Crawkid

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi nods softly, shifting in place again, "Well, not everyone can handle jokes in a time like this..." he falls quiet a bit, keeping his eyes on her face, "so...what is it like in there?"

"....hunters?" He shakes his head again, "No, I've been asked by someone else to protect you. What kind of hunters are after you?" while he talks, he tries to grab hold of the nightmare. If he can, he starts to have the flames die out around them.

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Chi pauses and sighs, feeling like his joke fell flat. It is a serious situation after all.

In the dream, Peter can't help looking on this girl with pity, shaking his head. "I am not..." he comes over and kneels down to her, purposefully ignoring the dream-blood. "I'm here to save you, in more ways than one...Do you remember my face?"

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It takes a moment for Peter to adjust and understand his surroundings. On the outside, he purses his lips nervosly. On the inside of the dream, he grimaces. Vampires don't like fire very much. BUt he had no time to waste, so he reminded himself that it was not real, and pushed his way inside.

One might under estimate the sounds of a burning house, but it was difficult to ignore now with a lot of concerning crackling and popping. Still, he kept his senses open as he searched this mess for a particular little girl. "Little lady? Ash?"

On the outside, still in the room, chi shifts uncomfortably from one foot to the other, "if she throws people, im putting you i the way.." he attempts a joke.

Of Light and Shadow - Craw/DOC

"Faith.." he repeated softly, a bit amused, but only given the situation. Shaking his head, and having confirmed everything was where it was supposed to be, he ducked under the desk and pulled out a lumpy duffel bag he had slid into the room on entry,

"Faith is a very powerful thing...if you have it, keep it. And pray that your friend has faith in being rescued. I've seen that it can have very real effects on some people's ability to stay alive."

He hoisted the bag onto his shoulder, straightening out his coat in one smooth motion, and headed out the door, assuming she was in tow. As they passed by the sleeping quarters, he methodically laid a bible in the hallway, just far enough to be immediately discoverable once the door has been open. Then, he would unlock the door and move onto the next. Unknown to any except him and whomever would open said book, there were two pieces of paper just behind the cover. One was a written notice that their savior was a false prophet, and a child of God taken from the holy father and twisted by a demon. The other one was a pamphlet for the nearest church, with directions.

As he laid out these books, he spoke loud enough to get through the doors, "I know all of you are up and praying. I have a command for you, count to sixty, and then leave."

And with no other word, he began to leave the hallway and move through the house much faster. "ANd before you ask" he starts gruffly, still jogging, "I meant I had opened the doors metaphorically, but now they're really open!"

Before they left, he reminded himself, he had to let her grab the bottles of whiskey, so once they were away from the sleeping quarters, he looked over at her, waiting for her to take lead for the moment.

Of Light and Shadow - Craw/DOC

The hunter sighs heavily, losing his interest in being slow about his drink. He knocks it back - if this little dance of their was going to give him a headache anyways, it might as well be a hangover. It's a damn shame.

Finally, he holds up his hands, as if in surrender, "I said you can come with me, I just have rules about it."

After a moment, he sets the glass down and points at the decanter, "...do you know what this brand is?"

Getting back on his feet straight, he checks himself again. It seems rather lazy, but he is more focused than he appears. It's just that his senses are also being trained outward, to sense any strangeness or intruders on their conversation. So far, all he hears is the rain and thunder outside.

"If you do have a friend that got dragged into this, I'm sorry. I got a list of his properties, but he might have sold her...or worse. And if she is still alive, it could take some time to bust this ring up...as soon as two weeks, or as long as a year...per." He rolls his shoulders, " I'm not thinking it's going to take that long though"

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He sighs and nods, sitting on the edge of the bed, "...I will do what I can...though im not as good as Dante would be..."

His eyes begin to glow a red as he keeps his gaze on Ash, quietly slipping into her subconcious.

CHi shifts in place, looking up at Bane, "...this is ok?"

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Jeb holds up the clipboard again, making a small note, nodding, and walking off. WIth a little bit of time, he hung the clipboard frm a discreet nail on the door and went off to go get himself some sleep.

Jacob quietly made the switch with Peter, the younger vampire only relaxing for a short moment after his superior left...then turned his attention to the group inside the room, speaking softly, "If you know how to do it, sir, I can try to use my abilities to infiltrate her dreams and wake her up there."

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Jeb thinks some, then sighs, "If you don't mind, I would ask our leader to do that. There are a few other places we have, but he could benefit from an extra week or two to prepare them better..."

Jacob hums, "Im not sure, nightmares perhaps. You're her friend though, so I assume you would have the best chance to soothe her." He stands u, "In anycase, I should retire before I lose my edge...I think my junior should be ready to take over." He looks at the door to the room next to Ash's, "I gave you enough time, didn't I?"

The door opens immediately, and out steps Peter, quietly shutting the door behind him to not disturb anyone, "Yes sir, thank you for your generosity."

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Jeb sighs, allowing himself to look tired for a moment, "We aren't used to direct combat, so I let everyone rest for now, while I settle on where to move us."

Chi hums, giving Bane a smile, "You too...guess we're both hard to kill." he laughs a little

Jacob smiles slightly, giving Bane a nod of respectful greeting. Then he pauses, "Hm...I smell sweat." He looks over at Bane meaningfully. Chi looks over at the vampire, then bane, then back into the room he had just left, "...Ash?"

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Jacob and Jeb were still awake, sitting out in the halls, watching over everyones rooms. Jeb was doing paperwork on a clipboard, Jacob seemed to just be sitting in a chair, staring into nothingness. In truth, all of his senses were strained to their extreme as he is on duty.

In her room, Astra stirs and stretches with a pleasant morning groan, then runs to her side and hugs onto the warm wolf next to her, soon slipping back into a peaceful sleep.

Chi remains curled up with the alpha wolf, and Ash...but he is awake. The events of the last few days play in his memory. Not long ago, he was running the scrapyard and alleyways untethered, gathering information as the often overlooked stray cat or generic face in the crowd. Now he has been in constant conflicts for the last couple days. He looks over at the tinkerer as he thinks, remembering aura's words. That she is lonely, and needs to know that she is wanted for more than her creations.

How annoying..

He stretches and hops down from the bed.

Her mindset...sacrificing herself for others, thinking only about their wellbeing, while also keeping them far away under the assumption that they just want to use her.

Its such an annoyingly confusing mindset...it couldn't have come from anywhere good.

Maybe that was why he felt the strange insistant drive to protect her? Or was it really just that she kept saving his life?

He exits the room, shfiting into his usual humanoid form, clearly at full health again, and stretches with a yawn. "Oh...youre still up Jeb?"

The young man looks up from his clipboard and nods, prompting Chi to grin "She must really be pushing you"

"The enemy is on the move, and they know where we are. We have to move, and while Dante is down, Im taking on the information netwrok too..."

Jacob looks over, "Luckily, with the light sickness taken care of, Dante will be able to work to his heart's content soon"