Hello, everyone! after dealing with real life and the other nonsense of living, panny and i have decided to bring back war of change. give a round of applause. we’ve worked through all of the information and hopefully improved coherency and cohesion; however, tell us if we missed something. eventually, we’ll announce an event to celebrate the re-opening, so look out for information on that. -RAIDNE, THE HEAD ADMIN
From the moonless night, screams of terror and fear resound, spreading across the world and infecting the masses; however, those sleepless nights occurred years ago. A new era began with the fires of war, and with no end in sight, the residents of Selene Isle trudge through life, basking in the momentary peace. Despite their prayers for continued monotony and peace, a storm brews, stirred to life by the continued presence of Rapture and Wraith. And as we set our sights on the seemingly peace laden isle, we must ask: how shall this tale end?
As the years passed, the number of true pairs increased; however, they continued to live in the shadows, catering to the whims of the mundane. Seven Moons kept watch over them all, instructing them and assisting them, but for many, the attitudes and ideals of the organization were smoldering, suffocating. With Seven Moons and the mundanes, they could not grasp the freedom, the power dangling before their eyes. In the beginning, rebellion was a dream, a fantasy, a figment—developed by the repressed and carried forward due to the nature of humanity. No one expected the call to sound, and no one expected the call to be answered. However, it happened.
Now this is what he was talking about. The great outdoors with its lovely sunshine shining down upon him. The birds singing happily while the wind causes the branches to dance. Yes, this was just perfect now if only those goddamn bugs would disappear from the face of this planet!
He could hear them buzz about his head, land on his skin, and worst of all, bite him! It took all the will power he has in his tiny body not to suddenly throw in the towel for the day and go home! He swore to God, that if a grasshopper landed on him during this photo shoot he would freak the hell out and very certainly run to the nearest car and lock himself inside of it! But of course, he kept himself calm and steady. Just because he was outside didn't mean that every bug in the area was going to come out for blood. No, everything was peachy!
Taking a deep breath, Edea adjusted his sandle strap and then the hem of his newly created summer dress that he was sporting for a new fashion magazine. He needed to look presentable even though the make-up crew had just come by moments ago to doll him all up. But now, they were waiting for his makeshift partner. Some idiot of a man was supposed to have been here five minutes ago.
Those where five minutes of his life he was not getting back anytime soon! This idiot was keeping him outside much longer then he liked. Hell, he was starting to sweat and that was not pleasant! Shifting from his right foot to his left, he rested a hand against his hip looking less then impressed. "Where the hell is the stand in?" He asked a near by helper who looked like she was about to pee her pants when Edea directed a question to her. "Its five past the hour and he isn't here. I have other things to do then waste my time waiting for some fool to show up for a photo shoot. It's hot, my make up can only stay on so long, and my hair is going to lose its luster at this rate! You best go off and find this--this--ingrate and drag them here in the next five minutes or else someone is going to need to schedule an appoint with a plastic surgeon!" The poor thing, clearly, she had never dealt with Edea River before and looked as if she might cry. Edea took no pity on her and just shooed her off with a hand. "Well, go on!"
The girl gathered her wits and ran off to try and find the partner for this photo run and if she was lucky, she would find him in under a minute.
"Cute face like you should not make such a scary expression."
Why, in the name of Heaven, did she agree to sign herself up for this? A sigh escaped heavily from her mouth as her eyes took a quick shut from looking at two rolls of bandages in front of her. She made an exasperating whine and said, "Can I not do this? It hurts like hell!" Truthfully, she did not expect they would as far as asking her to do this, knowing this will be hours long photoshoot. No, in fact, why did she agree to take her brother place? She crouched down and sighed heavily. Can she leave this room now? "This is not going to work, Awn-nee. This is seriously not working." She whined more and let out a grumpy growl at the sight of two waiting new bandage rolls. Awn-nee refers to an older sister, or someone respected and in this case, the awn-nee heard the female's dispirited words and entered in. Her ear-less head peek in through the small opening and, with her blue eyes knitted, she said, "Are are you saying? Of course it will work. You just have to take off your clothes and start wrapping it around your upper chest, one layer after another." The Korean girl immediately pushed herself up and with a swift turn on her left knee, she turned and faced the wardrobe assistant. Her ears flickered and her tail stood straight.
