originally posted in:The New Dojo
"Y-Yeah...guys, I'm alright. Trust me. It's Sketch you should be worried about, but this old Hollow here."
[i]Anri chuckled slightly, nodding.[/i]
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*Sapphire laughs with Anri for some reason.* [u][b]B-Being a hollow i-is not s-something t-to laugh about... B-But you're r-right. We h-have to focus o-o-on Sketch.[/b][/u] [u]Oh, you seriously believe that he's really missing? Well I guess it makes sense that you'd get worried about him easily considering you two are best friends...[/u]
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[i]Looking over at Sapphire now, Anri sounded rather...confused.[/i] "I assumed he was missing because no one had seen him. Of course, you seem to know what's going on. So explain."
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[u]Well, he's probably just off doing something. Sketch and Vorim spend enough time together already, considering Vorim is always following him around because he's [i]scared to start conversations.[/i] Frankly I don't believe that it really scares him that-[/u] [u][b]Shut up![/b][/u] *He looks like he's about to cry.* [u]Come on Vorim, you're eighteen. You're too old to be crying.[/u] [u][b]I-I don't c-care. W-Why do y-you h-have to be s-so mean?[/b][/u] *Tears start to well up in Vorim's eyes.*
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"Y'know...you're not really helping, Sapphire. Vorim...just take a break for a moment, okay? It'll be alright." [i]Crossing her arms, Anri looked at Vorim silently, sighing heavily after she spoke.[/i]
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*Vorim nods, wiping tears away as he walks off, continuing to look for Sketch.* [u]Look, if he aged the way a human does, he would be thirty six. He's too old to be acting like a baby and always following Sketch around, getting scared over nothing, using that lame excuse that he's afraid to start conversations. He's even crying. He needs to just man up.[/u]
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[i]Watching him silently, Anri only nodded as Sapphire spoke, her arms still crossed and her head lowered. She remained silent, for she didn't want to interrupt.[/i]
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[u]Anri, are you even listening?[/u] *Sapphire is looking at her now.*
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"Yeah. I am." [i]Looking up, Anri simply sighed, shaking her head slowly.[/i]
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[u]And??? No opinion?[/u]
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"Well...you're not wrong, that's for sure."
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[spoiler]No!!! She's treating Vorim horribly!!! Objection![/spoiler] [u]Thank you. Frankly, if he doesn't act his age and fast I think he should leave the-[/u] [u][b]G-Guys.[/b][/u] *Vorim is standing there, still sniffling.* [u][b]There's sh-sh-shouting coming from th-the village.[/b][/u]
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[spoiler]Muhahaha![/spoiler] [i]Looking over at him, Anri only sighed towards Vorim, suddenly looking towards the village.[/i] "So maybe Sketch, then? We need to get going. Now."
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[u]Oh, Vorim. How long were yo-[/u] *She stops talking when Vorim turns around silently and starts making his way towards the village, not even acknowledging her. Sapphire facepalms.* *Muttering [u]First upset about Sketch, now he's upset with me. Way to focus on the task at hand Vorim.[/u] *She follows, staying about twenty feet behind.*
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Edited by Orn: 9/16/2016 10:59:49 AM[i]Anri followed as well, walking rather close to Vorim. Yes, she agreed with Sapphire in a way, but Anri simply thought that he needed someone to actually talk to. She remembered being similar to this. Always following around Patches before he eventually got too stressed out. She didn't want Vorim to turn out like her.[/i]
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*Vorim notices her walking closer to him, but just chooses to not pay attention. The shouting coming from the village can now be heard my Anri too as they get closer.*
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"Well, that's just grand..." [i]She walked beside Vorim, going silent as the three began to approach the village. Anri was actually somewhat nervous, to tell the truth.[/i]
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*The shouting seems to sound different as you get closer. It's more like screams of terror than shouting.* [u][b]N-No... No no no no...[/b][/u] *Vorim breaks into a jog and then into a run.*
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[i]Anri kept moving, silently drawing her coiled blade as she still went onwards into the village. She had to find out what was going on...and fast.[/i]
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*Vorim and Sapphire get down to a building and look around the corner. They both gasp in unison.* [u][b]O-Oh my god![/b][/u]
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"What?!" [i]Anri simply followed them, looking down at the scene and expecting the worst. She expected somebody to be dead, really.[/i]
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*People line the streets, parents are forcing their children back into their houses. They are all watching Sketch being dragged up the street, unconscious. But what's dragging him is even scarier and more disturbing. A black figure, seemingly made of some pitch black liquid is dragging him. Its whole body is rippling and sections of it seem to remove themselves, hover in one place and then reattach in the same place. A grey aura surrounds it and tiny droplets of the black liquid float upwards off of it and disappear.* [u][b]THAT THING HAS SKETCH!!![/b][/u] *Sapphire was frozen in disbelief.*
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"...What the hell?! No!" [i]Leaping down onto the street, Anri began to slowly approach, waving the coiled sword out to her side. Red flames had begun to surround her body suddenly.[/i]
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*It turns around showing two circular glowing white eyes on rippling black liquid. Suddenly the front of his head starts turning grey and William's face appears.* *William "Oh, you? Ha! I should kill you now and have you go crazy! That'll make Wolfy upset when he wakes up!" *William lifts Sketch up by the collar, shaking him a little. Vorim and Sapphire follow Anri, Vorim's eyes turning blue then yellow.*
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[i]Silently approaching, lightning had begun to form within Anri's left hand. An aura of heat was surrounding her body, and the area had begun to heat up ridiculously.[/i]
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*Vorim and Sapphire stay back, realizing that it's getting really hot and their fur certainly isn't helping.* *William "What? Are you trying to cook me? I wouldn't do that because Wolfy's here too!"