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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:11 am
 What exactly was Wade doing? Well at the current moment, he was sitting around waiting for Bryna's cousin or something along those lines (he could never remember the relations of all her family members, there were just so many of them) to show up.
He had a plan in mind. A plan so devious, so amazing that it SHOULD have been aired on cable TV. He should have sold tickets or something, he could have been rich! And what exactly was this plan of his? This plan that he had been thinking up for some while now. The plan was simply this; get his new pal Chucky Josh out on a date.
A simple enough plan, but much harder then it sounded. Of course the girl he'd go out on a date with couldn't be too hot, such a thing like that would probably cause the poor boy to explode, or faint, or something. He wasn't ready for a Super Hot Date. Not yet anyways. Not this boy.
Aurum was part of Bryna's family, and as far as Wade saw things, every single lady in her family was hot. Sexy must run in the genes.
And Josh? The merc was sure that girls would find him cute enough, that or they'd throw things at him. Either way, it was a win/win situation. Except the fact that the 'boy from the future' said he only ever had one girlfriend, and that was that. Such things however, were not acceptable. The kid oviously needed some sort of help, and whenever he mentioned women Josh did tend to clamp up, with wants to change the subject. This of course was common for just about everyone when the Merc With A Mouth mentioned women, as he wasn't exactly...subtle about his choice of words; not that he'd ever noticed such things.
'Ok let's see. How am I going to get Chucky here? Getting Relative Girl to come was easy, but Chucky? -Well he isn't that smart, and if not I'll just drag him. Not like he has any muscle. --I should have taken bets on how far he'll get. I wonder what would happen if I- Nah. Oh! I should get some Cheesy Poofs to eat for when I spy on them. -What? You didn't think that I'd just drag the two together and NOT stick around to watch. I'm like the paparazzi, around EVERY corner!'
Ah, got to love that personal narrative.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:43 am
 No... Aurum Elric was hardly super model status, no matter her looks. Not with her... height. You could say it was a family thing, what with her mother being even smaller than her famously -ah- diminutive father. Still Liliana and Edward's youngest daughter was quite attractive in her petiteness. Graceful, cheerful, sure.
Well.... usually sure. Today her crimson wings fluttered and resettled upon her back many times as she padded on gold tipped paws following -or at least attempting to follow- the directions her cousin had given her. Really what kind of directions were these? They turned around and she almost swore part of them were written with cheesy poofs or something (if Aurum was the type to swear) and some things. Well, the mate, um boyfriend, of her first cousin once removed. But that was such a fuss. Easier to just think of them as cousins.
Red and black. Colors Aurum associated with her family were also the tell tale ones that Deadpool chose to wear. Her nervous padding speed up as green eyes lighted on her strange cousin. What was this she had agreed to really anyway? She knew nothing about this 'Josh' kitsu... Oh that had been interesting to tell her parents: that she was going to meet a friend of Cousin Wade's and hang out for a while. Liliana reminded her youngest to be careful, and to remember that should there be any trouble to call right away if she was unable to apparate to safety. But her mother had been shaking faintly with the fear of memory. Aurum knew she was worried about the one called Envy, who for some reason had it out for their family. Had already tried to kill her and her siblings even before they were born. The warning had ingrained itself deep. Aurum just had to trust...
She really should be more frightened than she was, trusting the merc with a mouth. But for entirely different reasons.
Catching her lip nervously between her flat chewing teeth the gold patterned white female lifted a gold tipped paw hidden by the white alchemist gloves she always wore to brush long blonde to auburn bangs from her eyes. Like her mother a soft vanilla scent lingered upon her fur & hair & wings, wafting delicately as she shifted.
What had she gotten herself into?
"Um... Hi Cousin Wade." Green eyes glanced around nervously and Aurum gave a small smile. "So um... would you explain this a little bit more to me, please? I mean..." She did not see any one she did not know here. Where was her cousin's friend?
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:29 am
Directions, something that was very much like the merc (when he was the one giving them), crazy. Now it was up for debate if Deadpool made most of the directions he gave out confusing and hard to read purposely or not. All that was to be known, was that he did, it proved to be rather entertaining when they asked about it, and he wasn't about to stop making them that way anytime soon.
