MISSION 2: INVESTIGATE THE CITY, FIND ANY LEADS [Open]

[Dark Lord Maxi]

[BGM: Flickering Darkness ]

Maxi finally had stepped out into the capital city of Tosatsu Manor, leaving Ara behind inside their hotel room to do whatever she wants. She probably would eventually kill somebody, but under Maxi's orders she'd learn well not to blow their cover as this could signal the Shinra agents at any given moment. He wore his usual attire which consisted of a tight black leather shirt, exposing his belly, and the sleeves of his shirt are partially ripped off. The X scar on his chest was due to the damage he took from the suicidal explosion and was fixed,  though still kinda revealing, thanks to the genetics performed by the Ouma. He'd put on his black sunglasses to block the bright sunlight and would begin investigation by walking around the city.

So far, everything within the city seemed traditional to japanese culture. Nothing unusual from another world or another time, was Ouma sure this was the right coordinate?...anyways, the locals didn't seem to pay Maxi any mind, good, because he really wasn't interested in engaging in conversation. All of a sudden he felt a short breeze passing by his face, there was something slightly unsettling about this place but he currently couldn't put his finger on it yet, was it a flux? whatever it was it didn't seem to have taken effect yet at its fullest. He'd take out his cell phone and contact Saya...

"There's definitely somethin' goin on in the city, but nothin worth my time...." Maxi wasn't really impressed with his task, but Saya encouraged him to continue of course.


"Aweee, Maxi trust me the Tosatsu Manor is the spot...at some point you'll find different people from other Worlds, plus with the boy and his cute little fox unaware of this, we're ahead of the game here hehe." Saya, always acting like everything's all well and dandy. She has a very laid-back personality and takes things at her own pace, ofter interacting with others in a contemptuously nonchalant way. It annoyed Maxi quite alot was he wished he would've remained dead instead of being under the wing of the Ouma, but whatever.

"Whatever, I'm not interested in the locals, I just wanna get this over and leave... and if Ara blows our cover, that's on you guys. After a couple of exchanged words Maxi immediately hung up the phone. Saya had sent him a text minutes later catching his interests by saying that with the possibility of strong fighters there's an arena in the city somewhere, great for him to test his skills. Maxi ignored it and pressed on, basically looking for a bar to go drink.

[Angel]

Mood Muzak if it pleases ya

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

Katie Weathers was doing what she normally did. Eating. That was one of the things she normally did anyway. Along with being adorable, and rushing into danger with flair and style.

She had found a sort of pub style place that made some mean pub food and although a lot of it was oriental or whatever she found some good American style stuff too, although Katie was still disappointed that they wouldn't let up on giving her a taste of their more.. booze-y type things. Wasn't the drinking age in Japan or whatever 18? She thought so!

Still, she never could say no to some grilled nachos, which is what she was eating at the moment. For such an adorable girl, she wolfed them down in a decently gross enough manner. Her eyes were scanning the environment as they had been, her brain still taking in as much information about her surrounding as they could..

'...so cheesy.. place seems artificial .. well anything humans make is kinda natural .. aliens pretty much count as humans kay .. next plate I want more sour cream skimping out on me .. ' Her thoughts scattering from one moment to the next as she did her.. Katie thing. 

People were another interesting thing to her. The guy who was serving her nachos was a scruffy sort, but seemed amused by Katie's enthusiasm with food given her appearance. Apparently was used to it all the same though, and told her that on the right night it was like it was Valhalla itself in here.

Right now though it was kinda dead, and she had taken to eating outside.. glancing at passerby. It was this then that she noticed the guy dressed to impress, dressed in the matter that cool guys with important cool guy stuff to do did. She waved at him quickly, her mouth literally full of nachos as she did so.

thats' already her second plate and she's already dreaming of the third

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[Dark Lord Maxi]

[ BGM: Facing The Wind ]

While Maxi was in search for a bar, he noticed a girl waving at him while she was guzzling down on nachos and the sort. Judging by her appearance and her choice of clothing she was more than likely in her teenage years. If not, what the hell were her parents thinking, unless she's one of those runaway children living their own life. For her to each that much on her plate and not gain a pound she had an interesting metabolism, was she from another world....? Anyways if this was restaurant, there should be alcohol here. Maxi would pay the little girl no mind and walk right into the restaurant taking the shades off.

The inside wasn't very lively, surprisingly for a location for tourists, though it didn't bother Maxi as he saw a bar up ahead. He'd sit down on one of the high chairs and their was the bartender, a fine woman. She gave him a smile and asked him what he would like, he answered,

"The strongest you got." Maxi wasn't really interested in conversation with anybody, they were all gonna suffer at some point to Ouma's destruction at some point. Though, he remembered a conversation he had with Saya.