"That is EXACTLY what I mean by NOT WORKING!" She shouted.
You see, Hae-Sun was not actually the main model for today's photo shoot. She was, in fact, not even a part of this flashy business world to begin with. Being a daughter of Mirae and the older sister of two famous twin brothers, however, granted her features of a dhampir of sort; too pretty to be a typical human, and yet with ordinary complexion like others. Her sharp shin, natural thin black brows and, the most attractive part of her face was, a pair of silvery like a moon blue eyes often made others mistook her as a model, or a runaway cast. Well, she was not the type who would freeze people with an astonished body posture, for she has the most awkward body language ever in this world, but she did well in candid shots. Her calm smile, her relaxed shoulder and her crossed legs pose while she was sitting often became a side shot or two of her brothers' photographer. Because of that, he recommended her to be the twin's replacement. Again, a sigh escaped when the older man explained the situation at her, trying to persuade her to agree. She looked at him and sighed. "All right, if that's what you want. But I'm not the main model in this shoot right? I just work with the girl, right?" Right. For some reasons, she noticed everyone gave a smirk as though she had said something off. She was not exactly sure what was going on, but whatever it is, she needed this to be done as soon as possible.
The quicker she get this thing done, the quicker she can get back home.
Wrapping her pair of bosoms to make her chest look as flat as board was not hard. The hardest part was keep the bandages in their place. She used to dress up like a yankee back in high school due to the phenomenon of gyaru yankee that was quite a famous trend in Asia those few years. Luckily, she did not exactly possess big breasts so the wrapping process was not as tormenting as she thought. Once she done with it, she grabbed the clothes she needed to put on and wore it one layer after another. She gelled her hair, put some brownish highlights, wore clipped-styled fake silver earrings and got herself accessorized. She did her own make-up as well, wanting not to let anyone to touch her unnecessarily. They understood it well, because her brothers applied the same condition too. She looked at the mirror and smiled at her disguise. "Perfect," she exclaimed and headed out. The transformation surprised many. Not only she outdone herself, but she nailed it too. She was nowhere near to a girl, but a cute Korean flower boy model. She kind of ignored the flushed reactions and stares from the crews in the area, listening intensely to the guidance given by the lead photographer. With a nod, she quietly went to the location.
The park.
She decided to walk on her own, finding the pleasure to enjoy the nature and secretly paraded her boyish look to the public. She even stopped by a cafe and bought two packets of hot drinks; one was chocolate and another one was mocha. Thanking the blushing shop keeper, she held the two covered mugs and continued walking until she spotted one corner of the park. Her eyes focused more into the area and finally saw camera and shooting tools like the lights, shades and so on. A hum escaped delightfully as a girl hurriedly ran towards her. She was gasping for hair and, oh boy, her face looked dreadful as if she had just escaped from death. Chuckling lightly, she spoke with low husky like voice, "It's okay. I know. I buy this drink for my partner as an apology sign. Shall we go now?" Man, she sure took her role all too good. The girl blushed as bright in red as a fresh tomato and nodded few times. She took the lead and walked towards the shooting location, announcing her arrival with a cheer pose of raising one of the cups up in the air. "Sorry that I'm late," she said ever sounded like a teenage boy. Again, majority of the crews there were love struck by her look that they dropped their jaws and had their cheeks painted in pink. She glanced aside to a female figure and a small grin pierced through the soft gentleman-like feature. So, is she her partner? Cutie.
She walked and, without asking or saying a word, sat beside him. Her hand casually offered the hot drink and with a tilt of her head, she invited him, "Cute face like you should not make such a scary expression. You will ruin the definition of beauty you are representing now." She leaned little bit against the seat and continued, "Pleasure to be your partner. Hope we get good shots together, but I guess it's a definite since you are pretty."
@edea OOC: She caked him 150%. Now, play nice 'woman' XP
This was ridiculous, how could someone keep him waiting? Him, Edea Claire River! It might of only been five minutes but time was ticking and Edea’s patience only lasted for so long. Now, if the shoot had been done indoors, well, he would have been a lot more patient and willing to stick around. However, that was no the case. This shoot was to be done outside, in the elements, with tons of goddamn bugs hovering around! This was unacceptable! The poor thing marched back and forth in front of his chair up until a grasshopper flew by. In which case, he held in his screams with a hand over his mouth. It took no more then a single second for his bottom to make contact with his chair.
