Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 4, 2011 14:09:34 GMT -5
In the midst of winter, the Temple of Kayjun held some type of festival at its snowy vicinity, right at the neck of the woods encircling it. They had set up small stalls with lights and bright decorations all around. Some give out small handicrafts, some sell traditional musical instruments, some even cook things to hand in to the locals dropping by.
Sean watched from above, right on the rooftop of the temple, his eyes void of emotions. Though the festival is definitely loud with the music they played and the appetizing smell let out from one of the food stalls, the little boy held a fixed gaze downwards without even thinking of hunger or fun. He's not even here for the festival, he just attends because he heard a lot of people will come here to celebrate whatever it is they're celebrating.
He's actually searching for someone. Someone out of a trillion human beings in this world, so there's basically only a 1% chance of him finding this man, but the 8-year-old won't give up. He will keep searching until he's 15, because that's the age when he has to go back to his mother. That's a part of the agreement.
Sean's eyes narrowed slightly. His mother... He sometimes wondered if that woman would ever genuinely like him, considering his face resembles the man she hates the most. The little boy sighed, a cloud of vapor hovered out of his mouth.
"Why does the world work like that, Celeste..?" he asked the large white owl perched on his right shoulder. Sean viewed the bird as his imaginary company, basically because nobody else can see it except him. Of course, the boy had no idea that owl is actually a spirit he had unknowingly summoned. "The one person that I ever care about...the only one I have in this world, doesn't even want to see my face.."
Sean paused, now spotting a little girl with her mother sharing a snack while laughing at their dog about something. "I was so close.." He just focused to stare at them now, "..So close to disorient my face... To claw it..or...smash my face onto a rock.. So that I would look different. And maybe she'll at least look at me.."
Celeste hooted, almost in alarm. "But you stopped me, Celeste. ...I'm not sure if I should thank you or not.."
Being a child that has not ever felt the tiniest tinge of love in his life, of course by this time a tear or two escaped his blank eyes.
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Post by Dark on Feb 11, 2011 11:12:42 GMT -5
"Ahh... what a nice way to spend this special event..."
A content sigh escapes the blunt, franks, perverse violet haired guy as he observes the place. An event, a festival occurs on this village. Wearing a dark cloak suit that still hug his manly body, it suits his perfect demeanor. "Ah, right... I can feel the warmness later on," he murmured as Wiz, suddenly pops up from his cloak suit; he raised an eyebrow and smirks at his dearest pet.
"Ah Wiz, want to have some fun as well? But I must say I kinda need your cute face from the girls..." he let out, Wiz still stayed on where he was and look at Dark and smiled cutely. He deep chuckle escapes his throat. "So now... who's the perfect match to this special festival?" he asked to no one, feeling excited as his eyes roamed the whole place cheerily. Searching for some women clad in a sexy warm clothes that hugs perfectly well of their body.
Striding his way at the center, he didn't even notice a boy to where he was walking. Bumping onto him, he suddenly stop and glanced down at the boy; he blinked owlishly and confused, does this boy glared at him? It's almost as if the boy is really glaring at him. He quirk an eyebrow, "Oya.... sorry for the bumping," he let out, suddenly continuing to walked, but something stopped him. He glanced at the white owl that perched on the boy's shoulder.
"Nice owl by the way..." he commented, grinning at the kid as Wiz from his cloak looked at the kid and to the owl; smiling.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 14, 2011 13:23:43 GMT -5
Being tired of feeling sorry for himself, Sean heaved in a sigh and pushes himself of the roof he's currently sitting on. The wind that breezed through in his face as he slides down to the edge of the triangular roof made his tears dried away, and since the snow is thick on the roof, it made him slide slowly, so it won't be too dangerous for an 8-year-old child.
Once the little boy reached the edge of the roof, he hopped down without a single trace of fear, despite that 10 feet fall. Mainly because he knows the snow is thick enough to soften his landing, and it did. Sean stood up after the fall, and began to walk off, getting the sense that the person he's looking for is not here, and there's still snow on top of his head as well as on his scarf and even a smudge of it on his face.
He didn't even bother to clean himself up from the frozen crystals, as he knows its not worth it to waste his energy on something so small like that. But then, he saw someone walking at a fairly fast pace towards him. Sean only managed to widen his eyes and then he was knocked down by this person. Being an extremely small boy, it's very easy for him to be knocked over, so he's used to it.
He's not even angry at this man, but it's probably his deadpan straight face is what makes a person would think he's actually glaring at them. The little boy just looked up at this man, inwardly sighing while standing back up and was just about to continue on his way when...this strange man actually commented about Celeste.
