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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:55 pm
Slowly, the door eased open, admitting a woman with tangled blue hair and worn clothing. She stopped in the doorway, looking back over one scale covered shoulder to make sure her companions were following.
The light gleamed off the ruddy brown scales that covered this young woman's shoulders and feet as she stepped into the already crowded room, light brown eyes sweeping around the small space. Her wholly human face broke out in a grin.
"Athan!" she greeted loudly, waving to him no matter how close he was to her. "It's good to see you again! Figures I'd find you in a place like this..."
She noticed a few other familiar faces, and greeted them in turn. "Angel...good to see you. And...oh..."
That small woman looked so familiar, but Owle simply couldn't place a name to her face. "...um...sorry, idon'trememberyourname" she mumbled abashedly.
Owle...didn't bother greeting Tweak, even though she did remember him. Instead, she started looking around the room for someone who seemed to be in charge, or at least didn't look as confused about things as she was.
And the room got even more even more crowded.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:56 pm
Eileen sweatdropped once again, and timidly got to her feet, blushing crimson all the way down her face and neck. She lowered her head, allowing her long bangs to act as a curtain to obscure her face. She nodded to him and still a bit frightened, she scurried off to the side to allow him to pass. Her loooong braided ponytail dragged its soft tip across the floor slowly as it followed her. It was a small bit of time before her voice was heard once again.
"....a-ano...isthisthecircleofjustice...?" The words tumbled out of her mouth in Japanese, still barely audible. "...ano...if so..." she continued in English. "...i'dliketohelp..." The blush was just now beginning to fade, and slowly.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:58 pm
Tweak was still lamenting the loss of his belly button. So when Athan got him moving bodily, he kind of jerked around a bit. At least it got him to give up on mourning his recent lose and to let his shirt drop. Not that this prevented him from poking at it every chance he got.
Athan and Hiroshi's exchange was just too much though. Rather sudden face drop into his palm, shaking from side to side, with an epic class sigh. "You two are ********' retarded."
And then Owle entered.
"Oh s**t man it's the radar...thing!" Yeah, he was not quite thinking it through. He just remember that she as some sort of path and could detect zombies. Well he remembered that important fact and that she just looked kind of weird. Very weird in fact, he still kind of regarded her with a ' confused ' expression.
It was all the wings and feet.
"You two know it?" Yeah, this was to Athan and Angel. And why yes, he was speaking rather loudly. Not like he was good at keeping quiet outside of muttering under his breath.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:00 pm
"What the hell kind of s**t hole is this?"
The voice was coming from outside, because apparently the goddamned Pro-Reg side's HQ had reached the maximum capacity.
Either that or some tremendous fat b*****d was inside hogging up a lot of room.
"Stop pushing-- goddamned marimo head!" He sent an elbow back at Rage who was trying to shove his face in and look.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:07 pm
((Rage as marimo... interesting.))
A loud intake of breath through his teeth, and Hiroshi pushed through the gathering crowd towards the door. If only the ones whom he had all ready enchanted would go out and do their thing...
Shaking such thoughts aside, he came face-to-face with Eileen. "Yes, that is us. You are of course welcome to join us... you are a healer?" he guessed.
"This group has many friends," he said to no one in particular.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:08 pm
"You two know it?"Was the cue for Athan to whap his newfound ally on the back of the head. He paused for a moment, then nodded his head to Owle with a bit of a grin. "Glad to see you're still alive and kicking, Owle. But hey, I've gotta run. Butts to kick and all." He pointed an index finger outside, then edged his way through the door. It was a tricky process, since he was actually carrying his sword he had to make sure he didn't cut anyone or smack them in the jaw with it. As he passed by Vahn and Rage he didn't say a single word, although he did make eye contact with the two. He hadn't really met either of them at all. Their only interactions had come when the world and Owle were in danger, respectively, and even then they parted ways shortly afterwards. Yet from all the stories Athan had heard, all the hype surrounding the two, he couldn't help but harbor a sort of jealous respect for the people who had accomplished so much. He yanked Tweak out of the crowd, waited for Angel, and then lead their little group down the road. Towards Gaia University
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:11 pm
There was only one word to describe Owle's expression when Vahn's voice carried through the open door: gonk
She turned to face him, frantically gesturing for him to be more polite. Which basically amounted to her holding her empty hands out in front of her as if she were beseeching the gods to drop something good in them. Coincidentally, pretty much everyone in the Circle of Justice would now have a good view of the tiny, brown feathered wings that sprouted from her shoulderblades, sticking out above the line of her tank top.
