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You Need To Up Your Vocabulary, Boy. You Can’t Walk Around Letting People Think You’re Stupid. Expand Your Horizons. Besides, It’s Fun To Call People Names They Have To Look Up To Realize They’ve Been Insulted. (mark) Yeah, That’s A Twofer There. You Get Away With It And Then They’re Twice As Mad When They Realize How Bad You Really Insulted Them. Especially If They Mistake It For A Compliment When You Say It And Thank You For It. (bubba)

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You Need To Up Your Vocabulary, Boy. You Can’t Walk Around Letting People Think You’re Stupid. Expand Your Horizons. Besides, It’s Fun To Call People Names They Have To Look Up To Realize They’ve Been Insulted. (mark) Yeah, That’s A Twofer There. You Get Away With It And Then They’re Twice As Mad When They Realize How Bad You Really Insulted Them. Especially If They Mistake It For A Compliment When You Say It And Thank You For It. (bubba)

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We Almost Made It To Thirty Seconds Without An Insult. I Think We Set A New Record.

You Know, I've Walked This Earth For Over Eleven Thousand Years, My Lady. I Have Seen Things In My Life That Are Unimaginable To You, And You Ask Me If I Doubt You? Lady, I Doubt The Very Air You Breathe. (acheron)

I Just Want To Be Warm. Just Once Let Me Be Warm. Is There No Star Capable Of Sharing Its Fire With Me? (zarek)

She’s My Wife. (stryker) Was. You Seem To Have Forgotten An Important Verb Tense. (zephyra)

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

Yeah, I Wish I Could Have Stayed Awake Long Enough To See Your Face When I Changed Over. (wren) No, You Don’t. I Assure You, It Wasn’t Pretty. (maggie) There’s Never Anything About You That Isn’t Pretty, Maggie. You’re The Most Beautiful Woman I’ve Ever Seen. (wren)

I Would Have, Had Someone Not Detonated Their Charges Prematurely. (nykyrian) Yeah, Cruel. You Have To Watch That Premature Detonation Problem Of Yours. (hauk)

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)

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

Note To Self On Waking. Lay Off The Beer On An Empty Stomach. This Dream Is Even More Screwed Up Than The Time I Had A Donkey And A Corkscrew. (aiden) Donkey And A Corkscrew? (leta) I Don’t Know You Well Enough To Fill You In On Those Details. (aiden)

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'm Sorry," He Breathed. "you're Just Extremely Irresistible." "strange, Men Have Been Resisting Me For Years.

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)

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)

And Neither Do I, Asshole. (wren) Wow. Multiple Syllables And A Whole Sentence From The Tiger. Who’d Have Ever Thought It? Whoever She Was, She Must Have Had A Lot Of Talent To Make You Speak. Next Thing You Know, She’ll Have The Dead Walking. Quick, Call A Dark-hunter. I’m Sure Some Of Them Would Like Another Resurrection. (dev)

These Are Used Solely For Blood Rites. (leo) Is That Like Special Ed? (susan)

To Infinity Then. (bubba) What’s That Mean? (nick) It’s Something My Dad Used To Say When I Was A Kid. To Infinity, Meaning You’d See Something Through To The End. (bubba) Infinity Is Never-ending. (nick) That’s Right, Which Means You Keep Going And Going No Matter What Happens Or What Obstacles You Meet. Over, Under, Around Or Through. There’s Always A Way. And If You Have To Chase Something To Infinity, Strap On Your Big-boy Pants, Hiking Boots, And Go. (bubba)

Look! You Got Sparklies Like Akri. He Gives All Of His To Me. He Say I Look Beautiful In Sparklies, ‘specially Them Red Ones That Match My Eyes. Here, Astrid. I Know You Can’t See It, Astrid, But It’s Very Lovely, Like You. You Need To Wear That And Then You Have Sparklies, Too. But Still No Hornays. We Need To Fix You Up With Hornays One Day So You Can Be A Demon, Too. It’s Fun Being A Demon – Except When People Try To Exercise You…wait, That’s Not The Right Word. I Forget, But You Know What I Mean. (simi)

Ooo, Let’s See, I Need To Get My Spicy Barbecue Sauce. Definitely Some Oven Mitts, ‘cause He’s Gonna Be Hot From Being Flame-broiled. I Need To Get A Couple Of Them Apple Trees To Make Wood Chips So The Meat Be Nice And Appley Tasting. Give It That Extra Yumminess, ‘cause I Don’t Like That Daimon Flavor. Ack! (simi)

Trust Is Always A Good Idea. For Someone Else.

