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 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:41 pm
The jeep rolled to a stop as the ferry came plowing through the boardwalk.
"Damn, what is it now? Cant a guy go anywhere in peace anymore?"
He stood in his seat and looked out at the crashed ferry.
"You know what. Right now I dont care."
He turned off the boardwalk and headed out onto the docks where the ferry would have come from. Perhaps there was another that would take him where he wanted. On the other hand, he wasnt in the mood to deal with crashing boats right now.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:43 pm
Shouyin had had to remain behind for questioning with the police. Fully satisfied that he was just a road-tripping tourist, they let him through the barrier and past the pylon cones that now outlined the ferry docked on top of his restaurant. He sighed and let his eyes drift while navigating the hordes of pedestrians, flocking to participate in the investigation.
"Yeah, I was in my kitchen, cleaning a dish." Said one grill chef.
"Hey, tell him what you told me."
And another man hustled his bud towards an officer, egging him to offer his tale.
"That's not what he told me officer, -tell him what you told me-."
Sighing a little, Shouyin spotted a jeep, a jeep assumedly packed full with a very strange kind of crew. Eyes taking on a shadier tone, he calmly puttered past them in the Impala, now looking straight ahead, honking his horn once or twice at a group of drunks who'd stumbled their way in front of his bumper. Once they were firmly in his rear view mirror, Shouyin dug down in his pocket, pulling out his cellphone, and finding Vahn's number in the address book. Not well learned in the way of text messages, he simply dialed, hoping for the ninjaman to pick up.
The rings stopped, and he got a voicemail.
"Hey, it's Shouyin. I saw the jeep you warned me 'bout, they're headed your way."
He was about to flip the phone shut, when he spotted someone in the crowds.
"... and Lazenca's here, I'll keep you posted."
Conversation end.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:53 pm
How odd... that crew had left the Mansion before him. I looked like the game was on, and those guys were going to be the biggest immediate annoyance to Laz and his goals. Scoffing a big and weaving through the ever-growing crowd, turned his head to the side while there was a small clearing and blinked. Walking up to confirm or disprove his eyes, he sighed when it was confirmed.
If Shou was still looking at him, Lazenca didn't look pleased. It was more 'worried' than anything, but he wasn't mad. A hand was raised in greeting, and assuming Shou didn't drive off, Lazenca would go to meet him.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:58 pm
The Jeep rolled back up onto the boardwalk and Jacknife parked it in front of a nearby shop. He got out to check what was happening at the ferry.
"Hey, whats going on here?" He asked in general to the people near the ferry.
"Need help with anything?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:03 pm
Shouyin waved back at Laz, wheeling away from him slightly to park by the curb before stepping out. He turned to face the Blazestar fellow, arms up and leaning over the hood of the car in a lazy kinda pose. There was a smile on his face, but his eyes were still pretty weary from the -very- long night.
"Heeey! What're you doing in Gambino yo?"
It was posed as politely as he could pose it while staying friendly. The half-golem still wasn't sure exactly what grounds they were all on after that nasty business in Heaven or Hell. Nevertheless, he wasn't about to be rude about it. Lazenca wasn't the one who'd taken his leg, and there was no reason to think like that.
Bygones could be bygones, even in Gaia.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:10 pm
Well, that was good to know... that's why Laz looked kinda worried; didn't know how Shou was after all of that, not being able to talk to him much after it happened. Shouyin didn't seem much disturbed, so Lazenca relaxed a bit.
"I'm looking for... Petals, or something. Or right now, balls of light. It's some big thing, fate of the world, reality falling apart..." He shrugged. "I didn't read the brochure before signing up to help. I just came from Gambino's Mansion... so did they." He motioned to the other jeep. "Bunch of competition in this thing... trying to do my part to not get upstaged."
Huh. "What about you?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:13 pm
Suddenly, the two blue lights that had been folowing appeared once more. Only instead of any magical sound there was a click, as if a lock came open.
Quickly zooming towards Shouyin, the light changed into cloud of blue sparling dust.
When that subsided he would find himself wearing a king's crown and gladiator's metal skirt. Two pieces of clothing he would find himself incapable of removing.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:13 pm
Nascen paused, blinking.
"Jacknife. They're right here. Two of the pieces of our buddy." he said, looking straight in the direction of the magic aura's of the two coins. He shifted the sword of Sir Roxsohard around and laid it down carefully out of the way on the floor. "If they're what I think they are, we only need one to stop this game dead in its tracks. But more will never hurt."
