A Change of Scene (Closed)

[luraigarnier]

It'd been a long time since Lurai had been completely cut off from nature, let alone on her own decision. It was odd how out of place she felt, the only place of comfort, the tiny bundle of trees and bushes in central park. Her favorite part of the city, at least so far. It's obviously a bad decision walking the park in darkness though, especially for a girl on her own, but in the back of her mind she knew her goddess was watching over her and would always protect her. Plus the eight years of Savate fighting, and the ten years of Stav based fighting, made it easier for her to feel a little more confident about protecting herself. This confidence though, was truly rooted in her never having to actually use her martial arts training to defend herself.

Even though Edinburgh is considered one of the most haunted places in the world and there is still very heavily crime based areas in Scotland, she always felt very self-assured. After all it was her home. It was the confidence that came with living in one place for so long. She knew it back and forth, where she could find a hobo at an exact time, when high schoolers were at certain places, what places got most clogged with traffic. When she moved to the big city, she brought that confidence, or so she thought. Despite her strong nature as a woman, one who believes so heavily in the beauty of the earth and her goddess, her confidence was dwindling. With nature not easily accessible and no friends to turn to in this foreign place, she felt completely alone. Melancholy and distress her only companions.

Lurai began her walk through the park at a slow pace. Knowing when she got to the other side of the park she'd have to leave, and she wanted to utilize the quiet time she had here. The lack of human contact making her feel at ease for once. Between the shadow of a beautiful night and the tiny smell of nature amidst the stink of human society, this was the comfort she had sought for since her arrival. She smiled to herself as a small breeze caressed the smooth skin of her cheek. "Thank you Gaea. I know I need to be strong. I made the right decision. I know it in my heart" she spoke to herself closing her eyes to inhale a deep breath. She spoke once more to her goddess, reciting the first stanza of a poem by John Keats:

"My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,
But being too happy in thine happiness,
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green and shadows numberless.
Singest of summer in full-throated ease."

[Samael]

Samael always wondered why he met so many women in central park or why they all came here.. He wanted to count the people he had found here and it was every women he knew so far. Gwen, Ruby, Raspberry and Strawberry and now once again there was another women walking down the same path that many had walked down and once again. Like he had did to many others is he had warned them of the dangers of central park, and while he stalked her from the trees he finally went a good distance ahead of her and dropped down.

While he started to walk her way he started to use his power over illusions to create several men that were behind her. Seven at the most, and they were a good distance away. The sound of them jabbering almost incoherit speech could be heard even from Samael's distance away. Continuing to walk he had stopped right in front of the women, a polite white smile on his lips as he spoke.

"Central park isn't a safe place for a woman this time of night my dear... I suggest you wonder off to home before some men.. get a hold of you and do horrible things to a fine young lady such as yourself."

Samael was wearing his usual attire. Which was cuposed of a white dress shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, a bussiness style trench coat over all that and a black brimmed hat. His eyes a blue color as he peered down at her with a small smile on his lips, as the illusion of men slowly got ever so closer.. but they had stopped as they chatted among themselves.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai jumped back, startled by the mans presence'Where the hell did he come from?' she thought to herself. Taking an even further step back she heard the men approaching even closer. How odd was it that this man would step in front of her with many behind her. It was sad really, how fast she distrusted humans. A scoff was the only thing to leave her lips while she shook her head and stepped to the side of the man. Her words were but a small taste of what was really going on in her head.

"Thanks for the advice. My mother taught me that and she also taught me not to talk to strangers" she spoke calmly and continued her walk through the park. Even though her body exuded confidence, her heart began to race pretty bad. With her background in fighting included, she knew she wouldn't be able to take on more that two guys and there definitely was a gaggle of them. She hopped this wouldn't be a trend for nights to come. She liked night and she liked nature and living in the city would be too much if it weren't for Central Park. .

[Samael]

The men behind her had walked away back in the other direction, and Samael had all but disappeared also. Now she was walking alone once again, that was until a howl was heard. One that felt like nails against a chalk board, a blood curdling howl as a beast appeared in the distance. It sniffed the ground, and this beast was real. No more illusions, and once again Samael wondered if she was one of this naive humans. Ones that did not know abotu the paranormal world and he let nature run its course.

The beast slowly walked towards her on all four paws, and he almost wondered what her reaction would be, as it made a quick sprint and was in front of her in seconds. Its fur was dark red, almost that of the color of a fox, but it easily stood at seven feet tall. Its claws razor sharp, and ths muzzle dripping with salvia. It was looking for food, it was hungry, and it had just found a nice little human girl to snack on.. It started speaking in a understandable voice. "Mhm.. Little human girl.. Just get in my jaws right now, you don't stand a chancessss..." The were=wolf started to walk around her, his eyes ever so keen on her body.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai jumped back in fear. Her feet began to take a few steps forward, the thing before her not registering. 'This can't be real?' she thought to herself. 'No no things like that don't exist. I'm just tired.' She took another tentative step this time a little stronger.

