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Nick Was Dressed In Jeans, A Dark Green Sweater, And Bomber Jacket–the Perfect Image Of A Rich College Student. Talon Looked Like A Biker Who Had Just Left Sanctuary, New Orleans’s Premier Biker Bar. Acheron Looked Like A Refugee From The Dungeon–the Local Underground Goth Hangout. Valerius Was The Professional Contingent, And Zarek…zarek Just Looked Like He Was Ready To Kill Something.’ (talon)

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Nick Was Dressed In Jeans, A Dark Green Sweater, And Bomber Jacket–the Perfect Image Of A Rich College Student. Talon Looked Like A Biker Who Had Just Left Sanctuary, New Orleans’s Premier Biker Bar. Acheron Looked Like A Refugee From The Dungeon–the Local Underground Goth Hangout. Valerius Was The Professional Contingent, And Zarek…zarek Just Looked Like He Was Ready To Kill Something.’ (talon)

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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)

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Decisions You Make

Are We Going To Debate Philosophy Or Should I Just Kiss And Make Up With The Demon Now? Let It Get A Good Shot At Your Throat So It Can Rip It Out? (xypher) Put Him Down Mercifully. (kat) Yes, Queenie. I’ll Make Sure And Use A Cushioned Blade. (xypher)

Yeah, It’s Me, But I Like To Think I Looked Better When We Met. ‘cause Right Now, I’m Pretty Much Hogging All The Ugly. (nick)

I Might Not Like The Fact That You Are My Commander, Greek, But As A Soldier I Will Obey You Regardless Of My Personal Distaste For Your Company. (valerius) Gee, T-red, Doesn’t It Make You All Warm And Fuzzy Just To Be Near Him? (talon)

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Speaking Of Friends…why Did Our New Coyote Buddies Run From You?” – Sundown “i’m That Badass.” – Sasha “seriously.” – Sundown “o Ye Of Little Faith. You Doubt My Rep? My Skills?” – Sasha “and Your Brains.” – Sundown

Ever Wonder Why The Gods Created Man, Grom? I Personally Think That We're The Original Reality Show. They Were So Effing Bored That They Created Us Just So That They Could Feel Better About Themselves

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

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

I Learned A Long Time Ago Not To Judge People By What They Look Like, Sound Like, Or By The Clothes They Wear. Just Because A House Is Nice And Shiny Out Front Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Rotting On The Inside. (kyrian)

Please Nothing, She’s A Vicious Piranha. She Looks All Cute And Cuddly, Then She Opens That Mouth And Lets Loose So Much Venom She Could Double As A Nest Of Scorpions. (leo)

I'm Old Enough To Make You Look Like An Embryo. [thorn]

Val- I’m On Bourbon– (acheron) I Will Not Venture Down That Street Of Crass Iniquities And Plebeian Horror, Acheron. It Is The Cesspit Of Humanity. (valerius)

Humans Are Capable Of So Much Creativity And Goodness And At The Same Time They Are Destructive And Cruel. (leta)

I Accept You As You Are, And I Will Always Hold You Close In My Heart. I Will Walk Beside You Forever. (fang)

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And You Are? (xypher) Pissed Off. You Wrecked My Car, Shoved Me Around, And Are A Complete And Utter Dickhead! (simone) Dear God, What A Mouthful – Your Mom Must Have Really Wanted A Son. Mind If I Call You ‘pissed’ For Short? The Rest Of That Is Just Too Much To Say Every Time I Want Your Attention. (xypher)

Good Lord, Woman. Didn’t Anyone Ever Tell You That Men Have A Specified Word Count Set Aside Each Day And If I Don’t Stop Talking, My Tongue Will Explode? (syn)

Storm, Rain, And Sunshine, Huh? (talon) My Mother’s Doing. I’m Just Glad She Stopped At Three. I Was Told The Next One Would Have Been Named Cloudy Day. (sunshine)

How Did You Get Me Here? (tory) I Have My Evil Jedi Ways. The Force Is Strong With This One. (acheron)

I Can't. At Least Not For A While. I Need Time To Get Past This And I Can't Guarantee That I Won't Hurt Him Again. God Knows, Nick Has A True Gift For Saying The Wrong Thing In Any Given Situation. (acheron) You Know He Loves You, Right? (amanda) Yeah, But Emotions Don't Have Brains. (acheron)

