Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:06:09 AM)
Oh I will; certainly. It would take more than you to break it, I'm sure. I just hope you don't go out deliberately undermining my reputation is all.
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:06:38 AM)
*Despite himself, however, he's not truly able to keep his eyes from lingering on her ass. After all, reputations ~are~ based on truth. Some of it*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:15:57 AM)
"Why would I do a thing like that? I have a reputation to uphold, too, you know." Smiling a little, she turned to look back over at him, noting where his eyes had been. "And it isn't like your reputation is untrue."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:17:20 AM)
Exaggerated, at the very least. How long did it take Anthony before he took you to bed? *A soft smile; though the words remind her that it's not exactly the same man, standing before her*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:20:08 AM)
There was a momentary pause as she processed that little reminder, but she smiled lightly in return after that. "It was actually a while before we slept together."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:21:26 AM)
I know. And now you find yourself in a different position. Yet you're already volunteering to risk your own well-being to be freed of your compact; I assume with the desire to bing yourself to me instead?
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:26:25 AM)
"That was the idea, yes." She paused, watching him for a moment. "How much is left of Anthony? Some, I am assuming--at least from what I have seen, despite how little that has been."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:27:41 AM)
Enough. Memories....Personality.... *pausing for a moment as he watches h
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:28:18 AM)
*her closely* Emotions. He and I are well-matched, but I suppose that was inevitable. He called to me from across the world, through time and space. Inevitability is not the word for it.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:39:34 AM)
There was a slow nod from her at what he was saying. This was something that was difficult for her to process--he was there and looked the same. He even had emotions, memories and personality that belonged to Anthony. He was Anthony, yet wasn't all at the same time. "Then what is the proper word?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:41:51 AM)
Magnetism. Whatever you like to call it however, I am here now. Whatever strange amalgam we have become; something less than an angel, and more than human. There is little enough left, I suppose, of the Elohim that once sat at Gabriel's side. *shaking his head with a small smile* There was little left of him anyhow.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:46:56 AM)
Her brow furrowed at that--clearly, she didn't like that particular comment. "What do you mean, there was little left of him?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 12:47:54 AM)
Of myself I meant. Nevermind, a sordid story I'm sure you don't want to hear....or already heard at least once over from another of the Sebettu. Don't worry your little head about it, it's now worth repeating in any case.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 12:58:25 AM)
"You'll have to tell me sometime, and who says I don't want to hear it? I have heard a few stories--enough to know some of what happened." Pausing, she shook her head a little and moved back over to the couch. "It's strange, you know?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:00:21 AM)
What about it is most strange to you? *Walking along at her side; as he sinks into the couch across from her* As many things could be strange at this juncture.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:05:01 AM)
"Knowing that you're Anthony, yet not--that Anthony actually died." She shook her head a little. "Do you remember everything?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:05:29 AM)
Everything of what? My life before, or his?
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:08:22 AM)
"Both, actually. I have something of an interest in his life, of course, but I also have a rather new interest in your life before, as well."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:10:31 AM)
Of his life, I can remember it all; oddly enough. Better than my own; as much mine as his in many ways. Of mine? Well, less than I should. Then again, it has been a long time in coming, and I have had little reason to remember it for many years now. But of my own life, I can't tell you, sad to say. It is not that I don't trust you, my dear, but you ~are~ serving an enemy right now, and I'd prefer to keep some things close to the vest.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:19:37 AM)
"I have heard that things start to come back to you the longer you are here." Her brow furrowed a bit as she looked to him. "How is Amos an enemy?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:22:11 AM)
He is certainly not a friend, and you know as well as I do, that those we can not count as friends had better be counted as enemies, less a fatal mistake be made. Still, as my name and history are mine to keep, for the moment.... would you look on my true form... to know me by sight at least.
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:27:37 AM)
"Perhaps you can tell me what makes him -not- a friend later, then." Taking a moment to think about his question, she nodded finally. "Yes. I would like to see what your true form is now."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:34:01 AM)
Politics. Morality. Ideology. You know, the usual sorts of things. *Anthony's eyes begin to burn with the light of a thousand suns as he stares at her. She can feel him explode around her, and perhaps has some idea what the first scientists felt when they witnessed the first successful atomic bomb. Great, fiery wings curl outwards from his body; tendrils of flame weaving to and fro with a mind of their own. He is perfection incarnate, an unearthly beauty to his features as he rises into the air above her, hovering off the ground. When he speaks, she can nearly hear God's will in her mind, and it is all she can do not to fall on her knees in worship of his splendor* As for why there may be the split; many are those amongst the Fallen that were resentful of we who stood highest in the Councils of the mighty. Mightiest of the servants once, and gods unto ourselves later..... finally we were cast out with the rest of the Fallen host.
