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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 5:49:05 GMT
Aisha had napped late in the afternoon, she needed her wits about her. Quinn and her had gone over quite a number of other things, back up plans with back up plans. The woman really was thorough in her work. She did like that about her. Mary was right about bringing her in.
Aisha wouldn't have had the mindset even if she wasn't affected by all this going on to think the way Quinn does. She wondered why Quinn was the way she was, what caused her mind to work the way it did? Maybe she was affected by the wars far more then Aisha was? She didn't know but getting her story would be interesting to say the least. Something to talk about later she presumed as she got out of her room and headed down the stairs.
She walked into the sitting room and saw no one there. The sun had gone down only an hour or so ago and without a banging on the door from her, she knew that it could be a bit longer yet before Mary and Exo rose from their day time slumber.
She sighed and sat on the couch. Her bottle of water from earlier still there. She picked it up to have a sip and her phone began to ring. She answered it immediately. "Hello?" She says with a shaky voice. She didn't look at the number, she wondered if it would be David and her heart pounded in her chest. Then she heard the voice. It wasn't David, her heart sank.
After the first few words her heart began to break even more. It was David, but his voice was different. She held her breathe as she heard their song being sung through the other end of the phone. Tears ran down her face. "David?! David!? Please tell me where you are!? David!? Don't hang up yet!!" She screamed into her end of the phone. Then she hears "Je t'aime mon bel oiseau." Her heart breaks even more. She stands and began to pace "DAVID!! I love you too! Please! Where..." The phone goes silent. She hears water, then nothing.
She is still screaming into her phone not realizing that it has gone silent. "DAVID!!" She drops to the floor, tears pour from her eyes as she holds it close to her chest. "Oh David! Where are you!?" She asks between her sobs of pain.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 5:59:26 GMT
With a sudden growth of shadow, Mary appears standing over Aisha. She slips down to her knees, looking at the distraught witch.
"Aisha?" Her voice is soft, trying to calm. "Aisha?"
She doesn't ask what happened. She had a fair idea already.
"Aisha, this is good. He is alive. He remembers you. He reached out. Think good thoughts from this."
She reached out to stroke Aisha's hair, wipe her tears.
"Would my blood help calm you?" She asks, gently, leaning in to kiss Aisha's forehead.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 6:04:47 GMT
She clings to Mary and holds onto the woman as the tears fall more down her face.
"Mary.." she sobs. "His voice." She can't seem to get it out. "It is wrong." She cries out as if her heart has been ripped from her chest. "They changed it!" She can't seem to breathe as she strangles her hold to Mary. It seems that her hold is tight, as though she is afraid to let go. That if she does, she will fall through the earth, her world would collapse around her. "It's....it's....gone....his voice....it...is different...it was...him...he said" She can't seem to get it out as her chest tightens. Her hand goes to her chest and she holds Mary with her other arm, her body falling into Mary's hold.
"He...he said....beautiful....beautiful bird....loved me...he sang....sang...our..our song" She is a hysterical mess at the moment. She can't really hear what Mary is saying, she only knows the woman is there and the only thing keeping her from having the rug being pulled out from under her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 6:31:07 GMT
Mary holds her, listening carefully to every strangled word. Somtheyd changed him. Taken his voice. Likely more than that, to stop him being identified. She wondered briefly if the morning's broadcast could be responsible, then she thought otherwise. They'd not have had time to react yet. This was already done. This Rene was clever, and clever meant dangerous.
So, she held Aisha, whispering sweet nothings, trying to illicit calm. As she spoke she brushed Aisha's mind with her power, going back to her conditioning techniques, and the calm Aisha had then, trying to bring it forward.
"Shh, little bird. He still loves you, this is proof. Hold that. Hold it tight."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 6:40:00 GMT
Aisha's whole body was shaking with her thoughts, David was different he changed his voice! Would he change his face? Could he? Could he do that like Erskine did with his eyes? Was it possible!? She was struggling to heave in air choking and coughing on each in take as her hysterics climbed even higher.
She didn't feel Mary in her mind, though she some how felt some soft of calming brushing in her, she didn't understand it. She wanted to scream and yell and yet, some how she was quieting down. She didn't put two and two together. She just didn't have the mind set to do so.
Her sobs became quieter though her tears still ran freely down her face. Her nose was running and she was sniffling and holding onto to Mary when the words came out and she looked up at her with blurry vision. "Can he change more? Like Erskine did to eyes?" Her voice was breaking and the words came out garbled and she was trying to wipe her face.
She took Mary's words to heart and she clung to it like her life depended on it. He loved her, still loved her, risked a call out to her. Inside it was like her heart took it and buried it deep within. Something she would never let out again. The calming effect brought her out of the hysterics but didn't quite bring her down enough to consider her calm.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 6:46:49 GMT
She stroked Aisha's hair. "Erskine is most skilled. He has worked on David before. Whatever has been done, he will undo it. You are among friends. We do this for each other. We rely on each other. We defend and protect each other. Whatever you have been told tomthe contrsry by your Tremere friends, we are not the bad guys. We are glad you came to us, that you trusted us with his life. You will not regret your decision."
