... But Home is Nowhere

[tekka]

[/i], listen listen
listen close, it dies beat by beat
you can hear when the heart stops, i saved the pieces
when it broke, and ground them all to d u s t


the rhythm of boots clomping down cement was easily drowned out by the roar of machinery as the unknown and abandoned metal beasts continued on their work. haine rammsteiner walked about the area, feeling a sense of familiarity between this maze of machines and the underground city he used to reside in. it was almost a relief to his nerves. he sighed and checked his watch aimlessly. there was nowhere for him to be and nothing he had to make time for, he had as much time as desired to play around these little machines.[/sub][/ul]

[tempest]

See the devil on the doorstep now (my oh my)
Telling everybody oh just how to live their lives
Sliding down the information highway
Buying in just like a bunch of fools
Time is ticking and we can't go back (my oh my)

Where was she now? Large maroon eyes flicked about with their childish innocence. This wasn't a place for a little 5 year old, she could tell. But her tendency to explore had caused her to wind up here. Worried about if she were lost again, Hisaye constantly memerized where she was and where she had been. Her mind went over the images again and again. It was pretty easy for her to remember it all. Hisaye was smart, a genius some called her. She wondered if she really was a genius like her father sometimes. But Hisaye had no clue what her IQ could possibly be. She figured it wasn't up to his level, no! Or was it? Could it surpass his? No way! No one was as smart as her papa! A smile came across her features, thinking affectionately of him. The dark-haired man whom she had finally gotten to meet. Her mother was somewhere...Hisaye had lost track of her. Both of them had taken a tendency to wander. Actually, she think she had just picked it up from her. Hisaye was unsure of it was just a genetic personality trait or if she had picked up the habit from watching her mom wander off aimlessly. She held a high affection for her mom, whom she knew better then her father. But just absolutely adored her father...admired him, looked up to him.
"Wonder whewe papa is..."

What about the world today
What about the place that we call home
We’ve never been so many
And we've never been so alone

[tekka]

[/i] listen listen
listen close, beat by beat
you can hear when the heart stops, i save the pieces
when it broke, and ground them all to d u s t

haine had stopped to watch the machinery for a moment and ponder where to go, when he heard a little voice and looked down to see who it was. his albino red eyes stopped on hisaye for a moment before it clicked in his mind and he spasmed, jumping to the side and colliding with a metal rail, keeping people from falling into the whirr of rusty metal. "w-what...?" he sputtered, pressing himself into the bars to put as much distance as possible between himself and this little girl.[/sub][/ul]

[tempest]

"Huh...?" Hisaye just now noticed the man, her eyes gazing at his face. She saw his name and life span, tilting her head as she did so.
"Hawne?" She tried to pronounce it, but the word wouldn't quite slip off her tongue right. What was wrong with him? Had she scared him or somethin?
"What's wong? Awe you scawed of me?"
She threw him a confused look, wondering what could possible make him afraid of a 5 year old.
"Whewe am I...?"

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[tekka]

[/i]. again, he pressed his body even closer to the bar rail and lifted a foot, prepared to shove her away with it should she get any closer to him. "h-... how do you know my name!?" he hissed.[/ul][/sub]

[tempest]

"Oh..I'm sowwy Hawne..." Hisaye gave a sheepish grin. "I was bown with eyes that can see names and wife spans...My momma has them, too. But she paid half her wife span..."
Hisaye decided to sit down, sitting and pulling her legs close to her. Her hands rested upon her knees as she assumed her weirdly put position. It helped her think. One hand moved and she bit lightly on the skin on the end of her thumb.

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[tekka]

[/b] he muttered, narrowing his eyes. he set his foot down as she sat on the ground, feeling less threatened. "you shouldn't sit on the cement like that. it's dirty." his voice probably sounded more scolding than he intended for it to, but really. the pavement is such a disgusting place, a little girl shouldn't be sitting on it.[/sub][/ul]

[tempest]

"Umm..." Hisaye murmured, staring into his red eyes. She tilted her head, blinking her crimson optics. Did he doubt her? She had said his name, had she not?
"I wonder whewe my momma is..."
She sighed softly, knowing the young female was around here somewhere. Her real mom was in her dimension at home...but another version of her momma walked these parts. In these worlds...her momma was a vampire, inhuman. It was such an awing thing to her...and then there was her father. Her father who was dead in her dimension, her father who had been murdered by Kira before he even knew she had existed. But he was here...and she had gotten to meet him. She was staying with him and her momma now, and it made her happy. Hisaye heard his scolding words, looking at him and frowning. Slowly did she lift herself and wipe her pants off.
"K..."

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[tekka]

[/b] he muttered, staring at her. "but you stay five feet away from me at all times, understood?" he didn't particularly like the idea of going looking for a woman, typically he tried to avoid them at all costs. but it just wouldn't be human to leave a little kid alone like that. and he knew the feeling, and how just one person that didn't totally leave you behind could completely save you.[/sub][/ul]

[tempest]

"She can't be faw," Hisaye looked around. "Less I wandewed fawthew then I thought..."
She began to retrace her steps, looking around as she did so. She looked back at him, five feet? Why? Why was he so scared of her and other women? What had they done to him to do such a thing? She frowned, suddenly thinking of her terrified mother. Her mom had a rough past with males, and now she was scared of them, like he was scared of females.
"You act like my momma..." she murmured softly, "she's scawed of most males..."
With that she looked forward and continued on, looking up at the sky.

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[tekka]

[/b] he mumbled in disinterest, not inclined to know what this girl's mother was afraid of or not. "well let's just hope we find her fast and without any... disruptions." gunfights were common for him, but he really wasn't in the mood for one today.[/sub][/ul]

[tempest]

She was quiet, a more serious mood suddenly taking over her. She was searching, eyes shifting around. Her eyes were wary, too. So much danger could be around here. The five year old was not oblivious, she was very much aware.

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[tekka]

[/b] he asked her, hoping that she was here and they could part ways.[/sub][/ul]