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Post by Sierra on Jul 22, 2012 1:15:32 GMT
Kina picked up the biggest piece of the gate and hoisted it onto her shoulder to go and drop it by the body, thinking it would probably be the safest spot. She lay the gate on it's side against the wall and went back to get the rest.
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Post by Echo on Jul 22, 2012 18:21:06 GMT
Lexi carried a few pieces and kicked a couple of smaller ones. She took them around the wall and dumped them unceremoniously next to the large one Kina had brought. "That's the last of it" she said, hoping no-one would notice the giant hole in the gate...
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Post by Sierra on Jul 22, 2012 23:32:43 GMT
Kina nodded at Lexi and stared out into the city. "Where do you reckon we should start then?" She walked a few paces into the city, then stopped abruptly, unsure which direction to take. She had hoped that Lexi might have some sort of idea.
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Post by Echo on Jul 22, 2012 23:39:44 GMT
"Well..." Lexi got out the Quest info and took a look "...This says to just walk through the city until we find a house like no other..." she looked at Kina "...Which isn't helpful really." She looked in the various directions and pointed out one that seemed to lead deepest into the city. "Maybe that one?" She didn't like the idea any more than she thought Kina would, but it looked like their best option.
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Post by Sierra on Jul 22, 2012 23:50:56 GMT
Kina didn't like the look of the road they had chosen, but she knew Lexi was right, it was the best option. Luckily for them all the houses looked the same, all red and pink and heart-shaped. So finding the one they wanted shouldn't have been too difficult. She hoped. Kina started down the road Lexi had indicated keeping her eyes and ears on alert. The attack by the strange headless man had been a little too close for comfort and it had shaken her a little.
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Post by Echo on Jul 23, 2012 10:06:05 GMT
Lexi fell in step with Kina. Side by side they walked, deeper and deeper into the city. At its heart, the city had a huge town square, in a heart shape, and a pink, heart-shaped fountain, which spouted dark pink water in a heart shape. The pink water was unnatural. It looked like watered down blood, which unnerved Lexi a little. She broke away from Kina to take a look. It didn't smell like blood, but then everything in this city was a little off...
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Post by Sierra on Jul 23, 2012 10:56:52 GMT
Kina watched Lexi walk towards the fountain and instead decided to peer into some shop windows as she walked around the town square. She grimaced at what she saw as everything was red or pink and heart-shaped. As she past a jewellers she sped up, this wasn't the time to get distracted by something shiny. Besides, she'd only end up wanting it and the place was closed. Opposite the point of the heart-shaped fountain was a dim alleyway, Kina strolled over to it and peered down it, the alleyway gave her the creeps but something in the back of her mind told her she was in the right place. She looked behind her but Lexi was still preoccupied with the fountain so she walked down it alone.
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Post by Echo on Jul 23, 2012 22:33:33 GMT
Something didn't feel right. Where was everyone? The whole city seemed to be deserted. And that fountain... There was something not quite right about it, but Lexi couldn't put her finger on what it was. She turned around to warn Kina of her suspicions, but she'd disappeared. Lexi was entirely alone. "Kina?" She called, her voice echoing off the pink and red, heart-shaped buildings. They were beginning to look more sinister than they had done. The trickling water of the fountain almost seemed to call to her to take a closer look. She stepped towards it, watching the blood-like liquid pour and spout into the fountain base below. It may not smell like blood, but there was one way to be sure. Lexi tentatively put a hand out and dipped a finger into the fountain.
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Post by Sierra on Jul 24, 2012 0:48:13 GMT
Kina stopped abruptly about halfway down the alley as she had a sense of danger creeping over her. She looked about her and thought she heard a muffled noise coming from behind her, and spun round to find nothing there. She inwardly berated herself for being so silly, she was a Valkyrie, her sisters would have laughed at her foolishness. Jumping at shadows indeed, she was the one the shadows needed to be afraid of. As she reminded herself of this, she stared back at the fountain to keep Lexi within her sights, but couldn't see her. Kina started to panic thinking she'd lost her only ally in this strange horrible place until Lexi wandered back round the fountain and into view. Kina relaxed somewhat and continued on her stroll down the alley, her gaze lingering on the houses on each side of the alley only briefly before looking away. Just as she got to the end her ears twitched and something inside her was telling her to turn back and go back to Lexi. She turned and ran in Lexi's direction, fearing the worst.
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Post by Echo on Jul 24, 2012 1:29:43 GMT
Lexi put her finger to her lips just as Kina rounded the corner. 'Uh-oh...' the voice in her head whispered, and she understood. It may not have smelt like blood, and it may not have felt like blood, but taste never lied about this. No sooner had she realised what it was, Lexi's mind was filled with images. Memories of a hundred different people filled Lexi's head. The bustling city centre. The clean water in the fountain. Friends. Neighbours. Lovers. A small man with wings. Cupid. She knew him, though Lexi had neither seen nor met him personally. Red arrows with heart-shaped tips. Smiling. Laughter. Then it was darker. A hundred voices screamed together. More arrows, black this time. Whistling through the air. Pain. Fear. Cupid was missing, she felt it. A hundred memories knew it. They called for him, but he never came. A strange building, unlike the others. Then there was nothing. Just darkness, and the red water in the fountain. Lexi came-to on her knees in front of the fountain, icy-blue eyes and fangs longer than sin. Her nails had left claw marks in the pink stone of the fountain base, but it was upon looking at these that she saw previous scratches, hastily covered up. "What happened here?..." she said in a quiet voice as her fangs and claws receded and green reappeared in her eyes.
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