What indeed. Why any female would agree to listen to the merc was forever a mystery, and why exactly anyone would even consiter letting them set them up on a blind date with his friend...Well that was purely mad.
Ears fliped back at the sound (and scent) of the female. Oh wow, had she always been that short? Wade wasn't 6'2" anymore, no not since this new body, but he was still rather tall. And his girlfriend's cousin. Well, she was rather short. He didn't really remember her being so short.
"Oh, heeeeey." the male grined, giving a little wag of his tails. "Right, right. I suppose I do owe you more in depth detail." He looked about for a moment, before returning his gaze to the female. "Anyways. Chucky is entirly afraid of girls. Can't even talk about you pretty ladies around him. -He needs a lot of help Aurum. A LOT. You'll be able to train him no problem." lifting a gloved paw he gave her a slap (though gentle) on the back.
"He's not here yet, since well. I didn't exactly tell him. Actually I didn't even mention it to him, but don't worry. I've got this all planed out. -And really the less he knows the better. That way he can't try and run off, like a scared little school girl. --It'll be just like if you had met him and asked him out. I drag him here kicking and screaming, leave the two of you together, you evaluate his moves, and then I laugh uncontrollably at him. Everyone wins! -Oh, and hopefully somewhere along there he learns how to flirt or something. It's embarassing watching him, really."
Wade's head turned, he blinked before tapping his claws against the ground. "Alright. I think that about covers it, I'll go get him. Stay here." with that the Merc With a Mouth bodyslided back to the Place.
It had been a while since he had teleported, and really it was odd, as he could do so without ending up where Cable was. But Cable wasn't in this world, so really he could bodyslide where ever he wanted now, without any past problems coming back to bite him.
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Wandering into the Place, he looked around for Josh. Peeking in some closets, ears pined back, a serious look on his face. "HEY CHUCKY! -I FOUND SOME SPACESHIP THING! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?!"
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:03 am
 Well, that was really all a lie.
Joshua Kirkpatrick wasn't afraid of girls. On the contrary, he was brave enough to tell Yoko that her singing needed improvement, to her face no less. Perhaps it was because she was his team member, and therefore his friend...but still.
He wasn't like what Deadpool had said, really. He had a girlfriend...of sorts before, and kinda had a crush on Toby before. And he didn't mind talking to her. He just avoided the topic of girls, because well.
1. He was stuck in a planet he didn't really want to stay in. This was just temporary, he kept telling himself.
2. If he did talk about it, Deadpool would go on and on about the topic.
It applied to every discussion they had anyway. Which was why Josh had refrained from complaining too much about the television when they were watching it, and put up with the old programs. There were times he couldn't help himself though.
The space marshal and his ultrapet had found the library at the Place, and were reading...well, Fluffy was anyway. Trying to find out how they could build a hornet, or anything that could fly them out of this planet. The kitsusagi however, was still his slacker self, therefore, had fallen asleep on a open book. "Wha?" A loud shout awoke him, and he jerked up, shaking his head, yawned and frowned. "What did he say?"
Fluffy chirped an answer back in robotic noises only he could understand. "Wait, what? A spaceship?" Technically, it was called a hornet; a spaceship was a really old primitive name. Still. They could try to modify it if possible? Padding to peer around to where Deadpool was, he yelled back. "WHAT? WHERE?" It was after a while that a thought stuck him.
What if Wade was joking again?
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:03 am
Oh yes... Aurum was quite tiny when beside the merc. Not that it seemed to bother her much. The witch alchemist got along quite well with both the luck and snow kitsu she lived with whom were both larger even than Deadpool, and of course Uncle Aiden was a large snow kitsu as well. Unlike her father and a couple of her siblings, Aurum had no problem being small.
She winced slightly at the gentle slap more from surprise than anything else. The well meaning female trying to listen and absorb the things her cousin was telling her. Compassion that his friend needed help mixed with a softness of wanting to help others switched almost super quickly to confusion. Train him? Whyever would she want to train him? And train him how?
