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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 2:24:58 GMT -5
Max stared at Metal for a few seconds. A.J. expected him to flip out and deny it right then and there. Imagine how he felt when his response was more bewlidered than panicked. "Wait, Kaitlin? Liking Gantz? Of course not. Sure, she was a little fond of him, but never like that." "Then would you mind explaining her behaviour back there?" A.J. asked. He figured that Max was probably in denial or something. It was no secret that he had a bit of a crush on Kaitlin, after all, and in a situation like this, the idea of her liking someone else would probably send him into denial. Max hesitated for a second. "Um..." After looking at Metal and the other inhabitants in the room (he was a little puzzled over the sight of Red, but that could wait), he indicated the corner and beckoned A.J. to follow. "You can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you." He gave a cautionary glare at Metal, adding, "Erin, if he tries to listen in, feel free to whack him a bit." A.J. followed him into the corner, where Max whispered something to him. ... "Are you telling me--?!" "SHHHHHH!" Max shushed him hastily. "Not HERE, moron!"
FLIGHTY BROADS
And their SNARKY HORSESH*TOMETER
Kaitlin ========++ Rosaline
Kaitlin's eye twitched. High School Musical?!She forced herself to calm down. Breathe, breathe...I am NOT going to let myself get riled up by this uptight gria!"This coming from someone who clearly auditioned for Twilight and was denied because you were too 'classic vampire'." she retorted. "And Misty, continue laughing and I really will beat you down a second time, I mean it." |
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 2:33:59 GMT -5
Rosaline grinned a bit. "This coming from the girl who probably wanted to see a pixie topless shimmering in the sunlight in the movie?" Kaitlin looked like she was going to respond, but Rose cut her off. "No no that can't be it... You're CLEARLY the kind that'd want to see a topless Werewolf."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 2:40:53 GMT -5
.................................................. Kaitlin gave her a look that clearly said What kind of comeback is that?!"...And I suppose you ask Gantz to put on body glitter for your own deluded fantasies from time to time? To put it mildly?"
FLIGHTY BROADS
And their SNARKY HORSESH*TOMETER
Kaitlin +++======= Rosaline
MEANWHILE... A.J. stared at Max with a look of pure disbelief. "I...wow. How long--" "I know it's a lot to take in, but you have to remember, you can't tell ANYONE," Max urged. "I'm serious. Not Rosaline, not Misty, and, most importantly, never, EVER Gantz. He CAN'T know about this. EVER." |
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 2:58:53 GMT -5
Rosaline's eyes widened, and she actually looked quite sickened at the thought. "What? Ew, no. Scions no. I can't stand that series myself. Trust me, I KNOW what vampires are supposed to be like."
She did too. Some ghosts on Ivalice actually came pretty close by comparison.
"But look, let's not get off subject. I want to know exactly why you were throwing a fit at me earlier." Kaitlin was probably about to respond, but Rose cut her off quickly. "Don't TRY ME. YOU'RE the one that's come into OUR house, started yelling at me, even though I did absolutely nothing to provoke you- and I swear to Bahamut, if you throw one more insult my way, I'm going to grab every last sword in this house, trust me there is a LOT and I'm going to force feed you each and every one. Don't think I can do it? TRY ME."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 3:05:56 GMT -5
Kaitlin was somewhat taken aback. But then again, she had a point....
She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "You know what? You're right. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blown up at you like that. I guess I didn't expect...well, nevermind. It's complicated. And I promised someone I wouldn't talk about it. It isn't your fault. Besides, it's been a hell of a day, Jaron's missing, and according to Kavma he's going to contact me and Max again tonight or something...we shouldn't be fighting like this. How about we just deal with the problem at hand first?" She held out a hand. "And Misty, I wasn't joking, wipe that smirk off your face."
Max and A.J. maintained eye contact for a moment more, then A.J. sighed and said, "All right, I promise I won't tell anyone."
"Good. We're in enough trouble as it is, anyway."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 13:37:12 GMT -5
Misty laughed a bit. "Sorry." She calmed down after a bit. "God, I haven't laughed like that in ages..." With that said, she waved a hand to the two and walked off.
