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"i'm At Your House?" Kody Asked."you Don't Have To Sound So Offended. I Do Have People Clean It, You Know?""sorry." She Sighed Wearily. "you Have No Idea How Confusing It Is To Wake Up In A Strange Place With No Idea How You Got There."caleb Laughed. "sure I Do. Happens To Me Frequently."she Rolled Her Eyes At His Frightening Lifestyle. "yes, But I Woke Up In This Bed Alone."

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"i'm At Your House?" Kody Asked."you Don't Have To Sound So Offended. I Do Have People Clean It, You Know?""sorry." She Sighed Wearily. "you Have No Idea How Confusing It Is To Wake Up In A Strange Place With No Idea How You Got There."caleb Laughed. "sure I Do. Happens To Me Frequently."she Rolled Her Eyes At His Frightening Lifestyle. "yes, But I Woke Up In This Bed Alone."

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You Will Fail And I’ll Dance On Your Grave. (apollymi)

Courts Of Equity Make Their Decrees So As To Arrive At The Justice Of The Case Without Violating The Rules Of Law.

Your Father Abandoned Us. (zephyra) I Know. You’ve Told Me That Enough That It’s Permanently Seared Into My Brain. Still, He’s A Part Of Me And I’d Like To Have Closure. (medea) You Really Need To Stop Watching Oprah. (zephyra)

What Do I Do? (jeff) Well, Not To Insult A Man Who Looks Like A Rocket Scientist In Comparison To You, But…run, Forrest, Run. (rafael)

You Rang, Mino- Well, You’re Not Really The Minor Master Anymore, Are You? What Should I Call You? (asmodeus) Think Of A Polite Term, Demon. (jericho) Mister Master It Is. What Can I Do For You? (asmodeus)

I’m A Professional Bodyguard. (leta) Yeah, Right. (aiden) Nope. All True. I Know Seventy-two Ways To Kill A Man And Sixty-nine Of Them Look Like An Accident. (leta)

Tell Me Again How Great You Are, Asshole. Nothing Like A Steel Enema To Ruin Even Your Best Day. (fang)

Fine. I’m A Skotos (xypher) That Means What? You Have Toe Jam? (simone)

And You Haven’t Been Betrayed Yet, Nick. You Don’t Know What That’s Like. What It Does To You. The Scars It Leaves That Never Fade. (ambrose)

Akri Won't Let Me Eat Any Of Them Nasty Gods. What's The World Coming To When A Demon Gots To Beg For Tidbits...not Eve A Finger Sandwich Or A Single Knuckle. Tragic. Terribly Tragic.

Your Destiny Is Shaped By Choice, Never By Chance. Beware The Decisions You Make, No Matter How Small, For They Will Be Your Salvation...or Your Death.

Decisions You Make

You Must Be Pain In The Nick.” – Dev “huh?” – Nick “don’t Wet Your Pets. Just A Figure Of Speech. Your Mom’s Been Talking About You All Day, Boy. You Are Her Favorite Topic.” – Dev “well, I Try Hard Not To Be Her Favorite Hemorrhoid.” – Nick

And If We Fail? (delphine) It’ll Suck To Be Human. (madoc)

(his Heart Clenched As She Made A Kissing Noise To Him Then Handed The Phone Back To Vane. Gods, How He Loved That Woman.) Ahh, Tally, Me Lub You Too. (vane) Shut Up, Crotch-sniffer. You’re Not Allowed To Make Lovey Noises At Me, Only My Honey Is. (talon)

There’s A Human Out There Who Is Killing Off Dark-hunters, And Someone Needs To Stop Them.” – Andy “well, That’s Just Plain Rude.” – Sundown

Jealousy Can’t Sour Someone To This Extreme, Can It? (aiden) It Can And It Does. Believe Me. I’ve Seen A Lot Worse Than This In My Billion Or So Years Of Existence – The First Murder Man Committed Was One Brother Against The Other For No Other Reason Than That One Petty Emotion. Jealousy Turns To Hatred Which Then Turns To Poison. It Infects And It Destroys Until It Eats Someone Alive. (deimos)

Just Out Of Curiosity, Can An Immortal Choke To Death On A Bagel? (francesca)

Trust Is Always A Good Idea. For Someone Else.

I Take Offense To That. (pandora) And I Take Offense To My Sudden Need For A Testicle Retrieval. You Know, I Would Have Liked To Have Fathered Children One Day. (mike)

Know What? (wulf) If Halflings Live Past Twenty-seven. But Then Anything Is Possible. I Say In A Few Months We Should Pop Us Some Orville Redenbacher’s, Then Sit Back And Enjoy The Show. (spawn)

Thank You. (nykyrian) For What? (kiara) For Giving Me A Life Worth Living. I Know I’m Not Worth It, And That I Don’t Deserve It, But I Swear To The Gods I Finally Believe In That I Will Spend Every Moment I Have Left Making You Happy And Trying To Be Worthy Of You. (nykyrian)

And They Choose Our Mates. (ravyn) So What Do They Do? Jump Here On Earth, Tap You On The Shoulder, And Say, ‘hey, Bub, Marry Her’? (susan)

Call Me Buffy. I’m Even Blond, But Don’t Ask Me To Wear A Halter Top. Or Corset.

