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Jan 16, 2005 21:09:28 GMT -5
Post by Kaye&Lanh on Jan 16, 2005 21:09:28 GMT -5
The girl giggled softly and said "Katherine... But that's all I go by... no stupid little nick-names...' She scowled, and she appeared to be regaining confidence. Aluben chuckled and flew to her shoulder, his eyes half closed. 'Insane are you? Well, birds of a feather flock together' Katherine muttered.. and Aluben chuckled 'That's my girl.. always saying intelligent, wise, important things like that...' Katherine ducked her shoulder, agitating the dragon.
'You work at a book store you don't like... huh...' she shook her head, her many braids going every which way.. She took a moment to move a few off her glasses, and said 'I wouldn't workthere if I didn't like it..' Her head snapped around, as distant gun shots sounded. She looked at Tobias, not wanting to go and loose someone who could become a friend. She fingered a stone on a necklace she had, in indeciciveness. She stood her ground, and Aluben went into the air, trying to see.
He seemed to fly higher and fartehr away than most other dæmons.
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Jan 16, 2005 21:19:38 GMT -5
Post by J and Captiosus on Jan 16, 2005 21:19:38 GMT -5
Jenna sighed and sat on a bench. "Well, not gained, nothing lost. Except good health," She said, and sneezed. "And possibly a life." Capt said. "'scuse me?" "There was a gunshot. I think it was a gunshot." Jenna, who was feeling particularly outgoing, said "Hey, do you know if that was a gunshot?" to no one in particular. Not getting a response, she turned to a boy and asked, "Was that a gunshot?"
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Jan 16, 2005 21:35:04 GMT -5
Post by Tyrannus et Callida on Jan 16, 2005 21:35:04 GMT -5
It was cold. It was cold and wet. It was cold and wet and dreary. Not much of a time to be outside.
The only thing is, he didn't have anywhere to go.
Oh well, he thought, we've survived worse.
As he walked down the road, people leaving him plenty of space to walk in, he began to think of food.
"It's about time we got something to eat, ain't it?" he said in his harsh, ragged voice.
"So, who will we grace with our presence today?" said his dæmon.
"How about we steal a bit o' meat from Mr. Surgen? Haven't been there in a while."
"Good idea. How far's that? Two blocks?"
"I think so. He'll be getting only a few customers at this time. Perfect."
He made his way up the street toward Mr. Surgen's butcher stall. Mr. Surgen was the type of man who would ask you to buy a sausage in a typhoon. He also seemed to be his own biggest customer.
Suddenly, in the distance, a gunshot sounded. This meant only one thing to Metrean.
"Good. Now there'll be less people to see. That'll attract some attention away from here."
Eventually he got to the stall. There was nobody in sight, not even Mr. Surgen.
Well, he couldn't miss a chance to sell his food to a big crowd, thought Metrean, while helping himself to the remaining sausages.
"Thayn, I just don't get why he makes so many of these sausages. They're not even that good," he said to his dæmon, while shoving some of the sausages into his mouth.
"Neither do I."
After swallowing, Metrean responded, "Well, It's about time we see what's goin' on, don'tcha think?"
"Yes, I do."
After consuming his fill of the not-so-good sausages, Metrean, along with his dæmon Thayndriar, walked in the direction of the gunshot.
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Jan 16, 2005 21:43:12 GMT -5
Post by Okibi on Jan 16, 2005 21:43:12 GMT -5
"Katherine, huh? Not Kat or Katty? Ya positive?" The boy's smile was definitely more genuine this time around.
"Insane are you? Well, birds of a feather flock together," she muttered.
"Sorry, I'm lacking the wings," Tobias noted. "Plus, I'm sure Vulpes would vouch that I don't need fellow nutcases to encourage my fatal condition... Heh." And prior to commenting about how he worked at Redfield solely for the much-needed cash, a loud gunshot could be heard sounding over the stone wall. Tobias and Vulpes' heads snapped to attention, staring in the direction where the blast had come from.
'Someone's in trouble,' Vulpes thought, pupils widening.
'I got it,' Tobias mentally replied. He glanced at Katherine to say something, but found the sudden action nearby had stolen his voice... so instead he just began running, not caring if anyone chose to follow. When someone was in danger, it was only right to act first and think later.
