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 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:29 pm
Gene had spent a fair amount of time busy with preparing for the Cozy Cafe Contest (which she ended up just getting kicked out of - assholes), but had made sure to write up a meal plan for Mot, as she'd promised she would. It was delayed, and she felt bad, but at least she followed through. His breakfasts, morning snacks, lunches, mid afternoon snacks, and dinners were all lined out and had specific portions of which nutrient he would need to take in at the time.
She didn't know much about working out, honestly. All she did for exercise was spar, but as a Boogeyman Mot would be needing more specific things than that. On the reverse side of the chart she'd made, there were a few names of trainers on the interwebs she'd seen advertised.
Chart and two cups of coffee - dark roast - in hand, Gene made her way to the Reaper dorms and asked around for the boil's room. Once pointed out, she found the door and knocked.
"Mot! It's Gene!" She called through the wood, beaming.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:07 am
Visitor? And from a ghoul he'd not seen in some time. Better yet, an ally in the appreciation of coffee. Mot smiled widely, getting up from his desk and jogging to the door. He opened it wide, and his smile got bright at the sight of coffee with the pretty ghost.
"Well Howdy, Little Lady! I haven't seen you in ages. Come in?" He stepped aside to allow her access to his rather bare room. Save for his desk, which was littered with woodcrafting tools.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:52 pm
Giggling a little, Gene tipped an imaginary hat to the cowboil as she stepped into the room with a bright smile, looking around the room for a place to put their coffee that wouldn't require her invading his personal space.
No option found, Gene just stuffed the coffee cup into Mot's hand with a sweet smile. "Dark as night." She chirped, sipping her own cup. It was like a caffeinated punch to the face, with a note of brown sugar.
"So, what've you been up to other than battling furnace kings in Christmasland?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:37 am
Mot took the coffee in hand, giving the dark roast a light sniff before taking a drink. Aaaaah yeah. The good stuff.
"Hmm, mostly just hibernating." Mot answered honestly, offering a seat to the lady. Two chairs by a cluttered table were open. "Sorry, I'm not often this messy. I've been having fun creating woodcrafts. Mostly little things."
"What have you been up to?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:38 am
"Oh? Did you somehow become a bear since we last chatted?" Gene giggled, taking her seat and sipping at her coffee. The table was a bit messy, but he had a perfectly good explanation for it.
"Oh? You'll have to show me some of the things you've been making." She stated sweetly, crossing her legs and taking anotehr sip of the drink in her hand.
"What have I been up to? Oh, nothing much," Her smile bradened a bit, but quickly went back down to normal, "Xiu and I were starting our plans for the cafe, but...well, we sort of had to postpone everything because of the coma."
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:49 pm
Mot chuckled. Hibernating just seemed like the thing to do after his last school escapade. "Sure. I tried to make a guitar once too, but..." He turned his head toward the other side of the room, a beautifully carved guitar with skulls and chain patterns running through the wood. "Well... it looks nice, but the sound needs some work. I must have strung it wrong....."
A cafe? How wonderful! Mot smiled and went to take a sip of his coffee, hoping that their little plan would-----
Mot suddenly pat out his coffee back into the cup, and then stared beilderedly at Gene.
"XIU'S IN A COMA!??!!?!?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:55 pm
"Er...yeah. I don't even know the full details myself, but I went to see her the other day and found out about her condition." Gene mumbled, starting to shake a little. She'd actually panicked when she first heard, but had come to accept that Xiu was out of commission for the time being. She had hope that the ghoul would wake up, though, and she expressed it openly. "She'll come out of it, though. We're Halloween, right? We always pull through - Fear always finds a way." She smiled wanly, taking a sip of coffee.
She took note of his mentioned guitar, taking keen interest. It was truly a beautiful thing. "The sound? Hmmm..." She fiddled with a lock of her hair, thinking a bit. Would that one guitar reaper be able to help him? "Roch could help with that...though why don't you show me? I'm no expert, but I'm sure it's not awful."
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:15 pm
Mot nodded, clearing his throat as he calmed himself down. Gee. He knew he'd been out of touch with his friends, but to miss something like that? Maybe he ought to get out more. He hoped she was right, though. Hopefully Xiu would pull through. But what could have done that to her?
"Roch? I thought about it but.. well, he is a friend, but he often confuses me more than anything. I never understand what he's thinking." Perhaps he was just awkward.
Mot set down his half finished cup and got up o bring the guitar over. He handed to the ghoul sheepishly. "Well.. iiiiiits pretty awful..."
