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 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:53 pm
Deimos led the group in until they were surrounded by tall hedges. He couldn't help but feel small among them. "Be ready guys. We dunno what couldbe waiting for us. I've heard stories of mazes with monsters guarding the treasure inside."
"Too much talking, not enough destroying." Jizzy stated blankly, picking up the crutch and striding to the lake. She lifted her knee, snapping the crutch in half upon it and chucking it as far as she could into the lake. "LIBERTY, FREEDOM, TYRANNY IS DEAD!!" She recited, one of her favorite lines from the old Shakespear play.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:36 pm
Ike peered around, his tail swishing slowly. It was a strange feeling, being completely surrounded by bushes. He was no longer in control of his destination. They were.
"Monsters?" his ears folded back, "Bah. Ike gnaw on their spleeeeens..."
Rabid clapped and cheered as the crutches were hurled into the lake. They'd decay...eventually.
"How've you been?" she turned to Chao with a slight smile.
Liam, feeling totally ignored, sighed heavily and propped himself up on his elbows, again beginning to read.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:50 pm
Reid had long since dropped to the ground, preferring it's solidity now that they were surrounded by the hedges. In the air it felt like a strong gust of wind could blow him away, but instead of harmlessly spiraling through the air well... honestly he had no desire to be thrown into the hedges. They looked as if they'd be even worse landing pads then Dei's head had proven to be.
"Monsters?" he tilted his head and then shook it, "wha'if monsters no hav' spleens?" What was a spleen anyway?
Chao laughed and cheered as the cructes were done away with though she was slightly saddened by the lack of fire. Ah well...
Shifting slightly to look at Rabid she shrugged, "eh, can't compla-well I could but it'd be silly. I've been fine, how're you doing?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:06 pm
Deimos smirked at Malachi's words and actually chuckled at Reid's. "I bet monsters have spleens. Only wierdo's don't. And fi they don't, we can vburn them. Nothis is keeping us from treasure!"
Jizzy did another little happy dance before ambling back to the ground. She saw Chao and Rabid speaking, so she flopped down by Liam, in a terribly good mood. "So.. Liam was it? Where are you from?" She asked, in an attempt to get to know him. "You sound like you're from England, but that's back in Earth.." She said, slightly dreamy as she mentioned Earth. It was one of her favorite worlds, if not her favorite.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:12 pm
Ike giggled at Reid.
"Well, then Ike scratch eyeballs out, even if they grow b--" Deimos' statement made him stop dead in his tracks, and his voice lowered significantly, "Some peoples don't have spleens that aren't weird."
"Well, that's good," Rabid sighed happily and flopped to the ground, but she perked up at Jizzy's mention of Earth. This could go one of two ways, and neither was very good...
"Actually, luv," Liam smiled slightly and looked up from his book, "I've never really been there m'self...not that many of my memories of London 'r very pleasant. Fire 'n blood 'n hanging 'n whatnot." He turned nonchalantly back to his reading, only then beginning to wonder if what he'd said had made any sense at all.
Rabid slapped her forehead. Yeah...so he'd picked the worse of the options...
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:25 pm
Reid had no idea what he'd to if they encountered monsters, though following Ike's lead by attacking the eyes, sounded good. Though...
"Some peoples dun have eyes either," Reid stated pensively, thinking of his Mu's books and then casting looks at both his friends, and cocking an eyebrow.
The firefly pushed two arms behind his head and threaded the third through Ike's arm as he caught up, casting his friend a concerned look.
"Jus' mean' they dun have it n'Ike'n'Reid'n'Dei nu scratch 'em, righ'?" he looked down at himself, "Reid nu hav'a tail n' Dein'Ike no hav' wings." It seemed perfectly natural to lack things.
"What's London?" Chao asked, perking slightly at the mention of a new place. She'd never heard of such a place while being on Earth and the Island had been relatively peaceful. This... London sounded like He'ancele on a bad day.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:38 pm
Deimos considered Rei'd words for a while before nodding. 'Right, just if they get in our way, then we attack." He said, weaving through the winding corridors, ears and eyes open for any dangers, but so far non were found.
Jizzy either didn't notice how odd what Liam said was, or she didn't care. "Old London was like that, not to pleasant. Especilly during the witch huntings, that was nasty, but it got loads better. It's a really nifty place now that there's no king anymore." She said leaning down. "I bet you'd like it Chao. Lot's of things to see."
