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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:19 am
"A day?" so... whatever had been happening... had been going about, circulating affecting people for months.
Chao ran a hand through her hair, shivering at the familar feeling of isolation, halting at the pin that held the bun in place and yanked it out, allowing the stands to fall into a heap near her waist.
She inclined her eyes towards the floor, how odd to be only one floor away and still completely oblivious... she glanced back to Rabid, "how much can I ask without going too far?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:23 am
Rabid inhaled deeply and began rambling.
"I met 'im on the 27th...b*****d...28th with the fire and the scars...then Rijan! Big...scary things and some evil lady and then FOOM! Marble castle and souls and...and...fire. Knife through the chest and...gone..."
She exhaled, bloody tears streaming down her face. Gods, that'd made no sense. Oh well. There was nothing more that anyone was going to get out of her.
"Ask Crow."
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:45 am
Chao blinked several times, attempting to draw meaning from the ramble of words and was left with... a bunch of questions that probably weren't going to be answered for a while and a....very vague guess at what might've happened.
She rubbed her friend's back gently and asked the one question she figured had even an slimmer of a chance of being answered, "who's Crow?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:49 am
Rabid cocked her head to one side, her sadness turning to confusion and unexplained anger.
"You've never met...? Ugh. You know what? Don't ask anyone anything. In fact, don't repeat any of my...incoherent psychobabble to anyone. Not even Reid." She sensed that there were more questions Chao wanted to ask, and was quite glad that she asked none.
Liam, sensing sudden tension, opened the bathroom door a bit and looked out.
"Everything alright out here?"
"Everything's fine, William."
Liam shuddered at his name. Yup...Rabid was pissed.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:05 am
The teen froze at the sudden hostility and bit her lip, trying very hard to keep an edge from creeping into her voice, "I never had any intention of repeating that to my toddler to begin with."
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:08 am
Rabid experienced another random mood swing, and smiled slightly, sniffling.
"Sorry, hun. I didn't mean it that way. Really, I didn't."
Liam creeped out into the main room and approached the girls.
"Well, Chao...I'm glad you came over," he said and stared into her forehead.
She's been like this all week.
"Ow...bloody Hell..."
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:26 am
Chao sighed and nodded, smiling slightly in return, "it's alright, I know you didn't mean it like that...."
What Chao relayed back towards Liam sounded distinctly like a Monty Python clip, with the knights screaming 'Run away!' and the moo of a cow in the background.
The teen grimaced and shook her head, glaring off to the side as if she'd just thwacked away a fly with a lock of hair.
No, ugh, that was mean. Sorry. Has it been this extreme?
"Thanks for taking care of my jacket and warning me about the knife," she replied verbally, looking up to Liam.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:30 am
"We wouldn't want you dying on us," he smiled, but thought to her, Yes. Like Vampiric menopause.
He cringed and pulled the knife from his pocket, acting as if it had been the cause of his pain.
Ike awakened suddenly and opened one eye, peering around himself momentarily. Upon seeing that he was still clinging to Reid, he blushed and quickly pulled his arm back.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:35 am
"The concern is muchly appreciated," Chao smiled back.
...my door is always open if you need to get away for a bit. And...vampires don't usually go through that, right?
Reid subconsciously twitched, still deeply imbeded in sleep and shifted closer to Ike to make up for the slight loss of heat.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:49 am
Thanks. Right.
Liam turned toward the stirring Mishaps and furrowed his brow. He had had every intention of sending Chao home now, but it seemed so mean to wake them up and ship them off.
"So..." Rabid arched an eyebrow and looked at her friends. Something was up...she just didn't know what.
Ike smiled and sighed, placing his arm back over Reid and drifting slowly back to sleep.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:27 pm
Chao smiled slightly at the sleeping pair and glanced at her watch, "ugh, we should head home, I need to give Reid his cold medicine soon," she hugged Rabid, "don't hesitate to knock if you feel the need for exta company or bad piano playing," she grinned and stood, giving Liam a look before hugging him gently as well.
Thanks for calling.
She trotted over, grabbing her jacket and throwing it over her shoulder on the way, then gently disentangled Reid, trying very hard not to wake up Ike.
The firefly made a few grumbles of protest and curled up against his Mu's chest once he was situated in her arms, glaring halfheartedly up at her. He'd been warm....
"Sorry hun, bye guys, thanks for having me."
Reid blearily looked over to the adults, "bai Ms. Mor'b, bye Li-man, bye Ike."
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:32 pm
Liam blushed slightly at Chao's hug, and waved slightly as they exited. It took him a few moments to regain his composure and think to sit again.
"Alright," Rabid sighed, suddenly wanting company, "Bye, my wifey. I'll call you later, okay?" Her own mood swings were frightening her quite a bit.
Ike started when Reid was taken away, and whimpered slightly.
"Bye, Reid. Miss yooou!"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:24 pm
~An Attack~Jizzy Jazz Jizzy was outside, cuddled up with her jacket, warm on the terrace. Deimos had refused to go outside, stating it was much to cold, but with her jacket she could weather anything. Her leg was propped up on a chair. It was a lot better, she'd probbaly eb able to walk normally again ina few days, but she didn't want to risk anything that'd keep her off her feet any longer. Rabid Ice Weasel Rabid shuffled outside and onto the terrace, her arms wrapped around herself. She didn't see Jizzy at all.
