+ Scions of the Beast +

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]She groaned and barely opened her eyes to look at Kisho, then Unico.

"I'm...stupid. I cut...too..deep, tried to...s-suicide..."

She started getting a cold, yet calm feeling over her body. It was scary, yet soothing--like you'd never want to get away...She smiled and began to gladly welcome it.[/font]

[Nami]

Kisho glared at her and shook her gently, "Don't you dare pass out on me!" he snarled and turned on the ice water splashing it all over her hoping it would shock her awake, he ignored Unico's presence. "Sio." he said trying to pull her out of the state she was in.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan's eyes fully opened as gray-and-blue mottled irises looked into bright silver ones and a pair of mismatched fire-and-ice eyes as a dreamy smile overtook her face.

"But...Ashtyn's...calling..me...I have..to..see...her..."[/font]

[Nami]

"Who?! NO! You can't!" Kisho said gently shaking her again. "Stop trying to leave." he said in a normal tone now, "Just stop..." he felt the weight of the necklace around his neck all of the sudden, like it weighed a thousand pounds instead of less than half a pound it should. Kisho felt it tug his neck and his head bumped into Sio's, "Stop... leaving.." Kisho saw his world blur and he fell onto Sio's shoulder, he hadn't passed out, but he was dizzy from all the blood he had lost and was still losing.

In his panic to save Sio he had forgotten his own wounds.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan winced in pain as she--very carefully--unwrapped her wrist and somehow wrapped it around Kisho's hand. She couldn't muster up any strength left, so all she could do was whisper.

"I'm..sorry..I never meant....to hurt..you..."

She turned her weary eyes towards Unico's frantic gaze.
"Please..forgive me..."
She tried to move her arm, but it was too heavy.
Sensing the need to regulate her breathing, her inhaling and exhaling span became shorter bursts, but longer apart. Her eyes started to close. They were so heavy...[/font]

[Nami]

Kisho felt her unwrap her arm and wrap the material around his hand, he couldn't lift his head like she couldn't lift her arms, his head was to heavy. Kisho also felt his eyes shut, his didn't mean to but he tucked his face into her shoulder and breathed in deep. 'She smells nice....I feel... very sleepy' Kisho felt his mind drifting towards the sleepiness that came to greet him.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]She could only stare at Unico's face, for one reason, it caught her attention, and for another one, she couldn't move her neck.

For some reason, she remembered a song that her sister used to sing. It was a funeral song, but they both used it as a lullaby. Very quietly, she began to hum the tune...

'Here's a lullaby to close your eyes, good-bye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry, oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes, good-bye...'

OOC: Room of Angel --Sio's Lullaby[/font]

[Nami]

Kisho felt his eyes snap open, "Nico... " he said, he had never used that nickname before. "You need to get Sio... safe.. save her... please.. I will be fine.. but you need... you need to get her safe..." Kisho felt himself slipping as the tune of her humming sunk into him. "Sio..." he whispered his eyes shutting, "You can't die... you can't." he clutched to her shirt and felt himself being pulled deeper.

[Kunoichi]

Kianna turned towards the house, hearing the screams. She said nothing turning back to the man. He was a LOT bigger than her, but then she didn't care.

She turned towards the tree, her back facing him. "There is a human at the orphanage...near death. They wish to keep her." She didn't really know why she was talking to him, he would never accept her either.

She shrugged, twirling her bo staff and jamming it into the ground, pole vaulting on top of the trees, glancing down at him.

[Nami]

Affinity clucked her tongue, her eyes scanned as she watched all the scenes. From where she sat she could see everyone, the ones in the bathroom, the ones with the other girl, and all the other scattered around the orphanage. She was sitting downwind from any of them which was best because then they wouldn't smell her.

Affinity let a long smirk slide onto her features. "What will you do with a dying girl?" she asked aloud. Talking to Unico but knowing he could neither hear nor see her.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]A young girl clothed in a red dress climbed quietly through the kitchen window, it was so fun!

She spied another Anichi sitting listening to some rock music.
'Slipknot, from the sounds of it...!'

She slid down the counter and sat beside him, trying to catch his gaze.

"Hey, there! My name's Maritz! What's yours?"
Knowing fully well that he couldn't hear her.[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

"What am I going . . ." Anser's ears flicked back as vibrations rattled down his spine. He removed his headphones, the music was even louder now that his flesh wasn't muffling the sound. "I'm sorry . . . can I help you?" he asked.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Maritz looked at the brunette boy and repeated her introduction.

"I said my name's Maritz. What's yours?"

She blinked a few times and looked down at her dress.
"I-I'm new here, and......uh-huh."

She looked at the headphones and closed her eyes.

"Slipknot, am I correct? Which song is it, Duality or Vermillion?"
The small doll-like girl harbored a fond love for rock and metal music...[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

Anser flicked his ears again and pressed them against his head. "Vermillion part one," he said softly. Realizing his was still in the fetal position, he let go of his legs and sat in a more relaxed position. "My name is Anser . . ."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Maritz smiled and giggled.
"Anser...that's a funny name, but I like it!"

She pulled out her MP3 player and looked back over to Anser
"Do you like Linkin Park or Rammstein?"[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

Anser's tail stiffened at her comment on his name. Immediately though, he began wagging it again. "Yeah, I guess I do have a funny name . . . Linkin Park is alright. Siobhan let me borrow a CD of theirs a few weeks ago."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]"Or...do you want something else? I have a lot of American, Swedish, German, and Japanese rock on here. But...It's your pick!"

