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 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:41 am
Titus fallowed beside Nick as they approached the Bar entrance. The town was deserted and barren. Thought rather then concentrating on the town Titus was now focused on her own thoughts and actions. Strange considering that she was always so focused on everything else. Why was she acting the way she was, she want to fallow Nick around. She had never done that to anyone; her mentor was the only exception. But why, ever since the moment they first meet. Did the organiod have something to do with it maybe? One thing she knew for sure was that Kagi didn't take to fondly of her to say the least.
"Just another forgotten world..." Titus vaguely mumbled in a sighed she hadn't meant for it to be spoken; it just came out. She had seen this kind of sight before, Just not seen it but have caused it. - Got to love war...- she sarcastically thought as she shook her head.
All her life she was meant to be nothing but a mere tool, a special crafted on at that. She had believed that all her life it was all she knew, but Songbird thought her, showed her more then that.
" I wouldn't be surprised...." Titus looked up at Nick as she spoke, before proceeding ahead of Nick. She had not purposely done so, it was more of a subconscious action.
She stopped a few steps ahead of Nick, puzzled at her own recent action.
" Why do you think our little friend wanted to play with us..."
She scanned the room before looking back at Nick as if she had planed to move ahead of her the whole time. The poor lighting didn't really affect Titus sight; call it a bonus to being an experiment all your life.
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:36 pm
As soon as Tidus pulled ahead of Nick she put her shades back on and scanned the town. There didn't look like there would be much in there, but it would be best to check it very carefully. It took a little for her to respond to the question asked. She was trying to think of that herself, but mainly was because she had to force herself to answer.
" I don't know. It seemed to know what it wanted." She spoke seriously before she stepped into the bar.
Not once did she look at Tidus as she entered. Instead her focus was on the bar itself. On the back wall, just out of view of the door, was seven adult skeletons and three children... much smaller. They were all leaned against the wall as if they had been either cowering there or tied up and placed there. Possibly a combination of both. The bodes themselves were gruesome to look at. There was still some rotting flesh clinging to the bones. All the adults had a crushed frontal lobe while the children had broken necks. Each, the adults and children, had one thing in common with their injuries... a long cross from the lower part of the eye and extending across the cheek. This mark etched deeply into the bone.
Nick looked at the corpses and grit her teeth a bit. That mark was familiar, but what got her the most was the fact there were children and no doubt they were all murdered in gruesome, painful ways.
"I'm starting to think everyone in the town is still here..." Nick spoke as she walked toward the Bar counter to see behind it. Just seeing those bodies gave her more of the overall dark feeling of this ghost town.
Kagi looked over the bar as well, but his feeling about it was more along the lines of. -My things are safe...- and -what is that? looks familiar... but at the same time it doesn't - The Skeletons had provided the same shape as humans... but they were all see through and weird looking. He was ready incase one of them tries to attach his property... though that was unlikely.
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:11 am
Titus tilted her head as she noticed Nick had replaced her glasses. Fallowing her gaze/direction she was looking she caught the sight of the cowering corps'. She had missed the bodies at first scan of the room? What was with her? She normally wouldn't missed such a thing. Titus sighed and looked to the side and down. - it did cause this...those poor souls...children, reminisces of forgotten lives...they are all still here..-
As Titus looked down she noticed the necklace was still held in her hand. Looking up Titus realized that Nick had started toward the counter. Making another look at the corpses she pulled her self away and joined Nick at the counter.
"Hay..." Titus spoke with a soft voice as a child would to ask something, or to get another’s attention. Looking up at Nick any sign of joy was removed, she looked more serious then she ever had since meeting Nick, sadness reflected in her eyes though that hardly was shown, because she didn't know how to.
" You shouldn't throw something like this away..." Titus held out an opened hand to Nick, were the tossed Item rested. She wasn't trying to change the subject, but rather return something important. Titus still looked up at Nick, with her concentrated eyes.
" I don't like the feeling about this town...It would be best not to stay long..." Once again there was that personality change.
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:01 pm
Nick looked back at Tidus as she spoke about the necklace. She shook her head and gently pushed the hand back.
"Keep it... It 'looks' important. For a while it was to me. But remember it's only an item. Compared to some things it is as important as a blade of grass. "
She looked over the counter seeing more bodies mercilessly stacked on each other. All with the same cross scar carved into the bones. It only took a quick look at that before she looked back at Tidus.
"Maybe it can teach you a few more things about non military life..."
