Minato Kuroshiki
Hyper Brawler
You know your ancestors like another person when you should know them as yourself ~ Minato Kuroshiki
Posts: 87
Faction: Haos
Guardian Bakugan: Green Eyed Lover
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Post by Minato Kuroshiki on Sept 15, 2015 12:11:12 GMT -5
"Oh my god, Minato stop! I was just about to find out if Takasu-kun stands on equal ground with Ami-chan! Minato!" Green Eyed Lover tried to struggle as Minato pulled her away from the television in their shared home. It was little more than a small apartment, one that he'd had to get while considering her as a person because of her current form. She was in the form of a small woman not much older or younger than Minato, but that was where the similarities ended with them. She was shouting and crying out, half in pain and half in annoyance as she pounded on Minato's back as he carried her slung over his shoulder out of the door.
"Heart, you need fresh air. Serious, I mean do I need to put a leash on you? Don't answer that." He hadn't taken the second to think about what she might answer, but he knew that she usually came up with some pretty demented answers that usually left him uncomfortable. He practically escorted her to the park, sitting on the rim of the fountain just past the entrance gate. Minato had to hook his arm around her waist just to keep her from running away, he learned this a few weeks ago when she tried to speed off on all fours. It was one thing that she didn't have a normal resting form like other bakugan, but it was another thing that she was probably the strangest of the strange. "Please chill out, really. I mean you weren't even that far into the show anyway, you can binge watch it later."
"I know, I know. Because for some odd reason, I have a human body. So if I stay in all the time, I'll get sick and weak and probably never move again. I get it, Minato. This just isn't fun to me." She was being defiant, but she wasn't trying to wrest herself from his grip anymore. Minato let her go and she splashed him rather aggressively with fountain water before walking off to a playground on the far side of the park and settling into a swing. There was so much that he didn't understand, like just what she was or why she didn't really have a conventional name. Or even why she looked the way she did all the time, but he waved it off. Now wasn't research time. He could stress himself out about that much later.
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Post by Sandra Guandan on Sept 15, 2015 12:24:29 GMT -5
Sandra was walking around the park having finished school. "Another normal day, hey Xanthus" Sandra said talking to her Bakugan Partner on her Shoulder. "Yes, it is isn't it?" Xanthus answered back. " it would be good for a battle" Xanthus continued. "You and your battles" Sandra replied back giggling and slight hitting Xanthus."Hey careful, I might full off" Xanthus said trying to keep balance. "Says you, don't you remember me the other day on that horse." Sandra said still giggling. "That's because the horse wasn't me" Xanthus said being more serious now."True, true" Sandra said back having calmed down now.
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Stephen Langley
Brawler
"Some of you will call me mad then look up and shout 'Save us' and I will whisper back....'No'."
Posts: 37
Faction: Aquos
Guardian Bakugan: Unrevealed Prototype
Alignment: Neutral
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Post by Stephen Langley on Sept 15, 2015 12:25:17 GMT -5
Frustrated with his Board of Directors and his own lack of progress with his experiments, Stephen Langley stepped out of the Langley Robotics building. The building was only 15 stories above ground, so it was one of the smaller towers in the city. However, it went much farther below the surface to accommodate the BRD and, of course, company parking.
'Ugh...I do not need this today...' was all he thought before headed towards the nearby park. Glares of contempt from brawlers followed him everywhere, as the recent frailty epidemic seen in organic Bakugan was being blamed on the Langley Robotics' research and development of Mechanical Bakugan. Everyone thought it was just Langley's way of getting people to support the Mechanical Bakugan, but he waved any thoughts of disproving them off. 'Any publicity is good publicity as they say...'. Stephen took a set on a bench and started flipping through his notes, trying to find where everything was going wrong.
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Minato Kuroshiki
Hyper Brawler
You know your ancestors like another person when you should know them as yourself ~ Minato Kuroshiki
Posts: 87
Faction: Haos
Guardian Bakugan: Green Eyed Lover
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Post by Minato Kuroshiki on Sept 15, 2015 12:37:11 GMT -5
Minato spotted Langley quickly enough. He had been watching tons of press releases regarding his company, after all. He looked like he knew things that he didn't, things that he wanted to know, like what the whole deal with bakugan frailty was and whether or not it actually was his doing. Maybe he wouldn't ask that last question. He moved to get up from the fountain when he found that his clothes had actually been soaked at the hip from where Green Eyed Lover had splashed him. That distraction was enough time for her to practically fly over to Langley, she was that fast. She clutched the back of the bench with a pained look on her face before she hid it with words, "Your hair! Oh my god, you're hair is sooo so sooo kawaii."
A sigh flew from Minato's mouth and he rushed to the bench to cover her mouth before she could misuse any more Japanese words by shoehorning them into the English language. He didn't even move when her tongue sheened his palm with warm saliva, he did grimace though. "I'm so sorry about this, she's kind of messed up in the head. Would you stop licking me that's not going to work."
