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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 15, 2011 1:06:05 GMT -5
Night Wolf blushed again at her, the word cute having floated back into his head. This was not the quiet meal of small, senseless chat he had thought it would be. This was turning into something else on him and he didn't know what or how to stop it. It was annoying, but it was time to rely on the option that had worked the best for him over the years, just let the flow of the event happen.
" Ah sorry, let me explain myself then. There is a difference between not feeling threatened and feeling safe. I can explain it to you if you want me to also. And when I said cute just now I was, uh um, well..." Night Wolf said calmly until he got to the part about being cute.
He wasn't sure why it was so hard for him to say why he said the word cute. How could saying a simple word be so hard? This was definitely a new thing for him. He may not have the best social skills, but he never felt this nervous, atleast openly, or had to much trouble saying what he meant to say before. He might as well say it and get this whole thing over with.
" I said cute because you seem that way to me and I blurted that out without meaning to." Night Wolf said feeling awkward now.
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Post by alice on Jul 15, 2011 2:03:11 GMT -5
Blushing? Why was he blushing?! She was even more confused then before! What had she said to make him blush? Didn't people only blush when they were being flirted with? She wasn't flirting though! So why would he blush? Ugh... She didn't understand one bit.
Wait... Not being threatened and being safe weren't the same thing...? Now she was mind boggled. "Oh...." That was just stupid. Why was there a difference? Here she was, having thought they were the same for her entire life, basically.
Wait.... She was.... cute? It'd been directed towards her? Huh?! How.... How was that even possible?! Slowly, she blinked, staring at him with a completely blank stare. "... Me?" She honestly didn't believe it as she paused for a few moments. "How? What's cute about me...?" What was cute about a psychopath like her? Was something wrong with his definition of cute? Maybe he'd somehow mixed it up with odd, or different. After all, no one would use the word cute for her, of all people! "Are you sure you don't mean something else? Like abnormal or odd?"
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 15, 2011 2:22:38 GMT -5
Night Wolf looked away from her because he knew if he did right now he wouldn't be able to reply to her. Instead, he looked towards were the food would be coming from.
" No I meant you were cute. I guess it is just the way you are that I find cute." Night Wolf said trying not to blush. " Sorry if I'm so odd right now, I'm not sure why I'm acting like this right now."
He hoped this odd feeling would lessen enough he could look at her again. He wouldn't be able to read her if he couldn't see her face, and he really needed to get an idea of what she might be thinking. Although, it would also help if he could figure out what he was thinking about right now, and why he was thinking it. Maybe changing the subject would help him get his mind off of it enough he could work out what was going on with him this night.
" About the difference between feeling safe and not feeling threatened though, how about I tell you?" Night Wolf said in hopes he could try to get back on track and away from this new, unknown area he was getting into. " When you don't feel like someone is a threat, that is just not feeling threatened. Feeling safe though is when you feel comfortable and calm even though you might be sensing that something should be threatening you. Say you run into a mutant who is more powerful then you and you can tell that they are, if you feel safe that wouldn't matter since you would still feel comfortable and calm and the sense of danger would feel less then you know it should."
Well he had started rambling about what he thought it meant to feel safe. His plan back-fired on him since he felt embarrassed again and blushed despite himself. This was just not his night it would seem.
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Post by alice on Jul 15, 2011 11:39:26 GMT -5
"......." What could possibly be cute about her? He gave no reason other then 'just the way she was'. That really didn't help her try to come to terms with the whole thing. And why wouldn't he look at her? He was much better at keeping eye contact then she was, and had no problems before now, and yet here he was, acting more like the easily distracted creature she was.
His change of subject went unnoticed, well, at least unnoticed in the way that she didn't realize it was meant entirely to change the subject. She just realized that they were talking about something different, and that was that. He was going on about the difference between safe and not feeling threatened again, this time offering to explain what the difference was. She only shrugged, not really caring if he told her or not. She stared at him as he started to explain. She couldn't help but wonder.... Was he referring to her? "oh...." She paused for several moments, her gaze still intently watching him. "And do you feel not threatened or safe around me?"
