Session Start: Thu Mar 28 11:45:09 2002
* DianaManashevitz comes in the front door, streatching a little, wearing a pair of black jeans, a black turtleneck and a trench coat...Matrix-esque...
* Mondo_Gecko is streched out on the couch, watching TV, yawning slightly
* DianaManashevitz blinks a little, flipping her hair back over her shoulder and smirking lightly
* Mitch is in the exercise room, glasses off, eyes half-lidded and forehead beaded with sweat as he pushes against the magic barrier
<Mondo_Gecko> O O
<Mitch> .oO(...feels like trying to hoist a fucking Buick...)
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO( daaaaaaam)
* Mondo_Gecko smirks and whistles at her
<Mondo_Gecko> What're you all dressed up for
* DianaManashevitz laughs* Ne...new job...
<Mondo_Gecko> ooh.. Whacha doin?
<DianaManashevitz> Ne...I could tell you that, Mondo...demo then I'd have to kill you..
<Mondo_Gecko> O O
<Mondo_Gecko> um........
<Mondo_Gecko> *twiddles his fingers*
* Mitch leans into it, figuratively, fists clenching and brow furrowing... his lack-of-aura pulsates with his heartbeat, tentatively held several inches away from his body in a sort of blobbish approximation of his actual shape
<Mondo_Gecko> ooookay
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly and ruffles his hair lightly
* Mondo_Gecko grins and looks up at her, and offers the pringles tube
<Mondo_Gecko> chips?
* DianaManashevitz leans on the back of the ccouch, shaking her head a little* Iie...domo...how are you doing?
<Mondo_Gecko> um..I'm bored..
<Mondo_Gecko> and lonely..
<Mondo_Gecko> and I need something to do..
<Mondo_Gecko> but so far the most exciting thing I've done is watch cartoons
<DianaManashevitz> Ne...have you found a job yet...? *tilts her head a little*
* DianaManashevitz pauses and chuckles softly
<Mondo_Gecko> um...
<Mondo_Gecko> kinda..
<Mondo_Gecko> but shhhhhhh *winks*
<Mondo_Gecko> as long as no one questions where the money comes from..the bills still get paid
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly* I see..
<Mondo_Gecko> So when do you start your new job?
<DianaManashevitz> I started early this morning, actually...only just getting home now...
<Mondo_Gecko> oh?
<Mondo_Gecko> heh..tiring?
* Mondo_Gecko pats the couch beside him so she can come and sit down
* DianaManashevitz nods a little, slipping her coat off and sitting by him...the clothing is of the nice, form fitting, none constricting kind...altered jeans 'n stuff
<DianaManashevitz> Hai...it is...
<Mitch> .oO(Christ, for something that doesn't exist this shit's a MOTHER to push...)
<Mondo_Gecko> So's it fun?
* DianaManashevitz streatches a little again, shoulder popping, before she grins and nods* Oh, hai...very...
* Mitch lets it snap back, leaning his head back against the machine and resting for a moment, eyes closing fully.
* Mondo_Gecko winces
<Mondo_Gecko> was that you??
* DianaManashevitz nods* Hai...*smirks* Shoulder likes doing that...
<Mondo_Gecko> sounds painful
* Mitch , momentarily back in the world of the living, turns his head blindly towards the living room and raises his voice. "Konichiwa, D!"
* DianaManashevitz chuckles* Konichiwa, Mitch!
<DianaManashevitz> And iie...not really...feels good actually...
* Mondo_Gecko reaches out gently and lightly rubs her sholder with one hand, petting it
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly
<Mondo_Gecko> man..I hate it when bones pop
<Mondo_Gecko> it always hurts for ages on me
<Mondo_Gecko> ..then again maybe lizards bodies are different
* Mondo_Gecko sighs
<Mondo_Gecko> that's scary...
* DianaManashevitz shakes her head* Ne...I think it's just been damaged so much there might be some pain receptors damaged...
<Mondo_Gecko> I've almost forgotten what it felt like to be a human
<DianaManashevitz> Ne?
* DianaManashevitz sighs a little, reaching over to rub his shoulder lightly
* Mitch turns his head back and grunts as he throws himself into it again
* Mondo_Gecko shrugs
<Mondo_Gecko> ..I probably never will be again..
<DianaManashevitz> You're not alone, Mondo...don't forget the rest of us do know how you feel, to a degree at least...
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> yea..
* Mondo_Gecko hugs Diana
<Mondo_Gecko> just wish the change wasn't as ..drastic
* DianaManashevitz hugs back* Inside you are still the same, ne? You still care for others...you still have a wonderful sense of humor...
* Mondo_Gecko smiles a little
<Mondo_Gecko> yea..
<Mondo_Gecko> there's some positive things though..
<Mondo_Gecko> like the walking on the roof..that's just fun
* DianaManashevitz chuckles, nodding a little...
* Mondo_Gecko looks at his skin..
<Mondo_Gecko> do I look less shiny than before?
<Mondo_Gecko> maybe I'm getting sick or something..
<Mondo_Gecko> it's like my skins's all dull..
* DianaManashevitz blinks a little and eyes his skin....
* it's not nearly as shiny as it was a few weeks ago*
* DianaManashevitz blinks, reaching out to touch his arm* Hai...it is dull...
* Mondo_Gecko pouts
* Mondo_Gecko fakes cries "I'm so very ugly! ..don't look at meeeee!"
<DianaManashevitz> Perhaps you are getting ready to...ah...shed...or something? *grins sheepishly*
* DianaManashevitz laughs
* Mondo_Gecko blinks
<DianaManashevitz> Iie you're not!
<Mondo_Gecko> .....EWW!
<Mondo_Gecko> that's nasty!
* DianaManashevitz laughs!!* Nani??? It's natural!
<DianaManashevitz> HLM molts...
* Mondo_Gecko makes face
<Mondo_Gecko> have you SEEN what lizards look like when they're shedding?! I'm gonna be all flaky!
* DianaManashevitz bites back a comment..
<Mondo_Gecko> .......
<Mondo_Gecko> don't....even....
* DianaManashevitz holds her hands up, lips curled in a smirk* Iie...me? I'd never think of it...
<Mitch> .oO(...just five... minutes more. You know you're getting somewhere.)
<Mondo_Gecko> yea right *smirk*
* DianaManashevitz chuckles
<Mondo_Gecko> thhhbtttttttt
<DianaManashevitz> Ne...you know you love it...*winks and stands, putting her jacket away before heading into the kitchen to make her s'ketti*
* Mondo_Gecko shivers
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* that woman is the devil himself
* Mitch 's lips tighten, throwing his inner strength against the inexorable resistance of the ether
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(must....control...sexdive)
* DianaManashevitz rolls up her sleeves, going about making the food
* Mondo_Gecko flies upstairs!
<Mondo_Gecko> *door slams*
* Mitch finally exhales, slumping a little in the embrace of the UWM as his aura (or non-aura - it's easier to just refer to it that way) snaps back again. "Enough..."
