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 Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:27 am
Mad Manny Masterson!  John sighed and closed his eyes for a moment. "A'ight." He finally conceded. "But yu' keep it down, eh?!" He warned Manny with a finger-waggle. "Yu've go' the room cheap, cus' yo' a frend o' the fam'ly, but I ain't got no p'oblem throwin' yo' out, y'hea?!" He turned and left. Manny settled down, resting himself against the doorframe. "Oh my god. If I get kicked out, my parents are never gonna forgive me. I just wish he wasn't so touchy." When his legs stopped feeling like noodles, he kneeled back down to take the collars off. "Thanks guys." He spoke with a nervous laugh.Marik let himself purr. Yes, we certainly are. He thought smugly, immediately scrambling for shelter behind Manny's legs. But he fell again, and slid across the wet floor and into the wall. He picked himself back up to let Manny undo his collar.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip Danymar LOVE ME, I'M ADORABLE!
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:34 am
The dog demon Surika 'You know that's not what I meant, furball.'
Surika let Manny take off the collar again, but frowned mentally when nothing happened. She sat and scratched her neck to make sure it was gone, then looked up confused.
'Hey! What up with that?'
She looked at Marik to see if he was having the same problem.takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:40 am
Mad Manny Masterson! Marik cut loose with another long string of profanity. I just KNEW something like this would happen. Rawr! We should've just let the kid get kicked out! He continued ranting.Manny looked between the two of them, confused. "Is it... just taking longer this time?" He waited another moment and watched Marik hiss and spit and beat his little furry head against the wall. Finally, he cleared his throat and said, "I'm gonna go grab you some clothes... for when you... change back." He left the room for a moment.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLOVE ME, I'M ADORABLE!
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:47 am
The dog demon Surika Surika sat staring at her paws. A low growl formed in her throat, and finally at one moment in Marik's ranting she stood and barked loudly at his furry form.
'Shut UP!' she roared at him. 'It's not his fault, alright! It must be us, ok! Something's wrong with us, not him.'
She stood there panting, but after a minute, what she said actually hit her. She slowly laid on the cool floor and whined a little.
'It must be us...'takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:55 am
Mad Manny Masterson! Marik froze stiff at her bark. Then he plastered himself to the floor. He was trembling, but he wasn't sure with what emotion. I was me again. His cat eyes couldn't cry, but if they could, they would be. I was me. Manny came back into the bathroom with a couple sets of clothes. Nothing fancy, just big T-shirts, boxers, and some sweatpants with adjustable waistbands. "S-So I guess you guys don't know what's going on?" He was still shaken up from Surika's bark. Even in the other room, it was startling.
He kneeled down beside them again. "But... I'm willing to try some stuff." He smiled weakly. "What're the variables from last time?" He asked out loud, but mostly to himself. "They should be pretty constant, since we were right here in the bathroom. We're still wet, so that's not it... What did we do?" He pondered aloud. "Oh! I said your names!" He held the collars in his hands and reread the tags. "Surika and Fluffy." He waited a moment, but nothing happened.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLOVE ME, I'M ADORABLE!
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:04 am
The dog demon Surika Surika glared at Marik as best she could.
'You think I'm not as upset about this as you are?'
She didn't like to get that mad. It freaked people out, in whatever form she might be in. She felt bad about it, but she wasn't about to apologize to the little twerp in the corner. Still, she buried herself under her towel, disappearing except for the tip of her tail and a little of her nose.
{{She's gonna reform under the towel so she's already covered. And I don't mean to be pushy, but could we move on a little? I'd like to get to the more exciting bits.}}takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:14 am
Mad Manny Masterson! ((Sure, I apologize. But I've gotta get to bed. See ya tomorrow!)) Manny slid the collars back onto his pets. "There's got to be something we can do about this." He buried himself in thought, but he couldn't quite figure anything out. He buried his face in his hands and clenched his eyes shut, thinking. Marik let himself fall to the floor and shoved his face into the tile. He really wanted to cry, but he couldn't. Please. He pleaded to no one in particular. If this kid can get me back to my old self, I promise... I promise I will never let anything hurt him ever again!
He grumbled sad cat noises into the floor, but they echoed in the bathroom until they almost sounded like words.Manny looked back up at Marik, thinking he had actually heard the cat say something. "Wait, what?" He asked. He used that phrase whenever he was confused, or he didn't hear something, or he was upset, or even if he was just feeling saucy. It was probably his most frequently uttered phrase. It just so happened to be composed of Surika's and Marik's command words.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLOVE ME, I'M ADORABLE!
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:24 am
The dog demon Surika Surika's eyes shot open as she felt that sensation building again.
'What the-...? It's happening again? How?'
She curled into a ball, waiting for the change to finish. She peeked out on either side anyway, too tall to effectively stayed covered in a ball. Somehow, the collar form-fitted as she grew, and it jingled a little as she shook the hair out of her face to look around. She stretched out her arms across the floor, giddy once more, even if she was still a little confused. She looked over at Marik, who had also changed back, smiling warmly for once at the man. She glanced at Manny.
"Why the bloody hell did that just happen?"
