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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 19:14:54 GMT -5
........... After a moment, Gantz shook his head. "No, there's nothing else..." He really meant that too... A second later, he looked to Max and Kait, honestly looking nervous. "Uh... Yes, do tell... What happened?"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 19:29:04 GMT -5
Max took a breath and began to speak. "Well, we'll just skip the prologue and go right to when we left the station earlier." He then proceeded to tell Gantz about what happened to him from the time he left to when he reunited with Kaitlin on the mountain--though he left out the weird mind crap that occurred every time they had attempted to go upstairs. Kaitlin took over at that point. "As for me, well, after I got kicked over heaven knows how many miles, I wound up on the mountain with some injuries and ran into this moogle. Name was Lea. I'm sure you recognize THAT name." She held up a hand, silencing Gantz as he attemped to speak. "She's all right, matter of fact Kavma had his goons bring her ship down to the city to fix it up--Lea said something about some dogfight, heck if I can remember. She's with them right now, she wanted to make sure they didn't mess up her 'special modifications'. Getting back on track..." She then related what had happened between the man in red, then the events of meeting the alternate Wally and Otto ("By the way, you're going to have to explain that one to us a bit more later, I'm still confused about it," she added). She also added the bit about the orb of light, and ended right when they had started to fight the red man. "And then he--" she paused and looked at Max. They weren't entirely sure how they were going to explain what happened next without Gantz flipping out. "Um...well...during the fight, Wally...oh, screw it. He wound up getting stabbed." She waited as Gantz freaked, then she continued. "Well, after that, um...you know what happens when Otto gets really, really upset?" A.J. shook his head. "Uh...no. What happens when he gets upset?" Kaitlin and Max didn't answer him. Figures he wouldn't know. They never talked about it. Gantz got the idea almost immediately.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 19:58:16 GMT -5
........
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
Yeah, Gantz's response certainly counted as freaking. For those of you out there in the audience that is curious, here's why. Ever since the CBB incident he had regained his memories concerning drawing up Wally and Otto and essentially creating them in the Real World. So hearing THIS, MORE then caught his attention. Him hearing that Wally got stabbed was the literal equivalent of a father hearing that his son was getting stabbed... Okay, yeah, Gantz didn't look at Wally as a son, but he still looked at any reincarnation of him as a close personal friend.
Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, he heard what they said about Otto...
OH GOD...
"Basically AJ..." Gantz said, looking pale. "Otto FLIPPED his everloving shit. And when he does that, he turns into a powerful nigh unstoppable monster."
Rosaline looked wide-eyed at this. "Dear sweet BAHAMUT are you serious?!?"
"I wish I wasn't..." Gantz sighed... "Please... Go on."
Climber looked pretty concerned by this point, Metal and Red too. "They don't have to, if you don't want to hear it Gantz." Metal said, but the young man waved him off, before looking to Max and Kaitlin.
"Continue."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 20:18:45 GMT -5
A.J. blinked. "Um...what kind of--" "Please, A.J., you do NOT want to know. Just...don't ask." Max sighed. "Anyway...yeah, Otto went Rex right then and there and attacked the guy in red. The two of them just ran off then, and we certainly weren't going after the Rex of all people, so we tried to make sure Wally was okay." "He was alive, barely, but alive," Kaitlin continued. "Lea managed to give him a potion she had, but I don't think it would've worked...and..." She paused. She had no idea how to proceed here. The rex was bad enough. But as to what happened to Wally... Max took over at that point. "Wally...he turned into a monster." He began to relate how Wally had transformed into Adrian and his/its battle with the Rex as Gantz listened with increasing horror. He then told them about how he had pursued the man in red and stole his hat, and how the sprite cured Wally and Otto. He stopped when he got to the part where Kavma had arrived. A.J. was pale with shock. "...how did--" "D.E.V.A." Total silence reigned in that room. A.J. slowly turned to Kaitlin, his face blank. "...Black's dead, Kaitlin. How--" "I don't know. Kavma said it was the red guy who did it." She noticed the look that Gantz was giving her and explained, "D.E.V.A. is this weird virus thing that CRL made up with this scientist guy. We...had a lot of trouble with it a while ago. But from what Kavma said, Wally had been infected with it." A.J. sunk into an empty chair, muttering, "No, no, it's impossible...we...we destroyed all of it..." "We got rid of all the samples we found in Black's lab," Max reminded him. "It's not impossible that Kavma had some of it. But..." It was right then that Gantz reacted.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 20:40:18 GMT -5
"SO..."
