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Post by Wakana Waka on Jul 5, 2020 10:48:05 GMT -8
Being told she didn’t look like a thug was quite a surprise for Waka, but she kept it to herself – he was probably just being nice. She just focussed on finishing her tea as the boy chatted away; utterly unaware of how uneasy her Majin aura was making him feel. She did notice that amount of blushing, though… she could get used to this. ”Mm. Yeah, I’m from the North'rn Lands,” replied the lady, but she’d pointedly look down at Nase without a trace of her earlier hint of a smile after saying that – ”But let’s leave it at that, got it?” Well, maybe he’d get the thug part now… she didn’t like to talk about that stuff. At all. Thankfully, Nase promptly redeemed the conversation – Waka’s expression grew just a little softer after his agreement with her pointless comment. She didn’t like the idea of being considered a big softie or any of that garbage, but between a good meal and such easy-going company, she was willing to lower her guard a little bit. Just a little bit! She wasn’t some starry-eyed schoolgirl! Never was, never had been. But, he might be worth keeping an eye on. A little part of her wanted to dote on him, honestly; even though she had no idea how tough he was in the first place. She’d been blown away by a random punk plenty of times before, so she knew she shouldn’t take anything for granted. As Clove gave her interjection, Waka would give a little shake of her head – not impolite, but not gracious. ”Naw, I’m good for an hour or so. It was good.” Not good enough for her to put on her usual show of a sudden food review, but… well, okay, that was more because it was early in the morning. To be honest, she was only just waking up at this point. Not that one could tell if Waka was ever fully awake… and she herself probably couldn’t tell you when she was, either. ”Don’t let these two bark too much. Takin' care of yours'lf is the most import'nt thing around. Others can’t be relied upon; you can only read your own mind.” stated the fox, a little softer, but a little more definitively as well. It was something she said from her heart, for better or worse. It sounded like the puppy didn’t feel too differently, though he had a lot of growing up to do until then. ”What'ver we can l'cture you on doesn’t matt'r, anyway. I’m not going to play your bodyguard, 'specially if you wanna talk about gett'ng tough. You’re – cute, but I’m not going to talk down to you if you’re so cert'in.”Leaning back again, Waka finished her cup of tea with a dainty motion that didn’t suit her size and demeanour at all. ”I’m gonna be doing some train'ng out to the north lat'r today, past the suburbs, past the parks. I owe a – 'fam'ly friend' – some att'ntion. It’s mostly just pilates and medit'tion stuff, but if some punk were to show up… I could prob'bly see if I could teach him somethin' more practic'l.” rumbled the lady, rather pointedly glancing away from the group – s-she wasn’t good at this sort of stuff. She cleared her throat briefly, before remembering she was supposed to be acting tough. Putting on her best (in other words, barely noticeable) sneer, she added her usual slogan for good measure – ”No promises I won’t bite, though.”She felt like that was a somewhat more useful offer than all this beating around the bush. Feeling especially self-conscious, she glanced around briefly at the unlikely audience. Seemed like Big L had a good head on his shoulders, but might not have the best of intentions in mind right this second. A kindred spirit, but she got the feeling it might not do the puppy any good. So, maybe she ought to give something a little less... personal. ”Mind you… if you want someth'ng more immediate, then I’ll give you some adult education – the gangs 'round here gener'lly keep on the down-low since Capsule’s always lookin' over their shoulders. But, they tend to ov'rlook the really petty stuff that isn’t related to their ass'ts. So, stay near their business, and you’ll prob'bly be okay. It’s bad for their PR for people to go gett'ng into trouble right in fr'nt of their doors.””…Altern'tively, you can hide behind the cute waitress with the ridiculous aura, sword, and legal team. Sounds like a good family to marry into, huh?”
