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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 26, 2008 22:24:43 GMT -5
Suzume shook her head, her eyes open and she didn't look away from Brandon, half afraid of what she would see, 'The Others' always came closer when you noticed them, they liked that, she supposed. She didn't close her eyes, though... because then she'd see 'The Others' again, she was sure of it. She felt goosebumps rise on her arms and her eyes grew wider, "Can we go, please? They're here..." she whispered, her voice shaky, poor Suzume was completely unaware than inside herself were the gateways to hell and so she was inherently followed by many hellbeings that not everyone could see, though every once in a while someone else could see them, though now was probably not the case. She mumbled words to quick for anyone to make sense of under her breath and she tightened her hug around Brandon, she was suprisingly strong for such a little kid, though still not strong enough for her hugs to be considered painful.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 27, 2008 6:34:54 GMT -5
"'They' are?!" Brandon said as he looked back over the table one last time. "Blast, it must be 'Their Buddies'..." Brandon said, "We'll have to move!" Brandon got up, most likely bringing Suzume along with him from her hugging him, and moved a chair. He stealthily began to make his way towards the kitchen, passing the odd waiter who was thinking 'Is this kid crazy?'--the answer being yes. Brandon walked behind a counter top and crouched behind it. The two House Goblins followed close behind. "Pocket! We'll need...my sword," Brandon said to the Cabinet Goblin, who proceeded to produce a pointed--German, by the look of it--rapier in a simple ring that would attach to the belt to allow for a 'sheathe'. "Don't worry, if they come now, I'll just shank 'em," Brandon said to Suzume in a reassuring way.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 27, 2008 12:21:11 GMT -5
"R-Really? Y-you can do that?" she asked, her eyes wide as she looked up at Brandon, a smile alighting her face, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" she said, the words coming in a constant stream, "I have to let you meet Cecee when I find him..." she resolved, she had to let the second most bravest person ever meet the mostest bravest person evar. She just had to, she looked towards the goblins for a few moments, and then she looked at Brandon, with all the warfare going on, she couldn't remember if anyone said thier names... "I'm Suzume." she said, giving Brandon her name in case they hadn't covered that information yet.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 27, 2008 14:54:21 GMT -5
"Of course! That's why they invented the advanced shiv!" Brandon said, holding up his rapier as some sort of treasure. "Oh, well hola Suzume, I be Brandon, and those two House Goblins be Box and Pocket," he said, pointing at the respective creatures. He really felt like a hero at this point, because usually he was the one who was getting the snot kicked out of him. Now he was finally being acknowledged for his fine work against 'Them'! Rhyme might have a heart attack.
"Do you see 'them'?" Brandon asked Suzume in a whispering tone.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 27, 2008 16:05:12 GMT -5
"The scary people? I call them 'The Others' but do you see them too? Are they coming?" she asked, looking up at Brandon with big eyes, it was the kind of gaze that made you feel appreciated on a god status. Sometimes such adoration could be dangerous for people's egos, but Suzume was blissfully unaware of this. She was just amazed that Brandon didn't want his mommy right now, because she really wanted her mommy right now... but her mommy was dead, so there wasn't much she could do about that right now.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 27, 2008 16:16:26 GMT -5
"Who? I'm talking about 'Them'," Brandon said, peeking over the counter-top in a Kilroy-Was-Here Fashion. He came back behind the counter, "Usually 'they' don't let you know where they are, so you've got to look for signs..." Brandon said, nodding as if he knew all about 'them'. Suzume's gaze made him feel like the strongest man alive, although he would probably be the exact opposite of that, like how Samuel L. Jackson's character in Unbreakable was opposite Bruce Willis's--Jackson's bones broke extremely easily, while Willis couldn't break any of his bones even if he tried.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 27, 2008 17:19:07 GMT -5
Suzume wondered what Brandon was talking about, could there possibly be more than just The Others out there? The concept was a scary one, she wondered what kinds of signs Brandon was talking about, but she didn't dare ask, because she knew that The Others were probably really close, she just wanted Brandon to get rid of them already, why couldn't he just do that? It wouldn't be hard for him, not at all.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 27, 2008 17:34:41 GMT -5
Brandon looked around the kitchen, fearfully not seeing any oranges. "We can't stay and fight, Suzume...if these 'The Others' and 'They' have joined forces, we'll need reinforcements..." Brandon said, as he scanned the cupboards for sporks. Sadly, all he could find were forks, spoons, and knives. Blast, the disappearance of Sporks and Oranges meant that a group of 'Them' was going to be coming any minute. "We'll have to find more stable shelter, Suzume..." Brandon said, but not really knowing where to go to escape from two groups of pure evil.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 27, 2008 18:58:41 GMT -5
Suzume nodded, her eyes looking around before suddenly she froze, staring, fixed to where she was and she tugged on Brandon's sleeve, "B-Brandon... it's T-The Others..." she muttered, okay, she didn't know that Brandon wasn't likely to see it, but she certainly did. A tall demon stood there, it seemed to be a rotting thing, it's ribcage still with bits of flesh clinging to it, maggots writhing in it's organs and the symbol of a cross burned onto it's throat, it's eyes burning a bright yellow orange, they were round and pupilless as they looked down at Suzume, a long pair of antlers extending from the sides of it's skull and in one hand it held a staff, the other holding a sicle. Of all things, it was a demon who believed itself to be something holy. It's long, rat-like tail dragged along on the ground behind it and it's wings, one leathery, the other feathered slowly extended themselves. "B-Brandon..." Suzume said, she could feel the goosebumps travelling in waves through her. The invisible demon had one thing on it's mind right now, it kinda wanted to get back to Hell for a while, getting constantly weaker the longer it stayed here on Earth, it extended it's hand grasping the staff towards Suzume.
