Posts by BaniKat

A blank look crossed Puck's face as Jay spoke before a rather dopey grin crossed his face, "talking! I love talking! Rayner, go away. Quickly, please," Puck seemed to beg his roommate. Normally, Rayner would have happily been in the mood to tease him and insist on staying, but he really did want to change out of this shirt. Deciding to humor his roommate he nodded and smiled at Ayla, "I think I'd love to change shirts," He smiled at her. He wasn't going to outright admit he wanted to spend time with her because he was sure that if he did, Jay was going to get upset. Provoking her was a very good way for her to take His Girl away.

Tear's healing magic suddenly spiked as a large smile crossed her face and she got unbearably close to Crimtane, "you know Crysta?!" She beamed. The light from her hands would feel hot on her armor and the healing of her wounds would feel a bit irritated. Luke shook himself from his stupor and he jumped off his horse to jog over to the three, "Mysterica! Please calm down!" He called. Tear didn't look to have malicious intent, she just look excited.

"If I see any of them, they will pay tenfold," Jade promised her as he reached through the bars to gently place his hand on her shoulder with his gentle magic. It wasn't like before where it was even more painful than the wound itself, it was gentle and warm like a blanket, "only if I see them, if not, karma will."

OOC: Lol of course! Mel considers Claire her newest best friend! Yu was very worried about this date and was more than tempted to send Marcus to spy on his assistant if not for the fact that the assassin is still trying to kill his little brother...

IC: It was the night of Mel's date and... She was freaking out. Claire had received multiple pictures of Mel in various kinds of dresses and her opinions on each. The three least extreme outfits of the bunch was a strapless black dress, a red sleeveless jumpsuit with various shiny trinkets, and... A rainbow ti-dye jacket with a pair of jeans and a tank-top. Many messages were sent in rapid succession with the last one being a sad picture of Mel in a messy room with the caption:

'HELP!'

Rayner didn't care that the boy, whom he wasn't fond of talking to His Girl, he was focused on the zap of electricity that went through his body when Ayla took his hand in her own. He didn't hear the majority of the exchange as his eyes were on their connected hands. He had heard him compliment His Girl on something she did. Was she that good of a person? His Girl never ceased to amaze him.

"Ah, yes, that's fine with me," He smiled kindly at her, "thank-you for getting me a shirt. I didn't mean to space out," He apologized.

"Talking, you wanted to talk or 'talk'?" Puck asked Jay with a smile after they were alone. While making out was nice, very nice, he has come to expect that occasionally when women wanted to talk they actually meant they wanted to talk.

"What a drunk says means nothing to me," Rayner shook his head as he followed His Girl to the secluded spot, "now, what she says when she's sober is an entirely different matter," He attempted to joke as he began to take off his jacket... Until he remembered Ayla was still right there. For some reason he didn't care if she saw him shirtless, but he figured she might care, "uh... Before I take my shirt off... Do... You want me to change... With you watching?" He asked as his face started to burn. What was wrong with him?! He has never cared what anybody has thought! And He wanted her to stay of course! If she left who knows what would happen to her? Damn! To send her off to be chivalrous or to have her stay to keep her safe... A dilemma indeed.

Puck shuddered with the same dopey smile on his face as she got closer. The cat to his dog, the yin to his yang in appearances and species, "anything for you, my pretty kitty," He beamed before the smile fell off his face as a grim thought came to mind, "but... My Lady, I'm already failing you," Puck pouted and if he had ears wolf they would be flat, "they're alone together now..."

"Yes! She is so kind and sweet! I wonder how she's doing? Oooh, I was so worried about her when I left!" Tear beamed at Crimtane as if they were the best of friends. Luke was still trying to calm the happy princess down, "Mysterica... Your Highness... Please don't burn the knight," Luke kept pleading with the princess and she didn't seem to be ignoring him on purpose.

"Tear?" Reno blinked as he went to open the door for general September, "I didn't know she was back, though who is Luke?" The prince looked confused. Was Tear married already or was it a friend of hers?

Jade frowned at the clanking of the chains, "those are quite annoying. Shall we take them off?" He asked as he glared at the clamps on her wrists, "hmm, shall I waste time finding keys or should I try a more extreme method? No, hurting you isn't an option," He frowned just a bit deeper before smiling up at Cobalt, "if I can't break these myself, would you mind waiting for me just a little bit longer?"

