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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-09 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, [ he says, and he senses movement behind them; he rises to a knee, ] I think we're fucked.

[ On reflex he grabs an arrow from his quiver, turns, aims, and shoots, and even with the unsteadiness of his limbs, he manages to catch one of the bandits in the gut. Peter seriously feels sick, like he's about to throw up, and he's sweating now, his body too fucking hot and every nerve is starting to scream.

Four bandits running at them, then. Better than five. His hands are shaking as he nocks another arrow, but his aim isn't as true this time-- something hot shoots up his spine and his shot goes wild. ]


Little help?
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-11 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Adrenaline and nausea and a whole mess of bad feelings make his words sharp: ] The hell do you mean you can't?

[ He fires another shot, and only through sheer luck does he manage to catch another bandit through the eye. Three left to go, then.

He rolls aside, finding cover behind a different tree just as an arrow embeds itself in the ground where he had been crouched. His skin feels like it's on fire, feels like his flesh is burning away. His head is screaming now, and he gags, dropping his bow in favor of twisting his hands into his hair.

And then the dam breaks.

He straightens abruptly when the pain leaves him, and fine lines dance across his skin like cracks in too-dry mud, and between the cracks shines a dim light. He stares down at his hands numbly, and when he looks up, his eyes are entirely black.

An arrow thunks into his cover, and all hell breaks loose.

With a feral scream he throws himself at the thieves, and his hands burn as he grasps one by the throat, the scent of burnt flesh wafting in the air. He slams him down into the ground, grips, and tears, the open neck wound cauterizing immediately, and the bandit lies still on the forest floor.

The second thief cries demon and turns to run, but Peter's upon him before he gets too far, slamming into his back and driving him to the ground as well. He's nowhere near as fast as Maya at her best, but fast enough for his purposes. He slams his fist down and after a sickening crunch, sizzle, and gurgled scream, Peter stands.

The last, the archer, has an arrow nocked and aimed directly at Peter, who tilts his head -- birdlike, inhuman -- before extending a hand. Light flashes from his palm, a beam of purplish energy arcing through the air and reducing the archer to dust.

After that, Peter just-- stands there, staring down at the body at his feet. His head tilts again, curious and silent. ]
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-11 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He continues to stare fixedly at the body as Maya takes out the amulet. The smashed skull, the grey mush mixing with blood and bone, the burnt bits of flesh from where his hands made contact -- quite interesting indeed.

His back is to her, but he hears her approach -- of course he does, why wouldn't he? The only outward sign of it, at first, is a tiny little twitch of his head to the side. His body is stock-still, muscles tense and coiled and prepped to pounce. He turns slowly toward her as she draws closer, black eyes unrecognizing and wary. ]
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-11 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For a long while, he simply stares at her, head tipped slightly to the side. His gaze roves over the tattoos on her left side, and a small part of him recognizes them, even if he doesn't recognize her.

Siren.

His hands curl into fists at the mention of the contract, and he focuses, feeling the tug of something connecting the two of them. He finds he doesn't like it. He doesn't want to be bound, and the reminder of it -- the threat of it -- makes him snarl.

In an instant, his muscles uncoil and he slams her into a tree, forearm braced against her neck.

But there are things that cannot be broken, and some instinct stops him from ripping out her throat and putting an end to their agreement, like he wants to do -- some small voice screaming stop, don't, not her, please in his head.

He looks at her -- really looks, -- eyes narrowed and lips pulled away from his teeth, and still that voice in his head, not her, not her.

And after a long moment, he pulls back, relieving some of the pressure he had put on her neck -- not enough to free her, but enough to keep her breathing. He tips his chin down, just a twitch of a movement, as if to tell her to say her piece. ]
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-11 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At her movement, he snarls again and lifts a fist to strike her, but the spell is already attuned to him, has had decades to adapt to his unique make-up, and the effect is nearly instant when the pendant settles around his neck.

Pain blossoms behind his eyes first, and a scream is ripped from his throat in voice that isn't recognizably his. He staggers back, clutching his temples as it travels down his spine. Nausea and dizziness hit him next, a wave of it sends him crashing to his knees as bile creeps up his throat.

And then-- his body is freezing and it hurts, and it feels like his skin has been pulled taut over a drum. Every nerve screams and burns -- and then a numbness washes over him and for a long moment he feels like can't breathe--

But then his lungs suddenly draw air, and he pitches forward, catching himself and dropping to his elbows, stopping just short of getting a face full of dirt.

