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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:13 pm
River chuckled wiping away a tear as the driver and Guiness freaked by Gig shooting the car. Stupid Gig… He’s trying though. She sighed and said, ”So you’re saying I’m stuck with you eh?” She smiled and shrugged adding, ”Could be worse I guess.” She accepted his hand as she got up. ”I don’t get why they all were freaking out about it. Just something I found in a scrap yard sheesh.” She said thinking about that capacitor.
Meanwhile...
Dude clung to the railing of the building's second floor balcony; the window leading to the room was locked, and down below were the dogs pacing. Why me?? He thought with a sigh.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:43 pm
They would get back in the car, and gig would have dude's brother direct the driver back to dude's place, and as they drove gig would go in to what she had. "Now i doubt De kampfer changed the specs of it but that what you have is...pretty much a clip...thats it, but that clip is the most important part of the gun. Just as with any gun, its useless with out ammo....that is the clip which one puts ammo in. But directly it is a power capacitor that stores the power of a magic spell..like a battery. It was one of my teams projects...but because we were also a enforcement unit...we did not find much use for the materia rifle. However a magic specializing unit like De Kampfer, which specialize in magic and magic devices could find great use for it. Think of it like this either a you can cast fira on a enemy, or b you can shoot firaja that i cast in to the capacitor for you multiple days ago...pretty much how it works. Im sure they found a way to moderately increase the spells power, on top of separate it in to smaller portions....but im only speculating, could not tell you exactly what they did...but i know that was the goal, have units with combat mages cast spells like scath and ultima in to the rifles for common soldiers to use on the front lines...quickly turns just a normal foot soldier, in to that destructive level of that beyond a tank...with just a simple gun. Im fairly certain that was there goal."
giglamesh just rested his left arm on the door frame his hand up holding kagetsu on to of the car as they drove. If they would of been successful in mass producing materia rifles...de kampfer would of easily gone from a low ranking company to one of the highest, none would of been able to surpass Kyoji's by his guess, but only time would tell with that. Such a dangerous weapon, yet in the hands of a medic even more dreadful. The biggest injury gig sustained was the torso injury he...well gave himself it had stopped bleeding surprisingly, yet it was like he forgot he was even stabbed. That was giglamesh's pain tolerance, he would at time forget he was even hurt. He would flash back to one of professor execl's experiments, where the man put gig threw so much pain he offered to make it so gig would never feel pain again. But gig threw the massive pain, and desire for power back then, answered "I need pain to remind me im alive" Even still to this day gig never knew why he answered that back then, and while it brought pain, it also brought a feeling of solace. Even before gig realised it, back in his darkest hou, that glimmer of light still always shined bright, and he hoped that same light would continue to shine for Mr Rith.
[There is font here-->]With rith laying there in pain still, a single man wearing white attire and a white...mask? would appear from no where standing over him hands locked together in front of his waist. Right after the first appeared many more did as well, the first looked different, all the rest looked the exact same. "...Youll come with us now..." The first unlocked his hand and held them out, then a moment later many others began to also and purple crests would appear on there palms. Then it would be like the shadows themselves would reach up from under rith grabbing him and pulling him in to the darkness. Then once rith was pulled in to the shadow, the men in white disappeared as quick as they arrived like shinobi.[<-- There is font here]
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:12 pm
Guiness glanced at River and he said, ”It killed three men in an instant” River held it up and examined it. Capacitor eh? ”Think it can mix spells? Also… if it’s so great why don’t they mass produce it? I mean you left them what seven years ago? That’s plenty of time to make more.” She asked and she realized why the weapon didn’t work before. Awesome. I gotta try this out. She thought with a growing grin. Guiness looked surprised. ”Don’t tell me your thinking of actually using that thing? It’s bad news…” He said with a frown. River scoffed and she said, ”All weapons are bad news at first. Just depends on who uses them, and what it’s used for.”
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:45 pm
Giglamesh would just pause for a minute not saying anything. "...To put it simply......its very hard to make something that can hold any magic spell, many hours and teams went in to the device. It probably took them until now to be able to stand up to any spell...thats is if it even can. In fact that was one of the reasons why it was abandoned, killed two and injured four, myself included when the capacitor could not hold a scath spell. Dont know if they perfected it, but im willing to bet if they didnt there close as they went to alot of trouble to get it back......Weapons arnt made to kill, in the end its the man behind the gun that pulls the trigger." Giglamesh was looking at the now passing city buildings early in the am. The sun was starting to rise, and giglamesh could not help but think he forgot something...but what was it...ehh if he could not remember must of not been that important.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:20 am
Guiness frowned and looked away. Weapons shouldn’t exist. ”Weapons are not used on their own, but they are designed to kill… even if it’s only used for defense.” Guiness said. ”That would be freaky if a weapon came to life or something…” River said and she leaned forward asking, ”So after I learn gravity, think I can learn this Scathe spell?” She suspected he would say no, but no harm asking right?
