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almightythirst ([personal profile] almightythirst) wrote2017-08-30 12:11 am
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"You've become something of an anomaly, cowboy. Even among our kind. Something else stirs within you..."

And one hand lifts to hover briefly, just above Jesse's chest. Seconds later a few, lazy tendrils curl upwards, towards her fingers, almost as if merely to tease what might be to come.

"It's the reason you survived the Reaper. Isn't it?"
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Blood? Blood alone could not have undone the damage so easily. Not the blood of a mortal, at any rate. There's more to this, pieces of the puzzle left undiscovered, but of course Jesse is making a play at stubbornness, now. The tendrils disappear, as Moira's hand lowers. She considers him very sternly for a moment.

"You know lying will do you very few favors, now. If I can't trust that you're telling me what I need to know...then I'll just have to go digging for the truth myself."

With a wave of her hand, one of the trays nearby comes floating closer, laden with tools. Needles, knives, tubes and syringes. "The process is not a pleasant one. But it is thorough. And it will tell me what I want to know." Her head cocks slightly.

"Are you certain you don't recall more than that?"
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"A few blood samples. Nothing earth-shattering, I can assure you."

But perhaps whatever else is there will show some measure of self-preservation, even when Jesse himself is helpless. Thoughtfully, she taps the handle of one of her instruments.

"Now. This will have to be done slowly. In order to prevent your body from healing over any incisions we have to make immediately, these blades here have been treated with silver. Too much, and we risk poisoning you. Certainly not the result we're looking for."

Moira's bland tone might suggest she were reading aloud the recommended dosage of a children's vitamin, rather describing the intent to cut him open, then and there.
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"It might, if you were planning on being at all forthright. But I know you better than that." Her eyebrows lift. "Somewhat ironic...here you are, attempting to spy on me for Overwatch, and yet the information you'll provide us will be infinitely more valuable. I'd be willing to bet even they don't know the full extent of what you are, do they?"

A scalpel slips into her grasp as she leans closer, observing the way he tenses. How much pain would it take, before they saw something interesting? If the silver doesn't evoke what they need, there are other ways. Iron. Holy water. Monkshood. White oak. All methods of ways to see which earned the loudest screams, the most agony.

Ah well. No time like the present to start.
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nothing like anything she's seen before, in any other creature she's studied. There is an aura that seems more in the realm of spirits and ghosts, creatures non-corporeal. Harder to study but infinitely more fascinating.

"There you are."

And she leans closer, one finger crooking to tip his chin upwards. The knives are set to the side, damp and ruddy, their job done for the time being.
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ahahahah beautiful

[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting. There's a certain similarity there, but it seems as if something lacks here that is otherwise present. Or perhaps Jesse isn't the one speaking at all, now.

There is, despite the sudden rise in temperature, a coldness to those black voids.

"And what might you be?" she hums, allowing her hand to drop. No sign of a struggle or renewed hostility. No signs of pain, as the skin starts to seal itself slowly back together again. "McCree's little secret, all this time?"
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"He certainly didn't tell me he had a demon stoppered up inside of our resident gunslinger. Though that does explain a number of things." The second presence she'd felt while draining Jesse, earlier...his unnatural prowess as a hunter, even while he'd still been human.

"Is he still present, when you're like this?"

She turns to wipe her hands off on a nearby towel, though her eyes remained fixed on the demon. So it had been attempting to wriggle lose now, for some time. Had Jesse been aware, and holding back?
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-31 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. Leave it to a demon to feel so entitled, even held hostage as he is. Moira can almost admire that sort of gall, even if her lips purse slightly.

"And what is it that provokes a demon's curiosity?"

She moves towards the computer, quickly tapping away in brief notation. May as well keep track of all of this. Who knew if the shift was permanent, or how long he'd remain strong enough to stay conscious. Whether he shows the pain or not, his vessel has undergone quite a bit of physical stress.
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-02-01 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
While it's technically divulging information to a potential foe, there is the upside of sharing her success with a receptive audience. Captive as he might be. "What I've done is untethered myself from the same physical restraints my colleagues share," she replies, straightening behind the keyboard. "A vampire requires blood to survive. Shelter from sunlight. A number of inelegant hurdles best avoided altogether."

And for a moment, she lets the illusion fade. The thing that keeps her appearing as her former, living self. Instead she seems as pale as a ghost, hair loose and white and wispy about her face, eyes pale and blank.

"Those who speak of such things in tales and legends would have known the name 'banshee'. Though as always, the stories and the truth of the matter don't quite overlap in their entirety. I imagine you know something of that, yourself."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-02-01 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"For as many humans fear the darkness and huddle like rats before it, there are those who are willing to embrace the power that resides there. We draw ever closer to a time where those willing to take those steps stand to shape the course of the future...while the meek remain fodder for the machine, as they ever have."

Slowly, the ghostly figure becomes solid once more, and Moira stands there looking the same as she ever did. Alright. She's shown the demon hers. Time to pay up.

"But your vessel isn't one of the meek ones. Uneducated, perhaps. But I might wager you selected him for a reason."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-02-01 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
A voluntary arrangement, then. And to think, Jesse wanted to seem as though he had the moral high ground. All this time, and he'd been making deals with devils while no one was looking. Naughty boy.

"And how has that deal worked out for you, now that McCree is one of the undead? Swallowing his...ahem...'flame' might take more time than first anticipated." One finger taps her chin thoughtfully. "Unless you somehow benefit from the lives he takes, in this form."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-02-01 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"No...there are other ways to bind monsters, as it so happens."

Oh how satisfied her cold smile is. It's as she assumed. Sharing a host with a vampire rather than a human would have provided some rather singular results. Could that be the reason for the hunter's rumored appetites? Or something else in his blood, something perhaps resulting from his sire? Ah well. The tests would be able to tell her more, in time.

"Though whether or not those methods would work in your particular situation...well. Only one way to find out." And her nails clack briefly across the keys once more.

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