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9th Shot [Video: Midday]

....You know, this date has been weighing on my mind heavily for the last veek. The prom vas quite the distraction but, even distractions haf to end.

[Rip gives a soft sigh as she turns on her video feed and from the looks of it, she's in the kitchen with a mug of something in front of her on the counter. She toys with the mug again before shaking her head.]

Another year haz passed. Happy birthday to me, not that I know how old I am...

[She really didn't have an idea of exactly how old she was, just... a vague idea. Rip thought she was somewhere in her eighties, but, she could easily be in her nineties or over a hundred by now and she wouldn't know it. The huntress idly takes a sip from her mug as she considers what to say next...]

Tell me, vat do you like to do on your birthday?

I prefer to reflect back on the previous year. Years I vould not haf had othervise due to... circumstances back home.

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Oughta get up early an' go dancin'. Or find a party t' crash. Somethin' fun. Cuz hell yeah! Survived 'nother year!

[Namur looks a little bleary eyed as he plops down in a backwards chair. It is equivalent to the middle of the night for him.]

Been a hell of a year, too. Sheheheh! Why didn't y' say nothin' though?

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[Rip smiles slightly as she watches him plop down into a chair and just sips her drink. From this close of a distance, he could probably tell it's coffee with a little blood added so she could drink it. And yes, she's aware that it's the 'middle of the night' for them.

Rip barely slept for the few hours she managed and had been tossing and turning a bit while attempting...]

If you vant, ve can. But, I didn't say anyzhing because it's just... a marker for how much longer I've lived.

[She shrugged slightly.]

Today vas zhe date of zhe day I arrived in Ruby City. I don't remember my actual birthday zo, this vas a good vay to mark time.

I think they're awesome cuz it means y' survived 'nother year. Like. In spite a all the shit tryna bring y' down yer bigger an' badder'n all a it so suck it world!

[He flips the bird so enthusiastically he nearly jumps out of his seat, then laughs loudly.]

'Sides, ain't it been a good year?

[Namur leans to the side and brushes her shoulder with his, nudging up against her new tattoo.]

Never heard a Ruby City. That where y' was 'fore y' wound up on Tellus?

[ She smiled as he essentially flipped off the world for her. He was right, she did survive despite everything that’s happened in the last year. From leaving Ruby City to ending up in Ceres and bound to that Hellsing bitch to meeting him and the others... and then ending up here and with him again.

Not to mention meeting Augustine and then joining a certain pirate crew.....]

It really haz been quite the adventure.

[ she gently nudged him back with her shoulder. That new tattoo was definitely a point of pride on how far she’s come and her dedication to his m and the others.]

Yes, it vas.

[Namur puts his arm around her shoulders.]

Well, y' seem t' be in a wanna think 'bout depressin' shit kinda mood, so tell me 'bout it?

It's not depression, it's reflecting back on zhe year.

[Her amusement faded a little as she leaned into him.]

Ruby City vas..beautiful. It vas beautiful freedom, but, it vas also a cage. Ve could not leave zhe island und zhe city vas zhe only safe spot from zhe monsters outside zhe vall.

Zhis last year, I had made zhe choice to curb my desire to hunt humans to keep myself alive. I learned zhe year before zhat it vould get me killed in very unpleasant vays if I didn't.

So I resorted to hunting more und more. I had hunting partners und ve usually brought in a fair amount of kills. I even opened a leather shop to deal vith zhe excess since all I needed vas zhe blood. I gave avay zhe meat to anyone vho vanted it.

[She smiled slightly.]

Zhings vere... interesting. I met two ozher soldiers zhat fought in zhe same var I did on a different vorld. All three of us vere from different sides of zhe var und if ve had followed zhe same pattern... Vell, ve vouldn't haf become friends.

Zhey vould haf destroyed me or vorse. Admittedly, annoying zhe boy scout vas avays fun und Bucky vas just as lost as I vas vithout a purpose. I suppose, zhat vhy our very dysfunctional friendship vorked.

[It didn't help she had been attracted to Bucky at one point...]

You know, zhe first time ve met, ve agreed to fight each ozher to see vho vas zhe better soldier. Ve nearly killed each ozher before Steve broke us apart. Needless to say, I von because I'm better at taking damage zhan he vas.

