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~Your Dreams Afterglow~ Crew
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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:50 pm
[GOTH KIDS <3 GLOW. XDDD JUST KIDDING D: THEY DON'T.]
The computer room is a small buliding, that looks actually fairly run-down from the outside. Its just a plain, old, brick building, but when you get inside, you find it much different from the outside harsh light of the beach. The room inside has been revamped slightly and everything looks new...in its own way. There are tons of chairs with wires and screens attatched, and many different arcade games, internet, and any other kind of virtual reality that you would like to see. The main attraction to this room is the headsets that you where that knock your body out basically but keep your brain active until you want to leave. They lead you to what ever kind of game you want to play, mostly mid-evil stuff has been found, though games were you steal cars and things are even allowed. Of course for the kids, there are cute little games were you prance around in bunny costumes <3.
There are a few workers here, that take your money for those virtual reality games, and then when you want to get out, they go and stop the game for you. There is always someone on guard to make sure you aren't trapped in a game or something D: .
NPC [by Spazz. ;D]
The one in charge is female, twenty years of age, with short black hair that has red coloring the tips. Her skin is very pale, her eyes a bright red. She wears black, snug fitting clothing, and a pair of heavy boots. If you disobey the rules, or end up breaking one of the machines, she will not hesitate to kick you. Her arms are lined with thick bracelets and she wears a black, spiked choker around her neck. She's outgoing, pretty wild, and not afraid to speak her mind, so watch your step. She likes to come up behind you at the most important parts of games too, and just talks, taps you on the shoulder, screams, or other acts of distraction.
Her name? Samantha. But call her that and you're dead. She goes by Sam.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:07 pm
Eijii had pretty much expected that exact same reaction from Emiko, but that didn't make it any easier. Espeically not when she broke out in a run, he of course followed after her, maybe not knowing when to give up. Eijii felt like though, if he didn't find her now then it would be too late later to apologize. His mind was still trying to figure things out as it was battling with his heart these days. Did he like Rin? Yes. Did he like Emiko a little bit more? Yes. Did he want to be king? Yes. And all the more frustrating was that he couldn't seem to find a point where all of these wants and needs connected. That was because there wasn't one...he was going to have to give up something to get what he really wanted. Right now though he honestly didn't have a clue what that was, so he just kept his mouth shut as he raced around to find Emiko.
He had lost her at one point and couldn't figure out where she went, but he glanced down at the sand and saw smaller footprints that would have belonged to Kumori. He walked carefully along them untill he glanced upwards and saw a slightly old builiding. He frowned slightly, even if she was fighting with him, that didn't mean he still was slightly protective of her. He opened the doors and it was still pretty dark, he thought he heard the sound of viedo games though off towards the back. "Emiko...?" he tried.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:28 pm
Emiko was sitting huddled in a chair that was away from all the games. She had a towel wrapped around her, hiding most of herself including her face as she stared straight downwards. An older girl was standing by her, smiling lightly as she said something. And Kumori was on Emiko's other side, his head in her lap. However, both woman and dog looked up as Eijii called out. Kumori instantly spun around, a loud, furocious growl errupting from his throat as his glowing eyes flashed. He would've charged, but Emiko silently grabbed his ear and gave a gentle tug, making him stop.
The woman, however, marched over towards Eijii, glaring him down. She may not know the full story, but she knew something was up. The girl was refusing to cry but she was obviously upset, and now this guy came in looking for her? She jabbed a finger into Eijii's chest, her face right in his. "What just what the hell do you think you're doing, getting water around all this computer equipment?" she snapped. Yes, she couldn't scold him for bothering the girl, because she didn't know what had happened. But, she could get on him for being wet.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:11 pm
[xD I <3 Sam xDD]
Eijji's face lit up a little bit when he saw Emiko sitting down in the chair, a towel around her. But it quickly went away when he saw her expression and even more so when both Kumori and the women sort of growled at him. Well the women didn't growl, it was just yelling, but it was kind of like the same thing to him the way she was acting. "Sorry Mame" he said as he suddenly turned on his feet and walked back outside, almost power walking. He came back in about five minutes later, with a bought towel around his body, sufficently dried off so that he wouldn't get anything on the machines and in a new pair of swim trunks. "Please let me talk to her alone for a minute? I'm very sorry for being so rude to everyone" he said. He didn't use his seductive voice, feeling like he didn't deserve to and also not in the mood to bring it back up.
