Light vs Dark

[Jonah]

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

Notte: Notte canted her head to the side. She had not meant to be seen by any. So far, her existence in this life had been invisible except for assisting the Hammer in the hunt for his companion. Now though, it seemed she had been seen and there was little that could be done. "What is this place?" The Hammer had directed her here with little guidance on what she was looking for or why, but she trusted him as others had trusted her.

Leyna Karo:: "This is a charity. A sanctuary for those in need" Leyna said, eying the woman suspiciously and hearing from Robert that she was Jonah's. "Why are you here? Are you one hunting, to kill? Well, for your summoner to kill. You realise killing is immoral and wrong right?"

Notte: The pale wraith walked around the other being, eyes looking through her, and she realized that she was a wraith like her. "There is no true death for us." She reached out, her hand passing through the other creature. "You know as well as I do."

Leyna Karo:: "You're not answering my question." She backed off, not appreciating the movement of the other by swiping through her. "Why are you here?"

Notte: "Learning," she answered honestly. In truth, she did not come to find anyone in particular. Her mission was something different entirely. The Hammer needed a sense of the building and its floors and she could easily offer him that.

Leyna Karo:: "Learning what, and why? Why are you here, and not Jonah himself? Everyone with peaceful intentions is welcome here. Only those who come for violence are abhorred. Such as those who came here and laid traps, or those who are hunting my summoner - for no reason, other than they dislike him! So. Tell me. Why you? What's the intentions behind it all?"

Notte: She turned from the other creature and looked up at one of the lights. "It is so bright here. I do not understand how anyone stands it. Shadows and darkness, that is where our power lies, our safety..." Seeming to remember the question asked of her, her tone grew more serious. "Names have power, don't you agree. That is why I lost mine centuries ago. The Hammer should lose his as well. Names of buildings, of parts of buildings, those have power too."

Leyna Karo:: "No. Lux and her Light is where we are safe, where our power is. It is her who guides and protects us. The Darkness is death and evil, corruption and taint." She frowned, as if listening to something else - and she was. Robert was talking to her, commenting on what he'd heard. "So, you are here to hear the names of the building? Is Jonah affiliated with a ritualist? Will you bring violence and pain to this Sanctuary?"

Notte: "I do as commanded by the Hammer and he does as the Goddess leads him. If violence and pain come," she turned and faced the woman, "then they are necessary. Growth is often accompanied by pain." Her hand went to her own neck where she could still feel the marks of her turning.

Leyna Karo:: "Why? Why should there be pain? How can you grow through pain? Growth cannot occur when someone is dead. For example - the traps placed here the other day. Blowing up humans and vampires, vampires in front of humans and exposing our kind. How is that good, growth?"

Notte: "The rose only grows when it is pruned back." She cared little for the pain of humans but her interest was piqued by the fact that humans mingled with vampires here. "How is it good that you let the kine mingle with us? Were they not here to begin with, they would not have seen anything at all."

Leyna Karo:: "I'm sorry. The what? Kine?"

Notte: Notte sneered at the other being. "The...humans, as you call them."

Leyna Karo:: "What does kine mean?" She asked, glaring at the sneering thing before her.

Notte: She worked for a moment to figure out how to explain it. "The large, stupid beasts that milk comes from."

Leyna Karo:: She looked horrified and stared. "That's appalling. How can you call what you once were, that? "

Notte: "I was never that. I was weak, yes. But Nox saw strength in me. She saw potential, and she gave me the tools to fulfill it."

Leyna Karo:: "********. You were human once and you cannoy tell me otherwise. And if you believe it, then you're insane. As for why they are here - I already told you. This is a charity and a sanctuary for all those in need."

Notte: "Perhaps, but being human does not make me kine. If I was kine, I would not have survived. Or if I had, I would have been lost to the Darkness. As I have now, I did then though. I fought through and survive. I have the strength that Nox requires, and that strength will serve the Hammer well." Her voice grew in passion and her eyes flashed with heat and thta heat turned to anger. "You treat them as your own kith and kin? Traitor..." She attempted to spit on the others feet but no liquid was forthcoming from her ghostly form.

Leyna Karo:: "You just said that all humans were cows, which means before you were turned, you were a cow too. You can't change that, neither can your pretend god of Darkness, who is actually Muga in disguise! You have no strength." She smirked. "You have no body to have strength with. You are nothing more than a spy and a tool. I am a friend and a helper. Here. Where we look after the humans and care for them like one of our own. Humans are us, we are human - it is our duty to look after those we can and make use of the gifts Lux has given us. We reject the Darkness and embrace the Light. We nurture and grow through compassion and care. We do not hurt and bring pain to others for our own amusement. Like your summoner and his 'friends'"

Notte: "You lack understanding. A caterpillar is not a worm despite its looks and its weakness. It holds the potential to be more, as did all of us who Nox smiles upon." She shook her head sadly, pitying the other woman. "Strength is not of the body. Strength of the mind, strength of will. Strength to not succumb to the madness of the realm, to not deny what I am, what we all are."