Great, Just Great. The Only Thing To Make Him A Worse Asshole Would Be To Kick A Puppy.’ (nathan)

Well, Lord Debonair And Lady Lethal, If We Can Have A Minute Of Your Time, We Do Have A Psycho To Hunt. (allen) (jess Glared Over His Shoulder At Allen, But Before He Could Comment, Syra Shot Another Bolt From Her Crossbow. Allen Went Flying And Landed Flat On His Back In The Snow. Syra Walked Over To Him And Stared Down.) I Don’t Particularly Like Squires And I Really Hate The Blood Rites. So Save Yourself Some Pain And Don’t Speak To Me Again. (syra)

Since When Does A Dog Care About What It Humps? (dev) I Could Go So Low With That That Even The Gutter Would Envy Us, But…i Know What You’re Trying To Do. You’re Trying To Provoke A Fight With Me So That You Can Legally Turn Me Away. I Really, Really Want To Give You That Fight, Too, But I Have To See Sasha And It Can’t Wait. Sorry. We’ll Have To Hump And Fight Later. (fury)

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)

Do It, And I’ll Rip Your Heart Out And Feed It To Your Friend. (julian)

You Mean Teletubbies? (berith) The Fact That You Know What They’re Called, Berith, Truly Scares Me. (jericho) As A Demon Of Torture, It Behooves Me To Know All Things That Are Deeply Annoying. You’d Be Amazed How Many People In The Modern Age No Longer Fear Zombies As Much As Teletubbies. (berith) Not Really. I’d Rather Battle A Brain-eating Zombie Any Day Than Hear Them Sing. (jericho)

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)

Yes,yes I Did. I Told Them To Come In And Make Themselves At Home And While They Were At It, To Immobilize Me And Stab Me Straight Through The Heart 'cause I'm Just That Effing Bored." (sam)

You Are So Vicious. (tee) Hence The Nickname. (syd) You Know It’s Bad When You Make Me Look Like Glinda The Good Witch, Right? (tee) Just Call Me Elphaba. But Don’t Drop A House On Me, ‘kay? (syd)

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Like This Cake. It’s Really Very Good. (arik) As The Girth To My Hips Will Attest. (geary)

No One Has Ever Touched Me Like You Do. You’re Like A Whisper. Gentle, Soft. Soothing. In My World, The People Only Shout And Scream. But You… You’re My Haven. “ … “god, You’re Good

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Relax, She’s Not Really Converting. (acheron) Look At Her! She’s Not Exactly Baking Cookies! (xypher)

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The Most Beautiful Heart Of All Is The One That Can Still Love Even While It Bleeds, And Especially After Its Been Broken Into Thousands Of Pieces.

This Is Your Sword. You Press The Pointy End Into The Enemy. Try Not To Let Him Make Eye Contact With You And Remember, He Spits Invisible Poison. (thorn)

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

Shutup, Lapdog, This Isn’t Your Fight, Either. Boy, You Better Counsel That Tongue Before You Find Yourself Without It.

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I Just Love To Put A Hurt On Evil Things. (katra)

A Court Of Equity Knows Its Own Province.

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

You’re Being Remanded Into Gourish Custody…dead. (a Partini) ‘cause Let’s Face It, Dead Was Just Easier. Or So They Thought.’ (syn)

Why Is It When You Want The Ground To Swallow You Whole, It Decides To Stop Trying? -ethon

Everyone Wants Someone They Can Hold And Love. Someone Who Will Be There To Help Pick Up The Pieces When Everything Falls Apart. (acheron)

I’m No Longer Human And There Is No Past.’ (acheron's Litany)

Desi, Desi, Desi What Am I Going To Do With You? (kyrian) Don't You Dare Take That Flippant Tone With Me! (desiderius) Why Ever Not? (kyrian) Because I Am Not Some Scared Little Daimon To Run Cringing From You. I Am Your Worst Nightmare. (desiderius) Must You Resort To Cliches? C'mon, Desidisastrous, Couldn't You Think Of Anything More Original Than That B-movie Dialogue Staple? (kyrian)

