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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 2:07:17 GMT
Now this... is getting ridiculous. The paper was practically bouncing around the room from brawler to brawler. Reno didn't bother hitting back at people who socked him anymore... he just followed the paper doggedly.
Suddenly the room froze as if in tableau when a very familiar sound broke in on the chaos.
Sirens.
Someone had summoned the police.
The cantina emptied out in two minutes flat, leaving Reno to stand there like an idiot, a crumpled bit of yellow paper in his hand. Apparently this was a routine the other patrons were used to.
He saw the cars pulling into the parking lot and came back to life. He shot forward and grabbed Nikky, heading out the back door with her. One problem, though... he couldn't find the back door. He found the kitchen but no door out the back to get through.
Oh, s**t...
He looked back and forth frantically and finally decided to make things easy on himself.
He hooked himself into the room via the swirls of mako energy intrinsically twined with it. Finally a door materialized in Reno's mind, just past the bathrooms. He made for that, only to see another police car outside the door. He calmly and politely closed it again. "We're s***wed."
He tried again... any more exits? Nope... unless...
This was how he and Nikky found themselves trapped on the roof of the cantina, waiting for the police to go away.
He sighed and looked over to her apologetically. "Sorry," he said quietly, lying down flat to avoid any possibility of being noticed.
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 2:11:41 GMT
Nikky followed him around, not really panicking. She was used to being chased by the police. She layed flat next to him and grinned. "What are you aplogizing for? This was a lot of fun..." She laughed quietly before looking around the best she could. "I think I got enough gun power... we could take 'em out and run if you wanna risk it?" She looked over as she joked cheerily.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 2:39:51 GMT
He laughed quietly. "I don't think so." He leaned his head back and looked up at the stars-- not too many were visible thanks to all the light pollution, but a few constellations could be spotted. "I can afford a minute to cool my heels a little, anyway."
He stretched out a bit and looked wryly at the paper in his hand. "This thing had better have been worth the trouble. Ha... too bad it's too dark up here to read it." He put it in his pocket and turned his head towards his fiancee. "So you really had a good time down there?"
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 2:49:26 GMT
Nikky laughed a bit and nodded. "Alright..." She looked at the paper before nodding. "It better be for all the fuss it caused." She looked at him and grinned. "I am always up for a good bar fight..." It was true, she used to start them just because they were fun to watch and participate in....
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 2:54:34 GMT
He reached down for her hand, holding it tightly. "Man." He shook his head. "You really are perfect."
He felt like holding her, but didn't want to take the chance that could lead to things which would VERY likely get them noticed up here. He decided to try talking to her real quiet-like instead. "Y'know... my family does live in this city, you remember." A still smile. "If we just randomly showed up and announced I was marrying you, they'd all drop dead of group cardiac arrest."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 3:04:01 GMT
Nikky shook her head slightly, laughing quietly. "I'm not that perfect Reno, I'm just everything you like..." She blinked before grinning. "Would that be a good thing or a bad thing, baby? Because that would be hard to explain to the authorities..." She giggled.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 3:17:25 GMT
He snickered. "Hard to say." He tilted his head over to kiss her. "But this I know... whenever we finally do get around to the wedding, I'm sure not wasting my coin on invitations for 'em. Healing power of forgiveness and all that, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna pay extra to plan this shebang around five more bodies that never really gave a s**t."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 3:26:19 GMT
She kissed him back and nodded. "Fine by me." She smiled. "Have you even given this wedding any thought? I mean, on where we're going to have it and stuff..." She was just curious, not caring either way. "I don't really want a big wedding though... maybe just the people we knew and a little ceremony. Nothing too flashy...."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 3:33:36 GMT
"Eh, sounds cool. But I'm not exactly the wedding planner type, babe." He shrugged. "Though, y'know, I can think of maybe one place it might be cool to have it... you're gonna make fun of me..." He shook his head and laguhed a little. What's taking those cops so long... tenacious b*****ds...
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 3:38:46 GMT
"Aw... what is it, baby?" She moved a little closer to him and grinned. "I'll try not to laugh..." She giggled a bit but was really curious to where he was thinking. Nikky totally didn't care they were still on the roof, it was nice enough out...
