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Why Did You Leave? (aiden) I Took Care Of The Person Harassing Him. Threat Gone. Job Eliminated. Anything Else You Want To Know? Dental Records, Fingerprints? Retinal Scan? (leta) Urine Sample Would Work. (aiden) What Cup You Want Me To Use? (leta) Does Anything Faze You? (aiden) I Fight People For A Living. Do You Honestly Think Peeing In A Cup Is Going To Frighten Me? (leta)

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Why Did You Leave? (aiden) I Took Care Of The Person Harassing Him. Threat Gone. Job Eliminated. Anything Else You Want To Know? Dental Records, Fingerprints? Retinal Scan? (leta) Urine Sample Would Work. (aiden) What Cup You Want Me To Use? (leta) Does Anything Faze You? (aiden) I Fight People For A Living. Do You Honestly Think Peeing In A Cup Is Going To Frighten Me? (leta)

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

Caleb Could Be So Testy For No Known Reason. At Times, It Was Like Dating A Woman With Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Or Rabies.

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Remember, Nick, There Are Only Two People In The Universe I Care For…and You’re Not One Of Them. (savitar)

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

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)

If You Want To Know The Correct Term For Me, I'm A Dark-hunter." Nick Digested That Word Slowly. "which Means What? You Hunt Darkness?" "yes, Nick. That's Exactly What I Do. There's Just Not Enough Of It." Now, There Was Some Sarcasm You Could Cut With A Knife.

I Haven't Fought With Anyone Else In Over Two Thousand Years. (kyrian) Well, You're Never Too Old To Learn. (amanda) You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. (kyrian) There's No Time Like The Present. (amanda) Time Is Of The Essence. (kyrian) God Helps Those Who Help Themselves. (amanda) You're Not Going To Let Me Win This, Are You? (kyrian)

You Punk Asshole. What Was This? A Game For You? This Is My Life’s Work You Just Annihilated And For What? Shits And Giggles? Or Was This Nothing More Than A Fraternity Prank? Please Tell Me That You Didn’t Just Ruin My Integrity To Get Some Kind Of Drinking Points. This Is Something I’ve Been Working For Since Before You Were Born. How Dare You Make A Mockery Of Me. I Hope To God That One Day Someone Degrades You Like This So That You’ll Know, Just Once In Your Spoiled Pompous Life, What Humiliation Feels Like! (tory)

Actually, It’s My Younger Brother Who Has Me Ticked, But Since You Brought Up The Boyfriend Thing, Take My Advice; Be The Black Widow. Find A Guy, Have Fun With Him, Then Eviscerate Him In The Morning Before He Can Brag About It To His Friends. (chrissy)

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)

Nick’s Right, You Are Psychotic. (talon) The Correct Term Is Sociopathic And Yes, I Am. But At Least I Have No Delusions About Myself. (zarek) Meaning? (talon) Take Your Meaning Wherever You Can Find It. (zarek)

I Want You To Always Hold Your Head Up And Follow Your Dreams Wherever They Take You. Don’t You Ever Listen To The People Out To Hurt You Or Make You Cry. Listen To Your Heart And Be Better Than Them. No One Gets Ahead By Hurting Others. The Only Real Peace Anyone Will Ever Have Is The One That Comes From Within. Live Your Life On Your Own Terms And Make It A Happy Life. Always. That’s What’s Important, Torimou. (theo)

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)

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

Oh No, No, No! Are You Going To Suck My Blood? (amanda Do I Look Like A Lawyer To You? (kyrian)

Now Leave. (adron) Why Would I Want To Do That? I Mean, Heaven Forbid I Should Be Around Someone Who Actually Likes Me. It’s So Much More Fun To Be Here With You Insulting My Manhood And Questioning My Parentage Every Five Seconds. (tiernan)

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)

Old Enough To Know Better, Pissed Enough Not To Care. (jaden)

It's Not Fair To Show Someone The Sun And Then Banish Him From It. Even The Devil May Cry When He Looks Around Hell And Realizes That He's There Alone. -acheron

