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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:16 pm
(( The first bit of this takes place before all the chaos starts, just so we can get them inside @w@; )) Ever since meeting Thanatos a few months ago, Aksaja had been keeping in contact with the rather adorable little fae hound via email and a bit of texting. They'd talked about everything from the lightning dragon's classes to the events of field trips and more. In a lot of ways, Aksaja was starting to see the other as a friend - though a distant one.
But when he heard about the huge shopping day at the Maul, he just couldn't resist inviting the other to meet up with him there. They could shop together, maybe grab dinner, hang out . . . all of that stuff. He could only hope that Than would be able to come.Text to Than Hey! Wanna meet me at the Maul this afternoon to go shopping and stuff? I could probably treat you to dinner too if you want.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:50 pm
Thanatos was gleeful when he received the text, in fact, he was beyond gleeful, good eye sparkling as though he had just been presented with his favorite flavor of icescream. Tail thumping enthusiastically against the ground, claws of his feet scrabbling at the sidewalk, he texted back with a rapid tappa-tap of his eyephone keyboard, entirely ignorant of the typos therein, as he had long ago turned off the autocorrect in dismay at its shenanigans.
Text to Aksaja Yes plees! :3 Than will meet you ther in an hour? If that is all okies and such.
Not even waiting for a response, he plunged into his wardrobe to wrap himself in a dark blue outfit, the entirety of it hedged rather festive pale floof. A trip to the maul seemed rather heavenly in light of what he had been doing lately, which was mostly nothing, stuck in his room writing extensive letters to his sire, who demanded them. And also insisted on knowing just why he hadn't gotten into that Jack bedamned school yet. The pup never had a response for such things, having flailed about uselessly when it came to drawing up the proper enrollment papers. It was something that he'd intended on asking his draconic friend's help with.
But he would put that thought aside for now, and enjoy this shopping trip. Already he pondered on just what to buy his parents. Perhaps he'd pick his mother up a pair of mittens. It seemed the most sensible thing to do.
Skipping up to the entrance, hands clutched to the front of his robes, he saw the taller student awaiting him, and he made a half-barking sound of exhilaration. "'SAJAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tail thrashing about behind him, he then launched himself at the ebon-haired male, fully expecting the other to catch him, wrapping limbs about Aksaja in a haphazard fashion that was fully intent on conveying to the other just precisely how much the Fae-hound had missed him. Which was clearly a considerable, world-shattering amount.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:02 am
Aksaja got that message just as he was leaving the theater, having turned off his phone during the performance. After all, he didn't want it blaring some annoying ringtone in the middle of the play . . . that would just be embarrassing. Hearing the other yell his name, Aksaja turned with a smile - just barely in time to catch the fae hound with a soft 'oof' sort of sound.
"Hello to you too," he murmured, moving one hand to rub at an ear. Dear Jack, he was such a puppy! So cute. "Missed me that much, huh?" It still amazed him a bit that Thanatos had become so attached after so few actual meetings. But then again, was he much better? Even though Than wasn't around on a daily basis, they'd talked more than a lot of Aksaja's friends who did already go to Amityville. Including some subjects he hadn't really told anyone else about. Like his family . . .
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:38 pm
Thanatos' toothy grin was enough of a reply to the dragon boil's comment. "Than did...." He murmured, bubbling enthusiasm momentarily pacified by the fingers on his fluffier extensions, and they were currently all the more touchable due to the winter coat that had crept in and lengthened the already shaggy fur on his ears and tail. "'Saja is Than's excellently friend, he is." Clawed hands found purchase in Aksaja's sleeve, and he someone relinquished the puppy death grip on his friend's person in order to plant his feet firmly on the ground once more.
Peering around the other, he blinked at the Maul behind them. Thanatos really wasn't the short to go shopping, though he had been known to stare through windows in a longing fashion. "So what is Than and 'Saja to do today? What is yous to...to shoppinglike for today?" The fae-hound really was attached to the few individuals he'd managed to bond with here in Amityville, and since he had but limited time to spend close to the place, he had to zealously maximize every moment, which meant that the lightening dragon was likely to be stuck at the side of Than for hours on end.
That is, if Than had anything to say about it. And he did. He would be the first one to tell you so.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:03 pm
Aksaja smiled at the softer fur under his fingertips and ruffled Than's hair just a bit for good measure. Even though things may have gotten a little more serious around here and his father might still yank him out of the school . . . Than always managed to cheer him up.
