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[Chickey 383]

As Zeke's mood grew darker Misha's only seemed to get brighter. "How can you possibly be dreading fishnets? And If I could think of one way to get murdered. Getting murdered with fishnets in my view would be the best to me." He explained. "Just chill buddy o' mine. We'll be fine... and even if something goes wrong I brought backup in the trunk." He said with a calm demeanor. 

 

(I left a hundred note slip on the counter for the food)

Edited October 6, 2014 by Chickey

[Samurshy 708]

"I hope so, because this could be one of the stickiest situations I have ever been in." Zeke said.
Zeke decided that they could get their faster if they sped. He didn't know how much power was underneath the hood but he felt it had some getup and go when he first shifted into 1st gear after the parking lot. Now shifting to 4th gear, he saw the spedometer go past 60 mph and keep rising going to 90 mph almost instantly and it was still rising. There were barely any cars on the freeway and he continued pushing the limit, the car reached 100 and went past 110 to 120. Things were starting to become a blur, but to Zeke with his enhanced reflexes now activated, he could zoom in and out of traffic to get past anything without a problem. 

"So yeah, I hope you don't mind, but I just wanted to see how fast this car could go. Seems it could go way faster even than what it is at now." Zeke said now getting his smile back.

[Chickey 383]

"I live for sticky situations, they're one of the few things that can keep me entertained." He commented back. Misha looked over with a confused face as the car started to speed up, however this quickly turned to a look of exhilaration. "Now we're talking!" He exclaimed with a grin and a guttural laugh. "I think it could get around two hundred miles per hour tops if we needed from what I remember. But we're gonna run outta gas soon enough here. Fast cars have never been known for their fuel efficiency." 

[Samurshy 708]

Zeke let out a laugh as well, as the inertia and rush of dodging in and out of traffic caused the feeling of butterflies in his stomach.

"Yeah, I know of a gas station fairly close to here. I know the owner a bit, his name is Vern. A big burly Mordenic esper with the ability of clairvoyance." Zeke said.

"And that's it for our lunch hour." The radio hostess said "Coming up next, Dragula by Rob Zombie" 

Zeke let out a, "WOO", and turned up the radio to close to maximum volume as Dragula by Rob Zombie began to play. Zeke sang along but as it was so loud, it was really more of a scream, "DIG THROUGH THE DITCHES AND BURN THROUGH THE WITCHES AND SLAM IN THE BACK OF MY DRAGULA!!!"

[Chickey 383]

Misha bobbed his head to the music as they sped by the other cars down the highway. He wasn't a person who usually sang along to music, nor did he really know the lyrics so he kept quiet for now. Truth be told all he really listened to was classic and old music. But he wasn't opposed to anything new. And at this rate they'd definitely be at Vertlyn sooner than he would of thought.  

[Samurshy 708]

The song ended and Zeke turned the music down to a dull roar. They continued on for about two hours.

Zeke eyeballed the gas gauge and saw it was on completely empty, which was a surprise mainly because he hadn't payed any attention to it until now. Zeke saw the SletCo gas station from a few days ago. The one that Vern the Mordenic esper owned. Zeke pulled into the station and pulled up to the gas pump, putting the car into park and shutting it off. 

"So, I don't have any money, and I have no idea how much money it will be to refuel this beast." Zeke said. "Also, I am a bit hungry."
 

[Chickey 383]

Misha pulled out his wallet and grabbed his credit card and handed it over to Zeke. It was unsurprisingly a metallic gold color. "Charge away." He commented as he got out of the car afterwards to stretch. It had been a long trip so far and he needed to get a big of exercise. Even with the cars comfortable interior he needed a bit of leg room. "I could go for a snack or something too." He added as he leaned up against the car.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Hikari watched Misha and Zeke talking about this luxurious car that they're gonna drive, and before she knew it, they were gone. "Let's go back to the apartment then, Sayaa." She said, but she wondered if she has forgotten something. "Wait a second.. Did we pay the bill for this meal?" Hikari asked.

"Misha... left a one-hundred note..." Sayaa was having a hard time keeping her hands on it; in a past life that note was food for a week. Or a lot of milkshakes. "On you, Hikari. Before I remember common sense." She got outa the booth and took Hikari's hand, allowing herself to be lead by Hikari.