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:34:48 AM)
(mechanically speaking he's got Cha 6/App 5 and a -2 diff to Intimidation rolls >.> )
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:35:04 AM)
[I hate you =P ]
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:35:14 AM)
(*laughs* Whaaat?)
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 1:52:10 AM)
There was a gasp from her as he essentially exploded, and her breath left her in an instant as she looked on, watching as he shifted into his true form with beautiful, sprawling wings. Breathing didn't seem to be an option at all for several moments until necessity forced itself upon her. The force of her own breath and sight of him in his true form seemed to force her to the floor and it took her several moments to actually get her thoughts together and speak. "So ... why not actually work together, since you were all cast out? It seems there should be a common goal because of the common enemy, in this case. You know ... the enemy of my enemy is my friend thing?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 1:56:01 AM)
Because... *and even though his voice is soft; she can still feel it ring within her ears; as if he spoke not just to her ears, but her very soul* Our enemies are gone. Without a trace; the skies the earth the winds and air, the seas and land, they are all empty. There is no one left to fight, but ourselves or amongst ourselves.. *A tendril of flame winds itself around her body as soft and light as a feather, and though it fickers like fire, it is cool to the touch against her skin*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 2:05:02 AM)
"Then why ..." She didn't quite get to finish the question as the flame came close and then curled around her. She had tensed--expecting it to burn, but then it was cool instead. Looking to the feather-light thing around her, she followed it to its owner, swallowing heaviliy. "Then what is the point in fighting amongst yourselves?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:08:12 AM)
What else should we do? *the tendril begins to pull her in, reeling her towards the Angel that was Anthony, like a fish on a line.* It is second nature to us now; we have been changed too much by the war and even more by the Pit. Few are they in the Fallen who I would consider friend. In fact, there are none. But let's talk of happier things, shall we? *the tendril of flame lifts her up into the air, hoisting her before the flame-wreathed Fallen*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 2:11:14 AM)
"I see." Dark eyes went wide as that cool flame that encircled her lifted her from the ground and she quickly tried to hold on as best she could--if she even could. Startled at being lifted in such a way, she looked at him with surprise, her heart racing a bit more than usual. "Wh--What are you doing?"
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:14:27 AM)
Lifting you up helpless, leaving you breathless.... Isn't that what I usually do? *That knowing grin, just a hint of Anthony rippling across the deific visage, a spark of humanity within the inhuman creature. And still, the tendrils of flame keep her aloft, just a few inches apart from him as she's lifted above the ground*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 2:18:46 AM)
That was enough to calm her--at least her mind, as a soft laugh escaped her lips. Even the Fallen was much like Anthony, or perhaps Anthony's personality was simply that pervasive (which would not surprise her in the slightest). Though her heart was still beating at a faster pace, she let her hands simply rest on the tendrils that held her instead of clutching to them. "Yes ... that is what you usually do."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:21:21 AM)
Well then, there you go. *and at that very moment, he is anthony once more, and she is in his arms. Of course, they are still a good five feet in the air; and the fall is sudden and sharp, but the couch makes an excellent cushion; even if the bottom falls out of it, and leaves them in a heap on the cushions*
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 2:25:20 AM)
"AH!" Falling with him, her hands were once more clinging, though this time to human flesh. Sinking into the couch with a rather painful sound, it took her a moment to recover before she smacked him. Lightly, of course, and in a playful manner since she wasn't -really- hurt. "You're crazy, you know that? Letting both of us drop like that? And I think we broke your couch."
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:27:14 AM)
No, I'm crazy because I jump off cliffs. After that, a five foot couch is.... *waving his hand vaguely* In any case, my dear, it is late and if you like I can take you back to bed and show you a different definition of heaven and hell.
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:27:20 AM)
(and time for sleep)
Naomi Hidaka (Oct 26, 2011 2:28:03 AM)
[Yah. I'm gonna go for a walk before I go to bed.]
Anthony S Barajas (Oct 26, 2011 2:29:11 AM)
(alright babe. *hugs* Take care of yourself)
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