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Song: Panic! At the Discocopyright protection376PENANAgBevF7ljEh
Artist: Mercenarycopyright protection376PENANAub0JSsDMAp
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Just a dime store poetcopyright protection376PENANAM1oX5tvAjt
Keeping pace, talking his face bluecopyright protection376PENANA9N3hRAilNQ
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The night was young, and filled with stars. The mansion was glowing, decorated with lanterns strung along the windows and winding up the trees keeping watch over the white pebble road littered with carriages and guests making their way to the masked ball. A particular couple entered the mansion, an incredibly tall, dark-haired man with eyes crimson and a wolfish look dressed in crisp black suit and red under-shirt. The girl at his arm wore a dress inspired by autumn, a copper and orange fused dress that trailed in the snow, the leaf-edged pauldrons on her shoulders showering holograms of miniature, orange and amber leaves fluttering down in her wake. Her tawny, brown-blonde hair was curled, drawn up into a high-bun, the strands trawling down the back of her neck and twisting down her temples. Before they stepped into the gold ornate ballroom, the two exchanged a sharp glance between crimson and emerald eyes, and put on their masks of a black wolf and copper owl.copyright protection376PENANAGbIeebOnTz
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Two dollar store trampscopyright protection376PENANABw3VhhSORG
To get a glance, a new chance at youcopyright protection376PENANAM22lbzYz5p
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The two strolled into the ball, the floor filled with dancing couples, dressed in suits of black, grey, brown, stripped and plain, dresses of silk and velveteen, leather and cotton, fluttering and making them appear as if they were gliding across the dance-floor in the popular colors of gold and white, all their faces guised by masks of animals or fairy tale creatures. Those guests lingering amongst the granite pillars glanced their way, taking a long draught of their untouched drinks from colored glasses. Some watched them with a fearful, nervous look, others suspicious, some entertained and others simply curious.copyright protection376PENANAaajzpyZgl5
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Walk past the dance floorcopyright protection376PENANAbjgfXm8fWu
That’s always been a dear friend of minecopyright protection376PENANAJOXVrWvZJd
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A waiter brushed past them, and offered a drink, which they gladly took.copyright protection376PENANAXrGTfzmFGr
“Ace?” The girl said, tugging at his sleeve.copyright protection376PENANAzVrHcVjA5o
“Jenny,” Ace replied, taking a sip of the drink.copyright protection376PENANA4ZjgaUaHWO
“What’s the plan?” She asked, almost nervous, the glittering drawings of ferns and leaves drawn up her freckled face, those particular freckles mostly covered with alabaster makeup.copyright protection376PENANAA2LHhRHuMy
Ace motioned to the young, almost nervous looking man with curled brown hair dressed in a military style red tunic, standing by himself and looking as if he didn’t know what quite to do with himself.copyright protection376PENANA3zb1WZzC0i
“Seduce him. Lead him up to one of the offices up there. Have some fun, kill him then gather the papers from lord Remington in the desk,” Ace said all casual like, downing the rest of his drink.copyright protection376PENANArUYymNcCpq
“Seduce him?” Jenny hissed, staring out into the dance, refusing to make eye contact or even look at the young lord.copyright protection376PENANAwbDIl1yuA7
“Yes. I hope it’s not too much of a foreign concept from you. If you’d rather, I could always do it,” Ace smirked, reminding her of a real, rabid wolf baring its fangs.copyright protection376PENANARa1EYRhlis
Her only reply was to down her drink in a single stretch.copyright protection376PENANA0vOee7YFMP
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Cuckolds and concubinescopyright protection376PENANAGOFYlNVqZH
Dancing in four, four timecopyright protection376PENANAEIxrlN7blO
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Ace watched his young pupil approach her prey with all the confidence in the world, striding about in the ridiculous dress with feline grace.copyright protection376PENANASQ4XFEiKhZ
The young lord seemed almost alarmed, but she smiled so sweetly.copyright protection376PENANAXM7uOADcco
He clearly couldn’t help but smile shyly in return. She twirled a strand of hair in her long fingers and cocked her head, listening to him awkwardly arrange his words.copyright protection376PENANAPKQVDtMyNE
She laughed at every joke, no matter how un-funny, showing off her white smile.copyright protection376PENANA5AE4hj4SKj
