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 Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:14 pm
"Ooooh!" Aster seemed to find a great appeal in this course of action, if nothing else, looking to Yossarian again with a big smile (and probably radiating a few discreet hearts). But it seemed soon enough their clothing was bagged and paid for, which meant Aster could now link her arm around the swordsman's.. y'know, like a good significant other bent on embarassing you would do!
Woohoo!
"We shall~" Aster agreed, content enough to prepare herself for impending 'doom' (of sorts, she guessed...) that would be them going on their little side-run for the sake of her poor skin.
Unlike Jade and Hanna and their 'side run for celebrations!'
"Oh yes! We certainly shall~. While celebrations are in order, it may be wiser for us to first put our order-of-business into making sure that we're not going to fall over dead, hmm?" he mused entertainedly as he looked about the shops that were around.
Hmmm..... well... the one with the red-cross for it's logo was likely promising.
"That may yield something for us, hmm?" he offered up, looking to Hanna.
And while Shae's stomach was quiet about it's starving-protests, Kanda's... was not. It was almost hilarious to see his face after his stomach went GRUMBLEGRUMBLEFEEDME at him, causing him to frown and look at it with a look of something borderlining -horror-, but..
....
.....
Lolwut? It was just.. AH HA HA.
"I think... the sooner the better." he added, as though embarassed.
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:12 am
Oh, discrete or not, Yossarian could still sense every heart oozing off her regardless; he just shrugged it off (or maybe he'd turned immune) and waited while she linked their arms together, heading off and about the boardwalk once more. He knew exactly where they had to go and, thankfully, it didn't wind up taking long to get there.
For such a "little" place, Skin Deep, he found quickly, had a surprisingly vast array of products for the dermatologically challenged. The moment he pushed the door open, an array of sweet smelling lotions and oils hit him-- almost a little too hard, as it were! Still...
"Aaah, you're the second set of northerners today!" the shophead-- a Kanus, of all things (who had to be some Chinese Crested relative, given his bare pinky-gray skin and a wild plume of white, ponytailed tophair)-- announced cheerfully. "Welcome! Welcome!"
"..." Well at least they'd have plenty of sunscreens and the like to choose from, right? Really, it was just a matter of what strength and scent they wanted, huh?
(Personally, Yossarian found most of it painfully... sugary and floral. Did the Occello LIKE this sort of thing? Seriously?)
Hanna and Jade, by that point, were likewise in the thick of plundering-- albeit for different ends, as it wasn't skin products, but drugs (glooorious drugs) they sought. The attending person (who just HAD to be some kind of pharmacist heron, if his enormous owl-eyed glasses were anything to go by) just gave them a brief glance, perhaps to make sure they didn't appear the 'trouble-making' sort, before he went back to... whatever he happened to be doing behind the counter. Experiments?
"Well, would you look at all that..." the little therapist seemed quite impressed, too, drinking in the rather expansive space with a calculating eye. "... Smells of good medicine in here, doesn't it?"
Yeah, like herbs and cooked chemicals, more like! But they were all one in the same. That said, though, it was time to start taking stock of possible buys in short order, right? Sure, this southern continent had a sparse supply of crystals at best, and probably didn't use them much, but really, come on... she could dream, right?
Even in a raw state-- something, anything decent would do...
... Had Shae not been right there and heard him confirm the fact that, yes, it was his stomach that had just let loose such a sound-- but it just reminded her all over again that she, too, was on the verge of collapse from RAVENOUS STARVING HUNGER.
"..." She didn't even need to voice her agreement on the matter, because that wasted energy better devoted to (desperately) scouting out some kind of food from the street. Unlike Aster and Yossarian, they had no conveniently targeting hockers to rally them in with tasty tacos, which meant... well, there were a couple of places she could pick out that looked food-like, and fairly similar to a caf-- ...
... Oooh, one of them smelled like fresh bread cooking. Now her stomach was getting vocal. There, maybe? If it smelled good, it had to BE good, right?
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:44 am
Pshhttt. Maybe he imagined about .001% of 'em though. She was probably likely ALWAYS gushing hearts about. GUSH GUSH. Then again, she was a little -too- affectionate sometimes. Sucked to be her! Well, she actually enjoyed being full of happiness over something, so probably not. Nevermind, she was enjoying her life.
A lot.
The first thing that Aster felt when they entered the store was that her nose did NOT APPROVE of the cacophany of scents (even though that's two different senses right there). AUGH HER NOSE, IT BURNEEEDDDDDD. How did the KANUS put up with it?
