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[leoin666]

"I know exactly what its like to be hunted. The only difference is, I became the hunter..." said Viper as he saw Hollow collapse. At first he thought that he had just passed out from exhertion, but when he laid eyes on the pool of blood, he realised that he had a very sierious wound that needed tending imediately.

"Was i really that scary?" said Viper jokingly. "But seriously, if you can hear me, which you probably can, unless I or one of these lovely ladies", (he took that opportunity to take another glance at the scythe woman's legs), "does something very soon, you are going to bleed out and die. On any other day I would gladly leave you here in the street to die and let the rats pick at your scales. But! Seeing as how I'm feeling a little less homicidal as of late, and lord knows how much trouble i have to deal with aready, I've decided to be compassionate enough to let you have your life. Any quarrel you have with me can be settled AFTER I stop you from dieing."

[lilmis]

Michelle just stood and watches as the pair seemed have some tension between them just as she was to interrupt the pair hollow fell to the floor blood oozed around hollow till it formed a pool. she catches sight of the snake man looking at her again and replies to his comment of him saving hollow she stops him. "I'll be response able for him she butted up. it's my and my men's mistake for accusing him of two false accounts" glaring at the guards she snaps at them to take hollow to the infamy feeling remorse for almost take an injured mans life. "Now as for you snake man who and what are you" distracted by her men carrying hollow off.

Michelle calls the guard holding her dress and demands to be redressed as he fumbles around quickly helping her into the dress and doing the laces up. Michelle brushes her self down and bowed down to announce her name to the man "i am Michelle Alexandra the 3Th the last of Alexandra's I apologies for mine and my men's actions here today. Please stay and eat at my manor to the west." Her face twitches as she didn't really want to apologies for her guard mistake but she had to take responsibility for been in control of half of the guards in Tamasha village.

[leoin666]

"My name is... Well, for now, just call me Viper Slate. And as for what I am... I don't even know what i am... And might I say it is a definite pleasure to meet you, 'Lady' Alexandra. As for your offer, I would be glad to join you for a meal at your manor."

Viper took note of her guards. He also noted the extent of her legs. To him, they seemed to go on for days... He realised he was staring and that she was trying her hardest at least not to slap him for it. "Hopefuly, we could get to know each other alot better. You'll find I'm not as... 'slimy' as I seem" he said with a slight laugh.

"Or are you scared that you might actually begin to warm up to me? Well... at least from sub-zero to at least brisk winter." Viper could be quite charming when he wanted to be. But most of the time he thought that he may as well not put in the effort to do so, due to the fact that most of the women that he usualy met were paid by the hour. But, on this one very rare occasion, he thought he may as well give it a shot. After all, its not every day that you skewer a pretty lady through the hand and then get asked back to thier place for a meal. Viper's thought process of the last 20 seconds had come to one simple action: He ever so cheekily grinned...

[lilmis]

Michelle pondered a little around his name viper ring a bell but the thought had passed quickly "we shall see how well behaved you can be as there will be more then just us there. now as for me to be warming to someone I'll need to actually have a heart but men are just tools for me to use." she look viper up and down "you might want to get some descent cloths." Her face turning ill tempered and pointing east "there's a Tailor down that road tell them i sent you for this evening event and to charge my account. sorry for my odd expressions but iam still half human of course as begin bought up in a militant family iam meant to strip all emotions from my body."

she smiles "but my heartless father never did get around to it. A fool he was it's thanks to him i actually despise my very tools. But please what do you know about these half dragons."

[leoin666]

Viper heard her almost order him to go and get a set of 'decent clothes' and he looked around his own person and thought: 'Whats wrong with these ones?' He also took notice of the things she said about her father. "Men aren't all bad... And besides, if you had to strip all emotions from your body just to be a part of a war machine, or to even take a life, then there would be no point to it. If you have no emotion, you have no passion, no desire, not even for vengence. Or fear... and believe me, fear keeps you alive." Viper looked down at the soil adnat his hands as in his mind he saw them stain red with the blood of the people he had murdered.

He quickly looked up again and remembered what she said about the half-dragons.
"As for half-dragons", he said "I barely knew anything about them until today. Lets just say I could see right through him. And your guardsmen and escpecialy you. You have a heart, love. Even under all those scars written across it. Its time to stop lieing to yourself. You are not a soulless, hearltless militant drone. You are a passionate woman, and its just a shame that passion is bent of revenge. It's not a good place to be..." Viper looked her up and down once more. Not out of cheek, but, for once in his life, out of pure concern.

"I'll see you in no less than an hour, and I'll try to behave myself, okay?" he said. And as he turned to go towards the tailors, he gave her a slight smile.

[lilmis]

Michelle stood and watched and heard everything he had to say each word about her been militant machine an almost perfect word to sum her up. Michelle watches as he seems to be offended by her she turn her attention to the last figure at the event who didn't batter a single eye. "who are you may i ask" to the women with white hair and white flowing dress. "sorry for such a noisy event" and bows.

[leoin666]

Viper headed in the direction he had be shown, towards a rather expensive looking tailor shop. He thought to himself: 'Hell, if I'm going to do this, i way as well do it properly!"
He walked into the tailor shop and told the tailor there that he needed a suit, as he was having a very important meal later this evening. When asked for what occasion, he replied simply to charge it to Lady Alexandra. The tailor's eyes widened and he set to work at once.