Then, after a few drinks, he whispered drunkenly in her ear and she took him by the hand, completely sober despite her fake stagger and consistent giggling as they snuck away upstairs.copyright protection376PENANAo4Z775Xacr
“Good luck, chick,” Ace said underneath his breath. copyright protection376PENANAbYT7KzZO1T
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“Hey, mister,” the bellman says. “I can only recall and spend some time," I said”copyright protection376PENANAU4J9jyHqtu
So he replies, “Then how do you manage?”copyright protection376PENANA6Dz7C97V4U
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Ace ordered a drink happily examining the bartender.copyright protection376PENANAVVApjumg0z
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Jenny pushed the young lord onto the couch and unlatched her trail, the young lord grinning stupidly. copyright protection376PENANA4nQ55o9Js9
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I dodge the blast, and apologize for collateral damagecopyright protection376PENANAqJZmJTrjb8
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Ace accepted the offer a beautiful, blushing young maidens offer for a dance. They spun, swirled and glided across the floor. She smiled. He bared his fangs.copyright protection376PENANAVrlMCYYikI
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Jenny pulled off her floral gloves that stretched up to her elbows with her teeth, throwing them to the floor as the young lord fumbled to loosen his belt.copyright protection376PENANAkYOhqC2D1G
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In love, I’ve always been a mercenary, but I never leave my post when the cash runs outcopyright protection376PENANAPNMS4dc1CX
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Ace and the maiden spun, and while she closed her eyes in bliss, Ace exchanged a smile with the lord dancing across the floor that had been watching him the whole damn night.copyright protection376PENANAoMKIVlbUuY
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Jenny smiled at the thought of their pay once this job was done, feeling the hidden blade strapped, hidden against her thigh. The young lord smiled shamelessly as he kissed and sucked at her powdered neck as she straddling him.copyright protection376PENANApTZKmjF34I
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I want to make you quivercopyright protection376PENANAKn9aNnU6ze
Make your backbone shivercopyright protection376PENANA9CtITvM7Eu
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Ace trailed his hands down her back, ignoring her gasp as he kept eye contact with the lordling that didn’t quite care that his partner was trying to get his attention, and gave Ace such a look that made him shiver. So much so, Ace didn’t notice the royal guards entering the mansion with a particular set of targets.copyright protection376PENANAR2NGBOgixw
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Jenny quivered at the touch of his fingertips down her bare back, and the sound of his breath that grew heavier with each intake of air.copyright protection376PENANAW2nBMXoNVH
Hey kid, take the stage and delivercopyright protection376PENANA77AmdQ1Qq2
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The royal guards raised their rifles, all aimed at Ace. Ace performed his favourite dance move, all in time with the other dancers, as one the gentlemen picked up their ladies and spun a ninety degree spin. For a moment, Ace held his lady closer, long enough so that the bullets aimed at him instead tore into her. Shame, he thought. The red ruined such a pretty white dress. He drew his blades hidden beneath his under-shirt.copyright protection376PENANARSxacZZHWY
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The young lordling had gone to buck his hips up, but instead he shuddered and gasped for air, as her dagger produced from between his shoulder blades. He’d gone to stutter his name, and instead spluttered blood. Jenny pulled his close, his chest pressed against her bare breasts she gripped the daggers hilt.copyright protection376PENANAegWsy40Bi4
“Careful now,” She breathed into his ear as he convulsed.copyright protection376PENANAU0nieDbTaM
“Soulstra is a virgin, hasn’t been inside no man before. Be gentle,” Jenny yanked Soulstra out and wiped the blood against his shirt, and tucked it into a sheath on her upper-thigh. copyright protection376PENANAqUjmkQhs6p
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“Hey, mister,” the bellman says. “I can only recall and spend some time," I said.copyright protection376PENANA8bKNgizFKL
So he replies, “Then how do you manage?”copyright protection376PENANAUeQFOH2tNw
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Ace danced a different dance. This one you danced to the song of screaming, gunfire and the kiss of steel. copyright protection376PENANA1dgcm8SflG
This one he much preferred, with blades in hand, baring his fangs and both blades and eyes blazing red as he separated heads and limbs from their respective bodies.copyright protection376PENANAXojEPe7xoz
