She Walked Away (Mod/SG)

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric blinked as he looked between the two. He really didn't understand most wild Pokemon, but he did get that sudden sad look toward the Pokemon the fish had been with before. Well, it wouldn't be very nice to separate friends, right? Did he have enough PokeBalls? He held up a finger to indicate 'one second' and moved over to his bag, looking through to find four.. Yeah, okay, he did~ Taking two of those, he returned to the Pokemon. Eh... He wasn't sure if the Azurill would just come along like the Feebas seemed to imply it wanted, now that he thought about it.. No harm in asking, though. Holding out the PokeBalls, he asked, "So uh... You guys wanna help me surprise her when she wakes up?"

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[Ball Rat]

The Azurill looked both surprised and extremely pleased with this course of events. She could go with him?! Yay~ Swimming up to the bank (much more slowly than her companion), she nodded to Alaric. She sure was ready! Happily, the Feebas wiggled a little and nodded to Alaric as well. This was so great! He just hoped that this woman wouldn't feel differently than he did. ._., If she thought he was ugly and... oh, gosh! What if she thought he was ugly?! D8 Suddenly, he frowned, looking a bit sad. But it quickly faded as he thought some more. No, no. He had to have faith in this man. He wouldn't offer up a pretty Pokemon to someone he didn't think would appreciate it, right? Right... She was sure to like him. 83 The Feebas nodded again, equally as eager as before his debilitating thought.

Name:
Species: Feebas
Gender: Male
Ability: Swift Swim
Personality: Afraid of pretty much everything -- particularly things that move -- this fish is very sensitive. He's almost always frowning and the few things that can make him smile are trivial enough that they are often overlooked. He enjoys the simplicity of being read to, for instance. But what really makes him smile is a simple compliment. Telling him he's pretty or handsome will give one a friend for life (if not a crazed psycho fan). He is exceedingly loyal to those that do compliment him in this way, leaving him with some issues about who he really likes. His trainer, though, will always be his first priority, no matter how torn he may be.


Name:
Species: Shiny Azurill
Gender: Female
Ability: Huge Power
Personality: This baby is shy and quiet, though she does have a cheerful side to her. She adores what friends she makes, but is generally too shy to actually talk to anyone new. Unsure of herself most times, she often doesn't know what to say to anyone that does talk to her, but will return conversation as best as she can. She's terrified of Ice-types, though no one can figure out why.

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric sighed contently as he looked down at the newly filled PokeBalls and nodded. She should like these. Yeah.. The question now was what to do until she woke up. Mmmm... He supposed he could try to nap too, though he wasn't really tired, and... eh.. Which was creepier? Watching someone sleep or sleeping next to someone one just met? Mm.. Oh hey, he could swim some more? Now that the water was more normal? Of course he'd have to stay clothed this time, but eh. ...Then again he did just finish fixing his hair... Looking around at his and Ven's loose Pokemon, he found everyone pretty settled and quiet, too. ..... Weeelllp. When in doubt..

