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 Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:37 am
Nethor had big plans for today. Lighting a cigar, he thought to himself, Let's see... how am I going to go about this situation? He knew about the carnival, Bartok had been doing some spying, and discovered Aleta and Rafeal were going today.
He was sitting in his little hideout beneath an abandoned building. It was a rather nice place, pompously decorated, and it had electricity and running water. It may have been an old hotel at one point. The shapeshifter stood nearby. "The girl was fighting with the gatekeeper. It appears that she's going to be alone with Rafeal all day."
Nethor nodded, "Send the others to the carnival, demons and drow. Tell them to scatter into the crowd, and we'll collect them later and prepare a trap. I know you have a plan in place, am I correct?"
"Yes sir." said Bartok. "Teenagers are so predictable." He grinned, then bowed slightly in respect, turned and left. Nethor then set to work prepareing his weapons and getting ready for the day...
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:13 am
Kadar stared at the hot dog that was on the floor. He went to pick it up, but a sly penguin got to it first. He frowned, "I didn't think that would happen." He poked at Heriou's body, "Dang, he fainted." The genie shrugged and looked at Midori and then to crowd, "Welps! Emergency!" He grabbed Heriou's arm and snapped his finger. A boom went off and he disappeared with Heriou.
The genie dragged the unconscious man about, "He's pretty heavy! Even for me!" He sighed and sat on a bench, while Heriou was the floor. "That was pretty lame. Whatever! I'm outta there, so now I can enjoy myself somehow.." He glared at Heriou, "I need to get rid of him somehow," He began to shuffle through his many pockets, which a plastic teapot fell out and onto Heriou. Kadar didn't notice that it fell out..
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:22 am
Aleta and Rafeal's fingers intertwined again, he was worried about her... she wouldn't look at anything, except the ground.
"It'll be okay, he'll get over it." Rafeal hoped that would comfort her.
She looked up, "Yeah... Where is it anyway?"
"Out by the library I think." They headed in that direction.
((Meh, my writing is off today. :/ There is a carnival like thing going on, right? *headdesk*))
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:36 pm
"I'm a savior, I'm a sinner, I'm a killer, I'm a soldier in the blood war, in the peace corp.." 
Duri glanced at Mary when she spoke, then placed his leering eyes on Kagura once again.
"Well, out with it." He said, heavy voiced.
Kagura nodded and stood up. Taking one last sip from her mug of orange juice, downing the rest.
"Master." She began, bowing humbly. "Would you please let me back into the Gunmetal Mercenaries! I promise, I won't fail you again!" She promised, before standing upright again. "I'll practice and practice and practice! I'll wash the dishes, I'll clean your car! I'll sharpen your swords! Please, I won't let you down!"
Duriono remained silent for a moment. Thinking about having Kagura do all those things for him. He did have to sharpen his weapons quite a lot.. either that, or they'd break mid mission, and Surina charged him a fortune for new ones. He shook that thought out of his head, and placed his hand into his pants pocket, nonchalantly taking a short little stroll around the girl.
"Kagura, you've asked me five times, what makes you think I'll change my mind now?"
"Well.. erm" Kagura began to shake up once again, "I thought that I had upset you by losing to those Royal Flush members.." She guessed.
Duriono shook his head, "No, it's not that." He stated, "It's not because you lost to those guys, it was two on one and you knew nothing about them. But when you did fight them.. It brought something to my attention.." Kagura raised an eyebrow, Mary came around and took the mug from her before walking out of the room.
"Kagura Shionte, you're unfit to be a mercenary." He said, "You're weak, feeble, you don't have the guts to do what we do." Kagura flinched at these words, having watched Duri's glassy stare turn into a much fiercer one that made her think he was going to hit her. "But how could you say that Master?! I've fought through a war with you, we defeated Zephyr together!"
"Correction, we only beat Zephyr with all of the Gunmetals, and even then you received a serious injury. You lost your hand to a couple of goons, and you can't even hold a candle to any of the Gunmetals in a fight without resorting to your powers!" As he stepped forward, Kagura stepped back. "You ran away to track down the man who put you through all this, and even then you couldn't kill him. Why? Because he had a daughter!"
