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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:41 am
Madison arrived shortly thereafter, Robert still carried in her hands. They were 2-for-3 right now! With this luck, they could very easily manage to bring back multiple samples for Caelius and Aria. "That went pretty well!" she whispered, grinning as she sat down with a thud next to Ennea, accidentally crushing a table leg under her big bony butt. Whoops.
She then lowered her hands so Robert could jump off safely.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:44 am
Robert had been too busy cuddling his tiny egg in his hands to realize he'd been carried all the way to the picnic table area. Once they had arrived, however, he all but jumped out of Maddie's arms, looking to take hold of his dignity once more.
"YEAH it did! He cried out, scuttling under the table and exploring almost instantly. Of course, that led him to stumbling on the protection charms.
"Score."
At least the gnome's clothing was good for one thing - it had multiple pockets. Whatever these dinky crinkly little things were, Robert was stocking up on them. They were free. He wanted like, a dozen of them.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:45 am
There was an odd-looking girl in a kimono nearby to where Ennéa sat. She watched as the girl flipped a table, revealing a large crate underneath filled with some something Ennéa couldn't quite identify.
They seemed free for the taking though so Ennéa got up and took one. She looked at it curiously, turning it over in her hand. Protection charm? Protection against what? she wondered.
In any case, it seemed like it might be useful? Ennéa slipped the charm into her pocket and returned to her seat. Noticing her friends had returned.
"Oh hey guys!" she called cheerfully to Robert and Madison.
"You got one?" she said to Robert. "Awesome!" She then slumped a little. "I guess that means I'm the only one who still needs to get a fish."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:55 am
"You'll get one," Madison assured Ennea, reaching out to pat awkwardly at her friend's arm with one bony finger. "I mean, I got one without even really trying too hard? I guess I got lucky, but... this isn't that hard."
There was so many other things she yearned to say, but she didn't want to risk blowing their cover. Later on, when it was safe and they were back home-
... Huh. The Island was 'home', now...
-she would talk about how odd it was to see these creatures celebrating, living their lives, their existence a skewed shadow of human life. Did they even realize it? She wasn't sure.
In her mind, Kouki just grumbled wordlessly.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:58 am
"YEAH, of course you'll get one!" Robert had hopped up onto pieces of wood, using them like stairs, until he was at face level with the seated girl. Then he unwrapped one of his new prizes, and took a look at it.
Spongey, chewy.. was it bubblegum? It had the right packaging for it.
So he popped it in his mouth and started chewing away. It certainly didn't taste like anything.
"Youf jus' need moore tine," He tried to say, even though the gum was sticking to his teeth unnaturally.
Then he blew a bubble. A big one - wow, this was strong bubble gum!
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:58 am
Marosa glanced up as Desu-chan walked in, and walked over behind the table she had just flipped over. Now how did he miss that?
He reached down and took a protection charm, staring at the thing in his hand, just wondering what exactly to do with it. Nonetheless, he turned to Desu-chan and gave a nod of thanks, smiling.
Marosa then slowly looked around to see who had decided to pick up a protection charm, as well.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:02 am
Ennéa perked up a bit at Madison's pep-talk. "You're right. I just got to try harder next time." She grinned at her friend. "Thanks."
She then leaned over to look at Robert who was chewing on a protection charm. "Oooh! Is that what they are? Bubblegum??" She was starting to regret only taking one.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:24 am
Robert spit out his gum and flopped down into his rear, folding his hands up in front of himself as best as he could.
"I dunno, it tasted like s**t. Maybe it wasn't gum. Maybe it's a balloon or somethin'."
He opened another one and began to inflate it - but his lungs were too small to manage to do a good job, and it just kind of flopped sadly in front of him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:37 am
What.
. . . . what?!
Desu-Chan had found treasure so to speak. Not the best kind of treasure either. Maybe to some boils would love this opportunity, but Mot scrunched his nose at the charms. Why?
...oh dear. There appeared to be some Halloween denizens who did not know the true purpose of the charms. "Uh--uhm.." Mot stammered approaching the group wearily. The little gnome seemed to think it was gum... or a balloon. "Not that it isn't clean but.. you might not want to stuff such things in your mouth."