If he did.... He was a fool. If she lost control, she wouldn't care who he was. Her power went after everyone. Friend and foe.
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 15, 2011 11:51:20 GMT -5
Night Wolf continued to look away from the girl before him. Her question of if he fell not threatened or safe around her shouldn't have caught him off-guard, but for some reason it did. He blushed again and he couldn't figure out why he had. He couldn't figure out why he was like this anyways to begin with though. What was it about this girl that made him like this? He had never felt like this before. She wasn't even flirting or doing anything that anyone else would consider to be an attempt at seduction, and yet here he was blushing. He couldn't understand it.
" Uh, um, well with you?" Night Wolf stammered out. " I feel safe."
He changed the subject to get his mind onto something else, and yet this girl had single-handedly crushed that hope. Her question had just made things worse for him. His only hope was that the food would come out soon, before it got to the point for him that he would just leave the money to pay for the meal on the table and travel out of the place as fast as he could. There was more then enough shadows for him to fit in and use to get away right where they sat.
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Post by alice on Jul 15, 2011 12:00:43 GMT -5
What was wrong with him? Why did he keep blushing and acting like she'd done something to embarrass him? Had she done something wrong? She couldn't recall doing anything to strange.... Maybe he was just an odd man, and he acted like this around all women.
And now he was stammering. Really? Why? What on earth had she done to embarrass him that much? Well, she wouldn't apologize, she didn't feel sorry in the least, but it wasn't like she could... ".... You shouldn't." Well, if he was hoping for some way to distract himself from blushing, maybe this would.
"You don't know what I do, exactly, after all. Just a general idea. For all you know, I could be a psychopathic killer, and go on a rampage with absolutely no warning." He might not realize it, as her voice didn't give anything away, but that was exactly what she was. Her power had completely twisted her personality, to the point that she felt nothing when she killed someone. Even worse? When she did such a thing, it did send her into a blood thirsty rage, and nothing stopped her then...
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 15, 2011 12:10:45 GMT -5
Night Wolf finally looked back at her, his eyes had a strange look to them. It was a weird mix of sympathy, protectiveness, and some unreadable emotion. So she said she could go crazy and kill him on the spot? And he shouldn't feel safe around her? If that really was the case and he was in any danger he would sense it.
" Maybe, but even if you are I still feel the same as I did before." Night Wolf said to her in a serious voice. " I would sense if I was in danger by being near you if that was true, at least if it was true as far as I go, but I don't get that sense of danger from being near you. I don't know why that is, but I have dealt with people who are like you told me you are and I'm still here. I don't know how powerful you think I am, you may just think I'm some weak guy who invited you out to eat for no reason, but I can tell you right now, underestimating me is a horrible idea."
He felt slightly bad after saying that, the last of that could be threatening to some people. But it didn't matter now, he had said it already and he couldn't take it back.
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Post by alice on Jul 16, 2011 13:36:34 GMT -5
What... on Earth? What was that look in his eyes? Being unable to understand sympathy (or protectiveness for that matter!), she didn't quite understand why he was giving her such a weird look.
So... Even knowing he was in danger, he didn't believe she'd do anything? That almost made her want to pull a stunt just to prove him wrong! But... Alice managed to restrain herself. Still, the urge was strong enough that the light above their table dimmed suddenly, before returning to normal. "I.... see..." She stared at him for several moments, trying to organize her thoughts. "I'm not underestimating you. Merely warning." She didn't seem to realize that it could have come off as a threat. Being as antisocial often made it difficult reading into what people said.. Often times, this left her confused. Especially when sarcasm was used...
