Title: Shattered Perception
Author: Dramicka
Rating: pg-13 for now
Disclaimer: Vampire Hunter D does not belong to me, however Bane is a product of my admittedly feverish imagination.
Thanks to all the people who bothered to leave a note and review! Most of this chapter is dedicated top KdZeal whom I have been neglecting, and who has beta'd for me! You are sooooo great!
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Chapter 2: --The Conversation (Holy hell, she updated!).--
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Well, taking the sunglasses off was a Big Mistake (yes, with capitals), she admitted that. But, come -on-. Seriously, -look- at -him-! What's with the hat and the sword and the cloak and the . . . yeah. She was ranting.
Also the whole killing the squirrelly thing wasn't helping.
He probably thought that she was a paranoid, insane girl with an attitude from hell and IQ of a chimpanzee (that comment is arguable, since it has never been proven that this specific type of monkey(s) was stupid. They certainly seemed clever, with all the bananas and the throwing stuff at humans deal. So, technically, that was strictly her meager contribution . . . her opinion, in other words)
Bane carefully studied what little of the man's face she could see and was relieved to notice that his mouth (and what a delectable mouth it was, added the little voice. Shut up!) was not slack in horrified fascination and disgust.
On the other hand, it was hard to judge, due to the fact that She only saw the lower part of his face, and He had one of those faces when it was impossible to tell what the owner was thinking - it was completely blank.
Oh, bloody hell.
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Well. Well. Well.
At least that answers his question - the female is most definitely -not- human. Big surprise there.
D snorted mentally.
Considering his luck she was probably a hostile, rabid, crazed human- looking -thing- that wanted to kill him.
Ha. Ha. Ha. Funny.
Not.
On the bright side (yeah. Right. Whatever.), the hand was silent. Thank god for little things.
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Loren winced on the inside as she watched him watch her and move closer, in careful little steps, as if with a rabid animal.
She wasn't a freak, damnit! . . . Fine. She was. But that's sort of beside the point.
She sighed and sat down on the grass looking up at him with the best innocent/ vulnerable expression she could manage. Which was quite effective considering she had a lot of occasions to practice it and the way he relaxed a bit.
"I don't bite," she finally said.
He looked vaguely startled by that, seemingly resisting the urge to ask 'oh, really?' or something like that.
She patted the grass next to her with the words 'down, boy' on her mind.
However, what she said was simply:
"Sit down. I'd like to have a chat, if you don't mind."
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Mind? Of course, not. Anything goes as long as she doesn't go about the whole teeth-baring, throat-ripping-out routine thing.
He gracefully lowered himself to a crouch after which he (with incredible flexibility) managed to settle down in a lotus like position. Without all the panting and leg-putting-upping, that is.
"You don't talk much do you?" the girl finally said after a few moments of silence.
"No. No, I don't suppose I do. There weren't many opportunities"
"Ah."
Silence.
"I feel your pain".
He frowned at her "Pardon?"
"It's a figure of speech. A metaphor."
"Ah."
"Yeah".
Silence.
"I'm Bane" and oh, how suiting that was said the little voice, as she offered her name.
"D'
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Bane stared at him, reassessing her judgment of his sanity.
"You're kidding me. You think you can fool me into believing that you're the guy from the movie. I mean sure, you look like him and all that crap, but -really-. D is this vampire hunter who is actually half vampire himself and he has this weird parasite thing on his hand and . . ."
She blinked as the guy next to her sputtered and tried to say something, before taking a deep, calming breath.
"How do you -know- all that?!" he finally managed to force out.
All she could do was once again stare, slack jawed.
"No way. No fucking way" she replied weakly.
She thought furiously for a few moments, before uttering:
"Show me your hand." She was positive that he would try to weasel his way out of that or something like that, however he just frowned, or as much as one like could frown and began taking his glove off.
She gaped. -No way-.
He took it off and she gawked at he little face on his left palm.
"Yes fucking way," she nearly whispered.
"Hello to you, too," replied the visage sarcastically.
"Goodness. Where are my manners? Please accept my apologies. I am Bane and it is a pleasure meeting you."
"Likewise, I'm sure," said the parasite with infinite satisfaction at having achieved what its host could not.
D snorted.
