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Post by JeY k on Jul 11, 2014 22:32:52 GMT -5
[OOC: Fair warning, JeY is a bit of a potty mouth here :V Nero's fault (as usual)]
The situation continued to grow worse. The torn-to-pieces Heartless seemed saddened by Nero's presence, even calling out to him at some point. Sure, it had avoided attacking Nero most of that time but the loud mouth boy fought back and was most certainly not applying an act. He didn't even seemed phase by the Heartless calling out to him; if he was trying to make a scene or playing innocence he would've drawn more attention to the incidence than that.
What's worse, this guy started calling JeY his lord. His ego enjoyed the praise for a moment, but there was something seriously wrong here. If this guy was truly the culprit, he put on a damn good act. However, acting natural wasn't the reaction that guaranteed a plea of innocence. Except... what the did instead... no, that wasn't natural either. Something wasn't adding up. JeY closed his eyes and took a deep breath. First thing's first.
"Liralis. A pleasure." JeY nodded toward the suit of armor, a slight head-bow of his own to acknowledge her own gesture. "Nero; also a pleasure, if by pleasure you mean jamming nonsense down everyone's throat in the flavor of of me being a total dickbag. Don't forget you're just as much of a piece of shit as I am." JeY glared toward the boy, but this was normal. Seemed they had a real mystery on their hands to solve. Nero was the first to make the connections besides JeY himself, that he was aware of.
"Good to know you're more than a sarcasm machine yourself, smartass, it was definitely under control, and you're being framed harder than your dick in the sight of anything slightly resembling a woman." While initially still looking at Nero, he would turn to the others around who represented females. "No offence."
JeY then turned back to the man kneeling before him. Now to deal with the real reason JeY showed his presence in the slightest. "Remember how I said 'playing dumb will make this harder'? Here's your last chance." JeY would start to crouch in front of the kneeling man as he spoke, and directly after he finished his last syllable he would attempt to both stand up and knee the man in the face hard enough to get him slightly airborn, cupping his hands (if he succeeded) in order to potentially slam them into the back of the man's head sending him straight back to the ground. JeY would brandish an odachi blade and lay the tip on his neck regardless of the results of the previous intents.
"I'm a terrible human being, and you better believe I'd love to know how other terrible humans work." Well, he was surely one tough customer. "And please, spare me the 'lord' crap, if anyone needs a butler it's that useless hunk of meat," JeY said, gesturing toward the boy. He was convinced Nero wasn't the summoner here, especially since the dog was still around. JeY would be able to feel that power looming in the boy, but his aura still only portrayed basic human essence.
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Post by Himeiji on Jul 11, 2014 23:24:29 GMT -5
Himeiji didn't bat an eye at all to what was happening, her ever persistent gaze remained even after the battle. Black Heart was still in control, seeing the remaining pieces of the creature crawling towards the boy who was more obnoxious than what he was worth. Maybe that thing either frightening him or sneaking in a fatal shot on him would be necessary to dull his tongue. As for the strange man who was dressed like a butler, Himeiji looked him up and down, her own senses being able to see the make up of his energy quite clearly. There were some key "strands" in his own energy that she was able to find that radiated within the giant Heartless.
"Yet he still feigns ignorance and even tries to offer himself to the boy who jumped in at the last minute. What an interesting angle he's trying to play at. Whatever, I'm not needed here. Tch." Black Heart felt the pain in Himeiji's body, the warm blood running inside her armor. She turned her back on the rest of them, for Himeiji wasn't awake just yet, and speaking with all of these people seemed pointless since they didn't care too much for each other's presence anyways. Hime started forward, leaving the area, but stopping suddenly to leave behind a suggestion. "Kill him. I can see it on him that he'll be a bit of a wildcard to control. Then again, he is offering himself to you, so it's your call."
That was all she had to say and do, she wasn't interested any longer. Despite Black Heart's own cynicism towards life, she cared much more for Himeiji and knew she had to get her some place to rest. Those wounds would eventually take care of themselves thanks to her body, but she still needed something a lot more suitable than just a dank alleyway. For now, she just focused on getting out of there before her injuries became apparent to the others.