* DianaManashevitz blinks and smirks at the door slam
* Mitch glances around - room's empty... a little nervously, just thanks to long-ingrained patterns and habits, he pulls off his shirt and mops the sweat from his face.
<Mitch> "...Christ, why do I feel it? It's not like I really did anything..."
* DianaManashevitz starts in on the sauce...nuuuummy smell starts filling the air
* Mitch shakes his head, pulling the shirt back on and heading upstairs to take a shower... he hesitates with one foot on the lowest stair as the smell sinks hooks into his hindbrain. Walks over. Pokes head in. "Spaghetti?"
* DianaManashevitz looks back and grins* Hai..
<Mitch> *just grins* "The term is HELL hai!"
* DianaManashevitz laughs!!
<Mitch> "How long is it gonna take?"
* Neko stands on the roof of the cathedral, watching over the city...her hair blowing in the wind....*
<DianaManashevitz> Ahh.....another hour...half an hour..
<Mitch> "Okay... I need a shower. I'll be RIGHT back."
* DianaManashevitz chuckles* Hai..
* Mitch dashes upstairs and... fade to black, cut to next scene
* Mitch looks over his wall of photographs as he towels his hair, rubbing his neck with a free hand. .oO(I'm gonna need to get shots up top. Diana? No, she was with me on the first run. Shin? I don't wanna make her suspicious... she's landbound anyway. Klork? Maybe. But I don't want HIM suspicious either, dammit.)
<Mitch> .oO(Well, you need to ask for a new resident, then, 'cos they're all the fliers and 'porters you know about.) .oO(Shut up. I need help, not smartass commentary.) .oO(You'll take what you can get, boyo.)
* Mitch sighs, slinging the towel towards the bathroom and pulling on an undershirt, then a sweater with a second pair of sleeves rather amateurishly added. .oO(It'll have to be Klork. You'll just have to be very... janitorish.)
* Mitch flicks on his glasses and locks up behind him as he heads downstairs
* Mitch fingercombs his hair as he hits the first floor - the hair immediately falling back into its original haphazard configuration - and slips into the kitchen, leaning on an out-of-the-way vertical surface
* DianaManashevitz 's stirring the sauce..
<Mitch> "How's it coming?"
<DianaManashevitz> Alright...nearly finished...
<DianaManashevitz> How are you?
<Mitch> "Okay..." He sighs, adjusting his glasses slightly. "A little worn out. I've got so damn many things to take care of."
<Mitch> "You? Daijoubu?"
<DianaManashevitz> Oh? Anything I can help with?
<DianaManashevitz> Ah...I'm alright...*smiles*
<Mitch> "Iie, domo... just, y'know, doing what has to be done." Half-smile, looking at nothing in particular. "You've already helped in this anyway."
* Diana nods* Hai...I'm glad to have helped in one way or another...
<Mitch> He glances at her and grins. "Nandemo dai, tomodachi - and domo arigato. Trust me, you've helped, helped EVERYTHING more than I could've ever asked for."
<Mitch> .oO(Spaghetti notwithstanding. Mmm.)
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly and starts serving up the food* Good...
* Mitch gloms onto a plate, restraining himself long enough to get over to the table, kicking out a chair for her as he sits down and digs in. "-Christ I missed this- mrph."
* DianaManashevitz laughs, calling out to Mondo that s'ketti's ready before settling onto the chair he kicked out for her
* Mondo_Gecko comes down the stair, hair dripping wet from the shower, dressed in a black shirt and a pair of holey jeans
* Mitch inhales the food - he takes the time to taste and chew, but anything else would be inefficient }:D
* DianaManashevitz munches 'n stuff
* Mitch mumbles "Hi, Mondo" in between forkfuls
<Mondo_Gecko> hey Mitch
* Mondo_Gecko sits down
<Mitch> .oO(It's gotta be either the Conde Nast, the Morgan Stanley, or the Tower. I'm gonna have to see how they face... should tape the distance thingy to the... yeah, okay. Inventory - Notebook, pen, distance thingy, camera, spare film, Klork...)
* DianaManashevitz finishes up* Hungry, Mondo?
<Mondo_Gecko> mmmhmm
* Mondo_Gecko grabs some food and piles it on his plate and sits down, stuffing his face
* Mitch goes back for seconds
* DianaManashevitz arches a brow lightly at something, saying nothing
<Mondo_Gecko> Man..you make this?
<DianaManashevitz> Hai...*smiles*
<Mitch> .oO(Wish I had one of those long-range lenses, but I can't afford it... gonna have to make do. I need a hood for the jacket... wind's gotta be nasty up there...)
* Mitch thinks about "up there" a little too vividly, and his rate of consumption suddenly declines.
<Mondo_Gecko> s'good *continues stuffing his face*
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly
* DianaManashevitz arches a brow* Getting full, Mitch?
<Mitch> .oO(Christ. If it pans out, you know you're gonna have to...) He glances up. "Nani?"
* DianaManashevitz shrugs a little* Nothing...just noticed you slowing down...*smiles and gets up to do dishes, flipping hair from her eyes*
<Mitch> "Oh, yeah..." *grins a little half-heartedly* "That's what leftovers are for, ne?"
<Mondo_Gecko> *uuuurrrrrrrrrp*
<DianaManashevitz> Hai...true...
<Mitch> "Shimatta, Diana, lemme do that. It's the only thing I CAN do in the kitchen, remember?"
* DianaManashevitz blinks and shrugs* Ne...if you insist...*smiles lightly* I think I will go train a little...
<Mitch> "Yeah, I insist. Gowan, go have fun..." *starts gathering up the plates, covering his own half-finished in saran wrap*
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly, nodding lightly to them both before heading up the stairs after snagging her jacket
* Mitch starts his one-man dishwasher operation, washing 'n' drying 'n' stuff
<Mitch> "Want any more, Mondo?"
<Mondo_Gecko> na, I'm good
* Mondo_Gecko whipes his mouth on his arm and piles the dishes into the sink
* DianaManashevitz returns shortly in her constomary gi-pants and sports bra, hair back in a long braid to her waist, streatching and starting up a kata once she's in the workout room*
* Mitch nods, covering up the pot and putting it away. .oO(Shit, lives change. Two months ago this would've tasted like shit and I might not've even bothered with the fridge...)
* Mitch washes more disheseses
* Mitch finishes up, drying his hands off and tossing the towel to drape over the sink.
* Mitch obtains a beer and a textbook, quietly slipping back into the workout room and settling onto a UWM.
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO( ..what now..showered..dressed...)
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(I need excitment in life......)
<Mitch> .oO(Just one. Don't wanna relax too much tonight. Christ, she looks... okay, you need to work on sussing out cable-oriented leverage and she's, y'know, a SERIOUS distraction.) .oO(Your point being?) .oO(Hell, I'm just making conversation.)
* DianaManashevitz does katas and stuff...hmm...sure...with nanchaku this time....bwahah..
* Mitch opens up the textbook, and forces his eyes down, popping open the highlighter with one hand and the beer with the other.