[She grinned a little before it faded...]

I miss zhem you know. Steve, Bucky... Kanaya. Even Loki though he vas responsible in part for my death before I ended up in Ceres.

[At that point, she paused to pull something out of her pocket. A plain bronze pocket watch. Rip quietly flipped it open to reveal a communicator. Obviously it didn't work anymore but, she could still access a few files on it. ]

But, I zhink.. ending up in Ceres und meeting you, Marco und Grell vas probably zhe best zhing to happen to me. Even if it meant I vas bound to zhe Hellsing bitch.

[Faint snort.]

It vasn't zhe first time I've been bound to zomeone. Zhough, last time vas a temporary zhing for a var ve vere forced to participate in. I vas a servant, a fighter for a Master vho provided me vith zhe power I needed to fight.

It vas an interesting experience but, not one I ever vish to repeat.

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Was y' killin' folk in unpleasant ways yerself or jus' givin' 'em real long love bites?

[He knows humans are more than capable of seeking vengeance ten-fold, but as smitten as he is with Rip, he knows she's capable of setting a high and rather grisly standard, and he wonders which way it was for her there.]

Loki... think I heard that name 'fore. Shit, years 'go. Know if he had hisself a wife out in the cosmos somewhere? 'Maid by the name a Sigyn?

[He's definitely going to be listening for those names on the network, though. Bucky, Steve, and Kanaya. Namur wonders what they're like. He smiles when she gets to meeting him, even if for her the memories are bittersweet.]

Do what we can so the only bonds y' got from now on's the one's y' make yerself.

I tortured my victim before feeding off of zhem. It made zhe blood taste better.

[Blunt, to the point. Rip couldn't see how to dance around that even if she wanted to. As much as she loved him, part of her did worry if Namur would up and leaved if he ever found out just how much of a monster she really was..

Which also meant, Rip was on the receiving end of vengeance the first time she died in Ruby City. ]

If you're referring to Loki, zhe Norse Trickster God, zhen yes. He vas a lover of mine at one point.

[She shrugged slightly. As much as she missed them, the pain of being separated from her friends and lovers was definitely less now that she had Namur and Augustine.]

I know... und I appreciate zhat. I'm tired of being controlled by ozhers against my vill und hope I never haf to be again.

[Namur has to fight the urge to roll his eyes. Somehow, he kinda figured she'd brought it on herself. Hearing about it still makes his blood boil, but it's not like there's anything he can do about it, either. She's already realized it's better to be selective with who you torture, and her life is already vastly improved. Just one thing left to do on that front- keep watch for any chucklenuts who think they haven't properly gotten revenge yet.

Like Yellowhair.]

Y' 'member the names a all the folk y' tortured? Tell 'em t' me, an' I'll help y' keep an ear out. Might show up here 'memberin' y' got 'em but not that they gotcha back, catch me?

[She'd mentioned back in Cerealia that she'd had a god for a lover. Namur's still not entirely sure what to feel about that. He assumes a god would make one hell of a lover, but she didn't will herself through realities to be with Loki again. Her heart led her back to him.

Namur scoots his chair over, pressing his leg up alongside hers and dropping his arm around her waist.]

So what was Steve, Bucky, an' Kanaya like?

[She leaned into him as she felt his arm settle around her waist. Despite having a god as a lover, Namur was the one she had come back to. And it was a choice she definitely didn't regret considering he was giving her the things she lacked from the others.

They had encouraged... no, demanded she be a better person. To move past the Monster she was and be like them. Rip had tried. But where they demanded it, they didn't give her the support she needed. Namur did and didn't demand she be something she couldn't be.

Rip buried her head against him for a moment and sighed.]

Zhere were four people I killed in Ruby City. I may haf messed vith zheir loved ones heads afterward und might haf driven one a little insane. Or at least paranoid in zhe one case.

[Which might also be part of the animosity between her and the Hellsing Woman.]

I don't remember zhe names of zhe first two. Zhey vere insignificant und a means to an end during events zhat vere happening at zhe time.

Zhe third vas Sephiroth, during a var zhat vas going on. But, aftervards ve became friends. He vas even one of my hunting partners.