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Post by Sandra Guandan on Sept 15, 2015 12:46:23 GMT -5
"What is going on over there?" Xanthus said hearing what seemed to be a girl."I don't know" Sandra said shrugging her shoulders. "Shall we go over there?"Sandra continued. "If you want" Xanthus replied closing back up.Sandra rolled her eyes and walked over to the group of people over at the bench. "Hey" Sandra said a but shy now.
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Stephen Langley
Brawler
"Some of you will call me mad then look up and shout 'Save us' and I will whisper back....'No'."
Posts: 37
Faction: Aquos
Guardian Bakugan: Unrevealed Prototype
Alignment: Neutral
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Post by Stephen Langley on Sept 15, 2015 12:48:53 GMT -5
Stephen sighed and looked up at the two strangers before him, closing his note book. "It's alright. I'm used to people talking about my hair", Langley's voice was calm and collected despite his frustration. He had a bit of Scot-Irish accent that he never fully could get rid of. "Something I can assist you with?"
Langley looked the two over from behind his glasses, silently judging them and contemplating challenging one of them to a brawl to blow off some steam. 'Neither of them look like particularly tough opponents...but that just raises my interest in testing their strength...'
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Minato Kuroshiki
Hyper Brawler
You know your ancestors like another person when you should know them as yourself ~ Minato Kuroshiki
Posts: 87
Faction: Haos
Guardian Bakugan: Green Eyed Lover
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Post by Minato Kuroshiki on Sept 15, 2015 13:10:56 GMT -5
Green Eyed Lover wasn't really paying attention to Langley's words, else she would have swooned at his accent. She was too busy swishing around a disgusting cocktail of spittle in her mouth to spit into Minato's hand. He cringed back, releasing her immediately. "Heart, that was disgusting!" He wiped the swill off in the grass beside him, grimacing as there was still a little sticking to his palm. He wiped the rest off on the back of his jeans.
"I bet you have girls lining up just to talk to you," she said dreamily, knowing that Minato didn't want her to talk this way with a stranger but doing so anyway just to get a rise out of him. He was standing beside her again, throwing her over his shoulder like he had before. "Planning on taking me home now?"
"Don't take that out of context," he told Langley and pinned her legs together with his arm. "Before this goes any further, I'm Minato Kuroshiki. This is my partner, Green Eyed Lover. She's a bakugan, I was hoping to ask you a few things about this." He gestured to Green Eyed Lover's body, wondering more than ever if he even knew why she had this form. Then there was a soft pop in his ear and a scream.
"Okay, Minato. I'll be serious now, just put me down please." He did, and when he did she kind of crouched, cradling herself like she was in pain. She was frail, of course, strange how she could even withstand the things Minato put her through. After all, he did force her to come outside.
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Post by Sandra Guandan on Sept 15, 2015 13:21:28 GMT -5
"Wait what?!"Xanthus shouted opening up again."Ears man!" Sandra shouted back at him as Xanthus had shouted right by her ear. "oops sorry Sandra, but still what?" Xanthus continued after moving away from Sandra's ears in case he shouted again. "Explains why I sensed what I sensed" Sandra said to Xanthus quietly. "Yer" He answered back quietly.
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Stephen Langley
Brawler
"Some of you will call me mad then look up and shout 'Save us' and I will whisper back....'No'."
Posts: 37
Faction: Aquos
Guardian Bakugan: Unrevealed Prototype
Alignment: Neutral
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Post by Stephen Langley on Sept 15, 2015 13:26:10 GMT -5
Stephen stood and knelt beside the girl, "You're affected by the frailty epidemic...aren't you?", sighed Langley. He reached into his coat pocket and offered a medical bottle to her. "Here. There's only a couple doses, but it's an ibuprofen for Bakugan. It should help with your pain."
Despite his press image of not caring about the frailty epidemic, Stephen was deeply concerned. He'd tested the medicine a couple of times and it so far was working. He then stood and turned towards Minato. "You seem to know who I am, so introduction isn't in order. I'm going to assume you're inquiring about her current state of being human. I can't help you. I've seen two other brawlers have similar Bakugan but both they and the Bakugan that were with them were pronounced dead a year ago. My sincerest apologies for not being able to give you the answer you were looking for."
Stephen then turned to the other girl who had approached the bench. "My name is Stephen Langley, CEO and founder of Langley Robotics."
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Post by Sandra Guandan on Sept 15, 2015 13:34:08 GMT -5
"Nice to meet you, I'm Sandra, Sandra Guandan. I'm not really part of anything, I'm just a Subterra Brawler" Sandra said grabbing her Bakugan of her Shoulder. "And this is Xanthus" She said opening up her hand to revel a Brown Bakugan."Nice to meet you Stephen" Xanthus said opening up and Bowing slightly.
