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 Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:40 pm
Neko had barely caught what Hitsu had said before she had toppled over onto the floor. Worried that she may have hurt herself Neko approached resting a hand on her shoulder. "Hey...are you alright?" For now the latter conversation was forgotten as he focused his attention on the drunk girl on the floor.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:53 pm
Hitsu whined softly, managing to sit up and lean against the side of the chair she had fallen from. Frowning, she examined the rug burns on her hands. Thankfully, that was the biggest of her worries, though her arms did ache from trying to catch herself in the fall. At last she looked up at Neko, still frowning as she spoke. "You shouldn't fight." Her speech was much more coherent, but she was still far from sober.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:56 pm
"Eh....yeah," Neko replied softly not sure what else to tell her since they had in fact stopped fighting. "Maybe it would be best if I take you to bed." Before something else happened like Blade had suggested. Leaning forward Neko wrapped an arm around her shoulders and braced her against his side as he stood and lifted her with him. He was prepared to be the majority of the balance between the two of them as he straightened. Mindful of her feet Neko began to move toward the hall and to a room.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:05 pm
After watching Neko take Hitsu, Blade went on over towards Yuki to try and get the guy to a room. Hopefully he wasn't too smashed to not be complete dead weight here. As tired as he was, he didn't want to have to carry a fully grown man, even for a short distance.
"Come on Yuki, time for sleep," he said as he reached to grab his arms so he could try lifting him to his feet.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:30 pm
She accepted his aid, letting Neko use his much steadier balance to pull her to her feet. "Okay." Hitsu replied, vaguely remembering when he mentioned a nice, soft bed earlier. "It'll be nice... To sleep in a real bed."
Yuki, on the other hand, only groaned in response to Blade. A hand tried to give a wave to shoo him off, but not soon enough. It was probably lucky that his eyes were closed, let alone that he was totally smashed. Otherwise, there would have been some sort of protest to Neko being the one to lead his sister to a bed.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:38 pm
"Yes, a bed will be nice," Neko humored her as he led her through the hallway. Mitsu appeared to be in the first room so Neko moved further down to a room on the far end of the house. Opening the door he pushed it open and maneuvered Hitsu inside. A short time later the door closed softly, the lock clicking into place.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:50 pm
Hearing the familiar sound of a locking door, the thief raised an eyebrow and stared at the room it came from. He didn't think much of it at the moment, however.
With a grunt, Blade heaved up Yuki and tried to lead him to the nearest unoccupied room. It was not an easy feat to accomplish, considering how drunk the guy was. Once he was there, he pushed him onto the bed and tried to pull the covers over him. One thing for certain was that this was a lot easier to do with Mitsu earlier.
Shaking his head, he soon stepped on out to peek into the room where she was to check up on her and Atticus.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:20 pm
"Okay" satisfied in her verbal win of the battle poke realized a bit to late that riyo had added her opinion, and hitsu had intended to offer her opinion, but ended up on the floor instead. Luckily blade and neko were there to help them off to bed, but she began to rethink this when neko locked himself and hitsu inside one of the rooms
"He's...not gonna...do that...is he?" she said to no one in particular. Everyone had walked off to their own rooms by now, leaving her standing there wondering what to do. She was exhausted by this point, it might be a idea for her to just pick a room and go to sleep. Or she could go and check on mitsu, but blade and atticus were there.
Fatigue winning, she hoped that neko would have half a brain and not take advantage of hitsu while she was drunk, and moved off to another vacant room.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:40 am
Atticus sighed and re-adjusted himself on the bed, kicking off his shoes and propping his feet up on the bed. He was going to be here for awhile.
"The unfortunate thing about problems is that they usually don't go away if you ignore them. I've tried to do that my whole life and it still came back to me." He made no clarification on what his problem was, since it was the whole reason he was here with the party... "However, it's hard to do anything but when you think you've found your own personal paradise..." It was quite a quandary she had ended up in. Running away from her problems to try and find a moment's peace only to accidentally throw them on everyone else. He understood both sides, though he would be on neither. Awkwardly, his other hand wrapped around her in an attempt to help her continue to calm herself.
"I can't tell you that you shouldn't be scared. That's a pathetic attempt at comfort from somebody who can't see past their own face... But don't let it rule you. Bad things happen to everyone. Some have it worse than others... So seize every chance at happiness you can find. The bad times are what make the good times important..." His eyes glanced to Blade in the doorway, wondering how bad this looked from the outside looking in.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:47 am
'The bad times are what make the good times important...'
That was very true. Mitsu gave that line quite a bit of thought the tears flowing from her eyes slowly coming to a halt. The time she had spent with the group had been wonderful beyond measure. Like a dream...a dream she never wanted to wake up from. There had been scary moments, they had fought, moments of laughter and sorrow. It was all so much more than she had ever experienced and she would cherish these moments for as long as she could remember them. Even now, in the midst of fear, she was receiving comfort from a friend. "Thank you, Atticus." Mitsu said softly.
