Obelisk : Room 508 - Ryan's Apartment(#618R)
One word springs to mind as you walk into Ryan's apartment: cluttered. Stuff is
strewn everywhere, from the multitude of shelves that line the wall, to the
comic books and CD's on the floor.
The main room, which makes up most of the apartment, has apparently been
relegated to storage duty. Aside from the King-sized bed, the desk, and the TV,
all the rest of the furniture here is book shelves. As you look the shelves
over, you see a roughly equal proportion of both scholarly texts (physics
textbooks, archaeological logs, etc.), and comic books. How unusual. Hooked up
to the TV is a wide variety of video game consoles, some no longer supported.
The small kitchenette and bathroom are comparatively unremarkable.
[Exits : (O)ut ]
[Players : Rachel, and Tail(Pup) ]
[Things : Big honkin' pile 'o gold.(#3397), Backpack(#2158), Blaster
Rifle(#1582), and Midgaard City Map(#1293) ]
>Rachel says, "(OOC) Well, after I brought you home last night, I ICly stayed
here with you, to keep an eye on you and so you wouldn't be alone. Nothing
ecchi intended, just affection and concern."
>Ryan (OOC) As for the tail, it's just a tail, and it's in the fridge. Last I
checked o.=; Hope that thing doesn't regenerate c.c;
>Rachel (OOC) probably stayed up much later than you did, watching you, but
finally did crawl onto your bed, fully clothed except for my boots, and went to
sleep snuggled up to you.
>Ryan (OOC) Well, with that noted (and appreciated), we'd probably be off to the
bar, or something. At the very least, to see how Cloud's doing, probably.
>Rachel stretches. "How are you feeling?"
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck as he makes a quick check of his e-mail. "Pretty
good, actually... at least physically."
>Rachel steps behind you and massages your shoulders. "And otherwise?"
>Ryan quips, "'Bout usual for when freaky stuff like this happens."
>Rachel says, "I hear you."
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck. "At least no permanent harm was done. Tifa's
scared out of her wits, though..."
>Rachel says, "Can't say I blame her."
>Ryan checks his hair. Still a mess. Aw, fix it later. "I'm gonna head over to
the bar to see how those two are doing. Coming along?"
>Rachel says, "No sense staying here. Besides, I need a change of clothes."
>Ryan puts his hands on his hips in his trademark pose. Or one of them at least.
"Fair enough."
>Rachel falls in line behind you.
>Ryan (OOC) is not bringing the tail ;P
>o
You open the door and walk out into the hallway.
** Walk cut **
Intersection: Thor/Tyr
This intersection is relatively nice, if not for the lingering darkness to the
west on Thor Street. Luckily, all the streetlamps here are replaced
regularly..any graffiti is cleaned up almost immediately..and a neighbourhood
police patrol keeps an eye out for any shifty and suspicious types wandering
about. To the east, Thor Boulevard is a much more lively and light
place..housing many people in small housing complexes, and a few larger,
upper-middle class homes. To the South, Tyr Road continues in that direction,
with a mixture of hotels and apartment buildings. To the north, it seems to
disperse at an obscure point..though a few eateries catering to myriad tastes
can be seen.
[Exits : Midgaard (P)okemon Center, (C)orner Cafe, (E)ast, (N)orth, (S)outh,
and (W)est ]
[Players : Kay, and Guy ]
Ryan arrives, with Rachel following behind.
[Sleepers: Lina_Inverse, and Gourry ]
[Things : None ]
>Kay is idly leaning against a wall, munching on a bag of popcorn.
>Ryan walks in from the south, followed relatively closely by Rachel.
>Guy is leaning against the cafe, chewing on a toothpick idly.
>Rachel is walking with Ryan, looking a bit pensive.
>Ryan gives Kay a nod and a smile as he passes by. Guy gets zippo. Heh.
>Guy doesn't mind. He's had worse than zippo, thanks.
>Kay blinks and looks over at Ryan and Rachel...she frowns...
>Ryan sweatdrops. o/~ Someone's in trouble... ^^;
>Rachel's attention seems divided between Ryan and whatever she's thinking about.
>Kay grits her teeth and begins glaring daggers at Ryan's retreating back.
>Ryan turns to Rachel. "Why doncha go on ahead? I'm sure Cloud can go without
seeing me for a bit longer..." ^^;
>Rachel asks, "You sure?"
>Guy glances at the couple of people, then starts eeeedddgging out of the way,
flicking the toothpick away and replacing it with a cigarette. No Lina to stop
him, now.
>Ryan nods. "Yeah, I haven't talked to Kay in a while anyway..."
** I get booted **
>Rachel leaves north.
>Ryan resumes where he left off, walking over to Kay as Rachel departs.
>Kay continues to glare at Ryan.
>Ryan is sweatbeading like mad. "Hiyah babe, how're you doing?"
>Ryan . o O ( *Image of Kay running Ryan through* )
>Kay says, "Don't you BABE me."
>Ryan holds his hands up defensively. "Woah, woah, what's the problem?"
>Kay asks, "You have to ASK?"
>Ryan sweatdrops. He seems genuinely confused. "What!?" o.o
>Kay harumphs and looks away.
>Ryan puts his hands on his hips. "Cripes, I can't even walk around with another
woman nearby?"
>Kay says, "Not when you kiss them, no. -_-"
>Lina_Inverse has connected
>Ryan sweatdrops. "Hey, she's an old friend, y'know?"
>Kay says, "A rather GOOD one, it seems."
>Kay is leaning against a nearby wall, giving Ryan the third degree.
>Ryan crosses his arms. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were jealous."
o.= Yes, he certainly has a way with women, at times.
>Guy is leaning against the cafe, a cigarette in his lips. Unlit cigarette (at
the moment)
>Kay just gives Ryan this look...
>Ryan gives Kay a look back. Of course, being male, his isn't half as good.
>Lina wanders on in, yawning widely. Glaring at Guy's cig as she nears, she
arches an eyebrow. "Heya Guy. I don't suppose you and Gourry talked maybe?" ^^;
>Guy shakes his head and sighs. "He headed off before we could." He waves
absently. "Don't think he was looking for Ryouga, though. Food, maybe."
>Lina mms and nods in agreement. "He's not the kind to actively look for a
fight, and it is around supper time."
>Guy nods, twiddling the cig between his fingers a bit before tucking it away
again. Just getting a taste... really, he wasd.
>Asrial pages, "From further down Tyr road, you might hear some distant bursts
of gunfire, intermingled with various inhuman shrieks and other various sounds.
Getting closer all the time, too. ^_^" to Guy, Kay, Lina_Inverse and you.
>Guy blinks at that, startling, then turning towards the firing. He doesn't even
really think a lot about it. he's already starting to run that way. "What
the...?"
>You page-pose, "Ryan blinks, and looks away (Thank you god! A distraction
from being chewed out by my OTHER girlfriend!)" to Asrial, Guy, Kay and
Lina_Inverse
>Kay blinks and looks past Ryan...
