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Shut Up, Sit Down, And Read. (tory) Please? (acheron) You Need Something? (tory) You To Be Polite To Me, Ms. I Own The World- Now Do What I Say You Pathetic Pleb. (acheron) You Don’t Strike Me As The Kind Of Guy Who Takes Orders Anyway. (tory) Yes, But A Simple Please Goes A Long Way. I’m The One Doing You A Favor Here. (acheron) Fine. Please Sit Down, Shut Up, And Read. (tory)

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Shut Up, Sit Down, And Read. (tory) Please? (acheron) You Need Something? (tory) You To Be Polite To Me, Ms. I Own The World- Now Do What I Say You Pathetic Pleb. (acheron) You Don’t Strike Me As The Kind Of Guy Who Takes Orders Anyway. (tory) Yes, But A Simple Please Goes A Long Way. I’m The One Doing You A Favor Here. (acheron) Fine. Please Sit Down, Shut Up, And Read. (tory)

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I Take It That The Judgment Is An Essential Point In Every Conviction, Let The Punishment Be Fixed Or Not.

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Life Is Gamble, It's Harsh And Painful Most Of The Time, And It's Not For The Timid. Spoils Go To The Victor, Not To The One Who Doesn't Even Show Up For The Battle." -acheron

You’re The Only Thing I’ve Ever Done Right In My Entire Life And If Anything Ever Happened To You, They’d Have To Dig Two Graves ‘cause I Couldn’t Live A Single Day Without My Baby Beside Me. (cherise)

C’mon, Tally. Don’t You Want Your Clothes, Your Keys? Oh Wait, How About Some Dignity? (kyrian)

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I Find You Irritating. (kat) I Haven’t Even Begun To Irritate You Yet. Imagine What I Could Do If I Applied Myself? (solin) I Can Imagine. I Can Also Imagine Ripping Your Throat Out And Tying My Shoes With Your Larynx. (kat)

Not That I’ve Ever Feared A Fight Or Backed Down From One –(wren) That’s The Truth. I Swear He’s Half Beta Fish. He’d Fight His Own Reflection To Prove A Point. (maggie)

Then You’re Going To Stay In That Net Until Eternity Comes To Pass. (sin) Well, That’s Really Intelligent, Isn’t It? What Are You Going To Do? Put Drinks On Me Or Just Use Me As A Conversation Piece Whenever Friends Come Over? And Let’s Not Even Think About What’s Going To Happen When I Need To Use The Restroom, Shall We? I Hope You Have A Standing Order At Sofa Express. (kat)

I Know I’m Charonte And We Defer To Our Females, But You Have To Respect The Fact That I’m Charonte And We Protect Our Females To The End. You Be My Female. I Be Protecting. (xedrix)

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

This Can’t Be Happening. It’s Just Not Possible. (cassandra) Oh, Well, Let’s Not Have Reality Intrude Now, Shall We? I Mean, Hey, You’re A Mythological Being Descended From Mythological Beings And You’re In The House Of An Immortal Guardian No Human Can Remember Five Minutes After They Leave His Presence. Who’s To Say That You Can’t Get Pregnant In A Dream By Him? What? We’re Jumping Into The Realm Of Reality Now? (katra)

No Worries. They Don’t Scare Me. (devyn) All Right, But If My Brain Matter Ends Up Smeared Against A Wall, I’ll Never Forgive You. (alix)

Someone Else Has To Be Disseminating It. (mark) Dis-a What? (nick) Disseminating. It Means Distributing It. (mark) Then Why Didn’t You Say That? (nick) Remind Me To Get Him A Word-of-the-day Calendar. (mark)

A Court Of Equity Knows Its Own Province.

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)

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)

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

Finding Yourself

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)

What Planet Are You From? Obviously Planet Insanity Was Missing A Local, Long-term Resident.' (nick)

We Got Latched Together And I Was Hoping You Could Separate Us? (amanda) They Were Made By Your Stepfather. Any Chance You Have A Key Lying Around? (kyrian) I Guess I Shouldn't Be Surprised. At Least This Time She's Not An Amazon Princess With An Irate Mother Demanding Parts Of Your Body Be Removed. Two Thousand Years Later, And You're Still Getting Into Unbelievable Messes. (julian)

You’re The One Who Unleashed Him. (savitar) Yeah, Well, Let’s Move On From The Blame Game. I Was Having Suicidal Thoughts And It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time. In Retrospect, Not So Much. (stryker)

