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Post by Maya on Dec 7, 2009 13:23:51 GMT -5
I knew it could be a trick, although I couldn't really see how, and I knew that I had very little control over these powers, but the guy did have a point... so while part of me was still whirling round all this information and going fairly seriously out of control, another part reached out curiously. It was an odd sensation, but it worked. I felt the touch of his mind, and the first thing I found was a stream of profanities, but behind that panic, I could see the truth in what he was saying. His quest to find his sister was genuine, he never intended to trick me, he really hadn't understood my reaction to that picture... and he completely believed Mal when he claimed that I was once Kathryn Ellison. "Ok." I said shakily, "So you aren't lying." Doc looked incredibly relieved, until I continued, "But what about him?" I turned towards Mal, reaching out in the same way, utterly convinced that it must be him that was decieving both of us. I vaguely heard Doc cry out, but I didn't hear the words, but suddenly I got a sensation not unlike standing in the middle of a freeway, with hundreds of cars rushing towards me, all sounding their horns, as the endless knowledge within Mals mind bombarded my own, which was entirely encapable of containing it. I screamed, my eyes dragged wide, and blood began to run from my nose. And then it all went black asI collapsed in a heap on the floor. ((I just went for the passing out option  )) |
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Dec 8, 2009 4:27:25 GMT -5
"Mai, d..." Doc began. Before he could stop her, she'd already c harged into the other man's mind. all he could do was watch as they both began screaming. Mal dropped to his knees, panting. the invasion was too much, unhinging the small ammount of control he had over the unmeasurable knowledge in his head.
Maya wasn't so lucky. Not possessing the demon essence Mal did, her mind was overwhlemed by the sheer weight of his mind and all Doc could do was catch her as she fell.
"Og all the stupid..." he muttered angrily. "You couldn't have asked first? Must run in the family."
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Post by Maya on Dec 8, 2009 12:28:43 GMT -5
I came to slowly, becoming aware of the world around me before I had worked out how to open my eyes. I heard two voices murmuring... one sounded worried, while the other was mostly annoyed. I wondered what had happened, and why I had been asleep?
Then it began coming back to me, slowly at first and then flooding my head.
Shit.
Doc's sister was me.
That was the summary of the situation. For I knew now that Doc wasn't lying to me, and although I couldn't remember actually finding any particular fact in Mal's mind, I could see that what he had said was inexplicably true. I was adopted. Before that I was Kathryn Ellison. Thus I was once Doc's sister... and his family had died because of me.
I opened my eyes slowly, realiseing as soon as light hit them that I had a splitting headache.
"It's really all true, isn't it?" I said quietly.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Dec 9, 2009 1:21:59 GMT -5
"Apparently," Doc said, helping her to her feet. "There had to be an easier way of confirming it though."
"Yes, i do prefer warning before people dive into my head," Mal said irately. "Really, thinking I'd fake information? What would that do to my reputation."
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Post by Maya on Dec 9, 2009 13:40:28 GMT -5
"I dont know your reputation." I snapped at Mal. "But sorry, I was... distressed." I quickly took my hand away once Doc had helped me up, and kept distance between us. Ok so I believed... it didn't mean I had any more idea what to do about this information. I was pleased to find that my powers had cut out when I passed out, rather than blowing up the building, at least.
My first instinct was to run, and fast. I didn't exactly do close personal ties, and a brother definitely counted as that. This development didn't change anything that had happened between then and now... but at the same time, I found myself making excuses to stay in town. I concluded that I needed some space, and I just hoped Doc would allow me that.
"Well anyway, thanks for that." I said, my words dripping with sarcasm though I tried to make it flippant, "But I have to jet... places to go, people to see and all that." I forced an awkward, painful smile. "Bye." And I turned and left, quickly.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Dec 10, 2009 3:33:59 GMT -5
"Uh yeah..." Doc said, though he didn't have much of a chance to say more than that. He sighed, droping his head. His worst fear had happened. "...She hates me."
Mal, for once, didn't have anything to say to that.
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Post by Maya on Dec 10, 2009 13:08:23 GMT -5
Even as I hurried away from the place, I heard Doc's statement. Whether it was with my ears or my mind I wasn't entirely sure, but that wasn't exactly the point. I stopped dead.
Shit.
Shit shit and double shit I didn't need this!!
Go back, one part of me said. Tell him you dont hate him, you just need time to process.
But why? Retorted another, he is NOT your problem, none of this changes anything.
I wanted to scream. I was torn between two sides of myself- the slayer, who kept to herself, killed every bad thing she found and never let stupid emotional stuff weaken her, and the human part that had been buried away for so long, crushed by the hardships of life which appeared to be more extensive than I even remembered. This second part longed for connections and home and family and normal human things. It reached out in anguish for the brother I hadn't known I had lost. It yelled at the first part and told me I was hollow if I walked away from the one person I had left in this world.
I didn't know what to do.
So I killed the alley wall so hard it would have broken a normal person's foot, and cried out,
"UGH!" In frustration. Then I crouched down, my back leant against the wall, arms resting on my knees and head bowed, wishing that life would just please stop fucking with me.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Dec 11, 2009 2:59:08 GMT -5
Doc had thanked Mal for all his help and left the library, meandering idly down the street. Things here had taken an unexpected turn. He'd found his sister, sure, but things weren't exactly as he'd imagined them. So where did that leave him?
He had no idea.
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Post by Maya on Dec 11, 2009 11:08:57 GMT -5
I stayed exactly where I was, totally still, as though avoiding movement might just make everything else stop too. But my mind wouldn't quiet down. My head ached like nothing I'd ever felt.
Some tiny bit of me was aware that someone was coming down the alley, but the rest of me couldn't care less. Maybe it was a vamp. Maybe it would finish me off and this sad joke that I called a life would finally be over.
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