"Maxi, I know our goal as Ouma is to create chaos across the world, but that doesn't mean you be such a meanie and not meet people on your time off, there's alot of interesting things around the world that can make you a happy man, I know you like to fight.... Why not join a tournament, there's that saying, you only live once hehe."

"(Grrrr, the hell does that werefox know?!)" Back from thoughts, he got his drink and finished the whole drink within 5 seconds. He hasn't had a drink in forever so he decided to request another. Somehow he thought of the little girl outside, and then Ara. Does he really have this slight soft spot for being such a self-reliant man?

[Angel]

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

Katie made a dramatic an animated gesture, slipping back in her chair with a sniffly expression as the man brushed her off, all aloof and such. What happened to her natural charisma? Her natural sexiness!? She had always considered it legendary enough to break through the toughest shell of bad boy.

She sighed as a bit of a cool sort of breeze started picking up, feeling a bit of a sad sort of feeling take root in her. She had thought a place like this had glory and beautiful memories in store, but everyone here was so withdrawn and serious about it all.. it was actually making her feel a bit in the dumps. She was starting to wonder if she had made a mistake.

Such moods were as quick as the rest of her, and as quick as she ever allowed.. not wanting to be the type to waste too long on them and instead decided on food. Lots more food. Another plate of Nachos first, with the right amount of sour cream. Then, perhaps another place nearby.

A conversation with the bar lady was upon Katie, and she decided that there was no simpler or easier expression of her desires then to slap the counter and shout.. "Another!" .. which was pretty great, but then she realized she had to break the coolness of it by adding. "This time a smidgeon squeak more cream of sour, kay?", to which the bar lady seemed amused enough by. Seemed like all the friendly people were too busy working to play. Aw.

Her attention wandering again, she couldn't help but notice that Mr. Cool was sitting at one of the stands. In her defense, she thought about not bothering him for a split second before rushing into another attempt at striking conversation. "Hey handsome, what's a nice guy like you doing in a place like this?" Affecting what she believed to be a sort of western accent as she leaned back casually against the stand, then quickly deciding against that sort of casual position and going for a cuter one, lifting herself literally on top of the counter instead sitting on it and swinging her legs slightly.

muhaha, try to escape from THIS social attack! =O Mood Music

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[Dark Lord Maxi]

[Same BGM as Angel's]

As Maxi requested for his third drink, the little girl from before walked in the restaurant asked the bartender for more food. Maxi couldn't help but give a dumbfounded look towards the girl for her unbelievable appetite, what the hell is she, possibly this maybe could lead to the slight feeling Maxi felt earlier. It was familiar to the flux going on in Tokyo's cities, Shibuya & Akihabara. However, he didn't want to jump to conclusions yet, she wasn't really hostile and just seems to be doing her own thing, she is one person out of many. There could possibly be another somewhere.

Anyways, it was then that the little girl had approached Maxi and greeted him in a flirtatious manner kinda. Great, another one, just like Saya trying to loosen him up a bit. The personality made him sick, but in the light of things he got his third drink and asked the bartender...

"Is this your daughter, bartender?" the lady had laughed and shook her head answering no as she continued on with her day. Not getting out of this one, Maxi answered, "Hi, I am drinking.... however he was satisfied with the taste of alcohol for the day and left the bartender a tip and would head for the exit. "And now I am leaving, see ya."

[Angel]

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

Katie sighed a bit, not finding much from him. After he left the room, she gave an apologetic look to the lady attending them, saying.. "Sorry for scaring him away and all.." but she shook her head and made a sort of "no no" gesture with her hands. She whispered softly in her ear, "Grumpy butts are bad for business dear." she winked after pulling away.

Still, there was a regretful sort of look on her face, as she watched him leave. She hated leaving this kinda impression on a person. It didn't sit right with her. This person was negatively affecting her mood, and would continue to do so until she made it right... somehow.

She glanced back over as she smelled her food, and was surprised to find it packaged in a to-go tray. The waitress winked to her. "Figured you might be chasing after someone, wouldn't mind a bit of mobility." she smiled back at Katie, and Katie returned it warmly. "Thanks!"

For every grumpy butt, Katie supposed there was another person she made a decent impression on. Still.. she would love to be 2-0 for the day!

She wasn't too long after him, and quickly analyzed the area for his presence. Once she found him.. she decided quickly that perhaps a little more subtle recon was order. She quickly flash stepped to the side, wishing she had maybe tried to stick a tracker to his shoe or something. Oh well, he didn't seem to be in a hurry to get wherever he was going for now.