"What do you have that's strong protection from the sun? We have quite a few pale folks amongst us..." Aster inquired, trying to not reel and make a face from the smells she was getting a noseful of.
Hey! Jade and Hanna's plundering was for a good cause!
"It's been a while since I saw enough material to plug up the holes our kids tend to be getting put in 'em." Oh goodness, he made it sound like someone took a hole punch to the kids or something like that. It was sort of lulzy, if nothing else.
Oh wait, that was just his thing.
Now....
"Certainly we'll first need to pick up a nice stash of basics though. Bandages, salves.. maybe something for me to do some proper stitchwork with.." (Somewhere, Kanda sneezed..).
"But goodness, I've never seen some of these things before..."
..
......
Yeah, it was probably best for the pair-in-denial to feed themselves SOMETHING (as soon as Kanda stifled a sneeze), before the smell of fresh bred pretty much led the Tabby's stomach along.
OH.
BABY.
"I think we should just pick one of these and go for it. It's not like we're going to lose an opportunity for something better by not waiting."
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:34 pm
Perhaps the curious Crested had simply become immune to so much nasal assault... or maybe he'd just lost his sense of smell altogether, because personally, Yossarian couldn't fathom anyone with a right nose tolerating the cloud of perfumed foulness. Still, he did at least try to refrain from an outright frown... which lasted the whole of about three seconds.
"Oh, well, if you want the strongest I have..." the Kanus started, seeming to wax thoughtful as he slipped out from behind the front register to slip past them, breezing down one aisle along the wall where there were various glass jars full of various salves, ranging from faint yellow to a rather curious leafy green. "I think you'd prefer... ah, this one!"
At that point he picked up one of the larger jars, which contained a very thick, cool smelling (clearly it was loaded full of aloe and herbs, at the very least) greenish gel, which he held out, grinning amicably. "It'll be your best best for sun protection, and it's a fair healer on burns and blisters, too. Good and soothing-- and pretty waterproof!"
Yossarian wasn't really up for debating whether or not the guy happened to be selling them a load of lies, so in the end, he just sighed, took it, and passed a veiled look back at Aster-- clearly, one of those silent inquiries as to whether or not this was it for their purchases or not.
(Because yeah, he was THAT specific with his 'looks' sometimes.)
Anyway though, off in the lala land of a certain more wicked pair--
"Hmm? Oh, yes-- yes, of course..." As if the thought of more logical basics hadn't even crossed her mind at first, Hanna just nodded and hastily brushed the comment off with an affirmation, still very clearly with another focus in mind as she sidled over to start picking through store contents more thoroughly. Sure, she had mind enough to collect any appropriate 'necessities' along the way, but that was like a trivial sidequest more than anything.
"Looks like they have plenty of supplies to accommodate us," she commented offhandedly, picking up a nice roll of neatly tied gauze and tossing it idly between her hands. "... Or at least, to accommodate our associ--"
WHUMP!
She actually stopped speaking right then when the (rather light, but JARRING) impact came, rounding the end of a small aisle just as it seemed another body was doing the exact same in an opposite direction, and met her, head on, with a rather choked sound of surprise.
Both therapist and... whoeverelse went spilled off their feet simultaneously, too, the former landing on her rear (with a silent wince) and glancing up to see-- ...
... A thoroughly dazed Mench girl? Yes, there was definitely no mistaking the pale, bare skin and rounded ears, even if she did have a most peculiar eyepatch and... what on earth was she clenching-- a trident? Some kind of PITCHFORK? Who took that into a pharmacy?
"Oh, dear-- are you alright?" Hanna asked as soon as she knocked the wind back into herself, clearly concerned, as the Mench girl in turn just sort of stared at her for what seemed like a long time before she responded... by scooting away, and scrambling with a kind of clumsy, nervous, frantic awkwardness to her feet.
"I-I'm sorry--" she blurted, her voice just as young as the rest of her, with... oh, a bow? Kind of, more like a nod. "I-- Excuse me, I need to go!..."
"..." Needless to say, the little therapist was quite intrigued by this, even as she pushed herself back to her feet (albeit a bit stiffly) and 'hmmed' at the following semi-panicked retreat, looking back at Jade. "Not the most inconspicuous girl ever, is she?"
"Okay..."
