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Calliope Alvara

NIGHTSHADE [BB] [PAST]

POSTED ON Jun 2, 2023 1:56:59 GMT

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It's been another sleepless night. Not for lack of trying; oh no, you have tried, but the itching of your skin has sparked annoyance. The burning stings you became so used to now plague you like a blistering summer night; for you cannot escape the heat clinging to your skin.

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The cool marble of the sink brings no comfort to the digits that dig into it. The lean muscles that tense as you strengthen your grip on its edge, trying to will away the feelings that irk you. Your purple markings almost seem to shine.

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You look into the mirror; dark circles betray your blight, yet how oddly alert those icey blue eyes are as they stare back at you. Pupils constricted, barely a dot in a sea of blue. You manage a chuckle as you recall a faint memory and shake your head. A murmur passes your lips.

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"Well, look at us now."

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Oh sweet summer child.

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--- XX - XX - XXXX || 18 years ago ----

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The cold floor was in shrill contrast with the heat pulsing through the young girl's cheeks. Sleek concrete; grey, easy to clean, leaves few traces if anything spilled on it. Convenient. But that's something the little girl didn't know about. She hadn't even thought she'd ever find herself here, curled up in a corner, trying to make herself as small as possible. But she'd noticed that, once the kind words had stopped and a steadfast hand had taken its place to 'guide' her into obedience, making herself as small as possible made them forget about her.

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Or she she thought.

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She flinches when a deep voice booms.

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"Calliope! Don't make me repeat myself."

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Calliope rose from her corner, shuffling towards the open door and the silhouette that loomed within it. Her eyes look around fearfully, for help that would never come. A hand grips her shoulder and shoves her forward, away from the room that held her safe space. She follows meekly. Like a lamb to the slaughter, not knowing how much truth hid within the saying.

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POSTED ON Sept 6, 2024 2:44:35 GMT

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"now, now. ian, no need to be so rough."

[break][break] one of rocket's head scientists could be found in the deepest corners of the room. Calliope Alvara would recognize the slender form of dmitri volkov — or as she would know him, nikolai cross, as he tends to several vials of mysterious substances.

[break][break] the rocket elite glanced back over at the lab assistant who had spoken out of turn — no doubt, a result of having to borrow one of Raphael Pryde's own. his own lambs would not have acted so out of turn.

[break][break] he smiles, just as the metal door to the laboratory clicks into place. in his hand is a single scalpel, primed for use.

[break][break] he may have not risen to the same ranks that Raphael Pryde had, with the tenure he had, but it mattered little to him. no, nikolai was far more interested in rocket's ability to allow him his own space for his experimentation, regardless of what it entailed.

[break][break] prestige and accolades held no room here. not in his chamber.

[break][break] "calliope, was it? please take a seat."

[break][break] a gloved hand gestured to one of the seats lined into the furthest wall — once seated, Calliope Alvara would find that her hands would be tied with leather straps against the wooden chair.

[break][break] just as usual, of course.

[break][break] Calliope Alvara had been here many times before, after all.

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Calliope Alvara

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POSTED ON Nov 13, 2024 20:47:49 GMT

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Had she been afraid of Ian, than she would tremble in fear at hearing Nikolai's voice. The kindness in his honeyed words made it all the worse. At times there had been smiles, faked kindness and compassion that had lured her in the first place.

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How swiftly she had learnt that 'kindness' too could be a chain. When 'maybe just this once' became twice, four times, ten times, until she'd lost count of all the times pain had been the only outcome. It had numbed her. Whipped her into a sense of obedience far stronger than angered words and a heavy hand could ever.

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So when Nikolai speaks, it's as if her tiny body loses its will to fight. She looks at both men with pleading eyes, but where Ian's face remains like stone, Nikolai's remains shrouded in her mind. Instinct takes over as her feet drag her towards the seat he gestured at, crawling into it and sitting down. She doesn't even fight back when the leather straps are pulled a tad bit too taut.

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Doing so would only prolong the inevitable.

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Soon he'd bring out the needles. His many, colorful vials with names she couldn't even start to pronounce. At least they looked pretty. Even thought she'd come to realise the pretty ones were usually the most painful. Maybe there wouldn't be any pretty ones today? Maybe he'd try something different this time?

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Maybe...

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Her heart sank.

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Maybe not.

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