The tenseness of the line, and the extremity of the tone quickly caught Max off guard... For those it DIDN'T catch off guard, Gantz's powerful magical aura quickly clued them in that something was wrong... A few people willingly guessed that it was his sanity. The aura of magic was powerful to say the very least, and saying the aura in it felt like pure, writhing, untainted rage would be nothing short of a humongous understatement.
Needless to say, the others had a bad feeling this conversation was about to hit the proverbial curb... If not fall off a cliff.
"LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS FUCKING STRAIGHT..." Gantz said, the magical aura growing. The fire in the fire place becoming a blaze that shot up the chimney. "YOU MEAN TO FUCKING TELL ME THAT, THANKS TO SOMETHING THAT ASSHOLISH, MORONIC, ASSININE EXCUSE OF AN IMMORTAL DIDN'T DESTROY HIMSELF WHEN HE GOT THE CHANCE IN THE [shadow=red,left,300]FIRST FUCKING PLACE[/shadow] WALLY IS LYING SOMEWHERE, LIKELY NEAR FUCKING DEAD, AND IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, THIS SAME STUPID INVENTION THAT WAS USED ON WALLY, IS STILL FUCKING OUT THERE, RUNNING LOOSE DOING GOD ONLY [shadow=red,left,300]FUCKING KNOWS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WHAT'S EVEN WORSE... IT COULD HAVE BEEN FUCKING PREVENTED IF THAT ASSHOLE JUST DESTROYED THE FUCKING THING WHEN HE FIRST GOT HIS FUCKING HANDS ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"[/shadow]
Rosaline flinched at the yelling, Climber hid behind a couch, Red hid behind Rose, and Metal actually took a step back. To be honest, no-one liked seeing Gantz like this. It just completely betrayed his normally sunny attitude. By that point, there were literally storm clouds forming in the room, tiny lightning flashing from it to more then personify the mage's rage, where the raging fire in the Fire-place Flue didn't.
[shadow=red,left,300]"DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT?!?!?!?!?!?!?"[/shadow]
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 20:51:06 GMT -5
Max leaned back in shock, Kaitlin stood up from her chair, and A.J. summoned his Keyblade. None of them had ever seen Gantz like this. In Max's opinion, it was somehow worse than Kavma's freakout. Buizel, as intimidated as she was at that moment, decided to take matters into her own hands. SPLOOOOOOOOOSH!!!! Within moments, Gantz was dripping wet. The storm clouds and the fire subsided. "This is becoming a trend," Buizel observed, sweatdropping. Kaitlin and Max stood there for a moment more, still tense. Kaitlin in particular observed Gantz with a critical, if not weary, eye. "...I was wrong. You HAVE changed. You never acted this way last time, even when--" she stopped. "Nevermind. You calm yet?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 21:04:05 GMT -5
Gantz took deep breaths, wiping the water from his brow. "Of... Of course I have..." He said, as he did this. "You don't know what I've been through since we last seen each other... I've seen much... Lost much..." He looked to Rose smiling sadly. "Even... Even when I had a new family to protect... I couldn't even protect them... I can only be thankful that they are safe here."
He then turned back to Kaitlin and Max, and lowered his head... He looked quite ashamed of himself. "I'm... I'm sorry for what you saw... What has happened has... Well... Let's just say my Psyche's been to hell and back... I'm almost surprised I'm not a insane gibbering mess by now... ... I guess I have my friends to thank for that..."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 21:15:00 GMT -5
It was true that they had no idea of what happened to Gantz since they last met. They had always been sure that he had been fine, and had been more fortunate than when that...event had occurred. Now? Kaitlin looked at Gantz with pity. "...We didn't know that you've been through so much. Gantz..." Max walked forward and put a hand on his shoulder. "...We're so sorry you had to deal with all this. Is there anything we can do?" A.J., on the other hand, stood by silently. He really didn't have anything to contribute to this conversation. Dammit, I hate being so useless...