Slowly and cautiously he walked back over to Emiko, sitting on the ground on the opposite side of the chair than Kumori. He knew it would take longer for him to forgive him, but after or rather if Emiko did, Kumori would eventually come around. "I don't want to fill your head up with lies, so...I guess....I'll tell you the truth. Back home, I'm a prince, but because of certain circumstances I am not allowed to be king. Rin went off to this school because her mom had semi-allowed her, but not really and her mother basically promised me the kingdom I desire if I get Rin back and marry her. Rin's in love with that boy though, Yuki, I think, and I...I'm developing strong feelings for you" he said glancing up at her lightly and sighed as he brought his knees up a bit.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:21 pm
[Me too. >.> Fun to play. xD]
Sam blinked, the finger she'd been jabbing him with falling back to her side as she watched Eijii leaving. She turned around, then gave Emiko a random thumbs up as she saw Eijii returning again. That was a good sign after all. The fact he'd followed her showed he cared. But by the time he'd re-entered the building, she had her annoyed expression back, hands once more by her sides. She regarded him for a second, then shrugged her shoulders. "Fine, I guess," she muttered, and started wandering around those who were playing, seeing who she could scare and mess up.
Emiko sat in the chair, feet flat on the floor, currently bare. Her shoes were underneath the chair, out of the way. She didn't look at Eijii and was instead just staring at her hands, which were clutching the towel around herself. Her hair was hanging in her face, effectively hiding her expression as he listened. It was a good thing too. He couldn't see that she was crying, and he couldn't see the sudden shock at hearing he was a prince. She was silent for a few seconds, feeling suddenly relieved at his last words, but pushed it away. No, she was too trusting. She needed to work on that. "Nu-uh," she replied childishly, her voice very small. "You kept staring at her.." Even Emiko had noticed that, though not at first, and she certainly hadn't missed how he'd said Rin's name when they'd run into each other.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:30 pm
Eijii was surprised when he heard her speak finally, but he tried not to show it, not wanting to come off as rude to her or anything at the moment. He frowned at her next words though and then looked up to her, shaking his head quickly. "I had to make sure she didn't leave, my advisors came by and told me to stay close by her, they had a locating device on both of us" he said. He frowned again, that didn't sound like the truth but it really was, and he wasn't sure about how to say it any better. "If things were eaiser than I'd ask you to be my girlfriend right now" he said with a sigh as he slouched. He made eye contact with Kumori for a moment, wondering if the dog understood what he was saying. Probably not...but he understood human emotions well enough it seemed.
Eijii stood up as he walked up the front of her and tugged at her hair lightly and childishly for once. He didn't say anything though as he saw the remainders of tears on her face, he wasn't sure how to apologize at the moment for that as well, so he waited for her response, dropping his hand back to his side.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:49 pm
Emiko kept her head bowed so her face was hopefully still hidden, as she listened to his story. Again, she felt her eyes widening. She felt like she was in some sort of strange movie. What had she gotten herself caught up in? She should just avoid him from now on. Yeah, that'd work. Then he could continue with whatever it was he was doing, and she could go on her own way, meet new people, trying to get her own dorm and- Her thoughts cut off as she heard the word 'girlfriend'. Was he serious? Her head slowly lifted, and rose a bit more when he tugged at her hair. Kumori's rose as well, focusing upon Emiko and Eijii but remaining where he was.
Emiko hesitated feeling Eijii move his hand away. She just sat there, again for a minute or two, not moving at all. Then she wiped her face and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around him and hiding her face against his shoulder. "I-I hate you..." she whimpered, hugging him even tighter. Pretty obvious she didn't really hate him.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:40 am
[-lovelovelove- xD]
Eijii made a surprised 'ompf' sound when she suddenly wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. He smiled though a moment later as he wrapped his arms around her back and pulled her up into him, sitting down and keeping her in his arms. "Its okay" he said comfortingly as he lightly kissed her head and gave a small smile at Kumori for a moment, silently apologlizing though not sure if it would out so quickly for him. He still had to gain back Emiko's trust anyway, right now though, there weren't any thoughts of Rin or power in his head. Just Emiko. He hugged her back to himself for a few long moments, glad that she wasn't going to run off and never talk to him again.
