Post by Alex Vipond on Jul 17, 2013 2:24:26 GMT -8
And So She Fell: She'd been on this road a hundred times, well enough times a path started to form where she walked. The cars would go by once in a while, but normally the streets at night were lonely. The cool winds carried and she was walking back toward Muse and Tela. Ella looked like a gypsy with the long skirt, and vest from the back. She didn't mind the quiet or the moon above. Sometimes it was good to clear your head and walk. (d)
MacabreSaVant: Or sometimes it was good to just clear your head and be your wolf. He had lost his shirt and boots along the way. Leaving only his jeans in case he wanted to shift in the run. Racing through the forests. Then a familiar scent among the plethora of scents caught his attention and he veered that way. To the quiet road which he emerged suddenly from the outskirts. Blues honed in on the woman and he came jogging up to fallin alongside her. What an odd sight should someone fall upon them. " Hey.." His hair was loose and windblown, dew clung to his upper frame from where he had ran through the damp forest. –d
And So She Fell: Ella didn't know he was there for a little while, until he actually said something. She had been counting crow feathers and following a corvid ahead several feet and listening to the chatter of shadows. Nope, she hadn't even looked at Mars yet, not because she was trying to be rude, it was because .. well maybe tonight he'd learn a little more. "I am not here to be moved. You can tell them I will not trust their deceptions." Murmured along as if her and Mars were having an in depth conversation. The corvid circled in the sky and the albino bird seemed like it was going to dive bomb them. Ella was fixed and focused on one thing, and a typical hey could have come from so many things. The albino queen was heading straight toward Mars,and veered before he could say a word. Ella's eyes went where Mars had fallen in beside her. Now, now she was startled and actually tripped up. "Oh my god... where .." Losing her balance she went down into the grass on her ass. Squinting up at the half dressed man. "Holy hell.. are you trying to jump start my heart?" Far from angry, she may have even smiled, which was rare for her. (d)
MacabreSaVant: Well, she was speaking to someone. Though it was no concern to him. Infact he figured she'd be one of those people who would talk to themselves. When she tripped up and fell on her ass he stood there a moment and blinked. " No" Reaching down, he offered his hand to help her stand again. " Sorry.." Light chuckle. ' I didnt mean to frighten you.. " –d
And So She Fell: Taking his hand. "You didn't .. just startled me.. normally they warn me someone is coming." They did. but she wasn't listening. It was mainly because she was expecting the third wave of a beating down from fate. People assumed she talked to herself, but not everything was as it seemed. Once up, she gently removed her hand from his. "Thank you. You were running?" Taking it since he was half dressed. Leaning in for a moment to confirm, the scent of the forest was clearly clinging to him. "Yes.. the oak warns you are too close." Then stepping back from his space. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Yes. I needed the run" She'd also catch the scent of his underlining musk of wolf, the mesquite and hint of the deserts. " Too close?" Brow raised. He released her hand once she was up and steady. " When I run I am too close to them?" He didnt understand. -d
And So She Fell: When clouds covered the moon, she looked up and put her fingers together. Thankfully even the lowest of creatures delighted in light, at first it was a single firefly sparking it the new darkness, then in a matter of two minutes a horde illuminating them in a light green glow. Bowing her head to give thanks, her lips murmured, but no words. "Yes, the one with the crooked branch where you scratch?" The winds could lie to her or she could have heard the wrong message. "You've worn away the bark.. " She started to circle him, was that a stray piece in his hair? Even the smallest splinter could change the world. The long reed thin piece of bark removed from the back and she held it up like a small treasure. Tilting her head. "It was a gift." Stepping back around to the front of him, but he'd feel the tip of her finger touch the shoulder blade where the piece of bark hung. The pad of her finger was bumpy with old runes. Stepping back.. and she thought to look for the corvid. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Oooh.." He understood now. A light chuckle. " Tell them I apologize. I will not be so close ." Would have to look into finding a back scratcher for him. Everything was alive he was learning. Then again, he had known and at times he simply forgot how the circle of life was. From the animals, to plants and insects. Tilt of his head, he protrayed much the curious wolf as he listened to her. " Was it?" –d
And So She Fell: The scents of mesquite and desert finally registering with her. Ella closed her eyes and smelled what was on the wind. Often her reactions were slower taking in everything around her. "I will, thank you. Oaks are cranky.. where I am from, the old father of time looms high and wide, wide like those trees I've seen here .. Redwoods. It was a gift, the oaks are not so giving, so it was unwilling." The splintered piece closed in her palm. "There were three.. " It was a random phrase. She wanted to ask, but let the question die. "I lost the queen." Poiniting up to the sky. "She's not so forthcoming with strangers. I'm sorry.." The white crow was preening in a tree above them in the dark and she squawked in protest. "It's been a long while since I've felt so many ... others as I do in this city. It's unsettling at times." He probably didn't feel the same. (d)
MacabreSaVant: Blues regarded her curiously as he listened openly. No narrow mindednes, or the haste of uncaring. At this moment it was simply, to be . Eyes flicked upwards to the Crow when it sqawked. " I didnt mean to intrude" This said to both Ella and Crow. The hell was he gunna feel awkward about apologizing to the crow. He was a damn wolf! " Im sure it is...Its comforting at times too, yes?" To him it was, unsure it would be to her. He knew he wasn't alone anymore. Though even in a crowded room, you could feel alone. –d
And So She Fell: "You didn't intrude." She actually started laughing. "The queen watches, and warns. She may like you.. though she rarely confesses to me unless I listen. It is not comforting to me, as I wish it could be, because I want to know more, and it is dangerous to ask some. This place is a strange half wonder. I'm tired, so do not listen to my lips much." A change of subject to him. "Your run was good? Is it helping?" Then she motioned to see if they should start walking instead of standing on the side of the quite road. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Oh." When she said he didn't intrude and she spoke about the Crow. There was another quick glance up at the bird and back to her. " You believe you are rambling out of exhaustion?" Could be a possibility. Many people, geniuses, and what not swore they worked their best, or saw their visions when exhaustion fell upon them. " Yeah.. it did what it should. It's good to clear the head.. I feel free.. even more ..if that makes sense?" A nod at the motion, and they were soon walking again. –d
And So She Fell: "Yes, I am not a genius, far from it.. I am a pawn." A simple answer to that. "I've had visions of three on a road like this and tasting blood. I did not want to ask you or your brother who the third was, but I have been praying for protection. It's all pieces, all pieces and no matter what I do it rarely shows more than pieces." She started walking with or without him, probably because she was restless. "Maybe it's all lies, and I have been called to madness again.. but that mirror your brother has, is chaffing my reasonable senses." Yeah, there was a little rambling going on. Then she stopped and turned to look. "I hope you all getting clear in your heads." Sincerely said, though she wasn't at peace with the whole thing being over. "I should warn you, many run from those most deem insane. You can run now and my feelings won't be hurt." (d)
Alex Vipond: Alex had heard of the woman, but had yet to meet her. That was an oversight he was determined to rectify. To do so, he simply tracked Mars down, used that brodar of theirs and no, he didn't attempt to mask what he was. He simply settled onto the road a few paces behind them, the only sound was that of the rustling of his coat as it billowed around him in his descent. Moving up alongside them, he glanced from Mars to the woman. "About that mirror, what the hell? I mean seriously, that thing is whack." The gum in his mouth was rolled around to the other side. "And where did it come from? I mean seriously that thing just doesn't quit."
