Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 21, 2009 12:16:07 GMT -5
Jason flinched at Zeph's harsh retort, but steeled himself and nodded once, then pressed his face to the door. "As you wish," he whispered into the keyhole. I love you.He turned and headed away down the hall without another word. ((Next...: Following Orders))
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 23, 2009 14:24:45 GMT -5
Zephyros fingered the knife he’d stolen from the kitchen… it was sharp. Of course it was; Rhythan would never work with dull knives. He quailed for a moment at what he was going to do, then turned back to the paper on his desk. Class had just ended… Notos had another class; Zeph had taken an early class to end his day earlier so he had time for his workouts…
When had his last workout been? A week ago? Not that it mattered… Nothing mattered anymore. He focused on his letter, biting his lip. Jason, I’m sorry…
I’m sorry… I can’t risk doing anything like this again. I can’t hurt someone like that because I couldn’t wait to find out the truth. I love you, Jason… please forgive me for hurting you one last time.
Notos… I’m sorry. I can’t do this anymore. I’ve already moved most of my things so you don’t have to deal with it… though you’ll probably get a different room. Don’t… do anything as stupid as me, okay?
He looked at the letter and nodded slowly, putting it in the desk drawer. Where it would be found… later. He put his head on the desk for a second, breathing slowly. He had plenty of time; that was why he chose now. Finally pushing himself away, he stood and moved into the bathroom, making sure both doors were fully closed. Hopefully it would be Carmen or his roommate who found him, not Notos… Jason shouldn’t have any reason to look for him. Zephyros usually ate early and left early. True, normally he went to the gym…but Jason was still healing, even if he could walk and go to class again. Jason was spending most of his time outside of class or eating in his room, or in the sickbay. Aramis was spending most of his time studying and though he’d been keeping a close eye on Zeph, now he seemed to think there was no reason to.
Hopefully the quiet mage wouldn’t blame himself for too long. Zephyros turned on the cold water in the shower, watching the water go down the drain for a moment before quickly stepping in, still dressed. He sank to the floor, curled up with his knees pressed against his chest. It wasn’t very long at all before he was shivering, his long blond hair pulled straight by the water and straggling into his face. He put the knife between his knees and closed his eyes, pressing his wrists against the sharp edge. Shivering violently, his wrists pressed harder against the blade and jerked up. His body thrashed once as he was surprised by how much it hurt, despite the numbing sensation in the rest of his body from the cold. Opening his eyes slowly, he moved his wrists to rest over the drain, watching the water wash away the blood that welled up with every heartbeat. His eyes slowly unfocused and he slumped against the shower door, his left hand sliding to rest against his stomach. He couldn’t feel his fingers… or his hands. Everything around him started fading away and he let his eyes close, leaning against the shower’s plexi-glass. He hadn’t realized he was going to black out so quickly…
I… love you… J-jason… he thought before blackness and cold overwhelmed everything.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 23, 2009 14:56:06 GMT -5
Jason had finished dinner early and headed down to the Academy students' dormitories, intending to visit Zeph. He limped carefully down the hallway toward room 103, supporting himself on a pair of crutches. He very much needed them.
Reaching Zeph's room, he paused, hearing running water from inside: someone was taking a shower. Zeph had given Jason blanket permission to come into the room whenever he wished; he slipped inside, seeing that the room was empty. He went over to the bathroom door, calling out to whoever was inside. "Zeph, is that you in the---"
He broke off in mid-word as a sharp, coppery scent drifted faintly into his nostrils. Blood!
Jason's face paled, and he immediately tried the doorknob, seeing that it was unlocked. He bolted into the room, falling over and catching himself on the counter before he could hit the floor and worsen the still-painful breaks in both legs. There was a pale figure with wet blond hair slumped against the shower door...
A cry burst from Jason's lips as he scrambled over to the shower, leaving his crutches behind and sinking to the floor in front of the door; as he wrenched it open, his heart nearly stopped -- he stared in horror as the dripping wet, deathly pale form of Zephyros Aetai fell into his lap, blood trickling quickly from both of his wrists. A knife lay on the bottom of the shower, near the drain.
