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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)

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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)

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I Don’t Know. Word Around The Girls’ Locker Room Is That All Of You Are So Hard Up, You Were Cruising The Senior Center, Trying To Find A Prom Date.” – Nick

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Aren’t You Forgetting Something?” – Acheron “what?” – Artemis “your Payment.” – Acheron “the Happiness On Your Face When First You Touched Him Was Enough. I Only Wish You’d Been There When Your Daughter Was Born, But That Was My Fault. I’ve Had A Lifetime Of Joy, Hugs And Love From Her And You Missed All Of That Because Of My Stupidity And Fear. His Life Is My Gift To Both Of You. Let’s Hope The Future Is Much Kinder To All Of Us Than The Past Has Been.” – Artemis

Cyn Like Cynric ?no, S-i-n As In Conceived In , Born In And Lived In

"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."

Because I Don’t Feel Broken When You Look At Me. (acheron) How Could You Feel Broken? (tory) I Was Shattered As A Child And Thrown Away, Like A Piece Of Trash No On Wanted. But You Don’t Treat Me Like That. You See In Me The Human Bit And You Touch That Part Of Me. You Make Me Feel Whole And Wanted. (acheron)

Look, This Isn’t The Mummy. It’s Not Like A Teenaged Girl’s Diary Could Resurrect The Dead Or Anything. It’s Just The Story Of Her Innocuous Life. What On Earth Could An Ancient Girl Have Known That Would Be Worth Killing Someone Over? (tory) You’re Asking Me That Question? People Kill Each Other Over A Pair Of Shoes Or For Wearing The Same Jacket. (acheron)

Killing Someone

What Are You Doing Here, Simi? (astrid) Feeling Peckish. Is There Any Food? Something Not Too Heavy. Maybe A Cow Or Two? (simi)

It Takes 42 Muscles To Smile. Instead Pick Up Your Middle Finger And Say "bite Me!

Youever Insult Bride Again, I Swear I'll Rip Your Throat Out And Feed You To The Gators In The Swamp. You Understand Me?" - Vane

You Should Be More Careful. You Could Have Broken Your Neck Or As Big As You Are Landed On Someone And Killed Them. (tory)

Yes, He’s Like A Rash For Which There’s No Cure. It Only Goes Away For A Bit Before Returning Unexpectedly To Ruin Every Pleasurable Experience. He Should Have Been Named Herpes Rather Than Zt. Or Maybe Just Herpes Z, Since He’s A Very Special Irritant. (arik)

These Atlantikoinonia. They’re Human? (acheron) What Else Would They Be? Turnips? (tory)

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)

You Like Rock? Little Boy, I’m Not Your Friend. I’m Not Your Dark-hunter And I’m Not Your Friggin’ Date. You Only Speak To Me When I Ask You A Question. Otherwise You Keep Your Mouth Shut, Your Eyes Off Me, And You Might Live Long Enough To Get Me To The French Quarter. (zarek)

Don’t You Two Girls Have Something Better To Do, Like Pick Out Toe Lint? (acheron)

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

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

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

Hey, Dad, You’ve Got To Taste What We Just Did. It’s Actually Good. (omari) That Is Good. What Did You Two Do? (devyn) No Idea. We Just Added Spices Until It Didn’t Suck Anymore. (omari)

Because People Learn From Their Mistakes, Danger. Pain And Failure Are A Natural Part Of Life. It's Kind Of Like A Parent Who Watches Their Child Fall Down While Learning To Walk. Instead Of Coddling The Child, You Set Them Back On Their Feet And Let Them Try Again. They Have To Stumble Before They Can Run. (alexion) Do You Really Believe That We Need To Have Our Hearts Ripped Out? (danger) 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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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?