[As amusing as that was...]

Zhe last one I killed vas Killian Jones. I.. may haf had a little help from Mr. Gold vith that one. Apparently zhe two didn't haf a good history vith one another.

[Rip paused for a moment to think. There was someone she was missing...]

Oh! Und Regulus Black. He vas a fun one to poke at. He even tried to frame me for murder but, it didn't stick. Zhe kill vas all wrong und hardly matched my known killing patterns.

[The fact that people were just that familiar with how she killed animals and people.. might say something about her activities.]

Zhose are just zhe ones I remember.

[She shrugged slightly and then turned her attentions back to Steve, Bucky and Kanaya.]

Steve vas...American.

[Soft snort.]

Very much, by zhe rules alvays doing his best to promote truth und justice. Needless to say, ve had very conflicting and very opposite views on nearly everything. But, ve also had a lot in common und shared a mutual interest in Bucky.

...Bucky vas.. more like me. A solider vho vas lost und trying to find himself. Ve hunted togezher quite often und zhere vas definitely...a predatory attraction.

[She smiled slightly.]

Ve could just be predators around one anozher und never haf to really vorry about hurting zhe ozher. Ve could take it. Zo, ve hunted und I gave him an outlet for his more destructive tendancies. Steve didn't quite agree vith it. But, ve shared Bucky.

[Her smile faded slightly.]

....Vell, Bucky preferred Steve more over me und I found out zhey vere lovers a few months before I ended up in Ceres. I didn't take it vell. But, I got over it und ve remained friends.

As for Kanaya...She vas a troll. At least, zhat's vas she said her species vas called. She had horns, grey skin and really liked zhe color Jade.

[Soft snort.]

Zhe glowvorm vas a pain in my ass und her kinds version of a vampire. Ve hated each ozher. Ve vould constantly fight, torment one anozher und insult one anozher.

....She vas also amazing in bed.

[Namur snorts. Of course she was. But more importantly-]

Which one a them drove yer shitty lover t' wanna torture an' kill y' back?

An' what the hell's a Marehkun?

..An American iz annoying.

[She rolls her eyes slightly.]

It iz a vay of saying vhere someone's from.. vat country zhey come from. Steve und Bucky vere from zhe United States of America. Hence, American.. or yankee.

I am from Germany, so, I am German. Vhich is also my native language. From vhere I am from, zhere are thousands of different languages, most of zhem from certain countries in different parts of zhe vorld.

[She sighed softly.]

...It iz vhy I haf an accent. But, if I concentrate enough, I can at least talk well enough to hide it. I just so happen to like my accent.

[With that out of the way.. she turned to his question and was quiet for a moment.]

Loki vas my lover...und he talked me into stealing something of Steve's.I stole a shield he vas vell known for using in battle. I stole it, and then Loki immediately returned it and it vas traced back to me.

...Loki had me take zhe blame und it violated a rule zhat Bucky and I agreed on. Ve don't touch each others things. Steve vas one of his things. So, he killed me for it.

[Rip closed her eyes for a moment.]

Bucky took me on a date for Valentine's Day. He vas a perfect gentleman. He took me to zhe boardvalk and ve had fun. He even gave me a teddy bear. Zhat evening, he took me to zhe lake und brought me out on zhe ice. Ve skated for a bit...und zhen vhen my guard vas down, he tore out my heart und sent my body under zhe ice.

I voke up a veek later still under zhe ice and half frozen. Breaking out of zhe ice vasn't easy.

Both of zhem apologized later but, it still hurt being killed in zhat manner.

[And part of the reason why she wasn't so fond of Valentine's Day. ]

Lord a the Sea.

[Namur's expression shifts through incredulity, anger, and sympathy. He can't imagine going through all that, from people who supposedly loved him, no less.

Then again, he's always felt he had the right to stand up for himself and be treated well by others, and to dismiss those who actively worked against his good from his life.

But Rip...]

Why didn't y' leave them assholes? Tell 'em y' don't need that kinda shit in yer life from yer lovers an' give 'em the boot?

[He has a suspicion he knows what the gist of her answer will be.]