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 3:54:32 GMT
He smiled into the dark and put an arm around her. "You remember that place, out near Two-Tone's house? Where I had that vision? First time I knew about my freakishly bizarre and as yet unexplained but still amazingly awesome powers?" He laughed dryly at his assessment of his own talents. "I wanted to ask you to marry me there. I'll settle for the actual doing of the act instead."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 4:12:09 GMT
Nikky laughed a bit at his first few statements before smiling at him. "We'll have to wait and see, now won't we?" She kissed him lightly. "Can't know for sure if it will work until we're there again...." She thought more about it in her head. Sounds like it might work. My memories not the best so I'll have to check it out again. This will be so exciting! It will be real small though, most of my family is dead and Reno doesn't seem to like his.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 4:36:05 GMT
He kissed her back a bit, forgetting about his careful decisions earlier and holding her close. "I don't believe this. If you'd told me I would wind up here a month ago..." He laughed shortly, cuddling her. "But, one hitch. That place WAS kinda smallish, if I remember right, so the guest list ain't gonna be a big one." He wrapped his arms around her and held her head against him gently. "So, who d'you wanna have along?"
****
Kadaj and the others rolled back up to the hotel, parking their bikes and unloading. "I'll have to ask Rude if he has any thread or needle for the boy's cut," he informed Loz. "You two get him into the hotel room." He handed the key over to Kamen and the boy to Loz. "Our room is up the stairs, so don't even think about saying you can make it up there on your own. You've lost enough blood already-- you need to move as little as possible until we patch this thing."
The others moved off to obey his orders, Loz carrying the boy, still looking depressed, with Kamen presumably behind. Kadaj knocked on Rude's door. He hoped he would answer quickly-- it was night, so he wasn't EXTREMELY concerned about being noticed, but still, it WAS a risk...
He leaned over to peer through the curtains. Rude seemed to be looking for something... he was checking under the bed and cursing. Kadaj knocked again.
Irritated, Rude answered. "What?"
"We have an injury here," Kadaj replied evasively. "A wound in the side that needs stitches. It's bleeding rather badly."
"Hang on." Rude slammed the door in the Remnant's face.
Kadaj waited. And waited. It soon became obvious that no answer was forthcoming. He heard a scrape and looked down... a couple of gil shoved under the door.
He sighed and left. He knocked on the door to his room.
Loz answered. Within, Lekki could be seen lying on the bed. "Nope," he sighed, giving the money to Kamen. "There's a small shop near the check in office. Kamen, you'll have to buy some needle and thread there for us. Also disinfectant and bandages. Hurry."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Apr 6, 2007 4:53:13 GMT
Nikky cuddled him back and closed her eyes, thinking about it. "Well... I'm thinking it should just be the rest of our little gang. I don't really have any other friends to contribute so why not? It could just be us and our little group of ragtag heroes." She laughed a bit at that.
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Lekki was slightly annoyed that he was being treated so much like a child he denied he was. He layed on bed bitterly and muttered to the ceiling.
Kamen took the money and sighed. "Fine..." He looked to Lekki and gave him a look that told him to relax a bit before leaving the room and heading off to said small shop.
Lekki squirmed a bit and looked highly uncomfortable and nervous, but he watched Loz and Kadaj almost coldly. He hated seeming weak and vunerable, which he was right now....
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Apr 6, 2007 5:07:31 GMT
Reno had to restrain a loud and emphatic laugh at Nikky's comment. He had to admit she was right... "Yeah, ragtag is just about the right word." He kissed her again, deeply, before continuing. "Now we move on to a slightly more crucial problem... exactly who would marry us. I mean, the newscasts all say I'm a terrorist now... and I hate the thought of bribing a priest. Not to say I'm above that, but let's try and come up with another venue, hmm?"
****
Kadaj and Loz could see too easily that Lekki had no desire (or indeed reason) to speak to them. And Loz was still looking down in the mouth... I've got to do SOMETHING about this.
Kadaj went for the only readily available solution on hand... he switched the TV on. He was rather surprised at the show that appeared on the screen. "Huh... I thought they cancelled this."
Loz perked up, but only a little. "Isn't this the one with the pig ship?"
"No... I think this one is the one with the giant mech in it." He sat back, relieved that Loz had found something else to focus on besides his abandonment issues. The TV carried on noisily.
*-gasp- It's got chicken legs!*
*Yessss... chicken legs...*
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