How Can I Ever Trust You? (acheron) You Can’t. But I Have Lived Inside Your Memories For The Last Three Years. I Know The Pain You Hide. I Know The Pain I Caused. If I Stay Here, I Will Go Mad From The Screams. If I Return To The Vanishing Isle, I’ll Languish There Alone And In Time I Will Probably Learn To Hate You All Over Again. I Don’t Want To Hate You Anymore, Acheron. You Are A God Who Can Control Human Fate. Is It Not Possible That There Was A Reason Why We Were Joined Together? Surely The Fates Meant For Us To Be Brothers. (styxx)

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)

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)

Keeping Pushing, Andrei, And You And I Are Going To Play A Game. (esperetta) And What Game Is That, Princess? (andrei) Find The Ball In My Hand. (esperetta) I Don’t See A Ball, Princess. (andrei) Oh, You Will, Just As Soon As I Snap It Off Your Body. (esperetta)

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

Who Are You Talking To?” – Morty “still In The Kitchen, Aren’t I? Guess I Need To Keep Walking. Oh, Look! Yonder Is The Door, Which I’m Going To Make Use Of Right Now.” – Nick

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)

Even If I Were Lying On The Sun Itself, I Would Be Freezing There Without You. (zarek)

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?

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)

Everyone Deserves To Have Someone Who Loves Them.

"you'd Better. Otherwise Stryker And I Will Feast On Your Innards, Bathe In Your Blood And I Will Use Your Eyes As Earrings." Jericho Snorted. "you Know, With Imagery Like That, You Should Write For Hallmark."

Nick‘s Eyes Widened As A Total State Of Befuddled Huh Possessed Him. Was He In The Twilight Zone?

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

Nick, Fetch My Car, Fetch My Clothes, Sweep The Chimney, Make My Bed, Watch My Psychopath, Fetch My Slippers.’ Yeah, I’ll Fetch Those Slippers And Stick Them Someplace Real Uncomfortable. I Swear, My Mother Should Have Named Me Fido. (nick)

In Case You Haven’t Noticed, There’s Not A Plethora Of Engineers Here. (devyn) Plethora? What Kind Of Girl Word Is That? (sway)

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.

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

Future Planning

He Says He’d Rather Be Dead Than Leave Me. According To Him, We’re Family. I Guess That Makes Me The Psycho Uncle No One Wants To Talk To. And He’s The Kid With Only Imaginary Friends For Company. ‘normal’ Rockwell, Here We Come. (jared)

You Bit Me? (stryker) We Use What We Have. (zephyra) That’s Such A Girl Move. (stryker) But It Works. Maybe If You Fought Like A Girl And Not A Stunted Baboon, You’d Actually Win. (zephyra)

My Mother Fed My Love Of Demons, Science Fiction, And Paranormal. She Was A Devout Horror Movie Fan Who Kept Me Up Until The Wee Hours To Watch Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Twilight Zone, And Star Trek. We Lived To Watch Those Reruns.

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)

Life Isn't A Puzzle To Be Solved. It's An Adventure To Be Savored.

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

People Destroy Beauty When They Find It. (acheron) How So? (artemis) By Nature, People Are Petty And Jealous. They Envy What They Lack And Because They Don’t Know How To Acquire Something, They Try To Destroy Anyone Who Has It. Beauty Is One Of Those Things They Hate Most In Others. (acheron)

It's Settled, Then," Grace Said. She Turned Back To Nick. "take The Jag To The Car Wash And For Heaven's Sake Clean The Mcdonald's Happy Meal Boxes Out Of It." "hey," Nick Said, His Face Offended. "that's A Low Blow. Those Boxes Are Collectibles.

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

Growing Up, Books Were My Lifeline, And I Owe A Debt To Those Writers That Can Never Be Repaid. They Saved My Sanity And Gave Me A World I Could Escape To. If I Can Pay That Forward To Another Person, That's All I Ask.

You’re A Slave? (eleni) I Was. I’m Sorry. I Shouldn’t Have Come Here. (acheron) Take Your Cloak Off And Sit, Acheron. You’ve Done Nothing To Apologize For. I Admire You All The More For Stopping To Help Us. It’s Nothing For A Nobleman To Do So, Yet They Seldom Bother To Help Those Less Fortunate. For A Freedman To Speak Up In Defense Of Another Takes Great Courage And Character. What You Did Is All The More Noble And Kind, And I Would Be Honored To Have You Sit At My Table With Us. (acheron)

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

I Wasn't Born, I Was Unleashed.