When the car arrived at Dude’s house, Guiness hopped out with River right behind him. ”Uh… I’ll meet you back at home. I was like right in the middle of a project before all this happened.” River said glancing back at Gig and she hurried inside before he could object. Weither he followed or not though would be up to him.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:55 pm
Giglamesh held his hand in front of left eye and pulled out the black destruction materia, and held it in front of her face. "Hate to say it river but...i am not even strong enough to learn the first spell on this let alone scath....in time we will...bit more time for you." giglamesh would put the materia back in to his left eye. Giglamesh wanted to follow but he did not, what was her project, fellatio? That did not help the wanting to go inside, he just watched them go in, before he would finally signal to dive. He wanted to go in but, he would more then likely just upset river again by accusing things which were true. He was trying so hard to not say anything about how flustered she was, because of the boy, but he managed to keep it in check somehow. the owner was probably just scared but he was being awfully compliant.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:42 pm
River looked at the material and she frowned. Mannn. That’s not fair... Once inside River pondered outloud, ”Well then I better get this thing working again. Maybe I can get some spells to mix. Get something strong as that scathe. Hey Guiness you still have your hoodie?” All that River bought earlier was in one bag, which had been put in Guiness’s hoodie’s front pocket. Guiness held up a damp pile of cloth that once was his hoodie. ”Ah… sorry about that…” She said sheepishly. Guiness shrugged and he took out the bag, which had parts for River to modify a set of goggles. River took the tiny bag and she said, ”Thanks.”. Instead of going to the workshop, River sat on the couch. Guiness tossed the hoodie to the floor and he said, ”No problem. You just owe me one that’s all.” River laughed and she said, ”Well then, give me a call if ya can think of something eh?” she then stood . She wanted to hang out with Guiness a bit longer, but he looked exhausted so she simply headed to the workshop and packed her bag then hefted it over her shoulder heading back to the living room. ”Well this was an interesting dat…ay. Um I’ll stop by later. To help Dude, that is if he needs… help.” River wanted to facepalm. The lack of sleep was interfering with her speech. ”I’ll let him know when he gets back. He’s still not answering his phone. I think he went out drinking.” Guiness said and he yawned. River wrinkled her nose and shook her head. How stupid. She waved and left the house. As she walked slowly back to the brothel house, trying to keep her mind busy with the small project rather than her complex emotions; Dude was waiting for the dogs to leave.
Sunrise should bring out some early risers. The dogs should be scared off. Please be scared off… Dude thought and he waited. And waited. Soon he rested his head on the railing of the balcony and before he knew it he was fast asleep.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:55 pm
Giglamesh directed the car owner to kerria's estate entrance and would have him stop at the gate. He was shocked, he was not going to the hotel but the estate of the owner of the brothel. "Man...how did you learn how to drive like that?...yours nuts man, i got to know how you learned to drive and how you fought like that, and how your coming to the little red rabbit estate?" Giglamesh turned with kagetsu held on his shoulder, and from a distance away from the car he would answer his questions. "...Well...lets say i was in a few situations where if i did not drive fast i would of lost my life...That tends to coincide with who i am as well as the estate....I am Giglamesh Grimm "Reaper" if you need to know..." the car owner was absolutely shocked, the reaper drove his car! Being a gear head he got alot of s**t from shinra, so naturally he liked gig since he rebelled against them, and having him drive his car...that was a sheer honor. "Well man..if...you ever feel like coming out to the races we would gladly have, have a good nig...well mourning i guess ...later." And with that the man drove off in his loud car. Giglamesh would enter the premises threw the security gate and walk inside, he wanted to cuddle up with mai and go to bed...but he was still bloody...So he just headed to his room and flopped on the futon, still wrapped in paper, and just instantly fell asleep that way.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:57 pm
River walked back to the mansion the long way. She was still unsure she wanted to go back to that place. She had to admit she probably was overreacting. But… Dammit. She sighed and shook her head as she kept walking. It would be easier if she could blame someone, and since Gig the fool tried to bring her back and gave that attempt of an apology; Kerria will be the one blamed. As if a switch went on, and another went off River hurried home. She would get some sleep and hang out with her friends later. She also had a few projects to work on. She could hide away in her room… naw... probably go to Dude’s place. She didn’t want to run into Kerria, and I also gave River an excuse to see Guiness again. She made her way to her room; avoiding those who were morning people; and she locked her room before she fell asleep.