Making up his mind, then, he grabbed his bag and moved back toward where Vengeance was resting. Getting as comfortable as he could in the heat and all, he dug through his bag and found a protective case, unzipping it to pull out a Nintendo DS. He'd picked up this great (if probably really pretty kiddish) game the other day in which the player took on the role of a Pokemon in a human-free world and-.. yeah okay it was definitely a little kiddish in concept, but really pretty well done. He was a Shinx! \o/ And... may or may not have kind of reset 27 times until he was able to be one.. Sshh. At any rate, it should help kill some time until she awoke.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]After a couple hours had passed, Vengeance finally stirred and opened her eyes to find herself staring up at the sky. For a moment, Vengeance had forgotten where she was when she heard the faint sounds of what sounded like ... was that a game ... ? Sitting up, Vengeance looked around her, remembering that she was at the oasis with Alaric who had managed to convince her to sleep ... the same man who was now looking at a DS from which the sounds were coming from. For a moment Vengeance just stared, face void of all expression as she watched Alaric before turning away and out looking at the water. The memory of why she was in her other change of clothes came to mind, causing Vengeance's face to redden ever so slightly before the thought was pushed aside. There was no use in remembering the past, Alaric had simply caught her in a moment of weakness that was all, of course she would be more careful in the future. Realizing that her eye patch was still off, Vengeance reached over and calmly picked up the eye patch before brushing the sand off and placing it back over her eye. It didn't make a difference one way or the other, but at least she wouldn't have to worry about anyone being scared at the mere sight of her. Well, her clothes should have dried by now which was good and it certainly was warm enough, really warm in fact, but Vengeance didn't mind. In fact, she rather enjoyed the heat ... it reminded her of Orre, of course this only reminded her of the very reason she had come to the Oasis in the first place but Vengeance didn't want to leave quite yet. Lucifer would be just fine if they stayed a little longer, besides he had been flying a while and it was good to relax at least sometimes. If nothing else, the fact that she had crashed so hard was proof enough that she was either very foolish or very determined, Vengeance of course thought the latter but that was a matter of opinion. Indeed, Vengeance was quite happy letting Alaric play his game while she simply watched the water.[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric may have been a bit guilty of being the type to get a bit absorbed in his--.. okay so he had essentially temporarily forgotten Vengeance existed or that they were even in the Oasis. Fortunately, just a few minutes after Vengeance awoke, he glanced down to see that his battery light had been red for quite some time- as should only be expected considering it had been a few hours. "Ah, shit," he spat, getting through a rather nasty room in which he'd been ambushed at last and managing a Quick Save. Sighing, he flipped the game closed and loo-

Hoshit! The blond jumped a bit at the sight of the woman. Oh God how long has she been up? It couldn't be long, right? When was the last time.. uh... He had looked up to check on her at least a few times, but only momentary glances that were quickly forgotten and not exactly well-tracked. Still, he determined that it couldn't have been too long, and as such forced himself to calm, smiling at Ven as he put the game back in its case and that back in his bag. "Morning sleepy head," he teased.

Once his dear game was properly secured, he brought the two PokeBalls back out. Holding them up with a smirk, he announced, "I got you a present~ Wanna see?"

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Upon hearing Alaric curse, Vengeance glanced over to see him still staring at the game. Shrugging, she looked back over at the water, enjoying the heat of the day for the time being. After a short time she heard Alaric putting the game back in his bag followed by his tease and proclamation that he had a gift for her. Looking over at Alaric and the two pokeballs he held in his hands, Vengeance stared at them wondering why he had gotten something for her when they had just met. "........ sure,"Vengeance finally stated after a few moments of silence,"What is it?"[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric smirked a bit as he took one of the balls and spun it on his finger.. for a few seconds anyway. Well, he caught it neatly instead of just fumbling, anyway, so it wasn't a total loss. As he continued to try this, he explained, "This one's a Feebas..~ I saw him in the water while you were napping, and... he reminded me of you~" He gave a very soft laugh then. "I imagine he doesn't feel very pretty either, and he is a little rough around the edges..." More like tattered to bits for the fish, but that was one way of saying it, one would suppose. "But find someone who can appreciate his charm, and who will look for his inner beauty..."

He winked at her. "If you can get him to believe he's beautiful, suddenly? He will be~" Assuming one didn't just go cheat about it and buy a Prism Scale, of course, but he did hope she wouldn't. "Find someone who can look past his flaws, and suddenly they stop seeing them at all.." He grinned as he tossed her the ball. "Of course, you won't transform into an elegant serpent-fish," he half-teased, "But you might be surprised how much one's opinion of oneself affects other's opinions of them. Somethin' to keep in mind, eh~?"