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Post by Prythian on Jul 12, 2014 0:43:07 GMT -5
Liralis glanced towards Himeiji. She didn't particularly care too much what was going on with either her or this person that JeY had accosted. She wasn't even sure entirely what was being insinuated here... had that Heartless tried to address the boy, the one that had come up to fight with her? Someone that JeY had known, in fact. As JeY flung insults at... 'Nero'? She couldn't help but be both surprised and amused. As powerful at the combat of words as you are physical combat, I see. In any case...
She turned and walked over towards Himeiji. If you would, meet up with me again. You have enough strength that I am eager to test it against my own. Liralis inclined her head in a gesture of respect, before turning back to Nero, JeY, and the man. I suppose I might as well wait here and see what, exactly, is going on here. She flicked her right hand and the yellow orbs flew towards it, forming a yellow hexagon, which she reached into and pulled out a bottle of oil wrapped in some soft cloth.
Liralis raised herself into the air, the blue orbs connecting themselves into the hexagon-like shield and lying flat, which she placed the bottle and cloth on, and then casually reached down and... pulled off one of her boots, revealing no body beyond that. Hardly a surprise to JeY; he already knew she was an empty shell of armor. But to the others, perhaps shocking. She dripped some oil onto the cloth, placed the bottle back on the shield, and began polishing the outside of the boot. Ignore me; I've needed to do this for a while now.
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Post by Nero Bleu on Jul 12, 2014 2:33:47 GMT -5
Rolling his eyes as the Heartless reached out for him, Nero would spit on it before it disappeared. It was a cute attempt from whoever was aiming to frame him, but Nero could bank in on the fact that he had no sort of powers, so he was safe there. Still, JeY felt it necessary to point out he was being framed, resulting in Nero slapping his palm over his face. "Jiminy Jim-jam, you really think I'm being framed, JeY?! Who would've thought?!" Kneeling down and pulling his pistol out of it's holster, the teen would slide out the clip and pop the round out of the chamber as he slid a damp cloth out of his satchel. "Really though, JeY? Using a dick joke? That's a pretty low form of comedy on it's own. Not gonna lie, I feel a little let down, you normally have wittier insults than that for me. Don't tell me you've ran out of them, JeYberdoodles, that'll just break my heart." Shooting JeY a sarcastic smile, Nero would slam the clip back into his pistol, having finished cleaning it. Honestly, Nero was about to head on out of here and away from these people, but being framed like that... that just pissed him off.
While JeY was intent on accusing the man who had shot the ice spell, Nero would glance over at the sword wielding woman. Liralis, as Nero heard JeY call her, wasn't one that Nero could say he'd necessarily get along with, but she seemed innocent in all this. She seemed to just be another goody-goody, like many people he had met in his travels. The woman who had come out of the shadows during the fight... Nero wasn't too sure about her. She may have been very active during the fight, but that could also be used against her. After all, attacking the beast constantly would be the perfect way to appear innocent, and the fact that she wanted to leave right away made him even more cautious towards her. Luckily, the armored women would approach the girl asking her to stick around, Allowing Nero not to call her out just yet. Looking down at his partner, Nero would see that Koji was still incredibly tense, giving Nero the feeling that his theory of one of the two were behind the Heartless' action had a bit more merit. Simply placing his right hand flat in the dog's head and gently pushing down, Nero would calm his dog down, causing the dog to lay down at his feet, still giving the strangers a bit of a glare. "Easy there, bud" He'd say, patting the dog on the side.
