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originally posted in:The New Dojo
11/21/2016 1:04:45 AM
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[b]Keri walks towards the Simulation Room, usual get-up. Brown duster, white shirt under it, middlemost button done. Black leggings, brown tennis shoes. Green earrings, strange, because it didn't match her outfit at all. Almost like they weren't supposed to go with the outfit, possibly a different one. She had short, black hair, right around at her ears. Besides her getup, another thing stood out. Her eyes. They were a light, milky brown. She was blind. Strangely, she could navigate perfectly fine. Right over to the room, opening the door, then programming the Sim Room to a location. Familiar to a small select few, unknown by most.
She gazed up at the simulated sky, breathing in the air. It was home. Well, the place she came from, not her actual home. Neon lights, skyscrapers, drug dealers on street corners. She smiled. Just like she'd remembered. Of course, she didn't program the whole city to be simulated, just this street and a few alleyways. She walked off the road, over to one of the alleyways, pulling a revolver from her duster, right hand reaching over to her waist. She walked into the alleyway, looking down it. There was two men. She'd loaded the program that had two thugs in this specific alleyway, so she already knew that it was merely a few street toughs, good target practice. Despite being blind, she took aim, nailing one right in the back of the neck, falling down. She knew the second only had a knife, she'd programmed this part of the sim herself, so she holsters her revolver, and pulls a sword from the other side of the duster, a rapier. Only reason she wasn't sparring with a real person was because she only trained with her wooden rapier, a luxury nobody else in the Dojo would bother with. She quickly ran up to the second man, and stabbed him in the right arm, a quick, fast strike. He took a swing. She swung upwards, knocking the knife away. The man got angry. He ran at her, and was met with a blade. Through the chest. She wiped the blood from the blade with the man's shirt, and headed back out to the exit. The one flaw was... She'd left the door open. Anyone could've seen in. She walked out, shutting the door, then looked around for anyone that had seen in, or just someone to talk to.[/b]
[spoiler]Open.[/spoiler]
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"Well, since you told me about yours, I might as well talk about mine. Funny thing is, I've only had two boyfriends as well. Both were from Cedyetica. First one was a guy named Lance, referred to by many as the best swordsman to ever exist. And he really is, in my opinion. I met him on a rooftop, we talked for a while, and a few days later we kissed, then little while later we had sex. We were together for a really long time, two or three years, then we broke up. We're still on good terms, though. Talk to him every once and a while. Second guy was a guy named Daniel, same name as the guy I care for. Got a little weird when we were all in the same room. We were together for a few weeks, then he died. And now it's you. Going good so far, wouldn't you say?"
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"Indeed so. Hope we last longer than my other relationships, hmm? Might have jinxed myself there." [i]He chuckled softly, though his words were nonetheless true. None of his relationships had lashed more than a month so far. It was bad, seriously. [/i]
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[b]Keri smiled over at him, her eyes radiating joy, despite them not working in the slightest.[/b] "Hey, how about we don't hope this lasts..." [b]She wraps her hand around his.[/b] "Let's make it last, alright?"
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"Let's indeed," [i]He responded with a wide smile and a nod, his hand wrapping back around Keri's, and giving it a soft squeeze. Luke really did like this woman a whole lot so far. He already fell for her, if anything. [/i] "You're awesome, Keri. You really are."
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"You're awesome too, Lucas. I like you a lot. And that's hard to do, since we just met a couple hours ago. You're a special something, Lucas. I like that." [b]She clicked her tongue a few times, trying to get a picture of things around her again.[/b]
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Edited by Nox: 11/24/2016 7:02:48 PM[i]Nothing much had changed, aside from the fact that the waiter was fast approaching with a large platter thing with all the plates and stuff. Y'know what I mean, right? [/i] "Like we're connected by the red string of faith," [i]Luke responded as the waiter stopped at their table, and placed their food before them in silence. The clam chowder for Keri, and the cappuccino and macaroni with cheese for Luke. [/i] "Thank you."
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"What does that mean, Lucas?" [b]Keri picked up her spoon, and took a spoonful of clam chowder, and ate it. It wasn't the best she'd ever had, but it was good.[/b]
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"Eh, never mind." [i]Luke grabbed his own spoon, because who eats mac and cheese with anything else, and took a somewhat small bite. It was good, tasty. But then again, -blam!-ing mac and cheese up is really hard. [/i]
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[b]Keri just say there in silence, eating her clam chowder. She seemed to be thinking about something.[/b]
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[i]After a second bite, Luke lowered his fork, before looking over to Keri, smile fading somewhat. He then asked, somewhat curious:[/i] "Something on your mind?"
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[b]She seemed to snap out of her trance. She smiles again, but it has a hint of sadness.[/b] "Oh, uh... Nothing. Don't worry about it."
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"Are you sure? You seem sad." [i]Luke was somewhat worried now, smile fading completely, being replaced by a worried look. [/i]
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"It's just that..." [b]She sighs.[/b] "I'm worried. Every time I get close to someone, something bad happens... Guess I just have horrible luck."
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[i]Instead of looking even more worried or even scared, Luke just smiled, before placing his left hand on Keri's right shoulder, giving it a soft squeeze. [/i] "I promise to you that I won't let anything bad happen to me, okay? We'll make it last, right?"
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[b]She looks over at him, the sad smile still present on her face.[/b] "Yeah... Alright. We'll make it last, yeah."
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"Indeed we will, dear." [i]Luke said, looking back at Keri as he kept the smile. He was somewhat worried that the "dear" would ruin it, though. [/i]
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[b]Keri slowly reaches up to her shoulder, and slides his hand off of it, then she holds it gently. She was happy. Content. It'd been so long since she'd been in a relationship, she'd forgotten how much she worried.[/b] "Thank you... So much."
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[i]The Russian himself was rather carefree, not worrying about anything in his life at the moment. He had moved past the deaths of anyone that he loved, and, well, there really wasn't much to worry about for Lucas. [/i] "Thank me?" [i]He asked, somewhat confused. He hadn't done anything besides say a few things, right? Either way, Luke wasn't complaining as he just smiled at Keri.[/i]
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"I... Just thank you. You've been so kind and... We haven't even known each other a day and... You're just awesome."
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"Everyone deserves kindness, especially someone as nice as you. You've been the same to me; kind and friendly. Very, at that. So, you shouldn't be the only one thanking someone. Thank you, Keri."
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"No... I haven't done anything. You've comforted me twice in the past hour, Lucas. You've done so much more for me than I have you... Can I do anything to repay you?"
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"Anything, Keri? Well, there's only a single thing you can do to repay me: just continue being yourself. That's all." [i]He let go of his fork, placing his now free hand on Keri's, smiling at the blind woman. [/i] "Can you do that for me?"
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[b]The hint of sadness was gone, and Keri was lightly blushing. Nobody had said anything like that before to her...[/b] "I'll try."
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[i]Lucas softly squeezed Keri's hand, before nodding slowly and with a wide smile. He slowly withdrew his right hand, placing it at the side of his plate. [/i] "Thank you, dear. That's all I'll ask of you." [i]The gentlemanly Russian then quickly leaned in, placing a swift and soft kiss upon Keri's left cheek. He then moved back, a smile playing around his lips. [/i]
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[b]Keri's smile grew wider, and she blushed even more... She'd always been the one to kiss people on the cheek... Being on the receiving end? Well, she actually liked it. She quickly leaned over and gave him a small kiss on the cheek as well.[/b]