The Vampire was freezing for the first time in her life, seeing as to how she was lacking nearly 90% of her usual body fat, and apparently also deteriorating. She refused to look in mirrors now, and realized just after Chao's little visit that she'd shrunk at least an inch through it all.
Now she was dizzy, of all things.
Why wouldn't it all just hurry up? Jizzy Jazz Jizzy heard footsteps behind her, and turned to see who was going to join her in this winter wonderland, but she gasped. "By gods, Rabid!" SHe exclaimed, leaping to her feet. Her ankle retorted witha tinge, but nothing more as she limped over to her. "You look like you're freezing." SHe said, removing her own jacket and drapping it over her. She ahd a sweater underneath anyways, she could stand the cold for a while. "Are you ill or something?" She satrted to try to lead Rabid over to the table. Rabid Ice Weasel Rabid attempted to resist her friend, but found herself too weak to do so and sat down at the table. It was amazing to her, how nobody had blabbed to Jizzy yet.
"Yeah, that's it."
Blatantly lying was getting a lot easier.
She propped her head up on her arm and closed her eyes momentarily. She shuddered and coughed into her free hand, her eyes widening considerably at the small red blob deposited in her palm. What the Hell...?
Jizzy Jazz Jizzy gazed down at her hand, eyes wideneing, then back up at Rabid. "You haven't fed, have you?" She asked, incredulously. "You haven't! Rabid, you're starving yourself!" She was being terribly good at stating the obvious. SHe started looking around, for something she could use to make a wound, so Rabid could drink. Rabid Ice Weasel "Yeah," Rabid stated simply, calming suddenly and cringing against a sudden, sharp chest pain, "Don't worry about it." She haphazardly wiped the blood off on her pants, mildly confused. Internal bleeding didn't make any sense. First the tears, and now her throat? Jizzy Jazz Jizzy was frantic by now. "I do worry, Rabid. You'll wither away at this rate. Personally, I'd rather you nto die, and I'm sure the others and Ike would agree." She said, still looking for something, not finding anything, she extended her wrist to Rabid. "Drink, please." SHe asked, pleeading. Rabid Ice Weasel "No way," Rabid said sternly, shaking her head and backing off, "It's my choice." She obviously hadn't the slightest idea what deaht by starvation meant. At least not to Vampires. She gave a sudden, painful, hacking cough and threw herself forward. She expression changed to one of shock as she stared at the small puddle of blood below her. This wasn't good... Jizzy Jazz Jizzy followed her gaze and her whole body shuddered. "By gods Rabid, drink." She found a metal wire in her bag, leftovers from an arts and crafts project with Dei and she pressed it ahrd aginst her palm. With a quick motion she slit it, blood starting to pool in the wound. She held it out to Rabid. "You'll die, and it won't be at all quick or painless, now drink." Rabid Ice Weasel "Exactly," Rabid growled before collapsing to her hands and knees, continually coughing up a great amount of blood and, judging from the lack of comfort it brought, it was her own. Her chest heaved with every movement, and she was completely enveloped in a shroud of pain. Her mind spun, and she fell to an elbow. Nothing was on her mind, now, except for the imminent end. Jizzy Jazz Dread dawned on Jizzy's face. Realization to what her friend was attempting. She couldn't, she wouldn't. Rabid couldn't die. She did the only reall thing that came to her mind. She moved to Rabid and sahved her blleeding hadn into her mouth. Tough love, but Rabid was dying. She had no tiem to be subtle. Rabid Ice Weasel Rabid's head snapped backward, and her eyes widened in fear. Things were going red again, and absolutely everything was out of focus. Within the blue, though, she saw...or moreso hallucinated Malachi standing before her, his head in his hands, crying over his dying mother.
She couldn't do that to him. He wouldn't understand.
Another wave of blood gushed from her mouth before she wrapped her hands weakly around Jizzy's arm, shifted to her wrist, and bit down. It took a few moments for the effects to kick in, but her eyes began to focus ever so slowly. She shot a pathetic look up at her friend.
Jizzy Jazz Jizzy felt relieve wash over her as she felt Rabid drink. It almsot entirely overcame the pain, almost. "Keep drinking dear. We can't have you dying on us, now can we. Malachi needs a mum, and I need a friend, now don't I?" She said, patting Rabid with her free hand. Rabid Ice Weasel Rabid mumbled as she pulled herself away easily, feeling fairly refreshed and looking quite a lot better than she had mere moments before. She sat up in a chair again, trembling, but no longer cold. She wiped her mouth on her sleeve and snarled.
"You deserve better." Jizzy Jazz "I'm very happy with having you as a friend, kthanks." SHe said softly, she felt a birt weakened, but she'd be fine, really. She rummaged for bandages in her bag, keeping her bitten hand rested on the table. Rabid Ice Weasel "I'm not," Rabid's eyes flashed angrily as she snapped her head toward Jizzy, "You still deserve better." She then thought for a moment.