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[Dark Lord Maxi]

[ BGM: What an Interesting Day ]

After leaving the bar and making his attempted escape from the little girl, Maxi continued to walk around the city slowly viewing the many attractions Tosatsu Manor had to offer. The presence familiar to the flux from earlier hasn't given an ounce of a signal since he first felt it. Who could it be, what was the purpose of its appearance, and why Japan?.....well its not much of a surprise due to the strange activities going on in residential areas in Tokyo. However, this was no where near it, so it didn't explain much. Maybe he could find some leads somewhere where most people would go, the restaurant definitely wasn't one of them but maybe some of the popular spots, like the mansion uptop the hill. That would be the first spot to find some leads since the owner would reside there, but this could lead him wide open. Maxi had spotted a piece of paper which was actually the map of Tosatsu Manor, well that's a big help. He stopped walking and took a look at the map. One of the places he saw was the casino, which is usually flooding with people during nighttime hours, while there was the pool. 

"Hmmm, the pool would be a good place to start, according to Ouma, water usually attracts distortions to creating gateways to other worlds.....well I'll start over there then."

Maxi made that his destination and would continue walking forward while at the same time thinking about Ara and how she's doing at the hotel. Little does he know, she's not even there and the window was open, where could she have gone? Oh well, he was sure she was okay, and with that Maxi pressed on.

[Aphelion]

I see the spine of the world, I know its mine twisted and tied

Primary Contract: Astral
Secondary Contract: Ethereal

Was it strange to like to watch… people? A nagging voice in the back of his head agreed that it was almost instantly, and likewise the thought flinched and was thrown out of his mind, only leaving behind that simple lingering question. It probably wasn’t normal for his age group, but then again that was a catch twenty two? That was the phrase right? Still it… was enjoyable, watching as the world moved by. It was almost natural, besides observing was his specialty and he took a bit of pride in his eyes and his interpretations. Though there were many gestures that remained unknown or confounded him, just like the pair of… teenagers off in the distance, one who spitefully turned away from their conversation partner with a nod of her head. Yet, her lips trembled, he hand moved to her wrist covering a woven band of sorts as if it were an anchor. For all her posturing she was clearly affected, her hips were half turned, and in the end while he knew not the cause of the supposed argument, the nearly adult girl was affected keenly. Even though she held the power to walk away and truly spite her friend, she didn’t… all she had to do was walk away and then the other would crumble into pieces. Weak… and letting everything spill over in public? Pathetic, not that he failed to understand the need to let go a bit, but in public it was a disgrace and dramatic. At the very least nothing really was entering his little bubble of calm, no one asking why an “eight” year old was doing only sitting, notably not on the bench, but actually on it.

Aster did not have to escort him everywhere, he was perfectly capable of taking care of himself, he was responsible enough to know how to and… and… and it wasn’t as if he was actually alone. Pretty much was hooked into the telepathic network, could call anytime if he so desired… not needed.

Besides it was the reverse really, he was more afraid Aster would get herself into trouble and mischief… without him. Not like she was likely to be cornered, but he was much better a making mistakes. His pacing however, was wearing out the rug in the reception area so he took his leave, making sure that he was quite displeased at the half hidden sigh by cocking an eyebrow. Knew when he wasn’t wanted around, couldn’t settle down until the room had been scoured and… and… well he wasn’t pleased knowing… things. Of course now he was getting cold feet, right after he shot out of his mind and essentially offered himself up like a sacrifice. Moron. Would explain why he didn’t apparently know better than to think that the calm, which was completely stifling and isolating a bit, would actually last any length of time. No warning, really, just a girl in eye searing pink clothes passing by him, focused on some man... intently. So much so she ignored her surroundings and all he could do was raise an eyebrow as he glance between the two addys. Alright he could have done more, much more, but it was then that she practically disappeared and knocked him off his perch into the bench. Metal hurts. Another less learned… one that he’d learned before, just never in broad daylight. That was embarrassing, though mostly… annoying, somewhat shocking. Would have had more of an impact if he couldn’t actually see here, though she was a ways over… there? Vertti tumbled off the metal bench, because at this point, why not just go down the entire way? He was already a mess of limbs and began to walk sorta… then jog… then run towards the shocking pink woman.

Not that she seemed to be paying attention even though… umm… well he was probably guilty of this too… but, most of the time… it was sorta intentional? Mainly he kept his disappearing acts to himself, not show off in public like some floozy.

