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Post by Shiro on May 15, 2009 20:49:44 GMT -5
Shiro nods and walks off, pausing by the police officer just long enough to whisper, "You guys might want to take training a bit more seriously." He heads back along the street to the edge of the city, out into the grasslands bordering it.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 20:50:34 GMT -5
"Please don't try to make light of this... I'm a killer now..." Julia tries to step away for a moment... but she thinks...
"Okay, but promise me you'll stay 10 feet away from me, minimum, and I'll leave with you." She's trying to regain herself... sniffling a little and holding back the sobs. Trying to be courageous.
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Post by Majin Cajabe on May 15, 2009 20:52:48 GMT -5
Cajabe follows Shiro out of the city, and as he passes the policeman, he takes his gun, holds it in two hands, and, with a little effort, bends it in two, before handing it back, laughing. "Useless toys."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 20:56:23 GMT -5
Gozu smiles. "Sorry, bad habit just trying to make you feel better, and from the looks of things you don't mean to be. Alright 10 feet. Go on and I'll follow." Gozu waits for Julia to walk away and when she does he'll wait a bit and then follow at about 10 feet.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 20:59:43 GMT -5
Julia pauses for a moment, and then cautiously starts walking... Gozu no doubt will be following behind her.
After enough time passes, Julia will speak... but she might be too quiet to hear... "He said I was an android..."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 21:03:36 GMT -5
Gozu waits until she gets what he thinks is ten feet and follows her. For a time he just walks behind her thinking, but he does just catch what she says. "He? Who's he?" Gozu asks as he moves in closer, shortening the gap to between 5 and 6 feet.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 21:14:20 GMT -5
Julia isn't paying attention to the distance... "He's... the first person I killed... from what I remember he was a total nutcase though... I woke up in some weird room and he was staring at me... like some typical mad scientist and I was his creation... but I'm not... I'm just a girl... at least I used to be..."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 21:20:53 GMT -5
"Wow...I'm so...sorry." Gozu says knowing that sounds lame but it's all he can think to say at the moment. "You shouldn't feel too bad about that one though. He sounds like a real creep. It was self defense. The world is better off without him. Where are we going?"
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 21:33:49 GMT -5
"It wasn't self defense... he just got in my way as I tried to escape... and my hands just... just... GRABBED him... and they wouldn't let go... He may have been a creep, but I was no better in what I did. ... And I don't know where we're going..." She stops, and turns around to face Gozu... "What's your na- HEY! STEP BACK! I TOLD YOU TEN FEET!" She leaps back herself, losing her breath to fear again like before.
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 21:37:54 GMT -5
Gozu leaps back as she screams at him a look of surprise on his face by the sudden outburst. "Sorry....you talk quiet and I'm out of arm reach. You wouldn't have touched me." Even with that said Gozu respects her wishes and steps back until he's about 10 feet away. "There better?"
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Post by unholylssj on May 15, 2009 21:38:58 GMT -5
/Damn it...! That guy didn't tell me anything about where that place is.../ The spiky haired teen frowned, a bit annoyed by the fact he was having so much trouble finding what he had heard was quite an easy place to find in the 'great' city. Then again, it probably was for someone who actually lived there...and this was his first time actually coming here. He stopped himself, glancing upwards as he tried to remember just what the pedestrian had told him.
/It's a building with an arc over the entrance, the words "Hercule Dojo" carved into it. Even a simpleton like you should be able to find it./ The man's words echoed throughout his mind. His head slowly drifted downwards, eyes widening as he noticed the exact thing the man had spoken of. Couric grinned, immediately breaking into a dash towards the building, nearly knocking over a few civilians in his path.
Unfortunately, there were two walking ahead of him and he didn't feel like shifting to the side to run past them so he leapt, going over their heads and taking off down the street towards the dojo, a furry black tail now exposed thanks to the leap. "SORRY ABOUT THAT!" He shouted as he ran.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 21:43:59 GMT -5
Julia allows herself to calm down, and takes a breath in relief. "Thank you... don't scare me like that again..."
Then Couric leapt over her and Gozu... wind whipped her face and hair... she found herself able to follow the boy's speed as he dashed... "What just happened...?"
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 21:47:56 GMT -5
"Scare you? You're the one who almost gave me a heart attack." Gozu says with a laugh. He too follows Couric's moments fairly easily as well he takes careful notice of the boy's tail. Was that a tail? Is he a Saiyan? He follows the boy until he loses him in the crowd. "Hmmm...? Oh someone too busy to walk around."
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 21:56:50 GMT -5
"I'm sorry." Julia won't go any further now... as closer to the dojo there are a lot of people... She tries to buy time to think by asking something... "What's your name?"
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 21:59:54 GMT -5
Gozu takes a couple steps forward but still well out of arm reach of Julia to get a more conversational distance. "My name is Gozu...at your service." He takes a bow as he says "at your service. What's yours?"
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 22:05:27 GMT -5
"Julia." She seems to be calming down and warming up, and wipes some of her tears away. "Why are you helping me...?" She asks now, and then follows immediately before Gozu can answer, with... "And why aren't you afraid of me?"