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Post by Nase on Jul 7, 2020 11:15:00 GMT -8
Nase felt... conflicted. The nice host he spoke with originally told him his idea was alright, but if it's too dangerous that he should give up or try to make a proper plan for it. The man named Luther called his idea 'pride' and said that he was just getting himself in trouble since he was 'avoiding them for so long'. He even said that he didn't believe Nase could even defend himself at all. He was going to say something about it, then he noticed that what Luther was looking at. Touching the side of his neck, he flinched as he felt the metal and fixed his collar over it again. Looking at him like he got caught committing a crime, Nase was now insulted AND discovered. Not a great feeling. "Hey. Just because I don't have such a large power level, doesn't mean I can't defend myself! Besides, I beat them before I can beat them again."He was acting defensive, probably overreacting too, but he felt a need to defend his honour as well... Dang, maybe he was an egotist. Realizing he felt a bit of his ki flare up, he tried to calm himself down again. He looked down awkwardly after his outburst and then grabbed his arm as he sat down. "...Sorry. I got a little heated about that."He slowly sat back down into his seat and paused for a while without speaking. Then he heard his seatmate pipe up from beside him. He sighed softly as she semi- defended his point and shook his head. "It's... It's not just that I don't want help... It's more that I'd feel more useless if I only depended on others. The main reason that I've even gotten this far from home is that someone sacrificed themself to help me."Covering a part of his face with his hand, he winced at the memories he brought up before shaking his head again to remove them. "Anyway... it's nothing, I might just go and look for them now since I've got nothing to do after this."Nase heard Wakana speak again after she finished her tea with an offer for him. Was she offering him a spar? She turned her face away for a second as if she was embarrassed saying that, which he thought was adorable. She then turned back to him and said something with a slight hint of intimidation on her face. Nase thought he was getting ok with reading her emotions. Either way, it sure lightened the mood. "Heh, I'll probably take you up on that offer, though it might take a while for me to be up there. Thanks... And I might not hold back either."Somehow, Nase didn't feel the dread of returning to the northern lands he thought he would have. Maybe, what he needed was someone to meet there to make it not as depressing. He instead felt... excited? Happy?? He wasn't sure. He just was thankful he found someone to make the northern lands not as bad. Everyone else here was a great help for him too, even though Luther did seem a little more abrasive than the other two. They both did seem to have good advice, even though Luther's own was to just give up and hand it over, and did want to at least know what was going on. Wakana's final note to him was some advice that gangs usually lay low due to not wanting to be caught by Capsule Corp. "(Huh, I feel like I should check them out soon since they're so close.) Oh, it's alright then. Though if it was the same group, I should probably make sure they aren't trying to use kids as ransom again. Should have made sure to beat the sense into them."He noticed that Clove had returned proposing for any more orders and answered her. "Oh, I should be fine as well... Actually, do you think I could have another of the lavender tea? It was really good. "He then flinched as the BeastMajin behind him then recommended marrying into Clove's family as a good person to hide behind. She even specified her being cute, which Nase didn't think was wrong, but still."Jeez, so forward... But, that won't be necessary... As a defence technique anyway. I'm motivated again. I'll take this into my own hands."Literally taking the orb into his hand, he slammed it to the table in his excitement, which caused it to begin glowing with the same colour his eyes and ki did when he was powering up. It began extremely bright for a second before dimming again into its galaxy colour once again, but this time with a new green hue inside of it. "Huh, that's new. Well, that settles it I guess."Nase stretched his arms in the air before leaning back into his section of the seat. "Man, drinking tea in the morning makes me sleepy."
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Post by Clove on Jul 8, 2020 22:09:09 GMT -8
Clove turned away to pick up the coffee kettle from the register counter, and refilled Luther’s coffee after he finished taking his long sip then discussed the ability of having the strength to execute a defense against Nase’s enemies. It seemed L-hat capped patron was offering the young man some sort of training indirectly based on his statement. The coffee kettle was returned to the heating plate, the tea princess removed a pad from the counter, writing Luther a fee for the coffee, which was 100 zeni for an unlimited cup of coffee, and she ripped the bill putting then thin piece of paper in front of him. Wakana had nothing further to add for her order so the bill of 1,000 zeni was also presented to her. It was then the fox woman offered training as well, which was what she planned on doing after breakfast, and the conversation had been ordinary at that point.