He broke the silence when he was sure that she was feeling enough better to talk to him again, slightly anyway. "Wanna go play a game?" he asked with a smile, stealing a kiss from her neck because he was going to wait longer before he kissed her lips again. "We can go watch the fireworks down at the park when were done" he added in obviously trying to sweeten the deal a little more.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:22 pm
[xDD]
Emiko snuggled firmly into him, not really planning on letting go any time soon. She still had her doubts, obviously, but for now she'd try to forget them. She really did like him, and she guessed that was why it hurt so much to think she was being used. She nodded silently when he said it was ok, and from beside her chair, Kumori just blinked, glowing eyes still lightly narrowed. But, he made no move towards Eijii. Emiko was clinging to him, after all.
A long silence dragged out, which Emiko had no intention of breaking. Luckily, Eijii spoke up instead. She paused, then very slowly lifted her face from his shoulder, a faint blush upon her face, partly because she'd been clinging to him, and partly because he'd just kissed her neck. She stared for a few seconds, then smiled very faintly as he added in the idea of fireworks. "O-ok.." she said softly.
"What? You're playing a game?" Sam's voice suddenly shouted, appearing right behind the two. She was standing over them, staring downwards with a grin upon her face, looking pleased with herself. She laughed as she noticed Emiko had jumped in surprise, and shook her head in amusement. "It's fine, sweetie. I'm not gonna hurt ya. What type of game would you like to try?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:56 am
Eijii was glad when she gave in, and about to stand up when he heard Sam's voice from behind them. He managed to not do more than make a face of surprise, quickly shrugging it off as he turned to her. He managed to not smile at Emiko's surprise still on her face, and the happiness Sam seemed to get from seeing it. "I don't really know...I was thinking those ones where your body basically checks out" Eijii said to her. He half-pointed over to the machines which looked partly like some kind of device you'd find at a salon, and something from a science-fiction movie. He had kinda wanted to try that out though with Emiko, it looked like it would be fun, and he knew it was expensive, but of course he didn't really have a problem with that. The only thing that was still really troubling him was getting back Emiko's and Kumori's trust, and he already knew that you couldn't buy that. He would want to do that to Emiko though, she deserved better, he snuggled into her lightly for a moment as he closed his eyes, savoring the softness of her skin and her scent for a moment longer. He finally undid himself and lightly stood up, carefull to bring her up with him and refusing to let her leave his arms.
"Emiko here can choose what kind of setting and game for it she wants though, I'll just follow her lead" he said with a small grin.
[D: <33 Its basically like the show Hack >.> So they will be able to talk to each other; along with anyone else that comes into that setting D;]
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:19 am
[I wish those games were real.
Emiko stared at Sam for a moment, and then glanced towards the games Eijii was talking about. Her eyes widened slightly as she stared, and then turned to face him again. "Body checks out?" she echoed, not sure whether she should be excited or nervous.
Sam just grinned, clapping her on the back. "Don't worry, kiddo!" she cried. "It's virtual reality. Your mind enters the game and your body stays here. That way you get the full effect of being in the game world. It's really cool." With that, she looped around behind the both of them, and shoved them towards the game. "Now," she said, and with one giant tug, she'd ripped them apart and set Emiko in one chair, and Eijii in the one beside her. She circled around to Emiko and crouched beside her, grinning broadly as she pointed to the screen, which suddenly had come to life. "Pick a place, girly."
Emiko just stat there for a moment, looking quite shocked. She glanced at Eijii, then towards Kumori who was now standing beside her with his head in her lap, and finally back to Sam. "...that one," she said quietly, pointing to one of the options on the screen.
"Alrighty!" Sam cried with a clap of her hands. "Now, put on your helmets and get ready!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:03 am
[Jeez xD Don't be too vague Emiko xDD. AND IF I COULD. I'd totally make two of those and be like "HOMG. ZOMG. MEET ME IN VIRTUAL CYBER LAND ;D" xD]
Eijii was about to offer that they just play another video game when she looked doubtful. However they were both pratically shoved into the game as Eijii laid in the chair opposite of Emiko. He tried to see what the screen said, but he couldn't se from his postion so he just gave up. He heard Sam and nodded his head, Eijii gave a soft grin to Emiko before slipping on his helmet. Somehow he heard a button go off, he wasn't sure if he pressed it, the machine did or Sam did. Either way the lights on the outside of the helment glowed blue and he fell back into his chair with a thud, his body limp. His mind however was very active.
......