It might be because he was slightly disoriented, embarrassed, but he felt the distinct need to remind this addy that there were certain courtesies. Her manners were trash, so mentally he picked pick up a few soda cans laying in the nearby trash can and threw them at the back of her head… a little reminder of her nasty dirty like trick there. Even he would have apologized, probably…. That and it was so unnecessary, it was like she was following this man… without his… oh man. Did he just lob garbage at a stalker? Perhaps he should be making a quick retreat himself as he learned very early on that even floozy women addys were strange and dangerous creatures that were not meant to be disturbed. Even though her behavior was already disturbing as is… Aster excluded, she made sense to him. No, can't run, just have to play... ugh... dumb. He rubbed the red mark and just stared at the now labeled stalker... Truly, he was a moron.

I feel like an old man going on about my youth Mood Music?

MEL @ ADOXOGRAPHY

[Angel]

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

Sometimes.. well a lot of times, Katie's brain was as much a curse as it was a blessing. Once she started to get on a thought, her brain would never.. stop.. her brain often felt like a runaway train, constantly speeding forward. Some might say she sort of acted that way in general. Sometimes it was a rush but sometimes she just wished someone hadn't forgotten to install her breaks.

This was certainly one of the 'where is my brakes pls' times. She honestly wasn't actually sure how to proceed with this guy, like.. how do you approach a guy that already really purposefully blew you off twice? She had some basic answers for that, but none of them were feasible.. in that she literally couldn't find a way to physically alter her appearance to meet him as a completely different person, gain his friendship, and then go 'IT WAS ME, THE ADORABLE TEENAGER FROM THE PUB ALL ALONG.'

But man, that sounded like the easy way out right now.

It was thus, as she was barreling around useless avenues of thought, not losing sight of her target, that she felt a "donk" right on her head. To be honest, for brain-train derailments this was one of the less painful ones she experienced, but she was still vaguely confused. She glanced around, looking for the source.. and found what appeared to be some kid. She got the impression he was the one who had tossed the can at her, the way he was eyeballing her. Um. She was rubbing her head right now as she did so, not because she was hurt in any fashion.. but just because she was a bit dazed.

So she talked to this kid after a few moments. Unfortunately for Katie, she was speaking in a tone that if Maxi was aware of his surroundings, he could not only probably easily hear.. but might recognize as the voice that had play flirted with him in a lame accent just a moment ago. "Hey bud. Something up?" she was a positive minded person, and pretty much instantly assumed this kid probably had a great reason for getting her attention. Even if it was just to goof around, Katie was the sort of person who considered goofing around one of the greatest of reasons.

gave you an easy way to get involved Maxi, or I'm sure Katie will continue to tail you if you would rather not Mood music

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[Dark Lord Maxi]

[ BGM: Why Me??? ]

As Maxi took about a couple steps ahead probably about five to ten minutes away from his destination, a light noise of impact that was the sound of some kind of aluminum can was heard from where he was standing. At the same time while the can had most likely dropped to the ground, a familiar voice was heard as Maxi turned around to figure out who it was and....damn, it was that girl from the pub and then some other kid who was probably the one responsible for the can. What rotten luck, why does Maxi always find himself in the middle of the most childish situations? Ara was one thing, a child with the joy of killing who, while reliable in combat and somewhat of a good listener, can also be pain in the ass when it comes to stalking. Her and Saya both were annoying, but he puts up with them regardless, but these two, especially the girl...... Maxi sighed.

Maxi turned around from the direction of his destination and slowly approached the girl while mumbling under his breath even children under the age of 13 shouldn't hear. With the annoyance rate of about 85%, 100% would be possible if Ara were to show up. Maxi then picked up the can and tossed it back to the kid further away from him and the girl, hoping he knew how to catch.

"The trash can is over there, okay?" Maxi speaking... hesitantly nice? That's rare coming from someone so self-reliant and to himself. If he were to blend in and not blow his cover for the Shinra organization to show, he had to..... ugh....be....ni....ni....

"Okay, I give, who are you?" Maxi said turning to the girl from the pub basically giving up on high tailing it. Maybe it was the alcohol that calmed him down abit. If Saya were to see this right now she's probably find this amusing. He kinda wanted to choke the werefox for getting him involved with all this instead of ya know, dealing with Shinra agents right now. Damn that werefox Maxi once again thought but was more laidback about it this time, who knows, maybe he could gain an ally....wait, that's sooo not Maxi, what's going on here?