Worst Nightmares

Desi, Babe. Still Playing Your Little Games, I See. Now Why Don't You Be A Good Daimon And Show Yourself To Me? (kyrian)

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)

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)

Looks Like I’m Going To Ruin Your Day, Big Boy. I Choose To Live My Crappy Life A Little Longer. (susan)

Yeah. Just Keep The Live Feed Going So That I Can See It And Pretend I’m There, Too. (tory) Yes, My Queen. Anything Else You’d Like? (geary) A Million Dollars And Brad Pitt. (tory) You Forgot World Peace. (geary) I’m Feeling A Bit Selfish Today. Teenage Hormonal Overdose, I Think. Or Just General Excitement. (tory)

Things Were About As Normal As A Luddite Working For Bill Gates.’ – Sundown

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

Yeah, Well, Don’t Worry About It. I’ve Never Met A Daimon Yet I Couldn’t Take. (wulf) Guess Again, Little Brother. You Just Met One, And Trust Me, He’s Not Like Any You’ve Ever Met Before. He Makes Desiderius Look Like A Pet Hamster. (acheron)

I Prefer Sidekick. I Tried Once For The Title Of Padawan, But Bubba Wigged Out Saying That Mentors Are Always Killed Off In Books And Movies And He’d Be Damned If He Was Going To Die Once He Taught Me Everything I Needed To Know About Killing Zombies. (mark) Then Why Let You Be His Sidekick? Isn’t That The Same Thing? (nick) Uh, No. In The Movies, The Sidekicks Are The Ones Who Die. (mark)

Forgiveness Is The Best Part Of Valor...discretion Is Easy. It's Finding The Courage To Forgive Yourself And Others That Is Hard. [acheron]

Forgive Yourself

Nick! Wait!” – Kyrian ‘wait, My Gluteus Maximus. Vampire Was Shy Of A Few Quarts Of Blood If He Thought Nick Had Any Intention Of Not Going Casper On Him.’ – Nick

My Father Used To Say That It’s Not Enough To Just Beat An Attacker Off. You Have To Hurt Them Enough That They’ll Know Not To Tangle With You Anymore. Or Preferably Kill Them. (wren)

Good Grief, Fury, Warn Me If You’re Going To Jump In Here Naked. (bride)

Acheron Kissed Her Lightly On The Cheek. "rest. We'll Be Back When He Needs You." He Watched Her Climb Into Bed Before He Took His Nephew Down To His Room. "well, It Appears To Be Just The Two Of Us, Little One. What Say You We Get Naked, Drunk And Find Us Some Wenches?" The Baby Actually Smiled Up At Him As If He Understood. Acheron Nodded. "so That's It, Eh? Barely A Month Old And You're Already Lecherous. You Are Your Father's Son.

Don’t Worry, We’re Not Letting Her Out Of Our Sight…and After The Nick Incident, We’re Not Letting Her Out From Behind This Bar. (aimee) Yeah, Prisoners R Us. (tory)

Works For Me. For The Ones We Love, Today We’re Allies. Tomorrow We Resume Our Natural Order Of Mortal Enemies. Gentlemen, And I Use That Term Loosely For All Of Us, Have We An Accord? (acheron)

Syn May Be Too Much Of A Gentleman To Hit You, But I’m Not. I’m Not Only Ashamed To Call You Human, I’m Completely Disgusted That We Share The Same Gender. You Want To Know The Truth? The Only Filth In This Room Is You, And You’re The One Who Doesn’t Deserve To Breathe Our Air. Decent’s Got Nothing To Do With Birthright. It’s All About Actions, And Trust Me, You’re The Lowest Form I’ve Ever Met And I’ve Taken In The Worst Scum Imaginable. But I’d Rather Sit At The Table With Them Than You Any Day. (shahara To Mara)

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)

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

What Now? (shahara) I’m Thinking. (syn) Could You Think A Little Quicker? (shahara) You’re Not Helping. (syn) You’re Lucky You’re Still Breathing And Not Limping. (shahara)

Some Kisses Are Worth Living For

Dragons Have Sharp Talons. Sometimes I Don’t Get Out Of The Way Quickly Enough. (sebastian) Maybe You Should Fight Smaller Dragons. (channon)