MacabreSaVant: Mars felt Alex and then his scent was noted. There was no hesitancy in his step as Alex fell in alongside Mars and Ella. Going rather Valley Girl on them. Blues flicked to the Vampire and he smirked amused. It was a moments regard and he returned his attention back to Ella. " I am not running. Everyone has their purpose and yours, well, its hard to grasp by many, maybe even terrifying to some. But not to me" He assured her. Alex would find the duo in an odd get up. Mars, actually wearing nothing but his jeans. He had gone in a run in the forest, leaving boots, socks, shirt at home in case he had decided to shift. Though it hadn't happened. Ella, inthat long skirt and vest. Looking like the Gypsy. –d
And So She Fell: The queen squawked again, it almost sounded like she was laughing with the hiss-mocking squawk. "Shut your trap bird, if I catch you I will cook you." A warning without any substance. Ella felt the silence of something, though he was not masked. She didn't make a habit of trespassing on another's ability, and when she sensed something out of the natural, she tended to close up for their protection and hers. "Good you are not running." The mirror, yes, that was a strange and freaky thing. She pause and turned around to walk backwards as they walked toward her. "Did the mirror whack you?" Her eyes went down to his hands looking for evidence of blood. Though how a piece of glass would whack someone, it was a little beyond her. Little did she know three was in her face and she had no idea, one piece at a time. Ella walked better backwards than she did forward. The green horde of fireflies at their back made a delightful image. The queen was gone for now, the witch didn't need her watcher. "I'm sorry if you were wounded." She'd get to his question soon enough, sometimes it took her time to process everything going on around her. (d)
Alex Vipond: "No, it didn't whack me, but it's got Leland four kinds of fucked in the head." Alex watched her as they walked, curious still. "So where'd it come from?" She hadn't answered that part of the question. He slipped his hand into the pocket of his jeans, and no, neither hand was bloody, and came up with his gum. The pack was offered out to the other two, before he swapped the piece in his mouth out for a fresh one. As for his openness, not really so much that as he simply didn't hide his arrival. Even if he was completely in black, and in the dark. Can't scare the norms by flying about now can one?
MacabreSaVant: Mars had gone for a little run, five hours ago. He was sure his breathe was a bit of a ew side. Gum taken, wrapper stuffed to his pocket and he nodded his thanks to Alex. " Leland dreamt it..." Thats all he really understood about it. "It manifested from a dream, and well thats what happened" Molars worked on the gum as he peered over at Ella to get her confirmation on it. –d
And So She Fell: Life blood, life blood. She kept sensing life blood until Ella lowered her mask. Those who sensed others would know she wasn't quite of this world, maybe something close to angel-like, because it was mostly light with shadows. Lifting her head slightly to sniff the air, she wanted to question what Alex was, but refrained. Working her way back to answer about the mirror. "It manifested, somehow.. I told LJ six months before I came here, a vision.. and after meeting him at the place.. the Inn, the ..bar." Correcting herself. "It manifested, like that..." Confirming Mars' words. Thankfully it wasn't in her possession any longer, but whatever it was, time would hopefully shed light upon it. "Four ways fucked in the head?" Repeating words, that was an odd phrase. Shaking her head no thanks to the offer of gum. Though when it went in his mouth, she watched for a few minutes. "I've been trying to figure out why. As I explained to Leland." Correcting his name. "I .. see pieces of a picture, they aren't always clear.. I'm sorry I cannot answer more for him or either of you.. though I can say my bones rattle with caution that something else is coming." She didn't sound ominous, simply open. "If I could force the answer, I swear I would do it.. but nothing yet. I'm truly sorry." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Yeah well, I tend to ask Castiel the same kinds of questions and his pat response is that he'll know when God tells him." Alex shrugged, the old gum rolled into the wrapper from the new and both pack and wad were dropped into the pocket of his coat. "Something is up. I just don't know what." He wasn't sure he wanted to know either. With all the shit Castiel had said, it just seemed like more of the same.
MacabreSaVant: Mars was a bit at a loss on both of their prophesizing words. " I dont have anything enlightening, or cryptic to add to ya'lls cautions" Shrug of a broad shoulder as he continued his easy stride down the road the them. " I can only take on what comes at the time it does come" Blues drifted between the two. Such an odd group. The Vampire, The Witch, and the Wolf. They just needed a wardrobe somewhere in the picture. Maybe they'd be transported to a different plane. –d
And So She Fell: Ella inhaled again smelling whatever was on the wind, at least for the moment there was no threat. "Yes, that is the way of fate and the god.. some are vessels to help guide the way through troubled time. I pray you find the answers." She waited for Alex's name, mainly because where she was from, it was customary for the man to say his first. She didn't want to be rude or closed, so she nodded respectfully. "I'm Ella.. Ella Dufaigh. Who are you two to each other please?" Maybe this extended out and Alex would be on her radar to try and protect as well. "You have .. less you forget the gift?" Answering Mars. All things have life and give it, sometimes people didn't listen, that's all. "If I can help, I shall." Offering. Still walking backwards that way in the night air. (d)
Alex Vipond: "Alex. Mars and I are friends. Brothers of a sort." He nodded. "So you can see my concern for what's going on. That and I am a friend of the clan so to speak." Alex looked over at Mars. He had no clue how much the woman knew, but the fact that Mars was out here, shirtless, told him she knew he was, in fact lycan. But knowing Mars was and knowing the rest were, were two different things.
