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My Father Was A Drill Sergeant, And I've Always Had That Mentality Drilled Into Me Of 'you've Got To Do Better, You've Got To Do Better.' I Just Try To Listen To The Characters. That's What Works For Me.

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My Father Was A

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My Father Was A Drill Sergeant, And I've Always Had That Mentality Drilled Into Me Of 'you've Got To Do Better, You've Got To Do Better.' I Just Try To Listen To The Characters. That's What Works For Me.

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Yes, But If We Hurt The Abadonna In The Process, We’re Going To Find Out What It Feels Like To Be Turned Inside Out. Literally. Like Most Beings, I Actually Like The Fact That My Skin Is Outside My Body. (urian)

The Point Is, Sin Is Now Going To Try To Overthrow Me Again And Take My Place. Do You Know What That Means? (artemis) There Will Be Much Rejoicing? (kat)

Don’t Worry. It’ll Never Happen Again. You Know Me, I Do Date Occasionally, But I Usually Spend At Least A Few Normal, Boring Days With A Guy Before We Rock The House Down. Of Course, No One Ever Rocked My House Down The Way This Guy Did. He Leveled The Mother To Its Foundations. (sunshine)

But It’s Like Cherise Says, The Hardest Ones To Love Are Always The Ones Who Need It Most. (aimee)

You Know, Vik, You’re Amazingly Human At Times. (alix) I Know. But I Wonder If The Feelings I Have Are Real Or Just Electrical Stimulations In My Cortex That Simulate Human Emotion. I Wish I Knew If They Were Real Or Imagined. (vik) And That Makes You Completely Human, Sweetie. We All Have Those Doubts. (alix)

It’s A Gift. (artemis) Nothing Is Ever Freely Given. (acheron)

You Taste So Good. I Could Kiss You Forever. (adron) You’re Not So Bad Yourself In A Lethal, I’ll-kill-you-if-you-look-at-me-wrong Kind Of Way. (livia)

C’mon, Sweetie, You Can Say It. (delphine) (she Moved His Mouth Playfully With Her Hands.) You Don’t Suck, Delphine. I…you. C’mon, Jericho. I Only Bite In The Bedroom. You Can Do This. I Know You’re Not Really Mute. (delphine)

So You're The Infamous Acheron. (amanda) Lord And Master Of The Great Barbarian Horde That Roams The Night. (acheron)

See... I Knew Baby Marissa Was Quality People, Look How She's Eating The Head Off The Red-headed Artemis Doll. Simi Need To Teach Her To Belch Fire, Then Introduce Her To The Real Heifer-goddess Herself(simi)

(at The Back Of The Cave, Phoebe Placed Her Hand Against One Of The Stones Where A Spring Release Opened An Elevator Door. Chris Gave An Over Exaggerated Gape.) Holy Hand Grenade, Batman, It’s A Bat Cave. (chris)

Again, I Repeat, Don’t Ask Questions You Don’t Want Answered. Just Accept The Fact That Acheron Is A Freak Of Nature And Let It Go. (zarek)

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)

Step Aside, Boys. I Have The Evil Powers For This.” – Abigail “my Lady Got Mad Skills.” – Sundown

He Made A Sound Of Disgust In The Back Of His Throat. "oh Thank You So Much. That's What Every Man Wants To Hear About His Name. You Might As Well Call Me 'little Pecker' While You're At It And Tell Me You Would Love To Have Me Go Shopping With You For Feminine Hygiene Products. Oh And By All Means, Carry A Big, Sparkling Pink Bag With Flowers On It And Make Me Hold It.

All Of Us Have Darkness Inside Us, And At Times It Possesses And Seduces Us In Ways We Never Thought Possible.

Would Like To Join Me? (astrid) I Think I’d Look Strange In A Bikini. (zarek) Was That A Joke? Can It Be You Made A Real Joke? (astrid) Yeah, I Must Be Possessed Or Something. (zarek)

There’s A Reason Mia Is Currently An Only Child. Family Drama Takes On A Whole New Meaning When They’re Feuding Gods Who Can’t Stand The Sight Of Each Other And Always Try To Kill One Another Whenever They’re In The Same Room.” – Kat

I Don’t Intimidate You At All, Do I? (acheron) Well, When You Chased Me Through Kyrian’s House, I Did Wet My Pants A Bit. Guess I’m Not Housebroken After All. My Mom Will Be So Disappointed After All She Went Through To Potty Train Me. But Once You Let Me Live…your Big Mistake…now I Know You Think I’m Too Cute And Fluffy To Kill. (nick)

I Like That Zarek. He Quality People! He Even Gave Me A Can Opener So I Don’t Have To Use My Fangs. I Like That. Metal Is Hard On The Teeth. Pork And Beans Popsicle. Yummy! My Favorite! (simi)