This bastard better get here fast or so help him! So, help him! He paused in his thoughts to stare down at the ground. On second thought, maybe it was a bad idea to keep his feet on the grass. Slowly, as if someone fearful beast might pounce upon him, he drew his feet up into his chair for protection. Who knew what vicious creatures rested in the grass below.
If this kept up he wouldn’t know --- a cup? The strawberry blond blinked a few times in surprise and wondered why a drink had suddenly appeared in front of him. Emerald eyes traveled the length of the arm to rest upon the face of the very late partner. His surprised look disappeared into displeasure and irritation. However, the drink before him did look promising and an apology was soon followed by it. Edea took the offering in his hand with a small snort. ”Its rude to keep a lady waiting but I suppose I can forgive you, this time around.” Because clearly, he wouldn’t be so forgiving the next time they had to work together, if that ever happened.
Edea’s eyes remained on his partner while he moved to sit next to him. In that small amount of time Edea had started to size him up. He wasn’t a bad looking fellow, quite handsome, but a bit on the scrawny side. His hair could use a little life and possibly a lift. Overall, he would do just fine. His face fell back into a more pleasant expression with his ego being stroked a bit back into place.
”Well, aren’t you a little charmer, hm?” A soft chuckle escaped him. ”It’s pleasure. But let us hope that this little shoot will remain such. But, I am sure it will if you keep talking to me like that, Sweetheart.” Edea smiled softly though irritation still remained as a haunting background behind his eyes even though is demeanor was completely changing to a more pleasant girl.
"So, I heard you are the new star in the company?"
Well well well, talk about a tough cookie. She was hoping this babe would melt like the others, but instead even bending him seemed impossible. She crossed her leg up over the other while leaning away from him. Her silvery eyes glanced quietly on the pretty face as her mind began to poke here and there about her. He seemed not like any typical girl; she liked to be praised and even lived up to the amount of compliments without even batting his pretty long eyelashes. One arm casually rested on her lap while the other arm leaned against the chair arm. From others view, they could see the male model was eyeing her partner intensely as if there was something about the woman that pulled her interest. Honestly, Haine was not, even an inch, interested on her. She simply wondered what kind of girl is he for he might be in a different league than the rest of the pretty babes she has set her eyes on.
Ears flickered as a reflex when a voice spoke. She turned her head idly at him and gave a short hum. A mischievous grin passed by on her pale lips as she gave one cool stare at him and then looked in front at the crowd. Wait, she remembered there was not as many people as this while she was heading here. Her eyes moved from one anonymous figure to another, trying to identify who she or he was. Some of the crews have a hat on their head, which made them recognizable in case the two models required anything from them, but no. Haine can handle her own things thank you. She is VERY independent so there's no need to worry about her. While some seemed to be part of the unknown circle of crowd. Hae-Sun was not the type who can live with random eyes ogling at her. She has this... reserved attitude that made her feel as if her rights were violated if one tried to give her a good stare, even if it was the normal 'who are you' stare. But in disguise, as the Rapture or as a boy, she fit herself into the character or the role and nailed it right. It was like acting, except there will be no pre-made script or scene.
Calm chuckles escaped suddenly as she shifted her posture and leaned back against the chair. Her eyes remained watching the crews as they went through final checkup on the set and equipment. "So, I heard you are the new star in the company?" She asked with a blunt tone. She tried to buy them some time and to allow her to establish a zone where she could feel comfortable with him, considering this shoot was not going to be plain commercial. The lead photographer wanted something that can make people feel the umph by staring that the portrait, whatever that means. A heavy sigh escaped from her mind.
And they needed her to accomplish that with this babe? She can't even mend her to her liking!
A grasshopper jumped on top of her and rested on the back of her palm. She casually looked down on it and smiled. It was greenish yellow and quite large, about seven to eight centimeters long and could have been a full grown insect. She used to hate this creature, feelings of disgust and fear were still lingering inside her but she did not shriek in horror. No, she can't, actually but no boys would. Her eyes watched intensely as the grasshopper rubbed its legs together.
Remind her to use a sanitizer later, that is she could get one without having to get through a hell.
