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Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:56 pm
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Matthew approaches Taylor's door, looking very much the worse for wear. He hesitates for a long moment, and his courage nearly fails him. Finally, he knocks on the door and waits for an answer.
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Taylor sets down the papers he was grading when he heard the knock at the door.

"Ughh..." Taylor still had a rather large stack to grade but at this hour it was probably important.

Taylor moves to the door and opens it.

"Evening Matthew, what brings you to this neck of the territory?"

He ushers him inside.
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Once inside, Matthew loses the last shreds of his self-control, overwhelmed by the memory of what happened, of what he did. Violent sobs wrack his body. Several minutes pass before he can begin to speak, but even then, he can only force out a few words at a time.

"Fremont park . . . a human was . . . under the table . . . it skittered out and . . . fled . . . lost myself in the chase . . . I killed it and . . ." He chokes up completely, unable to utter the horror that he had committed.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:35 pm
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Taylor sighs, putting his hand on his shoulder

"Come on, sit down. Lets go over what happened."
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:02 pm
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Matthew slowly regains some measure of composure, although tears still stream down his face. He begins again, much more intelligibly. "I was walking through the Tur, when I noticed a human studying the underside of a picnic table. When it noticed me, it skittered out and fled, way too fast for a mortal. I knew I couldn't keep up with it for long, so I attacked it with fire. But then," Matthew begins to shudder. "I lost myself to my rage. I caught up to it and finished it off. In my rage, all I could think of was hunger." Matthew's voice drops nearly to a whisper, but it carries on it all the shock and horror he been feeling over the last few days. "I ate it's flesh." Matthew falls silent, the tears flowing freely.
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:18 pm
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"Huh, well that is rather disgusting."

Taylor tried to think of something to say but he was at a loss.

"Why don't I grab us a couple of beers."
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:53 pm
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Matthew shudders. He continues, pausing frequently as his emotions threaten to once again overwhelm him. The worst part is that it wasn't disgusting. It tasted good, and I felt the essence enter my body. An old man happened upon me, and I would have probably eaten him, too, if my rage hadn't faded."

Matthew's voice turns bitter. "It was a clear violation of the Oath of the Moon, and with good reason, but all I could at the time was how delicious it tasted." The sobs return in full force, nearly obscuring his last few words.
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Taylor cocked his head when Matthew finished.

"Even in your own words you deemed what you did as necessary. I will not fault you for doing what was needed. There is a reason why we do not eat the flesh of humans. IN our rage we find it appealing and worse case scenario we develop a taste for it."

"You want my opinion, take a few days off and go meditate in the woods somewhere. Go find your inner calm. Or play music really loud, just get away from this world for time and come back when you can look at the circumstance unclouded by grief."
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:57 am
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"Necessary?"
Under other circumstances, Matthew would have laughed. "I was ruled by my Rage, in no condition to evaluate what was necessary. And eating that thing wasn't."

Talking over what happened is taking off the worst of the edge of Matthew's emotions; enough so that he can start to think of potential consequences. When the realization hits, it nearly tips him back over the edge. "Oh no. The event made the news, but it was interpreted as a bear attack. But if there are any Hunters in the city, they would surely be able to guess at what had happened."
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:24 pm
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At the mention of hunters Taylor's eyes goes wide.

"If you have sent them against us... Put the word out. Stay low profile."
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:47 pm
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Matthew trembles at Taylor's reaction. Several seconds pass before he calms down enough to speak. "I hope I'm wrong. And yet, ..." Matthew's voice takes on an edge of bitterness so potent that it could be cut with a knife. "since I've come here, my worst fears, the ones I have most desperately wanted to be false, have been realized too often."

Matthew's self-control shatters once again, and he begins sobbing uncontrollably.
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:51 pm
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"Enough."

Taylor rises slowly. There is now for the first time you notice no laughter in his eyes. No happiness to his voice.

"It is the world we live in. Bad things happen. We have to do terrible things to fight our enemies. You ate someone. Get over it. If you have brought the hunters down on us. I swear I will leave you tied up on there doorstep. If you can't control yourself find something to help you or someone who can handle you when you loose it."

"As of now, do not patrol by yourself. If anything happens when you are solitary you run and contact one of the others. This lasts until you can keep your shit together."

Hunters... God not again.
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:09 pm
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Matthew sits stunned, the tears forgotten. The sudden change in Taylor scares him. Finally, he stands up. When he speaks, his voice is timid. "Is there anything else you want to tell me before I go?" He glances briefly at the door.
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"I have only one fear in this world and that are the hunters. I don't ask for a lot from my friends but I ask a lot from my Beta. That is you."

Taylor sighs and goes to an often unused cupboard. He takes down an old dusty bottle and a tall glass. He pours himself about eight fingers. Looks at what is left and just hands the bottle over to Matthew.

"Gonna be a long couple of days."
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Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:49 pm
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Matthew takes a swig, and feels his grief and horror just beginning to ebb. "A long couple of days indeed. I never did tell you about my dream; at least, nothing concrete. He flashes a slightly pained smile. "Some parts of the dream I still don't understand, but other parts were clear enough. The enemy has us seriously outgunned, and at least part of their force is going to strike soon."
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Taylor nods.

"I put the call in to the Alphas, we are going to meet on March 2 at Eleven at the Tur. You are to come and explain in full what you saw but I would like to know what you are going to say first."
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"Like many of my dreams, it came in the form of a game of chess. Black's pawns were armed to the hilt, and white's pawns carried toy weapons. Black's knight sharpened the king's sword, while the queen moved to strike. And black's player was a whorl of flame, growing larger by the second. On the meaning of the flame, I can only speculate."


Matthew sighs, and takes on a far-away look. "Ironic, isn't it? My dreams take the form of a chess match, an expression of rational thought and strategy. Yet in my waking life, I too often fall prey to my emotions."
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:13 am
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"Emotions are not a weakness unless you are ruled by them."

Taylor takes another drink from his glass.

"And this dream is troubling. If the Black player is a whirling flame. I wonder who is the white player? Well think on it and be at the Tur on time. I should be getting back to grading these."
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"At this point, I don't think there is a white player. If memory serves, the local packs aren't exactly united." Matthew chuckles, then becomes serious again. "Hopefully, that will change after the meeting. We're at more than enough of a disadvantage as it is."
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"It is a good thing I like playing long odds."
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Matthew nods. "Let's just not make the odds any longer than we have to." After a pause, "I suppose I should let you get back to your grading."
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Taylor gives a short laugh as he finishes off his drink.

"That last drink was just enough to probably raise all there grades by at least a letter."

Taylor gives him a smile and waves him off.
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