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 Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:14 pm
Athan slumped up against the temple's wall as he came upon it. His eyes closed and for a moment, all he could do was chuckle lightly upon the realization of his success. The light laughter turned into an all out maniacal laugh that lasted for a good minute or so.
Finally...Now to figure out what the hell is going to happen when I bring this thing inside.
When his laughter subsided, he finally noticed that there were quite a few people gathered around. He set the cauldron down at his feet, and bowed his head forward.
Now he was just going to concentrate on catching his breath.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:14 pm
The music, the screaming and the spasming stopped.
"... Kickass." Shouyin parked the Impala where ever parking was most conceivable inside the temple grounds. He put on a rugged black button-up shirt overtop his grey tee, leaving the top and bottom buttons undone before rolling up the sleeves. Strapping the shield to his right arm, he grabbed his Coke, and took the bag with his burger and fries inside it in his gloved left hand. Checking his pockets, he made sure he had that cellphone and his wallet before locking the car doors and the trunk and putting the keys in his pocket as well.
This all done with, he took a sip of his drink, fumbling in the bag for some fries, and headed into the temple. Now, the button shirt was pretty stain resistant, but many praises would go to those above if he remained un-punted. Fair notice was taken of the fresh corpse and the weeping mourners, but all Shou could do was finish his fries and start on the burger.
For food made by rodents, it sure didn't suck.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:15 pm
"Thank you..."
He said nothing else, but covered her body with the coat as he looked out on the others.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:16 pm
"Girl's dead; Owle's in shock," Flare answered Allen curtly. Her arms still encircled Owle, who looked as though she would fall down flat on the sand if Flare weren't holding her up.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:17 pm
Owle heard Flare's voice...but the words didn't penetrate. She clung to her sister, seeming to acknowledge her presence for the first time. Her eyes still followed Rafe alone.
Why?
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:21 pm
Allen let his eyes trail over to the now covered body of the girl. His gaze was sad at seeing the senseless death, even as he finished the second cheeseburger he'd been working on.
"So I guess I didn't make it before the sacrifice, huh?"
He'd have said something to Owle, but he didn't really know what to say. So instead he pulled a third burger from his bag and began working on eating it, too, to get as much energy as he could stocked up.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:21 pm
Charles shifted to one side. "Oi, Crim," he said, keeping his eyes on Shouyin, "you get him back for punching you? In case you didn't, I did come prepared."
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:24 pm
Alexiel moved back to her saddle bags and dropped to the sand with a huff as Daemon made his way to her shoulder again. The bird grieved with his master, his feathered head rubbing gently against the side of her own. They had failed. She had failed.
Alexiel pulled her backpack off and set it in front of her. For now, she would ignore the others, unless they addressed or approached her. Reaching up, she slowly stroked at Daemon's chest feathers once before digging in her saddle bags. Some of the others had a fairly good idea as far as eating went. She pulled out enough of her rations to sate her appetite.
Inside, the rage and pain lay festering, waiting for when Alex could harness it and put it to good use.
((*Twiddles thumbs and whistles.*))
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:25 pm
Degobah46 Charles shifted to one side. "Oi, Crim," he said, keeping his eyes on Shouyin, "you get him back for punching you? In case you didn't, I did come prepared." Allen spoke here between bites of cheeseburger. "Don't worry about it, Degs. Everything's fine."
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:25 pm
Flare shook her head, sadly. Owle's emotions were leaking into her despite her best efforts at keeping them at bay.
She spied the bag of food Allen held, and was reminded of her own hungry stomach.
"You have any extra in there? I get a feeling I'll need it, soon."
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:31 pm
A quick finishing of the cheeseburger Allen had been eating, and then his hand dissapeared back into the bag, to come back out holding two wrapped burgers. Which were then promptly tossed towards Flare one at a time, so she'd be able to catch them.
Then, with those handed out, he got a fourth for himself to eat.
"...is Owle going to be ok? I mean...with everything else, she doesn't look so good right now. And I don't want anything happening to her."
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:31 pm
He looked towards his man eating the food. But then a nearby woman appeared to have already noticed it. Damn, he was getting kind of hungry.
He looked around for a moment, then fished around in his pockets. Along with the teeth, he had scooped up a Milky Way bar. He unwrapped it, then took a bite of the half-melted candy bar.
"Better than nothing."
He murmured in between bites.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:32 pm
Gamma eyed the few with food. Then the fat man who finished his drink. And remembered his sealed helmet.
He realized then; he needed a drink and a cigar.
Cradling the riotgun in the crook of his right arm Gamma reached into the side of his pack and pulled out a single black cylinder. A small port opened on the inner side of his left arm's plating. A similar sized white cylinder popped out and fell to the ground.
A protein pack. It switched hands as it was inserted into the port with his right. With that the port closed and the riotgun came back to a ready once more.
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:33 pm
The Chauffeur eyed Allen's bag questioningly. "Is that one of those bottomless bags of burgers?"
Who knows? Maybe it was a chaos bag o' burgers, glowing with the petal power. ((Gluttony!!! xd ))
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:36 pm
[Insert loud obnoxious slurping noises here.]
And Shouyin finished his Coke.
"Aaahhh..." Smile and stomach content, he put the cup in the bag, along with any other refuse he might've acquired, and started mulling around for a garbage can, awkwardly lighting up a cigarette at the same time. Turns out the half-golem's lighter was err, tidal wave and intense combat with a disembodied knight-proof, and his smokes were as dry as ever.
Yes, Chaos and Shouyin were that tight.
Finding no place to put the trash, he inconspicuously set it on the floor, and kicked it aside.
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