[After a quiet stint in limbo, she returned as if nothing had ever changed. The small bar was open for business, and drinks were served 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ( Read more... )

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Just a talk, Hakkai had said, and Gojyo knew what that meant. It meant bloodthirsty smiles and ice-cold words and possibly - probably - even a thrown punch or two. He'd made Kanan cry, after all. It wasn't like he didn't deserve it.

And for some reason, he didn't think I'm sorry would make this all go away ( Read more... )

( The exact count was more like 11 months, 21 hours, 36 minutes, and 5 seconds... but who was counting? Certainly not Hakkai. )

[This was not where he fell asleep... and everything looked so small all of the sudden! Stumbling up from the grass he had been sleeping in, the white dragon blinked as he noticed that he had hands instead of wings.]

Kyuu?

[Opening and closing his hand a few times and then wiggling his fingers, Jeep squeaked in shock and tried to fly away. Where ( Read more... )

GONOU! Hotdog's're ready!

((What's this? A picnic? FUCK YEAH! Come on down to the park, ladies and gentlemen. Gojyo's got dogs on the grill, there's beer and soda and juice in the cooler by the pond, plenty of chips and pretzels and whatever other snack things come in bags that you want at a picnic... and yes, those are cupcakes. Those are ( Read more... )

[Falling from that kind of height usually ended with death or grievous injuries.

...not a sore tail bone and a twisted ankle.]

This is...?

[Well, it didn't seem to be some kind of underground space or any part of the building he had been in... in fact, he wasn't even inside. Had he fallen through that hatch all the way down to the World Below ( Read more... )

[Blue skies, green grass, subtle breeze. There's a perfect little spot beneath a leafy tree by the koi pond in a scenic Chinese garden, and you'll find that it's occupied by a man in a white trench coat, orange dress shirt, red necktie, and beige slacks that already have some grass stains on them. He sits with his back up against the tree, and he ( Read more... )

[Suddenly, you're in a school gymnasium. The lights are dim, and there's a disco ball in the center of the ceiling casting glittery light all over the place. The ceiling is decorated with crepe paper streamers in pastel colors, and there's a DJ booth with colored lights blasting out some drum-beat and synth-laden love ballad ( Read more... )

[Anyone who is out on the streets might notice this grumpy blond guy smoking like a freight train as he walks around with a stack full of papers, taping them to various walls, bulletin boards, power poles, and anything else that looks like it might attract attention.]


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[Well, there's a bar, which means there will be booze. And where there is booze, there will be Kenren.

He looks like something BIG just took an interest in chewing him a little. His black uniform is tattered and soiled with blood, but the man himself has taken a moment to clean himself on a fountain outside. His black hair is damp but the only ( Read more... )