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Aug 22, 2018 22:11:54 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Aug 22, 2018 22:11:54 GMT -5
Anna drove into the driveway of the Estate, and quickly noticed the strange car. She cut the engine, and got out, seeing someone at the door. She gave a sigh of relief to see it was Lee. "Well, hello Stranger..." She said, smiling a bit. "I haven't seen you since the fifth tournament..." She unlocked the door, and allowed Lee inside.
With everything going on with the mirror demon, it was nice to see a face that didn't remind her of all of that.
"How is Violet Systems..?" She asked, as she shut the door.
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Aug 22, 2018 22:50:58 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 22, 2018 22:50:58 GMT -5
Lee thought about addressing her seriously as Anna but when he heard her call him stranger, he realized that she was still playful so he called her as he mostly did when they talked together. Bowing down to her he said:
"Hello, lovely Lady Williams, it is always a pleasure to see you…"
Lee then followed Anna inside and answered her question.
“Violet systems is excellent as always. The company is making profits even more than anticipated… “
Lee then looked serious. He wished he could talk about amusing things but he couldn’t talk about anything without first telling her his sympathies, even though maybe she didn’t want to hear about it. Nobody ever wants to hear about condolences…
“But you probably know why I came. I came on account of serious matters. First, I came to offer you my condolences… I heard about what happened to your mother and your lover… and I offer you my deepest sympathies.”
Lee took a moment before he added:
“I also heard about your son, Daniel. I know how hard it must be to address the subject but I know that as a mother, you also cannot take it out of your mind. I want you to know you have my entire support on this. If I can do anything to help you, if you need anything, ask me. We are friends since so long, I wouldn’t want to leave you when you need help."
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Aug 30, 2018 22:02:54 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Aug 30, 2018 22:02:54 GMT -5
Anna gave Lee a pained smile. "Thankyou..." She said, "But there's nothing you can do... Claudio and his associates are working on it." She walked over to him, placing her hand on his chest, looking up into his eyes. "I'm so glad to see you're doing well..." She said, smiling, moving her hand up to touch his face. "We were such idealists back then..." She said, pulling her hand away. She turned to face her mother's portrait. "We would defeat our cruel older siblings, and relishing that victory would sustain us for the rest of our lives..." She laughed shaking her head. "I'm glad we grew out of that..."
She sat down, facing Lee once more. "I still despise my sister, don't get me wrong, but.... I don't have to prove myself as her superior anymore... I just, take what I want... You helped me see that, actually." She said, smiling.
"It was just a cruel twist of fate that I finally gave Antonio the chance to love me like he always wanted to, and then... He's gone..."
"And Daniel, well... He is possessed by something I can't even comprehend... I may not be mother of the year, but... Watching him suffer through this... No innocent person deserves that..." Truthfully, the moment Sorin walked back into Anna's life, and Meeting Daniel, it changed her. It made her see that forgiveness, and love was possible for her. To be accepted, despite her actions. Some call it mother's intuition, but not Anna. She just saw these two men who loved her no matter what, and that love was what she realized would be enough for her.
"But... Life isn't so easy..." She patted the love seat for Lee to sit next to her. "Come, tell me everything that's been going on!"
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Sept 1, 2018 13:12:17 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 1, 2018 13:12:17 GMT -5
Lee looked sadly at Anna as she touched his face and began to smile when she mentioned the past. They were so much more immature then… He didn't know if he should hug her to comfort her or leave that intimacy barrier between them. He thought maybe it was better to leave it now. Anna probably mostly needed someone to listen to her, not hugs.
"I still despise my sister, don't get me wrong, but.... I don't have to prove myself as her superior anymore... I just, take what I want... You helped me see that, actually."
“I’m glad I could help you about that… You helped me a lot back then…” Lee answered before he let her express herself again.
"It was just a cruel twist of fate that I finally gave Antonio the chance to love me like he always wanted to, and then... He's gone..."
Lee could somehow feel all that Anna missed with Antonio now gone. Her hopes for the future seemed to have taken a painful slap in the face… So he tried to encourage her a bit:
“You must tell yourself that you are lucky to have known Antonio and to have had those beautiful moments with him as he must have been happy to have had them with you… It’s mostly those that you must remember. It’s those that he would wish you to remember.”
