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Post by humarwhitill on Dec 11, 2008 19:53:55 GMT -5
"Laharl? Why does that name sound familiar?" This lowly prinny's question baffled Alexa. She knew the name from somewhere, but the question was where? "Well, that is not the pressing matter at this time," she decided. This serpent will need the most attention.
"You would insult us by calling us peasants but still as for our money?" Alexa questioned the serpent. "You, snake, also assume that we would want to be the vassals of a beast as ugly as yourself. Well I will tell you I do not wish that fate upon myself. Even if I had the 100,000 hel you want I would fight you before I considered giving it to you." Alexa placed her right hand on the hilt of Eclipse we the closing of her last statement.
Since this prinny is a vassal of this Laharl character and the snake has no money if a fight breaks out he will probably side with me. But the cleric... Though he is no match for my skills as a shogun he could be an inconvenience to have against me in a fight...
"Sir Cleric," Alexa said, "you cannot tell me you want to become the vassal of this creature, can you?" She made sure as she looked at the cleric to keep a close watch on the serpent should he attack her when she wasn't looking.
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Post by AimMan on Dec 11, 2008 21:15:22 GMT -5
"Wench! You clearly don't understand the appeal of my chiseled body or the splendor of my serpentine curves!" Viceviper barked in response to Alexa, growling and thumbing his dagger. "There's no accounting for taste, is there? But oh well, back to you cleric... You know, you make a lot of sense, I'll give you that," he smiled, allowing a thin sliver of green slime to trickle down each corner of his mouth. The cleric's ideas of self-interest and looking out for number one were entertaining; at least here was a man who could admit that at his core he was self-motivated.
"Okay, so pillaging from others, I can get behind that. But to be honest, despite my glorious demeanor, I've always been a little low on cash and, eh, I don't really know what kind of people are good to rob. But..." he paused, looking the man over dubiously, "you're a cleric. What could you possibly know about stealing from people?" Despite the fact that the man was a cleric, he did have a rough attitude. Perhaps he'd been something else at one point of time, like those warrior priests in comic books.
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Post by boogieknight on Dec 12, 2008 16:04:08 GMT -5
Jack turned to the young woman and replied, "I have no intentions of submitting to the will of this guy, he's not that cool. I'm not much of a fighter, so my best bet is to find tough but maleable demons to do the fighting for me. Kinda like a Master Blaster type of arrangement!"
He turned to Viceviper and back to Alexa, still ignoring the prinny, "You're pretty sheltered, aren't you? A demon with social skills as poor as him is pretty normal. If you two want to battle it out fine, but don't try to force me into choosing sides. Don't get me wrong, you're very pretty, beautiful really, and every time I make a choice based on hot women tends to blow up in my face."
Jack faces Viceviper once more, "Let's find a small shop with a really annoying guy as the owner. Never mess with Rosenqueen, those people have enough weapons to fight 50 Netherworld Wars, and that's just what they have in stock!"
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Post by humarwhitill on Dec 12, 2008 16:35:35 GMT -5
"Well you have made your choice then, cleric," Alexa's irritation was only slightly evident in her voice. She had hoped the cleric would be side against the snake and with her but it was in the past. Now she just wanted to get away from the two before she got into any kind of illegal activity. The mere thought or stealing was impossible to her to comprehend. "Prinny..." Alexa realized this was the first time any of them had actually talked to him, "I do not know where Laharl is but, if you would be so kind enough to let me, I would like to travel with you to find his castle." Though she strongly doubted that someone with a castle would be a just person she hoped that she could perhaps get some kind of aid from Laharl. Maybe this prinny will be of some help also. Perhaps he will be able to provide me with information about what has happened will I was at the Frozen river with Master.
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Post by MajinKirby on Dec 12, 2008 17:00:57 GMT -5
Ginseng looked at Alexa, and sighed. Thank goodness. Now he wouldn't have to travel alone anymore. Now that she opened up a bit more, she seemed kinda nice. Kinda unusual for a demon, but whatever. He walked up to her, and opened his mouth. "Wow, really d00d? That'd be kinda nice, d00d."
And then another idea crossed his mind. It was crazy...but it was fun. He waved his hand to Alexa to come over to where he was standing so that Viceviper and the cleric couldn't hear them. "Hey, d00d...my master's gonna kill me when I get back, so I figure if I get her a gift, she won't be so mad, d00d. Wanna take out that worm d00d and take his stuff? I'll split it with you, d00d.", he whispered to Alexa.
With her power and his...well...idea(?), they could really beat this slimey worm. It was perfect.
