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Post by Hazzerous on Jul 27, 2009 9:21:48 GMT -5
Terra walked along casually, or rather as casually as an armored woman walking through a forest could. Occasionally she'd turn to make sure Roscoe was still following. She wasn't sure why, but she felt she had to check up on him, occasionally. "Sir Roscoe, how is it that you ended up in these woods, anyhow?" She asked curiously at one point.
She seemed to be lost, occasionally stopping and glancing around randomly, before she'd look towards her map and scratch her head, seemingly in confusion. For some reason this didn't last more than a few minutes each time it'd occur, though. She seemingly would figure out which way to go, ... or she'd just start walking in a random direction, anyway.
Unlike Roscoe, it seemed she didn't feel like she was being watched. Terra was never the most aware of demons, unless it came to avoiding Etna or Laharl.
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Post by Asagi on Jul 28, 2009 23:18:29 GMT -5
To be perfectly honest, the pair's 'mysterious stalker' was surprised that she hadn't already been found out. Following them silently was less of a priority to Asagi than simply finding out whether or not they were friendly. By the way they were speaking, and the fact that they didn't fight each other, she could assume that either they weren't the most belligerent of people, or they already knew each other. However, as anyone who's spent a good amount of time in the Netherworld would tell you, you can't always trust the way things seem. Deciding to trail them a bit longer, Asagi resumed her semi-silent pursuit of the two.
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Post by Faust on Jul 29, 2009 10:40:40 GMT -5
Roscoe might have been a little worried that Terra kept seemingly getting lost. However, as it was, his survival instincts were at the back of his mind, annoying him with that constant notion of being watched. His hand felt around his empty gun holster like a security blanket.
"Listen, Terra," he said softly, "I don't wanna seem like a nervous Nelly, but something about this place is giving me the creeps. I think... we might be being followed, but then again I might just be paranoid. Tell me, do you feel it too?"
Darn, he thought, it seemed Operation Rabbit-Foot was still very much an option. Well, when in doubt he still had "the boys," but he probably wouldn't rely on them unless his life depended on it. He looked around. Anything he could pick up and use? Of course, if there wasn't anyone there, he was just being silly...
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Post by Hazzerous on Jul 29, 2009 12:51:36 GMT -5
Terra turned to consider Roscoe curiously. "Watching ... us, sir Roscoe?" She pondered while glancing around curiously. She walked around the immediate area scouting around briefly before she shrugged. "The atmosphere does seem rather unusual, perhaps there is more than meets the eye."
She smirked after a few moments, though. "If a demon intends to assault us, I would not worry my head over it. Surely you and I would be able to defend ourself." She made a joking motion as though she were flexing her arm, and winked. "I'm not exactly a pushover."
Terra began to head back on her way once more, beckoning for the EDF soldier to follow her once more. "If I'm reading this map correctly we should be almost there." Whether the EDF pilot could trust the girl was another thing, having gotten lost nearly 15 or so times at the point could probably damage the value of her word as far as reading the map.
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Post by Asagi on Jul 29, 2009 16:13:26 GMT -5
Hearing Roscoe's suspicions, Asagi started to suspect that she couldn't stay hidden for long. Rather than being found out and suspected of spying, Asagi decided that the time was right to confront Roscoe and Terra directly. Moving from her crouched position on a tree branch, she jumped off to make a more dramatic entrance. Immediately, her coat snagged on a lower branch, suddenly interrupting her fall. The force of the fall was too much for the tree branch, which promply snapped, leaving her plummeting towards the two people she was earlier watching.
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Post by Faust on Jul 29, 2009 18:32:56 GMT -5
Roscoe reacted fast as a shot, scrambling for the nearest fallen log and leaping over it. He had no idea what he was doing, but he was pretty sure he had seen it in a movie once back on Earth. With his cover fully established, he knelt down and turned to look at the newcomer, who had landed right around where he had been standing.
"An ambush! Terra?" He looked around for the knight, hand poised to make his move on the ambushers. Of course, he realized a moment later that he had his hand out as though he was holding a gun. He remembered vaguely that the movie happened to be an army movie...
