I was just returning from a small scavenging mission when I saw A boy standing over Aditi. I began to run forward and pulled out my huge knife. When I was close enough to see that Aditi was dead and leaking red blood into the snow, I paused, shocked. How could she be killed? Even if she wasn't a good one, she was the only friend I had.
With a cry of anger I lept forward and slashed at the white haired boy. He caught my blade with his bow without even looking.
"H-How..."
"I don't want to hurt you too, shiori." He said. He turned his gaze to me and I saw his sincere eyes. I lowered my blade.
"Why did you kill her," I hissed.
"Because she was going to kill the one I love. Kasumi."
I lowered my head, ashamed that I had called such a ruthless person "friend." "I am sorry."
He shook his head. "Come with us. Follow us to Harmony. Help us protect the ones we love. They might begin to like you even," he joked and smiled. But I could hear his voice crack. He was a upset, probably for Kasumi. He was still a bit tense.
I flung the blade back into the sling on my back. Trying my best to look...friendly, I brushed the hair out of my eyes, smiled(akwardly), and said, "If you say so."
!Yodel!
Was that okay with you gem? can Tamotsu bring her back with him?
~Jethro
I stretch, raising my arms above my head. I'm in the lobby of an old hotel, along with the rest of our group.
"So," I say, looking around. I'm sitting with Lucy, Zack and Zoey, Belk and, sadly, Colette. "Who's rooming with who?"
"Why don't we put the girls in one room, and the boys in another?" Zoey suggests while motioning to the other girls and herself. I look around and everyone nods in agreement. I stand up and head over to where Sky is.
"Hey! I need 2 room keys... If that's okay?" I say to Sky.
"Yeah, sure." She goes to get the keys, and I glance over at the person who was next to her.
"Hey, Mutt." The girl says. It takes me a second to register the voice, but then I realise its Claudia.... and that she had called me a mutt.
"Argh! Claudia! I told you not to call me that!!!!" I growl at her, and she rolls her eyes.
"Whatever..... mutt." I was just about to say something to her when Sky walks back up.
"Here are the keys." She says. I step to the side, just in time to see Kari storm past, followed by Prince. I take a few steps back, just to make sure she doesn't notice me.
"Chii-chan?" Claudia asks.
"Yes?" the other girl replies. We all start to introduce ourselves to her.
"Hey, I'm Jethro." I say when its my turn. Machii, that's her name, smiles.
"Hey." she said. Suddenly, I feel a pair of bright, Aqua eyes piercing me.I know immediately that Kari noticed me.
"Crap." I whisper to myself, glancing down at my room key. I'm in room 214, and the girls are in 206. close, but not too close.
"Jethro......" Kari starts, Moving closer to me. "I'm not finished with you."
She pulls out a pocket knife, and I move back a few steps, planning my escape. I'll go by Zoey and them, throw the girl's room key, and make a break for the stairs. I wait a few moments, and then I start running.
"Zoey, Catch!" I toss the key in her direction as I sprint by, then head for the staircase. I know Kari's not that close behind.
"You still haven't said it!" She shouts as we ascend the stairs, only a few steps apart.
"No!" I say back, the run onto the landing. I glance back, and it turns out Claudia and them are following Kari and me.
"Say it!" I start looking for my room. 209, 210, 211, 212, 213.... I think as I run past the doors. A few heads poke out of their rooms at the sound of the commotion.I spot my door, and I run towards it. I fidget with the cold metal key for a moment, then push the wooden door open. I get inside and slam it shut.
"Get back out here!" Kari says, hitting the door.
I hear other noises as I slide down to the floor.
"What was that about?" One says.
"Uh... .do we even wanna know?" Said another.
"Just stay in there, mutt!" I hear Claudia say from the other side of the door. Soon, I fall asleep, but my dreams were not very pleasant ones.
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Was that okay??? If you don't know, that's a continuation off of some RPing in the chat rooms. :) I hope I everyone's Characters okay, If I didn't just tell me.
Jethro: No! that was NOT okay! Kari could've killed me!
Me: So? :p
Abby~
After I heard Alissa was sleeping, I opened the door very quietly, and went out the door, closing it as I left. Lucky me, I still have the key.
I walked around the hallway where Peirce's room was and I saw this girl leaving a room. I walked by and saw Peirce was in that room. When the girl left, I started to walk into the room, but Peirce was exiting the room. We hit each other and I yelped. I started to fall back, but he grabbed my arm and kept me steady. I looked down at his arm touching mine. I wonder if what Alissa was saying was true...I wonder if Alissa's jealous, I wonder if the thinks this will get in the way of our friendship...
