Listening to his words was the hardest part of this. Doku listened hard and sighed heavily. He was right, this probably wouldn't work. But, she had to at least try. She couldn't give up easily, it just wasn't in her nature. Looking up at him, she had a stern look in her eyes. Stepping forward, she jabbed a finger into his chest, looking angrily at him. "Oh no, you are not going to stand there and tell me you want no part of this. You are at just as much fault as I am in this. I told you to use protection and you mentioned something about Mutants and being sterile. Well, guess what, you were wrong, Val." she scolded him. All this excitement was getting too much and she stood there, feeling excruciating pain shoot through her whole body. She shuddered from the feeling and shook. Speaking up, she adopted a softer tone to Valinton. "That night this child was conceived...you said something about...protecting me? I am not sure how true that was, but I was hoping you would at least not go back on your word. I know you are not the type for this, but for once, try and not just think about your ideals." she spoke, placing a hand on her stomach yet again. "And besides, it is not like I will be carrying this child for too long. I am already halfway through. At least, according to the doctor I am...he said I had two more weeks." she said. The weight of realization that, maybe he really wouldn't stand by her side suddenly came to her. Bowing her head, she looked at the ground, not sure what else there was to say. So far, she said what she wanted and needed. Valinton, on the other hand, spoke so little. What else could she do? He really wasn't the type to talk, so she was used to it, but she was hoping he wouldn't abandon her so quickly. "I do not...wish for this child...to grow without a father..." she muttered under her breath, hoping he wouldn't hear her, but at the same time hoping he would. Either way, she wanted him to notice his part in this and take some type of responsibility.
Ah yes...
Doku nodded her head at him as she said, "Yes...it is yours. I have never...I would never, ever, do such a thing with anyone else but you." Her voice shook with every word. This wasn't going as she had planned. She thought that he would be happy. But now, she knows that he doesn't want this child, nor does he want anything to do with it. Placing a hand of her own on her stomach, she rubbed it slowly. Thinking to herself, she tried to figure out words to say. "I..." her voice cracked, straining to say what needs to be said. Tears began to swell up in her eyes. The pain in her back was also rather excruciating, but she could easily dismiss it if she kept her mind on other things. "Oh." she spoke, feeling a small kick in her stomach. Chuckling, she reached for Valinton's hand. "Val...Val, it kicked. The...the baby...kicked." she spoke, still scared of him and what he would or could do. She knew that, if he wanted to, he could easily kill her and the child before anybody else found out. It was amazing that Damnation hadn't suspected as much already.
Being pushed against the wall, her arms immediately covered her stomach in defense. "Ouch..." she uttered, feeling a sharp pain coarse through her. The wall was hard and a stone was pricking her in the shoulder. Frowning at him, she kept her arms over her stomach. His face was quite close to Doku's and she did the only rational thing to do right now, to her at least. She kissed him quickly and shrunk back against the wall. All the while, she was pretty much scared of him and Damnation. Mostly Damnation, because she knew what he was capable of. She knew that he could kill her for doing the most sacrilegious thing known to him. However, she could not turn back now, considering what she had done. She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't think of what exactly to say. Her arms slumped from her stomach and rested to her sides. She had a fearful look in her eyes. Everything was crashing into her brain and she knew that the moment had come. "Val..take a good look at me. Tell me...do I look any different than to how you saw me a few weeks ago that night...?" she asked him.
