The Cat Came Back

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:31 pm

Nailah would find herself...somewhere else. Another corridor, that is, apart from the others.

"Old Miss Vazquez had troubles of her own;
She had a pussy cat who wouldn't leave it's home
She tried and tried to give that cat away
She gave it to a man goin' far far away..." a voice sang, in a minor chord.

by **Atropha** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:40 pm

Nailah looks less than pleased at the sound of that voice. She knew something like this was inevitable so at least she manages to keep it together.

"She waited and she waited for the cat to come around, ninety seven pieces of the girl is all they found." she 'answers' as she, carefully, walks down the corridor, glancing about.

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:54 pm

"Oh, give me a BIT more credit than THAT..."

by **Atropha** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:00 pm

"I certainly do. It's just one of those things that springs to mind, you know. They haven't manifested like this for a while."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:02 pm

"Cute. Kitty thinks she can scare me."

by **Atropha** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:06 pm

"No, I don't really expect you to believe me. You're much too full of yourself for that, aren't you?" she says, one hand clawing lines into the wallpaper as she walks. Terrified or not, she's here to fight and go down kicking and screaming if it comes down to it.

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:26 pm

"I'm full of many things," she said, coming out from...the wall...behind Nailah.

by **Atropha** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:38 pm

Nailah spins around. If she had a weapon she'd be brandishing it but really, what would be the point. Instead she takes a deep breath and focuses.

"What do you want, Altamira."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:48 pm

"To set your spirit free," she smirked.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:13 pm

"You can't have her back," came a voice around the corner, followed shortly by a red-haired woman flanked by ravens.

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:39 pm

"Ah, the birdy that flew away. Decided to not flee with your tail between your legs this time?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:43 pm

"I didn't know then what I know now."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:29 pm

"The extent of your cowardice?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:42 pm

"Tell me, do you have any idea how much of this city could be called a war zone? Or if you want to be old-fashioned about it, a battlefield?"

by **Atropha** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:43 am

"Don't bother. She's too deluded to even bother thinking about what that means."

Meanwhile she continues gathering power around herself, enough for Sam to notice the reverberations in the Astral.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:45 pm

"You call this a war zone? Polly, what I could show you."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:20 pm

"You're right. She doesn't understand."

"You didn't chase me out, Harbinger. You threw me into the briar patch. I'd thank you, but I think I'd rather pay you back..."

The astral flock was crowding around Harbinger, making close passes, pecking, pushing gaps into mental defenses. Where they found purchase, they brought painful visions of abandonment, loneliness, and ultimately death.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:55 pm

Harbinger...blinked, and staggered for the tiniest of seconds.
"Oh...so we fancy ourselves a god, do we?"

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:56 pm

"Look who's talking."

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:02 pm

"~You~ doubt me? Do we need a reminder?" she grinned.

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:06 pm

"Torture does not make you a god." Nailah spits out.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:08 pm

"Was that all it was to you? And I thought you cared..." she chirped, saccharine sweet

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:14 pm

Nailah snarls, clenching her hands into fists but holding herself back, trying not to lose her focus at Harbinger's needling.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:18 pm

"Such a simple creature you are. Then again, I suppose you've never had any need to complicate yourself, have you?"

"It's written all over you. Pride. But what happens when we peel it away?"

The flock pried at where they'd struck home just moments before, trying to force the gap wider.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:21 pm

Harbinger's arm swatted out in front of her, and one of Sam's astral ravens was slapped, sending reverberations and pain back up the link.
"Now, is that a way to treat your hostess? Do you really want to see what happens when the gloves come off?" she asked, meancingly stalking forward....

...a bit...unsteadily? Like, was the hand trailing along the wallpaper there for effect...or balance?

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:25 pm

"No!" Nailah hisses and takes a quick step in between Sam and Harbinger, spreading her arms as the reverberations are scattered from the force extending in a bubble around her before too much of it can reach Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:01 pm

"No, I want you to feel what you did to her, and I want you to understand that you're not special. In the end, you're just food for the crows..."

And that was when the flock struck. Alone. Unremembered. Just a tool. Not even a footnote. Used up. Discarded. Another broken toy.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:04 pm

Harbinger shouted, and buckled, down to one knee...

...and then a burst of (astral) energy shot out, trying to travel back up the lines to Sam's head, without burning it out.

"Oh, you're ready for funtimes already? I'll make such a nice little cage for you, Polly..." she grinned maniacally.

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:22 pm

Nailah sees she wouldn't be able to block this one so instead she launches herself at Harbinger. Claws extended and shimmering from the energy surrounding her hands she strikes.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:28 pm

Harbinger laughed, sidestepping into the wall briefly.

"Toro!" she laughed, charging after Nailah with a grin.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:32 pm

Samantha faltered, wincing in pain, but began to push back against the astral energy, holding it in tension.

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:35 pm

Nailah suddenly turned around to the charging Harbinger and extends her hands towards her, releasing a massive stream of energy at the woman.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:40 pm

Harbinger focused, and spread her hands apart, bending the energy around her like a river, letting it smash into (and demolish) part of the wall behind her.

"Kitty...hrnn...has some bite..." she grinned, through gritted teeth.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:45 pm

"Keep smiling while you can. You won't be when we're done," she said as she marshaled her strength, trying to gain ground against the energy.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:47 pm

"Are you....uhn... suggesting other things I should be doing with my mouth?" she grinned, sadistically.

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:53 pm

"Pass. You weren't all that great anyway." Nailah snipes back before beginning to chant in an attempt to physically bind Harbinger in place.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:55 pm

"Someone," she said, taking a step closer through the energy," is hankerin' for a spankerin'."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:01 pm

"You're never going to touch her again," she said with one last furious push.

by **Harbinger** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:12 pm

"Oooph!" she said, grunting from Sam's effort...

by **Atropha** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:18 pm

Out of anything clever to say Nailah rushes up to Harbinger and just lets her built-up hatred for the woman burst out in a flash of magical energy, rooting Harbinger where she is and stopping her from just sliding into the ground or blinking from existence. Still rushing towards her she lashes out, aiming for her throat.

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