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:44 pm
"Right," Ike sighed and let his tail drop and drag against the ground. He peered ahead of them, though, and pointed with his free arm, "Dead end."
"I know," Liam scoffed, slightly irritated, "It's still a bloody busy city...though I'm glad they've outlawed hanging. The images only stopped...recently. I think he killed a baby..." There was that feeling again...the same strange feeling of...lacking. Ah!
"You're quite aware of your half spirit, I presume?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:55 pm
Reid gave Deimos a curious look, vaguely wondering why his friend was so fixed on fighting.
Following Ike's finger he tilted his head and wandered ahead, straight up to the wall of hedge. There was no obvious way through, not like the other turns, but there were small gaps in the hedge. The real question was, did they go all the way through?
Only one way to find out.
With a flick of his wings back into their sheilds Reid knelt down and, without a word, dissapeared into one of the holes.
"Ugh, kings," the teen made a face at the very thought, having a dictator was bad enough without mixing in supposed divinity.
She glanced at Liam, quirking one eyebrow, "killed a baby? Half spirit?" the older man was offically making no sense to her, hadn't he just said he'd basicly never been to London?
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:59 pm
Deimos looked down at the hole Reid was climbing through and his eyebrow wings drooped slightly. "Reid... I dun think I fit through there." He admitted. He was a bit lager than both of the toddlers.
Jizzy arched an eyebrow at Liam. "Half whata?" Half a spirit. I mean, there weren't any spirits flying around here were there, and certainly no half ones. Jizzy turned around, looking just in case.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:05 pm
Liam suddenly took on the appearence of a deer in the headlights. She didn't know?!
"Nevermind. I must be losing it," he said and turned back to his novel, blushing slightly. He'd have to bring it up another time when he wouldn't be risking another of Rabid's frequent mood swings. How strange, to not know your own being...
"Sure Dei will," Ike got down on his hands and knees and followed Reid, feeling very comfortable in the tight space. He was fairly certain that they weren't supposed to be going this way, now, but that made it no less fun.
Rabid sat up, an eyebrow raised. Liam knew something he wasn't mentioning...and what was this about killing babies? Oh well. There was always a motive behind his silence. Her eyes travelled to the maze, or moreso the 6 little feet she saw walking through it.
"How long do you think it'll take for them to call for help?"
Subject changes were always good.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:31 pm
"Dei will!" Reid called back from within the hedge. He was neither comfortable nor uncomfortable in the small space though he was aquiring a few stinning cuts from the hedge's branches catching at his arms and bare feet as he pushed through some hedge that was blocking his path.
But soon his head poked out into open space again and he grinned. Wiggling he turned around, stretching his wings as he called back into the hedge, "sa hole goes all t'e way! Jus' keep goin'."
Chao's gaze lingered before she shook her head and flopped back down on the grass. It would probably be useless to prod further anyway.
"Mmm... honestly? I give 'em... maybe an hour, less if Deimos decides to torch it."
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:45 pm
Deimos grumbled and knelt down, makign his way through the small hole as best he could. He didn't like this small space, and the brambles and branches nicked his arms. As his head emerged on the other side he cloak gave a nasty yerk, having snagged onto a branch. "I'm stuck.." He said, more to himself than much else.
Jizzy didn't see any half spirits about so she just shrugged and turned back to the group. She was blissfully unaware of what she was. "Yah, I sure hope not. He has decent control over his fire, but if he gets to frustrated.. urggh.."
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:14 pm
"I say...20 minutes."
I'm such a bloody idiot. Stupid!
Ike's ears flickered back and forth when he heard his brother's voice.
"Oh," he said slightly as he exited the tunnel and crawled back, looking into the hole, "Hold sec." He spotted the branch and shoved his arm into the shrubbery above it. He finally latched onto the annoying stick and pulled it upward and forward, snapping it off. He pulled his arm out, now covered in scratches and blood, and stood beside Reid with his little branch.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:35 pm
"Hrm... wanna make a betting pool out of it? Five gold or so?"
"Dei ki now?" Reid asked, after Ike's arm had reemerged with the branch, tilting his head and pondering squeezing back though and pushing the older Mishap from behind if he was still stuck.
The firefly belatedly noticed the scratches and blood on Ike's arm and winced, giving his friend a concerned look, "Ike ki?"
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