When the tailor had finished in no less than exactly a half hour, Viper looked into a full body-length mirror and gave a nod of approval. The suit was a comfortable fit, jet black with green trim and a scale pattern about the collar. He also purchased a pair of gloves to match the suit, and kept his boots. He went NOWHERE without his boots... He glanced at himself again in the mirror and saw himself transformed from a dark foreboding figure into a swave, attractive gentleman. His only concern was whether or not it would meet the Lady's standards.

[leoin666]

Viper strolled out into the streets, feeling very impressed with himself. He then remembered that 'Hollow' was still in the infirmary. He felt a little bad for the fool. But how was he to know that he was about to collapse and almost bleed to death on the spot like that? He thought that he had better go and at least check on him... He checked the signs around town and headed in the direction of the infirmary, confident that he could make it there and back within a definate half hour, and still make it to the Lady's Manor.

He opened the door to Hollow's room and peeked in. He was still unconsious as far as he could tell. He sat down on a chair beside the stretcher that Hollow lay on and, well, just sat. After about five minutes of sitting he began to apologise. Heck, he can't hear him anyway so why not? It's not like he'll ever find out that Viper actually has a heart under all his dark and mysterious viels. Then, his stomach sank as Hollow began to stir...

[hollowstar]

Hollow stir-ed around as the nightmare of his past catch up to him, he bolts up right sweat pouring of him. Hollow whisper out a name before coming to his sense and looks upon someone sat next to him he rubs his left eye along his scar. "Who are you and where is this." With a blank expression on his face and no recollection of how he got there, he looks down toward some bandages around his stomach and pulls at them "why the hell iam i wrapped up like this." Hollow finds the bandages soaked in blood and wipes mass of blood to reviles a light cut. He swings himself round as his stomach growls with rage.

[leoin666]

"Wait!" shouted Viper, stopping Hollow Star dead in his tracks. "Do you remeber anything that has happend in the past hour?" he said to a puzzled Hollow. "Obviously not..."
Viper Recapped him on the things that had happened within the past hour and why he was now in the infirmary and he appologised for what he had done.

"I see that they fixed you up well. Maybe I should come here more often. But! For now, I have a very important 'date' that i dare not miss. You should have this." Viper said as he placed a small package next to Hollow's bed. It had in it a mixture of herbs that would numb all but the stongest pain. It was all he could give him at present as he was almost flat broke.

[hollowstar]

Hollow sits there as viper tell him what happen Hollow still confused at what he said Hollow thanks viper for the gift as he starts to chow down on the herbs pushing hand full into his face as an eye bow raised as he say date with a mouth full. A medical team enter the room with an arsenal of medical tools as one says "we need to work fast to stop him bleeding." They stops in there tracks to see two people in the room another questions the first "wasn't the thing in the bed meant to be critical." Hollow perks up "Thing?" still pushing the herbs into his face, bits of it poking out of his mouth.

[leoin666]

"He's fine. Its just a flesh wound. I'm guessing that he was just a bit ." said Viper to the doctors as he grinned. "How?..." mumbled one of the doctors as Viper began to leave the room. "Don't worry about him. He's a big strong lad. They all feel ten foot tall and arrow proof. In this one's case it seems to be true..."

Viper watched as Hollow finished off the herbs like a one man-dragon pirannah swarm. He rolled his eyes and gestured saying:"Well, are you coming or not? I'm sure 'Lady' Michelle will be amazed at your recovery. And besides, we dont havevery long till her little function starts."

[hollowstar]

Hollow gulps down the last of the herbs and wipes his face "sure but you seem to be dressed like one of them nobles." as he throws on his cloths and brushes them down "where? my things and my flambard." a doctor jumps up and replies that everything was at the Lady's mansion. Hollow sighs as he hides his tail and wings beneath his clothing and pulls up the hood on his tunic. Hollow walks out with viper the pair walked through the street towards the mansion Hollow slowing down giving off the sense of nervous at the size of the building "we're going in there?" as he looks to the roof "How can someone live like this on there own. don't you think she get lonely on such a big place." as he looks to viper.

[leoin666]

As they walked, Viper noticed that Hollow was quite nervous about the size of the mansion.
He heard him ask how someone could live by themselves and if they would get lonely.
"I'm sure that Lady Michelle has lots of servants and guards that keep her company most of the time. But I think that deep down, she must be one of the lonelyest people on the world... She seems like she has just forced the love of others away all of her life, and now, to her, love must just feel like pain..." said Viper, trailing off into his own memory.

He saw the pain in his own life as all he knew was death instead of love. No-one ever loved him and he never let anyone get close enough to him to let them love him. If they ever did get close enough, he left. Or killed them. He realised that it all had to change...

He looked up suddenly and realised that he was drifting in his own mind again. He looked across to Hollow and smiled oddly and turned back his memories into the black of his own mind. "So, how come you are in a place like this, half-dragon? Surely a man such as yourself would be some sort of, well... Warrior with at least some level of skill at least... So, what is your story? I's prefer you told me rather than having to read your mind. It's much easier that way..."

[hollowstar]

"That's quite sad." as he edge closer to the doors of the mansion Hollow thought to himself he had been on his own for quite sometime traveling on his own. Viper interrupted his chain of thought by asking him what he was doing in this town and that viper thought of him as some kind of warrior. Hollow never thought of himself as any kind of warrior "i am not really any kind of warrior i guess you could say i am more of a protector nor i am i very skilled on attack more on defending myself. As for reading my mind you could try but it wouldn't make any sense. Hell i don't understand some of the images in there." Hollow stares at the detail of the doors "As for me begin here trying to find a job to get some supplies but look how far it's got me."