Lost in Darkness IC San+Sin

[BuiltForSin]

((SOrry people on chat would not stop talking!!!))

"A "nobel" like myself, has to be courted before a man can become close to her, patience is a virtue, and my grandfather believes I must find a virtuous man to be happy" she said simply, not implying how unhappy she was about her marriage, although suddenly it seemed like a not too bad plan for her, it was certainly a safe method.

"You think killing yourself is the answer?" she said turning to face him although he turned away. "If you kill yourself, you're just letting them win" she said. Her determination and stubborn streak seeped into most of her words and actions. "Whats the point in beating them in a war like that when you're just gonna end yourself at the end of it? DOnt you want to stick around to see the safer world you've created" she said, slight sarcasm in her vice, since she knew, he was a threat, just like the other vampires, although he claimed to be helping humans, he drank form them too, just like the monsters he killed.

Suddenly, Sabin tenced up, pulling out a dagger, they hadnt been alone. There was a small bloodstain on the top of Gwyns chest, and her hair and skin smelled fainlty of blood from where Sabin had drunk although she'd stopped bleeding the scent had lingered. Sabin had moved, pulling out the dagger ready to attack whatever was prowling in the dark, Gwyn, no longer leaning on Sabin for support, weakly back over to a tree to prop herself up, her breathing was quick and shallow, an acute panic rising in her chest.

"Are you frightened Misssssss?" a chilling voice purred, hissing s's like a snake. "Your heart is racing ... it sounds ... delicious ... Mind if I have a taste?" the voice echoed from nowhere before pouncing out of the shadows!

-SAVE ME SABIN xD-

[Sanquin]

Sabin smirked at Gwyndolyn's wit. However she didn't seem to know how bad the problem was. "There are too many vampires. For every vampire I kill, somewhere in the world another person is turned. It's impossible to solve the problem on my own. All I can do it lessen it. Make sure that the vampires I do meet, meet their end. For one, you'd be dead by now otherwise."

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A voice sounded like an echo through the trees. But Sabin wasn't a fool. He had hunted too many vampires already, and had already noticed the vampire that was stalking them. Gwyn had leaned against a tree for support. And vampires were almost always the same. They went for the human. Other vampires were at most, something to consider after the fact.

A vampire pounced out of the shadows, and Sabin was right on the woman. He grabbed her before she could reach Gryn, flinging her into the air and against the ground harshly. The two vampires hisses and growled to each other. A part that Sabin couldn't suppress. It was like two animals fighting for dominance. They lunged at each other. The female with her claws, Sabin with his dagger. And he won. The woman's throat was cut and she fell. So he grabbed one of his stakes and plunged it deep into her chest. The woman soon started to turn to ashes.

Sabin was still huffing, breathing heavily. But he slowly calmed down. Only when he was fully calmed down did he turn to Gwyndolyn. "It seems...that the vampires here were twins. No wonder I thought there was only one." His dagger was still bloody. Sabin decided to wipe it off of the clothes of the female vampire, still laying on the ground. "Are you all right, miss Gwyndolyn?" He asked, concerned about how she was doing.

[BuiltForSin]

A nerve in Gwyn's neck twitched when Sabin said (not word for word) that she practically owed him her life, for a vampire had wandered onto her Manor and would have killed her. "So I owe you my life?" she asked somewhat rhetorically, "You've had your meal do you think we're even now?" she said, very diplomatically, she was smart and knew how to deal with tricky people, but Sabin was an even match for her, he was well lived and well travelled, heck he wasnt even human.

Before Sabin could answer Gwyn's question, a voice echoed through the dark, then he pounced. Gwyn's hands covered her mouth as she was silenced in shock, she stared, but her mind pleaded for her to look away, as the two vampires brawled on the ground, growls and hisses echoing through the woods as they attacked one another like wild animals.

