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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 9:15:56 GMT -5
"I'm....well, what the hell, I'm an assassin. I was contracted to do a job. Since I came to L.A, I've just been getting jobs for idiots with delusions of power. Nothing particularly high-paying. However, I did manage to upset your firm." he said, taking a drink.
"Lilah offered me a job, and to get on Wolfram and Hart's good side if I got rid of a certain annoyance. Left out the fact that she wasn't just human. I usually don't kill humans, just the murderers and rapists and so on. I stick to demons and vamps. Now she's telling me she might not be dead, and I have to confirm the kill. Means I have to go dig through a grave, and make sure she's worm-food."
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 9:56:47 GMT -5
Shannon nodded as she listened, she was not unused to this talk, it had been the conversation around the dinnertable as far back as she could remember. As a child it had terrified her to think the monsters of her nightmares were real, now it bored her.
"So she wasn't fully human, but not a demon? What the hell is she? Slayer? She must have put up a fight if she was, no offence, but I'm surprised you survived!" Shannon took a drink and looked him in the eyes, "Fighting a slayer, must have been amazing..."
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 9:59:19 GMT -5
"What's a slayer?" he asked, confused. Demons, vampires, magic users, mystical entities, he'd fought them all, not won against all of them, but most. He'd never heard of a slayer.
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 10:04:22 GMT -5
Shannon looked at him in disbelief, "Wait you work killing demons and you never heard of a Slayer? They have been around since...well forever. One girl is chosen, I dont know who by, she fights demons, and especially vampires...the next is called when they die, usually when they are young. There is two this time, Faith and Buffy. Buffy came first I remember Daddy being annoyed when Faith was called, it was a big mix up or something...I don't know I don't always pay attension to all the crap that goes on around here!"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 10:06:42 GMT -5
"Slayers? Right, strong, kills vampires and so on. I get it." he said, finishing his drink. "So, if you didn't work for Wolfram and Hart...what would you be doing?"
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 10:23:28 GMT -5
For a moment Shannon thought, nobody had ever asked her that, it had just been known she would end up at Wolfram and Hart.
Sighing she played with her glass, "I would travel, see the world, write a book, work in a shop, you know the usual growing up shit I should be doing!"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 10:25:03 GMT -5
"Well, good luck with that." he said. "I'll settle for scrapping together enough money to get what I want."
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 10:40:50 GMT -5
Shannon smiled, truth was she never had to think about that, something she was grateful for, the only thing she was grateful for.
"Well I heard that can be stressful, I will never know about it if Daddy has his way. Im stuck here till the man he approves of, probably a strategy in business, takes me off his hands. Then i give up work and get addicted to valium to get through the day just like mother dearest!"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 10:45:41 GMT -5
"Well, at least you have a plan." he said. "My plan consists of trying to make sure I live through the week, occasionally getting drunk and telling myself I have to quit smoking."
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 11:03:03 GMT -5
Shannon laughed, "well it isn't too bad of a plan! I have to watch my back around here, everyone hates me, and I know most of them have murdered at least once before. I guess Daddy has some use to scare them off. I should quit smoking too I guess!"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 11:06:28 GMT -5
"Well, here's someone who's murdered plenty of times before...and still likes you." he said, smiling at her and placing his empty glass down.
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 11:43:16 GMT -5
Shannon smiled downing the rest of her whiskey, men were easy to charm. From her daddy to Henry, she could always get them to do what she wanted. Right now she didn't know how to use him, but she had a feeling he would be a useful contact.
"So what's your next job? Anything lined up, or have Wofram and Hart got you on the bankroll?"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 11:44:31 GMT -5
"Nothing at the moment. Just finishing off this job I should really be doing at the moment...."
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Post by Shannon Manners on May 13, 2006 12:03:32 GMT -5
Shannon's eyes narrowed, she was lonely though she would never admit it.
"No plans huh? Just digging up a dead slayer, and bringing her head to Lilah? Sounds like fun!"
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Post by Henry Elder on May 13, 2006 12:06:17 GMT -5
"Yeah. It's riveting work." he didn't look at her, he stared down at his empty glass. "I hate killing humans. Even the evil ones, I just...it's always more black and white when you're killing demons. Then there's that bar, Caritas, karaoke bar I frequent. They have demons there, good demons. Demons I'd feel bad about killing, it's nonsense."
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