This Is The Swamp As I See It, But What I Can’t Capture On Canvas Is You As I See You. No Brush Or Paint Will Ever Show The Hero That You Are. It Will Never Be Able To Portray The Sound Of Your Voice When You Whisper My Name. The Way My Skin Tingles When You Touch Me. The Passion Of You Inside Me. I Love You, Talon. I Know That I Can’t Keep You. No One Can Ever Tame A Wild Beast. You Have A Job To Do And So Do I. I Only Hope That When You Think Of Me, It’ll Bring A Smile To Your Face. Love Always, Sunshine. (sunshine's Note)

Don’t Be Stupid, Katra. Never Speak In Anger And Never Try To Force Your Will Onto Someone Else. You’ll Never Find Peace In That. (acheron)

A Clever Enemy Would Kiss My Hand, Then Stab At My Back While I Was Distracted. (stryker) A Coward’s Action. Truly. Don’t Insult Either One Of Us With Such A Suggestion. I Don’t Believe In Petty Juvenile Attacks. I Go After What I Want, And When It’s The Life Of An Enemy I Don’t Want There To Be Any Mistaking My Intention. If You’re Worth My Hatred, Then You’re Worth My Letting You Know That I’m Coming For You. (zephyra)

Akri Done Left His Simi On His Arm For Far Too Long. She Done Got Tired And Cranky. (simi)

You Touch Her, And I Will Take That Dagger At Your Side And Cut Your Heart Out With It. (julian)

So Let Me See If I Got Everything Straight … This … Means That We Are Somehow Meant To Be Husband And Wife. But If I Refuse You, You Spend The Rest Of Your Life Impotent And Alone? But I, On The Other Hand, Am Free To Live My Life However I See Fit?” He Nodded. “it Really Sucks To Be You, Doesn’t It?

I Am A Socially Awkward Mandork. (nick)

Socially Awkward

I Can’t Believe You Were Going To Call Me A Liar And Take My Place Under The Guillotine. Next Time I Try To Save You, Woman, You Better Stay Saved. (fury)

Well, I Guess I’m Just Not As Special As You Are. (urian) No One Knows Their True Mettle Until It’s Been Tested. This Is Yours. Whether You Pass Or Fail Is Entirely Up To You. I Can’t Tell You What To Do, But I Know Where I’ll Be Tonight. (acheron)

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.

Now That I Think About It, You’d Have To Be A Glutton For Punishment To Keep Coming Near Me Given My Acerbic Personality Where You’re Concerned. (tory)

Sometimes Things Have To Go Wrong In Order To Go Right.

The Tiger Lies Low Not From Fear, But For Aim. ~wren

Oh, Come On. I Have To Know About The Who-do Voodoo That You Do. (nick)

What Was That Action? (aimee) Chuck Norris Meets Jet Li. (dev)

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The Only Clothes Amanda Has Are The Ones On Her Back. (kyrian) From What I Saw, She Had No Clothes Whatsoever On Her Back. Her Front Neither. (nick) One Day, Gaitor Bait... (kyrian) Note To Self- Be Nice To Woman, Keep Mouth Shut. (nick)

Akri Hides From No One. He Don’t Need To. Anyone Hurt My Akri, I Eat Them. (simi)

Funny How Internal Scars Never Healed. They Were The Souvenirs Of The Past.

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Were-hunters Are Different From Humans. (ravyn) You Mean Other Than The Fact That You Live For Several Hundred Years, Can Turn Into Animals, Time Travel, And Wave Your Hand To Make Freaky Stuff Happen? (susan)

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Ectoplasmic Plane? What The Devil Is That? (simone) It’s Jargon From Those Of Us Who Are Corporeally Challenged. It’s The Great Beyond Where We Bounce Into Each Other Like Floundering Atoms. It’s Really Kind Of Gross – Which Is Why I Hang Out With You. But Only Because You’re Less Gross Than They Are. (jesse)

Oh, Gah, I’ve Been Slimed. (jericho) It’s Not Slime. It’s A Baby Kiss. (delphine) It's Slime. (zarek)

A What? (fang) Badass Demon With A Superiority Complex Who Picks His Teeth With Bones Of Infants. Let’s Just Keep It Simple And Say He’s A Demon I Want Out Of The Human Realm. Asap. (thorn)

Still Waters Run Deep. ~tabitha

You Have Some Severe Mental Problem I Need To Be Aware Of, Don’t You? (shahara) Just Because I Eat Babies For Breakfast And Pick My Teeth With Their Bones Doesn’t Mean I’m Nuts. (syn) Any Other Weird Habits I Should Be Aware Of? (shahara) Just My Need To Dance Naked In The Streets Under The Light Of A Full Moon. (syn)