[Aphelion]

I see the spine of the world, I know its mine twisted and tied

He did not expect that reaction. Mean, he just pelted her with a disgusting can from the trash and what does this addy do? Turn right around and have the audacity to be all buddy buddy with him, even using a term of endearment after being hit with actual garbage. Now he would have understood if she was miffed a bit, mean so was he after he got knocked off of his bench, but not… dare he say chipper? Yeah, no, he wasn’t fooled, she was just being “nice” because he looked younger than he actually was. Mean if he really wanted something he’s just yank on her arm or something. Instead he took the time to choose a nice implied insult… which apparently went right over her head. Addled… addy! Her posture was friendly and welcoming, but, it wasn’t like he was going to let his guard down, mean as the phrase repeated in his head, the stranger the pink shocker became to him. Did he hit her too hard? That would explain a few things, even though the thought of it bruised his pride since he had pretty good control… but yeah he knew something about being smacked in the head. Didn’t have to like addys, but he wasn’t in the habit of wantonly attacking everything in sight. Especially if they were off kilter, major warning sign right there. Vertti took a step or two back, with his gaze half cast on the ground as he found himself slightly… confused, before leveling at the girl. With a flick of his hand that had snuck onto the back of his neck, he half dared her to invade the bubble of personal space and take a step over, while throwing a lock over his shoulder… because she was being way too friendly for his tastes. Being “nice” was one thing. Ignoring assault, especially if he accidentally rattled her a bit was another thing entirely and it put him on edge. Why? Because all that “niceness” and “friendliness” was to a stranger, him. Which usually meant that someone wanted something. Or was baiting him, thinking he was naïve because of his appearance.

Please almost always preference it too. Would you please leave the room for a moment dear, it will just be a moment? Code word for… don’t want you here, don’t bet on coming back anytime soon, you’re too young to understand and so on.

Almost. He was almost half disappointed when she didn’t drop a hint… half expected her to shoo him away on the account that he was probably interfering with her… target or something, go on scram. Instead he squared his shoulders and looked right back at her, encouraging her silently to go on as he jammed his hand against his elbows, shrugging as he nodded his head towards the bench’s direction. That was enough… right? ... That was a stupid question, the answer was always no and for some strange reason he doubted that she understood sign language, any form of sign language. A grimace tugged as his lips as he realized that he would have to resort to charades… in public if he was going to jam her single mindedness into her face. Furrowing his eye brows, he held up a single finger… trying to figure out how to explain. Thrusting his pointer finger at her face… was awkward since he had to actually incline his head a bit… he wasn’t going to be taken seriously was he? No, probably not, but he shook his head anyway, making a somewhat heart felt attempt to communicate. With the flat of him palm he used his two fingers to walk across it and then paused as he slid them across as fast as he could, trying to mimic the pink addy’s sudden unexpected and painful movement. Metal benches were not known for being comforting. Of course before he could get any farther, he saw the flash of metal from the corner of his eyes. He never felt comfortable without them on, but the downside was that his peripheral vision was terrible. Instead he jumped back, only to stare slightly dumbfounded at the can now rolling around on the ground completely crumpled.

… He was actually attempting to ‘speak’, even though nearly given up trying entirely… too exhausting and disappointing.

Someone had a sick sense of humor to interrupt that modest attempt with a piece of trash no less, and his head snapped up, scanning the surroundings for the culprit. Alright, he was pretty surprised that it came from the tall dark man that the pink addled addy considering she seemed really intent on following him to the point she ignored her surroundings entirely. Mean he couldn’t hear, but he knew that he made “sound”… sometimes… depends. Vertti caught the can with his foot as it skittered across the pavement, raising an eyebrow as he deciphered the words on the man’s lips… and found his hands buried in his sleeves, in the crook of his elbows once more, entangling his fingers in the fabric. Addys really made no sense, he already knew where the trashcan was. He had a brain even though it was thoroughly underestimated at every turn, yes it was true, at least he could take care of himself. Instead, he shrugged his shoulders at the man, tilting his head at the same time. Oh he knew what was being asked of him, but, if he was getting the tiny moron treatment he wasn’t going to be responsible and actually pick up the trash under his foot. Besides, didn’t like being patronized, especially by weird addys who couldn’t give a care.

Then of course he was forgotten, he watched as the gaze shifted…. Mentally he sighed, of course, it was just a courtesy to make mention of his presence, besides he preferred it.

The stalker better be thanking him, so instead he “waited” and watched, kicking the can up into the air and bouncing it on his shoes. Why? Because he could he supposed. That and he knew it made noise, since this man had interrupted his attempt to “talk” might as well return the favor with the same present he bestowed on him. Should he leave? Oh yes, but since that was likely what was wanted, he was going to be contrary and stay instead. Penalty in a manner for being forgotten, though half of it probably came from the fact he forgot that he wasn’t well on the radar so to speak. Spent too much time around Aster who couldn’t actually ignore him… he should figure out a way to thank her… she spoiled him.

