Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:08:41 AM)
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Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:09:16 AM)
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Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:09:58 AM)
*And so he leads her away from the group; the shadows dancing menacingly across his body. Truly, she must have made a mistake coming with him*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:10:54 AM)
*If a mistake was made she didn't seem to recognise it looking over to him with a smile and the near constant humour in her eyes as they slipped away from the others.* Did you really have something to ask me Anthony or are we just running away from the hoards of people and Patrick's singing?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:11:50 AM)
The real question, my love, is, does it truly matter which? *grinning at her shamelessly as they walk along*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:13:52 AM)
*She chuckles and shakes her head.* Not at all. *A hand reaching up she absently plucks a leaf from a nearby tree, her steps slowing to become a comfortable meandering pace as they pull away from the group.* To be honest I came out for a quiet walk and found myself surrounded, so I see you in the light of a rescuer right now.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:14:39 AM)
I did think that might be a likely thing, truth be told. Your eyes had the wild look of a trapped cat. Besides, you went from chatty to sullen in about ten seconds, give or take a few.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:15:20 AM)
*The stem of the leaf twirled around her finger, the smile lingers a little as she watches him curiously.* Did I become sullen?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:17:21 AM)
Like a thwarted teenage girl, intent on giving away her virginity but left behind in favor of brews and bros.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:17:56 AM)
*She chuckles at that image and looks away from him with a little shake of her head.* You always paint me in such beautiful words Anthony.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:19:48 AM)
I do seem to have a knack for them, wouldn't you say? A natural gift to flatter the woman and make her heart quiver.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:21:59 AM)
*She shakes her head a little at the nonsense, the smile lingering.* Perhaps a natural gift to make everyone feel just a little younger and more foolish about themselves, which would make you a bad person if you took yourself seriously at all, which I'm almost certain you don't.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:22:39 AM)
I don't think it's a matter of taking yourself seriously or not. Simply a matter of knowing 'when' to take yourself seriously, that is the real key, wouldn't you say?

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:24:56 AM)
*Smling she looks to the side and up at him.* And how often does Anthony Barajas feel the need to take himself seriously?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:25:40 AM)
More often than you would think, my love, but it's a pity you really don't get to see me when I do. Generally speaking, however, I do try to leave it in the courtroom.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:26:53 AM)
I've long realised Anthony that I'll only ever see what you are prepared to show me. *She stops walking as they reach the thick of shadows, her eyes looking back to the park they'd come from.* I hate it here, sometimes I think I only come to punish myself.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:28:32 AM)
The normality of it all? Natures wild beauty neatly manicured and sculpted into a harmless display of cultured botany and placidity? Oh and the topiary, we must not forget the bushes shaped like cats and dogs.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:29:43 AM)
It's nothing more than a mockery of all that it was, all it was meant to be. *She speaks quietly her eyes remaining upon the park.* I just want to reach out, grab hold of it and show them all what it can do.. what power it is they are trying to control.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:31:46 AM)
Funny.. *he stares at the tamed wilderness for a time, before glancing back to her, the smile gone from his mouth* I feel the same way about us.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:32:59 AM)
Us? *She turns away from the park at that and looks up to him, a little frown upon her forehead as she watches him in question.* Anthony, what is going on in that mind of yours. Are you thinking about what happened with Patrick?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:35:13 AM)
Us, in the largest scope of the word, not just you and I. But no, not what happened with him, at least not specifically. He certainly is a part of it, but it wasn't specifically aimed at him.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:36:30 AM)
*She smiles at that and shakes her head.* I'm not vain enough to think you meant you and I Anthony, but I do think you were talking about the sebettu.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:38:11 AM)
Yes, I was. Perhaps it's fitting then, that we are as tame as this city park. Well, perhaps not quite so bad; I've yet to see a sebettu quite as horrific as topiary; though some come close.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:39:14 AM)
And what are you? *She watches him curiously.* What are you in this tamed, wrecked wilderness?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:41:33 AM)
Not much better, truth be told. Cognizance of our state gives me no real advantage from it. I have no special ability to ignore the pull of Anthony's emotions or memories. No trick for shedding the flesh and regaining what I once was. But like you, perhaps, I lament what we are, even as I look forward to what we may become.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:44:25 AM)
*She ducks underneath a thick low hanging branch, turning as she does so in order to face him over the top of it. Leaning both her arms along the rough bark she leans forwards to become comfortable.* Anthony did have emotions then?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:45:55 AM)
Anthony had plenty of emotions, certainly. Why, you never suspected him capable of it? *a soft smile at that thought*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:47:22 AM)
I'm not sure. *She leans her chin on the top of her overlapping arms as she watches him.* I think he feared me and so I never saw anything except what he wanted me to see, and he never wanted me to see his emotions.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:51:24 AM)
He never feared you. In fact, fear is one emotion quite alien to Anthony. Oh, he's capable of feeling it I suppose, but he doesn't react to it similarly to how most would. You amused him, you intrigued him, and he enjoyed your company. That is about as apt a summation as I can gather from him.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:52:57 AM)
Alright. *She watches him curiously, her head tilting to the side so that her cheek rests upon her arm and she watches him from an angle.* What -did- he feel then?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 12:55:11 AM)
Towards you... or how did he feel in general?