Her words don't mean too much to a distraught Aisha, but the power they carry says 'be calm' and so she is calm. For now.
Mary looks at the witch, then bites into her own wrist, offering it to Aisha. "You need balance, little bird. Take what is freely given."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 7:09:05 GMT
Aisha calmed down a bit more so that she could hear Mary speak over her sobs, her head was throbbing and each word she clung to. Trying to bring herself in, her sobs turned into quite moments of her trying to catch her breath, she still felt as though her heart would burst from her chest any moment. She want David back, needed him back. She wasn't herself and she was lost in the sea of it all. Why would Rene do this all over again? Why would he put such a strain on them?
If David was risking himself to reach out to her, maybe he broke the voice from his head, maybe the blood was gone from him. He had to be fighting it. Had to be trying to get back to her without her getting caught in the middle. She wanted to hold him, love him. She panted for air, her lips felt numb and started to tingle, she struggles to breathe again, taking a breathe seems like a chore and she can't pull in air.
Her eyes seem to flutter for a moment as she sees the wrist offered to her, she can't think, what is happening? Why can't she breathe? It isn't dark, there isn't blackness swimming around her to engulf her very being, her eyes stare at the wrist. She tries again to bring in a breathe, to get oxygen to her lungs. Moments of gasping for air pass by her and she feels a pounding in her ears, like someone is drumming loudly in her head.
Before she has even a chance to process anything that is happening to her, her mouth closes on Mary's wrist, she doesn't think, just reacts and after what seems like forever, her breathing comes under control, her eyes close as she drinks the crimson liquid offered to her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 8:01:04 GMT
Mary sighs. Though There was no magical Kiss, the feeling of her blood being drawn was still sensual, almost erotic. She wraps her fingers in Aisha's hair and holds her close. "Good little bird, drink long, be strong for your siren. The sky is not yet falling. But it will for Rene, La douche dégoûtante."
When Aisha has had enough, or at least what Mary thinks is enough! She pulls Aisha away by the hair, making soothing dove noises, then cradles the witch in her arms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 9:24:06 GMT
Aisha growled at the name of David's sire and put it to memory as she fed from Mary. Her tears no longer fell and she was calmed with an underlying tone of anger simmering over the entire ordeal of David being taken.
She drank from Mary as long as Mary allowed her to, her nails digging in from the hand that took hold of Mary's wrist. Before she was lost to the complete sweet addiction Mary's hand wrapped in her hair and pulled her away. A moan escaped from Aisha's lips as she was removed. She became almost whiny for a brief moment as Mary's blood sat on her lips and a drop escaped down her chin as Mary moved Aisha to cradle the witch in her arms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 9:40:14 GMT
Mary isn't a neonate, she understands this reaction she has roused in Aisha, and she is more than happy to oblige. Still holding Aisha's hair, she pulls the witch's head to the side and bites without ceremony. There's that rich witch goodness again. Mary relaxes, slows her feeding, thoroughly enjoying herself. No wonder David loves her so much, she thought. I could get used to this every evening, too. But, she knew what David felt for Aisha was more than feeding lust. They had something special. She acknowledged that now. And that was why she would reunite them.
After she was sated, Mary withdrew her fangs, and licked the wounds on both Aisha, and herself. She then leaned in for a chaste kiss from her friend, and sat back on her heels, lightly stroking Aisha's hair.
"Thank you. I needed that. Do you need one of your potions?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 9:50:14 GMT
With all the warning afforded by her hair being pulled back and her neck exposed, Aisha felt Mary's bite. It sent a wave down into her body, her center reeling with this wonderful ecstasy coursing through her. She moaned out from the Kiss as Mary fed, her body all but going laxed.
Aisha closed her eyes and lost herself for the time Mary fed. When she released her from her hold, Aisha rocked her mind back to the present moment. A soft smile on her lips as Mary's lipd brushed hers in a kiss. Her hand moved to stroked Aisha's hair. "Uh? Oh no. I've actually eaten." she replied with a lull in her voice. Still trying to gather her senses.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 10:00:14 GMT
Mary smiles. She'd forgotten what it was like to have someone in the house for feeding. Maybe it was time she sourced some blood dolls of her own.
"I'm glad. Can't have you getting weak." She pulled Aisha against her, still stroking her hair. "I'm summoning a hunter tonight, to find David if it can. Would you like to watch? It is a power few ever witness." Her voice is soft and calming. She was enjoying this quiet moment, just the two of them. She had no regrets over what she and Exo had done to David and Aisha. It had been necessary, and merciful. She hoped there would be no more mistakes, no more punishments.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:00:58 GMT
Aisha has a faint smile on her lips when Mary speaks again, pulling her into against her and playing with her hair. "I would like to, yes." She said softly.