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:16 pm
"Right then, what do you suggest we do?" Jacknife asked.
He spotted the balls of light as they hit the man and had to try hard to keep himself from laughing at the new look.
"I rather think he has something, I doubt that that was just random, but with things as they are it could be."
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:18 pm
"Same deal yo. Grabbed the flyer thinking fame and fortune, or something, ended up stuck in this big mess." Shou followed Laz's gesture, spotting the jeep crew once again. Hopefully Vahn would get the message before it became old news or they ran off.
"Balls of light eh? Saw..." His voice hushed just slightly, in case he was blabbing something heavy. "Saw two of 'em come my way just before, you know anything about them?" Green eyes glinted curiously in the early morning, late late night light and he popped off the car, looking both ways then back at Laz.
"Actually, you headed anywhere in particular? I'd feel better talking in the car."
He hadn't been in this game long, but discretion was... something or other.
It was good.
... Cue a big what the ********>
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:25 pm
"They... did? The guy we were fighting, a type of Dullahan or something, said only one thing could defeat him, or something. Then the lights scattered. I supposed that we had to follow the lights, for cues... gather them, have the answer, and fight like that. If you know where they went, I'll come with you... two heads and---"
Big pause.
"Interesting... clothes."
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:32 pm
"Contact our employer, tell him we're at the boardwalk and we've got some interesting news he's bound to want to know about. Give him our number to call incase he needs us to come to him, too."
"Then we see if it's possible to get the merchandise without a fight. And then we try to take it by force, probably. I don't like all the forced fighting, but we know our objective. Save the world, so on and so forth." He took his extra ammunition and his flashbangs out of his back pack, clipping them all on his person in the appropriate places. "We've still got a long day ahead of us."
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:35 pm
"... s**t." Shouyin tapped the crown and pulled on the skirt, trying to remove the items, but such things were in vain. Once again his voice hushed, he assumed they were out of listening distance of the jeep crew, but it never hurt. "'Kay 'kay, get in the car mayn."
He gestured to Laz, before hopping in the driver's seat himself, idling the engine.
"Seems like chaos wants me lit up like a Christmas tree." He jabbed back with his thumb towards the duffelbag hidden under the backseat. "Under there, I've got two quarter-pieces of a circle. I'm guessing there were four blue lights? Yeah, the statues we picked the coins up from were decked out like a King, and a Gladiator, thus the get-up." He shook his head a lil' trying to figure things out, eyeing the jeep crew in his rear-view mirror.
"Looks like the best lead we have is to go looking for two people with clothes that don't match." Another look back through the mirror, plus worry. "You said they were there right? So they would've heard the speech and seen the lights."
"Bunch of competition indeed."
He pulled the cellphone out once again.
"Got any leads Laz? 'Cause I don't wanna stay here much longer."
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:47 pm
Masuyu tapped the back of the front passenger seat, playing the drums to the song he was hearing. As Nascen moved for additional ammo, he furrowed a brow and slid off the large headphones which shrouded his ears. "What's up?" he glanced around and noticed the unusual attire. "Oh... The talking armor thingy..." With a half-sigh he dropped the headphones into the pocket of the seat before him, and began to check his gear. Carefully, he adjusted his armor, making sure it was properly fitted, and moved to retrieve his helmet from the back seat, incase he'd need it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:47 pm
He nodded and got into the car. "The crown looks good. The skirt... notsomuch." He looked back and nodded to Shou's sit-rep.
"Those guys were there... didn't get anything more than I did, unless something happened before I got there. 'Search out the examples of the past so you may become worthy challenges for me. Only one thing can defeat the False Knight Sir. Roxsohard. Only one thing...' That's what he said. The numbers are right. Telling from arcs and speed, I'd say that three landed much closer than the last one... we should start from the top and very quickly work our way through. These people should stand out like a gazelle in a wolf pack."
A sigh. "Nothing definite... but I was going to make sweeps, moving south. And considering your outfit, these pieces are of warrior-kings or powerful men. Samurai, ninja, Vikings, Amazons... these things come to mind. If there are any more broken statues... then we know that the coin's out, and someone's going to be dressed like the figure. If not, then we can claim it. You didn't happen to see any other warrior statues or anything, did you?"
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