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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 23, 2011 0:20:52 GMT -5
"so, what makes you so against killing the evil ones?" Noise asked after creeping up on Kes. Tracy and Kit were sleeping.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 23, 2011 0:22:17 GMT -5
Kestrel looked up. He blinked. "What I'm not against is killing them. Killing them can possibly serve justice on occasion. I personally could not, but I will not say it is not sometimes necessary. What I'm against is the reason you gave behind killing them. Revenge is..." he trailed off, looking for the word. "Catastrophic. I know from many personal experiences that the one getting served in the end is not just the person who revenge is being exacted on or the person exacting it even. More often, especially with the Augers, it winds up being someone they care for. With Tracy, the likeliness of that increases just because of what's happened to her." he said. "Besides, revenge is based on and driven by pure, unstable emotion. If we excite ourselves enough, it becomes pleasurable. To the Augers, our suffering is pleasurable to them. The Augers are corrupt sadists. Taking pleasure in killing puts a person on the exact same level as them. The motives are different, but the desires are the same. I don't see a need or want for any more sickness in the world." He cleared his throat. "To pursue revenge is basically the pursuit of murder. One becomes so preoccupied with the kill that they don't even care if justice is served. That's where the problem lies. And in that, they become careless." Then, he asked, "In any case, what makes them more deserving to die than any one of us?" Not in a rhetorical way. It was clear he wanted Noise's opinion at the moment.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 25, 2011 19:28:22 GMT -5
"the chaos and pain they have brought makes them deserve to die. in the end, we all deserve to die." she said, watching him.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 25, 2011 19:37:23 GMT -5
"Your latter statement is true." Kestrel agreed. "We have all done something worthy of death. Like them, we bring chaos and pain with everyday living. In fact, there was a time when I wanted to do everything that those Augers do, with the possible exception of their magic. That was solely because it brought great discomfort to me. Otherwise, everything else, I wanted to do. Think of the atrocities they commit. I would have, were it not for the law. I'll be the first to admit I'm not intelligent enough to get away with a crime." He then ran his tongue over his teeth, looking down. "If I wanted to and had intentions of doing it, but there was only one thing stopping me, aren't I just as bad? Would it not be justified for you to rip out my throat right here and now?" He searched her eyes for a moment as he looked up again.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 25, 2011 19:57:14 GMT -5
Noise bit her lip for a moment, thinking something over. "if that were the case, my throat would be long gone. i was once one of them until i woke up one morning, realizing what i did for a living and what i had done. i had killed a girl the night before and she used her last remaining energy to visit me in a dream. because of her, i save people from augers. from what i once was." Noise said, frowning and scuffing the floor with her shoe.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 25, 2011 20:09:10 GMT -5
"Exactly." Kestrel said. "Not to make you feel bad, but what if there is a possibility that instead of killing the Augers on sight, you could save them?" He cleared his throat, looking down. "I'm not an alien to revenge or wanting to kill anyone. So before, when you perceived me as being self-righteous, I sincerely apologize." he began quietly. "I used to get bullied in school ever since I was little. Not verbally, physically. Were it not for my animal healing, I might be dead right now. Long story short, one of the kids doing it was severely disturbed. Wound up in jail for murder. I visited him a few years ago. After he realized who I was and we spoke, he began to reform. Right now, he is the head of a counseling ministry within the prison." He went on. "The Augers killed..." he cleared his throat. "My sister. Most likely my niece too. I found the ones who had done it. Tried to kill them." He was silent for a few moments. "There were two. One escaped. The other didn't. I had shot him once in the chest. He had a lot of runes tattooed on him, so because of the power the gave him, I guess it hurt really bad. I wanted him to be in pain before he died and wanted to shoot him again. But then I saw the fear and terror in his eyes and realized I couldn't. I knew how he felt at that moment and I wasn't about to kill a man as lost as I was." He cleared his throat again. "I called an ambulance. He didn't press charges...Now he is no longer an Auger and is my best friend." He looked up at Noise. "The other one ran off. Escaped and I couldn't find him. Right after that, someone I love dearly went missing. I don't think it's a coincidence. It's also a product of my revenge." he finished.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 26, 2011 13:41:14 GMT -5
"my story isn't as nearly heartfelt. i tried to give three people a second chance, and they all nearly killed me." Noise growled. "so you're lucky." she pulled up her shirt to show a long gash down her back. "tried to slice me to pieces." she put her shirt down and pulled down her left sleeve. "almost shot me in the heart." she pulled the sleeve up and flicked her ling black hair out of the way. there was a ragged slice mark there. "tried to cut my head off." she flicked it back, covering the scar. "there's a reason why i'm not budging on this subject."
