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Post by nightwind on Jan 13, 2009 14:03:49 GMT -5
Night Wind pulled the camera from her bag and checked the shutter speed. This was an excellent part of town for a photographer! Old edifices with carved facades from decades past filled the place, as well as newer more modern structures that were intersperced with the other landscape. She was sure to take some good pictures here that would get a high price from her publisher. She still couldnt believe her good fortune at finding a magazine here that needed some new work for an upcomming issue. If it sold well she might land a job as a permanent staff photographer. Although crime photography was more along her line of work, she needed money for rent for an apartment here and this looked like the best way to earn it. Standing back and scanning the selected architecture she found what she was looking for along the upper edges of the buildings in front of her. Stained glass was big in the art world especially when it was done by hand and looked to be some of the original windows. Somewhere in this city's past there had been a glass worker with a gift with color. She watched the iridescent play of sunlight off the panes of glass and aimed the camera. A rapid whirring and clicking noise as she moved the camera and shot nearly a whole roll of film. She would have to hurry to make it to the magazine and get the other rolls developed so she could select the shots she wanted to sell. Putting it away, she headed off down the hot sidewalk again. Really in need of a drink right now and still had time for a quick one. She walked over to a sandwich shop and stepped inside of the nearly empty store and ordered a soda then paid and slipped back outside. Still not one for crowds she felt better out in the open. More room to react to a danger and less innocent bystanders to worry about hitting. As she drank her soda she looked at the window displays outside and noticed the sky darkening quickly. A storm was coming and she'd be caught in it if she went any slower. She ran quickly along the cement and pushed the door to her publishers building. Locked. "What the hell, it isnt even 5:00 pm. " she heard other doors closing along the street too and people hurring to their cars or the subway. "Odd, maybe some special holiday or something? Well I guess the film will have to wait. Yea right and now we get the downpour, just what I didnt need."
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Post by nightwind on Jan 14, 2009 20:12:37 GMT -5
Hurrying quickly to avoid the coming storm clouds and the worst of the rain, Nadia Elena runs faster and turns down a sudden alley that she knows is a shortcut to the next street where she had seen an apartment for rent. Having her backpack over her shoulder made it easier to run and keep her hands free. As she raced past a large dumpster, she heard a commotion at the end of the alley. The closer she got she noticed a group of young kids argueing and shoving someone around. Not usually one to interfere in things like this, she was tempted to turn and go down a secondary alley. When the one being tormented cried out for help Night stoped. Dropping her pack and pulling her 9mm from the shoulder holster she called to them calmly. "Unless one of you wants to see how good a shot I am you all need to move back away from him and leave him alone." Standing in a relaxed stance, her gun ready in her hand she waited having warned them. If they backed down she would do nothing. Only seconds passed but some of the kids it seemed forever. Finally one shoved their victim against a brick wall. Night aimed and pulled the trigger. A single shot took the young man in the arm. Angry and embarrassed at being bested by a single female he turned and prepared to rush her. Shoving the gun in her holster with a curse she grabbed him by the wrist and forearm and flipped him onto his back and shoved a knee between his shoulder blades. "Now unless the rest of you want to see me really upset, let the boy go. Once you do I'll let your leader go too. " She could easily have broken his arm or snapped his neck but she only wanted to scare them off. The streets were bad enough without them harassing the humans on the streets. Besides none of them smelled different to her than the other humans she knew. And this close to a full moon, the smell of blood in the air only made her hungry. She looked over and saw the young boy move back away scared as well and run off down the narrow side path.
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Post by Haru on Jan 20, 2009 16:48:15 GMT -5
Haru hummed to himself silently as he walked around the downtown. He was licking his lip, as he just had quite a... refreshing meeting with this one human girl. Satisfied for the night, he simply decided to enjoy a nice walk in the peaceful night. But suddenly the silence of the evening was disturbed by the sound of a single gunshot being fired. Being a curious fellow, he started making his way twords the source of the sound. As he passed one of the smaller side paths, some youngster came out running from it, clearly frightened. Rising an eyebrow, he decided to leave the boy alone, while quietly stepping into the path. Soon enough, he could feel the sent of several people...mostly simple human guys...and a different scent... a lycan, and a female one to. His smirk widened slightly...this could turn out quite interesting. Coming up to the end of the path, he closed in just enough to see what going on, but far enough to stay unseen. For now, he would simply watch the situation unfold.
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Post by nightwind on Jan 24, 2009 17:45:07 GMT -5
Her ears caught sound of nearly silent footsteps as they walked past along the street on the other side of the alley. Interesting but it could just be someone headed home. Might even be that lycan she met at the cafe. Then as the fleeing steps of the young boy faded she heard the other footsteps stop. Hmm might be nothing but still. "Well you're in luck tonight." she stood letting the leader up off the ground still keeping an eye on him and the last of the boys. She just hoped their victim managed to get far away. "Get your stuff and get out of here! If I find you bothering younger kids again I wont go as easy on you next time." The boys looked to their leader then broke for any exit they could find. He simply looked at her with a sullen anger his face scraped up from being pinned to the asphalt beneath her knee. Spitting on her boot covered foot he swore at her. "Fuckin bitch! Who made you the police any how? His hand kept inching for his left pocket where she was positive he had a knife. Her feet shifted on the pavement slightly as she shook her head in warning "Didnt learn your lesson did you? leave it in the pocket and go. Trust me you dont want to know if my shooting is faster than your hand going for your weapon." she lifted the gun slightly so he could see it aimed at his knee.
