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 Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:52 pm
Tahki had received a letter that was less then desirable. The gryphon was pissed off. Her parents had sent her a letter about wanting her to take up some sort of sports related club while she was enrolled in Amityville Academy.
The gryphon had not intention in getting involved in any sort of sport club... ever. No, she would not listen to her parents requests.
A baseball bat, from gods know where, dragged behind her as a sadistic grin stayed put on her face. Shadows covered her eyes making it all the more creepy as she walked down the halls toward outside of the dorms. She was going to take some frustration out on some garbage cans. That sounded like a good way to deal with things.
Scruffums wasn't ever happy when she broke things in the dorm. Tahki was sane enough, for the moment, to know that breaking things in the dorm would result in an angry scruffle later. She wasn't about to deal with a week of cold shoulder from Scruffums over breaking things. Next best thing were trashcans.
The gryphon reached the trashcans. Her grin widened from ear to ear. Oh she was going to enjoy this! Tahki lifted the bat up high and got to work banging on the things. The noise was loud and rough and almost rhythmical how she went at it. It almost sounded like she was doing it on purpose to make some kind of grungy drum beat. But no, Tahki was just killing trash cans right now for pure anger management reasons.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:12 am
Amrita never got letters from home; she made a point to never really tell the other Vetala what she was doing. For now, at least. It was a terrible embarrassment to be stuck in a corpse! A Shame. So it wasn't a letter from her parents that had her wandering. Nope, it was a strong desire to see her friend! Demon Cat was annoying Mini Golem again and she was getting nothing done...so it was time to take a break from studying!
Despite the whole fiasco with her pen turning into a snake while trying to get Tahki's information, she thought it was entirely worth it now, especially since it let her do this at random. She hadn't gotten an answer on Tahki's Skellyphone, but it didn't cross her mind that the Gryphon wouldn't be home or able to hang out (hehe, she could hang out with someone now!). No, she just decided to wander right over there.
Along the way she heard a...a rather loud, disturbing noise. Suddenly, this whole thing seemed like a really bad, really dangerous idea. Someone sounded mean...but still somehow pretty neat! Her drive to see her friend fading, she pressed herself close to a nearby wall, shuffling around it as though she could blend into it, and peered around to see the cause of the noise.
"T-Tahki?!" Amrita sputtered out loudly in surprise. All fear she had was gone, for now at least.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:35 am
Tahki continued her beating of trash cans for some time before a familiar voice made her pause mid smash. The gryphon, shadows still covering her eyes, slowly turned her head toward Amrita. Tahki's rage died down quite a bit.
"....Amrita?" Tahki lowered the baseball bat and straightened her posture. What was Amrita doing here? Was she looking for her? The gryphons expression softened into a blandish awkward state it normally was stuck in. Usually around Amrita she'd at least smile but Tahki was upset by the letter still. The very thought that her parents would suggest to her what sort of clubs she should join just put her in rage mode.
"When.. How long have you been there?" She gave her friend a bit of a doe eyed look.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:46 am
Once the baseball bat was down, the small Vetala felt it safe enough to detach herself from the wall and shuffle a little closer, keeping her distance just in case. While she trusted Tahki (perhaps a little too much for only having known her a short amount of time), she knew accidents happened, and she wasn't the fastest at getting away.
"Um..." She started, her gaze on the ground while a reversed hand tucked some hair behind her ear. "...A couple minutes, I guess?" While she was sure it wasn't very long at all, she couldn't quite trust her perception of time. When she glanced back up at her friend, she noticed the distinct lack of smile; that, more than anything she had witnessed, was the thing that started to ring the warning bells in her mind.
"Are...are you okay?" She questioned slowly, but just after she said it, another thought occured to her. Of something she saw in school a couple times. To date she had never known Tahki to not smile at her (ignoring the original few minutes of their first meeting) or to act like this, so she thought it would be worth asking. In case she was wrong. "Or...are you practicing for that thing that one person was talking about...maybe?" Brilliant.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:51 am
Tahki opened her mouth about to explain about the letter only to close it again. She was offered a way out... to perfect. Honestly she was afraid to explain the letter in fear of Amrita thinking of her as some sort of brat.
"Practicing!" Tahki blurted out all to eagerly. "YES THAT!" She dropped the bat and clasped her hands over her mouth. She'd practically yelled that last part. Oh well.
"I'm.. uhh.. What thing was that again?" Were there try outs for beating trash cans?
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:02 am
The bat hit the ground and Amrita jumped, too busy going 'WHAT WAS THAT OH GOD DID IT LAND ON TAHKI no wait she seems fine BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED' to hear the part where her friend asked for clarification of what the 'thing' was. Even if she had heard it, she probably would have passed it off as Tahki testing her memory. WHAT A GREAT FRIEND SHE HAD! One that clearly looked out for her enough to excersize her mind and keep it fresh! Tahki was clearly the greatest person to ever exist ever.
"S-so then you're in a band?! With who? Do I know them?" Amrita, having gotten over her mild mental freakout, started eagerly pressing her friend for answers. She was so proud! "I wish I could do stuff like that! You're so cool!" Wiggling and fidgeting in her excitement, Amrita started to play with her hair, repetitively brushing down the same piece with both hands.
