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 Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:00 pm
Back in his room, Jericho went over to his computer to start sifting around the webs to try and find where he could buy some blank pins or buttons in bulk. It shouldn't be too hard, he figured. However, time was of essence, so he wanted to see if he could find a place nearby where he could pick it up without having to deal with shipping times.
That was the trickier part. He was also going to need some paint, he figured. The paper for templates wasn't going to be an issue.
But quite frankly, he wasn't entirely certain what he was getting into with this. The dragon hadn't done anything quite like this before.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:13 pm
Lizzy was lugging around a rather bulky looking bag in her hand as she wandered the monster dorms; it was as big and messy as always, and since she hadn't been there a while, she actually thought that she was going to get lost; eventually, she found her way to his room and knocked on the door.
"Delivery for a Mr Jericho!"
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:19 pm
Before Jericho could actually order anything, he heard a knock and a familiar voice coming from this door. Looking over, he tilted his head, then made his way to see what was up. Upon opening the door, he found Lizzy on the other side.. with a pretty big bag.
"Oh hey Lizzy. Um... what's with the bag?" he asked. Yes, he heard that he had a delivery but.. that didn't really tell him a whole lot other than she planned on giving this bag to him.
Was it filled with gold coins?
That would be.
Amazing.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:49 pm
"Something," She said in her mysterious voice, which was not very mysterious at all; she did try though, even going as far as wriggling her fingers in midair before grinning her best mysterious grin, "May I come in?"
She might also be hiding something behind her.
There were no gold coins, but Lizzy did pick up a fruits meats basket. Filled with meat.
She was still disgusted by it.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:45 pm
Raising an eyebrow, Jericho nodded and stepped out of the way to let the spider demon in. Pausing, he sniffed the air as a scent hit his nose. Was that meat?
"So what brings you here today Lizzy?" he asked while closing the door. He might have been trying to see what she was holding behind her back.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:00 am
"BACON. GAY BACON STRIPS." She announced loudly before thrusting the basket out at the boil once she was in the room, her brow knitted together in absolute concentration and seriousness, "MORE BACON! Meat-get-well-soon basket for youuuu! Sorry I didn't come by earlier... I didn't even know that you got injured till recently!"
There were also sausages - eek - and other things in the basket.
She placed the basket and bag down on the floor before hugging her friend, glad that he was clothed while feeling rather guilty about everything, "I hope your leg is better now, though? Junko told me all about how you got that injury. You have to learn to be more careful!" She the released him from the hug, taking a step back and picking up the bag again.
"I have with me a pin press and a circular paper cutter," She nodded, working to unzip the bag so that Jericho could look at the contents, "Together with... I lost count, but a lot of pin making materials, all sorted into different bags. I also printed a couple of templates based off professor Red's pin. You'll probably have to print more though, if you run out! I have the template saved here."
She took out a thumb drive from the side pocket of the bag before grinning, "I hope your arms hadn't been lacking in exercise lately."
No Lizzy, Jericho probably uses his arms a lot during his 'me time'.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:52 am
Holding onto the basket as it was thrust into his hands, Jericho stared before looking down at it. The basket was indeed full of meat! Lots of different sorts of things from what he could tell! Sausages too... but uh.. those should be fine since there likely won't be any girls chewing slowly on those.
Hugging Lizzy in return, he chuckled nervously as she said the reasoning for the gift.
"Oh.. yeah. My leg is better now but thanks for the meat basket anyway," he smiled before peeking to see what was with the bag. Oh. She brought pin making things. That saved him some time. Lizzy couldn't have come at a better moment too really since he was about to leave to go buy stuff.
"Nice! This should be pretty useful. And don't worry, I got this," he said while puffing up a bit, "Thanks for coming by with these. I was just about to go grab materials myself."
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:14 am
"The shop keeper was very passionate about his gift baskets," She nodded, blushing a bit at her earlier outburst as she giggled, delighted that Jericho had hugged her back, "Something about how there should always be bacon... I hope you like it! I wasn't in the position to pick something where meat was concerned, so I went with the shopkeeper's recommendation."
She grinned, walking over to the desk and setting up the materials there like a neat assembly line - pin backings, covers, pieces of paper with the template printed out.