She started to say something, but then thought the better of it.
And then...there was Tweak.
You two know it? Was he referring to her? What the hell was his problem?
Owle just kind of...sidled away from him, squeezing her way further into the room and away from the door. And then Athan smacked him, which made everything better. "See you, Athan! Kick some butts for great justice, or something like that!"
Hiroshi brushed by her, pushing towards the door as she was trying to get away from it. He certainly acted like he was in charge here...
"Um...excuse me..."
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:15 pm
"...ano...iie. gomennasai, i don't have healing power...ano....i-i'm with the a.s.d.f..." It looked like she was about ready to bolt, despite her newfound ability to speak without spilling her words. The Angelic Layer doll was clutched tigher to her chest. "...i'm a mecha pilot...but...i don't have a mecha...demo...i-i think i can still help..."
She trembled a bit.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:16 pm
"Mayn wtf did you do that for?!"
As he rubbed his head - Athan was such a steroid pumper - and got dragged along off down the road. Not quite unlike he had been getting dragged around for quite awhile now.
He missed that whole eye exchange honor code oddness between Athan and the other two people. Not like he would have had anything to say about it anyway.
In the distance...
"For Great Justice!? It's kidding right?"
And they were gone.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:19 pm
"You can help, can you?" he said, his focus all ready on Eileen. "Please share. And be more decisive in your speech--in overcoming your fears and frailties you will become all the stronger!" Insult or advice, take it as you may.
"Mmmm..." He screwed his eyes shut, trying to focus on a second conversation. How was it that Gaians were so adept at holding multiple chats at once? "Yes, may I help you?" he said to Owle.
And a deep breath of air. The room was suddenly much less crowded.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:23 pm
"Man this looks more like a convention for homeless people. This really the right place?"
He pulled Rage in behind him, stepping into the room as more space became available.
If he recognized anyone, he didn't say anything to indicate so.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:24 pm
"Sorry..." Owle apologized. "I don't mean to interrupt...but we found some marbles, and well..."
...well, this was the place to go if you found marbles and didn't want to sell them or study them, right?
She let her voice trail off, though, hoping he would pick up on the confusion in her voice and the unasked question that lay within. Now what?
Edit: She winced as Vahn's voice once again burst though the building, the rude comment like a rifle shot to her ears.
"Polite! Please!"
The thought traversed the distance between them, sounding in Vahn's head.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:29 pm
"You!" Tadashi thrust a finger Vahn's way. "You have great strength of spirit! You would do well to temper it with some prudence!"
Clearing his throat, he addressed Owle. "We are the Circle of Justice, if that is what you're asking. You're interested in destroying the evil that has crept up on our land, yes?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:34 pm
She took another deep breath. "...it's really hard to explain..."
Her green eyes fell to the doll now squished against her. She relaxed her grip some, and turned it around in her grasp til she could see the toga-topped angel's similarly green eyes staring back at her.
"...i think i'm sailor moon." A pause. Then a cringe. "...er iie..." she let go with one hand and shook it in front of her, almost as if trying to erase her words. "...i can transform into a small giant robot..." another pause. She set the doll on her shoulder, and put her face in her hands. Another deep breath. "...i think i absorbed my mecha i mean...i-it was an experimental strike unit..."
Finally she dropped her hands and sighed in exasperation. "...I don't think I can explain it without sounding silly." She was actually audible now.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:36 pm
So much happened so fast. The sand, the marble, and the burning sensation on her right shoulder. Angel pulled the cloth from her neck, inspecting her shoulder. "What the hell..? That hurt." God damn, she didn't need anymore magical s**t.
Her blues darted up, fixing on a familiar presence that entered the room. "Hi, Owle." It wasn't long she saw Rage enter and her face brightened, giving him a wave. "I would talk, but I've got to run.."
She ignored Tweak's comment about knowing Owle. She found it rude. "That was some weird stuff.." She mumbled quietly, following behind the two. "I hope we're not infected with some sort of disease now. If I start shifting into something odd.."
[Follow exit Tweak and Athan.]
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