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Post by Hazzerous on Jul 29, 2009 20:19:53 GMT -5
Terra stared upward as the girl crashed near her, where Roscoe had been standing before. She wasn't too surprised, but nor was she afraid. She looked down and sighed, raising an arm to her head. "Why is everyone falling out of the sky these days?" She asked curiously. She noticed Roscoe had ran into hiding, seemingly afraid of an ambush.
Terra checked to see if the girl was fine, which ... seemed to be the case. After only a few moments she could discern the girl was a human, and she thought it unusual. She glanced to Roscoe beckoning for him to come back out. "It would not seem to be an ambush of any sort ... rather she fell in a similar fashion to that which you did. Unusually seems the girl is a human." She hadn't actually noticed that Roscoe was a human. He had panicked and fled from being near her too fast.
Terra curiously regarded the girl, who should be up on her feet in no time, based on her condition.
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Post by Asagi on Jul 29, 2009 21:39:23 GMT -5
Her hopes of making a cool entrance dashed, Asagi quickly bolted to a sitting position, so she could confirm that she wasn't hurt too badly. After she was sure that she was unharmed, she rose to her feet. "So...by what you said, it looks like that guy fell from a tree too, right?" she asked, from Terra to Roscoe, "And who are you calling an ambush? If I wanted to attack you, I'd do it from out of sight!" She stopped after that, remembering that she wanted to befriend these two, not argue with them.
"Anyway, my name's Asagi, and don't think you can bully me just because I'm human, or you'll get a bullet in the head!" she said, half-jokingly and with an accompanying hand gesture, pretending to shoot Roscoe with an invisible gun, "Bang!"
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Post by Randy on Jul 30, 2009 8:29:52 GMT -5
Prism Silver (the color Mudell had appointed for himself) was lying low in the bushes, being as careful as he could to not make a noise. Living on his own was tough, having to grow and capture his own food on a daily basis. Thankfully, the land was rich with resources in the Blair Forest. Not only that, but his cabin was well out deep in the forest, hidden from most life other than wild life. And as such, he was hunting prey right now - a small bog toad, but it was delectable when roasted with the ever succulent Spoiledberry, while wrapped in the intestines of a Wereboar. And of course, a side dish of rice would be nice, too.
Just as he was about to make a move, a loud sound was heard not too far away, causing the bog toad to explode in surprise, almost like a land mind going off, but with no sound! Sighing, Mudell dropped his head and got up, deciding to go see what all the ruckus was. Making his way through both tree and bush, he eventually came upon to what seemed to be two humanoid creatures going through the forest. And then, a third appear, who appeared to have fallen. Ah, I see. Perhaps that's where the noise came from. Well, they must be lost if they're this deep out in the forest. Not many come this way. Might as well be a useful Prism Ranger and make my appearance!
With one hand on the hilt of his sword, and the other hand rubbing the top of his head, the white-haired boy walked up from behind where Asagi was, eyes closed partially. "Aaahh... Sorry for the intrusion, but can I ask what you three are doing out here?" His stomach suddenly made a small gurgling noise, as he rubbed his head a bit harder again. "Heh, you see, you appear to have made enough noise to scare away my lunch, and I was hoping for a few scoops of rice, you'd all let me lead you out of this forest and on to where ever the heck it is you three need to go." Haha! Straight to the point! Like a true prism ranger.. The thought never crossed his mind that these three might actually just turn around and try to beat him up. But they wouldn't. Right?
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Post by Faust on Jul 30, 2009 9:55:04 GMT -5
Roscoe came out of his military stance with a reluctant little smirk. "Roscoe. Nice to meet you, I guess." The EDF pilot decided not to part with his human identity so easily. He wasn't aware that it was probably obvious, but he figured he was still capable of bluffing his way back home. As long as no one asked too many questions about him...
He nearly leapt into the nearest tree when another stranger showed up. It seemed his paranoia payed off better than he could have imagined. Two strange watchers when he only felt one? This nervousness was either bound to keep him alive, or drive him completely insane.
Still, he managed to gather himself together with an official sounding throat-clearing and tried to pretend like he hadn't just gotten the shock of his life. "I'm sorry, did you just ask for rice? Um, I'm not carrying any rice on me right now. I got granola..." He began fumbling around the many pockets on his suit.
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