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Post by hibbe on Feb 1, 2007 4:58:20 GMT -5
Sevant glanced out the window then slowly seated himself as well. "Something harder than tea." He said gesturing to the bottle of liquor nearly hidden on the far counter by other bottles and even dust. Helen pulled it from it's place and unhesitatingly handed it to the Sheikah before bustling about returning her various poultices and herbs to their rightful places and gathering tea leaves for the tea.
Sevant pulled the cork from the bottle after wiping it free of dust and took a deep drink of the amber liquid within.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 1, 2007 4:59:30 GMT -5
Sorin took note of this, but said nothing, instead closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths.
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 0:10:28 GMT -5
Helen had the tea made in near record time and placed a steaming mug in front of Sorin sitting down opposite him craddling a mug of her own. Sevant lowered his bottle finally and heaved a deep sigh leaning back in the chair his head hanging over the back of it. "Damn..." He muttered running a gloved hand down his face.
"Er...would you care for a cup?" Helen asked half rising up from her seat. Sevant waved a hand negatively and she sat down once more glancing at him unsure of how to react to the overt display of alcoholism. "Well...Sorin! How's the tea?"
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 3:08:33 GMT -5
"It's fine."
He sipped it with all the delicacy of a brick to the face.
"Certainly beats the last batch I brewed."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 4:27:09 GMT -5
Helen smiled gratefully at the odd compliment and took a sip of her own tea. It was the same blend her mother had made and her grandmother as well. There was an aweful lot of comfort in making and drinking the tea for Helen, comfort she needed as the events of the evening began to replay through her mind again.
I could have been raped... The words burned themselves in her brain and tears slowly leaked from her eyes tracking down her cheeks as she trembled. Abruptly the girl wrapped her arms around herself and burst out sobbing.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 4:30:23 GMT -5
Sorin took another sip of tea.
"Let it out, Helen. You're safe as you're going to get. Let it out."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 4:46:47 GMT -5
The girl sobbed even harder crying so hard she ran out of breath and spent several seconds gasping as a result.
It wasn't a pretty sight especially when she started crying again.
Sevant's already narrow eyes drew down to creases of crimson and the liquor bottle swished up once again as he quaffed deeply of the alcohol more annoyed by the girl's crying than anything else...
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 4:49:02 GMT -5
Sorin stifled a bored sigh.
She did patch us up, after all.
He got up and limped over to Helen and gave her the nearest approximation he could to a kindly hug.
Damnation, but I'll never understand this part...
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 4:53:00 GMT -5
Helen clutched at him with all the strength she could muster crying into his tunic seeking all the solace she could from his scarred frame. "I....I could have been...R-R-R-Raped!" She moaned brokenly.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 4:59:11 GMT -5
No. Really?
He stifled the choice words that sprang to mind about young women running into the nastiest part of town alone and unarmed, and instead just let out a gentle "Shhh..."
Where's a damn sleeping potion when I need one?
"You're fine, you're fine..."
But your hysterics are frankly starting to drive me insane.
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 5:24:11 GMT -5
Helen shifted slightly in his arms and seemed to catch her breath simply leaning against his shoulder before softly moving away from him only to press her lips against his in a kiss that neither he nor Sevant expected. The Sheikah's eyebrow twitched upwards a notch and he shook his head at the naievety of the girl.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 5:30:11 GMT -5
Oh no...
"Uh, Helen... you've been through a lot tonight."
And you'll regret this for the rest of your life if I let you go on...
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 5:31:37 GMT -5
"And you're the one who saved me from it..." Helen replied kissing him again pressing herself more fully against him.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 5:35:40 GMT -5
Poor kid. You've got a lot to learn...
And damn this is distracting.
"Helen... I 'm not a knight in shining armor. If you'd met me under any other circumstances, you'd probably have run away as fast as you could."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 5:37:18 GMT -5
Helen shifted back from him though their noses still practically touched as her eyes stared into his. "I don't care how things could have gone if things were different. They weren't and you ARE my Knight in Shining Armor." She said stroking his cheek gently.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 5:41:01 GMT -5
"Helen... you'd regret it. For the rest of your life."
