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Post by Riad on Nov 2, 2019 13:18:08 GMT
"Simple. You give me one more taste of your soul. For who I'm going up against, I have a feeling I'll need it."
At this, Ace tensed a little, flashing back to the last time she took a piece, recalling the feeling and the aftermath. However, his expression didn't change. The future was set in stone, and if he was going to follow through, he decided he would do what it takes to get Marisole to safety. His jaw ticked a moment as he studied Shade closely, and after another heartbeat, he agreed to it with only a curt nod.
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Post by Carter on Nov 2, 2019 14:12:49 GMT
Lips pursing at his expression, Shade opens her mouth to speak before she groans, hand flying to her eyes as she stumbles back "Not now. No no no." Teeth gritting, her irises flash green as she steps up to him and grips his arm "Sorry about this, truly. But I'm almost out of time. It's wearing off." she whispers, voice low as she presses her lips to his
Inhaling a small piece of his soul, she backs away when she has just enough for what she needs. Stumbling back, she grips her head with a snarl as her irises change from green to red and then the rest of her appearance starts to shift as well. Limbs jerking, she clashes into the wall and claws at it weakly as her wings disappear into her back and a tail forms where it wasn't a moment ago, her hair turning the color of night. Gasping when the pain fades, she sinks to the ground before she forces herself to her feet a moment later to face him "Take me to your friend. We need to go. Now."
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Post by Riad on Nov 2, 2019 14:46:47 GMT
"Not now. No no no. Sorry about this, truly. But I'm almost out of time. It's wearing off."
Ace braced himself, focusing on his task ahead rather than the moment. He closed his eyes and tried to distract himself, but even after his eyes closed, the images of what happened and what was to come were overwhelming. The feeling of a piece disappearing from him pulled him back with it, and he took relief when she pulled away. Ace's eyes snapped open and stepped back as she seemed to lose control a moment, and he hesitated for the first time tonight.
"Take me to your friend. We need to go. Now."
With a ticked jaw, he quickly led her to Marisole's room, knocking before he opened the door, saying, "Marisole, I'm sorry this is a short notice, but grab what you can and put it in a bag."
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Post by Carter on Nov 2, 2019 17:08:23 GMT
"Marisole, I'm sorry this is a short notice, but grab what you can and put it in a bag."
"Sir?.." Marisole sits up from where she had been laying, gaze studying him before it flicks to the woman behind him. Eyes widening she scrambles from bed and presses herself against the wall "Behind you!"
Exhaling in a huff, Shade rolls her eyes at the girl, stepping up to Ace "If I wanted to hurt him I would have already and he wouldn't be standing here before you now. We don't have time for this. Pack a bag and let's go."
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Post by Riad on Nov 4, 2019 16:54:48 GMT
"Sir?..Behind you!"
"If I wanted to hurt him I would have already and he wouldn't be standing here before you now. We don't have time for this. Pack a bag and let's go."
"I assure you, she means no harm, Marisole," Ace tried to comfort her, moving over and grabbing a bag for her to fill. However, his voice seemed dull as he sat the item on the bed, moving on to grab what couple of things he needed. His sword, which he hung at his hip in it's gilded sheath. A locket from a drawer, which he stuffed inside the inner pocket of his coat he donned. The entire time Ace was quiet, movements fluid without thinking about them, falling in to motion as he considered his next steps.
First, it was set the others free. They suffered for as long, if not longer, than him. They didn't deserve to be caught in the crossfire.
Second, the mansion will fall. Not a demon will escape unscathed, and not a soul that touched him, or anyone else, would get away in one piece.
Third, a visit to the queen. She would think twice about everything she does in the future. Never again will her district thrive. It would fall at Ace's hand.
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Post by Carter on Nov 7, 2019 1:16:28 GMT
Eyeing him, Shade exhales as he moves to the bed, gaze flicking to the girl "Well?"
"I assure you, she means no harm, Marisole."