"And Daniel, well... He is possessed by something I can't even comprehend... I may not be mother of the year, but... Watching him suffer through this... No innocent person deserves that..."
"But... Life isn't so easy..."
Lee didn't really know what to answer right away to encourage her on this case. But then Anna invited him to sit beside her.
"Come, tell me everything that's been going on!"
Lee sat next to Anna as she asked him, smiling kindly at her.
“Thank you, my dear. Well, a lot happened, I guess. I now personally know my nephew Jin. Well, personally… I spoke to him. Barely. It had been a while I wondered how my nephew was, mostly with the influences he had and what he did lately... But he is not very talkative. He barely thanked us when we saved him and went away to his company. Yet we are now in good terms at least, but I wish I could have talked to him a little more and get to know him. But he is closed like an oyster… Yet what I do know is that he is from the Kazama family, a family of powerful exorcists. If Claudio and his friends need some help, maybe I could try to see Jin and ask him about his maternal family. Or find them myself, it wouldn’t be difficult, his cousin or something even participated in the King of Iron fist tournaments.”
Lee then wondered if Nina cared about her nephew Daniel. Probably not, or else she may have asked Jin for his exorcist family experts… Lee knew that Nina was working for Jin before, maybe she still was, yet she worked for Heihachi last time when trying to take Jin, or was she trying to save him?… He did wonder how Jin and Nina were getting along. They somehow both seemed aloof and distant, they probably were not very close... Just probably professional relation… Jin was such a man of few words that he only said what mattered when they spoke and his ties with Nina wasn’t among what they discussed.
He added after a moment:
“Speaking of tournaments, I’ll probably participate in the tournament that woman, Madison Grant, organized to honor my late father… I still feel quite confused about how I feel toward Heihachi but I won’t get a second chance to honor him later and I know he would want a fighting event to honor him, not some peaceful ceremony… I don’t really hope to win, I’m not getting any younger…"
Lee then added on a whispering tone: “…despite the cosmetic surgeries…” before he continued on a normal tone:
“But I do hope to, at least, distinguish myself. Honestly, I’m betting more on Lars to win.”
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Sept 4, 2018 20:33:53 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Sept 4, 2018 20:33:53 GMT -5
Anna laughed a little, "The tournament.... I nearly forgot. Sorin told me he and Claudio were going to join." She said. "He wants to test out his new fighting style..." She leaned against Lee, laying her head on his shoulder. "I'm glad one of us is happy..." She said, closing her eyes. She took this moment of solace for all it was worth. With what Anna planned to do, she knew she wouldn't get many moments like this again...
She took his hand and held it close to her.
"Lee...." She began. "I'm scared.... I don't even know what I'm doing. I never raised Sorin, Antonio did... Now he's gone, and I'm here..." He stopped, holding back tears. "I just don't know what to do...." She looked at him, heart full of sorrow, and placed a kiss on his cheek. She gave him a smile. "Thank you for checking on me..." She stood up. "There... There's someone I need to talk to. Can we meet later..? Perhaps dinner?" She asked.
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Sept 4, 2018 23:11:32 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 4, 2018 23:11:32 GMT -5
When Anna told him she was scared, Lee wanted to take her in his arm to comfort her but he kept listening to what she had to say before he got up after she did and told her:
“Anna… It’s normal to be scared but you have to know that you are stronger than you think. You have always been. And you must have faith in yourself. You also have family and friends to help you when you feel weaker. You don’t have to always be strong. I’m also here for you, you can ask me anything, or call me anytime if you need it.”
Lee then went toward Anna to comfort her by hugging her. With all her previous gestures, Anna seemed to need much reassurance. So he took her in his arms and brought her closer to him before he kissed her on the forehead. But when he hugged her, he suddenly felt something: Anna seemed to have grown a belly. So she was pregnant? No wonder she felt so scared… Not only she ‘lost’ Daniel, she felt like a bad mother to Sorin and she now had that new baby… With the father now dead, she must feel so insecure… Without mentioning anything of this, Lee then told her:
“Don’t worry. Everything will be alright…”
He then let go of Anna and told her on a more casual tone:
“Of course. I wouldn’t want to stop you from doing what you have to do. I shall go for now.”
Lee made some steps toward the door and asked: “Dinner at the restaurant? Or are you inviting me to your lovely mansion? Either one is fine with me.”
