Ancient Dynasty; A Viper's Promise

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Kogenta said:
Everyone needs to start their roleplaying from somewhere

I don't know how this is in the rest of the world, but in Finland, if you can't write four lines of coherent English then the 'somewhere' you should be starting out in is called primary school. -.- But yeah, it's like Melissa says; my problem isn't beginners who post short because they don't know better, it's people like this 'Kakashi' who have been told these things repeatedly but who think they're such bloody great RPers that they don't have anything left to learn. <.< Not remarking on the shortness for people like that is basically like saying 'it's okay to post crap and you don't need to improve.' and I don't think that's the message you're trying to get across.

Oh, and manatees rule! ^0^ *Sigh* I wish some RPers were more like manatees...

IC:

An irritable expression flashed across Valen's face as Rosairie suddenly popped in through the door, but before the boy had the time to say as much as a single snappish remark, Rosairie had dissapeared with a hasty apology.

Valen scowled in irritation, Good riddance... he thought bitterly, turning his attention back to Chain as the boy began speaking. What was with that ingrate of a female running into him wherever he went, anyway?

The boy's expression turned suspicious as Chain ventured onward, beginning to speak of a WaiWai Inc. project for controlling pokémon with the aid of sound waves, claiming that it was a rumor. Rumor my arse... Valen thought for himself, unable to completely conceal this in his expression. I work for the bloody company and I've never even heard of that project.

Noting that Chain was still looking out of the window, Valen decided to take his chance, leaning a bit closer to Reina and quickly whispering a quick message over to her, hoping that Chain wouldn't catch on to it;

"He's lying." the boy stated simply, in a voice as low as he could manage, "I'm not sure how much, but there's definitely more to that than a rumor."

Quickly turning back to his position, Valen proceeded to adress Chain in a fully audible voice so as to keep him from getting suspicious.

"That's...quite a rumor you heard." he said, contemplating whether he should tell this person anything, and if so, how much. Still, the chanting had been all over the square, anyone who had been even close would surely be glad to blurt out their account of it all, and if they did, the Chain would recieve the very same information but they would not recieve anything more in return.

"But yes..." Valen said at last, "We did hear something which you could call unusual. It was a chanting of sorts, came out of the loudspeakers." this was all perfectly true, even though Valen decided to leave out the part about the robed men. If Chain wished to tell them half-truths then half-truths were what he was going to recieve in return. Valen had never been one to give more than he got, unless of course it was a matter of punishment.
 
OOC: Meep! Last post before I begin to try and write my Botany lab abstract. -.- Yeah, it was about looking for heterocysts on a plant called Azolla. Bleh... if only the plant had been named "Azumarill" and I was looking for money then I would have been more excited. Especially considering one of my lab partners and I get along almost as poorly as Reina and Rosairie. XD Seriously, that girl makes me so angry sometimes! She has this issue with commanding you to do things and they have to be done "her way". You don't tell Melissa what she's supposed to be doing in a biological science class. She just knows. One of these days she's going to go too far, and I'm going to go too far, and we're going to have it out with plants all around us. ^^;;

Okay I rambled on about that enough... o.o


Reina
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Listening to Valen's message, Reina nodded slightly, almost frowning in an attempt to understand why Chain would be concealing something from them. If he knew it why didn't he come out and say it already? Did Valen really look like the type to be easily fooled by half-truths?

This was a tough situation though, both parties didn't really know how much they could trust the other one. Who would be the first to come out with it all? Reina listened intently as Valen stated a little of what he knew. She noticed how he left the robed men out of the explanation, and figured that if she didn't respond, Chain would think something was up with her.

"Yeah, that's right... and the pokemon were all crazy of course. But some were, and some weren't. For example, my Heracross never attacked me, but I saw a girl with a Diglett that was having a lot of trouble," she added, figuring that it should have been fairly obvious to anyone who paid attention that there were only certain pokemon effected. She looked on at Chain, waiting for his response to this.
 
JJ...who had been staring at Cona in a sort of disbelief for about 10 seconds, suddenly realised this, and tried to cover it up by raising a hand to his mouth and coughing.

''...oh...umm scuse me, well, staying somewhere else? like where dya mean? i think we'd be best set to stay here the night, i mean we know where we are, we're close to a pokemon centre and placed to get food and stock up and what have you....''

Jeffery brushed a hand through his blonde hair and closed his eyes....his head was spinning again, what the heck was that? one minute he's fine, and then all of a sudden.....
The male opened his eyes, to find he was seeing everything blurry, there were 500 girls hugging 500 sailor hats, roughly 10,000,000 people all running, walking around a room which should only have been able to contain about 40, and.....and.......

Silence became the greates sound of interest, suddenly the pain had stopped, nothing was blurry anymore, it was....dark.....it was....familiar. The blonde boy was out before he hit the floor....


OOC - for what seems like the 100th time, i am to be making apologies for my far from constant, and far from top notch RP'ing, i have explained to Titan in a PM what this is down to, and he understands, but i think it's only fair i share this with the rest of you, besides, i think a lot of the reason it has been hurting so much is because i've been keeping it all locked up.

For the past month, a relationshp with my now X girlfriend which ahd been going on for just over a year has been up and down, all sorts of problems which i won't actually go into, but now it has ended and we have seperated, and not on the best terms either, i have no embarassment in saing that I loved this girl....
My grandfather has been given from 2-6 months to live, he has cancer, and amnesia which comes and goes all the time, i was very very close wit my grandad, and to talk to him, with him having no idea who i am has been very painful.
on christmas day there was quite a bad accident where i for a reason which doctors have put down to stress, fainted, and ended up falling very aqwardly, smacking my back on a burning hot over, burning it. also an old wrestling knee injury has come back from a bad tackle whilst playing football/soccer. and to top it all off, me and my mum may be forced to move out of our house, which i have lived in since i was 1 and a half.

it's just been one big thing after another, all snowballing, and has left me depressed, angry, and basically taken a big impact in my social life. anyway i have no thoughts of leaving this rp, and i'm going to try my best to be more active in it, but well....these are my reasons for it.
once again, my apologies.
 
