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Jul 14, 2012 17:04:51 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Jul 14, 2012 17:04:51 GMT -5
"Oh, Chariot! Your golden waves are walking down, upon this face. Oh, Chariot! I'm singing out loud. To guide me. Give me your strength..."
His voice echoes inside the empty coloseum, the only witness to his performance is the dark night skies above him. Duo is alone at the center of the large coloseum, but he's not lonely at all. Duo is never lonely when he's playing his keyboard.
Many people have died in this arena of death, he can feel it. Dried blood are everywhere on the ground, but the darkness of the night had shielded Duo's eyes from witnessing it. Still, the lad had entered through one of the opened gates without much trouble and was instantly reminded of an old song he used to love.
So there he sat, comfortable at the center of the arena, his keyboard on his lap, and his voice serenading along with the music he created. "You'll be my vacation away from this place..."
"You know what I want, holding that cup! It's pouring over the sides~ Makes me wanna spread my arms and fly~!"
Perhaps it was the architecture of the building that made his voice echoes almost magically inside this coliseum. He wasn't even singing that loud, but he loves how his voice echoes inside this building and continues singing, his fingers still dancing beautifully against the keys of his trusty keyboard.
"Give me your strength..chariot! Give me your strength...chariot! Give me your strength, oh Chariot...!" His fingers presses the last key even after his voice stops, and finally halts into a gentle stop as he slides his hands away from the keys smoothly.
Duo smiled down at the glimmering keys of his keyboard, thanks to the moon's shine. Then he looks upwards towards the open sky, the sea of stars made his smile grows into a toothy grin. "Look at that.... Even the stars like Gavin DeGraw.." Laughing at his own joke, his laughter echoed just as loud as when he's singing.
"I wish there's a chariot for all of us."[Original version can be listened here. Thread open to anyone~]
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Aug 1, 2012 18:15:37 GMT -5
Post by Ria on Aug 1, 2012 18:15:37 GMT -5
Ria entered Pax Rex, an enormous colliseum with a dark history. She felt a little sorrowful over the tragic past this colliseum had held for many. She held her hands together at her chest and closed her eyes for a moment to respect the fallen.
She wondered as she wandered into Pax Rex what had driven the people of the past to build such a place where people would be slaughtered in sport. Ria felt a sense of pity towards the lives of those who had such wickedness inside of them that they enjoyed such gory scenes. Her expression was solemn as she stared at the ground a moment longer before advancing further inside the structured.
Ria stared up at the sky from times to time as she walked, finally settling herself down in a seat at the back to relax for a moment. She clasped her hands together and lowered her head again with her eyes closed. She did not pray, for such things felt uncomfortable to her due to the influence of her father in her past. She simply thought and contemplated over the thousands of lives that had passed through this building.
She felt so focused that a small light began to glow around her hands before the sound of a voice and some type of instrument broke her concentration. Her eyes shot open and she lifted herself finally, looking down towards the person in the center of the colliseum. His voice echoed beautifully in the room and a small blush crept across Ria's face both from the surprise and the beauty of his voice and the song he was singing.
As Ria began to feel a strange sensation pulsing in her heart, she covered it with her hands. She listened to his song with wide eyes and pink cheeks, completely focused on the person far away from her but with a sound carrying all the way to the back of the colliseum where she sat.
As he came to a stop, Ria realized that she had been taking more shallow breaths than usually and began to calm herself to breath deeper. As she did so, she closed her eyes for a moment and smiled. She then directed her smile toawrds the boy and stood from her chair. She ran down the stairs as quickly as her small frame could carry her, hoping to meet this boy before he left and express to him her feelings of his song.
When she grew nearer but perhaps not within range of sight due to the dark of the night, Ria began to clap as she ran. Although she could have moved herself faster if she created wings with her power of light, she felt uncomfortable with revealings to others right away that she had powers at all. It tended to cause a lot of people to dislike her due to this oddity which had caused her to be cautious.
Her smile grew even slightly more as she neared him, stopping her clapping as she feared she would trip. She finally began to slow down about ten feet away and waved to him as she slowed to a stop only a few feet away with a near radiant smile on her face. She clasped her hands together and held them against her chest, both to calm herself and in hopes of having the gesture itself express her gratitude for his song.
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Post by Duo on Aug 3, 2012 0:29:34 GMT -5
Duo had no intention to move where he is as he's feeling quite relaxed sitting cross-legged at the center of the coliseum like that, his upper body slanting back with his arms supporting himself from falling.