A single deafening shriek from the vampiress as she was cut in the throat, then a sickening squelch as the stake drove through her chest, and the woods fell silent again, Gwyn's heavy breathing and racing heart were the only sounds to break the silence. The woman faded to ashes, disappearing into the earth, had she not started to disintergrate, one would easily mistake her for a beautiful woman, Gwyn found it hard to imagine her fair face contorted back to a snarling beast ... had she not seen it herself, she wouldnt believe it. But that beautiful woman had been a monster, a horrid barbaric monster that wanted to kill her.
"Guess thats another one I owe you" Gwyn said, sliding down against the tree, unable to support her jelly-like knees anylonger, she sat on the damp grass, not feeling the moisture through her thick petticoat and underskirt.

"I-I'm fine" she said, unable to containi the quaking inside, she shook slightly as she sat, curled up on the forest floor. She was shocked stiff, but physically, the only thing that had harmed her, was Sabin who had bitten her ... but he'd also saved her life, twice aparently ...

[Sanquin]

"I would say I still owe you. The difference between doing my job, and you being taken from involuntarily." Sabin replied before the attack.

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After the attack Sabin smiled and shook his head. "Now you might say we're even. Twice saving your life, for once keeping me alive." The man gave a slight shrug. There was no real comparison but it was still amusing. Gwyn said she was fine, but fine was very far from the truth. Sabin could almost feel the fear, the shock in her. And she slumped to the ground, which only makes things look worse.

"You're shaking, milady. And...have trouble walking as well. The forest floor is no place for someone like yourself, is it? I can offer to carry you, however..." He smiled amusingly. "That would mean me touching you again. Something you were quite against not long ago." Sabin really did not want to touch women without their consent. But he had no choice if he wanted to stay alive, so he did only in those times, and remained civil and as courteous as he could at other times. "So the choice would be to rest here for a while, or for me to carry you. I will leave the choice up to yourself, miss Gwyndolyn."

[BuiltForSin]

"I havent been given many choices with real options tonight have I?" she asked rhetorically, of course she couldnt make it home alone like this, and she could barely walk, even acompanied, as much as she hated depending on Sabin ... she had no choice. "I seem to be a vampires delecacy, thats 3 vampires who've longed for my blood" her eyes locked onto Sabin's. with a daring steely gaze. "And one of them succeeded".

"Why not just leave me for dead out here? Surely Im not worth your efforts, havent I caused enough trouble already?" she asked defiantly, trying to figure out just how badly he wanted to help humans ... if he left her ... surely she'd be able to stagger out of the forest or at least last till morning and wait for someone to pass by and cry for help ...

((Sorry for crap >.< wrist is a bit sore atm, gonna take some painkillers and brb))

[Sanquin]

Sabin frowned. Gwyn was pushing it now. Yes he wanted to be a gentleman, and yes he was a monster. But there was only so much insult he was willing to take even from his victim. Especially since all he had done was drink some of her blood. No severe injury, no death, no turning. And he even offered to help her back home so she'd be safe and could recover in the comfort of her manor. But now, she was practically taunting him to leave her behind.

"I would appreciate it if you stopped your insults, milady. For a noble like yourself, you're starting to become quite rude. I will bring you home because it's the right thing to do. But any more words like that from your lips, and I will leave you behind." He bent down, kneeling beside the lady as he tried to hide his annoyance. One arm moved under her legs, the other one under her upper back. Then gently he lifted her up into his arms and started walking again. He didn't feel like talking any more than he already had. Especially after Gwyn's last little taunt. Right now, he felt more like moving on and leaving this town behind, than to walk her all the way back to her manor, much less continue their chat.

[BuiltForSin]

"Oh Im sorry, its not everyday this sort of ... thing happens to me" she huffed, she was pushing her luck and it would get her killed but as quickly as she'd crossed her boundaries, she'd stepped back behind them.

Gwyndolyn let out a tiny squeak in shock when Sabin lifted her up, a blush spread across her cheeks, lightpink. She had never been carried by a man like that, other than her grandfather when he carried her as a child up to her bed when she'd fallen asleep in the drawing room. She stared wide eyed into Sabin's eyes, they were alluring and mesmerising, but she willed herself not to get caught under his thrall.

