Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:50 pmIt wasn't hard to find where the flock had perched after leaving Kelpie. Samantha had needed a moment to collect herself, and thus was collectively stationed around a derelict building.
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Murderous Intent
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:50 pmRe: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:14 pm"Did she think anything more interesting than she had to say?" Nailah asks once she catches up to the flock, displacing some ravens as she lands.
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:19 pm"Selfish as all the rest..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:26 pm"Did you really expect any different?"
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:32 pm"No. Just wanted her to stay out of the way. Too many things moving already."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:37 pm"You don't have to tell me. She probably won't, but I'll try to get a clearer picture later."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:40 pm"I can already see where it's heading. All of it."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:46 pmNailah quirks an eyebrow.
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:56 pm"There's violence and ambition written all across this city, Nailah."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:02 pm"Congratulations on losing the rose-coloured glasses, I suppose."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:04 pm"I suppose that amuses you..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:09 pm"Maybe a tad, though mostly it's depressing reality."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:10 pm"I could sense it from the start, but it's getting worse..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:14 pm"We're running out of time..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:17 pm"In more ways than one. All those struggles, the moving of troops, I'm seeing it all more palpably by the moment, but not as just emotions. I'm seeing it as war and the doom of heroes and soldiers..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:28 pm"I know... I felt it stirring at the top of the Shard." Well, not just there, but no need to bring that up...
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:29 pm"And it's... it all looks so simple. Natural."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:37 pm"Because to this place it is." And to the one seeping into your mind...
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:39 pm"And when I look at you with these eyes it's... terrible... and beautiful."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:45 pmNailah looks up at, well, one of the ravens. "Don't encourage me, Sam..."
In retrospect she should have tried harder to sound convincing.
In retrospect she should have tried harder to sound convincing.
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:48 pm"It's just hard to ignore, written in such strokes on you..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:55 pm"Sam stop!" she snaps, though almost more at herself than at Sam. "This isn't you talking."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:59 pmThere was almost a shiver that passed through the flock, as if an effort was being made. Then, almost reluctantly, they came together to form Samantha.
"...maybe it is me, Nailah. To some degree, it feels like it is."
"And I just feel as if I'm finally really seeing you."
"...maybe it is me, Nailah. To some degree, it feels like it is."
"And I just feel as if I'm finally really seeing you."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:07 pm"Don't do this to me, Sam. Don't make me want to drag you down with me..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:10 pm"But you wanted this before, didn't you?"
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:41 pm"As if I knew what I was talking about then..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:49 pm"You're not wrong..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:54 pm"Doesn't mean it's right..."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:56 pm"But what is, here?"
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:03 pm"I'm not talking about here. I know how you think about the things you see in me." Don't fall for it, it won't last, she's not herself right now...
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:06 pm"You think I should hate you. You still do."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:09 pm"I just think you're not being yourself and it won't last. I hope it won't last."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:09 pm"Do you hate it that much in yourself?"
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:12 pm"If anything I hate that I don't." Took seeing you to be reminded of that...
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:13 pm"And the thought that maybe I understand now?"
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:22 pm"Is this what you want, Sam? Because believe me, it's taking a lot to tell myself it isn't what I want."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:25 pm"I'm not sure what I want, or what I should want..."
"...but after the fights we had over it. Not these now, but before... I... I wanted to understand, just because it seemed to make you happy."
"...but after the fights we had over it. Not these now, but before... I... I wanted to understand, just because it seemed to make you happy."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:31 pm"It was a fantasy. A romantic concept...."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:33 pm"It suited you. It still suits you."
Re: Murderous Intent
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:37 pm"And maybe I want this to be part of you, now more than ever, but that's not my decision to make."