He held this sincere smile for several moments before finally breaking into a weak shrug. "The other one's a Shiny Azurill. Seems they were friends, and I didn't wanna separate 'em, so you got a two for one deal." He chuckled lightly.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance stared at Alaric as he made a show of telling her what was inside the pokeballs along with the explanation about the Feebas. Well ... in some ways that did make sense but in some ways ... no, in a lot of ways Vengeance doubted that would ever happen to her, even as this narrator cracked up laughing at how wrong she really is. Alaric's argument about the Feebas' beauty made sense, but then again Alaric had seen her scar, something that had made others cringe in disgust, and he hadn't run away ... in fact he was trying to encourage her. But ... why was he trying to help her in the first place ... Vengeance knew that she wasn't pretty, had accepted it as a fact already, but then ... why was Alaric trying to tell her otherwise. When he went on about the shiny Azurill, Vengeance nodded, a barely perceptible smile playing across her features as she did so,"I see ... thank you Alaric. I wasn't expecting anything from a near stranger,"she said in a voice that held the slightest hint of surprise in it before looking out at the water"Still, I don't think I will ever find that person that sees me as beautiful ... besides, I've seen how others look at me. I know they think I'm hideous without this patch of cloth covering my eye. Thinking that I'm not ugly doesn't change the fact that I have this for the rest of my life,"[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric gave a slightly goofy grin at her thanks, debating whether or not to tell her he didn't consider any woman he'd known more than five minutes to be a stranger. Before he could decide, however, she went on, causing his mood to fall fast. As she went on about her singular flaw, he slowly went from a grimace to a neutral expression to just a cynic. "Well you know.." he started as dry as coy when she was done, "Some guys think an eyepatch is pretty hot." He was... sort of teasing, but not directly. Poking fun at her general self-perception more than in any way not meaning the actual content. "Never met someone with a pirate fetish?" Personally, he did fantasize more about protecting and serving under a princess, but pirates were pretty high up there. He'd dated one once, sort of; technically she'd once been part of Team Aqua. He always like bumping into Riku again, but it hadn't been too long since he'd seen her at the ball, so meh.

Rolling his eyes, his tone went a little drier as he pointed out, "Anyway, at least you can cover whatever you don't like." At this point, he crossed his eyes a bit and looked down, trying to indicate his nose while at the same time not putting too very much attention on it. "Some of us are born with terrible things we just have to live with..." And they hardly made a nose-patch; just that thought made him snicker slightly, breaking off into a smirk and a lighter tone. "You don't hate me just because I'm not pretty, right?" he teased. His hair aside, of course. It counted as currency and was the best thing ever, but the rest of him wasn't really pretty.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]When Alaric said that some people thought that eyepatches were hot, Vengeance looked back at him and shook her head. In her experience, the eyepatch was something to simply keep the other people looking at her like she was some sort of a monster but it was entirely plausible that someone would like it. When he went on about his nose, Vengeance smirked and found herself fighting back laughter ... it was true though, something as small as a scar could be hidden but something you were born with ... well, you just hoped that nobody thought it was too bad or just looked past it. "No ... I don't,"Vengeance replied with slightest hint of laughter in her voice,"You're right though ... . I've just gotten so used to being ignored or thought of as a freak I'd forgotten." Well, that and the very person that was supposed to tell her that she was beautiful and a princess was the one that had done this to her in the first place but ... no don't think about that right now, that won't do any good. The past is in the past, just ... forget about it ... .[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric just gave his deep chuckle at her commentary. God almighty, she made it sound like she'd been thrown in a circus cage and ridiculed all her life. (... That.. was a ludicrous thought, right? Yeah, of course. She'd have definitely mentioned something that bad in this conversation already, yeah, okay, crisis averted moving on.) "You.. are ridiculous," he teased, shaking his head. The gap between them was already fairly small from when he'd moved closer after catching the Pokemon, and he closed it a bit more now. A cautious half-second glance in Lucifer's direction to make sure he wouldn't be too quick to interrupt, and he smirked down at her before leaning in to steal a quick kiss. Voice dropping lower and growing softer, he added in the same not-quite-tease as earlier, "And ridiculously beautiful."