[OOC: In view of that which has occured, Baker's Bulbasaur, this may seem rather hollow to say . . . But, I truly do hope that life improves for you and that somehow everything will work out.

As to the roleplaying issue, you do have a point, Alter Ego. :: sigh :: At the moment, I am merely hoping that the roleplaying quality will increase . . . ]

Though noticing Valen's movement at the edge of his vision, Chain did not hear his whispered words. Further, any suspicion on Valen's part would not been unexpected. Focusing his vision calmly on the mirror-like surface of the window, Chain silently listened to Valen's response to his inquiry. Shortly after this, Reina added her input--elaborating on certain points.

"The loudspeakers . . . " Chain echoed quietly. If the speakers are still in tact, I can have Circuit trace the source of the chanting. Falling silent, Chain's eyes narrowed slightly. Still, though . . . If this event was, in fact, some form of attack on the tournament, why did it stop? Was this merely a type of test or were the attackers thwarted? Shifting his glance to Valen, Chain silently studied his features. As much as I can't trust these two, neither can they trust me. Valen, especially, seems to be one more versed in the art of deceit and general street knowledge, though Reina's probably had her share of experience in this world, too. And, anyway, from what I gather, there is little doubt Reina would choose to support Valen in most any decision he made.

Temporarily moving his gaze between Valen and Reina, Chain quietly responded, "I see. That seems interesting . . . " After a pause, he asked casually, "So, I take it the destruction of the speakers was the cause for ending the attack?"
 
OOC: Aww! BB, I'm so sorry for you! I can't even imagine how you must feel right now. I do know that bad things always seem to happen in packs; it was the same way with my friend. Her father was diagnosed with some heart problem, they gave him the wrong medication and it made him go a little... insane... temporarily. All this other stuff happened around the same time, her grandmother dying, I think her sister had some issue with a guy stalking her or something like that, among other things. She would just randomly collapse in a puddle of tears. I agree with Kogenta, I hope things get better for you soon. I admire your dedication to us all, and I'm glad you found us worthy enough of being told what's going on. ^-^ You're a nice person BB, I shall give all of my luck to you! *gives luck*

A quick IC:


Reina
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Chain seemed rather preoccupied with the window as he spoke, and Reina found herself thinking of the thing they were all talking about. 'What is up with those guys? Those robed men... I wonder if they have something to do with Valen? No... he and Vincent and Lori seemed to be against them, or at least wary of them and confused about what they were doing. What was it that Valen said that they probably wanted? World domination? What kind of people want to rule the world anyway?' Reina could never figure that out, to her, ruling the world was something much like the concept of world peace, an idea, something that could never actually become a reality. To rule the world you would need to be more than just a few men in some robes with the power to control certain pokemon. What you would need to be, Reina didn't know. Suddenly, a voice popped up in Reina's head.

{Reina?} a voice said. It was Phoebe's. Reina wasn't startled by it, she had been wondering about her pokemon.

'Uh... yes?' she thought to the Ninetails. It was really weird to think to a pokemon.

{Is everything okay? It has been a long while since the battle. Who are you with right now?} the Ninetails asked as if she were Reina's guardian.

'Valen... and Chain. You know Valen, right? Chain I don't think you've seen,' she thought, trying to picture them in case the pokemon could see what she was picturing.

{Yes, I don't know Chain. Valen was that boy that took on the Aggron, correct? Hm... be careful,} the Ninetails said in a serious tone. Reina frowned a little.

'You sound like Tabansi. I know what I'm doing,' Reina thought back, 'Now... Chain's asking something, I need to pay attention.'

{I don't think you do realize what you've gotten yourself into Reina, but we will talk about this later,} Pheobe concluded, leaving Reina a little confused and frustrated. They all acted as if Valen was a dangerous person that could lash out at any moment. Sure Reina hadn't really seen him mad yet, but everyone was so quick to condemn him that it made her mad. It was no wonder that he hated everyone....

After Chain asked them his next question, Reina was a bit unsure of how to reply. She looked over to Valen again. "Hm... I don't really know about that... Valen?" she said, trying to make it look like she wasn't involved with stopping the chanting, even though she was in a very big way.
 
OOC: Actually...I only knew part of the bad things that happened to you, BB. o.o Honestly, I can't say I've ever been in a situation as bad as the one you're going through at the moment and I agree with what has been said, you're a great person and certainly the most dedicated RPer I've ever seen to not only spare the time to actually post here with all of that going on but to also tell us about it. Giving you my luck and best wishes is the least I can do, even though I'm not sure if that amounts to much. I've said this before and I'll say it again; you have nothing to apologize for and I really hope that life starts treating you better again as soon as possible, because to my best knowledge you don't deserve having to go through all that. I just noticed that I made the first post on this page, so I shall hereby dedicate it to you, BB, and the hope that you'll reach better times soon.

On a brighter note, your new Banner/Avvie combination rules, Melissa. Very prettyful, and Lyn does rule. Not as much as Lute, though. Haxxy little Mage/Sage. xD

IC:

Valen took a brief pause to formulate his answer, noting that Chain still seemed intent on playing his little game. For a moment longer, he continued to simply watch this stranger who apparently though that his little deception had gone right through. Despite the growing urge to throttle this arrogant stranger until he confessed everything, Valen was, at the very least, confident in the knowledge that the boy hadn't heard his message to Reina and maintained a calm and collected manner. They all knew what game was being played, but he certainly wasn't going to be the first to break it. If Chain wanted proper information, Valen had decided, then he would have to start by explaining his questions properly.

