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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 20:55:14 GMT -5
((Yeah.. I found out my brother is coming home for the weekend which is going to suck because his phone call was the reason my parents decided it was lecture time...))
Autumn looked at the ground, not really wanting to see Daemon's reaction if it was anything like the way her friends reacted. "I can't help but feel like it's my fault somehow," she said. "Like it's karma or something. Or maybe I'm destined to have a shitty life and the year and a half I spent with Chaosti was the only good thing I'll ever see."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 21:11:53 GMT -5
[Ugh, that sucks.]
Daemon looked down at her and said matter-of-factly, "Could be. Happens to some people. But it's mostly just because they believe it so thoroughly, they do it to themselves." He smiled then, an empty smile, devoid of humor. "But sometimes life is just a fickle bitch that likes to give us nice things simply to take them away."
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 21:15:27 GMT -5
Autumn looked up at him, confused. Since it was a dream, there was no way of telling what he was thinking. After figuring out that he wasn't joking around or being sarcastic, she sighed. "Well, that's a decent answer compared to what everyone else is saying," she said. "With them it's all 'You did nothing wrong' and 'It was inevitable' and shit like that. At least you're willing to give me a straight answer. No matter how fucked up and yet strangely believeable it sounds."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 21:20:45 GMT -5
"I don't have much use for bullshit," Daemon said, absently rocking back and forth from his heels to the balls of his feet and back again. "They could be right. But they could also be wrong. There's no absolutes. They're not the ones actually in the situation. What do they know?"
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 21:25:38 GMT -5
"Thank you!" Autumn said, sighing in relief. "No one else seems to get that. And, even though I'm a telepath, I can't bring myself to read either of their thoughts to figure out if it is my fault or not. But even they may not know... It might be a subconscious thing triggered by something I did and they would never know.." She ranted on, turning toward Daemon and not realizing that the incarnations of Chaosti and Edward were slowly fading at the end of the hall.
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 21:36:19 GMT -5
Daemon nodded and said, "Could be. The way I see it, though, is more often than not it's just Fate sitting there laughing its ass off while tugging on everyone's puppet strings. Sometimes shit happens for no reason at all. People like everything to have reasons, though. Ever thought that maybe why you keep trying to find the reason is that it's scarier if there's no reason at all?"
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 21:44:04 GMT -5
Autumn's jaw dropped. She really had nothing to come back with, considering what he said mirrored what she was thinking exactly. She finally composed herself, shaking her head in disbelief, before looking at him. "How is it that my friends spew bullshit for hours on end and you - who's known me for what? We talked for like a half hour maybe? - can articulate exactly what I need to hear?" She finally took that moment to look him over. He was good-looking. Extremely good-looking. Why hadn't she noticed before? He gave off a clear bad boy vibe - a turn on for most girls. But there was more. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew there was more to him than he was letting on. Then she scoffed to herself. It's just a dream... Figments of my imagination.... I'll wake up and all this will be back to the way it was....
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 22:02:55 GMT -5
Daemon gave a little half-smirk and said, "Just talented, I guess." A sudden twinge from the ring finger of his left hand made his dream-self flicker a little before steadying. He muttered a curse under his breath, but otherwise his expression didn't give evidence he'd felt the pain at all. He'd have to find time to milk the snake tooth soon. He could have left then, let the pain wake him, but he wasn't quite ready to leave. He was enjoying himself a little bit. A break from the monotony of other dreamers, who were so easily distracted by random dream figments. He figured she probably wouldn't remember much of the dream when she woke up anyway, so why not stick around? It would pass the otherwise uneventful night hours.
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 22:08:02 GMT -5
Autumn happened to be looking at him as he flickered. "Whoa... What was that? That never happens...." Her mind started working at hyper-speed. Maybe she was really awake and someone had drugged her... Maybe she had sleepwalked into his rom and started talking to him... Maybe she was in a coma and this entire thing was a dream.... Then she looked over to the end of the hall where Edward and Chaosti were before and she stopped thinking of other possibilities. "Oh.. I guess it does happen." She looked back at Daemon and shrugged. "Still weird though."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 22:15:32 GMT -5
"What was what?" Daemon asked innocently because starcrossed is momentarily stuck.
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 12, 2008 22:20:14 GMT -5
"Nothing," Autumn said quickly, not want to look like too much of an idiot, even if it was a dream. "It just looked like you faded for a second then popped back into view." Or maybe I'll just say everything on my mind... That's fine too, she said, mentally scolding herself.
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 12, 2008 22:28:55 GMT -5
"Mm. Happens in dreams sometimes," Daemon commented lazily as he sat down on a stone bench that was suddenly there behind him. "This hall's a bit dreary, don't you think? We should go somewhere else."
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 13, 2008 9:18:01 GMT -5
Autumn nodded. "Sure, I guess," she said. "I'm not exactly sure how to get anywhere else from here, but if you do, please enlighten me."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 13, 2008 14:50:45 GMT -5
"It's simple, really," Daemon said, trying to think of a way to explain it. "You just.. go. Like this." Suddenly, without moving, they were on top of the Astronomy tower, bench and all.
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 13, 2008 16:19:09 GMT -5
Autumn looked around, slackjawed. "How did you... Wait, this is my dream... So, how did I..." She closed her mouth and looked at Daemon, studying him. "I must think really highly of you subconsciously to give you extra powers in my dreams."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 13, 2008 16:24:44 GMT -5
Daemon grinned and said, "Aww, not consciously? Ah, well - you win some you lose some."
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 13, 2008 16:28:49 GMT -5
Autumn smiled. "Well, if I wasn't blocking so damn hard during the day, I'm sure I would have gotten to know you better through your thoughts, but I'm having to go about this the normal way if I want to avoid Chaosti's thoughts."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 13, 2008 16:35:40 GMT -5
Daemon's grin shifted into a thin, sharp smile as he said flatly, "You don't want to be in my head."
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Post by Sharkbait on Aug 13, 2008 16:57:31 GMT -5
"Why not?" Autumn asked, confused. "It can't be that bad. I've heard Logan when he hasn't fed and is on the brink of insanity. Your mind can't be that bad."
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Post by starcrossed on Aug 13, 2008 17:10:28 GMT -5
Daemon gave a small, brittle laugh and said, eyes flat, "Well, if you heard my thoughts then I'd probably have to kill you."
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