* Mondo_Gecko heads up to the roof to perch, and watch out over the city
* Mitch 's drives and priorities tussle for a while, and one head finally wins out over the other - he really begins concentrating on the text, soaking in more knowledge, knowing that maybe five percent of it will ever get used... but that the five percent may save his life.
* DianaManashevitz continues to work out...eventually ending katas and eyeing the balance beam...shrugging a bit and hopping onto it...doing gymnastics stuff, concentraiting on balance and staying steady...muscle control baby..
* DianaManashevitz 'll be doing that for a while...kinda fun 'n stuff
* Mitch glances up, checking to see if she's at a stopping place so he can bug her... instead, he just watches, not really staring but looking in her direction.
<Mitch> .oO(Forgetting something?) .oO(In a minute.)
* DianaManashevitz does one of those fun back-bends, kicking up to stand on her hands....bending her arms and throwing herself into the air to do a flip and land back on her feet on the beam, arms held out at her sides to ekeep her balace
* Mondo_Gecko 's tail swishes, perches like a great green gargoyle ontop of the asylum, watching over the city
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO( just where do I stand? ...where do I belong?)
* Mitch blinks, and applauds softly, hitching a leg up on one of the UWM's moving parts.
<Neko> .oO( where is my place in life? ) *watches over the city*
<Neko> .oO(what am I?)
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(Man or beast?)
* DianaManashevitz blinks and looks up, chuckling softly* Domo...
<Mitch> "Wish I knew how you did that... domo arigato, tomodachi. For the spaghetti, I mean. Wonderful."
* DianaManashevitz 's lips curve in a small smile and she reaches her fingertips towards the ceiling in a leasurely, cat-like streatch* Nan demo nai, Mitch...it's my pleasure...
<Mitch> .oO(And mine. Jesus Christ in a chinese laundry.) He clears his throat, looking down at the open text. "Hey, when does Klork usually get in?"
<DianaManashevitz> Ne...I think he should be getting in around Nine tonight...he's working late...
<Mitch> .oO(So give him an hour to relax. Ten? Maybe eleven. It'll be just easier in general if they're empty.)
<Mitch> "Okay... domo..."
<DianaManashevitz> No problem...why do you ask? *kinda paces along the balance beam*
<Mitch> "He's got portals and I wanna check something out. Nothing earth-shattering."
<DianaManashevitz> Ahh.....*nods* Hai...
* Mitch takes a sip, watching her. "How do you do that?"
* DianaManashevitz blinks a little* Do what...? *kicks up into a handstand, walking on her hands along the bar...dragons along her arms wrything lightly at musclemovement*
<Mitch> "...you have to ask?"
* DianaManashevitz blinks a little...woould shrug but, meh, hehing a little* I...just do...practice I suppose...*sets her feet behind her head, arching her back and stands upright again*
<Mitch> .oO(Oh, do that again.) "Diana Manashevitz... part vampire, part succubus. All ninja."
* DianaManashevitz laughs and bows with a flurish* Hai...at your service..
<Mitch> He grins and returns the bow from standing. "Is there, y'know, anything you CAN'T do?"
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly and shrugs* Hm...a few things...hai...
<Mitch> .oO(HEY! Shut UP. Remember? Tattoos?) .oO(Aw, FUCK.)
* Mitch leans back, rubbing his neck. "...you more than make up for 'em, tomodachi. Trust me on that."
* DianaManashevitz smiles lightly and nods, sinking down into a split* Domo...heh...I'll have to take your word on that, then...
* Mitch blinks a little. "Why wouldn't you?"
<DianaManashevitz> Ne...simply who I am...*smirks and shrugs, sitting on the balance beam now*
<Mitch> "And who are you?" *cocking his head to one side, watching her from across the room*
* DianaManashevitz blinks a little and tilts her head* Just...another person with super human powers..and a rotten life *shrugs*
<Mitch> He smiles a little. "Not just another person, tomodachi... a good person."
<DianaManashevitz> Heh...I try to be...domo...
<Mitch> *shrugs* "It's not something you can, y'know, try to be. People can't make themselves good, any more than they can make themselves likeable or smart. It's just something you are." *looks down, taking a sip* "And, I mean, you ARE, Diana. You're a good person."
* DianaManashevitz watches him quietly for a few minutes, unreadable expression on her face...shocked if anything* I...Mitch...domo...that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me....
* Mitch 's eyes flicker up. "...gomen nasai. You should've been told that a long time ago."
* DianaManashevitz clears her throat a little, cheeks flushed lightly, she heads over to Mitch and just quietly gives him a hug
* Mitch extracts himself from the UWM to receive, getting four arms around her wordlessly, not wanting to say the wrong thing.
* DianaManashevitz pulls back and smiles at him* <q> You're a good person, too, Mitch...sometimes I wonder if you truely know this...
<Mitch> *glances down* "I dunno... I hope so. I don't wanna do any of you people wrong."
* DianaManashevitz grins a little, touching his jaw with her fingertips breifly before drawing back* I don't think you will...at least not willingly..
* Mitch shakes his head slowly, ears tipped with red. "Not if there's anything I can do about it."
<DianaManashevitz> I know..
<Mitch> .oO(Christ, I wish I did.) "I, um, didn't mean to interrupt your workout... gomen..."
* DianaManashevitz chuckles softly* Iie...it's alright..
* Mitch nods, settling back into the UWM's embrace, half-guilty and half-embarassed.
* DianaManashevitz smiles softly, and goes about beating up the punching bag
* Mitch watchs from the corner of his eye long enough to make sure she's not gonna need bandaging, opening up the textbook again.
* FWL_MeRc limps out of his room again, his wounds not healing well heading into the workout room
<Mitch> He glances up, taking a sip of the beer, and his eyes widen a little. "Merc! You got out?"
* FWL_MeRc looks coldly over to mitch not saying a word
<Mitch> .oO(...okay...)
<Mitch> .oO(He's pissed about something. You didn't do anything, so he's just pissed in general - and he's gonna stay pissed. Just let it slide.)
* FWL_MeRc limps to the bench, laying down
* DianaManashevitz blinks and furrows her brows* Ne...Merc...! What happened...?
* Mitch looks down at his textbook, setting the beer down on the machine's weight stack.
* FWL_MeRc looks at the weight on the bar, then grabs the bar, grunting then snarling as he proceads to bench old wounds opening as he does so, the fact the wounds remain is odd enough
<Mitch> "...shit. Christ, Merc, stop, you're hurting yourself." He hauls himself off the UWM, not sure what the hell he's going to do, but hoping it's good.
<DianaManashevitz> Hai...come...let someone heal you?
* FWL_MeRc snarls putting the bar up " i don't want your help"
* DianaManashevitz arches a brow, demeanor going cold* Ne, and if you NEED it?
* Mitch glances to Diana, and back to Merc.
* FWL_MeRc just glares at her then lays back down, doing another set
* Mitch grasps for straws. "You want a drink?"
