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(Edited!) Another Rebel On the Loose! ... Maybe. (Open!)

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Anonymous

(Edited! Sorry about the confusing set up before, I'm not used to post based RP's >_<)

It had always been a strange looking house... not because it was designed oddly, no, it was exactly the same as any other house on the street, but because it was so simple. It had everything that a house needed, a hearth with a chimney, a yard, a bedroom, a small field for a personal garden, and really anything else necessary that you could think of. Yet it lacked anything else. It was the necessities, and only necessities, and somehow that was strange in a world like today's.

   That wasn't all that was out of the ordinary though, there was something a little more clear wrong with this house. The residence of it had been on hold for five years, yet still no one had come to claim it. It wasn't a vacation home for a rich snob, that's for sure, and no one who wasn't going to live in it at the moment would even consider buying such a home, it simply wasn't worth it.

   Well, those were the thoughts of that houses neighbors until about a week ago at least.

   Now, after five years of waiting, five years of asking questions, five years of just wanting to take that house and hurl it off a cliff, the resident finally came, the house finally got weirder than it was before.

   The man who lived there came as suddenly as the one who put the 'SOLD' sign on the window in the first place. He didn't even bother to greet his neighbors, he just came, walked inside, then disappeared for the rest of the day. Sure, he may have just been tired, but he could have at least said “Helloâ€? the next day... but he didn't. He never properly greeted anyone.

   Just because of that, he'd only been spotted once or twice, leaving his house early in the morning and returning again just as the sun was setting, and those few times had become enough for the local citizens. Rather than the middle aged, average looking, but a little gruff and anti-social, man that you'd expect from behavior like that, he was found to be a young man, and quite possibly the most bizarre and inconspicuous young man they'd ever seen. First of all, he almost constantly wore a thick, black, trench coat, even though it was the middle of summer. Second of all, he had a huge, overly complex tattoo all across the right side of his face and neck. This kid had to be a rebel, there was no doubt about it.

    After a short conversation... or rather, a short gossip session, the word started to spread, and eventually the whole neighborhood was aware of this local oddity. If anyone knew what this neighborhood was like, they'd immediately be sure what they'd try to do. Whether he liked it or not, this freak was next on the hit list.

   Since no one was actually willing to do anything about it though, the case was sent to the local bounty office, with the only information given being “Strange rebel in house number 36 (The map next to it was numbered), will pay high price in gold to have him uncovered. Alive or dead is fine, no one cares.â€?

   This bounty job is up for grabs, and is ready to be taken!

Anonymous

This, as most of these types of things were, was taken on in a form of desperation. Catrin was running low on creativity and options and was exceedingly pissed about the fact she had to resort to bounty hunting. But gold WAS gold, however, Catrin had no intention of killing anyone. Actually, she wasn't even positive she could, if she wanted too. Wait, what was she talking about? She couldn't kill someone, unless, maybe, if she was lucky, her life depended on such a thing. The mere sight of blood froze her and she went into a catatonic state. Lucky girl, eh?

She felt the stupidity of her desicion weighing heavy on her. If that man was, by any chance, dangerous, she'd probably be killed for being a rude busy-body. She decided honesty was the best policy. She simply wanted him to come clean so she could get the money. Nothing else. Hell, her "brother" had been calling her names for the past few days for even considering it. And here she was. Standing outside that young man's house. House 36 - he had went in about a half hour before, having learned this, and the neighborhood was cast in darkness. The house, the mere task at hand, gave her a foreboding sense.

Maybe... she could find something else? Like... being a normal person (which was actually her sole goal in the world) and going and finding a very normal job? Such as waitressing... at a bar. She didn't like bars, too noisey with rowdy people that liked to touch, whether friendly or violently was no concern of her's, it's just the fact they liked to touch. Maybe she should of been more persuasive in trying to enlist her "brother's" help. He had been very adamant at staying clear of bounty hunting, saying it only lead to trouble. Actually, he was probably very right. Considering what bounty hunting entailed.

Why didn't she listen?

Maybe he'd turn up at the last moment while the resident of House 36 was ready to slit her throat? She'd be eternally greatful... but that only happened in stories to very lucky people. Catrin wasn't sure she'd consider herself lucky.

She wondered if the neighbor's were watching her, or the house, even as she watched the house. She winced, feeling her morals shudder and give as she walked towards the house. She had always lived by trying to remain nothing more than a wallflower - a background person. She wasn't meant to live in the spotlight. Or be associated with it in any way. Goddamn. Money was so enticing.

She knocked on the door, a slow, tentative rapping.

What if this guy wasn't nice? What if it was really some monstrous being wearing human skin? Or some freakish woman wearing a man's flesh like an overcoat... or... well, the thoughts continously grew outlandish until the more sensible, stolid part of her brain told that imagination half to shut the hell up, be a little more realistic, and be wary that the person who may or may not open that door would be a little bitchy. She should at least TRY to defend herself.

