spilling blood in the night

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Bikeana had no more comments on the heart. She was still curious about it, She likes disguisting things. Why? nobody knows, probably because it would make her even more fierce and hard creature.

She lifted an eyebrow. A human servant? Bikeana was one of those euclides who hated humans. She thought of them as an inferior species, she only looked at one side and that was enough for her. After he was done, she paused. "Why would you let a human in your precious theatre?" she said moving over to his side, still looking him in the eye.

"yaknow, I never thought about having a casts. How is it?" she said in a playful smile and started circling him. Her crimson tial swished about at his question. "No, I haven't met many along my road of life. Prehaps we will meet someday. Would you like a bite to eat?"

[Amaryllis]

Kael scowled, as though he was indignant that there had been even a suggestion of him having anything to do with Ava's presence. "Believe me, it's not something I take a great lot of pride in," he said quickly. "She cleans and keeps things tidy until we can get a puppet or two to take care of that for us. As soon as there are more of us, her services will no longer be needed." He followed this with a resolute nod, suggesting that he would see to her disposal himself.

"A cast would be pleasant enough, I suppose, as long as you're with the right group," Kael smiled. Clearing his throat in what he judged to be a rough way, he added, "Bothersome as those ladies can be, it's nice to have someone who depends on you." He supposed, after he stopped talking, that he sounded like a complete idiot saying something that was so obviously meant to make him look manly. However, he figured that if Bikeana found him irritating, she would have slashed him up and left a while ago.

Despite this logic, he was a bit surprised when she invited him to share her prey. "Certainly," he said, ignoring the fact that he ought to be able to make his own kills, and that he needn't accept a meal from a female, as Sibine often informed him before passing him his share of the result of her hunting. He stood but waited politely for Bikeana to proceed to the human's body first.

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Bikeana smiled at his scowl. "I see, would you need any help in...... relucating her?" she said in a cursty and a menacing smirk. She knew that he didn't suggest Ava cleaning up the theatre, she just wanted to see him react. How fun!

"yeah, in the right group. The casts I was in last time, was a rough bunch. Always fighting. From then I decided to be alone." Her tail swished again. She smiled at the commnent, "oh yes I know, Kael." she said in a tone obviously teasing him.

Bikeana swished her tail again. This would be the first time in a long time that she had a meal with someone else. She wondered if she would be protective-whether she wanted to or not. She stalked down to the body, and dragged it out. Oh the lovely smell filled her nose, it was like a satin curtain against your skin. Well, thats what it was like to her. Kael, might be different from a Blood. She stuck her head into the very bowls of the body. Her coat and blood staind skin, became one.

[Amaryllis]

Kael smiled vaguely. "I think I can handle it," he said, his eyes sparkling. He had to force down a laugh at the thought of what Sibine's expression would be if the two of them came marching into Falichesco, demanding that Ava be brought out from wherever she might be sulking at the time. Though it was an amusing thought, he was well aware that, if he ever did anything of the sort, the rest of his life sharing a theatre with Sibine would be complete hell. Of course, he would never admit that a marionette could cause him any grief, though Sibine would declare it very loudly if he ever brought up the topic of permanently ridding the theatre of Ava.

"Mm," Kael said after Bikeana was done speaking, taking on a sympathetic tone. "Not much of a cast, if they're always -" He stopped as her second comment sank in, and he began to laugh. It was the first time in quite a while that he had done such a thing; certainly he had chuckled here and there, but never a belly laugh like this. "Thank you for the vote of confidence," he replied wryly, before rising and following her to the kill.

"Beautiful," he commented as Bikeana dragged her kill out, admiring the cleanness of the murder. All it had taken was a few clean cuts in the right places - Sibine's kills, though filling, were always a jumble of slashes and bites that almost gave Kael a headache to figure out. Settling down on the other side of the body, he bared his teeth and tore off a choice piece of flesh, swallowing moments later and nodding in satisfaction.

"You've abandoned your old cast, and rightfully so," Kael began after he had taken a few more bites, "but do you live near any others these days?" Though he had seen few other Euclide other than the ones he shared a theatre with, he was curious what sort of Euclide this female associated herself with.

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"aw, what fun it could've been." she said innocently evil. If you could put it that way. She wandered what it would be like having a neat freak human-thats how she pictured it, tiding up the theatre. And what did that.... human, think of the Euclides? Does she even know who she was hanging out with? Does she see the kills brought in? All these things plague'd the Blood femme.

What a laugh he gave! It made her giggle. She too, hadn't laughed a good laugh-not an evil one, in awhile.

At his comment she said "Yes, quite a picture." she said at the erm, lovely sight. She liked it clean, all the more to eat than having slash marks take up space. At least to her that was logic.