[Azura 1,107]

"Anything special you'd like to do instead of sitting around in the apartment? We could go shopping for clothing or some cute accessories!" Hikari asked Sayaa as they walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the apartment since she had to get her car, that is if it's still in one piece after what happened yesterday.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Anything special you'd like to do instead of sitting around in the apartment? We could go shopping for clothing or some cute accessories!" Hikari asked Sayaa as they walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the apartment since she had to get her car, that is if it's still in one piece after what happened yesterday.

Sayaa blushed and clasped her hands in front of her chest. "Ummm... there is one thing," she mumbles, mostly to herself. "But if I tell you you have to promise not to laugh! And.... umm... it's kinda expensive. So... you probably won't want to do it either..." She ducks her head a bit, not meeting Hikari's eyes.

Edited October 7, 2014 by Nightwing

[Samurshy 708]

Zeke took the card from Misha and marveled at it. Zeke wouldn't dare get a credit card with the funds he made doing his job at the Record Store, so even holding a credit card was a new thing to Zeke. The gas pump prompted Zeke to slice the card before doing anything else. Once he did, 3 buttons lit up allowing Zeke to choose which type of fuel he wanted from Premium to Regular Unleaded. Zeke thought about it and chose premium, thinking about the type of guy Misha was the most expensive fuel was no doubt the kind Misha would want. He pushed the button and opened the panel to the gas tank cap, and pushed in and unscrewed the cap. He then put the nozzle to the premium inside the hole and began to pump. The sharp smell of gasoline quickly filled the nearby air. Even though it was dangerous, Zeke always liked the smell of gasoline, though he didn't quite know why. Eventually the pump made a click sound indicating the tank was full. Zeke looked at the fuel indicator on the pump and saw the cost was $116.07. Zeke's jaw dropped, but he wasn't super surprised. The pump promptly printed out a receipt which Zeke fetched. He gave it to Misha and walked inside the gas station, waiting for Misha to join him. 

[Chickey 383]

Misha put the receipt in his wallet and walked into the gas station. He didn't seem to really mind the price whatsoever. After all Zeke was right to get the premium gas, that's was always his choice anyways. "Get whatever you want, however I'm in the mood for some good ole' Chiclets myself." Misha said as he went through the candy isle and picked up a pack of them and waited for Zeke to finish.

[Samurshy 708]

Zeke grabbed a bag of jerky and set it on the counter along with Misha's chiclets. The familiar big burly Mordenic man with thinning hair, Vern was laying back with his eyes closed, a newspaper on the counter. Before Zeke could open his mouth, Vern's boisterous mordenic voice filled the room. 

 

"So the adventurer found a group to hunt down the relic with." Vern said, laughing heartily.

"Uh, yeah. Astute as always, Vern. How'd you know it was a group though?" Zeke asked, confused.

"Well, I didn't. Hah hah. It was just a guess, but it seems the guess was correct. I am glad you followed my advice" Vern said. "Will this be it?"

"Yes, that is everything." Zeke said

"That'll be $14.52." Vern said.

Zeke handed the card over, Vern swiped it and handed it back. Zeke then handed the card back to Misha. Vern bagged the two items and handed the bag to Zeke.

As Zeke and Misha were leaving Vern said, "Tell Raiya Vern says hello."

"Wait. How do you- when did you- what- Never mind. I will." Zeke said and with that he went back out to the car and put the bag in the middle between the driver's seat and passenger seat. Zeke sat in the passenger seat and opened up his bag of jerky taking a few bites of the peppered beefy deliciousness.

[Chickey 383]

Misha gave a wave goodbye and walked out of the store with his Chiclets and his card. He put it back in his wallet and opened the door to the driver seat and got in. "Seems to be a charming fellow." He said as he popped a Chiclet in his mouth and then turned on the car and drove out of the station. "I guess I'll be driving the rest of the way there. You'll have to direct me so I don't get lost." Once he was back on the road he looked over to Zeke. "So what's on the menu for topics to talk about now, Zekey-boy? We could always make this easy and talk about girls or something?" He asked with a chuckle in between chewing his gum.

