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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 29, 2009 17:46:03 GMT -5
"Well I would take it that you aren't supposed to be here in the first place." Shade took the care to point out, "Since obviously you aren't a student." he looked towards the imps for a glancing moment, knowing it was pure chance that they had come accross the one person who wasn't supposed to be here in Twilight Moon Academy and that they got a teacher, specifically- himself. "Which would raise the question of what exactly it is you mean by being here." he looked towards Azian. It was hard to find Twilight Moon if you weren't wanted here, it was even hard to find it if you were wanted and so he was in some back region of his mind impressed with the fact that he had managed to sneak into Twilight Moon, and that just meant that it would be all the more enjoyable to throw the young man out.
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Post by Noro on Jul 29, 2009 19:10:18 GMT -5
"Aren't you cheery?" Azian stated. He narrowed his eyes a little bit. Shade didn't seem like the overly helpful type. In fact, he didn't seem like the helpful type at all. He looked at the imps; he was wavering on the brink of cursing the two, but he knew they meant nothing but good will. He turned his head away from them and squeezed his eyes shut. It had been a while since anyone had worn down his nerves to the point of impatience, but they had accomplished this feat easily.
"These imps seem to be rather attached to you, and I really don't see why. You aren't the most pleasant person I've met, and I have only just met you." Azian assumed that Shade was one of those people whose default emotion was pissed. From where he was, it certainly seemed like it. "To answer your question, though, I have family business here that I need to attend to. The quicker I can get to it, the sooner I will be gone. Which, judging by your tone, is probably where you would like me to be... Gone."
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 30, 2009 14:07:42 GMT -5
"If these family matters involve revenge, incest, mindless killing, the apocalypse, simple hindrancing of the academic process, the mutilation of thier acquaintances, or anything else that would cause a problem, then I'd have to ask you to leave. If this doesn't work, then I'd find myself charged with the purpose of removing you from the grounds." He spoke quickly and from his tone you could assume that some of the things he listed were from actual situations that were caused with family coming to Twilight Moon Academy, which would explain the hostile attitude towards outsiders sneaking into the school.
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Post by Noro on Jul 30, 2009 14:22:23 GMT -5
Azian's eyes grew increasingly wider as the list went on. In fact, he was so stunned, that he actually remained quiet for a few moments, even after Shade stopped talking. It was a while before he could bring himself to speak again, and the shock had yet to fade off of his face.
"Uh, I can't say my being here would qualify under any of the before mentioned," Azian said, his face almost apologetic for not having a malevolent enough reason to be at the Academy. "I am just looking for my sister. If it makes you feel any better, I am here trying to save her rather than harm her... the only problem is that I have no idea what she looks like, nor how to find her from here." His left hand stroked Aseris's hilt as he wondered whether or not Shade would attempt to remove him from the school anyway. He hoped not, but he wouldn't give up if he did. He was not easily deterred. Azian was so set on finding her that he had completely forgotten about the imps.
((Terribly post, I know. But there's not much to work with right now, and it is not like you did any better.XP))
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 30, 2009 18:00:06 GMT -5
Shade narrowed his eyes, "And I should believe every little thing that comes out of your mouth... why?" he asked, obviously not in the slightest inclined to believe the young man. He looked at his left hand, covered in a metallic claw that was laden over with runes from a language so ancient that it could be found in only so many places... perhaps three at the most. His dark brown eyes looked towards the imps, the veins of green glistening for a few moments, the creatures were stable enough, compaired to what they were prone to. "I would love to hear your excuses, though I doubt anything will be the slightest convincing in any way."
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Post by Noro on Jul 30, 2009 19:31:58 GMT -5
Azian froze for a second. He didn't know what to say. Then again, though, he was sure there was nothing to say or do really. People like this couldn't convinced of anything they didn't want to be convinced of. If Shade didn't want to believe him, he wasn't going to.
"Eh," he started, "Whatever. I can't tell you anything. Do what you will." He threw up his hands and let them fall limply to his sides, careful not to knock the imps off his shoulder, of whom he had recently remembered. He'd find another way in somehow and get someone else to help him, if need be.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 31, 2009 10:38:58 GMT -5
His clawed hand raised and scribed runes matching those engraved on the claw into the air and they lingered in a gray light for a few moments before flickering out and there was a draw in the oxygen as magic pulled through the air towards Azian, aimed for the boy's head and seemingly unable to be stopped, "If you're really here with no intention to cause harm, then this should not hurt too much." he consoled, though it was guessed that whatever magic he had used would still hurt quite a bit. It was an enchantment that would tell Shade of the young man's intentions of being here, going through his thoughts and weeding out a central idea. The imps often opened someone's mind through prolonged exposure so it was likely to be easier, thanks to the small creatures.