"Wait... You didn't just ask me to come for no reason? What was it then?" Her head tilted, trying to figure out what reason he'd have to invite her other then just for the hell of it. He didn't quite know she was a mutant at the time.... So maybe he'd just been trying to make sure she wasn't near that man when he woke up...
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 16, 2011 13:47:49 GMT -5
Night Wolf looked away from her again as she asked her question. He had noticed the dimming light earlier as well, but he didn't care. His focus was on figuring out how to deal with this strange feeling he had had since he saw this girl.
" Uh, um, well it was because I felt something around you that I haven't ever felt before. And its, well, its been making me act weird around you as well." Night Wolf said in a half stammer. " But it's not like I think anything is wrong with you or anything like that! It's more of, uh, it's more of I feel drawn to being around you. I'm not sure if that makes any sense."
He had ended up blushing by the time he had finished talking. He felt like an idiot now and really wished the food had gotten brought to the table so he could just eat the emotion away, or at the very least make it lessen. He wasn't completely sure what he felt himself. This was going to take some time and effort to try to make it so she could understand it.
" I feel more comfortable around you then I do around anyone else. I'm not completely sure how to explain it." Night Wolf said to her in a nervous voice. " I just really like being around you I guess even though we just meet."
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Post by alice on Jul 17, 2011 15:22:21 GMT -5
What on Earth could he mean? What did he feel around her? And why was the emotion, whatever it was, strong enough to actually affect his personality and demeanor? Was it a good, or bad feeling he had? There were so many questions. Sadly, she couldn't answer a single one.
"Maybe it's just because our powers share a common element?" It was the only idea she could think of that might 'attract' him to her. Not to mention, it was the only theory her mind could comprehend. Anything else was just.... Ludicrous.
It seemed the staff was taking their sweet time with bringing out Night's order. And this man seemed determined to continue talking until that happened.
She honestly didn't understand why he was so determined to believe it was safe around her. That she was someone he could treat like anyone else, and be comfortable with. It actually annoyed her that he was so quick to judge her character upon one meeting. "I don't think you should be making assumptions about me after such a short time. In this world, all that'll do is get you killed."[/b[
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 17, 2011 15:46:47 GMT -5
Night Wolf listened to her. He could feel that way because of their powers being of a similar type, but he had never meet another person with similar powers before outside of his animal side. He had a feeling though, that it might have started that way but it had changed for some reason. Why did he feel this way and what could have made it change? He wasn't sure to any of those answer, but he didn't have time to think about it before something caught his attention.
Night Wolf could smell the scent of gunpowder and blood mixed in with the smell of meat cooking. Something had happened in the kitchen, and someone was hurt from a gun shot, if they weren't already dead. He glanced around the room they were in and noticed something he couldn't believe he hadn't before, all of the guests had disappeared. How could he have fallen for a simple illusion so easily and what was going on? This wasn't a good situation at all. He stood up and looked over at Alice, who didn't seem to have noticed yet or didn't care if she had.
" Alice, I want you to stick very close to me. We are going into the kitchen." Night Wolf said to her in a cautious voice. " And be very careful when we get in there, I don't know what we will find."
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Post by alice on Jul 17, 2011 16:13:03 GMT -5
Whether Alice had noticed, or cared, was a mystery. If she did notice, why hadn't she spoken up? If she did care, she would have alerted him. And if you asked, you were likely to get no response. She had little care for the affairs of humans, why should she even bother involving herself if something were to happen to them? Either way, it pointed towards her having a twisted personality.
His standing was only met by a blank stare, as if wondering why he would bother going to search the Kitchens, or why he wanted her to come with him. "Does it matter who or what is spilling blood? Should you, who has little love for conflict, involve yourself?" Something was different... A dark smirk on her lips as if she thought this whole situation amusing. No, something had changed the moment his guard went up. It was still Alice, of course, but her personality seemed more extreme, more.... Sinister.