Sean turned around, his eyes slightly widens at the remark, and then those large emerald eyes blinked twice at the man. He noted there's a furry white thing inside the guy's cloak, but he ignored it, and just focused to truly glare at this man's eyes.
"...How could you see the unseeable." He meant that as a question, but his tone sounded rather threatening, that it turned out to be a flat tone. His voice is tiny, but clear enough to be heard.
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Post by Dark on Feb 14, 2011 13:33:03 GMT -5
Dark suddenly stopped, he was about to ignore the kid; but a sudden voice, that kid voice stopped him. A voice that is threatening, and a kid is voicing it all out. A smirk plastered on his face as he faced the boy and looked down on him, "Touche, are we?" he let out, a chuckle escaped his throat as Dark patted the boy's head.
He blink owlishly at the glare of the boy, "Oya... you're being rude. Where are your manners, boy?" he suddenly let out as he looks at the owl and smiled at it. A white feathery owl was perched on the boy's shoulder.
Wiz suddenly poked out his head on the cloak and look at the boy and to the owl. "I'm an amazing man... so don't be surprised about me..." he boasted as he could sense some ladies looking at him. He winks on them, his attention draw unto the girls but noticed the ever so grumpy boy; he laughed. His hardened glare never faded, "It's just simple..." he let out, a smirk plastered on his face.
"I'm not human,"
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 14, 2011 16:14:22 GMT -5
Sean stood his ground. If anybody could see Celeste, then they must be either abnormal, or threatening to take the owl away from him. His eyes are sharp, fixing his gaze to this purple-haired man in front of him with such a glare, it's hard to imagine the intense glower came from a little boy.
"Don't touch me," swiftly, he swatted the guy's hand away after his head was being patted. Being physically beaten-up consistently by his own mother, Sean is not a fan in people touching him, perhaps it traumatized him to the point that he developed a fear of it.
The child gritted his jaw when the man pointed out of his rudeness, to which Sean shrugged off. Though when the guy directed his gaze to Celeste, the little boy panicked slightly. He's not used to anyone staring at his owl, heck even seeing her, that's when he noticed that little furry white thing again popping out of this man's cloak. His eyebrows creased slightly.
For the moment when this man was distracted, Sean took his time staring at the little creature hiding in the man's cloak, but his attention was shook back towards the man when he answered the question. As in cue, Celeste crooned, flapping her wings to back away slightly before settling on the boy's other shoulder with another hoot.
The answer honestly surprises Sean, but thankfully his face was kept in that straight state so he didn't give much hint of how surprised he is. "How would you feel..." instead of responding of the man's inhuman species, Sean shot him a question, "...if someone snatched that away from you?" He has motioned his eyes to the little critter inside that dark cloak of the man.
Sean had come up with a simple theory. Since that furry white thing is hidden inside the man's cloak, the little boy figured he treasures it. Same concept with Celeste here, if anyone could see the owl, then Sean's defenses heightens considerably, since Celeste is more than precious to him.
"If you're not human, then what is the reason of you being here?" Sean's not a normal child, no. A normal child would ask, 'if you're not human, then what are you?'. Though this little boy cloaked in an oversize black cloth doesn't seem like he care to know what species this man is, the reason is what's important.
"If it involves Celeste, then I would have to take action against you."
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Post by Dark on Feb 14, 2011 20:12:29 GMT -5
Dark's was taken aback when the kid swatted away his hand from him. He stood formally, smirking as he nodded to himself. "I see," he murmured as he shrugged his shoulders. His dark purple red eyes was tempting to tease the boy until he got frustrated. A chuckle emitted from his throat, why the sudden interest from the boy? He might get accused of being a pedophile. "You boy... is easy to be frustrated. Temper... temper,"
He sighed, looking down at Wiz that suddenly pops up his head out of the cloak; he smiled knowingly. His attention suddenly turns toward the boy, he was amused to say the least that this boy in front of him is grumpy. Ah, he remember such guy who's grumpy and such; smirking to himself, lots of interesting ideas and imagination luring him about the boy and the grumpy guy he knew. And as of that, he haven't heard what the boy is questioning, also due to the people who visited this place.
He looks down, seeing his annoyed look at him, he grinned boyishly as he looked at the place. "I didn't heard ya... maybe repeat that after we go into some restaurant. I'm starving." he let out, was about to walk but suddenly stopped and frown at the kid.
