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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:28 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:31 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:22 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:58 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:48 pm
[[ I think 4chan is broked. :/
Also, Half-Life 2. Several kinds of awesome. I'm working on Episode 1 now after buying the Orange Box. ]]
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:14 am
Hotaru poked her head through the door and looked around. She wasn't dressed as a ninja today. She was wearing a white shirt with a panda on the front, black pants and black shoes. She was holding a brown teddy bear in her arms. She walked into the club and looked around. "Helloooo?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:28 am
<>
Feeling a bit weary and down hearted for no particular reason, a young man no older than twenty from the looks of it ascends the stairs that lead to the club of the Orion. He's rather handsome to look with a smooth face and eyes that burn like fire into a woman's heart, but his expression is one of self contemplation, easily distracting him from the conditions of the outside world. What he's thinking about or whether he is actually thinking seems unimportant as KenoTao returns to one of his homes after what feels like months of absence.
Since his last time here, his apparel has changed yet again, probably for the last time in the next year or so. His pants have returned to the black that seem to summarize about everything you'll ever know about him. Still loose, they aren't as baggy as the red wide legged ones he used to wear, so he looks a slimmer than before, although it only emphasizes his physique more than ever. Fastened about his waist with a finely polished, silver buckled belt, they fall down over a pair soft black shoes that are durable as well as flexible. A fresh white shirt keeps his chest covered, its ribbed design hugging every chisel in his abdomen and chest. A black studded choker clutches his neck and marks the top most accessory of his body. For the first time in ages his face and head are completely uncovered, allowing his two tone hair to dance freely with each casual step and his eyes to glow as the light reflects off of his amber orbs.
His arms are behind him, so it is no wonder, that by the time he reaches the door and trips over Hotaru - who he hasn't seen in a while and failed to see just a moment ago - he falls into a clumsy and painful roll that knocks most of the wind out of him, laying him out flat on his back. Not seeming to care too much though, he simply stares up toward the ceiling, eyes unfocused and unaware of his surroundings.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:32 am
Hotaru didn't notice Keno until he tripped over her. She toppled over onto her face and groaned a little. "Ow.." she sat up and rubbed her nose then looked around for what hit her. Lo and behold! It was the person she came to see. "Tao Tao!" She got up and ran to his side then waved her hand in front of his face. "Tao tao. You okay?" she asked. He would probably know who she was just by the nick name alone.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:42 am
Coming to life immediately by the sound of Hotaru's voice, Keno chose not to physically become animated right away, but instead remained idle, eyes glossed over as he heard the young girl approach him.
So that's what I tripped over, he thought to himself as he laughed at himself mentally, keeping an air of a vegetative state on the outside. Before the girl could get too comfortable to his maybe being asleep or unconscious though, his right arm shot up at toward her hand, revealing clearly the several straps that seemed to be decorating it. They all looked like cloth belts, thought much too small to fit around any one's waist, and each having a silver buckle it was fastened under, spanning from the middle of his bicep down to his wrist.
Carefully he pulled the girl forward so that she would either have to fall and land on him or lean over with her but in the air. Either way, he released her hand and took her by the waist before she could correct herself and launched her into the air before she could protest. With about as much grace as he should have had before he stumbled over her, he corrected himself, spinning in the process, until he was standing up, arms in the air to catch the young girl and cradle her in his arms, his face now bright with a beaming smile.
"Hey there little Firefly. Did you come all the way out here just for me?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:47 am
He actually startled the child when his hand shot up to grab hers and pull her over him. "Ya!" She fell over his chest. The next thing she knew, she was being tossed into the air, which is always fun. She couldn't help but let out a giggle now that her confusion was driven away. She landed safely in his arms with her teddy bear still in her grasp and looked up at him with that same cute smile of hers. "Yep! I wanted to visit you Tao Tao!"
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:52 am
"Well isn't that sweet of you," he responded pleasantly as he placed the child down, taking her right hand into his left and leading her to the bar. "You know I'm not always here though, and it seems everyone else is out as well. This place can be pretty boring without company."
Of course he noticed no one was in the area, and anyone that happened to be around wasn't paying significant attention to him or the child at the moment from what he could tell. Not that it mattered. It was already noontime and it seemed there were none around he might as well have a little snack or drink while he was here.
"So what did you come all the way out here to see a bad person like me for," he asked very curiously, with a very light air for someone who had just insulted himself. He kept his attention on the little lady as though she might vanish if he dared look away.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:58 am
Hotaru trotted along while looking up at him. It was as if they hadn't been a part for very long at all. "You aren't bad Tao Tao!" She stated, still smiling at him. "And I love you Tao Tao so I wanted to come visit you. I haven't seen you in a long time! Oh yeah! I turned seven last month!" she said proudly.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:04 am
"Seven?"
It never occurred to him that anyone really ever got older anymore. He was ageless, the monkeys aged much too well for their own good, Ichi herself would live to be thousands of years old and the rest were already ancient in terms of modern Earth's history. For a little girl to remind him that people could get older and grow was a bit daunting at first, but he didn't show his revelation for more than about a second.
"I missed your birthday then?" He began to pout, and even managed for his eyes to get misty before slumping down over the bar, head tucked into his arms as he pretended to cry. "I didn't even get an invite!"
It wasn't very persuasive at all the way he was faking. No one would be convinced that his feelings were actually hurt, but who knew? All he could think to himself was that he would have to think of something to get her, but he really had no idea what sorts of things she even liked. Even when they're young women are hard to shop for.
Have I ever gotten Ichi a birthday present?
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:07 am
Keno was forgetting that Hotaru was pretty gullible at times. "Aww!" She climbed up on the bar stool next to him and patted him on the back. "Sorry Tao Tao. But I didn't have a party or anything. Some of my friends gave me cake, toys, or money though. Don't cry." She was a little odd in that aspect. Most small children cry their eyes out for not having a birthday party. Hotaru had gone through a few years without a party so it didn't really bother her anymore.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:12 am
Wow she's easy to fool. I thought she was a kunoichi. He hadn't expected Hotaru not to fall for it, but he didn't think she'd be this easily convinced either. Oh well. All he could do now is move on to whatever else it was he was going to do.
"Well is there anything you didn't get that you really want?" He seemed genuinely curious about this, though were she anything like him the answer wouldn't be very quick and forthcoming. One of the vices to not wanting anything was people who wanted to get you stuff were stuck at an impasse.
Turning to smile at the child and show her he was joking, he reached out and poked her right above the navel playfully, forgetting whether or now she was ticklish.
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