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Post by Barrel on Nov 26, 2007 20:44:51 GMT -8
Audrey stared at the villains scattered around the room with wide eyes, not replying. She scooted away from Evanesce and latched on to Seymour, who grinned that lovesick grin of his and announced, "I'm Seymour Krelbourn, and this is Audrey Fulquard. Who are YOU?" Well, now that the Pokemon were safely in their Pokeballs, Lovett could now focus on her original target. "You, girl, are becomin' a nuisance," she hissed as she slowly turned to face SN, eyes never leaving the girl's face.
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[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
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Post by Shock on Nov 26, 2007 20:52:25 GMT -8
SN blinked. "I think this is where I start running," and so she did. She took off to the other side of the room and tried the locked door again. It was still just as locked as when Pikachu shocked it. Crap. Frustrated and a little frantic, she turned back to keep her eyes on Lovett. Better to keep her enemy in her sight. "I'm Evanesce," she smiled evilly at them. "And I'm your worst nightmare." she slipped behind them and held the sword to Audrey's throat. Fun fun. Well, Evanesce's idea of fun, anyways. Torture, maiming, and killing was her idea of fun, and it always had been.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 26, 2007 21:01:47 GMT -8
"Actually, you're wrong. Twoey's my worst nightm- WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Seymour's eyes grew wide at the sight of the sword, then he pulled Audrey close to him, backing away until his back bumped into one of the walls. "It's okay, Audrey, you're gonna be safe, she's not gonna hurt you. Not while I'm around." Lovett briefly had a guilty look on her face as she heard Seymour's words. She had heard similar words from Toby when he kept telling her Sweeney wasn't a nice man. But she soon frowned again, advancing on SN. "Y'know, you're not s'posed to mess with a murdress," she hissed.
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Post by Shock on Nov 26, 2007 21:10:22 GMT -8
SN backed away untill her back hit the wall. "Well, murderesses are supposed to be in jail, but I ain't seein' that happening either." she said with a slight southern twang on her 'ain't'. She was just talking to give her time to one, get herself to calm down, and two, figure out a way out. She couldn't put her pokemon in danger again, and Cura would never get involved with a conflict of any kind. And she really didn't like the look of that butcher knife. Evanesce aproached them, still clutching her sword. Not in a crazy way though, in a calm, collected way. She was good at containing her excitement. But now she knew at least one of their weaknesses. Take out the girl, the guy practically crumbles.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 26, 2007 21:17:12 GMT -8
Lovett smirked, which made her look much creepier than normal. "Wanna know what happened to the men who showed up to put us in jail?" she asked softly, in that dangerous tone of voice she used when she was pleased with herself. She indicated her knife. "One slash, that's all it takes. Don't matter if it's Mr. Todd or myself doing th' deed, don't matter." She took another step forward. Like many villainesses, she was talkative. You know how many villains in cartoons and anime and Batman and stuff like that talk a lot about their evil deeds? Lovett was one of them. "I-I-I swear it!" Seymour insisted, in response to Audrey's silent but obvious question. Of course he'd do anything to keep Audrey from getting killed! She was the only reason he even fed his plant, the only reason for him to stay alive!
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Post by Shock on Nov 26, 2007 21:23:18 GMT -8
SN was starting to really feel ill now. Talking about how she might be dying in a minute or so was not helping her nerves. "Uh...um...eh..." she couldn't think of anything to say. Her eyes darted around, now and then flickering back to Lovett, trying to find some secret way out she hadn't seen before. She was starting to get really desperate. Evanesce tilted her head to the side, considering. Then, faster than you could blink, she zipped forward, and, aiming for Audrey's stomach, she plunged the sword backhanded, facing the same direction as her two victims. She also made a twisting motion as she did so. Her wings, though they were almost as big as she was, didn't slow her down a bit.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 26, 2007 21:32:28 GMT -8
"It all started when Mr. Todd beat that barber in that stupid contest. 'Don't do it' I said. 'You'll end up doin' stuff you'll regret.' But 'e did it anyway. Got blackmailed later, Todd did. Killed 'im. It took a little while, but he finally decided to donate the body to the shop- 'e's a tad slow at times." Lovett smiled down at her knife, running a thumb down the blade to test the sharpness. Perfect. "Y'ready to say your prayers?" she asked. Audrey, who was busy exchanging lovesick glances with Seymour and ignoring Orin'g gagging, didn't notice the sword until she felt it, doubling over with pain. "Audrey, are you all right?" a concerned Seymour asked. Audrey, who was going to do her usual 'of course, it's only a little scratch!' thing, whimpered as the blade was twisted. Her answer was obvious. "N-no..." she gasped, collapsing. Seymour, of course, caught her. He wasn't going to let go of her until he was positive that she'd be okay.
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Post by Shock on Nov 27, 2007 4:56:55 GMT -8
Evanesce yanked her sword back out, glaring coldly. Cura looked up, and walked over quickly. I forgot to mention this in her profile, she can't stop fatal wounds or serious ones, but she can act as a painkiller. It makes her feel better to be able to help somehow. She laid a hand gently on Audrey's shoulder, where a warm 'pressure point' if you will would start and spread to numb any pain. "No!" SN dodged to the side and ran again, only to trip this time. She KNEW that was going to happen! She felt her lip, because she had tasted blood when she fell. Sure enough, there was a small cut on her lower lip. It wasn't bleeding all that bad, but that was the very least of her worries right then.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 27, 2007 5:28:22 GMT -8
Seymour hugged Audrey, his grip a little tighter than necessary. In the past few days, they had finally become more than "just friends", and he didn't want it all to end now! "No. Audrey, you're gonna be okay!" he insisted. She couldn't be hurt! She couldn't die! Audrey turned her head to shoot a weak glare at Evanesce. What had she ever done to the villain? She didn't think she even met her before. And wow, did that hurt. She winced a little, then froze as the pain slowly went away. That wasn't good. She stared down at her wound. Still there. So why was the pain gone? Did she die already? The already-panicking Audrey panicked a little more at that, trembling and clinging to Seymour as if doing so would make everything better. "Well, then don't. Not like I care." Lovett took the opportunity to calmly walk closer to SN, soon standing right in front of her, the knife aimed at the girl.
