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Post by Zeffa! on Mar 25, 2008 0:46:33 GMT -8
Magus loomed silently along, pausing for a moment to peer inquisitivly at a sewer plate. Again he paused to look at a stop sign, the strange symbols slowly shifting into "stop" in his mind. And stop he did, peering at the sign as if trying to judge its right to give him orders. Is it some sort of warning? Will it change? Is it aware of him, or just a normal sign?
Aramil, having not noticed the billboards until they were pointed out directly, giggled nervously, feeling his face redden a bit.
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Post by Dark Beauty on Mar 28, 2008 8:08:50 GMT -8
Naburine stopped when Magus did, wondering why he suddenly had become motionless. She noticed the sign as well, looked at it curiously, then shook her head and kept walking. Annie hadn't stopped, so she didn't have to, either.
It took about five minutes to get to the "marketplace." Annie led them across the empty street (the parade was down the road) toward the shops. There were all kinds of different places smashed into one area - Starbucks, a bakery, a jewelry shop, a bookstore, fancy restaurants, a costume shop...
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Post by Thistle on Mar 30, 2008 15:36:49 GMT -8
Naome squeeled in excitement as she ran ahead looking in windows excitedly. The sheer number of shops made her brain hurt. There was also a signifigant increase in people around here. She briefly thought that it might be better to stay with the group but the thought left her head as soon as it came. Tion looked around curiously aswell. He looked up to read the signs of the shops and stopped on one that he didn't quite understand. "Annie, who is this Victoria and what is her secret? She looks like she is showing more than she is hiding in her painting." ((I've always loved that joke. I had to insert it in there somewhere. ))
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Post by Zeffa! on Mar 30, 2008 19:02:03 GMT -8
"I've been here scarecly an hour and already I've seen more of the female body in one day than I have in..." Magus remarked, trailing off thoughtfully at that last bit.
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Post by Dark Beauty on Mar 31, 2008 7:17:12 GMT -8
One of Naburine's eyebrows shot up. "Is there something I need to tell 'Mrs. Magus' when we get back...?" She then walked over to Tion and looked up at the poster as well. The woman looked pretty young. She had long, beautiful blonde hair, and she was looking very seductive indeed. Actually, the young woman's face reminded her of somebody else... but she dismissed that thought. Naburine looked very critically at the woman's picture and then shrugged. "She looks like she's got as many secrets as I do. Though she's taking it to a bit more of an extreme than I would in public. She looks like she dances... I wanna meet this Victoria."
Annie, who was about as pink as her hair now, tried to find a way to explain. "No... no, see, that's just the name of the store. That's just ONE model. Actually, I know that model, too. She's an actress before she's a model, but it helps pay the bills. I still can't believe she posed for that."
Dark, who had been aghast that anyone other than a prostitute would pose for such a display, suddenly shot a look at Magus after staring at the woman's face. Then she looked back at the poster... and then she turned to Annie. "Annie, what's this woman's name? You say you know her?"
"Unfortunately, yes. Her name is Ella Aidan. She's very emotional... but she really is a wonderful actress." She got a bit of a distant look in her eyes. "I wonder what she's doing now...? I had better get back to work to talk to the others there. They said they were going to start on a big new project..."
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Post by Zeffa! on Mar 31, 2008 21:57:22 GMT -8
The Bluehaired man smirked wryly. "Nothing she already doesn't know. When you say you know her, does that mean she's a personal friend of yours? Or simply that you recognize her? It might be useful to pull some connections while you're here.. Although doing so might lead to having to answer some difficult questions." Magus paused for a moment, then looked to Annie with a softer, or at least less agitated expression. "Annie, what about your family?"
Meanwhile...
Aramil had already climbed a tree, although it wasn't a very large tree at all, only standing about 15 feet high and growing out of the cement. However, from here he could get a better view of the world around him. It wasn't useful being so short sometimes, height was always an issue with him. He blinked for a moment, looking in the distance in confusion. He hopped down, moving toward the street, hopping into the roof of a blue SUV to watch the street as cars of various sizes and shapes and colors drove by left and right. What were those? Was this one going to move? They sort of seemed like the floats from earlier, but more numerous and less flashy... Then, around a corner, one big rectangle one came by, bright green red and gold, with fances around it nd lots of visible people sitting in it arrived, it's bell jingling loudly. Aramil stared in bewilderment and modest excitement at the trolley, moving toward it.