"But Master I-"
"'But master I' Master, master, Master You always come to me for help, you can hardly do anything on your own! Get out of my sight, and don't ever come back!" He his foot slammed heavy on the floor, heavy enough to crack it. Kagura's eyes teared up, she remained where she was.
"Do you want me to throw you out myself!?" He questioned, raising his voice once again. He extended his arm for Kagura's neck, however another arm kept it from reaching her.
"That's enough." Mary said with finality. Duri lowered his hand, the blonde Mary walked past Duriono, over to Kagura and took her hand gently. Looking at her with gentle orange eyes before looking back at Duriono with a fierce sunset glare. "Come," She whispered towards Kagura, escorting her out of the apartment.
And that's where Duri's part of the flashback ends! Why? Because he really had to go to the bathroom.
**
"Well, Kira. If you just calm down maybe I can get Bishop to pay you back somehow." Mary suggested, Brig getting back to his feet at that time.
Kira crossed her arms and stepped back, looking at Bishop with a glazed stare. The otaku quickly lowered his head out of sight, afraid that he had been detected.
"Now Bishop, don't you have something to say to Kira here?" Mary stated, shooting a similar glare at him.
Bishop stoop upright, his crimson eyes darted between the two. Mary nudged towards Kira, who was slowly moving her hand down Mary's top.
"I'm sorry for getting drunk with your sister and ruining your waffles Kira." He apologized, nodding his head, feigning sorrow.
Mary kicked the counter, startling the group and causing Key to scream so loud it nearly set the alarm off!
"Since you don't truly feel sorry, I'm renting you out to Kira."
"What!?" Bishop said, astonished.
"You're going to be away from the Gunmetals, doing a job for Kira, or a series of them depending on how difficult they are." Mary said firmly.
"Mariah, why can't I just sleep with you for the week?" Kira whinned, using Mary's full name. She took a deep sigh, while Kira fondled her funbags.
"I'm not going to let you do anything like that to me, Kira." Mary set down a line. "However, I'll be popping in every night to see if Bishop's been working for you."
Kira smiled triumphantly. "Great! First job is to take me, and Mary, and all you other losers to the carnival! It's my day off!" She clapped her hands, taking them from Mary's shirt. Key began beaming. "Sweet! I'll be outside!" He proclaimed, dashing through the store to the front door, followed by Kira.
Mary gave her a dull look as Brig followed saying some unexpected things.
"Yaaaay! I wanna ride the teacups! Then the Ferris wheel, oh, and I have a score to settle with that mechanical bull!"
Bishop stood disturbed, watching a man that size skip out the door.
Yes.
Skip.
"C'mon Bishy," Mary mused, following the others.
There's a pun in Bishop's nickname.. It should be pretty easy to see.
"Loser, number zero, play the victim end up a hero, I'm a coward, a fighter, You are me, I am you, and we are.."
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:25 pm
"The dark created to hide the innocent white, the lust of night Eyes so bright, seductive lies
Crimson masquerade where I merely played my part Poison dart of desire"
Midori placed her hands firmly on her hips, not being surprised in any way by the magician's magical kidnapping of Heirou.
She stood upright and calmed herself with a short moment of meditation. It was how she was taught to expel negative emotions back in the Underworld. She calmly left the tent at a calm pace while the actual performers came back into the area, trying to round up the penguins and somehow regain control of their show.
**
Clank, the teapot fell flat on Heirou's face, rousing him. His eyes snapped open, he looked no less tired than when he conked out in the first place!
"Hello there." He said disgruntled, quickly catching sight of the man who had put him through ten minutes of hell.
**
Prairie looked towards the door at the far side of the room that read kitchen.
"The cook huh.." She murmured, curiously before standing up and snatching Tau's plate from him.
"Hey!" He whined, glaring at Prairie, only to receive a dumpling from the plate which Prairie had quickly stuffed down her throat.
"Why don't we just go meet him then?" The younger Spira sister suggested, wandering off towards the door.
