Aria had gone off and Aurora was dead and Nox felt more alone than he'd ever felt in his life. He was crashing at HQ and he felt so wrong being there. If Aria was going to go off and play Cowboys and Indians by herself so would he. Helping Ivan had been a great distraction but it only made him long for more.

To get away from it all Nox booked a flight back home. A flight. He wasn't eager to step foot on a plane again. He wasn't eager to feel the air plummet beneath him as he fell. Odds were in his favor to survive, but that didn't help the sinking feeling when he stepped on board the oblong tube that could have been his death.

The fear pulsed through his body as they took off and it didn't subside until he had two feet firmly on the ground at JFK. It had been a long flight, his body ached from the strain of keeping himself together.

When he and Aurora left they had been going for only a few days. They left the Jeep parked in long term parking and Nox was not looking forward to the bill he was about to pay to retrieve his entire life. And that was exactly what he intended to do while he was here. His family had traveled North and Central America hunting monsters for his entire life he had a lot of things to collect. It all could be useful to him if the Atharim ever caught on to the fact that he was a reborn god. But right now he just wanted any semblance of home and life the way it used to be.

The by land ride was much nicer than the flight. It took longer, but at least, it gave her time to find out precisely where her father was. She was only out of satellite range for about an hour. It turned out he was still in Moscow and from the looks of things he had brought family with him.

Giordano Pirozzi, one of the most elusive men on the Atharim radar and she intended to kill him. Not because he was Sentient, that was only part of the reason. No, she intended to make him suffer for the travesty of killing Lucas.

Thoughts of Lucas still cut deeply. The pain would lance through her when she would see a snow crest or see a pretty sunset. It only fueled her desire to make Giordano pay for his crimes.

She would put to shame what she did to that reporter that night with Dane by what she did to her father. He didn't deserve mercy - he gave none to Lucas. Making him suffer the death of all the feelings piled upon him. That was no way to die. And yet she had just done the same to a man all because Ascendancy wanted her to. She was no better than her father - she was probably worse, but it hardly mattered. Aria would kill Giordano and probably lose herself in the process.

There was still time to think about how she wanted to kill him. The train would be a while longer. And Aria was eagerly awaiting the day she saw her father scream!


Edited by Aria, Jan 27 2016, 05:33 PM.

I'm going to have Nox hit the US for a trip down memory lane since losing Aurora. I was going to make a trip into Mexico as part of it if anyone was interested in doing something. Don't have to plan anything other than a run in.

Let me know. Plan on heading that way soon.

Elyse was in the dream. She had learned through the years how to differentiate between real dreams and the dream. She didn't know how to force herself into the dream though. It often just happened by chance. It was something that she hoped she would accomplish soon.

Elyse moved quietly through the dream woods, wondering why she was here. Was there even a reason - something to be learned perhaps? She was cautious. She had heard that if you got injured here, you got injured in real life.

The thing she would never get used to was the shifting clothing. It seemed to always change as her thoughts wandered. Elyse smiled, finally figuring it out. Elyse stopped, concentrating on wearing a simple black garb with winter gear, and suddenly the shifting stopped. She was wearing what she had thought of.

Perhaps she had more control over this area. She would try to see what she could find out.

Lunch had been interesting. Her mark had showed up and left and Aria had stayed to be polite. She shouldn't have, but the man was easy enough to follow after the fact.

The streets of Beijing were crowded and Aria was thankful that they were just as wary of her as she was of them. They rarely jostled her shoulder or arm as they walked past. It was refreshing. But she still stood out in the crowd.

She wasn't going to do anything today but she intended to follow her mark to where ever he was going. Aria had been surprised to find him in the rough neighborhood she'd found to stay, but it didn't surprise her when he walked into building with women hanging out of the windows beckoning men inside. A brothel was one way to kill the man, but she wouldn't today. And not here.

Aria had a plan, but this was not the locale to execute the plan. Aria took up post across the street on a door step with a newspaper in her hand as if she were reading the want ads.

Enrique drove, leading the way to the site. A nearby cave in which some dreykan had taken residence. Ricky had told the group what he could of the creatures. Ricky himself was now armed with his four revolvers. He had extra ammunition, but with the amount of people and a reborn god on his side, he doubted he would need it.

A reborn god. The words hit Ricky's mind like a brick. In some ways, he couldn't believe he was doing this. He was allying himself with someone that he had been taught was evil not because of what he had done, but because of who he was.

A lot of thoughts started with that. Evil because of something that he didn't choose. Could that be? Seeing that his mentor had allied himself with the cartels hadn't set well with him, and it made him question the teachings of the Atharim. His thoughts drifted to Marta. He was doing this for her. He saw someone who could stop the cartels, and that person was a reborn god.

The group arrived at the cave, and Ricky brought the vehicle to a halt. He exited the car and waited for the group to gather before going in. "Keep your eyes open, they're clever beings."

I hope ya'll have a wonderful Christmas with your families.

And a wonderful new year to come!

hey guys. i'm having a bit of a hard time taking care of the baby all on my own. he's a pretty needy kiddo and attached to me 24/7. so i'm not even really able to check the forums and chat like I was when he was brand new and sleeping all the time. if there's any problems, get a hold of Hood (Number Two) or Michael or Aria and they can get me a message if necessary.

~A

Finally finished a long semester of various stuffs and things and have time to RP here again.

Is back, and my characters available. Hit me up.

http://www.dragonmount.com/forums/topic/...rjs-notes/

Taim was originally Demandred in Lord of Chaos and Demandred killed Asmodean.