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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 8:13:16 GMT -5
!Kane followed her out... "um... well I guess it's about time I show you how this works..." Kane swiped the thin air twice, once high across then diagonally down and he ripped a portal out of it that looked like the world itself was peeling back for him to step through. He looked to her. "I'm not sure where this goes until I get there. The most dead are the priorities so..." He offered his gloved hand.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 8:14:45 GMT -5
!Rose watched him and then took his hand. "Lets go then."
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 8:28:07 GMT -5
They walked through the rip and appeared on the other side which was a bubble city near what was inner city Chicago... He appeared where he always does and as always there was a man of the cloth there in waiting. Kane walked to him and the holy man bowed at him. "Good eve, Kanello."
!Kane nodded to him. "we have little time, father. Please... lead us."
The guilt ridden priest moved them along. "The times have hit the masses harder then normal. besides a few... all by their own hands."
!Kane sighed. "There's little I could do... their souls are condemned for their actions against themselves."
He walked in and the smell was... pleasant... a smell !Kane was well used to, but one !Rose could afford to forget. "Please... don't come to close..." His grip on her hand loosened and he removed his gloves, his cloak, and so forth revealing the classic incarnation of Death we all know... A shrouded figure or darkness his skin pale and almost skeletal. He slammed The scythe to the ground and two portals opened up... one was very dark and the other very light. "Rise..." He muttered and the souls sat up from the dead bodies.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 8:31:06 GMT -5
!Rose just watched and listened silently. Inside the bubble city, it was bright. Artificial sunlight. !Rose squinted slightly and ducked her head down and shield her eyes. It had been a long while since she had been in that much light. She nodded her head as Kane told her to stay back some. "Alright." She watched through the shield of her white bangs.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 8:41:03 GMT -5
Kane saw every death... and his head lowered... the priest wasn't lying... some hung from the rafters, others jumped to their deaths... others killed their families before taking their own lives by the same method... either way... it was all horrible. Some of the souls knew what was coming and began to run, but Kane lifted his scythe to the air and they were rendered immobile. Kane spoke few words. "Those who are to be condemned... face your judgments... to the gates..." He touched the darker portal and like a vortex it drew the souls in screaming and kicking... begging for forgiveness, but it wasn't his to give. He just fulfilled his duty. There were about 4 left... the soul of a child trying to follow her father to the dark portal... !Kane looked down at her and shook his head. "return to your mother, child..." The soul cried. !Kane knelt to the little one. "You're going to a better place..." 1Kane closed the portal to hell and let the one to heaven open fuller so the souls with out unfinished business could make their ways to their judgment in heaven. "May you all make his pass." If not... Purgatory for them v.v.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 8:44:43 GMT -5
!Rose watched, still silent. She was chewing on her lower lip. She could feel all emotions that were coming off of !Kane. She shifted on her feet.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 8:53:33 GMT -5
Those who decided to go went, those who didn't would see him once more after their unfinished business. The priest in a bit of panic moved to his side... "It's too late... they know you're here." !Kane closed his eyes and about 5 or 6 women moved to him and began pleading for their husband's souls.
!Kane held out his scythe... "I can't... please... stay back..." One of the women hysterically ran at him and embraced him... "No!" It was too late... the spirit of the woman clung to !Kane and her body from her momentum moved through Kane and to the floor behind him...
"Please..." The soul pleaded in tears. "don't leave me here without him..."
!Kane looked at her and shook his head. "Believe it or not... your alternative is worse..."