His sneakers pounded on the garden's damp walkway until he passed under the main gate. Once out in the street, where the rain was still coming down steadily, he realized locating the possible victim wouldn't be a simple task. He couldn't see more than six feet in front of him, and the only thing aiding his feet's path was an estimate of--
WHAM!
--Suddenly Tobias found himself stumbling backwards into a puddle, after ramming into some tall object in his way. Blinking the raindrops out of his eyes, he saw that the blockade wasn't a thing but a person: Yet another teenager, nonetheless.
'Holy crap, this city is crawlin'[/I] with 'em!' he silently screamed while scrambling to his feet. And being the polite young man he was, Tobias considered running off without so much as a word in apology, but then a thought occurred to him...
"Are you the one being shot at?" He glanced down at the boy's hand, thinking it'd be wise to make sure he wasn't the shooter. But there was no weapon to be seen, unless the cat dæmon glaring at him counted. "..Do you know what the heck's going on?" he asked in desperation.
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Jan 16, 2005 21:51:54 GMT -5
Post by Ditto on Jan 16, 2005 21:51:54 GMT -5
Beauet sighed"So, let me get this straight. You come out in the pouring rain to READ. While you could've done this in the warm and dry house?" Lindy smiled at him and nodded"Yes, that's basically it." Beauet rolled onto his back"Well, can't you do SOMETHING besides read? I mea-" His scentence was cut off when a gunshot shattered the quiet atmosphere of the garden. Lindy looked up into the sky"Where did that gunshot come from?!" she looked at her caracal daemon, as if he could give her the answer. Beauet looked at Lindy, confused"Why would I know the answer?"Lindy shrugged"I guess not." she started to put her book away."We might as well see what happened...." she mumbled and swung her bag onto her shoulder,getting up and walking briskly out of the park with Beauet following at her heels,a bit indecisive.
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Jan 16, 2005 21:54:27 GMT -5
Post by cock of teh walk on Jan 16, 2005 21:54:27 GMT -5
Rabbitboy was distracted before the girl could answer her question. More and more people were swarming around the whole park. She watched a shy girl and rather good looking boy start a conversation. She thought it was cute, but her daemon scowled. "Who cares? Its getting too busy. Lets get out of here" Turning around she slowly wandered on her way out until she heard a gun shot. She stood still wondering if thats what she really heard. Some time passed and a new boy ran into the good looking one. Not one to miss out on drama, she then decided to stay around and see if something interesting would happen. They were already starting a conversation, and she eagerly edged closer. Her skinny puppy daemon boldly went right up to the new boys cat daemon (OCC: wasnt sure if the gunshot boy was an actual person here or just made up )
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Jan 16, 2005 22:28:55 GMT -5
Post by Larr on Jan 16, 2005 22:28:55 GMT -5
OOC: AUGH confused gonna redo my opening post. I thought they were still in the garden. x____x *headspin* I'll post tomorrow..
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Jan 16, 2005 22:39:55 GMT -5
Post by SNL_Ali on Jan 16, 2005 22:39:55 GMT -5
(Firsishly off, its a civet, not a cat Secondly, no controlling characters that aren't your own--daemons included. Please edit your post, Rabbitboy!) Keene couldn't help but jump a little bit when the newest girl came around the corner. The boy he had tried asking the question to mumbled something, but neither Keene nor Kei took notice. "Uhm...heard you talking about the Northern Lights...the gasses in it? Well, uhm, I heard atomic oxygen's there, and that's what causes it to be green, and molecular oxygen causes it to be red, and nitrogen causes it to be blue. I don't know if that's what you need or anything, but...but...yeah. Uhm."
Keene couldn't help but blush a little bit. "Yes...thank you....thats exactly what I was looking for...." The restless boy and his fox daemon--both equally jumpy--stood up to make an effort to move away, before being caught off-guard by the girl. "Hi," she said, with an obvious lack of confidence. "I heard you work at a bookstore? What kind of books are there...?"Keene couldn't help but crack a small smile at the girl's attempt to make conversation. It was humerous how much the boy wanted to leave and the girl wanted him to stay. The two exchanged names, while Keene was glad they avoided learning his own. The two daemons are right. There IS something about this bench. I say we find out, there are initials underneath it Kei pointed out. Keene immediately turned his attention to his daemon, failing to notice the girl approaching him from behind. What do they say? He asked. "LS and WP" with some funny carvings of a compass and a knife. Its strange.....I want to know who they are... Shei replied with a inquisitive tone, trailing off at the end. Keene shuffled his feet a little bit, glad no one could hear this mental conversation. Right now?
