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 Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:05 pm
 Keira Gayuno
"Th-that's impossible!" the girl whispered, keeping as far away from Faust as she could. "D-daddy would never let me go out alone to be with friends, or eat things outside of mealtimes. Only b-bad girls are unsupervised, because they do bad things... I'm not a bad girl, I'm not!" the girl clutched her head, a small scream coming out of her mouth. "I'm a good girl! I eat everything on my plate and my room's never dirty and I always do what I'm told! If you're good people, too, then you'll know the password my mother made for emergencies!" Her eyes were wide as she began hyperventilating. Which... probably wasn't the safest thing to be doing, considering her physical condition. Rednal Ak'ThiasFrick, frick, frick! I didn't know they had that! "L-listen, calm down! Because of... what happened... your mother wasn't around to tell us the password. But we're good people, aren't we? That's why we're all going to stay over here, right now you two, and you can see that none of us are going to do anything bad. So just... breathe a little slower. Everything is going to be just fine. None of us think you've done any bad girl things, and we aren't going to ask you to, either..." With one hand, he pulled out his phone, and sent a text message out to a particular address. Geez I hope this works... Aselia Bluespirit
"Nn?" Aselia inquired, blinking... though she'd partially pulled out her weapon, just in case. Lots of demons liked to leap at people out of nowhere, and she was a little on-edge at the moment after everything that had happened. She probably ought to get back inside sometime fairly soon, just to be sure nothing was going wrong... and that Flandre wasn't currently sucking all the blood out of their bodies or something... that vampire could be scary.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:22 pm
  Kanade Tachibana, and Faustus Necromonium
Kanade flinched as well when Keira's remark showed she was even more panicked. She flinched at this, backing up a bit in her own fear, as Rednal Remarked on something, and interjected. Kanade moved back at this, as Rednal stated, and sat quietly...
Faust, on the other hand, rather than completely move back, instead moved to his knees, and then placed his head to the ground, bowing in a traditional, very apologetic gesture.
"Please..." Faust's voice called, in a very quiet tone. "I know it's hard to believe...and we may not be familiar...but we're your friends...I promise."
The boy kept his head on the ground, basically showing Keira that not only did he mean no harm, but that he begged for her to believe him. "You're a good girl...You're not a bad girl at all..And we're not bad people..I promise."
The boy himself was a bit panicked as it was, but was more worried for the girl. She must not have recognized any of them at all, if she was even scared of Rednal.
"Please....believe me."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:31 pm
  Jo(shu) Michieru
"Ah..right. Kanade." Jo(shu) stated plainly, turning with a gesture. "You see, the girl's been panicked about leaving...and she's really been.....Having trouble lately. So, I helped her get a new place to live."
Jo(shu) kept a neutral expression as he spoke, though he seemed pretty serious about things...in stark comparison to the green haired girl glaring him down from over Aselia's side.
"She wanted to talk to you directly about it, but considering the situation....Yeah, she hasn't gotten the chance, I'm going to guess?"
"Pay attention to me, dammit!" the green haired girl fussed, flailing her arms wildly. "Just because that silver haired girl, you're.."
"You, Shut face." Jo(shu) stated quicker, glancing back at the girl, and looking back at Aselia. Jeez, why were these things so hard to do? Wasn't there a faster way of transferring information between the two?