If It Makes You Feel Better, I’m Not Happy With The Way All This Went Down Any More Than You Are. But Sometimes Things Have To Go Wrong In Order To Go Right. (acheron)

Tell Me Something, Adron. Sometime You’ve Never Shared With Anyone Else. Not Even Thia. (livia) I’m The One Who Glued Zarina To The Toilet Seat When She Was Seven. (adron)

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)

He’s A Tough Little Son Of A Biscuit Eater. (bubba)

Any Time You Need An Expert Parental Hand- (zarek) I’ll Find Jericho. (astrid) Um, Could You At Least Wait Until That Thing’s Housebroken? (jericho)

Did You See A Doctor? (syn) Yeah. It’ll Heal. (cruel) Did Your Mom Say Anything? (syn) Clean The Blood Out Of The Carpet Before It Sets. What Could She Say? Better Me Than Her. (cruel)

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)

Oh Yeah, This Was So Comforting. Like A Porcupine In A Condom Factory.’ (danger)

Law Of The Jungle. The Betrayee Gets To Eat The Betrayer. --dante Pontis

Not To Mention, It’d Be Worth Guarding Her Just For The Eye Candy Alone – Sheez, Can You Imagine Being Around That Day In And Day Out. Wonder If She Sleeps Naked…bet She Showers That Way. Every Day Even. Think About It. I’ll Even Bet She’s Naked Underneath Her Clothes. (syn)

You Know It Doesn’t Work That Way, T. I Have To Be Touching The Body Or Something That Belonged To The Victim. Photos Only Give Me A Paper Cut…and The Willies. (simone)

She Didn’t Hurt You? (acheron) Nope. I’m All Hunky-dory. (tory)

Are You Calling Me Out? (varyk) I’m Calling You Slow. Not Out. (dev)

(talon Pulled Another Beignet From The Sack And Held It Up For Her To Eat.) That Stuff Is Hazardous To Your Health. (sunshine) Baby, Life Is Hazardous To Your Health. (talon)

Let Me Give You Free Advice, Kid. Whenever Something Is Coming For You, Snap Its Neck Or Double Tap. Never, Ever Hesitate. It’s Infinitely Better To Be Judged By Twelve Than Carried By Six.” – Death

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)

Choose Well Or Die. I Don’t Care Which. Just Don’t Get Blood On My Coat.

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)

Don’t Cry For Me, Grace. I’m Not Worth It. (julian) Yes You Are! (grace) You Are My Saving Grace. Without You, I Would Never Have Known Love. And I Would Never Have Known Me Again. (julian)

Simi? What Was It You Told Me Once About Families? We Have Three Kinds Of Family. Those We Are Born To, Those Who Are Born To Us, And Those We Let Into Our Hearts.

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)

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)

Life Was Brutal And It Made Victims Of Everyone.’ (nykyrian)

So Are We Going To Continue Glaring Angrily At Each Other While We Pose In Our Tough Stances? Or Use Our Time To Work Out A Plan That Hopefully Doesn’t End With Our Mutual Deaths? (acheron)

I’d Rather Be Vindictive Than Smart. (solin)

Talon Glanced Wistfully At His Drink As He Debated What Should Take Priority. 'coffee... Daimons... Coffee... Daimons...

No Misery Or Bad Situation Is Ever Infinite Or Final Until We Make A Conscious Decision For It To Be So. ~ Inferno

And You Take Care, Too, Shahara. Remember The Lies We Tell Ourselves To Survive Seldom Bring Peace To Our Souls. (nero)

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Should I Warm The Oven And Bake You A Batch Of Hero Cookies? - Zephyra

Lights! Lights Would Be Very Good Right Now! (amanda) Since They Hurt My Eyes To The Point I Can Barely See, No They Wouldn't. Trust Me. (kyrian) Trust You, My Left Foot! I'm Not Immortal Over Here! (amanda) Yeah, Well, In A Bad Enough Car Wreck, Neither Am I. (kyrian) I Really Hate Your Sense Of Humor. (amanda)

Our Lives Are Marked And Shaped By Our Regrets. Things We All Want To Take Back And Can’t. In A Perfect World, We Would Never Hurt The Ones We Love Or Cause Hurt To Befall Them. But The World Isn’t Perfect And Neither Are We.