Yeah, well, at least Kanda and Shae didn't have that kind of delay in their epic quest to find food, both probably on the verge of collapse while they finally closed in on a place that at least smelled promising enough. There was just something about the warm aroma of fresh baking bread that could whet an appetite no other and, upon finally pushing open the door... it hit her tenfold, mingling with faint undertones of spice, coffee, and what had to be some kind of cooking seafood.
It was a small place-- a 'cafe' at best-- but a good two-thirds of the spindly tables were already occupied by locals, many of whom naturally glanced over at the rather unusual sight but... nope, they couldn't care less, in the long run. Sure, foreigners were an oddity, but they were there for eating, and that was that.
Even Shae's stomach gave an audible (if not pathetic) grumble right then, chewing pensively at her lip and clearly resigned to just hanging a half step behind her comrade regardless of desperation.
Clearly, the place had a heap of fresh breads to pick from-- there was bisque and chowder boiling away on one of the visible burners behind the counter-- and... well, any place by the sea worth its salt was bound to have a lot of fish, right? The menu (scribbled in what seemed like old school chalk on a board by the front) had a looong list of different catches for the day, bread varieties, a few sandwiches, and soups.
This had definitely been a good idea. Noms were imminent, without a doubt.
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:45 pm
And fortunately for Yossarian, Aster had become perceptive enough to pick up on the subtleties of such expressions. If only for her own survival in most situations at this point. Survival was a difficult thing, especially for her, when you were being oblivious. She'd fixed it though! Honest!!!
HONEST!!!!
"Oooooh!" Aster seemed intrigued by the jar, cracking the lid open to sniff it with some curiosity. Well, it didn't smell like hell.. and honestly, it wasn't too hard for her to trust someone who was a little bit too fuzzy for their own good. Sooo.. she had to think that maybe they had some good advice!
"I think this'll be plenty. I mean... the four people it'll be shared between shouldn't use it all up in a few days, right?"
RIGHT?
Yeah. Because Jade wouldn't use it. He was REFLECTIVE
or something like that.
Jade paused as the Mench girl went running off, making a slight face. Hmmmm.. well, that had been slightly unexpected!
"I hope she didn't come down here all by herself!" he mused after she'd run off like a frightened child, offering Hanna a hand up as she rose to her feet. However, his musing over Chrome was short-lived before his attentions turned back to picking out supplies off of the shelves.
"If you wish, you can go look for some of your own jonesings while I stock up on the basics for the kids. It may save us some time, mmm?"
OH YES.
LET HANNA RAID FOR DRUGS. The addict. OH WELLZ.
For a certain OTHER pair, however, the source of the delightful scent of fresh bread REALLY got Kanda's stomach going, prompting a frown down at it from the gray tabby. COULD YOU SHUT UP PRZ? It really wasn't helping his case to have his stomach plead for noms.
"Well... we've certainly been given a lot of food options. Does anything here particularly strike your fancy?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:29 pm
"... Correct," was all Yossarian settled on-- a proper agreement in his opinion-- and, without much further ado, that... was that. Their errands, by his judgement anyway, were now essentially finished, and with that... they could go 'home', change clothing, and then-- ... actually that last part he didn't really know for sure, come to think of it. His brain had already stopped dead at the suddenly tangible concept of a safe home to rest at.
And thus, those two headed off-- first for a simple change, but inevitably lingering longer than necessary as the dark male, in a terribly unexpected and almost unbelievable move, actually fell asleep on his bed right after switching clothes out.
It didn't even seem like an intentional move, but just sort of... happened, much to his inevitable consternation.
"... I think that sounds wise!" And in the meanwhile, a certain little therapist busied herself-- quite cheerfully-- by ransacking pharmaceuticals to her heart's content... quite literally, if one knew the irony of the phrase, as she accumulated a sizable pile of finds. Much to her overwhelming (if not veiled) delight, upon some further prodding at the shop's retailer, she was granted access to a very small backroom where, sure enough, there were some viable crystals. All were, of course, in a completely raw state (few people in the South even TRIED to refine them, clearly)... but that was just fine by her, and she bought out the lot, among other suspicious chemicals and possible intoxicants.
They'd made a good haul for the morning, all things considered! That finished, they enjoyed a good meal at some seaside cafe, where the locals were peaceful, the fish was superb, and drinks in all kinds were plentiful.
Still, there was one thing lingering on her mind she couldn't shake entirely-- and with good reason. A Mench girl was peculiar enough, but.. sporting an eyepatch? And a trident larger than she was?
Curious stuff, that.