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:24 pm
Keira Gayuno
Slowly, the girl's breathing began to head back to something that approached a normal level, but... her obvious fear hadn't slackened in the slightest. Mere words of encouragement weren't going to do very much, considering the mental state she was in. The ability to trust someone, anyone, simply wasn't within her at the moment... and as the girl's hands scrambled around, they rested on one of the knives Flandre occasionally used for helping to cut meat. In a flash, the girl was holding it out in front of her, apparently totally unaware of the big tears that were rolling down her cheeks. "T-that's what bad p-people say to get you to lower your guard. I w-won't let you do anything to me; I'll k-kill myself first, and daddy will be so proud that I died before disgrace!" the knife swiveled around, and as she stabbed, a splash of red covered her face. Flandre Scarlet
"That's quite enough of that. I decide whose blood is spilled, and when, inside this room!" the vampire hissed. In but an instant, she'd flipped over the ledge to hang upside-down, and Keira's knife had gone straight through the vampire's palm. Flandre contemptuously ripped the out as Keira shrieked and covered her head, then tossed it into a corner. "I'm trying to sleep, and-"Rednal Ak'Thias"To do good is to be pure. To do evil is to be impure. Do not forget the profound goodness of the kami, through which calamity and misfortunes are averted and sickness is healed." Sylphie, I could kiss you right now... wherever you are. The vampire looked up at him, her expression incredulous. The change in Keira was far more pronounced, however, as the girl stopped trembling and mainly looked shocked. "That's the phrase, isn't it? Only told to those who had your family's absolute trust? One of those people just entrusted me with it."Keira Gayuno
The girl threw herself flat on the floor, huddled into an intensely subservient pose completely in line with every chauvinistic society's dream about where women ought to be. It was also rather archaically Japanese. "P-please forgive my terrible actions, all of you! I've been extremely rude in implying that you were bad people; punish me in any way you see fit until you believe I have atoned for this discourtesy!" The vampire stared for a moment, then looked up at the group and rolled her eyes. Apparently, she wasn't going to get any sleep as long as they were in here being dramatic... so she dropped down, landed on her feet, and rested there in a predatory crouch. Meanwhile, all of Keira's feelings were now directed inwards... they had done nothing wrong, but she had, and girls who did things wrongly needed to be punished!Aselia Bluespirit
"Nn." Aselia said, eyes narrowing slightly. Then she crossed her arms. "Nn!" She made several motions. Paper... writing... giving? Something about needing to do paperwork? Jo(shu) might not realize it, being a newer addition to the group and all, but the Crows tended to take their paperwork seriously. Superiors needed to know where their subordinates were at in case they needed them for something; it wasn't an objection to those people's desire to live somewhere else, it was the need to protect people. Procedures existed for a reason, and violating them without a better one was dangerous in many ways. Channels existed to do things like ask for a change of residence. They were supposed to be used, and Aselia would be derelict in her duties as a responsible member of the Yatagarasu if she just let things like this happen. But you didn't go off on your own. You asked the appropriate superior, then you moved. It was good that she wanted to talk about it, but she should have done so a lot earlier. Besides, Kanade was her friend, and Aselia didn't want to see somebody truly important frowning on the situation and getting all of them into a bunch of trouble. She liked Kanade too much for that.
It was really quite amazing how much she could explain with charades...
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:52 pm
Kanade Tachibana, and Faustus Necromonium
Kanade shuddered a bit as the girl seemed to calm for a second...before grabbing a knife.and threatening herself with it. Her heart practically stopped for a second, before the vampire girl stepped in.
Faust himself had almost started to prepare to move with his own power at Keira's remark....Before the blonde vampire helping them out, and saving her life. As she did, Rednal read off something from his phone..And Faust blinked.
To do good is it be pure? he thought to herself, before hearing her personality do a complete 180, and watch her suddenly apologize. In a moment, the boy moved himself back up, and looked the girl down.
She's so...different.... Faust thought, before he moved to her side.
"Just....Relax." he called, before wrapping his arms around her in a gentle hug. "We just want to help you...We're your friends. "
His hold on her was gentle, but hopefully not threatening.
"You're a good girl Keira."
Kanade herself moved over to Rednal's side at this, watching as Faust tried to comfort the girl again. The green haired boy really cared for her, huh? No wonder he skipped out on school when her name was dropped....
She gently grabbed Rednal's hand at this, squeezing it as well. Things were....just problematic, and she needed a bit of an Anchor to keep calm.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:06 pm
Jo(shu) Michieru
Jo(shu) watched the girl make some motions, before he started to spell out some words with his hands, in sign language. Though he wasn't sure if she could tell, he signed 'P-A-P-E-R-W-O-R-K', before raising a hand.
"Justa sec.." he stated plainly, reaching into his pockets, before suddenly raising a hand.
"Ran." he called, making a small gesture with his hands.
"Ren." the girl's voice called, in a much more polite tone.
"Papers." he called, moving over to the girl, and holding out a hand. The green haired girl reach into her outfit at this, before pulling out a set of papers, with some signatures already on them.
"Kyouji helped me a bit with the paperwork....After dropping Ren in on me." he called quietly, before holding them out to her. "I got it a long while back, but jeez...The higher-ups really like their paperwork, don't they? Took forever to read over and finish it.."
Well, it wasn't entirely finished. Aselia still had to sign a few parts here and there too.....But, he'd managed to proceed with it. Plus, there was one more signature required....
