City Square
Welcome to the middle of the sleepy (yeah, right), humble mountain city of
Midgaard. The peaks that surround the somewhat smallish sprawl of
constructions about you appear a vibrant, cool purple at this distance..capped
with off-white snow at the tops. Although the town itself recieves little
precipitation from being sheltered by this atol of sheer rock, a cold wind does
comb and filter its way through..providing a brisk, though arid, atmosphere.
On the southwestern pointing end of town, a small, manmade pass in the
mountain valley allows for easy access from the bustling world outside. To
your north and west are the commercial districts..manufacturing, shipping, and
selling various consumable goods. In the east, to the 'horizon', appear to be
homes of various architectural influences..the more wealthy of said houses
bordering a small alpine lake and park. To the south, the middle-class homes
continue, thinning out just before the open gap to the highway beyond.
As for where you stand..it is the Midgaard City Square..Several government
offices and the larger buildings can be found on the sides of the slightly
misnomered elliptical, cobblestoned intersection. No actual automobile traffic
passes here, being routed through the side streets..this is a strictly
pedestrian and bicycle zone. A large, granite fountain with a statue of Odin
atop it towers nearly two stories prominantly in the center. There are also
benches about for taking a quiet repose from the hustle of daily life.
[Exits : (C)ity Hospital, City (H)all, (T)ransit Station, (S)outh, (N)orth,
(W)est, (E)ast, and (F)ountain ]
[Players : Gourry, Arin, Gambit, and Butz ]
[Things : Ye Olde Message Boarde [IC!] ]
>Gourry ohs! ^_^; "Well, Gourry *points to himself* is looking for her, could
Gambit *points at him* let me know if Gambit *points some more* sees her
sometime?"
>Arin watchs the scene between Gambit and Gourry with a hint of amusement.
Gambit o.o; "No problem, frere."
>Katt strolls in from the north. She was heading towards the posting board, but
Gourry's little... 'explanation' caught her attention
>Gourry wags a finger, "No, I'm nore Frere. I'm Gourry. Go-Ree." o.o;
>Arin's ears perk (if humans can do that). He looks around. Spying Katt, he nods
briefly. A slight hint of...something...plays across his features for a split
second.
>Katt . o O ( ... It's probably safest if I don't ask. He doesn't look very
sane. )
>Gambit says, "Ya don' understand what Gambit's sayin', neh? Frere is French,
which means 'brother', frere."
>Gourry tilts his head and quirks an eyebrow. . o O ( Brother? I've never even
seen this guy before today. O.o )
>Arin whispers, "OOC: The expression seemed to be one of fear, perhaps. You'd
probably pick up on it better than anyone else." to you.
>Gambit asks, "Somethin' wrong, mon frere?"
>Katt glances at Arin before finally just settling on scanning the message
board. Something catches her attention, as she reads it for a moment.
>Gourry Ahems, "Let's start over. My name is Gourry, I'm not french, and I'm not
your brother."
>Arin, for as long as Katt isn't looking, seems to be watching her -- for
whatever reason. He seems pensive, even wary.
>Gambit o.O;
>Gambit asks, "Dis is confusing me, frere. x.@; What say we forget de whole
thing?"
>Katt (OOC) hi-5's Gourry. "You snapped his mind!"
>Gourry (OOC) woohoos! "I'm da man, I know it. You know it, Yo momma know it, yo
grandmomma's momma know it."
>Gambit has disconnected.
>Gourry o.o
Gourry says, "Wow, he must have been REAL confused. He passed out. O.o"
>A janitor comes by and sweeps up Gambit into his dustpan, running away with him!
>Gambit has left.
>Arin OOC is impressed with the level of insanity. "Yow. o.O"
>l gou
Gourry
It's a tall, wide-shouldered guy in plate mail. Long blonde hair, frosty blue
eyes. Better desc on the way. =)
Carrying:
>Arin continues to stare at Katt, to be perfectly blatant. n.n
>Katt finally picks up on that. She peers at him out of the corner of her eye.
. o O ( ... Pervert. )
>Arin OOC eep! o.O
>Gambit has arrived.
>Gambit says, "(OOC) Crashed. @_@"
>Arin finally speaks up, speech as soft and whispery as ever. He seems to be
speaking to Katt. "I have not been...frightened...in a long time. Is this what
it is like? I forget.."
>Gourry (OOC) patpats. n.n I have that effect on people.
>Gambit shakes his head at Gourry. x.x;; "Dis is confusing me, mon frere. What
say we jus' forget de whole thing?"