[She was quiet. Why hadn't she done that? Simple, Rip had no one else. She had other friends but, Loki had been her only lover and blood donor at the time.

Bucky..was someone Rip had pursued and failed to win over.]

...I had no one else. I haf...I had friends but, Loki vas my only lover at the time.

[She hesitated slightly.]

Bucky vas one of my closest friends in a sense. But vhether any of zhem actually cared for me... I do not know. I may haf simply been a means to an end, at least for Loki.

[Yeeeep, right on the nose.]

[Namur runs his hand over her hair, then shifts around so he's sitting sideways in the chair and pulls her up into his lap. There's nothing to say, really. It is what it is, and it isn't like Rip is entirely innocent. But damn.

Just.

Damn.

So he holds her tight, willing her to find strength in his embrace. He only has so many years to fill her with enough love to last an eternity, and wonders if he'll ever be able to achieve it. He's always viewed a worthy death as an essential part of life, but at this rate he just might eventually find himself desperate for immortality.]

[She doesn't say anything as he shifts and holds her tight. Rip just leans into him and closes her eyes. Thinking back on last year.. she's in a much better place than she ever was in Ruby City.

She's not starving,she's not alone and the person she cares for the most loves her back.She clenched a fist in his shirt and just listened to his heart beat. Yes, she wonders what happened to the others after she left... but, Rip didn't want to go back.

She was happy with him..and it both thrilled her and terrified her of the possibility of loosing this. ]

I have only 'celebrated' one of my birthdays.

I went shopping for some clothes, then bought myself a cake and shared it with my husband. I enjoyed it, even if no one knew it was my nameday. I will likely do something similar next year.

Sadly, I cannot eat cake. Otherwise, I might try something similar with my boyfriends.

But, it's good to know I'm not the only one that doesn't like flaunting their birthday around.

Is there anything you can eat that you enjoy? Or perhaps drink? A glass of wine or mug of hot chocolate with a loved one is always nice as well.

My nameday is not of any import. I don't see the point in flaunting it.

[ plus it's just the first day of her memory, not the actual day of her birth. a literal name day. ]

That is an easy enough thing to do with my restricted diet. Drink with them might just work.

As far as I can see, there is no point in flaunting. It's just a marker for another year gone by.

[Another year she's managed to keep on living past her death...another year to cherish even if it's been a weird one even for her.]

I have met others who wish to celebrate the namedays of loved ones because they are grateful for their presence in their lives. A show of appreciation, and gratitude.

I suppose.

I cannot remember the last time I shared my birthday with anyone that cared enough to show appreciation of my being alive.

Realize another year went by.

My wife and kids likes to surprise me with something.

That must be nice. Vat do they usually surprise you vith?

It is. They're great.

Breakfast, cake, and them kidnapped for the day. Most of the time it's hiking or they want to hang out when I work.

You don't want to know what I do on my birthday.

[Because hey, it's not a good thing for most people, just him really.]

But it's fun for me and that's all that matters.

Now I'm curious~. Vat vould be fun for you to do und still be something no one else should know about?

It's not a case of no one should know about it.

It's more those types of people who would go 'Ew, you're sick' or 'That's wrong.' Here I can't seem to be open about it from what I can gather.

[he's at least smart enough to know what to be fully open about and what not to. As much as he would like to on this one.]

You know your birthday...?

[Eliot doesn't. Bitty Eliot didn't even know his age or the season he was born in. He only knows the date of his turning.]

I've read a lot of books about characters having birthday parties.

Sort of.. It's the day I picked for myzelf.

[Honestly, she doesn't even remember when her birthday was or even what her age was anymore...]

I don't think I've ever had a party for it before. Zhe day iz.. more of a marker zhan a celebration.

I see...

I don't know what date I could use. The day I was turned was more the day that I died, than anything... Even if I'm living, I'm just an object now.

[Eliot shakes his head.] In any case. Happy... New Year? Birthday? Rip Day?

Happy Birthday vorks fine.

[She toyed with her mug a bit before taking a drink.]

Besides, it sort of iz one anyvay. It iz zhe day I cheated death by arriving in Ruby City.

[Another sip of her drink.]

It's been three years now. Und you're not an object Eliot. Ozhervise, I vould haf broken you by now~.

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