"I-I didn't mean-!!" He tried to fix his statement as his face burned brightly. Rayner was changing his shirts as quickly as possible when she asked and he was in the middle of pulling the shirt down. He pulled it down quickly and grabbed his abandoned jacket from off the ground before coughing awkwardly, "yes, done, I-I'm sorry that took so... Long," He frowned as he picked up the sticky, yet sweet smelling, shirt he had been wearing before, "I-I didn't mean... To... Embarrass you..." He said with a blazing red face.

"While the dragon is away, the Puck will play," Puck teased as he wrapped his arms around Jay, "and I missed my Lady," He hummed as it was his turn to whisper in her ear.

OOC: X3 Mel is the embodiment of all problems a woman has before going on a first date in years

IC: 'OOOH!!! Yaaaaas!! Clarireeeeee you roooooock!!!!' Was the next message followed by a smiley face. It was some time before she received back another picture of Mel in a pair of heels with jeans with a shiny white tank top on and the rainbow jacket with a simple shiny necklace. Her hair was shiny and done up well with a placed pin so her curly hair looked like a wave down her back, 'I love it! Yaaas! OOH! DOORBELL! Xoxoxo Bestie!'

Mel, despite being in heels, skipped to her door to answer. On the other side of the door was a tall man with shiny blue-black hair with a smile that screamed mischief, though Mel was oblivious to that as she smiled back, "I'm Mel!" She said happily.

"I remember, sorry to rush out before before giving you my name," He smiled back at her and tugged on the jacket of his suit, "I'm Skylar," He smiled at her.

"Isn't that a girl's name?" Mel blinked up at him. His face fell despite her smile and he had a bad feeling in his stomach about that night.

"Right," Rayner nodded as he tried to fight down this fire in his cheeks, "not that I'm sure Puck wouldn't mind... Wait, let's hurry back," He said with another grin on his face at the thought of ruining the dog's fun. That was enough to diminish the fire in his face as he walked past Ayla and grabbed her hand on the way out of instinct. He smiled at her over his shoulder as it had yet to dawn on him what he did. All he knew was that like this, with their hands connected, he felt complete. His soul no longer tried to escape his body as it was finally allowed to be hers. His Girl, Her... Dragon... Dragon... Damn.

"I'm sure they miss you," Rayner teased her lightly despite the heavy thought. He wanted her to be His Girl, but would she be okay if he was Her Dragon? No, they'd get killed... But... ARGH!

"Hmm... Did you know it drives me... 'Batty' when you're right," Puck sighed and couldn't quite help the pun, "though... I guess leaving him by himself with her would be bad... He hasn't had breakfast after all," He teased her. Rayner wouldn't do that... He thinks anyway. His friend has never expressed interest in eating people." Rayner did call him Puck for a reason.

OOC: Welp, maybe not exactly that, I mean to say Mel hasn't been on a date in years, my bad

IC: As they headed to their car Mel sent Claire another text 'his name is Skylar! So far this is going sooo great!' Mel smiled as the tall man helped her into his car. He got in beside her before he looked down at her jeans then at his suit, "erm..." He started to mention it when the cheerful assistant smiled at him, "n-nothing..." He sighed.

'This woman...' He thought to himself, 'is going to die...'

"Hmm? Oh, oh! Right, I'm sorry," Tear smiled and jumped back before shaking the light from her hands, "I'm so glad her back is healing! But what do you mean emotionally?" She asked happily. Luke sighed, "I'm so sorry for our intrusion, Ma'am," He apologized for his princess, "our timing was a bit off..."

As far as Reno knew he was fine so he turned to the two princesses, "Star? Crysta? Are you two alright?" He asked as he looked at both princesses individually. He hoped they hadn't been injured along the way.

"Then allow me a moment to try," Jade smiled as he stepped back to summon his spear, "I don't expect good results, but if I accomplish this here then we leave sooner," He smiled as he moved to jam the sharp tip of the magical spear into the lock of the cell. If it breaks then he will smile and move on and if not... He'll smile and go find the guard with the keys.