* DianaManashevitz shakes her head* We cannot force him to allow himself to be healed if he does not want it...*heads out of the workout room*
<FWL_MeRc> no *puts the bar up looking at his arms,* thats enough for today
<Mitch> .oO(...actually, I bet we could, but...)
<Mitch> "Look, man, you've got open wounds there. If you don't want, y'know, one of the witchy-fingers taking care of them, at LEAST lemme wrap 'em up."
* FWL_MeRc snaps toward mitch his eyes flashing red "i can bandage myself up"
<Mitch> "Then do it. But don't bust on me for offering. Or Diana - she hasn't done a damn thing to you."
* FWL_MeRc stands and walks past mitch *coldly* " I know, thanks"
* Mitch sighs, glancing past Merc as he walks out to see if he can see where Diana went.
* DianaManashevitz 's gone to the roof <G> Making sure no one goes flying into the pool who doesn't want to <G>
* Mitch , lacking a satellite uplink, doesn't see her, and just settles back into the UWM, opening up the textbook.
* FWL_MeRc makes his way to the bathroom taking the first aid kit out and takes out a few bandages, wrapping them over the bleeding wounds
*a few hours later*
* Diana lands back on the roof...uh...she was...uhm...patroling the city...that's it! Patroling the city!*
* Diana looks around a little*
* Mondo_Gecko looks up
<Mondo_Gecko> Hey Diana
* Mondo_Gecko is perches still, as if waiting for somethig
* Mondo_Gecko curls his long tail around his feet
* FWL_MeRc is in the kitcean grabbing raw meet and thawing it out
* Diana blinks* Kononwa, Mondo...*transforms back into her street clothing* What are you up to?
<Mondo_Gecko> mmmm...nothing..right now
<Diana> Ahh...heh...ne...always fun...
* Mondo_Gecko smirks
<Mondo_Gecko> not really
<Mondo_Gecko> more like "going stir crazy"
* FWL_MeRc walks out taking a bite out of a leg of lamb he's carrying
* Diana smirks* Ahh...you wish to go out and do something?
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> dunno where to go though
* Mondo_Gecko 's long tail drops back behind him and lashes
* Diana nods a little, brows fuurrowed lightly*
* Mitch is in his room, the newly-acquired stereo half taken apart and spread over the floor, studying the bits and a textbook while toying with a voltometer
* FWL_MeRc looks over at mondo and diana, eating rather loudly as he tears the flesh from the bone
<Mondo_Gecko> ..you ok?
* FWL_MeRc just eh leans against the wall
* Diana nods lightly* Hai...*smiles lightly* Of course...
* Mondo_Gecko unconsiously licks his eye
<Mondo_Gecko> ok..
<Mondo_Gecko> hmm....
* OikawaNishimaru walks out of his room and heads downstairs
<Mondo_Gecko> must...do...something..
<Mondo_Gecko> but what
* Diana hmms...* Ne...what do you feel like doing?
<Mitch> .oO(If this still works when I put it back together, I'm gonna go find a tin brick and get it working again. That oughta do for practical.)
<Mondo_Gecko> heh...breaking stuff?
<Mondo_Gecko> *swishswishswish*
* Diana chuckles softly* I suppose...
<Mondo_Gecko> when I was younger me and Axel used to go smash bottles in the ally
<Mondo_Gecko> ...what I'd give to be 15
* Diana smirks, leaning against the ledge, the wind whipping her hair around* Sounds fun...
<Mondo_Gecko> Yea.. man was I ever free
<Mondo_Gecko> I'd disapear into the crowds of ppl
<Mondo_Gecko> no one knew me..and I did as I pleased
* Diana smiles lightly, listening...*
<Mondo_Gecko> I could go all over the city on no money
<Mondo_Gecko> knew all teh ways to get in free movies..
<Mondo_Gecko> free music..
<Mondo_Gecko> anything I wanted..it was for the taking
<Diana> Sounds wonderful..
<Mondo_Gecko> yea...
<Mondo_Gecko> it's not like that anymore..
<Mondo_Gecko> you'd think someone that looks liek me gets what they want too..heh heh
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(but the mirrors a cage..)
* FWL_MeRc looks at the bare bone
* Mitch picks up a small hacksaw and starts cutting a hole in the top of the stereo, hauling over an ancient 8-track player with his lower hands and applying a power screwdriver
* Diana chuckles softly* Life's a bitch, ne?
* Mondo_Gecko grins a bit
<Mondo_Gecko> lifes a bitch
<Mondo_Gecko> hmm..
<Mondo_Gecko> maybe..
* Mondo_Gecko looks up over the city
<Diana> Hm?
<Mitch> Muttered. "...modded shit before, but never this complex..."
* Mondo_Gecko sings "come and take a walk with me..where the angels fear to tread, kiss the flame, feel the pain, in the furnance of our love. Come along and talk with me, sing the sweet song of dispair.. give your body, give your soul in the furnace of our love"
<Mondo_Gecko> ...maybe I should head down to the church..
<Mondo_Gecko> I can't stay away forever just cause I'm scared of the c-
* Mondo_Gecko shuts up
* Diana smiles lightly listening...then shrugs a little...blinking, arching a brow and looking over at him*
* Mitch slowly, carefully, integrates the 8-track deck into the damn near brand new stereo, patching it into the auxiliary port
<Diana> ...are you in trouble with the law...?
<Mondo_Gecko> *swish*
<Mondo_Gecko> no..
* Mondo_Gecko sighs
* Diana pauses a little then sighs softly, reaching over to lightly rub his back* Do you wish for me to join you?
* Mondo_Gecko looks over
<Mondo_Gecko> ....if you want
<Mondo_Gecko> ...can you keep up?
* Diana grins* Of course...if anything I can use my powers..
* Mondo_Gecko smirks
<Mondo_Gecko> ...you'll have to to keep up with me...I'm pretty fast..
* Mondo_Gecko tosses his hair
* Diana smirks* Lead the chase, then..
* Neko moves along the rooftops in the area..keeping an eye out..he's close..she can smell him in teh wind*
* Mondo_Gecko grins and turns and starts running in a flash, leaping across the buildings, hair flying in the wind
* Diana laughs, transforming and staying only a step or two behind him*
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(don't look don't look the shadows breathe, whispering me away from you, Don't wake at night to watch her sleep, you know that you will always lose, this trembling adorned tossled birdmad girl..)
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(Everynight I burn..everynight I call your name, everynight I burn, everynight I fall again..)
* Mondo_Gecko leaps across a building and starts scaling it..
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(Don't talk of love the shadows purr. Murrmering me away from you, Don't talk of worlds that never were, the end is all that's ever true, Cause nothing you can ever say, nothing you can ever do, Still everynight I burn....)