Pele snickered and grabbed the ice cream from Celsius. She ate a chunk of it and smiled at her. By now, she had backed away and was happily enjoying this ice cream. "I only wanted the ice cream, ya fool. I was tryin ta use my girly wiles ta get it from ya, but that backfired. So, I got it without askin." she commented, eating the rest of the ice cream. By now, she was fully cooled and was ready to keep going. She had some more things to do and sell, but she also didn't want to lose her new friend so quickly. She sat there, scrunching her face and looked around. Trying to get a good look at everything, she nodded and stood up. "Well, I gotta drop off some stuff at my place, wanna come with me? Promise ya won't have ta go inside, ya could just stand outside." she stood there, looking at Celsius. She knew the girl was acting a little off and was probably getting a bad impression, so she tried to make things better. "After that, we can do whatever ya wanna do, how's that sound?" she finally offered. Perhaps now she'd get to see what Celsius liked to do for fun and what she'd like to eat. Because soon enough, they'd be hungry, and that was always a challenge. Doku scratched her chin, crossing her arms, and looked at Caleb. Then, she heard Damnation talking and peered over to hear him issue a command to her. "Oh, we must have gotten a new slave recently I suppose. Well, no matter, I can take Valinton and use him as protection or something. Come along Valinton." she waved after the drake, walking towards the exit. She knew that Damnation was just using her right now, punishing her for leaving the meeting so soon, but she really was not one for making plans. She would have rather been doing other things than sitting around and talking for hours on end. Suffice to say, she walked towards the slave area and stopped, turning towards Valinton. At least, he hoped he was there, seeing as she asked for him to follow after all.
Letting go of his arm, she followed behind silently. "Anta would not be orphaned, he has his father left if something were to happen to me. He also has his friends..." she spoke, lowly. In her mind, she was processing everything. How would she do anything here? And wherever they were going, she was going to be quite far away from it all. Deep down, she was worried sick for her son and could not believe she even sent him to this war in the first place. Looking at herself, she noticed her armor was not as saturated as it was before. In fact, it was looking rather lackluster and did not seem all too much as beautiful as it was once before. "Where are we going? Or at least, where are you going?" she asked Lucrix. She was shaking from how scared she was. She wasn't this scared since quite a long time ago. At the very least, sixteen years. Sixteen years ago, was possibly the scariest moment of her rather calm life. What instantly came to mind, at least, was that day. Either way, she was shaking and could not stand shaking.
Being whisked away, the look of surprise on her face was not washed away. She floated there, in Betwixt and Between, trying to process all that had just happened. Taking a deep breath, she moved around and listened to Lucrix talk as he walked. Moving to her feet, she adjusted herself and soon started to follow behind him. Her movements were sluggish and rather labored. Reaching forward, she tried to grab Lucrix's arm, wanting answers. "Why...are we here...?" she asked him, finally. The area was not a good place for her and she was not happy with being here. However, she was stuck so long as she was here. "Take me out of here..." she asked. Natana scoffed at Karina. "They're just kids, why the heck would I hurt them?" she crossed her arms. She walked towards Karina, stopped at Beuce. She leaned towards him, a sly grin on her face. "Of course, this man needs to be dead, seeing as he did kill that boys' father..." she nodded towards Anta. Her nails grazed Beuce's cheek and left small scratches as she dragged her fingers away. Walking away, she glared at the reality marble. "I guess my time is almost up..." she muttered to herself. Anta shook his head when Karina asked him the question. "N-No, I've been super nice to her, why would I hurt a pretty little hair on her beautiful head?" he commented, looking at her and blushing just a bit. He listened to Natana make a comment and frowned at it. It was true, Beuce did kill Anta's father...and he wasn't going to just let him go for doing so. "Dawn...Dusk...that man killed my father...he needs to die." he let go of Dawn's hand and summoned his keyblade. Rushing towards Beuce, he made another comment. "My name is Anta, you killed my father, NOW DIE!" he screamed.