"Well, as finished as I could do on my own." he added, lightly before she could look for that all important last signature. He hadn't gotten Kanade to sign it yet...in case she got cold feet.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:25 pm
Keira Gayuno
In an ordinary time, an ordinary place, Faust's words would probably have worked. Goodness knew that the girl needed comforting... but the training of Goran Gayuno wasn't such that it could be undermined so easily, and Faust's words made no impact at all. She also seemed to tense at his touch, as if terrified of any sort of kindness. What in the world had actually happened in her household as a child...? This was way beyond the actions of a parent who simply had high expectations for a child... she wasn't even allowing herself to think beyond what she'd been told to. "N-no, I was in the wrong! I have to be punished for that; good girls take the punishments they deserve!"Rednal Ak'ThiasRednal briefly closed his eyes, grateful beyond words for Kanade's touch. He squeezed her hand back just a little bit, then stepped forward and knelt down next to Keira. "Fine." he said, glancing towards Faust. "You're right, good people take any punishment they deserve. But you were a very good girl for being careful about trusting strangers, since that's exactly what Goran-sama-" May he burn in a billion stars. "-taught you to do. Because of that, I'm going to forgive you for what you said, and a good girl won't dwell on it any longer." Slowly, the girl seemed to be trembling less, and she carefully looked up at the others. "Now, your father asked us to take care of you... can you tell us what the last thing you remember is?"Keira Gayuno
"I... I was p-playing under the supervision of some f-family guards, a-and another g-good girl was there with me. F-father said that I was allowed to spend time with other good girls and he'd approved of S-sylphie, so we were together... but.... aaaah!" she grabbed her head again, broke out of Faust's grip, and scrambled backwards. "It was a m-m-monster! This d-dark, evil... thing! It hurt Kasai, th-then it stabbed me..." the girl's hands scrambled up, and heedless of the fact that other people were there, she pulled open the top half of her shirt. She didn't have to be shy around good people, after all, and everyone there was good. Revealed, alongside some of her chest and her bra, was an ugly old scar. Not a small one, either; it covered most of the top part of her torso. "H-huh? I'm not... this big..." she looked up again, tears starting to leak from her eyes. "How long... have I been out?"Rednal Ak'ThiasRednal's blood felt frozen inside of his veins. A Shadow attack? Then... there was never anything wrong with her... but Sylphie lived... did she see? Then what she said afterward, but... her dad would have to know too... that she was just fine, and STILL he said all of that to her? He'd never realized he could feel that much hate for someone; power surged through his veins with the desperate urge to kill. Aselia Bluespirit
"...Nn." Aselia said, somehow managing to sound impressed, surprised, and interested all at the same time. She was a master of inflection. Which still didn't change the fact that this should have been done months ago, but... well, couldn't have everything. She'd still have to get Kanade's signature on it, though, not to mention add her own, verify the new location, set up a way to keep an eye on her, and all the other fun stuff that came with working for the Crows. The organization could seem tough at times, but... there was no doubt whatsoever that they were the good guys. "Nn." the girl said with a smile.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:46 pm
Kanade Tachibana, and Faustus Necromonium
Kanade couldn't help but keep silent as the scene unfolded in front of her, Rednal inquiring about her memory..and telling her that they'd been assigned to take care of her. The girl's hands quietly balled up a bit, watching as Rednal seemed to go cold....His own fists having balled up.
"Rednal..." she stated quietly, as the green haired boy seemed to move closer again.
A Shadow?! Faust thought to himself, almost sure that him and Rednal thought the same thing. Though, unlike Rednal, his blood didn't boil at the thought, but rather, his expression moved to worry instead. Rather, as Keira pulled open her shirt to show a large, very set in scar.
So that wasn't a lie yesterday.. he thought, remembering as 'Rednal' told him she had a scar, before Keira started to tear up again.
"Keira-chan.." Faust started with a quiet tone. "You must have been out for a while. As I said before....I'm a friend...even if you don't remember me."
He didn't reach out to hug her again, but he did bow towards her, respectfully.
"My name's Faustus Necromonium...Faust, for short." he re-stated, sitting back and holding his arms to his side quietly. "I know it may take some time to get used to...But I'm...We're your friends."
He raised his hand to gesture a bit at Rednal, quietly.
"This is Rednal Ak'thias." Faust added quietly, introducing the silver haired boy. "And that's Kanade-san. We were worried about you, so we came by to help. "
He didn't know of a Slyphie, but he hoped that she was safe...for Keira's sake. He continued to try to speak in a gentle tone, as he kept his hands at his sides.