Dude was continuing to have a bad morning. He woke hearing a sharp voice saying, ”What the hell are you doing on my balcony!?!?” The shop owner had opened her apartment window to see Dude asleep. ”Dog…” He started to say. ”Excuse me??” The woman said. Eh? ”No… not you. Those dogs…” he said and he pointed, seeing no dogs. Crap… he thought and he scrambled to his feet as the woman grabbed a weapon from inside the house. Dude tried to climb down carefully; when a bat came at his head. He let go of the railing; and just fell the rest of the way. It was almost a half hour before he made his way home. He checked in the guest room and saw Guiness fast asleep. Sighing relived Dude was glad nothing had happened. He finally went to bed, ready to forget this nightmare of a day.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:39 am
~Several days later~
Jan, 28, XX11
The inside of the estate was bustling, lots of people laughing and having fun. The courtyard was incredibly decorated with paper lanterns, kerria was formal and was celebrating the Hokkaido, the snow festival. Traditionally it was done to appease the winter god in to leaving and is always held for one week. Kerria's festival has been carried out for one week, kerria only does it for 6 days, she always ends it on the 28th of janurary. She ended it this way for the grimms, not just for river, mai, and gig. But more for rain, she always loved festivals, so as blessings she held this for her, hoping she would look down from above one more time. Kerria also used this as a situation to carry out business, as the brothel also participated. Over the last few years the entire block celebrates it because of the tradition kerria follows for rain, this i a good source of income for not only kerria but for the city, and this is one of the reasons why she has such power. Everybody around the estate was happy, singing and enjoying themselves, Except two.
Kerria had a large table set up for herself and all the workers set up in the courtyard, there was a large feast and drinking many people laughing and just having a good time. But gig just sat at the far corner of the table, primarily sitting there, from time to time he would take a drink of sake....but done so seldom it was not enough to affect him. People were having such fun, even dancing with kerria, directly on the table. Gig just sat there, people would talk to him, he would answer there question very directly and harshly...which most of time they would take hint and leave. Gig just sat there leaning forward arms on table just kind of starring at the table, good portion of his torso and neck were wrapped up, and he was wearing a different unstained pink yukata and black hakama, that river had dyed. On that gig was hoping that river did have some of her clothes because...all her wardrobe was replaced with exotic and revealing bathing suits. ....to be honest gig did not want to see that much white from his sister.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:00 pm
Just a few hours ago River was in her room hiding away from the world. She knew she was overrating, but she didn’t give a damn. There was a soft creak as her door was opened and River sighed regretting that she didn’t lock it. Little Maiyoui peeked in and walked over to River’s bed pulling on the blanket begging her aunt to come to the party. River sighed and peeked out knowing her niece would not go away easily. Instead of convincing her niece to leave, Mai convinced River to come outside. So this how River found herself leaning against the large tree in the courtyard avoiding all the happy people sighing as her friends brought over food and soda. River had managed to change clothes because she still had some self-preservation. She was wearing a kimono she had made herself from a mix match of clothes from a bin back in the RV she had called the broken bin. Clothes ruined from various battles, experiments gone wrong and growing up. Thanks to the return prank from Giglamesh, River only had bathing suits in her closet. So thanks to the missing clothes she had made a lot of Frankenstein clothes from her broken bin; hiding her good clothes back in the RV. Keeping only four swimsuits from Ed Hardy, River was planning on going to the public pool with her friends later this week. She had also invited Guiness, hoping he would get along with her other friends. She had to admit she loved how the kimono turned out; it was a mix of a mini dress and a kimono; with about 5 different colors. She heard laughter close by and saw Isis and Dixie dancing. She sipped her soda and sighed. What am I even doing here? She thought and she saw Gig heading over.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:35 pm
(I never said i was heading over....)