"I'm afraid I can't answer that..." he replied at last, shaking his head, "I was quite preoccupied with fending off a particularly vicious Aggron when the chanting ended..." he brought up his wounded arm as additional evidence of the matter, "...so I wasn't exactly in the best position to observe the incident, as I'm sure you can understand."

This was all pefectly true, Valen hadn't been there to observe Reina's battle with the robed men and the whole thing had been over by the time he had returned with Cespenar in tow. The boy fell silent again, awaiting the next move, as it were, of his opponent in the old deception game.
 
OOC: Thanks for the comments Alter! Yep, Lyn does rule. She is my favorite Fire Emblem character! Lute is awesome too! I love Lute, she was really great in my Sacred Stones game. I remember one chapter she was able to pick off all of these Berserkers and Snipers across from a wall while they were focusing on trying to attack my other guys. Heh heh, go Lute!

Coincidently, I have the Demon King's music stuck in my head right now. o.o

And yay for dedicating the page to BB!


Reina
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So now it was up to Chain again to decide where this conversation was going. The atmosphere was so intense that Reina hadn't even moved her body for a good deal of time now. Chain wanted them to reveal the fact that the robed men were where the chant came from. He must've known that Reina and Valen knew where it came from and what stopped it, otherwise he would'nt have asked the question.

Reina's hazel eyes took a moment to glance at the door as she heard footsteps go by. When was that doctor guy coming back? They didn't have all day to be having a discussion about who could last the longest without revealing something. Luckily the hospital was busy.

The pain in her hand was coming back again, a strong and slow ache that was not enjoyable in the least. Why didn't that doctor give her anything?! She tried moving it and it complied, but it still hurt and even moreso when she tried to touch a certain spot. This was the spot that had made contact with the robed man's jaw. Perhaps it was a good thing that she had missed the leader; that surely would have broken something. Wait... she hadn't missed, he was just... lucky. Yes, that was it.

Reina focused again on Chain, wondering what tactic he would use now.
 
Looks like they won't be giving up their information that easily. Calmly brushing a dark strand of hair behind one ear, Chain smiled slightly. "Of course it's understandable--on both your parts," he replied noncholantly to Valen and Reina. Moving his gaze slowly from trainer to trainer, Chain consciously measured the rate of each breath as the pace of his thoughts continued to increase. The information I've already gathered is definately useful. But, I'm certain there's more. The problem is, I don't know how much time I have left to question these two--or if I'll ever get this chance again.

Returning his eyes to the familiar view of the window, the light of Chain's eyes intensified. Maybe I could get Rosairie or Kyoko to fill in the information these two are leaving out. But, there's still the risk of Valen and Reina knowing information the others don't . . . Is the risk worth it? After a long moment, Chain shifted his glance toward the inhabitants of the room, finally breaking the silence. "By the way, there's a question that I should ask you--it being common courtesy. Before I question you further, are there any questions you have for me regarding my information?"

There. If you really are on to me, here's your chance to prove it.
 
OOC - means more then you can know, thankyou.....

IC -

The young males gold hair soared like an elegant bird, trying with all it's might to get away, but standing no chance....
The males head was spinning like a rotating coin, yet he felt focused, prepared, ready....but, what was it he was ready for? what was it he was prepared for?.....and why was he so excited, yet terrified about it?....

The thick yet elegantly thin clouds seemed to be getting higher, or, was it him getting lower...and....why was he in the air?!
Jeffery opened his eyes
and found himself standing, perfectly still, perfectly safe....
Slowly and cautiously he began to crane his neck to the right, and then to the left, observing his surroundings.
What was going on? How did he get here? Why was he here? was he dreaming? was he dullusional?.......
Jeffery turned around, his feet shuffleing on what appeared to be perfectly cut, fresh green grass, there was so much space, yet he dared not move his feet around too much, or too fast, somehow JJ felt that doing just that may cause him to fall from a great height.....

Staring straight ahead, all there seemed to be was grass, perfect grass, a meadow perhaps, it was beautiful, but the eyes were offering no other attraction as yet....but....wait, what was that?
From a distance, a small, extremely small black shape, had appeared but, wait.....it was getting closer...and bigger....
JJ brought his fists to his eyes and began to rub them, something very starnge was happening, but his lace of thought seemed not to be able to come up with anything logical....

Moving his hands and opening his eyes not only brought back sight, but great shock and panic, the black shape had gotten much, MUCH closer, but now it was very evident that it was a

''Rhyhorn!'' a gruff voice bellowed ''Take Down Now!''
The rock pokemon bellowed and sent it's huge physique flying forward, aiming itself at an extremely small green thing, which darted out of the way with a split second to spare. JJ who had ducked and dived out of the way, was now sitting on his rear, in what was 3 seconds ago a clear meadow, but his jaw dropped when he found himself to now be in.....a pokemon stadium


''And a dodge whch great speed and reflexes there from the red trainers Treecko! Who may have been unable to come back if it had taken that awsome'ly powered move by the blue trainers Rhyhorn!''
A voice sounded, as if being spoke on a mic.

JJ was in total aw, where the heck had all this come from.....
I must have hit my head pretty hard.... he thought to himself making an exceptionally long blink, before reopening his eyes, just to have tjem widen in greater shock, and have his heart skip a beat. Upon opening, they had locked onto the image of a figure, not far away, standing in a raised booth platform, wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, and a baggy red jacket, with a large hood. Dropping down from his head is a bunch of beautiful blonde hair, tied up in a ponytail. JJ sat on the grass in disbelief towards the fact that he is staring at none other, then himself.....