A tough cookie indeed. Hae-sun had no idea who or what kind of bitch she was dealing with right now. If she had hoped to melt the strawberry blonds little heart then she would be greatly disappointed. It would be impossible to melt a heart that was two sizes too small. It might not be hard to compliment him or even tell him sweet nothings to boots his ego but in the end that is all it was, boosting his all ready freakishly huge ego. He could eat sweet words all day without batting an eye. Hell, at times he might even become the charmer and have a bit of fun with someone that might catch his eye. In the end, Edea did whatever the hell Edea wanted too. Unless, his dear Sacrifice killed the fun and then he would walk away with a huffing pout to go wherever he was told too vanish for a period of time. But seeing as he wasn’t here then it meant that Edea could have all the hellish fun he wanted.
The blond carefully tilted his head to the side out of his own personal interest. Much like Hae-sun, he had no romantic or attracting feeling towards what he considered to be a young man. Sure, a looker he was but other then that nothing special. Edea was in the same boat with wondering how to work with this fella. Should he hate him all ready or give him a very small chance to redeem himself? But to do that meant he had to put some effort into this affair. That would be a bit too much work for a princess like himself so it was best to let the cards lie where they may for the time being.
A smirk touched his plump lips that was accompanied by a small giggle. ”My, is that what they are saying now? Well, I suppose it could be true. “ She paused and looked at him with indifference. ”But what about you, dear? I hear very little about you and that makes me curious.” In fact he was as curious as a blind man wanting to know what the dark looks like. But maybe he could find out something juicy from this kitty through small talk.
Brushing a hand through his hair he suddenly paused in trying to adjust his hair. What was that? What the fuck was that on his hand? Was--was that a demonic grasshopper? Oh dear god! Sly eyes suddenly went wide with fear as he pushed his body back against his chair and took hold of the hem of his dress and held it up some as if it might prove to be a protective barrier between him and the insect. His free hand then sternly pointed at the grasshopper. ”Oh God! Don’t let it there and stare at us! Get rid of it! Shoo! Shoo! Make it go away before it pukes up that acid like stuff! Or worse--jumps!” He was doing his best to try and keep some composure but it was about to fly out the window. He wanted to scream and run to the car but he couldn’t. If he moved the damn thing might jump at him or worse, more might appear like breeding rabbits.
"people say if you hate something, that thing will lean to come to you more."
"Hmm?"
That was all she could respond with to his sudden traumatic-like scream. The crews were horrified by this too, but not to his scream. Well, they were shocked at least to hear the model screamed but what was more terrifying was the fact he held the hem high up. From her point, she could exactly see anything underneath the dress, or, actually, she doesn't bother to. An eyebrow was raised over the terrifying impression he threw in the air. Haine casually raised her hand to him and muttered with a lazy voice, "This? This is a normal grasshopper for God's sake. It's not a monster or mutated insect that can spit acid." Man, he seriously needed to cool down. Thing small thing was as harmless as an ant, and defenseless too. She shrugged it more to his direction and teased him, "You know, people say if you hate something, that thing will lean to come to you more." She chuckled and brought it away from her face. Now, as much fun as it sounded to continue picking on him, she would not want the model to run away because of her wrongly way of treating her. "There, it's gone now," she said as she placed the grasshopper in an empty container with few holes on top. She raised it up and showed at him with a tilt of her head aside promptly. "This guy won't eat you, so chill all right?" She chuckled, trying to hold herself from laughing out loud.
"We are going to start our shoot soon! You two, get ready!"
Hae-Sun shrugged her shoulder and nodded few times. A heavy huff escaped from her mouth as she leaned back against the chair. "Can I have wet tissue?" She said with her neck giraffed to the assistants on ready to attend any of their needs. One of them came with a packet of wet tissues and shyly handed her the packet. She smiled and said, "Thank you." The girl took her drink and walked away, somewhat ignoring to serve the other model. Hae-Sun did not say a word about it, simply watched and observed. She hawed as her mind recalled a question from her model partner. A smirk appeared with brief chuckles as though she was hiding something. "You can say that," she replied simply. She was not an actual model. She was only here as her brothers' replacement. Worse, she was not even a male model. Wiping her hands thoroughly with the wet tissues, she crumpled them together into a ball and placed it aside. Camera was set on ready and with that, Hae-Sun turned to him.
"Well, do your magic then," she said, letting her took the lead.