MacabreSaVant: Alex spoke for them. A nod. " We have taken the blood brother bond" It was a special initiation. She didnt really need to know of the Triumvirate. Though the bond was a transferance of blood. Almost like the old ritual. " I didn't mean it as less in that, Ella" He corrected. " I meant as in to peer into the future, omens.. the epiphany moments. I am more of an it’s here and now I will deal with it, sorta of beast" Grins crookedly. –d
And So She Fell: At this point Ella didn't know how to get in touch with Krystal, or Decon to ask. Though, the thought completely left her mind as Alex cleared the air. "Yes, sir, of course I do." Though he had been respectful and not coming to demand answers she didn't have, he asked. "I am too, and this is good to know.. brothers of sorts." Hand to her heart. "Merry met to you." Yes she knew what they were and knew plenty about blood rites. "I have blood bonded.. that is how this came to be.." Turning so they could see the dragon tattoo on the back of her neck under the mass of hair. The serpents moved as well from the hiding place, yes, the woman had living tattoos on her skin. Twin serpents vanished down her back to other warmer places. "I understand." She took that that the didn't want to know what she knew, which was perfectly fine with her. She knew about the triumvirate blood ritual, three .. it was always three. Only right now she was divine in the dark without this knowledge. "I understand, dealing with what will come to you when it comes." The small bit of openness given to both of them, closed without second thought and without hurt feelings. "Ignorance is bliss some have said." (d)
Alex Vipond: "It is also said that forewarned is forearmed and if some big bad is coming to town, I think we should know about it, but then it seems as if every so often some apocalypse or another is rearing its head. Better to know in advance to kick its ass." Sadly he knew all too well that visions were chancy at best. Futures could be read until the cows come home but the problem with looking into the future was, that each time you looked, you changed it. Not always for the better. He'd learned that from the dude that had helped them find Abby.
MacabreSaVant: Yes three. Though the third was not Leland in this Triumvirate. Mars was silent for a bit as they spoke of the future. What may come and what was coming. "It is the only way I know .." He replied. " My Staff Sergeant always told us before we went out to the field.. ' Don't fuckin shoot shit unles the shit is in view and ready to kill you'. In other orders dont anticipate too much. Or you will fuck up" That was one of the few things, along with, act, dont react. Mars hadn't got that until actually recently with a scene with Kaly. Sometimes, you just had to do what you knew was right instead of doing what you felt was right. Mind over matter. –d
And So She Fell: Dropping her hair a few minutes ago, and she stopped walking backwards, to fall in beside them, it was less personal and better so she didn't insert herself into anything she should not be part of. The fact that they were more than brothers in feelings, but in blood made it even deeper, and committed. It took her a little time, but the third seemed be manifesting. Ella had never been wrong, but this was a different time and place...and she looked at things from a different perspective. So many looked for straight answers, when all that was needed was a small sliver of insight and all else would work itself out. "It's a fragile thing, the threads of knowledge.. but the time keepers.. the blind ones.. are ..." Part of her wished she could take his course without pieces of knowledge, it would have made life a lot easier. Easy to change the course of her words. "That is sound wisdom and why I came to you Mars." Then out of the blue she asked. "Are there houses in this city where you pay someone to sleep with you?" She actually meant sleep, but it may have rang out as something else. "Do you know where they are?" (d)
Alex Vipond: "That's simply knowing your target before killing it But you knew, before hand what may be out there. Therein lies the difference. One does not go into combat blind, not knowing what opposing forces one may be facing." Combat was combat. The means with which man killed each other off have changed, but the basic principle was the same. Alex's brow rose as he turned to look at Ella. "You're looking for a brothel?"
And So She Fell: "No, not this hotel. I know of these.. it's hard to explain, I cannot lock the door." She slowed a bit. "It is my nature." Maybe that was enough?
MacabreSaVant: Sometimes the Vampire was as clueless as the Norms. When She'd spoke to him in such a way, he felt a bit embarrassed. " If you are in need of a Watcher.. or Guard.. There are some of the..." He had to stop himself. Mars did not lead anymore. " I can watch the night for you so you can sleep" He offered himself, but not another wolf. –d
And So She Fell: "It is my nature, and .. thank you for answering. I did not want to ask the humans." Now she felt a bit foolish, but she'd get over it. When Mars offered she stopped and turned around to walk backwards. "Are you sure? I can pay you. Name it and if it is my means I will do it." Relief was a strong emotion for the normally stoic pawn. "It is as he said Alex, a guardian of sorts." (d)
Alex Vipond: "You could possibly hire a body guard. Whether or not they'd watch you sleep, I don't know, but Krystal handles my security. She has people..." Frankly Alex found it creepy, the thought of someone watching as he slept. "Philippe had his various guards but they didn't stand watch within his private chamber." Outside the door, yes, inside, no.
MacabreSaVant: It wasn't uncommon to him. His past Vampire Mistress had made him do much the same before he broke from the tight spell. A glance to Alex a moment and then back to Ella. " I dont need payment. I would expect you to help me if you could if I needed it. It's what friends do" –d
And So She Fell: "Thank you for the information." One night would help her be rested enough to find a permanent solution. "Thank you very much. Thank you both very much for the information. I do not know Philippe. And I will help in any way I can, if that is what you want." She was a little unclear about what they wanted. "I thought you did not want knowledge if it comes. You tell what it is I should expect and I will do my best not to cross lines." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Phillip is, was, my cousin." Alex looked from Ella to Mars, and back again. "I think perhaps if you could tell us what you know when you have a more cohesive image of what it is we're facing, would be good. Getting things piece meal, it's .... like putting a frog in a pot of cool water and turning the heat on low beneath it. The frog is comfortable with the small, slow changes in temperature and doesn't realize until it is too late that he's being cooked. Whereas if you dump him in a pot of hot water, he not only realizes it, but acts to avoid it."
MacabreSaVant: Mars was a bit confused on what she meant. "I .." Hm. He closed his mouth again as he thought of what to say. And Alex well, her clarified it and he nodded. " I prefer not to not, but if it is important, then of course, enlighten. When the picture is clear.." A nod. Though he was sure Leland would figure it out, if he could get his head out of his ass long enough. –d
And So She Fell: Both answers were completely out of her realm, so she simply and politely to both. "As you wish it." She saw both sides of the coin, but experience has taught her wisdom in the small amounts can confound the wise and planned. She turned back around to face the same direction they were walking and she walked along, though for every step they took, she took two being short. She'd do her best to keep their wishes and keep the rest to herself. (d)
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded and looked down the road. "Did you walk all the way out here?" That brow was cocked upward again as he looked over at Mars. "It's like twice the exercise. Three times when you think about it, since you have to hike out here and then back." He looked back at Ella. "And the mirror that Leland dreamt, that manifested into the physical plane. Does that factor into this or is it a separate, Leland only issue?"