His blue eyes are wide as he stared at the many stars glimmering above, it's such a beautiful sight, he just wished he can paint this scenery transpiring above him. Then he remembered he can simply just snap a picture of it with his phone.
"Oh, yeah..! Stupid..hahahah..." He whispered to himself as he tried to reach his back pocket and slipped out his phone. Duo is already pointing it upwards to the sky when he suddenly heard a noise.
Lowering down his arm, he turned his attention towards the sound of the clapping and soon find that he's staring at a small young woman rushing towards him. Duo wasn't able to see her too well yet, but when she stopped a distance away from him just right under the perfect light of the moon, Duo's eyes widened slowly.
"Cute..!" He said to himself, a little high-pitched than he intended. This time, he remembers he has a phone in his hand, so Duo immediately pointed the phone to her and managed to snapped a picture of her. It looks absolutely perfect, due to the moon's lighting.
"Hai..! I..didn't know someone was here, heh. I'm sorry if I bothered you," Duo began enthusiastically, pulling his keyboard from his lap and sets it beside him, right on top of its black casing. He stood and dusted himself after that, slipping his phone back in his back pocket and gave a wave to the pretty lady.
"I'm Duo! And..heh, I'm happy that you seemed to like my song, haha." There is no way he is not blushing at the sight of such a cute girl in that lighting. "What's your name, miss?"
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Post by Ria on Aug 3, 2012 1:03:00 GMT -5
Ria's face immediately flushed red with her smile as she heard his exclamation of her being cute. She smiled at him still, a little curious of the device he held up as she was not aware of cell phones or the ability to take pictures.
Her face lit up a bit more with her radiant smile as he said hi and went on. When he apologized for bothering her, Ria shook her head 'no' rather enthusiastically. She watched him as he stood up and waved back at her. Ria's clasped hands lowered in front of her, remaining clasped as she smiled happily still.
Her smile seemed to brighten ever so slightly, if possible, as he introduced himself an said that he was happy she liked his song. To this, Ria nodded 'yes' a few times. His next question was where things became awkward for Ria. Her smile faltered slightly and there grew an uneasiness in her eyes as she looked at him and lightly began to bite her lower lip as she wondered if it was okay to show him.
In the next moment, Ria's hands were pressed together in front of her face and her eyes were closed, bending forward ever so slight in a begging manner. Please don't hate me for this." She thought then stood tall, for her short height, and looked up at him again as her arms lowered with a concerned look on her face.
Ria slowly took in a deep breath and raised her right arm as she released it, a nervous blush forming on her cheeks before forcing a small smile to form on her face as well. "MY NAME IS RIA" She wrote in the air using her light powers, the letters remaining for up to ten seconds each before slowly fading away. She wrote so that the letters would be facing Duo properly but appear backwards to herself.
After that, her eyes looked at Duo with a nervous expression as she wondered how he would respond to her ability. Her smile had faltered again and the nervous blush had mostly disappeared as she wrote and waited for his reaction. Many times, she would reveal her abilities in this way and the people she had tried to meet would shun her for being strange or become wary of her as if she were a devil of sorts. Because of this, Ria was always afraid of revealing her abilities to others. Without being able to speak, however, there was not much choice in most cases.
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Aug 5, 2012 22:36:47 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Aug 5, 2012 22:36:47 GMT -5
At first, Duo was so happy that this girl responded to him so animatedly, her expressions and gestures just made him so proud of his keyboard. Though then, this cute girl suddenly looked like she was...begging at him?
"Um.." He raised a hand weakly in concern, about to take back his question if she's not comfortable with it. What transpired next totally made Duo's eyes widened like saucers. It shocked him so much, he backed away, caught one of his heels at the side of his keyboard, and fell with a thud on the ground.
It's a good thing his butt landed on the ground rather than right on top of his precious keyboard. Said keyboard is currently right under his legs. Despite his minor accident, Duo's eyes are still towards the bright letters that was somehow formed in thin air in front of him.
His mouth is as wide as his eyes are as he read the words, the watched in wonder as the words slowly disappeared from his sight. Duo just stayed that way for a moment, then his eyes started blinking and slowly looked back towards the girl, who he assumed was the one who wrote that message.
"..W-Wow." He breathed out. Duo is still not used to this. First was a dragon, and now some sort of...magician? He's still new to these things, that people could look so normal yet having this amazing secrets that is so outside his understanding.