A blush tinted Clove’s cheeks pink when Wakana called her cute but her expression changed immediately when she suggested that marrying Clove had an abundance of benefits making a complete joke out of her offer to help. Crimson demonic red eyes glared daggers at Wakana, the tea princess genuinely felt pity for Nase who was suffering with anxiety the moment he entered her cafe, and Clove had no desire to ever marry; otherwise she would have taken her sister’s place in an arranged marriage so that she could set Juniper free.
Nase caught her attention again when he asked for another cup of the lavender tea to complete his order, she filled out his bill, but she did not issue it to him. “Certainly. I will pay for your bill this time, since you were in such a state earlier. I understand what it is like to see someone sacrifice themselves to save another and you cannot do anything about it. I hope you keep them in your memory forever and honor their noble sacrifice.”
She turned her heel and prepared a second cup of lavender tea behind the barista counter, the rest of her employees were steaming rice pastries, and sorting them behind a glass dessert case in a pastel rainbow of colors. The phone started to ring occasionally, employees were taking orders over the phone while others were done through an app, and soon enough the pace of the sales were increasing as young adults parked their hover bikes and bicycles outside to pick-up deliveries for the numerous local corporate level businesses.
“Here you go. Enjoy.” Clove smiled at Nase as she set the tea cup and saucer down.
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Post by Luther on Jul 9, 2020 19:35:31 GMT -8
This kid beaten a gang of thugs before? Either he was stronger than he looked, or that gang of thugs was nothing more than a joke. He was aware that he was still incapable of sensing the boy's current power level, however. So he definitely couldn't make any kind of assumption as yet. Although... It did reinforce the idea that this kid was a cyborg. The strongest human that Luther had ever seen was probably either that green-haired girl he met in his time in the Southern Islands or that silver headed boy he met in the middle of a forest. Either way, both of them were incredibly weak when compared to Luther, and as such, he was sconfident that both of them would have some trouble picking off a supposedly notorious gang. So what did that make Nase?
He shrugged.
Luther continually and slowly downs his tea throughout the dialogue of the others, still taking into consideration what may or may not be the case in this situation. Luther's default face was far more than enough to showcase his opinion on the current state of affairs, which was very obvious dissatisfaction. He frowned a bit at hearing the fox's thoughts. As much as he didn't like working for, with or alongside other people, he had to admit that more often than not, it ended up being beneficial for him. Granted, given his occupation, it was generally standard for him to be working for people, but there were always a few gems in the outside world that you could rely on. Like Big Dog. Big Dog is reliable. He thought.
Witnessing the bill being placed before him, Luther automatically reached into his pockets to properly pay the woman, withdrawing a wallet from them. As he was just dropping the assigned amount of zeni on the table, he watched as the supposed android slammed his orb onto the table, causing it to glow an eerie green. Luther's brows perked at this sudden revelation, and he reflexively rose from his seat. He audibly worded his sudden astonishment. In a slightly louder than average, questioning tone.
"What?"
He was standing now, staring deeply at that forsaken orb. There really was something awfully special about it. He took a step forward towards it, and was about to take another before he reconsidered. He turned his glaze over to Nase, and asked him a question.
"Where the hell did you get that thing from anyways, cyborg? It looks... important."
He spoke unknowingly and unthinkingly, but now, his curiosity was about as clear as day.
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Post by Wakana Waka on Jul 10, 2020 16:12:01 GMT -8
Ironically, while Nase was quick to apologise about getting fired up, Waka was instead nodding along sagely as if she’d say the same thing. But, she didn’t add any fuel to the fire either, simply listening carefully. Someone stood up for him, did they? Hm… how petty. That at least explained why he was so soft. For a moment, the beastman’s mind wandered… would she have been a different person, if that had happened to her? She doubted it. But, it was a tiny bit interesting.
