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Don't You Have Class Today? (kyrian) Boy, I'm A Backwoods Cajun, I Ain't Never Got No Class, Cher. (nick) (he Cleared His Throat And Dropped The Thick Cajun Accent.) And No, Today's Registration. I've Got To Figure Out What I'm Taking Next Semester. (nick) I Have A Few Things I Need You To Do Today. (kyrian) And That Is Different From Any Other Day How? (nick) Sarcasm, Thy Name Is Nick Gautier. (kyrian)

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Don't You Have Class

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Don't You Have Class Today? (kyrian) Boy, I'm A Backwoods Cajun, I Ain't Never Got No Class, Cher. (nick) (he Cleared His Throat And Dropped The Thick Cajun Accent.) And No, Today's Registration. I've Got To Figure Out What I'm Taking Next Semester. (nick) I Have A Few Things I Need You To Do Today. (kyrian) And That Is Different From Any Other Day How? (nick) Sarcasm, Thy Name Is Nick Gautier. (kyrian)

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What Are You? Stupid? Of Course They Have A Guard. What Part Of ‘you’re A Prisoner’ Did You Miss? (delphine)

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You Smoke? (randy) Only When I’m On Fire. (steele) I Don’t Appreciate Your Humor, Mr. Steele. (randy) I’m An Acquired Taste. (steele)

It Is Sometimes Difficult To Get Rid Of First Impressions.

First Impression

Living Was Okay, But It Wasn't The Breaths People Took That Measured A Life. It Was The Moments That Took Those Breaths Away That Mattered The Most. And Dev Did That Every Time He Looked At Her. Naked Or Not.

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I’m Assuming Those Are Daimons. (susan) No, They’re Avon Ladies. (ravyn)

Interesting, Isn’t It? What Do You Have To Say About That, Fury? (savitar) They’re On Crack. (fury) Anyone Else On Crack? (savitar)

Ah, Those Were The Days…the Dark-hunters Hunted Us, We Slaughtered Them. We Made Our Homes In Underground Catacombs And Crypts Where The Hunters Couldn’t Go Without Getting Possessed. It Was An Interesting Time To Be Apollite Or Daimon. But That Was Before We Discovered Civilization And Modern Conveniences. Before The Human World Developed Enough To Where We Could Exist At Night Under The Pretense Of Being One Of Them. Apollites Owning Businesses And Houses. Daimons Playing Nintendo. What Is This World Coming To? (thanatos)

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It's Easy To Misjudge Others. The One Thing I Try To Do With Everything I Write Is Open People's Eyes To Those They Normally Ignore Or Dismiss. To Make People Aware Of The "other" Side Of Things.

Fine. Let’s Begin With Something Even You Can’t Screw Up.” – Death “way To Build Up My Crappy Confidence There. You Should Volunteer For The Suicide Hotline.” – Nick “what Makes You Think I Don’t?” – Death

Where Did You Find An Andarion? I’ve Never Seen One On Gouran Before. Aren’t You Afraid To Be With Him? (sales Woman) Why No, I’m Not Afraid. He’s Already Had His Daily Feeding. (kiara) What Do You Feed Him? (sales Woman) Babies. Lots And Lots Of Babies. (kiara)

Sitting In A Court Of Law, I Can Receive No Evidence But What Comes Under The Sanction Of An Oath.

I Don’t Like Being Here With These People And Animals. I’m Going To Retire, But Remember, Courage Is Doing What We Know Is Dangerous. It’s Risking Our Safety For A Chance At Something Better. Don’t Let Your Fears Shape Your Reality Because No Matter How Cautious You Are, Someone Or Something Always Sneaks In The Back Door To Manifest That Fear. Better To Face It And Defeat It Than To Let It Attack You Unawares. (maxis)

(the Baby Sneezed. Wulf Jumped As Fire Shot Out Of Its Nostrils And Almost Singed His Leg.) Excuse Me. I Almost Made Dark-hunter Barbecue, Which Would Be Really Sad ‘cause I Ain’t Got No Barbecue Sauce With Me. (simi)