"Well, I need to do a little shopping. Gotta get presents for a few friends, and like I was saying in my text, we could get something to eat later. There's a couple of good restaurants in the maul, and the food court too." He tilted head slightly at the other. "Are you gonna buy gifts for anyone, hmm?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:50 am
The Fae-hound's grin went a little silly, finding that the fingers in his fur, ruffly or no, were sending him into a puppy-like bliss. "Mmm." It took him a moment to bring trek back to reality, flushing faintly at the close contact that Aksaja didn't seem to mind. The draconic boil had been his first friend, and Thanatos rather depended on his presence and knowledge of Amityville in general. This entire place, and most notably the Maul itself, were fantastically bewildering.
Ears twitching, he nodded in affirmation to the other's inquiries. "Yesssss. Than wants to buy prettythings for his mum." He replied softly, fingertips still coiled into the other boil's sleeve with no intentions of letting go. "A-and maybelike for his father maybe yes." Though there was a bit of a waver on that one. He had no idea what sort of present wouldn't get him growled at, but at the same time, if he didn't buy his sire anything at all, well...that likely would send the holiday right down the proverbial tubes. Aksaja on the other hand, he definitely needed to get something for. "Youses too, and Merry-Merry." ~<3 Merryyyyyyyyyy. He hoped that he saw the rainbow-hued chimera lass during this visit, she always tended to make things better.
However, something...had changed subtly in the atmosphere of the Maul...
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:32 pm
Shopping bags in hand, the chimera was making her way through the crowds on her way to the food courts. There had seemed to be some sort of commotion, Merry wasn't sure what, but something interesting was probably going on, and if not, well.. Food court. At the very least she would find something delicious to snack on. It was a win win sort of situation for her.
Thus far she hadn't had the fortune of running into any familiar faces, but the unfamiliar ones were all interesting enough to keep the ghoul's attention as she made her way along the store fronts. So many beings in such a closed in space, and everyone seemed filled with energy and excitement, both good and bad. People watching wasn't exactly a hobby of the construct, but she did enjoy it from time to time when nothing more entertaining presented itself. As luck would have it though, something came along.
It was a voice, a familiar voice, and it was calling her name. Not to get her attention, but as if the speaker were talking about her. She blinked, pale ears twitching upward as she turned, then purred as a wide grin cut across exotic features. "Than!" Another hopeful like herself, not yet enrolled, but she always seemed to run into him. Adorable little pup.
Happily she rushed over, curling herself around the little male with arms and wings as she nuzzled into the side of his face. Feathered tail slinking up to curl loosely around Aksaja's waist. She wasn't ignoring him, she just knew Than better.
The food court would just have to wait a little longer.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:00 pm
Aksaja nodded at that and finally let go of the other, stepping back just a bit to glance around at the stores they were close to. "Well, I know I want to go into the gaming store, maybe the book store, uhm . . . "
And then before he could get any farther, a somewhat familiar voice was calling Than's name. Who . . . ? "Oh, hey Merry!" Aksaja called out, waving to the chimera ghoul. It had been a while since he'd seen her too, though he'd talked to the fae hound boil a lot more in the interim. "How have you been? You out shopping too?" he asked, though the answer to that was pretty obvious, judging by the bags she was already carrying.
A slight frown came across the dragon boil's face then at a familiar scent - one he hadn't smelled in nearly a year. "Do you guys smell . . . peppermint?" he murmured. And then the first screams broke out, some from the direction of the food court, others from near the huge tree in the distance. What the Jacking hell?? Spinning quickly, Aksaja rushed over to the doors he and Thanatos had come in a few minutes earlier - only to find out that they were blocked. Normally he wasn't one to run away from danger, but Than and Merry were here too and. Oh s**t.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:32 pm
Large ears swiveled comically to attention, hearing his name on the lips of yet another friend that he considered near and dear, and one hourglass eye widened as he was suddenly enveloped in the chimera's embrace, wings everywhere and the familiar scent of her welcoming presence surrounding him. Than's instant reaction was to burrow against the bright lass, whuffling his joy as his tail-tip pattered out a rhythm on the polished floors of the Maul. "Merry-Merry!" >w< He trilled, releasing Aksaja's hostage sleeve in favor of wrapping his arms about the Chimera ghoul. "What are to be doing here, Merry-dear?" All things had been put on hold in favor of a most thorough greeting.