>Lina hears too..and would run, really she would, but, well you see she has an
aversion to guns. That and she's not exactly even on the same skill level with
a witch at the moment, seeing as it's her time of the month. c.c; So she just
stands there, rocking back on her heels and waits to see if she can help any
-after- the fighting stops.
>Asrial arrives from the south.
>l asr
Asrial
Long, golden-blonde hair swings to and fro 'cross the back of the girl
your eyes have settled upon; the soft-looking tresses curving slightly as
they drift over her forehead, staying just above her eyes. Atop her head,
the blonde uniformity is broken up by a pair of lightly-furred ears, black
and white, almost catlike in appearance, in addition to regular, 'human'
ears in the normal placement. Wide, expressive blue eyes join gentle lips
on her unpainted face, her skin soft with a light tan, giving every
exposed bit of her short, well-rounded form an extremely healthy tone.
And quite a bit of it is shown, at that. Over her shoulders cross the
narrow straps of a small, loose-fitting tanktop, leaving her shoulders and
arms qute bare, displaying smooth, slim muscularity down to a pair of
dark-violet gloves over her small hands. Dark-pink with narrow black
stripes, the top really doesn't do much so far as concealment goes; the
front and sides very low-cut, revealing more then a little of her healthily
generous bosom. Ending just above her belly, a short expanse of bare skin
gives way to a close-fitting pair of dark red shorts, buttoned and zipped
tightly, with the legs rolled up a little on her upper thighs, bringing
the white underside to contrast with the red. Her long, slender legs are
likewise bared, all the way down to a bulky pair of light-grey socks, and
the black & white tennis shoes on her feet.
She's carrying a rather large and nasty looking rifle, almost as big as
she is. Despite it's size, and probably weight, it doesn't appear to
be causing her any problems.
Carrying:
>Lina (OOC) woohoos! "YES! Thank you gods! I've been waiting for someone to
actually take a NHS char! ^_^ \/"
>Ryan (OOC) is partly a NHS char >.<
>Lina (OOC) kicks Ryan, "You don't count"
>Ryan (OOC) exists in the same world ;.;
>Kay says, "(OOC) No, dear. You're a GD char."
>Guy is on his way towards where the noise is coming from. The woman causes him
to screech to a halt, so as not to crash into her.
>Ryan . o O ( What the...? )
>From the south, down Tyr road, there's a bunch of gibbering cricket things
hopping down the street, over the buildings, generally looking like a bad B
monster movie is being filmed. Every so often one of them gets gunned to
pieces by the girl running down the street and taking snipes at them with a
rather LARGE rifle. "I said get BACK in that portal!"
>Ryan blinks. Okay, big cricket things I can handle, really, at least as long as
I'm not in the direct line of fire. He seems to pay more attention to the girl
though, at least for the moment, squinting as he has a vague recollection of
her o.=
>Guy blinks, looking at the creatures. . o O (....monsters! FINALLY!) he shifts
his sword in his hand, suddenly looking... well... relieved. He tries to get a
look at them.
>Lina goes wide eyed at the sight and draws her sword. Not that she thinks it'd
do a whole lot of good, but she only runs if she has no other choice. And even
though she can't. *sweatdrop* use her magic right now, she can at least still
fight. c.c (Where the hell is Gourry when I need him? Or even NAGA I'd put up
with..)
>Kay blinkblinks and reaches into her Jacket, pulling out a rather impressive
handcannon (well, not compared to Asrial's usual caliber of gun, but one can
only ask so much)
>Ryan is just plain ol' Ryan. That's enough, of course. Natch.
>Lina o O (Scratch that thought. Not Naga, I don't want the large breasted
warrior girl types to outnumber me too badly.)
>The cricket things are...well, cricket-things. They're not very describable
otherwise. About man-sized...insect...drooling a lot and making really
annoying sounds as they hop about frantically trying to put distance between
themselves and the nasty-bad thing that's putting holes in them. A group of
six, hopping almost in unison like a poor man's cattle stampede, heads right
for the group of you, hophopping for all their worth as Asrial blows another
one off it's perch on a mailbox. ^_^
>Kay takes aim at one of the cricket things and lets fly with a round...the
crack the gun makes sounding rather unusual for a handgun, but then again, it's
no normal handgun.
>Ryan does the only respectable heroic thing. Get the hell out of the way. *zip*
>Guy is willing to do something else. They aren't new-hatched monsters.. but to
him, they're monsters. It's worth a try. He's advancing, carefully glancing at
them, trying to find the smallest, and therefore, youngest. His sword is
readied as well.
>Ryan will do heroic stuff later, really, as soon as the girls stop throwing
high-calibre weaponry around n.n o.o
>Lina ducks out of the way of gunshot fire, which she knows damn well she's no
match for. Though when it clears up enough for her to actually, oh, get out
there safely again, she does so..and goes slack jawed. o O (Note: Explain the
difference of monsters to Guy. And make fun of Ryan later.) "Guy! Are you
-nuts-!?"
>Ryan (OOC) ;.;
>Guy isn't running right into the line of fire, of course.. he's hearer to the
edges. He's not _That_ dumb and impetuous.
>Ryan is dumb and impetuous, just not suicidal. He wants to size up the threat
before he whups all these aliens butts with his unbeatable martial arts, of
course. Naturally. As he sizes up the threat (and/or takes hard cover), he
manages to recognize the oncoming girl. "Asrial!?"
>Lina mutters darkly, gloomily resigning herself to a fate of running along
behind Guy. If -he's- not going to act sensible, she'll have to do it for him.
Of course, she's watching warily for gunfire, as well as any jumping. Hey,
crickets jump, these might too. And she's not looking to catch them either. Any
that come near her are gonna get their buggy little heads chopped off with her
sword o.o
>Memory comes back to him:
>'What's plan B?'
>'Run like your butt's on fire!'
>o.=
>Guy (OOC) LOL!
>Lina (OOC) n.n \/
> Sankuu. n.n
>Lina (OOC) remembers that n.n
>( One right in the middle of the line catches Kay's shot dead-on(Left up to her
to deal with if she wants, since her gun isn't normal?). And although very
ugly and disgusting looking, they don't seem very aggressive. Just
blind-hopping away from their immediate sources of danger(Which now includes
Kay, causing them to scatter even more.). The littlest one that Guy's going
for is behaving pretty much the same way, breaking off from the line and making
gibbering sounds as it tries to escape him. From behind, Asrial takes aim and
*KA-BLAM*, another one on the line bursts into gooey green pieces. The calling
of her name catches her attention, and her ears twitch as her attention turns,
but first things first. *BLAMBLAMBLAM* )
>Running? Well hey! That makes things even easier! He's about to try his best...
even without a haste spell. "Eyah!" he crows, leaping, suddenly holding what
looks like a....collar? He's aiming to grab the fellow, and to try snapping
that collar on. Either he's really really stupid, or he's onto something.