Jason's mind raced as his eyes filled with tears, and his body started to shake violently. How... HOW could this have happened... WHY?!
His mind snapped into action, recalling what little he knew of first-aid. Bandages... need to stop the blood... There was no time to grab the first-aid kit from under the sink. What to use?
Quickly pulling off his shirt, Jason tugged and gnawed at the seams where the sleeves met the main part of the garment, tearing the sleeves from the shirt. He worked quickly, binding the cloth tightly around Zeph's bleeding wrists, his eyes blurred with tears. He sucked in a breath of the cold, damp air around him, tears running down his face as he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"HELP! PLEASE HELP ME! ARAMIS! ARAMIS!"
Please, Zeph, please don't leave me... stay with me. I love you so much, so much... I can't go on without you...
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Aramis Aldin
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Post by Aramis Aldin on Oct 23, 2009 15:18:07 GMT -5
Aramis looked up from his book in his dorm. Jason...? He bolted to the door, wrenching it open and running to Zephyros' dorm... Oh god... No, please don't tell me...
He skidded into the bathroom ajoining Zeph's and Carmen's room, his heart stopping at the smell and sight of blood... cold water was running in the shower... Jason's shirt was in bloody shreds, the sleeves tied tightly around Zephyros' wrists and already soaked with blood. He knelt next to the werewolf, wrapping both hands tightly around Zeph's wrists. Zeph's pulse throbbed weakly beneath his hands, making him tighten his hands.
"Jason... what happened?" he demanded urgently, unable at the moment to focus enough to heal Zeph. "Jason, I have to know!"
I have to have something to distract me! Damn it Jason! I'm not trained for this, I'm younger than Zeph is... He wanted to cry, felt the tears gathering in his eyes. Swallowing them viciously, he looked at Jason. He had to stay calm... Jason needed him to be calm.
The heartbeat under his fingers continued to throb... Zeph must still have a desire to live beneath whatever had caused him to do this. Aramis felt a whine form in his chest. "Jason... Please, you have to tell me everything you know."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 23, 2009 16:54:26 GMT -5
Jason cradled Zeph weakly in his arms, staring into his white face. He heard himself speaking, telling Aramis what little he knew, but his mind was a world away...
He took himself mentally into a safe place, where he always felt surrounded by warmth, love and beauty. St. Lorenz church in Nuremberg, his home city. He stepped through the high west-facing doors, with their countless carvings of humanity and its fall and redemption, from Genesis to Revelation.
The cool stone walls welcomed him in, and the carven figures looked down at him from nearly every column of the nave. He stopped and gazed up into the sweet face of the stone Virgin, who held her holy Child lovingly. Trembling, Jason crossed himself and knelt, lifting his hands in prayer and praying aloud in a mixture of German and Latin.
<Ave Maria. O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of God and my mother, from your sublime heights turn your eyes of pity on me. Have mercy on my beloved, Zephyros, for the redemption of his sin and the preservation of his soul from the power of death. Knowing full well your goodness and power, I entrust him to your care and that of your divine Son, on this day and all days. Amen.>
It was going to be be okay, he told himself, bowing his head. Zeph was going to be okay. He had to be...
...because Jason didn't know what he was going to do if he wasn't.
Jason clutched his heart as he sobbed helplessly, still curled under the carven Madonna. How could you do this to me?! his thoughts screamed. Zeph, mein liebe, I can't do this... I can't live without you! Don't leave me!
I’m here, Jason. It’s okay...
The voice echoed softly across the nave, coming from behind and slightly above him. He stayed still for a moment, his eyes wide, tears falling onto the floor below him. He slowly stood and turned, his heart leaping for joy at what he might see, and skipping in terror at what he might not...
Zeph stood a few feet away, lit by a shaft of sunlight from the tall window behind him. He smiled and held his arms out, revealing the deep scars in each wrist (and Jason remembered that some said that Christ took the nails in His wrists, not His palms, because they were stronger, but still called a part of the hand). Jason could only stare at him, giving a wordless whimper of joy and awe. He was as beautiful as ever he had been... the sunlight lit his hair and skin with gold, and his gentle smile flooded Jason's heart with an indescribable peace.
