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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:03 am
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Pokerus may have been a Alumni, but she still spent much of her time near the school grounds. This was largely due to the lack of ideas of what she would do after graduation. But she had plenty of time to figure all that out, she was in no rush.
Strolling through the school corridors, she thought about getting something to eat, turning around a corner and through a door. But instead of a cafeteria, she was assaulted with the grey wisps and whispers of the haunted house.
Whelp, so much for food.
A quick glance of the area told her she had ventured into a large library, shelves upon shelves stacked with old books, most tinged with grey and looked so frail they would fall apart.
Curiously she picked one up, only to have it crumble to dust. She then pulled another off the shelf and began to read. This one was in a language she couldn't understand, and placed it back. Taking a third book she opened it and read the worlds out loud.
"Suddenly he sits up and tugs my..." She raised a eyebrow. "pulling off his boxer briefs his...What is this?!" She skips forward a few passages, leans away from the book, and continues to make faces while mumbling the words from the book.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:30 am
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It had been a very long time since Gale had last been to the Haunted House.
After all, he'd honored his negotiations and agreements with Mei-Xiu and Bul, even if it had been a very long time since he'd seen or heard from either of them. Gale sincerely hoped that they were still doing all right - rarely were there any creatures who were as willing to work together as they were.
His duties had pulled him to the House this particular afternoon. Gale had Jinhai summoned and was pacing up and down one of the corridors, gloved fingers held loosely but carefully around his gun, looking for any sign of an intruder. He thought he felt something, heard something - and then he knew he had, because a soft voice was coming from one of the rooms to his right.
His grasp tightened, and Gale quietly turned the corner, amber eyes narrowing somewhat. A creature stood there, staring intently at one of the books, and it was unfamiliar to Gale, not one that he had seen before - or at least, not one he had seen before anytime recently.
"Hello," he said quietly, cautiously.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:40 pm
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He didn't raise his gun to her, nor did he try to advance. Instead, Gale just stood there in the doorway quietly, watching with a wary expression on his face as he tried to determine whether this particular creature was an aggressive one or not.
His eyes fell to the book in her hands - and immediately (and annoyingly) his face turned a slight shade of red.
"I haven't read it," said Gale, sounding mortified. "And anyway, that's not a book anyone should read, I know what it's about from...from other people." Well, Twitter, really, but that still counted as other people. "It's a terrible example of human literature."
He paused a moment, and then asked cautiously, "What's your name?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:55 am
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If he'd been a bit younger, he might have stuffed his fingers in his ears. As it was, the creature even mentioning sex at all still managed to make Gale's face flush a deep scarlet as he stood there, completely flustered. "I, no, that is to say - please don't read that, it's utter rubbish."
He inhaled a breath and glanced around the room before his eyes settled on the creature again; all he needed to do was raise his gun, and the book bounced off of the barrel as he flipped it sideways, not wanting to touch it either. He gave it a horrified look before he turned back to Pokerus.
"Gale," he said, a little wearily. "My name is Gale. What are you doing in here?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:43 pm
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He still hadn't made any move to attack, because he wasn't going to unless she did first. Gale watched her a little warily, though the snicker made him flush a deeper red, and he wrapped his fingers more fully around the gun, just out of pure instinct.
Gale gave a small nod. "I've heard it does that," he said, glancing about the room. "This place never stays the same, every time I come here it's different."
His eyes flickered back towards her and slowly Gale shook his head.
"No," he said, "I was sent here purposefully. I'm on duty patrolling here."
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:48 pm
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He gave a nod, and although he didn't lower his gun (more out of habit than anything else, just in case she decided to change her mind), he did relax somewhat, a little bit of tension easing from his shoulders. Gale's eyes flickered a little in thought.
"The Horsemen are vicious creatures," he said. "Not that some humans aren't, but they have a taste for violence that seems only satisfied by wreaking havoc everywhere they go."
His eyebrows rose; and something clicked in Gale's mind, though he wasn't quite certain if it was right or not.
"Strange...how?" he asked curiously, and then added quickly, "If you don't mind me asking."
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