>Well then. Seeing as how these things aren't exactly attacking BACK, Ryan can
show off! Whoo-hoo! Springing from his hiding place (*cough*), he performs a
perfect ninja-style boot to da head on one of our handy critters! Pose for the
crowd, Ryan *pose*
>Kay nods as she sees her coilgun's having an effect (this thing was designed to
hurt Esmerelda, but even so, some things are tougher in the skin department
than she is), then promptly disappears, reappearing about ten feet off to the
left...where the observant watcher of the fight might have tracked the actual
shot back to, due to the way the cricket thing flew when it got hit.
>Lina would clap Ryan..okay, laugh honestly, but she's busy steeling herself
just a bit behind Guy in order to leap in and slay the bugger (Bad pun) if it
doesn't change it's attitude after getting that collar. So otherwise she's back
to a wall at the moment, sword drawn in hand as she casts a glance nervously
about to make sure neither of the girls with guns is taking pot shots anywhere
near her. <.< >.>
>Guy finally manages to get hold of the critter. *snap* The collar is attached
with a shout of triumph. he keeps his grip for a moment more, then releases,
letting the creature bound away... as it is wont to do. Suddenly, its bouncing
slows, then stops, and it turns towarsd Guy, antennae waving puzzledly.
>Cait_Sith arrives from the south.
>Someone wanna fill poor Cait in on the... erm... situation?
>Cait Sith passes through on his Mog...
>Cait Sith pauses...
>And as one cricket makes a mighty HOP to precious safety.... *boot*. Ryan
knocks it upside it's little(Ok, not so little) cricket head, and keels him
over on his side, little broken violins circling round and round. With the
ones on the street seemingly being taken good care of, Asrial's turned her
attention to picking them off of buildings. One gets blown down right off some
poor guy's office window, where you get a good view of the suit looking out in
total horror...or at least bogglement. The others start hopping down off the
high ground and onto the street, all heading around the general group again. ^_^
>Cait Sith OOC "Giant crickets, then?"
>Kay takes another shot at a bug, her gun making that strange crack of a report.
Almost instantly, another bug is thrown back as it is speared through by a
nickel-iron slug moving at hypersonic speeds...and once more, she disappears,
reappearing instantly where the sharp observer could track the bullet's REAL
path back to.
>Basically, the street is overrun with ugly man-sized crickets making very
stupid noises, and gradually getting wasted by those at large. :)
>Ryan is currently, in lieu of doing something actually useful, alternating
between doing flashy ninja-esque moves on the stragglers, and posing
dramatically.
>Guy is staring right at one of the crickets. He grins at it, it waves its
antennae back at him. It would probably be comical... or at least really,
really, wierd.
>Cait Sith's Mog ducks a bug. "Hey! Where's the giant who lost his flea circus?!"
>Funnily enough though, for how annoying they are, they all sound like the
xenomorphs in Aliens when they die. At least they go out cool. Not many seem
to be left at this point, perhaps a half-dozen, not counting Guy's little
friend. One of which hops RIGHT for Cait Sith, another does simularly for Lina
from behind.
>Cait Sith orders his Mog through his megaphone. "Let him have it!" The Mog
winds up a big fist and lets a punch fly at the bug...
>Kay stops firing her handcannon, seeing that there are too few targets to use
the thing on, and the ones that are there are too close to 'friendlies'. She
puts her gun away and starts trying to decide who needs the most help...
>Lina sighs deeply. Well, Guy caught his little bugger, and she's getting just a
weeee bit tired of the show offs (Read: Ryan) Oh heck, why not work out her
aggresion on these things? Though just as she thinks of pushing away from her
nice little wall, and hacking her way toward some of the nicer specimens (Of
course they're all pretty damn ugly) that one jumps behind her and she lets out
a mighty..er..scream. They're BUGS after all. ICK. *Hack* *Slash* *Swing* and
all those cool sword fighting sounds as she tries to chop it's icky head off.
o.o;
>Ryan is doing just fin- *clobber* Hey, you stupid bug! Watch it! *uppercut*
>Guy isn't doing too bad, either. In fact, he decides to give his new 'friend' a
workout already, pointing at one of the bugs who are leaping away, and starting
in that direction. The big cricket pauses for a long moment, then starts
hopping after, Guy's sword out and winking slightly. Yes. He's finally in his
element again.
>Kay just walks over to one, holding out a piece of fruit...
>Kay . o O ( ...the boys at the lab will want to look at at least ONE live
one... )
>Ryan goes to town on this particular insectoid menace (not that they're
actually all that MENACING... just UGLY), giving in a fist right between the
compound eyes! Not that it does much, as even giant bugs don't have a lot of
brain matter to hurt.
>Much like Ryan..
>Cait Sith looks around after his Mog clobbers a bug. "Hey! Are all these bugs
bad? Or should we be discriminating in those we hit?"
>Hey! o.=
>Asrial aims and *BLAM*, plugs another of them herself, taking a fire hydrant
with it's target and creating a nice, impromptu geyser on the street for
passers-by to enjoy. 5 more. The one around Big Stuffy hops, and gets popped,
floored. And then there were four. Sliced nicely by Lina, HER cricket's head
dislocates from its body and bouncebounces across the pavement. Three. #2
meets it's untimely demise as Ryan socks it *WHACKO*. The last remaining spare
is looking down Asrial's gunsights in a doorway, when it starts making even
MORE annoying noises at Kay's approach with the fruit, hophopping over sideways
in that direction.
>Kay rummages around in her pocket with her free hand...
>Kay . o O ( ...now where did I put that pokeball thingy? )
>Lina shrugs her shoulders and yells over to Cait. "Who cares!? They're UGLY!
Just kill em! I personally don't want to see an infestation of these buggers in
the Seventh.." She shudders at the head as it rolls, watching it go.. Er, damn.
Headless bodies tend to fall. So she jumps aside quickly, not wanting to have
it fall on her.
>Cait Sith's Mog bounces excitedly at fighting. The cat Mog-speaks to it. "Don't
get too excited...looks like they're almost gone..."
>Ryan dusts himself off. The threat has been averted, with only minor property
damage! That's better then most of his or Asrial's casts usual escapades.
>Asrial blinkblinks at the yelling, finding it really doesn't matter all -that-
much when most of them are gone anyway. Though she DOES raise her voice to
shout at Kay as she starts running over. "Hey! Don't FEED it!"
>Guy stops as he sees Kay 'calling' it over. Ah well. That's fine. He stops his
approach, raising his hand to the one that's happily collared. It waves
antennae, looking vague... as if it could look anything else.
>Kay ahas just as she almost gets to the cricket thing, then tosses the pokeball
she had somewhere in those pockets of hers at the cricket, hoping to catch it
for the boys at the lab.
>Asrial levels her rifle and tries to get a shot off at the one Kay's capturing,
missing cleanly (Well, not so cleanly -really-. There's a number of people
staring out a broken plate-glass window.) as it's already 'sucked' into the
ball by the time she's fired. She finishes covering the distance to it though,
and knocks at the ball with the butt-end of her rifle. "Let it outta there so
I can kill it!"