Closing her eyes she inhaled deeply. 'My goddess will protect me' she thought. Trying to somehow wonder how nights like this happened. In the back of her mind she knew that this wasn't all in her head, and between the magically appearing guys and the creepy mysterious one, she knew this night wouldn't end well. She let out a low sigh. "I hate my life" she spoke her thick Scottish accent blurring it to something not understandable.

[Samael]

The lycan continued to walk around her and laugh, as it stood too two legs and came up standing a good five feet away from her. Standing at seven feet tall and several hundred pounds he was massive as he stared into the eyes of the young girl. Oh yes, she would taste so good. Young human flesh on his lips as he tared away the flesh straight from the bone, and even the bone he would eat when there was nothing left. Mhm.. so delious! "How do you want to die? Do you want me to eat you alive or should I snap your neck and save you the trouble?"

The beast asked in a mocking tone while standing in a tree was Samael in all his glory a smile, a smirk on his face as a voice chimmed into her head. "There is a silver knife sticking out of your back pocket.. Stab him... that knife will cut his skin like a hot knife through butter.. put all your anger behind it.. he will never suspect a thing." Samael had snuck the knife in there at the last second, not noticeable to the werewolf now, as Samael continued to watch, as the werewolf waited for her to choose her demise.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai's eyes widened as the smooth melodic voice filtered through her ears. Her hand automatically went to her back pocket. The voice was right there was a knife there and like that her fight or flight adrenaline rush kicked in. Lurai could easily be mistaken for not being able to take care of herself. After all she was tiny and petite. She didn't look any bit like a girl who knew what she did.

In that instant she took her chance and ran straight towards the beast. Dodging to the left at the last minute sliding around to go back under his other arm before coming from a downward angle with the knife a blaze and plunged it right into its heart. She let go of the knife quickly and took the opportunity to do what any sensible person would do. Run. She ran as fast as she could, pushing her legs to a point past burning. Her chest on fire, her hair flinging wildly behind her, she ran like a goddess on the hunt in the woods, beautiful but deadly.

Once she'd put a good distance from herself and the thing she still couldn't believe existed, Lurai took a deep breath collapsing to the ground at the base of a tree. She closed her eyes, her breathing rapid, her body exhausted, and her adrenaline still rushing. "I can't believe that just happened" she said to herself, her Scottish drawl playing with the words in a way that made her accent not hard but playful, despite the situation. She opened her eyes once more letting out a sigh in the process. She placed her hands against the tree to lift herself up but on stayed in one spot. "Nope apparently not doing that."

[Samael]

The werewolf had been stabbed in the heart or so she beleived, but she didn't give it enough time before she had ran off and the werewolf had colpassed to the ground. Pulling the knife from his chest and throwing it into the nearest tree, it hadn't reached his heart. She didn't push it in deep enough. His hide was thick with muscle, and even though it was silver it did not pentrate deep enough into his chest to kill him, and as he turned over on his back for a few moments the wound sealed closed but it still burnt.

Flipping over back onto his paws he growled and howled. Knowing he could smell her scent on the path as he once again picked up running. His movments even more chaotic as he saw her leaned up against a tree, his body quickly tackilng her under his weight and to the ground. His nose at her neck and sniffing her deeply, while once again Samael's voice charmed in her head "I can kill him in a second, do you wish to live?" The beast stared her in the eye and spoke.

"You fucking bitch... i will eat you alive..."

One word from her out loud to Samael and that beast would be up off her in a second. His throat would be in his hand and he would he screwed. He'd twist his head clean clear off his body, and then rip his limbs off, then burn the body afterwards.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai felt the wind leave her lungs as the giant beast barreled over her, taking her down to the ground. It felt perverse to her, his nose on her neck, the act of killing her almost sexual. She'd long known men to be beasts, but not like this. It was then that the charming voice slid back into her head. Whether this was all in her head or not she wanted to live. She wanted to live badly. "Yes!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

How was all of this happening, and even more why was it happening to her? What games were a foot? She felt violated and dirty. The only images in her head being of home. Her family, her friends, the old bars, the rituals in the moonlight with her mother. They were right when they said your life flashes before your eyes when you stare death in the face. She was so close. So many things were going right and now she was being pinned to the ground by...well...a giant dog!

[Samael]

"Yes" and as soon as those words left her lips Samael was right in front of the beast. Grabbing it right by the neck and picking it up off her as if it weighed of nothing. The werewolf looking down at the women in confussion then up to Samael with the same confussion. While it started to gasp for air and he brought the werewolfs head under his arm and beat him in the face several times then dropping his worthless body to the ground. While he then proceeded to stab his own hand into the chest of the lycan.