Daimons, Vampires, Ghouls, Whatever You Want To Call Them. They Suck Your Blood And Your Soul And Leave You With Nothing. Kind Of Like Lawyers. (selena)

Oh, Sheez, What’s Syd Vicious Doing Back In Town? (payne) How’d The Testicle Retrieval Go, Payne? You Still Limping?...thought So. I Got The Thank-you Card From Planned Parenthood Last Week. Seems They Want To Honor Me For Saving The Gene Pool. (syd)

Don’t Let The Past Ruin Your Future. (acheron) Meaning What, Oh Great Yoda? (kyrian) You Take Care Of The Kid. I’ll Take Care Of Your Patrol Tonight. I Could Use The Target Practice. (acheron)

Yeah, Well, I’ll Be Glad To Birth It If It Means I Can Name Him Something Normal. (zarek) Yeah, Yeah. This From A Man Who Whines Like A Two-year-old When He Stubs His Toe. I’d Like To See You Survive Ten Hours Of Childbirth. (astrid)

When I Was Younger, I Never Thought There Could Be Anything Better Than The Glory Of Battle. (sparhawk) And Now? (taryn) Now I Would Much Rather Coax A Smile From Your Face. (sparhawk)

We Have A Daimon Walk Into The Bar In Broad Daylight, And Now A Demon Sliming Dev. I Don´t Know About You, But That Doesn´t Seem Coincidental To Me.” “i Agree. Snot Funny.

I Would Kiss You Anyway, But I Have A Feeling That If I Tried– (rafael) I’d Kick You In The Nuts And Tear Your Ear Off. (celena) That Would Hurt. (rafael) That’s The Idea. (celena)

He Was Surrounded And They Were Hungry For What Few Brain Cells He Had Left. But You Know What? He Wasn't About To Give In Or Give Up. If He Was Going Out, It Would Be The Way He Had Come Into This World. Fighting For Every Single Breath.

People With Weaknesses Get Killed By The People Who Lack Them. Notice I'm Not Dead.

Aren’t You Ever Satisfied? I Swear If I Were Mortal, I’d Be Limping From Our Last Go-round. If Not Dead. We Really Need To Find You A Hobby Other Than Jumping On Top Of Me. (acheron)

You Are The Energizer Bunny For Badasses. -ash

Aimee-"if Someone's Possessed By A Demon, How Do You Get The Demon Out?" Xedrix-"call A Priest.

Well, We Better Be Quick And Not Become Human Popsicles. I’m Going To Be Really Upset At You If I Freeze To Death. (shahara)

You Would Make A Great Teacher. (grace) Commander To Teacher. Why Not Call Me Cato The Elder, And Really Insult Me While You’re At It? (julian)

Shamefully, All Of Us Have Wanted Revenge On Someone At Some Point For Something. I've Lived Since Before Man And Buffalo Roamed This Small Planet. I Have Survived The Beginning, Bloom, And Death Of Countless Enemies, Civilizations, And People. And The One Truth I Have Learned Most During All Of These Centuries Is The Old Japanese Proverb. If You Sit By The River Long Enough, You Will See The Body Of Your Enemy Float By.

You Told Me Once, Long Ago, To Look Into A Mirror And See Your Face. I Refused To Then. But Now Mnimi Has Forced Me To Look At My Own Reflection. I’ve Seen It Through My Eyes And I’ve Seen It Through Yours. I Wish To The Gods That I Could Change What Happened Between Us. If I Could Go Back, I Would Never Deny You. But I Can’t. We Both Know That. Now I Just Want The Chance To Know You As I Should Have Known You All Those Centuries Ago. (styxx)

Are All Knights So Gentle? (taryn) I Know Not, Taryn, Since I Don’t Make It My Habit To Lie Abed With Other Knights. (sparhawk)

I Still Wanna Know Who To Sue To Get My Store Fixed. (bubba) I’m A Turnip. Sue The Rich Kid Who Started It. (nick)

My Father Used To Say That Life Is What You Make It. Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life. You Can’t Change The Past, But The Future Isn’t Set In Stone. You Can Effect A Change There. Move Forward Not With Hatred Or Love. Move Forward With Purpose. (simone)

You’ve Got On A White Coat. (ephani) Awesome Cognitive Powers You Have There. (alexion)

Life Is A Tapestry Woven By The Decisions We Make.

