap in the face though. The cocky demeanour I've built shattered, turning me into a pathetic little mouse.

Then, it began to feel awkward...yet another painful human emotion I was glad to get rid of. So of all the witty things I could come up with, I blurted out, "You've got a speck of blood on your suit."

Every sane part of me screamed to look away and pretend it was just a figment of his imagination that said it, but the oh-so-convincing bullheaded instinct told me to stare back as defiantly as I could.

And there I saw two cold, dark crystals glaring back. Though I felt like I just signed my own death warrant, the first thought to come to mind was, 'looks like someone lost their humor along with their humanity.'

Artemis Climalsi | His apartment with AJ and Flame (Evening)

I snapped out of my train of thought and said, "Refrigerator to the left in the kitcten has the food you need. There's another at the right, but I wouldn't use that one if I were you. It has blood bags in there. Just because I don't sleep like the other vampires in the city, doesn't mean I still can't drink blood to keep myself going." I sighed and put my finger on my left wrist. The vein was still pumping a heart's pulse, but it was a little slower than a normal human pulse. I got out of my chair and went to my refrigerator for some blood. I took a bag of A-negative and poured the blood in a coffee mug to drink it properly. I sipped it slowly. "Don't ask why I do that. It's a habit I once had as a human."

(Sorry for being gone for a long while I was busy during the weekend.)


Melinda Asheart / Evening, Alone in the Flower district.


As Melinda watched the young boy leaving her, she didn't want to cause such a fight with no one at the time. She was in a good mood, she let them take the young boy and his fox. All her bead pulsed with heat, feeling them burn onto her skin. Slowly moving aside from the young boy and the man she was on her way. Walking away and from the flower district she was on her way back to the small shop that her family owned and died. She didn't understand why her heart felt so tight on her chest. Melinda felt as all of her childhood was drowned with the rest of her purity of her young soul that she once lost. She inhaled deeply as she closed her eyes, she opened her eyes as her eyes glittered into a deep blue like the ocean. She gently placed the roses down. As the rain started to drip down so did her tears.

Lazarus James

I blinked once at the comment, briefly pausing to consider how she had broken my hold over her mind. I went over the situation, sorting through possibilities. Ahhh. The dog. An emotional tie then, to break Blake out. I didn't have much experience inflicting emotional pain. Maybe it'd be more interesting. Less physically rewarding though, no scent of death. Still people became anguished when I destroyed something they have an emotional bond with. Something else to consider then. Though killing animals was distasteful to me - they didn't have the same flavour as humans.

"Impossible, Miss Carter, I washed before I came. I killed in my previous tuxedo," I carefully informed her, my gaze lightly settling on her own.

I slipped my arm from hers and gave my suit a quick cleaning brush, to ensure there was no residue from the dog-loving girl. Hair looked very unprofessional on any type of business-wear. And looking so often made me hungry for death. I gave my suit a once over and, satisfied there was nothing on it apart from the faint, crisp smell of apples, I rapped on the door we had stopped by.

The house was dilapidated and no doubt we drew attention from the ruffians on the street. My fingers ached to be around their throats, my fangs throbbed to be in their necks and my muscles tensed in apprehension, but I breathed in once, imagined killing them all and the feeling was gone. This was concerning. I would need to up my quota soon. 10 deaths a day did not seem like it was enough anymore.

I shot Blake a smile, "I hope you don't mind. We're meeting some Morganians. Business not pleasure, though."

Well, to be rather honest, business was pleasure for me. However, the girl wouldn't be of the same-mindset, I'm sure. I don't know why I took the girl along with me. Perhaps because I knew the Nightwalkers meeting place had been turned into a trap and too many of my fellow vampires had died needlessly already. Originally, I had intended on going on a pre-meeting-hunt.

I don't mind other vampires, mostly. They usually are quite pleasant company. Apart from Daywalkers. I hissed subconsciously and I could feel Blake's stare on me. People who pretended to be good were the ones I relished stealing lives from. No one was good. Humans, inherently, were born of sin and they died of sin. Vampires who think differently, who, Death forbid, want to be human again make me... disappointed.

And Death follows my disappointment.

I knocked again on the door, impatience beginning to coil within me.

Spoiler

CALLING ALL MORGANIANS.
I don't mind who opens the door. It could be a time-lapse, if you really want, so - technically, we'd be in the future and you'd just have to catch up. I just want to meet more bad people. They all need to talk, I think. It would be good.

Melinda Asheart | in the rain, walking to Lazarus James home.