"Y'know kiddo... you're asking questions as if you know who I am..." he started as he let Wiz out, as Wiz went up to his shoulder. "Why don't you introduce yourself first..." he let out, suddenly an idea caught his attention. "Ah, wait... let's go," he let out, ignoring his questions. He holds his hand, not too firm but not too soft for him to let go. Ignoring all his rants and loud profanities of letting his hand go, he dragged him to a fine ramen shop nearby; grinning childishly.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 15, 2011 6:57:14 GMT -5
'Frustrated..??' If he could laugh, then he would. Frustration is only the very BASE of what he's feeling right now when the guy commented of his temper. In all honesty, he really wanted to kick this man's shin.
"He's not focusing..." Sean whispered, more to Celeste than himself actually, while still glaring at this man. The little boy wasn't that patient though, he was so close to just ditch this guy silently while the man was distracted by something.
The little boy stayed silent when the guy's attention was back to him, and he said he didn't hear him. 'I KNOW,' Sean almost yelled at him, but the idea of 'we' and 'restaurant' rendered Sean speechless at how random this man's attention is. So the child just focused on his next statement to regain back his focus.
"No, I'm asking question because I like to know the answers," he snapped sharply, as if wanting to know all about this man is a ridiculous notion. The glare on his face lessen when he saw that little creature from inside the guy's cloak scurried up to his shoulder, and for a moment he wondered what kind of animal that is since he's never seen one before.
"Wait, go?" And before he knew it, this man had already took hold of Sean's hand. "Hey!!" It's probably the first time the child used a fairly high tone, or even yelling. "Let go!" And for once, Sean acted like a real child, as if wanting to break free from a parent's grasp. He tried to struggle and pull out his hand, but this odd man just kept walking right towards a random food shop.
"Just because you're hungry, doesn't mean I am!" Sean countered while Celeste hooted, staying on the boy's shoulder all this while. Though, his stomach disagrees of his spoken words right on cue with a rumble.
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Post by Dark on Feb 15, 2011 20:03:06 GMT -5
Dark still ignored all the profanities and runts of the kid, he just enjoyed playing with everyone's mind. A chuckle erupted on his throat as he took a sit just in front of the Cashier, he grinned, noticing its a lady. "What a lucky day it is!" he let out, looking at the lady with such an intense look. He suddenly noticed that he still grips on the kid, once the kid sat down next with him; he smirks. "Well then kid... could you tell me your name and you can go ballistic with the questions..."
He look at the kid knowingly, once he could hear a grumble of stomach. "And you say not hungry, eh?" he shook his head as he ordered. "2 bowls of ramen beef noodles, and get some breads as well," he let out, then winking at the cashier girl. He leaned at his seat and look at the kid, who still is unwilling to tell his name.
"Boy, if you want to ask questions. You are willing to take chances of telling your name. No one could trust you if you go being stubborn." He glanced at Wiz who started to go down from his shoulder and to the table; the little said bunny-like look at the kid with curiousity. Then a smile was lifted on the said bunny-like.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 16, 2011 6:52:03 GMT -5
Sean swore he had dragged so many snow inside the ramen shop while trying to struggle out of this man's grip. He tried so hard till his frustration grew into anger, and he was so close to bite this guy's finger off, but Celeste hooted when Sean was bearing his teeth.
Celeste isn't on his shoulder anymore, but flying around him, trying to remind the little boy to not loose his head. Sean understood the owl's message, and grunted. Not long, his hand was freed once he had forced himself to sat down on the seat next to the man, and the boy's face had never been that sour when he glared holes into this guy.
"I don't need your sympathy," Sean snapped after he heard Dark ordered 2 bowls...or maybe the guy eats a lot and both the bowls were for him. Celeste flew up and landed on Sean's shoulder, yet again reminding the little boy to not get lost in his anger.
So, the black-haired closed his eyes, taking in the smell of the winter winds to calm himself...but the only thing he could smell at the moment are noodles and ramen, so his stomach grumbled more. He opened his eyes and immediately fixed them into a glare again, still not attaining his inner peace, but then that thing on the man's shoulder scampered off on the table, and what's surprising is Sean thought the little critter just smiled at him.
That did it. That calmed him.
"My name is not 'boy' nor 'kid', it's Seance Reinhardt," he said it with such a mature air, it's hard to believe this child is an 8-year-old. "Not like I care, but who are you supposed to be?" By the tone he's using, he really does seem like he doesn't care. Though, his glare had at least softens when Celste let out a short melodious tune, "..And this is Celeste."
