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Anya
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((I have no idea what's going on...hehehehhehehe, now I know how the cleric and the he/she feels.  ))
((shit, no really, I'm lost. I thought I could wing a post to bring life to this SF, but....)) |
Sofie
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"On my way already."
Rain figured it was time to somewhat reveal one of her hidden worries, and just jumped down. She didn't have wings like Anya or ki blasts like Ranma, so the drop would be rather painful for her. Closing her eyes, she prayed it'd work, as she was told there were no garanties (I can't spell <<; ), this could very well end in a hospital bed for a few years of veggielife.
Only a few seconds more. She was about to sweatdrop when she felt it. A dark energy coming up from the ground right below her, rapidly shooting up, halting when it reached her. She managed to turn her feet towards the ground, rather than her head, and nicely landed on them, the energy quickly disolving in retreat towards it came.
"Teehee. Why can the teddybear talk?"
She left the gun strapped to her back. Not neccesairly the best thing to do, given she was a tiny person and Ramsus an oversized bear. Rain walked towards it slowly, humming a tune with her eyes closed. Ranma was having fun with his kicks 'n jumps, so the bear was somewhat distracted. He probably wouldn't have noticed her, if it wasn't for what she was about to do.
Rain made a quick gesture with her hand, which lit up a dark shell, surrounding her and just as fast dissapearing for the naked eye.
She smiled lightly while muttering something. The second backhand that missed Ranma was about to hit her. But instead it seemingly swung through her.
She was close enough to Ramsus to look at his wounds, and to count each hair of its fur, if she wanted to. But instead she was focussing on a point, still murmuring with her eyes closed. |
Prier
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Sofie
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"Oooh... big..!"
Rain hung partially out of the window, staring down at the creature which apparantly had come to a halt. She figured hurt time was on its way for everyone, but that wasn't something a few rapidly shot protective shells could take care off. For now.
She quickly loaded up some more crap, not really paying attention to the creature or anyone else, as that wasn't exactly one of her better traits.
"Think it'll get angry if we poke it?"
She giggled and jumped on the ledge slightly elow the window, carefully moving closer to the bearthing's position below-ish them. |
Prier
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BigBearThing (oh bite me, this'll do for now): "Hmmmmm...it comes...from here..."
Oh great, the huge bear is speech capable.
Growling, it stopped and looked up towards the top of the grounds of the university looking specifically at something and moving it's head along with it. It knew that it made a loud enough enterance to attract it's attention. It was only a matter of time before they would be finished off by him.
It checked the amount of trouble accumulated on itself in terms of flesh wounds and gashes. Looked like it had been through a shooting range but the last of them were dispatched and it would meet it's goal soon.
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Ranma couldn't stand walking around and took a look out a window in hopes he could see what was making the noise.
It didn't take him long to find a twenty-foot furry monstrousity looking back at him.
Ranma: "U...uh...what the hell is that thing?"
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Two was also looking out another window in a room adjacent to the one Colin was in. She looked at it intently, she vaguely recalled seeing something like this before. In fact she was quite sure she had. Another lance of pain went through her head as a wave of memories started flooding back.
It...was there...she was...too vague.
Two: ~Dammit think!~
Many against her and others...it was their kind and... ...
Two: ~...It's back.~
Two looked at her right hand. She brought it to her chest with her left carrying it and cracked her knuckle. Time to finish what was started.
She calmly walked out of the room shortly after that.
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Tracy: ~...This is gonna cost me...~
Tracy didn't like what he was seeing on the view monitors. Reworks for 7, 9, and 12 had been dispatched finishing off the last of the 'problem'. Their potential remained untapped, even going by the book and on protocol. Although it was close, it wasn't enough to produce results.
Tracy: ~This'll mean some overtime for me getting the second phase taken care of then.~
Trace paged an area on a secure channel.
Tracy: "Construct: What's the status on our prototype to up Epsilon candidates up to Mark 2?"
There was a short silence and then a reply.
???: "Construct here. Work on structural enhancing is coming close to completion. We should have another one for you at alterations specified... ... by 0200 if we make it an overnighter. It'll give time for overnight cooldown and standard additions to set in and will give us time to check stability on the prototype."