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Post by Haru on Jan 24, 2009 18:30:23 GMT -5
Haru stood there silently, holding in his laughter. Seeing all of the punks run away like little kids was just too amusing. Scardy cats got frightened by a girl with a gun...hilarious. Although he had to give it to her that she was quite a ferocious gall...one could expect that from a lycan. He raised an eyebrow looking at the leader though... how defiantly he face the girl. He noticed his hand going for the pocket of his jacket...he probably wanted to pull out a dagger or something. illy fellow,brining a knife into a gun fight... Haru was smart enough to carry around both. Carefully, he reached into the sleeve of his vest,and pulled out one of his Stingers... not sure what he intended to do with it yet...he just felt silly not holding any weapon, even if he was still hidden...
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Post by nightwind on Jan 25, 2009 16:33:18 GMT -5
Nadia stood there her gun still aimed at his kneecap, however unconcerned by his tough attitude. He was just a kid with no idea who he was facing. She didnt need the gun to keep him from harming her but it was better than letting the person she sensed watching her know she was something other than human. Seeing him stand there all cocky as he struggled to debate the wisdom of his options she paused to give him at least a few more minutes. When his hand dropped to his side,having given up the idea of pulling his knife, he shot her one last angry look "I'll find you some other time when you're alone bitch" then he turned and strode off angily down the side of the alley headed straight past a beat up dumpster beside a door to some old restaurant.towards the stranger. Well now this might just prove interesting indeed she decided and put the gun away. Following him to the entrance she waited in the shadows to see what happened as he left. Would the stranger intercept him or just let him pass?
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Post by Haru on Jan 26, 2009 8:57:56 GMT -5
Haru couldn't help but to cackle to himself.Seeing the guy walk away like an angry puppy was truly a barrel of laughs. He kept laughing even when the young mobster came closer to the side alley he was lurking in. Once the boy noticed him, his scowl got even angrier then earlier "What are you laughing at, punk?" Haru scratched his chin, still laughing at the guy" Gee,I don't know...the sight of you guys being bossed around by the big mean lady was just to funny. Ya know, for someone with a mouth like yours, you don't seem to have the spine to back those words up" he said, stifling his laugh slightly. The mobster, now practically shaking with anger, without thinking much, puled out his knife from the pocket "Thats it,you're gonna ge..." he was interrupted, as another knife was put to his throat, while his hand was being griped tightly by the wrist by Haru " Now,now...we don't need to get all aggressive now,do we?" he said, squeezing the youngsters wrist more, not enough to break it, but to cause pain, yes indeed. His smirk even wider, he looked in the eyes of the now frightened boy " You're lucky I'm in a good mood...scram, or Ill make a bloody mess out of you" With that, he turned around, and shoved him into the dark alley. The mob leader, not thinking much, ran away as fast as he could. eating out a small sigh, Haru came out of the alley,looking into the now shadowed figure of the girl." Well then...that leaves only the two of us,hmm?" he said, twirling his Stinger in his fingers idly
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Post by nightwind on Jan 30, 2009 20:17:06 GMT -5
Looking at the stranger, Night Wind stood there her arms crossed casually over her chest. Her hands were within easy reaching distance of both of her weapons although she doubted whe would need them. She quietly waited as he dealt with the boy. When she saw him leave the narrow corridor to stand there looking at her she was forced to rethink the wisdom of being out late in this setting afterdark. "Well that leaves the two of us...." Yes it did leave them both there in the alley. The question on her lips was whether it would be simply them meeting or if the weapon he twirled in his fingers was a taunt or bluff. She didnt really want to have to test her skills in close quarters. Besides after the public dressing down she recieved from Ike in the subway her ego and standing in the lycan community couldnt stand another case of her disregarding her pack leaders rules. To put this newcomer at ease she relaxed her stance letting her arms hang at her sides her hands in the open unarmed at the moment. "Yes I guess it does. you handled yourself well stranger. I dont often run into others at night in the alleys. However I cant just stand there and let someone intimidate another person just because they percieve them as weaker." She looked around for a moment. "I guess his victim got away safely at least. I owe you my thanks for your help in scaring him off"
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Post by Haru on Feb 3, 2009 19:52:04 GMT -5
Haru watched as the girl relaxed her stance slightly, standing unarmed, but having her weapon close to reach. She didn't seem to want a fight. Thats a shame, he thought to himself. He got slightly rilled up after her little display with the mobsters. But he wouldn't just come at her first and try to stab her or anything. It wasn't his style. Plus, she was quite a peaty sight to look upon...it would be a shame to scare such a pretty face.
