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Logan
02-20-15, 02:44 PM
{OOC: This thread is open to those who have interacted with Logan in the past. Anyone and everyone with any mark on his past may join, even if that mark was merely being a pawn in his ultimate game of chess.}

"Everything happens for a reason," the young, wispy feminine voice whispered quietly. There was a rather delicate lightness to her next words, "even if you can't see it."

An unnatural and awkward pause hung heavy in the air between the two, broken when he cleared his throat in an attempt to settle the unease.

"You aren't wrong, but neither am I. There has to be some form of agreement between the two sides, some deal brokered nobody is expecting."

Antique springs groaned from beneath the chair as the distinguished veteran leaned back. Fingertips tented against his lips, his mind explored the myriad of options laid upon the desk before him. How could he possibly coordinate a truce between both factions while still maintaining the Bandit Brotherhood's firm grip over the situation?

The question lingered in his mind for a minute before her soft, lacey voice broke his concentration. "Listen to me again, Logan, and try to remember I know what I am talking about," she practically chastised him for disregarding her opinion so quickly, but in her own light, airy way which made him desire her all the more. "Everything. Every step you take, every thought you have, every action you make has a purpose. Yet it may be eons before you ever fully grasp that purpose."

Glacial-blue eyes rose to meet her gaze unexpectedly, sending a gentle shudder across her soft, delicate features. The response wasn't swift. He craved the control and power of toying with her thoughts. In normal situations with normal individuals, she would not have had an issue maintaining her composure, but there was something well beyond ordinary about him.

Her own yearnings boiled over faster than she anticipated, and before she could stop herself she leaped over the desk and wrapped her wispy form around his. There was no objection from him, only acceptance at her insatiable hunger. Thoughts meandered about the room as vivid pictures bounced against the walls amid clouds of emotion. The young, delicate form disappeared and her true form took its place. Removed were the soft feminine features replaced with fuller, voluptuous ones.

And yet he sat stoic and yet fully engaged in her carnality, but still psychologically disconnected from the seduction. The control over her was simple and easy, but it weighed upon him every time she shifted form. Part of him truly never wanted her to grow up, but another part wanted every ounce of her to become all woman. She teetered the line between experience and innocence, but never broke to one or the other. Make no mistake, though, she was not young nor immature, but each was a manifestation of an adolescence marked by trauma and tragedy.

Try as he might there was only one real option with her. He simply had to be there and be available. No depth of intimacy would ever fulfill the need she thirsted after, and no amount of satisfaction could ever fill the void within. Put plainly, she was a shell, empty and devoid of psychological depth. She either was or she wasn't, either black or white. There simply existed within her no capacity for gray.

So it was necessary in his mind he allow her hunger to be sated when needed, but it wasn't completely without benefit for him as well. Certain needs became more prevalent the longer she remained unfulfilled, and she would give him no quarter if he did not relent. While he held her within his control, she too held him within hers. Could he ever truly pull her from the pit and give her the freedom she truly deserved?

As she finished her feast upon his ravaged flesh, drinking in far more than her fair share of him, her eyes rose to his as she quivered against his bare chest. Their eyes met as tears began to form at the corners of hers. Light, tender sobs gave way to heaving breaths as everything in her begged for more, but she knew better. For them, there was a line across which they could never return, and very early on they made a pact in blood to ensure it would never go that far.

Her form melted from the fullness of her true age to the innocence of her emotions. The scars of her past could never be fully healed, but if anyone could understand that it was a psion. And understand it, Logan did.

The baggage the psion carried with him was at times far too much to bear for any single man, and yet somehow after all of those years he remained steadfast in his determination to do so. It would be unfair to saddle another with so much torture and torment, and in the same breath she'd given him exactly that.

The two forms sat entwined for what seemed an eternity, but really was closer to a few minutes. The silence was broken once more as he lifted her face to his for a gentle kiss.

"I will always be here for you, Christine," his voice was softer than usual, and it forced her to raise an eyebrow in curiosity.

"You aren't planning to do something stupid again, are you Logan," she asked with all the youthful naivety of a five-year-old. Of course, she knew the answer to the question. It wouldn't be the first time he had an idea insane enough to actually change the world, but she knew it was her duty to always ask.

"Always."

Logan
02-21-15, 07:34 PM
Christine Lily pursed her lips at him but couldn't maintain her composure for long. A short, cute giggle escaped as she quickly covered her mouth a look of mock dread filling out her facial features. After a few moments, she regained her composure and gave Logan a long once over.