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Jenny gathered the papers, rolling them up and sliding them down her cleavage and righting her hair and gloves.copyright protection376PENANA9TI2XvJhXv
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I dodge the blast, and apologize for collateral damagecopyright protection376PENANAnIPzjZyf1v
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Seeing the battle below, Jenny took a copper, carved grip from her thigh and motioned a particular motion, a copper bow unfolding out, clicking and twisting to form itself, a miniature scope spinning into existence. She took a strap of pill-looking creations and pressed a fistful of them into a fist, five arrows sliding and clicking out into existence between her fingers. With bow and arrow she rained down hellfire, golden, white-feathered arrows connecting with skulls.copyright protection376PENANALtP0BKrTUr
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“How does it feel to stand on the very stones that ran with your parent’s blood?copyright protection376PENANAgDbbbh53jK
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The flat of blades running against armor.copyright protection376PENANAMlbMaZhd6L
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Do you feel sad? Full of rage? copyright protection376PENANAJ4t4h77H2Q
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The sound of arrows whirring through the air. copyright protection376PENANAKsdZoemz9e
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Or does that outfit help you bury your feelings?copyright protection376PENANAatlhzLZzYG
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Desperate gunfire.copyright protection376PENANA4Jafgr3yWi
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Hiding your true self?copyright protection376PENANAXs82CGGwNJ
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The rush of the innocent out the door and into the snow-scape outside.copyright protection376PENANAERCzuM8qZo
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You’re truly an extraordinary specimen; I look forward to breaking you”copyright protection376PENANAd7NeqLjQSj
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They managed their way up to her perch, and Jenny was forced to leap back down onto the ballroom floor and fight back to back with her mentor.copyright protection376PENANAVQjQPphOtW
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I dodge the blast, and apologize for collateral damagecopyright protection376PENANAxA7Kdde6do
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Three idiots to go. Ace plunged a single sword, dressed in red flames into the throat of one.copyright protection376PENANAsDwvIXT2DL
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“Hey, mister,” the bellman says. “I can only recall and spend some time," I said.copyright protection376PENANA13K3p8TABv
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Two idiots to go. Jenny filled another’s chest with arrows.380Please respect copyright.PENANAWf89swALCq
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I dodge the blast, and apologize for collateral damagecopyright protection376PENANAunj2De4mgF
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One idiot to go. With a single arrow left, Ace swiped behind his legs and as he stumbled backwards, Jenny kicked him to the ground and slammed an arrow into his heart.copyright protection376PENANA6HJ1jcPPl1
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“Hey, mister,” the bellman says. “I can only recall and spend some time," I said.copyright protection376PENANAPR45pCTmuR
So he replies, “Then how do you manage?”copyright protection376PENANAjKqGEuARTX
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Jenny tore at her dress, allowing her to run along side Ace out into the night, snow flying up in their wake alongside the holographic leaves leaving a faint trail, almost like a cloak. Ace panted, holding blood-soaked hand against a wound on his side.copyright protection376PENANAukPepSLRiL
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And so the particular couple left the ball as they usually did.copyright protection376PENANAm1W7RVmTBj
Leaving a wake blood and misguided lust. copyright protection376PENANAJKzuwkYraY
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Hey, yeah, sorry for the gore hehehehehe. copyright protection376PENANAx0rIAQsJSg
Basically, this takes place in the universe of the novel I'm currently writing and for every song I listen to there are a number of situations, scenes and such I picture, and this particular song really fitted the relationship between Ace and Jenny, so I just started writing off the top off my head (as clearly can be seen lol) and ended up really enjoying myself writing this piece copyright protection376PENANAQkHrGpK059
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