Completely and utterly ripping out his heart, then shoving it down his own throat to choke on. While he wiped the lycan blood on the legs of the lycan as it laid there dead. Then soon afterwards he stepped back a few feet and also took the women with him. While the sky started to boil over them and lightening struck the body several times until it was finally in flames and unrecongizeable. Nothing but ashes and flame now was all it was, and he had saved her life.

"Wise choice.. lycans are filithy creatures.. Worthless, weak, although there is few who can stand up to the power of a vampire I wouldn't mind fighting one... And let me guess, your random human number two? One of the ones that is like "Oh no! This is all a bad dream! Werewolves! Vampires! Can't exist! Oh My!"

[luraigarnier]

Lurai really didn't know how to feel at that moment. Many emotions were running through her. One being she somehow knew it. With all her connections to the earth and her rituals, she felt the presence of a goddess and knew there had to be more like it. She just never thought she'd run into well a vampire. His words knocked her out of the trance she'd been in. She was terrified of this man, yes, after all he just ripped the heart of a supposed werewolf's chest and shoved it down its throat.

Lurai let out a loud growl. "Yeah and so what if I am?!" she somewhat yelled, still out of breath. She took a few steps away from him. "It's not like it's not understandable" she added letting out a pant and shaking her head. She stepped back even farther placing her hands on her head and weaving her fingers through her thick brown hair. "By Gaea, oh shit" she spoke just above a whisper. "Well it's wonderful of you to save my life, but I really need to go" she finished her thick Scottish accent making her words more charming than one would expect. She put on a tentative smile and slowly began to slide backwards at a constant pace.

[Samael]

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

His laugh came from his lips as he disappeared and he was a few feet behind her. Slient steps as he poked her in the back and only snickered, laughed, even more than he already had. She was afraid of him oh how dandy was that. It almost made him want to laugh. While he once again disappeared from behind her not giving her time to see him. The next place he appeared in was a tree looking down from her, as he wistled a tune from long ago.

"Don't be afraid my dear, your savior will not hurt you. He just wishes to have some one to talk too, and do you beleive me now that you shouldn't be out after dark? You could of been killed by that thing if it wasn't for me.. Or worse.. Defiled by a dog.. ick."

A smile was on his lips as he showed his teeth like he always did. The perfect teeth, with the perfect white color. Nothing more nothing less is what they were. No fangs, no long vampire ugly mouth. He just appeared as any normal human although he was far from it.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai jumped as his voice moved all over the place within seconds of time. "Yeah it seems the only thing I should really fear is the games of a dangerous boy" she spoke while looking around in all directions. Her eyes finally caught the bright vibrant look of white teeth. "And I could have taken care of myself. I was just caught off guard" she said staring at the small white in the dark night.

"And may I ask, where does not being afraid of a person who ripped the heart out of a fucking werewolf in front of you makes sense at all?" she asked sarcastically. She felt like she was in one of those horrible Saw movies. Someone was trying to play a game with her and she really didn't want to deal with that. She didn't like to deal with people like this, but even worse is how much she liked them. The more he treated her like prey, the more she wanted to fight back and that was a thrill she always loved.

[Samael]

"Its not my fault you didn't shove that bloody knife deep enough into his heart. He simply pulled it out and came right after you, and I don't fear things I don't know about. I was born like this, I didn't have a choice. And I really doubt you would of killed that lycan. He had pry a good two hundred or more pounds on you and it was pure muscle.... So really I doubt you could of did much against him.."

His legs were swinging on the branch as he disappeared once again and reappeared right beside her. Black dress shoes, black dress pants, white dress shirt, with a black trench coat to go over it, bussiness style. Then to top it all off he had a black brimmed at and not a spec of blood on him from killing that man. Everything was good now, or so he hoped she could cope with the new found information. That this wasn't a dream, that this all acutally happened, the stabbing, the killing, the him... Everything it was all real.

[luraigarnier]

Lurai watched as he played like a little child. It made her scoff, that is until he appeared right next to her. She jumped back in surprise. Her arm automatically went to punch him in the shoulder. "Don't do that" she stuttered out in anger. "Geeze your going to give me a heart attack" she spoke putting her hand to her chest. "I'm way to young to die like that" she added pulling her purse, that she still miraculously had, in front of her.

She pulled out a pack of cigarettes, grabbing one and sliding it into her mouth. Lighting it quickly with her silver zippo she slid it back into her purse within seconds. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Nothing nicotine can't fix" she said to herself turning her back to him. "Well seriously Mr. Whoever you are, it was very kind of you to help me out, but I must be going I've got work in the morning, then I have to bar tend at night, you know. Busy schedule. So I'll be leaving your company now" she said putting the cigarette back in her mouth. "Peace" she said muffled and began to walk away.