Watching her go, Rose seemed a tad confused. "Well... She's considerably more cheerful today..." Red nodded from where she sat... Climber had missed the entire thing because he had his music up to loud. [XDDD] Shaking her head, Rose facepalmed. "Look... We clearly got off on the wrong foot somewhere back there, so... Let's try this again..."
She cleared her throat, trying to act neighborly. "My name is Rosaline, formerly of the Dragon clan in the continent of Archadia, and currently a member of Clan Highwind." She nodded a moment, before looking to Kaitlin curiously. "And you? Who are you and how do you know Alex exactly?"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 20:41:24 GMT -5
Kaitlin gave Misty the Evil Eye (TM) as she left. "Even after two years, she's still a bit of a pest." She straightened herself up and replied, "Well, Rosaline, I'm Kaitlin Roslyn, from the Bronx, don't know if you know what that is, and the guy who fled in terror a few minutes ago is Max Chadi from Johto. We're friends of Jaron. And as for how we know Alex, well, it's a long story. Really long. If he hasn't told you about it I don't know if I can."
Knowing how traumatic that one event had been, she figured it was lucky if Gantz even thought about it from time to time. Still, she doubted that he would've withheld that information from his girlfriend, of all people, but even so...
Meanwhile, Max peeked out from the parlor doors. "Is it safe to come out yet?"
Kaitlin rolled her eyes. "Yes, Max, we're not going to vaporize you with our laser beam eyes."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 21:24:36 GMT -5
Rosaline considered this; it was true she didn't know what the Bronx was, but hey, it didn't matter. This was considerably better progress then before. "You don't have to worry Kaitlin." She shrugged. "I at least know a few details..." She looked to find Max, AJ and Metal looking in at them. She rolled her eyes after a second, smiling a bit. "Come on boys, it's safe now."
Around that time, Climber's song appeared to end. When the Mannequin opened his eyes, he found Max, AJ and Metal walking back into the room hesitantly. "Hm?" He looked to Rosaline. "Miss Rose... Did I miss something?"
Red giggled at the mannequin's cluelessness.
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 21:56:23 GMT -5
Max shrugged. "Well, if no one minds..." He took out both Pokeballs.
One red flash later, James and Buizel were standing in the room looking at everything curiously. "Classy," Buizel observed.
"BUIZEL!!" GLOMP.
"GAH! Erin!!!"
James sweatdropped. "We've only been separated for a few hours..."
Max chuckled. Kaitlin rolled her eyes. "Goofs." She looked around, saying, "Anyway, I think we've wasted enough time. Where's Alex?"
"Kaitlin--"
"Max, Jaron's missing, Wally's been carted off to Kavma's Superamazing Spaceship of Doom (TM) and we do NOT know what's been going on today. Don't tell ME we're being impatient."
"Whoa, wait, what?!" A.J. asked.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 22:22:47 GMT -5
There came a sigh, but to be honest, Rosaline was surprised to hear what she heard about Wally. "Wally? You ran into Wally??" She considered this a moment, before she shook her head. "My goodness... Sounds like things have went to the underworld even more then I thought..."
Climber and Red looked to Rose with concerned expressions. Rose looked to Red, whom nods her head, as if to acknowledge the look. "Red. Can you go get Gantz please?"
Red nodded and quickly ran off to the reading room.
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In said Reading Room, Gantz continued to sleep soundlessly, nothing giving anyone any sort of sign that he was among the living, aside from his rising and falling chest, and his near silent breaths.
It looked like he'd continue to do as such as well....
At least until-
"OOF!!!"
Gantz jumped awake at that instant. "Huh!?!? Wh-Wh-..?!?!" He looked to find little Red on top of him, having tackled him on the couch. "R-Red? The heck are you-"
When he looked up, he found Rosaline, Metal, Climber, Kaitlin, Max and AJ standing there next to the couch...
"What-"
Rose spoke first, shrugging to Gantz's look. "Sorry Alex... But Kaitlin didn't want to wait..."
Gantz looked to Kaitlin and Max especially with wide eyes. "Kaitlin? Max?" He rubbed his eyes, to make sure he wasn't seeing things. As he did, he got into a sitting position, Red moving over to sit next to him. "Is that you?"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 22:32:02 GMT -5
Both Max and Kaitlin expected their reunion with Gantz to be a little more...I don't know, emotional or something.