Though, before Nero would share his suspicions with the group, Nero's short attention span would kick in, stopping the boy in his tracks and leaving him staring at Liralis, looking deeply conflicted. Looking as if he was trying to fathom the words, Nero would finally be able to speak, sounded genuinely curious. "Jesus, lady! Do you ever get any sun?! You're freaking transparent! Like, literally freaking transparent!" Shaking his head in an attempt to get his mind off of the subject, Nero would point to the ghost-like woman and give her a friendly smirk. "Remind me to ask you about this later, if that wouldn't be asking too much." As rude as he was to people on a regular basis, when Nero had genuine interest in a subject, he could play it off as if he was a decent human being, no matter how much of a lie that was. Turning his attention back to JeY, Nero would whip out his notebook, writing scribbling down some quick observations he had made during the fight, as well as a cartoon drawing of the strange man who had thrown the ice spell kissing JeY's ass, as Nero felt it was appropriate.
Waiting for JeY to finish talking, the boy would scowl a bit at the mention of him being this guy's 'lord'. Nero wouldn't care about about being referred to as a 'useless hunk of meat,' as JeY was the one insulting him. That was essentially like a turd calling a piece of crap, so he wasn't concerned with the jackasses petty insults. "First off, don't you push this smug kiss-ass on me! Look at him, douche looks like he sniffs his own Goddamn farts." Letting out an audible 'yeesh' under his breath, Nero would continue. "Secondly, Why are we all so sure it's this jackass over here? Because kimono-Joanna over here says we should kill him? Yeah, sorry sweetheart, you're as much as a suspect as he is. Hell, what if it's not even one of us? I'm not about to punish anyone for anything until we have some solid proof. We have brains people, why don't we actually, call me crazy, use them. Shocking, I know."
After blurting out his mouthful, Nero would turn his attention back to his notebook, continuing to write down more tidbits of the events. Of course, the teen wasn't an idiot, he'd appear open to attack, but would be ready to move of anyone was angered by his words, but he could only hope these people weren't that dense. As much as he disliked JeY, he felt that JeY would possibly be with him in this case. Though, he wasn't certain. JeY was a butt-head, but he seemed to have some sort of common sense about him. Nero imagined the other two would be more welcome to discuss the possibility of the man's innocence if JeY was along with it, as Nero didn't seem to be the most liked by the people in this group. Though, being the sarcastic smart-ass he was, this was in no way new to Nero. He honestly wouldn't feel comfortable if any of these people had any sort of like for him, that was scary just to think about.
(OOC: I apologize in advance if Nero is an ass to your character, he's just naturally a butt)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 10:48:44 GMT -5
Alfred rose to a standing position just as JeY's knee came on its way up towards his face. Alfred pretended not to notice the attack on his precious nose and looked to the boy in question. "He seems rather young to be walking about, swearing towards an older man..." Alfred looked to JeY and smiled kindly, "Even a man who swears and taunts children. How uncouth." Alfred chuckled, a little and motioned to the boy, "There is no way the woman with the blade and odd dress could be the summoner. The beast came from Wonderland."
Alfred motioned to his jacket, and towards the heart on his jacket and smiled, "I am a servant and a magician for her lady Queen of Hearts, Queen of all of Wonderland." Alfred smiled towards JeY. "The creature created a path of ash through her Rose Garden, and caused eternal emotional torment to my queen. It then left through a wobbly portal of dark energy, in which I was commanded to follow." Alfred motioned to where the beast was, "And now its head is not here...I cannot bring back nothing to my queen." Alfred touched his neck, and made the exact face one would make...Fear.
"My head...Would not look good on a mantle..." With a heavy sigh, "But as a true servant, I must report my failure and lose my head." Alfred sighed and nodded to JeY. "Thank you for briefly saving my life, my Lord, but I must go to the castle...Does anyone know which direction it is, I'll begin walking towards the castle." Alfred feigned his knowledge of other worlds, and looked around as if unsure where he was. To all sense and purposes, Traverse town was just as confusing and odd as Wonderland was. If he had brought a card soldier with him, they'd think they were home.