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance looked at Alaric when he called her ridiculous, wondering why he would call her a thing like that when he kissed her and called her beautiful. To say that she was surprised by the kiss was an understatement but then to hear him say that she was beautiful ............ . There was no masking the shocked surprise on her face, not shocked that he'd kissed her but that he'd actually told her that she was beautiful. Vengeance had never wanted to admit, but she had always yearned to hear those words but now ... . Feeling tears well up in her eyes, Vengeance quickly looked away and hugged herself as the tears spilled over. Why now ... why was she ... why did he-no stop it, just stop ... "... why ... ,"she finally managed in a quiet voice though she still didn't look at Alaric.[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric gave something of a pout as he watched the woman turn away. He hadn't done something wrong.. had he? Maybe a... bad memory cropped up or something? At her word, though, his easy smirk returned, and he barked out a light syllable of a laugh. Moving to press against her back, he wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder. "Because you are? he teased in his low hum, then nipping lightly at her ear.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]When Alaric wrapped his arms around her, Vengeance tensed for a moment only to almost literally melt in his arms when he confirmed what he had just said. Trying to desperately stay in control of her emotions, Vengeance closed her eyes even as more tears spilled over. Why couldn't she have heard that from- ... no stop, don't think about that ... , it did no good to think about something like that, it wasn't like anything could be done about it anyway. When Alaric nipped her ear, she uttered a tiny squeak of surprise and tilted her ear away from him. "I ... just ... ,"Vengeance began only to have the tears that she had tried to conceal stream down her face. Of all the things that Vengeance could do, the last thing she wanted was to cry in front of Alaric ... or anyone for that matter; was a weakness ... nothing more ... she just needed to be stronger ... .[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

[atrb=style,width:475px;color:goldenrod;border:3px goldenrod ridge;][atrb=bgcolor,#94701A]

[ Alaric ]

Alaric had to grin when she squeaked, but... His expression quickly fell again as he saw just how much this seemed to be affecting her. She... really hadn't ever had anyone to comfort her, had she? Sighing, he near-whispered, "Hey now..." He wrapped one arm tighter around her, while the other hand came up to lightly stroke her face before easing it back toward his. Softly and slowly, he began to literally kiss away her tears. (He did his best to resist the slightly immature if rather logical urge to lick her face instead, as while that really would have worked much more effectively as long as he did so only lightly it was also pretty creepy and not nearly so romantic. So effect over logic, huzzah~)

"Whatever people have said before.." Another tiny kiss. "It's in the past you know." Two more. "Life's only as good," another, slightly softer, "as what you make of it.." People used to tell him he looked like a girl. He always assumed a really ugly girl, but in any case.. He never did cut his hair to please them; he just got old enough to grow a beard instead~ Deciding her left cheek had received adequate attention, he shifted to check the right. (Actually... he wondered if her eye damage had affected her tear ducts or not.. .3. Hm.)

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance felt Alaric tighten his arm around her and felt his hand on her face when he touched it, causing her to look at him as he began to kiss the tears away. Vengeance knew that she was being weak but ... this was something she had never felt before, and as much as Vengeance tried to push it away, to get back under that protective emotionless shell that she'd lived with for so many years, she couldn't. By the time Alaric had spoken again, Vengeance had managed to regain some control once again, though she still leaned against Alaric,"I'm weak ... ,"she whispered/murmured,"I shouldn't let simple thoughts ... or words ... effect me this much ... ." [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric... knew he shouldn't have... But somehow those words made him nearly fall over with (mostly) suppressed laughter, steadying himself only by his clinging to Vengeance, which only naturally brought her closer. "...Weak??" Another small spurt of laughter escaped him. "You.." God, how did he even say that without coming off as a sexist ass?

