Auric after leaving court realized how the struggle to survive would be. Night in and Night out looking for blood of those too stupid to live. He went to one of the graveyards in the Barrens. He stayed there not actually looking for food but instead looking for peace of mind. He looked at a few of the gravestones. Some of them had memorable quotes and others were defaced with grafitti or just plain old desecration.
Auric read them allowed to himself just so they'd sink in that much more.
Auric then moved forward looking at the others and saw one that caught his eye.
Heave a sigh
For old John Doak
He didn't know
His brakes were broke
It almost reminded him of well a Old Doc John driving his 30 some year old Model T. He said "The cars made then were made from human pride not something made from machines with almost no emotion." Auric shook his head as if this is the place he belongs as it reminded him of his time when he was mortal. He moved on and saw another interesting tombstone.
"Checkmate!" was the call
To dear old Jon
On the chessboard of life,
He was just a pawn
He then realized that in mortal life as well as kindred that we are all just pawns. Kings and Pawns with those pawns that somehow manage to become a knight or rook get put down by the kings out of fear they themselves might become a new king. A pawn that survives to the other side by either force or by just sheer survival becomes a power in their own right. "Perhaps survival is a way to change my lot in life."
Auric started to wander the graveyard as he saw a boy and girl with spray paint, desecrating a grave and then he saw them start to make out over the tombstone. Auric had enough as he felt something made his blood boil. He slowly crept over towards them and noticed it was just two young teenagers trying to have a little creepy fun. Auric decided perhaps its time to scare them straight.
Auric crouch and sprang forth (activating his celerity) and moving at near inhuman speeds Punched the young boy accross the face and then when the girl panicked he pulled her hair up while using his foot and kicked the back of the knee collapsing the leg. He said "I saw what happened here and its time to teach you both a lesson. Auric put his other hand on her shoulder and refused to let go while starting to monologue "You both have been found guilty of defiling this place. Leave now and never return unless you plan to pay the proper respect or repent for this barbaric act." The young girl started to scream and the boy got up as Auric tossed her to the side into a tombstone she didn't get up.
Auric said to the boy "She will be alright but now its your turn. The boy worrying about the life of his girlfriend said "Your the monster you won't touch her!" Those words wrang deep into Auric as he realized his own parents not really caring for him. The boy lunged and missed as Auric parried his blow and He then grabbed the boy and said "You are doing this because you love her?" The boy just nodded and Auric said "Fine! suffer a moment and I will spare you both my grip brings pain as I can crush little teenagers. Thats the power that adults have boy." Auric extracted just a little more blood and then let him down.
Auric said "Because you are here and didn't run I will let you both live but I remind you never do this again for I just might be watching." Auric had a brief fill as he began his lonely wandering of the graveyard. Wandering the graveyard alone he felt like he did the right thing letting them live. Hoping fear and pain would be the best teacher. Auric then laughed and bursted into laughter as he wonders who is the bigger fool those that dwell in the past or those that mock and defile it.
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