"I don't like you." Marisole murmurs finally, gaze wavering as she looks at Ace then walks over, hand finding the top of his head hesitantly "Sir, pardon me for saying, but.. I don't believe you. What's happening?.."
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Post by Riad on Nov 7, 2019 3:14:55 GMT
Ace started at the hand that went to his head, and slowly he turned and looked to Marisole. The bruise near his jaw was becoming more pronounced now, dark as it reached around the bone.
"Sir, pardon me for saying, but.. I don't believe you. What's happening?.."
A flicker of uncertainty entered his gaze, bringing a fraction of life back into the green. But as quick as it came, it was gone. "We will no longer be bound to this place," he replied coolly. "You're to leave with Shade, and I will follow soon after I take care of things here."
Somewhere in his mind, he heard a small voice for the first time in a long time. You'd be no better than them if you follow through with this, it said to him gently. And once again, the uncertainty found his gaze and he looked away.
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Post by Carter on Nov 7, 2019 3:55:55 GMT
. "We will no longer be bound to this place. You're to leave with Shade, and I will follow soon after I take care of things here."
Eyes widening at the sight of the bruise, Marisole studies him, words barely processing before she moves-arms wrapping around his arm, gaze down in nervousness "..I'm not leaving you."
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Post by Riad on Nov 7, 2019 15:48:19 GMT
"..I'm not leaving you."
"Marisole," he started, then pursed his lips. Quietly, Ace's jaw worked, trying to determine the next course of action. The resolve he once had was starting to waver now that things started to sink in. He took a deep breath, wincing a bit from the soreness in his ribs. "There will be things let loose in the palace that I don't want you to encounter," he started again. "I'll be right behind you, but I have to stay behind at least a couple of minutes at the door so neither of you are within the mansion."
Now, his plans were shifting. Summon illusions, summon what he had for Kian to finish the job here, get out.
Somewhere else in the Mansion, the chaos began to unfold, and this pushed Ace into action. He gently grabbed Marisole's arms and pushed her back, grabbing whatever he thought she may need and put it into the bag. "We don't have any time. Once Priya finds out what I've done, it's over. Let's go."
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Post by Carter on Nov 8, 2019 3:34:30 GMT
"Marisole,"
"Please!"
"There will be things let loose in the palace that I don't want you to encounter. I'll be right behind you, but I have to stay behind at least a couple of minutes at the door so neither of you are within the mansion."
"What are you going to do?" Marisole asks quietly, pulling back slightly to look at him, grip on his arm loosening
"We don't have any time. Once Priya finds out what I've done, it's over. Let's go."
Stumbling when he pushes her away, tears fill Marisole's eyes as she takes a step towards him, struggling when arms hold her back "Please! You can't do this!"
"Shut up." Shade mutters, yanking the girl back and tightening her grip, tail wrapping around her waist and pulling her closer, irises flashing red "Can't you see you're wasting time?" She hisses, eyeing Ace knowingly before she stretches her hand out "Her bag. We dont have time for this."
"If you take me out of this world I'll perish!" Marisole shrieks, struggling "Even if I could, I don't want to! Just give me back to Ridge if you don't want me! Please." She cries out, slumping
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Post by Riad on Nov 19, 2019 20:13:10 GMT
"Please! You can't do this!"
"Shut up. Can't you see you're wasting time? Her bag. We dont have time for this."
"If you take me out of this world I'll perish! Even if I could, I don't want to! Just give me back to Ridge if you don't want me! Please."
His hand reached out to hand Shade the bag, looking away, before he froze at Marisole's cries. Now, something that looked a little more like life filtered back into his gaze as he slowly looked at her, hand lowering. Somewhere on the corner was fear. He wanted to ask how and why, but something down the hall jolted him into action and he swore. There wasn't any time. Immediately, his plans changed entirely.
Set them loose, get out, protect Marisole.