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

Is There A Phone I Can Use? (talon) In The Kitchen. (sunshine) Could You Please Bring It To Me? (talon) It’s Not Cordless. I Always Lose Those Things Or I Drop Them Someplace And Break Them. The Last One I Had Ended Up Drowning In The Toilet. (sunshine)

I Hope You Find Peace, My Brother. (acheron) Peace Walks Hand In Hand With A Quite Conscience. (savitar)

Don’t, Cassandra. (wulf) Oh, Please. I Just Want To Choke Her For A Few Minutes. (cassandra)

Why Would You Help Us? (delphine) I Hear Stupidity Is A Fatal Disease. Doing My Own Experimentation To See If That’s True Or Not. If I Survive, We’ll Know It’s Not. If I Die…well, It’ll Suck. Bad. And I Won’t Be Happy. (asmodeus)

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)

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

See How Exciting Anthropology Is? He’s A Leading Expert In Ancient Greece. Now You Should All Change Your Majors So That You Can Ogle Men Like Him All Day Long. Or Better Yet, Uncover Naked Male Statues. (tory) Was That Necessary? (acheron) Hey, I Live To Recruit Students For The Department. If I Can Make You Good For Something, Then By Golly I’m Going To Do It. (tory)

How Many Demons And People Are Enslaved Here? (jericho) Define Slavery. (asmodeus) Kept Against Their Will. (jericho) Good Definition. Counting Me? (asmodeus) Why Not? (jericho) Probably A Couple Of Million…you Know It’s Really Hard To Count To A Million, Plus They’re Always Dying And New Ones Are Coming In. I Tried To Count Once, But It Got Really Depressing So I Stopped. The Constant Adding And Subtracting. Not My Forte, Really. (asmodeus)

We Have A Daimon Walk Into The Bar In Broad Daylight, And Now A Demon Sliming Dev. I Don´t Know About You, But That Doesn´t Seem Coincidental To Me.” “i Agree. Snot Funny.

And You, My Best Friend On Earth, My Soul Sister Who Shares Chunky Monkey Scoops And Beefcake E-mails At The Drop Of A Hat, The Woman Who Made Me Wear A Frothy, Ruffled Lime-colored Bridesmaid Dress That Added Fifteen Pounds To My Hips, Are Going To Spill Your Guts To Me, Aren’t You? (sunshine) No Fair And The Dress Wasn’t Lime, It Was Mint. (selena) It Was Lime-icky Green And I Looked Like A Sick Pistachio. (sunshine)

Anyone Ever Tell You You Should Be A Lawyer? (otto) Only Bill When We Argue. Besides, I Like Killing Bloodsuckers Too Much To Ever Be One Of Them. Tabitha Deveraux. Pleased To Meet You. (tabitha)

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

No, I Was Just Wondering Who You Killed To Reclaim Your Health. (wulf) I’m Sure The Cows You Eat Aren’t Exactly Thrilled By Their Slaughter Either. (urian) They’re Not People. (wulf) In Case You Haven’t Noticed, Dark-hunter, There Are A Lot Of People Out There Who Aren’t Human Either. (urian)

There Was Nothing Humane About Humanity. At The End Of The Day, They Were All Animals With Only Survival Instincts.

Joy, Oh Joy. He’d Rather Have His Entrails Pulled Out Through His Nostrils.’ (fang)

The Strongest Of Metals Is Forged Under The Most Violent Of Conditions, My Lord. It Is Buried Deep In The Hottest Coals And Then Beat And Pounded Until It Is Bent Into Shaped. Then It Becomes The Strongest, Most Lethal Of Weapons. A Thing Of Absolute Beauty And Force

Look, I Admit You Seem Like A Decent Person. For All I Know You Stop And Move Turtles Out Of The Road Whenever You See One To Keep Someone From Running It Over. But This Turtle Is Tired Of Having Its Guts Spattered On The Pavement While Other People Drive Right Over Him. I Just Want To Scrape Myself Up And Hide In The Woods, Okay? (aiden)

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

Yeah, I’m Thinking It’s A Reunion Or, Since It Is Our Classmates, A Collection Of Idiots. Let’s Call It A Meese. Like Geese, Only With Morons. (caleb)

