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AU Carlisle comes out to play

This has, quite simply, got the be the most idiotic idea you've had in ages. To actually make me an account, design a bullet point history for me (quite lacking in creativity as well, mind you), and to post here all in the same day?

Put more thought into my history, please.

[He makes a face.]

It's a pale demonstration of the things I've accomplished over the past several centuries.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've things to do.

[ooc: His AU includes him not trying to kill himself in the beginning (because he never had the chance), feeding off humans and joining the Volturi.]

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[ Furious is a bit of an understatement. ]

Pale? It's transparent. She changed everything that makes you who you are.

Who I was, Edward.

Your Carlisle, who I share a headspace with, is still very much in existence. We're different people with different choices.

[Well. This is several kinds of unsettling, to say the least.]

Carlisle? What happened to you?

Have we met?

Nothing has happened to me, aside from this ridiculous charade of my mundanes.

[This... this doesn't seem right. He looks like the Carlisle Cullen she knows, but there's something off. Different. It sends a chill down her spine.

So she'll simply ask, quietly--]

Carlisle?

[Red. His eyes are red.

Alice has a gut feeling that, if she were human, the mere sight would make her ill. As she is now, she just feels profoundly wrong.]

Carlisle, I'm one of your daughters. Alice. Jasper and I found you, don't you remember?

You were never this- [ Gestures to all of him. He can't stand to look into those blood red eyes. ]

You could never become this. You have too much compassion for the living. If you don't have that, then you're right, you're a completely different person. You aren't Carlisle Cullen and you shouldn't bear his name.

Miss Swan. Is everything alright?

[Damn. And him without his contacts.]

[A particularly bright shade of red in fact.]

I'm sure I'd remember if I had family members named Alice or Jasper.

Unfortunately, you don't have much say in my given name.

I don't kill humans for game, Edward. Only out of need and only when that need becomes nearly impossible to bear. I'm considerably more merciful than the rest of Volturi.

But-

[Alice is, for once in her life, speechless. This is Carlisle, the peaceful head of the Cullens. The man who never tasted blood. He taught her before they even met.

What she wouldn't give to have Edward here deciphering his thoughts.]

You've been drinking human blood.

[Because that's really her biggest concern right now.]

I have, yes. Is that so surprising?

[Because, really, it is to him for to know someone that would think he wouldn't.]

But...

[Her head almost hurts, processing this.]

You've always valued human life. What happened?

[ Which only infuriates him further, that he doesn't have any say at all, any control. He's shaking.

He'll speak his mind regardless. ]

Out of need- [ He spits out the word, revolted. ] You know there's another way of life for us! You have to know that, even as you are now, as you chose to be - no, as your mun chooses to make you... Do they realize how insulting that is? To make it seem as if you don't have a choice.

You're better than this.

[ His voice turns ragged. In spite of what he said about them being completely different people, it's clear that he can't differentiate in his heart. His father is his father, no matter what. ] Why? What does your mun intend to do with you like this?

Edited 2012-08-24 06:24 (UTC)

It's been a very long time since I valued human life strongly.

I don't spill blood as often as the rest of the Volturi however.

Edited 2012-08-24 06:29 (UTC)

[Carlisle simply, and calmly, crosses his arms as if this doesn't bother him in the least.]

I do know there's another way of life, and I attempted it once. And while it was a pleasant experience in itself, I prefer a natural food source.

[Doesn't he sound like Aro? Yeah, totally sounds like Aro and Caius and Marcus.]

I do have a choice, Edward. Just as the other Carlisle does.

[He raises a hand and shakes his head slightly.] I haven't a clue. Right now, she only has her eyes on a game that accepts alternate versions of characters but it is only consideration at this point.

And there are still details regarding my life that she needs to finish.

Carlisle, you taught me how to feed from animals!

[He just gives her a stern look, because even as one of the Volturi and the alternate diet, he still doesn't get irritated or angry. Not easily, in any case.]

I haven't taught anyone anything of the sort.

[ It doesn't bother Carlisle to see his son like this? Or does he not consider Edward to be his son? He shakes his head repeatedly, refusing to believe a word of any of that.

It's like the Volturi made the world's worst puppet. ]

There isn't much left to butcher.

[Of course he does, but this isn't the same Edward that he knows. Considering he doesn't have any other members to his family. At all. The Volturi don't count as family.]

Butcher, redesign. See it as you will.

[It actually does bother Carlisle but he's working on shutting himself off from his emotions right now.]

I'm not as much of a monster as you seem to think that I am.

[ Fair enough. ]

Redesign. That makes it sound like you're computer software or something else that's inhuman.

[ He sighs heavily, slowly starting to pace, trying to walk off some steam. His voice sounds calmer, thoughtful, if not a bit resigned. ]

In your own way, you're still being as compassionate as you're...able. I can see that. But I know you're capable of - well, all the things the you that I know accomplished over the past several centuries. [ He tries to smile but it's strained. ]

We aren't human but I understand.

[He hates having to upset any version of Edward but this situation was out of his hands.]

It's not impossible to accomplish similar tasks, but things would have to be done differently. And nothing would be quite the same.