Pele listened to Celsius pour her heart out. The story was very sad. Although, Pele had the same problems Celsius did. Getting pretty close to Celsius, she laid her head ontop of the girl's. She began to speak of her own past to Celsius. "I'm pretty much the same as ya. Cept, my parents forced me ta get the Spirox and, well, my body really didn't like it. Had fevers all the time, ya know? So, I decided ta just...jump into a volcano. I was prepared ta die. Well, that backfired and my body finally turned inta this. Shootin lava up from the group and my hands...it's really weird. And the only way ta regulate the heat so I don't melt myself or everythin around me is ta eat cold stuff! Or...touch a cold gal." she shifted in her seat a little. Finishing off her other ice cream Pele gulped and grasped Celisu's own ice cream. "Well, seein as ya don't want this, I'mma eat it, k?" Doku clapped her hands in her seat. "I have just the poison in mind, Damnation. It will cause whomever drinks it to fall asleep. A sleep so deep that the body thinks that it is dead. If a person has a weak constitution, well, they actually die. I did many tests..." she trailed off a moment. Thinking about the time she poisoned a whole bar. After watching the bar for a few months, she figured out which of the regulars were weak or strong constituted. Supplementing their beer, she watched as they all dropped to the floor. She then watched as the ones who were able, arose and the ones who were not...lie dead. It caused the bar to close down, but who cares, she was able to test her poison. Of course, thinking about the bar reminded her of something else. "I could also create a corrosive material that could melt any metal...but I have no idea what the doors are made of there. Besides, am I needed any more? You can speak with the little human of such things, they do not concern me. I however, need Valinton for a future experiment. Perhaps I could take my leave and borrow him?" she asked Damnation. She glanced over to him, to see just how worried he had become now. Suffice to say, he seemed quite worried.
Perhaps we were going too off-topic? I would like to see a post from the moderator that moved this thread, however. I find it quite rude to move said thread and not give a single reason.
Riku has parents? It'd be great for his character though, living alone all his life with just his best friend...until a girl comes along and screws it all up.
Actually, he's done now I think.
Having downed one of her ice creams already, she was about to eat the other before she noticed Celsius. Tilting her head, she raised an eyebrow at the sigh. Poking a finger at her face, she poked a few times. The cold was really...nice on her skin. And the cold ice cream was nice on her insides. Though, she couldn't tell why Celsius wouldn't like ice cream. Who doesn't like ice cream? It's the best thing. "Ya okay? That ice cream is the best, so eat it 'fore it gets ta hot and metls away!." she smiled at her. Finishing off her own ice cream, she gulped the last bite and exhaled happily. "After not eatin somethin cold for ta long, that hits just the spot. Though, I wished I didn't hafta do that, but whatevs." she leaned a bit close to Celsius and could feel the cold emanating from the girl. "Wait, ya don't like ice cream, do ya?" she said, looking rather shocked. Doku looked rather mad at Damnation's decision. She could agree that having a human with them would be the best thing, she didn't like how he doubted her. "I look the most human from the others in here..." she sighed under her breath. Sitting up, she heaved up and walked around a minute. She was thinking to herself. Stopping, she turned to Caleb. "Just because you are human does not mean they will trust you many times more than a person who is rather high up in the Japanese gangs. My Lord has great connections with the government and has had me create some amazing poisons and potions for them before. In fact, I do believe I am the only one that makes such things for them." she brightened up and looked over to Damnation. Shaking her finger, she winked and produced a small bottle. The liquid inside was separated and was green and blue. "This is an example of a poison they have had me create. It will paralyze the enemy and cause them to be unable to move for a mere fifteen seconds. Plenty of time to shove a weapon through their gut or cut off an arm...or something else. I completed a large order and now I can only assume that they use them in their weapons. However, as you can see, this one has seperated. That is due to the poison having gone bad. So it is safe to assume that all their weapons' poisons have faded away. A fact I forgot to mention to them. They will think they could easily poison you. Think of the look on their face when they slash at you and assume you are poisoned!" Doku laughed a bit before clearing her throat and continuing. "Just to be safe, I will create an antidote in case we need it. However, as you have said, there will not be many guarding the area. So creating many antidotes will not be a hard thing to do. I could have it done in a day or two. I could also create poisons for us to use and potions, as that is my strong suit. I do not need antidotes or poisons of course. Do not worry about me, I most likely will not be able to participate more than providing what I can in way of potion and poison." she finished, sitting down in her chair again. She spoke quite a lot and was hoping she would not have to fight.
