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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Apr 9, 2004 13:17:55 GMT -5
"I know your here you theif!" I yell into the darkness, fuming that a vampire had gotten into my crypt.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Apr 10, 2004 23:39:33 GMT -5
"What ever it was, i didn't do it," I said walking out with a goofy grin plastered on my face. "How's things Rogue? Kill anyone lately?"
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Post by Maya on Apr 14, 2004 7:15:11 GMT -5
"The vamp went thata way." I called, hopping down from my perch atop a nearby crypt. I pointed of to the right and smiled at the other two. "What did he take?"
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Apr 15, 2004 1:37:48 GMT -5
"Besides leave of his senses robbing from Rogue?" I added. "How's things, Mai?"
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Post by Joshua on Apr 16, 2004 11:40:49 GMT -5
"And here I was thinking you people couldn't stand each other," I commented as I stepped out of my own shadow in the graveyard.
"Joshua!" Doc cried out. "Where the Bloody HELL have you been?!"
I winced at his volume, and for the moment ignore him and turn my attention to the powerful creature known only as Rogue. "I believe you were looking for this?" I made a gesture and a vampire, frozen inside a cloudy gray orb of magical energy came floating up until it was hovering in front of the powerful vampire.
Growling her displeasure, she tried to grab the vamp, or maybe just kill it, but the moment her hand reached the outer edges of the bubble, a spark of energy gave warning and she nearly broke her hand on the barrier. After all, nothing, not even counter magic attacks could penetrate the bubble once it was fully formed. At least, nothing I had encountered yet.
Growling louder, Rogue turned to face me, but I held up a hand to stall her. "Sorry, should have warned you, nothing can get past that. Not even magic attacks. But on the plus side, that also means the vamp can't escape."
"I'll bet that little Maya could find a way around your even littler trick Wizard!" Rogue hissed.
I shrugged, "Who do you think helped me to develop it in the first place? And I found out that magic attacks don't work by having both her and Willow throw everything they had at it. It'll wear me down after a couple of hours, but nothing will get through."
Sheepishly, I turned to Doc. "Look man, I'm sorry about being so absent lately. Honestly, RL has just been riding me big time. School has just moved into my core subjects, and above that remember that project we worked on a while back? Well I've been doing my hardest to complete my half of that. If you know what I mean?"
Doc had a thoughtful look on his face, intermixed with anger over my months long absense from communicating with him. Finally, he must have figured out what my vague excuses were about and he just nodded, the anger fading from his face, "It's all right man. RL hasn't exactly been too kind to me either. Thanks for the gift though. I'm sure that Rogue's happy now why don't you give her her present."
With a smirk, I made another gesture and the cloudy gray bubble dissolved into nothing and the vamp suddenly stumbled onto the ground, since he had been hovering about a foot and a half above it.
After that, Rogue plays with him for a little bit and we all watch.
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Post by Maya on Apr 17, 2004 12:39:09 GMT -5
Tracking back to the conversation before Josh's ...antics... i said,
"Things are good, Doc." I scowled at Joshua, though he didn't seem to notice. I'd been hoping to get a chance to pop that little bubble of his... he used me to test it, yeah- so how does he know if me an Will were holding back? Doc was grinning at me, clearly amused by how much Joshua irritaed me. Always had... ever since a certain incident with a mercenary... no, wait, he annoyed me before that too. Oh well.
"Rogue, just stake him already." I said, as she was still knocking the thief about.
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Post by Joshua on Apr 17, 2004 15:42:03 GMT -5
"What'd the poor thing take anyway?" I asked Maya, who I *did* notice giving me the evil eye. Besides, I was exagerating, and she should know it by now, when I was bragging to Rogue. My shield barely lasted 20 minutes under her, and less than 2 minutes under her and Willow combined. But we're all betting that there aren't many demons out there that can match the combined firepower of a Slayer Witch and the most powerful WitchMage on the planet.
"That is, if I even want to know," I add when she gives me another dose of evil eye.
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Post by Maya on Apr 18, 2004 5:35:02 GMT -5
I gritted my teeth, his projected thought easily picked up. I felt Doc's hand on my arm, trying to calm me. I hated that Josh could piss me off so much with so little- i guess some grudges dont budge too easy, huh?
[If he was evil.] i said in Doc's mind. [ooh if only he was evil!] I took a deep breath, and turned my attention back to Rogue,
"So what did the idiot take?" I asked again.
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Post by Joshua on Apr 18, 2004 14:23:02 GMT -5
I can never do anything right, I decided as I watched the Slayer 'purposely ignore' me after another evil eye before asking her question.
I don't really get why I aggrivate her so easily either to be perfectly honest. Well . . . there have been a couple times where I did, on purpose, *try* to get on her nerves, but I can't help it! She's so cute when she's mad!
And for the Permanent record, the WHOLE Draconis deal, except for him even being here in the first place of course, WAS *SO* NOT MY FAULT! Besides, I may be a Time Wizard, but nobody except Draconis himself, or maybe the mythological Aderron of Atlantis aka JP Withers, can 'handle' Draconis. All I did was pay him to come and take out our little Big Bad. That's all.