No One Can Make You Feel Low Unless You Allow Them To. You’re Not Stupid, Alix. And You’re Very Beautiful. I Just Thought You Should Know That. (devyn)

Yeah, And Mr. Cuddles Is A Jealous Sort. He Doesn’t Share Us Well. (geary) Does This Mean I’ll Have To Fight Him? (arik) You’d Never Win. Mr. Cuddles Cheats. You Think He’s Just A Pushover Teddy Bear, But He’s Vicious, I Tell You. Vicious. (geary)

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)

You’re A Wondering Soul, Looking For A Peace That Doesn’t Exist. Lost You Will Be Until You Find The One Inner Truth. We Can Never Hide From What We Are. The Only Hope Is To Embrace It.’ (old Seer)

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

I Would Like To Barbecue Those Olympian Gods. They Are Very Tasty. One Day, I’m Going To Eat That Redheaded Goddess, Too. (simi) She Doesn’t Like Artemis. (astrid) The Simi Hates Her, But Akri Says, ‘no, Simi, You Can’t Kill Artemis. Behave, Simi, Don’t Shoot Fire At Her, Don’t Make Her Bald, Simi.’ No, No, No. It’s All I Hear. I Don’t Like That Word. ‘no.’ It Even Sounds Evil. The Simi Tends To Barbecue Anyone Dumb Enough To Say It To Her. But Not Akri. He’s Allowed To Say No To Me; I Just Don’t Like It When He Does. (simi)

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)

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

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

He Wanted To Work In Hot Woman Valhalla Until He Died Of Testosterone Poisoning. (nick)

I Might Have Lost Some Skin, But I Got Kissed By A Beautiful Woman Who Was Happy To See Me. I Gotta Say That’s Pretty Epic In My Book. Definitely Not A Worst-case Day Here.” – Sundown

They’re Lucky I Didn’t Rip Their Arms Off For Touching Her. (devyn)

We Need To Gather Everyone We Can. Damien Scoffed. Uh, Boss, Hate To Be A Pall, But I Think Everyone We Can Gather Is Currently In This Room. Sin Paused To Look At Simi, Xirena, Damien, Kat, Kish, And Xypher. It Was A Pitiful Number Of Defenders. But It Was All The World Had. In That Case, We Need To Seriously Arm Ourselves. Damien Crossed Himself. Hail Mary, Full Of Grace- What Are You Doing? Kish Asked. You're Not Catholic. Yeah But I'm Feeling Really Religious All Of A Sudden And It Seemed Like A Good Idea.

What Happened To Cause The Jail Fight? (maggie) They Thought It Would Be Fun To Knock Around The ‘kid’ And Show Off Their Manhood. I Thought It Would Be Fun To Knock A Couple Of Them Unconscious. (wren)

They’re Ogling You, Dude. Talking About Your Assets And The Fact That You’re Nauseatingly Ripped, Which I Would Have Been Had I Not Bit The Dust At Seventeen. I’m Forever Trapped In My Tall, Gangly Phase. (jesse)

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

You Know I Can’t Go Out There. There’s Daylight Outside. (ravyn) Well, That’s What Happens When The Big Yellow Ball Comes Up Over The Mountains. Amazing Isn’t It? (susan)

You're Not An Idiot. You're Just Eccentric. (selena) That's What They Said About Mary Todd Lincoln. Until They Locked Her Up. (grace)

Okay, I’m Dreaming. Hallucinating. Brought On By Stress. I Had A Hard Day Today And This Is My Mind Trying To Protect Itself From…from Stuff. Lots Of Stuff. (geary) (arik, Trieg, And Zt Stare At Geary.) Oh, Like I’m Any Less Sane Than The Three Of You Just Because I Talk To Myself. (geary)

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)

Because I’ve Lost My Children, Too, And I Know The Ache That Lives Inside The Heart That No Amount Of Solace Or Alcohol Will Squelch. I Know What It’s Like To Have The Powers Of A God And To Not Be Able To Hold The One Thing That Means The Most To Me. And If You Think For One Minute That I Would Ever Serve That To Another Being, Even Artemis, Who I’d Like To Torture For Eternity, Then Go Ahead And Call Down Your Army On Me. I Would Deserve Whatever Death They Give. (sin)

The Personality Is Defined By Its Inconsistencies, Not Its Consistencies. It's What Makes Us Unique And Who We Are.

