Iris
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:::There is no try - it is success or failure. I intend to succeed:::
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Post by Iris on Oct 16, 2007 11:48:25 GMT -5
Iris blinked once, adding this to her stores of information. If one were to look in her brain, they would see clean, stark halls filled with perfectly organized files on everyone she had ever met. Some were thick, some were thin, but all were there and accessible to her at all times. But the fact that he was a higher belt did not phase her. It was not about names or ranks, it was about ability. Iris considered the question for a moment. "I have nothing else to do," she stated, "I perfected fighting, so I use it as I see best. To eliminate the highest threat, if you will. Once I get a goal in mind, it would be most unwise for anyone to stop me, whether that 'anyone' is a vampire, demon, lycan, or human." She had long ago discovered that race did not predestine temperment - she knew plenty of humans just as evil as vampires, only they did not have the means to carry out their ill will.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 16, 2007 15:10:14 GMT -5
He nodded as he listened to her speak of eliminating the highest threat. He did not exactly agree with her about everything that she saw fit to do as reasoning for killing vampires, but he was not going to argue with her if it concerned her killing at least one more of their rank. " Well, we all have our reasons, i suppose. Although, sometimes i wish i didn't even know they existed and could live my life without the constant thought of how the next one is going to die. " He said with the shake of his head.
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Iris
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:::There is no try - it is success or failure. I intend to succeed:::
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Post by Iris on Oct 16, 2007 16:54:35 GMT -5
"Why do you fight them?" she asked, "there is no one forcing you to. You could go on as if they didn't exist, leading a normal life of sorts." Iris honestly didn't see why some people took it upon themselves to get rid of a problem when it was so much larger than just one person. And that was what this was. Brandon alone, even perhaps this entire resistance, could not defeat all the vampires by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe they could take out a few key leaders, but new ones would always surface.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 16, 2007 17:55:08 GMT -5
He looked at her and was silent for a moment. He stood to his feet slowly and ran his hand through his hair and paced over to the side of his desk and leaned against the side of it, not saying anything for another moment. " Because..." He paused for another moment. " One of those vampires is my sister. They killed my parents and converted my sister to one of them. I have not seen or heard of her since then. " He said as his fist clenched on the desk. " She was nine at the time, now she is in her twenties. The more vampires i kill the smaller that void that is in my soul becomes. "
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 16, 2007 18:00:01 GMT -5
Hmmm. Interesting. Iris had not known his sister was one of them. Nine was a rather young age to be converted to vampirism. Still, if she had the same temperment and potential that Brandon showed, it was no surprise that the vampires wanted her on their side. "And how does that make you feel better about your sister?" she inquired, hands still on her lap, "I can see it bringing a sense of vengance for your parents." Strange things, emotions were. Didn't make sense, most of the time. That was why Iris avoided them. "So what does this have to do with your hate of lycans?" she asked.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 16, 2007 18:07:30 GMT -5
He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. " It doesn't matter. Lycan's, vampires it is all the same to me. They all kill because they have no alternative and can not help themselves. If you can not control yourself then you should kill yourself in my opinion because you are not human. " He said coldly as he shook his head and sighed deeply.
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 16, 2007 18:11:02 GMT -5
"Control? So those who are not in control of themselves should be killed?" she asked questioningly. Control had nothing to do with it. Iris had met many more uncontrollable humans than she had lycans or vampires, and she had run into a fair number of both. "So you are pronouncing the death sentence for the men under your command now?" she inquired with an arched brow.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 16, 2007 18:40:07 GMT -5
He laughed at her comment, already knowing where she was going with her arguement. " Not at all. My men can control themselves, they just do as i order them to do. However, they would not go about killing helpless people and children even if i ordered them too. " He said coldly. ' If you crave nothing but the death of others than that makes you nothing more than a mindless beast which must be destroyed. " He said as he crossed his arms calmly.
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 16, 2007 18:50:05 GMT -5
Something that could be called a shadow of a smile crossed her face for a split second. As soon as it appeared it was gone. "Ah, but your men are not so obedient as you would hope, as I am sure you are fully aware of," Iris stated smoothly. She knew a lot more than most would suspect. Though she did not find it suprising that his men were rather disobedient. Few were; it took superior and constant leadership to mainain excellence in obedience with such a large base. "And yet you crave the death of all vampires? Interesting viewpoint." Iris found talking with this man rather interesting, though he was a bit mixed up in his reasoning.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 17, 2007 7:14:28 GMT -5
He shrugged his shoulders and turned and went and sat back at his desk and look at Iris. ' Not all vampires. We can only kill the ones that do damage and harm humans because that is who we can find. There are many that stay underground and feed off of other things, animals and such, so that they do not have to come to the surface and such. Those we do not care about for they have not harmed humans in any way that we know of. " He said as he folded his arms across his chest.
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 17, 2007 10:21:26 GMT -5
This man was full of contradictions and opposing beliefs, wasn't he? Iris found talking with him diverting, to say the least. Maybe he would even present a good challenge if they were to spar. No matter. "You walk a fine line," she finally said after a few stretching moments of silence. Changing the subject suddenly, as she was prone to do, she asked, "Anything else you would like to know?" Mimicking his position, she crossed her arms over her chest and met his eyes cooly.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 17, 2007 21:25:28 GMT -5
He stroked his chin with his hand and shook his head. " Na, i have no more questions for you at all. " He said with a kind smile. " But please do let me know if you are ever in the mood for sparing. I always enjoy a good spar against a worth opponent. " He said with a kind smile as he eyed her up and down, sizing her up in a sense.
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 17, 2007 21:28:36 GMT -5
"Good," she said with a curt nod. Iris only enjoyed questions when she was the one asking. Her life was her own; those who stayed out of it were better off. "I am always ready to take on whoever may be offering a challenge," she retorted dryly. Standing, she brushed an imaginary speck from her black outfit, knowing he was sizing her up. Let him. He would find no fault.
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Post by Brandon Smith on Oct 18, 2007 20:21:16 GMT -5
He nodded and smiled. "Well then, i am looking forward to it. " He said as he turned and sat back in his chair and gestured that she could leave if she wished and began to go over more paperwork of all the vampires that had been slain recently.
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Iris
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Post by Iris on Oct 18, 2007 20:26:56 GMT -5
Turning, she swept out the door, shutting it behind her solidly. Her dark eyes scanned the corridor; there were a few men there, but they knew her and didn't try to make conversation. Decisively she turned and made her way to her room. She would secure a weapon from her stash and train. One could never be good enough these days, not even when some said you reached perfection.
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