"But, um, I didn't know trash cans were considered drums...?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:22 am
Tahki scratched her head. Crap she'd not thought this through far enough to elaborate who was in her band. Crap. Til just this second she didn't know that was what she was lying to be apart of. So Tahki winged it.
"I.. don't have any team mates yet. Was hoping maybe if I practiced that maybe I'd be good enough to join in on one..." Yeah that was smooth. But it felt bad to lie to her only ghoul friend Amrita. Oh dear, maybe she should stop before the lie got to big.
"W-we can be in a group together if you want.. but we'd need to find another person.." The gryphon bent back down and picked the bat up. What was she saying? Being in a band? Was this really going to happen? Why was she being so calm and collected right now when she was on the fast track to having to perform in front of the school? OH GOD!
Still even if the gryphon was shaken up on the inside, her out side remained calm and collected and cool. Ugh! What were they getting into? Did Amrita play an instrument? Tahki sure as hell didn't. Drums? Was that what Amrita had thought she was doing?
Oh god, inner panic attack.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:52 pm
Just around the corner there was something dying. Or, it sound like it was dying. Something was belting out what one might have called lyrics if they could understand the screeching tones and words that made up the supposed singing the Israfel called his songs. A few bats stumbled on the ground, their poor rings no doubt ringing from the high pitched melodies, while other small creatures wandered into trees and rocks, just as equally dazed.
The magic of the siren song.
"I'm gunna beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the verrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy best! Like no one ever waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!"
It was music.
Sort of.
Turning the corner, Israfel kept pelting out the song, doing his best to stay someone in tune. Since he couldn't, it was just one long screaming garble of words. When the girls came into view he stopped. "Uh." He frowned one a had a bat. Bats usually equaled beatings. Beating over getting him to shut up.
"Sorry if I interrupted. I'm just practicing. I can be quiet not if you like."
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:07 pm
"Whaat why not that was gre---" Amrita's eye widened. Takhi was offering to let her into her band? That was...that was...THAT WAS SO NIIICE! "YES I would love to---" Her lips wibbled a little bit from pure joy, right up until a pretty important thought hit her. "...I...I don't play guitar though...and I..can't...sing." Her voice got quieter and quieter the more she let on that she couldn't do anything helpful for Tahki's band. At all.
Then, of course, came the screeching. At first she couldn't help but flinch, but the more she had no choice was allowed to listen to, the more she realized that this person had a talent she didn't. Actually, to her, the sound was amazing. Way better than she could ever be! So talented! So...so...wow. Not to mention the whole being-able-to-sing-out-loud thing! That took massive amounts of guts!
She didn't recognize the Monster at all, she gave a squeak and dropped her gaze to the ground, nervously playing with her hair.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:17 pm
Tahki opened her mouth to offer words of encouragement to her twisty friend only to be interrupted before she had a chance to start. What on earth was that NOISE! Tahki clenched her teeth together and held onto her headphones for a split second trying to adjust to such... such... what ever it was!
Her eye twitched after it had come to a stop only to reveal the owner of such a voice. Another monster...? He had wings like her but he clearly was not a gryphon. Tahki relaxed quite a bit and offered a smile trying to play off like she hadn't just flinched.
"Q-quiet? " Tahki felt a bit of panic creep up her spine. "N-n-no you're perfectly fine! We're just.. we're just," She looked at Amrita for a second and then at the bat then back to the stranger. "Practicing?" It came out more as a question then a statement.
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:45 am
Here it came, the beating he-
Wait. He sounded good? Or at least not worth beating? Israfel perked up. It was....incredible. No one had ever said he was fine before! Bubbling happiness welled into the Siren's small frame. "yes! Practicing! I'm a siren, so, I have to sing and all that!" Chest puffed out in monster pride. And ego. "What are you ghouls doing?" he looked at the 'drum' set.
"They have human shaped punching bags in the gym I hear, if you're wanting to get rid of some pent up FEAR energy. But that aside, I've got to keep singing! With the band competition..." He sighed. He could dream.
No really. He dreamed. Usually about him singing on stage and being so great he got a book written about him before he was even dead.
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Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:58 pm
Did that count as being talked to? He (he?) did say 'you ghouls'. That included her, right? Err, right. Okay. Her personal set of rules remained intact, and she glanced up to look between her Gryphon friend and the...Siren...(?) stranger.
"Y-Your singing is very interesting." Amrita nodded sagely, her voice still fairly quiet while directed towards the Siren. "I was, um, out for a...walk?" Shoulders lifting in a shrug, she tilted her head to the side, her gaze to the ground.
"Tahki was practicing the drums!" The child piped up helpfully, a little louder this time. Tahki? Pent up FEAR? No way! Amrita did so love living in her land of delusions. "A-are you in a band? I think...I think we need a singer?" The 'we' was said very hesitantly. She'd never held a guitar in her life! It was something she'll remind both of them later, in case they wouldn't want her with them, but for now she was a part of the band!
She turned her head to stare up at Tahki, looking for some sort of input...at least some sort of acknowledgement that she was right.
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:06 pm
Tahki looked at her bat and then to the beaten trash cans. A secret smile formed for what ever reason.
"Y-yeah thats right.. Drums," She nodded. Tahki knew she must not be that good seeing as she was mindlessly wailing on those trash cans with no rhyme or reason earlier.
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