"Wow!" He repeated, now with more vigour. "H-how did you do that..? That's like fireworks..and lasers and..glow sticks combined!" He laughed, now realizing that he actually fell from that amazing performance, grossly mistaking this girl is a magician of sort and is up for a really flashy introduction.
"I like you already! Nice to meet you, Ria!" Being the ever amiable dude that he is, Duo waved cheerfully at the girl as a greeting.
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Post by Ria on Aug 6, 2012 0:30:02 GMT -5
Ria flinched and looked concerned when Duo backed away and tripped but finished writing out her sentence as her body tensed up in fright. Her face flushed a little more in fear and embarrassment as she held her hands together down in front of herself and lowered her head slightly, having a hard time looking straight at him with her worried expression.
His first wow didn't phase her much as it didn't really expression his reaction to it other than surprise. Surprise was normal, but it didn't reveal a positive or negative. At his second wow, she slowly began to feel hopeful and began to pull the edges of her lips back up slightly. Her worried expression still remained.
As he went on about what it looked like then laughed, the worried expression slowly melted off of Ria's face and her smile very slowly grew back into place. He was laughing and happy instead of frightened or angry. Her smile immediately shot open extra wide as he said he liked her and that it was nice to meet her. With her bright and partially illuminated smile, Ria's hands were pressed flat together and raised just at the side of her cheek in joy.
Seeing him wave at her again, Ria waved back with her beaming smile. After that, she then wrote in the air again. "NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL, DUO" When she finished writing, her smile continued to beam happily at him, glad that he had immediately accepted her with her ability.
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Aug 6, 2012 20:15:43 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Aug 6, 2012 20:15:43 GMT -5
"You wrote my naaammee!!" Duo cried out, apparently extremely exhilarated by seeing his name in the form of the pretty light writing that he practically awed at it while still sitting there on the ground.
"That is the best thing I have seen all day." He announced with a laugh, before planting a palm on the soil and stood up. After dusting himself for a while, Duo faces the girl-- Ria, he reminded himself and asked her from the distance.
"What are you doing here, Ria? Are you looking for something, or someone? I mean, I can help if you want." He said with a shrug, then looked up at the moon for a second. It's getting late, he promised Milly he'd return to their temporary renthouse before it's getting TOO late.
'What am I even doing here again..? OH YEAH, to ask around about removing Solo...' He looked back at Ria, considering to ask her about it, but made up his mind that he will soon he gets to know her. What kind of person asks something about removing demons to a cute stranger on their first meeting?
"It's getting late, so I probably have to go in a bit." He said, now crouching down on the ground as he stuffed back his keyboard in its casing, zipped it close, and wore it across his shoulder. "I can walk you to your house. I mean, I won't do anything, I promise. Just walking you back if you let me."
He beamed her another smile as he awaits her answer.
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Post by Ria on Aug 8, 2012 2:44:09 GMT -5
Ria's smile beamed even brighter, if possible, in response to Duo's excitement over her simply writing his name. She clasped her hands together happily in front of her chest as she smiled at him.
Ria's eyes opened a bit more in question as he asked her what she was doing there. She shook her head 'no' with a smile still fixed on her face as he asked her if she was looking for someone. "SIGHT SEEING" She wrote in the air happily in response to his question of what she was doing. She had only been out of Tenka for a short while but had already begun enjoying exploring and sight seeing various places and old architecture.
Ria's smile faltered quite a bit from her bright excited one to a mild and gentle one as he commented on the time getting late and having to go soon. Her head lowered slightly as she looked at the ground. She had only just met this person and he accepted her despite her strange ability, but he already had to go before they even got a chance to talk for much longer.
Not wanting to be depressing, she raised her head back up after a short moment, forcing her smile to grow at least a little bit more again. She had looked back up just in time to catch him looking back at her again after putting away his keyboard.
Her smile grew just a little more as he offered to walk her home. She clasped her hands together down in front of herself and smiled at him with a slight nod. "I AM STAYING AT A HOTEL NEARBY" She wrote in the air. She hesitated slightly afterwards with a bit of a worried expression as she considered writing more.
"HAVE YOU EATEN YET?" She asked in her writing with a worried smile, intending for that to be an invite to join her for dinner. She was alone and didn't really want to just end this night as it was without getting to know her new acquaintance a little bit better.