You Should Try Them, Nick. They’re Delicious. No One Makes Cookies That Taste Like This.” – Kara ‘probably Because Arsenic Was A Key Ingredient.’ “have To Watch My Girlish Figure. ‘cause If I Don’t, No One Will.” – Nick

So Long As You Minded Your Manners And Kept Your Weapons Concealed, They Let You Enter And Leave In Peace. Those Who Broke The One House Rule Of “no Spill Blood” Quickly Found Themselves Leaving In Pieces.’ (gallagher)

What Are You, A Baby? Jeez, If You’re Going To Kill Humans, The Least You Could Do Is Learn To Die With Some Dignity. (wulf)

And Just Like You, I Will Die At Some Unknown Date In The Future. I Just Come Equipped With A Few Extra Powers. (sebastian) I See. I’m A Toyota. You’re A Lamborghini.(channon)

I Wonder Why No One Called The Police About The Rocket Launcher? God Knows My Neighbors Usually Report It If I So Much As Fart In My Backyard. (bubba)

So Who Was She? (vane) Why Do You Assume It Was A Female? (fang) Didn’t Know You Were Fond Of Men. I’ll File That Under My Special Fang Folder. (vane)

Sebastos Eudorus Parthenopaeus. He Is Really Going To Hate Us When He Has To Learn To Spell All That.” – Acheron

Here I Am! Now What Are Your Other Two Wishes

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]

Don't Let Those People Steal Your Day

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

I’m Adron’s Baby Sister. Dad Just Told Me About The Marriage, And I Had To Come Meet You And Make Sure Dad Hadn’t Snapped A Wheel And Started Hallucinating Or Something. (zarina)

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

Wake Up, Astrid. Your Psychotic Criminal Is Playing With Knives. (sasha)

And As I Recall, You Told Me To Shut Up. (acheron) I’m An Asshole. I Admit It. I’ve Been Going To Weekly Assholes Anonymous Meetings, But It Takes A Long Time To Undo A Few Thousand Years Of Habit. And To Think You Have Even More Years To Undo Than Me. (zarek)

Then What Good Is He? (maggie) I Ask Myself Every Friggin’ Day Exactly What You Did. What Good Am I? The Answer Is Simple. There’s Nothing Good About Me And I Like It That Way. Pride Myself On It, In Fact. (savitar)

I’ll Abide By My Word, But You Will Never Win Me Back! Believe Me, In Two Weeks I Will Slice Open Your Throat, Drink From Your Blood, And Then Pierce Your Heart And Laugh While Your Body Explodes Into Dust. (zephyra) Beautiful Imagery. You Should Write For Hallmark. (stryker)

Please, Achimou? (tory) You Are The Only Being Who’s Ever Called Me That. (acheron) Well, I’d Call You Babycakes, But I Think That Might Offend You Even More. (tory)

Oh, Goodie. Let The Bloodbath Commence. (zarek)

Who Are You? Really." Nykyrian Shrugged. "never Figured It Out. Takes Too Much Time To Think About Myself, And Time Is One Luxury I Don't Own." Pg.90

This Is Where Wulf’s People Would Get Drunk And Party For A Week. All Hail The Vikings, Forerunners To The Frat Boys! (chris)

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)

The Slightest Stirring In The Air Can Set A Hurricane In Motion A Thousand Miles Off. (acheron)

Yo, Dumbass. What Do You Think She’d Be Doing With Them? Giving Them Ballet Lessons? (darling) Tell Me Again Why I Can’t Kill Him? (hauk) You’re Afraid Of Handling Explosives. (nykyrian) One Day I’m Going To Get Over That And When I Do…(hauk) I’ll Wisely Stop Annoying You. (darling)

You Have Twenty-four Hours, Horseguy, To Kill Your Betrayer Any Way You See Fit And To Take Your Revenge. Make Them Count. Oh, And Know That You Can’t Let Daylight Touch You. If You Do…well, You Don’t Want To Die Without Your Soul. It’s Highly Unpleasant. Sometime In The Next Few Days, A Man Named Acheron Parthenopaeus Will Find You And Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Being A Dark-hunter. If You’re Smart, You’ll Listen To Him. Welcome To The Madness.” – Artemis

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)

He Is Kind Of Like Yoda... 'there Is Only Do Or Do Not. There Is No Try.'" That Actually Succeeded In Making Her Laugh Through Her Tears. "you're A Star Wars Fan?" "oh Yeah. May The Force Be With You.