She’s A Slave. (paden) You Better Be Glad I’m Cuffed Or You’d Be Looking For Your Teeth Right Now. Alix Gerran Isn’t A Slave. She’s A Lady, And I Would Die For Her. (devyn)

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

Are We All Ready? (deimos) (letting Out A Blood-chilling War Cry, He And The Rest Of The Dolophoni Ran Through The Caverns.) I Hate Their Dramatics…and Their Decibel Level. (m'adoc)

Speaking Of, Her Family Is Due In Any Minute To Claim Her Body. What Am I Supposed To Tell Them When We Can’t Give The Body Over? Again, I Don’t Think ‘oops’ Will Quite Cover It. (tate)

And This Atlantean Destroyer Is Now Leading The Daimons And Sending Them Out To Battle Against Acheron, Who Is Just Using Us And The Humans As Cannon Fodder To Protect Himself? Really, Kyros, Put Down The Crack Pipe...or Go Write Children’s Fantasy Novels. I’ll Bet You Even Know Exactly Who Conspired To Kill Kennedy, Huh? I’m Sure The Money From D.b. Cooper Is What Financed Your Stunning Collection Of Furniture. (danger)

Black Belt In Akihito. (amanda) Any Other Time, I'd Kiss You For That. (kyrian)

Your Father Wasn’t A Positive Influence On You, Was He? (simone) Being The God Of Nightmares, He Wasn’t A Warm Fuzzy Bunny. Unless You Count Happy Bunny. Amazingly The Two Of Them Have A Lot In Common…and I Have To Say That I’ve Developed A Fondness For That Pissy Rodent. (xypher)

You’re Going To Share A Moon Pie? Now? You Know You Can’t Get Any More Of Those Until You Go Back To The Sates, Right? (geary) It’s For A Good Cause. We Need More Addicts. Besides, There’s Always Grandpa To Bail Me Out With An Emergency Shipment If I Get Too Desperate. (tory)

Actions That Sometimes Seem Mean Aren’t. Rather They Are Done By The Ones We Love In Order To Protect Us Without Our Knowing It. (acheron)

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

Come Home With Me, Acheron. I’ll Make It Well Worth Your While. (artemis) I Have A Headache. (acheron) You’ve Had A Headache For Two Hundred Years! (artemis) And You’ve Had Pms For Eleven Thousand. (acheron)

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)

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

They Shot Me. (talon) No, Bud. They Turned You Into Swiss Cheese. (nick)

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)

Fine, Just Don’t Eat My Mom, Okay? She’s Had A Bad Enough Life Without Becoming The Bride Of Dracula.” – Nick

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)

What Made You Immortal? (nick) Really Good Dna. (acheron)

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)

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.

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)

Let Me Guess, Velkan Wants To See Me? (esperetta) No. The Only Thing His Highness Would Like To See In Regards To You, Princess, Is Your Disembowelment. (raluca)

We’re Not That Strong Anymore. (hades) Oops, Guess I Screwed Up. Inability To See The Consequences Of Our Thoughtless Acts Must Run In The Family. So Much For My Father Being A God Of Prophecy, Huh? (stryker)

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)

Life's Not Easy For Anyone. Everyone Has Scars They're Afraid To Show And We All Get Slammed Headfirst Into A Proverbial Locker From Time To Time By Someone Bigger And Badder.

It's Not Fair!" (ryssa) Because Life Was Ever About Fairness. Oh, To Be As Naive As His Sister.

Are You Two Having Some Sort Of Strange Human Thing That You Can’t Follow What I’m Saying? (simi)

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

Simi? You Got Some Free Time? (kat) Of Course I Do. You Know Akri On Olympus With That Heifer-goddess I Want To Eat, But He Won’t Let The Simi Have No Dinner. So Why You Calling Me, Little Akra-kitty? (simi)

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

There Was A Reason Why There Was Only A Single Stairway To Heaven, But An Entire Highway To Hell.