In One Afternoon, My Entire Life Shattered And Then All Of A Sudden This Great Guy Comes Along Like Some Mythical Knight In Shining Armor. He's Gorgeous, Loaded, And Says All The Right Things To Me. He Makes Me Feel Like I Can Fly, And Every Time He Shows Up, He Makes Everything Better. I'm Not Used To This, Okay? And I'm Not Used To Being With A Guy Who Is So Incredibly Sexy That He Makes Me Feel Like The Booby Prize." - Bride

When You First Take Someone’s Life, Two People Die. The Person You Just Killed And The Human Being You Used To Be. You’re Never The Same After That—it Changes You Forever And Not In A Good Way —and No Matter How Hard You Try, You Can’t Go Back To The Innocence You Had. Ever.

Yeah, I Know, But Word Came From Artemis Herself That She Wanted Him Here. Looks Like We’re Having A Psycho Reunion This Week…oh Wait, It’s Mardi Gras. Duh. (talon)

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)

The Liberty Of The Press Is Dear To England; The Licentiousness Of The Press Is Odious To England: The Liberty Of It Can Never Be So Well Protected As By Beating Down The Licentiousness.

I Don’t Like Your Hair Black. (artemis) And I Don’t Like Your Head Attached To Your Shoulders. Guess We Can’t All Have What We Want, Huh? (acheron)

He Said He–meaning You–had Been Addicted To This Drug He Fed Sunshine. Getting Anything That Personal Out Of You Is Like Removing A Tooth From A Lion Without A Tranquilizer. (talon)

I'm Not An Easy Lay, Alexion” He Actually Smiled A Real Smile At Her. It Was Charming And Unexpected. "i Am.

You Can’t. He Has It Shielded. Besides, He’s A God And Can Be A Nasty One If You Upset Him. You Try Popping Into Any Place Where His Beloved Wife Is And You’ll Get Fried Faster Than Chicken At Kfc. He Doesn’t Have A Sense Of Humor When It Comes To Her. So Wipe The Frown Off Your Face Before You Hurt Her Feelings And Get Gutted For It. (phobos)

Hey, Just Be Grateful I’m Old. When An Arcadian First Starts Time-walking, We Only Have About A Three Percent Chance Of Success. I Once Ended Up On Pluto. (sebastian) Are You Serious? (channon) They’re Not Kidding About It Being The Coldest Planet. (sebastian)

Maybe They’re Customers. (simone) For A Doll Store? Yes, I Can Just See Them Now…i’ll Take The Frilly Pink Baby Doll. (liza)

Here I Am! Now What Are Your Other Two Wishes

What Are You? (zarek) I’m A Nymph. (astrid) I Hope You Just Left An Important Syllable Off That Word, Princess. (zarek)

There Were Arcadians Here, Katagaria, Dark-hunters, Demons, Humans, And Who Knew What Else. By Rights None Of Them Should Get Along And Yet They Were Together Tonight. Bound By Something Other Than Blood. They Were Bound Together By Their Hearts.’ (gallagher)

He Was Like Some Wild, Untamed Creature That You Could Keep And Feed For A Time, But In The End You Knew You'd Have To Let It Go For Its Own Sake As Well As Yours.

It’s Entirely Up To You, Artie. He Lives Or Dies By Your Word. (acheron) No, Akri! Don’t Ask Her That. She Never Let Me Have No Fun. She A Mean Goddess! (simi)

Look, Bud. I’m Trained. Ticked Off. And I Have A Loaded Weapon. You Should Take Particular Note Of The Loaded Weapon Part When Annoying Me. (terri)

Oh, Gross! Zombie Goo. (caleb) Ooo, I Wonder If It Tastes Like Chicken? What Do You Think? (simi) I Think I’m Never Eating Guacamole Again As Long As I Live. (caleb)

Notwithstanding All The Care And Anxiety Of The Persons Who Frame Acts Of Parliament To Guard Against Every Event, It Frequently Turns Out That Certain Cases Were Not Foreseen.

Yeah. I Don’t Need Much, And Whatever Else I Need I’m Sure I Can Buy Since The Council Knows That I Am The Charmed One Who Has To Be Humored Lest The Big Bad Norseman Go A Viking On Their Heads. (chris)

No, He Wasn't A Pig. He Was A Lonely, Hurt Man Who Didn't Know How To Cope In A World That Had Turned Its Back On Him. [astrid]

Hop In? Dude, Are You Out Of Your Ever-loving Mind? I Can’t Touch This. I Might Leave A Fingerprint Or Something. (nick) Oh The Horror. Guess I’ll Have To Trade The Piece Of Junk In And Get A New One If That Happens. (acheron)

(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)

What Would He Imagine Next? Little Hairy Beasties Tap-dancing On His Sofa, Or Other Fey Creatures Sneaking Up On Him In The Shower?’ (syn)

Trust Is Always A Good Idea. For Someone Else.