As the cyborg accepted her offer, though, Waka gave a little nod of recognition - ”Don’t worry too much, ’s still defin'tely in the Central Lands. I’ll be there for most of the day. It’s not like I’ll be workin' hard or anyth'ng, but… you don’t stay fit by just sleep'ng all day…” she rumbled, but gradually trailed off… she really wasn’t that good at small talk, and was even worse at talking about herself. Honestly, she felt a tiny bit bashful, but she wasn’t so childish. Some people were always itching for a fight. This boy might surprise her yet. ”Just don’t go cutt'ng off my arms or 'nything… I kinda like being alive.” added the girl carefully after thinking it through – she truly hoped she wasn’t cluelessly teasing a Saiyan right now. Ah, she really didn’t enjoy fighting like that…
What she did enjoy was teasing other people, like the waitress who was just as entertaining when she went red as when she glared at her. Doubly cute! ”Oho. More of an offensive technique, then? Taking her into your own hands, huh? Be gentle, puppy.” remarked the fox, leaning her chin on one hand as she enjoyed the entertainment; ”Well, I guess I’ll restrain myself from writ'ng my phone numb'r on the receipt, then.”
Speaking of which, the bill came as expected, and with such a reasonable sum on it… this place really wasn’t bad at all. Of course, even though her financial situation wasn’t ideal, she had to tip! Good food had to be encouraged. But… just a little bit. She spent a lot on food as it is… she really had to get on top of her hunting, just to save her some money. Though the sight of Waka fishing the money out of a tiny bunny-print purse was probably entertaining, she was insistent on it over going cashless. Her way of life was still quite reliant on paying in cash, rather than credit, to put it politely.
As Nase hammered down that orb in the meantime, Waka wouldn’t jump, but she’d raise an eyebrow; her ears wiggling a little. ”Would make a nice neckl'ce.” was all the big fox would offer on the matter, though; she’d already weighed in on how she felt about it. Magic and machines were way out of her scope. Finally, slowly, she’d stand up… if Nase felt small before, now he’d feel tiny. And to make matter worse, Waka was not one to wait her turn – instead, she’d simply lift Nase up and out of her way before placing him back down. Gently, certainly, but… not particularly considerate of his reputation or ego. Not that she’d shown much respect for that so far.
However, while she considered leaving, that punk started barking again. She still wasn’t sure of what to make of Big L – he was quiet, but yet was sticking his nose in so much. She couldn’t talk, sure, but… ”You want a toy too, Big L? Go check the captch' machines, maybe you’ll get lucky and get a marble of your own.” taunted the huge lady, raising an eyebrow; ”But, you should prob'bly order b'fore playing with the puppy too much. He’s a good kid, but you might bother the compet'tion.”