MacabreSaVant: A like chuckle. " Whats wrong old man, tired already?" Of course he was joking with the Vampire as they walked. He looked rather homeless with just jeans on. Well, when he asked about the mirror again, that had Mars wondering also. Eyes slanted over to Ella curiously. " Yeah..is that all together?" –d
And So She Fell: She didn't answer the first part since it seemed directed to Mars. "I haven't found out yet, but in the visions that have followed, there were three on the road, and I tasted blood. All things are woven together, whether you believe that or not, it is all tied." This wasn't speculation, at least not this. "When I have more answers, then I will tell you. I do not have crystal clear answers for you, please forgive me. Only experience as a guide." The queen returned and squawked from the darkness letting her know she was close by. "Had one thing changed this night, I would not have met you. All things start from seeds, when I can grow enough for you to digest, I swear I'll bring it to your table." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Three. On the road. I'm presuming this isn't some Kerouac manifestation, not with blood..." He looked at Mars, then back to Ella. "Can this be something from the past? Like maybe even the recent past?"
MacabreSaVant: Mars remained silent for the time being. He knew what Alex was thinking. Mexico. The return. –d
And So She Fell: "It could be, but the visions were six months ago, now they recycle .. repeat in my mind. They play over.. as a reminder of what is given. Without a past, there is no future, or now. The old ways speak of growing roots where they are not seen. Roots spread where you cannot see. Just like the oak whispered about you Mars.. and the lake warned of others among you." She turned and glanced at the woods. "If you listen the will scream at you.." She heard it all the time. The shadows playing in harmony, the spirits, the wind, the earth herself at times whispered. This is why people probably thought she was batty lunatic. "We move about our ways, but nothing is an island. There was blood, but ..." She trailed off and dismissed the fireflies with a whispered word. (d)
Alex Vipond: "Six months... What if she was seeing the trip up from Mexico, and what if the danger coming at us now is the fucking cartel looking for some payback for their eight dead boys and missing ten keys...." Though Alex suspected the cartel would be more concerned over the ten keys that went up in smoke when he'd torched the car.
MacabreSaVant: Those light blue hues watched Alex as he seemed to be fitting the puzzle pieces together in his mind and speaking out loud of which puzzle to fit it with. " There is no way of telling until it happens, Alex" –d
And So She Fell: She was going to explore more by going where she shouldn't go and try pressing for answers, but she couldn't do it without someone watching her sleep, but they didn't want anwers, so she would change her plans. They were talking about things she didn't understand. "I've been warding the pieces I can find.. the woods, the garage." She suspected it wasn't done. (d)
Alex Vipond: "That's the problem with seeing the future. You can drive yourself batshit crazy trying to figure it out and still get it wrong." He shook his head. "Well, all we can do is keep our eyes open and expect ... anything." What else was there to do?
MacabreSaVant: " Try to expect the unexpected .." He gave a ghost of a smile to Alex at that notion. They continued their walk down the quiet road. Eyes flicked upward to spot the Crow overhead. Curious thing to remain close to the witch. Eyes dropped back to Ella. " You warded the garage?" That had seeped back into his brain. –d
And So She Fell: Demand answers, is what she thought, but not outloud. They wanted quiet, she would respect their request. "Around, it I did not tresspass. Only against the .." leaving the answer hanging on the air. Until.." The first night I asked you about the rentals." He corrected on her the correct word for the metal movers. "Knowledge of things which bring harm." The albino crow cackled. "I'm sorry I should have asked, but I did not come to the property that was yours, but around it for twice the size. Ginny helped me map with the city map." Maybe it was crossing lines? She didn't mean it to be. (d)
Alex Vipond: Curious indeed. Especially given his proclivity toward birds. "Why not?" Alex looked from the bird to Ella to Mars. "The studio is warded. House too. Izzy did both, and then Castiel added some enochian script to keep certain ... aspects away. Sadly it doesn't work on the bum from down the street that keeps insisting the place is a restaurant."
MacabreSaVant: "Oh." He didn't grasp the reasoning, but was fine with it. Surely, it was in good intentions. Glanced to Alex as he spoke. Light chuckle. " Bums like good food to you know" A deep breathe taken, he inhaled the different scents in the area. There was an actual deer out nearby, carefully making its way through the foliage of the forest. It piqued his interest briefly. Attention returned to the two he strode with. There wasnt anything more to talk about, well, there was but it didnt seem the moment would arise. " Where do I meet you to help guard you, Ella?" He needed to get his boots and shirt before a raccoon decided to run off with his things. –d
And So She Fell: The albino queen was magical in her way by sharing knowledge, sometimes shape-shifting, trickery and thievery. She cawed again and heckled them with her cawing. The queen loved a willing audience. "Beware the trickster." She told Alex. "It may not be whom you suspect." The albino queen had taken many forms over her life times. The way she cawed it seemed like she could have been the bum as she carried on. Said deer moved through and closer to the edge of the forest. She would be leaving with the deer. "Beyond the lake, there is an old cemetery, two small standing stones. I will be there." Nodding her head to both. "Thank you for the pleasure of your name, sir." To Alex. "I will repay you Mars for this as a friend would do." She'd be waiting, but in the meantime, she stopped and crossed the road, thought she paused in the middle for a moment as the albino corvid landed and spread her wings. The bird took flight again and flew through the break of trees, Ella would follow. (d)
Alex Vipond: Those raccoons. They'd take anything. ALex looked to the bird, then looked back at Ella. "Have a good night, Ella and it was a pleasure to meet you." Smiling he watched as woman and bird took their leave, then he looked back at Mars. "I hate not knowing what the fuck is going on. I almost regret not asking for more information but ...." he paused. "What if she's not the one that has to figure it out? What if that's something you have to do?"
MacabreSaVant: "I have seen stranger things.." Mars mused to Alex as he watched Ella depart. It was only a moment before he looked to his friend. A deep breathe. Eyes regarded him and he nodded. " I am thinking it may be just that." The complexity of the situation was heavy on his mind. Even if he was a bit blind to see it at times, to realize his part of the whole scheme of things. Though, perhaps, it could be something he had to do. "Tomorrow is another day.. " A grip to the Vampire's shoulder before he turned towards the forest. " Give Meghan my best." He told him before he to took off into the forest in that easy run. Disappearing into the night. Then somewhere in there, Alex heard the howl. –d
Alex Vipond: "That it is." Alex nodded. "Will do." Alex watched as Mars disappeared into the woods and then he himself was rising, slipping through the night and heading for home.