Tracy: "All right. Away team has been recalled from another mission run, only minor improvements. Sent to Infirm. The candidates we have now I'll write up layouts and schematics on for construct ASAP, probably in a day or two. We'll test locally and then give them a field test, provided we don't lose track of either of the targets."
There was a silence for a time and then questioning.
???: "Are you sure you want to do this so soon?"
Tracy: "...It's a bit of a rush I know, but upstairs is getting impatient as it is, so we'll have to give him what we have. Just do your best as you have been, that's all we can give them."
???: "Roger that, construct out."
Trace cut the channel. He sat back in the chair he had been in for about five hours now. It was already bad enough appealing to put more time and effort into getting more work out to get Prime apprehended but it was more of a problem losing one of the field test candidates with a broken transport lock and no tracking. The systems themselves were fragile enough. Now they asked for one more additional candidate...but a different take on this.
He overlooked his schematics one more time. All that was on top was the words in pencil and caps: THIRTEEN. Below were schematics for the design or the project, which was a very detailed work of a human figure with certain labels here and there. It was time to differentiate and rework this through.
At the same time, he wondered how far this would have to go until he finally saw an end to all of this. Shaking his head, he went back to work looking over the data acquired from the last scuffle. |
Sofie
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Rain tried to punch whatever was making her head bounce against the wall with her eyes closed.
As that didn't make it stop, she ran into Colin's room to see what was going on. She hadn't lost all her vampiric qualities, and noted that the ice cream stand was gone, smashed to bits.
In a furious rage, she started mixing all kinds of potions and balls, creating some rather nasty looking liquids. No nap and no ice cream make Rain a mad girl. |
Anya
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Anya looks down at the water, and sees the ripples within it, |
Prier
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Ranma: ~Just as long as I'm not anywhere near it...~ "Uhm...isn't that going a bit overboard? I mean he just woke up after how long?"
*thunk*
That...didn't sound good. The whole place shook slightly and the lights in the place did the same.
Ranma: "Uhm...that wasn't me."
*THUNK*
Again the shake and again the lights flickered, more violently this time.
Ranma: "What the hell? Is someone moving something?"
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Well, there wasn't anyone moving anything but there definitely was something moving, large in mass, and equal in it's current anger, bashing through anything that it felt like and roaring quite loudly, all conveniently located directly outside of the university not barring the fact that it cut quite an impressive trail of destruction on it's route there. Roaring, it made charge through another street, bashing anything it could on it's rampage, but it seemed to be directed exactly towards the school.
In fact the trail of destruction from the outside of town to where it was now was a straight line.
Needless to say, uhm...can we get a bit of hero action...like...now? |
Anya
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After getting a nice sized jug of water for Colin, Anya makes her way out of the back area of the kitchen and spots Ranma and Rain. "Hey you two, Colin is wake and talking. I'm going to thow this water on him, hopefully that'll get him moving a bit faster."  |
Prier
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Ranma: "Psh..." ~Don't know why I even bother with her.~
Lovely for her to ruin his undecided mood. He looked the other way and leaned back on the couch as well. Guess it was okay to kill some time doing nothing for now at least, as talking didn't seem to do much of anything. |
Sofie
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"I was."
She leaned back and closed her eyes. There wasn't much point in doing anything really, as everyone was in a state of standby, and she could only make so many trips to the kitchen before the personel got fed up with her.
Might aswell get some rest, before Ranma asked questions. She hoped he'd be less dense than usual and get the message. |
Prier
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Ranma continued his way up a bit more slowly than Rain did. He didn't feel like skipping and he didn't particularly take to the odor comments either.
And he still didn't get an answer.
He rounded the corner and noticed that Colin was sitting up in bed with Anya and Cel occupying the spaces next to him. Two was also in there, but sitting off to the side, unaffected.
Ranma still wasn't in the mood to going in and seeing him. He figured that if he did, it would be great on the cleric by having him show up in his waking moments, so he did the next best thing and took a seat next to the odor-comment lady.