Now What Other Evil Powers Do You Have That I Should Know About?” – Abigail “i Can Roll My Tongue.” – Sundown “i’m Serious, Jess.” – Abigail “so Am I. Not Everyone Can Do It. It’s A Genetic Thing, You Know.” – Sundown

A Flower Can't Grow Without Rain. (alexion) Too Much Rain And It Drowns. (danger) And Yet The Most Beautiful Of The Lotus Flowers Are The Ones That Grow In The Deepest Mud. (alexion)

There’s No Need In Both Of Us Dying Tonight. (kiara) I Took An Oath To Save Every Life I Could. I’m Not About To Back Out On It Now. I Might Be A Lot Of Things, But A Coward Has Never Been One Of Them. (syn)

Never Underestimate A Backwoods Cajun In A Fight, Old Man.

She Thinks I’m A Drug Dealer. (chris) ‘the Most “illegal” Thing The Boy Had Ever Done Was To Walk Past A Salvation Army Santa Claus, Once, Without Dropping Money Into The Kettle.’ (wulf)

All Right, Two Dozen House Specials. Any Chance One Of You Might Want To Live Dangerously And Try A Vegetable? (aimee) Do We Look Like Rabbits To You? (fury)

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)

The Legislature Have Anxiously Provided For Those Most Useful And Deserving Body Of Men, The Seamen And Marines Of This Country.

Yeah, But You’re A God Of Fate. Can’t You Change That? (kat) You’re Thinking Like A Child, Katra. Things That Appear Simple Very Seldom Are. It’s Like The Mechanic Who Goes To Fix The Carburetor And In Doing So Accidentally Puts A Hole In The Radiator And Causes Even More Damage. Every Person On This Planet Is Connected. Sometimes Those Lines Are Easy To See, And Others Are More Complex. You Change One Insignificant Thing And You Change The Very Core Of Humanity. (acheron)

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

You’re So Beautiful. I Wish I’d Seen You As A Child. (acheron) You Didn’t Miss Much. I Had Buck Teeth And Stringy Hair. (kat)

For The Record, We’re Not Friends. (stryker) For The Record, I Don’t Care. (savitar)

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)

I Don’t Know Nothing About Birthing Puppies, Miss Scarlett, But I Can Cleave The Head Off A Daimon Without Breaking A Sweat. (valerius)

Man, First I’m Shot, Now I’m Going To Be A Friggin’ Zombie. At This Rate, I’ll Never Live To Have My First Date Or A Driver’s License. Ah, Gah! I’ve Come Too Far To Die A Predestrian Virgin. Bubba, You Can’t Let Me Die…i Only Have Seventeen More Months And Three Days To My Sixteenth Birthday! (nick)

You Have Ten Minutes. Tops. (carlos) I Have Been Knocked Overboard, Shot At, Kidnapped, Handcuffed, Terrified, And Held Prisoner. I Will Not Be Told How Long To Take In The Loo. (gabrielle)

Every Time I Think That It’s Not Worth It – That The People In It Deserve The Misery Of Their Lives – I Come Across Someone Who Makes Me Rethink That.

I Can’t Believe I’m Mated To Someone Who’s Allergic To Me. (ravyn) You? I’m The One Who Should Be Having A Hissy. How Do I Introduce You To People? Hi, This Is My…what? Significant Other? Mate? Pet? (susan)

I’m Enchanted By Your Beauty, My Lady. Welcome Aboard. You Make A Most Welcome Addition To Our Acerbic Company…a Lovely-smelling One, Too. (vik)

There’s Too Much To Be Done. I Need To Know– (jericho) No. (delphine) No, You D’in. (jericho) Yes, I Di’id. Don’t Make Me Use My Jeri Ninja Mind Tricks On You. I Might Screw Up And Fry Your Brains. (delphine)

People Aren't Just Ants Rushing Around Over A Crust Of Bread. Every Life, No Matter How Isolated, Touches Hundreds 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. One Word Can Give Someone The Strength They Needed At That Moment Or It Can Shred Them Down To Nothing. A Single Smile Can Turn A Bad Moment Good. And One Wrong Outburst Or Word Could Be The Tiny Push That Causes Someone To Slip Over The Edge Into Destruction.