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 12:58:16 AM)
*She smiles a little.* You told me how he felt about me, besides which Hastur I promise you I'm truly not that vain that I'm going to ask about you to get your opinions of me. I mean what emotions did he have in general.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:00:09 AM)
The same as most; only more guarded. A lifetime of law can keep any emotions off of your face, unless you want them to show. He was every bit as prone to the nagging emotions that infect all of humanity... only he rarely let them color his actions. For all of his smiles, he was a solitary creature though. Did Chris tell you what I told him of Anthony's past?

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:01:32 AM)
*She shakes her head.* There's no need to, he already told me himself. *She swings a little back and forth from the balls to the heels of her feet as she watches him.* The first time we met actually he let his guard down, we made some weird connection for a moment and then spent the rest of his life trying to convince me how worthless he was.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:04:54 AM)
Well most of that was banter. He enjoys harmless insults and witty exchanges. And the combination of self-deprecation and raging egoism. I can't say that I mind any of it myself, truth be told. But there is some truth that he kept you at arm's length.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:06:43 AM)
Is any of it true? *She continues to watch him in question, the puzzle of the man before her managing to make her forget the latent rage at the parks very existence.* Either the self deprecation or the raging egoism.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:08:32 AM)
Everything about him has a kernel of truth. Often little more... but no, in the general sense of the word, it's not true. Although, if anything, the egoism has gotten a healthy boost since I entered his body. After all, I ~am~ of the First House. Or at least I was, before it all began.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:10:20 AM)
*She smiles and ducks underneath the branch once more to return to his side for a moment before she starts wakling again.* No Hastur, you're definately of the first house still. No one with eyes could see you as anything less. It's there in your voice, your manners, everything you do and say.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:13:14 AM)
Well, perhaps.We shall see what comes of it in the days to come. Though what of yourself, my dear? We've spent quite a good bit of the conversation focusing on me after all.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:14:24 AM)
Yes but that's because you are much more of a mystery than me. *She smiles at him over her shoulder, her hand reaching up to brush a stray spray of leaves from her face as she continues meandering through the shadows.* Besides you are of the First House, so naturally talking about you must be more important than speaking of a simple rabbisu.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:17:30 AM)
Ah, my dear, if such things still mattered, we would not be speaking of a simple rabbisu, I would be speaking 'to' a simple rabbisu and she would strain her utmost to listen to my orders. And of course I'd do it from half a world away, as there would be a dozen others needing my attention simultaneously. As well as other dimensions needing my attention, and... *he shrugs a bit, not really wanting to follow that train of thought back to what was lost.* But now I find myself speaking to the rabbisu, and finding her more delightful, perhaps, than I would have imagined her to be all those years ago.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:19:53 AM)
*She chuckles at that and turns mid step so that she can look to him as she walks.* Why Hastur, did you just say that despite all that was lost, us spending time together is at least one good thing to come out of it. *The smile remaining in her eyes she looks to him quite genuinely, the habitual amusement that danced there momentarily absent.* You know I think that just may be the prettiest thing anyone has said to me since I returned.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:23:07 AM)
Don't tell anyone I said it then; I'll deny it to my grave... *the smile she gets in return however is genuine, lacking the laughing mockery that always dances in his eyes*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:27:04 AM)
*She holds his eyes for a moment, biting lightly upon her bottom lip as she looks past Anthony's gaze and to the elohim that lies within.* I forget sometimes you know. My mind knows it, knows that you've always watched over me, knows that you still do... only it's as though I forget and we just become Paige and Anthony tormenting eachother and then, then suddenly it all comes rushing back in these isolated little moments. *Smiling once more she looks away and to a single bush lurking in the darkness, a small bedraggled thing forgotten at the edges of the park, the untravelled part that provided a hiding place for teenagers and the desperate in the city.*

