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 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:29 am
Lily nodded to Kyrin's first reply and shrugged indifferently at the rest. Seeing everything was said and done and no more questions were getting asked. She decided to drape a casual arm around Nori's waist and tag along with him,"Well I'm free now, so if you like I'll be your first measurements. By the way I got some loot you can look through to see if anything is useful for you assignment."Lily said coolly keeping pace with him and removing her hand when he hand asked her to do so. Lily followed Nori anywhere he went and continued to chat,"let's see flat chested, narrow waist, slim bod, I hate tight things as loose clothes aids my movement. I prefer guy clothes the best anywhere from youth to an adult man in his early 20s..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:48 am
James left the room quietly, giving a soft smile to Nori, and figuring that he would grab the boy's attention later, get his measurements and changes done and over with. He retreated to his room and pulled out his notebook and a small pen, scribbling down name and personality ideas. Playing "straight" wouldn't be too hard, he figured to himself, he could often be mistaken for such anyways. What would be hard, James knew, was being mistaken for someone who could gaurd important people. He simply was too small. But he was good with a gun, maybe thats what Kyrin was counting on. Lets just hope that Draven creature doesn't use this as an opportinuty to make my life living Hell. He sneered. It wasn't that he hated the other man, no, hating took too much effort, effort that could be much better spent elsewhere, he just wasn't going to voluntarily put himself in the other man's presence. And besides that he was big to the point of being freakish, and James knew that he himself was small to the same effect. Oh what a great pair of bodygaurds we'll look. James smiled at the mental image. He clicked the pen on and off a few times, and returned to his writing.
Finding the room to be a bit too silent for his tastes, James put his writing away and went into the closet, pulling out an acoustic electric bass guitar and fiddling with it, putting the thick strings back in tune and playing a few notes experimentally, then tuning the instrument again. He wanted to get his amp out, but knew that would be a bit loud, probably garner attention from the other people in the house, and he didn't need that at the moment. He began to lose himself a little in the playing, letting the metal of the strings scrape along his fingers, comforting scrapes of sensation. It was mindless, it shut up the voices, the constant narrative in his head. He sat at the foot of his bed and rested the body of the guitar against his legs, bowing his head and closing his eyes, letting the practiced movement become a form, almost, of therapy, to shut down the mental monologue James lived with.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:57 pm
Nori jumped slightly at being touched by Lily, but he was thrilled that she was so willing to cooperate with him. He nodded to her suggestions as he made his way upstairs, and she followed with him. He was going to go for his notebook to write these mental notes down, and then they could compromise a look together.
He commented, "Well, It can't be helped that you'll probably have to wear a suit for the party, but I know of a nice fabric that won't be too restricting for you." He made it to his room, grabbing his laptop, notebook, and a rather larger shopping bag filled to the brim with designing necessities. He picked it up, letting it slump above his elbow as he started sketching roughly a design onto the paper of the notebook. Nori was no skilled artist, and the fact that they were now walking to the ballroom didn't help, but the gyst of the suit was scribbled in a way that was easy to understand. When they reached the ballroom, he beamed a smile as he gave it to her for an oppinion.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:01 am
Lily walked beside Nori when he went upstairs and then waited outside as she listened to him reply to her. Going downstairs before him as she saw that his arms were loaded and since she was supposed to be a new person. Lily had a lot to think about, but listening to Nori made her figure out what she was going to do. "You're the designer, babe. We'll work your way." Lily leaned against ballroom wall as she waited to directions from Nori and glanced at the drawing nodding her approval. 'I've thought of a name, I'll go by Leon and english will still be my language. Hmm, do you see anything that may give me away as a girl? You're drawing will work for my new persona by the way.'Lily or rather Leon pushed off the wall and went over to Nori to see if instead of waiting to be told. She could help him set up instead, she holds her hands out as she was not sure what she could do to help him.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:09 am
For the moments he was alone, Draven was in deep thought and even when Kyrin caught up with him, he stayed in his thoughts, barely noticing her trip and having no time to react to it. Looking to Kyrin he gave a small laugh and a bemused smile and continued the walk, until of course, she stopped and told him “to make it a quick talk”. Draven stood for a few moments, looking Kyrin in the eyes, his green eyed gaze going straight through her, literally. To Kyrin it might have seemed that he was staring at her, but really his eyes were locked on the wall behind her.