MacabreSaVant: Or sometimes it was good to just clear your head and be your wolf. He had lost his shirt and boots along the way. Leaving only his jeans in case he wanted to shift in the run. Racing through the forests. Then a familiar scent among the plethora of scents caught his attention and he veered that way. To the quiet road which he emerged suddenly from the outskirts. Blues honed in on the woman and he came jogging up to fallin alongside her. What an odd sight should someone fall upon them. " Hey.." His hair was loose and windblown, dew clung to his upper frame from where he had ran through the damp forest. –d
And So She Fell: Ella didn't know he was there for a little while, until he actually said something. She had been counting crow feathers and following a corvid ahead several feet and listening to the chatter of shadows. Nope, she hadn't even looked at Mars yet, not because she was trying to be rude, it was because .. well maybe tonight he'd learn a little more. "I am not here to be moved. You can tell them I will not trust their deceptions." Murmured along as if her and Mars were having an in depth conversation. The corvid circled in the sky and the albino bird seemed like it was going to dive bomb them. Ella was fixed and focused on one thing, and a typical hey could have come from so many things. The albino queen was heading straight toward Mars,and veered before he could say a word. Ella's eyes went where Mars had fallen in beside her. Now, now she was startled and actually tripped up. "Oh my god... where .." Losing her balance she went down into the grass on her ass. Squinting up at the half dressed man. "Holy hell.. are you trying to jump start my heart?" Far from angry, she may have even smiled, which was rare for her. (d)
MacabreSaVant: Well, she was speaking to someone. Though it was no concern to him. Infact he figured she'd be one of those people who would talk to themselves. When she tripped up and fell on her ass he stood there a moment and blinked. " No" Reaching down, he offered his hand to help her stand again. " Sorry.." Light chuckle. ' I didnt mean to frighten you.. " –d
And So She Fell: Taking his hand. "You didn't .. just startled me.. normally they warn me someone is coming." They did. but she wasn't listening. It was mainly because she was expecting the third wave of a beating down from fate. People assumed she talked to herself, but not everything was as it seemed. Once up, she gently removed her hand from his. "Thank you. You were running?" Taking it since he was half dressed. Leaning in for a moment to confirm, the scent of the forest was clearly clinging to him. "Yes.. the oak warns you are too close." Then stepping back from his space. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Yes. I needed the run" She'd also catch the scent of his underlining musk of wolf, the mesquite and hint of the deserts. " Too close?" Brow raised. He released her hand once she was up and steady. " When I run I am too close to them?" He didnt understand. -d
And So She Fell: When clouds covered the moon, she looked up and put her fingers together. Thankfully even the lowest of creatures delighted in light, at first it was a single firefly sparking it the new darkness, then in a matter of two minutes a horde illuminating them in a light green glow. Bowing her head to give thanks, her lips murmured, but no words. "Yes, the one with the crooked branch where you scratch?" The winds could lie to her or she could have heard the wrong message. "You've worn away the bark.. " She started to circle him, was that a stray piece in his hair? Even the smallest splinter could change the world. The long reed thin piece of bark removed from the back and she held it up like a small treasure. Tilting her head. "It was a gift." Stepping back around to the front of him, but he'd feel the tip of her finger touch the shoulder blade where the piece of bark hung. The pad of her finger was bumpy with old runes. Stepping back.. and she thought to look for the corvid. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Oooh.." He understood now. A light chuckle. " Tell them I apologize. I will not be so close ." Would have to look into finding a back scratcher for him. Everything was alive he was learning. Then again, he had known and at times he simply forgot how the circle of life was. From the animals, to plants and insects. Tilt of his head, he protrayed much the curious wolf as he listened to her. " Was it?" –d
And So She Fell: The scents of mesquite and desert finally registering with her. Ella closed her eyes and smelled what was on the wind. Often her reactions were slower taking in everything around her. "I will, thank you. Oaks are cranky.. where I am from, the old father of time looms high and wide, wide like those trees I've seen here .. Redwoods. It was a gift, the oaks are not so giving, so it was unwilling." The splintered piece closed in her palm. "There were three.. " It was a random phrase. She wanted to ask, but let the question die. "I lost the queen." Poiniting up to the sky. "She's not so forthcoming with strangers. I'm sorry.." The white crow was preening in a tree above them in the dark and she squawked in protest. "It's been a long while since I've felt so many ... others as I do in this city. It's unsettling at times." He probably didn't feel the same. (d)
MacabreSaVant: Blues regarded her curiously as he listened openly. No narrow mindednes, or the haste of uncaring. At this moment it was simply, to be . Eyes flicked upwards to the Crow when it sqawked. " I didnt mean to intrude" This said to both Ella and Crow. The hell was he gunna feel awkward about apologizing to the crow. He was a damn wolf! " Im sure it is...Its comforting at times too, yes?" To him it was, unsure it would be to her. He knew he wasn't alone anymore. Though even in a crowded room, you could feel alone. –d
And So She Fell: "You didn't intrude." She actually started laughing. "The queen watches, and warns. She may like you.. though she rarely confesses to me unless I listen. It is not comforting to me, as I wish it could be, because I want to know more, and it is dangerous to ask some. This place is a strange half wonder. I'm tired, so do not listen to my lips much." A change of subject to him. "Your run was good? Is it helping?" Then she motioned to see if they should start walking instead of standing on the side of the quite road. (d)
MacabreSaVant: "Oh." When she said he didn't intrude and she spoke about the Crow. There was another quick glance up at the bird and back to her. " You believe you are rambling out of exhaustion?" Could be a possibility. Many people, geniuses, and what not swore they worked their best, or saw their visions when exhaustion fell upon them. " Yeah.. it did what it should. It's good to clear the head.. I feel free.. even more ..if that makes sense?" A nod at the motion, and they were soon walking again. –d
And So She Fell: "Yes, I am not a genius, far from it.. I am a pawn." A simple answer to that. "I've had visions of three on a road like this and tasting blood. I did not want to ask you or your brother who the third was, but I have been praying for protection. It's all pieces, all pieces and no matter what I do it rarely shows more than pieces." She started walking with or without him, probably because she was restless. "Maybe it's all lies, and I have been called to madness again.. but that mirror your brother has, is chaffing my reasonable senses." Yeah, there was a little rambling going on. Then she stopped and turned to look. "I hope you all getting clear in your heads." Sincerely said, though she wasn't at peace with the whole thing being over. "I should warn you, many run from those most deem insane. You can run now and my feelings won't be hurt." (d)
Alex Vipond: Alex had heard of the woman, but had yet to meet her. That was an oversight he was determined to rectify. To do so, he simply tracked Mars down, used that brodar of theirs and no, he didn't attempt to mask what he was. He simply settled onto the road a few paces behind them, the only sound was that of the rustling of his coat as it billowed around him in his descent. Moving up alongside them, he glanced from Mars to the woman. "About that mirror, what the hell? I mean seriously, that thing is whack." The gum in his mouth was rolled around to the other side. "And where did it come from? I mean seriously that thing just doesn't quit."
