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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:55 pm
It was certainly a great deal quieter outside than it was inside, and Gale stood with Jinhai on the training fields, absently poking at one of the straw filled target dummies.
"Well?" he asked.
"Well, what?"
"How does it feel?"
Jinhai arched a brow. "Like I'm normal again."
Gale rolled his eyes. "Come on. We're still bonded. I'm not going to make fun of you, or anything. You're still my partner, even if right now you're...not what I've been used to."
There was silence for a few moments as Jinhai just looked at him, expression unreadable, but then he looked away and gave a sigh, his eyes tracing the foggy skyline.
"Like a lie," he said finally. "I've been...well, just a voice for so long that it's hard to even comprehend what's happening right now."
Gale nodded, tugging at a stray straw. "Well, for what it's worth...you're a good partner."
Jinhai turned his head, smiling a little. "Thank you. I suppose you're an adequate partner."
"Shut up."
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:25 pm
"You know, Keru... im not your minion." A certain voice was heard, grumbling.
"I beg to differ, actually." The rumbling voice sounded off next, sounding certain. "My fear shield protects you when i am in sword form. My powers are what gives you powers and the ability to withstand the halloween populace. So in a way, when you move your hand, you are really moving my hand. So, you are a extension of me."
"Thus, a minion."
She really could not be having a conversation like this with her own weapon, could she? For once she was glad to be ALONE inside her mind. Because she was currently wondering something along the lines of 'rain check'?
"And without me, usually, you would be confined into that sword like frame and not be allowed to voice your opinions at all."
He could not disagree with that... for now.
Rounding the corner of the training fields, Ceres noticed up ahead she was not the only person whom decided getting away from the main HQ, dorms, and cafeteria was a good idea. "Hello Gale!" Her voice called out, glancing to the side to see where the hell Keru was.
Only she found him stopped in his tracks a few yards back, his eyes narrowed and posture a bit stiff. Following the trail of his eyes, she noticed that he seemed to be looking right at, what she could assume was, Gales weapon Golem. What the heck?
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:17 pm
He heard the voices before they arrived, Gale glancing over his shoulder to catch sight of a familiar young woman with dark hair crossing the field to where they stood.
"Hey, Ceres," he said, turning to greet her by lifting a hand before he slid it back into his pocket, along with the other. "Seems like I'm not the only one who wanted to get away from everything. It's been a while - how are you?"
Beside him, he could hear a sudden, sharp intake of breath, and Gale turned his head, looking curiously at Jinhai. The dragon had stiffened, his eyes fixed on a point somewhere behind Ceres, his pale face set with a most peculiar expression. Bemused, Gale peered around Ceres to catch sight of a shorter young man - a creature, with pale hair and horns protruding from the top of his unruly sandy locks.
"Your weapon, I assume?" Gale asked Ceres, still looking at Jinhai out of the corner of his eye, trying to figure out why he looked so spooked. He wished, oddly enough, that he could whisper in his mind, ask him what the deal was, but his mind was empty, except from his own thoughts.
"This is Jinhai. Jinhai, Ceres...aaand I'm afraid I don't know her weapon's name, I'm sorry."
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:31 pm
Frowning, Ceres looped a arm through Takerus and had to practically DRAG the Quilin across the field so that she did not have to scream out replies to Gale. You'd think as a intermediate hunter she might have a little more strength than before but... Nooooope. "I've been ok, minus taking care of royal stick in the mud here. I think he thinks he OWNS me or something." She sent a look at Keru, saying the words to try and get a rise out of him... but failing, royally. "This is Takeru Kato... but i tend to just call him Keru. He seems to like his whole name being said more, Or Kato or Takeru... never anything else." And now she was just rambling. Ceres took a moment to look around at the human form of Gales weapon too, noticing the boy with the horns and scaling as well. It was a few minutes longer before the horned male with the sandy hair opened his mouth and took in a breath of air, a sign he was about to speak. "Do i... know you?" He shrugged the arm that Ceres had taken away, and took a step forward closer to Jinhai, a very similar expression mirroring the dragons. Not wanting to interupt whatever was happening she made a point to wander over and stand near Gale. She gave him a look over her shoulder that clearly said 'the hell is going on?' before looking back too. kuromeez tag but oh god plz feel better ok ;;
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:09 pm
"Ah, yes, well," said Gale, with an exasperated shake of his head. "The Life department and their little experiments...I can never tell what sort of thing they'll be concocting next, but I have to admit that this one seems to take the cake. Though I have to admit," he added, with a glance at Jinhai, who was still standing with an odd rigidness beside him. "I'm finding the whole thing rather interesting anyway."