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Post by Duo on Aug 9, 2012 4:05:51 GMT -5
'Sight seeing?' Duo raised a brow at her answer, wondering how a coliseum could be a place to sight see, especially during night time. Though, the man still held a lopsided grin at how simply cute Ria is. Taking another look at her, now Duo can see how positively unrestrained her smile is and that got him grinning widely too. Cute girls who smiles a lot are his weakness.
While he was packing his keyboard and worrying about Milly, he failed to notice Ria's ceasing smile. He read her message saying that she's staying at a hotel, so Duo nodded in acknowledgement, and that's when he could finally see the hesitation and worry on Ria's face. His eyebrows scrunched up in confusion and just when he's about to ask her what's wrong, she wrote in the air, asking him if he's eaten yet.
Duo blinked at the words, and then turned to her. He was silent for a moment as he thought, and then snapped his fingers in realization. "Ooooohhhh!! I see!!" 'She's sad because I have to go so fast..! We just met-- God, Duo! What are you, a bigger idiot?! Who in the right mind says he has to go after only meeting someone for 2 minutes!' Inwardly slapping a palm over his head, Duo tries his best to repair the damages he caused.
"Actually...no. I don't believe I've eaten yet.." Duo shrugged his shoulder and smiled at her. Then suddenly, he thought of Milly. "One sec!" He told Ria with a hand up while fishing up his phone from his back pocket, flick it open and calls Milly. Turning his side to the girl for a moment, Duo places his phone near his face, waiting for Milly to pick up.
"Yo! Hey, SO sorry I'm so late. There's this really extremely cute girl here with me now, I'm distracted, haha. Anyway, just asking, have you eaten? 'Cause I'm about to ask the girl to eat with me, you wanna join?" For a while, he asked himself if there's even a restaurant open at this time. There must be some noodle stall here or this place being Gradia, the most technologically advanced country, maybe there's a vending machine that gives out a chicken-filled dinner plate.
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Aug 10, 2012 19:50:09 GMT -5
Post by Milly Faye on Aug 10, 2012 19:50:09 GMT -5
Milly was sitting on her bed in the hotel she had set up for her and Duo. She had already finished cleaning her weapons and sat with her arms crossed, glaring at the door as she waited for Duo to return. She was almost tempted to just go out to eat without him since he was taking so long.
Just as she was considering phoning Duo, her phone rang. She didn't even need to check the caller ID to know who it was. Milly opened the phone and brought it to her ear. "Duo!!" She shouted in annoyance, ready to reprimand him for being late until he started talking to cut her off and apologize before she said what he knew she was going to say.
She let out a bit of an annoyed sigh at his apology and heard him going on about a cute girl with him making him distracted. At that, her free hand clenched into a fist and her expression turned angry. As she was about to explode at him for getting distracted from what she had instructed him to do, he asked her if she ate already then talked about planning to eat with the girl he met.
She released her clenched fist and brought that hand up to place over her forehead, annoyed at Duo but held it in for the time being and let out another annoyed sigh instead. "I haven't eaten yet because I was waiting for you to return." She said finally in an annoyed but slightly more relaxed tone of voice.
"Where should I meet you two?" She asked as she crossed her free arm across herself, the other still holding up the phone. Her voice was still relaxing slowly though her expression remained annoyed with him even though he couldn't see it. As she thought about what might be open, she looked through a small brochure that was on the table next to her advertising a twenty-four hour Italian restaurant.
"There's a place called Italy Future just around the corner from the hotel. It's open twenty-four hours a day and you order by computer pad. Most of the servers are specially designed robots with a couple of people overseeing everything. Meet me there, then, in no more than fifteen minutes." She said after a moment, making sure to explain about the technological things, knowing by now that he was very interested in that topic.
Without saying goodbye after her order to meet him there, she hung up and began to pack up her purse. She let out a quiet sigh as her face relaxed a bit more then continued to gather what she considered to be possible necessities in her purse. When she was ready, she headed out the door, making sure the hotel key was in her purse, and headed outside.
Naturally, she was the first of them to arrive at the restaurant. She spoke to a person at the front to ask for a seat and that person directed her to a table set for four. A robot server immediately came to the table and filled all four glasses with clean water and set a complimentary basket of garlic bread sticks on the table.
Milly watched this happen with a surprised look on her face as the robot came and went with efficiency. Impressed, Milly smiled slightly as she looked around the restaurant, waiting for Duo and the cute girl he found to join her.
