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Post by Red400 on Jun 16, 2007 17:05:49 GMT -5
(( Sorry for saying this, but only two people can join. 3 or more is too much for me. )) Karel's portal appeared in one of the corners in the third district. A moment later, Karel appeared and the portal disappeared. He looked around, with a very puzzled look on his face. He had never seen this town before. Before he teleported, Karel was training in the castle of Hollow Bastion, but now he found himself in some other place. Karel though to himself,'Wow....This place is amazing...' It was night time, and the lights were dim enough to see the stars cleary. The sky is what got Karel's attention the most. He had never seen anything like it in Hollow Bastion. However, Karel had to find a way to get back into his own world again. He was afraid of using his power again, since it might take him to another world. Karel decided to find someone or something that can help him. Karel was walking slowly and his eyes looking up to the sky, lost in his thoughts. He thought that since he was going to look for help, he might as well enjoy the scenery as well. Karel looked back down and saw a big door and some stairs. He decided to look at what the big door had on the other side. He opened the door and saw that there were more places in this part of the town. Karel began walking to the cafe; Before he looked for help, he wanted a little break. Karel sat down and looked at the menu, looking for any kind of drink.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2007 17:26:53 GMT -5
His second town, and what a town! So.. This was Traverse Town? It definitely fit its name, though it was another all night town. He was excepting it to be an all morning town, or something like that. The boy walked around a corner, and shrugged, just taking in the sites that he saw. This is what he was doing, to travel around the universe, looking at the most spectacular worlds, and become stronger then his sister. Though, it seemed that wasn't going to happen, since he hadn't found much training lately.
Anoka looked around, and found a door, narrowly opened. His head popped around the door to see if he might be intruding on anything. Seeing that it was another district of the town, and let his whole body be shown, and continued to walk through the door. Anoka found this was the first district, and began to wonder why he didn't end up here in the first place. He shrugged the thought off, and looked at a strange mail box. "What the?" Anoka slide over to it, and began examining the box with a tongue sticking out of it. He just laughed a bit at the peculiar design, and continued on.
As he continued down the large, free space at the front of the first district, he noticed someone looking at a menu near the cafe. Not wanting to be rude, he thought of trying to get the guy to notice him. Anoka walked over to the cafe, and took a seat at a table next to Karel. He also lifted a menu, and began to scan through it. Anoka became pleased with some of the choices, that he nearly forgot about Karel.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 16, 2007 17:39:28 GMT -5
Karel finally found a drink; a hot cup of coco. It was something he was use to having. Karel saw a waitress coming up to him. Karel was kind of nervous to talking, but he tried to act normal. The waitress asked him, 'Have you decided?' Karel nodded his head a bit and said, "I would like a cup of coco, please." He was surprised that he didn't stutter his words, as the waitress smiled and said,'Your coco shall be here shortly.'
Karel just nodded his head and put his menu aside. The waitress went into the back area to make the coco. When she left, Karel let out a sigh of relief. He was glad that he was able to talk to someone without stuttering. Karel looked around the cafe and noticed someone else was here, sitting at a table next to his.
Karel didn't even noticed the person before. When he saw him, he jumped from his seat a little bit. Karel was embrassed that he was scared of someone just because he hadn't seen him before. Karel said to the guy, almost mumbling his words, "Sorry that I was startled by you...."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2007 21:13:28 GMT -5
Anoka stared at the text in the menu, and began to get a bit frustrated. "All this stuff is in the Twilight Town menu, nothing original! This is so stupid!.." Anoka continued on with some more random, and useless babbling. He was muttering to himself, his eyes continuing to move up and down the menu. His frustration was short lived though, as he did see some specials that weren't on his home menu. "There we go! Something original.." Anoka's eyes came out from the menu, and looked around. He blushed a bit, even though there wasn't anyone else there, except for Karel.
Anoka was a bit startled by the voice that he heard. Anoka looked around, and saw that it was the very person he was trying to meet that talked to him. "I should apologize. I didn't mean to startle you, I should have picked a table farther away, I can move if you want." Anoka sounded as polite as anything, but he couldn't help it, it was how he was.
Another waiter came out of the back, and came up to Anoka. He asked him what Anoka wanted, and he said he wasn't ready yet. The waiter nodded, and turned around, heading back where he came. Anoka sighed a bit, and looked at a picture that was up on the walls. "He seems kind of jittery. Wonder what he thinks of me? Probably thinks I'm some little kid..."