* Diana just kinda seems to dissapear, turning into a ghost*
* Neko watches in the blackness, her eyes lighting up devilishly...and the hunt begins...but as all good cats know..sometimes the best kind of hunt involves laying wait for your prey*
* Mondo_Gecko leaps down the side of a building and lands halfway down, sticking and disapearing into the ally..jumping across and climbing up again to jump the next building..the church very close now
* Diana, unseen, keeps up*
* Mondo_Gecko makes the last jump to the roof of the church and then starts to climb the bell tower
* Mitch spliiiiiiiices
* Diana appears lounged, cat-like, out of sight of the outside*
* Angelic Music fills the tower from below, the chior singing tonight in practice, Angus Dei..*
* Diana smiles, listening..*
* The tower is blocked off from view by sheets that can be pulled back. There are mini christmas lights on the ceiling..various blacklight posters of twisted things around the room, and the floor is padded with sleeping bags. A small electic heater runs in one corner, making it warm*
* Mondo_Gecko scurries in the belltower and blinks, huffling a bit
<Mondo_Gecko> ...you beat me!
* Diana shrugs and laces her fingers behind her head* Hai...so?
* Mondo_Gecko puffs up his chest, perching on the railing
<Mondo_Gecko> ..so....
<Mondo_Gecko> damn
* Mondo_Gecko leaps down onto the floor
<Mondo_Gecko> ...you like it?
<Mondo_Gecko> I did this myself
* Diana smiles* Hai...it's actually very impressive...it seems liek a wonderful place to get awayy to...
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> yea...it was going to be my home...
<Mondo_Gecko> but well..I came back home..heh
<Mondo_Gecko> now it's like..my summer cabin or something heh
* Diana chuckles softly*
* Mondo_Gecko goes and pulls back part of the curtain and hooks the end over a nail pointing out and the bright full moon (as there isa full moon tonight) floods in the room
* Diana sits up, folding her legs underneath herself* Kirii...ah...pretty...
<Mondo_Gecko> your missing the best part though..
<Mondo_Gecko> you can like..walk right over the church in the rafters..
* Diana stands* Oh?
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> c'mon
* Diana nods...heading over 'n stuff*
* Mondo_Gecko goes down the steps a but and then pushes over a few boards and slips into the church, along the rafter and goes and sits in the middle
* Diana follows silently, sitting by him...smirking lightly at something*
* the music is much louder now, filling the room as the voices echo in chorus together, the sound is heavenly, like angels singing*
* Diana's smirk turns into a soft smile*
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* isn't it awesome?
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* I ussualy come when they practice and listen
* Diana nods* <w> Hai...it's beautiful...they are very good...
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* I still didn't get a chance to hear Aria sing though...I hope that oneday when I come here she's singing too
* Diana nods* <w> HLM tells me she has a lovely voice..
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* ..yea... heh..when I was a kid my dad tried to make me go to church..but I never would.. But for somereason now I do wanna go..not to listen to a surmon..but just to listen to the music
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* I've always been that way with music though
<Diana> <w> Hai...because it is beautiful...you need not be forced into believing to enjoy good music...
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* well..I figure if the man upstairs had any real messages to give ppl ..it would be through music..and their own hearts..
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* so it's more important to listen to that than some old guy talk about god
* Diana nods* <w> Hai...
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* he's not god...
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* music though.... somehow..that touches on spirituality..
* Mondo_Gecko curls his tail around his feet
* Diana nods* <w> It speaks to the soul
* Mitch , as if on cue, finishes zrrrkkking in the last screw and pops in the Bon Jovi tape he picked up when he snagged the 8-track player from the pawn shop... he takes a breath before plugging in the stereo and snapping it on, switching to the diverted audio circuit and hitting play.
* Mondo_Gecko nods
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* exactly :)
* Mondo_Gecko closes his eyes
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(what messages have you got for me today old man....)
* Mitch grins as the opening strains of Raise Your Hands grainily fills the room. "Hippy haiku brother trucker motherFUCKER."
* Diana gazes down, listening quietly*
* one girl looks up from the chior, her eyes widening.. spotting two mutants in the rafters...but....they're just watching..listening...maybe mutants can beleive in god too..or maybe their chior just sounds that good...she forces herself to look away and continue with her song
<Mitch> .oO(Next step - a Chevy...)
* Diana smiles softly*
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* you think she saw us?
* Diana nods* <w> I don't think she cares, though...
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* yea..
* Mondo_Gecko sighs saddly
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO( always silent when I need you most)
* Diana watches, listening quietly*
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* you think there's a god?
* Diana shakes her head* <w> Iie...*shrugs a little* If there were, there would be far more than just one...
* ^Cy-1^ is walking down the street....hat on..the shadow covering her face and a long trenchcoat on
* Mondo_Gecko nods a little
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO( see....she doesn't beleive in you...)
* Merc is playing around with his desert eagle
* Mondo_Gecko smirks
<Mondo_Gecko> .oO(then again..she is the devil in disguise)
* ^Cy-1^ looks to the side...seeing the asylum....turning and entering another building....climbing the stairs...of the couple of stories it has...reaching the roof....
* ^Cy-1^ crouches at the side...staying in the shadows
* Merc is really just killing time in his room doing various unusal things such as throwing a ball against the wall
<^Cy-1^> *from under the hat...a red light spark from where her eye should be....scanning the asylum*
* the chior finnishes their songs for the evening*
* Diana looks from them to Mondo*
* Mondo_Gecko sighs softly
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* lets go..
* ^Cy-1^ flies over to the window of Merc's room....jamming her cybornetic hand into the wall
* Merc looks at the wall
* ^Cy-1^ slams her other hand into the window..jumping into the room
* Diana nods and stands to retreat*
* Mondo_Gecko gets up and slips across the rafters and goes back through the hole and into the steps, up to the bell tower
<Merc> WHAT THE!?? *jumps up cocking his desert eagle and pointing it at cy*
* Diana follows silently, neenja-vampire-succubus-human-thing*
* ^Cy-1^ lifts her tail..the tip opening...swinging it at merc
* Merc acks! fireing a shot at cy
* ^Cy-1^ dodges..getting hit slightly..slamming her hand down at his head
* Merc OOFS! falls to the ground
* ^Cy-1^ knocks him over the head again to make she's he gets knocked out
* Merc is pretty much out cold now
* Mondo_Gecko sits down on the sleeping bags and curls up
* ^Cy-1^ picks him up..jumps out the window and flies off quickly
* Diana sits by him..*
<Mondo_Gecko> ..so...what now?
* Diana shrugs a little and hms..*
* Mitch flicks the stereo off and flops onto his bed, flipping open the mechanical engineering book and continuing his studies.
* Mondo_Gecko gets up
<Mondo_Gecko> ...come on..
<Mondo_Gecko> we don't have to hang out here all night
* Diana blinks and stands with a chuckle* Sure..
* Mondo_Gecko heads down the side of the church, head first and lands in the ally
* Diana floats down to the ally*
* Mondo_Gecko gets to his feet and stops moving, freezing...
* Diana furrows her brows, extending her senses*
* movment...something..or someone is down there with them*
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* Diana....get out of here....run....now..