Decisions We Make

Want To Come Back To The Morgue With Me After Lunch? (tate) I Shudder At The Thought Of The Pickup Line You Must Have Used The Night You Met Lashonda. Come With Me, Baby, And See My Collection Of Stiffs. (simone)

(he Glared At Them While It Rang And Rang And Rang. Grimacing At The Delay, Nick Glanced Toward Kody.) “do Necromancers Not Have Voice Mail?” – Nick

While I Respect Suicidal Tendencies On Most Days, You’d Do Well To Remember Who You’re Addressing And, More To The Point, What I Can Do To You. No One Says You Have To Go Back To Tartarus In One Piece. (acheron)

What Good Was Owning The World When He’d Have No Choice Except To Defend Himself Against Every Person In It? Personally, He’d Rather Be A Beggar With One True Friend Than A Prince Surrounded By Two-faced Assassins.’ (aiden)

Why Would You Train An Instrument Of Destruction? (jericho) We All Choose Our Destinies. Our Birth Doesn’t Dictate Our Future Unless We Allow It. (acheron)

No One Wanted To Spontaneously Combust Into Flames, Especially Not In Traffic.’ – Sundown

It's Like Trying To Train An Add Cat In A Mouse Factory.

Nick Cleared His Throat. “do Not … And I Mean Do … Not … Take This The Wrong Way, Okay?” He Wrapped His Arms Around Ash And Hugged Him. “i Will Always Be Your Brother,” He Whispered In Ash’s Ear. “and I Won’t Ever Hate You.

Nice Knees, Bud, But The Hairy Legs Could Use A Bush Hog. (kyrian)

I’m A Goddess Of Destruction. Tell Me Honestly That You Find Nothing Exciting About The Idea Of A Billion People Screaming Out For Mercy When There’s No One Left Who Cares What Befalls Them. Of The Entire Earth Being Rained On By All Manner Of Demons Bent On Ultimate Torture And Sacrifice. Them Ripping And Shredding Human Flesh As They Claw In A Drunken Frenzy Fueled By Their Hatred Of Everything. Drinking Blood In An Orgy Of Terror...ahhh, The Beauty Of Annihilation. There’s Nothing Like It.(apollymi)

I’m Protecting Her. (wulf) From? (chris) Daimons. (wulf) Big Bad Ones. (cassandra)

(adron Leveled A Scowl That Made Him Shrink Back.) Jeeze, You Ought To Bottle That Look. I Know Armies That Would Pay A Fortune To Have Something That Toxic In Their Arsenal. (tiernan)

Please Tell Me The Cave Just Had A Little Indigestion. (kat)

Have You Ever Wanted To Put Your Head In A Blender And Turn On The Liquefy Switch? (tate)

Stay Out Of This, Zebulon. (dolophoni) You Guys Come To My Town, You Don’t Call. You Don’t Write. And You Expect Me To Just Let You Run Amok In Front Of The Humans? Really, Deimos, Don’t Tread Here Unless You Want To Bleed. (zt)

Show No Fear To Your Enemies. Only Contempt. Never Let Anyone Look Down On You. You're Just As Good As Any Of Them. I Don't Care Who They Are. Better In Fact. In Our World, Dagans Are Royalty And You, My Son, Are A Prince.