MacabreSaVant: Mars felt Alex and then his scent was noted. There was no hesitancy in his step as Alex fell in alongside Mars and Ella. Going rather Valley Girl on them. Blues flicked to the Vampire and he smirked amused. It was a moments regard and he returned his attention back to Ella. " I am not running. Everyone has their purpose and yours, well, its hard to grasp by many, maybe even terrifying to some. But not to me" He assured her. Alex would find the duo in an odd get up. Mars, actually wearing nothing but his jeans. He had gone in a run in the forest, leaving boots, socks, shirt at home in case he had decided to shift. Though it hadn't happened. Ella, inthat long skirt and vest. Looking like the Gypsy. –d
And So She Fell: The queen squawked again, it almost sounded like she was laughing with the hiss-mocking squawk. "Shut your trap bird, if I catch you I will cook you." A warning without any substance. Ella felt the silence of something, though he was not masked. She didn't make a habit of trespassing on another's ability, and when she sensed something out of the natural, she tended to close up for their protection and hers. "Good you are not running." The mirror, yes, that was a strange and freaky thing. She pause and turned around to walk backwards as they walked toward her. "Did the mirror whack you?" Her eyes went down to his hands looking for evidence of blood. Though how a piece of glass would whack someone, it was a little beyond her. Little did she know three was in her face and she had no idea, one piece at a time. Ella walked better backwards than she did forward. The green horde of fireflies at their back made a delightful image. The queen was gone for now, the witch didn't need her watcher. "I'm sorry if you were wounded." She'd get to his question soon enough, sometimes it took her time to process everything going on around her. (d)
Alex Vipond: "No, it didn't whack me, but it's got Leland four kinds of fucked in the head." Alex watched her as they walked, curious still. "So where'd it come from?" She hadn't answered that part of the question. He slipped his hand into the pocket of his jeans, and no, neither hand was bloody, and came up with his gum. The pack was offered out to the other two, before he swapped the piece in his mouth out for a fresh one. As for his openness, not really so much that as he simply didn't hide his arrival. Even if he was completely in black, and in the dark. Can't scare the norms by flying about now can one?
MacabreSaVant: Mars had gone for a little run, five hours ago. He was sure his breathe was a bit of a ew side. Gum taken, wrapper stuffed to his pocket and he nodded his thanks to Alex. " Leland dreamt it..." Thats all he really understood about it. "It manifested from a dream, and well thats what happened" Molars worked on the gum as he peered over at Ella to get her confirmation on it. –d
And So She Fell: Life blood, life blood. She kept sensing life blood until Ella lowered her mask. Those who sensed others would know she wasn't quite of this world, maybe something close to angel-like, because it was mostly light with shadows. Lifting her head slightly to sniff the air, she wanted to question what Alex was, but refrained. Working her way back to answer about the mirror. "It manifested, somehow.. I told LJ six months before I came here, a vision.. and after meeting him at the place.. the Inn, the ..bar." Correcting herself. "It manifested, like that..." Confirming Mars' words. Thankfully it wasn't in her possession any longer, but whatever it was, time would hopefully shed light upon it. "Four ways fucked in the head?" Repeating words, that was an odd phrase. Shaking her head no thanks to the offer of gum. Though when it went in his mouth, she watched for a few minutes. "I've been trying to figure out why. As I explained to Leland." Correcting his name. "I .. see pieces of a picture, they aren't always clear.. I'm sorry I cannot answer more for him or either of you.. though I can say my bones rattle with caution that something else is coming." She didn't sound ominous, simply open. "If I could force the answer, I swear I would do it.. but nothing yet. I'm truly sorry." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Yeah well, I tend to ask Castiel the same kinds of questions and his pat response is that he'll know when God tells him." Alex shrugged, the old gum rolled into the wrapper from the new and both pack and wad were dropped into the pocket of his coat. "Something is up. I just don't know what." He wasn't sure he wanted to know either. With all the shit Castiel had said, it just seemed like more of the same.
MacabreSaVant: Mars was a bit at a loss on both of their prophesizing words. " I dont have anything enlightening, or cryptic to add to ya'lls cautions" Shrug of a broad shoulder as he continued his easy stride down the road the them. " I can only take on what comes at the time it does come" Blues drifted between the two. Such an odd group. The Vampire, The Witch, and the Wolf. They just needed a wardrobe somewhere in the picture. Maybe they'd be transported to a different plane. –d
And So She Fell: Ella inhaled again smelling whatever was on the wind, at least for the moment there was no threat. "Yes, that is the way of fate and the god.. some are vessels to help guide the way through troubled time. I pray you find the answers." She waited for Alex's name, mainly because where she was from, it was customary for the man to say his first. She didn't want to be rude or closed, so she nodded respectfully. "I'm Ella.. Ella Dufaigh. Who are you two to each other please?" Maybe this extended out and Alex would be on her radar to try and protect as well. "You have .. less you forget the gift?" Answering Mars. All things have life and give it, sometimes people didn't listen, that's all. "If I can help, I shall." Offering. Still walking backwards that way in the night air. (d)
Alex Vipond: "Alex. Mars and I are friends. Brothers of a sort." He nodded. "So you can see my concern for what's going on. That and I am a friend of the clan so to speak." Alex looked over at Mars. He had no clue how much the woman knew, but the fact that Mars was out here, shirtless, told him she knew he was, in fact lycan. But knowing Mars was and knowing the rest were, were two different things.
