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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:58 pm
Alexi could only watch her friend in his sugar-high stupor. She wasn't sure if she'd created a monster or created a highly hilarious situation. All she could do was eat her sweets and watch her friend.
After a little while though, she knew something had to be done.
"Hey Zain," she said, tapping him on the shoulder. "You wanna go sit over there and listen to the music?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:58 pm
A dance such as this would have been better performed under water, as they weren’t restricted to the bathtub. Shinichi felt his head knock around and get dizzy, but as long as Zain was enjoying himself, he didn’t mind. Once the rolling finally stopped and Zain started chanting for his tea, Shinichi took the time to shake his head and regain his composure and fix his outfit. Feeling adequate, he moved to cuddle up to Zain close and sighed. Maybe the sugar would finally wear off. At least now he knew why Zain wasn’t allowed to have any.
”Are you having a good time, Zain?” He was hoping the prince was enjoying his time at the ball. God only knows what he would be doing if they didn’t have the ball. At least Shinichi wasn’t feeling the brunt of Zain’s hyperactiveness at the moment now that he was done rolling around in the tub. He didn’t mind, he loved the prince dearly and wouldn’t want a single thing happen to him to harm him.
When Alexi mentioned the music, Shinichi perked up and smiled. The best part of this was that there was live music performed, the best kind. Resting his head on Zain’s chest, his wings relaxed as he started getting into the spirit of things. It seemed as everything was going well, and finally he was able to relax and start to be himself around a girl. That in and of its self was an accomplishment for the pale merman. Alexi was just as nice as Zain made her out to be, so he couldn’t have thought of anyone better that would have helped him with his phobia.
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:10 pm
Zain turned his head suddenly and gave his love a big, ferocious kiss. "YES!!!"
He then looked around at Alexi like a startled deer. His eyeballs were practically twitching in their sockets from all the sugar. "There's music? Music?? Where?! WHERE?!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:12 am
Maybe the music would help Zain calm down, well, at least Shinichi hoped. Zain was starting to get out of hand a little, and he didn’t want the other doing something to hurt others or himself. Fluttering his wings slightly, he nuzzled up to his prince, hoping that maybe, even slightly, he could help him calm down. If not, then… well he’d take care of him when they got back into the ocean. They would have more room to play and horse around in the water.
”I think the music would be a good idea… It could probably help calm him down…” He commented to Alexi as he grabbed the mop Zain would normally wield, and attempted to push them closer, and carefully so they wouldn’t hit anyone. At least he was a little considerate towards all the other ball goers. This task, however, was hard for the pale merman. He wasn’t nearly as strong as Zain, and seeing as they weren’t in water and their large weight was more apparent, it was hard for him to push the tub along. No wonder he didn’t fight, it was hard. He was more built for healing, which is just what he did. He was very surprised that Alexi was able to push and pull the tub around. She must have been really strong.
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:14 am
"Wow, he seemed like a REAL star!" Steff twittered, apparently oblivious to the fact that Yugai was actually shy as hell and not celebrity-aloof, "I can't wait to see his show!"
She bopped around to the music, chatting randomly about anything with Odin, pointing out people from the town whose names she knew. From time to time she'd do a little pirouette and step sequence, but for now she remained dissatisfied with the music selection. "These songs are too SLOW! I wanna dance PROPERLY!" she whined, "I mean, I can waltz and all, but it isn't even THAT slow and you said you don't like dancing, so... I need something more upbeat for myself...!"
"Hells yeah! That merman's got the right idea!" she whooped as the crowd parted enough to see the rocking tub. "Shake it like a polaroid picture!"
"Aww," Steff was pouting across the room several minutes later, "He's stopped dancing. I thought that was pretty awesome, for being in a bathtub."
Zain, eyes boggling, continued to stare incomprehensively. Music. Music. Music. Music. Oh, no. The sugar really had broken his brain!
It was Shinichi's laboured attempts to move the bathtub that seemed to bring him a few feet out of his trance. He gently took the cleaning utensil from him, expression still very much blank, and gave them one leisurely stroke in what he considered to be the correct direction. Backwards.