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Post by Red400 on Jun 16, 2007 21:53:54 GMT -5
Karel was a bit confused about the man. At first, he was saying random things like he was mad, then he went to a mood swing and became quiet. Karel now was slightly scared of the man now, but he didn't show it. He didn't mention anything after he apologized to the man.
Karel noticed one waiter come up to the man, Then soon followed his waitress, with the cup of coco. Karel almost forgotten about person as he waited for his cup of coco to come to him. When the waitress finally arrived, the waitress said, 'Enjoy. Please pay at the front.' Karel just nodded as he said ,"Thank you." The waitress made another smile as she left to go to the back counter again.
Karel took a sip of the drink quickly, which wasn't a wise decision. The drink with still giving off a small smoke, he just gulped it down. The drink quickly burned his entire mouth, which made him flinch. Karel quickly put his cup on the table as he put both of his hands to his mouth, trying to cover his yelp of pain.
It took about 10 seconds before it started to cool. Karel was feeling even more embrassed than before. He tried not to blush out of embrassment, but it was hard not to. Karel said to the man, while holding his tounge out, "I guess were even now."
Karel then remembered the reason why he came here; He needed some help getting back to Hollow Bastion. Karel decided to at least know the person a bit better, then asked him howto get back to Hollow Bastion. Karel said to him, "By the way, I'm Karel. Who are you?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2007 22:07:11 GMT -5
Anoka noticed that another one came, and it was a waitress. He looked over to Karel, and watched as she set down the cup of coco. Looked good, but Anoka didn't really want anything at the moment, especially since he didn't really have any munny.
Anoka jumped a bit again when Karel said something. He looked around and realized it was him who Karel was talking to. "Huh.. What do you mean by that?" Anoka was a bit slow at the moment but eventually caught on to what he was talking about. "Oh I get what your talking about." Anoka smiled a bit and looked around.
"Oh.. I'm sorry... My name is Anoka, very nice to meet you!" Anoka stuck out his hand for a handshake. It seemed like the right thing to do at the moment.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 16, 2007 22:24:33 GMT -5
Karel wondered how long it would take for the man to catch his small joke. It was a little slow, but at least he catched on quick. Karel took a sip of drink, being careful not to gulp the thing again. Karel still felt a sting in his mouth, but it wasn't as bad as his first one.
Karel shooked his head as the man introduce himself. He tried to put the name into memory. Karel noticed that Anoka stuck out one of his hands to shake his hand. Karel didn't want to be rude, so he just shook his hand. However, it showed off the emblem that he had on his armband. It was cross between a nobody and a heartless, which would of probably scared people.
Karel quickly took his hand back after shaking his hand for a couple of seconds; The last thing he needed was the town to think that he was an enemy. Karel slightly moved his body to the point where he thought Anoka couldn't see it.
Karel quickly wanted to say something else before Anoka asked any questions. He asked him, "Soooo...Is this you first time here in this world? By the way, Do you know the name of this town?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2007 22:51:31 GMT -5
Anoka did notice that Karel was hesitant at first, but eventually did shake his hand. "Hmm.. Maybe I should have waited till he was done with his coco.." Anoka moved his lips to the left side of his face, obvious that he was thinking something through. He also did notice the armband on Karel's arm, and tried to examine it. He didn't get a good look at it, however.. Since Karel took his hand back so quickly. "Thats why he was hesitant." The image stayed in Anoka's head, as it was good enough to be able to tell what it was. Anoka wasn't one to judge right off the bat, so he would ask before anything.
Anoka began to open his mouth but saw that Karel had already asked him a question. Anoka sighed a bit, and nodded his head. "Yup, first time here. And I believe this place is called Traverse Town." Anoka looked at the town a bit, and smiled. "Is this your first time too? It seems like a nice town, though I like my home planet better."
Anoka patted down his pants a bit, and looked at Karel. He moved around in his seat a bit, trying to get comfortable in the wooden chair he sat in. Anoka's hand slipped down, and he fell to the side. And on top of that, he accidentally created a small magically orb around his hand, as a sword appeared. This wasn't a good thing. He didn't like to show off his powers right off the bat. Anoka quickly dismissed the sword, and got back up into the seat. "Sorry about that.." Anoka looked to the ground, hoping he hadn't noticed the sword.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 17, 2007 15:27:37 GMT -5
Karel was glad that Anoka didn't ask about the armband. He didn't know much about it himself, which was another reason why he didn't want to talk about it. 'Traverse Town...' Karel thought to himself. He had actually heard about it before; Karel overheard people talking about one day in the market-place. They said it was some what similiar to Hollow Bastion's new design, but he couldn't really make a connection between them.
