Saint Dominic's Boarding School ((Accepting!!))

[Anomaly]

((Yep.))

Valeriana looked at Sev and back at Anril. "I don't think that we'll be able to do anything. We use the shadows to travel just as much as they do." She sighed softly and looked to the ground.

Dresyn shifted and grabbed her hand. "I don't want to sit around and wait to see." He looked at her. "Up for a run?"

[aurumlupus]

{~ Hmm... when they shift, do they lose their clothing? No big deal if they do, just randomly curious ~}

Anril nodded. "true, but if we were to deprive them of shadows, then wouldn't they be normal wolves under those circumstances?" She asked with a smile.

Faith took his hand and nodded. "yes, I'm up for it if you are. I'll be right beside you." She replied.

[Anomaly]

((I believe we had this earlier and said that they should still have their clothes when they shifted back.))

Valeriana shook her head. "Doubt it. Even if they don't have shadows to mess with, they have it in themselves." She gripped Sev's hand and chewed on her lip. She looked up at them both and then back to the ground.

Dresyn squeezed her hand and then shifted, stretching a bit to start to run again. He didn't want to think about the chances that they might do something.

[aurumlupus]

{~ Alright. I'm sorry for the poor memory, it's about 12:30am here, and I've been up for a while... ~}

Sev gently gripped her hand in return, his eyes flicking between Anril and Valeriana, not staying on one of them for very long.

Anril shrugged slightly. "Perhaps, but I can't see that being near as powerful as if they had actual shadows..." She tapped her fingernails on the desk lightly, thinking. "It might be just enough to put us on equal footing with them, especially if we wield silver weapons as well, a natural weakness to all weres, wolves or otherwise."

Faith shifted as well, stretching slightly to get used to her form again, having not shifted for a while now. She looked at Dreysn, ready to run when he was.

[Anomaly]

((I'm in the same boat. But I took a nap, so that happened. I understand though.))

Valeriana watched her and shook her head. "They are just as powerful, even if they don't have it." She chewed on her lip slightly at the thought about it. "Silver is damaging to us because of that."

Dresyn looked at her and nodded, starting to go behind her and nudge her to go. He wanted to make sure that he at least could cover her back as they ran.

[aurumlupus]

{~ heh, wish I could have sneaked in a nap today. I never get enough of those ~}

Anril raised an eyebrow. "They gain power from shadows... take shadows away and they are still as powerful? Then it isn't the shadows powering them, it's something else, which means you might have an idea of what else. take away the power source, they get weaker. That's a law of nature, can't really change that." She paused for a moment. "True, but if silver is the best weapon we have against them, we can't really afford to not use it."

Faith took the hint and began running, though she had no idea where she was to go, or anything, and was wondering how in the world Dreysn expected her to know, when he was trying to be gallant and protect her back. It was sweet, but she could just as easily be running them into a trap by not knowing something, and she didn't like the idea of bringing Dreysn to harm, or herself.

[Anomaly]

((Neither do I. I was lucky to get this one.))

Valeriana looked to the ground and sighed softly. "Not if they have already consumed themselves into that idea." She sighed softly. "Then you are putting danger between us and them. And even if we could, we don't have much power to gain from it."

Dresyn followed, running with her. He guided her as best he could, not wanting to actually let her think that he was going to be leaving. He looked at her and kept her running. He would find traps before she did. He had to think about that.

[aurumlupus]

Anril raised an eyebrow. "Already consumed themselves to the idea? People don't gain power from an idea, not when they gain power from a physical manifestation. They gain power from the shadows around, and maybe within, themselves, so if we get rid of at least the exterior shadows, that massively decreases their power."

{~ What does 'consumed themselves to the idea' even mean? ~}

Faith ran, enjoying the feeling of being able to stretch her muscles again despite the circumstances, allowing herself to be lead by Dreysn as they ran.

[Anomaly]

Valeriana shook her head. "They get power from an idea that they believe they have power. Physical manifestation is just a stepping stone. Once you have an idea, you are just as powerful." She looked at Anril. "And make us just as weak. You forget that we are Vampires. The only way to have that is to level a city with the sun above us.

((As in absorbing the idea and letting that become their whole being.))

Dresyn ran hard and was ready to actually run and bolt for some other kind of safety. But he had to remember that Faith was there. He nuzzled her to keep moving. They would run into someone that would help them soon. Or at least he hoped that were the case.

[aurumlupus]

Anril's eyebrow remained raised. "I gain power from the use of a sword. The sword has some amazing property about it. I believe in it, and that it gives me power. The sword breaks, is stolen from me, or is neutralized. No two ways about it, my belief in the sword doesn't that without it, I'm going to be able to do near as much, stepping stone or not. Without it, I'm now weaponless, except for my body, and that doesn't help because I've come to depend so heavily upon the sword. Even if I know how to use my body, after so long of using the sword, I won't be near as effective, nor be able to do as much. It's the same with these wolves. Take away their shadows, and then seasoned werwolves who have been fighting without the shadows will be more than a match for them, or properly trained vampires, though Lord knows there's not many of them as most vampires don't know more than lash out. Proper training is an idea that escapes most, depending and looking down on the werewolves to serve and protect us." She waved her hand dismissively, then pushed a button. Light flared to life from the ceiling, illuminating Sev and Valeriana. "You can't be that stupid." She said dryly. "Sunlight is far from the only way to rid ourselves of shadows, and ambient light such as this holds no harm to our kind. Maybe I forget about my own kind, but at least I'm not blind to old ways that have long since changed because I've been locked away by my family." She said, crossing her arms once again. "So. You willing to start listening, as you have had to have Sev explain most of the world to you again due to your many years of absence, and believe that perhaps others have ideas that might be more valid in this world than the one you know, and following that actually start helping us, or do you wish to argue in a circle for a few more hours?"

{~ "consumed into that idea" and "Absorbing the idea" are polar opposites, and contradictions.... consumed means to ingest, so you're saying in the first that the idea ate or ingested them into itself; whereas in the second, it means to take the idea into one's self. One cannot mean the other here... Consumed by an idea, makes sense, to a certain degree, if it means the being being consumed now has their life or world revolve around a central or driving idea or concept. Consumed into an idea is close, but doesn't quite follow the same rules, so it doesn't make sense... ~}

Faith nodded at him absently as he nuzzled her, and she picked up the pace a little bit. There wasn't anything she sensed to run away from, but she didn't want anything to catch them either if it decided to try and start chasing them before they found help.