"All you love is a lie, you one night butterfly. Hurt me, be the one whoever brings the night, be a.."
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:03 pm
"I'm a savior, I'm a sinner, I'm a killer, I'm a soldier in the blood war, in the peace corp.."
Just as the Gunmetals walked out of the store, Duriono pulled up. Stepping out legs first.
"Hey guys, what's the plan to-" He began to ask, although Kira hurlled him out of the way, and shoved Bishop into the driver's seat. Brig took the passenger's spot and the rest all loaded up in the rear. Kira next to Mary as usual.
"Hey, where are you going with my car!?" Duriono asked, having gotten to his feet. He placed his hand upon the hood of the car, Kira took a quick glance at Bishop and said one thing.
"Drive."
VROOOOM! Dunch! The car sped forward, sweeping Duriono off his feet, over the hood and into the back seat, across Key's, Mary's and Kira's laps.
"..Ow." He groaned, checking to see if his hat was still present, which is was.
"We're going to the carnival." All three of the characters sitting in the back seat admitted.
"Sounds like fun, as long as you don't run me over again.."
"Loser, number zero, play the victim end up a hero, I'm a coward, a fighter, You are me, I am you, and we are.."
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:57 pm
Kirotraz huffed a smoke ring and wondered if he should put a cigarette in his mouth to explain the smoke.
He looked around the carnival and sighed. The dragon had forgotten why he had come here in the first place.
Kirotraz pulled a cigarette from his jacket pocket and placed it between his lips.
"Carnivals... I forgot why I hate them..."
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:12 pm
Kadar, still trying to find something in his pockets to get rid of Heriou, "Hello." He smiled, "Looks like Heriou has manners! Wait? He's awake?" The genie turned around and gasped, "Don't touch... I'm mean rub that pot!" He shivered and pointed at the plastic teapot, "Oh damn, this is the worst scenario to ever happen to me! He better not rub the pot, or I'll have to grant him wishes! Grr."
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The fairy peeled an orange, which she started gnawing on the white stuff of the orange. "Meet the cook?" Violet smiled at that suggestion, "Sure!" She hopped up and followed Prairie to the kitchen door. Violet gulped and tried to ease herself, "I'm just meeting the cooks! That's all!" She stared at the door like an owl. "Something's out of place.. The kitchen is.. too quiet," she said out loud.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:12 am
They arrived at the carnival, and purchased tickets for rides and stuff. It was strange walking around in a crowd, there were so many humans there, some stoped to stare at the elves, there weren't that many around this city. "Oh! A rollercoaster!" Aleta smiled, feeling childish. "I've never been on one before!" The pair came to a halt, taking thier place in line. "Seriously? You've never been on a roller coaster?"
"Nope." She was also looking for a distraction. It occurred to her she might run into Duriono later...
((I don't know what to write today. =_= I need some ideas... And I'm a bit out of it again...))
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:59 pm
"The dark created to hide the innocent white, the lust of night Eyes so bright, seductive lies
Crimson masquerade where I merely played my part Poison dart of desire" Heirou's eyes shifted to the pot on his chest. What was it? Some trinket he carried around because he was obsessed with tea? He didn't exactly seem sophisticated to Heirou, more like some guy in a trench coat with some fancy pants.
Did I mention Heirou thought he had fancy pants? Cause those pants sure were fancy! He rolled onto his side and picked himself up, taking the little teapot with him. He held it gingerly between his index and thumb, allowing it to rock back and forth to some degree.
"Alright, so you expect me to listen to you." Heirou began to speak, restating the situation. He tossed the pot up and down a few times before snatching it with the opposite hand. "After you just put me through the first circle of hell? Listen, that's not exactly the best way to make friends, maybe I'll break the thing!" He threatened, baring his teeth in admonishment, only to draw back his fierce complexion in turn for a more stable one. "But, since I refuse to bring myself down to your level, I suppose a simple rub is just fine!"
And with that he rubbed it! He rubbed it hard enough to wipe off the pocket lint.
