[KoRn] - Falling Away From Me...Retaliation:
Simone’s Notes:
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group as a response to a grievance. Although many aspects of revenge resemble the concept of justice, revenge connotes a more injurious and punitive focus as opposed to a harmonious and restorative one. Whereas justice generally implies actions undertaken and supported by a legitimate judicial system, by a system of ethics, or on behalf of an ethical majority, revenge generally implies actions undertaken by an individual or narrowly defined group outside the boundaries of judicial or ethical conduct. The goal of revenge usually consists of forcing the perceived wrongdoer to suffer the same or greater pain than that which was originally inflicted. In some societies, it is believed that the punishment in revenge should be more than the original injury, as a punitive measure. The Old Testament "an eye for an eye" validates the concept of proportionate revenge, in which there would be a simple 'equality of suffering'. Detractors argue that revenge is a simple logical fallacy, of the same design as "two wrongs make a right." Of the psychological, moral, and cultural foundation for revenge, philosopher Martha Nussbaum has written: "The primitive sense of the just—remarkably constant from several ancient cultures to modern institutions...—starts from the notion that a human life...is a vulnerable thing, a thing that can be invaded, wounded, violated by another's act in many ways. For this penetration, the only remedy that seems appropriate is a counter invasion, equally deliberate, equally grave. And to right the balance truly, the retribution must be exactly, strictly proportional to the original encroachment. It differs from the original act only in the sequence of time and in the fact that it is response rather than original act—a fact frequently obscured if there is a long sequence of acts and counteracts".
The following is a record of the bloodbath the occurred on Christmas day. After this day, Syd and the other mystics had to up their game some.
Christmas Day, Ametris, 1917:
5:00 a.m.:
Manami awoke just at three in the morning for this. She had been planning this surprise attack since the first of December. She was going to give the Living Realm a Christmas that *nobody* would forget. This would be the winter festival at its finest! The Fallen Princess looked at her sea of growing slaves. They too were hungry for sex, blood, and death. Manami smirked to herself in an ice-filled way. Why tease her loyal fans any longer? Time to give them what they solely desired. She stepped forward to the crowd.
“My beloved pets!” Manami addressed them. “I know that you all have been in hunger for many days now. Well, today, I will grant the freedom to feast on this Christmas day!!!” The Fallen Ones cheered at that declaration. Manami smiled at the energy she was spilling into them. She couldn’t wait to see the end results by the time midnight came.
“Now, go!!!” the Fallen Princess commanded. “Go out and feast upon your desires! Bring back as many of us as you can!!!” The incubi and succubi all cheered as they all scattered out of the apartment to the city. Manami smirked at them before she left the day herself.
8:00 a.m.:
The first kill came at eight in the morning. Her name was Heidi. She had just come out of her office because she had forgotten she important papers at her desk. He had been stalking her all morning. Fine-looking woman she was. Long straight black hair to her waist. Her slender heels echoed as she came down the pavement stairs into the parking lot. Fair-skinned little thing. She held her briefcase and purse close to her body as an attempt to keep warm. Her eyes looked so sweet and blue like the early spring sky. He smirked at her as she walked all the way to the car in the cold. How ironic of her to be wearing all black today. It would suit her just fine in a couple of minutes! He dashed forward invisibly for the kill.
Heidi stopped at her car and began digging for her keys. They seemed to be buried among her anti-stress pills, nail filer, cosmetic counter amount of make-up, chewing gum, photos, wallet, and flash drive. She began searching desperately.
“Damn it,” she mumbled in the cold. “Come on, not now! I have to get home!” Well, not really. Heidi lived all alone in her apartment. Her boyfriend had dumped her a month ago and her cat died last week. So, what was the point of getting home right away? Heidi kept digging for her keys when she felt someone grab her from behind. A heavy hand covered her mouth before she could scream. Her heart raced as she tried to struggle and get away. He smirked to himself at her helpless fear. It just made the red and black cloud over in his eyes for the appetizer.
“There is no need to fight me,” he whispered. “It’ll all be over soon!” Her eyes widened in fear. He grinned to himself. Take to do it! Heidi suddenly felt little needle prickling into her neck. She still tried to fight off her attacker in vain. He drank on to that sweet scared blood of hers. “Yes!” he thought, aroused. “Come on, come on! Keep fighting! More! More!” At the end of this erotic appetizer, Heidi slumped down in his arms dead. Sekan took his teeth out of her neck and healed the wound. He licked up his lips in delight. Ah, what a good method to start the day. Poor cow, at least he got his moments of pleasure before she died. The incubus slowly dropped her to the black-ice pavement and disappeared into the sky. Thirty-two-year-old Heidi Breedlove was the first victim on Christmas day.