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking at all! Are you alright?" he blurted out.
I smiled slightly, "Yeah, I'm fine, Pierce. Don't worry about it."
Peirce said, "Sorry. Reflex." and he let go of my arm. He grinned, "Seems like I always run into you when I'm lost in thought, only this time, it was a bit literal." he made a peace sign. It feels like I could just keep talking to him...
I smiled back warmly, "Hee...Yeah, I guess your right." I giggled quietly. Since when did I giggle?
He grinned, "Why are you wandering around?" He knitted my eyebrows together, "Aren't you gonna check out your room?" he asked.
I laughed nervously, "I'm just exploring this place. It's really big." I explained wondering if he would figure out what I was really doing. I like it when he smiles...
He looked at me, "Hm...Are you okay, Abby? Your face is a little red. You don't have a fever, do you?" he asked.
I raised my hands, blushing a little, "N-No! I'm okay...I'm fine, Pierce." I said and I smiled. I wasn't blushing was I? I must be getting sick...
"Well..." he sighed, "If you say so...I'm sorry if you do get sick though. You didn't have to help me in the snow." he apologized.
"It's fine, I'm glad I could actually help someone...I've never really helped anyone before," I said looking down at my hands.
"I'm really sorry if I got you sick," Peirce said, putting the back of his hand to my forehead, then to my cheek. "You do feel a bit warm. Maybe you should lay down," he said pointing to his bed.
"I-I-I-I'm fine," I stuttered out. Does he actually care? No one has really cared about me except Alissa, and she just started picking on me...I got a little teary eyed.
Peirce noticed and said, "Are you alright? Was it something I said?"
"No, it's not what you said...it's something my best friend was saying..." I blushed a little. I hope he doesn't notice that...
"What did your best friend say?" he asked, sounding a little concerned and interested.
"It's n-n-nothing," I stammered, hoping that he wouldn't ask anymore.
"You sure?" he asked, looking into my eyes. I just need to calm down, but how could I when I know Alissa will keep picking on me. How could I calm down with those eyes looking into mine. I'm not use to making eye contact with anyone...
"Y-Y-Yeah," I said, starting to twiddle my index fingers, wondering if my face was still red. He looked like he kinda didn't believe me so I said, "m-m-maybe I should get going..." but did I want to leave? Did he want me to leave? What am I feeling?
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Hope I got Peirce okay
Tamotsu~
Where had Aditi gone? I had seen her earlier but lost sight of her on the way here.
I stared intently out the window into the snowy world outside, half expecting the girl with golden hair and blue-green eyes to pop up in front of me.
Then I spotted hoof prints in the snow, slowly disappearing.
I saw Kasumi getting up from a couch to go to her room with Io and then Gray appeared next to me.
"I've got our key," he told me.
I shook my head and started walking away, "I'm going for a walk first. I'll be back in a few."
He caught my arm and asked, "In that weather?"
I just shrugged and took off again.
the air outside was freezing and bitter, almost like my feelings towards Aditi.
Normally, I gave people as many chances as neccessary and didn't disagree a lot, but Aditi threatened everyone in our group. She threatened Harmony. She threatened Kasumi.
I unhooked my bow from my back and buckled my stump of a right arm in the strap and adjusted it to fit comfortably.
Then I stopped beneath a lone tree. This is where the hoof prints ended.
Looking up, I saw Aditi sitting on a branch with her back against the trunk of the tree, twirling her pearl pistol in her skilled hand.
"Hello, Tamotsu," she said with a cruel look in her eyes. If I could see her mouth, I bet it would be curled in a nasty grin.
I gave an icy glare and asked, "Why are you here?"
She sighed and just stared up through the branches, "You wouldn't like my answer. I could always lie, but I'm not a liar, am I?"
"Answer me," I stated, pulling an arrow from my quiver.
Then she tilted her head towards me and I could see an amused smile in her eyes.
Annoyed, I swiped the arrow through the air in a swift motion. It hooked on the bandana hanging across her face and pulled it away.
This was hte first time I had seen her whole face. All I had known before were those beautifully cruel eyes.
She was a real beauty and probably had a great deal of admirers, not me though. The only thing out of place was a nasty scar that ran from her right cheek to the left side of her chin.