Though there was still plenty to fear she would do her best to take his words to heart. Hearing someone at the door Mitsu turned her head slightly to see who it was, her face still mostly hidden by Atticus' jacket. Her cheeks were still lined with trails of tears but her eyes had finally dried.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:16 am
"If he does, I'm sure Yuki will have his head," he told Poke while staring into the room.
It was clear that Mitsu was still very much distressed, but what Blade hadn't expected was Atticus really being able to comfort her. At least like this. It was somewhat amusing to see him hug her, considering how Atticus was exactly.
Smiling softly as the girl had calmed down now, he watched the two a little longer before stepping away. He was really tired, so it was about time he tried to get some sleep. Walking down the hall, he picked a room and went on in. Glancing up, he saw Riyo on the bed, so after kicking off his boots he flopped down onto the futon and pulled the covers over himself to rest.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:28 pm
"Don't mention it. No really, don't mention it. I don't wanna be known as a big softie." He said with a sigh, eyes trailing back to her. It looked like everybody was retreating back to their rooms for the night... And considering there were only 4 rooms, he could either stay there, or possibly get stuck with somebody he really didn't want to share a room with.
"Tell you what." He began his little proposition. "How about I stay here for tonight, and if you have another bad dream, I'll be here so you can talk about it?" They'd both get something out of it. Mitsu wouldn't have to worry so much, And Atticus wouldn't have to room with a drunk. Everybody wins!
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Riyo had attempted to change back to her regular clothes before she collapsed on the bed, but only succeeded in getting her underwear and half her pants on. Her legs hung off the bed while her arms still weakly tried to yank the damn things up. "Why are pants so darn hard to put on?" She questioned herself, voice sounding half asleep and the other half drunk.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:41 pm
Mitsu actually managed to giggle a little at Atticus as she drew back rubbing at her eyes. Blade had moved on, no doubt to go to bed. It was very late after all. When Atticus mentioned sleeping in the room Mitsu blinked a few times. "Uh, sure." She looked about and located Tobi who was standing in the doorway looking at her. The Shiba tilted his head slightly with an almost questioning look. "Do you want the bed?" It was an honest question for Atticus as she already made her way to the edge of the bed to get on the futon. She was a little afraid that if Atticus slept on the futon, Tobi might bug him all night.
Seeing Mitsu move to the edge of the bed, Tobi's tail began to wag. Moving into the room the little dog immediately hopped up on the futon waiting for Mitsu to join him.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:30 pm
((TIMESKIIIIIP))
Blade's night wasn't quite as restful as he would have liked. Certain noises coming from a certain room had awakened him in the middle of the night. So it seemed that Neko couldn't hold off, unfortunately. But, this was some information he could keep tucked away... just in case.
He tried to sleep a little longer, and it worked to some extent. At the crack of dawn however, the thief was more or less wide awake. Quietly, he got up, noticing Riyo's... predicament for the first time. Well.. that was.. interesting. Color rose to his face as he tore his gaze away so he could quietly change to his normal attire. Hopefully she wouldn't wake up while he was changing. Once everything was set, he glanced out the window with his mind elsewhere.
As silently as he could, he sneaked from his room and out the house, feeling the warm desert morning air. He recalled spotting what may have been the market district yesterday as they traveled through the city. Hakim said that his grandfather's old forge was there... so off he went.
Along the way, he had received a few strange stares from the natives of the area. He ignored them for the most part, and continued on with his search. Blade eventually found one forge that looked like it hadn't been in use for years. The building didn't appear to be run down, but the tools and such outside had collected dust and sand over the years. No fire roared here and it seemed that it had been quite some time since there was one.
This must be it..
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:48 pm
Atticus looked at Mitsu, then at the futon. He couldn't say he felt right taking the bed from her, but at the same time he wasn't exactly comfortable with her animal companion. "I'll sleep wherever." He finally managed to say, removing his jacket and nothing more.
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Amazing what you could and couldn't sleep through. The sounds of a creaking bed didn't wake Riyo up, but the shuffling of clothing did. She had opened her eyes just in time to see Blade changing his clothes, though she hadn't said anything. Her head was killing her, and talking didn't seem like a particularly good idea right now. She was sober alright. And she didn't like it one bit.
As Blade disappeared from the room, Riyo finally managed to pull her pants up and toss on her shirt, though her jacket wouldn't be required considering the temperature outside. where was he going, she wondered?
Grabbing her shoes and throwing them on while she tried to walk, Riyo kept a short distance from Blade as she followed him through the town. Even with a headache, things like this were fun. She enjoyed being sneaky every once in awhile. When he stopped at an old abandoned looking building of sorts, she couldn't help but wonder exactly what he was looking for.
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