Which might be very short indeed if this keeps up...
"Take my word for it. You've had an ugly experience. Don't lump another one on top of it."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 5:42:27 GMT -5
Helen slowly lowered herself back in her chair tears starting from her eyes again. "You don't like me...Am I really that ugly?" She asked, "Are the only people that would be interested in me scum like those men back at the bar?"
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 5:46:20 GMT -5
Damned women...
He took her hands in his own, as much to keep him from acting on the urge to smack some sense into her as anything else.
"No, Helen. No. You're lovely. But I'm not. I've spent most of my life doing ugly things for ugly reasons, and I fully intend to keep doing it. You deserve better."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 5:52:32 GMT -5
Sniffling Helen looked into his eyes, her own deep with shock. "I...You..." She paused trying to clear her head.
Sevant piped in for the first time. "Listen to me child." He said catching her attention, "This man's soul is covered in the blood of his foes. You would never be able to sleep next to him because of the stench of death that permiates his being. Eventually he would leave you to fight and never come back either because he died or found someone younger and riper. Is that the life you want? A mercenary's lay? Can you imagine your reputation around the village? No one would respect you more than they do a common whore. Think carefully...if that is what you want, if you love him that much then continue pressing your breasts against his chest and begging him to take from you what those men almost did by force. But if not then stop because I cannot stand to hear this idiocy go on a second longer." It was probably the most words Sevant had strung toghether in literally years.
Helen turned back to Sorin shocked at Sevant's speech. "Is...is he right?"
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:06:23 GMT -5
Sorin shrugged.
"I would have put it more gently."
If only to stifle any further hysterics.
"But essentially, yes. I've shed oceans of blood, and I'll probably shed oceans more before my time comes. These hands of mine have choked the life from plenty of people. Remember how you refused my cloak? You remember the way it smelled? All in a day's work for me. And while I have no problem with killing or cruelty when t's needed, I'd just as soon not wreck your life with it."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 6:08:33 GMT -5
"Oh..." Helen whispered in a subdued tone. "I...I guess you're right." She said toying with the necklace she'd risked so much to retrieve. "But...maybe some day...you'll come back? Some day when you're done with...with the killing..."
Sevant rolled his eyes and took another hefty swig from his bottle.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:13:14 GMT -5
What the hell.
"It could happen. But I wouldn't hold my breath. I've lived my life this way for ages. My advice is simple. Find someone you love because of who he is, as opposed to someone you feel you owe something. You'll be happier, and the guy'll be luckier than he knows."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 6:16:39 GMT -5
Helen blushed slightly but nodded. "Well...I suppose I'll be off to bed then. There's a spare room though one of you will have to sleep on the floor. Spare blankets are in the trunk at the foot of the bed." She said before gulping down her tea and retreating to her bedroom closing the door quietly.
Both experienced murderers could undoubtedly hear the muffled sound of crying eminating from the room. Sevant rolled his eyes again and replaced the bottle on the table running a hand down his face.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:19:25 GMT -5
"You leave any of that stuff?"
Sorin reached for the bottle, casting a harried look to Helen's door.
"She's damn lucky I like her."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 6:22:18 GMT -5
Sevant nudged the bottle closer to Sorin's outstretched hand. The contents sloshed crazily, the bottle had started nearly full and was now at about a third of a bottle left. "Damn fool child." He replied. Probably as close to an agreement as Sorin was going to get...
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:24:54 GMT -5
Sorin took a long pull of the alcohol.
"So. Arm-wrestle you for the bed."
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 6:28:15 GMT -5
"No." Sevant said shifting in the chair. "I'll remain here."
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:30:38 GMT -5
"Fine by me."
Sorin took another pull of the booze and slid the bottle back to Sevant, getitng up and heading for the spare room
"See ya in the morning?"
The question seemed to be mere professional curiosity.
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Post by hibbe on Feb 4, 2007 6:35:45 GMT -5
"Possibly." Sevant replied with a shrug tipping the chair back to put his boots up on the edge of the table.
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Post by Cole Deschain on Feb 4, 2007 6:37:02 GMT -5
Sorin didn;t reply, simply going into the room, closing the door, and collapsing onto the bed.
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