Ignore him, see if he cares... oh wait he does

MEL @ ADOXOGRAPHY

[Angel]

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

~Angry. Totally angry at me. (World revolves around her after all.) Ugh. Today is just not my day, I just can't get a break. I'm great with kids though. I'm the kind of babysitter who can have a tea party and skateboard at the same time, darn it! Not relevant. I know brain. I know. Kid though. Something about walking. Something about that bench. Wasn't I just there? I dunno. Wasn't paying attention. Think I was though. Oh wait. Not paying attention. Shit. Did I run into someone again? Ugh. I thought I learned to not you know. Have to think about that kinda thing. Not the months of learning to use Flash Step again. I lost so much allowance. Ugh. Now the other guy is here too and, ugh. Okay. He's paying attention to me. I got once chance with both of them. Got to make it count. You got this Katie. You can do it.

Katie's brain ran up it's meter, reaching that point of impact. This was the moment. She had to take her stance, dig her heels in, and say.. some words. Even at her accelerated thinking, she was going to start looking like she was hesitating before too long.

"Hey, nice to meet you two." she said. She was actually speaking a bit purposefully, trying to make sure she spoke with clarity.. something about the way this kid was communicating with her was flicking those familiar switching. One of her best friends in the world, a man who knew she had potential and to just make sure did it right. She was, at least prepared for the idea that like him, this kid was reading her lips.

She spoke to the kid first. This man might be brushing her off, but the fact that this kid seemed angry with her quickly shifted him into a higher priority. "Hey. Um. Sorry? I think you're saying I ran into you or something? Can I make it up to you?" she asked. She was surprised though, she hadn't actually felt herself run into someone. Was it her healing factor at work? Something else? Was she becoming immune to pain? That would be a cool super power! Probably not the time. Maybe try it later.

Then, before he could run away being bored.. she spoke to the older guy. "Hey. I dunno. I thought you looked a bit lost, but like you were looking for something. Wanted to know if I could help!" she span it that way on purpose. The reasoning was all excuse, she wanted to lay her trap. Offer to help. She got the impression that this was something this kinda guy might respond to more. Someone being useful. He was probably one of those guys who only cared about people useful to them.. heck, she could be useful! She was the best there is at what she did, which was doing stuff. In her opinion.

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[Dark Lord Maxi]

The girl had spoken, partially answering Maxi's question without stating her name unless her name was "I dunno" which was probably the dumbest name a parent can come up with. Maxi stayed quiet for a second before he could answer that question his usual way, which would probably be just as secluded as the last one. This place was definitely crawling with inhuman beings of different kinds like himself, though he had no clue who this girl was, she had quite the confidence....as well as an appetite of a dozen people in one. Maybe she could be useful, somewhat, but what could she do in a situation of finding a dimensional distortion.

Then there was the kid with the temper, what was his problem.... Oh the girl, maybe she needs to watch where she's going next time to avoid the good ol' can throw in the back of the head again. Maxi didn't necessarily care for the situation since he had nothing to do with it but at the same time, who was this kid, what's his story, is he inhuman too? The Tosatsu Manor was starting to make little to more sense as being an attraction to otherworldly beings, but from where, how are they getting here, and where from?.....the closest realm connected to the human world relatively was the demon world. The girl didn't look like she was from there judging by her clothes, but the kid.....too much thought. Maxi would turn around and continue to head towards the pool area.

"I'm going to the pool, follow me if you want....and that goes for you too kid." Maxi could either be making a nice and kind decision due to a slight change of attitude, or a bad one he'd regret later.


[ BGM: And Then She Came.... ]


Suddenly, bushes had started to move and could be heard from the left of him. Maxi spotted it and would begin to take out his Daggers ready to throw it towards, but he stopped as he made a dumbfounded look as if....

"MAXI!!!!!"

Yup, you guessed it. Ara, Maxi's cheerful but deadly right hand little girl had popped out of the bushes and tackled him to the ground. She started nuzzling his chest with happiness to be reunited with her master. Maxi on the other hand, wasn't. "Ngh, would you get off me damn it?!" Maxi had grabbed her by her collar and threw her into the air, just before she gently landed on both her feet gracefully with a smile. Maxi looked at her with a pissed off expression and yelled, "I thought I told you to stay at the hotel?!"


"Aweeee but I wanted to come out and play!!" Ara, as said before, is a pain in the ass when it comes to stalking Maxi, and perhaps she's a bad listener after all, but she was Ouma for a reason. Her whole appearance would probably have people be less intimidated by her, but little did they all know, they should probably stay away from her. She slowly turned her face to the little girl behind him with a blank stare, the "I dunno" girl. Seconds later, she turned back to Maxi and pointed her finger towards her.