>Guy blinks, startledly, at the bloodthirsty woman's comment. "Oh, no." he says,
stepping over to 'his' cricket and slinging an arm around its neck protectively.
>Kay blinks, "Kill it? Why? It's harmless now."
>Ryan, now that the dust has started to settle (well... kinda), looks around the
area. He ignores Guy (I mean, who'd WANT these?) as he looks for Asrial; he
knows he spotted her before.
>Cait Sith's Mog waddles up closer to the captive insect, while the cat watches
it and wiggles his ear...he looks to Asrial. "Don't get too excited,
Miss...they don't seem that dangerous...maybe we should keep this one alive so
someone can find out what makes it tick..."
>Asrial shakeshakes her head violently, looking back and forth between Kay and
Cait..."No, no, you don't get it! Those are Zhickets from the 8th planer phase
of dimension Q! You can't let 'em live here!"
>Ryan finally spots the poor girl. Raising his hand, he shouts out his previous
vocalization, "Asrial!?"
>Kay asks, "Say that again, this time in some human language?"
>Cait Sith blinks?
>Guy hmms. "Zhicket. Never heard of it." he says, casually. "So... Zhick, is
it?" He again pats the creature, this time between the eyes. It waves antennae
a little at the touch.
>Lina *AHEMS* rather loudly and holds her sword blade up in a gesture, "Scuse
me.. But what happens when you feed them?" Seems logical to ask, seening as she
was so worried about that a moment ago. And it might answer their questions
better than the girl is doing.
>Asrial looks up again at the second calling of her name, having the attention
to spare for examination of the source this time. She raises her 'free' hand
to shade her eyes, and brightens up noticiably. "Ryan? Hey! Come over here
and tell these people why we can't let these Zhickets live. ^_^"
>Kay looks down curiously at her pokeball.
>Cait Sith hms? "Zhickets, huh?"
>Cloud arrives from the north.
>Ryan jogs over to Asrial, avoiding the various potholes and collateral damage.
"Sure!" Pause. "What's a Zhicklet?"
>You know, it's sort of funny... there's the zhicket in a pokeball, that's got
Asrial so nervous. And then there's Guy, with his arm around one's neck,
patting it, and talking to it casually. Something wrong here?
>Cloud is carrying a duffle bag along, looking at an index card, somber. Looks
very much like someone leaving town.
>Asrial looks at the one Guy's made a 'pet' out of. "If you FEED them, they
spit it all up later, all over everything. And then that ugly plague they
carry starts spreading around and killing people..."
>You just got the best of luck running into these things, doncha Spikey?
>Don't I? u.u
>Kay ahs, "Sou ka...hrm..."
>Ryan blinks. "Erm... plague?" o.o
>Cait Sith uh ohs. "Is any disease around now? Maybe someone should call in a
disinfection squad..."
>Lina coughs. "Plague?" She turns to Guy, shrugging apologetically. "She makes
sense there ya know. Might want to..ah.." She makes a nice swiping motion with
her sword meaningfully.
>Guy blinks as well, then looks over at Zhick. "Plague?" He almost seems to be
_asking_ the blasted thing. And you could swear its antennae wave looks like a
shrug.
>Ryan backs away slowly from any remaining Zhicklet fragment n.n;
>Asrial rapraps the pokeball with her rifle again. "And if they stay in this
atmosphere alive for long enough, they'll bloat, and do it anyway. Bioweapons
don't make good pets."
>Kay nods, "Okay."
>Asrial shakeshakes her head again. "It's ok after they're dead."
>Cait Sith hrms...
>Cloud pauses, looking up at the voices. He puts the card into his bag, and
looks at the crowd...
>Guy closes an eye, peering at Asrial, as though trying to judge just how true
this is. She then glances at Zhick, making a face at it. "Well, _you_ were no
help, were you?" Again, that shrug. Guy reaches back, grabbing for the collar.
"You'd better not be pulling my leg!" he calls to the girl. *hmmph* ....finally
get a monster... *grumble*
>Kay sets the pokeball down and reaches into her pocket, rummaging around once
more. Finding what she was looking for, she sets a small grenade on the
pokeball and pulls the pin...then steps back a few feet.
>Kay says, "Cover your eyes."
>Kay puts on some shades.
>Cait Sith and his Mog cover their eyes...
>Ryan is quite visible. Of course. HE hasn't noticed Cloud yet, as he stands
near Asrial and Kay. Wait, what was that about eye cover?
>Cloud blinks, stares, and decides to retreat. Pokemons are dangerous critters.
-.-
>Cloud leaves east.
>Guy is looking the other way. He figures he'll be fine.
>Asrial covers her eyes too, turning her head away and taking a few steps back.
>About ten seconds after Kay steps away, the thermite grenade goes off,
producing no explosion, just lots and lots and lots of heat...we're talking
enough to start melting steel plate here, folks...of course, the pokeball and
it's occupant go up in rather spectacular flames...
>Guy winces at the heat. Well... that works, I suppose. "'ere." He calls back as
he steps away from the puzzled and 'recovering' Zhicket.
>Oh. THAT shield your eyes. Having seen Kay and her hand cannon in action
before, Ryan backpedals but fast.
>Lina kinda roasty toasts as she wasn't expecting such a waste of..whatever. Her
singed remains mutter out. "Ya coulda just let it out and saved the poke`ball
for later.."
>Kay says, "Nah, it might have gotten away if I did that. This is
safer...though I think DOT is gonna be a tad upset about the state of thier
road..."
>Kay indicates the melting asphalt.
>Asrial turns her head again when the brightness is tolerable, the heat
uncomfortable, but nothing she can't walk away from. ^_^ She heads for Guy,
actually, lowering her rifle to point at the last one. "Gonna do it yourself,
or should I? ^_^"
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck, glancing at Kay. "Do you ever think of this
stuff BEFORE you blow up stretches of pavement?"
>Guy arches his eyebrows at Asrial. "You're kidding, right?" He crosses his
arms. "Go ahead."
>Kay says, "Like I said, this was safest...though I'll probably have to find a
way to pay the city."
>Ryan doesn't have any money to toss around for public works. Really. Honest.
>.> <.<;
>Naw, that stash of GOLD COINS in his APARTMENT is for the sole purpose of
showing to a certain PRINCESS who likes SHINEYS. c.c
>.... I will have my venegance on the spoofer later o.=
>Guy twirls the collar on his finger a few times, grumbling more to himself
before tucking it into his belt.
>Asrial slings her rifle over her back, draws her hand across her forehead in
one of those 'whew' expressions, and turns back to face the 'group'. "Sorry
you had to deal with them at all. They all got loose and ran off before I
could stop them, so it was this or let the planet die from stomach plague in 72
hours. ^_^"
>Kay sighs and looks around at the mess, "Damn, but I wish I was back home...I
could just get the Hollister Enterprizes to clean all this up..."