[Off in Virtual land xD ~:]
Eijii looked around, all over the area was tons and tons of soft grass, forsests and some hut-looking houses. Whatever time period they were in looked way different than anything that was at home. It was all old and lookd to be kind of weird, he then glanced down his eyes widening slightly when he realized his clothing had changed. Now he was in a dark black kind of robe top and he had on matching black, overly large pants, his feet bare. THEN. He felt overwhelming pressure on his back suddenly and appearently a large sword had just appeared there, he frowned slightly as he glanced around and started to look for Emiko.
[xD Yeah ~ They are in Inuyasha time period xD 'Cause Glow's uncreative. But just have Emiko's clothing different of course and she could have magic powers of healing or like fire or something ~ >.>]
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:19 am
Emiko blinked, and she was too slow to put the helmet on, so Sam quickly shoved it on for her, fastening the straps and making sure everything was in place. She shifted around behind Eijii to make sure he had his right too, and then grinned as she went to the control panel. "Ok!" she cried, and pushed a large button, starting up the game. Emiko's eyes widened in surprise at the blue light, then suddenly drifted closed as she slumped back in her chair, unconscious. Kumori whimpered, licking her hand, but Sam just laughed. "It's fine, doggie," she assured him happily, her eyes upon a screen that allowed her to see what Emiko and Eijii were doing.
[yay! xD]
Emiko blinked her eyes open, peering around herself, but she didn't get to look very far. She'd caught sight of herself and froze in surprise. She was wearing a kimono of blue and white, a pair of white socks, and a strange set of wooden sandals. She stared at herself for a few seconds, then nearly fell over when a large staff appeared in her hand. She grabbed it quickly before it or herself fell, and held it uncertainly to her chest as she peered around. Everything was old fashion, from the hut like houses to the untouched forests. In short, it was like the image she'd chosen. [xD] She turned, looking almost fearfully for Eijii, but smiled as she found him. She hurried over, holding the staff at a slightly awkward position. "W-we're in a game?" she stammered in awe.
[That's fine. xD I would've picked a .hack world xD -super uncreative-]
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:56 am
[Homg ~ -adds stuff to Sam's job more- 8D Sam can talk to us in the game since she can see us...BASICALLY. She's stalking us >.>;]
Eijii blinked when his eyes caught the sight of something blue, and his head turned fully to see Emiko. He sighed slightly to himself in relife as he walked over to her calmly "Well of course...were else would we be? D: " he asked making a worried face like 'what kind of place did you expect, are you on drugs?'. And then he just laughed slightly, knowing that she was just surprised, he almost pouted at the fact that she got to a have a staff and he was going to have back problems from his blade-. Hey wait! "Oh no...we feel things in this game" He said with a small groan, hopefully all of their pain would be gone when they woke up though...he couldn't imagine it wouldn't. Ah, this all confused him, he just kept himself steady as he turned and looked at her, helping her hold her staff a little better.
"Alright, let's go into that smaller village over there, maybe we can figure out what we're supposed to do" he added as he switched sides of the sword he was holding and took her hand. Though this was slightly akward because they were still struggling with their weapons.
[I never watched enough of the series to understand most of it ;-; I also just reazlied about the pain thing after I wrote it, so I added in that thing xD]
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:22 pm
Emiko pouted lightly and peered around herself again. Yeah, it had been a dumb question, but this was amazing! She hadn't played a video game in forever, so she was behind the times with technology. But this.. She hadn't even realized things like this existed. She looked back to Eijii as he held adjusted her hold on the staff, making it a little easier. It was kind of heavy... In the end, she held it in one hand, propped against her shoulder, her other in Eijii's grip. "Ok," she agreed, and started walking slowly.
Meanwhile, back in the room, Sam was lounging back in a chair, looking really bored. They weren't doing anything! Well, she guessed that was to be expected. It seemed neither of them had played a game like this before. "My genius is wasted here," she mumbled to herself, then leaned forward and picked up a microphone. "Testing, testing.." she grinned as she tapped it, her eyes upon the screen to see their reactions. They should be able to hear her. The NPCs in the came wouldn't though. "You two!" she cried into the mic. "Do something interesting. Go on a quest! Fight something! Make out! Oh, and yes you do feel things. This is your mind, after all. And your mind feels pain, and transmits it to that part of your body, making it hurt as well. That fact doesn't change just 'cause you're in a game. You might feel sore when you're done, but you won't have blood gushing gashes or anything." Then she quieted, watching them closely as she finished her explanation.
[It's very confusing. D: The .hack//SIGN one. But I love it. I recently watched .hack//ROOTS which was really cool. xD And between those is .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet which has more cutesy drawings. I think Roots is the darkest of them all. -ramble-]
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