Not a monster? NOT A MONSTER? Who the hell did he think he was telling her what she should think of the demonic little monster that threw up nasty crap when you picked them up. How dare he tease him with bringing that nasty ass thing closer to him! It didn’t matter how far Edea leaned away he could still see the thing that looked so desperate to jump on him! Didn’t this idiot understand that bugs where nasty, frightful and hideous things that needed to be squished under a foot?
The look of fear remained on the blond until he noticed the looks he was getting. He could hear the small amount of laughter coming out of his partner and from the crew. He quickly shot a look to the crew that knew about Edea’s temper as well as what he could dish out for dinner. The laughter stopped as soon as Edea looked at them. Slowly, he turned his attention to Hae-sun and glared at the insect now within a jar. He said nothing to the fellow model. He watched him ask for a tissue as he adjusted his dress then promptly smoothed it out. In retrospect, the insect scare and teasing shouldn’t have been a very big thing. Any normal person would of shrugged it off and continued on with a small blush on their cheeks. Some might even laugh along and say how silly it was but Edea was not like that. Edea didn’t like it when things scared him. He didn’t like being teased by someone that he did not know. Worst of all, he didn’t like to be made to seem like a fool.
Bitch was gonna pay for that. Edea touched the side of his face and smiled ever so softly to the male. ”So sorry. I have a rather unreasonable fear of grasshoppers.” Placing his hands on he knees he stood up in one graceful motion and started towards the set. Looking over his shoulder he felt as if he might have been growing horns on his head rather then his ears perking up. ”Hehe, honey, you have no idea the kinda of magic I cast.” His rather bushy long tail swayed side to side as he gleefully made mental notes of what to do to this fellow. Oh, the shit he could do on camera and not get called out on.
Hae-sun had no idea he had just stepped on the tail of a very vindictive feline. Edea turned towards the crew as he went to his marked spot. ”All right, let’s get this show started!” The sooner this ended the quicker he could get out of this hell hole that was called nature. ”And, Dear…I’m sorry…I didn’t seem to catch your name but come on up here with me.” Oh his voice was much too sweet and his little beckoning motion with his finger looked more like an invite from Satan rather then a summoning to a spot.
Hae-Sun would be a fool not to think the model would not try to return the sweet nasty favor she had done for him. Not only she shoved the insect at him and made him shrieked in fear, but she deliberately cause him an amount of humiliation. But then it was not her fault. She did not expect him to freak out dramatically over something as tiny as this. Okay, so maybe that grasshopper was not tiny, and was pretty ugly too, but he did not have to be so scared of it. Watching him walking away made the man-in-disguise smirked.
"Man, I'm doomed now," She exclaimed lightly under her breathe in Korean. Logic senses pocked her rationality to think some reasonable reasons behind his oh so friendly and sweet invitation. He did not budge an inch when she praised him and now he acted all cheesy with her? Even a blind man could see a scary aura was lingering around him. Nevertheless, Haine was not frightened by it at all. Nope. In fact, she could feel her tail was drumming on the surface of the chair excitedly. A smirk pierced through her boyish pale facial features and slowly vanished as she chuckled. "Right, I'm coming then," she answered him, simply daring him and his wicked plan, if he has one, and went on with him.
With camera ready and spotlights shined on their way, Hae-Sun took the set as a boy, and so every move she made mimic one. Surprisingly, her times watching her brothers and Eira on photoshoot sets seemed were not worthless after all. She had her eyes closed momentarily and opened along with her pale lips. "It's Hae (similar sound to hey)," she answered promptly, eyeing other things instead of him. She walked passed by him, shrugged her shoulders a bit and continued walking as if she didn't see him there. She faced hard time trying not to laugh since she can't stop from poking him.
"Things gonna get interesting," she murmured. She placed one hand on the hip and another hand free by her side. Watching him, her face expressed a natural beauty that the camera enthusiastically zoom in and out to be able to grab great shots of it. Right then, what will this drag princess make her do?
@edea OOC: Ahahaha she really wants to see how this is going to end lmao
Even though Edea was clearly trying to keep a sweet face and not rip this bastards face off--he couldn't help but want too. He could hear the muffled laughter from those around him. He knew they saw him have his moment and that bothered him. A lot. This asshat was going to pay for making him into a laughing stock! No one gets away with that kind of shit, no one and Hae-Sun would be no exception.