What If One Of Her Father’s Soldiers Panicked And Fired For No Reason? Though Pilots Were Carefully Trained, Mistakes Happened And She Didn’t Want To Be Included In A Statistics Report Under “uh-oh, My Bad.”’ (kiara)

You Really Are Here. (thanatos) Hair Of The Dog, Baby. Sooner Or Later, We All Dance With The Devil. Tonight, It’s Your Turn. (zarek)

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

You Need To Modulate That Unwarranted Ire, Buddy. I'm Not Your 'ho And You Ain't My Pimp

Vengeance Only Destroys The One Who Seeks It. (theo- Geary’s Grandfather/acheron)

(looking At Their Son On Ultrasound.) He Looks Like An Angel. (cassandra) I Don’t Know. I Think He Looks Like A Frog Or Something. (wulf)

You’re Really Not Right, Are You? Yeah, I Know. It Was All The Paint Chips I Ate As A Kid. They Were Good, But Chromosomally Damaging. (nick)

My Niceness Has A Very Low Threshold And That Little Girl Just Sucked It Dry, So Don’t Push Me, Olympain. I Don’t Want So Much As A Single Atlantean Stone Overturned. Guard It With Your Life Because The Next Time I Come Here, That’s The Price I’m Going To Demand For Your Incompetence. (zt) Nice Talking To You, Zt. I So Look Forward To Your Visits. Next Time We’ll Do Pastries, ‘kay? (kat)

I Want My Fluff-fluff! (bob) Fluff-fluff… (zarek Looked Panicked.) (zarek)

And What Am I? (adron) You’re Kind And Decent. You Have A Good Heart. (livia) I Have No Heart At All. What I Have Is A Mechanical Substitute That Pumps Blood Through A Broken Body, And Half The Time It Malfunctions. (adron)

By The Way, You Guys Seriously Screwed Up Just Now. (nero) We Know. (they Said In Unison.) Yeah, Well, What You Don’t Know Is How Grateful Your Girl Is To You. I Just Thought You Should Know That You Guys Are A Hero To Her…and She Thinks We’re All Idiots. (nero)

I've Been A Dj, Janitor, Ditch Digger, Waitress, Computer Instructor, Programmer, Mechanic, Web Developer, Clerk, Manager, Marketing Director, Tour Guide And Dorm Manager, Among Other Things.

All Right, Everyone. Fess Up. Who Just Shat In Their Pants? C'mon. Admit It." He Raised His Hand. I Know I Did And I'm Wolf Enough To Own It." Jess Ignored Him. "are You All Right?" He Asked Abigail. She Was Still A Little Too Pale For His Tastes. "i Think I'm Going To Own Sasha's Question. Definitely Put Me On Your List.

Growing Up, Books Were My Lifeline, And I Owe A Debt To Those Writers That Can Never Be Repaid. They Saved My Sanity And Gave Me A World I Could Escape To. If I Can Pay That Forward To Another Person, That's All I Ask.

They Have Demons On Antarctica?” “yeah,” Ash Breathed. “it Wasn’t Always Covered By Ice, That Was Just A Precaution When They Buried Them.

There, There, Baby. We'll Hide Her Body In The Trunk Later. (tory)

But Then, His Revenge Had Been More Direct. He’d Hunted Down The Ones Who’d Killed His Sister And Nephew – Those Who’d Survived His Mother’s Attack – And He’d Made Them Wish They’d Never Been Born With Nerve Endings.' (acheron)

My Ma Used To Say That Crying Is Good For You. Tears Are The Path That Free Your Mind Of Sorrowful Thoughts.

Simple. Atlantis Can't Be Found." He Scoffed At Her. " You're The Second Person To Tell Me That In Less Than An Hour.

Greek Mythology

So How Many Women Have You Visited In Their Dreams? (geary) Is This One Of Those Questions That If I Don’t Answer It Correctly, You Get Angry At Me? (arik)

Over, Under, Around, Or Through. There Is Always A Way. - Soteria

There Is Always A Way

Human Will Is The Strongest Will Ever Created. There Are Those Who Are Born To Succeed And Those Who Are Determined To Succeed. The Former Fall Into It, And The Latter Pursue It At All Costs. They Won’t Be Denied. Nothing Daunts Them.

Determined To Succeed

You Know, There Are Just Some Things You Never Expect To Face Even On This Job. A Flying Primate That Shoots Fire Out Its Nose Is One Of Them.