Yes--But their conversation was interrupted by a loud boom. Lekeita immediately jumped to face the noise, her hair standing on end with ears pointed in the direction of the crash. "Shotgun" she said. Keene realized he was standing in the street, and looked all around him for any sign of a man ( Or woman Kei pointed out) with a gun nearby. "I'm on it" The fox-boy said, immediately tearing down the garden towards the noise. Lekeita took matters into her own hands and dragged her human behind her, trailing the fox daemon's heels. The two rounded many corners, puddle water flying everywhere whilst the rain poured down at a steady pace. Suddenly they were in the street, another boy walking down the street with his cat daemon at his feet. Keene saw him, but apparently the other boy didn't-- CRASH! Keene caught his balence and handed down a hand to help the boy up. The teen with the fox daemon was looking around, inspecting the hand for a weapon before standing up. "Are you the one being shot at?" he asked the other boy with the cat daemon, who Kei had decided to thoroughly invesitage while her human watched the new boy carefully. (OOC: Sorry, I couldn't catch who shot the gun. Is it a mystery, or did I just miss reading it?)
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Jan 16, 2005 22:49:17 GMT -5
Post by J and Captiosus on Jan 16, 2005 22:49:17 GMT -5
Captiosus took advantage of such distraction and confusion to look under the bench, where the boy had been looking. Turning into a fox himself and twisting his body in such away as to get a good view, he saw the initials and the carvings. "What's it?" Jenna asked. "Nothing. Probably some lovestruck boy carved the initials of his crush and himself. Nothing interesting--the gunshot is much more worth our time. Want to go investigate?" Jenna sighed. "Just this morning I was too afraid to go outside, and now I'm investigating a murder?" Captiosus shrugged in the best way a fox can. "Sure. Why not? How do you know it's a murder, anyway? ("It was just a figure of speech," Jenna murmured.) "C'mon, how many chances of adventure do you get?" "Fine. But I'm not walking." Jenna said. Captiosus was excited enough to turn into a horse and Jenna got on him, worried about failing but not messing up. "What do we do? I'm new at this." Jenna said. "I'm as new as you are." Captiosus replied. "Let's just follow the others." And they were off.
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Jan 16, 2005 23:07:38 GMT -5
Post by SNL_Ali on Jan 16, 2005 23:07:38 GMT -5
(OOC: RabbitBoy, thank you for editing, and I'm pretty sure the gunshot came from a NPC (thats a non-player character). Now I'll quit making just OOC posts ;D)
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Jan 17, 2005 4:40:32 GMT -5
Post by Aleandra on Jan 17, 2005 4:40:32 GMT -5
Kayt heard a girl ask boldly what her eye had. Well then, no one had done that before...Her daemon in a small ferret form around her neck, she looked up from where she was sitting and looked at the girl with her good eye. I asked too many questions. she said in a serious tone. I could have been taken as a "back off sign" but it was the truth. Then she let out a laugh, to show she didn't want to be mean. She was wary of strangers, but she had an outgoing personality, even protective when she got ever her initial doubts. She was a gypsy after all.
She looked around the park. It seemed a lot of people had gathered here, she must have been doozing. Silently cursing herself for beeing so tired and unnatentive, she annalysed the sounds she was hearing, listening. She had missd much, but she did understand that they were wondering what the bench was and they had questions about the Aurora Borealis. Well she knew, but she wasn't going to tell them, who knew who they really were? They could betray her if they knew...
Hearing a gun shot, Kayt and Rei were brought once again to reality. She stood up from the grass quickly and layed a nervous hand the side of her jacket. It could be the cowards who had killed her familly in their sleep...and for what. She thought rescuing children from a fate wrose than death? They were murderers, no worse...she told herself, rage building up. But Rei tugged her sleeve, they had to go.
