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 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:06 am
'I'm outside the Undead Dorms now! Coming in! <33'
Smiling as she sent the text to Amrita's Skellyphone, she stretched her arms before picking up a rather big bag from the ground. Struggling to keep it off the ground, Lizzy quickly made her way into the Undead Dorms, down a long flight of stairs and into the basement. She had came prepared for the low temperature this time - a zipped up hoodie protected her arms from the cold, and leggings under her dress kept her legs warm. Sure, DC would provide her with warmth, but she wasn't sure Amrita would want the Death Charm hanging out too close... She seemed so frightened of the Minipet!
Between classes, detention (washing machine monsters, what) and 'the human world', she hadn't spent as much time as she had wanted with a ghoul she had came to see as one of her good friends. After registering on Groanspring - probably one of the most addictive things she had ever sighed up for - it seems like Amrita was eager to meet as well... Thus, she found herself hauling a bag filled with sewing materials to the ghoul's room, determined to get her measurements for her next trip to the maul. Probably with Livi. To get clothes for Amrita.
When she finally reached Amrita's room's door, the Demoness heaved a sigh of relief as she plopped the bag down on the floor, rubbing her aching arm muscles. It didn't stop her from grinning, however, as she knocked on the door, "Amrita? Its me!"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:18 am
Amrita had been studying - actually studying! - when her skellyphone went off, effectively startling the hell out of her. Her pen went flying and DC was ever the good boy and wandered off to collect it for her, and she decided to ignore the helpful pet to instead focus on reading the screen. Wait...Lizzy was outside the dorm?! Now?! Oh jack!
There wasn't much to tidy as she had very few things, but there was that initial surprise of OH GOD COMPANY WHAT that made her fret regardless. She had just managed to calm down when she heard the knock on the door, and instead of freaking out any more, she went to answer it.
"L-lizzy! What a, um, surprise?" Which it was, really...even if there was a text to announce her arrival. The little Vetala skipped forward a bit to hug her friend; it had been so long! Her gray eye dropped to the bag near the Demoness, and she leaned against Lizzy a little more, like there could be something terrible inside. "What's that?" She questioned, pointing at it.
In the background, DC made that horrible purring noise of his, sitting on the floor with a pencil - an actual pencil - held in his mouth.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:35 am
"Amrita!"
If she was strong enough, she would have carried the ghoul up and spun her around in circles to show her excitement and joy, but she wasn't. Thus, she settled for a hug, the grin on her face showing that she was delighted to be there. While unwilling to release her from the hug, Lizzy begrudgingly did when questioned about the big bag, although she had took Amrita's arm around her own. In reply, she patted the top of the bag with a giggle, "Oh, just some supplies..."
DC's purring was not lost to Lizzy, and her smile widened as she turned towards the Minipet, "Hey there, DC!" Letting go of her friend, she dragged the bag into the room so that it was no longer in the corridor before bending down to pat DC on his head, "You've been good, I hope!"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:55 am
"Supplies for what?" Amrita pressed, rather curious as to what was in it now, even if there was a small sense of foreboding there. In fact, the followed Lizzy into her own room, only happy to keep the Demoness between herself and DC.
"DC's never good." Amrita grumbled as DC happily fidgeted with his entire body, shifting his weight from paw to paw, wings shifting, tail swaying; the whole shebang. The half-chewed on, half-scorched writing utensil was spit out at Lizzy's feet. He took a moment to nuzzle into the hand, that terribly deep growl of a purr still rumbling in his throat.
"Lizzzyyyyyy what is it?" She couldn't help but whine, staring at the massive bag; how did she even GET it here?! The Vetala took a moment to close the door to her room, finding herself mildly distracted by a large, rather full tank of Floresce fish against a nearby wall.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:17 am
"Aw, don't say that! DC's a good boy, aren't you?" She giggled, rubbing the top of the Minipet's head.
"For making you a dress, of course!" Lizzy replied happily without looking up as she continued to fuss over DC, running her hand from his head to his back; sure, he's not furry like Rosenthal, but he's adorable! Giving him one last pat on the top of his head, the Demoness straightened up, practically skipping over to the bag before opening it. A hand reached in and started to dig before pulling out a long measuring tape, "Since you refuse to go to the Maul, at least allow me to tailor you a dress to wear~ You can tell me what you like, and I'll work my way from there!"
She then paused, hooking onto Amrita's arm again as she followed her friend's gaze to the Floresce fish; the way they swam about was quite enchanting, and she found herself staring for a bit before clearing her throat, "Also, Livi and I are no longer going to try to convince you to go shopping with us... But we'll still be getting you new clothes!"
Thus the measurements!
"Oh! How's the Skellyphone?" She nodded, placing the measuring tape around her neck as she unzipped her hoodie, finding it warmer after staying near the Death Charm, "I hope that its been useful!"