The darting Treecko, which had dodged the rampaging attack of the rhyhorn just in time, was now standing, battle poised, and ready for anotehr command, it's eyes locked onto it's rock opponent, and a leech in it's mouth.

Jeffery was suddely forced to swing his hands to his forehead, and grasp it, as a shot of total agony was sent through his head like a bolt of lightning, for what felt like minutes he sat there silently screaming, thinking his head was about to burst open......
this was the scene from when he was in the pokemon leage, the match that he lost while in the top 16......a painful memory.

The pain was increasing, growing more and more unbearable, Just die... he thought to himself Just let me die, and stop this agony....

For a moment, Jeffery James thought that his wish had come true. The Pain had gone, and thoughts were still flooding his brain like an unblockable leak.....but the pain was at least gone.
Slowly opening his eyes....JJ found that nothing was blurry, but very clear. He was standing in a garden....not well groomed, but certaintly with the hint of much effort having been put into it. JJ's attention was immediately snapped to a small group of people, not that far away. They were all standing side by side, 4 of them, standing close together, and looking straight forward.

Unable to control curiousity, JJ began to creep closer, trying not to make much noise, not that it mattered, for as soon as he was close enough, he spoke
''Uuuum, i'm really sorry, but, can anyone tell me where I am please? I know this will sound crazy but, I have no idea how I got here....''
After a moment of waiting for a response, during which none was to be obtained, heck, none of the 4 had even moved, or responded in any way shape or form to the sound of a strange blonde male having just uninvitedally entered their garden.
''Uuuum, hello?'' JJ said again, alas, to still no response. Jeffery ran a hand through his blonde hair, and shurgged before taking another few steps forward, he could now see the faces of these people, but perhaps it would have been better had he not.

''Young Jeffery isn't going to get over this easily....'' said a woman, the eldest of the females.

''well of course not, but he wil....given time...'' said a male this time, oncee again the eldest man.

Jeffery's jaw dropped, once again threatening to fall off, as he found himself, looking into the faces, of his very family....his mother, father, grandfather, and grandmother.
Looking down, out of nothing but instinct, JJ was even more shocked to see that we was looking at a very small but well made tombstone, buried into the soil, in a part of the garden. On it was a picture of a bird pokemon....a pidgey, and writing, which read

''Here lies Pudgey the Pidgey, may he fly with angels evermore...''

Jeffery looked up from the stone and began to remember....
Pudgey....that was my pet pidgey when i was barely 7, i loved her so much.....

Why he done it, he didn;t know, but the blonde male suddenly found himself standing, and walking back around the 4 figures, observing the garden more carefully, he thought back, and began to remember it being his once.....before the family moved to the hoenn region. JJ walked straight over to the house, and quickly located wht he was looking for, although why he was looking for it was unbeknown to him.....
An open glass window.
Walking up to it, a tear began to drop from his eye as he saw what was through it, lying on a small bed, was a very young, very hansome, boy with short blonde hair, crying his eyes out.
As if it had never stopped....Jeffery found the previous pain rushing through his head again. He began to spin, the entire worls was turning, and the scene of his former home had disapeared, everything had turned dark, yet his eyes were wide open. Spinning round and round, faster and faster, one hand either side of his head, he began to hear noises, many many noises, voices, crashes, echoes, all horrible ones, horrible horrible ones from his past. Next began pictures, there were screaming and shouting heads everywhere, all screaming at him, offending him, ordering him around, pressuring him....

''MAKE IT STOP! MAAAAAKE IIIIIT STOOOOOOP!!'' Jeffery found himself screaming at the top of his lungs, he closes his eyes and dropped to his knees....and the pain was gone.....
the voices had all stopped, as had the noises. Immediately JJ opened his eyes, and found himself to be standing face to face with a dark figure.....
A dark, hooded figure, wearing a long black robe, with a red stripe all across the rims.

''Who....who are you?!'' JJ demmanded, but with an obvious shake in his voice.

The fugure stood in silence for a minute. Completely still, JJ couldn't believe his own patience, but eventually the figure raises both arms, which were completely concealed by the baggy robe, and grabbed hold of his hood, pulling it down. This revealed what JJ assumed to be a man, but whoever it was, was wearing half a mask, a skull white, plain old mask, but only one side of it, the missing side revealed fresh, clean flesh. Also noticeable was fairly long, coal black hair.
The man returned his arms to his side and took a long deep breath beforre uttering words in a calm, voice, but one which gave a feeling of great pain

''I am.....you're destiny, and you cannoy deny....you're destiny....''

JJ sttod in shock to these words, he looked the fugure up and down, and tried and failed twice to speak. Eventually he took a dep breath, swalloed and said in a low voice

''What does that mean?.....''

The figure considered this quetion for a moment before showing a slight curl of his top lip, which was proberly an attempt at a smile, yet there was something about the change on the mans visible face, wwhich suggested a smile was something it had long forgotten how to do.

''I don't work with when, how, and why, i work with what, so all i can say is...it means.........alllll you're darker most inner passions, are allll about to come true....well....given time, but as i said, I don;t deal with when, so the time it will take will be up to a differen't part....''

without pausing JJ instantly replied
''differen't part? Different part of what?''

''Why...of you'' the figure said simply. Suddenly the eyehole of the mask, and the right eye of the man began to glow, a dark, blood red.

''AAAAAAARGH!!!'' JJ found himself screaming, the whole world was once again spinning, spinning as if someone had put a giant handle on the globe and began to turn it the wrong way.....

Miles away, in a consciece land.....a young blonde male, lying on the floor, began to open his eyes.
 
