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 Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:47 am
"Wait, wha?" Aden hadn't seen those earlier, not yesterday at least. Now he was really hoping he hadn't invited something worse. "Either mistaken, or some sick idea of vandalism. Either way, yeah, I don't think anyone around here or the guardian would be all too happy about this. I think I'd be able to tell if there were any ghosts... maybe. They're kinda like a little well of Celestial chi, right?"
As he spoke, he went to remove one of the tags. He figured that it'd be the easiest way to fix the erroneous addition.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:53 am
"Yea, lets get this crap off of here. Really. What the hell people..." I said. As I went to help get the tags off, it wouldn't be long until I get a very unpleasant feeling. "....the hell?"
"Thunderbolt!" A voice shouted. A massive electrical bolt came out of the bushes and struck me.
"GAAAAH!" I fell over and braced myself against the shrine, only to get back up and turn around, pointing an Ice Beam charge in the general direction of where I got that feeling from.
"You vandalize the shrine by removing the tags from it! How dare you! I finally caught you red handed! Its like we already haven't gotten enough problems from this shrine!" An elderly woman came out of the foilage, accompanied by a Luxio.
"Lady. WHAT THE HELL!?" I shouted. "What the hell are you talking about!?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:56 am
Ryan sees this go down. Ryan growls and rips one of the Spell Tags off and waves it at the old woman. "Are you daft woman? These aren't Prayer Tags! These are Spell tags, Items used to repel ghosts! Not honor the Guardian. We were just removing them out of respect." he says to the Old Woman. It was old people like this that irked him. Jumping to conclusions before they knew the facts.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:59 am
"Uh...!" Aden stopped almost immediately, even dropping the tags he had managed to remove. He slowly turned when he heard the voice in better detail, and saw the older woman with her Luxio. "Wait, removing these is... these tags being here are vandalism! Unless the guardian's some sort of ghost, which I kinda... yanno, doubt."
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:05 am
"You fools really don't know anything, do you!?" The woman spoke. "That 'guardian' isn't a guardian at all!" She shouted. "Its a territorial, vengeful spirit!"
"A...WHAT!? Ok, yea, you really are senile, lady." I said.
"What did you say!?"
"Did I not make myself clear? You're a paranoid hag! Seriously! Territorial, veng-ugh. I don't know what hurts more, the Thunderbolt, or this headache inducing stupidity that's coming off of you."
"How dare you! Just who on earth do you think you are!?"
"Someone who knows better." I said. "Are you the one who put these tags up?"
"What of it!?"
"Why the hell did you do it, lady!?"
"To keep the sp-"
"I get that, but WHY. I mean, what has this 'vengeful spirit' done to warrant such a thing?"
"IT ALREADY TOOK THREE PEOPLE SO FAR WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS!"
"...come again?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:19 am
Ryan listens to this back and forth. "The Guardian is not a vengeful spirit. Something else has to be doing this. So stop attacking us and help us figure out what is actually going on. " he states to the Old Woman.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:25 am
"Uh... what?" Even Aden was a little confused here. "Ma'am, I think you're mistaken. Whatever's here is probably peaceful I'm sure, there's no need to try and suppress- hold on, repeat that, I don't think I got that last part."
And now he was even more confused. A guardian? Vengeful? Taking people? So much for a quiet trek.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:47 pm
"I have no time fo-"
"GRANDMOTHER!" A girl makes her way out of the forest. "There you-oh dear." The girl looked to be mid to late teens, by the way it seemed. Long flowing brown hair, dressed in a kimono. "She didn't just..."
"Attack us? Yea, she did." She then looked over towards the relic, seeing the ghost wards upon it.
"Grandmother, how many times do I have to tell you! You can't just be doing this otherwise the guardian spirit WILL do something horrible!"
"IT ALREADY HAS!"
"GRANDMOTHER!"
".....uh, excuse me, if I can break up the generation gapped cat fight for just one moment? Thank you?" I spoke up. "Can I ask what on Earth she is talking about? She said something about people turning up missing within the past two weeks?"
