Smystar99

The Italian Templar Revolts (Assassin's Creed)

The way he cringed caused her chest to ache. It hurt that after all this time he was still so repulsed by her in that way. It wasn't like she had stopped loving him back then. She had. School had become busy for both of them back then. Sometimes he was downright short with her and her to him. Going to Henry had been a mistake. The first time Henry admitted that he felt more strongly than he should they both had known it was a big mistake.

There are some mistakes you just can't take back. She'd been young and inexperienced with the world. Hell! She'd been 18 and he'd been 21 when they started dating, they were different in experiences from the start. Now they were 22 and 24 respectively. His birthday every time it rolled around was still a reminder to her. It`s hard to let someone you were so close too go. The reaction of him not being able to even stand looking at her was enough to remind her of all of that.

Yet after all this time he was still the same man as he was before. Sky knew he`d be civil no matter how angry at her he was. "I`m not going to run out of here. It`s obvious why you can`t forgive me, I don`t expect you too." She paused trying not to let her emotions creep up on her again. This stuff had been buried deep down to try to forget the scar that was still raw. "This situation is one we`ll just have to be adults about."

"Well and I physically can`t go far or I`m royally screwed. This place is gigantic."

Humor to ease pressure, yep plan A for uncomfortable atmosphere`s had gone into action. Hopefully he could actually look at her while they were on this project. It wasn`t like she really had family or anyone else to talk too. Being people from messed up backgrounds had been one of the reasons they`d become so close so quickly.

Sky had been the product of an affair and as such had been fought over in custody in all of her early childhood. Her father had won custody simply because her mother was unfit to even care for a child. This wasn`t to say her father had been Dad of the Year either. His wife hated her, their kids wanted nothing to do with her. Their house was just a place she stayed until she moved out to go to college. Unlike him her family history wasn`t a mystery, but at times she wished it was.

"Eventually I just want you to look at me without wanting to rip my head off for what I did to you as a stupid kid." Sky admitted with a sigh.

"I`m not going to justify what happened because you won`t listen to me about it anyway."

With that she walked over to a chair in the corner of the room, mostly out of paranoid habit, and turned it to look out the window. Her heart was in her throat and they`d have to work together for who knows how long. It was best they got over at least not being able to speak now. If not it was going to be a very isolated experience. Even if they were going to be diving into someone else`s memories.

The Italian Templar Revolts (Assassin's Creed)

I should be posting before I go to bed tonight, I'm starting to feel a bit better so it should be easier~

The Italian Templar Revolts (Assassin's Creed)

The pen in her hand felt heavy. She was signing herself away to this company. It was a hard thing to think about honestly. This was a big chance though, for her she could find out stuff about her history and learn about a different time period. Well actually she could experience a different time period. Not many people would ever have that chance.

She wrote her name on all the forms before skidding them back to the woman. "Is the other guy here? I`d like to introduce myself to him if I`ll be spending this much time with him." In all honesty she hoped they got along well. If not than all of this would get ten times harder. What they explained didn`t sound like the best conditions in mental state for them. The side effects causing a lot of strain on the body, especially in people who`ve never done it before.

"Ah yes, I`ll show you where he is. We were briefing you two before introductions anyway."

With that they left the small conference room and traveled down the sleek hallway. This place was so modernized it almost felt like she`d entered an alien spaceship. With what she was doing honestly she wouldn`t be too surprised if she had. Sky knew that she`d at least be living here for the duration of the project. There were a couple of small shared apartments in the basement of the building that were rented out to certain people. Side effects being taken into consideration and the fact that she`d be monitored on her health was why she was residing here.

A man stepped out of a room down the hall and walked away with a briefcase. Sky could only decipher that he would be in that room. Sure enough they stopped in front of the door with a plate that read 'Conference Room B'. "He`ll be inside, I`ll leave you two to get situated with each other. Someone will be up to take you down to where you`ll be staying. I encourage getting your stuff today or tomorrow."

Sky nodded, "will do. Thank you," she said as she watched the serious woman walk away.