I Think You Need Humour And A Sense Of Fun, Which Is What I Try To Bring To My Books To Leaven The Danger And Action. The Ones That Really Transcend The Genre Always Have A Great Laugh In Them, Such As 'fright Night,' 'lost Boys,' 'american Werewolf In London' - Just To Name A Few.

There Are Cases Where Examinations Are Admitted, Namely, Before The Coroner, And Before Magistrates In Cases Of Felony. That Appears To Me To Go Rather In Support Of The General Rule Than In Destruction Of It. Every Exception That Can Be Accounted For Is So Much A Confirmation Of The Rule That It Has Become A Maxim, Exceptio Probat Regulam.

There Are Some Pains That Run Too Deep For Anything To Absolve Them. The Best We Can Do Is Pick Up The Pieces And Hope For The Strength We Need To Keep Going.

Writers. For Some Reason, A Lot Of You Reject What You Hear And See In Your Heads. If You Go Too Long Ignoring It, It Builds Up And Then You Do All Sorts Of Weird Things. Mumble To Yourself. Nightmares. Day-dreams. Total Anarchy And Chaos. Before You Know It, The Writer Is Either Sitting In Corner Feverishly Humming To His- Or Herself Or On Prozac. You’re Not On Prozac, Are You? (esther)

I'm Not Sure I Know What "normal" Is.

How Did You Know Cassandra Was The Mother? (wulf) I Know Lots Of Things When I Apply Myself. (acheron)

Xenon? What Kind Of Name Is That?” – Nick “the Only Kind I Answer To.” – Xenon “don’t Eat The Help, X. We Need Him.” – Caleb

Want A Closer Look? (tate) Like A Screwdriver Through My Eye Socket. Sure, Let’s Have A Look-see. (simone) Ooo, Welcome Back, Ms. Snark. I’ve Missed You. (tate)

I Am Glad That Though Someone Did Me Grossly Wrong My Final Mark On This World Is Not One Of Countering Hurt With More Hurt But Is One Of Love And Friendship. We Will Always Be Known By Our Actions. Let Them Always Be Good Ones.

Love And Friendship

Hmmm. See, In This World, Xirena, The Simi Does What She Wants And Akri, He Say, ‘okay, Simi, Whatever You Want, Simi.’ Unless It Involves Eating People; Then He Usually Says No, But That’s The Only Time. Other Than That, He Do What The Simi Says. See How That Works? (simi)

Fang Laughed As He Shoved Vane Away 'man, Quit Hugging On Me. You Are A Perv." Vane Punched Him In The Arm. "you're Such An A**hole," Trace Gasped. "daddy Said A Bad Word!" Fang Said "you Tell Him Pup. Keep Your Daddy Straight.

May The Gods Have Mercy On Whoever Pisses Them Off, Because Zarek And Jericho Will Have None For Them. (madoc) You’d Better Be Glad I’m Flattered By That. Otherwise I’d Gut You. (zarek) Ditto. (jericho)

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

Be Kind To Dragons, For Thou Art Crunchy When Toasted And Taste Good With Ketchup. (sebastian)

But It Was For Your Own Good.” – Nick “so’s The Spanking I’m About To Give You.” – Cherise “i’m Too Big To Spank.” – Nick “fine, You’re Grounded Until Your Grandkids Are Old.” – Cherise “kind Of Hard To Do. How Am I Supposed To Have Grandkids If I’m Grounded?” – Nick “precisely My Point, You Demon Spawn. You’re Never Going To Get Off Restriction.” – Cherise

You Know, I Really Hate Romans, But I Have To Say Their Descendants Make One Fine Automobile. (kyrian)

You Want Me Here. (artemis) Yeah, Like An Alien Rectal Probe Up My Sphincter.' (acheron)

You Know, You Say ‘not Exactly’ A Lot. You’re Not Exactly A Vampire. You’re Not Exactly From Scotland, And You’re Allergic To Daylight. What Else? (sunshine) I Hate Bran Muffins And Grass. (talon)

You Can Party, But I Better Not Catch You Drunk. (wulf) (chris Rolled His Eyes, Then Bent Down To Said To Cassandra’s Stomach...) Be Wise, Little Guy, Stay In There Where Lord King Neurotic Can’t Kill All Your Fun. (chris)