OOC: Yes...PH33R Lute. Remember that one Sacred Stones mission where you were supposed to just hold out for long enough? The one where you fight Tiger Eye's old war buddy? I just sent Lute (Sage) straight into the fray with Elfire equiped while Natasha (Bishop) took care of the southern side of their fortifications with Shine. Seriously, Lute just sat there and thwacked opponent after opponent, when my second turn came there were about 5 enemies left, and those had survived because they couldn't get close enough to attack any of my characters. Lol, I cleared that 'survival' mission in three turns. xD

And BB...your post...*Wipes away tear of joy* It's beautiful....yes, it shall work excellently for *BlankityBlankBlank*. >D

...

Whaaat? You didn't expect me to give away perfectly good spoiler material, did you? The rest of you will just have to wait and see. ^.~

IC:

Well, well, well...looks like he does know when it's time to give up...
Valen noted as Chain finally decided to allow them some questions, a clear sign that he knew that they knew that he knew more than he was letting on. Tiresome mindgames indeed...

"As a matter of fact, I do have one question..." Valen replied, deciding to take the chance seeing as how the doctor could be barging inside any minute, "How did you really get your hands on information from a top secret project?" he gave the boy in front of him an inquisitive look, although his voice sounded more curious than condemning, "And if you were thinking of retreating back to the 'lab aides told me' story then don't bother. Vincent is quite good at noticing potential squealers and would certainly not let them be assigned to anything important."
 
Rosairie's face was completely unreadable as she listened to Kyoko's story. When the younger girl was finished, Rosairie couldn't help herself; she leant forward and wrapped her arms around Kyoko, burying her in a tight embrace.
"Sweetie, sweetie..." she whispered, before pulling away, "It's okay. I'd protect you, if those GP retards ever come knocking. Me, and Henna, and Silence - and hell, that Jolteon can pack a punch when he wants to!"
Rosairie let go, and sat down on the end of Rosairie's bed. For a moment, the girl just smiled sadly. "They only pick on you because they want you to do better. Because they love you. My Dad...well, my Dad barely notices me, except for when he's chucking money in the direction of my credit card."
There it was again, her happy persona faltering - only for a split second - as her thoughts turned to her family.
Dad's never home. Mum's never even BEEN home. She doesn't care. And he's... he's too busy running around after girls My age...
Rosairie rubbed her eyes with a fingertip, before turning back to Kyoko, a bright smile on her face. "Don't worry, Kyo! I'll sort it out, I swear!"
This is one promise I won't break...

Silence, meanwhile, had reverted back to his usual motionless self. His ears twitched as he listening to the reassuring bubble of the two-girl's voices. Rosairie would try her best, but he doubted she would be able to banish Kyoko's problems the way she had done for him. Humans are a lot more complicated than a few metal bars that needed melting.
 
OOC: It's official... Valen and JJ both have serious mental problems. XD Thank goodness the only things people that appear in my dreams talk about is something either totally off the wall, or something pertaining to the situation in my dream. But yes, good piece of writing there, BB, I'd daresay one of you best! ^-^

And you gotta love it when Fire Emblem characters do that. In one I'm playing now (it's a ROM shhhh! I downloaded it and it's in Japanese shhhh! ^^;) I have a sage, Lou, and he totally took care of a huge group of guys that kept trying to creep up on me. I love my magic people too much, they usually end up my strongest allies. Then I got Lilina (mage @ level 1) and was leveling her up nice and slowly when all of a sudden these pirate guys just pop up out of nowhere! And in this Fire Emblem, the bad guys move right after they pop up, there's no waiting until the next turn! So poor Lilina (then at level 7 and them at level 12) had to face them and she surprisingly totally kicked butt! Luckily she has great dodging, and those pirate guys had a really poor hit. At the end of that level she was at level 13. ^^ Heh heh. Stupid pirate guys.

I think Dr. Kipling should come back soon... the hospital isn't THAT busy. ^^


Reina
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Reina watched the two boys intently, had it not been about something so horribly serious, it would have been good entertainment. However, it seemed that Chain had realized that the two of them were not about to reveal information to someone they barely knew, so he had instead offered them a chance to ask some questions. Reina thought for a moment about what she could want to ask, but she really didn't know how much Chain knew, so she couldn't go asking about the robed men considering they didn't mention them. She merely remained silent, not able to think of a good question to ask. It was probably for the best, she wouldn't want to accidentally give away information in her question.

Valen then asked the boy how he got his information, which Reina didn't think Chain would be willing to answer. The boy certainly hadn't asked Vincent anything, and had seemed to have waited until they were alone to ask them these questions, so she doubted he wanted it known as to how he got it.

However, right after Valen had asked the question, the door suddenly flung open to reveal a hurried Dr. Kipling, coming in the room with a nurse in tow. She was attempting to shove some papers into his face, and he took them quickly and she rushed off. He looked over at the three teens, a bit puzzled as to what Chain was doing in Valen's room.

"Ah well, whatever. Sorry for the long wait, we've just been so busy with injuries like yours, minor lacerations, concussions, the usual," he paused, looking at the papers in his hand for a moment, and then back up at them, "Well it seemes the two of you are quite lucky, and that nothing serious is wrong. However, you Reina have a couple bruised bones in your second knuckle and finger, so we need to put some sort of splint on your first two fingers to keep them from moving, it's nothing too serious. You'll only have to wear it for a week or so, the bruising wasn't too bad. You must have punched something pretty hard."

Reina's face looked unhappy, she did not like the prospect of having to wear something that shouted out that she was injured. She figured there was no point in arguing though, she would just have to live with it.