"Yes, well, this is a delightful conversation, and all that but I would like to know how did it happen that you just appeared from thin air."
"How I just -what-?"
"Appeared."
"You're kidding me."
"I'm afraid not. I was just going about on my business the exact nature of which is not relevant, in this forest, here, when there was a shriek precisely beyond the range of my vision, which incidentally was the cause of my looking up.
"Imagine my shock as I found a female, you, actually, in the air above, pummeling straight at me from a portal of sorts, right through the branches and all that. I somehow ended up catching you. Then your bag fell out of the portal and landed on my head-"
"Which was definitely a site worth seeing" interrupted the hand gleefully.
Ignoring the comment, D continued "- confusing me even further. So I came here and put you down, waiting until you woke and explained all of this . . .
"However, judging from the expression on your face I'd have to say that you have just about as much of an idea as do I. I suppose it figures" he sighed like the broody vampire hunter he was.
Loren, however, was already -miles- away.
"I remember going up the stairs . . . I think I forgot something in the house" she said idly, cocking her head, and narrowing her eyes, now opaque, and glazed as she tried to recall. "And then I touched something.
"Then there were -colors-. They swirled, and spun. It was too bright, too . . . too real. And it was bizarre at the same time. And it -hurt-. You could feel them. Some were hot, some were cold, some were there and yet -not- there. Some were full and others were empty." She shuddered in fright at the memory of the -fall-.
" Bright colors gathered in beautiful patterns . . . and then they -burst- . . . like . . . like the stars. In the sky.
"Like the stars in the night sky. Or the sun. Or dynamite." She repeated.
"They disappeared and reappeared and then . . . and they -hit- me. They were . . . you could -feel- them. Some were soothing and some weren't.
"And after that . . . it was black.
"Dark.
"Still.
"Eerily quiet.
"I'm not sure how much time passed. It might've been a second, it might've been an hour, and it might've been a century. I don't think I'll -ever- know." She silenced and glanced hopelessly at D, fear still obvious in her eyes.
"I don't think I -want- to ever know."
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A/N: *coaxes* Click the magic button, my friends! Pleaaaaaase!!!!
Author: Dramicka
Rating: pg-13 for now
Disclaimer: Vampire Hunter D does not belong to me, however Bane is a product of my admittedly feverish imagination.
Thanks to all the people who bothered to leave a note and review! Most of this chapter is dedicated top KdZeal whom I have been neglecting, and who has beta'd for me! You are sooooo great!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 2: --The Conversation (Holy hell, she updated!).--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, taking the sunglasses off was a Big Mistake (yes, with capitals), she admitted that. But, come -on-. Seriously, -look- at -him-! What's with the hat and the sword and the cloak and the . . . yeah. She was ranting.
Also the whole killing the squirrelly thing wasn't helping.
He probably thought that she was a paranoid, insane girl with an attitude from hell and IQ of a chimpanzee (that comment is arguable, since it has never been proven that this specific type of monkey(s) was stupid. They certainly seemed clever, with all the bananas and the throwing stuff at humans deal. So, technically, that was strictly her meager contribution . . . her opinion, in other words)
Bane carefully studied what little of the man's face she could see and was relieved to notice that his mouth (and what a delectable mouth it was, added the little voice. Shut up!) was not slack in horrified fascination and disgust.
On the other hand, it was hard to judge, due to the fact that She only saw the lower part of his face, and He had one of those faces when it was impossible to tell what the owner was thinking - it was completely blank.
Oh, bloody hell.
**********************
Well. Well. Well.
At least that answers his question - the female is most definitely -not- human. Big surprise there.
D snorted mentally.
Considering his luck she was probably a hostile, rabid, crazed human- looking -thing- that wanted to kill him.
Ha. Ha. Ha. Funny.
Not.
On the bright side (yeah. Right. Whatever.), the hand was silent. Thank god for little things.
**********************
Loren winced on the inside as she watched him watch her and move closer, in careful little steps, as if with a rabid animal.
She wasn't a freak, damnit! . . . Fine. She was. But that's sort of beside the point.
She sighed and sat down on the grass looking up at him with the best innocent/ vulnerable expression she could manage. Which was quite effective considering she had a lot of occasions to practice it and the way he relaxed a bit.