Hey. (she Took His Chin In Her Hand So That She Could Move His Head Back And Forth While She Examined Him.) You’re Hurting In There. That Would Make Akri Very Sad. He Doesn’t Like For His Dark-hunters To Hurt And The Simi Don’t Like It When Akri Is Sad. Why Are You Hurt? (simi)

The Simi Has Needs. Lots Of Needs. I Need Akri’s Plastic Card, For One Thing. It Very Nice. People Give Me Lots Of Stuff When I Hand It To Them. Ooo, I Really Like The New Plastic Card He Gave Me With My Own Name On It. It Blue And All Sparkly And It Says Simi Parthenopaeus. Doesn’t That Have A Nice Ring To It? I Have To Say It Again. Simi Parthenopaeus. I Like That A Lot. It Even Has My Picture In The Corner And I Am A Very Attractive Demon If I Do Say So Myself. Akri Says It, Too. ‘simi, You Are Beautiful.’ I Like It When He Tells Me That. (simi)

What Are You Doing Out Here? (gallagher) Not Much. Akri Is Off With That Red-headed Demon So He Said I Could Go Play Just So Long As I Don’t Eat Nothing Not Cooked By A Human. But All My Favorite Places Are Closed So I Thought I’d Go Find The Bears Myself And See If Jose, Since He’s Human, Would Make Me Up Something Good That Wouldn’t Make Akri Mad If I Ate It. (simi)

I Tend To Watch Silently From The Shadows. You Learn A Lot More That Way.

People Make Their Own Reality. That Was What Praxis Had Taught Him Years Ago. A Hundred People Can Witness The Exact Same Event, And Give Two Hundred And Three Different Accountings Of It.

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

I Assure You, Princess, If You Saw The Real Me, You’d Run For Cover. (zarek) Only If I Knew You’d Be Waiting Under That Cover For Me. (astrid)

(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

You Have No Idea How Many Times I’ve Been Barricaded Inside A Box In My Life. I Know It’s For My Protection. But That Doesn’t Mean I Have To Like It. (kiara)

You Better Hope That I Never See You Walking Down The Street While I’m Driving My Car! (tory)

Really, If That’s The Case, You Need To Stop Letting Your Mother Dress You Funny. It’s Hard To Take Anyone Serious As A Killer When He Looks Like An Investment Banker. The Only Part Of Me That’s Nervous Is My Checkbook. (kat)

I Love Wren And He Knows It.” “yeah, But He Seems Like He Wouldn’t Welcome It.” “sometimes He Doesn’t. But It’s Like Cherise Says, The Hardest Ones To Love Are Always The Ones Who Need It Most.” (aimee To Fang)

How Long Have You Been Here? (jericho) Don’t Know. Again, Tried To Count Once, Got Depressed So I Stopped. I Find It Easier To Just Go With The Flow. Ease With The Peas. (asmodeus) Ease With The Peas? (jericho) Yeah, That’s Not A Happy Memory, Either. Let’s Forget I Mentioned It. (asmodeus)

You Know, If My Life Was A Horse, I’d Shoot It. (susan)

No Problem, But Just Know That No One Steals From Nero. He Knows Who You Are And He Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay In Ways You Can’t Imagine – Including This Whole Brain Squeeze Thing He Does That Will Leave You With A Migraine So Bad, You’ll Wish You Could Bleed Out Your Eyes To Stop The Pain. He’s Nasty That Way. (syn)

Please, By All The Blessed Saints And Their Bladders, Tell Me You Two Didn’t…have You Lost All Semblance Of Intelligence? (syn)

Look. Let’s Just Say He’s In Tabitha’s Line Of Work. Okay? (selena) Ladies’ Lingerie? He Hardly Looks The Type To Sell That. (sunshine)

That Would Be Like Making A Pact With Lucifer. (zarek) Yes, But I Don’t Smell Like Sulfur. And I Happen To Dress Better. Luc Always Looks Like A Pimp. (dionysus)

No. Real Love Takes Time To Build. What You Feel Is Just Infatuation. (geary) But It Doesn’t Feel Temporary. (arik) It Never Does At Its Onset. It’s Only In Hindsight That We Realize The Difference Between Infatuation And Love. (geary)

Now There’s A Sight You Don’t See Every Day, Huh? Two Punked-out Goths Throwing A Christmas Party For Sick Children. (doctor)

I, For One, Am Exhausted. I’ve Been Threatened, Beaten, Bitten And Killed, And That Was Just In The Last Hour. (jericho)

So Just Look Mean And Don’t Make Eye Contact With Anyone. (syn) Gee, Hon, You Take Me To The Most Wonderful Places. (shahara)

Apprentices And Servants Are Characters Perfectly Distinct: The One Receives Instruction, The Other A Stipulated Price For His Labour.