{{Oakily dokily.}}takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:59 am
Mad Manny Masterson! Marik felt the pressure of his body expanding again, and he was so happy, he wanted to kiss someone! But he refrained, because there was no one in the room he could kiss without Surika beating him up. "Oh, thank you!" He laughed as he got to his feet. He rather felt like doing a little jig.Manny looked up from his hands in shock for all of a moment, but then looked pleased. "I'm glad that was so easy." He got up and handed Surika her clothes, then he turned away. "But I'm not quite sure why you changed back. What did we do?" He wondered aloud.Marik fell back into cat form immediately, and the look of shock on his human face as it became a cat face again must have been priceless.Manny turned back, surprised. "Woah, wh-what happened? Why'd you turn back?" He accidentally said the command word again.Marik rose to his feet and placed one strong hand over Manny's mouth. "For the love of all that his holy, stop saying that!" He griped angrily.Manny nodded behind the hand, and pushed it away. "Maybe... I should take the collars back off for a little bit." He said sheepishly. He took Marik's collar back, but hesitated before taking Surika's. "Wai..." He stopped himself. "Can you take it off, yourself?"Marik 'Fluffy' Chip Danymar Love me, I'm sexy. Rawr.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:49 am
The dog demon Surika Surika averted her eyes from Marik again as she stood, fixating the towel around her. She gladly took the offered clothes from Manny and pulled them on, turning and staring at Manny to stop herself from looking at Marik. She watched with surprise the many shifts of the cat, holding back various sets of giggles at his expense. Her attention was drawn back to Manny at the mention of the collars.
"I... don't know."
She reached up and worked with the clasp, but it was almost as if it was closed with a giant padlock. She tugged and pulled and tried to pull it up, it it wouldn't budge either way. She shook her head to the only dressed man in the room.
"It won't come off!"
She spun so her back was to Manny. "Get it off! Get it off!"
{{OCC}}takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:02 am
Mad Manny Masterson! Marik pulled on a pair of pants, but refused to put on anything else. He watched Surika freak out with a bemused interest.Manny barely had to try to get the collar off of her. "That's what I thought..." He mumbled. "I can't help but wonder why someone would make anyone wear a cursed collar." He put both collars in his pocket, making a mental note of how much they weighed there so he wouldn't misplace them.Marik shrugged and pushed his way out of the bathroom. "Dunno. Way too cramped in here!" He stretched out again in the living room. He threw open the fridge and sighed. "Dude, you've got nothing. And I'm hungry." He looked seriously disappointed.Manny followed him and flushed ever so slightly. "I've got some ramen and stuff... if you want. But then you guys have got to explain what's going on, okay?" He opened the cupboard next to the fridge to show a small variety of dry foods.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLove me, I'm sexy. Rawr.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:09 am
The dog demon Surika Surika followed the men out into the other room, shutting off the light in the process. She watched them for a minute, then flopped down on Manny's couch. "I'm not hungry. Thanks, though."
She waved her hand dismissively in Marik's direction. That was probably all he ever thought about; food, sleep, and chicks. It really wouldn't surprise her either way. She shook her head in thought and glanced at Manny. She smiled a little.
"I suppose you're dying of curiousity, aren'tcha?"
{{OCC}}takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:44 am
Mad Manny Masterson! Marik waved Manny away. "Go listen to Surika. I'm going to see if I can salvage anything in this kitchen and make some food." He started going through everything, complaining occasionally about a lack of vegetables or spices.Manny stepped back. "O-Okay." He sat on the couch opposite Surika and sat on it, cross-legged. He had pulled on the shirt meant for Marik, since he wasn't going to wear it. "So... Surika." He started. "Where do we start? Oh! I'm Manny!" He didn't think he'd actually introduced himself yet. "Manny Masterson." He smiled at her.Marik wrinkled his nose at the almost bare fridge. He still felt sort of like a cat. "So, Surika." He called as he pulled out the ramen and a few other odds and ends. "Where're you from, anyway?" He looked for vegetable oil.Manny looked surprised. "You don't know? I thought you and Surika were good friends or something, Fluffy." He didn't notice Marik flinch when he called him that.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLove me, I'm sexy. Rawr.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:10 pm
The dog demon Surika Surika chuckled at Manny's inappropriate use of the former cat's name. "We hadn't met until the pet shop. Do you really think I'd befriend a dork like him if I had a choice in the matter?" she asked indignantly. "He's a womanizer, an adulterer. Or at least that's what I can assume."
She sighed a little. Their story was long and boring, and she dreaded having to explain it all. But she did, slowly and accurately, trying to answer any questions he would have before he could ask them. She concluded with, "The only thing we don't know is why we're here in the first place, or why Mooney decided to turn us into animals. And I'm from California, by the way," she added, sending a grin at Marik to answer his question.
{{That was kinda spastic, wasn't it? Sorry. My mind be scrambled at de moment.}}takes orders from no one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:52 pm
Mad Manny Masterson! Manny nodded slowly throughout the explanation. "Okay." He said. "I guess that kind of makes sense. But what I don't understand is..." He thought about how to word his question. "Why don't the demons all pour through a nexus all at once? They could probably take over Earth like that." He mused.Marik had completely dodged the 'womanizer' comment. Mostly because it was spot on. He'd been listening silently while he cooked. "Because," he answered Manny. "A nexus only lasts for a few seconds. It's a place in time, not just space. A really good sorceror could probably open up a portal if he knew when a nexus was going to occur, but they're pretty unpredictable." He launched into an explanation of nexi, portals, and demonic magic.After Marik had described the various types of demons to him a little better, Manny thought silently for a moment, before he spoke out loud. "So a full-scale invasion would require a oracle strong enough to predict a nexus, a sorceror strong enough to create a portal in it, and a warlord with enough followers to make up an invasion. But demons fight amongst themselves so much, that that's never happened before." He felt he should be writing this down.Marik brought over a pot of something that smelled bizarre. "So, anyone hungry? Sorry, it's not better, but there wasn't much to work with. I made an ersatz stir-fry with the ramen noodles using some carrots and broccoli that were in the fridge, and I managed to pull together sort of an orange vinagarette sauce." He set down a few bowls on a little table that had been sitting in the corner a moment ago, and pushed Manny closer to Surika so he could sit.Marik 'Fluffy' Chip DanymarLove me, I'm sexy. Rawr.
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