Not that Aurum had a moment to put a word in edgewise. Deadpool was not called the merc with a mouth for nothing -and his was going as usual. His friend did not know? At all? Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Well if her cousin Wade thought it was a good thing... Now why would this Josh run off? Could he really be that afraid of females? The poor guy. Oh she hoped there would be no kicking and screaming. Not only was that not very dignified, but well... she would feel awful being involved in something that someone would want to kick and scream to avoid.
Watch his moves? Her head tilted thoughtfully, long bangs following the curves of her face. Well she could do that. Was this Josh something of a fighter too? Aurum was not the best fighter by a long shot, but training with Daddy & Zell a little bit she could defend herself somewhat. She was fit. She knew how to watch another fighter.
Train the body to train the mind.
Wait... flirt? oh right. There was something about flirting and dating that was supposed to go together. Uncle Aear was supposed to have been a flirt but Aurum thought he was just sweet. Was flirting just being sweet? Well hopefully she would know what this 'flirting' was when it came to that.
Blonde head nodded, bouncing the aurburn tips. Then Aurum blinked as her cousin was gone. I didn't know Cousin Wade could apparate without a wand. No... he's not a wizard. Maybe he teleports? However he did it, he told me to stay here. I wonder what meeting Josh will be like? Will he like me?
Sitting on her haunches Aurum wrapped golden tails about her paw and shook he long braid to have it lay down her back comfortably between her folded wings. Not that it stayed long, sliding to hang over a white and gold shoulder with the red bowed tail swaying slightly from the movement. Gold tipped wings almost seemed to blend into the tone on tone pattern of her large Japanese style tail bow. So that she did not focus on worrying, Aurum let her thoughts go through the periodic table of the elements just for fun. And a little for comfort.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:44 pm
Wade certainly was called the Merc With a Mouth for a reason, and one that was apparent from the moment you met him...Well unless he was in one of those moods, but even still his mouth did seem to move seventy-five miles a minute.
Now as for Josh's friend Yoko. Wade did not believe the fact that the boy could talk to this girl openly ment he was not afraid of girls. If she was his friend, then oviously he'd be able to talk to her normally. However the fact that he had a female friend ment he wasn't entirly hopeless. Still she was the only girl, and Josh currently had no girlfriend, and clearly coudn't talk to any other girl normally other then this Yoko.
It was very true every conversation of the two males involved the talk of women. About 98% of all conversatiosn invloving the merc at least got a mention on that topic.
Eyes narrowed as Josh peered around, Wade swiftly turning his head and walking over to the boy. "Great! Come on, let's go!" he uttered, jumping around behind Josh to begin pushing him towards the front door. "No time to waste, come on. Move, move, move!"
Deadpool blinked, his gaze shifting down towards Fluffy, that tiny little fuzzy robot thing that wandered around with Josh. Hmmm...That on the date? No, that wouldn't work at all. "You stay here Squeaky. I think Weasel wanted to talk to you about something." With that, Wade pushed Josh out the door.
As they walked, or rather as Wade pushed Josh along, he continued to just rabble on about random things. As usual. Or up until they began getting closer to where he had left Aurum. "You'll never guess what happened. --Well other then that weird thing that was eating that rabbit. I wasn't aware that something could open its mouth that-" Oh, right! He was supposed to be explaining to Josh what really was going on.
"-You're going on a date, Chucky! It'll be good for you. -You really need to loosen up up you know. Women can sense fear, so do your best not to freak out. And if you mess this up, there's always next time. Though there really isn't since all the ladies would find out that you messed up this date and avoid you like the plague. So don't mess this up, and you'll be good. Also this girl I've set you up with is practically naked, but I'm sure you wont even notice. In fact don't even think about it. It's not important."
It didn't take long for them to reach, and Aurum soon came into view. "Oh, and this girl is my girlfriend's cousin, so be nice. -Or I'll have to hurt you." he spoke quietly to Josh with a smile.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:10 am
"Go? Now?" Josh blinked in confusion. He was still half-sleepy from that little nap they took just now. Even though this was good news, the kitsusagi really wanted to go back to sleep. Reading bored him; it always did.
The ultrapet blinked, turning to his "master" with a quizzical look on his face. Stifling a yawn with a paw, Josh nodded, waving the other, signaling Fluffy to go to where Weas was.
Rabbit? Wade was really going off topic. He half listened to him while letting himself get dragged along. Until of course, Deadpool dropped the bombshell.
