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Post by silver0ace on Feb 20, 2008 4:22:22 GMT
Mori had assumed he was going to turn on her when he thought it was convenient. That was just her paranoid rational way of thinking. It was like Mori was 2 people, one was kind, nice, the other, the one ditching Zen right now, was mean, and rude, she never got very close to anyone. It always played out the same, the only thing that changed were the faces, the places. Mori closes her eyes, trying to tell herself that, no matter what she had no power over the intentions of others.
"Hey, wait!" she heard footsteps and now he was behind her, she had stopped, her head still down, her fist still clenched. "Mori what's wrong?" he asked with total concern in his voice, Mori lifts her head, in that cycle that she thought she was going through for the umpteenth time, no one had spoken to her like that. He had said something else but she did catch it.
Mori’s spirits lift a little, as her fist relaxes but her head is still bent. She turns to him silently. Almost like a ghost.
"Oh my god, Mori! Your hand! It's bleeding! Do you need to go to the hospital?"
In a raspy voice she replies. “Don’t baby me, I can take care of myself Zen…” She rethinks the situation, she did give him a little credit, he wasn’t like most of the people that had given her fake smiles and lied to her face. This city, she could tell, even if she were blind she’d still be able to tell. This city was dirty, very, very dirty. So were the people, it was suffocating almost. It was hard to get by without wanting to punch someone in the mouth. They weren’t good, no matter how many ‘good’ deeds they did. They still gave in to the same temptations. This can be said for any city, any town, anywhere.
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Post by Conflict on Feb 20, 2008 4:52:54 GMT
((OOC:Oh. Paranoid-ness. that makes so much more sense now. Actually, not really))
"Don't baby me, I can take care of myself Zen."
The words struck Zen like a wave. Don't baby me, the cynical side said to Zen. Ha!, he seemed to shout inside his head. She doesn't want you anymore! Mind as well scram! But Zen shook off the thoughts. No, you're right Zen admitted. I have been pestering over her. I'm too overbearing. But what if I took two steps back? he began to think. I could still help her, but just when she needs it.
Bringing himself back to the present, he recollected his thoughts. Looking at her bent head, he suddenly felt so sad. "Sorry Mori. I didn't mean any of that", he said. Looking at her hand, he was relieved that she had loosened it a little. "I shouldn't have tried to baby you. And I'm sorry for that" he said.
"But," he paused slightly before continuing, "Would you mind me helping with that hand? I'm not trying to baby you or anything," he said frantically, afraid she might misunderstand him, "But it seemed partially my fault and I think I should make it up to you." He held his hand up, half expecting her to just turn around and go, half expecting her to get pissed and whack him. Oh well, he thought. Even no chance can count as a chance, right?
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 20, 2008 5:08:33 GMT
But some people still aren't as tainted as others. Zen didn't know the city that well, probably didn't know of any socially related things. Inwardly she smiled, that was a good thing, a very good thing indeed. She was like him almost, raised on the inside, privileged enough not to be tainted by the unwritten laws of society. But Zen was more privileged than Mori was. Mori still knew these laws but never followed them, never acknowledged them until now.
Mori let's a small smile slither onto her porcelain face as it lifts a little to show that smile. "Knock yourself out." She lifts her hand up and doesn't move again.
((Short I know........))
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Post by Conflict on Feb 20, 2008 6:20:29 GMT
"Knock yourself out."
She had said. She even lifted her face again and gave him a slight smile. It was all that he needed for encouragement. Returning the smile, he took her hand and briefly examined the wound. Not too deep, he thought. Shouldn't cause me too much trouble.
Making sure that the bleeding had begun to stop, Zen began to clean and bandage her wound. Taking out an alcohol pack, he ripped it open and took out the small alcohol pad. He then proceeded to clean the blood off and make sure the area wouldn't be infected. One for the blood, he thought as he wiped away everything leaving the marks glistening bright red on her hand. And one for the wounds, he added as he now took the second pad and paid close attention directly to the wounds instead of the area around it.
Discarding the useless alcohol pads for now, he retrieved some bandages (the ones used in hospitals when patients need more than just band aid) and began to wrap up her palm. He made sure the bandage would be tight, but not uncomfortable nor would it be loose and floppy. Giving it a few more wraps for good luck, he ripped off the end and using some waterproof tape he took out, securely fastened the end to the rest of the bandage.
Standing back up, for he was leaning forward in order to be able to closely examine her hand, he took a breath and examined his handiwork. It was only a few wraps thick but would be ample enough protection until they healed. It would not get in the way with movement, didn't seem bulky, and neither did it stop the fingers from fully flexing. All in all, Zen could very well be proud of his work.
Giving the hand back to its original owner, he smiled. "There, all done" he simply said, before gathering whatever scraps he didn't need and placed them in the garbage can, while keeping those that still were useful (roll of bandages and tape).
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 20, 2008 6:37:39 GMT
((The first sentence makes me feel like a fan girl =___=))
Zen's hands were warm. Mori's were like little blocks of ice. He didn't seem to notice though, he bandaged her hand with care. Announcing when he was finished he went over to a trash can as Mori examined her bandaged hand and as her slight smile widened a little.