"I don't bite," she finally said.
He looked vaguely startled by that, seemingly resisting the urge to ask 'oh, really?' or something like that.
She patted the grass next to her with the words 'down, boy' on her mind.
However, what she said was simply:
"Sit down. I'd like to have a chat, if you don't mind."
**********************
Mind? Of course, not. Anything goes as long as she doesn't go about the whole teeth-baring, throat-ripping-out routine thing.
He gracefully lowered himself to a crouch after which he (with incredible flexibility) managed to settle down in a lotus like position. Without all the panting and leg-putting-upping, that is.
"You don't talk much do you?" the girl finally said after a few moments of silence.
"No. No, I don't suppose I do. There weren't many opportunities"
"Ah."
Silence.
"I feel your pain".
He frowned at her "Pardon?"
"It's a figure of speech. A metaphor."
"Ah."
"Yeah".
Silence.
"I'm Bane" and oh, how suiting that was said the little voice, as she offered her name.
"D'
**********************
Bane stared at him, reassessing her judgment of his sanity.
"You're kidding me. You think you can fool me into believing that you're the guy from the movie. I mean sure, you look like him and all that crap, but -really-. D is this vampire hunter who is actually half vampire himself and he has this weird parasite thing on his hand and . . ."
She blinked as the guy next to her sputtered and tried to say something, before taking a deep, calming breath.
"How do you -know- all that?!" he finally managed to force out.
All she could do was once again stare, slack jawed.
"No way. No fucking way" she replied weakly.
She thought furiously for a few moments, before uttering:
"Show me your hand." She was positive that he would try to weasel his way out of that or something like that, however he just frowned, or as much as one like could frown and began taking his glove off.
She gaped. -No way-.
He took it off and she gawked at he little face on his left palm.
"Yes fucking way," she nearly whispered.
"Hello to you, too," replied the visage sarcastically.
"Goodness. Where are my manners? Please accept my apologies. I am Bane and it is a pleasure meeting you."
"Likewise, I'm sure," said the parasite with infinite satisfaction at having achieved what its host could not.
D snorted.
"Yes, well, this is a delightful conversation, and all that but I would like to know how did it happen that you just appeared from thin air."
"How I just -what-?"
"Appeared."
"You're kidding me."
"I'm afraid not. I was just going about on my business the exact nature of which is not relevant, in this forest, here, when there was a shriek precisely beyond the range of my vision, which incidentally was the cause of my looking up.
"Imagine my shock as I found a female, you, actually, in the air above, pummeling straight at me from a portal of sorts, right through the branches and all that. I somehow ended up catching you. Then your bag fell out of the portal and landed on my head-"
"Which was definitely a site worth seeing" interrupted the hand gleefully.
Ignoring the comment, D continued "- confusing me even further. So I came here and put you down, waiting until you woke and explained all of this . . .
"However, judging from the expression on your face I'd have to say that you have just about as much of an idea as do I. I suppose it figures" he sighed like the broody vampire hunter he was.
Loren, however, was already -miles- away.
"I remember going up the stairs . . . I think I forgot something in the house" she said idly, cocking her head, and narrowing her eyes, now opaque, and glazed as she tried to recall. "And then I touched something.
"Then there were -colors-. They swirled, and spun. It was too bright, too . . . too real. And it was bizarre at the same time. And it -hurt-. You could feel them. Some were hot, some were cold, some were there and yet -not- there. Some were full and others were empty." She shuddered in fright at the memory of the -fall-.
" Bright colors gathered in beautiful patterns . . . and then they -burst- . . . like . . . like the stars. In the sky.
"Like the stars in the night sky. Or the sun. Or dynamite." She repeated.
"They disappeared and reappeared and then . . . and they -hit- me. They were . . . you could -feel- them. Some were soothing and some weren't.
"And after that . . . it was black.
"Dark.
"Still.
"Eerily quiet.
"I'm not sure how much time passed. It might've been a second, it might've been an hour, and it might've been a century. I don't think I'll -ever- know." She silenced and glanced hopelessly at D, fear still obvious in her eyes.
"I don't think I -want- to ever know."
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A/N: *coaxes* Click the magic button, my friends! Pleaaaaaase!!!!