So Would You Like To Join Me For Something To Eat? (jericho) As Long As It Doesn’t Involve The Entrails Of Demons, I Might Be Persuaded. (delphine) Demon Entrails Have No Appeal For Me, Either. Zeus’s Are Another Matter. (jericho)

If You Leave Here, War Can Find You Again. What Are You Going To Do If That Happens? (tory) Leave Bloodstains On His Best Shirt. (acheron)

You See, You’re Doing It Again. Telling Me Nothing. (tory) You Know, Trust Is Always A Good Idea…for Someone Else. Every Time I’ve Ever Made The Mistake Of Trusting Someone…it Was A Mistake That I Regretted And Paid For Dearly. I’m Really Happy That No One Has Ever Hurt You Badly. I Haven’t Been So Lucky, Okay? (acheron)

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)

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)

You Have To Learn To Smile Through Your Pain. Sometimes It’s All We Got.

I Say We Should Stake Him To An Anthill And Throw Little Pickles At Him! (selena)

There Can Be No Faith Without Doubt. No Strength Without Temptation. (rafael)

I Need Dating Advice. Fast.” Ash Arched A Single Brow At That. “i’m Useless. I’ve Never Been On One.” The Three Human Men Turned To Gape At Him. “what?” Ash Asked Them Defensively. Nick Started Laughing. “oh Man, This Is Priceless. Don’t Tell Me The Great Acheron Is A Virgin?” Ash Gave Him A Droll Look. “yeah, Nick. I’m Lily-white.

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)

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)

In A Dream I Cannot See Tangled Abstract Phallacy Random Turmoil Builds In Me I'm A Addicted To Chaos -megadeth, Addicted To Chaos

Life Before Toilet Paper Was Not Worth Living.

Are You Always This Random? (jericho) Mostly. It Really Irritates Noir. Which Is Just An Added Bonus For Me. At Least So Long As I Can Outrun Him. (asmodeus) Add Me To That List Of People You Annoy. (jericho) Oh. You’re Not Going To Singe My Testicles Over It, Are You?! (asmodeus) No Plans To. (jericho) Good. We Can Be Friends, Then. (asmodeus)

That's Right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick Said Arrogantly. "you Might Know Karate, Boy, But I Know Gorilla, And I'm A Level 40 Champion In It. Let's Hear It For Diddy Kong! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" He Mimicked The Sound Of A Gorilla As He Held On For Dear Life.

It Was One Of The Few Places Where Someone Remembered His Name. Yeah, Okay, So He Felt Like Sam Malone On Cheers, But There Was No Norm Or Cliff Sitting At The Bar Here. More Like Spike And Switchblade.’ (wulf)

You’re Not Weird, Are You? (jack) Not Particularly, No. (syd) Well, Good. I Got Enough Weirdness For The Lot Of Us. Don’t Want To Share It. (jack)

Nick, Fetch My Car, Fetch My Clothes, Sweep The Chimney, Make My Bed, Watch My Psychopath, Fetch My Slippers.

You Can’t Protect Yourself. No Matter How Safe You Think You Are. No Matter How Much Precaution You Take, The Rodents Always Find A Way In.’ (kiara)

My Demon Ate Them. (nick) What Happened To The Jocks? (acheron) Riiiight. And I Suppose The Big Bad Wolf Will Be Coming In Right Behind You To Finish Up? Or Is It The Gingerbread Man I Need To Fear? (nick)

Victory To The Spider. Patience Wins The Day. And Today My Patience Ends. (apollymi)

It's The Lack Of Humanity In The Human Psyche That Haunts Me. The Hypocrisy. How People As A Group Can Take Something Like Tolerance And Contort It Into A New Form Of Intolerance And Conformity. The Way Humanity Can Justify Any Kind Of Evil.