[Samurshy 708]

"You don't have to worry about directions, the reason I gave up driver position now is because it is literally a straight-shot from here to Vertlyn. Just take a left out of this parking-lot and you'll be golden" Zeke said as he chomped on some more jerky.

"Hmm? Girls? Well Lily is kind of cute in a geeky way, Hikari is also pretty cute and seems to be able to handle herself pretty well. Sayaa's asthetics are that of a very young girl and I don't really find that too attractive but I guess she is a bit cute in a platonic way." Zeke said, taking another bite of jerky.

[Chickey 383]

"Oooh I like being golden." Misha commented as he drove and listened. After hearing Zeke's reply he thought for a moment. "I suppose that's fair. Can't argue with that." He said as he popped another Chiclet in his mouth. He gave a slight grin before adding. "And what about Raiya?" 

[Samurshy 708]

Zeke's quirky smile immediately turned to a frown. 

"She's not bad looking, I suppose." Zeke said. "She has this long straight black hair that reaches down to the small of her back. And her bangs are kind of shaggy and get in her eyes sometimes. She wears her leather gang jacket that looks a bit different from the rest. The upside down cross on her jacket has two lines through it instead of one, the one further away from the bottom is shorter than the one closer. I believe that that jacket symbolizes that she is in charge, that she is the boss. Kind of like a general's uniform. I mentioned fishnet's before but she also wears this black jean skirt that has two long zippers going up the front. And she has deadly black stiletto heels to boot." Zeke said with a frown still. "Sure, she is pretty to look at. But you can only be thrown through solid concrete walls so many times by a woman before you start to think that a romantic relationship with her would not end with only a few thrown out CD's and her stealing your dog. She'd probably hex your dick off." Zeke said, motioning a hurt holding motion towards his groin area. "Yeah, I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole, but if you want to, by all means, go ahead."
 

Edited October 7, 2014 by Samurshy

[Chickey 383]

"There is always a price you must pay for fishnets it seems." He replied with a sigh. "I do love uniforms too. And since she's a magician she could always show me a few new tricks. That's a plus." He added. "However I'm kidding myself Zekey-boy. Just as there is a price to pay for fishnets, there is a price to pay for the road of life I chose to travel. And that price is that I'm not much of a bachelor no matter how much I would like to be. Normal people would be repulsed with me once it gets past the friendly talks. And anyone who isn't tends to be just as much of a heartless bastard as I am. Or they die. I just don't have good luck maybe." He finished with a halfhearted chuckle. "I try to just enjoy whatever else I can, as much as I can. And being rich leaves me with quite a lot of options to entertain myself alone. There really are some things money can't buy though."

Edited October 8, 2014 by Chickey

[Azura 1,107]

"I promise I won't laugh at what you have to say." Hikari said as she knelt down and placed her two hands gently on her shoulders, looking straight into her eyes and said "I'll try my best to see if I can get what you want!" She swooped Sayaa of the ground and held her against her chest as she continued walking. "What can someone like you want that would cost so much, Sayaa?" Hikari whispered into her ear.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

She blushes and grinds a toe in the ground, blushing. "Umm... when I was little I was... much more formal and I was wondering..." She scratches the back of her head, blushing profusely, "If we could maybe.... go cello shopping?" She hugs her chest, embarrassed in multiple ways on that engagement.

[Azura 1,107]

Hikari wondered what happened to Sayaa before she became homeless, but Hikari didn't want to question her about the past. "That's nothing to be embarrassed about." She replied her. "I know a great place that sells tons of instruments, and a cello shouldn't cost too much." Hikari said. They both arrived in front of the apartment building, but instead of going into the lobby, she headed towards the parking lot. Her car was parked quite close to the entrance, and as she approached her car, she noticed that there were only a few scratches from her encounter with the man from yesterday. Hikari gently placed Sayaa down and said "Let's go get that cello."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Hikari wondered what happened to Sayaa before she became homeless, but Hikari didn't want to question her about the past. "That's nothing to be embarrassed about." She replied her. "I know a great place that sells tons of instruments, and a cello shouldn't cost too much." Hikari said. They both arrived in front of the apartment building, but instead of going into the lobby, she headed towards the parking lot. Her car was parked quite close to the entrance, and as she approached her car, she noticed that there were only a few scratches from her encounter with the man from yesterday. Hikari gently placed Sayaa down and said "Let's go get that cello."