It took all his might to keep his ears from giving away his true feelings of burning hate. His tail took even more as it gave an annoyed flick here and there at the tip that could show playfulness instead. He even smiled to help show that he would never think about ripping someones face off. Because lets face it, that's barbaric and he could never do that. It might mess up his dress or worse--his heels. Mmm, actually on second thought a little slaps of deep red might improve them as well as his mood.
"Mm, Hae. Adorable." Hardly, it sounded to him like this idiots mother had no originality in the slightest. Maybe if the mother wasn't bright then the larva was the same. It seemed to be that way as he walked on by without a care in the world.
"Oh no he didn't"
Green eyes hardened into a building rage but the charming smiled remained in place. He was before the camera's after all and he did have to look like a sweet little lady. Smoothing out his attire he stalked up to Hae like a dainty little predator. With blond ears perked up into excitement he reached out and grabbed the poor soul by the wrist to deposit the hand attached to his hip while Edea's hand came to rest against the male-in-disguise cheek. A small giggle escaped him, "Honey, hate to break your pose but this is a couple's shoot." With that clearly stated Edea only emphasized the point by kissing Hae all while bringing his finally pointed heel down on those dainty little toes of Hae's.
"Isn't it too early for dessert? Or maybe this is an opening act?"
The crew gasped and literally the world seemed to cease from moving. It was a surprise attack and hell, Hae-Sun was too stunned to even blink her eyes. She put one foot behind to balance herself from dropping herself to the ground. Fortunately, this was not her first kiss. This, however, was the time first time she ever being kissed by a girl and God, it tasted awful. Another awful thing about this was the fact her angel-looking partner was stepping on her toes. To be honest, she did not feel much of pain since she wore sneakers and the front cover of the shoes was pretty hard. Her pupils thinned slightly. This got to stop, though but if she was to get rough with this model, everything will go to waste. Her eyes glanced to the camera. She could tell the cameraman- the man who requested her to accept this job on behalf of her brother- was too shock that he barely twitched a muscle to move. Shallow breathes escaped from every individual in the room- or at least those who knew she was a girl.
If this is what a showbiz, she is glad she did not take part of it.
Now, what should she do about this rushy attitude of her sweet partner? She rolled her tongue inside his mouth, tickling his inner upper lip. Her hands gently wrapped around the small hip, slithering along the folds and ruffles on his back. With one foot pinned, she brought herself closer to him and has her another foot stepped front to his side, brushing her thigh against his. Her eyes flickered to the crew, angrily and demanded to start the shoot or so help her she will behead each of them. The head cameraman pretty used to Hae-Sun that he immediately recognized the way she was glaring at him.
"L-Light please! Shade!" He shouted, began to command his staff to start moving and get back to the business. He took few shots quickly and said, "Ch-change pose!"
She retreated herself, broke the immature kiss and licked her own lips. She brushed her bottom lip gently with her thumb with her eyes stared intensely at the blonde. "Isn't it too early for dessert?" She teased him. "Or maybe this is an opening act?" She asked, raising her eyebrows lightly with a grin decorated on her face.
Who ever thought this would be a great idea to tag him up with this bastard was going to hear about it after this was done. He did not like this Korean and he did not like the way he was being treated. In fact, he felt like his slight vindictive motions were not enough to send this fella on edge. That bothered him quite a bit. He wanted to make the idiot suffer, twitch, and squirm like a worm. That way, he could promptly shove his shoe on that tiny body and crush it with pure force.
At frist, he thought the surprise molesting of the mouth would work to make him squirm. Most people despised such actions of what he had done but it seemed like Hae could roll with the punches. Disappointing really but also interesting at the same time. Not many could roll with that. Still, this wasn't the reaction he was looking for at all. But just like a true model he too rolled with it. When Hae countered with moving in close Edea withdrew his heel from the toes with a rough scrap. The urge to knee the bastard between the legs grew but the action was impossible with their current position. Pressing up one more time against him he pulled away with a quick lick of the others lips before turning on his heels for a new pose.
"I would hardly call that dessert let alone an opening act." The blond huffed while switching to a new position. But what would he call it? Mmm, maybe undercooked or sour either way he didn't care right then. He only wanted to get under the Hae's skin as he couldn't outright beat the crap out of him. He had a photo shoot to do and he was getting paid for it.