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tushanshu_ooc2017-01-24 10:01 pm
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[Devin isn't at all put off by the blood-stained smile. He's seen versions of it before, though not often so gentle.]
I fight for a living against very nasty creatures. It's by no means a noble enterprise, but it's the path I've chosen to walk.
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[There's a bit of a self-deprecating laugh at that, though it's nothing bitter or biting. Just amused.
...yep. Totally not the first time he's heard something like this, Devin. Fai just nods.]
There's nothing wrong with fighting for a living. My companions have done that a time or two to support us in different worlds while we travel. What sort of creatures do you fight?
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[Devin doesn't answer the last question immediately, keeping the tension it triggers from becoming visible. Fai's companions don't provide much comfort that his own chosen path would be taken well.]
Predators of humans. Vampires, [he replies, looking anywhere but Fai. It may be obvious he doesn't like talking about this.] My own kind.
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[It's a flippant comment, meant to hide a lot of very raw emotion that comes with the blood on his clothes. It mostly succeeds, too. Except that a moment later he goes very pale--more pale than he already was, anyway--and gets very quiet for the span of a few heartbeats. Just long enough to realize that he can't react like this if he's going to have a prayer of staying alive.]
You're a vampire?
[It's said with the same lightness to his voice as before, the same carefree tone that one might use to ask about a book or a pair of socks. He can't undo the damage that silence might have done, if Devin noticed, but he can damn well control his conscious reaction. It's what he does best.]
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Devin notices the pause, the barest traces of tension when he tells Fai what he is. Yet the other man doesn't run from him, and whatever fear that admission may have triggered isn't enough for complete revulsion. The pause is just the slightest of stumbles, and it begs several questions.]
Unfortunately, yes, though not by anything resembling choice. [He doesn't attempt to hide the bitterness in his voice.] It's different here - there's no one from my world but me, and even if there were, I've been told we come back from the dead thanks to part of the spell that brought us here. Hunting wouldn't have a point.
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[He's not going to ask what kind of look he did have. No need to make Devin state the obvious.
Fai stays quiet through Devin's explanation, but it's the attentive, thoughtful sort of quiet. At least until Devin gets to the last part. At the last part he abruptly stops walking, staring over at his new companion in blatant confusion.]
Come back from the dead? That's... that's impossible.
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You'd think it would be, but apparently it's not. [He reaches under his shirt and pulls out a simply-set gem on a cord around his neck.] Everyone brought here gets one of these; they call them soul gems. [The vampire's tone is dry. He doesn't actually have a soul in his body, at current.] You'll have a bit of jewelry on you somewhere that you didn't have before - don't lose it. Anyway, these things tie us here, and keep us from remaining permanently deceased. Or more permanently deceased, in my case. [Having no heartbeat made such topics amusing, occasionally.] It's all very powerful magic.
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But there's no point in debating all this with a stranger. Besides, Devin's explanation sounds more like some kind of charm to prevent death rather than to bring someone back from the other side of it. Or hell, maybe this world isn't real at all, like Outo. Fai had 'died' in Outo only to wake up in a virtual reality pod in the Fairy Park. Maybe this is something similar.
He doesn't even know what to make of Devin calling himself 'dead.' It's like saying the sky is down.
And then it finally dawns on him. Fai's one good eye goes wide as a saucer.]
Everyone who comes here gets one of those? Just... like that? As soon as you arrive?
[It can't be a given thing, if Fai's meant to already have one on him somewhere. He hasn't spoken to anyone yet beyond Devin.]
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With regards to Devin's mortality, Fai may notice that he's a little chillier than most would expect of a human, and - if he's observant enough - that he lacks a pulse. He nods in answer to Fai's question.]
Yes, all of the Foreigners do. That's what the native residents of the city call people like you or me. It'll be on you someplace. [Probably to be located when Fai gets the chance to clean up. Devin gestures to the street ahead of them to see if he can get Fai moving again.] It sounds a little far-fetched, I know, but it's apparently been tested an unfortunate number of times.
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If Kurogane has one of these gems on him, it might yet save him from bleeding out. There might still be time to find him.
With a just barely noticeable look of relief on his face, Fai nods after Devin's gesture and starts walking again.]
It does sound a little strange, yes. I've never heard of a dimension quite like this one.
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The Hotel is only a few more blocks from here, fortunately, so Fai will hopefully get the chance to recover some from the shock.]
Nor have I. It's... quite a bit more pleasant than most situations I've gotten dragged into, however, so you may even come to like it here. [Devin isn't sure he does, yet. It presented some unwelcome challenges.] You've heard of other dimensions? I mean that in the sense of realities, I suppose, rather than geometric dimensions.
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[He puts on a smile again at that last part.]
My friends and I have been traveling through different worlds, actually. We usually arrive together but there was... a complication, last time. That might be why I can't find them.
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It's agreeable enough. [He looks at Fai, expression unreadable. He was so dedicated to his companions. So sure they would come. It almost made Devin feel bad to inform him they likely weren't anywhere to be found.
Almost.]
If you're accustomed to dimensional travel, then at least you have a leg up on the rest of us. Odds are, unfortunately, that you're the only one of your group that's arrived here. I've been told that others from our home worlds can come and go at random, however, so they may yet appear and surprise you.
[A short pause.]
Quite a bloody complication.
[It's a statement, not a question, and Fai doesn't have to answer it.]
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So none of the rest of you, or at least the majority of you, were actually travelling when you arrived here. The world pulled you in, instead of you finding your way here. [He's thinking out loud, more than anything.] Well, I suppose that explains it. But you said you were sure I'd see my companions again, sooner or later--so if we're brought here by some power, is there a way to leave?
[He pales at the statement, then simply nods.]
Yes, unfortunately.