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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Nov 4, 2011 17:31:09 GMT -5
My head hangs as I trudge down the shadowery streets, my coat pulled tight around me. After a few minutes I stop by the piece I know is Neku's and sigh. The other in my party is silent as she examines the area...
One week after the HUGE crossing incident I had a knock on my door and I wondered whom it was. So leaving my planning and plotting on the dinning table I went to the door. Opening it I wished I hadn't. There before me stands a blond with blue eyes darker than mine and an over sized duffel bag thrown over her shoulder.
She smirks to me, "Hey there, Cuz... Wanna show me around before I move in?"
And that's why I'm unwillingly walking all over the city and showing things off to my not extremely amused cousin. Suddenly her voice rings out to my ears, "Glad your rents are paying the bills?" He voice is an obvious sneer. "If, from what I've heard, I'm correct we're not all that far from the cheap living places.. Y'know where you'd have to live because you can't work a day in your life."
I grit my teeth and glare to my shoes, not that I don't enjoy the way people live down here, but some of the best people do live down here. And I know she's just saying things to irk me. So I respond with a calm, "Never know... May meet a cute boy or two down here."
She snorts as she moves to lean against a wall, "Whatever... Just tell me when you've regained enough energy to walk again." So we stand in silence while I glare at my feet and she stares into the distance.
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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Nov 4, 2011 17:43:05 GMT -5
Noctis had been in his apartment resting from his shift at the Veil that day, his cell phone still turned on in case he got a call from one of his three employers. However he opened his eyes from where he was slouched on his couch as he heard voices outside, one of which that sounded familiar. He shook his head to rid himself of the drowsiness before getting up and going over to a window, he opened it before poking his head out. Immediately he recognized the head of blonde hair from the last time he had seen the girl. "Hey Namine!" He called from the window of his third story apartment, crossing his arms on the windowsill as he looked down at her.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Nov 4, 2011 17:47:17 GMT -5
I was walking through the Labyrinth, minding my own, trudging out to where I was going to put some finishing touches on one of the elaborate 'murals' that decorate thsi part of the city, when I saw Namine, standing with some girl I don't really know in front of the angel/demon picture. The girl she's with looked just as high-class as she is, and even more of a snob. Nami didn't look too happy with her, either. Realizing that my shirt was a couple days old (not to mention about a year and a half out of style), I've got spray paint on it, and a bottle of the same stuff under one arm, I grinned. Bad boy gang image? Check.
I stepped out into the cross-street, wearing Lea's patented devil-may-care grin.
"Hey, Nami," I said. "This chick bothering you?" I jerked my head towards the other girl, somehow managing not to upset my headphones in the process.
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Post by Shiki on Nov 4, 2011 17:47:41 GMT -5
Shiki made her way out of her apartment and through the back streets. Her place was too quiet for her today, and she thought she'd head down to Main Street. There were always things to do down there. As she made her way down the streets she caught sight of Namine, a girl she didn't recognize, and Neku. Namine didn't look to be in a great mood at the moment. Shiki began to walk in their direction, "Hey," she said plainly, too close to call out.
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Nov 4, 2011 18:20:41 GMT -5
Noctis' voice brakes me from my silence and I look up with a small smile, "Hey, Noctis!" Then from out of the Neku walks up asking if my cousin was bothering me. I give a snort of laughter as which said cousin rolls her eyes at and directs her attention to us.
She then gives Neku a once over, smiling to herself so I grind my teeth again before saying, "yes, but she's my-"
Suddenly Shiki walks greets us and I sigh to myself. Then wait for her to get closer and finish, "Everyone this is--"
"Name's Darla," She pushes off from the wall with a flashy smile and sets her duffel bag, weaponry bag, down with a clunk. She then holds out her hand in their general direction. "Nice to meet you all."
"...My cousin," I finally finish with an exasperated sigh. This is going to be a LOOOOOOONG visit of hers.
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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Nov 4, 2011 18:26:46 GMT -5
Noctis promptly left his apartment, heading down to the main floor and out onto the street in order to meet up with the others, arriving just as Darla was introduced. "Nice to meet you as well." He said before looking back to Namine. "Did she just arrive?"
