|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:08 pm
Sitting behind the HQ where the tree remained, Loki was fumbling with small bits of paper, sounding more than a bit frustrated. Beside him there were crumpled balls that looked as they hadn't seen a bit of smoothness in their life, the edges burnt slightly, and charred beyond belief.
Yes, frustrated was most likely the best word for Loki at that point.
"And they said origami was soothing..." The hyena-boy hissed between his teeth, tearing another piece of paper in half and throwing it on the ground.
"Perhaps if you were gentler with your fingers-" Lue started, but had a paper hat shoved over his head, meshing him with the ground. A strange sound was uttered from the fire-lizard, and his tail twitched.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:21 pm
The silver-haired Legend, to bystanders, must have looked insane. She had her pink bunny hat pulled all the way over her eyes, and was chatting to the kitten she had cradled in her arms.
"And that's why, kitty, you should never mix asparagus with milk!" she exclaimed, narrowly avoiding a crowd of rambunctious skateboarders. She had had a bit too much sugar in the morning -- two bowls of marshmallows drenched in chocolate milk -- and was beginning to spout gibberish. Her sense of direction, at least, was still intact.
Stumbling into the Legend HQ, Mayu turned about to check for any of her friends, though it was a bit unneccessary seeing as how her vision was of a fuzzy pink fleece at the moment.
"Hellloooooo? Anyone here?" she called out, nearly tripping over a coffee table. The cat in her arms pawed at the floppy ears of the hat playfully, tugging at it just enough for Mayu peek out from under the rim and confirm that there were indeed no other Legends present at the headquarters.
"Hey, kitty, what did you do that for?" The girl started, and would have stirred up quite an argument if the tabby had not hopped out of her arms and ran outdoors. The Legend scoffed and pulled the hat over her eyes once again, following the kitty blindly outside the headquarters.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:26 pm
Hearing something, Loki tilted his head up and sniffed the air, not really recognizing the scent.
But Lue... Lue spotted a cat! And he so loved to play with other animals.
Well, in the sick, possessive sense. Lue was a fire spirit, after all. And, just when he was about to engage the cat in play, creeping from underneath of the hat, his tail was grabbed by Loki. The poor lizard was then set on a large stack of colorful paper.
"Start folding."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:33 pm
"KITTY! STOP PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK SO I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE POWERS OF MINTY FRESHNESS!" Mayu hollered, shortly before slamming into a sapling. That was enough to get her to raise the hat above eye level, at least.
Oh, what was this! A new person! And with every new person she saw, Mayu felt that she simply had to introduce herself -- at least, under the influence of two large bows of marshmallows.
Traipsing over happily, Mayu pointed to herself. "I'M CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!" she exclaimed, flashing a wide grin. "And you are, ma'am?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:35 pm
There was a long pause.
".....Ma'am?" Loki growled, turning. His crimson eyes narrowed.
Oh, it was Mayu. Was she teasing him because he had long hair? Ears flattening against his head, Loki let the half-completed crane in his hands combust into ashes, shooting her a half-lidded glare.
"... for your sake, you'd better be joking, Mayu."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:44 pm
"Joking? Who's joking? I've never met anyone named Joking, though they sound very nice!" the girl jibbered, overturning pebbles as she searched for her kitty. She had seen the orange thing run off north-northeast, or was it south-southwest?
The excessive amounts of sugar in her system had all but taken over her brain completely by then, and she gabbed to herself about the possibilities of running into someone named Joking and what they would look like.
A mew came from behind the large tree, and the Legend flung out her arms happily to see the kitten again. She scooped up the tabby from its shady spot, and gave little air kisses to the cat before going on again.
"Kitty, you know you shouldn't run away when I'm giving you a lecture!" she scolded, trying to remember what she had been talking about earlier. The asparagus, perhaps.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:45 pm
"You can bite her, if you want," Loki suggested to Lue, glancing briefly at the lizard.
"... she would probably taste bad," Lue muttered, taking that moment to hide within Loki's scarf, blending in perfectly. "She sounds crazy."
Loki, for once, could not disagree more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:08 am
"Now, kitty," Mayu said, pausing to peer over at the lady. "You can listen too, iffin you want. Anyway, as I was saying, the minty freshness of toothpaste depends on the paaaants. And the tire iron, if you want to think about it another way."