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:28 pm
- What?...- Titus looked back at that the Necklace as her hand was pushed back. - A blade of grass...- To Titus her life in the military was a blade of grass. Not important. But it was all she knew and regretfully she was good at it. At times she could be so cold it wasn't what you could call human. All she knew her whole life was the military, how could there be something different.
-Why?...- once again the question pierced the back of her mind.
Silently Titus nodded and placed the Necklace around her Neck as best as she could with one hand. She would say thank you at a more appropriate time then this.
She didn't have to look over the counter to already know what was there.
"They all bare the same mark..." Titus didn't care to look over the counter. - Arch...How did he survive?...Everyone here is dead...they all hold the same mark...-
"I don't like it here..." she growled softly in a whisper as she glanced back at the entrance. But she would leave Nick. Something told her, wanted her to stay.
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:39 pm
"It must be like a calling card, warning... or perhaps something else." Nick headed toward the exit, pausing to wait for Tidus to exit first.
"It would be pointless to look for anything of use here. Everything is dead."
She shook her head and focused out side.
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:51 pm
Titus fallowed Nick to the Exit. It was pointless to stay. Titus stopped as Nick did. What was she doing? Titus looked up at Nick with a puzzled look at first, and then got the Idea. Huffing she proceeded out the exit, still watching Nick out of the corner of her eye. Making sure she would fallow.
"Your right..."
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:05 pm
Nick followed closely behind Tidus, scanning the area more carefully than she had before. Kagi was more alert than she was. He could feel how tense she had gotten.
"We'll spend the night here... but leave first thing in the morning. I don't like this place."
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:21 pm
As they left the Bar Titus moved to the side of Nick once again opposite from Kagi. Take one more look back Titus then looked up at Nick as she spoke.
"Me either, leaving sounds good..."
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:15 am
Nick glanced around the town as she headed back to the hanger. The feeling of death loomed in the air. It was not pleasant.
" Get some rest, We'll leave as soon as you are rested. "
Nick looked at Tidus, but only to make sure she was following.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:54 pm
"Me?" she laughed in a ‘whatever’ kind of manner. She recognized the feeling of death; it was vary uncomfortable, but something she had to live with most of her life. She learned that it's better to cope with it if not dwelt on. There was nothing she could do about it know. Detached. Wanting to feel remorse, but not able to.
"...What about you..." Titus fallowed along side Nick as they headed back to the Hanger. She wasn't necessarily asking a question, as heard in her tone of voice. she didn't bother to look around the town, though she was alert, her attention was still on Nick
Titus had to walk faster then normal to keep up with Nick's stride, once again vary puppy like.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:10 pm
Nick looked back at Tidus with an emotionless stair. The look only lasted a moment before she focused ahead once again.
"I'll get sleep... I need to pilot the zoid. Kagi will keep watch."
Nick shook her head.
"So maybe you should sleep in Blaze's cockpit... I can't watch him in my sleep."
Nick than made a quick guess as to what was next.
"And yes... That IS an order. Millitary rank or not I have the upper hand here. I WILL use force if needed."
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:59 pm
Titus stared back at Nick, as she looked away her gaze only lasted a second more before she looked ahead too. - an order...heh, she ceatching on...eh whatever- Nick had made a correct guess as to what was Next.
"Fine...I'll lay down..." she rested her 'good' hand on the Stick that was still in her mouth.
" But, I'm not sleeping in the Pit..." She still looked forward as she spoke, and she would keep her words.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:11 pm
Nick shook her head as Tidus stated she refused to sleep in the pit.
"Fine, than."
For now, Nick was too tired to try and force Tidus in the pit... she had a feeling Tidus was one to put up a fight. She may be a pup, but Nick did see a good fighter in her.
She took a seat in front of Blaze's mouth than looked at the ground, not speaking a word more. Kagi did Lay down next to Nick and gave another greedy glare to Tidus.
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:47 pm
Titus looked back at Nick with an amused surprised face before looking forward again. - What?...No argument?....She must be tired-
Titus fallowed Nick to Blaze, as she sat down Titus backed off a bit. Finding herself a nice piece of ground. Looking down at it she felt like she was being stared at. Looking up she noticed Kagi's glare, and matched it with her own but not long enough to start anything - Bite Me...- She wanted to speak it out loud but Nick seemed to be tired. And Titus knew Kagi would take it literary there for causing more stress on Nick, for her sake she held her tongue and kept her thoughts to her self.
Flopping down to her spot, she lied on her back, - So weird...- Yawning she rolled over to her non injured side, her back facing Kagi and Nick, It wasn't meant as a rude gesture. Just Titus was still getting use to the fact that others were around that actually seemed to care.
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