"As for you Valen, you should stay here the rest of the night. You got your head knocked around quite a bit, and as I said you lost quite a bit of blood. Luckily you didn't break anything, just some bruises and lacerations. Nothing a little ointment and time won't cure. You can go in the morning, and be on your, er, merry way," Kipling said to Valen, who looked as if he had never been on a merry way before in his life.

The doctor then turned as if her were about to leave, when he suddenly looked back at Reina and Chain, "You two will have to leave soon, visiting hours end in a short time, and Valen needs some rest. Reina, you stay here and a nurse will come in a few minutes to put a splint on. I hope you two have a safe night. Farewell then." With that he exited the door and the three of them were alone again.

"Ugh... I hate doctors...," Reina mumbled, looking down at her hand and wondering if there was some way to get out of having to wear a splint. She then looked up at the other two, wondering if the conversation was over, or if it would continue. After all, Valen's question had still been left unanswered.

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As Dr. Kipling opened up the door to the next room over, Kyoko's room, he told himself to keep his temper and not get so angry with the girl. He was not a 5 year old, and he was not about to argue with her again. Hopefully she would be in a better mood.

He walked in to see Kyoko and Rosairie. "Ah, hello there. Are you feeling better Kyoko? Look I'll be honest with you... we really need more room in this hospital, so if you think you're feeling better and that you don't need to be here, then you can go. I'm sorry if I seemed a bit rude back there, but I take my patients seriously and it looked like you needed some help. I was in such a rush I didn't want to overlook anything. However, I can't find anything wrong with you, and so if you truly think that you're okay, then you can leave. Just make sure to sign out and tell a nurse before you go so that its all on paper," he said, nodding to them, "And a for you," he looked at Rosairie, "Visiting hours are almost up, you'll need to leave soon. With that ladies, I must leave and see to my other patients. Good luck." He turned around quickly and left, racing off down the hallway to the next room and entering as quickly as he had exited Kyoko's.
 
ooc: o.O I gotta go to a pancake breakfast thing this morning but I'll type up my post on the way and post it at my gma's. (Yay for dial up. xx) -nodnod-

o.o -is obsessed with Fire Emblem- I'm... er... working... on... a new FE themed banner/avie (With original art o course. ~.~ My art smells) with my precious RESYON from the newest FE game... I love winged men in a sexy outfit with a sexily long hairdo (That flows like Sephy's o course. <3) and I also love it when they're flippin insane.

So yuh. IC coming.... After I watch ep 57 o bleach

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Ninjas. o.o
 
Listening to Valen's inquiry, a thin smile entered Chain's features. Then you are as clever as I had hoped. Closing his eyes calmly as the doctor entered, Chain remained silent--though the strange smile never left his features. I wonder how much I should tell Valen and Reina . . . Honestly, I can find as many reasons to tell the truth now as I might find to lie again. But . . . Hearing the doctor mention that he would be required to leave soon, Chain's eyes opened as he nodded agreeably, before turning his attention elsewhere.

Waiting until the doctor and nurse had departed, Chain then turned to Valen. "After some thought, I've decided that it's worth sharing my little secret." Shifting his gaze to Reina before returning it to Valen, Chain added, his smile fading, "I want both of you to understand, though, that I'm holding you in particularly high confidence as I tell you this." The trainer paused, taking a slight breath as though preparing himself for an arduous task. Then, after composing himself for a moment, he began, "Though I am primarily a Pokemon trainer, I also have a number of other occupations--some less honorable than others. To be direct . . . I'm a computer hacker." Touching the Premier Ball that hung from his neck--empty, though it remained--he continued, "Assisted by my Porygon, I've actually become quite accomplished in that regard. Accomplished enough to be able to enter most any system, overcome most any firewall, and crack most any lock. WaiWai Inc. has been no exception."

The smile returned to Chain's features. "Of course, it's actually been quite a while since I've hacked any system of that nature. But, nonetheless, I was able to liberate certain information. It's from a file I 'borrowed' that I discovered Project Omicron." Closing his green-gold eyes, Chain finished, "So, hopefully you can understand why I would not wish to share this information with you so easily?"
 
-OoC-

xD Nya~ typing in a car is fun.

>.> I was like, dead serious about the whole character theme song thing. See, I?m a big music junkie and when I?m writing up a character sheet, I?m also browsing through my music files for a good song because some times it can describe a character to a T. Or to an A? or to an I? or? you get the idea xP

And it would be flippin sweet if we had like, an Ancient Dynasty playlist xD We could shove it in peoples faces and be all, ?>D Look what we got!? so meebee think bout eet? :o I have over 3000 music files plus Bear Share. n.n I can seriously find any song. ?nodnod- So at least? think bout eet?

:o the perscription mentioned in my below post is a perscription for an iron supplement. xp Kyoko's slightly anemic.


-IC-

She couldn?t honestly describe her emotions when Rosairie hugged her. That warm feeling people often described receiving didn?t apply to her, it never really had, but this time around, the hug felt different. It wasn?t threatening, it wasn?t forced and most importantly, it wasn?t to shut her up, ?Nee-nee-chan?? I... Why'd you... I don't...?? The child was very startled and couldn?t even begin to comment as it was at that moment that the door to her small abode opened.

Kipling. She couldn?t stop her eyes from narrowing slightly. The fact that this man?s name rhymed with kindling was no accident, he was a true annoyance and Kyoko truly wanted nothing more than his professional opinion which was beginning to look colored by his apparent dislike of her. Closing her eyes softly, before he'd get a chance to see that evil glare, she regained her sweet natured composer and greeted the man with a smile and sat quietly as he spoke to her.

When he had apparently finished, Kyoko fished a bottle out of her bag and chucked it at it softly, ?Just get that refilled then and you won?t have to see me ever again, Sensei. It?s because I ran out of those that I passed out in the first place you see. I ran out yesterday, thus why I fainted first and hit my head on a pole and then fainted again at a later time. If you read the label, not only will it give you my last name for any clarification you might need plus it reads quite clearly that I still have three refills on it.?