So What Are You In The Mood For? (sunshine) How About Naked Sunshine Al Dente Covered In Whipped Cream And Chocolate? We Could Even Put A Cherry On Top. (talon)

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

St. Ash – Who Knew? (gallagher)

Can You Keep A Secret?” “me And Tupperware, Baby. We Seal Tight. Ain’t Nothing Going To Get Out.

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

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

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)

You Two Go And Have Fun. I Have Plenty Of Stuff Here To Entertain Me With. Plato Rocks! (tory)

How Did You Fastforward And Turn It Off? (danger) I Wanted It Off And Off It Went. (alexion) Wow, That’s Amazing. I Guess This Makes Me The Luckiest Woman In The World. (danger) How So? (alexion) I’ve Found The Only Man Alive Who Won’t Ever Shout Out, ‘honey, Where’s The Remote?’ Then Tear My House Apart In Pursuit Of It. (danger)

What Do You Mean I Have A Predetermined Death?” – Nick “did I Stutter?” – Death “no.” – Nick “do I Look Like Webster’s?” – Death “no.” – Nick “then You Should Understand What I Said, Since I Didn’t Speak In Code. Every Mortal Creature Is Born With An Expiration Date. Some Immortals, Too. Set By The Big Clockmaker. But Excessive Stupidity And Moronic Tendencies Can Shorten It. Pissing Me Off Is One Really Good Way To Cut Yours Down To Three Seconds From Now.” – Death

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)

What Are You? (nick) Completely Perplexed. You Remember Everything That Happened. (acheron) Yeah. Duh. Not Like You’re Going To Forget The Killer Zombie Stalkers And Psyched-out Kitchen Staff. What Kind Of Freak Show Is This? (nick)

Remembers Everything

His Mom Always Said That Trust Was Something You Earned. And It Wasn't Something You Gave Easy. Too Often, It Was A Tool Your Enemies Used To Hurt You With. 'give Them Nothing, Baby. Not Until You Have No Choice. The World Is Harsh And It Is Cold. People Can Be Good And Decent, But Most Of Them Are Only Out For Themselves And They'll Hurt Anyone They Can'.

And She Was Just Leaving. (xedrix) Not Yet, I’m Not. (aimee) Yes, You Are. Adios. There’s The Door. Doorknob Twists To The Left. The Hinges Open In. You Should Use Them. Keep Them Working. Keep You Breathing. (xedrix)

Athena Came To Stand By Her Side. She Reached Out And Ran A Light Touch Over The Read Wrap. 'nice Dress." Grace Frowned In Disbelief. 'they're Fighting To The Death And You're Admiring My Clothes?' Athena Laughed. 'trust Me, I Pick My Generals Well. Priapus Doesn't Stand A Chance.

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)

I Have A Flamthrower. (zarek) You Have A What? (astrid) It Pays To Be Prepared. (zarek) Well. Those Are Nice For Toasting Marshmallows, But They’ll Only Make Thanatos Mad. Regular Fire Won’t Hurt Him. I Have This Really Neat Gelatinous Goo That Comes Out With My Fire And It Squirts My Victims So That It Don’t Come Off. Wanna See It? (simi) No! (zarek/astrid) No? I Don’t Like That Word. (simi) We Love You, Simi. We’re Just Scared Of Your Goo. (astrid) Oh, That I Understand. Okay, You Can Live. (simi)

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

Because I Took An Oath To Help People. To Protect Them From The League And Any Corrupt Government. (devyn) Yeah, And I Know People Better Than To Believe That For Even An Instant. Altruism Is Dead. People Use And They Take Until You’re Nothing But A Bleeding Corpse On The Ground At Their Feet. (alix)

Yeah, Well, Your People Happen To Be Soul-sucking Demons. (wulf) You Ever Met A Banker Or A Lawyer? Tell Me Who’s Worse, My Urian Or One Of Them? At Least We Need The Food; They Do It Just For Profit Margins. (phoebe)

You Make One Tiny Variable And So Help Me, I’ll Have You Slaughtered Where You Sit. (kiefer) He’s Just Such A Nice Man. (nykyrian)

I Don’t Wanna Die, Man. They’re Not Playing. Have You Seen How Many Of Them Are Out There? One Just Took A Shot At Me, So Unlike You Morons, I’m Hiding. Hiding Is Nice. (vik)

I Want Your Opinion On The Best Way To Proceed. (eli) I’d Start By Killing Your Son And His Crew Of Idiots Before Their Stupidity Spreads To Anyone Else And Infects Them. (varyk)

I'm Too Young, Too Smart And Too Good-looking To Die.

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)

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