Leyna Karo:: "A butterfly started as a caterpillar and a butterfly cannot deny it used to be a caterpillar. The same is true of humans and vampires. And Nox has nothing to do with it. That is a name used by Muga to gain trust and followers to do his work for him. And from what I've heard - you've succumbed to madness already"

Notte: "A human I might have been, but kine I never was." Her smile grew, baring her fangs. "Perhaps you were though. A little animal, scared of the shadows and the dark places. Even now you act like one of them. Running from the shadows and what you are." She stepped forward. "Tell me little one, did you not taste them? Not even once? Did you not let the sweet nectar held within them fill your mouth and belly?"

Leyna Karo:: She stood there, smiling at her. "And you run from the Light and her love, hiding in your shadows as she banishes them. While there is Light, shadows cannot survive. Light is greater than darkness. I did taste blood, and drank of it. But from those willing to give it, who knew what I was, accepted it and saw the good that could be done together. Where you slaughtered - I helped them to flourish and prosper. You destroyed, I grew. You and yours are the reason we all died. The humans who knew me, tried to protect me, hide me and mine from those who hunted me. It was your fault - and you will drive Jonah and those like him to another holocaust. What good would that be?"

Notte: "You know nothing of what I did. Your light may cast back the shadows for now, but they will always return. As we do. I protected our kind from threats you do not comprehend..." She looked through the other wraith, her mind summoning up images of ancient battles.

Leyna Karo:: "Light will always dispell shadows, and Light will always shine, even in the darkest places. You did not protect our kind from anything. We all died."

Notte: It took a few moments for the words to register to Notte and she looked at the woman again. "And lights will always burn out. Darkness is the natural state of being." The final words hurt her, she had died early in the holocaust, but took as many foes with her as she could. "We died because too many of us strayed in to the light."

Leyna Karo:: "No. We died because the Darkness scared the humans. The screams, the blood, the violence. hey feared the things that went bump in the night, in the Dark, and embraced the Light. THAT is why they wiped us out before. Because of the fear of the Darkness and what it brought with it. Lights will never burn out so long as they are given fuel and sustenance, and she gives it to us all!"

Notte: "You know nothing of your history, do you?"

Leyna Karo:: "I know everything about my history."

[Robert Pratt]

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

Notte: "So you know that The Red Coven rejected all of the teachings, all that kept us safe and out of the eyes of the humans. That is what led to our demise. Had they stayed in the shadows, in the secret places, we would not be what we are today."

Leyna Karo:: "And when they stepped out of your shadows, what did they do? They brought fear, violence and blood. They did not look to help, to save and to assist. They brought the darkness into the light and the humans got scared!"

Notte: "Which is against the code!" She screamed at the girl, her voice reverberating through the sanctuary

Leyna Karo:: "The code is for idiots who do not understand the humans. It is for those who think they are better than the humans and who look down upon them. If you look at humans as your equal, and love them as you love yourself - there is nothing to stop you from working together in partnership." She chuckled as a human scurried by, freaked out by the screaming. "There you see. You shouted, and you scared the human. It now knows you exist and is scared because it was introduced to you in a negative manner. Yet there are others I can talk with freely, because I do it in Lux's name and by her teachings."

Notte: Her eyes narrowed at the other woman and she stepped back. "Dealing with the kine as you state will do nothing but court danger. We ruled them once, and they overthrew us. We worked alongside them in secret and when a few stepped in the light, they killed us all. Your light did not save you from the same fate as the rest of us. The kine will only ever see us as predators, as monster." Her form flickered as she spoke and she looked around her face serene and innocent. "I wonder how long the walls will last this time..."

Leyna Karo:: "They overthrew and killed us because of those like you. When you look down upon them and call them cattle, of COURSE they are going to rise up. Just as you would were you to be looked down upon and treated as a slave and a tool. You will see - depending on what sort of a master Jonah is - then you will see how wrong you were. The humans I worked with called me and my group friends. We were not monsters and we were not predators. Not to them. You are the issue, you and your violence in Muga's Darkness"

Notte: Notte did not hear her and ran her hand along the wall of the building. "So flimsy, but not smoke. I miss stone. Why is there no stone here? Cool on the flesh and strong, it keeps the light out in the day, it keeps us safe. This," she rapped her fingers on the wall as best she could, "it sways like the shadows."

Leyna Karo:: Leyna looked at the wall that was made of tree trunks and raised an eyebrow. "Yeh, you've been in the realm too long!"

Notte: "The realm?" Notte asked honestly.

Leyna Karo:: "Mm hm"

Notte: "I know nothing of the place you speak of? Is that where we are now? I do not like it here."

Leyna Karo:: "No fool. This is life and the world as it is now. Where you were before, where you were summoned from. That is the realm of shadows."

Notte: Her mouth worked slowly, trying the words out. "Realm of shadows? That was the place I was?" She looked confused and whirled around, searching in every direction.