Jason took one slow step forward, then another; then he rushed forward with a sob and threw himself at Zeph, clinging to him, kissing him, touching his clothes and his face and his hair.
"Zeph," he cried, tears of joy running down his face. "You're okay... You're alive..."
But his trembling hands suddenly passed through Zeph's body as though he wasn't there. The mage's face radiated sorrow, and he began fading from sight, becoming one with the sunlight around him. Jason gave a strangled scream, hands grasping vainly to draw him back. Zeph's voice echoed softly in his ears as his figure vanished into the light... Jason, I'm so sorry... I love you...[/color]
"ZEPH!" Jason screamed, falling to his knees again. "NO!"
It was too much. The interior of the church grew cold and dark around Jason as he crumpled again to the floor, and blackness, deep as oceans, dark as death, closed around his mind.
((Translation: 'mein liebe' = 'my love'))
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Aramis Aldin
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Post by Aramis Aldin on Oct 23, 2009 17:19:21 GMT -5
Aramis listened to Jason's voice, looking at him with concern as his voice faded away. The werewolf's face was as pale as the Greek mage's... Aramis shook his head, focusing on closing the wounds in Zephyros' wrists. It was a lot harder than it should have been... except there were so many tendons and small veins... Each one of which had to be pieced together with individual attention... while Zeph's life rapidly faded away.
It took two eternal minutes to close the wounds, but finally... the blood stopped. Zeph's heartbeat strengthened a little, though his face remained ghostly pale. Aramis pulled his hands away slowly, his head slumping forward. Too much... there was too much going on. He looked at Jason... and watched him pass out.
A cry escaped his throat as he tried to catch Jason, ignoring the blood on his hands. Zephyros needed Jason... he needed Jason awake for him... Aramis needed Jason awake. The tears that he had swallowed earlier sprang to his eyes again and he started crying as he tried to hold up Jason and keep a close eye on Zephyros' condition. "Please help me... Someone help me..." he whispered, tears sliding down his face.
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Oct 23, 2009 18:02:03 GMT -5
All too clearly, Vincent had heard someone screaming from outside, where he had been walking through the gardens with Diana. He had bade her wait for him and bolted inside the castle at full speed, noting where the scream had come from. Now he burst into the bathroom, nearly tripping on a pair of crutches lying abandoned on the floor, and took in the terrible scene before him at a glance.
A young boy was struggling to support the limp figures of two others, all of whom Vincent recognized. Zephyros Aetai was soaking wet and deathly pale, with bloody cloth wrapped around both of his wrists. Jason Hiller sat unconscious beside him. Aramis Aldin was sobbing as he tried to hold them both up.
Vincent knelt quickly beside Aramis, cupping the boy's chin and looking into his face. "Aramis. What happened? Tell me everything you know."
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Aramis Aldin
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Post by Aramis Aldin on Oct 23, 2009 18:14:28 GMT -5
Aramis looked at him, almost sobbing. "I don't know... After Jason fell Zeph was really quiet and was blaming himself and... I tried to keep an eye on him professor, but Ian was hurt and Jason was really hurt and we don't know where Ellie is..."
He blinked slowly, more tears sliding down his face. "I was just studing in my dorm and I heard Jason scream... he called my name and I came in and Jason was holding Zeph close and crying and there was blood everywhere... I managed to close the wounds, Zeph isn't bleeding anymore and he's still alive but Jason passed out the moment I finished and and..."
He started crying more, trembling in terror. Zephyros was alive for now... but he'd lost so much blood... and Aramis didn't even know what was wrong with Jason. Had his legs been hurt worse? He whimpered, shaking as he kept trying to keep the two other boys up. "Professor..."
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Oct 23, 2009 18:23:44 GMT -5
Vincent drew in a slow breath, wiping a few of the tears from Aramis' face. "It's alright, Aramis, you've done what you can. Now, we need to get Jason and Zephyros to the sick bay immediately. Can you stand up? I'll be able to carry either Zephyros or Jason, but not both."
He gently lifted Zephyros from the floor, cradling him carefully in his arms as he spoke to Aramis. "Will you be alright to follow, or shall I come back for you?"