For at least a full minute he just breathes as the numbness leaves him (and how the fuck does numbness hurt, anyway? It's just his luck that it does). His limbs feel like liquid as he settles back to sit on the ground, and bleary eyes -- clear and green and most certainly his -- look up and find Maya.

When he speaks, he sounds almost drugged, voice thick and words slurred. ]


Maya? Wh' the fuck happened...?
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-11 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
'M fine.

[ The magic helps, but his body still feels heavy and sluggish, and everything is sort of dull and indistinct around the edges. The combined effect of her healing magic and the amulet's spell make him drowsy, and he slumps forward, head resting on her shoulder. ]

Stopped for water? Then-- [ He struggles, frowning. ] Think-- bandits...

[ From where he leans against Maya, he can see the sprawled out legs of one of the thieves' bodies. The sight doesn't trigger a memory as much as it does feelings, and he remembers anger-- satisfaction-- bloodlust--

He's frozen to the spot, and he keeps staring with wide eyes, and he doesn't realize it, but he's shaking all over. ]


Don't remember-- did I--?
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ If he feels any offense at being treated like a child, he doesn't say, opting instead to cling to her -- because something happened, that much he knows, and flashes of emotions and feelings keep floating to the surface unbidden.

Panic threatens to bubble over (because there's a blank spot where the past few minutes should be, and his hands keep clenching into fists, and there's this residual urge to rip something--) but Maya's presence is reassuring, and her touch grounds him, keeps hysteria at bay.

After a while, he manages to calm down enough to ask, ]
What happened?
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a long moment where he lets her words sink in -- but he doesn't argue. He's not really feeling up to it, so she's at least right on that count.

And he trusts her judgement, anyway, trusts that she'll tell him in time, but it's not hard to parse out that he's done something extra shitty. He just can't figure out how he figures in with the acrid smell of burnt flesh.

He scrubs his face with his hands and sits up, focusing entirely on Maya to avoid looking at the bodies just visible from the corners of his eyes. Whatever's happened has left him feeling like he's been weighed down, and all he wants to do is sleep -- but so close to town, surrounded the bodies of four (weren't there five?) recently decommissioned bandits, isn't exactly an optimal position. ]


Need to keep moving. [ He doesn't realize the way his words are running together like he's only half awake. ] Gonna get caught.
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Gonna carry me?

[ His little smirk at that is a distant one, followed up by a frown, but his eyes are already starting to droop. ]

Not-- not a child...
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, damn, she pulled the partners card and kissed him.

That's just fighting dirty.

He hesitates a few moments longer before nodding again and leaning forward against her. ]


'Kay. Trust you.

[ And with Maya's healing magic generally making him drowsy, and the calming effect of the amulet working overtime, he's unconscious in an instant. ]
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At some point, he thinks, he really has to stop waking up to unfamiliar ceilings.

At least he's not in pain, aside from the usual stiffness and little aches that come from a deep sleep, and that's a definite improvement over the last time he woke somewhere new and strange. For at least half of a minute, with the rain providing a constant white noise as it pounds on the roof, he contemplates drifting back to sleep.

But they were in a hurry, weren't they? Well, maybe not in a hurry, but there was definite discussion about not staying in one place too long, for fear of getting caught, and he wonders if it's the rain or him that's keeping them holed up here. Probably both, but he's trekked through worst weather than this.

So he sits up, rubbing sleep from his eyes, and turns, looking for-- ah, there she is, sitting beside the bed. He wonders how long she's been there, watching him wake. ]


How long was I out? [ His voice is still thick and hoarse, but it's a marked improvement over his speech from before, with different forms of magic pulling him down into unconsciousness, making his everything lethargic and heavy. ]
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[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2014-10-12 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's rubbing his eyes again, and he misses the movement, but he glances back at her when he's done. ]

Tired, but fine.

[ He looks around the room, at the dust-covered floor and the crackling fire. The cabin is an old one, that much he can tell, and despite its poor maintenance, it does an admirable job of keeping the rain and the wind out.

He shuts his eyes and draws up his legs a little, leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees. The sound of the rain is seriously making him want to curl up and pass out again, and he wonders if whatever sickness from before was the cause of it--

He starts at the memory. ]


Shit. Are you okay? You weren't feeling great earlier, either.

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