"There you have it! Have you learned your lesson?"
**
Prairie pressed her ear to the cold iron door of the kitchen, trying to hear whatever was going on inside. With the blood of a feline demon in her veins, one would think that she would be able to pick up something. However, she found nothing, not a single sound was stirring within!
She pulled away, Tau crossed his arms and decided to provide some advice.
"Maybe it'd be best if we just head out. The workers are probably out to a lunch of their own."
Prairie nodded, about to agree when all of a sudden a loud gurgle emanated so loudly that one would think it was coming from Tau, even Tau looked to his own stomach, and it wasn't him!
Prairie doubled over, hands around her belly. The sound was coming from her!
"Ehh.. Are you alright?" Tau asked, only to get Prairie charging down the door as a response.
"I guess she wants to go inside."
"All you love is a lie, you one night butterfly. Hurt me, be the one whoever brings the night, be a.."
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:35 pm
"I'm a savior, I'm a sinner, I'm a killer, I'm a soldier in the blood war, in the peace corp.."
The Gunmetals hopped on out of Duriono's car, even though he wasn't the one driving it. "And here we are," Bishop announced, getting out of the car after everyone else. He then locked it and walked to the sidewalk where the other Gunmetals were.
The gatekeeper straightened out his back, having had been hit by his own car a few posts earlier.
"Alright, so I guess this isn't the worst way to spend the day." He muttered to himself, sticking hand into pocket.
Brig walked up beside Duriono, Key on his shoulder as usual.
"Alright, so I'm gonna head on down to the mechanical bull. I'll see the rest of you guys later." He foretold, just before walking off into the crowd of citizens and tourists..
"I'm going where ever Mary's going!" Kira announced, still groping the blonde, who didn't seem to notice.
"I'll be at the Ferris wheel" Mary stated, and the two wandered off in that direction.
"I'll just hang here, I guess." Duri shrugged.
"And I'll stay with ya." Bishop said, watching the others all disperse.
"Loser, number zero, play the victim end up a hero, I'm a coward, a fighter, You are me, I am you, and we are.."
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:12 pm
"Oh s**t. He's gonna rub it!" Kadar frowned and yelped. His eye color was changing. It went from brown to black. Then, his eyes went became a sharp orange color. His face darkened, due to the shadows of his bowing head. He crossed his arm and clenched his teeth, "This b*****d rubbed it!" He growled at Heriou, "So, you did rub it. I told you not to rub it, but now it seems you gotta suffer 'cause of it." He looked down upon Heriou with his mean eyes.
"I'm a genie, okay? So, this teapot is very important because it's my.. container," he lowered his eyes and snatched the pot back. He shook his head, "Anyway, now I'm your genie. I'm supposed to give you three wishes, but I don't like following the rules. So, I'm giving you four wishes." Kadar sighed, "Then, what are your wishes? I can't exactly grant every single thing in the world. But, I can get pretty damn close to whatever you want. So, what will it be?" He scratched behind his ear.
"Business as usual," he thought.
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Violet stared and pondered, "What's that noise? Is it coming from Prairie? Wait, what is Prairie exactly?" She watched as Prairie pushed on the doors to the kitchen, "This isn't exactly a normal kitchen. The smell isn't right. It's like the food rotted... Wait, could they just cook rotten food and sell it?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:02 pm
"The dark created to hide the innocent white, the lust of night Eyes so bright, seductive lies
Crimson masquerade where I merely played my part Poison dart of desire"
Wait, say what!? Genie? Since when did they exist! Impossible! Purely impossible! What kind of being had the omnipotence to be able to grant one almost any desire! I mean, that's almost as silly as demons!
..
Wait.
Using that logic, Heirou gained a sly smile, his own personal genie! Oh what should he wish for!
He bit his lower lip, grinning a wide grin, looking rather comedic while doing so. This look vanished when he remembered one thing about genies.
"There's always a catch.. I know how you guys work. If I say make me a taco, you turn me into one! I'm not stupid, I'm not going to name the top few things from my head, I'm going to think about it! Get comfy, it's gonna take awhile." He said, just before taking the pot and strolling back to find the other Flames.
