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Oct 18, 2011 17:13

The heavy bag made a satisfying sound as he hit it. The sound was solid, almost tactile, letting him know that the punch he threw had scored true. Aidan hit it again and again, each strike hard, fast, and true. He could feel the anger coursing through him, making him wonder if all of the blood lust he had felt in his former life was due to being ( Read more... )

josh radcliff, kara thrace, kate freelander, aidan mccollin, belle, rachel grey

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abettermonster October 19 2011, 02:30:26 UTC
"If it could, I'm sure it would have sent up the white flag by now," Josh commented. He knew it was silly to feel sorry for an inanimate object... especially one that was only fulfilling its rightful purpose, but Aidan really was laying it all out on the thing.

"You... okay?"

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likesthestooges October 19 2011, 03:38:32 UTC
Aidan glanced over at Josh, glad that his friend was here. Josh was a solid reminder that things got better, that people could and would accept what he was in the past and not let it be a barrier to being friends in the future.

"Martha... decided that what I used to be was something she couldn't get over," he said. Aidan reached out with his left to gauge the distance to the bag before hitting it hard with his right three times in quick succession.

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abettermonster October 19 2011, 13:27:42 UTC
Used to be being the operative words. Or at least it seemed just that black and white to Josh.

"Pardon my French - or, you know, don't - but that's bullshit. Martha is aware that what you used to be hasn't changed since the two of you got together, right? You're human now." And wasn't that supposed to mean something? Back home, they would have given anything to be able to say that again. "Whatever you did before was... in the nature of what you were. Instinct."

No, none of it was pretty, and Josh wasn't making excuses for him because Aidan was his friend; those were just the facts. And if this supposed 'blank slate' came with any kind of exceptions or stipulations whatsoever, then they should really consider changing the name.

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likesthestooges October 19 2011, 16:54:16 UTC
Aidan sighed and turned to Josh, lowering his hands. It was good to hear someone who believed in him, even if things weren't that simple. That was one thing he appreciated about Josh, even if he constantly thought things were going to be horrible, he believed in friends.

"It's not that simple, Josh. Yes, it sucks that we broke up, but she's not being irrational about it," Aidan said. "Think about everything you've seen and experienced since becoming a werewolf. Now imagine experiencing 225 years of that and how that might affect you. Even if you suddenly became human, who you are is shaped by what you did and saw."

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abettermonster October 20 2011, 01:36:23 UTC
"You don't believe that," Josh said with a sense of resolve. "There's no way. If you honest to God believe that's how it works then why did you bother? If that's what you are and there's no changing it - not ever - why did you torture yourself by fighting against that nature back home?"

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likesthestooges October 20 2011, 01:44:29 UTC
Aidan dropped his arms and turned to face Josh. He didn't know what he had ever done to earn such a good friend, but he was glad for him. He didn't know if he could ever tell Josh how much he needed him, but he did.

"I do think you can fight it and change," he said with a smile. "But that doesn't mean you I can ever be back to how I was before becoming a vampire. I've- I've killed thousands of people, Josh."

He thought the words should have stuck in his throat more, that they should have been harder to get out, but they weren't. Josh wasn't stupid, he had probably already figured that out before. If Aidan had killed only two people per month for his entire time as a vampire, that was over 5,000 people.

"And that changes you. It doesn't mean I can't turn my back on that lifestyle or at least try to. But you can't be around that much death and not have it change your outlook."

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abettermonster October 31 2011, 02:39:30 UTC
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Clearly, there was some Invasion of the Body Snatchers thing going on, and it was just about the weirdest thing he'd witnessed in a while. And considering all the weird he'd seen, that was saying something.

Aidan sounded less like Aidan and more like... well, him.

"So don't go back to how you were before you were a vampire. That guy probably talked funny and had bad hair, anyway." He'd seen plenty of period films to know he wasn't wrong. "I'm sure he was a stand-up guy. Vampire Aidan at his... vampire-prime? Probably not so much. But you're not him anymore, either."

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likesthestooges October 31 2011, 04:11:37 UTC
"Look, I'm not- I'm not saying I can't still be a good person," Aidan said, although sometimes he honestly wondered that. Some days he felt like going through the motions and pretending to do things that good people did were as close as he was going to get.

"But I can accept that some people just aren't going to get over my past. I'm not just going to give up, but it doesn't mean they're wrong or that I'm not going to be upset about it."

He paused a moment before adding, "And for the record, Bostonian accents are far more ridiculous now than they were 225 years ago."

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abettermonster October 31 2011, 04:29:37 UTC
"And yet no attempts at defending the hair," Josh pointed out with a feigned grimace.

"But that's fair enough. Just don't beat yourself up over it too bad each time it happens. You're not that bag."

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likesthestooges October 31 2011, 19:21:17 UTC
"We'll see what you decide to do with your hair after you're here for a while without a barber with hair clippers to go to," Aidan said. And really, he had to admit that at least the wigs were somewhat ridiculous.

"And I promise I won't get all broody vampire about it, okay? Some cliches are best avoided at all costs."

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