>Ryan turns to Asrial again, asking the obvious question, "Where'd they come
from, anyway?"
>Cait Sith whews. "Well, I think that's an easy choice, then =^^=; "
>Guy shrugs. He looks as though he's recovering his good humor quickly. it's
just... eeehhh, he finally had a monster to work with, and it turns out to be a
deadly plague-carrier. Don't you just hate that?
>Asrial grins, a little sheepishly. "Dimension Q. That's the last place I got
lost at, and a whole hoarde of them thought I was their mother or something and
tried to follow me around."
>Ryan nods, taking that expl,anation in stride. "Be more careful next time, 'k?"
He rubs the back of his neck and scans the area, to see everyone present.
>Asrial looks up and down the street at the corpses..."I hope you have a
well-paid street cleaning crew...hai!"
>Sailor_Pluto arrives from the south.
>Sailor Pluto says, "Hi.."
>Guy walks over towards Lina, shaking his head. "Doesn't that just figure." he
says, good-naturedly.
>Cait Sith waves! "Hi, Setsuna! =^^= "
>Sailor Pluto exclaims, "Hi Cait Sith!"
>Asrial smiles brightly. "So you can probably guess how *I've* been, then,
Ryan. What about you?"
>Kay looks over at Ryan, then at Asrial, "You know her, Ryan-kun?"
>Cait Sith hmms. "Maybe I can do something about the bodies..."
>Ryan sweatdrops. "Well, Gina ran off to some other planet, because some alien
guys were conquerin-" He blinks, replying to Kay, "Yeah."
>Sailor Pluto asks, "What's up?"
>Cait Sith rubs the back of his head. "A bunch of giant bugs attacked! Watch
your step =^^=; "
>Kay narrows her eyes, "Who's Gina?"
>They're all dead though. Minus some collateral damage.
>Ryan pauses in his tracks. "Just an old... um... friend of mine." He grins like
an idiot. . o O ( *image of Kay blowing Ryan's head off on the spot* )
>Cait Sith OOC snickers. "Old flame!"
>Asrial blinkblinks innocently, looking from Ryan, to Kay, and back again. She
doesn't -say- anything, but then, given Ryan's reaction, comedic relief
dictates she shouldn't, and let Kay make what she will of it. ^_^
>Ryan has a feeling he's about to be @malleted. o.o
>Cait Sith looks around at the bug bodies, and raises his megaphone...a green
gem glows. "Burn, fire!" In a few moments, each bug body begins to crackle in a
cheery campfire...
>Sailor Pluto blinks.
>Guy actually seems oddly used to that materia thing.
>Asrial mmns? And turns just in time to see bug corpses flaring up in pretty
flames. "Wow!," she exclaims, stepping over to Cait and looking him over.
"This is a pretty neat toy, ne? Whose is it?"
>Kay @MALLETS Ryan. It's a perogative of her Takahashiesque home environment.
>Ryan goes flying off to the north |m| @.o |m|
** After a short trip through orbit **
Seventh Heaven Bar - Main Room
Tifa's Seventh Heaven Bar has a campy feeling to it, primarily constructed of
dark wood with occasional items for decoration. Several worn tables grace the
area near the door, looking beaten up from years of patrons. The bar is more
well kept, stocked with a vast amount of alcoholic beverages and components for
mixed drinks. The room is just a tad dimly lit, feeling cozy and familiar at
the same time. Other areas of interest are the entrance to the kitchen, and a
porch with some comfy chairs. All in all, the Seventh Heaven is a nice tribute
to what someone can put together for a business if they try. A machine for a
game similar to pinball sits on the less used side of the room, sporting an
"Out of Order" sign. Most of the damage that was obvious only a little while
ago is now repaired with more permenant fixes, so the bar once again is back to
it's former self.
[Exits : (B)ack Room, (K)itchen, (U)pstairs, and (O)ut ]
You found a gil!
[Players : Alexander, Foil_Riposte, Lyrae, Tifa, Rachel, Derek, and
Marlene(Pup) ]
[Things : None ]
>Lyrae is standing by Rachel and Tifa with rope in her hands, to tie Tifa up if
it comes to that. And a sword across her back.
>Ryan lands in the doorway with a resounding *thud*. Hmm. Looks like he fell a
bit of a ways.
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) Rachel's facing down Tifa, who was about to commit
arson on her own bar. She's got a gas can in her hands. n.n"
>Rachel says, "Tifa. Give me the gas can. Do it _now_."
>Tifa looks down at the can.. Then releaces her grip on it. "...."
>Chibi-Derek says, "(OOC) Of course Ryan shows up just in time for the rope
usage.. :D"
>Alex steps in from outside, having caught the scent of gasoline from a couple
blocks away, his eyes taking in the scene.
>Lyrae lets out a soft sigh.
>Rachel has her hand over Tifa's on the can's handle.
>Ryan sits up, only a few bruises, chipped teeth, and black eye to show for his
trouble. "That... didn't hurt." @.n; He blinks, suddenly realizing
something a bit more serious is going on.
>Lyrae . o O ( My head ..is killing me.. )
>Chibi-Derek blinks and looks over at Ryan, eyes widening, "What the heck
happened to you?" O_o
>Rachel says, "(OOC) Ryan told me he wasn't INTO that..."
>Tifa can't give you the can if you're holding her hand there o.o
>Lyrae would ask the same, as her glance flickers towards the incoming, then
back to Tifa.
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles
>Ryan waves dismissively. "Aw, nothing, really..." @.n He got @malleted by
Kay for mentioning Gina @.o
>The Sword . o O ( Lyrae you should rest outside.. )
>Lyrae . o O ( I...will.. La..ter.. )
>Chibi-Derek walks over, shaking his head, "Yeah right.."
>Ryan stands up, looking over at Tifa and Rachel, seriousness taking over the
moment. Damn angst. "What's going on!?"
>Tifa. o O (It has to burn like Nibelheim.. Nibelhiem had to burn.. To purify..)
>Tifa says, "...Just take the can, then -_-"
>Lyrae abruptly drops the rope and skitters back a few steps. o O ( ..... )
>Rachel asks, "We're going to set the can down, nice and easy, right, Tifa?"
>Tifa says, "...Yes."
>Derek mumbles, "Uhm...Tifa's really upset at something. I think it has to do
with you-know-who.." to Ryan.
>Derek mumbles, "Uhm .. .. .. Tifa's ..... upset ..... something .. I
..... it ..... ..... do with you-know-who .. .." to Ryan.
>Lyrae shakes her head a few times, then moves towards Rachel.
>Ryan blinks, letting that soak in. "Doesn't explain the gas-can." @.o
>Rachel blinks confusedly at Lyrae?
>Lyrae blinks, and inwardly groans. o O ( Oh yeah. )
>Lyrae quietly says, "I'll.. do it."
>(After Lyrae whispers to her, that is.)
>Lyrae takes a breath and kneels by Tifa.
