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Shadow was surprised at the sudden contact on her head, and realized a bit too late that it was Hydrous' hand. "Hey, what...??"
The sudden transfusion of power made Shadow's body shiver for a moment. What the hell was that?? She would not have realized it was magick, for she had never used it and rarely encountered it.
"Power? What the hell did you..."
But she was cut off by Scarlet's sharp retort. Suddenly pulled in a bit close to the woman, and in an oddly protective manner, Shadow began to feel as though she was a chess piece. Or an inanimate doll...
Perfectly fine the way she was? Shadow blinked deep green eyes at the comment, puzzling. Now there was one she had never in her life heard applied to her before. She was always 'not good enough'...what a change...
Much too unsteady to pull away from Scarlet, Shadow simply capped her confusion and frustration and just leaned against the woman.
Better to wait this one out, she was too confused, frustrated, and over all disgruntled to deal with their argument right then. She'd ask Hydrous about the power thing later.
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(Jester)
Hydrous glanced at Scarlet as she snapped out at him. He kept a straight face, but it soon converted into a smirk.
"Who are you to judge how another being feels without asking them yourself? If you ask her yourself, I'm sure you'd get a different opinion than what you have in mind." Hydrous notes, not really wanting to prove a point. He just feels that he should give Scarlet something to think about so she'd calm down.
"If she is perfectly fine, then why are you trying to protect her? I believe Shadow can fend for herself. All she asked for was help to get up. I heard nothing more." Hydrous finishes as he crosses his arms.
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(Vernionator X)
"...If she can -fend for herself-, then why did you cross the boundaries and giver her something without asking?" she threw back in his face softly, but angrily. Wait...protecting her?? Why WAS she protecting her?? She paused for a moment, realizing what she was doing and was stumped on an answer for her self. Was it to keep HIM from her? But that wasn't right, to hate someone for what they cannot help but be. Ever since The incident, she had never been able to concentrate completely. Always in mental conflict, struggling to cope with her own body. She frowned, staring off at something, unable to respond to such a simple question. Her grip loosened a little on Shadow as she still held her up. "...I..." She thought hard about what to say, but nothing came to her.
Hydrous;s tail is randomly tugged on from behind a few times as a voice followed. "No, I'm not so sure this is a Kitsun. I don't think he has two more." The voice spoke. Li stood behind the Kitsun-like beast after somehow managing to find where Scarlet had been this whole time. A small body in comparison stepped out from behind the wolf with hands in his pockets and an inquisitive look on his face as he took in the situation. He blinked in surprise at Scarlet and Shadow standing there together and then a grin crept up on his face.
Scarlet froze, stunned by Li's usual uncalled entrance. Now he was smiling at her. Just what was he thinking??
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Alright, enough was enough! Though Shadow still had to lean on Scarlet, she pushed herself as upright and dominating as possible. And with her old, sharp, acidic eyes, it wasn't hard to project into the room.
"Alright you two, can it! I don't exactly like having to be held up, but I'm dealing with it for now. As for the power thing, well, I have no idea what it was exactly but, thanks, I guess." Her frustration at the situation was very evident, her cool demeanor lost. "And I CAN fend for myself, contrary to popular belief. So lay off, both of you, and let me figure out how to stand up so I don't feel so ridiculous!"
Wow, that had felt good. Her gaze then snapped over to Li when he appeared. Both dangerous eyes narrowed. "And you wipe that grin off your face right now. I don't need any more crap from anybody. Everyone just behave yourselves."
Reminded yet again why she had never really liked pups much...
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(Ruthless)
A very short, brown-haired girl peered out from behind Li. Kitsun? She saw a picture of one flash in his mind when he said it. How... interesting. And now, here was a very large white wolf, whom didn't give off any pleasant emotions in the least, who'd had his tail tugged. The hostility abounded with the argument, and now the sheet wrapped woman was yelling at everyone, including the newcomer, Li. Maybe it would have been better if she hadn't followed him, but she had promised the man some food. He was still enthusiastic, but they'd been waiting for Scarlet for quite a while. Off in a corner lay an unconscious elf on a bed, and the spider lady from before huddled under a comforter.
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The room was getting a bit crowded for Ixta's taste. She wasn't liking the situation so far. Perhaps it was time to take a breather. She threw the blanket off herself and nearly leaped out of the bed.
"Fück this!" She remarks before stalking out of the room. She doesn't even notice she left one of her blades on the floor of the room.