So I Conjured One Of The Brokers And Promised Him My Soul If He’d Protect Her. (zephyra) You Can’t Do That. Only A Demon Can. (stryker) You’re Such A Brainiac, Baby. And To Think, I Thought I Married You For Those Amazing Abs. Who Knew All That Brainpower Was Buried Under Those Bulging Biceps? (zephyra)

Settle Down, Pup. I Ain’t Had My Caffeine Yet.” – Sundown

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)

It’s A Belgian Beer, Sweetie. Please Tell Me You’ve At Least Heard Of It. (blaine) Boy, I Was Born In Brussels And The Last Time I Checked, This Was My New Homeland, America, Not My Birthplace. So You Can Either Order An American-made Beer Or I’ll Bring You Water And You Can Sit There And Act All Superior Until You Puke, Okay? (aimee)

You Missed With Me So Close? What? You Failed Your Assassin Training Classes? Did You Even Bother To Show Up? Or Are You Just That Incompetent? (syn)

It’s A New World, Brother. And We, The Downtrodden, Are Taking It Back. (madoc)

It Was Great, Wasn’t It? Really Exciting Stuff. (chris) Like Having My Teeth Drilled Without Novocain. (cassandra)

Bubba There Zombies.....and There Trying To Eat Me!" -nick Gautier

Total Evil. Dang, His Principal Had Been Right All Along... He Really Was Demonspawn.

What The Matter, Zarek? You Afraid To Die? (thanatos) Dying’s Easy. It’s Living That’s Hard. (zarek)

Weird. I Rang It Three Times.” – Nekoda “there Might Be Something With Out Condo.” ‘other Than The Fact That It Lived Under A Perpetual Dismal Cloud And Was Infested With Roaches The Size Of His Fist. It Was Probably Over A Hellmouth, Too, That Didn’t Allot For Any Kind Of Reception Other Than Two Cans Joined By A Length String.’ – Nick

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)

Trust No One At Your Back Unless You Want Them To Bury A Knife In It.’ (syn)

Don’t You Have A Girlfriend Or Family You’d Rather Be With? (geary) Only Solin, And Honestly, He’s Not This Soft. Even If He Was, It’d Be Gross. (arik)

Now, If I Could Get Mark To Put Down His Phone And Stop Taking Breaks, We’d Be Able To Finish Up Before Oprah Comes On.” – Bubba “bubba, What Are You Going To Do When They Cancel Her Show?” – Caleb “shut Your Mouth, Boy. That’s Sacrilege In This Store. You Talk Like That, And I’ll Toss You Through The Window Like An Old-timey Hobo In A Western.” – Bubba

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)

Humans Aren’t A Protected Class. (acheron) Really? (jaden) Yeah. Savitar Shares Your ‘all Humans Are Vermin’ Mind Set. (savitar)

Tell Me Again How Great You Are, Asshole. Nothing Like A Steel Enema To Ruin Even Your Best Day. (fang)

C'mon, Tabitha. You Stabbed Me The Night We Met Without Even Blinking. (valerius) Yeah, But You Were A Dirtbag Then. (tabitha) I Think I'm Offended. (valerius)

Were You Raised In A Barn? You Don't Just Walk Into Someone's House." Ash Laughed. "i Have An Open Invitation To Enter Whenever I'm Here." "yeah, But What If He's Naked Or Something?" Ash Led Him Into The Foyer. "i've Known Kyrian For Over Two Thousand Years, And I Can Honesty Say That I Have Never Once Caught Him Naked In His Living Room." The Door Closed Behind Them Without Ash Or Nick Touching It- Something That Always Unnerved Nick When Ash Did It. "besides, Rosa's Still Here. I Know He's Not Walking Around Bare-assed With Her On Duty.

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.

Not Half As Much As I’d Miss Me If You Killed Me. (he Blinked Like A Girl And Leaned Against Ash’s Shoulder.) Please Don’t Hurt Me, Ash. Please. I Don’t Want To Die While I’m Still A Virgin. At Least Let Me Get Laid Before You Kill Me – Which According To My Mom I Can’t Do Until I’m Married And I Can’t Do That Until I Finish College. So You Have To Wait A Good Ten Years Before You Snuff Me. Deal? (nick)

I’m Telling You Right Now I Could Make Him Pop An Aneurysm And No One Would Know. (nero) Doesn’t That Kind Of Murder Bother You At All? (alix) Given Everything People Have Done To Me In My Life, Little Girl, Especially In My Childhood When I Was Helpless Against Them, Humanity Is Lucky I’m Not On A Perpetual Killing Spree. As For The Merjacks…i Owe Them A Debt That No Amount Of Violence On My Part Will Settle. So, No. Nothing About Killing Him Would Bother Me. (nero)

I’m Here Because I Know The Sadness Inside You. I Know What It Feels Like To Wake In The Morning, Lost And Lonely And Aching For Someone To Be There With Me. (sebastian)

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)

I Worry About The Men Of Your Time, Grace. They All Seem To Be Great Fools. (julian)