>Derek mumbles, "She wanted to burn down the bar for some reason, Ryan.." to
Ryan.
>Derek mumbles, "She wanted to burn ..... the ..... ..... some reason
.. ..... .. .." to Ryan.
>Rachel tries to guide Tifa's hand holding the can downward toward the floor.
>Ryan stands there, jaw-agape for a moment. "Tifa!?"
>Chibi-Derek smacks Ryan lightly on the arm, "Shh!"
>Ryan GLARES down at Derek before turning his attention back to the girls. "!?"
>Alex stands there a moment, watching, seeing that things are under control,
before walking to the bar, then behind it...
>Tifa slowly sets the can down, eyes never leaving it.
>Lyrae shakes and crawls backwards, getting to her feet at Rachel's side. o O (
She doesn't have 'em. I think..I hope not. )
>Ryan . o O ( Dammit, is this over what happened yesterday...!? )
>Tifa. o O (...Killed my dad... ...Cloud was there.. ...The flames, my house..)
>Lyrae whispers something quickly to Rachel again, then turns and settles the
sword over her back, fairly shuddering as she walks -QUICKLY- out of the bar.
>Rachel loosens her grip enough for Tifa to slip her hand out.
>Ryan will pursue Lyrae, of course.
>Chibi-Derek blinks?
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) Naturally ^_^"
>Lyrae heads out the front door.
>Lyrae leaves, with Foil_Riposte following behind her.
>o
You leave 7th heaven destined again for the chaos of the city.
Tyr Road [300]
The apartment buildings and hotels give way to smaller, less expensive and
privately owned buildings of like sort. Then those eventually dwindle to what
you find on either side of you now. Yes, various scents of delicious food of a
wide assortment of styles, flavours, and nationalities entices your olfactorial
senses..attempting to lure you in for a bite, or five. Make no mistake,
however. It doesn't come as cheap as those fast food places around southern
Tyr Road..though you'll definately appreciate the higher quality. At a point
up ahead, the road and street becomes an unpaved trail, towards the start of
the steep walls that the mountain atol surrounding Midgaard creates. A deep
gorge carved by forces long forgotten and lost to legend is to the west
here..and a suspension bridge has been erected so that pedestrians might take a
stroll across it to Sif Way to the east, and marvel at it.
[Exits : (N)orth, Tifa's Seventh Heaven (7), (T)ransit Station, Path (D)own
to the Gorge, Suspension (B)ridge, and (S)outh ]
[Players : Foil_Riposte, Lyrae, Asrial, and Motoroid Red(Pup) ]
[Sleepers: Luke, and Naomi ]
[Things : None ]
>Cait_Sith arrives from the south.
>Lyrae runs out and fairly collapses at the bottom of the steps, shuddering and
sobbing.
>Ryan stalks out of the bar, after Lyrae, a black eye to show for his prior
battering.
>Cait Sith approches, and blinks?
>Lyrae . o O ( Too ..much.. )
>Kay arrives from the south.
>Ryan blinks. Okay, no stealth here. "L... Lyrae?"
>Asrial blinks, and waves! "Ah, there you are, Rya.." Though her hand drops
soon after noticing the girl who came out before him is crying rather hard.
>Kay walks towards Ryan, not LOOKING like she's about to @mallet Ryan again, but
then, you never know...
>Lyrae stays hunched over on the ground, on her hands and knees, shaking quite
badly, sobbing softly, trying to get a hold of herself.
>Cait Sith's Mog waddles nearer to Lyrae... "Hey...Lyrae...what's wrong? =oo= "
>Ryan tries to put his hand on Lyrae's shoulder to reassure her, but this may
not turn out as planned @.o
>Lyrae blinks at the touch, freezing for an instant, green eyes wide and
unfocused, "Too much.."
>Cait Sith huhs? "Too much? Too much what?"
>Ryan asks, not really sure what to do here. "W... what's going on?"
>Vincent has arrived.
>Asrial comes up soon after Cait, though not being familiar with the girl, she
doesn't make any commentary or questions to her. Instead directing such to
Ryan. "Ne, what'd you do this time?"
>The Sword is on Lyrae's back, in case that wasn't known to some.
>Lyrae sits up, closing her eyes tightly and putting her hands against the side
of her head, her breathing rapid, "I'm.. an..empath.." She jerks out,
"Too..much.. for... me.." She sobs.
>Lyrae . o O ( It hurts it hurts it hurrts!!! )
>Kay blinks at Lyrae.
>The Sword . o O ( Lyrae.... )
>Kay . o O ( ...uhoh... )
>Cait Sith nods. "An empath?...So, too much anger? Sadness? Fear? Please, tell
us how to help..."
>Ryan . o O ( She... must mean Tifa... )
>The Sword . o O ( Crap.. Lyrae, can you hear me? )
>Ryan looks quite shocked at this whole sequence of events. Of course, he knows
more of the backstory...
>Lyrae quietly says, "Tifa *gasp* Cloud *pant* Pain, Hurts.. *sobs*"
>Kay starts trying to think 'happy' in Lyrae's direction, walking closer so that
range might help to blot out intensity.
>Vincent just pauses, letting the sudden babble of the crowd he's
wandered into wash over him.
>The Sword . o O ( Lyrae? Lyrae? You there? )
>Lyrae's tears ease a little as the happythoughts from Kay, though she's still
shaking a little. Tis just enough for her to be able to hear Foil o O
(..h..h...here.. )
>l vin
Vincent
He is tall. And thin, almost overly so, it seems. Vincent is what one might
call 'lanky', if their attention was allowed to dwindle on the fact for any
length of time. For the man you now consider has far more obvious features
than his height. Thick and luxurious, his black hair streams from around the
restraint of a bandana of crimson silk, falling to his shoulders upon all
sides. Including some errant locks that he occasionally has to brush from
obscuring the view of his surroundings. The black locks only accentuate the
paleness of the face they frame: a paleness that almost goes beyond that of a
fair complexion. The features of Vincent's face are distuingished... almost
delicate in appearance, only hardened by the serious cool of his demeanor.
Shadowed by the bandana are his eyes... looking out at the world with a crimson
view, his eyes always maintain a muted glow. Though at times, that
intensifies, depending on the state of the emotions he hides underneath.
Vincent's state of dress is made simple, both in color and upkeep. Most of
his length is with his legs, covered by a pair of loose, black pants, tucked
down within leather boots; steel plated at the feet and ankles for better
protection in fights. To keep the clothing tucked in at his waist is a sturdy
belt, thick and gray. It acts as both a gun belt, for the weapon he uses, as
well as a place to store small items, besides ammunition. His shirt, black as
well, is of the fashion which buttons closed through the overlapping of a
sqaure of cloth on top of the opposite portion of the shirt. Long sleeved, as
well, though theses are rolled up to the elbows on both arms; one for a reason,
and the other, possibly to match the lengths.
The reason bearing on his left arm is that of a bronze... gauntlet? Or is
that an actual part of his body? Plated in sections to cover over the
claw-shaped glove of the creation, it can be debated upon which is the truth.