Leyna Karo:: "Indeed. A place full of Darkness and the dead, tortured souls of the vampires who came before. It is where the darkness is at it's strongest, and it is where Muga lurks. He tries to corrupt those who have been sent there, and only those who have done as SHE asks can avoid such a place. I failed in my mission and was unable to join her. But I have returned now, here, in his service to try and fulfill my mission so I might join her finally"

Notte: Her face lit up. "I know her! Nox protects us and brought us here. She kept me safe there so I could come back and help."

Leyna Karo:: "You know who?"

Notte: "Her. Nox. The goddess."

Leyna Karo:: "No. Nox is a face that Muga wears. He is evil, and leads people astray and down the wrong path. Her, the Goddess is Lux."

Notte: She smiled and shook her head. "No, Nox is not evil." She straightened her dress and closed her eys as if reciting from memory. "The goddess protects us. Her coat is our comfort. We are her chosen people. The shepherds of the world."

Leyna Karo:: "You aren't a shepherd, hidden in the shadows, controlling and ruling that which you once were. We are out there, looking after them. Using our gifts to better their lives and helping them to walk in the Light and joy Lux provides"

Notte: Her brows arched up. "I don't rule anything."

Leyna Karo:: "Indeed. Now, you are a slave to Jonah. And now you will see what it is like to be looked down upon. I only hope he is a better master to you than you sound to have been to the humans"

Notte: She laughed. "I am slave to no one and was never a master of anything."

Leyna Karo:: She smirked. "Remind me again why you're here? It wasn't your idea now, was it."

Notte: "I was asked."

Leyna Karo:: "And if you'd said no? Or, could you have said no?"

Notte: "Then I would not have had to do it."

Leyna Karo:: "Are you sure?"

Notte: She nodded

Leyna Karo:: "You try it then. Next time Jonah really REALLY wants something of you. Say no. See if you have a choice, if you have free will."

Notte: "I will. And you'll see. But what about you?"

Leyna Karo:: "Me? What do you mean?"

Notte: "Can you say no?"

Leyna Karo:: "I can. Sometimes. It depends on how badly something is required and why I'm saying no"

Notte: "So you don't have free will." The pale wraith frowned. "That is so sad."

Leyna Karo:: "No wraith does should their summoner insist. It is part of the new breed of vampires powers."

Notte: She laughed. "New breed? Wraiths have always existed."

Leyna Karo:: "You will see. There are things they can do - that we never could. And if you could control a wraith before - then you know you do not have free will if commanded!"

Notte: She shrugged and her face began to grow more drawn. "Only the kine force their will on others. I asked for everything I received and it was willingly given or done or it did not occur."

Leyna Karo:: She laughed and shook her head. "Was it? Or did you just not realise you were forcing it to do your will from your lofty seat looking down on things you consider beneath you?"

Notte: "If you knew the number of times I was told no, you would not be so snide."

Leyna Karo:: "Well, when you say no and are allowed to not do what is asked of you - you will see what sort of summoner you have. I love mine, for he is good and kind to all. Others, are not like that!"

Notte: "So you admit you know nothing of the Hammer." She looked at the girl dismissively. "I can gain no further knowledge from this conversation then."

Leyna Karo:: "I never said I did know him, nor did you ask"

Notte: "You speak as if you do."

Leyna Karo:: "No. I speak as someone who knows more of this life than you"

Notte: "Which life is that?"

Leyna Karo:: "As a wraith" Goodness this woman before her was slow, and stupid.

Notte: "I am now as I was before. It is the same life."

Leyna Karo:: "No, it's not. You have no form. You have a puppet master. You are in a different time with so many things you cnannot do and do not understand. You will see."

Notte: "And you are any different then?"

Leyna Karo:: "Different to what?"

Notte: "Than me. A 'puppet' as you say."

Leyna Karo:: "No, no different. The difference is in the summoner and how they treat you"

Notte: "And how does mine treat me?"

Leyna Karo:: "That's what I asked you - when I asked what would happen if you said no. Or what he has you do. There are many different types of summoner, and there are some I wouldl rather kill myself and go back to the realm again than be tied to them"

Notte: "I helped him find his companion and then this. Other than that, he has asked nothing of me."

Leyna Karo:: "Oh? Who was his companion and where had they got to?"

Notte: "I don't think that that is any of your business."

Leyna Karo:: "Just making conversation." She smiled brightly at her. "No harm, no foul"

Notte: "For now."

Leyna Karo:: "Oh? Why? What are you planning?"

Notte: "Merely stating that you have not...fouled yet."

Leyna Karo:: "And if I had?"

Notte: She simply shrugs

Leyna Karo:: She laughed happily and just shook her head.

Notte: "I will take that as my cue to exit." Without waiting for a reply, Notte walked through the other wraith whose name she still did not know and exited the compound.

Leyna Karo:: "Well....." Leyna exclaimed, watching it leave. "How rude." And she smiled, as Robert agreed with her.