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Nov 4, 2011 18:33:30 GMT -5
I raised one eyebrow. "Darla" seemed pretty damn full of herself to me, and I intended to take her down a peg - and grinned as everyone came out of nowhere. I crossed my arms, can of spray paint still held in one hand.
"Hey, Darla - it's so... 'nice' to meet you," I said, putting every ounce of sarcasm I had into the words - espeially since she seemed to be bugging my newest coordinator to no end. "I'm Neku Sakuraba, and this is my territory." Casually, I uncrossed my arms, shaking the can of spray paint with one hand, before spraying a random 'tag' on the concrete wall behind me. "You better watch out... all kinds of gangs in this area of town. Strangers could get hurt, wandering into the wrong territories."
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Post by Shiki on Nov 4, 2011 18:37:38 GMT -5
Shiki stared, amused at Darla. Yeah, she seemed like the type of girl she'd just love to be around. Shiki nodded to her, but didn't take her hand. "I'm Shiki." She couldn't help but slightly grin at Neku's comment. She said nothing though, and waited for Darla's reaction.
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Nov 4, 2011 18:38:24 GMT -5
I nod to Noctis, "And she's being lovely as you can tell." Darla gives me a smile, no smirk, before raising a brow at what Neku said.
I frown to my Boss, but write it off as some teenaged boy act for now. Y'know the need to be macho.
Darla nods to Shiki as well as she pulls her hand back. The look on her face seems to be saying, 'Heh, tough crowd.'
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Post by Riku Nomura on Nov 4, 2011 18:50:59 GMT -5
"So what's this little get together?" Riku had decided to take that moment to come out of the shadows. "Name's Riku." He said to her and extended his hand. "I'm not going to bite."
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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Nov 4, 2011 18:51:30 GMT -5
Noctis chuckled at Neku's words before introducing himself. "My name is Noctis. But Neku is right, there are quite a few gangs in this area of town." He added, he was certainly a tad more talkative than he had been when he first arrived in the city but that tended to happen when you were comfortable around the people you knew. Riku's voice startled him however, Noctis' head whipping around to look at the source of the voice as Riku stepped out of the shadows.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Nov 4, 2011 18:51:53 GMT -5
I grinned. "Hey, Shiki, what's the news on the Scarves? They still picking fights with Lea over that strip on the east side?"
Sound like gang lingo? Yep. And indeed, the Scarves were a gang. But far from talking about a territory war, it was actually the lingo used by one or two of the all-Halfer gangs that ran wild around Urbadelphia. A 'strip' was an injury, while the 'east side' meant the Otherworld.
A 'strip on the east side' was an injury sustained during a Crossing - and the leader of the Scarves had been ragging on Lea for weeks about a stupid mistake that had cost Lea quite a bit of pride. Lea and the Scarves were pretty tight, and most of the Scarves were also members of Network.
Basically? I was babbling about nothing. I didn't expect Darla to know that, though.
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Post by Shiki on Nov 4, 2011 18:58:39 GMT -5
Shiki let the grin on her face come on full, "Oh it's still bad. Happened to stumble onto them the other night; they were at him again. Let me tell you, it was nothing pretty." Oh this was just priceless. Nice going, Neku.
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Nov 4, 2011 19:00:21 GMT -5
Darla looks to the silverette whom says his name is Riku and smiles. She takes his hand and gives it a firm shake, "Darla." Then takes her hand back and turn to glance at Neku and Shiki before.
"Namine LeBeau," She raises a brow. "Are you really running with a gang?" I could tell from her tone that she didn't believe them yet, but she could tell I was familiar and comfortable with them. But this... This is beginning to piss me off.
I now walk over to Neku with a bright smile, "You know, Boss, we really shouldn't be talking about this stuff in front of her... Don't wanna get her mixed up, now do we?
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Nov 4, 2011 19:07:08 GMT -5
I suppressed a twitch of my eye - was she at that again? - then laughed. "Don't worry your pretty little head, Nami," I said, patting her on the shoulder. "We'll stop talking big, nasty secrets in front of your cousin." Turning my attention to Darla, I shook my head. "Don't worry yours, either, Darla. Whatever she might call me, she's just a friend. We're working together on other things, though, stuff that's got nothing to do with gangs." And that was the truth.
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