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 22:10:10 GMT -5
"A pleasure to meet you Julia." Gozu opens his mouth to answer the first question but before he can Julia asks the next one. "Oh...I'm a sucker for a damsel in distress." He chuckles a little. "I could tell you needed help. As far as why I'm not afraid of you..." Gozu shrugs. "Just not. Can't imagine something so beautiful being too deadly I guess."
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 22:17:19 GMT -5
"You seem so at ease even though you're talking to a murderer... thank you for the compliment but I really am deadly... you look like you're pretty strong and all, to be honest, but I don't want to risk it against you, you really need to leave me..." But then she realizes... "Wait, no... if you leave me what will I do... you see all those people ahead there? How will I get through? What if I touch one of them?!" She hates herself for doing this even though it puts him in danger, but she pleads... "Gozu... help..."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 22:20:54 GMT -5
"Calm down. I'm here for you for as long as you need me. Of course I'll stay with you until you work out your crazy death grip...thing. Though there is something I should tell you. The reason I'm not afraid of you is because..well I'm not from around here." With that said he unwraps his tail that has been around his waist thus far to reveal a gold belt.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 22:24:28 GMT -5
"OHMYGODATAIL!" Julia blurts, being one of those people who is still clueless about the other life out there in the Universe. But then she remembers... "...like that kid who jumped over us..." Then... "...and your name... it's weird..." She catches herself for what she said. "Oh I'm sorry, there's nothing wrong with your name... I mean... it's just not very... common..."
Without realizing it, she steps toward Gozu, and asks... "Where are you from... what... are you? If you don't mind me asking..."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 22:41:19 GMT -5
Gozu quickly wraps his tail around his waist again to avoid any more commotion. "Yes that kid I think he's a Saiyan as well. That's what I am, a Saiyan from the Planet Vegeta. My ancestor Goku was the Earth's greatest savior. I even think there's a statue somewhere of him." Gozu answers Julia's inquiries with only a hint of awkardness
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 22:45:35 GMT -5
"W-wow... okay, so... well... that doesn't necessarily mean it'll be safe for me to touch you... I don't know what a Saiyan is, but..." "Yes I do..." She seems to totally freeze in what she's saying. "What am I thinking, of course I don't. This is the first time I've ever heard someone say the word 'Saiyan'!"
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 22:49:41 GMT -5
"Probably not safe but you probably wouldn't hurt me as bad as you would a human. Saiyans are tougher then humans so I'd be okay... I think. We could try so we wouldn't have to worry about the whole 10 feet thing." Gozu says ignoring the fact that Julia trailed off mid sentence.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 22:54:19 GMT -5
Julia shakes her head to clear the confusion thoughts, and then realizes what Gozu just said... "We could try...? Are you nuts? I don't care how strong you must be... you could still die!" "No, maybe he'd take it pretty well-... Hold on, how do I know this?! I'm going crazy... it's obvious."
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 22:58:51 GMT -5
Gozu shrugs "Just a thought. Couldn't hurt...much. If you don't want to try I understand." If Julia does want to try all she'll have to do is ask and Gozu will reach out his hand to try.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 23:09:48 GMT -5
"No way, no way am I going to even think about it-" But she broke off... "Saiyans have so much energy within them... WHAT?!" She seemed to be a little nervous all of a sudden, and found herself stepping toward Gozu... pace by pace...very slowly... "Uhm... it's really... a bad idea..." "What's going on?!"
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 23:14:46 GMT -5
"Ok..." Gozu says as Julia gets closer and closer towards him. "Glad the 10 feet rule as been laxed. We won't have to yell now to talk to each other." Gozu chuckles kinda wondering why she's moving closer
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 23:17:55 GMT -5
"Uhm... I don't... mean to be... moving... closer..." She's clearly nervous now... "Gozu... run... get away... just... RUN!" She struggles all she can but she just seems to be driven by some subconscious force that won't give in.
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Post by Gozu on May 15, 2009 23:22:28 GMT -5
Gozu starts to move backward for all his bravado about not being hurt he really would rather not push it. "Julia...look at me. Whatever has gotten ahold of you, you can control it. You control it not the other way around." He speaks with that same calm voice he used before as he slowly stays out of arms reach.
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Post by Katatonia on May 15, 2009 23:31:54 GMT -5
"But, Gozu... it's... it's like when I grabbed hold of that guy's arm..." "So much energy... harvest the energy of the saiyan." "Oh God, his voice... the scientist's... VOICE... I heard it! He did... something... with my head! He mentioned erasing my memory... or trying to... maybe the stuff he meant to overwrite my mind with is in here... it wants me to... GOZU WHY AREN'T YOU RUNNING?" Now Julia has the attention of the few nearest passers-by with that yell. They really don't know what's going on... so they just walk on after a shrug, while thinking something like... "Crazy lady..."
By now, Julia might be close enough to reach out and touch Gozu... and that's what'll happen if he doesn't get back.
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