We Don’t Want Civilians Walking Around Who Know About Us. Got It? (tee) Wow, You’re Like A Ferocious Bunny, Aren’t You? (nathan) Worse. A Bunny Can Be Fluffy Sometimes. Tee Always Goes For The Throat. Trust Me. I’m Her Partner And She’s Shot Me Three Times Now. (joe)

I Really Hate Squires. (syra) (she Pulled Another Flat Bolt Out And Loaded It, Then Shot It At Otto. Moving So Fast He Could Hardly Be Seen, The Squire Turned Around And Caught It Without Flinching. He Held The Bolt Up To His Nose And Inhaled It Lovingly.) Mmm. Rose. My Favorite. (otto) Perhaps We Should Leave You Two Alone. (jess) Yeah, This Does Remind Me A Bit Of The Mating Rites Of The Mean And The Surly. (allen)

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

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)

What? Was He Raised In A Barn? Didn’t He Ever Learn How To Close A Door? Amateur Shape-shifters…no Manners Whatsoever.” – Sasha “do We Need To Get You A Midol Before We Go?” – Sundown “i’m Not That Easy To Soothe, Cowboy. My Peeves Are On A Cellular Level.” – Sasha

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)

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)

In All The Universe, Your Mother Is The Only Thing That Truly Scares Me, Especially Where You’re Concerned. I Don’t Ever Want To Be On Her Dark Side. (adron) Ha Ha. And Need I Remind You My Mother Wasn’t The One Screaming At The Pool When You Got Shoved In. (devyn) Yeah, All Right, So We Both Have Screwed-up, Irrational Mothers. (adron)

So What Do Wolves Do To Date?” Nick Asked. “we Don’t Date,” Vane Said. “when A Woman Is In Season, We Fight For Her And Then She Picks Who Mounts Her.” Nick Gaped. “are You Kidding? You Don’t Have To Buy Her Dinner? You Mean You Don’t Even Have To Talk To Her?” He Turned To Acheron. “dayam, Ash, Make Me A Wolf.

I Scoured Myself With Lye Soap From Head To Toe To Get The Evil Funk Of Demon Snot Off Me. I Have Flossed Things The Gods Never Meant To Be Flossed And Used Things That Would Be Toxic To Most Living Organisms. All To Sanitize My Body For Your Chewing Pleasure.

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.

Success Is When Persistence Meets Preparation.

Don’t You Like Them? (nykyrian) Did You See The Price? (kiara) I’m More Than Capable Of Supplying You With Several Wardrobes From Here. (nykyrian) But– (kiara) But Nothing, Mu Tara. Start Shoping. (nykyrian) This Really Isn’t– (kiara) Kiara. Buy Clothes Or Go Naked. Personally, Naked Works For Me. (nykyrian) Fine. When You’re Homeless And Bankrupt, Remember I Tried To Stop You. (kiara)

People Will Knife You In The Back For A Stinking Crumb And Then Go On With Their Lives As If You’re Nothing But A Worthless Roach. (aiden)

I Take Time With Each Person And Try To Remember Them, Especially If They're A Repeater From Another Event. I Know A Lot Of Authors Just Sign A Book And Keep Their Heads Down, But I'm Not Like That.

Have You Ever Heard Of Feng Shui? (randy) Yeah. It’s The ‘put The Mirror On Your Door And Sleep In The Right Direction’ Bullshit. (steele)

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

Why Do You Tolerate It? (kat) The Same Reason Sin Hasn’t Resigned Himself To Death. There Are Six Billion People On Earth Who Need Someone To Protect Them From Things That Are Scarier Than The Tax Man Or A Knife-wielding Stranger. Things That A Gun Won’t Stop. As Long As Their Lives Hang In The Balance, What’s A Little Humiliation For Me? (acheron)

You'll Never See The Moments Coming That Will For Ever Mutilate Your Life-at Least Not Until After They've Mowed You Down. -savitar

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)

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)

Then He Will Be Called Acheron For The River Of Woe. Like The River Of The Underworld, His Journey Shall Be Dark, Long And Enduring. He Will Be Able To Give Life And To Take It. He Will Walk Through His Life Alone And Abandoned – Ever Seeking Kindness And Ever Finding Cruelty. May The Gods Have Mercy On You, Little One. No One Else Ever Will. (oracle)

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