Ananta shrugged and flipped the keyblade back around. Hopping backwards, she stood beside Goofy with a defensive stance. "My magic will assist us, do not worry. I can heal as well as give defense to people. Yell if you need some healing!" she announced to the rest of the group. For the time being, she cast Aero upon herself and stood back. As much as she wanted to cast a spell at Gilgamesh, she was not built for taking direct damage, therefore she would be useless against him. Also dead. OOC: 90 words 4 EXP 1/15 Body Guard posts completed.
this lady is mine
Ananta felt the weight of Lucrix's spell around her. She fell to the ground and knelt down, stabbing her keyblade into the stone to try and stop herself from hitting the ground too hard. She looked up and widened her eyes in horror at what he had done next. Lifting her keyblade up, slowly, she pointed it straight at him. Symbols representing time appeared around the tip. It slowly gathered before she was able to open her mouth. Standing up, she screamed out at spell at Lucrix. "Stopaga!" she screamed, loudly. A beam of light erupted from her keyblade and shot straight at him. She was hoping for it to hit him. Anta had also joined the hugging session. He was just a little late, is all. He was bawling his eyes out at Karina. Probably moreso than Dawn was crying. His head rested on her shoulder as he couldn't, or wouldn't, feel like letting go. "I'm sorry, I'm just...I couldn't believe it...I...I saw you die...I saw my auntie die that day and now...here she is." he spoke. Letting go finally, he pulled Dawn away and held her hand tightly. He nodded at Dusk's answers. "It's right, he split outta here quicker than a banana and we haven't seen him since. Oh...and mom is up there." he pointed towards the illusionary castle across the way. Looks like **** was going down.
Pele gulped hard. "That's...that's more the reason ta stay near ya then! I ain't gonna let a shortie like yerself get hurt cuz yer a Mutant an all." she spoke a little loud. They continued to walk, passing by many different shops and buildings. Eventually, they came across a small food cart that had a Mutant serving ice cream. He had the basic look of a human, but his only had one eye, crooked teeth, and tentacles instead of arms and legs. Suffice to say, he was very good at making ice cream cones. He smiled widely at the two girls approaching him. He spoke with a strong Jamaican accent. "Hey deh Pele. Wah going pon Pele?" he spoke to her. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a wallet and began to count out some money. "Hey Oslo. I want...two waffle cones for myself. And whatever ya think she wants." she motioned to Celsius. He scratched his chin...rubbed, rather, and nodded his head. "Dat will be fifteen dollars mi gyal." he said, holding a tentacle out while the others fiddled around and made their ice cream. He handed Pele hers and Celsius received a Blue Moon ice cream cone. Pele gave him the money and waved to him as she sat on a bench across the street. She licked both ice creams at once, her hands returning to their normal color. Doku could tell that her talking with him wasn't the best thing to do right now. She felt a little hurt, but understood considering the circumstances. Watching Damnation and hearing what he said, she stomped her feet as she walked to a chair and sat herself down. Crossing her legs and placing her face in the palm of her hand, her free hand tapped the chair arm as she listened to Damnation speak. "Why must we trust a human?" she spoke out, not liking this so far. Humans were risky. They couldn't be trusted most of the time. Albeit, most mutants were indeed once human. But many were not born human and never knew what it was like to be a human. Regardless, she rubbed her belt to adjust it a little before looking at Valinton. "I hope you did not call us here just so you could induct a human into this. We do not need a human." she scoffed. "And besides, what do you even need me for? Do you need what I do best...?" she muttered at the end.