"You're strong enough to crush me with your bare arms are you not?" she asked, oddly timid, a far cry from the bold defiant girl that had caught his eye earlier. "How do you carry me so gently?" she asked, surely he could feel the blood pumping through her veins, his senses were keen, he could feel, and hear her breathing ... and he remained so calm even though to him, she was jus another meal ...

((Hey San! Wrist is still taking a long time to heal, but getting better each day I guess :/ slowly but surely))

[Sanquin]

As expected Gwyndolyn was quite surprised at him picking her up. If a guy had never really touched her before, then this kind of intimacy would be an alien and embarrassing situations for her. Even so, she said it herself. Walking wasn't an option. And even though his eyes were alluring, he didn't intend them to be. Charming her, wasn't even in his consideration for a second time. Beside that, he wanted to keep his gaze away from her a little bit. Whenever he looked at her, he felt the need to...well, watch over her for some reason? And it wasn't just her delicious, delicate taste. Blood wasn't the only factor here, he knew for sure. But what was it?

Gwyn spoke, making an assessment. One that was true. He was strong enough to crush her if he wanted to. And she looked very delicate, fragile in his arms. It could be so easy, but of course he wouldn't. "Strength does not mean the loss of gentleness, miss Gwyndolyn. Though it does take practice. I didn't know my own strength for quite a few years. Besides, what kind of a man would I be if I decided to do such an act? Preying on the weak just for the sake of it, is not my thing." He smiled a little as he looked down to her. It seemed her little fit had passed. "Besides, why would I hurt a beautiful maiden in the prime of her youth? Monster or not, my human feelings haven't disappeared. I can still appreciate beauty, and would rather care for it than hurt it."

[BuiltForSin]

"You're the creature of the Night, you feast on human blood, a beast in human form, the deadliest kind of enemy, one thats alluring, beautiful and silent ... a deadly killer and yet-" Gwyn paused for a moment, there was something oddly human about Sabin.

"And yet you are so gentle ... and you appreciate the beauty of the forest, the night ... It is as though part of you isnt controlled by the beast ... I know this, for if you were fully consumed by beastly urges you'd have killed me long ago ..." Gwyn wondered why Sabin was the only vampirelike this, other vampires would kill her in a heartbeat. "Why is it you fight these urges so? Why is it you arent another beast like the rest of them?" she wondered, not wishing that fate upon him ... that would end up with her, and many others, dead.

"Isnt it lonely?" she asked, realising, he couldnt associate with other vampires, nor could he be near humans, other than to feed ... While she was trapped up in her home, she was surrounded by people, with many friends, being trapped in her home had been bad, but ... Sabin had all the freedom in the world, not even constrained by time, and he lived eternally alone ... It sounded almost painful ...

[Sanquin]

Sabin stopped walking as Gwyn spoke about how he was. How he was gentle and in control of his beastly side. She was the first to ever say such a thing. Then again, she was the first as far as he could remember that had resisted his charm partially, or one that had even taken chances with him escorting her back instead of going back by herself. But especially her last words were what moved him. Lonely...usually he didn't realise it, but it was true. Some nights could be oh so lonely, as he never stayed anywhere long enough to get to really know anyone. It was dangerous to do so.

"There are a few rare vampires that are in control. I have not found out why this happens, but some just...have the ability to control themselves if they want to. That beast is still inside of me, wanting to come out and take over. However I do not want to become such a monster. Maybe it was the goodness in my heart as a human, but I felt horrible my first time feeding. It was the only person that ever died by my hands. I vowed to never let that happen again, and have managed to keep that vow so far."

He looked down and smiled a bit sadly. "However, it is very lonely. My resent for other vampires keeps driving me along, wanting to find more to kill so they can't hurt humans any more. And I do spend evenings in bars and taverns. But it is only a fleeting feeling of content at those times. As I usually do not stay in any town for longer than three days." He started to walk again, taking a deep breath. "Why the sudden interest, miss Gwyndolyn? Are you perhaps, plotting something?"