Suzume ambled backwards, she wanted Cecee, she wanted Mango, "Brandon! I don't want to fight!" she said, this game wasn't fun, it wasn't fun at all. Seemingly from nowhere, though, Mango flew down and perched on her shoulder, looking around in that normal little birdy way. It seemed to Suzume that whenever she started having fun, something would happen to ruin it, though admittedly, Ouwashi was having a lovely time, if anyone cared.
((I dunno... I felt inspired to have one of The Others come... and please: Enter Breen. because if not, Suzume's in for a not so fun time...
and if Brandon can effing see that thing, I'll be suprised and oddly happy.))
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Post by demonfire on Feb 28, 2008 6:34:00 GMT -5
"Who? I don't see anyone!" Brandon said as he looked around frantically for these 'Others' Suzume was desperately afraid of. His short attention span was suddenly recaptured as he saw Mango perch on Suzume's shoulder. "Mango?" he asked, pointing to the little bird in question, because it's not like he would have been able to see the demon...thing.
A single, small blast of dark energy tore through the air, aimed directly at the demon's general area. Okay, so Breen couldn't see The Others, but he had been hunting long enough to recognize various stenches that demons gave off. He took a nonchalant stride towards Suzume and Mango, "Would this scum be yours?" Breen said, obviously referring to 'scum' as the demon. Pfft, Breen not referring to demons in a derogatory way? What world do you live in?
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 28, 2008 15:33:18 GMT -5
Suzume looked towards Breen for a few seconds and then looked towards Brandon, "Brandon, this is Bree." she said, accidentally dropping the N at the end of his name, making his name sound like some highschool nickname for Brianna. She looked towards where the one of The Others had just been, "Is he gonna come back?" she whispered to Bree, not wanting to inturrupt the introduction, but she wanted to know that the scary thing wasn't gonna come back.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 28, 2008 15:53:56 GMT -5
"It shouldn't, but if it does you just let me know," Breen said with a smile that meant two things: a fake reassurance from the hunter and that he was glad to be killing--err...cleansing the world of evil entities. It was hard to have a reassuring smile when your eyes were just two sockets of black, and the only white was that of the reflecting light.
"Bree?" Brandon asked generally. Brandon seemed a bit on edge, nervous, and other slightly negative emotions until he erupted. "What was that, huh? Was that like magic? No, wait, super magic? Or Epic magic? What'd you hit? The wall? Did it do something to you?" he asked as if in a speed round on a game show, bombarding the demon with questions.
"In order: Yes, no, no, a demon, no, it's a demon," Breen said with his smile changing to a serious expression.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 28, 2008 19:33:48 GMT -5
"Bree's the one who gave me Mango." she nodded, pointing to the little bird on her shoulder with a smile, "He can be kind of a meanyface and stuff, but I think he's sorry for all of that." Suzume nodded before whispering to Brandon, "I still don't trust him, though." she looked back towards Breen, though, as if she knew he had heard but she still had some belief he could have misheard. She smiled, "Domo arigato." she said, the words translated to English would mean 'Thank you.' "There were some more scary things that way, too." She pointed towards the window of the Ninth Heaven, obviously implying that they were outside of the Ninth Heaven and in that direction. Mango chirped a bit, too, though whatever the bird might have tried to say was lost, because nobody understood bird, anyways.
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Post by demonfire on Feb 28, 2008 19:47:00 GMT -5
Breen still didn't totally prefer the term 'meanyface' to describe him, even if it was a childish remark, it still hurt, y'know? He was just a damned soul trying to make up for the demon he was by killing--err, cleansing demons from the world. "You've kept Mango with you, I assume?" Breen asked Suzume.
"Domo origato, Mr. Roboto?" Brandon asked, actually unaware of the song's words being Japanese, and had simply wondered if she was making a reference. "I love that song!" he said, as he tried to do 'the Robot' although because of his whiteness it extremely limited his skills.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Feb 28, 2008 20:01:44 GMT -5
"Actually, Mango poofed for a while, but I found her now so it's all good!" She gave Breen a thumbs up, obviously Suzume had no clue what the actual gender of the creature was, but it was pretty and sounded pretty and so it was inherently female. She didn't think anyone would correct her on such matters, besides, she was eight and new everything, she couldn't be wrong.
She paused and looked towards Brandon, "Domo arigato means Thank you..." she explained, "and why are you saying thankyou to a robot? I don't see a robot..." the child seemed genuinely confused about that, and she was also wondering what was wrong with Brandon and why he was moving about in a funny manner, it was rather disturbing and she thought it would be better if she simply didn't ask.
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