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 21:26:46 GMT -5
To be honest, the hand on his shoulder came as a great comfort; at least they understood... He then became aware of Little Red suddenly pulling him into a hug, crying a little bit into his shirt. "Awww, it's okay Red... It's okay." Gantz then looked to find Rose walking up to him. "Rose... I..."
"Shhh..." She shushed the young man with a kind smile. "It's okay... I know. We all know."
That was when Max's question came to mind. Gantz looked to Max with a smile. "Having you guys around is such a great comfort..." He then looked out the window. "What I'd really want though... Is to have everyone back... Then maybe when all of this insanity is over, we can just rest, relax, maybe catch up. I had been looking forward to some down-time since I first landed on this island."
..... A second later, he turned back to the others. "In the meantime though..." He punched his fist into his open hand. "There's a certain asshole whom I'd LOVE to give a piece of my mind, when we get to his dinner party."
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 21:32:41 GMT -5
Kaitlin scowled and cracked her knuckles. "SO glad you could bring that up. I personally can't WAIT until I get to pound his face in." Max opened his mouth...then closed it. No, it was better if Kaitlin had her fun. She certainly needed it. "Any idea when this dinner thing is supposed to start?" A.J. asked, checking the nearby carriage clock. It read 9:23. "Who cares? Let's just go to wherever it's supposed to be and get this over with," Kaitlin said hotly. "You don't know where," Max reminded her. "...Gantz, did Kavma tell you when and where this thing is going to take place?" Kaitlin asked, hoping to change the subject.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 8, 2011 21:44:56 GMT -5
"Well..." Gantz thought about this. "It was Gene who told me about the Invite... Likely it came via E-mail." Metal considered this. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's head up to his room and take a look at this invite." ----------------------------------------------------------------- A few minutes later, the group found themselves in Gene's room, Gantz's twin more then surprised at the group letting themselves in. When they mentioned Kavma's invitation however, he quickly understood and had Leviathan EXE pull up the E-Mail on his computer. It looked like Gene and Lilia was dressed up nice and fancy, Gene in his Sunday best, whilst Lilia was dressed in a light green dress with pronounced shoulders and sleeveless arms. (Out of character? Maybe, but hey, even tomboys can dress fancy if they wanted to.) To make the image easier to process, her hiking boots remained on her feet, no matter how much it may have clashed with her dress. When the group asked, Gene relayed that he and Lilia WAS about to leave to go out on Void City for a date. With that info processed, everyone took a look at the invite. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Kavma Raleigh has formally invited Mr. Gantz Gun, Ms Kaitlin Roslyn, and their compatriots to the Grand Opening of
THE CRYSTAL ROOM
at the Void City Plaza
Tonight at 11:00 PM
For a Formal Dinner and Showing of the Play
Draco and Maria
Please arrive on time with a print of this invitation.
PS. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. We have a major emergency on our hands. You NEED to arrive on time, with or without Mr. Roxai.
