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 Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:48 pm
Before's cursing, then her nickname, prompted Ofelia to start to sigh with relief. It was caught in her throat however as he tried to reach for her and couldn't move because of everything attached to his body. Tanned hands swiftly moved and pulled a few of them off with rough tugs, uncaring if in the process it hurt the person she was doing her best to get out. To Jake she turned and looked again, another question involved. "Was there a set release date on there or was the punishment meant ta last a while? This is jus' ridiculous, it's already almost the end'a December." A few more cables were pulled free and the Before was cleaned.
It was Ofelia's turn to try and hug him now and with nothing in the way she was easily able to wrap her arms about him. Jake's presence was still very much there, she'd just asked him a question after all, but the joy and want of hugging Before sort of outweighed any elephants in the room. It felt so nice to have him in her arms again after their parting. If he'd come and had seen her in the infirmary she didn't remember it, and so their last words had been ones spoken in sorrow and anger towards one another. "Clover. Clover. Ah've been...missin' ya..."
She didn't say anything else, instead just leaning in more against him and burying her face into his shoulder and neck. Ofelia didn't want either guy to see her cry, not yet.
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:10 am
There was still something positive about being in the pod. It meant Before was on an elevated surface, which meant he was (for once) taller than Ofelia. "Heya Dinah, good to see you recognize me now," Before murmured softly into the younger hunter's hair. She'd been delirious and hopped up on pain-killers the last time he saw her, the memory of being mistaken for her brother an amusing tale he planned on sharing later. For now, he smiled contently as he adjusted his limbs to hug her again, just happy that his punishment was over.
Hearing the rest of Ofelia's words brought Jake into the Mist's line of sight, and because he didn't recognize the third-party present, he simply gave the other trainee a friendly nod. But then his mind registered the date Ofelia said, "Wait, December? What of December is this?"
he sounded concerned, maybe a little bit upset even.
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:27 pm
Jake stared at the chart again.
"Umm... I think it was supposed to be a week top. Maybe they forgot."
It was understandable that everyone would be busy with stuff, but even the horsemen incident, that didn't happen until just recently. He couldn't remember if anything even happened in November besides the emergency portal missions, but even then, those will near the end of the month.
It was a careless mistake that could have easily been avoided.
Jake shifted his weight, standing there awkwardly as the two embraced.
Really, he just felt like a third wheel now.
He gave a smile when the hunter nodded at him, but it faltered slightly when he asked the date.
"It's, uh... the 20th."The hunter surely wouldn't be happy to find out he had been podded for nearly a month, if not more.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:53 pm
Oh...yeah, Jake was there. Ofelia sort of stopped hugging Before as tightly as she had been doing, no need to smother him right away when she was going to hunt him down later and slap him again for worrying her. Jake's whole being there sort of limited how much interaction she was going to go for at the moment and both guys would have been grateful if only they knew. For the time being though she released him and stood up, dusting herself off and adjusting her shirt that had become a little skewed thanks to the constant pressure of body to body. "Jake, remind me ta check inta whomever put him in, that person an' Ah are gonna have a nice chat." The fact she was still wearing an exploding bracelet seemed to have been forgotten when it came to her anger over Before's confinement.
That anger turned to confusion though as Before asked Jake the date and the redheaded teen turned to the younger boy and shrugged; she didn't really have any idea for why he was asking either unless he was going to be more able to give them a specific date he was placed in. That would only serve to make her even more angry which in a way was good? Bad good? "Yup, s'the twentieth. Why ya askin'? Were ya worried ya'd miss Christmas?" She tried to have a teasing tone in her voice but the way Before sounded worried had her puzzled.[A.V.] a bit of time to get tagged
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:33 pm
The fact that he'd been left podded for over a month did upset Before. Not a whole lot, but Ofie can expect to have the Mist hunter joining her when she tracked the sap that was supposed to take him out. Unless, y'know, said individual got taken out during whatever life-threatening mission that elapsed during the duration of his podding.
Discovering that it was the twentieth, teal eyes went doe-eyed briefly at Jake before focusing on Ofelia. "Thanks, both of you for getting me out. I almost missed my birthday." 8CCCCCC[A.V.] All the Happy New Years 8DDDD
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:55 pm
"O-ok..."
He immediately began to worry for the safety of the person who podded her friend. Hopefully she wouldn't KILL them... would she?
When the brown-haired hunter mentioned his birthday, Jake gave him a sympathetic smile.
Spending your birthday being stuck in a pod didn't sound like a lot of fun.Rown Don't worry about it! Happy New Year! Huni Pi Happy New Year to you too! <333
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm
Oh god. It was his birthday.
BIRTHDAY.
Ofelia had not known, so she hadn't gotten him a gift. She didn't know what he'd like anyway but oh god.
BIRTHDAY.
Basically the redhead just stood there looking at Before like a deer in the headlights, her own gray eye super wide and staring. For a moment she looked at him, then over to Jake, then back at him, and she raised a hand to the side of her face and used a finger to tap her eye patch. Clearly she was thinking on something but it was hard to tell.
She'd spent her birthday here at Deus alone. Before was out now so maybe she could spend it with him if he wanted. He didn't seem angry at her at least so there was that an ffffttt Ofelia's mind basically was short circuiting.