"You really wanna know?" she said with a grin, "I'm here to kill her. Kill Kausmi."
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Aditi~
The boy with the white hair glared at me with hate in his ice blue eyes and put his arrow to his bow string.
Ahh, what we do for those we love.
FLASHBACK~!
"Adi," whispered the boy next to me.
I turned to smile in his beautiful face that held those gorgeous blue eyes. That beautiful face that was framed by a dark mess of soft hair.
"I love you," he whispered sincerely and leaned in to kiss my cheek.
Would he still love me if he knew what I did? Would he still kiss my cheek if he knew innocent blood splattered it?
Would he still love me if he knew that I killed to pay for his operation?
The Agency promised me that if I completed just one more assassination than I would be free to go and they would pay all the expenses for Tyler's operation.
So that night, I tied my bandana around the bottom half of my face and picked up my pearl handled pistol that the Agency had givenn me.
Tonight's mission would be easy. Kill the oldest son of a man who had defied a client. Easy.
Little did I know that this mission would be a disaster.
I completed it with precision and skill, sure, but what followed was a mess.
I had killed Tyler's older brother without realizing it. I had never met him so how was I supposed to know?
Tyler had rushed in as I stared at a family picture. He slashed me across the face with a kitchen knife and I didn't try to stop it.
The bandana fell and he stared in horror. Then I fled.
I never forgave the Agency and helped with those who wished to bring it down. I had been greatly rewarded, too.
But I never saw Tyler again.
END FLASHBACK
Now I hopped down from the branch as Tamotsu shot his arrow. This boy was skilled! the arrow sliced part of my skirt and grazed my thigh.
when my feet touched hte ground, I twisted to the right to avoid an incoming arrow and contered with a bullet shot at Tamotsu's head.
He tilted his head to avoid it and fired two more shots.
Two long range weapons against each other. This would be interesting.
I shot two bullets, one aimed at his heart and the other at his head but he avoided both.
Then as I was thinking about how to end this quickly, I felt a sharp pain in my legs.
Two shuriken were embedded there. When did he throw those?!
Then I heard the twang of a bow and swiveled to try and avoid it.
One arrow embedded itself in my side still and I grimaced.
Darn memories clouding my thoughts.
Then my leg with the shuriken in it, failed and caused me to fall to the ground.
"Poison?" I asked with a sad smile as I look up into Tamotsu's calm face, "D*mn you." My gun had slipped from my hand and my leg was of no use.
As a last resort, I reached back behind me casually for my emergency dagger.
Tamotsu came closer and kicked my gun further away. Then he fit the arrow to the string and aimed.
When I heard the twang of the bow, I shifted and threw the dagger at Tamotsu's heart.
Unfortunately, his reflexes were as good as my own.
His arrow embedded itself between my shoulder and my heart with a sharp pain, and my dagger was riven in his shoulder.
I pressed my hand to the wound instinctivly. Then I looked up into his merciless eyes. There was nothing more I cold do. I had made too many mistakes, both in the fight and in my past.
Then he pulled the dagger out of his shoulder and walked closer.
"You'll never hurt Kasumi or anyone ever again," he told me as he drove my own dagger through my heart.
'Why had I let him kill me?' I wondered as I stood at the brink of death, 'Had I wanted to die?'
"Tyler...sorry.." I whispered and let the darkness consume me and my sins.
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So I finally got to posting^^ I'm hoping to post tomorrow too
Aditi's dead! no one can revive or save her! She's gone!
I never really liked her as an OC anyway...sorry Adi^^'
Tyler, yeah I made that up on the spot...
No, tamotsu won't die from his shoulder wound^^
Gray was the only other OC used here
~Gem
Pierce -
"You're...lonely." Hanatsuki finally articulated.
Had today been any other day, and I would've grinned and laughed it off. I thought about trying it, but then actually thought about it.
Ha, ha, ha--No. That wouldn't work.
I sighed, "Not lonely, per-say. More..." I thought for a minute, then sighed, "Alone, is a better word. It's not that I resent being alone or yearn for contact, as being lonely would imply...It's more that I accept that friendship and contact is beyond me, but wallow in self pity at that realization because I'm a cow and wallowing is about all we can do." I stuck my tongue out, but without real emotion.
Hanatsuki gave me 'the look'. Yeah, you know, that look that people give you when they want to tell you 'So, I was right the first time, you just don't like to admit it' but they don't say anything so that it adds to the, 'Are you kidding me' affect.