Taking a deep breath she placed her right hand on the handle and opened the door. "Excuse me sir, it seems like we`ll be on the same project togeth-" All air left her lungs the moment she stepped through the doorway. It seemed all she could do was stare at the man in front of her. What could she say to him? They hadn`t seen each other since he read the note in her bedside table.

The one that revealed she`d been cheating on him with their best friend.

"Luca," Sky said quietly not knowing where to start. To be quite honestly he may not even recognize her. It`d been three years and even then she`d dyed her dark brown hair sliver. The way she looked had become more mature. Maybe she still had time to back out of all of this and not face the past. Hell knows she`d tried to explain back then. It seemed fate really wanted to knock her out in the worst possible way. There had been two sides to their relationship back then and she knew he had to still hate her.

He`d never given her even a chance to explain anything about her side of the story.

The Italian Templar Revolts (Assassin's Creed)

"So let me get this straight, you want to connect me to a machine that will transport me back in time?"

"Not transport, more along the lines of reliving through your genetic code."

"I thought I was contacted to be an engineer?" Sky questioned getting more confused by the moment.

Two days ago a company called Abstergo Industries had sent an envelope to her door by UPS driver. It had been important that she`d signed off on it. Inside had been contact information and a location for the meeting she was currently having. Now she had applied for a job here, that part wasn`t surprising. The conversation that wasn`t about her engineering degree was more than surprising. The job they were offering her was so personal that privacy was out the window.

The Animus, a device that could read a person`s DNA and recreate their ancestor`s life through them. Few people had ancestors that were picked for the task, and unbeknown to Sky, all of her fellow guinea pigs had ancestors involved in assassination brotherhoods. The silver haired woman was no different. They now wanted to use her to get to her ancestor. One of which they wouldn`t release knowledge on until she signed the papers agreeing to release her body and mind to them. In return for a more than decent salary, that once again wasn`t about her engineering degree that she`d spent four years and quite a bit of student loans on.

This ancestor`s name was Lunetta Solace Salvador, known by her family and friends as Solace or Sol. Besides her name and the fact that the woman was born and raised in Italy, Sky knew nothing. They were being very secret about all of this. That being said they did say it was a secret project in the first place. It was that reason that she was here in this room thinking about giving her physical and mental health to them.

"You said there were going to be safety warnings, the reason you need me to sign these papers is so none of you get blamed if something happens to me, correct?"

"Yes, but I promise you that nothing bad will happen to you. The Animus has been tested many times. The users have always come out alive, a little disheveled from the experience, but alive. We also will give you more benefits than any other job on the market. You won`t have to worry about a thing while you`re involved in this project. Your student loans will be paid off at the end and when the project is complete based on your performance we may offer you a permanent job with us." The very official woman in front of her explained as if this was a piece of cake.

"You`ll be going into my brain though." Sky pushed wanting to know every little fact she could before rushing into something.

"The only thing we`ll look at is your genetic code and memories of your ancestor. Anything inside your own memories will be left untouched I assure you. One of our own staff was also assigned to be in this project as well. He will be doing a different dive than you but you`ll have someone there to experience it with. None of this process will be any means be any more personal than you want it to be. In my best opinion I think the pros out weigh the cons."

Sitting in the uncomfortable chair the conference room provided Sky stared out the window deep in her own head. This opportunity was a good one, she`d be giving herself to science and history, but maybe that wasn`t such a bad thing. The long term opportunities associated with the short term project definitely helped. She wouldn`t be alone either it seemed. At the least she`d have a companion to accompany her after they finished their sessions.

The silver haired woman sighed as she looked back at the brunette across from her. "I`ll do it, but please make sure that I come out of this as healthy as I went into it."

The woman simply smiled enthusiastically as she slide Sky a packet of paperwork. "We`ll definitely try our best Ms.Montgomery."

To Dwell in the Light (Still Accepting Apps)

Are you guys still accepting new members?