Sayaa beams at Hikari and skips to the car. Getting in, she buckles up. Back straight and body poised, she waits for Hikari to follow. She can barely control her excitement, shown by her slightly shaking leg. It would seem that, for whatever reason this was important.

[Samurshy 708]

"I don't think you are a bad guy. Even if it seems that you took delight in killing a few people before, You have had a past that required you to be strong, and take delight in killing or you would have slowly lost your mind. Outside of a combat situation you are a nice guy, you barely even knew us and you were willing to help our group with money. You are a good guy, i have no doubt about it. Whether you believe that or not is a different story." Zeke said

Their car kept a steady path on the freeway, ducking and weaving through the cars that were all heading the same way, but at a slower pace. Eventually they passed a sign that said Vertlyn 20 miles and one that also said Vertlyn Next 2 Exits. It was at this point that Zeke realized that it might not be as easy as just driving in through city limits. Zeke frowned once more.

"So, I forgot to mention, but there is a very strong chance that Raiya has placed a magic ward around the city limits that, once I enter will most likely hex me in some way, and also alert Raiya that I enteredd. And the last time I spoke with Raiya she made it abundantly clear that if she caught me in Vertlyn again she would kill me. So it might be a death Hex. I am not sure what to do at this point."

[Chickey 383]

Misha kept quite for a few moments before he made a response. "Thanks Zeke, I appreciate it." He said, taking on a tone a bit more serious than usual before returning to his usual playful demeanor. "Now now though, I'm not saying I think I'm the next Dark Lord. I'm just saying that I'm not much of a boyfriend or a husband here." He finished.

 

After hearing the next thing Zeke said he gave a laugh. "Ppfffftttt, I don't think a street gang is gonna put some death hex voodoo juju around their city. We should be fine."

Edited October 8, 2014 by Chickey

[Samurshy 708]

Misha's laugh was understandable, so Zeke decided to elaborate a bit.

"No no no, you don't understand. She is a Magician Saint. She spent the better half of her life learning everything there is to know about magic. It would take absolutely no effort at all to raise a ward, and she has told me in the past that she monitors the ingoing and the outgoing populace. She definitely has a ward. It is most likely a ward that scans everyone's essence or soul if you will, if they get close  enough to the city. The spell is most likely runic, and the rules are probably set on the spell to either alert the gang of who comes in and goes out, or it just kills certain people who try to enter or leave. The problem is, I don't know if there is a way to trick it. I mean, I suppose we could just have you enter and look for the runes and destroy them." Zeke said. 

"Excuse me, Zeke. But I think I may have a solution for you. I can suppress your essence by overpowering it with mine." Niveus suggested.

"But let me guess, Niveus. there is some kind of side effect." Zeke said.

"Well I suppose you could call it that. As your essence is suppressed, you will have to take refuge in your subconscious and I will be the one piloting your body." Niveus said.

Zeke thought back to a few times when he was younger, whenever he was in serious trouble it felt as though his body was moving on its own. Zeke now realized that that is exactly what it was doing. 

"And will this work to get us past the ward?" Zeke asked.

"I predict a 83.64 percent chance that it will deceive the ward spell." Niveus replied.

"Well, that is better than the 100 percent chance that the ward will detect me otherwise. So, do it." Zeke looked over at Misha and realized that Misha could only hear one side of the conversation, "Niveus is going to take over my body for a bit, apparently he thinks it will trick the ward spell by masking my essence with his." Zeke said

And with that Zeke began to feel Niveus suppressing his essence. All of the sudden he began to feel like a passenger in his own body, with Niveus in the driver's seat. He then realized that this is what Niveus must feel like all the time and felt a bit sorry for him. 

Once Niveus took over he began to run some physical tests. He held out Zeke's arm and flexed it a few times. He then ran a vocal test, humming a few diatonic scales. 

"100 percent bodily functions working properly. Now initiating quantum power activation, limit removal tier two." As Niveus spoke the latter sentence the tattoo began to glow. The sentences he spoke were spoken out loud by Zeke's body, allowing for Misha to be able to hear Niveus for the first time