I’m No More Used To Being Without A Weapon Than You Are. (cassandra) She’s Right About That. Her Teddy Bear Is A Six-inch Retractable Knife With A Snub-nosed .38 Special. (katra)

Everyone Cries Sometimes, Tory. There Are Some Pains That Run Too Deep For Even The Strongest To Take Without Breaking. I Don’t Think Any Less Of You For It. (acheron)

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)

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)

We All Make Mistakes, Steele. It’s What We Do Afterward That Defines Us More Than The Actual Incident That Led To The Mistake. (joe)

Making Mistakes

We All Make Mistakes

Have Any Of You Taken A Look Out At Greece In The Last, Say, Hour Or So? (hermes) What? Are They Reacting To The Fact I Cursed The Apollites? (apollo) I Don’t Think That Bothers Them Nearly As Much As The Fact The Island Of Atlantis Is Now Gone And The Atlantean Goddess Apollymi Is Cutting A Swathe Through Our Country, Laying Waste To Everyone And Everything She Comes Into Contact With. And In Case You’re Curious, She’s Headed Straight For Us. I Could Be Really Wrong Here, But I’m Guessing The Woman’s Extremely Pissed. (hermes)

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)

It Would Have Really Cramped My Future Plans Had I Died. (nick)

Future Planning

I'm Not Human, Ms. Deveraux. In Case You Haven't Noticed, I'm One Of The Damned. (valerius) Baby, Open Your Eyes And Look Around. We're All Damned In One Way Or Another. But Damned Is A Far Cry From Dead. And You Live Like You're Dead. (tabitha) I'm That, Too. (valerius)

Every Person You Meet Is Waging His Or Her Own War Against A Callous Universe That Is Plotting Against Them.

I’d Rather Have My Eyes Gouged Out. (urian) If I Do That, Can The Simi Eat Them? (simi) You Have To Share If You Do! (xirena)

I Don’t Want Your Lying Kindness. Sure, You’ll Smile And Be So Sweet To Me That I’ll Trust You, But The Minute I Don’t Give You Everything You Want The Instant You Demand It, You’ll Turn On Me And Try To Crush Me. You’re Just Like Everyone Else In The World. No One Matters But You. (aiden)

Why Did You Hit Him? (grace) Because It Gave Me A Great Deal Of Pleasure. (julian) Nice. You Haven’t Seen Me In What, Two Thousand Years? So, Instead Of A Friendly, Brotherly Hug, I Get Slugged. (eros)

Kyra Is Working On A New Program And I’m Going To Test It. (chris) That’s One Way Of Putting It. (urian)

Of Course, It Would Help If She Could Stay Focused, But She Had The Attention Span Of A Sick Flea.’ (sunshine)

A Plaintiff Who Comes Into A Court Of Justice Must Show That He Is In A Condition To Maintain His Action.

She Doesn’t Want Me To Own Her. (dante) Well, The Simi Doesn’t Understand That. Owning’s Not So Bad. I Own Akri And He Kind Of Fun. (simi)

By The Way, Don’t Breathe On The Upholstery Or I May Have To Gut You. (nick)

You’re Not Worth The Salt In My Tears Or The Brain Power It Would Take Me To Even Conjure Your Face. (aiden)

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)

I Waited Two Thousand Years For You, Grace Alexander,” He Whispered In Her Ear. “and You Were Worth Every Second Of It.

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

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)

(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)

A Woman After My Own Heart. (stryker) You’re Absolutely Right About That. Nothing Would Please Me More Than Ripping That Organ Out Of You And Feasting On It. (zephyra)

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)

My Mission Is To Kill The Bad Guy, Save The World, And Hopefully End Up With The Girl. (steele)

It Can’t Eat Him. I Forbid It. (artemis) She Can Do As She Pleases. I Taught Her To Waste Not, Want Not. (acheron)

You Know, It’s Amazing To Me The Wounds We Carry For Eternity. But What Has Fascinated Me Most These Last Few Years Is How The Right Person Can Heal Them. I Remember A Wise Man Once Said To Me That Everyone Deserves To Be Loved. Even You. (zarek)

I Will Fear No Evil For I Am The Baddest Beast In The Land. (nick)

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

Dazed, Nick Nodded, Then Looked To Caleb. “i’m Such An Effing Idiot.” “we Knew That,” He Said Drily. “we Definitely Didn’t Have To Throw You Into A Coma For That Little-known Nugget.

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)

For The Record, Kid, Summoning A Demon To Kidnap Her, Not The Best Way To Meet A Woman. It Usually Backfires On You.

