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 Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:44 pm
And just like that, it was over. Jack had eventually shown up to prattle on about how he'd been in the bathroom and then not in the bathroom. Not that anyone had actually cared to listen or anything.
When it was over, he looked to his new friends blankly, and the slow realization that they would have to separate and go back to their schools hit him. Pulling Neville into a man hug, he pounded him on the back. "Nice to work with you bro." Trowa appeared behind him, having run off in search of a massive robot or something. A Gundam. Whatever.
He pulled Trowa into an embrace as well, and the pilot seemed shocked by this show of manly man affection. With a wave, they split up, and Teddy lumbered over to where Wallace stood, pulling him into a quick hug before releasing him so he could go find that leprechaun he was dating.
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:17 pm
The entire ordeal left Wally feeling a little numb. Maybe it was his past close brushes with Trigon, maybe it was the crushing fact that every girl he'd met up with in Azarath was already seeing someone. Wally left the proceedings of everyone saying their goodbyes and helped his uncle with some clearing of the debris of the Science building and the administrative building.
Tired, hungry and still with that odd, empty gnawing in his stomach, Wally parted from his uncle and returned to the mostly-intact boy's dorm. Now that he and Achilles were rooming together, Wally didn't really have space of 'his own,' but he didn't mind. Wally was a social guy and to be honest he'd missed having a roomie. He and Chris were supposed to room back together a couple months ago, but then....that whole Cassie thing had happened.
Wally scowled. Best to shove that thing out of his mind. He didn't need that! He didn't need any of that. He was the most desirable boy on campus and his black book needed extra pages to hold all the numbers of the girls who wanted a date with him.
In fact, Wally saw a letter on the door of his dorm as he walked up. He shrugged off the tiredness and opened it.Quote: To the Speeder and the Armored boy: We hAVe yOUr Dani. GiVe Us ALl YoUR HoSTeSS SnaCK CaKES. D NoT Tell AnyOne. Or ElSe. noTHinG MoRe, NotHIng Less. tHeEse DemanDS arE NoT UP fOr NeGOtiATIon. LEaveE tHeM OutSeDe COOkiES, CrAFts, CrAp And More WeAReHouSe's door and DAnI WILL bE reTuRned to U With iN 24 HouRs. A Kidnapper. "What the-" A bracelet rolled out of the envelope. Wally's eyes grew wide. Dani's bracelet! Oh, crap. Had one of those kids from the other schools taken her?! He thought that after everything they'd been through, those rivalries were dead and gone.
And they wanted snack cakes?
THOSE.
BASTARDS.
Wally crumpled the note in his hand. Armored boy meant Powell, he was sure. Powell who was with Ca-
NO. Don't think about that right now. Dani was one of the girls in his black book, and there were five stars and an asterisk next to her name. Five stars because she was a five-star hottie boom bottie, and an asterisk because the rumor was that she was totally into girls now and if Wally was going to give her a call he'd probably have to pay for three dinners instead of two. No one was going to get away with kidnapping her, and they sure as HELL were going to pay hell for daring to demand twinkies in return.
Wally stomped over to Powell's room and banged on the door. Yeah he was tired. Yeah, he was covered in dirt. Yeah, dealing with Powell was the last thing he wanted to do. But for Twinkies and Twinkle-toes, he'd do it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:23 am
*It was clear to Chris that a Dani-less piece of the Witchblade and his amulet did not mix well. He grabbed a towel and used it to pick up the ring, toss them both in a plastic bag. A knock sounded at the door. That could only be one person.
Wally. Former roommate, former great friend. It had all gone wrong because of Cassie. Chris had forgiven her but why not Wally? He wanted to, Chris missed the hyper little guy. But...it was so hard! The BroDude bond was violated by Wally and it hurt.
What was worse was that Chris did it right back to Wally when the opportunity presented itself. And he felt low and hypocritical about it. How could he still hold something against Wally for what he did himself?
Chris wanted to sit Wally down and talk. Explain his feelings. Explain that he wanted them to friends again. To be the kind of friends that one jumps through time for or helps when your mom goes megabitch on you.
When Chris opened the door, all those words stuck in his throat.*
Dude...
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:35 pm
Inside Cookies, Crafts, Crap and More! Warehouse.
A scared man was sitting in a chair, there was a single light bulb hanging down from a high ceiling, the only light in the building. Around him glowing yellow eyes could be seen form every direction, the man was terrified.
"P-Please Mr. Estacado, I've got a family and Kids...." He pleased with the hit man.
"Don't lie to me, Bob, you're an only child orphan, and no one with sleep with you even if you were the ritchest man on earth." Came the cold reply form the shadows. It was fallowed by snickering and laughter.