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Post by JeY k on Jul 13, 2014 0:23:26 GMT -5
What an interesting turn of events. JeY wasn't too amused with everything that went on, but it kept him curious more. the girl unknown to him bluntly stated that he should kill the man, Liralis went to polish her boot, and Nero went to shift blame to the new girl as she tried to excuse herself from the situation. He raised a good point, in all honesty, but none of that would matter until the man would go to explain for himself what was going on, for real. He would set aside Nero's requests for better insults for now in order to focus on the task at hand.
A magician of Wonderland... Why was that one of the least believable things he's ever heard? How amusing. JeY didn't even care that the guy was wreaking havoc, so what did he have to gain from keeping the truth under lock and key? Well, maybe that was harsh and due to the fact that JeY was stubborn as all hell. JeY admitted to himself that it could easily be true, not everything in Wonderland was straight crazy beyond belief. Even the Cheshire cat knew exactly what it was doing. Perhaps this guy wasn't conceived in Wonderland itself, meaning his background was perfectly valid.
But if it was a bluff, JeY was going to call him on it so hard. "There you go Nero; it wasn't kimono-girl. Maybe if you hurry you can catch up and sleep with her and obtain all of her baggage too." JeY would've laughed if he could express emotion, but his voice came out as plain and monotonous as ever. Turning back to the mage, JeY would continue. "As for you, I'd pay to see your ass get handed to you by the Queen of Farts, but I'm willing to speak up on your behalf to prevent a beheading. So." JeY flicked the sword around his hand and spun it forward and back before making it vanish, then snapped his fingers.
Beside him, a portal of swirling, fluorescent pink energy manifested with two ornate columns decorating the sides, making it into a strange vortex-like door. "This goes straight to Wonderland, in fact, right in front of the castle itself. We can leave immediately. But." Uh oh, it was never a good thing when JeY offered a stipulation. "If you're lying out of your ass, you get to teach me your methods to control Heartless. It was a trick my... creator, for lack of a better term, knew but I never truly mastered myself." He did mention earlier that he wasn't too particularly interested in the 'how' of this scenario, but after remembering about his own interest in the subject and coming up with a good punishment for the man, he changed his mind. This ought to be interesting regardless.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 11:23:13 GMT -5
Alfred smiled kindly towards JeY and then gave a look to the kimino wearing woman. It was probably a good idea to take whatever darkness he was seeing in her heart, and make her into a heartless at some point in time. With a gentle wave and a silent stride, he bowed to JeY and moved towards the portal, walking rather briskly into it.
(OOC: Sorry about the short post. Just didn't think Alfred would be the one to make Small Talk all of a sudden.)
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Post by Himeiji on Jul 13, 2014 16:40:25 GMT -5
Himeiji heard the proposal from the woman in the armor. From what everyone was calling her, she was known as, Liralis. A small smirk tugged at the lips of Himeiji, but it was more to the excitement of Black Heart. Two powerful beings such as themselves going at it, for nothing other than just the pure pleasure of doing so? That was enough to spur some sort of interest within the young woman, both of them at least.
"I won't be far. Meet me whenever you're ready." Was what she said in a steely voice. Other than that, Black Heart wasn't interested in playing the blame game with the group any longer. Should they have any further suspicion of her, they could follow... If they wanted to. Other than that she was taking her leave to find some sort of shelter, to lick her wounds. Considering the fact many people burned and died in this area, there'd be a great deal of vacancies until everything blew over.
She'd find herself an empty and abandoned building eventually. A place not too far away from the group, but not too close all the same. There, she removed her kimono and wrapped it neatly, looking down at the blood stained body armor she wore, and the wounds that continued to trickle with warm blood.
"Great. Over worked myself a bit." She said in her head, while checking on the consciousness of Himeiji, who rested peacefully within their subconscious. At least she was safe... But now what?
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Post by Prythian on Jul 13, 2014 21:13:28 GMT -5
Liralis simply burst into laughter. I take it you two have an... antagonistic relationship. JeY, if you don't mind, come back when you can; I'd like a rematch. Maybe this time a fight a little... closer in power? Her voice was somewhat wry on that last sentence. Anyways... what did he call you, Nero? No, I don't mind you asking about it, but if you just want a simple explanation, the armor currently IS my body. She'd been polishing the boot all the while, and now it gleamed; she put it back on and it attached with a clicking sound. While she had been bent over, she pulled off the other one, and began working on it.