Gale peered curiously at Ceres' weapon, who was, strangely enough, standing just as stiffly as his own. If he'd had to take a guess,Takeru Kato seemed to be the same sort of creature as Jinhai was - or at least, a similar creature, with dragon-like horns that were much larger than Jinhai's, and golden in color, rather than a pale, icy blue.
He looked at Ceres, who had moved to stand beside him, and shrugged, just as confused as she was.
Jinhai had taken a step forward, but silently, and if there had been a heart in the clay body, he had the sneaking suspicion it would have been beating rather abnormally fast. He couldn't say why that was, or why he had the oddest feeling of nostalgia, but something about this Takeru Kato seemed...different.
"I..." Jinhai started to say, but for once, words seemed to fail him. He reached out a hand, his fingers stopping just short of the quilin's face.
And then he dropped his hand abruptly, feeling rather embarrassed.
"...my apologies," he said. "You...for some reason you just seem...familiar, somehow.
"...it's Kato, isn't it? That's your name?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:20 pm
"More like a pain in my a** if you ask me." She ended up whispering back at Gale, shrugging her shoulders. "Interesting yes, but Keru in this form is even more pushy than usual." She had a suspicion that was more to do with him having his own body temporarily, and less about what the usual bitching at her was about. He always stressed she needed to be stronger, work harder. Sleep less. She was almost a master at tuning him out now. Takeru was almost as lost in his own thoughts as Jinhai was, not stepping back or even moving any closer one the other boil had made that last step to break the distance between them even more so. The world around him was zoned out, even their two hunters were forgotten, as he looked at Jinhai more intensely. Was Jinhai perhaps a Quilin too? Was that the connection? He sure looked the part... but somewhere deep in his gut he had a feeling that was wrong. Jinhai was not a Quilin, but he was almost certainly some sort of noble beast as well. Why though was he feeling this way? He was feeling uncertain for the first time in ages, worried even. Why was he different? He made no move to stop the man from touching him, even he too.. the germophobe, wondered what would have happened if they actually did touch. Though his natures were clashing at least other. The audacity of someone else touching him, versus his own curiosity. "Kato is one of my names, yes. Your... Jinhai?" He recalled back to Gale saying that name. "I dont understand either. It is almost as if a faint memory, hidden to me, is trying to surface through the murk of the darkness." "What are you?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:54 pm
"Aren't all weapons a pain in the arse?" said Gale lightly, sliding his hands into the pockets of his pants and giving Ceres a knowing look. "Jinhai's a great weapon, not going to lie about that, but you know, sometimes..."
He trailed off, still scrutinizing the weapon in question, who was looking...unusually silent.
"Kato is one of my names, yes."
The words rang throughout Jinhai's mind, reverberating off of each and every thought, as though there was something about them that was important - something that he could not figure out, no matter how much he wracked his brain to try and figure it out.
Something about Takeru Kato was different.
"...Jinhai, yes," he replied quietly, and pressed his lips together uncertainly. The frustration of wanting to understand and not being able to was gnawing in his head, and it made him feel uneasy.
He didn't like not knowing things.
"I'm..."
What am I?
I don't know if I know that myself anymore.
"...a fucanglong dragon," murmured Jinhai, and lifted his hand without thinking, his fingers very lightly touching the side of Kato's face. "What are you..?"