K. Raleigh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 8, 2011 22:24:51 GMT -5
Max gave a friendly nod toward Gene and Lilia. He wished he could talk to them more, but it wasn't the time for that. A.J. tried to avoid Lilia's gaze, however. Max made a note to ask about that. As they examined the invitation, Kaitlin muttered, "You've got to be kidding me." "Is this sort of thing normal for him?" A.J. asked. "Depends on how you use the word 'normal'," said Max. "I can barely read this thing anyway. I can't believe he'd use this handwriting." "I think he's taunting us," Kaitlin grumbled. "No doubt as soon as we get there we're going to have to wait half an hour while a bunch of cultured broads in their wigs and monocles stand there and berate us because of what we're wearing, and as soon as our table is ready, we'll have to go through five hours of appetizers before the main course arrives, and even THEN as soon as THAT'S done, we'll have to wait until after this stupid play is preformed, and once we actually get to talk to the guy, it turns out that he'd already left when we were shown to our table!" "You really think he'd do that in a time like this?" Max asked incredulously. "No, wait, don't answer that." "That sounds a bit ridiculous, Kaitlin," A.J. said doubtfully. "No more ridiculous when you spent a month in a village full of ninja." "Hey..." "I just can't believe he'd pull this off," said Max as he continued to examine the invite. "I mean, sure, he stayed under the rader with that whole Crystal Room thing two years ago, but don't you think someone would've noticed who's running this thing? He's even using the same name!" "Some people are idiots. Besides, it's a big multiverse," Kaitlin replied. "Not everyone's heard of CRL. And even those who do--" A horrible though occured to her. She turned to Gene and Lilia, begging, "Please, please tell me you two aren't having your date at this Crystal Room thing. Lie if you have to." Sure, the two of them--Lilia in particular--would never even think of considering having anything to do with CRL, especially after--well, it didn't hurt to check.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 10, 2011 23:00:00 GMT -5
Gene and Lilia looked between each other a moment.
"Well... We weren't planning on it..." If Kaitlin let out a sigh of relief, she sucked it back when she heard. "But after everything that happened, I'd like to be brought up to speed. So we'll be accompanying you"
Lilia grinned, "Sides... I've been looking forward to seeing the omni-powerful douche again."
Hearing that, Gantz nodded in understanding. "Sounds good." Sighing, he took off his cap, revealing the spikey hat hair underneath.
Metal looked at Gantz strangely. "Now what are you doing?"
The paladin took a second to lick his fingers and wet down the parts that stuck up most prominently. "What's it look like? I'm getting ready for a dinner and a show... Though whether or not the show will still be the play will remain to be seen..."
"We're actually going to dress up for this?" Came Rose with a raised eyebrow. "I know it said formal, but-"
Gantz growled. "I'm not getting thrown out the door just because of some stupid rule they have set up that'll keep street urchins out." With that said, he looked to Metal and Climber. "Guys? I want you to stay here and look after the place. With Gene and Lilia gone, we might have company."
Climber nodded quickly. "Uh- y-yes sir!"
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Post by doctorzero on Nov 10, 2011 23:10:53 GMT -5
Kaitlin stared at Lilia, slackjawed. "...You can NOT be serious. You're actually going to a restaurant that's run by the same man who your mo--" she stopped. "No, never mind. You want to come? Go nuts." After Gantz declared his intent to clean himself up for the party, A.J. replied, "You actually want to dress up for something that Kavma is hosting? I know I wasn't there, but didn't things go downhill last time you went to something like that?" He immediately realized what he said. "...sorry." "Well, you can dress yourself up as the Monopoly guy for all I care, there is no way I'm going to dress up for--" Kaitlin started. She stopped when she saw Max start pulling out a dress and tuxedo out of his hat. "...Max..." "Well, after that thing in Rabanastre, I thought it would be a waste not to keep them," he explained. "That doesn't answer how you kept them in your hat." "Hammerspace," he replied, grabbing the end of a pair of pants and tugging on them. "Everyone back home can do it. Come on, you--" He wrenched the pants out of the hat, and in the process, the hat he had taken from Zero fell out too. Everyone stared at it. "...You kept a hat...in your hat?" A.J. asked. Max picked it up, replying, "I didn't know where else to put it! Completely forgot about this. Hey, Gantz, have any of you guys ever seen this hat before?" The thing was a dark red with a feather. As he handed it to Gantz, a small case the size of his thumb fell out of it. Buizel picked it up and looked at it. "What's this thing?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Nov 10, 2011 23:37:30 GMT -5
Metal took a look at the case and carefully took it from him. ".... Hmmmm..." He scanned the device carefully... Of course, he came up unknown. "... If this... Thing, belongs to this weird person you were talking about, the one that was looking for Kavma..." Metal gently handed the device to Gantz. "Perhaps Mr. Rayleigh might be able to enlighten you."
.... Unlike Metal, Gantz refused to give up, and carefully looked the tiny little case over... "Hmmmmm..." He continued doing this a moment, looking for some kind of latch or opening.
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