The right arm, and hand, his gun arm, is wholly human in appearance, covered
only with a simple, black leather glove of the fingerless variety. Over his
ensemble he wears a cloak of a deep red shade, the material of it hanging
loosely over his front. A series of buckles are placed in order to hold the
cloak in place, running from the bottom, to the top of a high collar. Most of
the time, the buckles are fastened down to the last two at the bottom, keeping
the collar fully closed about Vincent's chin and mouth.
Vincent moves with an air of a man who is not afraid to stand up to his
inches, even within crowds of people who are far shorter. His posture
indicates that he considers this the least of his worries, when there is so
much more to be concerned over. Such as a... something, that seems to lurk
within him. A power? Maybe, but it's a hard feeling to define.
Carrying:
Quicksilver, Small Key, and globespeak.muf(#2166FLM2)
>Rachel comes out of the 7th Heaven Bar.
>Rachel arrives, with Tifa following behind.
>Cait Sith waves to Tifa, standing near Lyrae...
>The Sword . o O ( Let me take over..I'll get you away from people fast... )
>Ryan just keeps his hand on Lyrae's shoulder, not sure what to do now @.O
>Lyrae is on the ground on her hands and knees, shaking.
>Derek comes out of the 7th Heaven Bar.
>Rachel leads Tifa out by the hand, the gas can in Rachel's other hand.
>Lyrae . o O ( W..Wh..w...what? )
>Asrial makes a frown, then lifts her hands up in a hammer-interlock, looking as
if she's about to bring the double-fist down on the back of her neck.
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) On the back of who's neck, Asrial? ^_^;"
>Er, Lyrae's neck, that is. ;P
>Ryan (OOC) Mine, likely >.<
>Tifa looks like someone killed her dog.. But at least she's not nuts right now.
>Ryan will stop you if ya try it, you know. Lyrae's a friend @.n
>The Sword . o O ( I can FEEL the pain your in... you need to rest away from
people.. clear your head.. )
>Cait Sith hmms. "Are these feelings becoming your own? If so, maybe I can try
to push them up on the plus side..."
>Well, Asrial's definatly going to try it. Stop her if you will. ^_^
>Kay kneels down next to Lyrae, putting her head a few inches away...she starts
bringing up her best and funniest memories...not all of them flattering to her,
but she can see the humor in them now...
>Cait Sith blinks at Asrial... "Hey, there...what's the idea?"
>Ryan moves his hand to intercept, without even looking. He may be an idiot, but
he's an EXCELLENT martial artist, after all.
>Lyrae starts shaking again, as she shakes her head - or maybe she's just
shaking in general o O ( C..can..can't focu..cus.. )
>The Sword . o O ( Lyrae.. just lemmie take over and get you away from all these
people... C'mon... )
>Kim arrives from the south.
>The Sword . o O ( Wait.. there's Kim... )
>Chibi-Derek looks over and blinks. He sees a bunch of people..and Lyrae. Lyrae
+ Crowds = bad..
>Lyrae blinks a few times at the sudden addition of memories.
>Vincent is standing in only the way that one person outside of whatever's
happening can, and still look, well... Okay, he is totally confused. Seeing
Tifa, however, he starts moving toward the girl. She seems calmish, after all,
and perhaps she knows what is happening.
>Kay . o O ( ...damn, it would take minutes to try and read her in all this
mess, let alone try to do anything realistic about her condition... )
>Callan arrives from the south.
>Kim c.c;
>Kim. o O (This a convention?)
>Asrial's fists come down *smack*, just a little bit short of their goal. Ryan
can probably feel a good jolt in his arms from that; Asrial's a strong girl.
She blinks. "She's in pain, isn't she? If she's not awake, she won't have to
suffer."
>Lyrae shakes slowly, "G..G...Ge..Get....m...me....oo..out... of...h...here!"
>Callan stumbles around the corner, SCREAMS abruptly, and turns around, darting
off the way she came.
>Callan leaves south.
>The Sword . o O ( Gotcha! Lemmie take over... )
>Kim >.>; <.<; >.>;
>Ryan looks at Asrial. "Yeah, but not like THA-" He blinks as Callan bolts in
and out @.o
>Tifa sits down on the front step of the bar, looking worn out.
>Cait Sith's Mog growls at Asrial. The cat looks mad. "Another stunt like that,
and you won't be able to make cute comments like that!"
>Kay hears Lyrae and nods, "You want me to, Lyrae-san?"
>Lyrae . o O ( *SHRRRIIIEEEK* )
>Rachel sits down next to Tifa, and puts an arm around her shoulders.
>Lyrae thrashes a second.
>Kim pikus o.o
>Kay doesn't know that Lyrae might not be talking to her.
>Ryan snatches Lyrae and Foil up (whether they really like it or not). "You want
out of here, you're out, got that Ly-chan?" He glances back and forth, looking
for a clear exit.
>The Sword . o O ( ACK!..stop..doing that... WOW thats loud.. )
>The Sword . o O ( Good boy Ryan.. )
>Lyrae is thrashing a bit too much for one person; she doesn't even hear Kay.
>Foil_Riposte falls in line behind you.
>Asrial frowns. "Well, -I- don't carry anything to put her out with on me, do
you?" She turns her frown to Cait. "It's not cute, I was trying to do her a
favor."
>Kim blinks at the sight of Ryan grabbing up a thrashing Lyrae
>Kay tries to help Ryan, since Lyrae's thrashing so much.
>Tifa blinks up at Lyrae, momentarily distracted. . o O (What on earth?)
>Kim. o O (What the he....) "Ryan!"
>Lyrae goes still.
>Cait Sith shakes his head. "You were trying to hurt her, ya fool! I could have
put her under painlessly!"
>Lyrae pants as if she were running a marathon.
>The Sword . o O ( Crap.. Lyrae? You still in here? Lyrae? )
>Ryan can handle her, thank you very much. He isn't interested in help, he's
interested in getting her OUT of here, come hell or high water. Indeed, he's up
and running now. YOU want to stop him?
>Lyrae falls in line behind you.
>Lyrae . o O ( *no response* )
>Kim doesn't stop, but she gives chase.
>Ryan . o O ( Dammitdammitdammit... )
>Chibi-Derek . o O ( ................... )
>Kay just follows, knowing something of the condition that Lyrae might be in...
>Asrial's not moving to stop him. She's getting into an argument with the mog
and cat. ;) "Who are you calling a fool, you big stuffed toy-store mascot?"
>Foil_Riposte whispers, "Foil_Riposte whispers to you as yoru so close to him
now, "Lyrae's having problems..get her as far away from people as you can..""
to you.
>Chibi-Derek (OOC) will be playing the role of Cloud Strife tonight..
>Lyrae (OOC) LOL at Cait and Asrial
>Ryan (OOC) notes that Ryan is fast, even with this much weight. Unless you got
some superhuman skill, it'll take you a while to catch up n.- And LOL Asrial
>Chibi-Derek (OOC) can fly, that count?