Kane moved the soul back in her body and said a few words and the soul was returned and the body regained life.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 8:57:44 GMT -5
!Rose couldn't do much but watch. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the artificial sunlight. She could look up freely now. She was surprised there hadn't been a stir since Resistance members were here. She wasn't complaining though. !Rose fixed her coat and continued to watch with a frown.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 9:02:47 GMT -5
!Kane was not going to continue letting people die by his touch... he quickly ripped the portal open like he did before and beckoned Rose to follow... quickly. As they moved to the next Bubble city... somewhere in South America outside... !Kane was there before she got there... he was down to a knee and he was punching the ground which began to dry up and the grass died in a ring around him... He was in tears... the cloak was back on him and the hood was up... he hated killing people... ironic for the incarnation of Death.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 9:05:01 GMT -5
!Rose nodded her head and followed him through. She blinked as he was hitting the ground. "!Kane?" A small frown flitted back onto her lips. She slowly walked over to him and crouched down beside him.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 9:13:14 GMT -5
!Kane wanted to hug her so bad, but then she'd die too and he'd have that on his conscience. "just... awful... horrible disregard of life..." !Kane was all about life. This job was a curse. Every bit of punishment !Rose could imagine it to be. He sucked it up after his moment of weakness. He rose back up void of emotion... "only about 12 more to go..." He tried hard to trudge on... He met the next holy man... there was a lot of things in a pile for him... offerings... he shook his head. "If you want anything... take it !Rose... It'll just rot in my mouth... it must be an age since you've had actually grown fruit." He moved to the many plots like before, slammed the scythe down and the souls rose from the graves. Again... he made painful assessments of the departed's deaths, and he opened the portals again.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 9:16:08 GMT -5
!Rose would give him a hug later when it was possible for her to do so. "I'm sorry !Kane." She stood with him once he gathered himself, her eyes drifting to the pile. She shook her head. "I don't eat anymore." She did pretty well for a few years but stopped again. "It'll make me sick." Indeed. She watched him go through his processes once more.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 9:26:02 GMT -5
Despite how much he hated this... the more he did it, the more lively his body became. "Don't be sorry... it's nothing to be sorry for... death is the great equalizer... it could do good..." His words were hollow as he said them, but even in his pain he tried to be optimistic... "I do a service..." He kept telling himself as he leaned against his scythe... "This is my life now..." It sounded like he was convincing himself to go on... He looked back to her. "I apologize, Rose... I forgot about that..." He moved to her and nodded to the holy man... "I... would love to know how you do it..." Eating was extremely tedious to !Kane. He ripped open the portal to the next job. There wasn't anyone there so they could talk without having to run.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 9:29:08 GMT -5
!Rose was once again listening. Something she apparently did very well. Who woulda thought, hm? She shook her head at him. "My body doesn't require it. Food isn't a necessity where I'm from. It's a privilege." She glanced around their next point. "When I was training, I didn't receive any food." She made a face. "I actually ate food for the first time when I was..." She scrunched up her nose and counted. "Two hundred and fifty-nine I believe." Somewhere in there.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 9:41:04 GMT -5
!Kane nodded. "I see... that's not horrible I guess... I've been basically living off of water... and apple sauce... well... sort of... it starts as such." He regloved... and offered his hand. "I don't act like this often... not to your escorts... they wouldn't understand... they wouldn't try... I am glad you came with me." He tried to smile... but it didn't come this time. "I could be me with you here... not this..." He held up the scythe.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 9:44:45 GMT -5
"See, being used to food and not eating is worse." !Rose liked food. She just didn't see the point in wasting her time when she didn't need to. She honestly only ate when she was in extreme depressions. But it had been awhile. "I wanted to come along. I feel bad when you go out alone or I have to send you with guards." Mhm. She took the gloved hand.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 10:00:48 GMT -5
Well... that got him to smile. "I understand, Rose... you have more important things to do, but none-the-less. This is very appreciated. To have an equal..." He smiled fully. "a friend with me..." he would move on to the next bubble city. This one in Japan... and this one always ended up being tough. He walked along and the was an entourage waiting for him... "...shit..." He moved Rose with him to a room and sat just behind the door as the mob pounded on it. "This is where things get difficult." Japanese people and their crazy honor kills... "I am not the hand of death they seek..." He brought up his knees and held them. "All I have to offer is pain..."
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 10:02:22 GMT -5
!Rose very carefully patted him as he sat there. "Would you like me to get rid of them?" She wouldn't kill them but she could make them go somewhere else.
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Post by kane on Dec 9, 2009 10:06:27 GMT -5
!Kane nodded... "I can't do what I need to do with them out there... please... help." He couldn't ask this of anyone else... "I have to take so many more then I intend to here... they just don't bring themselves to defeat... It's not fair..."
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Dec 9, 2009 10:08:17 GMT -5
!Rose yawned quietly and motioned for him to move away from the door. She took a few steps back and opened a portal in front of herself. Translucent it was. She let the door pop open, the mob rush in. And then the mob went through a portal. "Tada~"
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