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Sept 11, 2018 12:54:15 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Sept 11, 2018 12:54:15 GMT -5
Anna smiled, "There's a lovely little restaurant downtown. I'll meet you there this evening." She said. She walked to the door, and held it open for him. "Until then, handsome silver devil..." She said, grinning.
After he was gone, Anna immediately went up the stairs to where Katya and the others were. She gave a light knock on the door.
"Katya... Could I speak with you in the study...?" She asked.
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Sept 11, 2018 15:04:49 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 11, 2018 15:04:49 GMT -5
Katya had been chatting with the group about various things before Anna arrived. Katya was slightly startled as Anna wished to speak to her. She shivers and trembles in fear.
"Um... Okay...?" Katya said.
She walked out of the room to go to the study to meet with Anna. Once there she sat down, her heart racing in anxiety.
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Sept 12, 2018 17:18:38 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 12, 2018 17:18:38 GMT -5
Lee left wondering what he could do more to help Anna. To see his friend suffer and be in pain while being useless was really bothering him… Yes, he could hug her and tell her kind words but he could do nothing to concretely help her… His Combots probably wouldn’t be very useful in this… Too bad that despite having grown up with a ‘demon’, Lee didn’t know much about supernatural… Beside, Kazuya is a gene phenomenon, not exactly supernatural, even if he did look like…
Lee suddenly thought about something: Spirits are supposed to be energy, often affecting electricity and magnetic field… Science could explain everything… What if he did something like some kind of ghost hunter device? Maybe it could help… If Daniel and the demon were somehow composed of different energy, or same energy but of a different frequency, voltage or something… Maybe something could be done to separate them…
“Excellent!”
Maybe he was digressing but now he needed to meet that expert Claudio to get more information on the demon and spirits… Then he and his engineers would leave their usual Combot researches and work on something… If it was possible. Lee also wondered if Claudio would be favourable to this way of handling things. How was he feeling toward such ways? Sometimes paranormal experts using the classical ways were not very fond of technological weirdos… Was that exorcist group using some technology or only rituals and magic?
For now, Lee wondered where he would go until this evening. And which little restaurant was it? Probably Anna would text him about it or something later. Meanwhile he wondered if he should call Lei to know how Elise was doing now but if they went to the doctor, they probably still were there, so he should call later and only do some sightseeing of Dublin right now. So Lee went back into his limousine and went away.
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Sept 16, 2018 11:16:37 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Sept 16, 2018 11:16:37 GMT -5
Anna was sitting in the chair by the fireplace. Her mother's favorite place to sit. She turned when Katya arrived... She gestured to the seat across from her. "Please.... Sit." She said. She held a small vial in her hand. "Do yo see this, Katya?" She asked. She smiled a little. "This is the blood of the demon."
She sighed. "I have a plan... To get Daniel back..." She began. "I'm going to trade places with him, and allow the demon to possess me." She said. "I need you to be there when it happens..." She said, finally looking into katya's eyes. "No matter what happens.... I need to you stay, and I need you to be brave..." She paused. "Can you do that, Katya? Daniel will need you..." She said.
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Sept 16, 2018 11:27:20 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 16, 2018 11:27:20 GMT -5
Katya did as told and took a seat where she was directed.
"Do yo see this, Katya? This is the blood of the demon."
She gasped a little.
"I have a plan... To get Daniel back... I'm going to trade places with him, and allow the demon to possess me. I need you to be there when it happens..."
Katya was speechless for a moment before finally speaking. "You're going to sacrifice yourself?"
She never thought Anna would go so far, but Daniel was her child. Too bad Katya's biological mother hated her guts. But the woman didn't even know that she was even her daughter to begin with. She was sure her adopted mother would do the same for her, given the circumstances. And Lei, too. Maybe?
"No matter what happens.... I need to you stay, and I need you to be brave... Can you do that, Katya? Daniel will need you..."
"Um... Yes ma'am!" She really didn't like this plan but if this saves Daniel and gives everyone an edge... She'll cooperate.
"How will I convince my Mom to let me stay here in Ireland?"