>Gourry says, "Sounds good. I was getting a brainache. ^^;"
>Katt still peers at Arin. . o O ( Hmm, it's that wierd guy from a few nights
ago. )
>Gambit chuckles slightly, and resumes shuffling his cards.
>Gourry turns and looks around again, "Say, Frere, your friend Gambit wouldn't
happen to know where an inn or a tavern is, eh?"
>Gambit o.O
>Gambit says, "I am Gambit, mon frere. It's jus' in my habit ta put de name in
my language."
>Arin looks up into the sky, watching the early-forming moon. "Hmm. Fear, I
suppose it must be." He looks back at the ground. "Why, though?" He seems to be
asking Katt, now, indirectly.
>Katt puts her hands on her hips. "Better not be ME."
>Gourry ohs, "Oh." n.n;
>Arin smiles briefly. "It is. You don't frighten me directly." He pauses,
searching for an explanation. "You scare me...as though what I've locked away
will be undone before I can stop it... I...I don't know."
>Katt peers at Arin . o O ( But... I'm too cute to be fightening! ';.;' )
"... What are you talking about?"
>Gourry asks, "Well, would you happen to know where I could find a tavern or
inn, Gambit?"
>Gambit grins, and pushes off the wall... "Well, see ya later, mon ami." . o O (
That'll confuse him more. )
>Gambit says, "Tavern or inn? Gambit know a good place ta drink... a cafe north
of here."
>Gambit then walks away, waving a hand.
>Gourry waves.
>Gambit has left.
>Gourry . o O ( What an odd man. o.O )
>Arin crosses his arms, as if cold. He shivers once. "Could I even return to the
way I was? Do I dare?" He shakes his head. Katt talking snaps him out of his
soliloquy. "I'm...I..." He lowers his eyes, an asymetrical redness coming to
his face, silver eyes shining a little more than normal. "I..." He seems unable
to continue...but then, "I don't know anymore.."
>Katt boggles. This is one of those situations where a backstory might come in
handy. "Are you alright?"
>Gourry stops in the act of walking past the two, and blinks. O.o "Wow, you're
more confused than I am."
>Arin looks down again, apparently avoiding eye contect. "I used to be..
Now..I'm not so sure."
>Arin looks up at Gourry, trying not to blink, lest he demonstrate exactly why
his eyes are a little shinier. "I know.." he murmurs, before looking down again.
>Katt reaches up to rub the bridge of her nose. She glances at Gourry and shrugs.
>Gourry shrugs back. Then erks! "Hey! You've got cat ears!" O.o
>Katt blinks at Gourry. "So do you."
>Arin's outline blurs momentarily..
>Arin morphs into a hybrid.
>l arin
Arin
Arin J'ran, formerly a normal, if odd in manner, human has now shown
his "other" side. Namely, revealed himself as a were-creature.
He is not, however, a normal were. Rather than a specific animal
persona, he seems to be a hybrid of some sort -- most noticably of fox
and raccoon.
Large, fox-like ears poke out of his sandy-brown hair now, and a
muzzle, not quite as sharp as a fox's nor as blunt as a raccoon's,
pokes out from between his silver, pupiless eyes, which are now also
surrounded by a mask of dark grey fur.
In fact, his entire body is covered in grey, with alternating bands
of dark and light grey on a bushy fox-like tail, and "socks" of dark
grey on arms and legs.
He wears a loose, tunic-like shirt of deep indigo with wide sleeves,
and over that an old, yellow-tan cloak, somewhat frayed around the
edges. A red sash supports pants lack like the darkest night. Those
pants are carefully tucked into black leather boots with the tops
turned down, exposing the undyed, brown leather of the insides. Those
boots, save the area about the ankles, are taped over by bandages, most
likely to protect them from the harsher elements.
Carrying:
Midgaard City Map
>Gourry blinks? "I do?"
>Arin speaks softly, "Is there a problem with ears?" he responds, with a hint of
irony to his voice.
>Butz strolls northward, stretching.
>Butz leaves north.
>Katt turns back to Arin, ignoring Gourry's nievete for the moment.
>Gourry pats the top of his head, "That's odd, I didn't have any when I woke up
this morning. c.c;;"
>Katt blinks at Gourry . o O ( Doofus '-.-' ) She glances at Arin. Hmm.
Didn't know he could do that.