"Date? Naked? WHAT?" The space marshal yelped, halting in his tracks and whirling around to face the mercenary. "What in the galaxy are you doing?"
He blinked as the winged kitsusagi came into view. She was a bit on the small side, yes, but compared to Deadpool, he was a little small as well. Perhaps it was because Wade was older than him. In their past lives. That was what Mr Emo Boy a.k.a. Xanul had babbled about.
He gave the girl a grin, muttering to Deadpool under his breath. "You've gotta be kidding me." He said with gritted teeth.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:52 pm
At the sound of voices -and it was hard to miss the sound of her cousin's voice- Aurum turned to face the males. Her smile was welcoming but very shy at the same time as her green eyes shifted from Deadpool to the male she did not know. Very slightly, her head tilted and she smiled again -sweet and more than a little shyly. He had a nice smile... even if it seemed somewhat forced. He was probably nervous too. Wade has said he did not know about this date thing, and that on top of being afraid of girls probably did not help any. She made no fast or sudden moves, not wanting to scare or startle him.
Moving with a light grace she stood with a slight flutter of her wings and took two small steps towards the males. "Hello." Her voice was warm and sweet and the slight blush warming her cheeks was quite evident through her white fur. The female shifted a little nervously, but kept her eyes and smile upon the unknown male. "You must be Josh. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Aurum Elric."
Nervous, yes, but it would not stop her from being polite. And she really was pleased. Aurum wanted to help him ... even if she did not realize Josh did not really need help as Deadpool believed. Her smile lost none of its warmth or sweetness, being open and kind for no matter what Aurum hoped that they could be friends.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:36 am
The Merc With a Mouth always did have that habit of letting his mouth run so off topic, one would forget what the original conversation was about. It was a gift. It was a curse. It was happening right now.
Considering how much the merc talked, it was quite apparent that he certainly must have enjoyed the sound of his own voice. With banter here, and a quip there, he could have gone on for hours. Well that was if he hadn't had needed to explain some things rather quickly to Josh before he made his get-away.
"Yeah, you know. A date. Like one of those things you've been so deprived of. This is a blind one. They still do blind dates in the future right? -Well of course they do, people still probably want to get it on, so I'm sure they do." He gave the space marshal a good push towards the female, before walking up himself and taking a seat.
Wade grined, be it proud of his actions of just because he had oviously gotten under Josh's skin. "Oh no. I kid, but this is not one of those times. You've been keeping yourself too cooped up. You need to get out and live a little. So just man up, you're stuck in this blind date now anyways. -Wouldn't want to make her feel bad now right?" he whispered to Josh.
"Right! This is Chucky. -And Chucky, like she said, she's Aurum." his tails swayed back and forth behind him. Springing up, he pushed the two closer together. "NOW! Make with the fun, and the happy, and all that talking. I will --go be..somewhere else so the two of you can get on with your date. -Have fun kids." Another grin.
Of course Wade wasn't about to just up and leave, waiting for stories later. Oh no. As the merc turned, dashing off he was ploting a place to hide. Hide and watch. A way better game then hide and seek.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:11 am
"Uh...hi Aurum." He gave her a rather awkward smile. It wasn't that he was uncomfortable that she was, as Deadpool said, naked. It sounded weird, but seeing other kitsusagi like Emo Boy had gotten him a little used to the fact.
Mind you, he still found it rather weird.
"I don't really do blind dates." Josh told Wade in a hushed voice. He didn't exactly want the girl to overhear, and hurt her feelings. He could be a nice guy, if he wanted to, really. Plus, he knew when a girl got angry...well...let's just say he had experienced the wrath of a female before. Not that he was scared of Yoko anyway.
The space marshal fixed the mercenary with a stony glare. True, he wouldn't want to make her feel bad, when she did seem like a nice girl. But oh god, this wasn't the time for blind dates! Deadpool was going a bit too far.
"It's not Chucky." He grumbled, crossing his arms. "My name is Josh, unless you've forgotten." Really, what was it with the weird nickname, and of all things Chucky? Which sounded a lot like a chicken, and he definetely, wasn't one.