"Promise me that, if anything happens to me, you'll keep an eye on Ike and Liam?"
She had no intention of eating regularly again, although she also didn't want to have another attack.
Jizzy Jazz Jizzy bristled and nodded. "I promise, but you're a great friend Rabid. I mean, how many people can put up with a dumb dumb like me, who adopt a drider when thier arachnaphobic." She said witha shrug, starting to bandage up her hand slowly. Rabid Ice Weasel "Murderers tend to be fairly tolerant," Rabid kneeled down beside a pool of her blood and scooped some up with her pointer and middle fingers. She then proceeded to wipe it over Jizzy's hand and a portion of the bandage. She gave a slight wave and walked quickly back into the HQ, leaving Jizzy alone with the steaming blood on the terrace. Jizzy Jazz Jizzy blinked as her wound healed up. Murderers. Oh.. she was feeling guilty, then. Jizzy assumed it was from what Rbaid was, from her need for blood. Perhaps she'd killed once to feed or something, so she was starving herself. She didn't know the thue reasons, but she knew it was futile to go after her now. But she'd have to find a way to help.. somehow.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:20 pm
~Belated Spring Cleaning~
Rabid peered around the room, bored out of her mind and only mildly angsty for the moment being. The place was an absolute mess. There were toys and furniture and random articles of clothing haphazardly strewn about the entire room.
"I feel like cleaning," she stated simply and stood, moving to the kitchen area and beginning to scrub the counter furiously.
Liam looked up from the book he was reading and arched an eyebrow. Rabid was in very rare form. Oh well. The awful disarray the room was in had been irking him too. It'd just never hit him to, yanno, clean it.
"Alright, then," he smiled and began picking shirts and such off of the television.
Ike happily scampered over to his play area and began picking up assorted toys he'd forgotten about.
"Mummaaaa!"
"What, honey?"
"Ike can't find Skelly!"
"You'll find him, just keep looking! He's gotta be somewhere!"
Ike gave a frustrated huff and continued tossing his toys back into his toy chest. Even when he finished, Skelly still was nowhere to be seen. Where in the world could the plushie have gone to? The boy surveyed the room before spotting the deep black voids beneath his and Mummy's beds. He quickly scuttled over the floor, his heart filled with hope, and dove under his bed.
Aloysius' eyes shot open as something's head impacted his side. He leaped up, his fur standing on end. Ah...it was just White One. He shook himself off, the black skeleton plushie he'd been guarding wiggling in his maw, and hopped out from beneath the bed into a pile of comfortable clothing.
"Skelly!" Ike cried out and carefully pulled his favourite plushie from the jaws of the Grunny, "Mumma! I found Skelly! Good Loo-shis." He pet the green rabbit lightly.
Aloysius purred and waggled his un-tail as he was pet. He rolled onto his back and landed on something hard. He twitched and rolled back, looking vaguely frightened. The shirtses were aliiiive...
Ike took no heed to the Grunny's strange reaction and picked him up, travelling to his bed to play.
"Kay, Loo-shis. You big scary monster. Skelly shiny knight..."
Liam looked up from what he was doing and saw Malachi carrying the creepy green rabbit away. Bloody Hell...he'd just cleaned those up! He went to to the pile of clothing and bent down, inspecting it. Just as he thought...green fur. He sighed and grabbed the entire pile in his arms, walking to the hamper in the corner. Something hard fell out mid-step, though, and landed soundly on his bare foot. He hopped on one foot the rest of the way, attempting to keep the cold whatever-it-was balanced. He dropped the clothes off and hopped back to Rabid before picking the thing off his foot. It was an opalescent necklace of some kind.
"Hey, Twiggy...wha's this?"
Rabid stood and closed the refridgerator door, having just finished cleaning it of spilled blood.
"What's what?" she asked, turning toward Liam and wiping her hands on her pants.
"This," Liam held the necklace out to her, "'O gave you som'm so pretty?"
Rabid gave a small, wavering smile as her eyes filled with tears. She reached out and grabbed the necklace or, as it was, the L.T.J., and looked down at it. She felt a great mixture of feelings...sadness, happiness, and even a little anger. The former few won out.
"Julian," she stated simply and strung it around her neck, vowing to never remove it.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:00 pm
-A Little Time to Breathe-
Roll~~roll~~roll~roll~rollrollrollrollroooolllROLLL!
Chao's eyes followed her son as he dashed out across the grass of the newly redone Green Area, Katamari ball rolling along in front of him until he picked up enough speed and threw himself onto it, launching himself up and off as the roll reached its peak.
"Di' Mu see Reid?" he asked, now sucessfully in the air, wings fluttering as he sought for more altitude before gliding down for a clumsy landing in his Mu's lap.
"I did! Nice job getting off in time," she grinned and ruffled her son's hair. The toddler's clothing was already littered in grass stains from failed attempts at the game he'd created for himself, but he was happy and well, if a bit battered, and that was what mattered.
The toddler scuttled out of his Mu's lap before she could ruffle his hair again and ran off towards the still rolling Katamari.
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