... Kanda and Shae, though not at the same little establishment (thank god) wound up having a similarly peaceful, even pleasant meal, with fairly comfortable seats and, more importantly, portions big enough to silence their grumbling bellies permanently. The latter female placated her insides with a nice, warm bowl of fish chowder that was actually very tasty... so much so, in fact, that she finished off the whole serving-- and some bread on the side-- without issue.
Feeling infinitely better, they could go about the rest of their errands (which also included the obligatory clothing run... though she didn't get much there at all short of very utilitarian "needed" garments) and also head back home for a little breather off their feet.
... Naturally Hanna was quick to knock on their door and offer up an armful of additional-- not to mention far more luxurious (and colorful)-- garments into their care, before skipping off to go and contemplate whatever she happened to be mulling over at the front step, staring off into the ocean.
There was just a feeling of something that lingered with her, like she was supposed to sit there and wait until--
"... Ah, well I'll be..."
That small silhouette was unmistakable, even to her straining eyes, off in the distance. Somehow, she knew she'd be seeing the same stranger before the day ended, and she knew it was significant, too... just the 'hows' and 'whys' had yet to reveal themselves a--
Wait a minute, was that Yamamoto down there at the water's edge, racing around in a pair of swim shorts? When had he woken up and dashed out for summer fun?
... And that girl seemed to be watching him very distantly, almost in a state of stupefaction.
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:48 am
Fortunately for Yossarian, Aster had no complaints about napping, having just crawled right into bed with the swordsman to also doze while snuggled up on top of the covers. Oh mannnnn... being on a REAL bed was so so nice ;__; <3!
Besides, now he could blame is nap on her having fallen asleep too. If he wanted to save face from his exhaustion (who would have known anyways?).
OH BOY, NEW CLOTHING. It really had been uh... special, if Kanda had to say anything about it, being offered something with.... Color.... to it. He'd made the most hilarious face, if anybody had been inclined to comment on it. It was the equivalent of handing a military man a hawaiian T-Shirt.
Just so hilariously unsuiting, but you still couldn't wait for them to put it on to see how much better it got.
Which mostly resulted in Kanda banishing the shirt to the other end of his bed while he leered at it. OH THE LULZ.
However, it seemed that Hanna seeing ONE Mench was to be put up to double-the-surprise when ANOTHER one seemed to appear from freakin' NOWHERE. Hanna could have BLINKED and he would have suddenly been there, seeming to be staring at Takeshi with a less shocked look than the girl, but seeming to give the Tabby who was out there with him a look of disapproval.
He never would have pegged THEM for playing nicely with each other. Hmm...
Jade, on the other hand, seemed to think nothing of it... although...
"I'm surprised anybody would make it out here if they passed through the same route we did!"
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:27 pm
Ironically, Shae had taken to the concept of colored clothing a little better than her companion-- ... though little being the key word in that equation. She'd settled on wearing something with a little more baby blue in it than she would've normally deemed appropriate, but it was comfortable enough, and thus... well, in fresh clothes and on a soft bed, she, too, even wound up crashing (albeit without really realizing it) like too many of the others.
Which was probably for the better, not knowing how a storm brewed on the horizon-- metaphorically, anyway-- and one curious therapist gazed on at it, perhaps sensing, in some curious extrasensory manner, that things were grinding into motion.
One mench was curious enough-- but a second? And all but blinking into her very sight? Now that was rare. Clearly, the two were companions by their similar appearance and dressage, but the way the girl reacted when he got there, so shy and attentive, and her body language... it suggested something other than siblings.
"... It's certainly an unusual situation," she noted without missing a beat, not so much as flinching when her dearest companion appeared, and just scooting over to one side of the step to make more sitting room. "I doubt they traveled here by the same means. No..."
She seemed to trail off there in some haze of thought, resting her chin in her palm. She was a woman of facts, and of study, but something about this rang on a different, less tangible level she couldn't entirely rationalize.
"They both seem out of place," she stated, as if it weren't already the most obvious thing in the world. The strange girl had taken to just sort of standing there, once again transfixed by a certain Kanus-Koshka duo-- the former of whom still payed ABSOLUTELY no mind. "Don't they?..."
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:39 pm
Oh yes, they were more like clones than siblings! Only born of different people!!.. and other awkward things related to that. Hmmmm.... Either way, he seemed ever so amused by the whole situation, looking away from the pair on the beach only for a moment to offer a bundle of fur to his female companion.
A three legged bundle of meowing adorable fur.