It was then that he raised his head and took a whiff, half-detaching from Merry to get a better view of things. "W-what...?" It most certainly did smell like peppermint, and the hold he had about Merry's waist tightened ever so subtly. "Saja....?!" There was a thrum of rising panic in the Fae-hound's voice, and his eyes flicked from one friend to the next, hoping one of them would be able to provide an explanation for these changes that wasn't terrifying.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:08 pm
The lightning dragon cursed under his breath as he hurried back toward the other two, trying to peer over the heads of other now-panicked shoppers to see what the hell was going on. Golden eyes widened when he managed to catch a glimpse of the Christmas tree actually waving its arms around and moving. Thrashing about, in fact. Oh Jacking hell.
"Looks like we're having a repeat of my first ever field trip at this school," he muttered. His gaze moved to Than then, and he quickly pulled the smaller boil against his side, wrapping one wing around him protectively. "Meaning . . . all the Christmas stuff has probably come to life and is attacking people. Just . . . stay behind me, okay? I'll try to keep you safe."
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:17 pm
Friendly little nibbles were delivered to Than's fluffed ears, and she giggled gently as he snuggled in against her, whuffling. "Shopping, same as you," she offered softly, but her tone suggested she thought the answer was fairly obvious. He was such a peculiar little thing, ever adorable and endearing in his strange behavior and general good nature. She was understandably smitten with the Fae-hound, he was a lovely cuddle partner.
Aksaja earned himself a toothy grin when she finally raised her head, chin coming to rest between Than's twisting horns. "Doing quite well, thank you. And yourself?" There were only a handful of students Merry knew by name and face within the school, and fewer still she considered friend. Aksaja was on that short list.
She blinked though as he mentioned peppermint, sniffling the air and pulling a face when she found he'd been right. "Mmhmm, where's it coming from?" As Than's grip around her tightened, her's would as well, fingertips curling protectively along his shoulders as she pulled him in against her body. Watching as Saja moved off in an attempt to see what was going on. Her ears drooped when he returned, and though she wasn't sure what exactly he was talking about, she didn't like his tone, nor the way he felt the need to pull the smaller hound behind him.
She moved as Than did, taking a place on the smaller boil's other side, thin tail lashing with nervous energy. "The decorations are attacking people?" It didn't sound as though she fully believed him, but she appeared to be alert and ready for anything that turned up, all the same.
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alliisara rolled 2 12-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-24)
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:04 am
 A large ballerina doll had been standing at the front of a nearby store. While the group was distracted by the shouting crowds elsewhere, she slowly, stiffly started to move, testing out her newfound mobility. A couple quick pleés, a brief ports de bras, and then a few chassés in the direction of the group. She came up from the side, and they didn't seem to notice her. Aksaja was lucky he pulled the Fae-hound to him when he did, for just then she did a large kick to the front. "Battement développé!" The dragon's wing came up just in time, taking the intended kick, further out than she had aimed. ((Oh jeez, it's been so long since I did ballet. Let's see if I can keep this up. xd Thank goodness for Wiki.)) Dangerous Diva Attack roll: 2 d12 Damage: 2 (target: Aksaja) HP: 12/12
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Manda rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 4
Total: 8 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:29 am
Aksaja flinched at both the sudden shout and the kick, spinning around to snarl at whatever the hell attacked him. ...... Okay he had no idea what this was. It didn't look like the things from Christmastown or wherever. But obviously it wasn't very friendly and that meant he had to keep it away from Than and Merry. If he could. Jack.
"Why don't you just go back to wherever you came from?" he snarled as he aimed a kick right back at it.(( HP: 38/40 Damage done: 2 FEAR charge: 1/3 ))
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alliisara rolled 2 12-sided dice:
9, 4
Total: 13 (2-24)
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:29 am
The kick caught the ballerina in the middle of a bourrée en pointe backwards, and she stumbled slightly before catching herself. A pas de chat moved her to the side relative to the three, putting her temporarily at a bad angle for attack by the other two. She followed this with a pique arabesque, which led into 7 fouettés en tournant, striking Aksaja each time as she spun around, but leaving her open to attach as well. A medley of music from the Nutcracker Suite had begun playing at some point from the nearby speakers, and as the music picked up the doll's movements managed to sync up with it, becoming more frenetic as the music did. Dangerous Diva Attack roll: 2 d12 Damage: 7 (target: Aksaja) HP: 10/12((New round started with agreement from the others))
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