Ranma: "But seriously, just seemed like you were off somewhere when I found you in the hall. Thought maybe you were thinkin' about somethin' a bit hard." |
Sofie
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"I never said you stink, I said the kitchen smells better than you."
Rain wasn't feeling so sorry for leaving him alone with Two anymore.
Men.
Born as idiots, and they'd likely die as idiots.
Kinda like...
"Hmm."
She shook her head and went into the general direction he pointed, quickly throwing a peek in every door she passed.
When she looked into the right one, and saw Colin was doing fairly well, she turned around again and figured it was better to just leave him be.
She wasn't much help right now anyways.
Rain quietly backed off and sat down on a bench in the same hallway Colin's temporary room was at, quietly pondering about the odd memoryflashes she got every now and then. |
Prier
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Ranma: "..." ~Next time, remember who you're asking about something like that...~
He then thought about what she said. Something about B.O.?
Ranma: "Hey! Whaddaya mean I stink? Geez..."
He didn't really know what she was getting at, scarce to say he could care. Ranma didn't smell anything...extremely offensive on him at least.
Ranma: "She's in there, where they got Colin up. He's okay now, I think." |
Sofie
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"..."
She quickly looked up and made an exagerated sad face.
"Kitchen's out of food, so they told me to go eat my friends instead."
Rain skipped up the stairs and came to a stop right in front of Ranma. She started sniffing around him, wrinkled her nose and pouted.
"The kitchen smells better than you."
She looked around and wondered where Two was.
"Did you dump her?" |
Prier
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Ranma: "Oh."
Ranma was about ready to head in after Two into the room that they were holding Colin when he noticed Rain making her way down the hall.
Ranma: "I was wondering where you..."
Ranma blinked. She seemed off. And for him to notice something like that, it said a lot.
Ranma: "What's up with you?" |
Sofie
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Rain felt bad for leaving Ranma with her mess, so she figured she should go help out some.
After wandering aimlessly for a while, she made her way back to the kitchen (she always knew where to find those for some reason) and asked there.
No one had seen Ranma, but they told her where Celestria and Colin could be found.
Rain hoped they had seen Ranma, and made her way up, wondering about what she could do to help. |
Prier
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Ranma turned a corner and stopped there, almost slamming his cargo into the wall behind him, she was doing a great job complaining the whole way.
Ranma: "Huh...I really don't need this right now..."
Two: "Would you mind...?"
Ranma looked up at himself...err...the person he had in tow. She was glancing at her wrist.
Ranma: "Oh! Sorry..."
He let go after he got the idea. Two rubbed her wrist. That was twice today that someone was dragging her from Point A to Point B.
Ranma: "I really can't see him right now. I doubt I'd be able the same way after what I did to all of them."
He turned and looked at Two, burned his eyesight at her, which she shifted nervously under its gaze, and the subsided looking away.
Ranma: "No thanks to whoever's using copies of me for a damn puppet show. So...what do you guys want anyways? I mean...you walk all the way here and I still don't know why you're here..." ~or why we haven't got rid of you yet...~
Two noticed he wasn't exactly happy to see her. Copies? Guys? Want?
Two: "All I wanted to know was..."
She cut herself off, sighed and slinked to the ground. She wasn't going to get a decent answer out of anyone and she knew it. But it didn't help to try one more time...or three...
Two: "...who I was. That is all I have asked for. And so far, no one has given me a straight answer."
Ranma looked at her a second after she said that and thought it was some joke. Then he took a look at her again and noticed that she wasn't kidding or she was a really good actor...and if she was anything like Ranma, he had the feeling that she meant it.
So what do you tell her? Something you don't know? That she and several other people that look like her were trying to kill him?
Then he wondered if she was the last one. Maybe she didn't have anywhere else to go, adding on to the fact that she didn't know who she was.
Or maybe it was the fact that he saw himself standing there, even though it wasn't, whatever the case, it prompted him to answer with -his- version of the truth...
He shook his head and turned:
Ranma: "Could you wait here for a sec? Gotta get something..."
Two: "Uhm...okay?"