>Gourry frowns, then erks! "And you're not wearing and pants! >.<"
>Arin changed forms for a reason. Upon looking, it's obvious why -- wet fur
around the eyes is less noticable than streaks down human cheeks.
>Katt will get back to you in a sec, Arin. First she has to beat some tact into
the warrior. Lets see, pull out the staff, draw back, swing... *WHAM*
>Arin OOC winces. "That's....gonna leave a mark."
>Gourry blinks, "That hurt, y'know." After a second, his brain remembers that
he's unconcious, and he falls over. @.@
>Katt mumbles to herself, "Idiot..." She looks back over at Arin, blinking.
>Arin is looking away at an angle...but it's obvious the the damp spots around
his eyes have spread.
>Katt blinks again. "Are you okay?" Talk about mood swings.
>Arin turns away, hiding his face. "I...yes.." he says, although, for the first
time...ever...his voice cracks.
>Katt, having only met Arin once, doesn't see anything unusual beyond the
inapproprate outpouring of emotion. She turns back to Gourry, opening her mouth
to speak, before she realizes she knocked him out. Whoops.
>Gourry sits up, rubbing the large lump on his head. c.c; "Whew, where'd that
oliphiant that ran me over get to?"
>"Don't you realize what you've done?" Arin asks weakly, trying to regain
control and return to an emotionless, passive state.
>Gourry . o O ( I've... woken up. Realized. )
>Katt blinks at Gourry . o O ( .... ) then turns back to Arin. "...?"
>Gourry stands up an stretches, c.c; . o O ( Man, I'm starting to get hungry. )
>Arin pauses for a moment. "Apparently not," he whispers. "I had everything
perfect...all under my control. I smiled. Nothing. I frowned. Nothing. A bliss
of nonemotion. No conscience..no scruples...just existance. Now...now all of
that is being threatened.." He shakes his head roughly, shouting, "No! I don't
want to feel what I've done! I don't want to be accountable for it..!"
>Katt takes a step back. This man doesn't seem all that stable. "I... ah..." .
o O ( I didn't do anything! )
>Arin seems to calm somewhat. "What am I..? What have I done..? How could I..?"
>Angst reaching critical mass! Danger! Danger!
>Arin OOC snerks. "Hush. ;)"
>Arin OOC pokepokes Gourry. "That's what you're here for. Comic relief in the
middle of melodrama. ;>"
>Gourry lifts a finger, "You're a were.. werething. You've changed. And you can
because.... well, it's like how birds fly. o.o You just do."
>Katt takes a step towards Gourry. Not because he looks very reassuring, but
because he's big enough to hide behind in case something funky happens.
>Gourry is good at playing 'Human Shield'. n.n
>You have this knack of running into short, violent redheads, doncha?
>Arin turns to face Gourry. Apparently the tears have stopped, though the damp
spots remain. "I..am not just a were..thing.." He shakes his head, slowly..
"I..I've done some horrible things..and I still have to..but...oh,
Gods..heavens above help me..I'm not even a creature of the light."
>Gourry ohs. o.o
>Katt . o O ( I've got a baaaaad feeeling about this 'o.o' )
>Gourry sets a hand on his sword hilt, "Well, you want me to slay you? No
offense or anything. But killing evil beings is kinda part of being a hero,
y'know." ^_^;
>Arin looks at Katt, a distressed look about his face. "I...I'm not dangerous.
Not now, anyway.. I don't want to be..just want to be normal.." He looks at
Gourry. "Slay..me..?" He starts backing away.
>Katt blinks at Gourry. He has a way with words, yup. "Er... I don't think
that's necessary, sir."
>Gourry ^^;; "Oh! Good. I really don't like slaying things that don't have huge
fangs and claws anyway. n.n;"
>Tasuki arrives from the north.
>Arin crosses his arms again, as if he were much colder than the air about him.
He looks at Katt, then down. "Why did the walls come crashing down? Why..how..?"
>Katt clutches her staff protectively. "I don't know!"
>Gourry waves at Tasuki with plenty of good will and stuff, then turns back to
Arin and erms.. "Have you ever thought about taking a nap? You really should
calm down. o.o"
>Tasuki walks in, his boots squeaking with his steps. He waves to Gourry,
flashes a fangy grin, and folds his arms, deciding just to watch the scene
quietly...for now. n.n
>Arin loks again at Gourry. "If you even had an inkling of what I'm kin to,
you'd never want to sleep at night."
>Katt doesn't like to sound of that.
>Arin loks...and bagels. o.O
>Yuffie appears suddenly out of nowhere.