"I imagine we've somehow missed out on being given the 'fuzzy' treatment..." he mused aloud, not even pausing for a moment to check himself for any unusual fuzzy patches, before looking back to the gimpy-cat who just mewled from her new spot.
"Unless she counts."
Which she may have.
"There's something almost suspicious about the young man.." which was SAYING something, considering that it was JADE saying something was suspicious. Hell, if any of the quartet had been observing the situation, they would have had a conniption and had their susiciondars going off like flashing lights. FLASH FLASH FLASH!!!!
AHHH.
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE!!!!!! Owait...
"Do you think they'd be up for a chat without running away from us?"
Yes, because Jade and Hanna would creep 'em out.
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:14 pm
"I-I don't understand..." The girl, as opposed to her (seemingly older) male companion, remained far more hesitant to speak, and when she did, it was with a shaking confidence at best. She took the little cat he'd offered, and she held it in her free arm with the same care might hold a newborn, but... still, she was frowning.
"... If we're still the same, then... how come they?..." It was a hard thing to reason out, even for someone who believed in far more than the here and now. Thinking harder, and longer, her frown just turned more grave. "Do you think they're even the same people?..."
Or were they just somehow lookalikes she'd mistaken for them?
Either way--
"... Oh, I think we could sneak in close enough to catch them!" Hanna chirped ever-so-good-naturedly, as if it were the most delightfully innocent statement in the world. Taking a moment to stand and let her joints crackle themselves out, she smiled back at him, and stepped lightly off the stair. "Shall we, then? No use idling if they're liable to escape us."
And, admit it or not, she was, in fact, very curious about the mystery couple (for several reasons). Good thing they seemed so distracted by Takeshi's frolicking, too, since it made sneaking all the easier for her aged, poor bones. The approach took them barely a minute, too, and then, rather suddenly--
"Excuse us--"
"!!!"
... Hanna was unaware that Mench possessed the ability to jump so far out of their skin as the dark haired girl, who sucked in a breath and spun around so far she nearly smacked right into her companion's side, clearly one of frail nerves, and just trying NOT to drop her precious little cat. She didn't know what to do, it seemed. Recognition dawned immediately in her single eye, but now, with someone else at her side... what did they do? What would HE do?
"Oh, I'm sorry-- we didn't mean to scare you!" Hanna tried to be dismissive about it though, not taking a step closer, as if sensing it might cause a MAD RUN away. "You're the girl from the pharmacy earlier today, correct? I recognized the--" What? Foreign clothes? GIANT TRIDENT? "-- hair from my porch step."
... For someone so suspicious, she was actually pretty smooth.
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:43 pm
The man braced his companion with a hand to one shoulder to keep her from toppling herself, the cat clinging to the girl for dear life with an added mewl of disproval at suddenly being whipped around. EXCUSE ME. I AM NOT A FRISBEE KTHNX.
However, once he had made sure that Chrome wasn't going to topple right over his eyes turned to the pair that had approached them, seeming almost amused by the intervention from their fellow northerners. Fu fu fu!
"As though the truly noticable thing from that distance..." he nodded towards the building the pair had come from, as though he'd just KNOWN they'd been being watched from it, though he didn't seem bothered by it in the least, "would be our hair."
...
.....
Jade had to admit that 'our' was the right word for that. They had the SAME hair.. and really, now that he could get a good look at the pair, they looked almost identical, give or take that unlike the girl who had her eyepatch, he was heterochromic..
and something about that almost-red colored eye was rather eerie. Hmmm....
"Not going to take the 'easy' reason at face-value, I see. Well then, what would the two of you be doing all the way down here?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:18 pm
"Well I thought it fairly inconsiderate to make a point of the strange weaponry," Hanna quipped right back at the stranger, not missing a beat. Where anyone else could've come across as snarky or sarcastic, almost eerily, she seemed completely sincere. "Hair just seemed more appropriately mundane, I suppose."
But anyway, that babble aside, at least the male of the bunch had prevented his shaken female counterpart from taking off on the spot, and she, in turn, appeared to calm down a little-- despite still looking very much like a bewildered (and uncertain) fish out of water.
She didn't seem to like the moment of silence that followed, looking back at the boy, swallowing rather hard, and then clearing her throat out. "... We--"
"Heeey, guys!" But naturally it was right then when Takeshi finally noticed the nearby spectators and came plodding right in, out of the surf, soaking wet, covered in sand from the shins down, and tail wagging like some furious furry sprinkler system as he jogged on over. "What's goin' on?"