"You will not go back to him," he said sharply as he shouldered her bag and took her hand and started out the room. His head snapped towards the double doors that separated his wing from the rest of the mansion. "We flee to No Man's, then. Come on, hurry!" Then, to Shade as he ushered Marisole towards the back door, "Go to the stables and grab the horses. I'll be right behind you guys. Ride east, out of Heart's District to the middle. There should be a large carnival. Find the performing tents, and hide there. I'm right on your heels."
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Post by Carter on Nov 20, 2019 3:30:27 GMT
"You will not go back to him. We flee to No Man's, then. Come on, hurry!"
Gaze widening, Marisole opens her mouth to object until she follows him as he pulls, trying to keep up "Sir! What's in no man's land, what are you trying to do?" At the mention of the carnival, she swallows "Does your.. Friend, know we're coming?"
"Go to the stables and grab the horses. I'll be right behind you guys. Ride east, out of Heart's District to the middle. There should be a large carnival. Find the performing tents, and hide there. I'm right on your heels."
Exhaling in exasperation, Shade's tail twitched in obvious irritation as she follows them, pushing past Marisole to reach Ace with ease "You better be taking me to a way out of this god forsaken place." She hisses, stopping him with a hand to his chest, irises pulsing red "Or I will kill the both of you."
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Post by Riad on Jan 12, 2020 13:49:54 GMT
"Sir! What's in no man's land, what are you trying to do? Does your.. Friend, know we're coming?"
Instead of answers, Ace only passed off the bag to Shade as she pushed past and approached him, sharp as a dagger and ready to attack.
"You better be taking me to a way out of this god forsaken place. Or I will kill the both of you."
He looked a little more knightly as he stood straight, looking at Shade with an earnest sort gaze, jaw set. "I would not trick you," he said with a steady voice, then ushered the two out the door. "Horses, then meet me. Get going!" Without listening for any sort of protest or reply, he shut them out and left them to flee to the stables. His hand was pressed hard against the door while he stared at the wood, listening to the splintering of the last barrier that stood between him and Priya's fury. His jaw clenched while he tore apart the person he had been for years, someone who believed they deserved the pain and the suffering and thought they were enduring it for all the right reasons. The man he was began to be ripped apart bit by bit, and he peeled away the layers that made him Ace, and began to show the ones that made him Tayne.
Then, as the demons broke through the door, he turned and released hell in the corridor.
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Post by Carter on Jan 13, 2020 5:03:52 GMT
"I would not trick you,"
"Wise decision." Shade hisses, hand falling as she takes the bag from him as he passes
Horses, then meet me. Get going!"
"Don't have to tell me twice." she growls in irritation when the girl starts to take off after him, tail snapping forward and latching around Marisole's wrist "Not so fast."
"But we can't just leave him!" Marisole breathes, struggling weakly before a gasp catches in her throat as the woman steps toe to toe with her
Snarl ripping itself from her lips, Shade whirls on the girl-yanking her forward "Listen here, doll." she snaps, irritated "Time is of the essence. We. Are. Leaving. I need to go home, and it's not safe here. I owe that man out there, so I'm gonna get you to where he's going. He will meet us there, because he's got a strong soul. So. Are you going to walk beside me, or am I gonna have to drag you by your hair." Eyes raking down, her irises flash red once more, tongue drawing across her lips in a tantalising fashion "Which is somehow suddenly really tempting." She breathes airily with a wicked smile as she looks back up to lock gazes with the marionette "So?"
"I.." Swallowing, Marisole's eyes widen slightly as her lips part, stumbling when a small rumble shakes the structure around them "What was tha-" leaves her before her words turn into a shriek as she's suddenly thrown over a shoulder and her feet leave the ground
Cursing at the telltale signs of battle, sanity crosses Shade's gaze as she reaches out and grabs the girl, gritting her teeth as wings spring from her back "Hold on." She snaps to the struggling girl as she takes off to the nearest window and smashes it with her right wing to keep from cutting Marisole before they're plunging through the air. Catching a spare wind she straightens out, inhaling shakily as they head for No man's land
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