She glanced at the door, thinking about just leaving with that. However, she’d already gotten in too deep. She ought to at least babysit a little longer after she’d caused a scene for the poor waitress in the first place. Looking for an excuse to haunt around, she idly fished some of her homemade jerky out of her pocket and started chewing on it, before her eyes settled on Clove – ”Before I go… your work was good. But, um, what would you recomm'nd for tea next time? I’m kinda new t' that stuff, compared to coffee…”
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Post by Nase on Jul 15, 2020 17:20:42 GMT -8
(Did... Did I just accept a battle? This might just be my first 1v1...)Trying to conceal his flatfootedness, Nase sat in silence as Wakana explained the meeting place for their battle would still be in Central Lands, just after she finishes something first. "Oh... Alright, that's fine with me. I have someone to meet too in Pilaf Land... wherever that is."Even though he was trying to stay his normally melancholy, he was internally sweating the whole time. He wasn't sure how many people had heard Luther say the word 'cyborg', but he was sure it was loud enough for even Clove to hear over the people working under her. Maybe... no one heard it and he got extremely lucky? For some reason, with all of these questions, he never asked once why he was so worried about them finding out in the first place. But he sure was freaking out about it, and the only thing that took him out of it was hearing his beastman seatmate's tone change. She explained that in the fight, that injuring each other was banned and Nase started to chuckle because of it. Waving his hand, he shook his head as he spoke. "You won't have to worry about that. I'm not one to murder people I've just met... Life or Death... isn't my sort of thing."Nase then noticed Clove walking back over again after he finished his sentence. She handed the bills to the two others, but not to him. He was going to ask what had happened, but Clove quickly answered his question for him. Hearing her response, Nase immediately bowed his head in his seat and thanked Clove profusely. "Thank you so much. I shall remember their kindness and yours as well."In a while, he got another tea returned to him, he noticed waka looked like she was thinking about something. Feeling suspicious, but not enough to ask, he turned to his cup again and began to drink it hot calmly. Until he heard her saying 'Offensive technique', that is. Nearly choking on his tea, Nase covered his face intensely as Waka posed in her proudness of the joke as Nase turned red. Trying to calm down, he noticed a movement next to him. Realizing that it was Wakana standing next to him, he looked up to try and see her at full height, then looked up again and finally saw her face. Gosh, she was tall.He was about to move, seeing as she probably wanted to exit, but before he could, he felt two arms wrap around him and hoist him into the air. Shuffling out of the booth, Nase slowly plopped back into the chair know understands why she keeps referring to him as 'puppy'. He really felt like a baby animal in front of her. Not knowing how to respond, he sat still as Wakana turned to Luther on leaving. She began to poke fun at him at first before walking off for a while and mentioning that Nase might be able to be considered competition for him. Looking at the rapper now as if he didn't want anything to do with that, he thought that he should probably find something to say or do... Coming up blank, he put an open hand onto the table and pushed himself to standing position and looked over to Clove. "Thank you again for your hospitality. I believe I may be leaving now."After talking as politely as he could, he suddenly found himself sensing the ki around the room. First Clove's, Then Luther's, Then Waka's, and then... his own. Realizing once more the titans that surrounded him, he made a mental note to himself. "(I need to become stronger. I can't let myself stay weak for long.)"
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Post by Clove on Jul 18, 2020 0:08:15 GMT -8
The fox woman continued to be sly through her sharpened teeth, they were just words, but those same words almost made Nase spit out his tea. Clove sighed, it was an almost comical sight to treat the young man like a helpless pup, but at least the opportunity to be stronger had been presented. Crimson eyes watched as the tall fox woman lifted the unsuspecting apparent cyborg, according to Luther’s last remarks, and approached the barista counter towering over the Tea princess. The question of the variety of teas was of no surprise to her, it was often the reason why her customers frequented the shop, and it was due to the fact that their menu featured every kind of tea imaginable.
“Well, the most important thing to remember when choosing a tea, is based on the mood. If you’re fatigued then an herbal tea will soothe and calm you emotionally. In fact, some herbal teas aid people in falling asleep. Meanwhile black, green, and white teas are caffeinated with the first mentioned being the strongest. We fuse some of the teas with fruit or vegetables for a filling cup. My personal favorite is mushroom tea, it is quite rare to find in a tea shop, and it is from a tree mushroom called Phellinus Linteus which is supplied by Truffle village in the Western Lands.” Clove bowed her head slightly since everyone seemed to be ready to leave, “Next time just ask what kind of tea you would like to try and we will gladly provide a sample before ordering a cup or pot.”
Nase caught her attention as he dismissed himself to leave, he seemed to have calmed down significantly from when he first arrived, and she walked over to him handing him her personal business card. It was a plain white card, with gold foil text, with just a number and an address which was down the street in a large glass residential building. Additional cards were handed over to Luther and Wakana while she stood by the service counter.
“Why not make it a real challenge.?” Clove addressed everyone nearby, “I recently had a state of the art training room constructed in my condo. Just set the day and the time when you’re ready and we can all showcase our martial arts talents.”
