Yumei
Prinny God
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Post by Yumei on Mar 10, 2007 21:13:17 GMT -5
Marisa, Aeirn and Miyuki waved back to Topagae and the three of them began to converse amongst themselves about the events that had transpired.
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topagae
Angel
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Post by topagae on Mar 10, 2007 21:49:59 GMT -5
For the next hour Topagae mingled with the sick and tried to cheer up some of the people who weren't mobile enough to join in on the festivities.
Many asked how on Earth they convinced the hospital to let him throw a party. Topagae happened to know the head of this particular hospital. And he knew he'd have to pay her a visit.
Topagae slinked out of the main room and took the elevator to the offices. He slowly walked down to her office, somehow he knew she wouldn't be in the party. The door was locked. So he let himself in.
"You ever hear of KNOCKING Top?"
Chimed in Topagae's ear, from that of an incredibly soft, but obviously annoyed Angelic voice.
"Would you have let me in if I did?"
Topagae responded back.
"No."
A harsh reply, with no emotion was Topagae's only answer.
"I came to say goodbye Shari. I've seen you once since my visit and I thought you'd be happy to see me. Happy that everything worked out, happy that I'm throwing a party for... You, I wanted to make it up to you, seeing as I promised to be with you on this visit."
Topagae walked into the office while saying this, and sitting down was a shorter Angel. Dark hair, which was rare among the angelic, silver eyes, dressed in a regular pair of pants but with a very prominent doctor's coat. She had a tired look in her eyes, she'd obviously been working for hours. On what? Topagae didn't know, he wondered if she did her paperwork in advance just to avoid him...
"I wasn't too angry with you Topagae that you perhaps didn't have time for me on this visit up here. No, it was what you did. You could've died trying to find any mage to come up here, you could've died fighting that damned guard, you could've died using that damned helmet of yours to stay awake for days on end. You could've died, because you're risking your life, for demons you just bloody met. Did you even know that our patient was part Angel?"
Topagae looked down. Doing the right thing was always hard. Especially when doing the right thing hurts the ones you love, and he didn't even know at this point whether or not it could even be considered.. The right thing, anymore.
"You're right. On all accounts. And no, I had no idea he was an Angel, being married to a demonic warrior. I kind of figured he was a demon."
Shari got up and threw her pen at Topagae. With tears in her eyes she screamed at him.
"You did it again! You didn't plan anything. You winged EVERYTHING, skirting death at every turn. And you don't even know why! At every turn you just did whatever came to mind, not caring that something unforeseen could've probably fucking killed you!"
Shivers ran down the Angel as she continued, tears streaming down her cheeks. She always looked regal and old, but right now, she looked young, and broken.
"You knew damn well the penalty for treason, from the very start, I know you did. You didn't even have a plan on how you would avoid death and you did it without even thinking. WHY?! What do these people or anyone else you save mean to you? Besides me they've all just thrown you away. And what have you been left with? That stupid helmet, scars everywhere, you'd be blind and crippled if it weren't for the miraculous medical care we have here!"
Shari walked up to Topagae and gave him a good left hook... Shari wasn't a slapping kind of girl.
"You have that look in your eyes. This wasn't even who you were trying to help, that stupid, "I need to save this person" look. Why couldn't you just stay here with us? Could you not be happy up here? In a world where you don't have to worry about your impending death every other minute... Do you really love it that much."
Hard questions... Questions that Topagae didn't think he'd ever really have an answer too. This place was indeed a paradise, but it didn't feel right. That and damn did Shari have a mean left...
Topagae took her into his arms. She struggled but eventually she just started to cry. Cry and hold him because he knew it's what she needed.
"I know we don't love each other romantically, but it's going to kill me knowing you're going to die for no damned good reason. Saving people that probably don't give a rat's ass. Why can't you just be with us, and be happy?"
Topagae of course still didn't have an answer, he just held her closer. He finally spoke.
"These are good people. You ask why I help them, and I could ask why I didn't shoot a beautiful young angel, with several broken bones, helpless and feverish in the darkness of the Netherworld. It would've given me enough money to live for a long time, and all I'd have had to do was shoot her. But I couldn't. I went against something more powerful, risked my life ten times over for absolutely no visibly gain, and I don't know why, but it's the same reason I need to help these people."
They stood there for a while.. Shari had stopped crying.
"You're a damned fool Topagae."
Topagae smiled. She was feeling better.
"And you're dead sexy, what's your point?"
They both laughed. Shari could never love Topagae. She was a lesbian with a lover, but she loved Topagae. And Topagae loved her. She showed him some good in this world, and he showed her that even in the darkest part of the world, there is a little bit of light. They'd been friends for about half his known life as of now, and he was very sad that he wouldn't be able to come back for a while....