I shrugged, "Okay, I'm lonely." I admitted. "I...just need more time to sort out my thoughts, and then I'll be back to the God of Deceit like I usually am. Why is it bothering you, Hanatsuki?" I asked, leaning my back against the ugly beige walls.
Hanatsuki sighed, "Call me Hana, not Hanatsuki. And--"
"Really? Ya don't say...I think I sort of prefer Hanatsuki, myself; a hint of grace and majesty, not too feminine, quite becoming--I'd say most people envy a name like yours..." I had been looking at the drab, old ceiling, and when I looked down, I was greeted with an exhausted glare.
"Ah...Sorry, back to what you were saying, please." I'd wanna be named Hanatsuki if I were a girl...I pouted mentally, upset that changing subjects hadn't quite worked.
Hanatsuki sighed, "Whatever...I'm just saying, the group is here for you. We're all gather for a reason: we want to find Harmony. We want to be free of judgment, and we all want to be happy, I suppose...Isn't that what everyone wants out of life?" she asked me, her eyes insisting. "If you keep running away from it, you'll never reach happiness." was the girl's bottom line. She looked at me seriously. "We're not going to get mad if you try to reach out to us, you know. We don't bite...much." She gave a toothy grin.
I felt uncomfortable that this girl saw through my act. It's not that I felt weak--cause I always felt weak. It came with being the bottom of the food chain--It was more like...It was different for anyone to care about me.
I bit my lip and frowned. It seemed like almost everyone cared in this strangely close group.
I felt exposed, like everyone could see my soul, and it was awkward. Not unpleasant, just...awkward.
I sighed, moving from against the wall to the door. "Yeah...I guess you're right." I looked back at Hanatsuki and smiled a little, "Thanks, Hana." I emphasized her name and stuck my tongue out again. I opened the door and started to walk away.
"Wait, where are you going now?" Hana asked calling down the hall.
"To think." I lifted my hand and waved without turning around. "You've just made me rethink my entire stance on life with you guys--I need to sort it out."
I heard her huff out a sigh, but could hear the smile in her voice, "Fine...Good luck with that, then." I listened as her footsteps faded into the hall. Off to find her companion, Fai, I suppose.
I smiled a little. Good for her. Then mused for a minute as I realized that I may have created what could grow into friendship with that girl.
Weird...First Ice, now Hana. I doubted I'd have any friends, really. It's a wonder I'd earned two...
I sighed. I could talk to the group...Wow. I could talk to the group, couldn't I? It never occurred to me, I guess.
The group was made of people.
People who didn't hate me.
People who I could be friends with.
Gods, that threw my thought process for a loop.
I was about to continue my musings when I ran into a slight, recognizable figure, earning me a soft yelp.
I jumped back immediately and grabbed her arm gently to steady her before she could fall. Thank the Gods for my reflexes.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking at all! Are you alright?" I blurted out quickly, my voice concerned. I was so used to running into people, it made me jumpy.
Abby looked a bit confused, but smiled slightly, "Yeah, I'm fine, Pierce. Don't worry about it."
I realized I was still holding her arm and let go, "Sorry. Reflex." I explained. I grinned at her, "Seems like I always run into you when I'm lost in thought, only this time, it was a bit literal." I made a peace sign.
She smiled back warmly, "Hee...Yeah, I guess your right." she giggled quietly.
I grinned, enjoying her company, "Why are you wandering around?" I knitted my eyebrows together, "Aren't you gonna check out your room?" I asked, seeing as though everyone else seemed preoccupied doing something or another.
Abby seemed a little flustered for a minute, and laughed nervously, "I'm just exploring this place. It's really big." She explained.
I looked her up and down. She looked really...soft. Like, warm and welcoming. I hummed, it was odd...I had always thought of birds as cold, mean, and distant, but this girl was really...not any of that. She was more cute than anything, and she was far from mean.
I studied her face for a moment, "Hm...Are you okay, Abby? Your face is a little red. You don't have a fever, do you?" I asked, a little horrified as I realized that when she was helping me in the snow she could have gotten sick. Ugh! I was so stupid.
Abby raised her hands, blushing a little, "N-No! I'm okay...I'm fine, Pierce." she smiled.
"Well..." I sighed, a little unsure, "If you say so...I'm sorry if you do get sick though. You didn't have to help me in the snow." I apologized.
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I type so slow! DX
I hope I got Abby and Hana right!
Yay for Pierce's epiphanies! He's finally learning! XD