Ranma walked off at a relatively fast rate, a walk-run of sorts. Two sighed and wondered what his problem was and why he had to take off in such a hurry.
She then noticed that someone was walking towards her from behind. Instinct of sorts, but the person wasn't trying to be noticed. She turned her head around the corner and went wide-eyed when she saw...herself? Another her?
Two: "I...uh...how?"
Ranko: "Uhm...it's me."
Two: "H...huh?"
Ranko brushed her damn ponytail back and pointed to the fact that she was wet. She shook her head.
Ranko: "You know...Ranma?"
Two: "Ranma...who's that?"
Ranko blinked. Twice. Ah fsck...didn't tell her my name.
Ranko: "That guy?"
Two: "Oh, you mean that one boy that just ran off?"
Ranko: "Yes. That's who."
Two: "Oh...he left to get something. Were you trying to find him?"
Ranko facefaulted. This was going to take a while.
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A little while later, she succeeded telling her everything there was to know, or at least what she wanted her to know, about curses and Jyusenkyou and the whole bunch. A good way to kill a couple dozen minutes, if nothing else.
Two: "So you are saying that I am your twin?"
Ranma: "I guess you could put it kinda like that."
Two: "Hmm..."
Two didn't know whether to buy it or not. But she did know that there wasn't a lot else she could remember either...and he did feel awfully familar to her. Her head hurt trying to think about it, so she shook it off and did the only thing she could do.
Hugged him almost senseless.
Ranma: "Ah...HEY! Wha...wha...what are you...?"
Two: "Well then, I won't want to run off anymore, will I?"
Ranma: "Uhm...I...guess?"
Two smiled. If nothing else, it was a good ploy for now. Keeping at least someone's trust for the time being was better than no one at all. Eventually, she would find out what was the real truth behind everything.
But, in a small sense of foresight, she wondered if that was any better than being dragged around now. She had a good and bad feeling about all of this...
Two: "Shouldn't we get back to make sure they are okay, and your one friend?"
Ranma: "Ahm...I guess but..."
Two: "Hmm?"
Two noticed his face was colored a curious shade of red. Was he feverish?
Ranma: "Ahm...ahm...would...would you mind uh...letting go?"
Ranma himself was pinned to the wall in a pretty bad position with her leaning against him, and he was kind of losing air per second she was on, cutting his air off slightly...if he could use that excuse he would.
Two: "Oh...I'm sorry."
Two reacted a bit fast got off him and Ranma dropped to the ground.
Two: "Oops?"
Ranma: ~Ugh...this is just going to get worse and worse...I just know it...~
Two: "Mind if I go on ahead?"
Ranma: "Yea...I'll be there in a sec..."
Two left. Ranma turned around, sighed, and figured he might as well get this over sometime soon. He was going to have to walk and talk with him eventually. Hopefully, this wasn't going to amount to anything too serious.
Even though it was Ranma kinda made an attempt on Colin's life, unwillingly...
...Ranma shook his head. Screw it. He got up and followed after, back towards the room where they were holding Colin. |
Anya
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"Ummm..okay..." Anya stammers, while making her way out into the hallway. "Give me a few minutes, I'll get you some water." Why did she get the feeling that something was up...or was about to happen?
Celestria, in the meantime, grabs a blanket and a pillow from a nearby storage unit and covers Colin with it. "There you go, the a/c can get pretty cold here sometimes." |
Prier
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Ranma: "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."
Ranma said in monotone...obviously Anya liked kicking him when he was down.
Ranma: "Would you knock that off already!"
He got up, good as new. Great recovery.
Ranma: "Well...you were kinda uhm...beaten up pretty bad uhm...eheheh..."
Ranma didn't add the fact that it was partially him that did the beating up and hoped to hell the Colin forgot about it, but he didn't chance the matter; he found an exit.
Ranma: "Oh...yea...uh...you uh...c'mon...I'll show you uh...something."
Ranma took Two by the hand and dragged her out of the room, to her protest, of course. What was with everyone dragging her everywhere?
Two: "Hey...ex...EXCUSE ME! I CAN WALK MYSELF!"
...was the glorious exit of the room. |
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