"Ohh that was a good one!"
"HAHAHA! Yeah he is fat!"
"Ding! Points to ol Jackie Boy!"
"Shut up you idiots." Jackie called over his shoulder to the imps behind him. Then returned to Bob, in the chair. There were growls form thr creatures all around as if Jackie's anger controlled them. Bob could hear them enclosing in on him.
Jackie leaned in to Bob's face an angry expression on his face, when he asked seriously.
"So tell me Bob, Where did you put my money?"
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Outside the warehouse, Dani, parks her car and enter's the dark building, unbeknownst to her that there were others inside. She smiles happily and couldn't wait for her plan to come together.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:09 pm
The campus was wrecked almost entirely, save for random buildings here and there. The boy's dorm was damaged but not nearly as much as others what were destroyed completely. The girl's dorm was not much better.
He surveyed his surroundings as random kids from the school ventured about, also exploring wearily. Some with friends from their own school, and some with those from other schools they met during the adventure and whom were curious.
Some waved to him, others called out, but he ignored them. He was not in a sociable mood save for perhaps one friend that had immediately sprung to mind. His eyes widened.
Was she alright? Surely when she sensed the threat she would have charged into battle to aid the teachers!
He immediately ran through the school's remains, aiming for the football field and the stables beyond!
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:18 pm
Things had been very chaotic as of late, Deamon, dementinal warping, other schools, making friends. Damn this was one freaky town. Especailly for Karen Star. Who knew stress could actually help bond friendships? Toph and Chewie, they were good people.
One friend she knew would be in some trouble was Mysia. Not that she concidered her to be a friend... or even cared about the giant dumbo. That wasn't it at all... rolleyes
Taking off from the opposite direction of Achilles, Karen also headed out to find Mysia.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:39 pm
"MYSIA!"
He shouted as he crossed the football field that bore scorch marks and paid little attention to the stands that had chunks missing from the seating.
**trumpets!**
He lept over a fallen scoreboard and bolted behind the stands and skidded to a stop, exhaling a sigh of relief, at a somewhat curious sight; the school janitor, Doreen Green, hosing down Mysia with a hose while an army of squirrels bring loads of nuts that the giant elephant is snatching up and munching on with much enthusiasm.
"What are you doing...?" He asked curiously as he approached, his eyes on the strange school janitor and trying his best not to trample her squirrel friends.
"Just cleaning our girl up here!" Doreen answered cheerily. "She got a bit dirty helping us with the bad, bad demon man. So my little itty bits are bringing her treats as a reward!"
"Treats...?" He murmured, as he watched the pile of nuts grow almost as fast as his girl could shovel them in her mouth.
"Oh yes! Yup, yup!" Doreen confirmed. "She came a charging out of the stables and right into the gym soon as the fighting started! She put the biggest hole in the wall before the whole thing came crashing down." She gave him a big toothy grin and a thumbs up. "Yes sir, Mysia here sure earned these treats!"
Achilles turned and looked back toward where the gym 'used' to be then up at Mysia who was clearly enjoying the spoiling she was receiving. He almost smiled when Doreen piped up again;
"Well gotta go! Lotsa cleaning to do! Maybe some of those high faluttin' folks can lend a hand! Cheerio!"
And she headed out with an army of squirrels trailing after her, and Achilles just noticed some of them were wearing micro-mini spints and bandages. He had heard rumors this weird woman's squirrels were miniature combatants, and here was some evidence to support that rumor.
Achilles turned back around and sighed.
"You had me worried girl."
She made a murmuring noise in her trunks and whipped them upward rubbing him with affection as he returned the gesture, burying his face against her thick skin.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:56 pm
I n the air, Karan halted to a stop, a few feet away, It was so sweet to watch and hear them together. "Me too." She whispered softly, being glad she wasn't hurt.
Then she swooped down to the ground, giving a playful punch to the elephant.
"Hey there Big Girl, I been lookin' for ya, though don't know how I'd miss you, being the size of a building and all..."
She looks at the peanuts, then shakes her head.
"Don't eat to many of those! They'll make you fat!" stressed
Mysia of course took another trunk full and popped them in her mouth out of spite. One could almost see a smile on her face as Karen scowled.
"I just don't get it. She ever listens to me..." She shook her head then turned to Achilles..
"I'm glad your alright and everyone made it out." She smiles lightly at him, clasping her hands in front of her. Then she said Skrew it! and wrapped her arms around Achilles, only to let go, and blush a little.
"Heh.. sorry... old habbits...."