So What’s On The Agenda For Tonight? (danger) Migraine, Futility, Possible Death. Same As Every Night, I Guess. (alexion)

He Looked Down At Her. "have You Found That Peace?" Yes, She Had. But It Was So Corny And Cliched That She Couldn't Bring Herself To Admit It. "a Wise Man Once Told Me That Peace Has To Come From Within. We Have To Learn To Like Ourselves Before We Can Find Our Place In The World.

Xedrix-"no, Our Motto Is 'everything Tastes Better With Hot Sauce.

It's Been A Full Week Since She Left And All You've Done Is Sulk Like A Dying Cow"(kish) Dying Cows Don't Sulk." (sin) How Do You Know? Do You Make It A Habit To Hang Around Dying Cows?" (kish)

Every Life, No Matter How Isolated, Touches Hundred Of Others. It's Up To Us To Decide If Those Micro Connections Are Positive Or Negative. But Whichever We Decide, It Does Impact The Ones We Deal With.

You Have No Idea How Much It Bothers Me To Know That I Was The Man She Meant To Kill Tonight And Now I Have To Protect Her.” – Ren “yeah, Well, She Tried To Kill Me, Too, And I Got Over It.” – Sundown

What? Was That A Laugh? (delphine) No. (jericho) Yes, It Was. I Heard It. Holy Cow, Call Hermes To Spread The News. I Think I Just Started The End Of The World…it Has To Be A Sign Of The Apocalypse. (delphine)

I’m Getting All Warm And Fuzzy Inside At The Prospect Of These Demon Things Roaming The Street, Preying On Us. (tate)

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)

Surprise, Dickhead, Mama Forgot To Tell You A Few Things About Me. (zarek)

Do You Want My Input Or Is This Just An Angry Tirade You Need To Vent? (acheron) Both! (kat) Okay, You Rant And I’ll Add My Comments At The End. (acheron)

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)

In My Day We Let The Wolfswans Incapable Of Birthing Our Young Die. (markus) Then It’s A Good Thing We’re In The Twenty-first Century And Not The Dark Ages, Isn’t It? (fang)

I Got A Shotgun And A Backhoe And No One Looks Under A Septic Tank For A Dead Body. (bubba)

Don’t Yell At Me When I Just Survived A Near-death Experience. (abbie)

Near Death Experience

I Think We Both Need To Work On Our Communication Skills. (kiara) I Tried That Once. (nykyrian) And? (kiara) Darling Told Me That I Could Never Hold A Job As A Suicide Counselor Or Hostage Negotiator. He Said My Failure Rate Would Become The Stuff Of Legends. (nykyrian)

Possible Or Not, They Tried To Turn Me Into A Nick Mcnugget. (nick)

Why Is It When I’m The One Shot, I’m A Baby, But When It’s You, It’s A Matter Of Life And Death And National Security? (joe) Because I’m Cuter In A Short Skirt. (tee)

Because People Are Ever Willing To Believe The Negative Over The Positive. It’s Easier For You To Think Me Corrupt And Evil Than It Is For You To See Me For What I Really Am. No One Wants To Believe That Some People Are Willing To Help Others Out Of The Goodness Of Their Hearts Because They Can’t Stand To See Someone Suffer. So Few People Are Altruistic That They Can’t Understand Or Conceive That Anyone Else In The World Could Ever Put Someone Else’s Good Above Their Own. (leta)

Stop Calling Your Akri Your Daddy. It Makes My Wings Droop. (xirena) My Akri Is My Daddy. He Said So And It Is So, So Your Wings Can Droop All They Want, ‘cause It Won’t Change Anything! (simi)

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)

I’m Staying Here Tonight. I Can Bunk On The Floor. (nathan) What If I Say No? (terri) I’ll Just Break In After You Go To Sleep And Still Bunk On The Floor. (nathan)

Hey, Man. Where Have You Been? (dev) Out And About. You? (talon) (dev Gave Him A Wicked Grin.) Mostly In And Out. (dev)

It's Easy To Make Mistakes. It's Living With The Consequences Of Them That's The Hardest.