What? It's Not My Fault I Stab All The Fanged People. They Shouldn't Look Like Daimons. (tabitha) I Didn't Look Like A Daimon, But You Stabbed Me. (valerius) Yeah, Well, You Looked Like A Lawyer So I Had To Kill You. It Was A Moral Imperative. (tabitha)

What Happened To Him? (lioness) He Pissed Me Off. (savitar) Why Hasn’t One Of The Other Jaguars Taken His Place? (lioness) He Pissed Me Off...big Time. (savitar)

Vik? You Ready? (devyn) Your Stupidity Is What I Live For, Captain. (vik)

You Do Know I Am My Father’s Son, Right? People Don’t Talk To Me That Way And Live. (syn) Oh, Like I Fear You. Never. Besides, A Fight Might Dislodge Whatever Has Crawled Up Your Sphincter And Bring Back The Much Nicer Version Of You. (shahara)

You Can Take My Life, But You'll Never Break Me. So Bring Me Your Worst... And I Will Definitely Give You Mine.

You Look So Out Of Your Element. (savitar) I Am Out Of My Element. Much Like You In A Seattle Goth Club. (acheron) I’m Never Out Of My Element, Atlantean. And It Must Be Dire Indeed To Get You In Shorties, And On A Board. One Day I’m Actually Going To Get You To Say ‘rad Four-mill Steamer, Dude! (savitar)

Val, I'm On Bourbon—” “i Will Not Venture Down That Street Of Crass Iniquities And Plebeian Horror, Acheron. It Is The Cesspit Of Humanity. Don‟t Even Ask It.” Ash Rolled His Eyes At The Roman‟s Arrogant Tone. “i Need You In The Swamp.” Silence Answered Him. "we Have A Situation." “where Do You Need Me?

How Much Longer Will I Live? (urian) You’re Immortal, Barring Death. (acheron) That Doesn’t Make Sense. (urian) Most Of Life Doesn’t. (acheron)

I Don’t Have To Do Nothing You Say, You Old Heifer Cow. And You Are Old. Really, Really Old. And A Cow, Too. (simi)

He Offers You A Chance To Surrender. (female Gallu) I Told Him To Quit Sucking The Blood Of Idiots. It’s Now Infected His Own Intellect. (stryker)

You Like Being Vague, Don't You? (amanda) It Was A Choice Of Being A Dark-hunter Or A Prophet. Personally I Like The Slash-and-kill Stuff Much More Than Prayers And The Lotus Position. (acheron)

If Wishes Were Horses, Even Beggars Would Ride. (dark-hunter)

Hey, Ms. P," Tad Called, "what's Going On?" She Let Out A Slow Breath Before She Answered. "you Won't Believe This... Brian Murrey Tried To Eat Scott Morgan." Nick's Eyes Widened At The Unexpected Explanation. Had He Heard That Right?

I Know You’re Going To Find This Hard To Believe, But For Some Reason I Don’t Understand, I Actually Like You…most Of The Time. (simone) Well, You Also Love Jesse. Obviously Your Taste In Men Leaves A Lot To Be Desired. (xypher)

What Hostile Parasite Is Tunneling Through Her Sphincter? (zarina)

But His Pantheon Would Have Survived. (kat) Would It? Fate Is Never That Simple. It Doesn’t Go In A Straight Line, And The More You Try To Circumvent It, The Worse You Make It On Yourself. Fate Will Not Be Denied. Sin Would Have Lost His Powers By Another Means, At Another Time And Place. And Whoever Took Them Then Might Have Killed Him. Had He Died, The World Would Have Ended A Long Time Ago Or The Gallu Would Have Run Free And Taken Over. There Are Infinite Possibilities. (acheron)

All Right, The Pendulum Isn’t Working. Sometimes You Need An Accelerant To Help It.” – Death “like Gasoline?” – Nick “yes, Nick. We’re Going To Set The Book And Your Pendulum On Fire And Then Use Them ’cause We’re Just That Intelligent.” – Death

Bubba Was The One Person Who Wouldn’t Even Bat An Eyelash That Nick Was Talking To An “imaginary” Friend. Heck, He’d Probably Bring One Of His Own Out To Play, Too. ~nick

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