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Rex clenched his jaw as the mortal stepped around him, ignoring him entirely, causing him to ponder if his whole schtick really had begun to grow stale in the passing years. He admittedly actually despised vampires, despite sharing so many similar qualities with them. There were a lot of things about their hierarchy and unbridled love for each other that got under his skin, but the whole hissing and baring their fangs thing was the straw that broke the camel's back with him, it was so unnecessary. He actually found it embarrassing to be even remotely like them and considered them amongst his favorite prey and at the top of his personal hit list. 

Then here came this guy, cocksure and silver tongued to boot, either too fucking stupid to realize that the shadows were literally forming beneath Rex and expanding outwards or just that confident in his skills. 

Rex intended to find out.

Until reality hit him.

Like a two hundred and twenty five pound sack of shit. 

Alistar came crashing into him just as Rex would begin to will the darkness into a nigh inescapable dome of shadow, causing the two to become engulfed in the shade and spat out into the lush forested peak of Mount Lamington. An andesitic stratovolcano in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. One that he aided to erupt back in 1951, resulting in the death of over four thousand people and the hindrance to the rescue parties and the focus of relief efforts; hampered by suffocating pumice dust and sulphurous fumes, and hot ashes on the ground, which arrived on the scene for the town of Popondetta and other surrounding areas at the time for many months to follow.

Good times.

With a growl, and a shove, he would remove Alistar from atop him and rise to his feet; a summit complex of lava domes and crater remnants rose above the low-angled base of volcaniclastic deposits that were dissected by radial valleys and a prominent broad "avalanche valley" extending northward from the breached crater met his gaze, there was no mistaking his handiwork. The unmistakable scar in the northern side of the mountain from the violent eruption that occurred three days after its initial one was all the evidence he needed, the image of it being blown away and the devastating pyroclastic flow that poured from the gap for a considerable time afterwards brought a brief smile to his face. 

Alistar would chuckle, catching his bearings as he rose to his feet as well, taking in and remembering the area fondly,[color=C11B17]“I remember the fun you had here, brother!”[/color] he'd exclaim.

[Color=FD1C03]"Tch. That lucky son of bitch..."[/color] he'd growl, ignoring his brother's attempt at reminiscing good times alongside him, [Color=FD1C03]"Why'd a geek like him get to pull a bad bitch like that?"[/color] he'd mutter to himself as he looked out over the land.

Then the yelling came.

[Color=FD1C03]"AND WHY THE FUCK DID YOU CAUSE ME TO LOSE FOCUS ON CREATING THE DOME?!?!?"[/color] He'd roar turning on Alistar in an instant, [Color=FD1C03]"Fucking idiot..."[/color] He'd growl lowering his voice to an irritated whisper.

[color=C11B17]“One, he didn't pull her. You seriously think she would just choose him without knowing him? I thought you knew her better than that. Two, you saw what she did to me, you're gonna tell me if she did the same to you that you wouldn't be putty in her hands? Three, you act like I did this on purpose. I didn't. When I get my hands on him, I'll kill him.”[/color]

Rex merely continued his gaze in Alistar's direction, jaw clenched in aggravation, debating whether he was going to respond. He knew Alistar wouldn't have chosen to break his attention in that manner, it was absolutely absurd to think he would. His once feral little brother had grown well past those methods and stages of his life in these passing years, into a somewhat more refined and respectable individual, just as Rex had begun to embrace that feral part of himself. But the rest of that shit, he could kick him square in the dick for. He wasn't watching anything beyond the spot that that arrogant little prick had been standing in before he had chosen to disrespect him. The one who had brushed aside and treated him like he had done to so many other powerless individuals before. 

The gall. 

It was already bad enough that it had to be Jiang's party that they crashed in the first place, but to have that deplorable incident unfurl right before her… 

He'd chuckle quietly at his thoughts, bringing the palm of his hand to his face and shaking his head, [Color=FD1C03][i]What the hell was that guy's problem?[/i][/color], he'd think, dragging his hand away from his face.

[color=C11B17]“Come now, brother, let's take a vacation while we're here anyways, huh?"[/color] Alistar would grin, [color=C11B17]"You want to cause some chaos here on the locals, maybe get some happy endings as well? It's all on me this time.”[/color] he'd continue in hopes of distracting his brother from tonight's, technically yesterday's; thanks to the sudden shift in time zones, mishap.

Rex shook his head, [Color=FD1C03]"Nah, I'm good. You chill here if you want, I need some ME time."[/color] he'd shoulder check Alistar in their lighthearted fashion as he stepped past him; their personal brand of brotherly love, [Color=FD1C03]"Besides nothing's gonna top the way I fucked this place back then."[/color] he'd laugh boisterously before stepping away into the shade of the trees and vanishing.