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Post by Shock on Nov 27, 2007 5:37:16 GMT -8
"Calm down. I'm making it not hurt," Cura said quietly, keeping her hand on the blonde's shoulder. She didn't want Audrey panicking and making the wound worse than it was. Especially when it wasn't something she could fix. She just wanted to make it so it wouldn't hurt. She hated seeing people in pain. SN had stood as Lovett was walking over, and froze. Too close! She was way too close with that knife! SN tried to take a couple of steps back, but couldn't. Darn her fraidy-catness!
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Post by Barrel on Nov 27, 2007 5:47:06 GMT -8
"Oh." That sort of explained it. But how was the girl making it not hurt? Audrey wanted to ask that, but she was weakening. Even if she couldn't feel the pain, it didn't mean she wasn't hurt. Seymour whimpered a little. He couldn't just let this happen! He turned his head and glared at Orin. "You're not gonna help?" he frowned. Orin shrugged, then dug in his pockets and produced a roll of dental wire. You know, the stuff they use on braces. He tossed it at Seymour. "Fine. Use this if you want, I don't care." Seymour just sort of stared at the wire. How would that help? "Make stitches outta them," Orin explained, answering Seymour's unvoiced question. "It'll hurt anyway, but it'll hold the wound closed." Lovett grinned that evil grin of hers and lunged with the knife after glancing around to make sure nobody interfered. It was at that moment that Sweeney sprang into action, leaping to his feet and leaping towards Lovett to grab her and hold her still. He latched on to her, but wasn't sure if he had made it in time, and didn't really want to check.
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Post by Shock on Nov 27, 2007 14:42:19 GMT -8
SN had reacted instinctively, pushing the little button on Absol's pokeball. The white pokemon emerged again, staring at SN. She wondered why, and didn't, really didn't, want to check. But...it was kind of hard to ignore the red spreading across her shirt. That...wasn't good. Pretty sure what had happened, SN(weakening from bloodloss) collapsed against the wall and slid to the base. She felt her throat. When she pulled away, it was covered in the sticky red stuff. Her eyes widened and she latched onto Absol. Cura watched Audrey carefully. "My name's Cura. I have healing powers, but it's more for mild to moderate injuries. I can't heal serious ones like this. But I can act as a pain killer." She said this all very quietly, keepin her focus on keeping the pain away.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 27, 2007 15:04:42 GMT -8
"That's why you don't get on Mrs. Nellie Lovett's bad side." Lovett gave a satisfied smirk, and then twisted around in her captor's grip. Her knife was raised to attack- but then she saw it was Sweeney, and quickly lowered the knife. She didn't want to kill him. Why would she kill someone she liked? "Oh, it's you, Mr. Todd. Let me go an' I'll get th' oven ready." No sense in wasting a perfectly good body. "Mmm. Thanks," Audrey said in a dazed voice. She was pale by now, and still bleeding. At least she couldn't feel it. "I-I think I'll go try to find someone who can fix you," Seymour said shakily, tossing the dental wire aside. That would hurt her more than it would help. Typical Orin. Seymour was pretty much freaked out by the fact that since he was holding Audrey, that meant he had her blood all over him. And right when he was about to tell her about his undying love for her, too. "I'll be right back, you just wait here." He carefully let go of Audrey, and helped prop her up against the wall, seeing that she made no move to do so herself. The florist then began searching the room for an exit that would actually let him out so he could find a doctor or something.
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Post by Shock on Nov 27, 2007 15:17:12 GMT -8
SN kept her arm around Absol, but she wasn't able to really cling at this point. Absol licked at her throat, trying to get it to stop bleeding. But it wasn't working. She laid her head on Absol. Hmmm...it was soft. She'd never really had time to notice that Absol, no matter how feirce it looked, was very soft and warm. Just like a puppy. Yes, her thoughts were also rather random and scattered. Her eyelids drooped. Cura helped to prop Audrey up, though she didn't think the blonde had much time. "Hurry back," she said quietly, still using her powers to keep Audrey numb.
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Post by Barrel on Nov 27, 2007 15:31:42 GMT -8
"So... Mr. Todd? You gonna let me go now?" Lovett asked. She wouldn't have minded being in his arms, if he didn't have that odd look on his face. And, right now, she just wanted to get out of there, give him time to calm down, then show up again once the oven was warm enough to begin cooking. After running around the room four or five times, Seymour drooped. The only door he had found was locked. So he rushed back to Audrey, to try the one thing he could think of: begging. "Audrey, please don't die! I need you! Please, please don't die! I-if you stay alive, I swear I'll find enough money for us to go move out to that little house you've always wanted! And have a family, and and and and all that stuff you've always wanted! Just hold on, don't die on me..." Yeah, he was desperate. And he gave her a quick kiss. Their first kiss. It would've been sweet if she hadn't been bleeding. If Twoey were there, it would be really happy just licking the blood off the floor or of of Seymour's clothes. Yeah. She had lost quite a bit of blood. Audrey was far enough gone for her to be pretty much unable to even string two words together to form a single thought. Even as she was kissed by the "chump with the glasses", she drooped, collapsing against him and then not moving.
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