Hydrous could only smirk as Scarlet snapped back at him. His smirk grew a bit wider when Scarlet got stumped. Then Shadow walker carried on. In a way, she was almost on Hydrous' side. With the thanks that was given, Hydrous noded his head just before Li began to tug on his tail. The Hydro Bringer looked back at the little man with his smirk still on his face.
"One hundred percent werewolf. Nothing more, nothing less." Hydrous finishes just before Ixta's little outburst. His aqua green eye follow the spidress out the door before his attention returns to Shadow.
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(Vernionator X)
Shinigami stood just down the hall Ixta had headed into and stopped as he noticed her. He blinked at her presence, wondering where she had gone off to earlier. He waited as she approached in his direction and noticed her expression. She didn't seem to be in the best of moods and he had the unusual urge to ask her about it.
Li just chuckled at the -cute- Shadow whom he had yet to be introduced to and turned to the wanna-be Kitsun. He pointed his index finger up with a hand gesture. "There are no such things as Werewolves." He grinned beamingly. Returning his attention to the Shadow person, he propped his hands on his hips and closed his eyes. His face showed he was pondering something. "FuFu!" He spoke bright and cheerful, opening his eyes and looking at her. "You look like a FuFu." He said playfully. "Hi FuFu, I'm Li. Very nice to meet you." He greeted her openly. "So, you and Scarlet are...?" He stopped jokingly.
"N-no, nononono." Scarlet stuttered in a somewhat shy tone, trying to hide her emotions from him. She let Shadow lead her around as she was being used as a brace still. She did not want to overpower her or make her feel weaker than she already felt she had become.
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Shadow's green eye literally twitched in annoyance. What.the.hell.
She gave Li a look so whithering, it could have made the guard dog of Hell whimper and back away. "FuFu? My name is Shadow Walker." He voice was surprisingly calm, icy cold. And that was a very bad sign.
"What!?" She and Scarlet were what...? Alright, that was it. She was SO not in the mood for this!!
Without warning, a good two-inch thick sheet of ice shot out from where Shadow stood, her utter frustration having triggered the odd new power she possessed.
She jerked from Scarlet, and by some absurdly powerful force of will stood on her own.
"I need some time away from the whole god damn lot of you before I kill somebody!"
With that, she turned on her heel and marched out with relative dignity, only swaying alittle.
This day had just been WAY too much for her to handle...
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(Vernionator X)
Scarlet twitched slightly as the ice shot up and sighed. It was Shadow's decision to make and if she'd rather be alone, that is what Scarlet would let her do. She was still analyzing her blood. She had not realized what Shadow pointed out. How come she never noticed this before?
Li could feel a chill run down his spine, but stayed surprisingly calm with his smile. She knew how to intimidate people all right. He stuck his arm across the doorway as Shadow about left. He gave a very sincere apology, but referred to her as Shuu this time. His smile was sweet and innocent and you could tell he was a little nervous around her. He was like that around most women. I guess you could say he was girl shy. Because of that, he tries to lighten up the atmosphere a little bit with an upbeat attitude. He apologized to her quietly about Scarlet and if what he said may have offended her as they now stood away from everyone. Even though he was shy, his charisma was incredible. Something about him was sometimes irresistibly funny or cute to some girls. He replaced her name with Shuu again and it might most likely stick as her nickname to him from now on.
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(Jester)
Ixta spotted Shin as she stompped down the
hallway.As she walked by, she grabbed his arm to attempt to pull him along, stating,
"C'mon, Shin! I've had enough of this bullshit!" Her voice was somewhat demanding and she was obviously tempered by something.
The little man was different, to put it bluntly. He doesn't even know what a werewolf is when he sees one. Hydrous simply shook his head with his smirk at Li's comment. The little man's jokes were a bit absurd, but not enough to bother Hydrous if centered on him. It takes a lot to get on Hydrous's nerves. Although, the werewolf was a bit stunned when Shadow utilized her new powers briefly. Hydrous smiled at this action. He kept the smile, even when Li decided to stop Shadow to apologize. Hydrous grabbed the little man by the shoulder and picked him up and out of the way of Shadow's path.
"I'd let the lady pass if I were you, for your own sake. You can apologize when the mood is settled." Hydrous explains as he holds Li face to face, temporarily.
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Shadow glared her utmost at Li as he stood in her way. She was strongly tempted to beat his head in, but now that she was standing still, her balance was faltering.