'At least he knows what he's doing...'
Feeling better, she stretched and ran her fingers through her hair. It wasn't that late...couldn't be past midnight...maybe 2am. But it was hard to tell with no moon! Pouting she falls back onto her bottom and lies down.
'Too tired to move....'
She rolls over onto her stomach and yawns. She wasn't as paranoid as before about Zen, but that didn't mean she wouldn't kick his butt if he tired to harm her. Feeling restless she rolls over and sits back up, Indian style. She rests her right elbow on her knee and hits her pinky finger against her other 3 unmoving ones. This was a habit of hers and it made a loud snapping sound. She couldn't do it with her other hand seeing that the bandage would get in the way but see could only do it with one hand at a time so what's the problem?
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Post by Conflict on Feb 20, 2008 6:58:28 GMT
((OOC: Fanfic: Conflict + Mori ) As Zen turned around, he was pleased to see Mori enjoy herself by rolling around on the floor. Sitting up in an Indian style, she started playing with he fingers, making cracking sounds over and over again. Zen couldn't help but smile. She seemed much more cheerful now and unless he directly provoked her, Zen didn't think she would show outright hostility. Giving himself a nice stretch, he felt the tension in his bones disappear. Propping himself right in front of her, he tried thinking of anything he could do. Suddenly, a completely absurd thought popped into his mind. "Hey Mori," he said, trying to grab her attention. "You know what constellations are, right?" he asked. Racking his memory for an easy one, he closed his eyes and started producing the tiny sparks. Once done, he opened them again. He rearranged some of them, but soon they matched with he was trying to make. There was five in a small box formation and three branching off in an upward curve. "So which one is this Mori," he asked, with a slight grin on his face. He still had many more from where this came from.
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 20, 2008 16:00:20 GMT
((I was thinking about this last night XD. >3 Scorpio is the best constellation! [Even though I am Aquarius lol]….but it is the big dipper right? It has 4 starts in a box formation with a downward curve…. Maybe it’s the small dipper…..nyuu I’m confused….))
"Hey Mori," Zen said, suddenly sitting in front of her. "You know what constellations are, right?"
Mori nodded, she didn’t know any though by heart, but she knew that they existed. Her Father had said them out loud a few times, when they sat outside at night. She still could remember the names of his favorites clearly: “Pegasus, Draco, Taurus…” He had said those 3 constantly, as his eye flickered from side to side. When she asked, he told her that they were little pictures in the sky. He pointed them out, but no matter how hard she tried she never found them.
Zen closed his eyes for a moment as sparks erupted from his fingers and traveled into the air. They looked like electricity, but they made no sound. They separated and collided endlessly. Just when Mori was beginning to think this was an attack they molded into 8 little spheres. 5 made a box shape and 3 curved downward.
Mori blinked and slowly stopped hitting her pinky against her fingers. She’d seen this little mess of dots before, when she still lived with her Father, but never knew of its name. She had connected the dots in the sky many times, but only when she was insanely bored. She vaguely remembered making a serpent, a sideways ‘M’ but sometimes became a ‘W’, and a Hunter with a bow in his hand. The hunter was her favorite, she couldn’t see him very well anymore though, all the city lights blocked out some of the stars. But she was glad when she saw the 3 stars that represented his middle.
"So which one is this Mori?" he asked, with a slight grin on his face.
Mori blinked and stared for a long time at the little pattern of stars. “Yeah….I got nothing…”
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Post by Conflict on Feb 21, 2008 0:12:07 GMT
"Yeah? I got nothing," Mori said.
He couldn't help but laugh at her. He focused on his index finger, calling light to shine from it. Then lightly tracing an image along the dots, he made the picture of a small bear.
"There," he said. "Ursa Minor, or Little Dipper. The box is his body," he said. "While the 'handle' of the dipper is like his spine. The North Star," he said, pointing at the bright star at the tip. "That's like his tail. Understand?" he said with a smile.
"Now, an easier one." He rearranged some of the dots, while creating many new ones. He planned to make two different constellations, but each entwined with the other.
(With the stars connected.) One looked rather peculiar indeed. It looked like the upper and lower body of a person with lines from what would be the shoulders. The right one had two lines and they were both pointing up. The left "arm" went down before bending and going up. The telltale of what the constellation was called? Three stars making up its belt.
The other one didn't even look like much. There were fours stars lined up as a line. Stretching from the middle, a longer line sprouted. It seemed to continue a little before curving down and ending is a small triangular tip. There wasn't a lot that could possibly tell what it was, besides the long pointed tail it had.
Zen leaned back and sighed, contented at the work in front of him. "Well?" he asked. "Think you might know what they are?"
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 21, 2008 0:45:23 GMT
Mori blinks again. She knew these two, seriously! She did, but she didn't know the names of them! She messes up her own hair in frustration. There were two now, the hunter and a crossy thing....
Mori makes a face and takes a guess. "A religious Hunter?!"
((Man, I'm outta it....=___=))
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Post by Conflict on Feb 21, 2008 1:09:18 GMT
((OOC: When you say you're losing it...you mean constellations or post lengths???))