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* she's hunting me
* Diana narrows her eyes, and just seems to vanish* {{I won't let you get that beat up again...}}
<Mondo_Gecko> ::NO! ..Don't!! Just run!!::
* waves of fear you can almost smell roll of Shawn*
* Mondo_Gecko slowly starts to back up
* Diana doesn't respond, flowing around the area quietly, invisibly*
* suddenly something leaps out from behind a dumpers at him..all teeth and titainium claws, it grabs Mondo like a ragdoll and throws him hard against a wall with a loud crack!
<Mondo_Gecko> AHHH!!
* Diana rematerializes, using her fire stone and lobs a wall of fire at the clawed thing*
* Mondo_Gecko slides down the wall..blood streaking the wall*
* It screeches and jumps back and turns around at Diana...and now she can get a good look at it...Neko stands there*
* Diana stands between Neko and Mondo* Who are you?
* it smiles like a cheshire cat with a mouthfull of sharp angry looking teeth and then reaches down and grabs Mondo by the neck and pulls him back up the walls
<Neko> I am Neko.
* Diana reaches out with a burning touch, hooking her hand around Neko's arm* Let him go, cat.
* Mondo_Gecko struggles, his tail flailing..
* Neko starts to squeeze...trying to crush his neck...and she can too
* Diana growls softly, solidifies and slices at Neko's arm with her sword*
* Ting* it hits her metal bone*
* Diana furrows her brow, then slices at her belly*
* Neko screeches and jumps back, dragging Mondo with her a bit
<Neko> What do you want human
<Diana> I want you to let him go...*slices again, this time at her face, her eyes glowing red*
* Neko growls low in her throat* I can't do that..
* Mondo_Gecko twists..
* Diana advances, slicing again* You WILL do that.
<Mondo_Gecko> ::Diana...just get out of here!! you don't know what this thing is capable of!!::
<Mondo_Gecko> ::it's a cyborg::
<Mondo_Gecko> ::*almost crying* please...get out of here..stay safe*
<Diana> {{Not without you, Mondo..}}
* Neko picks Mondo up over her head and throws him hard and he hits another wall about 10 feet up and flails, trying to twist himself around
* Mondo_Gecko lands on some garbage bags
* Neko stalks over to him again
* Neko turns around and glares at Diana and HISSSES, looking positivly demonic!
* Diana smiles chillingly in return, lobbing a fire ball at her*
* she attacks him, ripping and scratching, her mouth around his throat, blood leaking out, MOndo's tail lashing and whipping wildly, and sctaching back with a horrible gurgled SCREEEE.. but it seems his fighting back has little to know effect, his claws duller than hers and not nearly as strong*
* it hits and Neko is thrown of Mondo who collapses back to the ground, bleeding all over, but not nearly as bad as before*
* Diana turns, throwing firebball after fireball at Neko, eyes flashing with rage*
* Neko lets outa horrible yowl and is throwns back *
<Neko> What manner of wepon is this!??
<Diana> That of love. Now *voice goes demonic to match the glow in her eyes* LEAVE HIM BE!
<Neko> MRROOOWWW!!
* Neko leaps at Diana, slicing!
* Diana falls back a little, blocking as best she can with her sword, still getting a few lovely deep gashes*
* Mondo_Gecko looks up weakly from the bloodstained pavement..his eyes growing large and with his last ounce of energy leap at her and sinks his claws into Neko's sholders, she's sliced in the throat and stomach in the front and Mondo is pulling her back with his claws into her sholders
* Diana slices in defence too! ;)*
* Mondo_Gecko rips her off Diana and throws her back, attacking like a wild animal, biting her neck
* Diana's eyes widen, stepping forward, blood running from a four parallel gashes running from her right cheek to her left hip*
* Neko slashes on his back but Mondo's rage has overtaken him and she doesn't stand a chance now she's pinned
* Diana uhm...stands by and watches, ready to leap in to help if he needs it*
* horrible cat like screeches and angry reptilian screesss fill the ally, sounding all the world like a veloceraptor is attacking a wildcat*
* Mondo_Gecko stops when Neko goes limp and slowly backs up, his eyes looking frighteningly wild
<Diana> <q> Shawn?
* Mondo_Gecko whipes his mouth, covered in blood..
* Mondo_Gecko speaks, his voice shakey and animalisic sounding...half growled
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* nothing attacks you in my presence
* Neko twitches*
* Diana nods a little* <w> Domo...*looks down to Neko with cold eyes, the vampire part of her scanning for her heartbeat*
* she's still alive*
* Diana kneels by her...looking to see if she has some sort of healing factor or something...or if she'll be waking up soon*
* A car black van pulls up down the ally and a man in a white coat comes out, followed by what look like two heavily armed guards
<Mondo_Gecko> O O
* Mondo_Gecko shakes and starts to back up some more
<Mondo_Gecko> no..
* Diana blinks and looks up, standing slowly, stepping forward*
* Dr Thomas stands there.. a middle aged man.. his face seems very red.. his hair stark white and his eyes chillingly blue*
<Dr Thomas> ...Shawn...Shawn...I'm very surprized...
* Diana narrows her eyes* Who are you?
<Dr Thomas> ..I was about to ask the same thing...the lizard always comes here alone..he never brings friends..
* Dr Thomas looks down and kicks Neko lightly with his boot*
* Mitch , with very nice timing, heads downstairs to dump the empty bottle.
* Diana stands defensively between the doc and Mondo, narrowing her eyes....shirt torn open, her entire front wet with blood*
* one of the guards gets his gun trained on Mondo and the other on Diana*
* Dr Thomas sighs and then takes out a hand gun and loads it*
* Dr Thomas clicks his tounge* The general will not be pleased with this....
<Mondo_Gecko> ::Diana....this is the guy.........::
* Klork presses the front door open, shifting in with armloads of stuff
<Mondo_Gecko> :: ...when I was...did I tell you??::
* Mitch glances over as he leaves the kitchen. "Hi, Klork... hey, you need a hand?"
* Mondo_Gecko starts to back up
<Klork> erf...might..*shifts..holding at least three boxes and a few bags hooked over his arm
<Dr Thomas> Move and your dead...
* Mondo_Gecko stops...shaking
<Dr Thomas> and that would be a real shame, because there's so much more we can learn with you alive....
<Dr Thomas> but a dead lizard might have to do..
* Mitch lopes through the living room and assists, getting two of the boxes off the pile and holding them, one pair of arms each
<Diana> {{When you were captured..}}
<Mondo_Gecko> ::.....yea...::
* Diana clecnhes her jaw angerily*
<Mondo_Gecko> ....I'll go with you if you let her go..
* Dr Thomas looks up and laughs a little* ..heh..goodnes...on the contrary Shawn...your in no position to be making deals
* Klork erfs, now able to see
<Dr Thomas> I'm sick of playing these games..
<Klork> Thanks .. much appreciated...
<Mitch> "Yeah, nandemo dai... where do these go?"
* `Ryu glides around .. circling the city .. watching the people below..
<Klork> eh, kitchen table for now .. got some things for the kitchen..th' rest is for Mo' n' Brenna..