Karel looked off in a different direction, just to look around the new town. He still payed small attention to what Anoka was doing as he was sitting down. Karel looked back at Anoka. The next thing he saw caught him completely off-guard, and it probably would with anyone else. Karel suddenly saw a sword appeared, out of thin-air, in Anoka's hand. It surprised him so much that he almost fell off from his chair as he jumped back a little.
Karel did feel a little bit provoke, but an apologly from Anoka settled him down. He began to calm down more, then he remembered that Anoka asked him a question before the sword appeared. Karel said to him,"Yes, this is my first time here as well. And I came here by.....accident." Karel decided not to mention about the sword appearing, since he guessed that Anoka would ask him about his armband.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2007 19:07:46 GMT -5
Anoka noticed the bit of shock the followed the quietness in Karel. It must have been the sword that suddenly appeared. Not many people knew of Anoka's power, making him seem harmless. Key blade bearers couldn't sense another key blade, or any other type of magical aura, making him no threat. Others couldn't sense any super natural powers that he had, making him seem harmless. Anoka did rather enjoy it, because it usually meant he would never have to fight anyone. But there was the few that were very wise, and knew there was much more than meets the eye.
"I'm sorry, I've been rather rude..." Anoka bowed a bit from where he was sitting. 'Came here by accident...' Anoka wanted to ask about this. He also wanted to ask about the armband, since it seemed Karel was trying to hide it. Might as well break the ice, since it didn't seem Karel was going to. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but that armband, it is rather peculiar. Where did you get it from?" Anoka tried to seem as harmless as anything, to try not to provoke, or threaten Karel in any way.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 17, 2007 19:24:49 GMT -5
Karel noticed that Anoka was bowing a bit, which was something different to him. He had never seen someone bow during an apologly before. Still, Karel shrug it off as he said," It's okay. It just caught me off guard that's all." Karel had hoped that his plan was working, but it soon back-fired on him.
Karel could already tell what he was going to ask with his next sentence, before he even mentioned about the armband. Karel let him finished his question, before giving his answer. He sort of sighed a little bit, disappointed that he couldn't change the subject anymore. Karel paused for a moment before saying,"To tell the truth, I don't know where I got it from...I remember waking up in Hollow Bastion and the armband was already on me." Since they were already talking about it, Karel didn't want to make the effort to change the subject again.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2007 20:01:04 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Again with the apologies. Anoka held on to his chair rather tightly, trying not to make the same mistake again.
Anoka realized this was a question that Karel really didn't want to answer, but unfortunately it was going to be answered. It really didn't bother Anoka right now, he was to curious at the moment. "Oh... Don't get any offense by this." Anoka paused for a moment, and took a deep breath. "You can tell me the truth. If your afraid I'll be treating you differently because of the symbols.. I won't. If you have a tie between the heartless, or the nobodies.. Thats fine with me. The way I see it, is if you were evil like that, you'd probably be doing something evil already."
Anoka was just making a guess, from the response of Karel, it didn't appear he was telling the truth. "Like I said, I apologize if I went to far.. I believe you on the other hand. I just wanted to know if that was the case." Anoka sat there, waiting for a response. It kind of got a bit awkward, and Anoka moved a bit.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 18, 2007 12:11:36 GMT -5
Karel heard Anoka apologize again. He didn't want to say it out loud, but it was starting to get a little bit annoying to him. He just nodded his head as he said," It's nothing..."
Karel heard Anoka take a deep breath, then he went on to say about his symbol thing. If Karel knew anymore about it, he would of told him in his first explanation. Unfortunaly, that wasn't the case. Karel then heard another apology from Anoka. It went from annoying to a little irratating. Karel sighed under his breath as he said to him, "You don't have to apologize after every sentence..."
He paused for a moment, then he said," If I knew anymore about this symbol, I would of told you, but....that's all I know. Still, because of this, I have powers that most people would consider....evil." Because he was a heartless and a nobody, he had control of the darkness, which most people usually don't have.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2007 15:01:40 GMT -5
Anoka noticed that Karel was getting rather irritated. But at what? What was Anoka doing? He looked around a bit, and checked himself out to make sure he wasn't accidentally doing something, or had something on him that was annoying. He looked up when Karel told him he didn't have to apologize, and he felt a bit embarrassed. "Oh.. s-.. I mean.. Okay." Anoka just breathed in deeply, and shrugged this off.