Are We All Ready? (deimos) (letting Out A Blood-chilling War Cry, He And The Rest Of The Dolophoni Ran Through The Caverns.) I Hate Their Dramatics…and Their Decibel Level. (m'adoc)

I Can Tell You Love Him. (syn) Yeah, Like A Boil In My Nether Regions. (kiara)

Alone At Last. Oh, The Pleasure Of The Pain. (zarek) You Really Do Suffer From Insanity, Don’t You? (thanatos) Hardly. I Have To Say I Enjoy Every Minute Of It. (zarek)

I Don’t Know. There Are Times When I Get The Feeling He Can’t Tell Me From Nynia. I Think He Loves Her More Than Me. (sunshine) No Offense, But That’s Stupid. You And Talon Are Soulmates. He Will Always Love You No Matter Who Or What You Are. You, My Friend, Could Come Back As A Humpback Whale And He Would Love You. He Can’t Help It. The Two Of You Are Destined For Each Other. (psyche)

(zarek Slammed His Combined Fists Down Across Thanatos’s Back.) If Anyone Has Any Suggestions On How To Kill This Guy, I’m Open To It. (zarek) I’m Out Of Dynamite. You Got Any Grenades? (jess) Not On Me. (zarek) Say Die, Dark-hunter. (thanatos) Fine. Die, Why Don’t You? (zarek)

I've Had To Work Hard All My Life, And I Will Never, Ever Ask A Fan Or Reader To Pay For Something I've Rushed. It's Not Fair To Them, And I Will Never Give Them Anything Except My Absolute Best.

Laugh It Up, Asshole. But She Who Laughs Last Laughs Longest, And I Intend To Belly Roll Tonight ~tabitha

Yeah, You Go After Her, And I Suggest You Invest In A Steel Plated Jockstrap. Last Guy Who Said Something Sexual To Her And Pissed Her Off Is Still Limping Around The Office. (carlos)

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)

In Fact, My Mother Always Says That Emotions Are What The Gods Gave Us To Distract Us From The Pain Of Life. They Are What Make Life Bearable And What Keeps Us Going No Matter How Hard It Gets. (alix)

Can You Stand? (aimee) I’m Not Helpless. (fang) Oh, Look! Mr. Macho Is Back In All His Glory. Hello, Mr. Macho, It’s So Not Good To See You Again. But You Know, Mr. Macho, That You’ve Been Bedridden To The Point That Your Legs Aren’t Used To Carrying Your Weight And You’re Not Really Human. So If You Want To Get Up And Fall, Gods Forbid I Do Anything To Stop It. After All, I Live For America’s Funniest Home Videos. Should I Fetch A Camcorder Now? (aimee)

C'mon, Tabitha. You Stabbed Me The Night We Met Without Even Blinking. (valerius) Yeah, But You Were A Dirtbag Then. (tabitha) I Think I'm Offended. (valerius)

She Couldn’t Very Well Let Him Join Her In Bed Like That. Sure You Could. No I Can’t. Please? Hush, Self, Let Me Think.’ (grace)

I Fell Out Of The Hammock While I Was Sleeping. (arik) On Your Head? (geary) Apparently. Good Thing It’s Hard, Huh? (arik)

The Simi Gots Some Barbecue Sauce In Her Bag. It Kind Of Looks Like Blood If You Squint At It The Right Way. And It Don’t Coagulate Between Your Teeth Like Blood Or Give You Them Funky Burps, Not To Mention It Tastes A Lot Better Too. Especially Over That Type A Stuff. Bleh! I’d Rather Eat My Shoes. But That O-flavored Blood…yum! (she Straightened And Held One Finger Up In A Gesture That Strangely Reminded Him Of Smokey The Bear.) And Just Remember, Kids, Three Out Of Four Demons All Prefer Barbecue Sauce Over Hemoglobin. (simi)

Any More Bitching From The Geriatric Crew? What A Bunch Of Old Women. Should I Hire Another Crewmate To Change Your Bed Diapers While I’m At It? Next Time I’ll Let The League Have You. Vik, I’m Relinquishing Control Back To You. (devyn) It’s What I Live For. By The Way, Ye Organic Life Forms Aren’t The Only Ones Who’ve Soiled Themselves. Can I Have A Minute To Attend My Needs, Captain Asshole? (vik)

I Don't Want You Skinny, Bride. I Like You As You Are." His Breath Tickled Her Neck As He Spoke And Sent Heat All Over Her. "my People Have A Saying. Meat Is For The Man, The Bone Is For The Dog." "yeah, But You're Both." "and When Given A Choice Between Ribs And Steak, I Go For Top Choice Every Time.

What Are You Doing Here? (jericho) Do My Accommodations Offend You? I’ve Grown Quite Used To Them. Though A View Of Something Other Than Mangled Bodies Might Be Nice For A Change. (jaden)

We Don't Have A Choice In How Or When Our Bad Days Will Blindside Us. But What We Do Choose Is How We Allow Them To Leave Us Once They're Gone. You Can Use Those Moments As A Catalyst To Spur You On To Greater Things Or You Can Let It Be The Event That Breaks You And Leaves You Shattered And Forever Lost In Darkness.

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