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 Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:25 pm
( Junk Shack )
Her name was Mouse? How unfortunate for a pretty lady to be named for something hairy and diseased, though Bauta would never say such a thing. Hopefully, that was a nickname, no lady should ever have the indignity of a rodent's name. "Of course not, Miss Mouse. I will call you what you prefer. The pleasure is mine."
He looked down at the...erm...well? He wasn't quite sure what it was, but it made a sound like a cat. "And I am honored to meet you as well, Fredmitri."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:28 pm
((Shadow Chateau))
A smirked tugged on Josh’s lips as he thought of the best reply to the woman, “Baby, somebody better call God, cuz he's missing some angel…” He hoped the cheesy pick-up line would elicit some response from her and break the ice. Josh rolled his crystal ball methodically on his hip when he took notice of her glance at his costume. He shoved back the nervous stitch in his voice and proceeded with the conversation, “So may I ask your name?”
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:34 pm
[[Shadow Chateau]]
It was the first time Niksia had heard that type of chat up line, and technically just about any line, but you couldn't hold that against her. She was usually decked out in black and red, with masses of red hair. Angel wasn't the right word usually...
Due to all that, she paused while considering it before laughing softly at the line in question.
'I'm no angel, but I like to pretend sometimes.'
His costume was at least amusing to Niksia, you couldn't fault a person willing to go out decked like that. She couldn't talk though, who froze themselves in a short white dress?
'I'm Niksia, and you?'
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:35 pm
((Junk Shack))
"Hallo, Fredmitri," Alice greeted the strange little animal, offering a cautious hand to sniff before he tried to pet him. "He seems interested in something out there, hu-uh?" He readjusted his hat, which was trying to escape again, before looking up at her.
"Mouse and her cat, is it? Well, pleasure's mine. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a party crasher. I own the candy shop a couple blocks over and I've been giving out boxes of our wares. The door was open though, so I was just going to leave it in the kitchen." He laughed. "Stranger with candy?" Alice offered his earlier joke now that someone was around to hear it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:46 pm
((Shadow Chateau))
Josh gave a chaste laugh along with her, “And I’m no gypsy either,” He gave a small awkward curtsy, to demonstrate the point, then briefed a reply to her question, “You can call me Josh.” The boy swiftly sidled next to her a slipped the pumpkin orange piece of paper in his hand into the answer box with moderate ease. “So I suppose you enjoy puns as well?”
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:47 pm
(( Junk Shack ))
"Yeah, he's been fussing since I left the other room," the short horseman responded, carefully petting her chimera in an attempt to get him to calm down. The combined attention from his owner and Alistair made him quiet down just a little bit. "There's a set-up in there with a little pink Gwee dressed like Godzilla, and you can build towns for her to wreck... might've been that," Honestly, she doubted that was the case. There was something the chimera really wanted to get to, but Parfait wasn't it... what could be the problem, then? Noting Bauta's understandable confusion, she explained "He's a chimera - a fusion of two souls. Cat and octopus, to be precise."
Ooo, a candy shop owner. That made Mouse grin a couple of notches, though it was quickly hidden as she finished off her iced tea and draped her head-obscuring cloak back over her shoulders. A laugh could be heard from what was now the horseman's chest at the joke, and she responded "I'm sure Dr. Kyou and Natsuki will appreciate the gift."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:50 pm
[[Shadow Chateau]]
It was a bit surreal, but Halloween could be classed as little else. Niksia remembered the box as Josh placed his entry in and did the same herself.
'Well, I did think the questions were funny. I'm just not sure how my answers will go down.'
She laughed at herself in faint embarrassment, rubbing the back of her head in a classic display of shame as well.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:57 pm
((Junk Shack))
"Tis the season!" He grinned. "I hope they do. I love Halloween, gotta spread the joy around. But- you know," He laughed, "It's sort of a selfish gift at that. I mean, who knows. Might drum up some business. --Whoa. Nice costume."
Alice, it seemed, had the habit of saying 18 things in one breath. Maybe that just just a side effect of all the sugar that was currently in his system. He wasn't much for his own handiwork, but you had to indulge on Halloween!