And then he realized what he was doing and drew his hand away instantly, his expression muted and embarrassed.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:05 pm
Her mouth curled up into a small smile at the point of their weapons being great was made. "Takeru is great in his own way too. For all his...stuck up pride issues, he also has his faults. Plus he really just wants us to be the best we can be. I dont think he would have a healing fear type if he did not care." They really had similar views on life. Protect, Heal, Be the best you can be... What was more miraculous about the gentle brush of fingers was that he not only allowed the touch without protest, he also visibly relaxed to the touch. His shoulders went down and he closed his eyes. It was almost as if, this Jinhai, had a calming effect on the boil. "... A noble beast." It was a instant response, even if it took a moment to answer right after asked. It was something ingrained, as if he had been asked this question many a time before. Shaking his head a few times, he looked back up to meet the others eyes. "A Quilin." Now that rang a much different tone, as he almost had to force those words out. Why did it feel... harder to say? it was almost as if he wanted to leave that air of mystery over what exactly he was, but yet... He did not, no.. COULD not, lie to this dragon. Before he could think better of himself, and before his mind actually caught up to him, Takeru did something that was a show of ultimate trust even for himself. That being? He willingly reached out and touched the other. Sure it was just a brush of fingers through the others hair, but in the past he was not trusting...at all. "I think i might have once known you." It was the only possible explanation. "...You getting the idea we are watching some sort of private moment too?" She broke the silence between herself and gale, watching the scene in slight wonder. kuromeez I'm going to freaking die of adorable here.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:42 pm
"...I kind of get the feeling, yes," Gale muttered to Ceres with some amusement. He jerked his head to the side, indicating for the other hunter to follow him. "Why don't we, er...go get something to eat or something."
Jinhai, on the other hand, wasn't paying attention to his hunter anymore, his eyes locked on the figure in front of him. Some of the tension clearly visible in Kato's shoulders had eased when he had touched his face, and Jinhai felt his thoughts churn, his frustrated mind working furiously to figure out what was going on.
"...not hardly," he murmured, with a small smile. "Not noble at all."
The words felt familiar, tasted familiar somehow, Jinhai's hand still raised, fingers curled into his palm, away from Kato's face. The Quilin had lifted his own hand and Jinhai felt cool fingers sift through his hair. He stiffened automatically, a sharp intake of breath making him hesitate just slightly before he relaxed into it, his eyes searching Kato's for something, anything -
He clenched his fingers together, tail curling around his leg.
"I...think that might be a correct assumption," Jinhai murmured, and his expression had turned distraught, almost pained. "But I - I don't know - "lilwolfpard FEEEEEELSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:17 pm
"Can i suggest if the cafeteria is still...er..occupied, we run in grab food and flee?" She mentioned with a nod, following after the hunter without saying much else. A familiar snort came from the boils nose as he rolled his eyes slightly at the assessment, daring even a smile. "I was calling myself a noble beast." Dragons could be a thing of beauty, or even total destruction, and nobility if they wanted... but only if they claimed it. If Jinhai was denying HIMSELF as a noble beast... then this was ok. If the dragon was denying him? Well.... That thought though was cut off about a moment before he too realized that he was practically petting the other boil, feeling heat creep up his neck and face he brought the hand back abruptly. His orange hued gaze dropping, he failed to find himself able to meet the other boils eyes for a moment. "I wish there was some way we could find out." My mumbled to himself, squaring his shoulders and bringing his eyes back up to meet that of the other Dragons. "All i know is...currently? I...I feel. Safe." He felt safe around him. Silly, huh? kuromeez Crap tag im sorry ;; sleepy.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:22 pm
Jinhai arched a brow, amused in spite of the overwhelming tenseness of the situation. "Who says I was referring to myself?" he teased lightly, and cocked his head to the side, giving Takeru a serene smile. "Perhaps I was referring to someone else entirely."
The Quilin's expression had shifted to one of embarrassment, his hand falling away from Jinhai's hair, and Jinhai had to stop himself from reaching out to him again, tucking one hand into the sleeve of the other and taking a deep breath. Takeru's eyes were on the ground, but Jinhai's were tracing his features, trying to figure them out, memorizing them in his mind as though he could draw the memories from him that he needed to.
But all he got was a blurry picture, fuzzy around the edges and faded, fragments of thoughts and wisps of feelings that made him feel frustrated and unhappy. He had been one thing for so long that the memories of who had been before were gone now.
He wanted them back.
"Safe?" repeated Jinhai, in some surprise, and to his own astonishment he felt his cheeks heat a little, opening his mouth and then shutting it abruptly. He sighed, exhaling slowly, and took a step towards the boil, his churning feelings curling in his stomach. Takeru's eyes lifted to his again, and Jinhai found himself unable to look away.
"...safe is good," he said quietly. "I feel...a lot of things, but one of them is...oddly enough...protective."
He gave the Quilin a wan smile. "Of you, that is. I don't know why, but there you have it."lilwolfpard YOUR TAGS ARE NEVER CRAP BBY <333
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