She finished her soft toned speech and kept her hands in her lap in a very polite mannor, ?Is that alright Sensei??

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Her Shuppet however, had left her head the moment the doctor had rumbled the doorknob, lifting off her shoulders as silently as a ghost could. Slipping into the vent above Kyoko?s bed, the ghost pokemon kept to a vapor like form as she drifted through the vents to the next room over hoping to quietly observe the other three.

The fact that they?d been away from Rosairie and Kyoko, the obvious idiots of the group, for this long bothered Shuppy who?d been in both the spirit and living world long enough to know that when a group breaks apart like they had, separating the fools from the people with working brain cells, something is causing the split and that something isn?t a small something and most of the time it?s not a good something.

But if she did find out information, not saying that she would, she had no intention of informing Kyoko or Rosairie. There was defiantly a reason they were left out and if they suddenly found out something nobody told them suspicions would be aroused as to how they came about the classified information. Shuppy, however, was not a pokemon that liked to be unaware of things and she doubted that the nanny like pokemon that followed Rosairie along, her magmar, probably wouldn't like to find out about something important later on when it might be important now.

So she floated silently, almost invisibly above Valen's bed, listening carefully to any words being said.
 
OOC: Heh, amen to that, Melissa. There's nothing like sticking a single character in your opponent's face and then watch as he/she decimates your opponent's entire side. >D Kind of like I did with Tana one time...

Tana (Level 5 Falcoknight armed with a Javelin); *Charges forward at a group consisting of one Paladin, three Cavaliers, five myrmidons, three Archers, 4 Shamans, and a bunch of mages.*

First turn; *Tana twhacks Paladin twice for a bit over half its full HP*

*Paladin charges forward with Steel Lance*

Tana; *Dodges and twhacks Paladin again* *Critical hit, paladin dies*

*Cavalier charges with Steel Lance*

Tana; *Dodge and twhack* *Cavlier dies*

*Cavalier two charges*

Tana; *See previous*

*Cavalier three charges*

Tana; *See previous*

*Myrmidons charge* (You know what happens. ^.~)

*Smart-arse Shaman uses Eclipse from a longer range*

Tana; *Dodge*

*Second smart-arse Shaman uses Eclipse from a longer range*

Tana; *Dodge*

*Third smart-arse Shaman uses Eclipse from a longer range*

Tana; *0 Damage*

*Fourth not-so-smart Shaman tries to attack with Noseferatu* (Damage potential: 0-2, Hit chance: 0%)

Tana; *Dodges and twhacks* *Shaman dies*

*Archers attack*

First archer; *Hits; 18 damage* *Counter-twhacked and killed*

Second archer; *Critical hit; 37 damage* *Counter-twhacked and killed*

Me; *Glares muredrously at third archer* "I swear...if you kill her now I'll-"

Third Archer; *Misses* *Counter-twhacked with critical hit and dies but Tana's Javelin breaks*

Rest of the battle consists of Mages trying to strike through Tana's L33T magic resistance with Elfire and Thunder, no damage obviously. Nyah, I hate it when my opponent's archers get lucky...~_~

Anyways, on the theme-song thingie....well, truth to be told I can't come up with anything that would suit Valen. But I'm certainly open for suggestions because it's fun to stick things under peoples noses. xD

Bleah, I've just been informed that I need to get off the computer and I reeeeaaally, don't want to rush this IC, so I'll add it tommorow instead. Sorry for any inconvenience.
 
OOC: Yes, Tana rocks! I used her so much, and with a Javelin she was awesome! She always did critical hits with her Javelin in my game. ^-^

About the theme song thing... er, I'll think about it! We'll see. ^^

I'll wait for Alter to post again before I do Reina's part, this will just be with Dr. Kipling.


"Why didn't you show this to me before?" the doctor said with a confused look. Dr. Kipling had really had it with this girl, and after he tried to apologize and everything. Whatever, he couldn't let that bother him; after all, he was trying to be a professional about this.

"I'll get it filled," he said shortly, "And then you can leave." It was best anyway, he was almost glad to get the girl out of his hair. As he walked briskly down the hallway he ran into a hurried nurse. "Here," he said gruffly, shoving the bottle into her hand.

"Eh? What's this? Dr. Kipling?" she said, looking a bit confused.

He gave her a helpless smile, "Come on Mary, could you get me that refill quick?" Mary gave him a frown, her black hair coming undone from her bun and hanging into her face.

"You're kidding me, right? Do you know how many old people I have to sponge bathe right now?!" she said with a crack in her voice. She didn't sound too happy about her duties.

"Marrry...!" the doctor pleaded, "I'll take you out later! Whatever you want it's on me!" He looked much younger all of a sudden, his professional air gone.

She shook her head in a defeated and disgruntled look, "Fine fine! Just get out of my way!" She pushed past him and on to fill up Kyoko's bottle.
 
OOC: Yeah, Tana pwneth, and she's even better with a Short Spear apparently. I can't believe that I missed that secret store the first time around. >.<

Anyways, in the interest of not holding this scene up any longer...

IC:

Stay for the night?!
a furious expression briefly flashed across Valen's features - despite the fact that he had expected no less - but he quickly managed to conceal it again, restraining the urge to yell that he had no wish to lay about like an invalid if he had the strength to stand as he had the nagging suspicion that he might not have that kind of strength and didn't want to suffer the embarassment of others realizing it. The boy had always hated looking weak, and that was even more true when someone he cared about was there to see, not that there were many people who fitted into that category.