Staring at the wall, Draven felt calmer; he began to speak, “Kyrin, I’m not who you think I am”, feeling emotion bubble up inside Draven took a deep breath, “my name isn’t Draven, it’s Morgan, Morgan Faustworth. I’ve lied to you and to everyone here. I’m sorry”.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:10 pm
 Kyrin looked at Draven for a moment, trying to process what he had just said to her. Morgan…Faustworth? Her mind raced, her temper flaring. She clenched her fists at her sides. He ******** lied to me. Kyrin’s pale eyes were cold as she looked at him, trying to figure out what else it was that he had lied to her about, and what else he could still be hiding. There was no way that she would be able to get everything out of him, and at this moment she wasn’t sure that she wanted to. How could I be so stupid!? Kyrin couldn’t believe that she hadn’t found out about this, that she hadn’t know. In her short time being an actual leader, if she could even call it that, Kyrin hadn’t taken in mind a few things that she knew now that she should have. Maybe I’m not cut out for this. She thought as she doubted herself for an instant, but her ego was too big and the attitude that she had gotten from her father and her mother wouldn’t let her give up. As she stared at him, a lot of questions began to come up, but the only one that made its way out of her mouth was, “Why? She couldn’t comprehend why he would lie to her.
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Battle-ready Shapeshifter
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:02 am
Fiore nodded as she looked around the place again. Her good eye caught on to Nori who was working with Lily at the moment. She had been surprised enough to hear that Nori was going to make her into a boy...but was interested in the fact that there was 'breakfast in the kitchen'. Fiore had always known to make herself her own breakfast, and it was strange enough just to hear those words. If she had known, she wouldn't have eaten breakfast before she came.
She turned her head away from Nori in thought of the mission, to concentrate a bit more on that. This was more important right? Fiore let her feet lead her out of the room as she was lost in her own pondering about the mission. She would need a new name. There was no way that Fiore would pass off as anything but Japanese, or maybe Korean or Chinese, so she would have to stick to a name that would fit that nationality. A baby naming book would help. And about the character...she figured she would be playing a younger boy, so she would find a book about that too, someone who she could study from, it could be fictional.
As she continued to walk aimlessly, she passed by a bedroom in which a bit or quiet sound was protruding from the cracks of the door. She didn't want to intrude at all, but she stopped her thinking to listen. She wondered who it could be inside of there, but it didn't matter much anyway, because Fiore knew that she probably wouldn't really have much of a chance to talk to that person anyway. She was going to go to the book store, but she waited there and sat down by the edge of the door instead.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:25 pm
“Kyrin”, Draven started carefully, this was thin ice and even he knew to tiptoe around the subject, “I’ve made some enemies… It wasn’t safe.” Draven stopped talking then, realizing that there was really no reason to answer her, he told Kyrin all that he could, nothing could change what he had already done and as far as Draven knew, it was safe with Kyrin, her mafia would protect him from the dangers of the outside world.
Taking a deep breath to steady his fidgeting hands, Draven turned his gaze to the floor, ashamed of lying to someone who trusted him. I wish Daren was here… he thought almost longingly, he knew that his gigantic friend would smooth things over with his devil may care attitude.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:26 pm
 Jaydn stood at his post by the door, watching as the members of the household went their separate ways. There's too much I need to know now. I'll go see Uncle Han. Wonder if Kyrin wants to tag along?