"Mister Yamamoto! You seem to be enjoying yourself," Hanna greeted smoothly-- noting a split second of disbelief in the corner of one eye from that curious other female, but saying nothing.
"Yeah! The water's great!" Takeshi babbled back happily, and THEN finally seemed to stop and give the 'new' duo a look. "Oh, hey there! Uh... these friends of yours, guys?"
"If we're lucky, they may be," the little therapist chimed right back, noting once again that the stranger girl seemed... what was it-- more disappointed than before? It was very restrained, but... definitely a little more slump-shouldered than before.
"Well, nice to meet you!" Takeshi added on, flashing a bright, charming smile. "My name's Takeshi! And you'd be-- uh...?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:34 pm
"Lying isn't much better." he answered with an offhanded gesture of his now free hand. Then again, it wasn't as though any amount of sincerity would HELP with lessening the rather straightforward introduction from their fellow northerners and how.. unreceptive the man seemed of it.
Then again, he had his own agenda to himself (it was hard to see how a fluffy kittybutt factored into that, however).
"Well, I wouldn't call the politeness a 'lie'." Jade replied offhandedly.
But when the Kanus came running, the man looked to him with a slight smile, which just reeked of suspicious intentions, though it seemed he'd been a little more expectant of the reaction from the border collie... not to say it wasn't a little bit damming in terms of their whole situation.
It was when the silver tabby pretty much plowed into the Kanus's back with a "VOOIIIIIIII", just to fall back in the sand, that it seemed that indeed, these two were very QUITE different from what he'd been expecting.
Dammit!
But he also didn't jump right on top of introducing himself.. not that Kudos didn't immediately mewl at the new friends and start jonsing for some petting. PET ME PET ME PET MEEEE.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:49 pm
"You're an awfully forward sort," Hanna noted-- for once actually treating the obvious as just that. "I like that in a young man. Sign of a strong character." Though that? Oh, that was just reeking of irony even she probably didn't catch, before adding-- "Oh, goodness, where are my manners? I'm Hanna. Hanna Leon. It's a pleasure to meet you both."
She held out her hand to the more skittish of the pair, ironically, who'd been so distracted by Takeshi's sudden abduction of the cat in her arms (he immediately held Kudos right to his face, noses touching, tail WHISKING MADLY and grinning like an idiot) that she didn't even notice.... well, or she didn't until the little therapist cleared her throat, which earned a gasp and a nervous start before any formalities were actually accomplished.
"I... I-It's... Chrome," she volunteered shakily.
"Hey, Squalo, look!" Takeshi, in the meanwhile, remained THOROUGHLY distracted by Kudos, petting the little cat before rather unexpectedly (and unceremoniously) shoving her up in SQUALO'S face. "Looks kinda like one of you guys, doesn't she?"
"..." Um, yes, Hanna only glanced back at him for a second (seems he'd forgotten his own inquiry about the names as soon as animals came into the picture) and cleared her throat, pausing for a moment to see if the boy, too, would humor her with a name, before shrugging it off. "You know... I think the lot of us need to talk--"
"Talk?" Chrome echoed warily.
"About something or another, yes. You're the first fellow northerners we've spied in a good while, after all! I'd love to hear how a couple of Mench like yourself made it this far south."
"............." Ooooh, Chrome did NOT have a good feeling about this. She didn't. What WAS it that got her so nervy and whiteknuckling that peculiar trident of hers?
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:17 pm
He still made no point to introduct himself to the growing group, even after Chrome had, though Jade was ever so flamboyant in Mukuro's place, taking Chrome's hand and offering it a kiss on the back.... which seemed to hit SOMETHING with the young man.
OH HO HO!!
"Jade Curtiss. And our less chatty companion i-"
"Squalo Superbi." Mukuro prompted with a slight, if not sly, grin, causing the silver tabby to give him the ODDEST look, as though unsure what he'd done to garner a reputation that would give him such a well known name. Hmmm... Though the man continued with;
"I do wonder what Xanxus would think if he saw you so friendly..."
Friendly?
Friendly with what. No matter.
Kudos was gleeing in her newfound friend, pawing at his face and even grooming the Kanus's nose with a mewling before she was practically FLUNG into Squalo's face, causing her to puff and claw the man.
HIIIIISSSS!
DNW!!
"Oh yes, I would have imagined if you took the same route as we did you would have been imprisoned." Jade added, though this just prompted another suspicious smile from Mukuro.
HMMMMM?
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