None the less, the girl rolled to her feet, still acting as if his caution was humorous. Hey, she was a psychopath! Why wouldn't it be funny to her? Not to mention... If something bad had happened.... All the better.
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 17, 2011 16:27:15 GMT -5
Night Wolf walked towards the kitchen with Alice next to him. He wish he knew what was going on so he could have gotten Alice to a safe spot. She may have been powerful and could handle herself for all he knew, but he wasn't about to let someone else get into a fight that he could resolve.
" You miss understand something about me it seems." Night Wolf said to her in a low voice. " I don't like conflict, but I hate it when someone is hurt. I will not let something like this pass when there might be something I can do to help, even if it involves me having to get into a fight."
They had come to the kitchen enterance. Night could hear voices, but someone without increased hearing might not be able to. He kept hear what sounded like the words 'payment' and 'mutant' keep being used. He wasn't sure what had happened in there,but he knew without a doubt now that he had to do something.
" Keep as quiet as you can." Night Wolf said to Alice in the low voice from before.
He moved into the kitchen without making a single sound, something he had learned to do after all he had been through until now. As he got into the kitchen, he saw several men with guns who had the cooks and workers jam-packed into a corner, and three men standing near a man with a bloody arm. A man in an expensive suit was the one who had been talking before, he had a wicked grin on his face and a pocket-pistol in his right hand. Before anything else could be said or night could get a better read of what was going on, one of the men with the suited man looked over at the enterance to the kitchen and said, " We have company."
The one who had spoken had a gun in his hand as he had said that and took a shot at Alice. Night barely had time to react to it and get Alice out of the way of the shot. The bullet had bitten into Night's left shoulder.
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Post by alice on Jul 17, 2011 17:02:18 GMT -5
Alice watched him carefully as he lead the way to the kitchen. Why would someone being hurt motivate someone into action? Why did people protect others? These were all questions she'd asked herself many times before.
She didn't respond to anything he said though, just followed in an eerie silence. Obviously, outside the kitchen, she couldn't hear anything that was said from within, but as she crept inside behind him, she could see everything clearly. Still, the girl didn't seem at all worried, about anything. If anything, it almost looked like there was a shadow of smile making the corners of her mouth twitch, but that was crazy! Why would the girl seem almost... exciting?
She blinked when she heard the shot, but didn't move, didn't even flinch, even when Night took the bullet instead of her. She slowly looked at him, no sympathy on her face as her gaze traveled to his shoulder. She couldn't sympathize with him, it was an emotion the girl was incapable of feeling. Maybe now he'd realize that she was a little crazy.
After what felt like several moments (but couldn't have been more then a half a second.), 'true' smile crossed her lips. One that would have been innocent if it weren't for a twisted feel behind it. She looked to the man who had shot her companion for the night. "Is it my turn?" Before anyone could really react, darkness from under the counters leaped out at the man, wrapping around all of his limbs, stretching out until.... He was torn to shreds. Slowly her gaze traveled to the rest of the armed men, as if asking who's turn it was now. Literally... A game. A twisted, violent game...
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Post by Night Wolf on Jul 17, 2011 17:14:13 GMT -5
Night Wolf had seen what she did with her powers, she had the literally manipulated the shadows. He knew what that look on her face meant as well, it was the look of someone who did not see any value in life. As much as he didn't like that look, he needed to do something before she lost all control.
" Alice, I'm your playmate for tonight not these guys. If you do anything else I won't play with you for the rest of the night, now do you want that?" Night Wolf said to her with a smile.
He wasn't sure if his plan would work, but he had to see if he could convince her to stop this before it got out of control. He was sure he would have to deal with Alice though since he had a feeling she wasn't going to listen. All he could do was hope he could get through to her long enough to deal with this mess and get her to calm down.
" Do you understand me Alice? If you kill or harm anyone else in this room, you won't get to play with someone who has similar powers to you. Do you want to pass up on the chance to?" Night Wolf asked her in the same way he had before.
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