If I’m Not Back In A Few Hours…well, I Don’t Want To Think About That. I Might Change My Mind About Doing This. I’m Thinking Happy Thoughts. Creamed Dog Innards And Rotten Steak. Yeah. Yum! (asmodeus)

We All Have Demons Inside Us, Nick. The Tsalagi Have An Old Saying—every Heart Holds Two Wolves. One Is The White Wolf, Who Is Made Up Of Love, Kindness, Respect, Decency, Compassion, And All The Things That Are Good In Life. The Black Wolf Is Born Of Jealousy, Hatred, Pettiness, Prejudice, Vindictiveness, And All The Poisons Of The Human Personality. The Two Constantly War With Each Other For Dominance. And One Day, One Wolf Will Overtake And Devour The Other.” - Acheron

I’ll Go And Help. (chris) What Are We Supposed To Do With You, Chris? Lob You At Them? (wulf)

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)

He Was The Captain Of The Chess Club And An A-plus Student.” – Nick “why Would Anyone Think He’s A Demon?” – Tate “the World Is Insane, And You’re Asking Me For The Reasoning Of A Psycho? I’m Not A Profiler.” – Acheron

He Would Remember Their Kiss Forever. She Wouldn’t Recall Him At All.’ (wulf)

Hi, Mom…yes, I Know My Heart Rate’s Dangerously Elevated. That Sound? I’m Being Shot At, Ma. Gotta Go Now. Love You Much. Hugs And Kisses. (devyn)

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)

Mrs. Gautier, I Hear There Are Places Online Where You Can Sell Children For A Good Price. Nick Is Still Young Enough, He Should Fetch Enough To Tide You Over For A Bit.” – Rosa

You Are The Energizer Bunny For Badasses. -ash

Have You Ever Wanted To Put Your Head In A Blender And Turn On The Liquefy Switch? (tate)

Even If He Doesn’t Eat, He Knows The Cookies. I’ll Bet His Mother Stuffed Him Full As A Kid. (tory) Not Really. My Mom Wasn’t The Betty Crocker Kind. (acheron) (not Unless It Involved Napalm Or Plagues.)

You Were First-string Running Back Last Year. What Happened?” – Coach “stone’s Mouth Happened. It Needed To Be Closed, And I Was A Little Too Obliging To Shut It.” – Nick

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)

So…that’s Like Your Pet Monkey?” – Nick (the Tiny Horse Snorted Flames And Whinnied At Him.) “easy, Girl. You’d Do Well To Show Her Respect. She Can Understand You, And She Doesn’t Take Well To Insults.” – Death “sorry, Flicka. Didn’t Mean To Rattle Your Bridle.” – Nick

Knock, Knock. You Have The Day To Hide. Come Nightfall, We Hunt. (desiderius) Yeah, Yeah...you And Your Little Dog, Too. (kyrian) You're Not Scared Of His Threats? (amanda) Chere, The Day I Fear Something Like Him Is The Day I Lie Down At His Feet And Hand Him The Knife To Cut My Heart Out. The Only Fear I Have Is Getting You Back To Your Sister And Convincing High Queen Hard Head To Leave Off This Matter Until I Can Locate Desiderius And Send His Soul Into Oblivion Where It Belongs. (kyrian)

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)

I Agree, Dad. I Was Just Explaining To The Woman Why We Don’t Look Anything Alike And Why You Would Have Been Younger Than Me When I Was Born. It Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Love You ‘cause You Know I Do. Make One Snotty Comment In Anger When You’re Twelve Years Old Going Through Puberty And Getting Grounded, And You Pay For It For The Rest Of Your Life. Parents Ain’t Got No Sense Of Humor. (omari)

What Four Realms? (amanda) Time, Space, Earth, And Dreams. (talon) Okay, Now That Is Scary. Some Of You Guys Walk Through Time? (amanda) And Space And Dreams. (talon) Ah. So Rod Sterling Was A Were-hunter? (amanda)

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)

Fine. Sit Around Being Inconsiderate Asses…and You Wonder Why None Of You Are Married. (zarina) (sway Cleared His Throat Meaningfully.) Oh, Shush. You Don’t Count. You Had An Arranged Marriage. These Losers Can’t Get A Girl For More Than Three And Half Minutes It Takes Them To Embarrass Themselves With Their Feeble Gropings That Always Disappoint. (zarina)

You’re Selfish And You’re Cold, And I’m Tired Of Getting Frostbite When I Touch You. (acheron)