Funny, they expected to feel different meeting someone they had't seen in two years.
"Yeah, it's us," said Max. "Hi, Gantz."
Kaitlin looked Gantz over. "Huh. You haven't changed much, have you, Alex? Sorry we couldn't have met in more pleasant circumstances...is it just me, or are you always caught up in some sort of mayhem every time we meet?"
"Don't mind her, she's had a bad day," Max joked.
"Hey..." Kaitlin warned. She turned to Gantz, looking solemn. "...As much as I'd like to catch up and everything, I think we need to talk for a bit. A lot of things have happened today, and...well."
She left her next sentence unspoken, but they could tell what was on her and Max's mind. Where on earth is Jaron?
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 22:47:13 GMT -5
He noticed the look on the two faces and let out a sigh...
"It's all my fault..." He bent forward, and leaned on his fists, elbows on his legs. "Everything was going well enough... Okay, I'll admit, we were forced to play Kavma's game, but it was to get his memory back, and he had us there to back him up..."
He let out a groan. "Then... Suddenly, the monster he was fighting... It became worse... Much worse."
Likely taking notice of Kaitlin's look, Rosaline took the oppurtunity. "Look, Jaron's still alive." She then pointed downward. "He's just lost somewhere deep in the mining tunnels in the island's underground."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 7, 2011 22:52:53 GMT -5
"Monster? What? Why didn't you guys go after him--" Kaitlin began.
"We couldn't."
Kaitlin turned to A.J. who explained, "Gantz got a call from Kavma after we left that place. I don't know what they were talking about, but it must've been pretty bad, because he made us come back here."
"What would Kavma have said that made you want to come back here?" Kaitlin asked, confused.
Max raised his hands, silencing everyone. "I think we need to start from the beginning," he said. "Gantz, please tell us when you ran into Jaron and go from there. Just give us the gist of it. No need for exact details. Once you're done we'll tell you what happened on our end. You probably won't like what you'll hear, though, it...wasn't pretty."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 7, 2011 23:57:53 GMT -5
Gantz looked curious about this, but let out a sigh...
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A few minutes later...
Gantz told the story as best he could, how he had found Jaron at the old church and the entire insane day that followed immediately after...
"And that's the gist of it." He said with a groan in finality. "Look, I'd love to show you Jaron, but that's just how the whole thing has happened right now. We don't know where Jaron is... And even if we did, finding him isn't going to be easy."
Letting out a sigh, Rosaline crossed her arms. "It doesn't help things that Kavma has called us to some kind of... Dinner Party..."
"What makes it worse?" The paladin said with a groan. "Whatever's going on... Guys... It's actually SCARING KAVMA. And I don't know about you, but to me? That's utterly horrifying..."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 0:48:21 GMT -5
The three of them listened tentatively, occasionally stopping to ask a question or two. Kaitlin's eyes narrowed when Gantz mentioned Jihl and her status as Superior. As if the last one wasn't bad enough...
When he described the appearance of D.E.V.A. Jonathan, Max blanched while Kaitlin and A.J. exchanged glances. Bad memories came to mind, some involving a mad doctor long dead...
And now, the present moment.
Kaitlin blinked. "...Dinner party?"
"Here we go," Max sighed as Kaitlin went on her tirade.
"Are you telling me that Kavma sent us here just so we can doll ourselves up for a DINNER PARTY?! What does he think we are, members of the local country club?! No, NO, I REFUSE to cooperate with that madman, I am NOT going to some stupid--"
SPLOOSH!
Kaitlin was now dripping wet. "Buizel..."
"Hey, if not me, then who?"
Everyone sweatdropped. Max cleared his throat. "Um, anyway... we don't blame you about Jaron, Gantz. Also, Kavma was acting a little freaked when we saw him at the mountain. It was pretty scary, too. What on earth would be so bad it would scare him, of all people?"
There was a moment of silence as they all contemplated this. Naturally, it was too unnerving for words.
"Let's get back on topic," A.J. said hastily. "How about you tell us what happened to you guys?"
Max nodded. "Sure, okay...unless there's anything you want to add, Gantz?"
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