"Wow Ven. You-..." No really he had no idea how to say that that didn't sound way worse than how he meant it uhhh. Hesitating was making it worse too though he had to say something. "You're not weak just for feeling, silly.." Yes that was okay, but.. "And.. Even if you think you are!" Don't falter don't falter don't fuck he was in the middle of faltering uh. "You're perfectly allowed to show a little 'weakness' now and then." Because you're a woman. "Because you just are." Yes that astoundingly convincing performance was certain to move the masses to acceptance.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance felt more than heard Alaric laugh given her closeness to him and tensed slightly as he only drew her closer. Though she could see no logical reason for his obvious mirth, Vengeance listened as he attempted to explain the reason behind what he thought was so amusing. Upon hearing his reasoning, Vengeance sat up slightly so that she could see Alaric's face. His reasoning didn't make much sense to her having grown up hearing that emotions lied most of her life, and whatever the reason was behind Alaric's thought was it certainly didn't seem all that convincing. "What is weakness to you?"she asked calmly, ignoring the fact that he had just laughed at her,"Feelings lie ... what you think you are feeling one minute can change the next or could simply be influenced by your surroundings. Darkness could facilitate fear, sunlight happiness and so on ... if I walked around with my 'heart on my sleeve' as the saying goes, I may allow such feelings to influence my judgement. How am I to be called strong if I let such things cloud my thinking ... ?"[/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]

[Admiral Striker General]

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[ Alaric ]

............. Wow this girl knew how to depress a guy didn't she.. Seriously, just... wow. When she'd started, he'd just worn his typical little smirk, but as she went on more and more it faded, and now he found himself suddenly feeling very down. ....Heh.. How weak she would have thought him if she'd know, eh..? He sighed without meaning to. Where to even start...

For some thirty seconds he was quiet before deciding he'd started thinking of something before she got quite so morbid, so he may as well go with that anyway and see what happened. "Mm... Feelings do change.. but.." He looked around for an example, finally settling on a tree. "There," he said, pointing. "You see that tree right now. But.. eventually, it's going to get taller, or lose leaves or grow new ones. ...-well, all those things I guess if you give it enough time." He shook his head a bit somewhat violently. "But my POINT is! Is it a lie now, or will it be later? Everything changes, so emotions aren't lying just because they do too."

...Granted, he couldn't say so much on the others. Circumstances could stimulate emotions for no good reason, like being afraid of the dark and such, and that wasn't even to get started on the emotions hormones could fake, but... Oh look a better topic to get on. "I think... weakness..." he stammered a bit, then drawing a deep breath to steady himself. "To me, weakness is... not being true to oneself.. When you start ignoring who you are, or what you think, or even what you feel... just because you don't think someone else will like it, or you don't want them to know." Granted, the latter was kind of what most people would just call 'lying', but he always said he hated that intensely.

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[Maid Melody]

[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable]
[atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none]	[atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance looked at the tree that Alaric pointed to and studied it .... what he was saying made sense ... all things changed and that surely meant feelings ... emotions as well. The tree wasn't a lie just because it changed to match the seasons ... in fact, trees were incapable of lying and simply did what came natural to them. ... but did that mean that Vengeance had been lying this whole time ... had they lied to her ... . The confusion was evident on Vengeance's face even as she continued to look at the tree some more; the one thing that had been constant, had kept Vengeance going was the truth that she had come to believe. The belief that emotions were misleading and shouldn't be trusted ... that they made a person weak if they were depended upon, like a crutch ... but ... if they changed as well ... did that make them natural like a tree losing its leaves. But ... if that was true then ... - . Vengeance's thoughts were interrupted as Alaric spoke again, explaining what he thought weakness was which only served to confuse Vengeance all the more. If that was true ... if not being true to herself was weak ... then ... "Who am I ...?" Vengeance whispered/murmured, barely loud enough to hear. If Vengeance was denying herself something ... what was it ... who was she ... . Much of what she had been taught had allowed her to forget her past, they were vague memories ... faces she didn't recognize ... or at least not right away. The only thing Vengeance had of her past were some pictures ... one of a little girl, and the other of a woman that Vengeance remembered was her mother. Of course the pictures didn't answer the questions that arose with Alaric's argument ... at the moment Vengeance wasn't quite sure what to think or say or even if she could answer such a question in her lifetime. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,border:0 black none;]
[cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;]