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:15 am
Oh...Oh DC liked this pink haired thing. A lot. His horrible purring grew louder and his white eyes closed, ears flattening to the sides of his head while Lizzy pet down his head and neck spikes; luckily they were fairly curved and did no damage. Still, the beast purred, arching his head and shoulders much like a feline with every pet. Of course every pet felt like running your hand over an extremely warm, very vein-bump-y rock.
He was sad when it was over and made a hissing noise of disapproval, but he understood and flopped over onto his side, torn between watching them and turning the pencil to chewed on charcoal.
"...A dress?!" Amrita repeated with a hitch of dismay in her voice. "But I already have two!" What more did she need?! She had her Sari (shut up that was totally a dress) and her Etiquette class dress...why would she need more?! Despite all of her pouting she was mildly content with the idea of never having to go to the maul again, and so for that she would play along.
But she wouldn't like it.
"I like flowers? And Trees." She responded almost grudgingly, letting Lizzy move her about the room as she saw fit. Now in question, the skellyphone got a glance and a shrug. "It's...weird, but it's okay. I'm better with it now than when you gave it so me?" Really it was mostly just Lizzy that used it to contact her anyway!
"But, um, I don't really think making me a dress'll be worth it right now...It might not fit soon..." Her comment was thoughtful, she hadn't intended on saying it out loud but, there is was!
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:50 am
"One more wouldn't hurt! Besides, I would be making it... We'll be promoted to being year twos once the term is over, so take it as a gift of sorts?" Lizzy replied with a slight pout, taking down mental notes for when she was designing the dress; seems like Amrita likes earthy tones... Then again, it wasn't hard to guess considering her current clothes! Besides, earthy tones and simple designs suit her... Being too fancy don't - at least, in her opinion.
"I'm glad you're getting used to it!" She nodded, "I feel less worried when I can contact you easily as well." Amrita's last comment caused her to pause, excitement toning down a little as she looked at the ghoul curiously. Could she mean a growth spurt? Can an Undead body even grow?
"What do you mean?" she finally asked, blinking, "It might not fit?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:15 am
A gift? "...W-well, okay, I suppose..." Amrita still looked mildly unsure of the whole having a wardrobe thing. Getting ready for Etiquette class was hard enough without having to put a great deal of thought into which dress to wear! She only had a certain amount of thoughts per day, after all. Well, probably. She never thought to try it out.
"I try to keep it on me?" She assured her friend, which was true enough! Hopefully Lizzy wouldn't worry too much; Amrita didn't want her to be looked at funny by other Demons because she looked after the end-of-the-line Zombie girl. However, as Lizzy picked up on the hint Amrita didn't mean to give just yet, she looked sheepish.
"W-well..." She hummed, poiting her index fingers together. So far she wasn't quite sure the best way to answer that; there were so many ways! "...Because, uhh...they're, um, trying to build me a...new one...?" It seemed the best way to answer, really! Too many thoughts going through her head, not enough time to sit and pick through them.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:42 am
She smiled at Amrita's answer, determined to make something the ghoul would be proud to own. Her smile only widened at her reassurance, glad that the Skellyphone would be used. She kept quiet, however; for now, she was just curious about Amrita's little comment... From the way the ghoul was acting, it seemed like more than just a normal growth spurt.
"They? A new one?" She echoed, blinking... When it finally sunk in, her eyes widened and she leaned forward, her expression a mixture of worry and curiosity as she frowned, "What do you mean they're building you a new body? And who are they anyway?"
Her mind immediately thought of an individual who was built. A certain individual with a hunched back, and who had shown great interest in Amrita before. While he seemed harmless, and perhaps his intentions might be good, this whole... Building a body thing didn't seem right to her. Straightening up, she sighed, "Is Christof a part of this?"
It was a guess, but not a wild one.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:55 am
No matter how much she protested, she would proudly wear anything Lizzy made for her because, well...Lizzy made it for her. Even if it ended up being rags (which was unlikely, but for the sake of argument) she would still be proud to wear it.
Then, of course, came the questions. Why the questions? Oh, right, she had said something that people probably didn't say. Uhh...Amrita focused hard, trying to think which one to answer first and how to answer it properly. In the end, it seemed best to start at the end and work her way back.
"Uhm...Y-yes, he is, but I think...it was my idea? I don't really, um, remember how it happened just...'they' are Christof, Riley and Malodore...and I mean they really are going to...try and build me a new one." Amrita was trying that 'be more confident!' thing, but it was hard going. Very hard. What was left of her lips pressed together in a thin line, her jaw shuffling thoughtfully from side to side. She really...didn't know how to say this properly.
"...How old do you think I am, Lizzy?" The little Undead asked, seemingly out of the blue.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:29 am
As expected.
However, she was too surprised to hear that Amrita wanted a new body to feel anything else. Instead, the Demoness just stared at her friend, not quite sure how to respond. If she was going to get a new constructed body, would that make her a patchwork? Then again, she wasn't sure how her species work... Can they just change bodies as they grow? Like hermit crabs? Lizzy frowned at the thought; she had never asked Amrita what she was.