**
Prairie scampered inside, instantly disgusted by the aroma that met her nose.
"Yick, what is that.." She groaned, sticking her tongue out in disapproval"
"I'm not sure, but I'm going to pummel whoever left a bunch of rotten food out." Tau stated, hoisting her up to his shoulder, somewhat like a father would do for their child.
"All you love is a lie, you one night butterfly. Hurt me, be the one whoever brings the night, be a.."
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:03 pm
"Urgh! I totally hate this guy," Kadar sighed, "Well, if you do really want me to grant you some tacos, you just need to be specific." He shook his head and closely followed Heriou, "I'm not a scammer. If I turned you into a taco, how will I be free from your service?" "Gah, this guy is pretty lame," he scratched his head, "Just make a wish already! I have way better things to do than this crap. I could find some chicks and chill, but no! I gotta follow this man around. His face still looks like he's constipated."
Kadar blinked, "Eruhgh, I could always kill him. No one would suspect me. The stupid genie whatever center said something about murdering your little person is bad. Whatever, I did made things already. Killing this guy is always an option in my book." He rolled his eyes, "So, do you have any problems in your life. If you wish for me to solve them for you, I could totally do it for you. It's just that you have to specific about things." The genie shrugged and licked his lips, "I'm not your personal genie or whatever. I'm just here to grant you four wishes and that's that. After the wishes, I'll be done as your genie. I'll just go back to my regular life.."
"Dang, I forgot that I always have to follow this dude," he slouched, "Oh, I forgot to mention this. Since you summoned me, I have to follow you wherever you go, even the bathroom. I'm sorry, but those are one of the stupid things about genie law."
"Do you care?" he grinned in his head. "If you don't, then that's fabulous! I could help you get dressed and what not. I even know how to do make-up!" Kadar pointed at his face. There was eye liner and black lipstick. "Well, I don't know how to do make-up. I ate some kind of weird black berries. Anyway, freaking out this guy would fun. I think no one wants to have some creepy dude following them everywhere! But, I won't actually... put clothes on him. 'Cause... that's weird." He patted down his hair and pulled out a mirror to check his face, "That's cool that I have a mirror in here. I still don't get why I have lipstick and eye liner..? Err, I think that weird girl from a week ago left it there. Crazy.. crazy chick."
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"So, it's really true?" she scanned the kitchen, as she stepped inside, "Hmm, this seems like a scene from a newspaper. What was it about? It was about food scammers. This might be one of their works." She sighed, "It looks like they've been cooking expired food. It's a total scam." Violet walked around the kitchen to find evidence, "I saw something like this in the newspaper. There... there were people that would open buffets at a reasonable cost. Yet, they would buy really cheap food. Then, they would use magic to cover the old age of the food."
The fairy gasped and clutched her stomach, "That means.... those that have eaten the food will... will have stomach problems!" Violet soothed her belly by rubbing it, as the bacteria were taking effect, "We need to warn everyone about and get our money back!" She thought to herself, "Those scammers made everyone pay before they ate. So, they probably were in a hurry to get the heck out of here. There still is a good chance of catching them."
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:43 am
The pair came off the ride, thier hair windblown, faces grinning.
"That was fun!" Aleta looked happy, no longer upset. "Roller coasters... they go faster than I can."
"So you seriously never did that before?" Rafeal held onto her hand tightly as they got in line again.
The boy felt in his front right pocket, happy to find that it was still there. He decided to take it out and put it in the back, thinking it would be more safe, since he would be sitting on it.
"What's that?" She caught the motion, the way his fingers were placed told her he was gripping something small.
"Nothing. A piece of lint." The boy was a good liar, for Aleta ignored it, for the most part. "That's silly, shouldn't you just flick it away instead of switching pockets?"
"Oh look! Chille dogs!" He pointed out a vendor. "I'm hungry, why don't we..."
"Nope! We're going again!" The line moved, and the couple advanced.
((Yargh, I felt like skimming over pointless stuff. -o-))
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