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:31:26 AM)
It is a little too easy to forget, isn't it? To cling to the masks and forget what we are. To let half-buried memories soaked in bonds of blood and flame fall to the wayside... *his eyes follow hers to the lone bush, then back to her face* And just become two people, despite it all.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:33:29 AM)
*Moving over to the bush she crouches down before it, her eyes staying upon it as her fingers reach out to take a half dead browned leaf between them.* We're not as we used to be though are we Hastur? Once we were joined in purpose, once calling eachother brothers or sisters had meaning. Now.... now we are a collection of individuals, each with their own agenda, their own desires. Is it because we've forgotten, or is it worse and we've changed?

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:39:54 AM)
(brb kids just got here! Give me like 5-10 mins!)

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:40:37 AM)
Both, I would say. We have forgotten much, this is true. But more than that, we have lost our purpose, our enemy, and our true forms. We are infected with the memories of the humans we possess, and worst of all, our lives in the Pit shattered what bonds still remained with us. Or at least, most of them.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:44:33 AM)
(back!)

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:44:49 AM)
(wb)

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:46:10 AM)
*Her fingers stroke the leaf with a tender delicate touch, her eyes roaming over the brittle twigs that acted as braches, the roots partly exposed by soil that had lost most of it's fertility.* Then only our strongest and deepest of bonds have been retained?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:48:05 AM)
I don't know if it's that meaningful. Perhaps; yes. Perhaps it is only random, I don't think we know enough to be sure

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:49:35 AM)
*She shakes her head and stands up. She could heal the plant, make it strong and vibrant, thick and filled with life, but this park didn't deserve it, this city didn't deserve it, the world it'self wasn't ready for it, not yet.* I think I try and search for meanings in all of this whereas you try to strip them all away.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 1:55:21 AM)
Perhaps I simply hate to make conclusions. The lawyer in me refuses to draw lines unless presented with evidence. You'll need to seek out a Fiend if you want answers. If you really want to know, yes I think it likely that our strongest connections are rooted most deeply within us; and that is why we recall them. But there are a host of meaningless details that we retain as well... and who knows what still lies forgotten. I can't remember Lucifer's face. Is that important? I remember his words; some of them, his presence, but I'll be damned if I can remember his face.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 1:57:46 AM)
I don't think it mattered. *She looks just over his shoulders, her eyes drifting far away while a smile lingered upon her lips, a memory playing along the edges of her awareness.* I don't think it mattered, when he was there, when he was near and he spoke, he just shone so brightly and he made us brighter. I wonder if that could be what we are missing, if it's what we somehow lost?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:02:19 AM)
I don't know if it was all him, but certainly we lost leadership. Even our lords nowadays are petty things, intent on carving out their own kingdoms; satisfied with laying claim to a city or county.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:03:14 AM)
And yet we don't function without lords. *She takes her eyes from the past and returns them to his.* We need our heirachy Hastur, that too is a part of us.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:09:44 AM)
I'm not saying that they have no place or we should ignore them. Only that they too are less than what we should be. I'm not sure if it matters, though. Should we even strive for more?