Did You Do That? (simone) Sometimes My Powers Work. Sometimes They Don’t. Looks Like This Time They Did. Yea, Us. (xypher)

Hey, Aren’t We Forgetting Something? (savitar) Your Dignity? (takeshi) No, You Have Me Confused With You Again. Aren’t You Supposed To Be Training Him? (savitar) So You Admit My Superiority By Deflecting My Attention To The Neophyte. (takeshi)

Stars Aren’t Supposed To Cry. They’re Supposed To Laugh. (zarek) How Can I Laugh When I Have No Heart? (astrid) You Have A Heart. (he Placed Her Hand Over His.) One That Only Beats For You, Princess. (zarek)

Oh No, If You Really Want To Be Wicked To Him, Nuke It First. (geary) Yeah, But Given His Reaction To The Cupcake, That Might Overload His Taste Buds With Pleasure And Kill Him. (tory)

Shut Up. What Did You Ask Me, Anyway?” – Sundown “really? Good Thing I Didn’t Tell You To Duck A Bomb.” – Sasha

Why You In A Dark Hole, Astrid? Did You Fall? (simi) We’re Hiding Simi. (astrid) Hiding? From What? (simi) Thanatos. (astrid) Pfft. Why You Hiding From That Loser? He Wouldn’t Even Make Good Barbecue. Barely Take The Edge Off My Peckishness. Hmmm…how Come There’s No Food Here? (simi)

The Man Doesn’t Want Me Messing With It And, No Offense, I Wouldn’t Anger Him. I’ve Seen What He Can Do And It’s The Stuff Horror Movies Are Made Of. Body Part Flailing, Blood. Lots Of Blood And Torture. (berith)

Rule One, Boy: Shoot First Then Ask Questions Rulw Two, Double Tap Just For Good Measure. Better Safe Then Sorry. -bubba

You Better, Artemis. Because If You Don’t Get Him Under Control, The World Is Going To Become The Very Thing That Makes You Wake Up Screaming At Night. (acheron)

Any Game Plan? Xypher Asked Sin. Don't Die. I Like It. Simple, Bold. Impossible. Works For Me. Kat Scoffed At His Sarcasm. What Are You Bitching About, Xypher? You're Already Dead. He Laughed. You Know, For Once, It's Good To Be Me.

Oh, I Remember How Beautiful You Were. You Didn't Have Any Hair. You Were Such A Bald Little Booger, I Thought I Was Going To Have To Save Up To Buy You A Toupee.

You Mean There’s Someone Out There Better Than Your Father? (quills) No, Idiot. My Father Trained Him. Just Fyi, My Father Is Also His Godfather. So You Want To Be Real Nice To Dev. All Of Us Take It Personally When People Aren’t. (adron)

Ewwww-eee-wwww. Hey Ash, You Vant To Suck My Blud? (fang) No, Thanks. The Last Thing I Want Is To Catch Parvo From You, Or Some Other Freaky Dog Disease That Makes Me Lift My Leg Around Hydrants. (acheron)

And Not A Single Mark On The Lamborghini. Ha! Eat Steel, You Soul-sucking Bastards! (kyrian)

The Past Is Dead. Tomorrow Will Become Whatever Decision You Make It. ~ Acheron.

Decisions You Make

I'll Be Damned, You Got Laid.

This Isn’t A Game, Human. Listen To The Skotos And Go. We’re Not Bound By The Laws Of The Oneroi. Killing Humans Is Nothing For Us. (dolophoni) Well, Aren’t You All Scary In Black. Ooo. What Are You Two Masquerading As? Evil Man And His Trusty Sidekick Bad Boy? (geary)

Life Before Toilet Paper Was Not Worth Living.

Have You Ever Wanted Something That You Knew Was Bad For You? Something That You Ached For So Much You Could Think Of Nothing Else? [wren]

Didn’t I Tell You To Stay Out Of My Thoughts?’ – Abigail ‘you Can Beat Me Later. Just Do It Naked.’ – Sundown

I Have To Try. I Can’t Leave Him There. You Don’t Understand, Vik. I Love Him, And I Can’t Let Him Pay For Something I Did. I Don’t Care What It Takes, We Have To Save Him. (alix) Those Words, Little Girl, Just Saved Your Life. (shahara)

A Single Smile From Her Could Make His Entire Being Burn. One Touch From Her Hand And He Was Undone. It Was Terrifying To Think Of How Much Power This One Person Had Over Him. How One Single Gesture From Her Could Affect Him So Profoundly. (sin Thinking About Kat)

Why Does The Destroyer Hate Artemis? (cassandra) Love. Why Else? Love, Hatred, And Revenge Are The Most Powerful Emotions On Earth. Apollymi Wants Revenge On Artemis For Killing The One Thing She Loved Most In The Universe. (katra) And That Is? (cassandra) I Would Never Betray Either One By Saying It. (katra) Would You Write It Down?...oh, Yeah, Like The Two Of You Weren’t Thinking The Same Thing. (chris)

The Chinese Say That You Should Never, Ever Buy A Used Desk Unless You Know The History Of It. They Claim That If It Belonged To A Bad Businessman, His Karma Will Befall You. This One Here Belonged To President Kennedy. So What Do You Think That Means? (randy) I Don’t Know, But If I Were You, I Wouldn’t Ride Through Dallas In A Convertible In November. Bad Feng Shui. (steele)

We’re Always Alone. You Can Be In A Crowded Room And Still Feel The Bite Of Loneliness. Personally, I Find That It Bites Deepest Whenever Others Are Around.