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:04 pm
((Shadow Chateau))
“They were a bit amusing,” Josh couldn’t deny his enjoyment of such clichéd things as the little puns, “But I had heard most of those jokes when I was younger. I suppose that they do bring back good memories though.” The boy cringed as he noted that he was lapsing into conversation reminiscent to that of a brooding senior. Josh retorted with a newly crisp tone and he withdrew his crystal ball from his hip and gazed through it at Niksia. His vision was distorted into ribbons of iridescent colors and swirling shapes, “I have looked into the future and a do believe that you are going to do well!” He stated with an almost comical air of seriousness in his voice.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:05 pm
( Junk Shack )
"Chimera?" Bauta peered closer at the creature, confused. Tentacles and fur in paint. Quite the odd beast, but it seemed harmless enough. He reached out one hand and gave the octopuss a quick pat. "Good...chimera."
He straightened, looking down at the shorter woman. "I am afraid I have never seen a chimera before. How would it be possible to fuse two souls? Are you some powerful witch of some sort?"
Bauta glanced to the rambling candymaker at his side, putting a hand on Alastair's arm to silence him. "You are talking much too quickly, please take a breath."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:11 pm
[[Shadow Chateau]]
Niksia didn't have the heart to tell Josh she hadn't really heard those kinds of jokes, certainly not when she was younger. A little pang clutched at her, but she banished it with a cheery smile.
She laughed again at his act with the crystal ball though, at least he was trying. Tapping it gently with one of her scarred fingers, the scars themselves hard to see with her skin tone and the lights, she peered through the ball at him.
'Are you sure that thing isn't broke?'
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:14 pm
((Shadow Chateau))
Alex turned her head at a familiar voice, laying green eyes upon a familiar face...but not exactly in a way she expected. "Wow, great Yuffie," she complimented the young woman, recognizing her beyond the outfit but uncertain as to why. "We ladies got some good competition though, with Miss Godzilla over there," she indicated the adorable stomping Gwee with a looping motion from her wrist, "but it doesn't hurt to have back up."
Competition...a light bulb went on inside of her head, a warm grin crossing her features. "Jae! My goodness, you pulled off Yuffie so well that I wasn't sure why you looked familiar to me!" She leaned a little towards the younger woman, maintaining the flirty positioning, "It's good to see a familiar face! I was starting to get a little worried." Alex glanced around for a moment before inquiring, "Where's that adorable boyfriend of yours?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:17 pm
(( Junk Shack -> ??? (away) ))
"Me, a witch? Nah, I don't have an ounce of magic in me," Mouse answered to Bauta. "Dr. Kyou fused the souls with a spinoff of the technology he uses to make Raevans. I'm also slated to get one of those."
And then she turned to exchange more friendly words with Alistair-- when Fredmitri wiggleleapt out of her arms and scrabbled out of the room, no longer patient enough to wait for a better opportunity to find the octopus chimera. "Ahh.. Mitya, wait! --Sorry, I have to catch him!" She felt bad cutting a conversation short like this, but didn't want to risk her chimera getting lost in theis big house... or worse, getting stepped on by somebody! So she ran full-speed after the jacktopuss as he darted between the rooms of the Delaran house, firing apologies at anyone she happened to bump into.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:27 pm
((Shadow Chateau))
Josh peered over the orb and sniggered in amusement, “You’re denying my gypsy prowess? Okay, if my reading is wrong let’s say… I owe you a favor?” He slipped the ball back on his hip and noted the trailing pink lines on Niksia’s finger. Josh wasn’t one to ask questions of such things as past injuries. He never fancied the notion of bringing back painful recollections. For instance, the incident his friends could never let him live down, when he sliced is arm open on a fence during the finale game of tennis season two years ago. Josh blanched at the thought.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:38 pm
[[Shadow Chateau]]
Niksia wasn't quite a nervous as she had been before, it was always an issue getting over the instant urge to be on edge. Everything was delightfully light hearted, she had to test it though.
'I was just questioning the power of your... Ahem, crystal ball. Didn't drop it, did you?'
Tilting her head again in amusement, a strange quirk, she leaned carefully against her staff.
'Just be careful about that favour, eh? Don't know what that might get you into...'
She gave him a questioning look, as much for her little joke about favours as for his expression change.
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