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:10:34 AM)
Don't tell me you've given up on regaining what we've lost? *She shakes her head.* We are here again Hastur, this world will be ours again.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:12:33 AM)
Given up? No. Questioning the pursuit of it, well perhaps. There are consequences to all our actions, after all.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:13:17 AM)
*She takes a step towards him, a little frown etching it's way into her forehead.* Are you saying you would save humanity at our expense?

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:16:21 AM)
Save humanity? No, not likely. Have I ever seemed one to echo such sentiments, truly? No, that's not what I'm getting at. *he frowns; obviously unable to put some sentiment into words; a rarity for him*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:18:42 AM)
What then? *Finally making her way back to him she stops before him, her head tilted to the side in question as she watches him.*

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:21:09 AM)
How many of us would you see returned to glory? I know you have friends; likely more than I, but you've seen some of the others out there and what the Pit and humanity has done to them.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:22:07 AM)
If the world were returned to their hands Hastur, don't you think that could save them? *She shakes her head.* None of it was meant to be like this, we -deserve- more than this.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:28:10 AM)
You deserve more than this. I do. There are others that do as well, but I'm not so certain that for those of us that have fallen, they would be saved by it. We would destroy the Pit, and the human bodies we occupy, but what of the time we spent there? *shaking his head* Or those still trapped there. The larger the holes grow, the more powerful sebettu will escape, and then, I think we will see what they make of themselves once they are here.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:28:35 AM)
I think that seeing how our stronger brethren, the petty tyrants that carved out small kingdoms within the darkness... seeing what they become will be interesting.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:29:58 AM)
Then we just need to make certain that we are strong, for more than one reason. *She watches him with a steady gaze, steel behind those eyes, a certainty in her voice that transends the confidence the girl Paige had posessed and become something more.* For I will not be denied my place again.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:36:01 AM)
The third memory, the third reason... We were beaten. I would like to say bloodied and unbowed, but no we were beaten yet unrepentant. Forced to walk into the unknown prison that we would know so well. I asked you to take my hand as we strode into the darkness, but you refused to show any sign of weakness to our... enemies. I don't know why I sought you out; there must have been a reason, but it is lost to my mind. I remember words though; yours not mine. "I will find you within." Of course, you never did. You never could.

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:39:15 AM)
*The fierceness of her gaze receeds at that, something softer replacing it as she reaches for his hand. Her fingers soft curl for a moment around his as she looks to him.* I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Hastur. I, I don't remember, can't imagine denying you at that moment but I wish of all the memories you had that one I could take away.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:42:25 AM)
We didn't know what awaited us, and pride before an enemy was important. I didn't blame you, at least I dont' think i did. And in time I forgot you, and you forgot me. But now you know the three memories I have of you, at the least. *he squeezes her hand at that and gives her a small smile* And I'm not looking to lose any more of them just yet.

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:42:30 AM)
(good ending point?)

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:44:01 AM)
*She nods, lost for words as she leaves her hand in his, the sadness at that final memory robbing her of speech as she turns and begins out of the park, content to simply walk by his side and leave the broken dying bush alone in the corner of the city.*

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:44:17 AM)
(Yes *hugs* You give good rp Dar :) Thank you so much for the scene!)

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:44:38 AM)
(My pleasure as always. *smiles* Take care Amy)

Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:44:57 AM)
(Sleep well!)

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:45:01 AM)
you too!

Anthony S Barajas (Dec 2, 2011 2:45:03 AM)
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Paige Villawood (Dec 2, 2011 2:45:05 AM)
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