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Post by Luther on Jul 20, 2020 6:12:07 GMT -8
Luther blinked blankly at the fox's taunting, initially being slightly confused at the wording, but it only took about a few short moments for the big guy to fully grasp what the bigger girl had said. His somewhat neutral stare shifted quickly, being replaced by a hateful glare and an apparent frown. He turned to her as she was exiting, muttering something under his breath. "Bitch..."He didn't take kindly to what she had to say, neither did he draw anything from it. But what she said shouldn't have affected him, should it have? It sounded somewhat more similar to a sort of warning, than to an insult. Luther wasn't scared of anything. Well, almost... anything. Luther also wasn't aware that he was overanalyzing this situation. What Clove happened to do next took his thinking train off that designated course, however. It took the big guy a few seconds to examine the business card that had been handed to him, only to disregard what was written on it afterwards, shoving the card into his right pocket. What the woman said was what caught Luther's interest. A training room sounded like something Luther should be saving up to purchase, given his current situation. Although the waitress at a coffee shop had just offered everyone a chance to train at the presumably high tech martial arts chamber that she happened to own. Now that was something he'd never thought that he'd say. The boy and the fox over there had been discussing that for a while now, and Luther thought that they might've headed up north or something like that, but now, that was completely unnecessary. At the same time, the one called Nase was looking to stay lowkey for as long as he could now, was he not? It sounded like a sensible thing to do to Luther, for what that was worth. Luther's brows perked after the words reached his ears, and he twisted his neck to look at the robo-boy over there. "That sounds like an opportunity for you, Nase, was it?"He did say that he desired strength. Something that Luther doubted he had already acquired. He stepped forward towards Nase, still intent on getting the full story. "Although, you ignored my question. Where did you get this junk?"He was referring to the glowing orb on the table. He didn't mean for it to sound like a veiled threat, but Luther's regular demeanor, voice and posture didn't allow for it to sound like anything other than a subtle threat. He was still frowning when he glanced over to Waka after asking Nase the question.
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Post by Wakana Waka on Jul 21, 2020 10:07:26 GMT -8
Resting her arms behind her head, Waka just tilted her head a bit as she juuuust barely picked up Nase’s genuine unease in amongst his bashfulness. Despite his worries, the fox had totally missed what Luther had said about his identity, or at least hadn’t paid it any more mind than the nicknames she was tossing around. Frankly, she had bigger concerns on her mind. ”Yeah… good. I need my limbs f'r stuff.” replied the girl frankly, unsure whether to play off her concern as a joke or to keep being serious. ”You stay safe 'til then. Hm, but, one last bit of 'dvice. I’m just a fool, but I don’t spar for the sake of givin' out bruises; so I can least 'ssure you I’ll play nice. 'ther folks, though, they see knock'ng down egos as a sport. It ain’t a spar for 'em… it’s all in, beams and blasts and ev'rything. Don’t let y'rself get killed signin' up for any of that stuff.”
On the other hand, the beastman’s tough demeanour totally slipped away as Clove gave her sales spiel – there was a spark of genuine focus in her lazy expression, nodding along with a sense of eagerness she hadn’t shown so far. ”Mm… coffee to wake up, tea to conk out. I guess that 'xplains all the night owls here as well… gotcha, 'kay. Mushroom’s not my style, but if you’re talk'ng it up, then I’ll list'n.” Sampling wasn’t her style given her appetite, but all the same Waka took it on board. She had an ego, and she was stubborn as anything, but she knew when to shut up and listen. She’d learnt as much back at the hermitage… a lot of those guys would blow over with a stiff breeze, and would talk her ear off at a moment’s notice; but they had a bit of golden advice in them somewhere. Though, perhaps, the fox was just clueless about when she was being sold to; as she looked pleased to have a business card of all things. Hrm, actually, wasn’t this kinda like getting the girl’s number…? G-Geez…
The offer of ‘martial arts talents’, however, deflated the fox quite a bit. I-It really wasn’t her style. Though, geez… this girl really was loaded. Man, Central was such a crazy place.”Ah… I’m no mart'al art'st, I just do it for medit'tion mostly…” admitted Waka, glancing away evasively; ”In a real fight, that sort 'f stuff ends up real wasteful… 't least, if you ain’t good 'nough to be on TV. Learn'ng st'nces and proper techn'que is good for cool'ng temp'rs and work'ng out, for sure; but less good when you’re gett'ng your head crush'd with car door. I usually have oth'r things on my mind right around that point.” However, she’d relent, glancing at Nase – she ought to at least play nice after making her earlier offer. ”If it’s about a date, it’ll have to wait; but if the puppy wants a train'ng dummy then I don’t mind tagg'ng along. I don’t use a sword, or las'rs, or what'ver… like I said, I’m just some punk. I doubt I’m good for much but pract'ce. Even my Bājíquán ain’t the real thing.”