So, You're Like Angel? (amanda) You Watch Way Too Much Television. Angel Has A Soul. I Don't. (kyrian) Now You're Back To Being Scary Again. (amanda) Baby, You Ain't Seen Scary Yet. (kyrian)

I’m Not As Good As A Man As You Are, Sundown. I Find It Hard To Give An Enemy My Back Under Any Circumstance.” – Ren “oh, I Didn’t Say I Was Giving Her My Back. I’m Not Lacking All My Noodle Sense. But I’m Not Holding A Grudge Neither. Sometimes You Just Got To Let The Rattlesnake Lay In The Sun.” – Sundown “men? You Do Know I’m Standing In This Little Box With You And Can Hear Every Word?” – Abigail “we Know. I Merely Don’t Care.” – Ren

I’ve Been Around A Lot Of Wraiths, And He Doesn’t Feel Like That Either, Though. It’s A Strange Sensation. Like Human Wrapped In Evil.” – Caleb “oh, Great. Our Coach Is A Pig-in-the-blanket For Satan.” – Nick

I'm Not People, I Only Eat Them.

You Have The Blood Of Warriors In Your Veins. The Kind Of Men Who Protect What Is Theirs And Love Without Restraint. I Want That Love And I Want You. (gabrielle) It’s All Yours. You’re Not Getting Much Out Of This Deal Since All I Own Is What I Can Carry In Two Hands. (carlos) Great. That Means I Get To Decorate The House The Way I Want. (gabrielle)

You Don’t Knock On The Devil’s Door, Boy, Unless You Want Him To Answer. (ravyn)

Yeah. Kip Gets To Guard You And I Get To House-sit. Life Bites The Big Tee-tawa. (syn)

You're So Afraid Of Being Hurt That You Attack First. Only Those Who Really Care About You Will Weather The Assault Of Your Verbal Attacks And Stay. The Rest Will Fall Away.

No Power From Above Can Make One Human Love Another. Love Comes From Within The Heart. (julian)

Kat Laughed. 'who Wants To Live Forever?' Kish Put His Hand Up. 'for The Record, I Do.' Sin Scowled At Him. 'then Why Do You Irritate Me So Often?' Suicidal Tendencies Are Inherent In My Species?

He’s Ours Now. Not Made By Evil, But Birthed By Human Cruelty. (mortent Leader)

You Hurt Any Of Us Or Those We Love Again And So Help Me, I Won’t Stop Until I’ve Pulled You Into So Many Pieces, You’ll Think You’ve Been Through A Grinder. (fang)

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)

Trust The Simi. She Ain't Never Wrong.

Well, We Better Be Quick And Not Become Human Popsicles. I’m Going To Be Really Upset At You If I Freeze To Death. (shahara)

I Refuse To Believe This Was My Fate. I Was Not Meant To Be This. I Was Never Meant To Be..." The Pain In His Eyes Tore Through Her. "this Can't Be All I Was Born For.

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)

The Simi Is Very Environmentally Sound. Eat Everything Except For Hooves. I Don’t Like Those, They Hurt My Teeth. Thanatos Don’t Have Hooves, Do He? (simi) No, Simi, He Doesn’t. (acheron) Ooo, Good Eating Tonight. I Get A Daimon For Barbecue. Can I Go Now, Akri? Can I? Can I? Can I, Please? (simi)

…life Isn’t A Puzzle To Be Solved. It’s An Adventure To Be Savored. Let Every Challenge Be A New Mountain To Climb, Not An Obstacle To Get In Your Way And Stop You. Yeah, It’ll Be Hard, But Once You Reach The Summit Of It, You’ll Be Able To See The World For What It Really Is. And At The Top, It Never Seems To Have Been As Difficult A Feat To Climb There As You First Made It Out To Be. Most Of All, You’ll Know That You Beat That Mountain, And That You Rule It. It Does Not Rule You.