"Master who is that bimbo over there, can I kill her?" As soon as the word "bimbo" came out, Maxi's face turned hysterical nervous as he charged to her and covered her mouth. He'd whisper, "She's a friend okay....be nice, and don't you dare blow our cover, for so help me you won't live to see another day." Maxi would signal the two to follow.

[Aphelion]

I see the spine of the world, I know its mine twisted and tied

Vertti kept bouncing the can every few seconds, simply because he could, and also on the account that looking a bit too curious would imply that he was envious or some other nonsense. Stalked meet stalker? Like he was going to miss out on this one, wanted to see how it played out. That probably constituted as strange. Honestly, he had only been glancing between their faces, more of a spectator as he continued to presume that he would remain so since, clearly the shocking pink addy desired attention from the other. Though nice to meet him too? Ha, that was such a stock phrase, he was “glad” to meet her too in a completely different manner, but of course she probably meant it to her current source of attention… with a smile to boot. Except, something was off and he couldn’t place what was strange. His lips pulled downward almost in a pout as he focused on the woman addy, trying to understand exactly what the change was.... Nothing of importance, but in his musing well, he might have let his guard down a bit, a tad. All he could do was blink as he tilted his head to the side, raising up one eyebrow genuinely surprised. An observer that was what he was. A kid, that was what he was, so it should be obvious that he would likely be just pushed aside when the target addy came waltzing up to her. This… this made no sense to him. Why prioritize the apparent kid, when it was clear to him from her inattentiveness early that she much rather desire to talk to the other addy? Mean, maybe it would make sense if she had nodded dumbly and just tried to foist him off on his phantom parents, then that would make sense.

Did the world just turn upside down? It was currently making less sense than it normally did and arguably, he felt it had become even less sensible than the Shadow Plane. Sometimes when he was here, it just felt like the proverbial rug kept getting pulled from under his feet.

Because yes, the pink addy, she understood. She actually tried, made an attempt to communicate with him, trying to confirm what he was attempting to get across and she got it right mostly. Yeah, there had been a few addys that had attempted to communicate with him on some level, except eventually he tired them out or it was just a meaningless “kind” frustrating gesture. The can rolled underneath his slowly tapping heel, until it was half crushed and he barely noticed. He grimaced, not out of annoyance, but because nothing was adding up in his head. Though… he supposed he should at least humor her, since she had paid attention, even though he had no idea why she was putting effort into this particular endeavor. Vertti looked a way for a few seconds his finger feeling… strangely heavy, as he shook his head stiffy vertically, a small yes. It was followed by a slight shrug of his shoulders, made slightly more difficult as his blunt dirt ridden nails still managed to cling to the fabric as he gripped both of his arms. Not like she could make it up to him, and so he shook his head, looking back with bite…. Silently writing on the walls, just make sense, just make sense. The overt amount of “kindness” or rather attention in this… social situation made him doubt for a second. He managed to furrow both eyebrows, much rather appear annoyed, than be confused and vulnerable… just had to wait for the moment it made sense. With leaden fingers he pointed at her and repeated the motion, dragging his fingers along the palm with speed before tapping his goggles. Closest he could get to his eyes without taking the goggles off at least. Was pretty sure the message was obvious.

Then it just all clicked… and finally the world made sense again for all of five seconds.

The next words that tumbled out of her mouth… that made sense, yes he was just a curiosity, he’d been right the entire time, as her attention turned towards the older and taller addy… a courtesy. Without realizing it, he let out a tiny sigh… his shoulders relaxing a bit and his lower arms crossed, but with fingers splayed across the fabric instead of actually digging into it. Uh huh, he was a kid, but he knew that little tactic… actually probably why he knew it. Earnestly asking to help, just to be there… ha well he used it a bit, usually with much more flailing since he couldn’t directly ask most of the time. He looked back and forth, curious if the stalked addy was going to fall for it… mean he didn’t really have any idea whether or not that was considered “adorable” or not for her, but… usually that was what sold it. Not that he was adorable, he was tiny so it was probably the contrast. That and he was a surprisingly good worker, he usually wasn’t faking that bit. He couldn’t help, but feel somewhat vindicated, mostly because he was right, no real interest in him, oh no its for the big boy. It caused his lips to curve a bit upwards… until the awkward bombshell hit him square in the face. He could tolerate being chided and patronized, but… going to the pool with two strangers broke all the common sense rules. Heard about stranger danger? Yeah, that was a thing, then again he wasn’t exactly normal. Then again he couldn’t help, but cringe, at the invitation.

