Post by RILEY FITZGERALD on Dec 31, 2012 15:16:28 GMT -5
Long intro post, I swear I didn't mean for it to be like that. All you need to really read is the last paragraph, cause the rest of it is just him whining to himself about being hungry. >n< ;
[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style, width:300px;][style=height:380px; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:hidden; text-align:justify; font-family:arial; font-size:10px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:15px; padding-right:15px;]Journalism wasn't quite the easy task he used to believe it was. Riley stood from the dusty library table (it was once clean, to be honest, but the books he needed to reserach were very old, and hadn't been touched in a very long time) and stretched, bones popping uncomfortably with the effort. How long had he been digging through books? He hadn't slept much in the past week, that was for sure. And the rumbling in his gut was telling him that he hadn't eaten in a while either. The vampire glanced around the few readers in this small corner, daydreaming of what they would taste like if he sank his fangs in...he shivered at the thought.
Riley gathered the books he'd been looking through and shoved them back into the shelves as quickly as he could manage, making a bee-line for the exit to keep from taking the blood he needed so badly. The second the breeze from outside hit him, he snapped his phone open to dial one of his feeders--the screen was black. The realization that he hadn't been home to charge the damn thing hit him like a ton of bricks, and the composure that Riley normally held disappeared behind an expression of anger and frustration. It was definitely the hunger talking, and it was getting stronger the more he thought about it. Now that there weren't books to keep him distracted, blood was all he could think of. He had to get home--he was sure that Max would let him feed, and their other neighbor could watch Sophia until it was over. He just needed it so badly!
A surge of hunger rang through him, and he slipped and fell into an alley, hitting his head on a nearby trashcan. The vampire hissed angrily, and rolled onto his stomach to get up, but froze when he looked down the dingy place. There was a man there, nose stuck in a book, walking towards the other end. It must have been a shortcut to his house, and he must have been a very stupid person to walk through an alley next to...well, er, a library alley wasn't really so bad. But still, who walks through dark alleys? Riley stood on shakey legs, trying hard to contain the bloodlust. But his legs kept moving towards the back of the bookworm, and before he knew it one hand was in the guy's hair and the other was shoving him down. His fangs quickly found their way to his throat, and he gladly welcomed the warm blood that flooded his mouth. God, he'd been so hungry! The vampire's brow furrowed guiltily at the pitiful sounds the man was making, and at how easily he could pin somebody down if he was deprived of blood for too long.
He definitely did not need to let this happen again. Ever. And he certainly wasn't telling anyone what he'd done.[/style]
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[atrb=valign, top][style=font: normal 18px/15px minion pro; color: black; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;]a sword is only a sword when it kills,[/style][style=border-bottom: 4px solid #cccccc; width: 300px; margin-left: -2px; margin-bottom: -13px;] [/style] [atrb=style, width: 300px; height: 150px; font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; color: 777777; padding: 10px 10px 5px 2px; overflow: auto;]The story of what Zahir is doing in Queens is long and very boring, involving nieces on his father's side that he can never, ever let the monsters know he has, and when he's cutting back from their house to the subway station, he hears the familiar sickening crunch of a body onto the ground.
He thinks: oh fuck, not this again. He thinks: maybe I can keep walking.
What he does, of course, is go check it out. There's the all too recognizable silhouette of one body crouched over another, and with a sigh, Zahir drops his shopping bags (all Toys R' Us) and draws his sword. Levels it and points it at the shadows.
"You have about negative two seconds to get off that guy," he says. "And you're lucky I found you in a good mood." And then because there's never been such thing as a vampire that listens to sense, he charges.[/style] [style=font-size: 9px; font-face: courier new; color: #000000; text-transform: lowercase; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc; margin-top: 3px;]tags: riley. words: LOL notes: IM GOMEN THIS IS LATE HOLIDAYS SUCK AHHHHHH FORGIVE ME PLS.[/style]
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2013 3:43:35 GMT -5 by ZAHIR BRAND
[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style, width:300px;][style=height:380px; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:hidden; text-align:justify; font-family:arial; font-size:10px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:15px; padding-right:15px;]The sound of a voice coming from the beginning of the alley made Riley snap out of his drinking stupor and stare dumbfoundedly at the man who'd caught him. His mouth dripping with fresh blood, the vampire instantly let go like a puppy caught in the trash. Oh god, this was bad. This was really, really bad. If the stranger could identify him to the police, god only knew what would happen to--
Wait, why didn't he sound more freaked out? Riley tilted his head in confusion but jerked back the instant he was rushed. In a jolt of adrenaline, the vampire jumped back and ran as fast as he could behind a group of trashcans, yanking up one of their lids and holding it like a shield.
"I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, wait please!" What do you say to someone who just saw you eating another human being's neck? He glanced down at his victim, pale but still alive, and looked back up with a nervous half smile.
"I didn't...mean to? Hehehe...."
He was so going to die.[/style]
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[atrb=valign, top][style=font: normal 18px/15px minion pro; color: black; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;]a sword is only a sword when it kills,[/style][style=border-bottom: 4px solid #cccccc; width: 300px; margin-left: -2px; margin-bottom: -13px;] [/style] [atrb=style, width: 300px; height: 150px; font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; color: 777777; padding: 10px 10px 5px 2px; overflow: auto;]The vampire scuttles backward like a giant blood-sucking cockroach, and Zahir grinds to a halt, standing over the monster's victim, sword still upraised. He glances down at the man minutely, then kneels down to check his pulse.
”Since he's alive,” he says, eyes on the vampire again. ”I'm going to give you two options. The easy way and the hard way. The easy way is that you just come out from there, nice and quiet, and let me chop your head off. If you've got any hapless victims tied up somewhere, last words you want to pass on, I'll settle your affairs. The hard way is that I have to come after you. And if we do it the hard way, I'm probably going to get angry. And if I get angry, my sword might not make a clean cut through your neck the first few times. Maybe get it on the fifteenth try or so.”[/style] [style=font-size: 9px; font-face: courier new; color: #000000; text-transform: lowercase; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc; margin-top: 3px;]tags: riley. words: LOL notes: :3.[/style]
[style=width: 400px; font-family: courier new; font-size: 10px; text-transform: lowercase; text-align: right; margin-top: -38px; letter-spacing: -1px; color: #888888;]created by the lion of OTE inspired by tsu doll
[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style, width:300px;][style=height:380px; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:hidden; text-align:justify; font-family:arial; font-size:10px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:15px; padding-right:15px;]Riley's grip on the trashcan lid tightened, and he reached up to wipe the evidence blood off of his face in a quick, shakey motion. The long winded speech he was recieving was nothing short of holyshitfuck scary, and he tried hard to concentrate on every last word. This wasn't going to be easy to get out of, not in the least, and he was going to need to try his damnest to find an escape route. He could go through the other side of the alley, behind him, but running with his back turned to a sword like that one seemed like a really bad idea. At least he had a shield on him. Though a trashcan lid wouldn't keep him safe for long.
"I didn't mean to, I swear! I just got caught up in researching and forgot to eat, and...." Yeah, that probably wasn't going to help any. He could see why the guy wanted him dead. There was a guy bleeding out on the ground because he got the munchies. But his daughter depended on him, and there was no way in hell he was going to die in some nasty alley. "J-Just let me go, okay?" He inched forward, eyes wide and concentrated on the crazy man that wanted to hack his head off. "I'll never do this again, I promise!"[/style]
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