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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:58 pm
Bending over, Blank stretched out his legs by touching the concrete below. With a sigh, he broke into a jog. People didn't seem to pay him as much attention as yesterday...but people still cast him looks as he jogged through the halls till he came to the outside courtyard where various students walked, sat and moved around.
The crimson warrior cut his way through, weaving his way around them. When he came up to the fountain in the center, he slowed to a stop before taking in deep breaths. His rest ended almost as fast as it began and he moved up to the concrete wall of the fountain and placed his hands over the cool surface. It was then that he pushed off his feet into a handstand, balancing himself before he took in a sharp breath and began to lower himself to the surface, "One..." He whispered before inhaling and pushing his weight back up, "Two...Three..Four." His arms moved him up and down in his vertical push ups.
People looked as they walked by, some raising brows and continuing on, while others stopped and watched the man. He didn't mind at the moment, though...he was in his own little world as he lifted himself up and down.
The moments ticked away as more people seemed to stop and gaze at Blank, "Fourteen....Fifteen...S...Sixteen." He became increasingly louder with each time he spoke, sweat dripping from his forehead. More moments passed, and a small crowd of people formed around him in a semi-circle, some even cheering him on, "C...C'mon! Twenty! T...Twenty...One!" He was nearly screaming at himself now as he heaved himself. His skin nearly matched the colour of his hair, "T...T..wenty-Three...Twenty....F..Four." He paused when he pushed up, his arms shaking underneath his own weight as he made an exasperated cry.
...But he was alittle more motivated as people sort of cheered him on. With great effort, he lowered himself once more, closing his eyes tight before starting to push himself back up, "Tw....Twenty....Five!" He cried as he fell forward, landing on his feet and falling onto his rear, the small crowd cheering for him as he struggled to get feeling back in his arms.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:25 pm
Aki and her friends order breakfast and return to their table, gossiping and catching up with each other. "So, what's going on with Hiroki anyway? Since when was he interested in the sorceress?" Aki asks. "Weell I'm really not sure. I asked him that myself. He said something about wasting his life taking orders from mindless people if he stayed in a Garden, and something about proving himself worthy. You should really contact him Aki... I know you don't want to speak to him after what happened. I don't blame you. But you still care about him, and he trusts you. Maybe he will tell you something he isn't telling me," Mioko says. Rina and Manami both frown at each other. Neither of them liked to discuss Hiroki anymore, as it seemed he kept sinking lower and lower into darkness. It was hard for all of them to witness someone they cared about turn into a horrible person, and the fact that he seemed to show no remorse for any of his actions frightened them all. "Well, maybe I'll send him a message.. I'll go to the library after Blank and I come back from the Snowfields and do it then. I just need to think of what to say..." Aki says with a heavy sigh. She was worried about her friend. Even though he had tried to do something horrible to her, she truly believed that he never meant to hurt her. There was something wrong in his mind and that wasn't his fault. But the pain was still there, and she would never forget that night.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:44 pm
Standing tall, Blank looked around as people cheered him and patted him on the shoulder, "Uh..." Was all he said, his face now turning red from being embarrassed nodding his head as he scratched the back of it to the people who smiled. Taking a breath, he began to cut through the crowd, politely making his way through before he jogged back to his and Aki's room.
With a sigh, the crimson warrior moved to his bag, pulled out a set of clothes and reached for the towel that Aki had used. He turned the water on warm, jumped and began to shower.
It was only a few more minutes before he stepped out and dried himself off before reaching for his bag and pulling some clothes out. He picked out a simple black t-shirt followed by a black windbreaker and a pair of form fitting jeans, followed by his combat boots. Once fully changed, Blank fastened The Punishment Saber to his side, and proceeded toward the Cafeteria. It took him a couple more minutes as he forgot the way to go. He strolled through the entrance and looked for where the girls were, seeing that they already ordered. Walking up, he came up behind Aki, placing his hand on her shoulder lightly with a smile, "Hey, ladies." He said with a welcoming smile.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:57 pm
Aki smiles up at Blank warmly as the other girls greet him. She motions for him to sit beside her. "I was going to order for you, but I didn't know what you wanted. So I just got pretty much everything. We can share!" Aki says, pushing two overflowing trays of breakfast foods toward him. Aki's friends roll their eyes and giggle, knowing full well what Aki's appetite was like.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:08 pm
He grinned as he took a seat beside Aki, pulling his seat closer beside her, "I dunno...You won't get hungry in an hour will you? If you don't eat the amount you usually do?" He teased with a grin, setting a hand over her knee with a light squeeze.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:24 pm
Aki pouts at Blank, then pulls the trays back towards herself. "Well if you don't want any...." she says, a smirk playing at her lips.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:12 pm
Blank mocked a frown, "I-uh! I think we can share..." He said with a grin, taking a sausage from the one tray and bit into it with a smile.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:30 pm
Aki grins, and begins nibbling on a piece of toast. "So, you're going out to the Bika Snowfields today?" Manami asks Blank.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:13 am
"Mm?" Blank drew his attention away from the food a moment before swallowing down the sausage, "Yeah, it'll be my first time in a long time getting a chance to bring something other than T-Rexuars and Grats down." He said, liking the idea, "I'm hopin' for a Snow Lion." He added with an excited grin as he bit into another sausage.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:24 am
"You'll probably find one. Or at least something worthy of a fight. We tend to have some powerful monsters around here. I'm actually a little sad that I can't come, I'd love to go out," Manami says, running her finger along the blade of one of her her tonfas. "Ooh can I come?" Mioko says suddenly, getting excited.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:29 am
He swallowed down his food, "I hope so...It'll be exciting just to see something different. Maybe a couple spoils'll will be in it." He thought about it, and the thought of maybe getting a Mesmerize Blade would do his blade some good.
Looking over at Mioko, Blank smiled and turned to Aki, "I'm cool with it. Are you?" He asked, taking a small waffle from the tray and biting into it.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:36 am
"Yeah of course! Rina, you want to come along too? We could use a healer," Aki says, addressing her tiny friend. Rina is silent for a moment, and the girls expect her to decline politely as usual, but instead she nods. "I would like to, for a little while," she says meekly. All three of her friends stare at her for a moment with their jaws dropped, then Manami reaches over and places her hand on top of Rina's head. "You be careful out there," she says, messing up her friends hair. Aki begins inhaling the food in front of her, wanting to go soon, before Rina changed her mind.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:57 am
Blank appeared to be the only one who didn't stop eating when Rina said that she would come along, but smiled and nodded, "Great! The more the merrier." He said before he went to take another waffle to find that Aki had devoured the remaining ones...along with most of the other food.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:13 am
"Hurry up and eat! I'm anxious to go now," Aki says to Blank, noticing him pause. Aki's friends laugh, knowing full well what it was like to share food with the red-head.
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