parisian dream [alira]

[Alira Sweetnam]

Great. Irina was going to make her talk. I can hear thoughts. she said, her voice soft. I have the ability to make anyone like me. Or at least, they like me when they see me. But I can tell when someone's lying or not. she said, shrugging. She also knew that she could seduce any guy she wanted, but she didn't say that, only thought it, wondering if Irina would make a comment to it or not.

[Irina Denali]

Irina raised an eyebrow. "Multitalented? Well, those are useful. More useful than a friend of mine's, anyway," she said, thinking of Rosalie's face and Lysander's hands. I looked down, retracting myself from her mind entirely and hiding my own thoughts from her. It was usually a default setting for me, since I was so often around Edward, but I'd slipped a little. I wasn't sure if I should tell her all I could do, I wasn't even sure of its limits myself. "Alright. I can...enter people's consciousnesses. It started out as I could talk to people in their heads, but could only hear their replies. And then I learned how to expand it. So I can hear thoughts, make you sad, make you happy, make you feel pain, take pain away, anything I want you to feel, you'll feel. I know every thing that's ever happened to you in your life and I can get a really vague idea of your future but not really. I can take on someone's physical characteristics by copying their mind. Technically, it's just one skill evolved over a millenium."

[Alira Sweetnam]

She listened as Irina spoke of what she could do. It seemed as if in a way, she was multi-talented, too. Yet, it was only one skill. When she spoke of knowing everything that happened to her, Alira looked away. She didn't want people knowing. It wasn't something she was proud of. But she knew that there were people who could find out her past without even asking her. She didn't respond, though. She did cry, though. But it wasn't physical. She couldn't cry. She was.. crying inside you could say. She didn't quite feel safe around Irina, knowing what she could do. Even if she could make Alira happy, she still wouldn't talk. But she did wish that Irina would take at least some of the pain away. Or maybe her memories, but she didn't think it in case Irina was listening in again.

[Irina Denali]

I refused to know what she was thinking. I blocked myself out. There were some things that were just too personal. I could tell she was upset, though. I didn't want to comfort her with my powers--I wasn't sure if I could keep myself from reading her thoughts, but I tried in the human way. "I'm not listening, you know. I'm not doing a thing to you. I have some personal moralistic standards about digging through people's minds and pasts."

[Alira Sweetnam]

She sighed, crossing her arms across her chest, unsure of what to do now. She felt like talking to someone, but no matter how hard she tried, she could never get herself to say much. Short answers was always what the person got. Before she was a vampire, she talked a lot. But after she was changed.. rarely did she talk a lot. Not unless the person was close to her.

[Irina Denali]

She smiled. The girl didn't need to talk, Irina didn't want to make her uncomfortable. She could see some nearly vaporized look of confusion in the girl's eyes, probably left over from her human life. Irina refused to delve any further. She was different, she supposed, before the change. It didn't surprise her; she herself had been a charismatic young flirt, the darling of the court. Now she was far too levelheaded and practical: she'd gotten old. It was an interesting thought.

[Alira Sweetnam]

She sat in silence for who knows how long. Is she going to say anything? she thought, looking away and then looking back down at the flowers. She found one that was quite.. odd. It was the color of her hair. It seemed.. brighter even. She sighed again, looking back up to the vampire. She didn't know what to say to her.. If she wanted to stay or if she wanted to leave.

[Irina Denali]

She smiled softly, twirling with her hair shyly. She looked down. "Look, you don't have to answer or anything...but is there a reason you're quiet? I promise I'm not fishing or anything, but it seems like that's not..usual for you." She was a strong suspicion she was pushing too far, but she was curious...she was trying to suppress her curiosity but in a morbid way it got the best of her. She didn't have to answer--Irina of all people would know how hard this was for her.

[Alira Sweetnam]

She shrugged after Irina spoke. She didn't answer. She didn't want to. She couldn't. Instead, she thought it, knowing that Irina would hear. Because of my past, she thought. How I was before, after, and during the transformation to a vampire. she thought once more. She looked back down, pretending to be interested in the strange flower.

[Irina Denali]

She chuckled. You're smart, she said, taking care to only hear what she wanted her to. It was easy--to just revert back to the setting she had been in originally. Alright. You were a talker? I could see that. But during the transformation? I couldn't imagine being anything during, I couldn't think. She kept her voice gentle as possible, again reminding Alira that she didn't have to answer if she didn't want to.

[Alira Sweetnam]

She wondered why Irina had said Alira was smart, but she didn't ask. Yes. I used to talk a lot. But now.. I can't get myself to. After I was changed, I refused to talk to anyone about anything, she thought. But after a few years, I started talking again. But rarely did I say much to anyone. I can't speak much. Even if I force myself to. Only a few people have gotten close, and it's easy for me to talk to them. But I don't let many people get close to me.[/i]

[Irina Denali]

Irina smiled slightly. I wouldn't let people in, either. I mean, come on. By nature, we're supposed to drink blood. Unless you meet another vampire, you've got to go it alone. Since they're aren't a lot of us around, it's can get kind of rough.

[Alira Sweetnam]

She sighed. Well if you knew how I was changed, you'd understand that I don't let anyone in. It's not that easy for me. No matter who they are.