* Mitch nods and heads into the kitchen, setting the boxes down... he glances towards the door. "Anything else out there?"
<Klork> Nah..I think I got it all .. so where is everybody at..?
* Diana shakes her head lightly, fists clenching* Who do you work for exactly? What do you want with him?
<Dr Thomas> ahh..technically..we own him
<Mitch> He shrugs. "Out, I guess. Or asleep. Or, y'know, both."
<Dr Thomas> ..Shawn was our ....accidental creation
<Diana> Ne...baka...no one owns him...he is his own person...
<Klork> Ahhh..*nods*
* Dr Thomas blinks and laughs* You call that a person?
* Klork pulls out a few necessities for the kitchen .. including a new wok ..
<Mitch> "Hey, what're you up to tonight? Got anything planned?"
* `Ryu shifts..blinking when she spots the commotion, deciding to check it out..circling the area..
* Mondo_Gecko swallows...wishing Diana would just go...save herself...
* Diana crosses her arms, eyes sparking red and fangs extending* You call yourself a person?
<Dr Thomas> ...that's neither human..nor mutant... a genetic accident.. and we have to study it ..and clean it up before it goes and recreates itself..
<Mondo_Gecko> *w* Diana...
* `Ryu glides down to a roof top .. she can't really blend to shadows due to being completely white .. perched as she watches..
* Dr Thomas lowers the gun, pointing it at Neko's head as she lays, unconsious..and unknowing
* Diana doesn't seem to hear Mondo, looking about ready to leap at the doc, going completely vamp*
* `Ryu lifts her hands, automatically deciding she doesn't like Dr. Dick, and sends a cool breeze down in aim to freeze his hand to the gun
* He fires but misses his target as his hand sticks to the gun with the sudden cold*
<Thomas> GAH!!
* Mitch waits for his response, one pair of arms folded, the other tucked into pant pockets.
<Klork> Eh..nothing' planned to be honest..*unloads groceries.* Why?
* Diana takes the opportunity to leap at the dog and grab him in a powerful embrace, poising her fangs just over his jugular, sending a mental message out to the guards* {{Move and your doctor will be drained lifeless...}}
* `Ryu just grins ...
* A black car screeches on the other side of the ally from the van, behind Mondo and Diana and the door is flung open, a thing blond woman in a doctors coat screeming* Come on!! GET IN!
* Mondo_Gecko blinks and then looks back
<Mondo_Gecko> .......
* The guards freeze and back up...mutants they'e delt with...demons no..
* `Ryu shifts, gliding down to a fire escape, perching on it...
* Dr Thomas hisses* "What are you"
<Mitch> "Well, if you feel like it, I was gonna head down to Times Square and take some pictures... was hoping you could put us up on top of some buildings with your, y'know, your portal thingies, to get a different angle on it all."
* Mondo_Gecko looks back to Diana
* Klork chuckles, shrugging
* Diana allows her teeth to barely puncture his skin* {{Your worst nightmare}}
<Mondo_Gecko> :: ..I'll get the cat... come on...lets get outta here::
<Diana> {{Hai...}}
* `Ryu casts a small thin line of flame at the hand stuck to the gun .. aiming to get him to drop it this time
<Klork> Sures .. couldn't hurt .. just lemme put all this stuff away first..*smirks..stocking the cupboards with lucky charms*
* Mondo_Gecko reaches down and picks up the unconsious body in his arms and runs to the car, climbing in the back
* Diana suddenly slams the dog's head into the wall, as Ryu does the flame thing*
<Mitch> "Domo, man... I'll go get my stuff..."
* he drops it, screeming!!*
* Klork chuckles, nodding, taking a few boxes and hiding them in the closet .. wanting to surprise Mo' n' Brenna later on ..
* Klork then tucks into his coat, pulling his gloves on
* Mitch heads upstairs, shrugging into his jacket... he quickly duct-tapes a rangefinder to the bottom of the camera, tucking a notebook and pen into one pocket as he loops the carrying strap over his head. .oO(Christ, I hope they never all get together and compare notes. That would be bad.)
* `Ryu chuckles, watching this, going over to perch on the car quietly .. aiming to keep going unnoticed
* Mitch pulls the hood of the sweatshirt over the back of the jacket, tugging the everpresent baseball cap on and heading downstairs
* Diana dashes into the car*
* Lisa peels off, tires screeching and driving fast away from the scene
<Lisa> Are you guys ok!?
* `Ryu holds on ... to say the least
* Diana slowly returns to normal* Ah...hai...after a few hundred stitches...demo...what just happened?
* Klork looks up
<Klork> Ready..?
<Lisa> They've been hunting him forever..
<Lisa> lets get outta here...I'll explain more when were somewhere safe...is there anywhere that we can go?
<Mitch> "Hai..." *stowing his lower arms under the jacket and wriggling a little into his traditional configuration*
<Diana> Ah...alright...*furrows her brows, looking to Mondo, then back to Lisa, hesitently giving directions to the Asylum...*
<Mondo_Gecko> ....why are you helping us??
<Lisa> ...they were going to kill neko...they were going to kill you... I've had enough..
* `Ryu kinda .. goes with...clinging for dear life .. praying that this chick slows her driving..
* Klork chuckles .. heading for the door
<Klork> s'go..
* Lisa screeches into the back ally of the asylum and drives teh car into a shadowy area*
* Mitch heads out, tugging the cap a little lower and heading uptown with Klork, for in this place uptown is towards Times Square :P
<Lisa> come on...lets get inside..lets get this cleaned up
* Diana nods, leading the way out of the van and to the back door, starting to look a bit pale*
* Mondo carries Neko in with him, shaking from exhaustion..
* Klork goes with .. walkin' with..they barely miss Mondo, Lisa, Diana & Neko
* `Ryu lets go of the car, flapping up to get to the roof..
<Mondo_Gecko> Hello!?
* HappyLittleMoron comes down the stairs, blinking...
* Mitch quietly checks his camera as they go, jacking in a fresh roll of film
<HappyLittleMoron> Holyshit!
* Mondo_Gecko sinks down finnaly under the weight of the cat
* `Ryu walks downstairs slowly after, as if nothing happened..
<`Ryu> Wha's goin' on?
<Mondo_Gecko> Diana??
* Mondo_Gecko looks back to see if she's alright
<Mitch> *they arrive, just to make things simple* "Okay... start with the Tower..." He gestures towards a structure that easily hits fifty stories. "Can you put us up top from an alley or something?"
* Klork shrugs, shifting to cross the street
* Diana kinda gives him a lethargic look*
<Klork> Does jello jiggle?
* `Ryu arches her brows..
<`Ryu> S'nae a good thing, aye?
* Mondo_Gecko drops Neko on the ground
* Lisa goes to Diana* Sit down..
<Mitch> He chuckles, following.
<HappyLittleMoron> Gah...ok...everybody sit down...*shakes her head to Ryu and sighs a little as Diana just sinks down where she's standing*
* `Ryu furrows her brows
<`Ryu> Es' ther' a way ah' kin 'elp?