MacabreSaVant: Alex spoke for them. A nod. " We have taken the blood brother bond" It was a special initiation. She didnt really need to know of the Triumvirate. Though the bond was a transferance of blood. Almost like the old ritual. " I didn't mean it as less in that, Ella" He corrected. " I meant as in to peer into the future, omens.. the epiphany moments. I am more of an it’s here and now I will deal with it, sorta of beast" Grins crookedly. –d
And So She Fell: At this point Ella didn't know how to get in touch with Krystal, or Decon to ask. Though, the thought completely left her mind as Alex cleared the air. "Yes, sir, of course I do." Though he had been respectful and not coming to demand answers she didn't have, he asked. "I am too, and this is good to know.. brothers of sorts." Hand to her heart. "Merry met to you." Yes she knew what they were and knew plenty about blood rites. "I have blood bonded.. that is how this came to be.." Turning so they could see the dragon tattoo on the back of her neck under the mass of hair. The serpents moved as well from the hiding place, yes, the woman had living tattoos on her skin. Twin serpents vanished down her back to other warmer places. "I understand." She took that that the didn't want to know what she knew, which was perfectly fine with her. She knew about the triumvirate blood ritual, three .. it was always three. Only right now she was divine in the dark without this knowledge. "I understand, dealing with what will come to you when it comes." The small bit of openness given to both of them, closed without second thought and without hurt feelings. "Ignorance is bliss some have said." (d)
Alex Vipond: "It is also said that forewarned is forearmed and if some big bad is coming to town, I think we should know about it, but then it seems as if every so often some apocalypse or another is rearing its head. Better to know in advance to kick its ass." Sadly he knew all too well that visions were chancy at best. Futures could be read until the cows come home but the problem with looking into the future was, that each time you looked, you changed it. Not always for the better. He'd learned that from the dude that had helped them find Abby.
MacabreSaVant: Yes three. Though the third was not Leland in this Triumvirate. Mars was silent for a bit as they spoke of the future. What may come and what was coming. "It is the only way I know .." He replied. " My Staff Sergeant always told us before we went out to the field.. ' Don't fuckin shoot shit unles the shit is in view and ready to kill you'. In other orders dont anticipate too much. Or you will fuck up" That was one of the few things, along with, act, dont react. Mars hadn't got that until actually recently with a scene with Kaly. Sometimes, you just had to do what you knew was right instead of doing what you felt was right. Mind over matter. –d
And So She Fell: Dropping her hair a few minutes ago, and she stopped walking backwards, to fall in beside them, it was less personal and better so she didn't insert herself into anything she should not be part of. The fact that they were more than brothers in feelings, but in blood made it even deeper, and committed. It took her a little time, but the third seemed be manifesting. Ella had never been wrong, but this was a different time and place...and she looked at things from a different perspective. So many looked for straight answers, when all that was needed was a small sliver of insight and all else would work itself out. "It's a fragile thing, the threads of knowledge.. but the time keepers.. the blind ones.. are ..." Part of her wished she could take his course without pieces of knowledge, it would have made life a lot easier. Easy to change the course of her words. "That is sound wisdom and why I came to you Mars." Then out of the blue she asked. "Are there houses in this city where you pay someone to sleep with you?" She actually meant sleep, but it may have rang out as something else. "Do you know where they are?" (d)
Alex Vipond: "That's simply knowing your target before killing it But you knew, before hand what may be out there. Therein lies the difference. One does not go into combat blind, not knowing what opposing forces one may be facing." Combat was combat. The means with which man killed each other off have changed, but the basic principle was the same. Alex's brow rose as he turned to look at Ella. "You're looking for a brothel?"
And So She Fell: "No, not this hotel. I know of these.. it's hard to explain, I cannot lock the door." She slowed a bit. "It is my nature." Maybe that was enough?
MacabreSaVant: Sometimes the Vampire was as clueless as the Norms. When She'd spoke to him in such a way, he felt a bit embarrassed. " If you are in need of a Watcher.. or Guard.. There are some of the..." He had to stop himself. Mars did not lead anymore. " I can watch the night for you so you can sleep" He offered himself, but not another wolf. –d
And So She Fell: "It is my nature, and .. thank you for answering. I did not want to ask the humans." Now she felt a bit foolish, but she'd get over it. When Mars offered she stopped and turned around to walk backwards. "Are you sure? I can pay you. Name it and if it is my means I will do it." Relief was a strong emotion for the normally stoic pawn. "It is as he said Alex, a guardian of sorts." (d)
Alex Vipond: "You could possibly hire a body guard. Whether or not they'd watch you sleep, I don't know, but Krystal handles my security. She has people..." Frankly Alex found it creepy, the thought of someone watching as he slept. "Philippe had his various guards but they didn't stand watch within his private chamber." Outside the door, yes, inside, no.
MacabreSaVant: It wasn't uncommon to him. His past Vampire Mistress had made him do much the same before he broke from the tight spell. A glance to Alex a moment and then back to Ella. " I dont need payment. I would expect you to help me if you could if I needed it. It's what friends do" –d
And So She Fell: "Thank you for the information." One night would help her be rested enough to find a permanent solution. "Thank you very much. Thank you both very much for the information. I do not know Philippe. And I will help in any way I can, if that is what you want." She was a little unclear about what they wanted. "I thought you did not want knowledge if it comes. You tell what it is I should expect and I will do my best not to cross lines." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Phillip is, was, my cousin." Alex looked from Ella to Mars, and back again. "I think perhaps if you could tell us what you know when you have a more cohesive image of what it is we're facing, would be good. Getting things piece meal, it's .... like putting a frog in a pot of cool water and turning the heat on low beneath it. The frog is comfortable with the small, slow changes in temperature and doesn't realize until it is too late that he's being cooked. Whereas if you dump him in a pot of hot water, he not only realizes it, but acts to avoid it."
MacabreSaVant: Mars was a bit confused on what she meant. "I .." Hm. He closed his mouth again as he thought of what to say. And Alex well, her clarified it and he nodded. " I prefer not to not, but if it is important, then of course, enlighten. When the picture is clear.." A nod. Though he was sure Leland would figure it out, if he could get his head out of his ass long enough. –d
And So She Fell: Both answers were completely out of her realm, so she simply and politely to both. "As you wish it." She saw both sides of the coin, but experience has taught her wisdom in the small amounts can confound the wise and planned. She turned back around to face the same direction they were walking and she walked along, though for every step they took, she took two being short. She'd do her best to keep their wishes and keep the rest to herself. (d)
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded and looked down the road. "Did you walk all the way out here?" That brow was cocked upward again as he looked over at Mars. "It's like twice the exercise. Three times when you think about it, since you have to hike out here and then back." He looked back at Ella. "And the mirror that Leland dreamt, that manifested into the physical plane. Does that factor into this or is it a separate, Leland only issue?"