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:08 pm
"Try to resist these habits." Achilles whispered in a forced tone that was most unlike him. Hard, almost as cold edged as the steel his sword was fashioned from. Though if Karen would notice, he was looking everywhere but at her, in her eyes.
He turned away and toward Mysia and he started to stroke her trunks lovingly and she almost 'purred' in content.
"She earned her treats. She fought valiantly as I am told."
He looked sidelong toward her.
"Why are you here?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:16 pm
Karen took a slight step back, shocked by his tone. Shakining her head she told herself it was just her imagination... after the way he was with Mysia, she quickly forgot al about it.
Then she found herself stumbling when he asked why she'd arrived.
"Oh I-Uh.. I was just wor--...I wasn't looking for Mysia or anything.. Just flying but when I saw you. So I swooped on down is all..." Yeah.. that's it...nice cover.
"Umm... So... How ya been?" She asked tentatively.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:36 pm
Mysia's trunks draped around Achilles as he looked up from his feet. He shook his head and almost smiled at what he perceived as the absurdity of the question.
"How am I? Are you kidding?" He looked over to her and the pain behind his eyes was unmistakable. "Have you not been around these past days?"
He stepped away from Mysia's embrace and she resumed her stuffing her face as he held his arms out.
"I lose my husband the morning after we were joined together! deceived by the gods I have honored since my birth! I have lost him TWICE now and I am destined to lose him a third and final ... "
His shoulders slumped and he shook his head, his brow furrowing, a snarl developing on his handsome face.
"I am not even allowed to have time to grieve my loss before I have to compete for our school's honor or fight demons in another landscape! I. Am. SICK!"
His fist swung back and struck a hard block of wood shattering it into splinters! He looked back at her, his eyes like ice, his breathing hard.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:44 pm
eek
Karen for once was too shocked to speak. He was so angry. But angry was a good thing right? It meant he felt something. But it also meant that he was hurt.
She didn't know what to say, but lessened the look of shock on her face. She felt like she should hug him or something, but she knew that he would just push her away. Or feel uncomfortable by it. She wished Cassie was here, she always knows what to say to make him better.
She ponders this for a moment, then makes her decision.
Taking a step back, she positions herself in a wrestling pose. She knew she was no match for him. She knew he would own her. But she could hold out long enough. But that didn't matter. Right now he needed to vent, and she was just the person to help him though it.
Narrowing her eyes at him, she nodded signalling she was ready.
"Let's Go."
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:53 pm
Achilles frowned.
"Karen Starr, have you been indulging in the lager? I just spoke of you of the hardships I have been experiencing and you think...."
Mysia set her trunks in the small of his back and PUSHED -- sending him careening forward and crashing into Karen! The two went tumbling down with Achilles full on top of her and he kneeled up above her and looked back at Mysia.
"That was NOT funny!"
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:08 pm
Karen mistakenly took the push as a sign he was into the match. Althought he got the better hand at first, Karen swung her arm around his neck, pivoting him to the side, and she then pinned him.
"Alright listen up!" She yelled at him. "I know it's not funny! I know you feeling like a big pile of Mysia dung right now. But that's life! You gotta take the good with the bad."
She refused to let up, even tough she was sure he knew a thousand different ways to reverse the pin.
"And as being alive, we have to live life. Not just exist when things are going great for us."
This time she let go of the pin, and just sat on him until she was finished.
"I don't know much about love, but from what I hear and see, it's the greatest thing in all the world. And that's pretty big for a teenager. You love him and he loves you. He's gone for a little while. But he'll come back. All you have to do is wait."
She hoped she was talking some sense into him....
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:20 pm
Achilles' face flushed red as he gritted his teeth. She was trying to calm him, make him feel better. He understood that, but she did not understand. She had no idea.
The girl's strength was impressive, but he slowly forced his legs into a crouch as he laid on his back, until his feet was against her stomach...
"Karen..." He growled and with a mighty shove, he pushed his legs up, throwing her off of him! ""GET OFF OF ME!"
Karen went flying into the air and she crashed into a beam overhead but of course, it did no damage and she was able to catch herself in flight.
Achilles was already up and in a confrontational pose, his finger pointed right at her. he was angry, but ore so, the pain he was experiencing was eating him alive inside. She could see his eyes, the pain behind them and the tears he was fighting so hard to keep under control.
He bellowed, "You do not understand! He is not gone for a little while! He will be gone from my embrace for eternity! Patroclus will not return!" He took a deep breath. "He is condemned by the Fates to DIE!"
Achilles turned away and stormed out of the stable, leaving her and Mysia in the wake of his outburst. Mysia made a calming noise and her trunks rubbed at Karen's back.
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