After indulging herself for a few minutes, she decided to tell him. "I live alone, I don't have anyone else there." she said quietly. Some Euclides liked being alone. Bikeana felt like she had to be alone, not because she liked to.

[Amaryllis]

"Mm," Kael nodded, before tearing off another piece of flesh and chewing thoughtfully. Somehow he wasn't surprised; though Bikeana certainly was entertaining to spend time with, he didn't see her as being the incredibly social type. He, of course, was social by necessity - though his theatre was full of other ... interesting Euclides, the hunting was excellent and the building was roomy and full of interesting things, such as books. This, coupled with the fact that Kael had found a very nice place to store things among the rafters, meant that the murder type was going to be sharing his home for years to come.

Kael reached up and wiped a splash blood off of his muzzle with a paw. Shaking his head and letting little flecks of crimson scatter the grass, he turned to regard Bikeana again. "So," he said, smiling almost playfully, "are all the other Euclide just not worthy of your presence?" Laughing a bit to himself, he tore off another chunk of meat, not realizing that he might have just opened up a can of worms.

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Knawing on a rib bone, she paused to think of what to say next. Kale was entertaining also, He talked to a heart, after all. Using her paws and mouth she brung out a heart. "Another for the collection." She said teasingly and knocked it his way. She hoped he wouldn't take it the wrong way, she just liked to tease. Usually her 'play' was more hurtfull.

She went into her anthro form, and like him wiped the blood off her muzzle. She usually liked the feel of blood settling into her fur, but she had company did she not? Then to his comment she gave a playfull smirk. "oh yeah?" she siad putting her hands on her hips. Then she reached into the carcus with her hands, and flicked some blood onto his face laughing playfully.

(O.o I am so sorry, I can't keep a mean character for my life. XD)

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(( Join the club. :B God, I know some Euclide that would love to beat these two up right now.... *giggle* ))

Kael eyed the heart, then turned to Poppy, who was resting comfortably several places away. "Poppy needs a friend?" he laughed, before pulling Poppy over near him and sitting him beside the much stiller heart.

Taking another bite, he realized that Bikeana had not answered his question, jesting as he had been when he had asked it. Okay, he thought to himself. Perhaps that's a topic we don't want to talk about. He certainly knew that, if asked about past love affairs, he would probably have to make whomever posed the question feel quite a lot of pain. There were simply things that one did not discuss.

He was jerked rather violently out of his reverie by the splash of something cool and red all over his face and front. "'Ey!" Kael cried, trying his best to sound indignant and wounded as he, too, shifted into anthro form. As soon as he was finished rubbing blood out of his eyes, he growled in mock-ferocity that, he realized, probably made him look like an overgrown pup. He also realized that, as long as there was no one else about, he didn't care very much how he looked. After all, Bikeana had started it.

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(lol
Bikeana:whats so funny about that?! O,o)

The not so blood raving femme also laughed with him. She looked thoughtfully at the two hearts. One beating away, the outher soon to be full of maggats and rotting flesh. he's a nice discovery if I do say so myself. She thought.

As Kael jerked back Bikeana laughed hysterically. She got down on her four paws, still in her anthro form and growled back. Her tial swished violently. She didn't realize how early it was getting, the sky was turning dusky grey to yellow-orange. It was spreading like spilled water paints onto paper.

Bikeana then layed back on a log. "I'd like to meet your fellow euclides." she finally said after noticing the sun rising.

[Amaryllis]

"Oh, that's nice," Kael said with a smirk as Bikeana laughed at him. He shifted back into his preferred form, that of a four-legged cat, and curled up beside what remained of the carcass. He pulled Poppy gently over with his teeth, careful not to pierce the fragile organ, and, once the heart was safely situated between his paws, began to groom his vermilion-splashed front with his rough pink tongue.

Using this moment as an excuse not to talk, he began to consider things. As he watched the sun rise out of the corner of his eye, he could just see Bikeana, reclining against a log, her pretty red fur still tinged with the remains of her meal. It was nice to finally have met someone that didn't mind him relieving a bit of stress. He assumed, since she hadn't left after learning about Poppy or seeing him boast and growl like an absolute moron, that she wouldn't mind him reading occasionally or exploring the rafters of Falichesco. Perhaps -

Scowling a bit, he found that he had suddenly thought back to years long past. He tried to avoid doing this if at all possible, but it was sometimes unavoidable. He remembered many lessons he had learned - every time he had opened up or let loose to anyone, especially a female, what had happened? He had been used, rejected, had his strength and abilities questioned to the point where he had been forced to leave the area for the shame of it. Damn it, he thought to himself, and he quit grooming himself to look up at the golden sunrise.