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Post by AimMan on Dec 12, 2008 19:31:06 GMT -5
Viceviper was just about to respond to Jack's invitation to smack up some little shop and take their goods, finding it a very tempting offer, when he caught wind of the prinny Ginseng scheming with the disrespectful samurai. A smile curved across his mouth, then his wide grin opened into a wide hole, billowing green slime as he laughed off the whole idea. "You, a prinny, think you can take the only heirlooms left to me by my father? You're lucky I don't run this knife down your stitches and turn you into a designer hand bag," he guffawed, menacing down at the prinny.
Then again, he didn't think he'd be safe if that ronin decided to jump in, even with the cleric's help. "Time to bail, I think. We'll take a rain check on this outing and try again later..." he gulped, his gelatinous eyes focusing on the woman's weapon. "Well, cleric, I'd love to take you up on your offer, but I just remembered some pressing business in my burrow. Er, ta ta for now," he laughed, digging his hands into the ground and worming away. As he chomped through the soil, he realized he must have left a cowardly impression, but no matter! "In the end, everyone gets their due," he thought to himself, "I'll just return some time soon to claim mine."
((Gotta leave to home till January 3rd, sorry folks, but go on without me.))
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Post by humarwhitill on Dec 13, 2008 0:24:28 GMT -5
For the first time since the snake first touched her shoulders Alexa finally began to relax. Though he could come when ever he wanted she was sure he was gone for awhile (out of character: say till January 3rd). Alexa looked up though and realized the cleric was still standing there can he could possible attack her... Then she remembered it was a cleric standing there, and a male cleric at that, so there wasn't much of a chance of him actually causing any danger on his own.
"Well prinny, I am the shogun Alexa. Who might you be, since I do not think it would be right to call you 'prinny' all the way to the castle?" Alexa had only met one other prinny in her life, and he worked for Master doing odd jobs around the village. He was a likable fellow but Alexa always got the feeling that he had done something really bad in the past, he was a prinny after all...
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Post by boogieknight on Dec 13, 2008 18:48:55 GMT -5
Jack watched the serpent demon run away like a scared bunny, or rather, burrow like a scared bunny. Losing a potential partner was a shame, but the guy did seem to be a real jerk, even by demon standards. He noticed that the samurai woman and the prinny were busy chatting. Fighting has never been the forte of a healer, and honestly he had no reason to get in a fight aside from the fact that the cowardly demon was manhandling her.
Running away was probably the best thing, yet he could not resist noticing that the samurai woman was hot, extremely hot. While it may be too late to be really close to her, she might have a sister so at least not being despised by the warrior would be a help.
Jack interrupts, "Excuse me, I just want you to know that I only met the guy no sooner than you did. I thought he was being a creep, but honestly I'm just a lowly cleric with basic healing power. I got out of the healing school recently, so I need to make what allies I can. Don't forget that there are armies of annoying demons running wild, and only teaming up with 'good guys' is unrealistic. Keep that in mind next time you see me and think about whether you really want to mow me down."
He turned away, then faced Alexa one more time and extended his hand, "Jack Zarathustra."
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Post by MajinKirby on Dec 14, 2008 0:16:25 GMT -5
Ginseng was actually startled at how polite this shogun was. If she was any other demon, she would have probably beaten his brains out and taken whatever was on him by now. This was a nice change, for once. "I-I'm Ginseng, d00d. C-call me Gin, d00d." Oh great, now his voice was shaking. Now she probably knew that he was scared of her.
Gin then looked back to the sorry-looking cleric. He sure didn't look like a fighter, but he was probably a bitchin' healer. That would be pretty useful to keep around for a while. "Hey, d00d. Don't worry, you look dirt-poor anyways, d00d. Wanna come with us, d00d?" If Alexa was as greedy as she was polite, maybe he could get her to mug him and take his stuff later after they were done with him. Ehh....nah, Gin decided to leave him alone permanently. He really DID look broke-ass-poor.
"So let's get going before that begging worm-bitch comes back, d00ds."
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Post by humarwhitill on Dec 14, 2008 18:37:29 GMT -5
"Yes Gin we do need to leave," said Alexa. She had a bad feeling about the snake popping up behind them and stabbing them in the back.
Looking at Jack and then down at his extended hand Alexa could not help but notice how amazingly pitiful he looked. This...man really had no chance of surviving in this netherworld. He was right, his only way to ever survive was to fine a strong ally to guard him. Alexa grabbed his hand and gave him a firm hand shake that she doubted he would expect.
"My name is Alexa, I am a shogun from the Frozen River. And for the record I could 'mow you down' when ever I wanted. Now then, do either of you have a clue where we are going?"
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