Mostly because despite the man’s… uh… appearance… it was so out of the blue and awkward… just like how he mentioned the trash can that yes, he, a kid knew of.

He went back to blinking, and staring, his mouth half open if only because… once again nothing made sense. Except, he wasn’t fully unaware. Nope, he’d learn more than a few things from his… time in other planes. The moment the award addy tensed was the moment that he immediately narrowed his eyes and side stepped a bit, his own body tensed, unsure what was about to happen. No, he didn’t miss the dumbfounded look, more so, that made it all the more curious and flipped too many switches on in his brain as his focused narrowed. It took some deep breathing through the nostrils before… he could process that the entity that had leapt out of the bushes was clearly not a threat. He tucked his chin to his chest almost out of embarrassment turning his head the other way slightly… letting the younger show as much affection as she desired…. Partly because he was about to smack her with a mental wave and half because he was naturally of a private nature… most of the time… sorta. Vertti took a few steps back, attempting to resume his relaxed stance off to the side, which he managed to a degree. This was… embarrassing… and a frown graced his features as he couldn’t quite settle down. He was beginning to doubt that he was on the Material Plane at all... and that he was in a strange perverted colored version of it....

|Damon Gant: "Swimming anyone?"| Mood Music

MEL @ ADOXOGRAPHY

[Angel]

☆ ★ Just take my hand. We're gonna reach for the stars! ★ ☆

Somewhere along the conversation, Katie Weathers had remembered that he had a tray of delicious goodness in her hands. So as the conversation went along, she started taking tasty bites of nachos again. Her stomach already needed to feed the beast again, she supposed, because she had been running around so much huh?

The one who had attempted to converse with her was definitely the one who got her first attention, namely the kid. The other guy seemed to be mostly eyeballing and making occasional little grimaces of what she could only assume was annoyances, whatever was going on in his head was left in there.

Apparently her and the kid weren't the best of friends yet, which was an awful sort of shame. Oh well. He had given her the stank eye of criticism along with another walking motion on his hands and had motion towards his peepers. She figured if she had caused him to land on his butt, that it might take a bit more then an apology.

Well now, he wasn't making it hard to understand him was he? She was glad for that. She over enthusiastically nodded along with her own words, "Yeah, I really need to watch where I'm going huh?" She said, after having gulped down a rather impressive bit of food. She held out the tray to him, "You want some? Watch out for the green stuff, it's hot hot hot." she said, making a point about the peppers. She obviously thought she was so adorable and hilarious with that face she was making. Maybe she could win his heart the same way her heart was won.. with food!

Tall and dark finally started talking again, and had an interesting offer.. and he ignored really responding to anything she said and jumping right to a sudden offer to take her to the pool. She glanced over at the kid, sort of assuming that this must be this socially awkward and stoic man's attempt to be friendly. "You wanna? Pool could be fun. Ice cream. Don't worry, I'll beat him up if he turns out to be a creeper." she said, smiling as gave the kid a thumbs up. Obviously the thought process that this kid could consider her a creeper as well never came to mind. No way! She was an adorable teenage girl with spunk and flair, no one could ever think the worst of her at all.

They walking along a bit following this man, letting him lead where he may.. when a sudden burst of sound came from a nearby bush. Katie didn't spring into action in this moment, but she did stand back a bit shocked.. avoiding getting in the way in a very animated fashion. "Waaaah!" Thankfully this shifty little ninja proved to not be a kunoichi of pain, but one of glomps as she embraced the man in front of her.

Yeaaaaah. Katie couldn't help but smirk a little. The way this girl talked in that overly cute tone and then followed it it her specially chosen demeaning insults. The way she ignored the kid's presence but not her own. The way she made physical contact with this man so quickly. Yes. It was all a loud shout to the fact that she wanted it know that she had claimed him. He was her's. Katie could back off. Hey kid, no worries.. she wasn't interested in that way. Most a guy like this would ever be would be just a fun night.

Perhaps a bit more alarming is all this possessiveness was coming from a girl looked about as old as the other kid. Was it sorta one of those strange anime big brother little sister stuff? Although she had called him Master... ooh, the sort of conclusions a girl could reach about such a word! A creeper indeed!

Or perhaps it was the other thing and simply that her alarming and strange appearance, mannerisms that seem a bit off, and the way he was already being shifty and sharing secrets with her alluded to the fact that she was just far from normal. Well yeah, she was quickly doubting that she was a normal kid. Perhaps she was even more anime trope then Katie had realized!

"No worries, I'm not here to steal your onii-chan." she said, smirking. "Me and my friend here." Motioning towards the goggled lad. "Were just looking to score some sweet ice cream and maybe a dip in a pool."

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