>Lyrae exclaims, "(OOC) Whadaya mean 'this much weight' I'm lighter than you!"
>Cait Sith hisses. "I'm calling YOU a fool, you four eared love doll!"
>Ryan (OOC) If you can fly faster'n a guy can run n.n; And Foil, dear
>The Sword OOC ^_^;;;;
>Lyrae (OOC) ohs :)
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) Oh yeah ^_^;"
>And he's off!
n
You depart to the north.
** Walk cut **
Mountain Path
You're standing along a narrow path, which winds up and down Paozu
mountain. Trees blotch the entire area, providing the rest of the
greenery that the grass does not give. The whole scene appears
very serene and peaceful, perfect for a picnick or some sort. Wild
bird calls are heard ringing over the mountain, singing their songs
of life and times. Flowers bloom along the edge of the rugged path,
leaning to the walkway. A grasshopper abruptly jumps across your
feet, and dissapears into the grass.
[Exits : outh, and orth ]
[Things : None ]
>Ryan arrives, with Lyrae and Foil_Riposte following behind.
>The Sword finally speaks out, "Keep going!"
>Kay has arrived.
>Ryan blinks. He slowed a moment, but Foil prods him.
>n
** Walk cut **
Mountain Path -- Blocked Cave Entrance
You now seem to be at a dead end, the path cuts off where a cave
entrance begins. As you look, you see that the cave entrance
has been burried over by many landslides, and hasn't been bothered
in a number of years. The path looks barren around here, no trees
or grass, or any of the sereness that was on path before this point,
which is quite odd, to say the least, as, the mountain looks to be
plentifulin life..
[Exits : arangese's Tent, and est ]
[Things : None ]
>Ryan arrives, with Lyrae and Foil_Riposte following behind.
>The Sword speaks out again, "This should be far enough.."
>Ryan nods to Foil as he carefully sets the pair down. "What the !@^*! was THAT
about!?" He has a guess, though...
>Kay has arrived.
>Kay isn't here yet, but is following not TOO far behind.
>The Sword answers, "I could tell you..but I don't know if Lyrae wants you to
know.." he states, "Lets just say... Lyrae has a horrible problem with
crowds.. people were crowding around her.. it was crushing her mind."
>Lyrae is set down, her breathing starting to calm now that she isn't getting
the infodump.
>Derek arrives, with Kim following behind.
>Ryan scowls. "I think I know what this is about..." And dammit, do I need to
hide in a bomb shelter? Sheesh >.<
>Chibi-Derek lands and quickly runs up with Kim close behind him..
>The Sword comments again, "Actually.. I think it had something to do with that
Tifa and Clou..aCK! People incoming.." as he quickly shuts up
>Lyrae is lying on the ground, with her eyes closed, on her side - Is Foil still
strapped across her back?
>( Foil got a new sheath? Lucky. )
>Lyrae (OOC) grins.
>Chibi-Derek scowls, "Foil, I know what happened.. You can talk all you want."
>Ryan knows exactly what's going on with Tifa and Cloud. And yeah, last I
checked.
>The Sword curses, "How can tha...wait a second..Derek? Is that you?"
incredulously..
>Ryan . o O ( This is going to be one of those nights.... >.< )
>Kim holds back a bit from the others, looking down at Lyrae.
>Kim. o O (Ly-chan...now what's happened?)
>Kay skids to a halt, and sighs. She sets a part of her mind to continually
rummage through her happier memories and lets that go while she keeps an eye on
everyone.
>Kim pushes a hand through her bangs and back over her head.
>Chibi-Derek says, "Yeah, it's me. Long story.."
>Ryan sits near Lyrae, in a very protective posture. "I have a good idea what
this is about. But now is NOT the time, comprende?"
>Kim asks, "When is?"
>The Sword decides that everybody hear kinda has the 411 on his condition..so
speaks out, "BE CAREFUL everyone.. Lyrae is very sensitive right now.."
>Ryan thumbs at Lyrae. "Whenever SHE isn't around."
>Kay says, "When there aren't ten thousand people crowding around the poor girl
and crushing her mind with the wieght of thier emotions."
>Kim says, "...."
>Kim closes her eyes
>Kim. o O (Dammit....)
>Kay just speaks from over to one side, but her words carry the wieght of
someone speaking from personal experience.
>Kim says, "Can you help her?" glancing at the people here.
>Lyrae slowly starts to ease as she quite eagerly focuses on the happy thoughts
she gets from Kay, curling up around those mentally until she rests up enough
to regain consciousness.
>Ryan's thoughts are not quite happy, though. Luckily, he isn't focusing on
yesterdays incident, and he doesn't know about Nibelheim... he's just QUITE
frustrated.
>The Sword pauses a bit at Kay.. how could she know that? Hrmm.. odd, But
will question later..for now, "Just..lets keep things very light and
casual..lets let her rest her.. and.." the notices the mental reactions going
on in her head..apparently from Kay..
>Chibi-Derek steps back. He just wanted to get Kim to Lyrae...right?
>You keep thinking that.
>Lyrae frowns slightly, picking up on frustration, and curls her fingers into a
tense fist slightly.
>Kim speaks up again, obviously with tension in her voice from worrying about
her friend, "Can you help her??"
>Kay says, "I'm doing what I can...."
>Kim says, "...."
>The Sword notices the odd vibes moving between Kay and Lyrae.. observes this
with fastination..
>Kim nods with a small "mmn." being forced to accept this answer.
>Chibi-Derek blanks his mind out..
>In a page-pose to you, Asrial laughs. :) "Arigato. :)
>Kay closes her eyes and starts slowly walking towards Lyrae, running slowly out
of personal memories, so interspersing occasionally with scenes from some of
the funnier movies she's seen.
>Chibi-Derek says, "(OOC) Just don't do commercials, Kay.."
>Kay says, "Gods, but I wish I were sensitive again."
>Kay looks down at Lyrae, "Then again, maybe not."
>Lyrae (OOC) screams at commercial jingles and shoots herself ^_^
>Kay says, "It definitely has it's downsides."
>Kim turns and steps away from everyone. She knows she's feeling stress brought
on by her worrying now...no need to add THAT to the stew in Lyrae's head that
already looks like something Akane Tendo might cook.
>Ryan just... well... sits there protectively.
>The Sword speaks out to Kim, "Kim..pick me up.. I might be interfereing between
them.." hoping that got to her before she stepped away.
>Kim says, "..."
>Kay says, "Think happy thoughts, people. It helps. Just try to move a bit
away so that it's just background noise and not Too Much Information."
>Ryan scowls. Ryan's closer, that count, Foil?
>Kim pauses and turns back, going to Lyrae and grabbing onto Foil, trying to
keep her thoughts held back while she's near.
>Chibi-Derek looks over at Kim and then steps over to touch her arm. He grins
once he gets her attention, "Hey, you know she'll be okay. Keep your spirits
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