Meanwhile, Lorika was reaching for the handle of the door to the stairwell, when it flew open in front of her to reveal some very welcome faces. Her own face, tired and pinched after all the worry of the evening so far, lit up in her first brilliant, genuine smile of the night.
"Yokuan! Meta!" she cried, coming forward gracefully to receive them each with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Fashionably late as ever, I see. Hyaku?!" she gasped, goggling at the quiet doctor looming behind them. Her eyes travelled up and down in shock. She didn't think Hyaku had it in her to wear something so daring! She'd only ever seen her swaddled up in endless figure-concealing layers before!
"Oh my! That dress is quite something!" she laughed, swishing her own strips of skirt as a point of interest, "It looks like I'm in good company tonight. But my, all of your dresses are spectacular! I can't possibly choose a favourite!"
Thank god. Maybe she could finally settle down and start relaxing and enjoying the night. If only Yokuan had come sooner! And where was Lacine, anyway...? She hadn't been around at all that day... oh, she hoped Lacine wouldn't miss the ball she'd helped so much to organise! However, a certain voice ringing out nearby, easily transcending the sound of the music, made her blood run cold and her insides twist back into tight, stressed knots.
"MOUTH RAPIST!"
Lorika looked around, her eyes easily finding the prince, as the crowd were attempting to give the unpredictably wild bathtub a wide and cautious berth. (It didn't always work with a bathtub as wild and unpredictable as this.) She followed his accusatory pointing finger, which led her eyes in the direction of none other than Feline, quietly standing beside the buffet table nearest to the door.
"I'D RECOGNISE THOSE EARS ANYWHERE! YOU'RE IN HIS GANG, AREN'T YOU?!"
Without further ado, the prince's pretty peacock cape swished extravagantly as he drew his... mop. "En garde, ye scallywag! You shall pay for the mouth-rape your leader has inflicted on me!"
She shook her head, lips pinched. At least he was threatening Feline, and not a random member of the public. Whoever had introduced him to whatever he'd been on for the past twenty minutes, she hoped they burned in hell for their crimes against humanity.
Not that threatening strangers with a mop was at all beyond the scope of his 'normal' behaviour...
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:00 pm
Feline was carefully nibbling on a chocolate bonbon when a commotion interrupted the blissful feeling that had surrounded her as she had slowly enjoyed every delicacy on her plate while slightly swaying to the music.
"What?!?" confusion grew as she turned her head towards the noise only to find herself being accosted by a manfish...make that and angry manfish with a mop.
Her fingers gripped the plate held in front of her almost defensively. How a tub got into the ballroom was something she would ponder later. Instinctively she tried to fly to a safe height, but the weight of the dress held her down.
A back draft from her now mantled wings swept through the nearby guests.
Quickly going over the options in her head one word from her former mentor rang out...diplomacy. He always said "When ever possible begin with diplomacy first."
Alright...here goes nothing, Feline thought as she eyed the flamboyant opponent before her.
"Good fish sir," Feline said with a bow, the plate still held in front of her, "I have no idea of what you speak. Please enlighten me."
Feline peeked up from her bow hoping she wouldn't have to figure out a plan b.
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:07 pm
"The stinky catperson-man who raped my mouth with his own rapacious... mouth!" Zain elaborated impatiently, as if explaining something to someone who obviously hadn't been paying attention the first time. Even though, of course, it was his first time explaining it. "I can see from your fluffy that you are indeed another stinky catperson-man! So have at thee! I shall reclaim my honour!"
He punctuated this with two wide sweeps of his mop, which harmlessly breezed through the air. In a few moments he would probably realise that, being in a bathtub on wheels, he was incapable of side-to-side movement and therefore could not draw any closer to his target. Therefore, any honour he might have been ordinarily capable of reclaiming remained stubbornly out of his reach.
Or maybe he wouldn't. Who knows?