10:00 a.m.:
Teen teenage girls were walking the snow-covered streets, looking for a bite to eat. He watched the cute little things walk for miles. They looked about fifteen-years-old. Perfect little Barbie dolls ripe for the second course. He followed them to the pedestrian light. Show time! David took appeared around the corner walked causally over to the girls. They looked up and saw a charming-looking man walking towards them. He paused and waved at them.
“Hello ladies,” he said. “I am a little lost. Could you show me how to get Club Paris from here?” The girls blushed as he asked that question.
“S-S-Sure,” they replied. David smirked at his prey.
“May I accompany you so that I will know how to get there myself next time?” he added on. The girls didn’t even think about how to answer that one at all.
“Sure!” they exclaimed. David smiled at them still.
“Very good,” he said. When the “don’t walk” sign changed, the trio walked straight into the trap waiting for them. Several hours later, the girls were found half naked, dead, and their bodies drained of blood down a back-alley behind an abortion clinic.
11:37 a.m.:
Four men and two women were found dead in different locations of the park. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. Manami and the girls watched from the trees above. The first two courses were good, now to bring on the main course. They all disappeared into main parts of the city while the military raced to find any clues as to how to catch these monsters before things really got out of hand. The junior officers took notes of everything that they had been reporting for the whole day. By the time they were finished, their hands ached and they almost ran out of paper.
12:00 p.m.:
Twelve people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. Five people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Thirteen victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
1:05 p.m.:
Twenty-three people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. Eleven people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Thirty-seven victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
3:00 p.m.:
Thirty-five people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. Seventeen people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Fifty victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
5:00 p.m.:
Fifty-four people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. One nearly decapitated with a cut to throat that’s almost to the bone. Nineteen people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Sixty-nine victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
6:00 p.m.:
Seventy people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. One nearly decapitated with a cut to throat that’s almost to the bone. Another with both feet missing. Thirty people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Eighty-four victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
7:00 p.m.:
Ninety-two people dead. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. One nearly decapitated with a cut to throat that’s almost to the bone. Another with both feet missing. A third victim was found martyred to a cross in a graveyard. Thirty-five people have gone missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. Ninety-nine victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
8:15 p.m.:
More people found dead. Stopped counting by this point. All of them showed signs of sexual assault and all the blood had been drained from their bodies. One nearly decapitated with a cut to throat that’s almost to the bone. Another with both feet missing. A third victim was found martyred to a cross in a graveyard. One leg found in a ditch. More people missing. Mostly likely to be dead or fallen by now. More victims have now joined the Fallen Ones.
9:00 p.m.:
More people dead, missing, or turned.
10:00 p.m.:
My this has turned out to be a very bloody Christmas into overtime. I’ve never seen Mustang look so angry before in my life.
10:45 p.m.:
More and more bodies keep turning up. It’s all the same tonight. Stopped counting a long time ago. Why bother? The bodies are just going to keep piling up. No family Christmas for the military today. Not once.
11:30 p.m.:
We are finally dismissed for the night. The case will pick up tomorrow. Too bad for the general, that means more paperwork for him to do.
However, the Fallen Ones weren’t done just yet.
11:57 p.m.:
Edward snuck down to the mystics’ secret lab. He mentally-willed the guards to let him through undetected. He just gracefully walked through security with no problems at all. He came down to the secret room. The fallen alchemist got through the protection there and walked right in. Edward turned the lights and controls. Janine squinted in pain at the blaring lights.
“Turn off that god damn light!!!” she cried.
“Hello Janine,” Edward said with a smirk. “How would you like to get out of here?” The half-breed’s eyes lit up in surprise.
“Huh? Really?!?” she asked.
“Yeah,” Edward said. Janine was overjoyed by this news. She leapt forward in great joy.
“Oh I wish I knew who you were or if I could see your face, but thank you!!!” the half-breed said rejoicing. Edward smirked at her coldly.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “I’m just helping my follow sister out.” Janine sat there in high-soaking bliss.
“Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” she said over and over again. Within a few minutes, Edward hacked into the system, changed some data around, and Janine was walking out the door with him. A crushing blow to the day on Christmas day.
[KoRn] - Falling Away From Me...