Zen couldn't help but laugh his head off. "Religious hunter?" he asked. "Ok you got the hunter part," he continued. "But definitely no religion here." He couldn't help it but this time he suppressed to a mere smile, even if it was a rather big one.
Once again he began tracing images and shapes hidden between the lines. Zen was never sure, but he always like constellations. Although some never really got what they were, Zen always had a knack of telling what they shone, or at least he would be on the right track.
When he was finally finished, he leaned back gleaming at his work. In place of the first one was a hunter. In fact it was the greatest alive: Orion the hunter. Aside from his body, which was already there, he had drawn a nice head a top of it. The two lines on his right began an arm raising a club in the air. The left lines became an arm hold the body of a dead animal.
"That," Zen said, "Is the hunter you said. No he's not religious at all. I fact, the gods hated him so much that they sent him to kill Orion."
Upon saying "him", Zen pointed to the second constellation. The horizontal bar became the scorpion¡¯s head, while from the two stars at the end sprouted the scorpion¡¯s pincers. the lines that curved downward formed it's entire body, with legs shooting off along the way. At the end of it all was the scorpion¡¯s tail and its infamous stinger, made by the three stars forming a small triangle at the end.
"That is Scorpios, or scorpion," he said. "The gods, especially those that dealt with nature, got mad at Orion. He was just too much of a hunter and they couldn't handle it," he said. "So they made him and he killed Orion. In fact, in the sky, when Scorpios rises from the east, Orion sinks in the west."
"So," he cheerfully said. "You think you could handle anymore? Or you're afraid you might not get the next one?" he said with a slight chuckle in his voice.
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 21, 2008 1:30:58 GMT
Fittingly enough Mori's expression was starting to resemble that of a cute imp. She stares blankly through Zen's lecture. It's not that he was boring, but the way her Father explained it was just much more interesting. Closing her eyes, strechs, and opens one eye at him. "The only thing I'm afraid of is having to punch you for harrassing me with constellations!" She says with a hybrid of a smirk and a smile on her face. She was in a good mood.
A small plane flies overhead, creating a breeze and those irritating noises that ring through your ears whenever a plane flies over you. Mori scowls and covers her ears, the building was really high up so the sound was worse.
((Both =___='''''''))
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Post by Conflict on Feb 21, 2008 3:16:40 GMT
"The only thing I'm afraid of is having to punch you for harassing me with constellations", Mori said with a grin.
Zen seemingly beamed at her words. She was in a much better mood and even told a joke. Hopefully what happened earlier might never repeat again.
Standing up, he gave himself a big stretch. A plane flew right overhead and he made a face as it passed over. Ok, he thought. Maybe this might not be the best place as a lookout. He was just about to talk to Mori again when suddenly...
~~*GRUMBLE**GRUMBLE**GRUMBLE*~~
Oh right, he thought as his cheeks turned a nice shade of red. People get hungry after a while. Turning to Mori, he sighed. "Would you mind going with me to grab a bite? You don't have to if you don't want to...." Zen paused, not knowing what to expect. So far she was in a light mood. But what if she took offense from something he said?
Oh well, he thought with a sigh. I guess I would have to deal with that later.
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 21, 2008 13:58:43 GMT
((Oh this will be fun >3))
Mori's hands were over her ears so she didn't hear Zen's stomach growling. The second after it growled she put her hands down and blinked. Zen's was blushing for some odd reason. Mori unwrapped her legs and folded them beneath her. She leaning forward and tried to put a hand on Zen's forehead.
"Would you mind going with me to grab a bite? You don't have to if you don't want to-"
The words didn't process in her head "Are you getting sick or something?"
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Post by Conflict on Feb 21, 2008 17:11:50 GMT
((OOC: What??? He's sick )) "Are you getting sick or something?"Huh?, Zen thought. What does that mean? Does it mean she wouldn't care about me unless I'm sick? Or does it mean she doesn¡¯t want to go? Or does it mean-OH SHUT UP!!!!, the cynical side of him bellowed in his head. YOU"RE A FREAKING GUY. JUST ASK HER WHAT IT MEANS!!! Sheesh.Zen slightly winced from his words. It was true. He had ask her and stop guessing. He took a deep breath and sighed. "Huh? I'm not sick. It just," he paused, not sure he should continue. NONSENSE!!!, the cynical side yelled. NOW GET OVER THERE AND SAY IT!!!!"Its just that I want to uhh," he took a deep breath before he could continue. "I uhh want to eat with you," he finally mumbled. Man, I must of made a fool of myself, he thought. Psssh, you already have idiot, the cynical side added.
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Post by silver0ace on Feb 22, 2008 1:22:48 GMT
Mori retracts her hand as Zen winces and quickly replies. "Huh? I'm not sick. It just." he pauses, as Mori continues to just stare at him.
"Its just that I want to uhh, I uhh want to eat with you," he finally mumbled. He was obviously nervous but Mori didn't exactly catch on to waht he was nervous about. She was sort of hungry so she nodded slowly."Err...Okay." Mori jumped up, and walked towards the door of the stairwell.
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