Anoka was a bit surprised at the statement of his powers. 'Evil?' He wouldn't judge, not yet. It wouldn't be right, Anoka had just met this person. Judging him because of his powers was a bit far fetched. "What do you mean by that? Do you control darkness or something?" Anoka was getting intrigued. Though he realized by opening this conversation to powers, that Karel might ask Anoka about his. He stuttered a bit, trying to find words to say. "Uh- Um. Hey.. So since your powers.. Are evil to people.. Or whatever. You have ties with the heartless or nobodies?"
He now just realized that Karel didn't answer his question about this. Did he have a connection with them? He wouldn't have guessed he was actually both, since he never encountered the organization XIII Or Roxas.. Or anyone else that was like that. The only heartless and/or nobodies he'd seen, were just mindless beings that went around searching for who knows what.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 18, 2007 16:01:28 GMT -5
Karel was beginning to realize to what he said to Anoka. 'Evil' wasn't the right term to use, which made him feel dumb about saying it now. Surely, Anoka would of thought differently about the subject. Karel then heard Anoka's question....questions. Karel answered his first question. "Yeah, I have some power over the darkness..." He said it with a lower tone, since he didn't want people to hear about it. Out of the whole time they were talking, Karel had forgotten about his coco. He looked back to see where it was. Once he found it, he grabbed it and took a sip of it. Unfortunaly, the coco cooled down much quicker than he thought; It was already at the border between cold and warm. Still, it was good to drink.
Karel held the cup as Anoka continued on with his questions. The last question Anoka asked him was a confusing one. 'A connection?' Karel thought. It was his first time anyone asked him this, so he really didn't know how to respond. Karel shrug as he said, "If you consider summoning nobodies and heartless a connection. Other than that, I don't know any other connection I have with them. Karel decided to wait a little bit before he asked his questions.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2007 16:10:37 GMT -5
Anoka looked around, and noticed that not a lot of people were in the cafe at the moment. He was talking in a hush tone, so that anyone else that might be around, couldn't listen in either. He gathered from Karel, that he didn't want people to know about his powers. "Wow.. Thats cool. I guess I could see how people would mistake that. I was always told that darkness was never necessarily evil. Just misunderstood." Anoka repeated the words his father told him. He didn't understand the importance of that phrase, but after listening to Karel, he understood it much better.
"Thats.. Interesting.." Anoka's facial features began to sink into his face. He could summon them? If Karel was good, then why was he able to summon an evil source? Or maybe they weren't evil either. Misunderstood? No.. Then why would they do all the horrible things they've done? Anoka wanted to ask, but figured it was best to leave it.
Anoka looked at Karel's arm, probably were the armband would be if it wasn't under his shirt. "Maybe.. Its because of the band?" Anoka didn't mean to say that to Karel, he was trying to think it. But it was too late now, its not like he could rewind time. "Well, since I said it... Is it because of the armband." Anoka was already informed that Karel was getting bothered by the questions. But he had to keep his questions up so Karel wouldn't want to ask him anything. Unfortunately, it was bound to happen.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 18, 2007 19:26:31 GMT -5
Karel just nodded as Anoka responded to his answers. One good point that he made was that darkness was misunderstood. Karel said to him,"It really depends on what people consider it to be. You call it 'misunderstod', but even I consider it 'evil', after having it for almost 5 years. Karel sort of leaned his chair back, as Anoka continued.
He saw the expression on his face when he said that he could summon both nobodies and heartless. It wasn't a surprise to Karel; anyone given that kind of information would of felt a little bit uncomfortable when they were sitting next to someone like Karel. He stopped leaning on his chair as Anoka's thoughts escape through his mouth.
The armband subject came about again. It was something that he wasn't too proud of wearing in public, which was why he is timid to go to public places. But yet, here he was, talking about it. Karel said to Anoka," I guess so....I couldn't summon neither of them until I had this armband on me."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2007 21:34:38 GMT -5
Anoka cocked his head at Karel's remark. Well, he was right. It depended on how people looked at it. Some people only saw the evil part of darkness, and then would dismiss any of it as pure evil. Anoka shook his head in a spiritual way. Thats what made them worse, seeing others only reflect the things they've seen, and not even give the actual individual a chance.
And then there were others who only knew of the misunderstood.. Or whatever you wanted to call it. People like Anoka, who were bliss to the actual things that could be lingering in ones heart. They think the world is all flowers and bunnies, and don't see the grim reality. People become bitter, hateful, angry, hungry for vengeance. Sometimes it wasn't their own bidding. But in the end, it was the choice by the weakened heart.