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Minato Kuroshiki
Hyper Brawler
You know your ancestors like another person when you should know them as yourself ~ Minato Kuroshiki
Posts: 87
Faction: Haos
Guardian Bakugan: Green Eyed Lover
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Post by Minato Kuroshiki on Sept 15, 2015 13:39:06 GMT -5
Green Eyed Lover nodded thankfully and took the medicine without thinking anything more than the hope of escaping the pain that she'd inevitably put herself in. She shouldn't have struggled so much, she should have calmed down but it just wasn't in her nature. Then her thoughts turned accusatory and she was blaming Minato for her pain. It was, however, subsiding so she didn't dwell on it. She stood up and stretched.
Minato on the other hand was a little crestfallen by the information he'd gotten from Langley. He had spoken so bluntly that it had to be honest, there was nothing that it could be mistaken as. A sigh blew through his lips. "Two steps forward, one hundred ninety-two steps in another direction that has no coherent relevance at all, and three steps back." It wasn't the oddest thing that he'd ever said, probably up there though. He cracked his knuckles. He didn't want to press Langley on the frailty, since it seemed to get on his nerves. Minato didn't blame him though. Press was breathing down his neck after all, "How are you feeling, Heart?"
"Pretty decent, actually. Pain's gone and everything." Good, at least the medicine was working. Minato brushed a hand through her hair to show how worried he was, and was already pulling back from her. He ushered her back into the group, arm around her shoulders as he looked the newcomer once over. He wasn't quite sure what to make of her.
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Post by Allen Silva on Sept 15, 2015 13:43:04 GMT -5
Ryek had been listening in on the conversation occurring at the bench not far from where he was sleeping. It was only until his bakugan, Barracudas nudged him that he really listened." Hey Ryek, did you hear that last part."
"Indeed. I think its time I make myself known." Ryek responded, still mostly lost in his dream. He slowly got to his feet and cracked his neck. He then strolled over to where this conversation, obviously followed by the dextra bakugan." I can tell you that they are dead. There's no speculation in that." Ryek said to the group, speaking a little louder than he normally does to make sure they heard him.
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Post by Sandra Guandan on Sept 15, 2015 13:46:56 GMT -5
Sandra looked around and saw the man with the female Bakugan looking at her. "Anything wrong?" She said putting Xanthus back on her shoulder."It's rude to stare you know?" Xanthus said looking at the boy too now. "Be sides it's getting annoying as everyone does it around here." Xanthus continued moaning a bit."Calm down Xanthus" Sandra said looking down at him.
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Stephen Langley
Brawler
"Some of you will call me mad then look up and shout 'Save us' and I will whisper back....'No'."
Posts: 37
Faction: Aquos
Guardian Bakugan: Unrevealed Prototype
Alignment: Neutral
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Post by Stephen Langley on Sept 15, 2015 13:48:39 GMT -5
Stephen glanced at GEL and Minato, turning himself to face the 3 at one time so as to not be rude. "There's more you wish to ask me, isn't there? Do so now, you may not get another chance." Stephen was certain the frailty was going to come up, as was a expected aggressive reaction to the existence of the medicine. The medicine was experimental, no side effects have been observed but some species of Bakugan seemed to have an immunity to it and getting even a small sample of those Bakugan's genetic makeup was nearly fatal.
As Stephen waited for an answer, his phone started going off. Checking the number, he found that it was one of his researchers in the BRD texting him. Quickly glancing through the messages, Stephen's face turned from his normal calmness to one of disappointment. The Bakugan that they had been testing the medicine on was experiencing what in humans would be total organ failure. 'Today just keeps getting worse...'
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Minato Kuroshiki
Hyper Brawler
You know your ancestors like another person when you should know them as yourself ~ Minato Kuroshiki
Posts: 87
Faction: Haos
Guardian Bakugan: Green Eyed Lover
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Post by Minato Kuroshiki on Sept 15, 2015 14:00:56 GMT -5
There was so much going on around him that Minato sort of just ended up staring at the strange girl even longer. He didn't know her name or anything, he wasn't there when she introduced herself and even as her bakugan challenged him, he hadn't looked away. Instead his thoughts were a swirling monsoon inside his head. 'This man knows more than Langley. Langley knows something I don't. I obviously shouldn't be staring at this girl. Which is more important? When does the medicine wear off? Should I be more concerned of Heart's frailty or her resting form?' His thoughts continued to pelt the inside of his skull, leaving him staring still. Well not staring at the girl anymore, but more like staring through her. He was too deep in thought to even acknowledge her presence.
"Is he doing it again? Minato, you're doing it again. He's doing it again, everyone." Green Eyed Lover was obviously referring to Minato's current vegetable state being the result of him being deep in thought. She patted his cheek and got no result. She didn't even get a reaction when she licked his palm again. "Okay, that was a bad idea. Your fingers taste like chlorophyll."
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