Voices

[Shukujo Shi]

Kill them... It's useless... Don't listen... Forget it all... Dispose of them... Sere clutched her head outside the Hip Hog Heaven Saloon as she waited for the voices to pass. After a few moments they did and Sere stepped into the bar, regaining her calm composure.
"A martini, if you don't mind, Tess" she said sitting down. Damn voices. Maybe I should see a therepist. No. That won't help anything. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she almost didn't hear the person aproaching her.

[Xazz]

"Hey, Tessy," Ryan chirped.

The said she elf looked over at the girl. "Ry," she said happily. Ryan jumped onto one of the stools, with a bit of difficulty as it wasn't made for a twelve year old. "Where's your other half?" asked Tess as she looked around for the young girl's tiwn. She looked down at Ryan's hands and saw them shaking, she grabbed them in hers.

"She's out doing 'work'," said Ryan steadily, thought Tess could hear the slight waver of not having Eric close.

"Okay then," said Tess and went about making Sere's martini. Ryan watched Sere out of the corner out of her eye, the older girl unsetled her slightly.

[Shukujo Shi]

"What are you staring at?" Sere sneered at the young girl.

[Xazz]

"Here you go," said Tess and placed Sere's martini on the counter. "On your tab Sere?" she asked.

"Nothing of any real interest," said Ryan and faced forward.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Of course, Tess" Sere said, then turned back to Ryan. "And what would you know about what's interesting, little girl?" she asked, smiling in a sinister way.

[Xazz]

"Looking at me like that doesn't scare me. Or those 'eco powers' of yours," said Ryan steadily.

"Right O'," said Tess to Sere. She turned to Ryan. "What can I get you hon'?"

"Water please, Tessy," said Ryan politely.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Oh, that doesn't matter. I really don't care if I scare people or not. It's just whether they end up a rotting corpse by the end of the week or not" Sere said, taking a sip of her martini.

[Xazz]

Ryan took the bottle of water from Tess, "thanks Tessy," said Ryan with a smile. She basically ignored Sere, but she still kept a small part of her eye on her.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Pfft, kids today..." Sere muttered to herself, taking another sip of her Martini.

[Xazz]

"You know alchohal isn't good for you?" asked Ryan absently.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Only if you want to live a full life" Sere said. "I'm already screwed, so what's the point?"

[Xazz]

Ryan sighed a shook her head, acting older then she was. "Whatever, I don't know about you, but I like my liver." Ryan was shocked by what had just come out of her mouth, she was never sarcastic, that was Eric's forte.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Yay for your liver, then" Sere said, taking another sip of her martini.

[Xazz]

Tess came back around after tending to another costumer. "Where's Yang?" she asked the young she-elf.

"Working for Markus," said Ryan.

Tess made a face. "I wish you wouldn't work for him," she commented.

"He pays well. Other then getting on our nerves somtimes he's a good guy. And he's better looking then Krew," said Ryan evenly. Tess laughed.

"Then he has many good qualities Yin?"

"Yup."

[Shukujo Shi]

"I heard someone say 'pays well'. Who?" Sere said, sitting up suddenly.

[Xazz]

Ryan looked Sere over for a second. "No one, he wouldn't hire you anyway," said Ryan then continued her conversation with Tess.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Oh really? And I suppose that having a body count of 564, sneaking into the palace and KG fortress countless times and never being caught once, and being #3 on the Baron's most wanted list doesn't do anything to help me, does it?" Sere said, getting slightly angry.

[Xazz]

((The 2nd and 3rd most wanted men in Haven are two of Briie's chars. Tristan and Gabriel.))

"Markus doesn't care about your body count or your record. And I have almost that same amount under my belt anyway," said Ryan absent mindedly.

[Shukujo Shi]

"Yay..." Sere said, turning back to her drink. Kill them! Kill them! Don't listen! Kill them!
"You know, that actually is becoming a pretty good idea right about now..." Sere said to herself. Useless girl! Destroy her! Useless!
"I don't think my voices like you much..." Sere told Ryan, staring into her martini. "Course, they don't like anyone, really..."

[Xazz]

"Well then you can tell those voices to go shove it," said a voice behind them. Ryan turned and lept off her chair to go hug her twin. Eric smiled, though she did have a few blood stains on her clothes.

[Shukujo Shi]

Sere opened her mouth to say something, but changed her mind. Instead, she took out a knife from her belt and began to aimlessly make a few scratches on her arm.
"Blood so red, so red to see, ruby red blood, the death of me..." she muttered to herself, carving a small 'S' in her fore arm.