* Klork gets to the alley, opening a portal to where he requested
<Klork> You first. *smirks*
* Mondo_Gecko pulls himself over to her
<Mondo_Gecko> Diana....jesus..
<Mitch> "Domo..." He tugs the hood up over his head in anticipation of the wind shear at that altitude, and ducks through. "...I think."
* Klork chuckles, hands pocketed as he follows
* Mitch steps out onto the skeletal rooftop of the Times Square Tower, no more than a foot from the edge... he staggers a little, catches his balance, and looks down
* HappyLittleMoron manafests the fiiirst aid kit...looks to Ryu and Lisa...* Heh...if either of you know first aid...or stitching...feel free...
* Mitch pales and takes a step backwards, then half-turns and hits the wall of an air duct, clutching it and breathing hard. "-oh Jesus."
* Klork sits on the ledge, glancing over at him
<Klork> Hey, could be higher.
<`Ryu> Ah know t' stitch, aye .. got a needle n' thread then?
* Lisa nods grabs Mondo and suddenly he skids back into a wall, eyes looking terrified, his breathing sounding raspy and squeeky*
* HappyLittleMoron nods and hands out the stuff..
* Mitch swallows, ducking his head against one arm. Muffled, shakily, "You k-know how I c-came to the Asylum?"
<HappyLittleMoron> Gah...ok...uhm....miss...take care of Diana...Mondo, y'know I won't hurt ya...
* `Ryu blinks ..
* Klork nods
* `Ryu heads over to Diana .. , crouching
* Mondo_Gecko keeps trying to back up even though he's already at the wall, his claws clickerclacking on teh ground!
<`Ryu> Allo'...y'alrigh'?
<Lisa> Shawn!
<Klork> I was there .. yeah..
<Mitch> "I, I've discovered I d-don't like heights. Well. Heights I don't c-care about. Depths fucking BUG me."
* Mitch forces himself upright, closing his eyes and taking long, hard breaths.
* Diana sorta gives Ryu a dulled look...nodding a little* <q> Hai...just...need a few pints of blood and some stichwork...
* Mondo_Gecko 's eyes finnaly cross and he passes out, thudding back on the ground
<HappyLittleMoron> Gyah...
* HappyLittleMoron sets to work...
* Lisa_Feildings sighs and kneels down and starts stitching slowly
<Klork> Well .. to make you feel better ..
<Klork> I can open a portal if ya freak ..
<Mitch> "...I'll be okay. I've got to handle this. I've got to."
* Diana just kinda quietly watches...in pain but not showing it*
* `Ryu stitches, crouched..
<`Ryu> 'Ow kin' Ah get y' the blood y' need?
<Lisa_Feildings> I think he's had all the excitment he can take in one night
<Klork> Okie doke..
* Diana smiles feintly* I will replenish on my own...later...domo...
* Mitch slowly slides the camera strap from his shoulder, hands shaking... he swallows, hard, and slaps one hand against the side of the duct, forcing it to be still.
<Mitch> .oO(Get. A. Grip.)
<`Ryu> A'righ.*finishes her up, cleanin*
<Diana> Domo..
* Lisa_Feildings looks up from stitching Neko
<Lisa_Feildings> ..is there a place where I can put her?
<Klork> YOu eh'...need help Mitch? *glances over, kinda dangling his feet*
* Mitch ratchets the film forward, and takes a tiny step away from the safety of the "wall", lips tight as he brings the camera up, flicking on the rangefinder duct-taped to the bottom.
<Mitch> "Iie... domo..."
* `Ryu nods, sitting back
* HappyLittleMoron nods* Uhhm...we have a room...first floor...who are you and she...?
<`Ryu> Ah' take et' Domo means "thank ye' aye?
* Diana nods...* Hai..
* Lisa_Feildings sighs
<Lisa_Feildings> My name is Lisa Feildings..
<Lisa_Feildings> and this is the Neko project..
<`Ryu> Then ye're welcome..d'ye need an'more 'elp..?
* Mitch snaps a shot of the Marriott Marquis... his lower arms unfold, and he pulls a notebook and pen from his pocket, scrawling down the readout on the rangefinder... he continues in this vein, taking maybe a dozen shots of the upper floors and roof of the Marriott, noting the slight range fluctuation each time.
<Lisa_Feildings> manufactured mutant soilder
* Klork watches, brows arched...
* Diana shakes her head a little, shirt still hanging open...she doesn't seem to care*
* HappyLittleMoron blinks
<Klork> Gosh ... never knew the Marriott was so interesting ..
* HappyLittleMoron 's eyes narrow* Lotta that goin' around...
* `Ryu stands, reaching over to snag the blanket from the couch, draping it over her..
<`Ryu> Better...?
* Diana blinks and nods* Hai...domo...*smiles feintly*
<`Ryu> Y'need 'elp t' yer room or somthin'?
* Lisa_Feildings blinks
<Lisa_Feildings> there is?
<HappyLittleMoron> Well...take 'er upstairs...then I want the full story...I'm HLM...Diana...*nods to Diana* Owns this place with me...
<Lisa_Feildings> ...this is the only one we were aware of
<Mitch> "It's the architecture. Miracle of m-modern engineering." He points a less-than-steady hand across the square to another building. "The Conde Nast, kudasai..."
* Lisa_Feildings smiles faintly to Diana
<Lisa_Feildings> ..alright
* Diana nods a little and tries standing, very wobbly*
<Klork> Yea yea..sure ..*shakes his head* Just looks like a building to me.
* `Ryu helps her, quite strongly holding her up
* Mitch steps away from the edge, leaning against the duct and flicking off his glasses, rubbing his eyes hard as he waits for Klork to open the portal to the Conde Nast
<Lisa_Feildings> ..I don't think I can..
* Diana goes with...
* HappyLittleMoron blinks a little...* Heh? *goes to help...demeaner haviing cooled quite a bit*
* Lisa_Feildings gets her thin arms around Neko and pulls her limp form into a sitting position
* Lisa_Feildings gets Neko's feet..
<Lisa_Feildings> ...now I wish Shawn was awake..
* Lisa_Feildings sighs
<Lisa_Feildings> maybe it's better than he wern't right now
<Lisa_Feildings> ...with her here
* `Ryu helps her up to her room, pushing her door open
<`Ryu> Ye'll be alrigh'..aye?
* Klork shrugs, opening it before him
<Klork> S'there..
<HappyLittleMoron> heh..
* Mitch pushes on the glasses and steps through the portal... the wind suddenly shifts direction as he re-emerges, but this time he's ready for it and leans into it, stepping away to let Klork through.
* Lisa_Feildings helps Pull Neko into the spare room and leaves her on the bed
<Lisa_Feildings> ..I'd better explain all of this to you..
* Klork follows, sitting on the ledge again
<Mitch> .oO(That... REALLY... makes me nervous.)
Session Close: Thu Mar 28 23:35:04 2002