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Post by Dark on Feb 17, 2011 10:11:10 GMT -5
Dark eyed the kid and shook his head, the kid and him is way too different. They're the exact opposite. But what they say... opposite attracts. "Kiddo, I'm not into sympathy and empathy. It's not my line, I'm just being courteous." he bluntly let out as their food came in. He placed the other bowl in front of the kid and the other on his front.
Dark gets the bread and placed it on Wiz, whom gladly ate the bread; and the other chunk just beside the bowl of the kid. So that the Owl would somehow eat. He tastes the soup and moaned in content, "What a great food is this!" he happily let out as he take the chopsticks and started to eat. Though his attention, his hearing is at the kid's.
He paused from eating when the boy, well Seance, finally introduced his self; grudgingly. He chuckled at the look the boy is giving him, Seance also introduces his owl named as Celeste. He smiled at the owl. "A beautiful name for a unique owl." he complimented at the owl as he suddenly glanced at Seance, was that jealousy forming on the kid's eyes? He shook his head, nah... the kid is too young to know what jealousy really is... or is he?
"Hmm... finally opening up, squirt?" he taunted as he laughed at the furious kid. "I'm Dark... or so they call me as Kaitou Dark, or Phantom Thief Dark." he let out, not minding the so called names given upon by him by humans. "Humans are such a unique beings... they have this given nicknames towards each and everyone..." he added as he took a full of noodles and ate it. He suddenly looked at Wiz, "And this is Wiz by the way..."
Wiz, upon hearing his name called, look at Dark then to Seance and smiled cutely at him. "So, Celeste can only be seen by people who have ability or other beings?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow. "She's not an ordinary animal, right?"
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 18, 2011 7:06:32 GMT -5
Sean arched a brow at his courteous comment. Is it really a courtesy to be dragging someone to treat dinner without asking? Probably, in this man's dictionary. He looks like one of those relaxed rebellious types, and the little boy has no idea how accurate his guess is.
Celeste's eyes followed the bread that the guy had put beside Sean's bowl once the ramen has arrived, and it crooned when Dark complimented her name. Sean's eyebrows creased even deeper, "She said thank you, for the bread. But Celeste doesn't eat," he then raised one of his little arms and waved it at his shoulder, passing through Celeste's body like its a hologram. "She's my imaginary friend, so of course I named her fittingly."
It's odd to have someone being able to see his imaginary friend, but Sean doesn't know Celeste's real origin; a spirit of some sort in the form of an owl he had unknowingly summoned. His attention was then drawn back from Celeste to the guy, who just introduced himself as Dark.
"Dark..? As in shadows and blackness?" He can't help but finding that name as strange, but then again, Sean's own name held its own level of strangeness too. Before he has the chance to think of it any further, Dark introduces the white little creature.
The black-haired boy blinked curiously at Wiz, and then was surprised to see it smiling. "...Can I poke it?" Now actually behaving like a true child, Sean ignored his food and was driven away by his curiosity. He has already answered Celeste being his imaginary friend earlier, so he refuse to acknowledge Dark's questions.
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Post by Dark on Feb 19, 2011 0:31:40 GMT -5
Dark look at him amusely as Seance moved his arms at Celeste, it's true... an imaginary friend for a kid like him. Unique but almost usual. Kids have imaginary friend. But as for Seance, he can actually summoned it as if it's no big deal. And those with ability to see unusual things have made Celeste be visible.
Dark look at Celeste, acknowledging her grateful. An imaginary friend who is always there for the kid. He now wonders, how could this boy easily summoned such a friend, an owl as of that; doesn't he have parents? He shrugged his shoulders, he never were the accused one; so he left that thought without argument.
He suddenly look at Seance, once interpreting his name; he chuckled. "Yes, as in nothingness, void, black, raven and anything else that is synonymous at the word Dark." he answered with an amuse smirk. "But of course, I am nothing compared to those words."
He laughed at Wiz then to Seance who seems to act just as what aged he was. He nodded as Wiz went up near the ramen bowl at Seance way and smiled cutely. "Hmm, Wiz seems to like you. He likes everyone, so your no exception; since you're you."
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 19, 2011 16:12:56 GMT -5
Sean's lips formed a smile when he watched the little creature --Wiz, he reminded himself-- moving towards his untouched bowl of ramen. The little boy would almost poke Wiz, as he already has his finger readying to do so, but then Dark spoke of Wiz's habit of liking everyone.
"What is Wiz..? A rabbit? ...A mole?" He questioned, it's so small and odd-looking for an animal. "Well, whatever he is, he looks nice," Sean concluded with a small nod, now moving his finger on Wiz's head and sort of ruffle the thing with a finger. After that, the little boy turned to Dark with a straight face, "Unlike you."