"That makes two of us, then." he replied to Reina's comment, glaring slightly at the doorway where the doctor had dissapeared into before shifting his expression back to neutral as he turned his attention back to Chain.

Valen's expression didn't shift in the least as the boy came clean about his secret, although his thoughts immediately sprang into action; this boy had infiltrated the Waiwai Inc. Networks, what if...what if he had figured out the connection? Or worse yet; what if he had discovered Valen's personal file? This wasn't a pleasant thought for the boy as the file in question contained every last bit of information concerning him, including a detailed list of his exploits over the years, some of which the boy would rather not remember...or be reminded of. At any rate, this person was obviously a security hazard, and technically it fell under Valen's duties to expose him immediately, but the boy found himself reluctant to do so. He knew that his employers were hiding things about his past which he had every right to know, so he felt no great loyalty towards them, and this person could very well prove to be his ticket to them. Yes...that could work, although Valen certainly didn't relish the idea of someone else getting a hold of his personal secrets. At any rate, it was too tempting a chance to just throw away straight off.

"I see..." he replied at last, nodding, "That would explain a thing or two. Don't worry, I for one am not about to rat you out..." At least not unless there's considerable benefit in it for me... the boy added in his mind. He was just about to continue when he suddenly felt something, a slight tingling of his senses. The boy's eyes narrowed in suspicion as he quickly scanned the room without uttering a word. Growing up in a facility where ghosts were standard fare, the boy, much like all other Team Viper operatives, had developed a certain sense for spectral beings, learned to red the tell-tale signs of their presence. He had never been particularly good at it though, save ghosts from the Ghastly evolution line for which he felt a peculiar affinity, so he couldn't know for sure. For a moment, the boy considered asking the other in the room about it but then thought the better of it, neither of these two seemed like they had had much experience with ghosts.
 
OOC: Yeah first time around in Sacred Stones I gave Ephraim the Short Spear. Eh... I think I ended up giving it to someone else though, but I can't remember who.

BTW Mika, I forgot to comment on your FE comment. ^^ Herons rock! I'm kinda in the middle of playing that game, but I'm not too obsessed with playing it because I watched my brother play it first so I kinda know how it ends and all. What I don't like about this particular Fire Emblem is that there's no character endings like the others have. That really ticked me off because it just sort of... ends. You never get to find out what happens to them all! Oh well though.... Heh, my brother is currently obsessed with the pairing of Ike and Lethe. ^-^;;


Reina
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Shrugging, Reina spoke up to, "Well looks like you don't have either of us to worry about, because I've no loyalty to Waiwai." She wasn't quite sure what to make of all of this, these things were so new to her and she wasn't used to thinking about Waiwai and secret projects and strange robed men. It was a lot to take in for one day.

Suddenly Reina found herself shivering for a moment, it had become oddly cold around them, and she frowned. Didn't they have heating in this hospital? And wasn't it bad to have drafts near patients or something? Reina rubbed her arms a little to warm up.

Of course Reina didn't realize it, but the cold air was coming from the ghost type above them. Ghost types, like many instances of other worldly apparitions, made the surrounding area a few degrees cooler when they became invisible. However, Reina had only been around a ghost type pokemon once or twice in her life, and though she had experienced and read about this situation, her mind was on too many other things at the moment.

She ignored the cold, and instead looked over at Chain to see what he would say next, or if he had anything to say at all. Valen and Reina hadn't exactly been truthful to him, and so the boy really had no reason to reveal his information.
 
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Light_Azumarill said:
Heh, my brother is currently obsessed with the pairing of Ike and Lethe. ^-^;;

-pulls out Peacekeeper and charges it- Your brother must die a horrible death. D:< That... paring.... so... yucky..... I mean... D: EWW -squeaks- She's so interested in Mordecai. >.> -nodnod- Cuz Mordecai's a hunk. -gigglesnort-

xD And the soundtrack was just an idea. I've been a little mp3 happy lately. xp But that was yesterday. Before I watched 5 hours of Bleach. Yeah. That wasn't too smart. o.o


-IC-

Shuppy couldn't help a sneering smile. She'd put the children below her into stitches and she couldn't be happier. Most people had thought that the Ghastly Evolution chain were the only ghosts that took delight in frightening people but more often than not, the human spirits that people often saw in a temple or a supossed haunted house were Bannette or Shuppets because they had a bit more of a femine appeal.

But this was just as enjoyable. Valen, the child in the bed, was obviously suspicious of the erie feeling that Shuppy had involuntarily brought with her into the room but he could not place a finger on what it was exactly that was causing the feeling and the fact that he could not do so gave Shuppy herself a prideful feeling of accomplishment. Smiling once more, she mentally filed the mention of this project, Project Omicron, away and remained in her undisclosed location. She had a gut feeling that Kyoko was the only trainer in this little band of misfits that would be able to sense her presence and she wouldn't give away her Pokemon's position as it might incriminate her but she would be pleasently amused if one of these brainiacs went and asked Kyoko about it. That would make her giggle.

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Kyoko sighed heavily, slipping off the bed and quickly making sure she had everything she needed before pulling back out her little notebook and sat on the chair oppisite Rosairie, "Hmm.... Do you think that Vincent is a Sensei, Sempai or Sama?" She tilted her head lightly, "Cuz we're probably leaving before he comes back an all... unless..." she blushed lightly, her head lowering, "You don't wanna go with me. And I'll understand if you don't... but... maybe I could... follow you..? You don't hafta follow me...."

Changing the subject, she hurried at her writing, "I'll just give this to Valen-sempai. An he'll give to Vincent, don't you think? Those two... know each other. I could tell by their looks, ya know?" She seemed completely obvilious to the fact her Shuppet had left her, it was that or she just didn't care.
 
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