A pluck of the high E string was a banshee's wail
A pluck of the G string was a woman's shriek
A pluck of the D string sounded out a train's horn
A pluck of the A string was a witch's cackle
A pluck of the low E string was the gurgle of a dragon's hungry stomach
"...I... don't know.. what went wrong..."
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:36 pm
Oh.
Oh that did sound terrible. Gene made a little face at the sound, but gave Mot a pat on the shoulder. "Mmm, well...it would make a great display piece in your room!" She offered with a smile, lifting her hand off his shoulder to put back in her lap.
"And don't worry about Roch, I think Danny is honestly the one person who completely understands him." Another sip with a giggle attached, and she pulled the promised meal plan out of the folder she'd brought it in, and handed it to Mot.
"That's a breakdown of things you'll need to eat for your Boogeyman training - and suggested recipes I found on Stabinterest." A light blush - she had no recipes herself, save a few cafe sandwiches she'd come up with - like gobblers on toasted scry bread with a mix of dijin mustard and hellepeno peppers and sprouts - but she didn't know how to make a properly nutritious meal.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:14 pm
And now, that's what his guitar would be. Mot leaned it against a wall, sighing with a smile. Oh well. At least it looked cool. Maybe he could use it as a sound effects tool.
Mot took the meal plan with a confused look. Meal...plan...?
Oh. Right. Damn. He'd sort of hoped she'd forgotten. His delightful diet of jerky and coffee apparently would not stand with Gene. How sad. "Ah.. of course. Well, thank you. I'll make an effort to.. attempt this." Ugh.. he still didn't like eating. Hel often had made him stew in the past. While it tasted good, and he did eat it on occasion.. gosh he just had trouble stomaching food in general. But, the extra Fear intake was important when training the body, right?
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:39 pm
Gene raised a brow with a wry half smile, snorting lightly. "It's your choice, Mot. Take it or leave it - it's up to you if you really want to commit yourself to your career path." She offered with a light shrug and smile, before setting the coffee down.
She'd only come over to hand him the meal plan, but she hated to drop in and leave just like that. Why not stay a while - it wouldn't hurt either of them.
"When did you pick up wood carving?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:09 pm
"Yes, yes. If I want to be a Boogeyman, I really should.. take better care of myself." He sighed heavily anyway. He didn't have to like it, right? "At the very least, I have been keeping up with an excersize routine Shun put me on." Mac was left out of that equation, even if he did help him once as well. Because Mac.
"Um.. about half a year, to a year ago? I did it at first just to keep my hands busy, but I got rather fond of it." Mot explained with a smile. "It was just silly things like carving designs into existing wooden objects, but then I started getting adventurous with it."
"I don't have any big projects going right now. Would you like me to carve you something?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:13 pm
Gene nodded in approval, grinning when she heard that Shun was in on Mot's training, too. She didn't know the other Reaper all too well - she'd seen him in passing every now and again and knew he wielded daggers - but if he was helping Mot with his career as a Boogey, then Shun was good in Gene's books.
"Ooh, sounds fun." Gene smiled, glad to see the boil had other hobbies other than just sleeping and DDR (though those were nice hobbies). Something productive that kept him busy - a winning combination.
Oh...he wanted to make her something? A light blush spread across her face as her smile curled up more. How sweet...
"Well, Xiu and I could use a nice sign for the cafe, and since we're all know each other... She trailed off a bit, picturing the cafe with a wooden sign. It would definitely look vintage. "Yes, I'd like that a lot."
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:00 pm
"A sign, huh?" Mot's smile seemed thoughtful, a light grin tugging at his cheeks. "I'll think of something. Maybe I can come up with some sketches and have you and Xiu look at them!"
He paused and his smile faltered for a moment.
"Well.. after Xiu gets better, anyway. It'll be nice when she does. Something to look forward to, you know?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:29 pm
Gene's own smile faded at the mention of Xiu, eyes hitting the floor as she tried to collect herself - she wasn't going to cry. Not in front of Mot, or anyone really. She cried alone, with her pets. A few beats of silence, and she looked back up to Mot with a sadder smile, but no tears.
"Yeah...that'll be nice. I'm sure she'll love that." She was nearly whispering as she picked up her cup of coffee and drank deep, draining the beverage. "The place will be called 'Shifting Blossoms', so do whatever you want with that name - I'm sure you'll pull some kind of inspiration from it."
Another few beats of silence, and Gene's shoulders slumped. She couldn't help but think of Xiu now. "It's funny, how something awful can happen to someone you've only been friends with for a little bit and it feels like your world is kinda...crashing."
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