She opened her mouth to pracitcally snarl at him, when she heard his new name for her. Shuu? That made her pause just long enough to realize he was trying, rather shyly, to appologize.
With a sigh, Shadow slumped against the doorframe. By this time, the ice was beginning to melt, Shadow not having the learned ability to kept ahold of her ice abilities just yet.
She didn't like loosing control of her anger like that, and made an effort to completely calm before speaking. "Hydrous, let him down. If anyone is going to kick his ass, it's going to be me."
Dangerous acidic eyes shifted to Li then, her face unreadable. At least she was still good at that...
"And as for you." She pondered on it for a moment.
"Appology accepted. But call me FuFu again, and I swear you will not live to regret it."
And there was something about that name...Shuu...what was it? Shuu...
Closing her eyes, Shadow slowly let her tired and wobbly legs give out until she was sitting on the floor, still wrapped up in the bloodied sheet. Today had just been too odd for her tastes...
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(Vernionator X)
Li felt suddenly lifted as he was pulled to Hydrous. He quirked an eyebrow with a cynical look upon his face. "Excuse me, didn't your mother ever tell you not to interrupt grownups when they are talking?" he remarked, shaking his finger at the unthreatening mass of white fur. He then crossed his arms and smirked. "You heard her. My ass is hers, not yours." He stuck out his tongue and pulled down on his lower eyelid. He turned his attention toward Shuu with an innocent look on his face as he nodded happily at her acceptance. He held up his right arm. "I promise, Shuu." Unexpectedly, Li randomly appeared by Shuu's side, miraculously escaping Hydrous's grasp before he knew it, his arm probably still extended without Li on the end of it. "Are you okay?" he asked with his silly grin as he held her arm as she fell down. "Umm...do ya need any help?" he asked generously, but with a hint of timidness.
Shinigami's arm was latched onto and he was pulled down the hall behind Ixta. He could sense her anger toward something, but he did not know what. He stayed quiet as she led him off somewhere and would ask her after she had calmed down. He did not want to set her off.
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Shadow snorted softly as Li pushed his new 'protection' to the limits. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea to taunt Hydrous like that...she couldn't actually back up her claim unless Hydrous was polite enough to stop when demanded or...asked. If she asked...
Acidic green gaze shifted to Li as he grabbed hold of her arm. It wasn't as though he had a firm grip or the like, but the fact he was touching her to begin with almost irked her. It was the fact he thought she needed to be supported that really got to her though.
"I'm fine." She snapped, slipping her arm away from him. Actually...she wasn't sure she was alright. Her legs didn't work right, and she actually felt kind of light-headed. That was due to her sudden icy explosion earlier.
She hadn't been ready to use it so soon after aquiring the skill.
That timidness was back in his voice as he asked, and she blinked curiously at him. What, was he afraid of her or something? She wasn't in any condition to actually beat him up, as if it wasn't obvious already.
She sighed and shook her head.
"No, I'll be fine. Just tired of my damn legs not working right."
She stared hatefully down at the bare things sticking out of the end of the sheet, wondering how in the hell she was going to make this work.
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(Jester)
"You're one to speak, little one." Hydrous replies to Li's first statement just before he vanishes from his grasp. The wolven beast arches an eyebrow before glancing down at Shadow Walker and Li. Sure was a fast one. He lowers his arm towards the two and hold out his hand towards Shadow.
"Need any assistance in getting up? Perhaps I can teach you how to walk." Hydous notes as he looms over Li's form.
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(Vernionator X)
"Ah, but one must learn to stand before attempting to walk." He stated smugly with his arm and index finger pointed upward. He then helped Shuu to her feet, making surer she could stand before he attempted to let go. He did not fear the large wolf; in fact, he was used to it from where he came from.
Scarlet then pushed her current thoughts from her mind and brushed through them and out the doorway, grabbing Ekrina on her way out. She didn't seem to care at the moment and just wanted out of there. She waited outside patiently with Ekrina, accidentally staining the girl's clothing with her bloodied arms. She leaded up against the wall with her arms at her sides, blood dripping lightly as she waited for Li to finish up and come with them. She kept silent, not very much in the mood to interact right now. Not like that’s any different from her usual self.
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Standing outside now, apparently, Ekrina stared forlornly at her stained chiton. That was, until she saw the blood on Scarlet. "Oh my," she gasped lightly, "that looks painful..." She reached up with hands that glowed with a creamy light. "I'll see what I can do about it." The small girl surrounded one of Scarlet's forearms with her tiny hands without actually touching the arm. The glow brightened slightly and disappeared as if soaking into the injured flesh.