And in the months since then, I'd like to think I've improved greatly, not only in my powers but my fighting abilities as well. Doc, of course, helped a great deal with the latter, but with the former, I went to one of the best witches I knew. Maya, and her teacher.
::FLASHBACK::
'The Spot'
"Hey Maya," I said as I walked up to and sat down in the opposite seat from her in her booth.
"What do you want?" she snapped the moment I touched the leather.
Suddenly very hesitant about why I was there, I moved a bit slower and swallowed a gulp in my throat. "Nice to see you too," I sarcastically replied.
"But it's funny you should mention me wanting something . . . " I begin to say.
"Whatever the hell it is, no," she snapped, interrupting me.
"Hear me out, please!" I pleaded with her. This was my next to last hope here, and I *really* didn't want to go to my last hope. I was also silently counting on Maya's telepathic abilities to pick up on just *how* desperate I am to be coming to her with this.
She seemed to hesitate, probably weighing the consequences in her mind before she finally just sighed and slumped in her seat. "Fine. You have one minute. Starting now."
"Great, thank you. I promise you, you won't regret this, I'll do whatever I have to to make it up to you . . ."
"55 seconds."
"I need your help in training me," I monotone.
She arched an eyebrow and just said, "50 seconds."
"Not in fighting, because Doc has been helping me out with that. Or he will be when I ask him to. I'm hoping anyway. But back to this; I need your help in training me how to use my magic."
"How could I possibly help *you* oh master of time in controlling your powers? 40 seconds."
"Not control, control I've got. I need to increase my power. Learn the fine-control, stuff that only another witch or mage can help me do. I need you."
"And the fact that I'm a student of Willow certainly doesn't hurt either, does it?" she asked with a sneer. "20 seconds."
"Look, you're my last hope here. I've been able to increase my stamina on my own, but to increase my powers beyond that, I need help. And yes, part of why I'm asking you is because of Willow. I'm not asking you to pawn me off on her, but if you could get some input from her about how to help me, that certainly couldn't hurt, could it?"
She squinted her eyes angrily at me and stood up to storm off. "Times up."
I quickly get up after her, but be careful not to grab her or anything physical. A witch, yes, which is bad enough in this situation, but she's still a Slayer.
"Look, you're my next to last chance, and I really don't want to go to my last choice here," I continued to beg her.
She moved faster and ignored me.
"Look, I could stop you right now, but I wouldn't do that, and especially not to you because whether either of us wants to admit it or not we are friends! My last choice is going to that half-demon vampire. He's the only other one that could possibly help me to increase my power. Now do you really want me to go to him?"
"Why don't you?" she snapped, trying to lose me in the crowd.
"Think about it May! The guy is pure evil and I've been hunted by evil ever since I got these powers because of these powers. He'll help me increase my powers, but then he'll try to corrupt me at the same time. Now, safety of the world from an evil me aside, I'm actually begging you Maya!" I somehow get just ahead of her and fall to my knees, startling her enough that she doesn't instantly run away.
"I am begging you, please! Help me!"
After about half a minute of just staying there, she grumbles and rolls her eyes and then roughly pulls me to my feet. "All right," she grudgingly agrees, "All right, fine! But only to keep the demon's mitts off of you."
She literally dragged me, not to pleasant to be on the recieving end I can tell you, back to her booth and we discussed magic training camp.
::END FLASHBACK::
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Post by Maya on Apr 18, 2004 16:59:50 GMT -5
So, im just sitting there, minding my own thoughts... but as ive said many a time, sometime you just hear stuff whether you like it or not.
CUTE?? CUTE?? He... oh goddess... OOOH Goddes... Joshua... thinks... I'm.... EEewI cant even THINK it. OH MY GODDESS!
Doc suddenly winced. Oops. Little too loud then. I searched his face, and just the very surface of his mind, and phew, it was just the mental surge that made him wince- he didn't hear me... but he was looking at me oddly. I forced a smile. A very forced smile.
I cant believe he thinks i'm... nope still cant think it. Urgh. I shuddered.
"Anyone got something for me to kill?" i asked suddenly.
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Post by Joshua on Apr 18, 2004 18:37:24 GMT -5
"Funny you should mention that . . . " I lead with a smirk in her direction.
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Post by TPot on Apr 18, 2004 21:25:10 GMT -5
Why didn't anyone tell me there was gonna be a party? I asked as I walked up. "Hi all. Wass happening?"
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Post by Joshua on Apr 19, 2004 0:46:33 GMT -5
'Who the hell names themselves Teapot?' I wonder aloud inside my mind, which I couldn't help notice makes Maya snort out laughing before she catches herself and just gives me another evil eye.
I ignore the new guy, waiting for Rogue to rejoin the conversation and explain why she was *still* torturing the poor vampire I had just given her.
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Post by Maya on Apr 19, 2004 9:08:12 GMT -5
"Rogue, honey?" I said in an over sweet voice which i knew would piss her off, "Just kill him." I went to her side, touching her shoulder, "Get back what he took and kill him- getting this worked up- it isnt healthy." I grinned at her, "But seriously, stake him quick or i'm gonna."
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Post by Joshua on Apr 19, 2004 13:48:37 GMT -5
'Gonna what?' I "wonder" *aloud*.
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