"Speaking of....Are you Hungry, Keira-san? We are supposed to take care of you..And it would not do to deny a Good Girl food."
He really hated having to use those terms, but she seemed to respond well to having been referred to as a "Good Girl". The boy wanted nothing more than to just constantly assure her that everything was going to be alright, and to hug her....But that obviously wasn't the best course of action. Instead, he'd have to try to ease her into things...
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:59 pm
Jo(shu) Michieru
Jo(shu) almost let out a sigh of relief as the girl sounded with a positive answer.
"Good to hear." Jo(shu) called with a light wave. "I can lead you to where she's to be residing, if you like. Oh...but I can't help but wonder.."
The boy glanced around, watching as Ren stood to her feet quietly, keeping a proper form, and bowing lightly.
"How's...Yuno and Ak'thias...doing?" he added with a quiet, yet worried look. "I hope that they're both still alive and well.."
Kanade had stated their mission was a success, but he couldn't help but wonder. Of course, more than anything, he just felt concerned for his fellow....stu...dents...
"And...s**t..why's everything spinning?" he called, before clutching his head, some long, built up exhaustion starting to take hold. Between the shopping trip, his general lack of sleep, Class, the chaos that had unfolded the day before at the coliseum , the energy he used for his summons....He was starting to actually feel it.
I'm fine....I'm fine. he thought to himself as he closed his eyes, hand held to his forehead. Can't...Not now.
"Michieru? Is something wrong?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:14 pm
Rednal Ak'Thias"It was a very... bad situation." Rednal said carefully. "You needed a heart transplant and, well... I had a spare." He pulled part of his shirt down to show a section of his own scar. Their bodies were different, so naturally, neither of the scars matched... but both were centered above the heart area. Keira's was bigger, however, courtesy of how she'd gotten hurt in the first place, but a heart operation was a major surgery. The rib cage existed for a reason. "And after that, well, I wanted to be sure you got better. I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but what's important right now is that you try to get some rest and that meal. If you want, I can give you a drink to help you fall asleep, but that's up to you." said drink would have sleeping medicine in it, of course. After some food. Food was important. Keira Gayuno
The girl quietly nodded as she pulled her shirt closed as much as possible, then blushed gratefully as Rednal draped a jacket over her. She needed to... to find out how much had changed, and learn about everything that had happened. Food sounded really good right about now. "T-then a small bowl of rice..." she whispered. On the rare occasions when she'd eaten outside of mealtimes, that was all that her father had allowed her. Girls who gorged on sweets wrecked their bodies and became bad. Besides, it wasn't like rice was bad or anything, and she had to always be content with whatever she received. Good girls weren't greedy, whether it was for food, toys, or anything else.Aselia Bluespirit
"Nn!" Aselia picked Jo(shu) up, carried him inside like he weighed nothing, and tossed him onto the couch Rednal had recently been occupying before putting her hands on her hips and smiling brightly. Then she threw a pillow onto his face. She recognized exhaustion when she saw it, and he was going to get some rest if she had to sit on him to keep him down.
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Which she promptly did.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:31 pm
Kanade Tachibana, and Faustus Necromonium
Kanade seemed to watch quietly as Rednal showed off his own scar, before hearing him offer her a drink to sleep too.
"I'll..go prepare some." Kanade called, turning to start up the stairs, so she could prepare the food. At least they were progressing in their activity...Yeah?
Faust himself breathed a small sigh of relief as the girl seemed to quietly accept their offer.
"Sounds like a plan..." Faust called, himself feeling a bit peckish. As the girl seemed a bit nervous though, he couldn't help but think.
She's really forgotten everything.. he thought, before remembering his own time with Rose back in the day, and paused.
"Keira-san..." he then added quietly, before making a slight beckoning gesture. "I..have a small favor I want to ask of you...If you don't mind."
It was a simple request...and hopefully, she wouldn't decline. Even if she didn't remember him....
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:40 pm
Jo(shu) Michieru
Almost as soon as he'd felt dizzy, the ground beneath him suddenly felt soft. As if...
Couch. he thought, before something soft was tossed to his head.
'I'm fi-" he weakly started, before feeling something else plant itself on him. Did she really just..
He protested weakly, and went to try to lean up at this, feeling his own energy being quite near empty. He musta been drug into that Rednal guy's house...Though..
"C'mon.." he muttered weakly, reaching for a tube in his sleeve, before it dropped to the ground, and rolled away. "....Hate you too."
