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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:33 am
Anderson opened his eyes when Amara started talking to him. He smiled and got up from his seat, seating himself closer to them. "Hey I'm Ander.....No, no I'm not, my actualy name is Xaldin, Xaldin Virgils vbut everyone calls me Anderson." He said as he again reclined his chair a little bit. "I think I've heard of you......Hm.....Amara the Phoenix? Was that the nickname? Something along those lines anyways." He said as he scratched the back of his head lightly. "Either way it's a pleasure. So what made you come to the Night Owls?" Anderson lacked a specific level of boundaries he definately wasn't afraid to say what was on his mind, or rather blatantly blurt it out randomly.
Lucien had finished the paper. He took it and placed it with the others on the stack of read ones. "I'm doing fine Jeannie. Did you enjoy your dinner last night?" He asked as he picked up one of the two on the table. "My day has been fairly uneventful. It feels amazing I must say." He said as he flipped a page in the paper. "Oh that's right I've been meaning to ask how you were liking Paris? I've been here af ew times......None of them ended rather well." He said as he flipped another page. He placed it down a few moments later and looked up at Jeannie he didn't want to be rude and read the paper while she was talking, besides he only had one left to go and the news had been rather uneventful that day, aside from the New York Times which continued to spew report after report of the Exire event or the Fallen Phoenix's.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:41 am
Happiness simply smiled at Nik's initial response. However, when he started throwing questions at her again, Happiness blinked and tilted her head to the side. She realized that he had a point. If Big Sis Sydney had told her to find someone it had to be for something important. She just wished she could remember the reason. "I don't know.... I wish I could remember better like my cousins... They have better memories." Happiness replied, "But I'm sure Big Sis wouldn't send me to find someone without an important reason. After this is over, I'll take you to her." Happiness added with a big, assuring smile.
"By then it will be too late though..." A more morose voice said from within Nikolai's shadow.
Happiness literally jumped in surprise. She spun around to look behind her to see who it was. And when she saw who it was, she grinned widely. "Cousin Sadness! Yay! It's so good to see you!" she said aloud, pulling her relative, yet morose twin into a hug.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:55 am
Nikolai figured Happiness wouldn't be able to answer his questions, she apparently had a terrible memory to begin with. He was surprised when he heard another voice com from behind Happiness, apparently from the shadow. He quickly heard who it was from Happiness, who then hugged her 'cousin' inside the shadow. Nik sighed and paused a moment then formed another shadow figure for Sadness. He then asked, "So you're Sadness hmm? What do you mean it will be too late? Too late for what? Do you know why Happiness had to come find me?" Nik asked as nicely as he could, with a name like sadness, he didn't want to upset the shadow dweller. Nik smiled lightly and waited for the sad shadow dweller's response. He just hoped it would be more useful than Happiness's answers.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:06 pm
((UNS - Will Paris))
The Satan Owl wasn't doing anything in the interest of the UNS or being productive for UNS purposes. Will was off doing his own thing again, as usual. Somewhere in Paris, there were now more dead, mostly dead, or wishing they were dead people thanks to the Satan Owl's responses to their actions. Mmm....well, I do hope Arae had her fun.
In the meantime, Will had received a brief report on Johan Liebert's background from his ever so faithful "humble servant" Sebastian, a contact from Will's other life in the underworld. So, he had been stationed in Berlin, it seemed. Was that his link to Anya? The man was much older than the Poison Owl though.
At the moment, Will was in a nice bar in Paris. He had invited Johan out to share a drink before the so called assault on New York began. As usual, the knowing smile of some sorts was on the devil's face. "Anya, hmm? That was quite the outburst back there, Johan."
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((UNS - Armand))
During the timeskip, Bailey, Luca, Armand, and Daryle had conversed more and somehow finished all the food. Apparently, someone had a big stomach. To allow Bailey more mobility and as a safety precaution, Armand had placed a power delimiter collar on Bailey's neck to suppress the vectors from coming up and reacting to anything. This would allow Bailey a bit more control over her vectors and also a way to allow her to safely train. "Well, this is a start of a new journey for you, Bailey," the Prankster Owl said with a smile.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:32 pm
Happiness was so happy to see her relative that she hardly remembered that she had been talking to Nik.
Happiness basically had Sadness in a bear hug and didn't look like she was going to be letting go any time in the near future. The look on Sadness' face, however, did not change from its depressive nature. Her eyes didn't even light up with anything that Happiness did. She heard Nik's question and her gaze slowly shifted towards him. She made no move to extricate herself from Happiness' hug. "It will just be too late if Happiness brought you to Sister Sydney... Cousin Rage will have already had her way... like she always does..." Her voice had clear depression and sadness in it as she spoke. "Happiness... Was supposed to find a shadow user strong enough to help us... But I don't think you'll be able to help... No one will...."
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Johan had no idea why he even bothered to accept an invitation to drinks with Satan Owl. Actually, Johan had come here himself after that planning session. Will had simply managed to track him down. And he hadn't been able to get Will to leave him alone yet. Johan was simply seated at the bar, a nearly empty shot glass that had some brandy in it in front of him on the counter. There were a few reasons why Johan drank. The main one was probably Anya. There were a couple of others, but it would take too long to run through them all one by one. It was kind of odd really. Before he had started drinking, Johan had been a smoker. He had quit right before meeting Anya's mother, but had started back up after finding out about her motives. Then, when he heard what was going on with his daughter... Well, that was when the drinking started.