When Melinda walked in the rain she didn’t seem to mind the rain falling on her. Feeling the warmth of her body slowly leaving her body she briskly walked towards somewhere that she didn’t have a clue. Leaving her body doing all the walking her earrings were starting to emit some type of energy she didn’t know if it was an ally or a foe. At the time she didn’t care she wanted to start killing some Daywalkers or the humans. While walking looking at all the couples running from the rain, she looked up at the rain wondering what was wrong with it. Were they running because it was dirty or what? It wasn’t acid or anything to harm them. A man came up to her with an umbrella he covered her and smiled at her, she looked at him confused. She walked past him; he kept following with the umbrella. Melinda was getting annoyed at the fact that the human wasn’t going to leave her be. She turned and held her hand out high and a ray of lightning struck the man, she inhaled and turned and she was on her way back to her destination.

She came across to a door a few hours later, the rain subsided and she knock the door three times hoping someone would answer.

Redfang18 wrote:Artemis Climalsi | His apartment with AJ and Flame (Evening)

I snapped out of my train of thought and said, "Refrigerator to the left in the kitcten has the food you need. There's another at the right, but I wouldn't use that one if I were you. It has blood bags in there. Just because I don't sleep like the other vampires in the city, doesn't mean I still can't drink blood to keep myself going." I sighed and put my finger on my left wrist. The vein was still pumping a heart's pulse, but it was a little slower than a normal human pulse. I got out of my chair and went to my refrigerator for some blood. I took a bag of A-negative and poured the blood in a coffee mug to drink it properly. I sipped it slowly. "Don't ask why I do that. It's a habit I once had as a human."

AJ and Flame|Artemis's home with Artemis and his 2 cats|Evening

AJ giggled again.
"I don't find that weird at all! We saw people eat other people before we escaped the research faculty." AJ and Flame shivered at the memory. "It was horrible."
"Yes, and we agreed that we would never mention it again because it gave you nightmares Amber!" Flame howled, angrily.
"I-I'm so sorry!" AJ started to cry.
"I shouldn't have yelled, I'm sorry AJ."
AJ nodded in reply as she dried her eyes and got a small, round, spikey ball-like thing out of the fridge.
"What is this?" AJ asked.

Spoiler

Can you please say it's a Lychee?!

Artemis Climalsi | His apartment with AJ and Flame (Evening)

I studied the fruit and knew it at a glance. "That's a lychee. Tiger's mistress eats those from time to time. She thinks I'm going to eat one of those once I'm mortal again. She doesn't know that when I was human five centuries ago, I had an allergic reaction to those things. The first thing I'm going to eat is a big juicy red apple. Back in my day, I ate apples all the time." I chuckled at this. "My parents just couldn't get me off apples. Several times when we're playing hide-and-seek, an apple tree was the last place everyone else looked to find me. From what my father told me, I've been climbing apple trees since I could walk."

Spoiler

Sorry about making it so short but I'm in the middle of doing homework.

AJ and Flame|Artemis's apartment with his cats|Evening

Flame started howling and laughing at the same time.
"Well...This is a first!" AJ laughed at Flame. Never had Flame ever actually laughed so much that he howled before.

Spoiler

I made Flame laugh? I meant to do that.

Artemis Climalsi | His apartment with AJ and Flame (Evening)

I chuckled. At least I had company with a sense of humor to keep my St. Valentine's Day meloncoly at bay. "I became an older sibling when I was eight. My little sister always found me in an apple tree, but kept leading our parents to a bunch of peach trees. By the time she was able to walk, she was climbing peach trees and eating peaches for ages on end. Father often laughed out loud and stated that he and his wife got a couple climbers for children. There was no point in keeping me and my sister away from our favorite trees, even when Mother put me and my sister in separate rooms. When Father couldn't find me and my sister in hide-and-seek, he just gives up and tells Mother we win. It was either an apple tree or a peach tree where my sister and I hid, which makes it funny since my sister's name was Peach." I laughed heartily at this. Peach and I were always in the same tree when playing hide-and-seek with our parents.

Spoiler

CRAP! I got writer's block!

AJ and Flame|Artemis's Home|Evening

Flame and AJ kept on having a laughing attack.

Drayden Underhill/side of the street with Ryder, talking/Dinnertime

Drayden looked over at Ryder, he shrugged, then nodded.
"Where would you like to go?" His low voice sounding almost angry. Drayden glanced around the street and noticed a bar, he jerked his head in the direction of the bar.
"Are you fine with that bar across the street? It looks like they might have some blood." He added quickly, "If I am, however, making you uncomfortable in any way, please let me know. People tend to be a bit uncomfortable around me for some reason." He chuckled silently, people were always nervous around him. He had never seemed to be able to change that.

Ryder / With Drayden / Dinnertime


"Yeah, I'm good with the bar." he says, following Drayden to the bar.