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:02 pm
"Umm, Zain, you might want to calm down now," Alexi offered, gently touching the merman's arm. "People are staring and you're causing a ruckus. Besides, she doesn't seem like she's worthy of any violence. She just seems like she's here to have a good time."
Alexi hoped that her words would calm the merman down. After all, this wouldn't be the first time that Zain had gone slightly crazy, but even so, it wasn't good to cause another ruckus. This crowd had already had enough of those.
Taking a quick glance back at the dessert bar, she felt the need to go back for a chocolate pastry, but restrained herself. She also made a mental note to not let Zain near there for at least the rest of the night.
((Let me know if I need to edit this post. 3nodding ))
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:31 pm
 Shinichi had to duck from Zain’s wild swipes with the mop, his wings tucking close to his head to avoid getting in the way. He tried to get Zain to calm down, clicking and purring softly, but it didn’t quite work. Sure the big cat man invaded his personal space, but Shin was focusing on not being hit by Zain’s floundering, and practically knocked out of the tub in the process. He was still a little dazed and fogged over what happened, but he knew something really bad happened.  Hearing the commotion, Yugai had to look over to see the crazed prince merman shouting at another neko, more like a feline humanoid creature. Whatever they were, he had never seen one before. His ears perked to listen to what was going on, causing him to worry. ’Okay, stay calm, don’t get close and you should be fine… Just go back stage and prepare for your act.’Easier said than done, however. He had to make his way back to the stage without getting in anyone’s way and attracting too much attention. There was a gentleman coming out from backstage, looking as if he had just got done some hard work, but other than that, no one else was around the backstage area aside from performers. Slinking his way through the crowed, hoping not to be spotted by the crazed merprince, the nervous neko sighed upon reaching the backstage area. He didn’t know about the changes made, but he still kept a careful eye where he stepped, looking around his things and finding everything in order. He was nervous about his act, but he had to stretch to make sure he was ready so nothing would go wrong.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:25 am
Feline watched the fish man flail about with the mop and stifled a giggle. Maybe this situation wasn't as dire as it had seemed. Between the war and the explosion at the temple it was hard to forget that they were now living in what was supposed to be peacetime.
Then why are we training ourselves so hard? This thought would have to be looked at later, right now Feline was in a battle of a different sort.
Something in the dark haired mans ravings caught her attention.
He? Is this fish man talking about Gwarm? What sort of trouble has he gotten himself into now? A sinking feeling bled into her heart. She saw great good in Gwarm, how could he let her down in this way.
Pushing the sadness aside Feline gracefully came out of her bow. Using her training to taking her environment at a glance she noticed a delicate little fish man next to the loud obnoxious one. He seemed to be trying to calm the dark haired one down. There also seemed to be another girl next to him that Feline slightly remembered.
Ah yes, she plays the most lovely music! Feline used to sit on the roof and listen to it on her off days.
From the look of things a change of tactics was needed. She had been thoroughly trained in the art of flattery and considering that the tub didn't seem to be going anywhere, that was going to be her best bet.
"Oh glorious fish man!" Feline started with a sweeping gesture of her hand, only to realize she was somehow still hold her now empty desert plate. Quickly tucking it behind her she continued.
"I am not of any gang that which you speakest of. I am but a mere party goer such as yourself and only wish to enjoy the sights," pausing slightly, hoping her grasp on these peoples language wasn't failing her now.
"And I can assure you good fish sir. I do NOT stink." Her head came up haughtily at the end. Feline could take many insults, but her cleanliness was always up to par and how dare he insist otherwise.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:20 am
Zain wasn't quite sure why his furious mop action wasn't working, but it probably would eventually the longer he kept on sweeping it through the air. Alexi's voice was like buzzing in his ears, but Shinichi's soothing purrs stirred something inside him. This was the man he lo... llll. He couldn't quite ignore him.
"Chi-chi, can't you see I'm busy trying to avenge my father's death?!" he snapped in annoyance.
Wait, what? His father wasn't even dead...