Maritz's expression immediately faltered at the mention of Siobhan's name.
"I don't like her. There's something about her that's really scary...don't you agree..?"[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

Anser tilted his head to the side a bit, not wanting to answer in case she heard him. "I . . . learned to tolerate her. She can be mean, she's always making fun of my height . . . but she means well I guess . . ." Anser looked at Maritz sideways, watching for an expression. "I guess you'd make fun of my height too if you knew how old I am."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Maritz looked at him and giggled again.
"Oh, don't worry. Meanie won't hear you, she's in her room. There's a funny metallic smell, but it's fine."

She shook her head vigorously.
"Are you seventeen or eighteen? That's my guess! I don't think you're short at all!"
She smiled and nodded, her headband falling out of her hair. She picked it up, and placed it back on her head, blushing.[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

Anser stared up at the six inch difference. Knowing that they were sitting, Maritz was bound to be even taller than she was sitting. "I'm not that short . . . " Anser murmured for the first time in his life. "No, i"m not that old yet . . . I'm only fifteen . . ."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]"Haah?! Really? So am I! That's really cool!"

Maritz laughed and placed a hand over her mouth.
"Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to be rude!"

"But, no, you're not that short. Height has nothing to do with anything. It's how tall you feel inside."
She placed a hand on his head and ruffled his fur.
"And to me, you're the tallest person in the world!"[/font]

[Kiba-kun]

Anser grumbled silently at Maritz's handling. It was his old life all over again, yet . . . different. "But you just meet me? How could I seem tall when you only know a bit of my musical interests?"

[christianfriend]

Kianna turned towards the house, hearing the screams. She said nothing turning back to the man. He was a LOT bigger than her, but then she didn't care.

She turned towards the tree, her back facing him. "There is a human at the orphanage...near death. They wish to keep her." She didn't really know why she was talking to him, he would never accept her either.

She shrugged, twirling her bo staff and jamming it into the ground, pole vaulting on top of the trees, glancing down at him.

Roscoe also turned to face the house when he heard the screams, but he was never one to react too much to anything; So he simply ignored it and turned back to face Kianna.
"Mmm, a human?" He echoed her, stroking his chin as Kianna vaulted up into the tree and glanced down at him. He returned her gesture and looked up at her through his long eyelashes, curiosity visible in his eyes. He figured this girl had some bad encounters with humans in the past. That, was something they had in common.
"Humans can rarely be trusted." He said, unfolding his arms and looking back at the house over his shoulder once more. "But, you never know newbie. This human could be different than ones you've met in the past..." He pasued, directing his vision back on her, "I highly doubt it, though." Roscoe grinned lightly "I've yet to have a pleasant encounter with a human."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Maritz thought a bit.
"Umm...because I do? That's what I think, anyway!"

She sighed and grinned widely.
"What's wrong with thinking like that?"[/font]

[Nami]

Affinity let her ear twitch to the conversation going on between Anser and Maritz. She grinned showing her sharp teeth to no one but the tree. "Anser and Maritz.... ahah.. what a strange thing." Affinity let her fox tail slide next to her she tugged it back up into the tree and watched with interest.

[Kunoichi]

Kianna said nothing. Newbie...she wasn't too familiar with that term and wasn't about to ask him about it.

"Why are you talking to me?" it had blurted out before she could stop it. She spoke without showing any of the emotions bubbling in her. They were too confusing to sort. Wasn't she going to let him to do all the talking? She could have kicked herself. Caution Kianna, always Caution.

She tried to stop the next sentence but she couldn't, "Why do you even trust me? I could kill you for all you know. It isn't smart to to trust blindly." Again, she chided herself for talking but it had been a very long time that anyone had talked to her. Her emotions still safetly hidden, she waited.

[Kiba-kun]

"I don't know . . . it's not how a lot of people think, I guess," Anser replied.

[Wind]

Talison ran into the bathroom when she heard the screams. " mama, MAMA! no!" She ran to Siobhan and grabbed onto her " Mama!"
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Adrianna woke up and heard screams and she stood up shakily and followed the screams. She looked at Unico and asked " Can I be of help? I do knowhow to bandage wounds..." She said this calmly and then she found out looking down at the small anichi child who clung to the young woman and several tears streamed down her face

[christianfriend]

Kianna said nothing. Newbie...she wasn't too familiar with that term and wasn't about to ask him about it.

"Why are you talking to me?" it had blurted out before she could stop it. She spoke without showing any of the emotions bubbling in her. They were too confusing to sort. Wasn't she going to let him to do all the talking? She could have kicked herself. Caution Kianna, always Caution.

She tried to stop the next sentence but she couldn't, "Why do you even trust me? I could kill you for all you know. It isn't smart to to trust blindly." Again, she chided herself for talking but it had been a very long time that anyone had talked to her. Her emotions still safetly hidden, she waited.

Roscoe rasied a thin eyebrow at the girl, chewing on the straw piece hanging from his mouth. So, she didn't only not trust humans, but Anichi also? Something terrible must have happened to her in the past. But he wouldn't ask about it, for he was relectant to talk about his past also, and didn't like asking other people about their's.
"Ho, so would you rather me not talk to you? Ignore you and act like you don't exist? I could easily do so, if you wanted. I'm actually quite good at doing that." He started to twirl a piece of his shaggy blue hair around his finger absent mindedly, "And girl, I doubt you could kill me..even though you are quite talented in martial arts, as I saw a moment ago."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Maritz placed her hand on her chin in mock contemplative thought.
"Well, that's because they're stupid!"[/font]