That part of her brain, which was also torn between money and standard laws of her life, wanted her to live. Wanted her to perhaps back away from the door, and be on guard to protect herself. It also wanted normalcy. The imagination side of her, on the other hand, was curious. It wanted to seek out this abnormality, this mar on the otherwise 'perfect' neighborhood face, and see what it was all about. Catrin wasn't normal and never felt as such unless she was mixed within a crowd. Being one of a thousand made her normal. Made her everybody else.

"Anyone home?" She murmured under her breath, rubbing the back of her neck uneasily.

This might not have been such a bright idea. Especially since she had no prior experience of catching anyone or anything beyond hide and go seek and catching escaped animals. That money was sure as hell tempting. The stupidest thing she had done since... ever? Who knew the outcome of this mistake.

If she was lucky, she'd have nothing more than a bruise and some minor mental damage inflicted. And her rules of steering clear of people and staying to her own business would be strengthened and she wouldn't need to have a battle of wills in her head.

Anonymous

Immediately after knocking, footsteps could be heard from the other side of the door. An actual answer on the other hand, took far longer. Obviously whoever was in there heard her, since they seemed to be staying near the door, but they weren't in very much of a hurry to greet their guest.

   This made their eventual reaction even more dramatic than it already was.

   With only the click of the lock to warn her, the door swung open at what was most likely the top speed that a door can actually hit. If it weren't for the doorstop conveniently sliding back behind the door and slowing it down a bit, there was no doubt that it'd either decimate the wall, or cause the door itself to simply cave in on itself.

   The cause of this chaos though, didn't seem quite fitting to his last actions. Actually, he looked like the complete opposite.

   â€œ... I'm sorry! Did it break!? I'm sorry! I was opening the door, but I thought it would be hard, and it was not! I'm sorry!â€? The man apologized, almost to the point where there didn't seem to be any obvious end to it and his expression made it clear that there wouldn't be.

   Not that it mattered, because despite his very... unique greeting, it was quite obvious that he was the man you were looking for. Even if you ignored his long, black, trench coat, and dangerous looking tattoo, he fit the perfect description of a man you couldn't trust. He was thin, extremely thin, and as pale as someone could possibly get without being dead. Most of all though, while he appeared mostly human himself, lying limply on his back were a pair of leathery demon wings.

Anonymous

Stupid. She shouldn't have come. This was ridiculous.

The familiarity of footsteps caused her to inhale deeply. When the door swung open, her eyes widened and the breath come out in a rush - she hadn't even known she'd been holding it. She took one cautious step back, her eyes scrutinizing him warily. No wonder the neighbors were unsure of what to make of him. It was rare to see someone more strange in such a place. But she wanted that goddamn money.

"It's okay, really! It's perfectly all right," she told him, making a little calming gesture with her hands. Really, though, that gesture was more for herself then for the man.

Catrin then composed herself, in all of two seconds. Regardless of her nervousness, and the extreme doubt she had, she was determined to get through this as quickly and as painlessly as possible. And without getting distracted by his unsettling wings or pale complexion. You couldn't judge a book by its cover, could you? It, however, did often give an intimation of its contents.... and yet, others still managed to be complete opposites.

"I'm sorry to bother you, sir. But.. your neighbors are very concerned, wondering why you haven't greeted them and if everything was alright?" Catrin said, her voice clear and a certain seriousness about her that didn't quite make her seem just nineteen years old.

Actually, she had wanted to tell him the entire truth. But perhaps telling him that his neighbors were highly suspicious of him and had put his information on a bounty hunting bulletin was not a good way to start something off. Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy. Or maybe he was even more horrible then anything her imagination could produce. She didn't know, but she knew that if she told him his neighbors could possibly want him dead, he may get a little... uneasy.

Maybe, if she tried to sugar coat it, if only lightly, she could more easily withdraw the information.

Or maybe this night would be a complete flop.

Anonymous

“...Hm?� The question was at least able to make him stop apologizing and staring at his feet. Though, doing so also revealed yet another unusual trait, his eyes. While one of them was a perfectly normal shade of green, the right one was clouded over, practically giving it a strange silver color.

   â€œMy neighbors? Who are they?â€? He asks, his voice still a little shaky, but at least human. “Why do I need to greet them? Did they... um... visit?â€?Yet he was stumbling over words and pronouncing things wrong. It may have just been easy to guess he was from another country or something, but he lacked any sort of accent. He was just... strange. Anyways, what sort of foreigner doesn't know what neighbors are? It was a pretty common word.

   Though he hadn't attacked her yet, so she had give him credit for that.

(Whee, shortness.)