"That much is true, but the guardian spirit would never do such a thing. But, well."
"Uh-huh. Can't explain how they can simply vanish into thin-air, can you!" The elderly woman cut in.
"SHUT UP!" I shouted. Yea, patience ran thin already. "Alright...so. Vanished in thin air, nothing out of the ordinary even from a distance reported, ANYTHING?"
"Only thing in common is that the people that went missing were all here during the morning hours, just before the light is able to break through the forest good." The teenager said. "Its around the time where we make our offerings to the guardian spirit."
"......." I crossed my arms. All gone by daybreak? The hell?
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:23 pm
All this was sounding quite strange. Ryan turns to Blizz. "Well, talk about confusing as all hell. I think the only way we are going to get to the bottom of this is to camp out here and see what is going on." Ryan says.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:07 pm
"Huh- woah." Aden found himself speechless for a few seconds, seeing the girl that showed up. However, having a feeling that thinking on it would lead to Blizzard and Ryan both jumping on him, he restrained himself. "Uh, forgive me... anyway, yeah, she kinda got on us for removing tags meant to ward spirits. But could we get a little explanation here? I think all three of us are a little confused about what's going on here."
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:33 am
"Camp out here? Ryan, she said that there were three people gone within the past two weeks, telling me its not what one would call consistant." I said.
"That's maybe because of people who take care of the shrine are reluctant to come out here, part of the reason is because of SOME people making more of a panic than what there already is." The teenager said. "Grandmother is the only other one who has been out here, and that was just long enough to put the tags on the shrine, which thank you for trying to get them off by the way."
"WHY ARE YOU THANKING THEM FOR-"
I aimed a Ice Beam, right between her eyes. "Lady, I've been always told to respect my elders...however, I am told exceptions apply! If you don't want me to find one, let alone find the will to exact chilling revenge for having your Luxio Thunderbolt me, I suggest you shut up real quick." The Luxio walked up and started to growl at me. "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT!?"
"Lux..." He immediately took several steps back. Yea, territory he did NOT want to cross.
"Now...this only seemed to have happened when someone came to tend to the shrine during the morning hours, right?" I asked. "I suppose its all we have to go on. We'll just have to see what happens..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:40 am
"Um, Blizz, I know what she did and all, but I don't think making her a popsicle's gonna be the best idea." Aden spoke up, before moving closer to whisper. "Not that it isn't tempting to find a rock or something to throw at her... or maybe find some duct tape."
He moved back away a scond later. "Still, this has me wondering. It can't be anything that bad, can it?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:44 am
"That is what I meant Blizz. Wait here til Morning. See what is really going on. This sounds very odd and needs to be looked into." Ryan says. he quickly turns back to the shrine and removes the remaining Spell Tags.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:49 am
RCCaughtem "That is what I meant Blizz. Wait here til Morning. See what is really going on. This sounds very odd and needs to be looked into." Ryan says. he quickly turns back to the shrine and removes the remaining Spell Tags. "No, please, don't trouble yourselves." The girl spoke. "Really, I wouldn't feel right asking strangers to do this." "Its no problem. The next gym isn't going anywhere, anyhow." I said. "We kind of specialize in strange anyhow, so, yea...let us worry about it and we'll get back to you." I said. "Um...what is your name anyhow?" I asked. "My name is Laura. And this is my grandmother, Dana." The Grandmother crossed her arms and turned away. "Hmph..." "Charmed, I'm sure." I said. "I'm Blizzard, this is Ryan and Aden here." I said. "At any rate, I guess we'll put the trip on hold for the moment...though." I checked my watch. "Ugh, thats almost a whole day's wait." It hadn't even reached lunch time yet by my standing.
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:54 am
"Same here." Aden said, though more at Laura than Dana. As he saw it, the more elderly of the two wasn't high on his list. How he was managing to stay calm was anyone's guess. "Besides, wait or not, it'd be worse if more turned up missing. Ignoring it'd be kinda selfish."
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