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 Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:00 pm
Quickly, Ishira! I'm losing time!"
The spirit knocked around in the shadow, not treading too far past them before recoiling When she came just within reach, he picked himself up, slamming one palm against the vat, and the other through Ishira's 'shadow cage', into the spirit. Hr grits his teeth, flashing his fangs to Ishira as he closes his eyes, and physically struggles. After a second, the spirit is gone, and Neko begins to fall back, limp.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:19 pm
Ishira gave the thing a push towards Neko when he cried out. Her focus now back on him in worry. He bared his teeth and so she bared hers out of habit. She took a step back after realizing what she had done and waited, keeping her mind calm. Neko wasnt going to harm her, she had no reason to believe it, but her mind screamed that he was going to do something. He was going to hurt her, her mind told her to run. Ishira took a few more deep breaths, trying hard to calm her mind before Neko took notice to her.
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Ishira Tsubasa Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:27 pm
Neko fell against the stone floor hard, and lied there unmoving for a few moments before opening his eyes again., glancing up at Ishira, then back to the vat. it was dark inside. there was a figure suspended in a liquid, but anything aside from that couldn't be deciphered. Neko didn't take notice to her attitude, he merely stood up, catching his breath. he looked like he had seen hell.
"Lights off."
Every bit of light in the room was extinguished, leaving the pair in complete darkness. He put a hand on Ishi's shoulder, shaking softly as he used her for support.
"Ishira. I'll explain later, but now I need support. I need an anchor, I don't have time to wait, she's already weakening. You're going to see a river of light. Don't look at it... Too long, and you'll lose yourself in it. Just focus on staying connected..."
He looked her dead in the eyes, or what he guessed were her eyes, before closing his own. He was very serious right now.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:50 pm
As the lights went off Ishiras wings started glowing. They were of Hikari, so it wouldnt have been surprising. Her eyes didnt stray from Nekos.
"Do you need me to cancel my wings?" She asked as she tempted to wrap one arm around him. Her eyes watched for anything that told her to stop, or if he flinched in pain. She nodded to him but wondered who he was talking about... Ally? Maybe...
"Ill be here, and i wont look, my focus will be on you..." She said, taking her other arm and touching his hand, ready to lift it and put it around her shoulders. She thought about the river of light.. That was odd.. Why wouldnt she be able to look at it? It wasnt like she would, no she worried about Neko. "How can i be your anchor?"
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Ishira Tsubasa Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:03 pm
"Yes, we need complete darkness. Natural darkness."
As the darkness crept in, Neko's breathing steadied it took a few minutes. it was complete darkness, not a thing could be seen.
"You must be very sure that you don;t stare too long. Closing your eyes won;t work. This is the river of life, it connects everything, and if you lose yourself in it, there's no getting you back."
He spoke quietly, and after a few more minutes of silence and darkness, a faint golden glow came from the floor. The glow got brighter and brighter until it seemed as bright as the sun, but it was still pleasing to the eyes. It was a river, literally. What seemed to be hundreds of meters beneath their feet, there was a river of light, flowing, like the veins of the earth, flowing with a steady, deep heartbeat. Neko looked down at the river, shaking.
"I need your energy... I need you to keep me here."
His breathing picked up again as he brought his free hand up from his waist, up to his chest, moving it slowly and deliberately.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:17 pm
((my god double post! ))
Ishiras wings dissipated in the second he mentioned the darkness and it being needed. Natural, natural. She kept that in mind as she pushed back her own darkness. Normally she would have been freaked by the darkness but she didnt, considering she was whole. She moved Neko close to her, holding him inches from her before the glow of the river shined underneath them.
"To close ones eyes to danger is a thing only cowards do, granted there have been times i was a coward but i wont be now. Neko, i will be here, and i will give you what you need... " She whispered, trying hard not to look down. His eyes drifted though and she became uneasy, and upset. "Hey you told me not to look.." She lifted his chin with a free hand.
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Ishira Tsubasa Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:58 pm
You can't.... I need someone to come back t-"
Neko's face went blank. silver smoke poured from his eyes, and Ishira could feel a little bit of her energy get siphoned away. As Ishira pushed up on his chin, his head went limp, along with the rest of his body. It only lasted for a moment, however, until a very large fish-like creature bellowed from overhead. it had whiskers like a catfish, and it's skin glowed the same gold as the river. When that sound rang out, Neko snapped back, inhaling deeply and sharply. He let go of Ishira and curled his hands up as he took his breath, then exhaled, and pushed his hands towards where the vat should be. The tiniest bit of energy from the river floated up, into Neko's nostrils, then out of his mouth, into the container.
"Lights on."
He spoke through a violent coughing fit, the river vanishing as if it wasn't even there to begin with.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:17 pm
"Im not its you." Ishira protested, he always did that. Why? Hadnt she proven herself to him? A pout spread across her face, but was quickly replaced with shock.