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Aug 13, 2012 22:41:50 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Aug 13, 2012 22:41:50 GMT -5
It's a good thing that Duo immediately spoke the second he could hear Milly picking up, because by the angry shout of his name that he heard from the other line heavily shows that Milly is currently very angry with him. He had unconsciously pulled his cell away from his ear a bit as he heard her scream, but Duo just kept talking and finally asked her if she had eaten yet.
He could practically tell by the way she sighed that she's annoyed. When Milly said that she was actually waiting for him to return, Duo literally flinched. He bit his lower lip at the thought of a very tired Milly waiting for him to eat together when suddenly he called and talked about treating a cute girl. "Damn.." He whispered silently while bringing a palm up against his face.
Just as Duo's about to apologize for that, Milly cuts in and asked where should they meet. "Aahh...yeah, I'm kinda at the coliseum now, so it's best if--" When suddenly, she offered the name of a restaurant to him. Just hearing more of how restaurant works based on Milly's description, Duo's eyes and mouth widens, and slowly, he's beginning to enter a state of utter exhilaration.
He was just taking a breath to rant on how extremely excited he is to try eating in that restaurant, but then of course Milly had already hung up on him. Slightly pouting that he just got his breath, he vent out his excitement to Ria while snapping close his phone. "Hey Ria, would you like to join me and my friend for dinner?? We're going somewhere called Italy Future~!"
Duo raised his arm to take a look at his wristwatch and winced at the time limit given by Milly, he thought he could just pick up Ria and ran to where the hotel is, but the difficult part being on how to explain this to her. "Uhh... Ria..um.." He already had his hand scratching the back of his head nervously as he walked a bit closer to the girl, then finally lifts up his head to look at her properly and smiled, "I'm worried of my friend, she's probably pretty angry and impatient right now, especially if we're late. So um, if you don't mind, would you like me to give you a piggy back ride? I can run fast, so we both wouldn't be late~"
He tried to explain with the best of his ability and keeping that beaming smile on his face, hoping she wouldn't be freaked out by his strange offer. She's just so small and tiny, Duo bets she doesn't even weight much to burden him down.
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Aug 17, 2012 19:19:47 GMT -5
Post by Ria on Aug 17, 2012 19:19:47 GMT -5
At Duo's proclamation of understanding something, Ria's eyes opened a bit wider in curiousity to what he meant. Her smile began to come back to her face a bit relaxed as he said he hadn't eaten, then surprised as he said for her to wait a second.
Ria watched in curiousity as Duo pulled something out and began talking to someone through a kind of device. She looked at the device with a questioning expression. Having been raised in solitude by her father without much knowledge of things in the world, she was rather unfamiliar with cell phones and most other things.
At being called an extremely cute girl, Ria's face flushed instantly red and she smiled and looked to the side a bit with her hands clasped in front of her. Ria was only mildly aware of romantic relationships and did not think much of the idea as she really only knew so little, so she just felt flattered to be called such things by a new possible friend.
When Duo then said on the phone that he was about to ask her to eat with him, her clasped hands lifted up under her chin in happiness and she beamed a smile towards him. She was also even excited at the possibility of another new potential friend joining as well. When Duo placed a hand on his face and cursed silently, Ria held a confused expression as she lowered her clasped hands again, watching him.
When Ria was then invited to dinner, her clasped hands again moved up under her chin and her smile beamed wide as she nodded her head happily. She was very glad now to be able to spend more time with Duo and even meet another possible new friend.
When Duo looked nervous then, about to ask a question, Ria's clasped hands lowered again and she tilted her head a bit, looking at him with a questioning expression. At being shown a smile again, Ria's face relaxed and she smiled back at him also. As he explained that her friend is angry, Ria began to show a worried expression at that. Until, that is, Duo asked if he could give her a piggy back ride.
Ria's face looked at him with utter confusion at the term, as it was one she had never heard of before. Trying to put it into proper context using his final sentence, Ria then wrote in the air, still looking confused. "YOU MEAN TO CARRY ME?" She asked, unsure if that's what he meant.
A little hesitant to give an answer because she wasn't sure if that's what he meant, Ria then forced a small smile on her face. She felt like, with the context that was in his entire statement, that that was what he had meant. "OK" She wrote after a bit of hesitation with a small, slightly forced smile on her face.
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Aug 26, 2012 13:47:59 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Aug 26, 2012 13:47:59 GMT -5
By now, Duo finally realized that this pink-haired girl always wrote in the air using whatever magic that she has whenever she wishes to communicate with him. His eyebrows creased in confusion as he turned to look at her face now after reading the words in the air.