Enjoy your trip to Wonderland, regardless. A very poor sort of world in my experience; very few people of strength to challenge.
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Post by Nero Bleu on Jul 14, 2014 12:45:45 GMT -5
"Yeah, that's cute, asshole" Rolling his eyes, Nero would flip JeY his middle finger as he turned away from the two men planning to go to Wonderland. The butler from before had some sort of comment towards the boy, but seeing as it sounded like the usual complaint about his age mixed with his mannerisms. Nothing that he wasn't used to at this point. Regardless, Nero looked down at his mutt, who was once again letting out a low growl towards JeY and the Wonderland local, Nero would shoot them a final glare. Seeing his dog focus on the man who was originally framed, Nero didn't have a doubt in his mind. He was controlling the Heartless, he had a hunch it was him, as everyone else did as well, but even with it confirmed by his partner, he wouldn't say anything. The person was now going to be traveling with JeY, he was already taking part in his punishment. Patting his dog on the head once more to silence him, Nero's attention would be stolen by Liralis, who was answering his question from before.
Well, wasn't quite the answer he was looking for, but it was still quite interesting any how. "Right, what was I thinking, using logic and all." letting out a low chuckle, Nero would push himself off of the wall he was leaning against, prompting his dog to spring up to his feet. Nero had spent enough time with these people, much more than he'd normally spend with most, so the boy was pretty much at his limit just to talk with them for the little bit he did. "You good on this, bud?" Getting a nod from his dog, Nero would look back up at Liralis with a shrug. "Well, this has been fun and all, but I really hate this place. Have fun fighting that sword-wielding chick from earlier. I'd say "don't kill each other," but in all honestly, I really don't care." Walking from Liralis, Nero would hold up his hand in a half-assed motion to show some sort of formality with his good-bye. He didn't really care about it too much though, as his back was already turned on the living suit of armor. Truthfully, he didn't have a blatant dislike for Liralis, as she did't give him a reason to, but he still didn't have any positive feelings towards her.
Leaving the district, Nero would see his mentor waiting for him outside of the bar he had left the old man at. Having obtained a few jobs like he had planned, Nero and Trojia were off to their next adventure. Hopefully, Nero wouldn't have to fight some Heartless in the next world he went to.
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Post by JeY k on Jul 15, 2014 12:01:57 GMT -5
Without even flinching or so much as a nervous twitch, the strange man affiliated with darkness looked toward the other girl as she left, then gestured to JeY and walked straight into the portal without uttering a word. JeY could've taken the lack of speech as the sign of nervousness of being called out on his bluff, but there was no body language to prove it. If this guy was actually telling the truth, the chaotic man would be absolutely floored. It would be kind of boring though, because that meant he was a slightly-above-average grunt. Meh.
Before he departed as well however, he would address the others first as it was unlike him to not have the last word at things. "Antagonistic is an understatement. The only reason this moron is still alive is because it was more beneficial at the time to keep him alive. Speaking of which." JeY remembered something very important. The only reason he didn't just outright end his life is the deal with Cherika. That... wasn't a thing anymore. After the trip, the obligation of keeping Nero alive had become null and void. Wasn't that fascinating.
Turning to Nero, JeY would continue. "I'm no longer under that obligation. Not that me telling you to watch your filthy mouth would have any effect, but I have no reason to hold back anymore. Keep that in mind." Of course, the boy couldn't care less. He probably didn't actually believe that JeY would kill him or anything. As such, he turned back to Liralis. "Sure, we can rematch. I had some shitty personal issues going on during our last duel, but next time my head will be in the game. I'll just come find you." Hopefully Liralis wouldn't question his ability to find her after this was all over, since it was rather impossible to not locate people with someone as perceptive as JeY. With that, he turned around and stepped through the portal having it close behind him.
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