[Leah crosses her arms in front of her chest as she sizes up the vampire. Her face is set in the scowl of a woman smelling something particularly vile, which is no different from any other time she meets a Cullen, yet there is a particular tension to her body now. She is ready for fight or flight if this changed vampire turns out to be even more of a menace than the Cullens she knows.]

I can't say I'm surprised. I've always known you were hiding monsters beneath the Susie Homemaker attitude.

Monster is a bit harsh a description for us. The same term can be applied to you, I believe, werewolf.

[Look at him, there is a clear lack of familiarity from the vampire. And he seems completely calm, or very good at hiding what he's feeling.]

[Leah flashes him a tight smile which has nothing at all to do with amusement.]

Funny, coming from a bloodsucker! I can't remember the last time I killed a human. Can you?

[Carlisle is mildly amused himself.]

Before I moved to Forks. Why? Looking for a reason to kill me?

[She flashes him a very toothy smile. Yet she tenses further, with the admission that he has recently killed and the evidence his blood-red eyes give, it's all she can do to keep the wolf from bursting out.]

If you're asking like that... Yes.

I'm not keen on being torn limb from limb. And there's only one of you, which would make it difficult to kill me. Such a shame.

I'd rather not spill blood here, if it's any difference to you.

[Her face tightens. Yes, she is all alone here. He has found her weak point and she doesn't have the self-control to hide it.]

I would rather you don't spill any blood at all. I won't stand by and watch as you prey on innocents, corpse.

You know very little about my life, werewolf. Don't make foolish assumptions.

I may have killed humans, but I do it only out of necessity and only when I have no other choice.

Out of necessity!

[She snorts, her hands clench painfully around her upper arms.]

I can imagine what you consider "necessity", bloodsucker...

Imagine whatever you will. My way of life was my choice and is none of your concern.

[Alright, what little patience she possesses is quickly coming to its end.]

Your way of life is my concern if you go around dragging other people into it!

{She raises her chin and takes a deep, steadying breath.] I don't want a battle but I'm not going to back down from one if you force my hand. [She is used to fighting battles she can't win, after all.]

What right do you have to decide whose way of life is right and whose is wrong? Who gave you the right to judge?

[And throughout all of this, he remains eerily calm.]

If you don't want a battle, it's as simple as not making this situation a physical one.

[It is disturbing how cold the good doctor remains when she knows him as anything but, not that she had ever been particularly impressed. It makes shivers run down her spine, this is indeed not the Doctor Cullen she knows. But that means it's no time to show fear.

She laughs harshly, a sharp, barking sound.]

You do! It's your presence that turned me into what I am! You and your... family... [She scoffs again, unable to help herself.] If it weren't for you I would be a normal human and I wouldn't be judging you. So yes, I will judge you. Didn't anyone tell you yet? It's a free country. [A sour expression flickers over her face. Yes, free for everyone else, but not for her.]

No, judging in the context of condemning my way of life. Think as you will, have your own opinion, I wouldn't dream of denying you that right, but do not think that your way is the only way.

It is because of your kind, so close to Forks, that I resorted to collecting donated blood when I can so that I can feed.

[]

Of course you have! Esme, Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, all of us!

[She can'd help the little choked sob. This is just so wrong.]

Out of all of those names, miss, I only know Edward.

[If she could be physically sick, she would.]

You can't even remember your wife?!

I've never been married, miss.

[Wow... He actually feels guilty.]

I apologize for any trouble this causes you.

Is this my cue to cry at your sob story?

[She averts her face, utterly disgusted with the vampire in a way that had nothing to do with his smell.]

I never thought I could loathe the Cullens more than I already did. Congratulations, leech, you've taught me I was wrong.

Edited (phrasing) 2012-08-25 17:14 (UTC)

[Carlisle just scoffs, a small smirk crossing his lips.]

Heaven forbid.

Have I? Well, I accomplished one thing today, at least.

Still as stuck-up as ever!

[She exhales noisily, her hands curl into fists at her sides.]

You... I loathe you. [A low growl escapes her.] You and your fucking perfect family with your money and your holier-than-thou attitude shoving it into our face that you think you're so much better than us in your fancy house with your expensive cars and you're so good and nice and perfect!

[Wrong Cullen, but Leah is beyond caring. It's as good an opportunity to rant as any.]

[ He believes him. If anyone would understand, it'd be Carlisle. The most humane of the inhuman. Even this version of Carlisle.

Edward understands, too. ] Assuming, of course, that you'd even have an interest in accomplishing similar tasks in the first place. I'd wager not.

[ Slowing his pacing to a standstill. ] I apologize for losing my temper with you. I do understand the concept of alternate realities. I can't expect to hold you to any kind of standard. It's unreasonable. It's just terribly confusing - and supremely frustrating, I might add - to encounter someone you think you know better than anyone else only to discover they may as well be a perfect stranger, for all you know.

You handled it well.

Loathe me all you like. Everyone is responsible for themselves.

You don't like how rich I may be? You think my family and I, which I don't have I might add, shove it in the faces of others?

You're more than welcome to try to one-up us.

That's not...

[She ground her teeth and clenched her hands into fists so tight that it hurt, yet she couldn't find the right words. Her anger simply wouldn't let her think clearly. Such arrogance... It was all she could do to hold the wolf back.]

It's all a game to you, isn't it, leech? You oh so smart bloodsuckers toying with the rest of the world!

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