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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 14, 2011 19:02:22 GMT
Ezekiel was lying on the stairs of St. James Cathedral. He didn't know how long he'd been there, he'd lost track of time. What he did know was that in the overcast, dark midnight sky and with his current blacked over eyes he could barely see. He could feel though, he could feel this mornings breakfast stinging his throat as it came up from his stomach, past his lips and onto the steps. He coughed up some more stomach lining, this time mixed with his blood and rolled over to the other side, his hair sticky with blood, snot and vomit.
Why the Hell wasn't he dead yet?
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Post by Azrael on May 14, 2011 19:14:20 GMT
A figure stands over him. In the blurry haze you can almost swear for a second that his robes were a set of wings drapped around his body and that walking stick was a scythe. "Come, child of God. Let us see what can be done about your condition."
With arms far stronger than they look the robed man bends over to pick Ezekiel up and carry him towards some beds they have set up in the back of the church.
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 14, 2011 19:59:04 GMT
"Wh-who are you?" Ezekiel asked, pawing at the man's arm and trying to reach his face "Where am- Where a-" He hacked again and threw up over the side of the bed "I can't see ... I can't see!"
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Post by Azrael on May 14, 2011 20:12:07 GMT
"I'm a servant of the Lord come to save a lost member of his flock." The man says sitting Ezekiel down on a surprisingly comfy bed.
"How did you get this way my child?"
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 14, 2011 22:10:07 GMT
"I ... I don't know," He said.
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"Ezie ... are you o-okay?"
"It hurts ... It really hurts!" He screamed, huddled over the table while that angel walked up behind him.
"What happened?" She asked as she walked up to him.
"Don't!" Ezekiel screamed.
"But ..."
"Don't look! Don't come near! Back off!" He yelled, whirling around.
Conical flasks, hypodermics and test tubes fell to the ground as he span to face her. The lights continued to flicker. Blood dripped down his cheeks and onto the floor and Hinaki Saitou screamed in terror.
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"I was ... I just wanted to make her happy ..." He said sniffing.
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Post by Azrael on May 14, 2011 22:47:50 GMT
The man nods as he steps away messing with some chemicals you can't see what they are but one of them smells like really strong tears.
"What did she do when she say you?" It's almost as though he were reading your thoughts or already knew your story all along but either of those would be crazy.
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 15, 2011 9:23:17 GMT
"What do you mean?" He asked, feeling around "Do you m-mean Hinaki?"
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Post by Azrael on May 15, 2011 17:48:35 GMT
"Unless there was another woman you blinded yourself for Mr. Iris." The man says approaching the bed with what appears to be a small gun.
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 15, 2011 18:10:07 GMT
"... She was beautiful," He breathed "looking" up at the ceiling "She was the most magnificent woman I've ever met in my life, she wanted a cure t-" He stopped to hack up some of his insides before continuing "But she cried so much ... and she wanted it to stop, she wanted me to stop the p-pain and the hurt, and I FAILED!" The word "failed" echoed throughout the cathedral.
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Post by Azrael on May 15, 2011 18:24:21 GMT
"Do you wish to live Ezekiel?" The man asks taking the strange gun and holding it against Ezekiel's arm. It's strange though, Ezekiel had not yet told the man his name.
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 15, 2011 19:00:12 GMT
"... Are you an angel?" Ezekiel asked looking at the blurred outline of a man with blacked out eyes. "A-are you here to save me?"
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Post by Azrael on May 15, 2011 21:00:17 GMT
"I am an Angel but if I save you is up to you." The man says pulling the trigger on the gun like object. It turns out to be a hypodermic needle that injects something into Ezeikel's veins. Whatever that stuff was though it's pretty damn impressive as for the first time in quite a while the world is no longer in a haze, he can see again and it doesn't hurt anymore.
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 15, 2011 21:24:11 GMT
Ezekiel blinked. He could see again. He moved his hand in front of his face and turned it, he could see.
"... Th-thankyou," He murmured to the angel.
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Post by Azrael on May 15, 2011 21:48:17 GMT
"Do not thank me yet." Azrael says putting the needle away.
"The waters of the Sanzu River will replace your lost tear ducts for short periods of time. These are free." Azrael explains passing Ezekiel the box with the needle as well as several vials of the strange water.
"The side effects however are quite grave. You will change to be like the beings bound in the waters slightly with each sucessive dose. Within a month's time you will become a demon and drawn into a crack in the ground to become part of the River forever." He continues to explain before pulling out a different coloured needle.
"There is a way to counter even that but it comes at a price."
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Post by Ezekiel Iris on May 16, 2011 14:38:32 GMT
"What's ... what is it?" He asked, looking up from one of the mysterious little bottles.
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