Jaydn let his eyes wander around the room one last time, seeing who was left. Tristan, Ian and Bella remained in the meeting room with him. Exchanging a glare with Bella, who didn't seem the least bit happy about the grouping arrangement either, Jaydn left, wandering down the hall in search of his cousin. Briefly, he forgot that Draven had wanted to speak to Kyrin. Jaydn was reminded of this when he saw the two of them together in the hallway. Hands in his pocket, Jaydn sauntered up to the pair of them, tilting his chin up slightly towards Kyrin to gather her attention to him. "Hey Ky, I'm going to see Uncle Han. Wanna come?" He ignored Draven's presence completely, hoping the man would get the hint and go away.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:15 pm
James leaned his bass guitar against the bed, and rose. Coffee... I could use some of that... He mumbled a little bit and opened his door, only to find Fiore sitting outside. He leaned against the doorjam and looked the girl over, smiling a little bit, his usual laid- back stare. "Hello," he offered. He didn't know her well yet, he had only seen her around, but at the same time he didn't mind the girl's presence. James figured that it couldn't be a bad idea to get to know some of the other people in the house before the mission.
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:59 pm
As Draven attempted to explain, without actually explaining, Kyrin stared openly at him as he watched the ground, ashamed. But he wasn’t the only one that was ashamed, Kyrin was as well, but she refused to wear it on her face. Folding her arms over her chest, she tried to find words to portray the way that she felt. She wanted to scream at him and make him leave, and in reality the words for that rested lightly on her tongue, simply waiting to be spoken, but she bit them back. She felt slightly that it was her fault. She shifted slightly in her black boots, which made her stand a couple inches taller, and racked her mind for something that wasn’t rude or vicious. Kyrin heard Jaydn walking in before she saw him, when he spoke in Japanese, it took her a second to realize what he had said, as her mind was really set on what Draven had been saying.
Kyrin’s attention shifted to Jaydn. Do you want to come see Uncle Han? Is what Kyrin heard from him. She almost didn’t want to see her father, because she knew that if she did, she may outright admit her fault. Swallowing her fears, she spoke to Jaydn in confidence, “Yeah, I need to talk to him about something.” Kyrin really wanted to tell her father that she was ready for the task he had set at hand; if not just so that she could feel reassured herself. She looked once more at Draven, with an expression that showed her disappointment at him. She was angry that he had lied, but deep down she still trusted him, and was glad that he was on her side. Though another thing that she wouldn’t tell him, she hoped he may understand it in the way that she restrained herself. Looking back to Jaydn now, she walked past him, saying, “Let’s go.” As she opened the door, and left the mansion, not waiting for his lead.
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:49 pm
After Tristan made no attempt to come back to Craig’s taunt, Craig had grown bored of the man. He had seen Kyrin’s blush when her eyes had passed him over, and it had made him smile openly. He knew just what he needed to do to see her smile and just what he needed to do to make her blush. And that was the way he had always been with Kyrin, even before he had begun to have a boyish sort of crush on her when they were younger. Craig had listened to Kyrin speak about the mission, with utmost respect; he had never seen her so keen on trying to do something like she was. With his arms folded over his chest, he watched the others in the room. As Kyrin had spoken, he was thinking on the other members. He would be in a group with Kyrin, Naturally. And she would be his wife, Could happen. And she continued. His pregnant wife? At that point he had wondered on, but once he heard how Nori was to be integrated, it made sense to him at once. Having James and Draven in his group, though, some what dampened Craig’s mood. It wasn’t that he had anything against Draven, it was just that the man had seemed to have taken an interest in Kyrin; an interest that Craig didn’t want him to follow. As for James, he had always thought that Kyrin and James were a little too close, but still he treated the man with respect, and would continue to do so until James gave him a reason to do otherwise. Having Fiore in his group, didn’t seem to matter to Craig at all, he didn’t much know her. I will have to introduce myself properly later. Craig thought, he would make it a point to get to know the rest of Kyrin’s slowly growing mafia.
After Kyrin left with Draven, Craig watched a few people file out. Lily, whom Craig had been rather fond of since their first meeting, had left with her arm slung around Nori. James had left and shortly after that Fiore, and not too far after Fiore, Jaydn had made his way out of the room. Seeing who was left in the room, Craig decided that he could either try to make conversation with three people who didn’t seem to much care for him, or leave and wander idly until he found something to do. Both seemed equally as daunting, so Craig, being ever a gentleman, decided on conversation. He turned to Tristan again, asking, without a hint of mocking in his voice, “So why did you come to Han’s daughter, Avalon?”