MacabreSaVant: A like chuckle. " Whats wrong old man, tired already?" Of course he was joking with the Vampire as they walked. He looked rather homeless with just jeans on. Well, when he asked about the mirror again, that had Mars wondering also. Eyes slanted over to Ella curiously. " Yeah..is that all together?" –d
And So She Fell: She didn't answer the first part since it seemed directed to Mars. "I haven't found out yet, but in the visions that have followed, there were three on the road, and I tasted blood. All things are woven together, whether you believe that or not, it is all tied." This wasn't speculation, at least not this. "When I have more answers, then I will tell you. I do not have crystal clear answers for you, please forgive me. Only experience as a guide." The queen returned and squawked from the darkness letting her know she was close by. "Had one thing changed this night, I would not have met you. All things start from seeds, when I can grow enough for you to digest, I swear I'll bring it to your table." (d)
Alex Vipond: "Three. On the road. I'm presuming this isn't some Kerouac manifestation, not with blood..." He looked at Mars, then back to Ella. "Can this be something from the past? Like maybe even the recent past?"
MacabreSaVant: Mars remained silent for the time being. He knew what Alex was thinking. Mexico. The return. –d
And So She Fell: "It could be, but the visions were six months ago, now they recycle .. repeat in my mind. They play over.. as a reminder of what is given. Without a past, there is no future, or now. The old ways speak of growing roots where they are not seen. Roots spread where you cannot see. Just like the oak whispered about you Mars.. and the lake warned of others among you." She turned and glanced at the woods. "If you listen the will scream at you.." She heard it all the time. The shadows playing in harmony, the spirits, the wind, the earth herself at times whispered. This is why people probably thought she was batty lunatic. "We move about our ways, but nothing is an island. There was blood, but ..." She trailed off and dismissed the fireflies with a whispered word. (d)
Alex Vipond: "Six months... What if she was seeing the trip up from Mexico, and what if the danger coming at us now is the fucking cartel looking for some payback for their eight dead boys and missing ten keys...." Though Alex suspected the cartel would be more concerned over the ten keys that went up in smoke when he'd torched the car.
MacabreSaVant: Those light blue hues watched Alex as he seemed to be fitting the puzzle pieces together in his mind and speaking out loud of which puzzle to fit it with. " There is no way of telling until it happens, Alex" –d
And So She Fell: She was going to explore more by going where she shouldn't go and try pressing for answers, but she couldn't do it without someone watching her sleep, but they didn't want anwers, so she would change her plans. They were talking about things she didn't understand. "I've been warding the pieces I can find.. the woods, the garage." She suspected it wasn't done. (d)
Alex Vipond: "That's the problem with seeing the future. You can drive yourself batshit crazy trying to figure it out and still get it wrong." He shook his head. "Well, all we can do is keep our eyes open and expect ... anything." What else was there to do?
MacabreSaVant: " Try to expect the unexpected .." He gave a ghost of a smile to Alex at that notion. They continued their walk down the quiet road. Eyes flicked upward to spot the Crow overhead. Curious thing to remain close to the witch. Eyes dropped back to Ella. " You warded the garage?" That had seeped back into his brain. –d
And So She Fell: Demand answers, is what she thought, but not outloud. They wanted quiet, she would respect their request. "Around, it I did not tresspass. Only against the .." leaving the answer hanging on the air. Until.." The first night I asked you about the rentals." He corrected on her the correct word for the metal movers. "Knowledge of things which bring harm." The albino crow cackled. "I'm sorry I should have asked, but I did not come to the property that was yours, but around it for twice the size. Ginny helped me map with the city map." Maybe it was crossing lines? She didn't mean it to be. (d)
Alex Vipond: Curious indeed. Especially given his proclivity toward birds. "Why not?" Alex looked from the bird to Ella to Mars. "The studio is warded. House too. Izzy did both, and then Castiel added some enochian script to keep certain ... aspects away. Sadly it doesn't work on the bum from down the street that keeps insisting the place is a restaurant."
MacabreSaVant: "Oh." He didn't grasp the reasoning, but was fine with it. Surely, it was in good intentions. Glanced to Alex as he spoke. Light chuckle. " Bums like good food to you know" A deep breathe taken, he inhaled the different scents in the area. There was an actual deer out nearby, carefully making its way through the foliage of the forest. It piqued his interest briefly. Attention returned to the two he strode with. There wasnt anything more to talk about, well, there was but it didnt seem the moment would arise. " Where do I meet you to help guard you, Ella?" He needed to get his boots and shirt before a raccoon decided to run off with his things. –d
And So She Fell: The albino queen was magical in her way by sharing knowledge, sometimes shape-shifting, trickery and thievery. She cawed again and heckled them with her cawing. The queen loved a willing audience. "Beware the trickster." She told Alex. "It may not be whom you suspect." The albino queen had taken many forms over her life times. The way she cawed it seemed like she could have been the bum as she carried on. Said deer moved through and closer to the edge of the forest. She would be leaving with the deer. "Beyond the lake, there is an old cemetery, two small standing stones. I will be there." Nodding her head to both. "Thank you for the pleasure of your name, sir." To Alex. "I will repay you Mars for this as a friend would do." She'd be waiting, but in the meantime, she stopped and crossed the road, thought she paused in the middle for a moment as the albino corvid landed and spread her wings. The bird took flight again and flew through the break of trees, Ella would follow. (d)
Alex Vipond: Those raccoons. They'd take anything. ALex looked to the bird, then looked back at Ella. "Have a good night, Ella and it was a pleasure to meet you." Smiling he watched as woman and bird took their leave, then he looked back at Mars. "I hate not knowing what the fuck is going on. I almost regret not asking for more information but ...." he paused. "What if she's not the one that has to figure it out? What if that's something you have to do?"
MacabreSaVant: "I have seen stranger things.." Mars mused to Alex as he watched Ella depart. It was only a moment before he looked to his friend. A deep breathe. Eyes regarded him and he nodded. " I am thinking it may be just that." The complexity of the situation was heavy on his mind. Even if he was a bit blind to see it at times, to realize his part of the whole scheme of things. Though, perhaps, it could be something he had to do. "Tomorrow is another day.. " A grip to the Vampire's shoulder before he turned towards the forest. " Give Meghan my best." He told him before he to took off into the forest in that easy run. Disappearing into the night. Then somewhere in there, Alex heard the howl. –d
Alex Vipond: "That it is." Alex nodded. "Will do." Alex watched as Mars disappeared into the woods and then he himself was rising, slipping through the night and heading for home.