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 Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:09 pm
It was a calm late afternoon. Shun had done some vigorous training earlier in the day. He had taken his shower, and so now he was sitting upon the floor, meditating to relax himself. His good eye was closed as he cleared his mind of all thought. It was also pretty silent within his room. Bent-Tail was up on his bed, curled up on the pillow and sleeping. Arkham was resting as well under the bed. The two falcons were flying about outside, enjoying the October air.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:00 pm
Lock moved through the halls, alone. Each stepped seemed longer than the last in this hulking behemoth of a building, and he found himself getting considerably more lost.
Having arrived at (what he thought was) the correct dorm, Lock jiggled the doorknob to open it, as anyone else would do with (what they thought was) their dorm.
A jingling noise alerted Lock that Voodoo (Key, to some) was on her way, she was just taking her sweet time to explore all the new nooks and crannies in the wall on the way. "... Hurry, Voodoo." She yowled in response, though whether that was a good thing or a bad thing had yet to be revealed.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:07 pm
The sound of someone jiggling his doorknob caused for Shun's eye to crack open. He turned towards the door, staring for a few moments. Someone was out there, obviously, but it was a matter of who. It was a little strange that they didn't knock. The only person who he could think who might try to open the door normally would be Mitsu, but the thing was still locked as far as he could tell. Slowly, he got on up and made his way over, opening up to see who was there.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:16 pm
Lock's eyes narrowed (as much as they could be for someone who had naturally lulled eyes), to a squint. He adjusted his glasses once, making sure that he was indeed seeing what he was seeing.
"You're in my room ..." Was this really the "top institute in Halloween"? Where they let random strangers make themselves at home in your dorm?
Suddenly Lock was very sorely missing home.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:24 pm
The person on the other side was not someone he recognized in the slightest. Before he could ask what the stranger wanted, Shun was thrown off by a question that he never expected.
"... This isn't your room," he stated plainly.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:31 pm
Lock was thrown off guard for a moment, fumbling with the papers he held in his hand. His wasn't easily shaken, but Shun's demeanor and flatness towards him rattled the little shadowmaster a bit.
"Ah ... but it says right here ..." Lock didn't look up, squinting at the map. Giving a map with very small text to a boy with (arguably) the shittiest eyesight in Halloween had not been the smartest idea. "412 ... " he gestured to the map, which unfortunately had Lock pointing at room 255.
He wasn't even slightly close.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:39 pm
Shun stared down at the map. Now he didn't give a damn for the numbers written because they always ended up scrambled for him anyway, but he could still tell a few things just from looking at the layout and where he pointed.
"That room you point at is on the bloody second floor," he said flatly.
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:42 pm
Lock's face scrunched up in confusion, and he threw himself back at the map, holding it mere centimeters from his face. Did it really say- it DID say that. Oh Jack this was terrible. Now he looked like an a*****e without even trying.
"O-Oh ..." The normally pallor that coated his face was replaced with a light sheen of pink. "I have the wrong-"
"Floor!" Voodoo chipped in, rolling around at his feet and not adding much of anything, actually. "Wrong floor, wrong floor."
Lock kicked the cat with his foot lightly. The foot went straight through the cat, shadows melding around it, but the motion made him feel better at least. "Thank you Voodoo. Very helpful." He turned to the older reaper. "Ah- Sorry. I don't read well ..."
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:18 am
Shun stared at the other reaper, not looking particularly impressed. Not that he ever really appeared to be impressed in the first place. His gaze shifted down to the cat briefly, but he soon looked back at the kid who apparently was rather lost.
"... So it seems," he murmured. The boy's eyes must be pretty bad if he had to shove the paper up to his face like that. Perhaps he needed new glasses or something along those lines. Either way, for now, he wasn't about to admit his own issues with reading.
"But yes. This is the fourth floor. Two flights down and you'll be in the proper area."
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:03 pm
Lock nodded. "I see."
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"Are you a particularly educated reaper here?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:13 pm
Shun narrowed his good eye at that. The question sounded like an indirect way of saying 'are you stupid?'
"I'm in my third year of training here. Make what you will of that," he replied flatly.
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:06 pm
"I see," Lock concluded.
"He wants you to show him around the school," Voodoo chimed, mouth curling in mirthful spite.
Lock threw a hand to his face, but didn't deny it. "Ignore her. She's crazy."
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:11 pm
For a moment, Shun was silent as he glanced between the cat and the reaper before him. Show him around the school...? The presence of the familiar was proof enough that this was no random hunter in a golem (unless they had managed to make insane advances that he was unaware of). The boy hadn't denied that he wanted to be shown around, despite telling him to ignore the words of the feline.
"So you do not wish to be shown around. Very well," he shrugged. That made things more simple for him.
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Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:07 pm
Lock sighed, mouth twitching as he was caught between a rock and a hard place. "I would like to be shown around, but will not bother you if you don't want to."
"He does, he does!"
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Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:56 pm
Shun looked between the two once more. "One of you is lying."
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