His other hand moved, reaching for his side pocket...before remembering that his phone was in his back pocket. Other tubes were in his socks, in his pants pockets, and there was one around his neck.
Not to mention, a small case inside his coat held what looked like a Cigar...but was actually another tube. They were spread out to avoid being completely off guard, and defenseless.....but, at the moment...
Man..Why do I even do that? he thought to himself, as his expression went comically sour. How'd he end up as a hostage in this situation?
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:47 pm
Rednal Ak'ThiasRednal nodded and let go of Kanade's hand as the girl headed for the exit. He wasn't worried about any food she cooked, just how he'd go about drugging the drink in a way that Keira wouldn't notice. It probably wouldn't be too hard, though. Just gotta grab one of those packets of powder the hospital had given after those surgeries... well, he'd be able to come up with something, at least. More important was trying to ensure her mental health, which meant staying here with her. Keira Gayuno
"W-what is it?" the girl asked. In her current mood, anything that a good girl could do, well... she probably would. Without even thinking about it. She was grateful, though, that her father had found Good People to watch over her while she recovered. He was doubtless worried about her, but when she told him what a good girl she'd been since she woke up, he'd just be so delighted. And that was wonderful, because good girls made their parents happy by being good children, and she was a very good girl. And so she looked up at Faust, innocent and trusting...Aselia Bluespirit
Aselia just smiled as she continued sitting right where she was. The girl, making sure that Jo(shu) could see, picked up a heavy vase a moment later and held it up... he needed some rest, and it would probably be for the best if he didn't do anything to imply he was trying to avoid getting it. There were many ways of getting rest, but voluntarily was the best.
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It was probably a good thing that he didn't know this was the same girl who, not very long before, had been cheerfully swinging a chainsaw around.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:15 pm
Kanade Tachibana, and Faustus Necromonium
Kanade quickly moved up the stairs, noticing as Aselia was sitting on the couch, and holding up a vase. She froze at the top of the stairs, before noticing that she was sitting on top of someone. Someone very familiar.....
"Jo(shu)?" Kanade called out incredulously, moving over to the couch quickly. "Wh..what are you doing here?"
She turned to Aselia, placing her hands on the vase to hold it in place, though she had lots of questions. She imagined the girl wouldn't be sitting on him, unless there was something serious going on...
Faust looked the girl in her eyes, seeing her complete and total innocence. How she just seemed so.....
Different. Faust's hands moved into his outfit at this, digging around in his pockets, before pulling out a certain necklace, with a green emerald, encircled by a ring, and with a black rope.
"I want you to hold onto this." Faust began, quietly. "For a little while, at least...."
Her memory could come back...But, even if it didn't....
"If you ever start to worry...Or, feel alone....I want you to look at this, and remember...You're not alone, Keira-san. You have friends that care about you, and want to help you. Like me...."
He gently went to place the charm in her hand, taking sure to keep his movements slow, so as to not startle her.
"If you ever find yourself in danger...I want you to hold this to your chest, and think of me...or...of any of us. Just think of us, and we'll come running to help you."
He really was worried about the girl...And hopefully, he could convince her to hold onto it. Maybe giving her a little reminder that she had others watching over her would help ease her worries..
Kanade glanced at the kitchen at this, before turning to Aselia.
"I'll be right back...So please don't knock him out.." Kanade added quietly, as she started towards the kitchen. "I...I wanted to talk to him." Quote: Faust has asked Keira To hold onto his Wynnd charm for him..
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:21 pm
Jo(shu) Michieru
Jo(shu) glanced up as the girl lifted up a heavy vase, and visbily shuddered.
Y...Yikes! he thought, going still as if to assure her he wasn't going to do anything, before hearing another voice.
s**t. he muttered, recognizing the girl's voice right away. He'd been caught, red handed. He really did suck at doing anything sneakily, or discreetly. He laid entirely still as the girl spoke with Aselia a bit, before she seemed to start out, causing him to stay completely silent.
Maybe....if I pretend I'm asleep... he thought quietly, closing his eyes a bit. Of course, he was quite exhausted as it was, and he could probably fall asleep....
But, with everything that had been going on, not to mention all of the concerns and issues on his mind, catching sleep anytime soon seemed incredibly unlikely. Worn as he was, he couldn't quite fall asleep as easily as he would like. Not that he wasn't going to pretend to be at least, if it meant avoiding the girl's wrath she was likely to bring down upon him.
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