They Didn’t Have Novels Back Then. (tory) History Says They Didn’t Have Books, Yet What’s This Thing In My Hand? It’s Square, Bound Paper That’s Been Written On. Looks Like A Book To Me. (acheron) Thank You, Captain Sarcasm. How Nice Of You To Join Us Again. (tory)

In Essence, We’re Their Servants Who Help Them And Who Guard Them From The Public. (leo) Oh Gee, Golly, Goodie, Mr. Leo! Can I Have My Eyes Gouged Out, Too? (susan)

Ugh! Why Couldn’t Anyone Ever Trust Her? She Wasn’t A Two-year-old. If Her Kindness Killed Her, Then She Was Better Off Dead Than Living A Cold, Unfeeling Life Where She Misered Up All Her Feelings And Possessions.’ (sunshine)

Excuse Me, Scary People. (alix)

Start Walking. When You Hit A Spot Where You’re Gasping For Breath, That Should Tell Us Our Limitations. (xypher) Oh, Joy. I Can’t Wait To Be The Guppy. (simone) Glub, Glub, Little Fishy. Start Walking. (xypher)

Here You’re Just A Person…one With A Life Force That Can Feed Us All. (misery) Baby, I’m Not Worth The Indigestion. Trust Me. (fang)

Akri? Can I Keep Him? See, He Good Eating. Lots Of Fat On This One. (simi) No, Simi. You Can’t Keep The Baby. His Mother Would Miss Him. (acheron) But He Want To Go Home With The Simi. He Said So. (simi) No, Simi. (acheron) No Simi, No Food. Nag, Nag, Nag. (simi)

Why Would You Do That? (delphine) Why Do You Think? (jericho) Because I’m A Bossy Hag And You’d Rather Be Enslaved To A Man You Hate Than Deal With Me. (delphine) You Know…you’re Not Funny. (jericho) I Think I’m Hysterical. (delphine)

God Forbid I Should Bleed To Death, Eh? Then You'd Have To Cart Around My Rotting Corpse. (kyrian) Could You Be Any More Morbid? Jeez, Who Was Your Idol Growing Up? Boris Karloff? (amanda) Hannibal, Actually. (kyrian) You're Trying To Scare Me, Aren't You? Well, It Won't Work. I Grew Up In A House With An Angry Poltergeist And Two Sisters Who Used To Conjure Demons Just To Fight Them. Buster, I've Seen It All And Your Gallows Humor Isn't Working On Me. (amanda)

Things Are Always Given To Us When We Need Them... You Just Have To Decide If You're Strong Enough, Brave Enough, To Seize It And Make It Yours. (acheron)

Hey, T-rex? Remind Me Next Time I Want To Get Smartass With You That It’s A Really Stupid Move On My Part? (talon) Oh, No, You Don’t, You Wuss. You Told Me The Next Time You Saw Ash You Were Going To Ask Him If He’d Seen The Movie 10,000 Bc And If It’d Made Him Homesick. (wulf)

I’m Sick Of Being Everyone’s Regret. My Mother Died In Shame Because She’d Borne Me. My Father And Brother Despise Me And My Sister Can Barely Look Me In The Eye! (acheron)

You’re Such A Crybaby. (tee) Let Me Almost Shoot Off One Of Your Testicles And See How You Cope. (joe) You Shouldn’t Have Moved, Joe. It Was Your Fault. (tee) Yeah, Everything’s My Fault. (joe) Good, Then We Agree. (tee)

You Know, I’ve Had A Really Wonderful Night Tonight. I Got To Tell Kyrian And Julian That Valerius Is In Town And Spent, Oh I Don’t Know, Three, Four Hours Trying To Keep Them From Going After The Roman. Then, Just When I Could Relax And Do My Job, I Find Out There Are Daimons In The Swamp And No Talon To Kill Them. And Why Wasn’t Talon Here? Because Tarzan Was Swinging Off A Balcony To Save Jane From Cheetah. Now All I Can Do Is Stand Here And Say, Next Fiasco, Please, Right This Way. (acheron)

Aren't You An Enigma Wrapped In A Thick Coating Of Contradictions.

If It Makes You Feel Any Better, This Isn't My First Apocalypse. There Is Hope.

Now Would Be A Good Time To Tell Me You Have Your Sais With You, Kat. (cassandra) Nada. You Got Your Kamas On You? (kat) Yeah. I Tucked Them Into My Bra Before I Left Home. (cassandra)

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