Sunday, October 6, 2013

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They soon arrived. Jenny entered first and joined Geoffrey by his side.

As soon as he saw the aberration’s face--his father’s face--Hector had to hold himself back. The urge to attack immediately was so strong that it made every muscle in his body go taut. If it hadn’t been for Sheryl’s presence, for the notion that her safety trumped killing Geoffrey, then the fight would have already begun.

“You are bleeding,” Geoffrey observed. “Why have you not healed yet?”

He could hardly feel the wound on his arm, even though he was sure that it must’ve been throbbing like crazy. But instead of answering Geoffrey’s question, Hector chose to reassess the situation. Ms. Trent was pinned to the wall, covered from neck to toe in crimson shadow. Her mouth was covered, but according to her wide, panicked eyes, she was still herself.

Geoffrey smirked after a moment. “You have always been a difficult person to read, haven’t you? Even your father--well, your previous father--even he never really felt like he understood you. But then, he did not take a very active role in your life, did he? I am honestly curious as to what you thought of him. The whole reason I took his body was because I thought the two of you were close, but according to his memories, that does not seem to be the case. And yes, I know I said we should not drag things out, but I think we need to have a nice father-son chat before we finally settle matters here. Don’t you?”

Hector had no intention of responding. All he wanted was an opening.

“Ever the quiet one. Hmm. Then perhaps you will be interested in what I have to say. For instance, did you know that your father suffered from quite vivid hallucinations? Your parents never told you, right?”

17 comments:

  1. Damn it, im to excited to stop reading even for a day xP
    shows just how great this is getting 0w0

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  2. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    Ruit cakes.
    This is bad,
    (My paypal glitched, really badly, so no donation. D:)

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    1. Haha, oh man, um. No worries about donating, but are you okay? Do you rely on paypal a lot? It's not some horrific loss for you, is it? OR IS IT? :O

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    2. I had 15 bucks in my paypal
      Mostly for steam
      Otherwise, I just use my credit card. :/

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    3. Ah. That's unfortunate, but I'm glad it wasn't worse. Still, I hope it buffs out for you.

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  3. curious as "to" what you thought of him.

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  4. Oh god damn it, not a cliff hanger...

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    1. Y'know, most of the time, I'm not even trying to make them cliffhangers. They just sorta work out that way. I think it's a byproduct of making the text flow as smoothly as I can.

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  5. Now that Geoffry has gotten himself a new ("new"?) body, I have a question about something. Is he able to now transfer to any body via the same methods he used before (whatever those were) or is there a limitation on how often/how many times he can transfer? Also, would there happen to be any tell that Geoffry is occupying a body (going with his whole crimson shadow power, maybe crimson colored eyes or something like that)? Seeing as how Hector didn't notice anything different about his "father" I'm guessing there might not be any way to tell . . . . at least not yet.

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    1. Pretty soon, that first question will be answered (more or less).

      There is a tell, but Hector cannot see it. If you'll recall, back when Hector and Geoffrey first met in the Rofal mansion, Bohwanox and Garovel knew straight away that he wasn't human. This is because reapers can see souls, which is where the tell is.

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  6. Hmm, guess Geoffrey wasn't quite as devious as I feared.

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  7. No....it's just begun. The mindfucking starts now...

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  8. Dammit, I wanted to know more bout Hector's father but not like this. Not like this...

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  9. I dunno why Disqus said I downvoted you but I just fixed that

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  10. Geoffrey's former body had the reaper gene yes? Soooo does his original status as a carrier of the reaper gene carry over to the new body?'

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