With that, though, she wanted to take her leave – she had work to do! Adelaide would totally get cranky if she was late, and she’d get her ear bitten off by the runt again. She had plenty of time to spare at the moment, but that would quickly slip away as soon as she started to wrangle with public transport at this hour of the day. ”Yeah, thanks for the meal. I’m off, puppy.” rumbled the girl, taking her leave with just a casual little wave over her shoulder… only to hear that last comment from ‘Big L’. She paused, briefly, a little irritated, but… it was kind of amusing, too. She got this a lot, all things considered. ”Sorry, it’s ‘vix'n’. Fox, not a dog.”
Hm, was it petty to try and get the last word in? Yeah, for sure, but… that was kind of her brand.
The morning sun was welcoming, even through her sweater; and the lazy day lay out before her. Sure, she had plenty of chores to do, and a lot of time she’d have to spend waiting, but a good meal went a long way for her. And, well… getting to hassle a puppy as well was an awfully nice bonus, whether he might agree or not.
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Post by Nase on Jul 22, 2020 20:56:33 GMT -8
Promising that he wouldn't get himself hurt while he was out was not what he expected out of the meeting in Daruma, but he wasn't one to disappoint. "Don't worry. I don't plan on getting into many fights on my way back."Thinking back on his previous adventures, Nase remembered how just walking around got him in this mess in the first place. "Then again, I didn't plan for the other fights either... I'll try my best, anyway."Nase looked at Clove's card with a look of both intrigue and surprise. A whole training room to spar with these people, that sounded exactly like what he was looking for. After looking at it for a while longer to memorize it, he shoved it into his pants' pocket and nodded solemnly. Hearing the other two that were given cards as well, Nase glanced over to the both of them and nodded again when Luther asked if he got his name was. Letting a smirk appear on his face, Nase looked up at Clove again and spoke without revealing too much of his enthusiasm. "This sounds really great, actually. Like Wakana though, I do have a previous engagement to attend to before we can do this."He looked toward Waka and Luther, who were still in front of him, and spoke in their general direction. "I should be back in around three days time. I hope you're all okay with that."Nase paused for a moment before speaking and took note of Wakana's message to him as he walked towards the door. "Hey, you probably shouldn't put yourself down all the time. If you were just some punk, you wouldn't be trying to better yourself, right? You don't need lasers and stuff to be good at this. Besides, your plenty strong already I'm sure, but... to each there own."Nase didn't want to leave with Waka belittling her own ability too much, but if he said more it might have been too much. He couldn't let his first official spar get cancelled on him before even an hour had passed! And... he felt bad hearing it too. Huh. Stifling a laugh from when Waka 'corrected' Luther's insult, Nase went to Clove to mention that the tea he had was great when Luther reminded him of a question that he missed. "Oh, where I got it? I could have sworn that I told that story before..."Trying to recollect if that was true, he shrugged and decided to tell his story anyway. "It isn't really much... I found this group of three guys trying to use children as hostages or something, so I tried to stop them. One of them almost got me for a moment, but I struck back and they tried to bribe me with a box with this Arcane Orb in it. Not surprisingly, the kidnappers were using it to distract and kill me, but I got them in the end."As Nase spoke, he pumped his fist slightly to emphasize his words, but as he did, the hooked blade from his mechanical wrist had popped out into the air, possible shocking others, but panicking himself the most. With his eyes basically bulging out of his head, Nase opened his fist gently, causing the bladed attachment to return to whence it came ( How does it fit in there anyway?) and Nase slowly lowered it while holding onto the wrist in question. "uh... I'm going to go now. Thank you for having me."Walking away sweating, Nase tried his best to act natural as he went for the door. He was so focused on this that he almost didn't flinch when Waka called him puppy. Almost.