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Shadow snorted at Li's witty little comeback, but only had time to blink before being hauled to her feet. Grabbing hold of the doorjam, Shadow quickly jerked her arm away from the helpful Li.
"I'm fine..." She muttered, watching Scarlet suddenly brush by them all. Right...time to follow...? Ugh, she didn't know what to do at this point. Get some clothes for one...and find Blade.
Yes, she wanted to see her younger brother. Well...half-brother...
"I need some clothes...And I want to find Blade as well." She spoke mainly to Hydrous one would assume, as he was the only one who knew who Blade even was. But then again, she could probably use all the help she could get, whether she wanted it or not.
Taking a breath, Shadow somehow managed to stumble out into the hall on her own, quickly leaning against the wall, on the other side of Scarlet, for support.
So damned annoying...and her sheet kept slipping...
Ugh...
Pulling the sheet back up, she just decided it would be easier to hold it in place until she got real clothing and wasn't in danger of flashing everyone her new human body.
What an odd day...
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(Jester)
As soon as Ixta drug Shin to the front end of the hotel, she remembered one thing before she went to open the door to go outside. She turned to Shin.
"I left my cloak back in the room. Could you go get it for me? I really don't want to go through that mess again." Ixta asks.
Hydrous followed Shadow out of the room. When she leaned back against the wall is when Hydrous held out his hand in front of her.
"Give me your hand. I'm going to teach you how to walk before we go anywhere." Hydrous notes, as calm as can be. He can feel deep in the back of his mind that his equal is experiencing a bit of rage. This is a different rage. One that is fueled by the pain that was inflicted directly to his heart. Hydrous can't figure out why his equal would be so furious though.
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As Scarlet leaned against the wall, her tired gaze looked down and over at Ekrina as she spoke. She sighed and held her arm out for the unusual girl. It was better than nothing. But if you had looked closely, bone was visible...or rather, what looked like metal actually. Scarlet was too tired and wasn’t remembering to hide it. Some machine was very visible through the tears in her skin, even more as her fingers twitched lightly. And then Shuu...er, Shadow was next to her against the wall. The name Shuu actually sounded kind of cute now that she thought about it, but she would never admit it. Her gaze moved over to Shuu as the poor thing was being bombarded with help. "Leave her alone..." she mumbled wearily to Hydrous. Her blood circulation was slow and she was cold. Her body needed to recover from previous incidents, but she never took the time to do so.
Li smiled and sighed, mumbling to himself as everyone left the room to stand in the hallway. He then glanced over at the small elf girl out cold on the bed and wandered over there curiously. He activated a mode on his watch, which scanned her vitals with holographic displays, and he relaxed. She was all right, just overexerted. She reminded him of someone he knew and just as small. And she was wearing a towel...and she was very well figured. He paused timidly for a moment and shook it off. He made one of his decisions and scooped her up to himself and held her gently with one arm as she was about the size of a child. He trotted out to the crowd unnoticed as they suddenly saw him standing next to Shuu again. With an innocent grin on his face, he pulled out a round computer chip that looked like a gemstone. He placed the half-inch, dome shaped item in the center of Shuu's neck and as it made contact with her soft skin, a band formed from it and connected around her neck. It looked like a choker that girls usually wear. It sent a small tingly sensation through her body momentarily as Li stepped back. Suddenly, average Kitsun clothes began to digitize around Shuu's body that adjusted to fit her size. It was a loose fitting white shirt and gray baggy jeans and it even came with very comfy white undergarments. The material was soft, yet very durable and even retracted back into the collar. "There." he stated proudly in a silly way. "It was meant for a guy Kitsun, but it comes with stuff for a girl to wear it too." he explained with a hint of embarrassment in his voice. He might have been irritating Hydrous, and he either didn't know or didn’t care.
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(Ruthless)
The girl finished her work on Scarlet's arms, however meager it was. The bleeding had stopped, and the skin had regrown, but one could tell that the tissue was still delicate and sensitive. "Sorry I can't get it any better than that, but at least you'll stop dripping everywhere..."
Li came up and placed the collar on Shuu's neck. The effect dazzled Ekrina. "Wow! How neat!" She innocently strode up to the woman and ran her fingers over the material of the pants.
Quickly remembering herself, she turned to Li, noticing the sleeping elf. She looked around at everyone, and timidly asked, "So who's hungry? How much should I plan to make for dinner, and who's coming?"