Apparently giglamesh was heading over, he was just more surprised then river was. Giglamesh would just plop down on the opposite side of the tree. "...Bah i dont even know what im doing over here!.....Oh well make use of the time we got right?" It was something he remembered rain saying, but it did not help improve his mood. It was weird how gig was talking, it was as if threw the noise of laughter and happiness gig was able to communicate directly to river threw a tree perfectly clear just to her threw any other noises. "I know your down like me..and im sure you think she would rather us be happy right? Well we both know its not that simple....i want to be its just...this day...this day more then any other makes me remember and that hurts, im sure the scar on your heart hurts even more. dont anything i can say will make you feel any better, ....but some nagging part of me wants to try. So they say people me lose live within us threw happy memories right? Well i say thats bull s**t...the memories, some times bring happiness....but it never lasts the human heart get happiness from it but then remains unsatisfied and then we return to pain. But i guess all you can do is move forward, move forward and live threw the pain right? ...Bah im no good at this..ugh...here....come to kerria's room later if...your interested, it would make me happy to tell you a story." Giglamesh kind of just dropped his book of pictures he had, that he used to tell mai the story of flowers, in to river's lap. He started to walk back to the table, back turned as he said "here". He was sure that if she looked at the pictures inside she would cry, and he didnt really want that, but this was the best way to get her attention. She may cry, she may run to her room to be alone...and while he didnt really want that he was out of options. He hated seeing her down, so he figured the story...which he has managed to hold out from her for years, might cheer her up....but he was not good at this kind of stuff so chances were it would just ******** everything up.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:23 pm
River stayed quiet and just listened as Gig talked. Rain did like it when people were happy. River sighed and she waited until Gig was back at the table before she looked at the book. She caught the tears before they fell on the pages, and she tried to look through the blur. Maybe later the pain will become bittersweet. At least she was better than last year. Mm the pains of yesteryear will make a better tomorrow. She sighed and closed the book leaning her head against the tree. How can one move forward if one hides in the present? She gave another sigh and she glanced at Gig. She knew it took a lot for him to come over and talk to her. And dammit it all he was right. River stood and she headed over to the table taking the empty seat next to her brother. She started to munch on tayaki and she then said, ”Thanks… I want to hear the story…” She hesitated and thought, but… I can’t go to her room. She swore inwardly and kept that remark to herself. She would do this for Gig and only gig. The things you do for family. She thought and she took another nibble of food.
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:46 pm
River may not of realized it, but gig actually hasnt eaten for two days now, not from injuries, but from lack of will to eat. When she sat close, he would try to push the sorrow back and he would reach his left arm around her pull her close and hug her tight and shake her a bit, before releasing and messing up her hair, acting as if he was in a good mood. but actually, the more years that passed river seemed to be getting better. Where gig got worse, then more time that passed, the more sorrow that overcame gig. As time past memories dulled, and what were happy memories, started to become memories of somebody who was gone. As well as the more time passed then lonelier he became, wanting to hold tight to the memory of his love, yet that same memory acts like a chain, because he would feel a act of betrayal. It was simply one of those times where gig just wished everything would come as easy as a fight, things just came to him...this living thing...sometimes he hated it. Mai was with some other people and kerria playing and dancing on the table, as other played with her.
As time passed and the evening became night, many started to head home, and those that lived on the estate simply went to bed as the party finally ended. A few people stayed but mostly it was those still casually drinking, all the food had been putten away and or eaten. Kerria had left the grace of the table, as did mai and gig. Gig informed kerria that river was up for him to tell her the story later. so gig had gotten dressed in a white yukata and hakama and he was treating it like he was getting married making sure every crease was straight, having kerria help him. It was like he was getting married he was getting nervous about what he wore, how it was going to turn out, because this was a big situation he was finally going to read the story to river. For years river had walked in on gig reading the story to mai, which he would always close the book and stop reading before she could hear os see anything, always took precaution to make sure she didnt hear it as well. So to finally be reading it to her was a big deal. they left the door open and gig was getting kerria to straighten the folds on the yukata. "...Come onnnn make sure it straight...." Mai was in her night kimono, she was tired form all the playing and eating, lazily playing with a toy she had on kerria's bed.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:25 pm
River chuckled giving a true smile. She then swatted his hand away before she tried to fix her hair. She then glanced over at Gig and paused quite a long time before she offered him the other tayaki. She then said, ”I hope you can smile for real someday soon. If she’s who you want… well… as long as you’re happy. Just try and smile with your eyes brother. I’m the only one who’s supposed to be moody.” She stood and squashed her gut reaction. She really did want her brother to be happy. So she went to her friends and played the part. Smiled and laughed at her friend's crazy antics. Time moved on. The only way you can move with time is to take the reigns and take the lead. Hours passed and River stood outside of Kerria’s room. Ok… I can do this… she thought to herself and she stood by the door to Kerria’s room.
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