originally posted in:The New Dojo
Plot post 1: [u][i]The Disappearance[/i][/u]
*It was early morning in the Dojo, about six am. The air was cool and humid, and the sky was cloudy. The grass was covered in morning dew. A few crickets were still chirping but they were drowned out by the calls which started echoing through the Dojo. It was a familiar male voice with a thick Sphirinian accent.. Vorim'Tairn walks through the Dojo, calling out for Sketch.*
[u][b]Skeeeeeetch!!! Wheerrree arrre yooouuu!?!?!? SKEEEEEEEEEEEETCH!!!!![/b][/u]
*He reaches the cardboard box that sits right next to the inside of the entrance and starts banging on the front.*
[u][b]Sapphire come out![/b][/u]
*Sapphire walks out, still wearing her pajamas and yawning. She sounds extremely annoyed as she speaks and swishes her tail impatiently.*
[u]Vorim, I'm tryna sleep. What's the matter?[/u]
[u][b]I can't find Sketch![/b][/u]
[u]What do you mean you can't find Sketch? He's probably off with Leyla or something.[/u]
[u][b]It's Monday. We always stay up on Sunday nights and watch the Dojo together... We're brothers, it's our thing.[/b][/u]
[u]It's Monday? I thought it was Friday...[/u]
[u][b]That's not the point. He never misses it, not even for Leyla.[/b][/u]
[u]You're getting too worked up about this. You already follow him around half the time because you can't just walk up to people and start conversations on your own. I don't believe that it really scares you that much to-[/u]
[u][b]SHUT UP![/b][/u]
*Vorim looks like he's about to cry.*
[u][b]Just help me look for him!!![/b][/u]
[u]Okay, okay. Calm down. Just let me change my clothes.[/u]
*She goes back into the box, slamming the door. He just stands there, looking around with an extremely distressed expression on his face.*
[spoiler]Open![/spoiler]
English
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"Can you find out for me? Smell him? Track him in some way? It's the best lead we have."
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[u][b]N-Normally I could t-track him u-using smell. But I can't e-even get a-a faint whiff o-of his scent.[/b][/u]
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"Well... How do you suppose we find him, then? Life sensor? Scanner?"
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[u][b]I-I don't know... You m-must be able t-to do s-something.[/b][/u]
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"What about Sapphire? Can she help?"
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[u][b]I-I don't know...[/b][/u]
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"How about we just ask then?"
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[u][b]I-I did... She's changing.[/b][/u]
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"Let's wait for her, then."
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[u][b]Okay...[/b][/u] *A little while later sapphire comes out wearing a black tank top and tan shorts. She stops when she sees the strange looking humanoid.* [u]Who are you? You seem a little familiar.[/u]
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"I'm the blob you met a little while back... I changed into your colors, remember?"
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Edited by Skatch142: 9/13/2016 2:27:43 AM[u]Oh, right. I remember you. You seem less squishy now.[/u] *She laughs mistaking stating the obvious for telling a joke.* [u][b]Sapphire! No time for random laughing! HELP US![/b][/u] *Vorim's ears lay back as he starts to get angry at her.* [spoiler]Because a lot of other people are making changes, I'm going to tweak my character's personalities. I've already put a couple into effect and I'm working on others. Examples are Sapphire's complete and utter failure of a sense of humor and the fact that Vorim now has to become comfortable talking to each character individually and it will take much longer for him to become comfortable taking to a character. I'll state all of the tweaks in a post after my plot.[/spoiler]
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"Please, do not get angry, Vorim. It will get us nowhere. And Sapphire, please try not to joke at a serious time like this. Sketch is missing, and we'd really appreciate it if you'd focus. Now, do you have any idea where Sketch might be?"
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[u]For all I know he and Leyla are somewhere f-[/u] [u][b]SAPPHIRE![/b][/u] [u]Alright, alright. Have you tried scent? I could still try and track him but your nose is much more sensitive than mine what with you being half wolf.[/u] [u][b]Y-Yes, not even a-a whiff of him on th-the b-bre-breeze.[/b][/u] [u]D@&#. What about you? Do you have any ideas?[/u] *That last question was directed towards the humanoid.*
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"We could use a neural link finder. It makes living things tuned in on and visible on the screen! Brilliant! Why didn't I think of it before!"
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[u][b]B-But he isn't n-neurally linked t-too anything e-except his swords... A-And he can o-only s-summon them if I-I'm there.[/b][/u]
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"No, it shows the general location of things that have been on Tatakai! It works really well!"
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[u]Then where is it???[/u]
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"In the library! Come on!" [b]It jogs towards the library.[/b]
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*They follow.* [u]I never knew we had one of those.[/u]
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"It helps when you've read the entire library."
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[u]Neither of us know how to read.[/u] [u][b]Sk-Sketch doesn't e-even know.[/b][/u]
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"I'll have to teach you sometime. We're almost to the library." [b]They reach the library, and Big S enters. It walks over to a console, and taps it. Nothing happens. It facepalms.[/b] "Why does this always happen when I try to help people?"
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[u]I guess so...[/u] *They continue following him.*
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[b]They eventually reach the library, and go inside. At the back is a large console. Big S taps on it, then facepalms.[/b] "It's broken... Why does this always happen when I help people?"