Grunting, she held her keyblade in front of her for protection. She listened to him and shook her head. "This whole area is full of nut jobs, huh? Why can you not just agree that it'd be best on our minds to just stop this nobody behind you?" she spoke, cautiously. Thinking for a moment, she widened her eyes. "This...this place...if it's an illusion and he can...I wonder..." she spoke, murmuring to herself. Looking around, she stared at the surrounding architecture. Lowering herself from the area, she stood atop the roofed area. Walking towards a stone adornment, she touched it. Ice emanated from her hand and caused a bit of the stonework to freeze. Quickly, she cast a fire spell and watched as the stone cracked. "If this works...hmm..." she turned back towards the other floating man. Casting Aero upon herself once more, she floated back up. "I do not see what you are doing, other than destroying this place, what more will come from you doing this?" she questioned him, watching Xindai for any changes. A dark portal appeared behind Karina. Two arms reached out and grabbed her, tugging her through the dark portal. Once she was through, Natana let her go. The gravitational pull of the orb could be felt, but it was still not too strong to pick people up...yet. Natana glared at Karina for a moment before she summoned her keyblade, Fenrir, and held it up. "Dead girls aren't supposed to fight..." she spoke, looking over to see two children lying on the ground asleep and a white haired man fighting a young boy. "But I'd rather not fight near children." she desummoned her keyblade. Anta's eyes had a fire burning in them. He was in no mood to make such jokes. "You aren't even supposed to make stupid jokes like that. Besides that, I've already figured it out, stupid!" he raised his keyblade and swung it multiple times at Beuce. The boy was quite angry with it all. He watched his own father get murdered and that was not a thing he could ever forget. Reaching towards this Beuce, he attempted to grab his collar. He only stopped when he heard a voice behind him. His teeth gritted at the sight. Ananta had somehow changed into that...thing and he wasn't able to cure that. Of course, his eyes soon crossed over to spy Karina, standing there. Alive and well. That sight alone caused him to let go of Beuce and desummon his keyblade. Shoving at Beuce, a sad, remorseful look washed over his face. Stepping towards Karina, he stopped to sit beside Dawn and Dusk. Shaking them, he sobbed words at them slowly. "Dawn...Dusk...wake...wake up. You gotta wake up now..." Natana sighed at the crying boy, mocking his talking with her hand. Of course, she had listened to Beuce's comment about being Karina's husband. Deep inside, she began to boil until she burs tout. "Wait...WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" she screamed, rushing towards Beuce. She was about to chaos dumk him into the cavern if he didn't react quick enough.
Ananta stayed in her defensive position as Gilgamesh showed off each different sword he had amassed. The buster sword was way too big and clunky for a human to wield and the gunblade looked pretty cool. However, once he began to question the keyblade, Ananta knew this was gonna either be really bad or really funny. Lowering her defense a moment, she approached the 4 armed man. "So, you want a keyblade, huh?" she held hers out in front of her. For the moment, she exchanged her keychain so it would look like the Kingdom Key. After this exchange, she would change it back of course. "Go on, take it." she offered, switching her hand to the blade itself, leaving the hilt pointed towards the 4 armed man. Her plan was for him to hold it only a moment and then she would call her keyblade back to her. Hopefully it worked...