"Uh. Happy Birthday then?" She managed to croak out after a few minutes of steady eye tapping. "What...would...ya like as a gift?" Please let him say something easy.Huni Pi Manigong Bagong Taon omg i hope i spelled that right [A.V.] PLAN HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:12 pm
Before continued to pout at Ofelia then muttered, "That month of my life back." He sighed in frustration, "Nah, nah, it's totes fine. Just had all this cake-recipes I was gonna try out for my birthday but I think either the ingredients are all spoiled by now or hopefully someone made good use of them. Because wasting food is, like, waaaaay bad!" He folded his arms across his chest in finality.
Then he eyed the two hunters thoughtfully, "Were you two on pod-duty?"Rown OMG you are adorable yes! IS CORRECT <3
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:35 pm
Staring curiously at Ofelia, he wondered what she was doing.
Why... was she tapping her eye patch like that?
When Before mentioned cake, Jake frowned slightly.
Speaking of food, he hadn't grabbed anything to eat yet, and was staring to get kind of hungry.
He might not know how to make a cake, let alone know what the ingredients were, but couldn't help but wonder if the hunter was over-reacting JUST a little.
"Isn't there a fridge? I'm pretty sure the food wouldn't spoil that quickly."
At the topic change, Jake just nodded.
"Yup! Though I think the shift's almost over."
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:44 pm
"We were outside playin' in the snow an' Jake said he was hungry an' Ah said we'd come in here an' get warm an' eat - oh! Ah brought snacks." Ofelia took that moment to get the hell out of dodge and get the thing of snacks she'd brought with her. "Y'all wait here an' do guy talk or sommin', Ah'mma grab 'em an' come right back."
And so, forgetting the bad blood Jake had once made between them all, Ofelia totally skipped to go get the bag.
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:12 am
Before wasn't exactly the best person to ask for guy talk. He wasn't even really sure what constituted as guy talk. Was it sports? Comic book stuff? Still, Ofie had been the one to make the request and all Before could do was make a lopsided grin at the departing Sun's back and do what he could. "Listen..." Before tried to remember what Ofelia had called the other hunter, "Err... Jack? Imma be straight up withchoo, I can't talk guy stuff worth s**t," he chuckled, "But I'd totes appreciate it if you could, iunno, help me catch up with stuff that's happened since I got podded?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:35 am
For a second, Jake thought the hunter was using the Halloween equivalent of a swear word, and only stared blankly at him.
... oh.
"Uh, my name's Jake, and I guess you missed out on the horsemen's attack. They killed several humans in order to garher FEAR. We were fighting against them, and they won, and some weird orb thing they were using brought back more horsemen. We had no option but to retreat."
He shrugged.
"Guess we're just waiting to see what they're planning next.
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:58 am
There may have been a really loud crash coming from where Ofelia went, followed by a stream of curse words from someone other than the redhead, and it was finally topped off with Ofelia's easily known voice offering many apologies as the cursing slowly subsided. Whatever had happened ended just as swiftly as it started and soon a familiar head of red hair could be seen bobbing along the pods as she approached the two boys. "Ah'm back, an' sorry 'bout that." She might have had a small bruise on her face too, one that was red but fading against the shield, but that was beside the point since the bag of snacks she went for was now in her possession. "Whatcha talk 'bout? Guy stuff, recent missions?"
Ofelia was doing her utmost and total best to forget that she may or may not have forgotten Before's birthday (since she never knew it to start with) and to do that she just plowed ahead in random conversation. As she set the bag down the bracelet on her left arm slid up with the motion, then down, and she settled in next to the pair. "Ah wasn' sure whatcha wanted Jake when Ah grabbed stuff so jus' eat. Clover Ah know yer probably hungry too so eat up."
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:31 am
The crashing noise had Before sharply turning his head at the direction Ofelia came from. "Dinah..." he began with a frown at the bruise. Geez and Before thought he was a klutz.
Uncoordinated, silly Before. And you've proven yourself the opposite of that. his weapon chided.
"Yeah, Jake's got me all caught up," he nodded, teal eyes catching the glint from the bracelet Ofelia wore. "Ooooh that's pretty! Is it from Tiffany's?" he asked, completely unaware of the significance of the piece of jewelry. "Didn't know they were into this sort of engraving. Is it from an exclusive line?" Before glanced at Jake as if the other male knew what he was talking about.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:28 am
Jake's head snapped up at the crashing sound, wondering just what in the world happened, when Ofelia walked in, and... was that a bruise on her face?
The bag of treats were ignored.
Just... what in the world happened?
When Before mentioned the bracelet, Jake's eyes went from scrutinizing the bruise on her face to the bangle on her wrist.
He vaguely recalled seeing her with it several times, but had never thought of asking.
For some reason, he never really pegged Ofelia as one to be big on jewelry.
... wait, what? Tiffany? Exclusive line??
There were quite possibly visible question marks forming above Jake's head as Before turned to look at him.
"U-uh, um... it looks... kinda... runic?" he added unhelpfully.
... maybe it was a new runic weapon? He had no idea.
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