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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:21 pm
"Hey, hey, hey-- take it easy there boy." He waved his hand about, as he knocked back the rest of his glass, slamming it back down to the table, just as the food arrived. What the heck's with me...
A steaming plate of barbeque ribs was what arrived to him, and he wasted no time in taking hold of a particulary large peice and biting down into it, lips and chin staining red.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:31 pm
Sunstrike rolled his eyes. "Ahhhh I get it, you're allowed to scare a boy in the dark with offers of your body, and I'm not allowed to scare you by accepting the offer...right?" He was actually really enjoying this word game, it'd been a while since he'd seriously flirted with anyone, and Vahn's discomfort was more then a little obvious.
He'd just ordered something light, a fruit salad of some kind. He took a strawberry and ate it absently, not paticularly hungry, but not wanting Vahn to feel left out.
"S'all well and good for you to tease Vahn, but something like that can get you into trouble. What if the poor guy has a crush on you now? Bad enough his sister already does <3" His strange eyes were hidden by his goggles as they stared across the table at the eating man...he really shouldn't have been looking to get a rise out of him, but his curiousity was niggling at him.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:42 pm
"Th-That's different dammit..." Again with the flush, as he lowered his head obviously a little more, all but burying his mouth into the ribs, as he ate, and ate. It was almost nearly disgusting to watch him eat, but then again he had never felt this ravenous before. It was like something kept sucking all the food he ate right out of him.
He was a living vacuum cleaner at the moment.
"What?!"
"That girl's like... well I don't know how younger, but I'm like way too old!" He spoke with some fleeting authority, his face stained with rib sauce.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:00 pm
Sunstrike tried really hard not to crack up. "And the boy?" This was almost too easy. Sunstrike would get the answer he wanted as well as making Vahn uncomfortable. "Hell what about me...technically I'm older then..." Sun paused and changed what he was about to say quickly. "well, older then the boy anyway..."
A grape danced along his fingers before getting eaten. "Or are you just not that way inclined? I mean, I understand if that's the case..." Go on then Vahn...answer that one. Sunstrike dared him mentally, although outwardly he looked just the same, calmly eating what he'd been given...and never looking more the opposite to his ravenous friend then now.
He grinned and decided to let him off the hook a little. "Gah, what am I saying, you're known throughout the northern towns for having a girl on each hip, should you wish it. I mean, hell, even here your known for it. Guess that answers my question for me."
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:12 pm
"Give me a break here..." Wiping his mouth, with a swipe of his forearm, he raised the refileld glass of scotch to his lips, taking a quick gulp, his cheeks keeping a slightly flushed color to them. "Their both way too young for me.. most people are."
His voice dropped at that last part, as realization tried to ebb it's way in. He hadn't really slept around as much as one would think... before it just as easily left his train of thought, the scotch probaly having something to do with that.
"Hey now, I'm no old man here.. I've been known to get wild myself from time to time. I... like all kinds of people." What the hell did that mean?
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:34 pm
What the hell did that mean...
Sunstrike looked at him a little suspiciously, and grinned, watching the tinge spread across his friends cheeks. Well that answered his question somewhat. He leaned back, chewing thoughtfully on the last of his meal.
"That's good to know, I was afraid for a bit, you always get so angry and standoffish, s'nice to know you "like" all kinds of people." It would have been nice to know if people included humanoid too...but then that got all weird and technical and way too obvious about the answer he was searching for.
This vacation might turn out to be a bit more fun then he'd originally imagined. <3
"You'd best pay so we can get out there before dark...s'gonna take a while..."
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:38 pm
Dammit... my sword. I almost forgot about that thing. "Alright!" He exclaimed, slamming the once again emptied glass of scotch onto the table;rising abruptly at the same time, lurching forward a bit, but not exaclty drunk.
He was tipsy at best.
"Let's go then..." Fumbling at his waist, he reached his hand into the pouch, pulling out several gold peices. He didn't where things were leading, or what was waiting for him if he ever got to where his sword was supposed to be-- he just knew he had to get there.
Blushing like a damn girl... What the hell...
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:47 pm
"V-Vahn?!" Gods...how much...one...two...oh erm that, probably wasn't good. Sunstrike sighed and picked up the belongings as the other man placed the currency on the table.
As he moved most of the people in the place held their breaths, waiting to see if that was the final jar to get the drink he'd had settled. Then there was a collective sigh of disbelief and slight admiration as he collected everything and made his way out the door with his slightly tilty companion.
Max shook his head. He'd been at the meeting a night ago...Dain had never mentioned what companion the Fire Bringer had brought...and he decided he'd keep it to himself as well. At least til he knew how everything managed to turn out. He looked at Joe and they both nodded to each other. Interesting times....
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:48 pm
"Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me"
Lurching out of the pub, he spun immediatly on his heel sharply, a bottle of scotch clutched in his left hand. His eyes had a softened mellow glaze to them, as he began belting out words from a song apparently. He wasn't half bad either.
"I didn't go to boarding schools
Preppie girls never looked at me
Why should they?
I ain't nobody
Got nothing in my pocket"
He took hold of a nearby lampost, and started swinging 'round and 'round slowly, while singing out the words, still holding the bottle, a bit of it spilling 'cause of all the spinning. He stopped and was sent forward,s tumbling a bit but keeping both feet on the ground, as he kept on singing in acapella.
"Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills"
Turning in place once more, this time walking backwards as he faced Sunstrike. both arms were spread wide, as he stumbled on through the thin crowd of late night citizens, who took a glance at him, some laughing, others wondering what the hell he'd been smoking.
"Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between"
He started clapping his hands together in time, the bottle emptied and discarded already, as he hunched over and kept walking backwards. He bobbed his head side to side, his feet moving along to an imaginary beat, words flowing to an unheard tune, taking hold of a few passing ladies and leading them by the wrists, spinning them off, and giving each a short hip shake to the side.
"I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
'cause I'm the next big thing"
Teetering left and then right, backwards and then forwards, all the while balancing on the balls of his feet, he kept on singing, nothing but mirth coming out of his whole body, obviously more than affected by the alcohol.
"Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills"
Sliding forward on his knees, startling a few more random passerby's, he broke out into a full fledged air guitar solo, jamming away like nobody's business, short sparks and tufts of flame sprouting out as he kept singing.
"The truth is I don't stand a chance
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong"
Leaning back, all the way back as he sat on his knees, he stared towards Sunstrike, his tone growing as serious as he could possibly manage, while he spoke softly, before flipping forward, back onto his feet.
"No I don't
I'm just a no-class beat down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars play"
Sauntering down the street, he snapped his fingers in time, his voice slowly winding down now, as he bumped into a set of trashcans, knocking them over and rolling off to the side, laughing hysterically.
"Beverly Hills
That's where I want to be
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rolling like a celebrity
Livin' in Beverly Hills"
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:59 pm
"W-wait Vahn, oh good grief...." A can rattled by and Sunstrike sighed softly. Enough....was enough. He had to get Vahn out of here before he destroyed more then a few trashcans...his body wasn't well enough to handle the pounding it was going to take.
Dumping a few of the more uneccessary bigger items, he suddenly advanced on the drunk man, took him by the arm and pulled him into a standing position....or as standing as one can get while tipsy. Carefully taking the now very empty bottle from Vahn, he placed it down, before hauling the other man into a firemans carry. The cheers from the crowd were really uneccessary, he thought as they walked out the gate and into the desert towards where the sword had been left.
He promised himself never to pry too activly into Vahn's sex life around alchohol again.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:35 pm
HE was walking down the road trying to find Vahn. It has been severla hours since he had a quick nap and walked form the hospital. Suddenly, he thought he sensed Vahn and his companion, but his level somehow dropped and he only sensed one person that was strogner thana normal human. As he now jogged to the point where the large powers levels were when one dropped suddenly, which tunred out to be a bar./ HE walked tot he entrance, seeing that is was very lively in there. Two men walked out, or, one friend was carryign the other upon his shoulders. Well, there's no "I" in drunk. It was then he noticed the sober friend had red spiky hair. HE walked up to him, and spoke. Hello there. You a traveler or do you live in this town?
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:47 pm
Sunstrike followed the other man silently now, debating with himself...
How much can I tell them without...without it all going so wrong... Without realizing he mirrored a thought of Vahn's from before. How would he look at me...if he knew...
Sunstrike shook his head. I can't tell them everything...but then again, I don't need to tell them anything other then my relation, do I...? That was settled then, he'd tell them everything they needed to know, other then that, he'd just be vauge again. Not like that was unsual.
He wasn't even sure he should let them know everything about his father....he could see it now. Erm, yes, I'm actually a god from a different place...stuck here as punishment by another god who created me to be his son...cause I tried to kill the b*****d while I had the chance... Oh yeah, that'd seriously go down well. They'll have me institutionalized before I could blink.
So he passed the gate behind Vahn with a little black cloud of depression raining on him.
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:05 pm
"Hah! Adventure's rock!" Both Vahn and hibon strode through the gate, arms thrown behind their heads, laughing softly, as they joked with each other. "You make sure to head on home, I'll straighten things out with the Militia and gate guards here." Dain said, as he gave a farewell wave to the whole 'party'.
Nahara bit her bottom lip, before turning her head back and keeping pace with the others. Everythings getting so serious... so fast. I hope.. things work out. Her colored eyes rested on Sunstrike's back, watching the man she'd first run across naked, and found herself seeing him without his clothes. "!" A soft flush creeping across her cheeks, she murffled slightly.
Which of course caught the attention of Vahn and Hibon. "Hum?" Each one popped up on either side of her, leaning in hard and examining her blushing cheeks.
"Hey, hey... so your a girl after all!" Vahn said lightly, grinning as he ruffled up Nahara's hair.
"Coulda fooled me really." hibon said, sighing, before receiving a swift kick to the head from his sister.
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:18 pm
Sunstrike jerked his head up blinking as Hibon sailed past in a whoosh...a foot imprint on his face. "Eh? What happend? Did I miss something?" His face broke into a smile that made Naharas blush deepen, even as he bent down to study her blush too. His eyes swirled with life as they searched hers.
"S'nice to know that not everyone thinks my looks are all that unattractive." He said softly and cheerfully, and, daring the wrath, he planted a small kiss on her forehead. "Thankyou." Was the simple statement, before he was wandering off again, in the direction of the shop.
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:29 pm
Vahn watched the exchange, keeping mostly in silence. Yellowed eyes trailed after Sunstrike's back, even as the owner of said eyes turned his head to the side and sucked his teeth.
"I can't feel my spleen..." Came the soft reply, as Vahn nearly stepped on Hibon, who lifted a hand up weakly. Vahn chuckled softly, as Nahara started dragging him by his collar, the scroll shop now just ahead.
"Well... how did you two do?" Vahn said idly, eyes staring ahead.
"We..."
"We did just fine." Hibon said hastily, giving his sister a glance, at which Naharas mouthed a 'why?' towards him. Hibon waved her off and got to his own feet, as they neared the doorway, digging around for his keys.
"That's good. Failing wasn't really an option." Vahn said, smirking.
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