Rayner froze mid step and looked back at her hand, "oh, uh... Yes, you can..." He did note as his face was burning again, "I got carried away I suppose... My apologies Ayla," He said as he reluctantly leg to of her hand to shove his hands into his pockets out of embarrassment. His soul was moving for her again and he shrugged it off. He wouldn't have to worry about his soul moving if his head was gone, "so what's this ride?" He tried to change the subject, "I mean... Puck is... A Puck so I'm sure there's some catch..."

"Yeah, I thought that too because he is very himself..." Puck sighed as his thoughts shifted, sadly, from Lady Jay, "but apparently they met before... And he took a shining to her oddly enough," He frowned. Rayner didn't say much about the party last night other than the drinks sucked. Did they meet there? Hmm... I've never seen him like this... And, uh, my Lady... Could you maybe refrain from 'that dragon', please?" Puck requested quietly, "I mean, yes, he can be over bearing, but he is a person. I'm worried about your friend too, trust me, but I mean he is still my friend."

OOC: Round 1, Mew vs. Skylar! FIGHT! That's cool tho, it's just the little unique things that make you go 'huh' that makes every day interesting

IC: The next text from Mel was a picture of a very fancy restaurant and a smiling Mel with an unfamiliar man who was also smiling. After the picture was taken the man escorted Mel into the restaurant and both were seated at a nice table by the window. Both of them smiled as they were given menus and a bottle of fancy wine with wine glasses. As Mel chattered incessantly over the fancy selection... While Skylar silently poured a powder into Mel's wine as he poured her a glass.

'Isn't this great?' Mel sent another picture of Claire of the menu and in the background the assassin could see Skylar looking rather surprised as he held a glass vial in one hand. It was an... Odd picture.

"We've, uh, been busy..." Luke sighed and Tear nodded, "if you want help, I'm no stranger with fighting!" Tear offered with a smile. That idea was less than appealing to Luke, but he held his tongue and sighed, "Princess Mysterica is highly capable, though I would warn caution against her magic."

"That was one time," Tear huffed at him and Luke frowned, "Tear. I have a scar," Luke frowned at her and she paused to think about that.

Reno smiled at her encouragingly, "take all the time you need," Reno nodded at her, "Crysta?" He asked the princess carefully. If she wanted to stay, he wouldn't force her because it was her little sister after all, though he thought he would offer just encase Star requested only general September by her side at the moment.

"I don't like this," Jade hummed as he looked at the rusted lock for a moment, "why would they put a seasoned assassin in a rusted cell? Did they tell you anything about the locks?" He then asked her. While he wanted to smile on their good fortune, life has come to teach him that nothing was ever that easy.

Mel blinked after reading the message before she looked up at her date who smiled at her innocently as he looked at the menu. She raised an eyebrow before she shrugged and flipped over the menu to take a picture to send to Claire. The restaurant's name was printed on the back and Mel casually took a sip of her drink in the process before she made an 'oh' with her mouth. She hadn't tasted the sip anyhow. Was that a kind of poison?

"Hun?" She casually asked her date after she hit send.

"Yes?" Skylar replied with a cheerful smile at her. He was silently waiting for her to die, yet... Nothing was happening. It was supposed to be fast acting!

"Did you put something in my drink?" Mel asked and pointed at her cup.

"Huh? Why would I do that? I'm confident enough in myself that I don't need a drug to take you home," He teased and Mel, being Mel, just smiled happily back and Mel took another sip of her drink... Er... She then went back to look at the picture she took for Claire... Huh, there was a vial. Erm...

"She'll probably help regardless, not to dishonor your decision," Luke said, "she's... Impulsive," He added in just as Tear wrapped around him. Her bodyguard was surprised and the princess smiled, "I'm good off the field off the well if that's what you need! I might not be as great as Jade, but I'm pretty a-okay!" She said happily. Luke then sighed, "I don't think she knows who he is..."

Reno nodded and let the princess lead him off by the hand. He waved at Star as they left and waited until they were out of earshot before sighing, "I don't mean to worry, but will Star be okay?" He asked to Crysta quietly.

