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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 2:05:06 GMT
Nikky yawned and tried to think of things to keep her busy as she kept her chocobo moving along with the others. Gah. The heat....
Kamen looked over at Reno and grinned slightly. "Thanks Reno.... you're a pretty cool friend." He paused. "But you don't have to help, if you don't really want to. I won't hold you to anything..." He smiled a bit, not wanting pressure his friend into anything.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 2:09:04 GMT
Reno shrugged. "Hey, I promised, didn't I? If it weren't for you helping me out..." He glanced over at Nikky. "Well, you were there, yo. You know what I mean."
She looked kind of like she was wilting... "Walk this way, Snowball."
He moved his bird over towards Nikky's. "You OK?"
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 2:20:39 GMT
Kamen laughed slightly and nodded. "Yeah, I get it." He smiled before sighing slightly, thinking about things.... he started going over things his master had told him, places they had met up at and names he had heard... there weren't that many....
Nikky looked over and frowned. "No. I'm tired and bored." She pouted slightly before grining a bit. "No... Baby, I'm fine."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 2:29:56 GMT
Reno grinned. "All right then..." He got out the canteen he'd been hiding on the other side of the chocobo. "Then I guess you don't want this?" He held it teasingly just beyond her reach.
Yazoo ushered his chocobo up to Kamen's, pointedly ignoring Vincent on the way. "You seem to be getting used to the photosensitivity fairly well."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 2:40:45 GMT
Nikky blinked and frowned slightly. "Hey... what's that?? I can't want it unless I know..."
Kamen looked over. "Oh-wha...??" He made a face. "Eh... it's getting there, I guess." He shrugged a little before looking at him again. He was getting used to all of this a little faster then he thought he would....
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 2:45:35 GMT
Yazoo seemed to be mulling something over... "I keep returning to the idea that you already had some Seraph blood in you. Even Amnesty never adjusted this well to the cells inside her... she was, unfortunately, too human to embrace that side of her heritage. What do you know about your ancestors?"
Meanwhile, Reno was still teasing Nikky. "It's called water, honey," he replied jokingly. "People drink it when they're hot."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 2:54:09 GMT
Kamen frowned slightly before thinking about it. "Well... my hair runs in the family on my fathers side, I guess... my father had silver hair... but I always thought it was because of early gray hair. And I was told that I had an illness when I was little... but I never really believed that." He added, thinking he would have remembered being sick.... He shrugged. "But as for other family I have no clue... I never really met much of my family...." He was slightly ashamed for that. Yazoo had a close family that he knew all about... Kaman knew hardly anything.
Nikky rolled her eyes. "You Jack*ss. I don't want water!" She grinned. "I wan' alcohol." She laughed, not really caring either way.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 3:03:32 GMT
Yazoo considered probing the boy's mind for memories that might lead to hints, but decided against it. He went with the hard way instead. "Did you have the 'stigma, when it broke out?"
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Reno laughed too. "That makes two of us... but Rude, being the stiff that he is, insisted it only dries you out more and got rid of all the alcohol before we left." He looked back and forth furtively before whispering, "'Cept I switched my canteen when he wasn't lookin'. Don't spread it around or he'll kill me." He handed the canteen over quickly and looked away, whistling.
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 3:16:36 GMT
Kamen thought about for a few minutes before frowning. "That was what everyone else was getting, was it not? Maybe...." He paused. "I can't really remember now.... I've been this way my whole known life."
Nikky nodded and took it from him, laughing slightly at his expert skill at not look suspicious. She shook her head and took a drink out of his canteen. "Here..." She grinned and tossed it back.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 3:23:57 GMT
"You would have remembered if you'd had it," Yazoo sighed. "Another question. Seraphs live... that is, lived... under a matriarchal government system. In other words, women were the rulers, headed by one in particular, known as the Matron. Unquestioning loyalty was expected from all her 'children'." He glanced at Nikky and Ami... and surreptitiously sneaked a look at the doll hanging out of Kamen's pocket. "Do you find that you have, shall we say, an unusual amount of respect for females?"
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Reno caught the canteen and took a good long draw at it before placing it in the saddle bag again. "That was some mighty good water. First 30-proof water I ever had." He laughed a little bit. "Better not take much more or they'll revoke my chocobo license."
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 3:34:44 GMT
Kamen blinked, watching his his movements and knowing what he was talking about. He sighed slightly, shifting a little. But not uncomfortably. "Women raised me, aside from my former master..." He thought back to the doll shop owner and subconsciously smiled a bit. "I don't know. I've been attracted to the company of women for as long as I can remember socially. As for an unusual respect... I guess you could see it as that..." He had never thought of it that way.
Nikky giggled and nodded. "Yeup. You should be a little more careful this time 'round." She winked.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 3:46:34 GMT
A faint shimmer showed in the distance. "Bless God and all the angels," Ami groaned. "The portal, finally."
"It's farther than it looks," the guide warned. "Don't rush your chocobo just yet."
Yazoo continued to think about it. "There's still time to consider the possibilities," he finally concluded. "Either way, the ancestry would have to be somewhat remote. The Motherworld was destroyed ten thousand years ago." He paused. "Unless you consider the idea of relativity..."
Reno raised an eyebrow to Nikky's wink. "Should I? I don't know... Being careful has led to more boredom than any other practice I know of, including abstinence." He laughed and took her hand, grinnig brightly.
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 3:53:03 GMT
Kamen looked away at Ami's words and saw the portal, he smiled slightly. He looked back to Yazoo. "What??" He tilted his head a bit, slightly confused.
Nikky grinned and held his hand. "Yeah... I guess you're right." She laughed and shook her head.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Mar 18, 2007 4:03:45 GMT
Yazoo shook his head. "Never mind, it's all somewhat complicated... but the point is, if any of the survivors left in craft fast enough, it could be they are still alive... they or their children... beings who were actually alive at the time the Motherworld was destroyed." He almost seemed somewhat excited at the prospect... but calmed down after a few moments. "Still, even if they were out there... what would the odds be of actually finding any of them..." He abruptly snapped himself out of it, going back to his normal, all but emotionless self. "We should focus on the task at hand. What more can you tell us about the Puppetmaster, Kamen?"
Reno stopped his chocobo and Nikky's for a moment. "Here, I just had an idea." He reached out and helped lift her onto his bird, riding along with her sitting in front of him, tying the riderless chocobo's harness to that of his animal. He put his arms around her from behind to hold the reins... and to give her something of a semi-embrace. He kissed her cheek from behind and whispered playfully, "Now we don't have to toss the canteen back and forth anymore." He grinned and nuzzled her neck.
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Mar 18, 2007 4:17:40 GMT
Kamen blinked before nodding, not getting that whole thing fully but answering his quiestion. "I don't know a whole lot about him or his history. I know his first name is Vikktor, but his last he never told me." He paused. "There are three others like me... well, sort of. They are most likely still working for him or dead by now. The one before me tried to run away and was never heard of or seen again.... My master always treated me as though I was special or different from the other three...."
Nikky blinked before getting comfortable and grinning. She closed her eyes and snuggled back against him. "Guess not... but now I can sleep!" She joked.
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