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Post by vincent on Mar 11, 2009 18:31:57 GMT -5
Vincent was silent for a moment, and then he smiled. And shortly after he smiled, he chuckled.
And after he chuckled? He shook his head.
And after he shook his head, he violently brought his sword back up and pointed it at Jasmine's throat. From then there was another silence and his hand shook slightly as his mind fought with itself.
"Arrggghh!!" he yelled and threw his sword into the ground. He shook himself a bit and tried breathing deeply, but he found himself yelling at her as well. A nice way to greet your...daughter that you haven't seen in thirteen years...
"You aren't supposed to know! Neither of you...neither of you...I can't believe this!!"
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Post by glitters on Mar 11, 2009 19:39:45 GMT -5
Jasmine blinked and found herself backing away from him. So he was her father, and more freaky enough, he was alive.
"Pa...Papa...? W-what's going on? I...I thought you were dead..."
What else were you supposed to say to something like this?
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Post by vincent on Mar 11, 2009 19:45:01 GMT -5
Vincent had gone and retrieved his sword, sheathing it and giving Jasmine a hard look. He had calmed down substantially, but the aggravation was still apparent in his voice.
"That doesn't matter; don't you dare go back into that house and tell your mother! She's not ready to know. You shouldn't even know! You hear me?"
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Post by glitters on Mar 11, 2009 19:47:26 GMT -5
Jasmine obediently nodded her head, but then she paused a moment and then returned the look that Vincent gave her, shaking her own head at him.
"I...no! You...you liar! You're supposed to be dead and then you show up, not to mention you're being a big jerk, too! I don't see why I have to help a liar!" she spat at Vincent, throwing her hands to her sides.
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Post by vincent on Mar 11, 2009 19:53:35 GMT -5
"What?! Jerk? Liar?! Listen here, young lady, if I didn't come that guy would've killed you good," Vincent retorted, shaking his finger at him as he did so, "that's an awful lot of lip coming from a girl who's just been cursed--"
He stopped abruptly, his eyes widening in horror.
"Oh god--he's killing my baby!!" he roared, and then he grabbed Jasmine roughly by the shoulders and shook her, still screaming, "ANDY. Who is he?! This is his fault, isn't it?!? Take me to that stupid punk, I'll kick his sorry butt out to Ketulunanox and he's going to fix this or answer to me, you got it?!!"
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Post by glitters on Mar 11, 2009 20:02:11 GMT -5
Jasmine tried to keep calm, she really did.
"DON'T TALK ABOUT ANDY LIKE THAT!!!" she shrieked, wriggling herself free of Vincent's grip and slapping him as hard as she could across the face. Her face went pale, her eyes widened, and she backed away from him. She shakily brought her hands to her mouth, absolutely mortified with the thought that she actually hit her own father. Tears started to slowly stream down her cheeks as she spoke.
"P-papa...h-he's the warrior I'm helping...he came from Earth to stop the Sumata. H-h-he's good, papa..."
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Post by vincent on Mar 11, 2009 20:08:13 GMT -5
Vincent took the slap and stood rather shocked for a long period of time. He stood perfectly still, listened to what she had to say, and then was silent again for quite awhile before he said anything.
He eventually brought his hand up slowly to his cheek, which was still warm and throbbing from when she slapped him. His eyes softened, he nodded his head, and he walked over to her and put a gentle arm around her shoulder.
"Alright...alright, I understand. Come on, let's go find him before you have any more problems," he said quietly and lead the sobbing girl down the mountain.
"....by the way, you slap like your mother. God that hurt."
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 12, 2009 7:20:31 GMT -5
*Down the mountain...*
Andy had also just returned from a long training session with Kevin and he was tired out, leaning against the tree near him he took a water bottle and drank the contents. Upon seeing the welcome look of Kara he waved to her.
"Hey Kara! You seen Jas?"
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Post by Kara Samsra on Mar 12, 2009 8:27:52 GMT -5
"No, I was just wondering where she'd run off to actually." She blinked at him then splashed a stream of water onto him with a giggle. "You look exhausted."
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 12, 2009 11:47:01 GMT -5
"Gah, ploog!" Andy yelped as the water colided with his face, a small spout of water left his mouth from the water that entered it. "Thanks, though give me warning when you do that next time."
Andy ran his hand through his partially wet orange hair and frowned, "You haven't seen her? Her mom said she went out or something, I thought she would have been with you."
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Post by glitters on Mar 12, 2009 13:13:03 GMT -5
Not only far away came the two figures of Jasmine and Vincent just coming down the path that led to the mountain. As Jasmine looked ahead and saw her friends ahead, she tensed. She slowly rubbed her eyes and looked up at her father and said in almost a whisper, "That's them..."
Vincent stayed close with his arm around her, despite getting dangerously close to the house he had left so many years ago, and as Jasmine approached Andy and Kara it was easy to see something bad had happened; she was covered in patches of dirt, scratches and drying blood on her face, which was now red from the crying she had done only minutes ago on the way down.
"A-andy," she said quietly, yet with an odd calmness as her eyes trailed to the ground, "...I really need help...I'm sorry..."
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Post by vincent on Mar 12, 2009 13:18:36 GMT -5
Vincent's grip on her shoulder tightened slightly, and his voice was quite rough as he said, "Don't you be apologizing for this, Jasmine. This isn't the time for apologies, not on your end."
He looked over the orange-headed boy and the black-haired, green-eyed girl and continued, "If they're as good friends as you say they are, then they won't care about that right now, anyway. You there, lad, you're Andy?"
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Post by Andy Jammer on Mar 12, 2009 13:23:14 GMT -5
When Andy saw Jasmine walking down the mountain he was happy to see her, but when he saw what she was covered in he rose up. Next to her was a man he didn't recognize, but looked familar. He looked at her as she mumbled something and then back at the man.
"Yeah that's me, but who..." he glanced at Jasmine's cuts and at the man. "Did you do this?!"
His hand reached for his back and hovered over the handle of his blade, "Who are you?!"
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Post by vincent on Mar 12, 2009 13:30:11 GMT -5
"Who I am isn't important, and if you're looking for a fight, boy, it'll be over long before you even draw that sword of yours," Vincent answered threateningly, his eyes unchanging, and he stared right into Andy's, "I didn't to this to her, though. The 'big, bad' king of Ketulunanox did - and he's done more than just physical damage to her at the moment. That's why we needed to find you."
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Post by glitters on Mar 12, 2009 13:42:59 GMT -5
"Both of you stop it! Andy, this is my...my papa..." Jasmine screeched out, feeling a little odd telling people that her father was standing right beside her.
She shook a little, and shifted her feet a bit because she felt a pin-like pain poke in them. She kept her speech brief at the moment.
"I went up the mountain to find things to help you, Andy. I was almost killed when my papa showed up...then X-xisa put a hex on me, telling me to send you...that being the only way to get the cure...I-I'll die in fourteen days without it..."
She was quiet for a moment and searched the ground frantically with her eyes before she looked up at Andy and said, "I-I'll find a way to fix it, Andy! He only wants you there because he's planting a trap! I'll find the cure myself and you'll stay clear of harm..."
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