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Aramis Aldin
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Post by Aramis Aldin on Oct 23, 2009 18:30:57 GMT -5
Aramis swallowed, looking at his wrists and gasping. Faint red lines traced his wrist... right across the veins. Thank God that Zeph hadn't known the proper way to slit his wrists... "I can carry Jason..." he sniffed, carefully picking up the unconscious werewolf. He looked at the limp mage in Professor Hawk's arms, biting his lip. Zeph was so pale... and he was barely breathing... Aramis glanced at the still running shower and managed to turn it off with his foot without jostling Jason. "L-let's go..." (( Suffer The Children))
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 14:45:29 GMT -5
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Zephyros lay rather limply in his bed. Aramis had only just let him out of the sickbay... as long as he wasn't alone. Which meant Aramis might just watch him himself if he didn't think Zeph was being watched carefully. But at the moment, he felt too weak to even think about trying anything stupid again.
Not that he was going to. He'd promised Jason... It was odd that Notos hadn't even come to visit him. Zeph wasn't looking forward to facing his rage.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 15:18:37 GMT -5
Notos pushed the door open. His hair was windswept and his face was raw after hours of harsh cold air.
He walked in slowly, ignoring his brother's side of the room. He pulled off his hat, messing up his hair more and threw it on the the bed. He did the same with his vest before collapsing on top of them.
"You are a complete idiot. You just beat Boreas for that prize. How stupid." He scoffed at the ceiling.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 15:29:03 GMT -5
Zeph lifted his head, cringing. At least Notos hadn't seen the note he'd left in the desk... He'd removed it pretty quickly.
"That's all I get?" he said softly. He'd expected rage, storms... storms that he could see, not ones hidden in the forest. Notos didn't hate him... did he? Zeph carefully pushed himself up and walked over to his brother, twitching the sleeves on his shirt to hide the bandages. He knelt near Notos' head, looking at his brother with a heartbroken expression. "Notos... forgive me, please... I just... there's been so much going on... I..."
He swallowed, resting his chin on his brother's bed.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 20:26:52 GMT -5
Notos stuck out his tongue at the ceiling and addressed the air. "All right Bella, mellow out." he deadpanned "I'm sure Edward sill loves you."
"And big deal if one of the four winds goes away. It only screws up the order of nature, no biggie. I mean hey there are three seasons now. So?"
"Huh those poor people, 'Hey Winter is ending! That jerkface Boreas is gone and Zeph... well shit! And then Boreas will be all like 'Bwhahahaha suffer mortal! and then Humanity will END!" By this last part he could hardly contain his laughter as he looked straight at Zephyros.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 20:49:42 GMT -5
Zeph chuckled weakly, "You know as well as I do that Euros doesn't have a season. The ancient Greeks only had three seasons. Besides, you could always hop in. 'Never fear, mortals! Summer just comes earlier now!'
"And I am NOT Bella. Bella never did anything so monumentally stupid."
Bella. Hmph.
Zeph sighed, closing his eyes for a moment. "So... am I forgiven at all?" he asked softly. "I need to earn back your trust... But I... Notos, you're my closest sibling, the one I can trust. I need to know... that you'll be here. But you've been so far away... this obsession... Notos, I still don't understand... not completely."
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Post by Notos Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 21:44:01 GMT -5
"Love, forgiveness, blah, blah, blah. But hey that's not a bad idea." He threw his head back and laughed. "Yes! Yes! Brilliant!"
He jumped up and stood on his bed, fist in the air.
" I'll throw down my brothers!!!uhnotyouofcourse...And SUMMER SHALL REIGN FOREVER!!"
He fell back, laughing hard.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 5, 2009 22:26:47 GMT -5
Zeph raised a brow, pulling back and rising carefully to his feet. "You don't need to throw me down, you can just have my season. Except... yeah... we don't actually affect the seasons at all?"
He moved to his own bed, sitting carefully and rubbing at his wrists. They always hurt... and he was so tired. Yawning, he carefully laid down and yawned. "I'll go practice with you when I feel better, okay? Just... warn me so I can go to bed earlier and still get enough rest."
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