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 26, 2011 19:05:31 GMT -5
Kestrel looked and nodded in understanding. "I'd show you mine, but that's what tattoos are for." he replied. "This is the only one I didn't hide. Bad economy; less people getting tattoos; less money for said tattoos." he lifted the leg of his jeans up to his knee. The knee cap seemed bent and morphed to an odd angle, the scar from it going dark and deep down to his ankle. He rolled the leg back down. "But it's understandable. And I know how you feel. No longer agree with it, but I know how you feel." he replied.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 26, 2011 23:34:15 GMT -5
Noise nodded once, then froze. "shit. we gotta get out of here. there are more coming from the skies." she said. she opened the door to the closet and shook to two awake. "get up. they're coming." she snapped. "i'm up." Kit said, picking up Tracy and running out. "get into the jet-type thing." Noise cried, running.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 27, 2011 8:58:09 GMT -5
Kes grumbled with irritation before coming to his feet and taking the incentive to follow the others into the "jet-type thing." He was struck by the irony of a bird hybrid using it, while wondering how much time they had and what was going to happen.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 27, 2011 16:17:27 GMT -5
"run people! ten minutes before this place gets levelled!" she screamed. she saw many people weren't capable of running and started muttering under her breath, her fingernails glowing brightly like her eyes as she stopped dead and streched them out to groups of slow people. "pitter-patter, pitter-patter." she murmured over and over. the slower people sped up to a breakneck pace.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 27, 2011 16:22:21 GMT -5
"Do you need help with anybody?" Kes asked Noise, despite the fact that it seemed as if things were under control, given the situation anyway. He wondered if there was anything else that could be done.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 27, 2011 16:36:02 GMT -5
Noise took in a deep breath, stopping her chanting for a moment. "take up the rear and make sure everyone gets out." she said, and continued her chanting, frosted sweat appearing on her forehead as she strained to keep up the spell on such a mass amount of people. but they were people. and they had to be saved. even if it costed her herself.
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Post by Cheyenne on Jan 27, 2011 16:49:43 GMT -5
Kes nodded, needing no further orders as he went to do so. "Don't wait up for me." he stated, noting her concentration. She didn't need the extra stress. He made sure to use his avian vision and hearing to double check. He went behind the crowd, noting that they were all making it out fine. And yet, something was still wrong. Even though all of them were getting out, it did not feel as it it was all of them. He bit his lip, quickly making the decision to go further back and search. Jogging along the corridors, he noticed a noise that was further away and barely noticeable even with his acute senses. Coming upon the noise, he found a girl about twelve years old. Her leg looked broken in several places, one being her ankle so that he foot was flopped looking limp and separated. She was whimpering like an animal would, desperately trying to come to her feet, though she could not. Kes quickly picked her up, doing one last, quick search. Luckily, the girl was the only one and he made his way back to Noise and the others, carrying the girl and hoping that they still had time left. That would stink if we don't, he thought frowning as he quickened his run.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Jan 27, 2011 17:44:15 GMT -5
Noise sighed as she made sure everyone was comfortable in the jet/carrier/home-with-wings thing. she noted that Kes was not there. she double checked and sighed, pulling up the last of her energy and pointed a finger at the entrance, the other to the spot next to her. "let's hope this works. because you only have four minutes." she whispered to herself before her fingernails and eyes started to glow, a wind whipping around only her and making her seem witchy and otherworldly. "poof." she said, and the magic shot from her fignernail into the entrance, trying to find Kes and bring him to her. there was a soft glowing cloud by her, waiting for its arrival.
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