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 Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:40 pm
Shouyin looked up, tilted his head to the side on top of the windshield, and blinked.
"Err, hum."
The half-golem leaned forward, hopping off the car and shoving his right hand in his pocket. Quirking his brow he made sure the doors were locked and the windows were rolled up before walking towards the statue. Both hands went into his pockets now as he inspected the statue curiously. After that incident with the monster bunny rabbit that oozed acid he was trying to remain cautious.
Shouyin went up on his tippy toes, getting a good look at this odd lil' coin.
A double-take of the gladiator, and he picked it up in his left hand.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:50 pm
It was solid gold whatever it was. All with ornate designs that seemd to cut off abrupty on the flat edges.
Under the coin the word "truth" was inscribed.
The minute Shouyin read it, the statue would crumble into pebbles.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:57 pm
Myst should definitely start looking at where she was runni--BANG!
Too late.
The small woman looked up at whoever she ran into. Coincidences oblige, it seemed like the person she had stumbled upon was a half-golem dude looking at a huge gladiator and holding a gold coin (or part of it). Shouyin. The guy probably wouldn't have stumbled or anything, Myst being such a light-weight.
"Erm, sor-- ooooooh, what's that?"
And she pointed at the quarter.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm
Truth eh? And the statue crumbled in front of him. Shouyin tilted his head to the side, looking down on the tiny rumble, and shrugged. Then a girl bumped into him. He could've sworn he'd seen her before, but that was back before the Stadium had been done in. After that, and the fight with Reiko, he couldn't really trust those earlier memories.
"Well, I'm not sure really."
He held the thing fairly tightly in both hands, looking at it, and then the girl.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:10 pm
Myst brought herself to her feet again. Her face and clothes were still covered in soot, and her left hand was a mess of ashes and blood. Even her hair appeared gray, instead of it's normal blonde color. Though that only made her green eyes shine more.
"Can I have it?"
Before getting an answer, Myst reached to grab the piece of a coin. Always so tactful.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:16 pm
Heh, green eyes. Green, especially of the brighter variety, had always been Shouyin's favourite colour, from his mother's eyes, to his own, to just green things in general, he'd had a great love for the mixture of blue and yellow. But let's not get lost in such things.
Shouyin eyed her curiously as she asked, and the quarter piece was shoved -into- his right hand, where it floated underneath the sleeve, up his forearm and then hid itself inside his stone bicep. God, that blunt object of a right arm certainly helped with more than just punching people.
"Pfft, nowayz. Finders keepers yo."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:19 pm
"... wha? Hey, not fair!"
Immediately, Myst wrapped her fingers around Shouyin's arm. She pulled at it, rolled it, lifted it, looked under his armpit, all the while whining idly. "Where did it gooooo? Cheater, gimme back my shiny thing!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:23 pm
"It totally is." Shouyin let the girl entertain herself with inspecting his right arm, mainly disguised by the sleeve of his suit jacket as it was. He didn't really mind though, his head was still somewhat off in pondering land, trying to figure out where he'd seen her before. Not to say he wasn't basically alert and aware of her actions, just kinda preoccupied.
"It's in my arm, and I'm not a cheater, s'my shiny thing."
If he'd been maybe, eight years younger, he would've stuck his tongue out at her.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:26 pm
She stuck his tongue out at him.
"Fine, fine! How about we trade?" She let go of his arm and turned around, taking a few steps away and fumbling in her cleavage. "Your shiny thiiiing ... foooor ..." And she produced a small, transparent thing that seemed to be made of glass, shining in the sunlight. "My petal of chaos? Isn't it cool? Waaaay better than a piece of coin."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:30 pm
Shouyin's right eye widened, but it was hidden underneath his silvery grey bangs. If she was really in on the game, as he assumed one had to be so as to find the petals, then there was no way she'd make such a trade, but there was always the chance she'd just stolen it off some poor sap. Or it was all a trick. He couldn't just say no though, hmm.
"Well, lemme see it first."
His hand went out.
"This shiny thing of mine is pretty sweet."
He nodded matter-of-factly.
"I'm not gonna give it away for just anything without holdin' it first."
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:35 pm
"Nu-huh." Myst put the piece back into her shirt where it came from, pouting. "You're gonna steal it just like you stole my golden thing. Watch from behind the line, like everyone else, and with your eyes, not your hands!" Her hands went to her hips and she tipped her head aside. A bit of blood trickled from her knuckles. "So how're we gonna do this?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:40 pm
"I got money." Shouyin tilted his head back a lil', looking at her hair. "You could buy plenty of shiny things with, let's say... twenty thousand?" No mention of whether he had more, less, or if he was just trying to pimp his way into her pants, but all of those things had about an equal opportunity of occuring.
^^"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:42 pm
Myst thought it over for a minute. Her suspicious eyes stayed upon Shouyin as she turned around again, fumbling into her vest for the petal. "Sooo ... I get both the money and the shiny?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:46 pm
"Whaaa'? Nuh uh, just the money."
His brow furrowed disappointedly.
"So yeah, twenty thousand? Twenty-five?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:48 pm
"Tch."
The hand went out of the vest, and she waved a bloody wave to Shouyin behind her as she walked off with a big pout. Who cared about the money? A hunk of solid gold in the shape of a piece of pizza was way cooler.
"Just forget it. My petal is shinier. I don't want none of your dumb money. Bye bye~~"
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