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

Didn't I Tell You Not To Touch The Lamborghini? (kyrian) (hunter Groused An Instant Before He Cut The Wheel And Sent The Vampire Flying Through The Air.) And They Told Me You Guys Couldn't Fly. (kyrian)

Shut Up. Asshole. (shahara) I Live For Your Endearments. (syn)

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)

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)

What Do You Want, Acheron? (artemis) You Know What I Want. After All I’m The Top Of The Food Chain And You…you’re The Food. (acheron)

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

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

But Life Isn’t About Learning To Forgive Those Who Have Hurt You Or Forgetting Your Past. It’s About Learning To Forgive Yourself For Being Human And Making Mistakes.

He Was Death, And He'd Ridden In On A Pale Horse.

Then Why Can’t I Bully You Into Procreating? (wulf) See! I’m The Only Human In History To Have Viking Yenta Of His Very Own. God, How I Wish My Father Had Been A Fertile Man. (chris)

I'm Sorry. (valerius) It's Okay. We All Have Scars. I'm Just Lucky Most Of Mine Are On The Outside. (tabitha)

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

I Have Some Telekinesis, Which You Already Discovered. Premonitions. Can See Auras And…i Make A Killer Omelet.” – Sundown

The Smallest Decisions Made Had Such Profound Repercussions. One Ten-minute Wait Could Save A Life… Or End It… One Wrong Turn Down The Right Street Or One Seemingly Unimportant Conversation, And Everything Was Changed. It Wasn’t Right That Each Lifetime Was Defined, Ruined, Ended, And Made By Such Seemingly Innocuous Details. A Major Life-threatening Event Should Come With A Flashing Warning Sign That Either Said Abandon All Hope Or Safety Ahead. It Was The Cruelest Joke Of All That No One Could See The Most Vicious Curves Until They Were Over The Edge, Falling Into The Abyss Below.

When Someone Is Drowning And You Try To Save Them, They're More Likely To Drown You Before You Pull Them Out.

What If He Wakes Up Before You Get Home And Steals You Blind? (wayne) Steals What? My Clothes Won’t Fit Him And I Have Nothing Of Any Value. Not Unless He Likes My Peter, Paul, And Mary Collection Anyway. (sunshine)

So What Happened? (maggie) Nothing Major. It’s Just A Group Of Assholes Out To Kill Me. (wren)

One Of You Guys Is Going To Have To Feed The Vampiric Lawyer Some Blood And It Can’t Be Me. (caleb) Why? You Afraid Of A Little Bite? I’m Anemic. (nick) And I’m Catholic. Doesn’t That Knock Me Out Of The Running? (nick)

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

I Swear You’re A Woman. (devyn) I Would Respond To That, But I Don’t Want To Distract You While You’re Attempting To Drive And I’m Dependent On You For My Life. (sway)

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

You Are Just So Helpful, Andrei. (esperetta) I Try To Be, Princess. (andrei) And You Fail With Such Panache. (esperetta)

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.

Julian Dipped His Head To Her Ear Where He Nuzzled Her Neck. “i Will Love You Forever,” He Whispered.

So, How Do You Kill A Dragon? (channon) With A Very Sharp Sword. (sebastian)

That’s Exactly What I’m Talking About. That’s The Evil That’s Seducing You. The Malevolent Power That Is Crawling Through Your Blood Tempting You Onto A Treacherous Path That Will Cost You Everything You Love And Hold Dear. You Have To Let That Anger Go Before It’s Too Late. Vengeance Always Turns Inward And It Will Consume You Until Nothing’s Left But An Empty Hole That Nothing Can Fill. (ambrose)

Don’t Be Jealous, Baby. We’ll Get To You In A Jiffy. (daimon) Jiffy? What Kind Of Pathetic Wuss Uses The Word ‘jiffy’? (xypher)

Forgotten History. You, However, Are My Present. (varyk) Oh, Goody. Do I Have To Wear A Bow? (fang)

Better To Be Judged By Twelve Than Carried By Six

I Don’t Even Know What To Say To You. (acheron) Me, Either. I Guess We’ll Just Stand Here And Cry At Each Other, Huh? (kat)

My Son Has Few Friends And Even Fewer Who Know Him For What He Is. So Long As You Protect Him, You Live. Sumerian Or Not. But If You Prove False In Anything You’ve Said Here Today, I Will Bring A Wrath Down On You So Sever That You Will Spend Eternity Trying To Dig Out Your Own Brains To Alleviate The Pain Of It. (apollymi)

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)

I Take It That Didn’t Go Well. (cassandra) About Like Walking Into A Bear Cave Covered In Honey. (wulf)

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.

