User blog:EllenEagle/Some Things Never Change

'''(( Just a quick thing I wrote about my vyre, Adrijana Vaeyl, after the apparantly infamous confrontation that led to Lothorian's death. ))'''

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"It's true what I said, you know."

''Adrijana's voice rang out, echoing slightly against the dark stone of Vampyric altar, striking against the silence that normally reigned in the small alcove. It was usually empty there, and that was why Adri had chosen it. It wasn't the most magnificent, by any means. Most of her race would rather pay their respects in a place truly resplendent in Drakan's glory- their glory.''

''She didn't feel very glorious, though, and she certainly wasn't looking for most of her race. Custom demanded silence either way.''

''Adri's hands were still covered with Lothorian's blood mixed with her own. It had barely begun to dry. She lit the braziers to either side before kneeling, bowing her head low for a moment.''

"We work so hard to ascend each other."

''One hand smeared the blood onto the stone at the feet of the altar, and then the other. It was simple, ritualistic. She had done this more times than she really wished. Duty was duty, law was law, but that didn't mean she particularly enjoyed it.''

"Only to tear each other down. It will never change."

''She didn't regret it, either. Lothorian was an enemy. Justice- though she was infuriated by the interference- had been dealt, as her duty prescribed. But thinking to Charo's recent actions, Klaus'- she could only hope that it wouldn't be the blood of a friend next. There were few she worried about in that way.''

"You said it could, and looked what happened- I'm paying my respects because I killed you. Ignorant, foolish."

''Clouded eyes dared to stare upwards towards the stone eyes of the idol. Featureless, emotionless- she was looking for a sign of something different, though it was something she accepted centuries ago would never happen. She bowed her head, turning her gaze to the bloodied stone that was reality.''

"It will never change."