"Outburst?" Johan asked in reply to Will's reference to what he had told Vincent and Lucien during the planning session. "That was hardly an outburst. It was merely a warning."
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:35 pm
The remainder of the evening was rather uneventful for Bailey. She ate three more plates of food not realizing just how much she was starving and had managed to have a fairly decent converation with Armand, Daryle, and Luca. Still, this did not stop her from worrying about what would happen once she went on a mission with them. However, it seemed that Armand had a solution. He had placed a collar around her neck. She looked down at it while he told her about it. Was it really that easy? Would this contraption allow her to control her abilities at least until she was able to control them on her own without it? The young owl scratched her cheek and smiled sheepishly up at the Prankster Owl. "I guess so. At least now I can go out with you guys instead of being forced to stay here while y'all have all the fun. We can't have that now, can we?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:57 pm
((UNS - Will))
William DeScythe grinned. "A warning, hmm? I'll take your word on that." The unranked UNS member took a sip of his drink. "You care for the girl, don't you? Your temper is just like hers," the blonde replied slyly. Something had been slipped surreptiously into Johan's drink. Perhaps, it was a truth serum or something that would make Johan more liberal with his mouth.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:51 pm
Johan's fingers slowly turned the glass around on the counter top. He listened to what Will said as he compared him to Anya. The man's eyes narrowed ever so briefly at that. He considered taking the final sip to finish off his brandy, but decided against it. Will had probably managed to spike it with something or other by now. As such, Johan hadn't touched any food or drink since Will approached him. "Don't even try comparing me with Anya..."
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:59 pm
That smile was still there. Will chuckled slightly. "I just did, Johan. So, what is it between you and her, Johan?" He motioned to the bartender, who may or may not have been someone by the name of Sebastian, for another drink. "Your emotions betray you well. ...she is quite the accomplished woman."
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:00 pm
(Found out just now that my computer had a critical hard drive failure and is now essentially junk. Will be posting from my phone till I get a new one, please forgive my slowness)
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:07 pm
"There is nothing between the two of us." Johan replied simply and emotionlessly to Will's question. With that, he decided to leave. Johan took a couple of coins out of his pocket and placed them on the counter next to the shot glass and stood up. "Now. If you'll excuse me. I have a mission to start in New York..." That said, the Mirroring Owl headed out of the bar, leaving Will behind.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:08 pm
Nikolai frowned slightly at Sadness' response to his questions. Apparently, this 'Cousin Rage' was a big problem for their Big Sister, and they needed a shadow user like Nik to help with the problem. Nik swung his legs off the crate, and sat for a moment, thinking. He looked at the two of them and sat in silence as he thought things over for a few minutes. After a long period of silence Nik looked at the two shadow dwellers standing in front of him and said, "I'll help you and your Big Sis, but not right now. I've got a bunch of friends who need my help in New York, as soon as that's done, I'll help." Nik hopped off the crate, stretching lightly before asking, "Can either of you tell me what I'm supposed to be helping your Big Sis with? I can't do my best to help if I don't know what to do." Nik smiled at the two in front of him, still lightly tapping his foot to the music he had playing through his headphones.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:13 pm
"There see that's the way to look at it." Luca said with a smile. He appreciated everythign Armand was doing it was great to know they had soemone as handi as him to help them out. "Don't worry your powers will get under control it just may take a while. If you need that collar for a while then it just means your powers are something to fear." Luca looked upward for a brief moment thinking about his latest orders, something Lucien had texted to him a few hours ago. He knew he would be on the support team during their plan he just needed to know when. "Well now that you're under wraps feel like going uptop? Exploring the Paris sights?" He asked with a smile. He laughed a little and said. "unless you want to stay here for the rest of our time in Paris?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:25 pm
Will smirked. "A mission, eh? Well, being a UNS officer and all, I suppose you should set some sort of example," the Satan Owl remarked sarcastically as Johan stood up and took his leave. Johan's answer had given Will so much information about the relationship. Whatever the relationship was, it was strong, and it was close whether it was one sided or not. The man had respect for Anya yet did not want to acknowledge a connection. The Satan Owl would find out in time. While Johan was a reserved man, his "outburst" said otherwise. "Ah....we---" BAM! Even though the Satan Owl wasn't drunk or involved, he was suddenly driven into the bar by two men fighting. Such was bar life, and it seemed that the bar fight would be getting pretty chaotic shortly.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:47 pm
"A boost on top of a boost huh? The more I learn about you, the more I realize that you're some kind of a deadly beauty." Roulin said with a nod. He was able to smile genuinely now that his urge to absorb her ability faded. He hadn't noticed it, but he knew that in the depths of his heart and the deep reaches of his mind that he truly appreciated her company. His smirk faded into a cocked brow when he looked at the chain whip across her waist. "Oh...I honestly thought that that was a belt...I really fashionably sharp belt. I'm sure it'll come in handy in New York because I have a feeling that we'll be fighting a mass of people...ummm, does that ever cut your belly? It's rather close to your skin..."
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