Fel, however, was clever enough to know exactly how to work herself out of the situation. All of a sudden, the stinky catperson fell to their knees without actually falling to their knees and began to worship him. Zain performed a couple more half-hearted swishes, but was looking at her with interest now. The opening part had caught his attention. After all, he was being praised. He loved praise.
"Mere partygoer?!" he cried, astonished that the conversation had turned so quickly. He waved his mop in a totally different sweeping gesture, as if he were suddenly holding a scepter rather than a sword, nearly whacking Alexi over the head in the process. "I am Prince Zainire, Royal Representative of Antium! I am not a mere partygoer!! I am an AMBASSADOR!"
"Pff, all you mammals smell a little iffy, but the stinky cat-man who kissed me REEKED!" he continued with a shudder, "Big ugly and stinky AND a rapist. Jeeze, he really didn't have ANYTHING going for him, did he?"
He addressed this last part down with a wink to Shinichi, clinging to his chest. It was a joke to him because his pretty Chi-chi was certainly the opposite of all of those things. He smile down at him brightly, and it was that smile which could undo all of Zain's rebellious, stupid s**t in one go.
(( I included the line about "mammals smelling a little iffy" because, well, if we think fish smell bad, how do we smell to them?! XD ))
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:10 am
(Anybody else remember Leader (aka Nester) and his gang of kids? somewhere on page 151 if you care to check) " We're not supposed to be over here Nester" whispered an urgent voice. "I know that Julian...but I told you, this is for the good of the Order! We need to catch that guy! Besides, how's Mom going to find out we were here? ...You weren't going to tell on me, were you?" whispered back a slightly older voice. The first didn't respond. "You WERE going to tell on me! That's it, you're going to get it!" the voice continued, hand hovering in midair, poised for a punch to the other's arm. "No, no, NO!" shouted the first again, already feeling the punishment in his young mind. Anything, anything at all to distract the older brother... "Nes, what's that? ...it looks like....a bathtub?""No excuses Julian! ...woah, that IS a bathtub...who the heck's in it?""Looks like a mermaid""Nah, it can't be a mermaid, that's the mermaid NEXT to him""How do you know that?""I overheard something about a prince coming to visit, I bet you next week's dishes that that one with the mop's him""No way, I believe you"" Good..." and here there was a shuffling of leaves as the kid altered his position slightly. "Hey, Julian...did you see where that guy went?""I dunno, he went backstage a bit ago""Yeah, but he's not there anymore, I just checked""Maybe he's with the rest of them?""That's what I was thinking, let's go, I know a secret way in"Espionage concluded, the 2 youngsters clambered back down the tree and headed for the 'secret way'...it was the still-unrepaired portion where Panda's study was once. "Hey Julian, didja know that that guy was responsible for this?""Really?""Really, I saw him around here lots of times right after the explosion. He looked like he was checking out the damage he caused...he was even spying in a tree when that news van was here.""Why didn't'ja get him then?""I tried, everyone ignored me." came the sheepish reply. After that, they crawled along the piles of rubble in silence. "'Kay, we're here" said the older sibling. "Just down the hallway is a door that goes straight to the Ballroom" sure enough, the sounds of chatter came quietly from that direction. They crept along the hall, hiding once or twice in side rooms when they thought they heard someone coming. Soon enough, they were at the door. "Hey Nester, why do we hafta sneak around anyways?""Because it's a secret mission, that's why!""But why can't we go undercover? all the good spies go undercover""Because we....you know, good idea Julian" Julian beamed at this, "I think I saw some stuff in that one room, lets go put on something good"So they crept back and changed into some newly washed Combat uniforms. After assuring that they looked 'good enough for a old-people poker game,' they strutted into, and through, the ballroom, looking for that darned-nasty SIN guy from earlier. "There he is! He's over by the food table!" Nester said, pointing at the greyish shape loitering near the breads, all but dragging his brother along in the haste.  "mmm...that's good..." Xeiashi muttered, savoring a piece of garlic bread. It was worthy of another, perhaps of a few more... "YOU!" "Uh...yeah, YOU!""Me? Who? What? ...wait, who are you?" Xei replied, swallowing the rest of his bread and noticing a few small bodies. "I'm going to expose you for the SINner you are!" "Yeah, we are!" the small bodies replied. "But I'm...wait a minute, don't I know you? ...I do! You're that Leader kid, aren't you?""The name's Nester, don't forget it! And he's Julian, and together, we're bringing you down!""But...ummm..." Xeiashi began, trying to think of a way to prove his innocence. He spotted someone that could help, but the crowd's chatter and some fishman's ruckus made it impossible to communicate. In desperation, he tried a method he had only read about in books back at the Practice Hall, reaching with his mind to say "Alexi...I need a bit of help by the garlic bread, some kids think I'm a SINner and are trying to get me arrested"[Channel]In the meantime, he tried to stall Nester and Julian while the help hopefully came.