She almost went into a full fledge panic attack when he went limp. Her mind raced and she caught him, and kept him up. Oh Ally was going to kill her, no that was an understatement. Ally was going to burn her to ashes! Not only that but she just lost her teacher and some one she cared deeply about. She didnt even have the urge to look at the damn river now. Her breathing became short and labored as she tried to move him to see what was wrong. It wasnt until something made a noise from above that she stopped and looked at something other then him. A fish? Why was there a fish here? Neko let out the breath and Ishira felt instant relief. She went to yell at him, but he let go of her, and she stumbled a head to grab him again, but stopped when she noticed his stance. What the hell was going on? He started coughing and she again walked forward, paying little attention to anything else.
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Ishira Tsubasa Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:24 pm
Neko held onto Ishira, still coughing violently. after a moment, he stopped, catching his breath. he had slid down to sit on the floor, his hands grabbing Ishira's kimono tightly. after things settled down, something new was noticeable. two bright green, glowing eyes staring out of the vat, at Neko and Ish. There were several more lights on the body, but the eyes stood out the most. There was a small tapping on the glass, and a small, muffled voice. A younger woman's, or maybe an older girls. It seemed concerned, but detached.
"Is he alright?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:33 pm
Ishiras instincts to growl were obviously strong, because she was at it again. It should have told her something, should have warned her to leave, but she didnt. She knew that right then she was being protective over Neko. The green eyes were definitely freaky and though what ever was there was locked up, Ishira wouldnt be at all surprised if it some how jumped out and after them. This was Nekos place, and he did a lot of weird things.. Her teeth bared, she bent over, putting her hands on Nekos shoulders. He held her kimono, which was the only thing keeping her from putting herself between him and the new thing. She was concerned for Neko, her eyes constantly leaving the green ones to look down at him. Was he ok?
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:39 pm
Neko put a hand on the back of Ishira's head, almost as if he was hugging her neck, and pulled her ear down closer to his mouth, touching it, in fact. He was out of it, but alive. Whatever just happened had really taken it's toll on him.
"It's okay, Ishira. She won't hurt us."
The green eyes sadden as metal scrapes against the glass.
"If something happens to Adam, It doesn't know what It will do... Cease to be? Please, Make sure Adam is okay, purple one..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:46 pm
His lips grazing her ear sent shivers down her spine. She felt the blush start but she pushed any thoughts into the back of her mind. He wasnt hers, she didnt need him to be hers. She didnt want him, not that he wasnt good enough, she just didnt want that string again... His voice calmed her so that she was no longer glaring at the thing.. She bent her knees, going down to Nekos level and checking him over again, half tempted to start healing him. But she had no clues as to what had happened, and it wasnt smart to heal something you had no knowledge of.
"It? Adam? Purple one? What makes me purple? Whos Adam and It?" Ishira was sure the thing was talking about Neko, but she wanted it to answer her. She wanted to here what it had to say. If it wasnt a threat, then she needed to know it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:03 am
"Adam is It's father. And It is Tabris. Purple one looks purple. You have many questions, so answer. Is Adam okay?"
Tabris spoke sadly, the soft glow in the tank fading a little.
Neko Let go of Ishira and shook his head, chuckling.
"I took too long, or I didn't complete her. She seems capable enough so far, however."
He slowly got to his feet and turned to look at the creature in the container.
"Thank you, Ishira. I couldn't afford to do this one twice, and you really saved my a**. This is Tabris. She's the pinnacle of my work so far."
The girl in the tank was young, she looked maybe fourteen. Her skin was a dull grey color, as was most of her hair, save the highlights, which had a subtle green tint. her hair was short and straight, only falling down to her neck. She had long, whip-like appendages coming from metallic 'ears' on either side of her head. the metal was glossy black, green energy running through channels etched into the metal, the same energy lighting up the 'whips', down to a small metallic charm.
She was wearing what could only be called a leotard, bits of metal jutting out like armor, black gauntlets at the ends of her thin arms. Her legs seemed short. there was no skin visibly past her knees, only the same glossy black running down her shins and ending in a needle-like point, without feet. She had a tail, much like the whips on her head, but thicker and longer. There were four decent sized vials attached to her back, filled with the same energy, and one large black turbine-like appendage jutting from the bottom of her spine.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:15 am
As Neko got up, Ishira just stayed on the ground. He was fine, which made her glare into his back as he turned to Tabris. She shouldnt have worried, he was always reckless and doing stupid things... But he never died.. He almost did though. Her mind reminded her, keeping a subtle hint of concern in her thoughts. She watched him for a moment, before folding her hands in her lap and then looking at Tabris. She looked to the girl in curiousness, studying each little thing. Neko had built her? Made her? Ishira was interested in how.. She stood up, and like a a moth to a light, she went over to Tabris's container. It was tempting, to touch the glass, and start looking the child over. She wanted to ask the girl to move, let her see every little detail, but she kept silent on her desires to satisfy her curiosity.
"It seems im saving you a** a lot recently Neko. Not that i mind, at least i know im of some use... Why is it though that Motoko seems to think im important.. Im just your student, and compared to this..." Her hands went to the glass, her eyes focusing on Tabris. "I am nothing.."
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