Seperated Souls

The emotions behind his words caught her off guard and unlike the rest of the close to the hour or more being with him, this is the first time she was left rather breathless. The impact of his words caused her to have to learn how to breath again as she got a few things to eat along with a glass of wine herself. Turning she walked with him outside and sat down.

Taking a sip of her wine Sky looked at him thinking over his question. "We feel emotions, well most of them I assume. As you become more and more of an angel, things like pain leave you. You never experience anything really physical. We can still feel, but things that humans would normally feel we don`t experience." Pausing she wondered if she would be so bold to say what she knew was more human then anything. Well she had already been quite adventurous so far tonight.

"Demons experience pleasure, an angel doesn`t experience such things." Sky said softly as she looked at her plate before meeting his eyes once more. "Demons experience the physical needs of humans, angels do not. We are pure," the angel inserted quotation marks with her fingers around the word pure. "in that we don`t touch each other normally. We don`t feel the need of a companion. Sex is both banned and unheard of."

Looking off into the clouds surrounding them she smiled lightly, almost with a longing look. "Fallen angels, they`re quite different. Now fallen angels, they feel it all. They have their angelic powers for the most part for awhile, but anything they feel is amplified ten-fold. A stab wound will heal, it won`t kill them, but they`ll wish they were numb. Certain angels have said that in times where they`ve experienced it, it feels like your body is being ripped apart."

Sky suddenly realized that all of this wasn`t really something she should be sharing so openly. He may be a demon but she shouldn`t be talking about fallen angels and they`re eternal pain with him. It was not only inappropriate but also showing a horrible fascination. A fascination that could get her damned or worse.

"In some ways feeling everything may be better than feeling nothing. I am sorry however that I started to talk of something so inappropriate and uncalled for. Stuff like that isn`t something our kinds really should be taking about." Sky apologized before taking a long sip of wine. The memories were going to her head, making her too open. She was still an archangel in training. This only made her realize that she was in fact playing with fire, and she only hoped she wouldn`t get burned.

Seperated Souls

Bump?

House of Night: Wrath of the Gods

@MiddleEarthRoze I always see this thread in my subscriptions and I`m still really up for it, so just let me know when you`re restarting it~ I hope it gets enough interest to get off the ground this time!

House of Night: Wrath of the Gods

@MiddleEarthRoze Will this ever be rebooted? I'm curious

Seperated Souls

"I think it will be entertaining to write to you. I also hope you don't forget your duties, as those are important. I think you`re also flattering me way too much." Sky responded lightheartedly feeling rather strange about all of this, but it was exciting. She never thought she'd make friends with a demon. When she was with her mentor he'd told her that as always she was there to keep the angels from becoming aggressive. The angels now were all on edge though. So maybe she didn`t completely succeed on that end.

Sky clapped for the band turning to look in their direction. The music was something that always made these events just a little more enjoyable. The fakeness of it all was suffocating, but at least there was good music. Turning back to her companion she simply nodded, a small smile gracing her lips. "These parties are always suffocating, going somewhere else would be lovely." She said before turning to walk to where they had food laid out.

The concept of food was rather strange to her. They all still enjoyed it and beverages, but they didn`t need them. Angels at least didn`t experience hunger or the need to eat. Everyone is a being of the spiritual realm by one mean or another. The worries of human survival didn`t exist here. The leading quality of an angel is that they were supposed to have little worries. They had jobs, but starving was hard to do when you can`t die in the first place. Well die of natural means that is.

"Tell me Loki, do demons feel the feeling of starvation?" The angel asked unsure of it all herself. She never was a demon so the ability of knowing if they did was limited. Angels and demons don`t usually talk and they most definitely don`t usually ask questions of difference in each other. So the knowledge of differences like that was little to none, yet she craved the knowledge. This demon was different. He was handsome and powerful, but he still held a certain kindness to him. Many demons she`d come in contact with were cunning and wanted to indulge in trying to corrupt or confuse their counterpart in the afterlife.

This demon was not only different from that with first impression, but she also had the memories. The one thing that intrigued her about him and made her want to run away from him at the same time.