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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:58 pm
What teenager in their right mind would be wandering around the city at five in the morning?
None; which left Ciro more than a little lonely as he wandered the streets of Middling in order to try to find a library. It is a common law that someone can only find things when they do not need to find them, and going off of this law, Ciro’s immense need for a library made it as if all the libraries in a twenty mile radius had disappeared.
And he wasn’t very pleased about that.
In fact, if he hadn’t gone to get an energy drink of some sort (With all sorts of numbers and fancy names on the can that made it as if the drink were little a more than liquid crack), Ciro would have probably huffed on home and found a cozy bed to sleep in until it was at least noon.
But the liquid crack in him protested the very notion of sleep, so he decided to trudge on like a mighty soldier in search of inspiration. In fact, for quite some time he had been entertaining himself by humming the tune of “Onward Christian Solders”. Not that he was actually a Christian, or particularly agreed with the idea of a god aiding one nation, but it was just about the only war song he knew, so he was going to hum it none the less!
He was starting to get pissed, though. Was NO ONE in the city awake? Particularly anyone who could give him directions so he could carefully plan out the deaths of several children? God, what was wrong with people these days? They needed to learn to help a kid out.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:16 pm
What was wrong with people was that it was five o'clock in the morning and most people aren't even considered alive, never the less functional enough to hand out directions to a child with horns--wait, actually the sleep might allow such.
Or one with wings, as well. Crow was nibbling on a perfectly good apple she stole from a cart that was left by its owner, whom was asleep beside it. She leaned up against a corner of an alley, picking up her leg to adjust the old sweater sleeve over her leg. Why was she in Middling?
She was bored. As usual. It was nice to travel about now that she figured out ways of disguising herself. She was about to get lost in thought again when she noticed a light round thing moving out of the corner of her eye. She turned just barely, and noticed a person...
...with horns. Crow side-stepped around the wall, and watched him.
"Well ain' you diff'rent."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:37 pm
He heard that!
Or so, he thought he heard that? Wait… yea, it wasn’t just the drink, that was a girl’s voice. Girl or not, he’d pound the s**t out of her before giving her a chance to apologize for that comment. Little twit, running around mock—Whooa nelly. Okay. Maybe she did have room to talk. Maybe it was just his imagination on caffeine, but her feet were strange, and she was wayyyy to familiar in tone to be some girl who wasn’t in the game.
“You’re one ta’ talk, lass. Goin’ ‘bout tellin’ humble folks like meself what we are and ain’t while you’re struttin’ ‘round town with shoes the size o’ ‘ooves!”
Yes, he was patronizing her. Only for the fact that she started it, though.
“Let me guess: You are a part of this, too.”
Right, be very, very vague so she can only figure it out if she knew what you were talking about.
Like flies to honey, though. The moment he walked around without any disguise, it seemed other kids from this game would flock to him. But… Well, his last encounter, the one with Fish, made it quite clear that allies were much nicer to have around than enemies…
But that still didn’t mean he was going to try to play nice.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:51 pm
"They're not shoes, they're my feet." She corrected as she kicked herself off the wall and walked over, but she kept at least five feet between them. Crow quickly glanced around, and dropped her cloak low enough to let her wings stretch upward.
"I figured you were." She noted to him as she gave him a sideways look. This one was an oddball too, and he wasn't very nice about it. She respected that, a fellow angsty freak who hated his deity. She finally decided to throw out a remark if only for the hell of it.
"Nice horns."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:00 pm
Alright, maybe he could let his guard down for a moment. Mayyyybe even smile a little bit.
“Aye, we’re the beasts of this game, I guess.”
He had hoped that her attitude would be consistant and she wasn’t some PMSing girl who suddenly was tough one minute and then a heap of tears the next; really, he hoped that.
Yea, he had done his homework! He had remembered what Fish had told him. “She has wings and hooves, if you ever see her."
Well, he had seen her, and she seemed to not be suddenly trying to kill him, so that solved the Cthulu mystery. The one who wanted him dead must be Len.
“You’re Crow, aren’t you?”
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:05 pm
How quaint, she has a reputation. Crow calmed herself before reacting in a stupid way MJ would do. She squinted her eyes shut; if she ever ran into MJ again she'd likely punch her.
Tsk tsk, play nice...
Oh bloody hell woman, take a back seat.
"Yep, and you are...?" Crow cocked her head at him curiously. She tried to repress Morrigan in the back of her mind.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:14 pm
Ciro felt a smile tugging on his lips again. ‘Who am I? Not who my god is. Me.’
“Ciro. I’m probably the newest kid in this, so please take good care of me.”
Of course, Ciro was being blatantly facetious. He knew that they would probably have to fight as well, later on. But for now, for now he could just make some more friends and have this be somewhat enjoyable.
“Apparently it’s going to be a lot more rough from now on… But you look like you’ll be fine; those feet of yours look like they’d hurt like hell if you gave a good kick.”