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)

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)

(looking At Their Son On Ultrasound.) He Looks Like An Angel. (cassandra) I Don’t Know. I Think He Looks Like A Frog Or Something. (wulf)

And They Choose Our Mates. (ravyn) So What Do They Do? Jump Here On Earth, Tap You On The Shoulder, And Say, ‘hey, Bub, Marry Her’? (susan)

Come, My Lady Dangerous, Your Daimons Await. (valerius)

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)

Because I Have No Boobs. My Ears Stand Out, And I Have Freckles All Over Me. (grace) Boobs? (julian) Breasts. (grace) You Have Very Nice Breasts. (julian) Thanks. What About You? (grace) I Have No Breasts. (julian)

No, But It’s What I Need To Know The Answer To. (sin) Yes, Sin. I Missed You. I’ve Mourned For You. I’ve Hated You. I’ve Wanted To Sic Simi On You With Barbecue Sauce And I’ve Done Nothing But Think About How Much I Just Want To Hold You…and Yes, I’ve Missed Every Part Of You, From That Annoying Little Sound You Make When You’re Irritated To The Way You Hold Me When We Sleep. Now Are You Happy? (kat) I’m Delirious. (sin)

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

If You Knew This, Why Did You Wait To Bring It Before The Omegrion? (savitar) Because I Was Afraid To Come Forward...(zack) And Now You're All Better? (savitar)

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

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

Holy Green Guacamole! (selena)

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)

How Frail You Are. I Don’t Want To Hurt You By Accident. (nykyrian) I’m Not As Frail As I Appear. I Know From Lots Of Experience That I Bounce Really Well. (kiara) I Would Kill Anyone Who Hurt You. (nykyrian)

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

Everything That Happens To Us, Good And Bad, Leaves A Lasting Impression In Our Souls. You Take One Part Of That Out, And You Can Completely Rewrite Something Crucial About Us. By And Large, We're Not Shaped By The Big Things. It's The Little, Day-to-day Moments That Make Us Who We Are. Who We're Going To Be. (nekoda To Nick)

Lasting Impressions

I Wronged Him, Katra. Greatly. I Had The Entire World In My Hand At One Time And I Didn’t Know It. I Let Stupidity Blind Me And I Lost Him Because Of That. (artemis) Then Tell Him You’re Sorry. (kat) As Your Father Would Say, There Are Some Things ‘sorry’ Can’t Repair. Some Pains Run Too Deep To Ever Be Healed By Something As Simple As Words, No Matter How Much You Mean Them. (artemis)

So What Really Happened To You? (astrid) Nothing. (zarek) Well, I Hope I Never Come Across Nothing Then If It’s Capable Of Putting A Hole In My Back. (astrid)

I Am The God Apostolos. The Harbinger Of Telikos. The Final Fate Of All. Beloved Son Of Apollymi The Great Destroyer. My Will Makes The Will Of The Universe. [apostolos / Acheron Parthenopaeus]

Who Did You Eat This Time? (acheron) It Wasn’t A Who, Akri. It Was Something That Had Hornies On Its Head Like Me. There Were A Bunch Of Them Actually. All Of Them Had Hornies And They Made A Strange Moo-moo Sound. (simi)

He Struggled To Breathe Through The Agony In His Chest. The Fates Were Still Mocking Him. It Must Be A Boring Day For Them Up On Olympus.

So Why The Sudden Girlspeak, Urian? Neither One Of Us Is Really Into Discussing Our Feelings…and No Offense, I Like The Fact We Don’t. (acheron) I Do Too Most Times And I’m Truly Grateful You Don’t Pry, But As A Man Who Defied Everything He Once Valued In This World And One Who Sacrificed The Love Of A Father He Worshiped…even Though It Ended Badly, The Days I Had With Phoebe Were Worth Every Wound I’ve Suffered. (urian)

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)

You Don't Call Acheron 'babe.' (valerius) You Don't Call Acheron 'babe' Because...well, That's Just Sick. But I Call Him 'babe' All The Time. (tabitha)

Life Has A Way Of Breaking Even The Strongest Among Us.

Ah, You Fight Like A Sissy Demon. (takeshi) Sissy Demon? Have You Ever Met A Sissy Demon? (savitar) I Killed Three This Morning. (takeshi)

Shamefully, All Of Us Have Wanted Revenge On Someone At Some Point For Something. I've Lived Since Before Man And Buffalo Roamed This Small Planet. I Have Survived The Beginning, Bloom, And Death Of Countless Enemies, Civilizations, And People. And The One Truth I Have Learned Most During All Of These Centuries Is The Old Japanese Proverb. If You Sit By The River Long Enough, You Will See The Body Of Your Enemy Float By.

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

I Learned The Bad Guys Are Not Always Bad, The Good Guys Are Not Always Good, And To Quote Captain Barbossa, The Parameters Are Like Rules, Mostly Guidelines. And That It Takes A Little Bit Of Bad Boy To Fight The Evil In The World. --terri Mitchell

Patience Is A Virtue. (tee) Excuse Me, Pot, Could You Not Pick On The Kettle? (joe)

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