"You're welcome! When I used it, my arms would ache after every few pins since you really have to use a bit of force to make sure the pin stays together," She explained with a sheepish smile, using the paper cutter to cut out one of the templates, "But basically, you put the backing in this indent here, followed by the template and the cover. Make sure it's aligned and then..." She took the handle and pressed down - hard - on it, "Hold it there for about one or two seconds!"
After she released the handle, there was a perfectly formed pin inside... A replica of Professor Red's pin, to be exact. She couldn't help looking emotional as she stared at it for a little while before picking it up, holding it between her thumb and forefinger, "And we have a pin..."
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:20 am
Following Lizzy, Jericho watched as she showed and explained how to use the pin press. It seemed pretty simple enough, though he could see how she would get tired after doing a few. Well, it was a good thing he was a monster. His strength should allow him to hold up pretty well in getting these done.
"Looks simple enough," he said before taking the replica from her to look it over. A sad expression flickered across his features briefly as he looked down at it.
"We'll make her proud.." he added while setting the pin aside.
"This will help a lot. How are the cloaks coming by?" he asked. He recalled Junko mentioning she was enlisting Lizzy and Xiu to help with the production of those.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:29 am
"I wish she held more classes," She muttered softly before looking rather guilty, running a hand through her hair as she averted her gaze from the pin Jericho had taken from her, "Or maybe we should have made that effort to go see her more. Talk to her more... I don't think any of us ever did."
And now she was gone for good.
"Ah... Those are coming along well," She managed a smile, although it did not reach her eyes, "We're working really hard... It's a good thing cloaks are not all that complicated to sew."
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:34 am
Jericho had a few similar sentiments as Lizzy there. He had only attended one of her gym classes, but he felt like he could have tried harder in it. It was too late now to do anything like that. Letting out a sigh, he looked back down to the pin, then shook his head.
"The only thing we can do now is keep going forward. Make sure she gets the memorial she deserves and then continue to grow so we can fight off these Hunters.. even if the rest of Halloween won't," he said quietly.
"That's good to hear. I'll have some kobolds deliver the pins as I make them. Probably a box at a time," he said, "Just so we can keep working on this and all."
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:53 am
"Indeed," She agreed with a nod, "In fact... Once you're better, maybe you could show me how to work the machines in the fitness room. Or just duel with me... Or rather, 'watch as Lizzy tries to punch someone and kick them between their legs'... It worked pretty well on that one hunter."
Jericho's comment prompted a soft giggle from her as she tried to feel better, "Kobold delivery system... Cute!" She liked the kobolds! There was one lounging around in her room somewhere, protecting her room from the terror that were gnomes.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:58 am
"You kicked a hunter in the nuts?" Jericho blinked before chuckling lightly, "I can't quite tell whether to feel bad for the guy or to say good job!"
Shaking his head, he added "But either of those options sounds good to me. We can probably do that once we're done with the memorial work. Does that sound good to you?"
At the mention kobolds, Gimbal peeked out from around the treasure heap. He looked at the two by the desk, then went back to doing whatever he was doing. What the kobold did in his free time was sometimes a bit of a mystery.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:05 am
"In... The nuts..." She frowned at the choice of words, as if she was trying to process what nuts had to do with anything before deciding that it must be another slang for the 'balls' Shun had used, "He was a terrible person. They were all terrible... They put us in a cage." She closed her eyes and shuddered; she hated talking or thinking about it, but it wasn't something she would be forgetting anytime soon.
"Remember the hunter on the island, in that lighthouse? How he said that weapons were created from Halloweeners like us?" Her voice had dropped to a whisper, "I saw it happen with my own eyes." She wished she never did, but at least now... Now they know that it's true.
"Sounds perfect," She nodded before wriggling her fingers at Gimbal in a sort of wave. She then paused, looking up at Jericho, "How much do you know about what happened...?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:11 am
The expression on the dragon grew grim as Lizzy explained things a little more. To be stuffed into a cage and forced to watch one of their own become.. one of them. That had to be horrible. That was one thing he hoped that he would not have to witness personally, lest it was one of the Hunters undergoing the process somehow. It probably wouldn't work but it might cause the human a great deal of pain, right?
"Sorry to hear.." he uttered quietly, "I heard a lot of what happened. I heard about Red, the one known as the Soul Harvester, and a few other details here and there."
A lot of people had been talking about their experiences. Others had been speaking with Riley as well. The two often exchanged their notes on the matter so they had a decent idea of what transpired.
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