"Riley and Malodore... The purple Demon from the Truth or Dare game and the Doctor?" She knew the latter from literature class as they were paired together for an assignment, but she did not know what to think of Riley... Malodore gave her the impression that he (or did he refer to himself as an it before?) was reliable, but Riley? Well, at least the ghoul was nice to Christof...
"Well... If they build you a new one, how are you going to... Go over?" She tilted her head, pausing, "Are they going to transfer your brain?" That would make her a patchwork, right?
"You look 9 or 10, but... I think 12?" She replied with a quirk of her brow; it sounded more like a question than an answer, but it was a reply nonetheless, "Why do you ask?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:53 am
"Yeah, the one with no nose or mouth, and tentacle-hair!" Amrita nodded, lifting her arms to press her hands against the top of her head just enough to wiggle her fingers behind it...because those were totally tentacles. Totally.
"Uhm...no...this brain is about as rotted as this body." Amrita sighed, dropping her mime of tentacle hair to gesture to herself as a whole. It was already a little easier, telling Lizzy; it wasn't as stressful when she told Christof...or had to explain it more to Malodore and Riley. Perhaps it was the repetition, or was it the promise of getting 'better'? Who knew. Lizzy's answer to her question had at first made her smile almost sadly, but she did perk up a bit at the mention of twelve. Really, twelve?! In this body? Thoughtfully pleased, she looked down at herself, her toes wiggling on the very cold floor behind her.
"I asked 'cause...this body is nine but...I'm not nine...I'm actually fourteen." She scratched the side of her face, looking away sheepishly. No matter how much easier it was to spill the beans, she was still embarrassed to have to admit to her accident. "And...I'm not a Zombie, either...n-not really, anyway! Have you ever heard of a Vetala? 'Cause, um, that's what I am."
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:12 am
"R-Really? 14?" Things were getting more and more confusing; from the way Amrita was trying to explain things, it almost sounded like the body wasn't hers. Or that she really was like a hermit crab... Switching 'homes' whenever they grew out of an old 'home'. Except 'home' here refers to a body. That or she simply meant she was a 14-year old stuck in a 9-year old body as zombies can't grow physically even as they age-
"You're not a zombie?" Lizzy's surprise was shown plainly on her face; she had always assumed that Amrita was one, since she had a rotting body and everything... The only thing she had found odd (and startling) were the backward facing hands and feet... But she had attributed that to a bad accident or the fact that Amrita was 'born' with it. Blushing at her sudden outburst, she tried to regain her composure before shaking her head slowly, "No... I haven't heard of a Vetala."
Why did she get the feeling that her 'hermit crab' theory was close?
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:48 am
Hermit crab was probably pretty close, actually! Not that Amrita would have known that or anything.
"Uhh...N-no! Not...really. Right now, yes, but really, no." Yes Amrita, you were making heaps of sense. So much of it. The girl tapped her fingertips together, all five of them, and tried to figure out how to explain it; Riley and Malodore mostly knew somethings about her race, but Lizzy clearly did not.
"We, um, possess human corpses to...give ourselves an identity? I mean, my real form looks like almost like every other Vetala so...so we - I - possess bodies, like, borrow them. So...like body snatchers, I guess? Only dead ones. We can possess and repossess at will...or at least we're supposed to be able to..." There was a pause as Amrita thought about what she had said; hopefully that would have made sense! It sounded right to her, anyway. Still, admitting to all this made her antsy, and the fleshy half of her face was darkened with a blush.
"S-so this body isn't mine, and...and they're going to build me a new one...something about being a challenge? I...I don't know. Just...your hard work might not, uhm, fit for long..."
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:16 am
"So... You are not a zombie but you're in a corpse so that sort of makes you a zombie, but since you can leave the body at any time, you are really not a zombie?" Prolonged exposure to Amrita had helped her develop a sixth sense - the 'unscrambling of random mutterings' sense. Too bad it only applied when she's actually speaking to Amrita. It also helped that she listened to what a Vetala is - and does - before saying anything.
"I see... And by 'supposed to be able to', you mean you can't right now?" She looked thoughtful and no longer as surprised or confused as before. However, she didn't know if she was supposed to look happy - Amrita looked like she wanted this new body that would probably help her look more her age, but Lizzy couldn't help wondering if it came with any risks.
Still, if switching from one body to another - hermit crab theory! - was normal for her kind, perhaps it didn't?
She chewed nervously on her lower lip, rubbing one end of the measuring tape with her fingers, "Well... If this is what you want... I'll support you. If you feel odd after possessing the body they make for you though, promise me you'll leave it at once!" She nodded with a small smile, before moving in to give Amrita a hug, "But you'll have to let me make a dress for your new body!"
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