Day 65 [video]

[burnburnburn]

[Dilandau's out in the grassy land near the beach, sweating from a recent bout of intensive exercise]

Have you finally stopped apologising now? [He doesn't hide the curl of his lip that shows how little he thinks of such gestures] I need a sparring partner, so if any of you demons have a sword and know how to use it, tell me. I start working at dawn.

[He pauses, narrowing his eyes]

And I don't want any of you to start telling me swords don't exist in your worlds too. I'm sick of hearing about how alien you all are.

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[burnburnburn]

Oh.

[He doesn't even try to hide the way his face drops at the news.]

You kept it quiet enough while I was there to help you.

[The severe disappointment is quickly turning into anger as he realises how thoroughly he was tricked. This woman dared play with his interest in order to get his aid? He grit his teeth and glares furiously.]

[bostonhowler]

[She's confused and rolls to sit up so that she can think about this.]

You... didn't know? Everyone's been talking about nothing but for the last week or so. I just assumed you knew.

[She's sorry! She wasn't trying to be a tease. D:]

[burnburnburn]

I'd been in this prison for three hours when I saw you screaming. How was I supposed to know then!?

[She's right, he should know, but he's been ignoring all of those posts full of apologies because he finds that sort of wittering irritating, Now he's let her show him up like a fool.]

Were you making up the hunters too?

[bostonhowler]

I didn't know how long you'd been here. I -

[She breaks off, staring at the camera thing.]

What? No! I don't lie! There's a hunter here. I told you that too.

[burnburnburn]

Don't play innocent with me, woman. I asked you if there were any of your kind here and you told me who hadn't seen any. Are you telling me you're the only human here?

Who do these hunters hunt if they're going after other humans? Are you a criminal?

[bostonhowler]

I told you that I didn't know. I don't know. I haven't met everyone in town.

[And she's met a few that were decidedly not human.]

There are angels of God here. And other people with abilities that aren't human.

And I'm not a criminal! I'm a college kid from Boston! I was kidnapped, just like you were.

[burnburnburn]

[He hisses in frustration at the avoidance]

Who do the hunters hunt and why are you afraid of them?

[bostonhowler]

[She's not avoiding. She's just really, really bad at keeping up a lie.]

They hunted my family. My uncle was killed by one. An aunt. I'm terrified, because I don't want to end up dead.

[She knows this is wrong, but she's going to say it anyways. And beg forgiveness.]

If you don't believe me, ask St. Raphael.

[burnburnburn]

Why were they hunted?

[He's determined to drag something out of her]

Where do I find this St Raphael?

[bostonhowler]

Some sort of clan rivalry thing. It's so old, I can't find any reference to it in the chronicles or in the other records I've managed to dig up. Some might still be in Ireland, but no one knew.

[She's frustrated in not knowing as well. She wants to know why the hunters hate them.]

He and St. Lucifer live in the church I think. I'm not sure. If you go in and say his name, he might appear.

[burnburnburn]

[He's still finding it fishy]

No one knows? Do you live in the sort of land where people can be hacked up and no one cares? What do your magistrates make of it?

[bostonhowler]

Money and influence cover a lot of sins. As does everything simply remaining 'unsolved'.

[Which most of them do.]

[burnburnburn]

I'm going to see if this St. Raphael corroborates your little story..

[bostonhowler]

Be respectful. I have no right to call upon him as a witness, nor do you have the right to interrogate him. Angels are not gentle, though they can be kind.

[Please don't piss off her favorite archangel.]

[burnburnburn]

You've got no right to give me orders.

[He flicks the feed off for now so he can stomp over to the church for some interrogation]