"But what about those children? _Humph most of them are your age I would let you know...maybe older _That means nothing _Well what can you do? Attack a person with a gun with a knife? _ It's a dagger i'll let you know... _ It doesn't matter! Rei shouted Let's go! The boy will find out about the North alone, he doesn't need us! and the innitials are not their buisness, you know that..."
There he went again, blabbering in everyone's earshot of precisely what they shouldn't talk about. Throwing nervous glances about she quickly said bye to the inquisitive girl and tried to walk away from the whole situation. She hope no one would call her back. They surely would...
((Note: I read the series in French, so if I give incorrect words for things in the book don't kill me, the translators did it! Feel free to call me back for info)
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Jan 17, 2005 6:04:52 GMT -5
Post by Kaye&Lanh on Jan 17, 2005 6:04:52 GMT -5
Katherien ranafter some of the others, Aluben alerting her of the others, before she crashed into them. Aluben flew up, and scouted around, and flew back down, unable to see in this weather where anything was. He growled a warning to Katherien,and the others if they heard it, to stay together... and he flew off some where.
Katherine said to Tobias 'No, not Kat, or Katty' She made a dusgusted face, and looked around, waiting for her dæmon to return. If any asked questions, she didn't know what she would say. The truth works she head in her head, and she ignored it, trying to make a lie as her dragon dæmon returned.
Aluben perched on her shoulder, and shook his head 'I can't find much in this weather"
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Jan 17, 2005 8:12:50 GMT -5
Post by J and Captiosus on Jan 17, 2005 8:12:50 GMT -5
Jenna and Captiosus kept riding until they encountered a group of people looking at something. Jenna slid off the horse, and Capt change to a bird to fly over the crowd. He flew over the people and to the center, then he flew back. "It's a body!" He exclaimed, his voice filled with guilty fascination, excitement and mild disgust. "Come see!" And he turned into a hippogriff. "A hippogriff! Nifty! Right horrorshow that is, Capt." Jenna almost got onto the hippogriff, but police were clearing everyone away. The disapointment reduced Capt to his most common, basic form: an American eskimo. His pure white form immidietely got all dirty from the mud and rain and he shook it off. "Wonder what happened." "Well, looks like you're going to have to do a lot of talking today." Captiosus said. "What d'you mean, have to? I can wait 'til the papers come out." But Captiosus could see the curiosity was killing them both and Jenna finally gave in and asked someone if they knew anything about what happened.
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Jan 17, 2005 9:56:39 GMT -5
Post by Larr on Jan 17, 2005 9:56:39 GMT -5
Battered sneakers pounded pavement. The shooter had stirred Fossil into a wild flight through the streets, her squirrel daemon clutching the hood of her mud-splattered jacket. She'd been having a nice doze on an unoccupied stoop, mostly covered in newspapers, but the sound was like a crack of thunder. Just a block across, her daemon chattered a swift and frightened warning, so the girl was off. White hair clung to her narrow cheeks as she raced helter-skelter, tearing a very random pattern across streets, shoving through little groups of people enjoying the afternoon, paying no attention to the angry shouts and the snarls and squawks of daemons scolding her fleeing figure. Gavidian barked shortly and she shot to her left, pelting down a side street. The narrow walls of the alley closed in on her, but she tore through just in time to see two figures directly in front of her. And, just as she slammed into them both, she could hear as if from far of, "...the one being shot at?" *WHAM*
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Jan 17, 2005 10:56:04 GMT -5
Post by Ditto on Jan 17, 2005 10:56:04 GMT -5
Lindy looked ahead and saw a crowd of people, blurred by the raindrops that had fallen onto her glasses. What's over there, Beauet? she asked her caracal daemon mentally. I don't know he replied, lifting one paw up from the wet pavement. I'll see what I can find....
He turned into a small sparrow and flew over to the crowds, only to stop and hear another daemon say that it was a body. It's a body.... Beauet announced sullenly, pearching on Lindy's shoulder.
Why in the world would somebody shoot a person in broad daylight? Lindy said, mostly to herself rather then her daemon. Lindy wiped the rainwater off her glasses as best she could, hoping that she could see better, even if the water was smeared all over the lenses.
When she put them back on she went over to a girl with a small,white dog daemon. It's fur was already matted and dirty from all the rain. "E-exuse me...." Lindy said quietly, then tried to raise her voice. "Do you happen to know who was killed. Or what even happened?"
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