Though, reminding himself of a very angry Milly in the near future, Duo decided to push whatever bafflement he feels right now to inquire about it later. "Um...yeah. As in carrying you, on my back. I mean, if you're okay with that." This is very awkward, but Duo's not taking any chances not to be due to a pissed Milly lingering in his thought.
He can see how hesitant she seemed of his strange offer at first, so he was just about to rephrase his request, when Ria suddenly agreed with another glowy in the air. "Sweet!!" He fistpumped, then quickly pulls off his keyboard from his back, and wore it so it's in front of him now.
"Okay, climb aboard~" He turned his back against her and knelt on one foot on the ground to make it easier for her to climb on him. "It's okay, as long as you hold on tight, I won't drop you." He gave a weak reassurance and gestured for her to climb on his back.
"I promise you, this might probably be an experience that you can't get everyday." He rarely carries people while he superspeeds, but when the situation calls for it, there's just no choice.
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Aug 28, 2012 23:19:59 GMT -5
Post by Ria on Aug 28, 2012 23:19:59 GMT -5
At Duo's excited reaction to Ria agreeing to let him carry her, her face flushed a bit red with blush. His excitement was different from most and it was rather refreshing. She noticed that there are a lot of negative people in the world who rarely show smiles to others and very few who seem genuinely happy. She smiled brightly with her blushing cheeks at him, glad to now know someone with so much joy inside of him.
Ria felt a little bit awkward but slowly followed Duo's order and carefully climbed onto his back. As she wrapped her arms around him to hold on, she wrote "OK" in the air in front of him to let him know that she understood and was ready. She held onto Duo, her head a little around the side of his so that she could look forward. Her face was blushing pink but she maintained a gentle smile.
Ria had never climbed on someone's back like this before or had ever really been carried to what she remembers. That alone was a new experience that she couldn't get everyday. That is why she didn't think very much that this would be more than simply running faster than she herself could run with her small body.
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Sept 2, 2012 11:52:23 GMT -5
Post by Duo on Sept 2, 2012 11:52:23 GMT -5
He knew it. Ria practically weights next to nothing. As she climbed behind him, Duo wrapped his arms around her lower legs so she won't fall off easily. At her "OK" text written in front of his face, Duo replied with an "Alright," before carefully lifting himself up from crouching, careful not to startle her.
"Ready?" He asked to make sure while steadying his arms. "You MAY be unable to communicate me while I'm running, so if you think you're gonna fall, just tap my cheek or something, mkay?" Duo came up with that in a whim, only now beginning to realize that Ria is mute.
"Okay. I'll start now." He announced, slanting his upper body forward a bit, and then took a step. "Ready!" Then he took another step. "Set!" By the third one, Duo's already grinning as he settled his whole weight onto that one foot, his upper body slanting a little bit more forward to make it easier for him to sprint through the winds, and... "Go!"
With a strong push of his leg, Duo shoots out of sight like a human piston. Everything around them is a speeding blur that it's impossible to tell what kind of objects that passed them, especially in the dark of the night like this.
The street lights look like blurred horizontal lines passing them, the streets looks like it's melted under Duo's feet, and it is utterly astonishing how Duo can even see where he's going with how fast he's moving.
The wind feels like an impact of a couple of propellors rotating right in front of their faces that any loose hair could easily be pushed back with such a force. Duo is superspeeding, and it's a good thing he's carrying Ria at night time now, if it were during the day, the rushing colors of the scenery around them zooming past with such a speed would possibly make her or anyone else he's carrying having an epilepsy attack.
He tooks turns smoothly since he's carrying Ria now, and he didn't want inertia to knock her off. Duo usually likes taking sharp turns and twists as practice of his agility, but this time he's just making fluid turns like dirfting a car.
By the time that he could see the glowing neon sign of his hotel about a hundred feet away from him thanks to how high the sign is, Duo gradually slows himself down, taking slower steps and weaker pushes of his legs, until finally he slows down into a stop right in front of his hotel.
"Oh! There's the restaurant!" Remembering what Milly said of the restaurant being close to the hotel, he skipped his way there cheerfully. After he arrived there, Duo slowly settled Ria back down on the ground, careful to keep holding her if she were to collapse on him due to the dizzyness by the speed.
"You okay?" He asked, standing up to his full height and spinning around to face the small girl, holding her at the sides of her arms to stabilize her. "We're here..heh." He smiled down at her, now feeling rather guilty to be making her going through such a thing.
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