"Well, if you are going to do something stupid, can I at least join you this time?"

It was a dead to rights trap, and he knew it. She gave him no quarter in his choices. Either he relented and took her with him on an adventure where one or both were surely to be hurt or far worse killed or he held steadfastly and she would never let him live it down. It was not the first time the two engaged in a war of wills, but that particular time felt different for him. Did he really have a choice?

With a shrug of his shoulders, he pointed at the paperwork on his desk as he did what he swore he would never do and relented, "You've proven yourself time and again, Lily. Maybe it is time to let you in on my little adventures, but you do realize things will need to be different between us among the public?"

Lily didn't immediately respond, most likely shocked he didn't hold steadfast. Eyes widened as the reality of the situation sunk in for her as she muttered, "Really?"

A shake of her head to clear the cobwebs and she centered her focus on him once more, "I mean, um, you're going to let me go with you? And wait, what do you mean different among the public?"

Logan felt her scowl boring a hole straight to his heart. "You know how we handle one another here is unacceptable by most out there. If the public saw Lily and jumped to the conclusion we were engaged in a tryst, well it would not end well."

She scoffed at him in annoyance. "Oh, you sweetheart you. I promise I will behave myself."

"That's not the only concern, obviously, but I just don't want to jeopardize what we have. I honestly value you, and as such I know at some point you will need to get away from here. You were held prisoner for so long, and this is not a prison. You are not my prisoner."

"I--," she couldn't really respond as her form shifted again to reflect her past, battered and broken in ways unimaginable to the human mind. He closed the space between them as quickly as he could. Arms wrapped around her and secured her as tightly as he could.

A gentle kiss found a place upon her forehead and then one on each of her cheeks then her lips. A finger slid beneath her chin and lifted her to look at him once more, "You don't need to say a word. What I saw - what I witnessed - no one should ever have to endure."

Tears poured from her eyes as she sobbed quietly then took a deep breath to calm herself. Her hands slid inside his as she leaned her head against his chest, her breathing attempting to match his heartbeat.

"If I'm not your prisoner, and I know I'm not, I have a request," she stated as her head pulled from his chest and her deep violet eyes met his gaze.

"Name it."

"I heard not long ago about some slavers in Salvar, and before you say it, I know this is beyond dangerous. But I just have to believe you don't want me to be the only rescued soul from what they did to me."

Her gaze softened as her form shifted once more to the youthful, innocent Lily. How could he say no?

"Well, no, I don't. But Salvar is, well it is exactly that, dangerous and--"

She stood on her tiptoes cutely and placed a soft and light kiss on his lips. Lily knew how to persuade him, even if his desire to protect her remained as strong as ever.

"Damnit, Lily."

A small giggle escaped her lips as she buried her head into his chest amid a deep blush.

"If you want to track down these slavers, then I'm in. But we'll need help, and I think I have just the people in mind. I'm just not sure how easy it will be to convince them it is worthwhile. They're not so easily persuaded."

A smirk crossed Lily's face as she shifted to Christine's more sultry form. Soft, warm hands slid up his bare chest, followed by a single finger tracing his lips.

"Let me worry about that."

Playfully, he nipped at her finger and she pulled it away quickly.

"And what about your plans?"

A quick glance at the desk as he pushed all of the paperwork onto the dusty ground.

"Fuck'em. Those plans haven't gotten me anything more than pain and misery, so maybe it is time to ditch the plans and focus on just living."

Christine gave him a long, hard look as she kissed him deeper and more passionately than any in their entire time together before.

"For now, let's just focus on you finding those friends of yours. Persuasion may take time, and I'm not sure how long the information will be good for."

Logan bit her bottom lip gently, and his hands roamed over her curves.

"I'll handle getting them to a meeting place, you worry about...keeping me focused."

Her hips pushed up against his crotch.

"That's not going to be an issue, lover."

His smile pretty well said it all.

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It took a good seven passes of moon and sun before Logan began to receive multiple responses from interested parties from his past. It seemed they weren't the only ones on a crash course with the slavers, and as always Salvar remained an intriguing prospect for would-be adventurers. They had chosen the perfect meeting place in Radasanth, the Flying Stone Tavern, to gather and discuss the particulars.

The only question would be of those who responded, and those who didn't, who would actually show? And were they friend or foe?