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Battle-ready Shapeshifter
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:22 am
Turning her head quickly towards Jamie, Fiore insinctively got up from her seated postition, even still she looked up at him due to her height. She sweat a little bit, and forced a smile, she wasn't exactly skilled when it came to other people.
"Ah...um...I was just..."
Her eyebrows tilted in a way that she seemed almost angry, but this was simply because she didn't know what to say and she knew how stupid she sounded to this person. The bridge of her nose and the tops of her cheeks turned a light pink in embarassment. I should have known that someone was in there...and if someone was in there, then they would obviously come out.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 11:52 am
As Kryin made her leave, Jaydn noticed the look she gave Draven. Something just happened and I get the feeling I'm not gonna like it. But having no intention to figure out what it was from Draven, Jaydn gave the man a pointed look that radiated contempt and followed after Kyrin. Whatever it was that transpired between the two, Jaydn would pry the information from Kyrin later. More important issues were currently at hand.
Jaydn crossed the frontyard and suggested to Kyrin that they rode his motorcycle to the Lower City Mafia's headquarters. "Faster than walking." He came up to the side of the street beside a Yamaha R6, a beautiful machine of deep red with black accents and Japanese lettering in a calligraphy style painted boldly upon it, almost as if a title. Those who knew Japanese knew the word: 'Matsui'. That simple piece of writing was all it took for the motorcycle to remain secured. The bike had no chains to keep it safe, a helmet hanging off one of the handles, no alarm, nothing. It simply stood on the street, defiant and daring someone to try to apprehend it. Woe onto whoever was ignorant or dangerously stupid enough to try to steal even the gloves that peeked a finger out of the helmet. It was known to all the beggars, robbers and lowlife of the Lower City who this vehicle belong to and they also all knew what should happen if they were caught even eyeing the machine in the wrong way.
Jaydn picked up the helmet and, taking the gloves inside for himself, he handed the helmet to Kyrin. Mounting the motorcycle and ensuring that Kyrin was sitting behind him securely, Jaydn took off down the street. Feeling the air rushing through his hair and glimpsing at the passing scene, Jaydn was struck magnificently with a sense of flying and freedom. If he had the time, he would simply just ride about on his bike for hours on end, basking in the feeling. If I had time...
Soon enough, much too soon for Jaydn's taste, they arrived in front of the Lower City Mafia headquarters. Turning off the engine and getting off of the bike, Jaydn couldnt help but think to himself, I should have taken the scenic route. Shrugging mentally, Jaydn took the helmet from Kyrin and placed his gloves in them, resting it back on the handle. Leading the way into the building, Jaydn walked with confidence, giving slight glances, polite smiles and nods of acknowledgement to those inside who bowed to him and Kryin as they passed. As they went though, Jaydn felt a slight fluttering in his stomach. Quite honestly, he was rather excited to see his favorite uncle again, it had been a good while since Jaydn had last seen the man. A little lost in his own thoughts and letting his body take him to Han's office on auto-drive, Jaydn didn't notice until he was about a yard away a familiar head of orange milling about in the hallway by Han's door. Jaydn's eyebrow twitched slightly in annoyance before asking, "What the hell are you doing here?"
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:19 pm
The teen looked up at Jaydn and with eyes that looked like clouded skies and hair that resembled fire, he smiled. Xavier was Jaydn’s youngest brother, and as such it was his privilege, or right, to annoy his brother to the fullest of his abilities. Xavier stood about six feet in height, almost matching Jaydn’s own six one and held an air about him, that commanded, if not respect, attention. Dressed in long sleeved black under armor that showed off his toned body, and dark baggy jeans, which were held tightly around his hips by a belt, he closed the area between them. Wrapping his arms around Jaydn, he hugged him tightly. “What are you talking about? I’m on vacation.” The grin that crossed his face was that of complete amusement.
After he let his brother go, he noticed Kyrin and a large smile crossed his face, this time his smile was actually that of happiness. “Ky!” And he threw her arms about her now. Letting her go, he looked back at Jaydn, still standing next Kyrin. “Are you here to see Uncle Han? He told me to watch the door, he’s busy and doesn’t want to see you.” He spoke to his brother slowly.
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