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Sept 16, 2018 11:37:56 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Sept 16, 2018 11:37:56 GMT -5
Katya asked how she would convince Elise to allow her to stay in Ireland. Anna gave her a pained expression. She took a deep breath, with pain welling up in her chest. "You won't have to...." She said, drinking the blood of the Espelhar. She stood up, gagging a bit. She dropped the vial, as her pulse started to go up. A dark coagulated fluid leaked onto the floor from the vial. Anna held her stomach, and fell to her knees. She gripped Katya's hand, as the world around them both began to change...
"Katya.. remember what I said..." She groaned. "Don't leave.... No matter what you see! Be brave!" She yelled.
When she finally fell on her side, she felt dirt underneath her. She looked up. "Where the..." She turned, to see none other than the demon standing before her and Katya. "Hello, mother..." It said with a cruel smile. It turned to Katya, "Hello....lover." It said to her. Anna held Katya's hand tightly.
It inched closer to them, "Are we ready...? I think.... We need just.... One more person..." It smiled. "And then we can begin...."
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Sept 16, 2018 11:46:12 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 16, 2018 11:46:12 GMT -5
"ANNA! NO!" She screamed.
"Katya.. remember what I said..." She groaned. "Don't leave.... No matter what you see! Be brave!"
"Got to be brave..." She said to herself. "Need to be brave..." She takes in several deep breaths.
Soon the demon appeared before the two. She felt chills down her spine when it called her, "lover". This isn't the Daniel she knows and love. This is a demon who attacked her and her mom while they were home alone. Thankfully, when Anna held her hand, she grabbed her "good" hand, as Katya sat there, waiting and watching.
"Are we ready...? I think.... We need just.... One more person... And then we can begin...."
"Who else? Are you going to kill me?" She held up her left hand. "I won't let you! This life is mine to live! And live alone! You won't take it away from me!" She screamed as her eyes turned white and a tattoo covered the right side of her face, as well as it appearing on her body.
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Sept 16, 2018 12:01:24 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Sept 16, 2018 12:01:24 GMT -5
"I won't kill you.... Not today..." It said, laughing at her. It tapped it's hand. "One, two, three..." It hissed. "Bring me the one I seek....." It turned, looking next to Anna. A form began to appear. "Here she is..." It said, with a glint in it's eyes. Blonde hair fell over the figure, as she fell to the ground, gasping. She looked up.
Anna's eyes were wide, "....Drusilla...?!
Drusilla looked up, "Where am I?!" She looked around, before settling her eyes on the demon. She stood up, before staggering back down.
"Sorry... The trip can make you a little sick..." The demon said. "well, if you're not me, anyways...." Drusilla looked at Anna and Katya, "What's going on?!" She was breathing heavily. The demon took a deep breath, rubbing it's hands all over it's host. "I'm going to miss this body, but... I do prefer the flexible female hosts...." It said, grinning.
It held it's hand out, and cuts appeared on Drusilla and Katya's palms. Their blood was suspended in th air, coming in closer together.
"The ritual for a possession... Is quite unique...." It looked at Anna, "But for a trade.... It requires something a little different." In it's hand appeared the vial that Anna dropped in the mansion above them. It brought Katya and Drusilla's blood together. It sipped the blood from the vial, and then gripped Anna by the neck, pulling her away from Katya and Drusilla. It poured the blood in her mouth, and thrusted her back. Drusilla tried to rush to Anna's aid, but was thrown back by an unseen force.
"Anna...!" Drusilla called out. "Whatever you're thinking of doing, stop!!!" She yelled out. Drusilla was still sick from however she got here....
Anna slowly sat up, looking up at the demon. "...It's too late for that." Anna said. The demon laughed, "Indeed."
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Sept 16, 2018 12:12:25 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 16, 2018 12:12:25 GMT -5
Katya groaned in pain as the blood poured from her right-hand. A single bat wing appeared from her right hip, breaking the skin once again, as well as ripping through her jeans. She was trapped and hurting as this ritual forced her to morph. It was just like those nightmares with Kazuya. She was in agonizing pain, groaning as this ritual took place.
Once she was freed, Katya laid there, hurt and weakened. The cut on her hand was gone, but she still had to worry about Daniel and Anna. She was helpless and watched as Drusilla tried to help Anna.
"Let it happen..." Katya said in a distorted voice. "There is nothing we can do. It was her decision, and her sacrifice..." She sits up, feeling the wing on her hip. She also had a massive headache to boot.
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