As Cobalt spoke, an indescribable look of pain crossed Jade's face and it was very clear to see with his hair pulled back. Bitter memories flashed through his mind before he swung the door to the cell open to walk past her to the chains that bound her to this hell, "home? This is no home, this is a place where people took from you what should have been a normal life. Your home is with Cerulean in the house where she was taken and then returned too by your hand, your home is in that small village where we met where you, your home is all the places in this world that you've given a true, and honest smile," He said before jamming his spear into the first chain attached to the wall, "this is not your home and I'll be damned if anyone else says it is."

OOC: X3

IC: Mel got the text and decided to trust her best friend, "hun, this tastes weird. Could you take a sip?" She asked him and the man looked up from his menu. Of course he reached for his own glass, but Mel shook her head, "I'm thinking the people doing dishes didn't wash this cup out enough, but I wanna second opinion before complaining, you know?"

Skylar looked a bit apprehensive after she asked and Mel held out the glass to him innocently. If he denied her then she would know, but... Well, he did take an antidote before picking her up...

'Oh what the hell, I'll die a single man!'

"Sure," Skylar smiled before taking a sip of wine... And spitting it out back into the cup, "t-that's rotten! How did you not taste that?" Skylar choked a bit on the rotten drink. Mel blinked innocently as she texted Claire the results, "tasted what, hun?" Mel had no taste buds thanks to her extreme lunches.

Tear beamed brightly and Luke smiled a bit as well, "if you wouldn't mind, I'd be able to help with other tasks as well," He offered her. THe red-head refused to just sit around while Tear was off doing all of the fighting, the least he could do was help with minor tasks so those on the battlefield had less to worry about.

"I don't think you need to hear this because I'm sure you already know, but your sister is very brave," Reno smiled at Crysta, "very few would be able to handle the pressure as well as her, you're very lucky to have her."

Jade didn't say anything else as he shattered the second chain to free Cobalt and a small smile came to his face at the action. While they were still in a very dangerous place, she was free and that's all that mattered to him... Until he heard the clinking of the chains still actually attached to her. So far he had severed her connection to the wall, though the chains still remained around her wrist, "those are a bit of a problem," He hummed as went over to inspect one of the clamps on her wrist, "I would have just removed those, but I'd rather not cause you to bleed out," He frowned at this new problem. Escaping would be a tad... Difficult if Cobalt rattled all the way to freedom. While Jade didn't mind slaughtering these people for what they did even he knew that wouldn't be the best if too many of them appeared.

OOC: He wiiilll lol he's like the Team Rocket of assassins. He does his job right... Most of the time

IC: "I'm glad to know it's not the cup," Mel smiled as she hailed the waiter. She then looked at the pale man across from her with a bit of a confused expression, "you're turning red, did that stuff make you sick?" Mel hummed as she looked at her rather annoyed date. 'I did too, who knew?'

"No... No I'm fine," He gritted his teeth. Even one little sip, just one, should have had this rainbow-haired woman sprawled out on the table dead and yet she wasn't, "are you feeling alright?" He asked her.

"Eh, I feel a little queasy, but that's probably just the lunch I had yesterday. That stuff never sits well," Mel shrugged while her date looked like a kid in a candy store. He then watched as Mel then got up to rush off to the bathroom clutching her stomach. Claire didn't hear for a bit from the excitable assistant as she was busy emptying the contents from her stomach. When Claire did receive a text, Mel didn't send a picture, 'no more chili... Owieowieowie'

Luke was about to thank Crysta when Tear started squealing. The princess had looked past Crimtane to see two of her favorite people on this planet, "Crysta! Reno! Oh, I missed you both!" She cheered and let go of Luke to run up and happily embrace her friends. Reno was happy to see the excitable princess, but he was also... Confused, "Tear? When did you get back?" He asked.

"I have no idea! I fell from the sky," She beamed at the two of them, "is your back really okay?" She switched tracks as Reno tried to fathom what she meant by 'fell from the sky'. Luke didn't bother to interrupt the reunion, "thank-you," He smiled at Crimtane.

"Alright, try to hold still," Jade said as he decided to start with the chains around her feet. Those were in the least dangerous place at least, "I promise that if I miss, I'll let you get a hit in, in return," He joked lightly and smiled briefly at her before returning to his task.