Trust Is Always A Good Idea. For Someone Else.

I'm Loved By Some, Hated By Many, Envied By Most, Yet Wanted By All. (josiah)

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

It Is Of Great Importance That The Laws By Which The Contracts Of So Numerous And So Useful A Body Of Men As The Sailors Are Supposed To Be Guided, Should Not Be Overturned.

What Good Was Owning The World When He’d Have No Choice Except To Defend Himself Against Every Person In It? Personally, He’d Rather Be A Beggar With One True Friend Than A Prince Surrounded By Two-faced Assassins.’ (aiden)

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)

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.

Aren’t You A Little Old For Your Mom To Be Picking Out Your Clothes For You? Really? Shopping At The Children’s Place At Your Age? I’m Sure There’s Some Third-grader Dying To Know Who Bought The Last Navy I-sore Shirt. (nekoda)

She’s Best Friends With My Wife. (julian) Gracie? You’re Married To Gracie? That Was You? You’re Mr. Hot Bottom! (sunshine)

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)

Then Shut Up Or Grab A Sword And Come Help. (takeshi) Is That A Challenge? (savitar) It Would Be If I Didn’t Know For A Fact That You’re Too Lazy To Rise To One. (takeshi)

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

Are You Out Of Your Collective Minds? I Swear I Can’t Leave You Two Alone For Three Seconds That You Don’t Go Off And Hurt Yourselves. I Expect Stupid Out Of You, But You Know Better.” – Caleb “i Tried To Tell Him That. He Won’t Listen To Me. Tag. You’re It.” – Nekoda

Don’t Move, And Breathe Only If You Have To. (caleb)

In Time, You Won’t Need It To Do That. You’ll Be Able To Access That Part Of Yourself Anytime You Need To. But For Now, You’ll Require A Tool To Help You Channel All That Teenage Hormonal Add That’s Bouncing Around And Through You.” – Death

So, Magellan, Where Are We Going? (danger) Away. I’m Open To Any Location, So Long As It Doesn’t Involve Returning To Your House While Wart-head Is There.

I Didn’t Know They’d Do This To You. (syd) It’s Okay, Syd. Who Could Have Imagined That A Man Who Heads Up A Company Of Paid Assassins And Mercenaries Would Be Psychotic? (steele)

We Don't Have To Surrender Our Souls Or Our Compassion.

Didn’t Your Mother Ever Tell You The Only Way To Kill Us Is To Cut Us Into Pieces? You Should Have Brought A Wood Chipper Instead Of A Gun. (wulf)

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)

There Are Some Things That Sorry Can't Fix. - Acheron Parthenopaeus

Nothing Is Ever Truly Set By Fate. In One Blink, Everything Changes. Even Though It Should Be A Clear, Sunny Day, The Softest Whisper Into The Wind Can Become A Hurricane That Destroys Everything It Touches. (acheron)

He Who Lets Fear Rule Him, Has Fear For A Master [acheron]

Oh, You’re Going To Die All Right. All Of You. And For What You’ve Done To My Brother You Will Suffer Unimaginably! (kessar) Yada, Yada, Yada. Am I The Only One Who Gets Sick Of The Bad-guy Monologue? ‘ooo, I’m The Big Evil. I’m Going To Kill You All. Just Wait While I Bore You To Tears With My Egomaniacal Bullshit. I’m Just A Demon Windbag Who Likes To Hear Himself Speak And I’m Trying To Intimidate You.' (kat)

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