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Post by Dark Beauty on Apr 1, 2008 12:26:04 GMT -8
Annie looked thoughtful. "Well, I don't know if I consider her to be a friend, but she is a friend of Ali's. Ali is the name of the actress I work for. Yeah, I suppose I should see how she's faring since I've been 'missing.' Now she's a character... especially when she's around Jen." She looked as if she was caught up in a fun memory. A grin spread across her face, and her pink eyes danced. "Jen had this crazy idea to convert a trolley to... hey, where'd Aramil go?" She looked about worriedly. "And Naome's gone, too..."
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Post by Zeffa! on Apr 2, 2008 17:17:15 GMT -8
"She's a resourceful rat, don't bother worrying about her. That fledgling boy of yours," Magus remarked, looking to Dark, "is likely with her anyway." though he sounded as if he couldn't really care less what happened to the two. He peered at Annie again. "And your family?"
"HI NAOME!" Aramil shouted to the girl oogling at the shops. He seemed to be hanging by his tail from the upper handlebars of a trolley (not a trolley tank mind you) and waving frantically at her.
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Post by Thistle on Apr 2, 2008 20:45:19 GMT -8
Naome looked around for the voice shouting her name. Waving arms caught her attention and she waved her arms back. "HEY ARAMIL!" She weaved her way through the crowds and hopped on board the trolly. "So, what's this thing we are on? I have never seen anything like it!"
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Post by Dark Beauty on Apr 3, 2008 6:34:06 GMT -8
Dark looked worried for a brief moment, but she figured all would be alright.
Annie, however, did not look so happy. "If they get lost, it could take forever to find them again... and they both have TAILS! I didn't think about that... nobody has a real tail around here...." At Magus's second question about her family, Annie sighed unhappily. "They're not here. They live a long way away. They don't talk to me, and I have given up trying to speak to them. My family consists of my friends now."
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Post by Zeffa! on Apr 4, 2008 2:09:15 GMT -8
"I have no idea what it is.. but it moves and rings a bell, and people ride on it!" he replied with a beaming grin. Everyone onthe train just seemed to be staring at them both though, especialy the boy who seeme to be hanging upside down by a tail... As the rolley stopped he wayed in the momentum for a moment, making a "woaoaoah," sort of noise. "I wonder where it's going..."
Magus instantly empathized with Annie for a moment, a feeling which became evident in his expression. "Well... Since we're visiting.. where would you like to go?" he asked her under the facade that he didn't really care where they went.
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Post by Dark Beauty on Apr 4, 2008 19:27:57 GMT -8
Annie shrugged. "I was going to get some money, and then I think I want to go back to work and see what Ali is up to. She's probably wondering where I went. I could not really care less about school, but I think my roommate might be hysterical over my disappearance. She's a bit odd."
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Post by Zeffa! on Jun 7, 2008 3:56:55 GMT -8
"It's odd that she would be surprised about your vanishing? I wouldn't suspect so, it sounds rational to me," his violet eyes caught sight of the elf boy and Naome on a trolley, pointing a gloved finger in their direction. "There's the other two. We ought to collect them before they get lost in this Kingdom."
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Post by Thistle on Feb 24, 2009 18:17:31 GMT -8
Tion looked at his twin and Aramil for a moment before turning his curious gaze back to Annie. "Who are Ali and your...roomate? I am not sure what that is." His brow furrowed trying to imagine what it was. "Room mate...I'm sorry I just cannot picture how this girl mates with your room."
Naome scanned the crowds of people and finally locked on to her twin. She noted that Magus seemed to have spotted them and waved cheerfully with a toothy grin. Giggling the girl grabbed Aramil by his shirt and jumped off the trolly just as it started moving again. "Come on! Maybe Annie will buy us some sweet treats!"
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Post by Zeffa! on Feb 24, 2009 18:27:00 GMT -8
"I wonder if candy is the same here as it is in our world," Aramil ponderd allowed as he was unceremoniously dragged by Naome. He did get to his feet, although it didn't look like she was going to let go of his shirt anytime soon. Things hadn't changed much in all these years...
"Looks like at least one of them has the sense to not wander off alone," Magus remarked snidely.
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