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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 14:11:51 GMT
John looks up, his shock quickly turning to anger. With a flick of his hand, a small band of skeletal animals, including one human, rise from the earthen floor to carry out their master's wishes. The necromancer uses the distraction to release Victoria and drag her out of the small room, receiving a number of minor injuries in the process. John looks thoroughly discombobulated by the time they're out on the street and Victoria wonders how he could've possibly not considered something would interfere with his little plan. Briefly, she wonders who or what had blasted down the door, but she doesn't get the chance to think too much into it. She and her former costumer have taken refuge in an alleyway. John is scanning the streets for whoever had broken in, and he's still holding Victoria. There's one slip of his hand and suddenly, his head's hitting the brick wall of the building. It was a lucky shot.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 14:58:19 GMT
Judas ran out onto the street, covered in small scratches and cuts from the army of skeleton mammals. Jacob had stayed behind; he was much better suited to that type than he, being smaller and faster. The alchemist's job was to find Victoria.
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 15:18:44 GMT
Victoria glances down at John, whose body had liquidized and crumpled to the ground. Her heart's beating fast with adrenaline. If he hadn't been preoccupied with keeping watch, Victoria probably would've been stuck with him for quite some time. If she hadn't had an excuse to hit him, he might not be out cold right now. She can't stay here and wait for him to come to, but where does she go? Back to the shop? He knows where to find her there. Part of her fears she's taking to long to make up her mind. It's already been a few minutes, and being magical, John's likely to recover quickly. Her answer comes in the form of a bullet and searing pain traced along the side of her head. Victoria stumbles and takes this as her cue to run. It would've been much simpler if he'd just used magic.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 16:01:45 GMT
Judas raced down the street, quickly slipping on a pair of brass knuckles. He had only gotten a brief glance at the captor's face, but already he relished the chance to sink cold, hard metal down his throat. The brief moment of distraction was probably what caused the alchemist to collide into another person, running in the opposite direction.
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 16:17:27 GMT
Victoria's watching the street behind her for any signs of John. She's starting to feel faint from the pain in her head. When she crashes into someone, it takes her over the edge. Now she's on the pavement, bleeding, on the verge of frustrated tears, and more than a little overwhelmed. She would rather not look up and have to apologize to the citizen. She would rather have them vaguely wonder what happened to her and go on with their day. It would just be easier.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 16:39:42 GMT
Judas took a moment for his eyes to focus. "Watch where you're-- Victoria? You're bleeding!" They settled on the blood that had begun to cake in her hair. "We need to get you out of here..."
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 16:49:27 GMT
"Judas?" Victoria raises her gaze and finds the alchemist standing over her. "I— I can take care of myself," she mumbles, standing on wobbly legs. "I don't need any help. I'm fine. It's just a scratch." She can hardly bring herself to look at him out of embarrassment and her pride that she's still hanging onto by a thread. Instead, she fixes her attention to a point further down the street and takes a few careful steps in the direction she hopes will lead her back to the shop.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 16:59:39 GMT
"You can barely stand on your own, let alone make it to the shop. Where's the man who attacked you? Is he following you?"
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 17:10:36 GMT
"I don't know," she sighs, reaching up to gingerly touch her wound. White hot pain flares up inside Victoria's head and she sways dangerously like a flower being blown by the wind. "I can... I can take care of myself..." By now, she's just mumbling her words. She can feel a hot bead of blood trace its way down her face and her mumbling trails off into silence.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 17:26:49 GMT
He sighed, gathering the girl up in his arms as Jacob trotted up to them, a bone in his jaws. The dog had sustained various injuries as well, cuts and bruises and scratches all over his back and legs. "We need to get her back to the lab. After I leave her there, you protect the shop. I'm going after the man who did this."
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 17:37:33 GMT
Victoria finally allows herself to relax, realizing that there's really nothing she can do now besides lie there pitifully in Judas's arms. She can't exactly complain though. He's pretty comfortable, and right now, she just wants to sleep.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 20:39:16 GMT
Judas made it to the lab, quickly setting Victoria down and tearing through some old drawers in the back. There had to be an old magical healing book around there somewhere... Pulling it out and blowing the thick layer of dust off the cover, Judas began leafing through the pages. Poisoning, vomiting, aches, bruises... bleeding wounds!
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 20:52:49 GMT
Victoria watches him look through the book frantically. So he does have other emotions besides anger, frustration, and tiredness... She's still fighting the urge to just succumb to sleep. In a way, she likes seeing Judas worried like this. Somehow, it's amusing, though Victoria lacks the energy to laugh even mentally.
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 22:26:10 GMT
He leaned over her, eyes wide with silent panic as he read through the book. "Okay, okay... I have no idea what these words mean. God help me... uh... okay. Judas, pretend it's machine oil. She's a machine. This is all a machine..." The alchemist was silently unraveling as he rifled through the pages of the book. "Why do they have this many technical terms?!"
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Post by Silaluk on May 24, 2015 23:20:12 GMT
"Judas..." Victoria pauses and corrects herself. "Sir... I'm sorry," she murmurs, closing her eyes as she listens to his anxious cursing. "I'm okay. Honestly." She sits up straighter and settles into a more comfortable position. "But... Thank you."
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Post by Copper on May 24, 2015 23:59:15 GMT
"You're bleeding out of you head, you are not okay, oh god what do I do what do I do what do I do....!"
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Post by Silaluk on May 25, 2015 0:15:36 GMT
"Calm down!" she yells quietly, sighing afterwards. "I can't stand listening to you freak out." Victoria moves closer to him and gingerly closes the thick volume. "You don't need magic to do everything. Believe it or not, non-magical methods are actually alright."
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Post by Copper on May 25, 2015 0:20:19 GMT
"Yeah, okay, you'e right. Just... hold on a second." Judas stood, rushing to the kitchen and rummaging around. He quickly located bandages. He had bought them a while ago as a precaution, but found that they worked very well for holding machine parts together while he worked on them.
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Post by Silaluk on May 25, 2015 0:29:35 GMT
Victoria waits patiently for Judas to return. She can feel herself slipping into unconsciousness, albeit slowly. It was definitely easier to stay awake in a place that was quiet and cool. Her mind wanders to John and his motives. Victoria can't quite piece together why he would go to such lengths to take her. Sure, he'd always been a bit lusty, but he'd never taken it to to this level. She'd never thought of him as being...crazy.
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Post by Copper on May 25, 2015 0:32:33 GMT
Judas returned, kneeling by her and beginning to wrap the bandages around her wound. He had relaxed into an unsteady calm by now, breathing having slowed. "Victoria. It's, uh... it's okay if you don't want to talk about this. But... what did he take you for? Did he hurt you in any way other than the shot? Did he try to..." He blushed furiously, eyes darting away.
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