"I picked up a special stone.. It'll let you talk to me in the Netherworld. And hell, you could always come for a visit."
Shari shook. She could never go back to the Netherworld. He couldn't blame her.
"Not in the Nether world! Topagae jested.
"We can just meet somewhere else, maybe Earth or something silly. We'll be ok. I know it, and so do you."
Shari stepped back and dried her tears. And started changing. Topagae was glad for the free show, but right after the bra came off Shari shoved a globe of light into Topagae's eyes. Party pooper.
When his vision came back Shari was dressed in a halfway slutty red dress that was cut to show maximum cleavage, with the sexy librarian glasses she had instead of the weird nerdy doctor glasses. Nice shoes and a little jewelry in the form of some magical rings.
"I hope you remember how to dance. Because I know you have a thing for that little mage in the miniskirt, let's go make her jealous. And you damn well better call me at least once a week, or so help me I will come down to the Netherworld JUST to beat you up."
Topagae sighed. Shari didn't need to be a mind reader to open up his file and list off his secrets in order of most annoying. He also knew she was feeling better, she had nagged him to get a way for them to communicate for a while, and this is the first time Topagae had ever agreed to meet her somewhere.
This was the first time Topagae thought he wouldn't need to worry about dying before getting to where they could meet. He hugged Shari tight and kissed her lightly.
"Will you really come and visit. Will it be safe?"
Topagae smiled.
"Yea, it's ok now. If nothing else we'll be seeing each other more."
Shari did a little twirl and picked up some makeup to put on.
"I still reserve the right to smack you around be angry Topagae Wennef, if nothing else(She said in Topagae's tone) you've managed once again to turn everything around when you had no idea what you're doing, which should make me angry. But I'll ignore that for now. Lets go hit on your lil mage friend."
Topagae crooked his eyebrow. He really hoped Marisa wasn't a lesbian. Cause he would totally lose to Shari.... They walked down arm in arm 20 minutes later after drying their tears and getting dressed.
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Yumei
Prinny God
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Post by Yumei on Mar 10, 2007 22:04:13 GMT -5
Aeirn could see Neraphyte from the crowd again. Aeirn waved to her, leaving Marisa kinda skeptical. "You know her?" she asked. Aeirn nodded and explained the situation briefly. Marisa nodded and went "Ohhhh." in a fashion of realization. Aeirn bounded off to talk with Neraphyte for their own matters, as Miyuki decided to go off to sit down and think to herself. This left Marisa on her own.
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Aeirn acknowledged Neraphyte's presence quite quickly, and it kinda surprised the formerly runaway Angel. Neraphyte flicked her pale grey-ish hair. She was dressed in a gown similar to Aeirn's, but it was obviously tailored to size.
"You kept your promise to me all those years ago," Neraphyte said. "That you'd come eventually. That was why there was a crowd earlier... Friends of mine expecting you." she said.
Aeirn nodded, but he was speechless.
They continued to converse in small talk.
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topagae
Angel
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Post by topagae on Mar 10, 2007 22:16:29 GMT -5
Topagae and Shari managed to sneak into the crowd without drawing heads. The Dee Jah had arrived and the makeshift stage for the band had been erected, he saw that the preparations for the dance floor had gone off without a hitch. Angels had a pretty strong work ethic. Topagae approached a mic and figured it was a good time to make the anouncements.
"Ladies and gentleman! I'm glad you're enjoying the free food and I hope you're all having a fantastic time. But it's time to get this party started, there's an open bar, for those of you that CAN have alcohol, and don't try to sneak it. Because half the ladies in this room are nurses who might be a little irked at you!(Topagae hoped this drew a couple of laughs, it did, they were all pretty buzzed it seems.) Anyway, onto the main event and that's we've got a fantastic band and Deejay here and we're gonna dance the rest of the night away and it won't stop until there isn't anymore people on the dance floor. And as the host here with the beautiful hostess, I think I'm going to STEAL the first dance."
Topagae signaled to the band. And the band started playing a medley of hip hop and swing. Which is of course exactly what Topagae and Shari danced to.
Most of the patients had NO idea the head of the hospital was so damned spry. With a mixture of acrobatic swing and hip moves, and the fact that he wasn't damned sure she was wearing panties while doing moves that showed up her dress, Topagae and Shari drew a few heads for a few minutes.
They quite abrutply both spun off and grabeed some bystanders and within minutes just about everyone who could was dancing.
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Yumei
Prinny God
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Post by Yumei on Mar 22, 2007 7:03:35 GMT -5
Aeirn was dragged into a dance by Neraphyte, but Marisa and Miyuki didn't particularly feel like dancing. They looked at Aeirn and Neraphyte and smiled, they had been told about the runaway angel by Aeirn one long boring day, and indeed, she had fit their expectations. It made them chuckle a little.
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