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:42 am
"OH SWEET MOTHER OF-"
Robert was glad he'd spit out the gum, because if it had been in his mouth when the voice behind him started speaking, he would have choked on it for certain. As it were, he tumbled right off of his little perch, headfirst into the ground. His pointed hat smushed underneath him, and his legs flailed in the air as he tried to right himself.
Once he was finally sitting on his a**, instead of his head, Robert glared up at - what the hell, was that a cowboy? Since when was a cowboy a monster?! Who was afraid of cowboys? Businessmen, maybe.
.. Or virgin cows.
"Why not?" Robert's booming, masculine bass voice burst out of the little body unnaturally, sounding comical coming from him. "I chew what I like, buddy. Not that I liked that. But. You know. The point. It's there."
He got to his feet, and started climbing back up to his perch again. He had a purpose, a mission, at this place. Had he forgotten?
Not on your life.
"Name's Robert. Robert the gnome." Yeah, ******** you aliases. He was Robert until the day he died. "What's your name, kid?"
Kid? Robert, you're two feet and eight inches tall.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:46 am
Mot blinked and watched the gnome fall down. Oh dear, he seemed to have startled the little guy! Wait.. that was a very deep voice for a little guy. "Why not, you say." Mot answered back, scratching his chin. "Maybe because those are protection charms, and not anything you'd want in your mouth." Who didn't know what those were? Seriously ~.
Mot smirked, the little guy seemed to think he was an old man or something. Or then again, maybe he was? "Mot. Reaper." He answered back with a nod. "Enjoying the festival, old man?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:50 am
A reaper? Nice. This kid was looking pretty sharp already. Robert figured, if he was one of these creepers, he'd wanna be a reaper.
But not a reaper in chaps. Come on bro, what's going on there.
"Well of course they're protection charms." Robert snorted all-knowingly. "I mean, obviously I'm just, you know. Tryin' to protect my mouth. Y'cant be too careful around here."
What.
"ANYWAY, you bet I'm enjoying it. Caught me this egg, perfectly legitimate too. Won it in a game of strength. Beat some giant horse-man. You shoulda seen it, it was sweeeeeet." Robert flexed his tiny pecs and arms in a hulking pose - it was tooth-achingly adorable to watch.
"Did you catch anything good?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:54 am
. . .
"Uh...huh.." Why would he want to protect....
Nevermind.
The discomfort of that mental image aside, Mot grinned as Robert proudly proclaimed his win. "Wow, no kidding? You're stronger than you look then, partner." Was that an offhanded comment? Maybe.
"I actually haven't played any of the games yet. Anything you'd recommend?" He asked as he slipped his thumbs into his belt loops. This old man must have been here a while, right?
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:56 am
Astra had been busy checking up on riyo, but a loud crashing down caught her attention and she turned to see Desu-chan had flipped a table over to reveal...something. She had started to walk over, but a group of boils and ghouls she hadn't seen before had came up and started taking them.
Sadly, The new comers weren't the only one who didn't know what a 'protection charm' was, but Astra was not about to try and eat one like the undead gnome had done. He was the first one who had her full attention. Not because his voice was very loud for such a small creature. Not because he had tire tracks over his mid section.
This guy was smaller then her
She hovered above the ground, making her way towards the newcomer. "Hello!" she chirped, also waving to mot whom she had seen a few times at the fitness meetings and paintball matches.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:15 am
s**t.
"Ah, recommend. Yeah. Sure! That one booth.. with the fish. You know? That's a good one. Or like, there's a booth where you can.."
Think, Robert, think.
".. catch things in the water."
Failure.
"Okay, so maybe I wasn't paying enough attention when I was out there, you know. All the flashy lights get to me. Plus I gotta watch where other people are walkin', or they walk all over me. All you damn tall mother f-"
That was a flipping fairy. Right there. RIGHT ******** THERE.
"f... fairy. Uh. I mean. Sup, fairy."
What was wrong with him? He cringed at just how rude he was being, and rubbed both of his hands over his face before hopping up to Astra and trying to scrape what little dignity he had left.
"Hey." He smoldered effectively, holding his hand out. "I'm sorry. You caught me off guard there. Obviously 'cause you're so damn cute." What better way to make up for being an idiot, than shamelessly flirting? With a goddamn fairy no less. This s**t was wild.
"My name's Robert, little lady. What's yours?"
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