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:19 pm
She smirked; finally someone to spar wits with. Crow stepped in a little closer, feeling much more comfortable. She pulled her cloak completely off, folding it over one small arm as her claws straightened it out. Her tail floated idly in the air with the tiniest of flicks.
"I highly doubt you need taking care of, I kick, you head butt. I also bite and claw." She noted as she looked him square in the eye. "Ciro, you said?"
She smiled a devious grin, her canines showing to be a bit longer than the usual. "Ruff."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:29 pm
“Well, ain’t that gettin’ a bit mature for a kid like me.”
Yea, seriously, either he was a weirdo and taking it in the total wrong way, or she was trying to work that animal magnetism on him. Both kind of creeped him out.
“Yea, it’s something about the sun. I don’t know, it’s just a name. But hey, yours is pretty badass. Is it your birth name, or did you change it?”
Something about the both of them staying in one place made him uneasy. It was bad enough taking care of himself, but when he had someone else so blatantly different alongside him, it seemed unsafe to go and walk around in the open.
“Hey, I’m not usually such a party pooper… But let’s head towards someplace a bit less open. I don’t want people to see us.”
‘OHGODNOTHATSOUNDSSOWRONG.’
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:35 pm
Crow cocked her head, suddenly feeling extremely naive.
Too young, Crow...
I got that. Geez.
"No, I gave it to myself. The wings came first, they looked like raven's wings, so Crow it was. I just go by that when..." She stopped cold as she tucked her unfolded cloak around her. "We ought to be going now. You live close or shall we just walk aimlessly out of boredom?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:45 pm
“I’d say it’s probably safer to aimlessly walk around a city filled with people out to kill me than it is to take you to my home. But that’s just me.”
Mmm…. Yeaaaaaa. Having been missing for the last two days, it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to suddenly show up at home with a strange mutated little girl at his side. His parents already thought that he was insane, there was no need to add any more ridicule to his name.
“Hey, before we get out of the stores… You want something?” He was being polite! A gentleman, even. But he had already taken advantage of Fish, and he didn’t want to let it happen again. “I could go grab a soda. With a hood, no one knows anything is wrong with me.”
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:50 pm
"Uh... I couldn't..." Crow stammered. First, he was rude, then he just got outright weird, then he got really super nice.
Her brain was having issues processing things. First Writ grows up, then she meets this guy... GAH! Her brains...
"No. No, that's...that's alright. Unless...er...you want somethin'...'cause... If you do...uhm..." She shoved her hand in a waist-slung change purse of leather and retrieved a few coins, "water might be nice..."
She instinctively turned around and wiped her face clean. "geezIlooklikeahobo..." She muttered.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:10 pm
……. Not like she was very consistent either! First she starts off looking like a fun tease and someone to be on your toes around, but the moment he brings any kind of teenage-hormone-‘Ohlookagirl!’-stuff into it… BAM. Stuttering? That was kinda sad, considering how SHE was the one who was making the innuendos in the first place.
Ah well, at least he could let her cool down as he got some drinks. He needed more crack-water.
And yea! Even if he was being nice in getting her water, he wasn’t gunna pay! This girl had the right idea. He gingerly scooped up the coins, pulling up his hood and reaching into his pockets as he quickly bounded across the street.
Even if she got somehow kidnapped by Blacksuits while he was there and the game was easier, he’d still feel guilty. It was probably just because she was a younger girl, though.
So, because of that guilt, he’d taken no time in buying a water and a three-times-the-legal-limit energy drink to get him going again.
“Here.” Well, he had gotten her water, but he wasn’t going to present it to her-- he was just going to hold it out unceremoniously. “And your change.”
A whole 11 cents, but it was still something he wasn’t going to steal.
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:41 pm
Crow tossed the change in the purse quickly, and then took the drink from his outstretched hand and unscrewed the lid, taking a drink in a quick haste. "Sorry, hadn't had the chance to get into a shop since yesterday mornin'." Crow stated with a hesitantly smiled.
She felt herself idly poke Morrigan to ask a question: You didn't make me, y'know...?
If I did?
Remind me to hurt you.
What!? I don't handle children well. You can't blame me, it's not like I ever bore any! So I accidentally made you a bit of a lolita...
What? s**t, nevermind. I can't talk with you long or I go all 'durh' looking and then Ciro will really think I'm insane.
"Thanks." She simply said with a flat tone before she started to walk away. "Were you around for any particular reason, or just browsing for the hell of it like me?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:28 pm
“I’m cheating,” the older boy admitted with a smirk on his face, feeling as if his idea would be one of his best weapons in the game.
“I got a bit of a rundown on most the other Gods in the game… Save for one.” He wouldn’t admit that the one god he didn’t know about was her; it would just make him look stupid.
He quickened his pace from a lazy stroll in order to keep up with the girl’s pace. She seemed to walk quickly, maybe it was the hooves.
“So, because of that… I’m going to find a library. There’s bound to be books on theology there, and I can get a bit of back information on their gods; that should give me a bit of an advantage.”
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