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Post by Noro on Jul 31, 2009 11:06:08 GMT -5
Azian was caught between anger at Shade not just doing that in the first place and anger that Shade was about to do something incredibly painful to him, lied about it being painful, and seemed unbelievably happy about it. Azian could tell that he was going to be a tough one, but already he was amused by him. Just like he had been with the imps, only in a slightly different sense. The imps were amusing in their childish ways; Shade was amusing in his "I may or may not like you and there's nothing you can say or do to change my mind about anything" way.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 31, 2009 11:24:21 GMT -5
Shade nodded silently, "Fine then... carry out what it is you came here for, Azian." he said, knowing the student's name from the contents of the boy's brain. He then looked towards the imps, "Friends make sure that friends don't hurt students who are our good friends, yes?" he asked, his voice still cold and frightening, even though he spoke to the imps.
The imps nodded happily in response, "Follow Azian, good friend, yes?!" The imps exclaimed in unison, both of them suddenly happy as they sat on Azian's shoulders with broad grins. Shade might not have liked Azian, but since there was nothing too troublesome in the boy's thoughts, he wasn't to bother ejecting him from the school. Instead the imps could just drive the young man into insanity which was delightfully effortless on his own part.
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Post by Noro on Jul 31, 2009 11:50:21 GMT -5
Oh, shit. Azian thought. This was not going to work at all. The worst part? He couldn't even tell them no. Stupid idiot of a person. His eyes glared darts at Shade, while at the same time, he smiled so not to alarm the imps. He could tell his life just might be hellish with the imps around. He needed to do something about it.
"Yes, but friends also never leave their other friends just because they get new ones. Would you really abandon poor Shade? He doesn't seem to have many friends. I have lots of friends, and you are my friends, too. You might be Shade's only friends, though. Friends don't be mean to their friends. Leaving him would be mean." Azian spoke almost-childlike to the little imps, smiling hard the whole time. His voice was light, but there was still a strong undercurrent of malice in it.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 31, 2009 12:05:48 GMT -5
"Indeed it would be a sad loss to be without the pair for a while, but friends share, don't they? I'm afraid I've been rather selfish in having them all to myself for so long and so as a friend- I would like to ask you two to spend time with Azian. He's new to Twilight Moon so while he may have friends elsewhere, here he needs you two. He'd be so lost without you." Shade spoke and the imps nodded enthusiastically with every word, believing it, obviously and they seemed contented then with staying with Azian.
This made Shade more than pleased, any day was a good day if he could get rid of the imps.
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Post by Noro on Jul 31, 2009 12:19:14 GMT -5
Strings of curses ran through Azian's head now. Each coming one more vile than the last. He was stuck with the imps. He was curious as to how Shade had known the imps and gotten stuck with them before though. It was a question for another day. He still had business to do.
"But you don't know me. Why would you ask them to spend time with me? I can get slightly irritated when I don't get time to myself. Friends don't do things to upset other friends do they?" Azian looked towards the imps. "Shade is not being a very good friend right now, is he?" He looked solemn. "He's trying to upset me. Is that what friends do?" Azian had a feeling that this fight was going to go on for some time. He wasn't exactly eager to let it go too quickly, for the sake of his insanity.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 31, 2009 22:44:38 GMT -5
"But a friend wouldn't be annoyed with thier friends... I do believe this means that Azian doesn't want to be your friend." Shade announced as if he had just called checkmate and the imps looked at Azian with wide eyes that filled with tears.
"Azian not our friend, yes?" The imps asked, clinging to him frantically, "Friiieeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnd!" They pleaded, "Friends give gifts, yes? Gifts, yes?" the asked, a human tongue appearing in one of thier hands and it handed the 'gift' to Azian, "Good gift, yes?" It asked in a voice filled with worry.
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Post by Noro on Aug 3, 2009 15:56:52 GMT -5
"Ah, poor Shade." Azian said as if Shade had just suffered some horrible fate. He returned to the imps. "I am your friend. I shall always be your friend. Don't worry. And yes, thank you for the gift." He picked up the tongue, hiding his grimace with a terribly cheerful smile as he pocketed it and resolved to forget about it. "Clearly, you don't know much about friendship, Shade. If you did, you would know that friends can become annoyed by their other friends. Greatly annoyed, in fact. When this happens, the offending friend usually tries to make up for the disturbance by appeasing the annoyed friends' wishes. If you were all that familiar with friendship, dear Shade, you would know that." The grimace-induced smile on Azian's face became genuine as he spoke those words.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Aug 3, 2009 20:56:42 GMT -5
The first imp whispered something to the second, and the second whispered something to the first, this cycle continuing for several minutes till they could reach a conclusive point.
One imp appeared on Shade's shoulder and one remained with Azian. It took them all of seventeen minutes to come up with the concept of splitting up and dividing the company. "Good, yes? Everyone gets friend, yes?" they asked together, smiling grandly as they looked from one to the other.
Shade didn't look pleased, but he didn't look entirely too frustrated. He got one less imp out of this which was enough to constitute a good day for him. He went about his business of stalking off, the imp riding his shoulder happily, "Bye, Azian!" it squealed, waving.
Meanwhile Azian was stuck with imp numero uno.
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