She twirled, flinging the cat about a foot in the air and catching it with the grace of a gorilla in a tutu. The poor thing was naturally terrified, and struggled to get out of Mayu's iron grip. It failed horribly.
"So, whassyer name?" Mayu asked, looking over in Loki's general direction. "You look like a Brittany, or maybe Eraser Dust! Eraser dust does especially well over pie, you know. Key lime pie, to be exact."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:12 am
"... what the ******** are you on?" Loki muttered, digging his fingers into the grass. His blonde hair fell over one shoulder as he stared at her, eyes narrowing even further.
He didn't like where she was headed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:22 am
"MARSHMALLOWS!" Mayu cried, then went on to ponder the paradox effect on a tire iron to the absolute value of the square root of a stalk of broccoli.
Taking on a bad mock-French accent, the girl spewed out nonsensical words -- which, to her, sounded like fluent French.
"PAREE OH WE GEGE LE CON VAVE ME GRANDMA, WITH A LOAF OF FRENCH BREAD AND GREAT JUSTICE FOR ALL. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE, MADEMOISELLE LA FIFI LOLALUUUU?"
The people passing by the front doors of the HQ could hear the girl's unintelligent banter quite clearly, and quickened their pace.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:30 am
Mayu said Lola.
She had called him Lola. How dare she.
In an instant, Loki had stood up and gripped Mayu by the throat, fingers latched tightly as fire brimmed from his fingertips. His entire body seemed to glow with a kind of hatred, and his fire-scarf billowed out behind him, seeming as if the threads themselves were burning like logs on a fire.
"How DARE you call me by my dead sister's name!!"
In a word, Loki was pissed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:52 am
Demare's nose was stuck in a book as he walked toward Legend headquarters, still studying one of Neko's tomes as he tried to find as much information as he could. He decided to go to the HQ again in hopes that he might run into Chandra so he could ask her more questions. He should have tried to get a phone number or address from her the last time they'd met, but Clare hadn't thought that far ahead.
His ears caught hold of a couple of familiar voices as he drew closer, however.
"PAREE OH WE GEGE LE CON VAVE ME GRANDMA, WITH A LOAF OF FRENCH BREAD AND GREAT JUSTICE FOR ALL. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE, MADEMOISELLE LA FIFI LOLALUUUU?"
"How DARE you call me by my dead sister's name!!"
That first voice... was that Mayu? He hadn't seen her since that park fiasco a few weeks prior. And the other voice... It was familiar, but he couldn't place the name. Someone Demian had met not too long ago...
As the two came into view, the halfling stopped, the book dropping from his hands down to the ground. That was... Loki. And his hands were wrapped around the girl's neck. Without another word, the child stepped over to the two, turning as he came up behind the hyena boy. Reaching a hand up, he grasped the fire-scarf tightly in his left hand, ignoring the pain for the moment, and pulled on it hard.
"I would suggest letting her go if you know what's good for you," he hissed in the boy's ear, his right hand moving to take up his dagger in case further persuation was needed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:00 am
"Altoids!" Mayu exclaimed, "They're curiously strong!"
The kitten in her arms squirmed, looking for a way out of this confusing situation. The last thing it remembered was being flung into the air, and then this. It made note to keep the girl from eating marshmallows in the future.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:06 am
Gritting his teeth, Loki turned to glare at Demare, the scarf turning a much brighter color than before.
"Good for me...? You wouldn't know even if it bit you on the a**..." His fingers twitched, and then he pulled them away, so they didn't remain on Mayu's throat any more.
However, that wasn't the end of his tricks. With a brief motion, the hyena boy had brushed his hand against a lock of the girl's hair, instantly setting it on fire.
It was then that Loki grinned.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:15 am
Demare didn't understand much of what Mayu was saying, focused more on Loki than her at the moment. His eyes had narrowed down into slits, much in the similar fashion that Demian's glare usually was in.
"You're just ASKING for it, aren't you?" he snarled, figuring Mayu had enough sense to put out the fire in her hair, even in the current state she seemed to be in. "You're no better than he is."
His fingers had wrapped around the hilt of his dagger, but he didn't pull it out from his bandages quite yet.
"What'd she do wrong, anyway? Something obviously had to trigger that motion, because you don't look stupid enough to just attack at random."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