Pele watched as Celsius rode down on an ice slide. She looked at it before standing on it and sliding down. Hopping off and landing on the ground, she adjusted the backpack and turned towards the girl. "Oh no, the gangs won't get rid o'me. I'm pretty much they're only thing gettin them the **** they need. So if I make the scuse that I was out sellin stuff they'd be okay with me not goin." her phone beeped and she looked at it. Responding back to it, she put it away and continued her sentence. "Besides, seems like they already got enough mutants down there." she laughed at it. Touching the ice once Celsius had already gotten rid of it, she watched as it showered down along the side of the building. Looking at Celsius, she reached and touched her skin. It felt cool and relieved some of the pain she was beginning to feel in her skin. "Okay, we gotta go now, ain't got much time ta waste an stuff. Let me think....oh, les go this way, I know a great shop for icy treats." she spoke, looking pretty happy with herself. She began to walk with Celsius, holding her arm. Whatever was happening, it seems that the coldness of her skin counteracted her own skin. Doku thanked her lucky stars that she wasn't a human. She looked and noticed Shade had arrived and had a certain look in his...eyes. "Oh Shade, enjoy yourself, hm?" she smiled at him, waving and walking towards Damnation's quarters. She knew that those humans would be in for it if they didn't leave soon enough. It was no concern of hers, however, she needed to walk away from this anyway. Wouldn't want to get killed, now would she? She walked into the quarters and noticed Valinton already in there. Heading over to him, she stood before him. "Still running errands for Damnation, are you?" she looked at him. He was still just as mutated as she'd ever seen him. Although, she just saw him recently so how could a change happen between then and now was in question. "I have been fine, if you are wondering." she spoke, holding her phone and sending a quick message. She held the phone and continued. "Although, selling potions has taken a hit in lieu of being kind towards a Spirox girl. Seems she cannot control her powers. Poor thing..." she commented, her phone blipping. She looked at it and placed the phone away in her belt. Lacing both hands over her stomach, she adjusted her clothing a little. "But, once this is over, I have to tell you something." she looked up at him.
Pele grew a little sad at Celsius rejecting the offer. Looking at the ice on the ground, she flipped her phone out and typed in the number. Just as she finished putting it in, she touched her finger to the ice and watched as it melted all too quickly. "Maybe...maybe I shouldn't go. I mean, I ain't all that into whatever the heck they want me for anyway. I only wanna sell the stuff and live, ya know...?" she swirled a finger in the water left by the ice. "It's not like I wanted ta even be here, ya know? I'd rather be back in Hawaii, honestly...but only a little." she talked louder, hitting the roof with the palm of her hand. Looking at her hands, she noticed they were looking more and more burnt. Turning towards the little picnic, she began to gather it up and stuff it into her bag. "I got s'more stuff ta sell, but right now we gotta get outta here. Fast. Think yer ice could get us down quick enough?" she said, fast, standing up and slinging the bag over her shoulders. All over her, the normally tan skin had began to turn black in places. "Even if you have no place to stay, at least come and get the case tomorrow. Then after, come back the next time you need more. Just remember, each bottle only lasts a day. So every morning, you have to wake up and drink another if you think you cannot control your telepathy. Here is my number, keep it with you. If you need anything, just text me or call me, okay?" Doku handed a business card to Xaria. One side had English, the other had Japanese. Outside, a car had pulled forward and a man in a black suit stood beside the back door. He wore sunglasses and looked quite stern. "I have to go now, please be careful. And if you are serious about working here, come back tomorrow morning, alright?" she said, leading the girl outside. She shut the door and locked it, placing the key into her belt. Sitting in the car, the man in the suit closed the door and sat down in the driver seat. Next to Doku sat another man who wore an exquisite kimono. He fanned himself as they drove off. Doku turned to him and bowed her head, speaking to him. "My Lord, you said that there was activity in the Black Market?" she finished, lifting her head when he patted her shoulder. "Oh yes, yes indeed my dear! And I want YOU to go and investigate. I hope you remember where to go once we drop you off?" he motioned to the driver to speed up. In the light, what little came through the tinted windows, you could see his pale skin and emerald eyes gleaming. Doku turned to a satchel she kept on her back and opened it, pulling out a small vial of green liquid. She handed it to the ornate man. "Here is your potion my Lord. As usual, I made sure it tasted like pomegranate. Although, the green color was rather hard to get. Nevertheless, please enjoy it." she smiled at him. He downed the potion rather quickly and sighed as his eyes and skin returned to a rather more healthy color. His eyes stopped shining in the sun and returned to being a dark green. The car stopped and Doku emerged. She walked towards a darker alleyway and began to make her way through the web of alley's. The car had already left and she knew she could not turn back now. All she could do was hope that everything would be fine now. Heading down, she could already hear talking. Instead of being secret about everything, she kept walking down and stopped behind the group that formed near Damnation. Crossing her arms, she spoke. "I thought this was meant to be secret...?"