No. He’s The Personification Of Human Fear. (leta) Oh, Goody. Just What I Wanted To Add To My Dream. Should We Invite Him Over For Tea? (aiden)

How Are You In The Profession Of Protecting People Without Knowing Who I Am? I’ve Been Told I Have One Of The Most Recognizable Faces In The World. (aiden) Wow…just Out Of Curiosity, When You Go To Bed At Night, Do You Find Yourself Ousted Off The Mattress By That Ego? (leta)

Keep Your Lips And Other Body Parts To Yourself Or You’ll Be Headless. (apollymi)

Do You Have Any Coffee? (talon) Ew! No, That Stuff Will Kill You. I Have Herbal Teas, Though. (sunshine) Herbal Teas? That’s Mulch, Not A Beverage. (talon)

He Probably Couldn’t Turn Off His Sexiness Without Medical Intervention.’ (abbie)

What’s The Gun For? (leta) I Would Lie And Say It’s For Bears Or Snakes, But Mostly I Use It For Trespassers. (aiden) Wow, Dexter, I’m Impressed. Since We’re Not In Miami And You Haven’t A Boat To Hide The Hacked-up Bodies At Sea, Where Are You Keeping Them? (leta)

I’m An Executioner, Leta, Hence My Demon Nickname. They Send Me In To Take The Heads Off People And Gods Who’ve Stepped Over The Line, Usually Only Because Someone Has Pms. You Want Justice, Themis’s Office Is Down The Hall On The Left. You Want Death And Dismemberment, I’m Your Man…or Rather God. (deimos)

Without A Word Or Hesitation, Pain Took The Mop From Nick. Suffering Moved To Pick Up Glass. "wow. Where Have You Two Been All My Life?" Pain Quirked And Eyebrow As He Mopped The Floor. "walking Hand In Hand With You. Haven't You Noticed?

There Are Certain Irregularities Which Are Not The Subject Of Criminal Law. But When The Criminal Law Happens To Be Auxiliary To The Law Of Morality, I Do Not Feel Any Inclination To Explain It Away.

Turn Yourself Over To Aksel, And I Might Let Her Go. (arast) Yeah, Right. And I’m A One-legged Dung Dealer. (nykyrian)

A Little Bloodthirsty, Isn’t It? (kim) Given What They Did To Tory, I’m Thinking A Quick Death Is Merciful. Not To Mention They Ruined One Of My Favorite Jackets And Totaled My Bike. (acheron) Well, Let’s Just Torture Then Bomb The Bastards. How Dare They! (pam)

Remember What I’ve Told You. Looks Can Often Deceive You. A Poor Man Can Don The Robes Of A Prince And A Prince Can Be Shoeless In The Street. We Judge People By What Their Actions Are, Not By The Clothes They Wear. (eleni)

Okay. That Was Nice. Clothes. You Need Clothes Before I Do Something I Might Not Regret. What Was Your Size Again, Steve? (sunshine) Talon. (talon) Talon. Size. Clothes. Cover Him Up. I’m Going To Go Get Talon Clothes. Keys. Need Keys For Car. Purse. Money For Clothes. Shoes. Must Have Shoes To Shop And Keep Feet Warm. (sunshine) What About A Coat? It Is Wintertime. (talon) Coats Are Good In The Winter. (sunshine)

Oh, This I Have To See. I Love It When You Go For The Vernacular. Jugular.

(as She Entered The Main Room, Syn Turned Around In His Chair And Almost Fell Out Of It As He Scanned Her Body. He Cleared His Throat And Cut An Appreciative Look To Nykyrian.) Dayum…woman Be Hot. (syn)

I Tried To Pick Nykyrian’s Pocket Last Year. (jana) And You Let Him Live? (kiara) I Have An Age Requirement Before I Kill Someone. (nykyrian)

Love Is The Greatest Corrupter Ever Known And Has Been The Numbers One Downfall Of Mankind Since The First Creation.

Answer My Question, Bacchus. I’m Not One Of Your Dickless Greeks To Be Kept Waiting For An Answer. (camulus) You Better Take A More Civil Tone With Me, Cam. I’m Not One Of Your Flaccid Celts To Shake In Terror Of Your Wrath. You Want To Fight, Boy, Bring It On. (dionysus) Whoa, Hang On A Second. Let’s Save The Fighting For When You Two Take Over The World, Okay? (styxx)

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