Celeste suddenly hooted, its beak pointing towards the bowl of ramen meant for Sean. "Oh, right. I almost forgot, thank you, Celeste." Just like that, the boy turned his body completely facing the table and focuses on his food. Now the only problem is, Sean has no idea how to eat ramen. So the boy just simply dipped his hand inside the hot soup to reach the noodles, but then yelped and pulled his hand back, shaking it in pain.
Obviously, it's the first time he encountered food called ramen. Maybe that's why he shot Dark a glare, just to yell, "How am I supposed to EAT this?!"
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Post by Dark on Feb 21, 2011 10:42:03 GMT -5
Dark raised an eyebrow at Seance question, he look over at Wiz who seems to enjoyed Seance petting on him. He shrugged his shoulders as he ate his ramen with a chopstick. "Beats me..." he let out, slurpring his noodles. "You humans have different types to call them. Identify them as you want, as long as you don't hurt him..." it was a statement, and at the same time an order.
Even in his rude acts, feisty remarks, a sex machine... he was still kind all along, especially at Wiz, since Wiz is where his power kept. He smiled proudly at Wiz just as Seance commented how nice the white fluffied being. He was just about to remark on that, but Seance beat him to it. He facepalm and shook his head, "Ah wrong, kiddo..." he smirks and shaking his head. "I am nothing but bad, see for yourself, hmm?" he grinned at him boyishly as he once again eat his noodles.
Though, what stop him from eating is how Seance ate his noodles. He suddenly burst out laughing as Seance look at him flustered and in embarrassment; he don't know how to used chopsticks. He have tears in his eyes due to the amusement he've got to the kid. "That's a noodles. Ramen is a Japanese Noodles, and they used chopsticks..." he introduced the food with little details.
"You can used the spoon or fork... wait," he informed, snickering as the boy still is flustered. He saw spoon and forks that was sterilized in an aluminum holder of the said kitchenware. He gets the spoon and fork and handed it to the kid. "There... now go eat it,"
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Feb 22, 2011 14:12:58 GMT -5
Dark's remark reminded Sean that the guy isn't human, so the little boy frowned. Not because he was reminded of the fact, more of because Dark didn't answer his question accurately. "Then tell me a word, any word, of what YOU call his type," the way he said it pretty much give insights that Sean takes great importance on answers, and especially dislike vague ones.
"I didn't say you're bad," the little boy countered, slightly hurt Dark had misinterpreted his words, "I said you didn't LOOK as nice as Wiz is." At the mentioning of Wiz, Sean tilted his head to point at the creature. Wiz is cute and lovable, but this guy is something else. Though he's probably right that he isn't half-bad, Sean has his doubts. Mainly because the boy does not like that grin of his.
When Dark suddenly began to burst into laughter, Sean was still shaking his hand in pain of touching such a hot soup. He was tempted to jump off the stool to go outside and dip his hand inside the pile of snow. In all honesty, the little boy wanted to just kick this guy out of his chair, but all he could do is to glare and glare and burn holes at Dark.
When the man finished laughing, he was kind enough to offer Sean some information regarding the food. And also introduced the kid to new words. "...Chop..sticks..?" Though, Dark left him to fetch a pair of spoon and fork before he managed to ask that, and later frowned when the man handed to him the tablewares.
Thankfully, he has encountered spoons and forks on the journey from his home to here, so Sean is determined he won't embarrass himself.
After Dark ordered him to eat it, the little boy just slowly turned back to the ramen on the table and stared at it with a fork and a spoon on each of his little hands. A thought struck in his mind... 'How does people eat this all hot and steamy, and not hurt their tongue?!'[/b]
He watched Dark devouring his ramen, and the man looked just fine. Sean turned back to his own bowl, his eyebrows beginning to knit together at how strange this food is. He never ate warm food before, since he grows in an iceland, everything's frozen solid, including food.
Suddenly, an idea dawned on him. Sean slips out of his stool, took the ramen bowl with his hands inside his cloak as he holds it so the heat won't hurt his hands, walked outside the ramen shop and places the bowl on a large lump of snow just outside of the door.
He then presses the bowl into the snow, though not too deep that the snow would get inside the bowl, just enough to cool the whole thing down. Smiling, the child then brings out the spoon and fork Dark had given him earlier, sat down beside the lump of snow, then began to eat the not-so-warm ramen contently.
His strange manner must have attracted quite a lot of attention to him.[/color]
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