"I may have called it that, because normally it is. But yes.. You are right. Ones outlook on those are always different. I see you as kind at the moment." Anoka smiled wanting Karel to know that he had his complete trust. "I guess I was a little scared at first, knowing someone had power over those things.." Anoka lowered his head a bit. A solemn moment came to pass, the bangs of Anoka's hair falling lightly over his eyes, so they were covered in a shadow.
But immediately, life came back into the boy. "That would be so awesome, ya know? Not only do you have all this cool powers over darkness, but you can also control one of the most powerful beings in this universe? You must feel great! I mean, you would have to be someone very special to be given such a great power, right?" Over ex tactic was radiating from the kid right now. The mood didn't fit at the moment, especially the eerie way he just changed like that.
"My power.. Sheesh.. Its nothing.. Its only-" Anoka had a look on his face that was priceless. His teeth were shown, and were bitting down as hard as they could. The expression was saying 'crap.. I was just about to give away something..' "You know.. Nothing special. But yours!---" And he continued on, trying to get Karel from realizing his small mess up.
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Post by Red400 on Jun 19, 2007 11:45:05 GMT -5
It was amazing how fast they were talking about subjects that were personal in such a short time. Even Karel was amazed that he was talking about his darkness with someone that he had only known for about 10 minutes. Yet, he was developing a sort of trust with Anoka. Plus, Karel has been hiding his powers since he had them; he was bound to reval it to someone sooner or later.
Karel just nodded his head as Anoka went on with his sentences. He could understand that Anoka would be just a little freak-out with someone like Karel. Still, Karel trust Anoka enough to know that he wouldn't go againest him. He noticed that Anoka was putting his head down, almost like he was trying to hide the expression on his face. But Karel couldn't tell as Anoka went on to talk about his power of the nobodies and heartless.
Karel had to make a small disagreement. "It's true that I can summon nobodies and heartless....but I cannot summon both of them at the same time. Not only that, but the only two that I can summon are Neo-Shadows and Dusks, which are the basic kind of the two." Karel hadn't fully controlled his darkness to the point where he can summon other types of heartless and nobodies.
Karel's eyes opened a little lit as Anoka went with his conversation. He heard Anoka mentioning about his powers; something that Karel wanted to ask him. After seeing a sword pop out of nowhere, it was something you can't forget. He saw and heard Anoka, trying to close off his sentence. The expression on his face was priceless to Karel. Karel laughed a little bit. He paused a little bit before saying, "A sword coming out in thin-air isn't a normal power. How did you do that, anyway?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2007 18:47:42 GMT -5
Wow.. Had he really been talking about all this stuff with Karel. Wait.. He was asking all the questions. And now that he thought about it, he really was! Anoka bit his lip a bit.. Knowing answering some of Karel's was the only way to get even.. Since it was unfair for Anoka to get all the answers. But he knew what was coming. The reason why he was so embarrassed about his powers.. Was unknown to almost everyone. Even Celes.
There was one incounter.. And Anoka fought someone with this power. They saw it, and made fun of it. Saying things that were so cruel towards it. How could this power be any good? And to make things worse.. Anoka had lost to this person. This was the reason why he hated having people see his powers. It was instilled in his mind that everyone was going to act the same way.
Anoka had snapped back when he heard Karel talk, and acted like he was listening the whole time. Anoka nodded his head a bit, still extremely impressed by the power. "Still.. I think it is very awesome!" Truthfully, Karel's power intrigued him very much. Probably if he had met some other people, it wouldn't have made him so interested by it.
Anoka had noticed the little chuckle that he had given off, and cocked his head a bit. Then he realized it must have been the face, and Anoka blushed a little bit. Then he heard the question he didn't want to hear.. But he would have to answer it.
"Alright.. My sister explained it to me in a easy to understand way. I don't know if I can duplicate what she said, but I'll try." Anoka sighed a bit, and then began to talk. "I'm able to summon whatever weapon.. Or armor I think of. Like the sword.. Or a hammer.. Or ax.. Whatever! And at the same time too.. So I could have a sword and hammer out.. And stuff like that. It is a type of magic..Which is why I can summon them anywhere.. Or use them from a distance." Anoka paused a bit, trying to see what his reaction might be. "I don't really understand it completely.. But I do have good control over it."
Anoka didn't mean to gloat, he even shrugged a bit to show that he was trying to say something else. From how his mind thought about his powers, he was trying to say 'It is cool! I can use it dangerously!' Even before Karel's reaction, he was thinking in his mind that Karel would begin to laugh.
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