It was a moment longer before Bikeana made her not entirely subtle suggestion. Kael blinked his eyes, and thought for a moment, but he saw no harm in showing Bikeana his friends. After all, Sibine needed to get out more and see how much better Euclides were to spend time with than humans, and it couldn't hurt for Isi to meet someone new. And then there was the feline, Bindikaei, who had just arrived days ago - Kael wanted to speak with her a bit more, as well. And plus, he thought, I can show off the theatre.

"Are you sure?" he asked, his eyes twinkling in the new light. "All right, but I've warned you. If you'd like to come right now, they should be awake."

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Bikeana also shifted back into her 'natural' form. She started stretching. She hadn't have fun like this since her brother's ego got the best of him. She hadn'd has many good memories, her father was always pressing her to be a great hunter and be ruthless. He did that to all his family members. He was like a army sergant. Her mom, who was alot more mello than dad, was a very moody blood. She probably had Music down the line and thats probably were Bikeana got her eyes.

She decided to groom aswell, if she wanted to meet his 'casts'. For this she shifted form again. Using her claws she sorted the dirt and blood and combed it right out. Her ears twitched in contentment. Preening, wasn't a priority to her. Maybe it should've. Her mom tought her how important grooming was, but her dad always got in a fight with her when she did that 'sissy' stuff.

Finally, The sun pelted her body. It was so warm and cozy compared to bitterness of last night. But she had company to wear away the nipping chills. Her lovely red and white tial slashed the dirt around her.

She got up and walked towards him. "I'm sure. Lead the way." She siad and lifted her head to look around the Churchyard.

[Amaryllis]

"It's not too far from here," Kael assured his companion, stretching his limbs and starting the walk through the tombstone-scattered land toward his home in the distant towns. "I do a lot of my hunting near here, actually. It's not just humans that frequent this area, you know." As bothersome as it was, Kael had to hunt other sorts of prey, simply because it was difficult for Ava to eat her own kind. He usually made Sibine hunt for her little pet, but she didn't always want to go out, and, proud and strong as Kael was, Sibine had sharp teeth.

Kael walked quietly for a while, before he felt the urge to chat with Bikeana again. It wasn't often that he had such enjoyable conversation. "So, tell me," he said, after admiring a particularly intricately carved gravestone, "you must have had a family back in your old cast. What were they like?" It seemed, after all, as good a conversation topic as any. Kael hadn't had a particularly interesting family, but he knew that others had. He figured, anyway, that Bikeana's family couldn't have been too bad, wonderful as she was. Silly Kael.

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The walk was good, Keana would have to walk quite awhile for a stubile prey items before she could contain her violent need for blood. She tried to read the tombstones, many were victims to her. Sometimes Keana would find herself killing just for a sip of fresh blood. Who would want tainted blood?
Finally she gave him a response. "oh, so you are a big hunter aren't you?" she said nudding his shoulder with hers, again teasing him.

Her light smile became a blank expression. "Well." She started unsure about what to say. Her now beige silky tial twitched in disconfort. "To put it bluntly, we weren't much of a family." She said thinking of her next sentence. "Daddy always expects so much from us. We are his little soldiers of destruction and massacre." she said rolling her eyes. Now she'd get emotional. "mums moody but mothering. They always fight. They even injure themselves" she said in a quivering vioce. "Thats all I want to tell you Kael." She said and picked up her pace.

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(forgot to tell you, your a great rper. I love rping with you. I like the funny comments you put in like "and, proud and strong as Kael was, Sibine had sharp teeth.")

[Amaryllis]

(( =^^= *BLUSH* Thanks much. <3 You're not too bad yourself, you know. ^_~ Bikeana's such a sweetheart, and you play every aspect of her so well. *grin* She and Kael are quite a pair, no? ))

"Oh, of course," Kael said gruffly at her comment about his hunting. He wiggled his ears a bit at the nudge but did nothing otherwise. It had been so many years that he wasn't entirely sure how to react; he decided to simply put it out of his mind.

As soon as Keana started discussing her family, Kael knew that broaching the topic had been a huge mistake on his part. He might have been a withering flower as she talked, his ears slowly drooping as she talked. Oh, no, he thought frantically - he could see tears coming to her eyes. How the hell was I supposed to know...? He quickened his pace as well to keep up with poor Keana, trying desperately to think of something to say.

"I'm so sorry," he began, his voice full of pity. "Really, I had no idea, or I wouldn't have brought it up...." He paused for a moment, thinking. "I don't know," he began, "perhaps your father was trying to protect you. If your cast was as rough as you say it was, I'm sure he didn't want you getting hurt. It doesn't sound like he went about toughening you up the right way at all, though, and I can't imagine what that must have been like for you." He stopped for a moment to search her face for some sign of whether or not his talking was doing any good. "I'm sure they loved you," he added. How, his mind added involuntarily, could they not?