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Post by Clove on Jul 23, 2020 4:12:10 GMT -8
Luther was quite forward, it was strange that he still held any interest in his approach to Waka and Nase, Clove felt it was overbearing. The tea princess’ attention was then back at the fox woman, explaining that she didn’t do martial arts, just did it for meditating, which sounded like the same thing to the demoness in regards to her swordmanship. The attentive expression on her face changed to an arched brow, picturing a tall woman as Waka being slammed with a car door repeatedly took a lot of balls, for one she was a big woman, and she wondered who managed to pin her in such an awkward situation, perhaps it was an ally punishing her defiance. Soon enough, the caramel blonde fox left, not before her closing remarks towards Luther correcting his knowledge on animal terminology in regards to foxes.
“Thank you, come again.” Clove bowed, cool, and composed at first but was still left in awe in the kind of trouble Waka ended up getting into from past experiences.
“Certainly, three days should be plenty of time. I cannot promise I will take it easy on any of you in a proper training room.” Crimson eyes watched as Nase revealed a massive blade protrude out of his forearm like a swiss army knife, he was cyborg as Luther called him, and his actions confirmed it. Even still, he turned, and walked out of Daruma Tea & Coffee with a bit more confidence than when he first entered. “You’re welcome, thank you. Come again anytime.”
After the two left, only Luther was left, but he had little to say to the conversation from the start, so she suspected that he would keep to himself now that Nase was gone. Perhaps androids looked out for one another, it was difficult to tell since Clove had not met their kind before until today, and she carried on behind the barista counter as normal to assist in the morning routine of her employees.
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Post by Luther on Jul 24, 2020 5:27:26 GMT -8
Luther frowned after Waka as she wandered out of the coffee shop. Wasn't she the snarker... Turning back to Nase, he listened as he quickly gave a quick rundown on his story, nodding solemnly as he completed it. He'd have to look into that stuff after all this. Child hostages, gang members, bribery, assault? Sounds like this kid has been through As an upsetting turn of events, Nase had confessed that he had other matters to attend to. Judging by the conversation that had gone down between them all, he was probably going to keep in touch with the tall fox lady. They sure did get along quick.
Nase left shortly after telling the music artist about his run in with bad people, leaving nobody but Clove and Luther in the store. There was... nothing left for him in here, was there? He couldn't blatantly follow Nase, despite his desire to obtain that orb. He thought to himself as he began to walk out of the shop. Maybe those guys have some sort of bounty on 'em? He still had no idea if their little 'gang' had a name or not, so answering that question himself would be a bit of a challenge. He doubted that Nase knew anything about it either. He shrugged.
He glanced over to Clove as he was stalking out the doors.
"Thanks for the coffee. Might be back again sometime."
With that, he left the store, and procured a mobile device from his pocket. He dialed his agent's number, and sure enough, Bigby answered the phone.
"Took you long enough, Luke. Doesn't matter though, got the apartment ready."
"Nice. Say, Big Dog, think we have enough free time for a little investigation?"
Bigby sounded incredulous over the phone.
"Investigation? The hell you on about Luke? What did you do this time?"
"I didn't do nothin'. But a couple of random thugs did."
"You got jumped or something?"
"Nah, nah. But I might've found ourselves a viable cash source."
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