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:23 am
Feline smothered another smirk, This fish man reminds me of the pompous officials back home.
She had spent countless hours being drilled in how to play to their to ego while dancing around their demands that weren't for the benefit of the kingdom. As they left the court to go back home, they were to feel like they had accomplished everything they had set out to, even though all they really left with was a expertly stroked ego.
Discreetly dropping off the desert plate into the plant behind her, Feline prepped herself to go into full Goddess in training mode.
"My dear ambassador," she said with a dramatic flap of her wings, "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Might I introduce my humble self to you. I am Feline, Goddess of Perwin."
Carefully eying the mop she stepped close to the tub and offered her hand out in the way she had seen others from this realm greet each other.
While waiting for the prince to return the gesture her brain keyed in certain words the prince had said.
He....Rapist....I hope it isn't him....
Her heart sank even further with worry.
I promised the priestess he would do no harm. I hope he didn't betray my trust.
"I'm terribly sorry for the actions that have occurred to you from one of my kind," despite what was going on insider her, she held her upright posture and bowed her head slightly to Zain to give him the feeling being the one in control. "Please tell me where you gallantly fought him off too and I will seek reparations in your honor."
If it weren't for her worry at whether Gwarm was in trouble or not, she would have been struggling to hold back the laughter at her words to the prince up to this point.
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:27 pm
While Alexi tried to calm the merman down, this weird feeling suddenly came over her, washing over her like a tidal wave. It was like having your soul taken out of you and put into a room where you can connect with other souls and spirits. She'd never felt anything like this before.
Suddenly she heard a voice.
"Alexi...I need a bit of help by the garlic bread, some kids think I'm a SINner and are trying to get me arrested..."
What is this...? The girl wondered. Who is talking to me...?
She looked over by the garlic bread like the message had instructed her to. Xei was being harassed by two kids whom Alexi had never seen before. Had he just contacted her asking for help? The kids looked like they were trouble too. They also gave off a strange vibe, a vibe that Alexi could have sworn she'd felt before....
Oh God...are they...from SIN? The girl thought to herself. Oh, this will not do. This WILL not do.
Even if they weren't from SIN, they were still harassing someone at the ball, and this was not the time nor place for yet another ruckus.
"Excuse me Zain," Alexi said, marching off toward Xei to help him out.
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:40 pm
Zain was decidedly unimpressed by the felid's introduction. After all, she may have been a goddess, but he was a prince.
Still, he looked at her offered hand, and graciously accepted it with the head of the mop, giving it a firm, if damp, shake. Goddesses needed love, too. A flicker of a smile passed across his face, and then his eyes glazed with mischief, and it was gone.
"Priestess dragged him out," he replied, leaning back in his bathtub calmly and petting Shinichi on the head like a pampered white cat. He raised his eyebrow in a kingly fashion, smiled again for a moment, and then grandly dismissed her with a wave of his mop. "Off with you, peasant! You have wasted enough of my time with your idle chatter!"
Over in the doorway with the other felids, Lorika breathed a sigh of relief. Zain seemed to have calmed down. For now.
All she could do was hope he stayed that way...
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