He stepped closer to her, hiding his stinger back under his sleeve for now. As he neared her, he could feel more of her scent. Earthy, like any lycan, but also quite fresh. Must be a recently newborn, he concurred. He scratched his head after she stopped talking " Yeah, I saw some boy run out one of the alleys... I kinda followed his trails. The nerve of the youngsters today...gangin up on defenseless people like that...or so they thought" he smirked at her" You did pretty well yourself miss. Though I bet the gun helped alot. Anyways I don't wanna be rude...The name's Haru" he finished, offering his hand for a friendly shake
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Post by nightwind on Feb 6, 2009 14:25:36 GMT -5
Good choice to put his weapon away, she thought to herself. Then seeing him move even closer with that smirk on his face she began to question her choice to stand down. Though it galled her to feel she was being taunted she forced herself to remain relatively calm.
She accepted his handshake offer of greeting yet was unnerved at the coolness of his skin. Vampires always left her wondering how they could stand to be so cold all the time. Her own lycan blood ran hotter than a humans would which made it easier for her to tolerate winter, but it didnt mean she liked the cold.
After shaking his hand she introduced herself briefly "Im Nadia, and you are?" she paused waiting.
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Post by Haru on Feb 7, 2009 17:43:46 GMT -5
Haru smirked as their hands touched, him shaking her vigorously. He could clearly feel she belong to the lycan species now, her hand a lot warmer then an average human, and the earthy scent coming from her. Altough, he had to say it felt nice this one time. Her natural smell seemed to meld well with the one of a lycan, making a quite refreshing mix
He raised an eyebrow however after she introduced herself. Nadia... quite an exotic name. But why did she ask for his? Was she def or something. he cough slightly, before saying " Kehm,pardon me if I said it to quietly, but my name is Haru. A pleasure to meet you. Now,what is a nice lady like you doing out in the streets at late night? Even with you're strength, it ain't the safest place to be" he said, his smirk over present on his mouth.
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Post by nightwind on Feb 9, 2009 20:40:54 GMT -5
Mentally kicking herself at her faux pax Nadia pretended not to notice her slip at being so distracted to not notice his telling her his name earlier...It was just being this close to a vampire, as well as actually touching his living, um unliving flesh of his hand..
Shaking herself out of her mental stupor before messing up again. "I realize its not a good time to just wander. I was out taking some pictures to my publisher to sell to him after developing them. The place was already closed for the night, then it started raining on top of everything else today so I just ducked in the alley looking for a short cut back to my apartment." she paused rubbing her arms. "You know the rest pretty much. The bullies in the alley and all."
Nadia was trying hard to follow her pack leaders rules but damn if it wasnt hard to stay calm around a vampire. Even when the vampire behaved so civilly to her. If Haru could act normally so could she.
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Post by Haru on Feb 13, 2009 16:22:50 GMT -5
Haru couldn't help but to snicker at he girl, trying his best to make it sound like a silly chuckle. He could notice her uneasiness. He guessed she didn't have much experience with vampires till today. All the more fun to him, anyways. He nodded once or twice as she spoke about how she got here, and then answered her himself: "Ahh,I see.So,you're a reporter or something like that? One can get some nice shoots in the night...and yeah, the rain was pretty bad timed...I was at my friends house when it was raining though...When I was on my back home, I saw some boy run out of an alley...and you know the rest I presume".
He then half smiled, half smirked at her" But the bullies are taken care of, the rain stooped, and the night ain't over...watch planing to do now,hmm?" he asked her. With that knowledge, he would figure out just what to do with this young lycan he found
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Post by nightwind on Feb 14, 2009 21:05:16 GMT -5
Not wanting to give the vampire a way to find her easily Night chose to keep that part secret. So he wanted to know what her plans were eh? Well she was tempted to toy with him for sport though she knew the price she would pay she chose not to for now. This vampire was more skilled she felt than she would be for a long time. The night moon called to her and she longed to answer though her body fought its deep earthy song off for a while more.
"For now I'll take my film back to my place to wait out the night. Then perhaps get in a late late movie somewhere."
She wouldnt give him more information about her than needed until she knew she could trust him.
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Post by Haru on Feb 15, 2009 16:11:12 GMT -5
Haru licked his lip slightly as she answered, in a slight annoyed way. She was playing it carefully. He couldn't blame her though... she could feel he was a vampire probably just as well as he could feel her. Of course she would be careful. Although, if she didn't trust him at all, why didn't she attack him yet? This was one thing he didn't like : indecisive people. for him, it was either one way, or the other, kill, or walk away, eat or not,and so fourth. But no, everyone else had to try and find some other, beater way. Damn them all
Shrugging in the back of his head, he said " Ahh, I see...mind If I tag along for a while? You never know what happens next...you might not get so lucky next time..."
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