He lapsed into a rather uncomfortable silence as Wade dashed off, offering Aurum another awkward grin. "Um...were you roped into this as well?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:30 am
Aurum yelped softly in surprise as she was pushed towards her 'date' by her cousin, losing her balance a little and having to take a few stumbling steps because of the unexpected shove. Green eyes looked up into Josh's and she gave an embarrassed smile that fell into a small laugh. "Not exactly. Cousin Wade... He asked me to help. But..."
Blonde to auburn hair fell sideways about her face as Aurum tilted her head studying the male. "You don't seem afraid of girls, Josh."
Suddenly Aurum felt very foolish and her cheeks became heated until the white fur nearly matched the color of her wings and bows. Her eyes fell to the ground where she was nervously tracing a transmutation circle in the dirt at her paws. "I... ah..."
Green eyes looked up to catch his once more. "Well we may as well have fun, right? I don't really know anything about dates..." Her voice softened. "I'd really just like to make friends. Maybe... see where things go from there?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:03 pm
"Asked you to help? With...what?" The kitsusagi looked confused, dark tails curling around each other, and he turned to stare at it with annoyance before looking back at Aurum with a raised eyebrow. "Unless you know how to build what they call a...spaceship." He made a little face as he said that. Even if he used the right words, hornet specifically, they wouldn't understand.
"Afraid...of...girls." He repeated slowly, face turning to horror. "Wadeeeeeeeee." He growled softly. It was enough to be dragged out on a blind date, but telling the girl he was afraid of females? Was this a conspiracy against him?
He took a few deep breaths, then managed to give the girl a forced grin. "It's not your fault. " Though he did feel like wrangling Deadpool's neck at the moment.
"Welll..." He paused, scratching the back of his head with a paw. "Friends is okay...I'm still getting a little used to being here. It's weird, y'know?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:41 am
"A space... ship?" Green eyes flickered in confusion, just before going a little wide as she heard her cousin's name growled. Oh dear...
Very gently Aurum brushed the underside of his chin with the top of her head. It always seemed to make others feel better at home. Then she pulled back to smile cutely at him, slightly shaking her head. "I don't really know, except what others have said. Daddy and gr-daddy Remus are both from other 'befores' if that's what you mean, but they were born here. I hear it's different if you just show up...?" Green eyes gently studied his. "Is that what happened to you, Josh? Did you suddenly arrive in the Realm, a kitsusagi?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:48 am
"Yeah well...I kinda come from another...life. Or planet. Whatever. I used to be a space marshal, so I don't know. Maybe a spaceship...could help." Another life. When Mr Emo Boy told him, he was slightly in shock. Still, it didn't mean he could give up trying to get back right?
Josh blinked in confusion as Aurum's hair brushed his chin. Oh wait, that was right, kitsusagi...expressed themselves with actions a lot. From what he could see the time he was here. There was a lot to get used to. "Remus?" Hey wait, that name seemed familiar. "Emo boy mentioned it..." He murmured softly. Did it mean she was related to Xanul?
"Well yeah, I just suddenly arrived. Like this." He gestured to himself with a small frown. "I mean." He added hastily, afraid that he would insult her. "No offense to you guys, but I'm not very used to it." By it, he meant the kitsusagi body. He had been in a human body for 16 years, and it was obvious why he was still uncomfortable about the whole thing. "I just...woke up here."
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:19 am
Not all kitsusagi expressed themselves so... but Aurum was her mother's daughter and came from a very loving and affectionate family. It was only natural for her to try and comfort with an affectionate gesture. "Emo boy?" Once more green eyes blinked. Surely he hadn't met uncle Enue... had he? Uncle Enue barely went anywhere -but she could think of nobody she knew more 'emo' ... though it really was not a term Aurum was particularly familiar with.
She smiled softly. "No offense. I'm sure I'd find it just as weird to suddenly be on two legs and having to wear clothes." Her laugh was soft & sweet, a gloved paw lifting to brush her bangs away.
Then she looked like something had suddenly hit her, gloved paw falling to the ground just before his, her golden blended tails flicking with barely contained joy. "Wait... planet? Are you... have you actually flown in space?" Green eyes were sparkling as if reflecting stars themselves. "There's really space marshals? I thought it was a joke..."
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