Aisha was calmed to a degree, her tears stopped her mind thinking about what would transpire next. She wasn't sure how much more her heart could take but she would be strong, with her friends near she would be stronger for David. He was going to come home one way or another.
Suddenly there is the sound of an owl coming through the house. Aisha wonders if it is Quinn, but thinks the woman would not make the noises to announce her presence. Within a moment a letter is dropped into her lap and she looks at it.
"Well it seems his number one fan girl has found out." She reads the letter and looks at Mary.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:04:40 GMT
"Who is it from?" Mary asks simply.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:06:31 GMT
"It is from Miss Penrose." She replied. "A few weeks ago, David stumbled upon her being rather curious about Kindred. Saved her from someone and brought her back to my flat. He gave her his cell and some information about Kindred."
She handed the letter to Mary to read.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:08:29 GMT
Mary takes it, and reads. She thinks as she looks at the document.
"How will you reply? You need to, you know, or she will fear for you, too."
Penrose. So she'd gotten a phone then, good. Pity she hadn't thought to share its number. Pity I hadn't thought to give her mine. Oh well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:12:08 GMT
"I can give her a time and date to meet tomorrow evening. I rather not say anything in an owl." She stood and walked to the dinning room, grabbed a quill and began to write out a reply.
"I should think this will work." She looks to Mary and hands her the parchment. "What do you think?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:18:15 GMT
Mary takes it, and reads the quick note. "A restaurant? Why there?" She was concerned a public place might be dangerous ... but public, that in itself should make it safer. Surely they wouldn't do anything in a busy restaurant. Would they?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:27:07 GMT
"It is our restaurant." She says quietly. "Amaya is a beautiful place that serves rather Indian Cuisine. David doesn't eat obviously, but he has taken me there on a number of occasions. Plus it is open. Should anything happen, Quinn would have no worry with space. I can pull Jillian out of there in a blink of an eye. I do worry that it is a muggle establishment, but that shouldn't be an issue. I doubt Rene would want to break the Masquerade. Then he would have more then just the muggle world and us few after him. Though wouldn't it be lovely if he did. He wouldn't be able to rest safely."
She quirked an eyebrow. "Besides, he called me. Maybe he is close. He wouldn't know I was here. He may not know I am not at home. If he can get away, maybe there in public would leave less suspicion on him as well from Rene? I don't know. I just...I hope." She sighs and sits in a chair looking at the owl.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:36:05 GMT
"It is a good hope. Send the owl. I will endeavour to be nearby. And my Hunter will be on the prowl."
Mary had a brief vision of Rene trying something, Quinn responding, Aisha aparating Jillian out, David doing ... something ... and the Maquerade and the Secrecy going out the window. But, right now, it was the only chance they had.
"Just make sure Quinn is with you." She smiles.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:47:29 GMT
"I will." She said quietly as she called the owl back to her and sent the response off.
"Thank you for the comfort. I am sorry I am breaking down so much." She said with a saddened voice.
"It isn't like me. I gather the bond has much to do with the pain and emotions of it all, though even without the bond I would be beside myself."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 22:58:07 GMT
"Yes, the bond makes separation difficult at the best of times. And, you must have tasted him reasonably often since. Your addiction is coming along nicely." She laughs, clearly making a joke, but also making a point. "
I must say something. I would have liked to say it to you both, and I shall when we have him back, but you need to hear it now." She lifts Aisha's face so that they are eye to eye. "I was wrong. While echos rule our life, our unlike, we can feel. We can love. My Sire proved this to me, when he showed me that what I feel for Exo is real, and not the result of centuries of ritual. David loves you, Aisha. It is real. I was always real."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 23:09:15 GMT
She chuckles softly, though she knows she has had in the past an addictive personality, she wasn't aware that this could cause a similar thing. Bullocks She thinks to herself. Well nothing she could do about it at the current moment. She would file that one away for later. Though, what did it matter now?
She pulled herself from her mind as Mary lifted her chin and their eyes lock. She listens to her speak about the echos, that aren't echos and tears form in her eyes again as she smiles up at her.
"I know he loves me. I knew it was real. We both did. They had to be. Love like this, what we have, it can't just be an echo." She stands and hugs Mary. "I hope you have love like this Mary. It is the most wonderful thing" She kisses her cheek and stands back smiling at her. Happy that she understands that it was always real for the two of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2017 23:17:11 GMT
Mary accepts the hug, hugging back. A small thing, an admission of past failings. To fail again, that would be unacceptable. She smiles at Aisha's hope that Mary enjoy the same good fortune. Mary smiles back, touching the place where Aisha kissed her.
"You are an amazing human, Aisha. For all your failings, you have a heart that does not stop. David is lucky to have you loving him."
She looks at the clock. She has time to prepare. She wants this to be perfect. She wants this to work.
"Go do ... things. Whatever you need. Come back just before midnight. I have preparations to make."
Shadows leech from the wall behind her, enfolding her, and she is gone.
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