>Hitori walks in from othe north, blinking as she looks about.
>Gourry says, "Really? That's a tall order, considering I've faced Ruby-Eye
Shabranigdo.... Werewolf-trolls.. and I slew the great beast Zanaffar in one
fell stroke. ^_^;"
>Katt peers at Gourry. Sounds impressive. Too bad she's never heard of those
critters. 'O.o'
>Arin tilts his head slightly. "Have you ever faced the night itself? The very
shadows that are attached to those horrors that you've faced? Have you faced
the intangible? Te very cold of winter?"
>Gourry scratches the back of his head, "Do ghosts, shades, and walking dead
count? ^_^;;;"
>Tasuki adds, "The alcohol in the sake...n.n
" ", not '. c.c
>Arin's ears droop slightly. "Close enough," he murmurs, getting nowhere.
>Hitori walks over to a nearby bench and takes a seat.
>Gourry says, "I think what you need is a warm fire, some food, and a chance to
let your mind wander to sunnier horizons. ^_^;"
>Astrid appears suddenly out of nowhere.
>Katt nods in agreement with Gourry.
>Arin murmurs, "What I need is salvation. I've done...horrible things.. I need
to atone..."
>Astrid pauses at the edge of the square, not wishing to disturb the goings-on.
He merely watches quietly.
>Tasuki smirks a bit, and decides to wreak a little havoc. He walks over to
Katt, and just stands next to her for a second, not saying a word.
>Arin's ears flatten when he notices. o.o
>Cammy arrives from the north.
>Arin is just misspelling left and right. =P
>Katt glances up at Tasuki . o O ( Great, the wierdoes are coming out of the
woodwork. )
>Gourry ohs.. "Well, I'll let you know if I find a temple or a monastary or
somethin' like that."
>Arin glances at Gourry for a moment. "Thank you," he murmurs icily.
Hitori is seated on a bench, peering up at the sky.
>l ast
Astrid
This dark-skinned young man is altogether unprepossessing, and tends to
be easily overlooked at first. Fine blue-black hair is tied back at the
nape of his neck before falling halfway down his back, and his eyes, a
brilliant green, are alert and interested. On second thought, Astrid is
rather striking; how did you overlook him in the first place? He wears
a pair of stonewashed jeans and a burgundy muscle shirt, which shows
off his nice physique well. Tennis shoes of ancient origin (or so their
state hints) protect his feet, and he almost constantly bends to re-tie
their laces, which seem predisposed to the untied state.
Carrying:
>Cammy comes strolling along, yawning softly and looking rather determined to
enjoy the day.
>Tasuki holds still, and waits for Katt to stop looking at him. <.<;
>Well, Cammy's about to run into a shock, eh?
>Katt has stopped '-.-'
>Astrid . o O ( Perhaps elsewhere.... )
>Astrid leaves north.
>Arin takes a few steps closer to Katt, scrutinizing her thoroughly.
>Gourry hehs. c.c;
>Katt takes a step back. Arin's spooked her something good.
>Arin stops. "Ironic. You scare me into reclaiming my soul, and now I scare
you.."
>Cammy spots Hitori, and heads towards her... going around the altercation.
>Katt blinks. "I... uh..." . o O ( What's going on!? )
>Tasuki takes a step back, and blinks. "I... uh..."
>Hitori blinks, her gaze falling onto the approaching person. She blinks, then
smiles. ^^ "Heya, Cammy-san."
>Cammy asks, "Hi, Hitori. How're you doin'?"
>Hitori says, "I'm okay... just taking a walk."
>Arin shakes his head slowly. "I.." He looks around. "...am not discussing it in
public."
>Cammy asks, "Yeah... me too. Did you have any luck finding a place yet?"
>Hitori sighs, shaking her head. "... nope..."
>Gourry decides to spend some time blinking like an idiot. He's pretty good at
that. ^_^
>Katt peers at Arin. "I... um... okay." (OOC: and player needs to go eat
dinner! ;_; )
>Cammy hmms softly, sitting by Hitori. "That's tough...."
>Arin looks at Katt. "Do you plan to listen, or do I waste my time. I haven't
had a conscience for some eighteen years...allow me to grow accustomed to it."
>Katt (OOC) pats Gourry. "Good boy! Have a biscut."
>Arin OOC hehs.
>Tasuki (OOC) whistles u.u
>Gourry (OOC) woohoos! n.n
>Gourry (OOC) waves! n.n
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