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It always starts in a bar...; [Closed]
Topic Started: Jun 4 2009, 01:38 AM (1,026 Views)
Katyusha
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"I'd really like to think it's a coincidence, but it's not something I can just ignore. There's something wrong about the whole thing." she finished in Japanese.

Marina was sitting in a corner table at a bar she frequented with Elza and Lavender, and had just finished explaining the details of the previous mission. Primarily, that something was quite off in the way it was handled and how GLADIUS and the OASIS Project were involved so early. She'd told the former because she trusted them with her life, and the latter because she was likewise a longtime friend as well as GLADIUS' field commander.

Considering the subject, she found it prudent to speak in a language that few people in Nova Oasis would understand, much less random patrons of such a place.
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"I'd really like to think it's a coincidence, but it's not something I can just ignore. There's something wrong about the whole thing." So that was why Marina had arranged for a meeting between Elza, Lavender and herself in a bar right here in the executive district of Nova Oasis City. Lavender nodded at what Marina pointed out - owing to the sensitive nature of what was being talked about, it was only fitting they were conversing in Japanese, a language not frequently spoken by the average citizens of Nova Oasis. It wasn't difficult to see why; considering the OASIS foundation has eyes and ears throughout the entire island.

"Something's not quite right indeed," Lavender replied before looking at Elza and Marina. "Shh... let's keep this between you and me, but I've noticed something has been amiss within the OASIS foundation ever since the second founding. It's like something strange has been going on within the inner circles of the organization ever since the OASIS foundation has effectively changed hands from the founding trio to a new management." With Munchausen gone missing, Dr. Möbius dead and WTB in self-imposed exile, a brand-new team of directors have taken control of the organization, supposedly appointed by WTB.

"The thing is... there's a disturbing lack of transparency within the ranks of the organization ever since the new management took over," Lavender continued.
Edited by Lawman, Jun 5 2009, 02:01 AM.
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Having just been let out of the hospital, Elza had been raring to go...well, pretty much anywhere. After being confined to bed for so long it felt really, really good to just get out and spend some time with her closest friends (and wife). Though she idly wondered if it was a good idea to head to the bar they always went to from the get go, the thought did not last long as she had already ordered "the usual" once they had taken a seat a the table. For the most part, she kept quiet though the discussion was...touchy at best, and given how she was confined for so long she didn't have much to say on the matter entirely.

"You guys are making me scared to go back to work now, you know." the blond mused jokingly. Well, the tension was getting to her and they were here to have fun and all...
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"You, scared? The Ace of Instructors?" Marina laughed "But I'm still concerned about it, especially if it's putting people in danger. I don't mind having to go somewhere and face danger to deal with disasters and such, it's what we're for, but I don't want GLADIUS to be the cause of that disaster in the first place."

She sighed, and emptied her glass before setting it down and refilling it from the bottle. Marina's drink of choice in this case, was Meiguilu jiu, a type of Chinese liquor with an incredibly high alcohol content. However meek she seemed to be, she was a rather hard drinker.
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"You, scared? The Ace of Instructors?" Marina replied, stifling a laugh. "But I'm still concerned about it, especially if it's putting people in danger. I don't mind having to go somewhere and face danger to deal with disasters and such, it's what we're for, but I don't want GLADIUS to be the cause of that disaster in the first place." Lavender took note of Marina's choice of drink, Meiguilu jiu. Granted, the amethyst-haired leader of GLADIUS wasn't particularly savvy about alcoholic beverages, nowhere as near to her white-haired friend/subordinate, but she knew it was a pretty strong drink.

"That's something I hope it isn't so," Lavender replied as she downed her shot of flavored rum. "But really, with the way the director organizes GLADIUS missions nowadays I have no idea whether this is a humanitarian operation, or cleaning up some dirty work that the OASIS Foundation is responsible for." That being said, the GLADIUS leader refilled her shot glass.

"See, the thing is I too would like to believe that we're truly doing the right thing, and not simply being used as pawns in someone's schemes. Needless to say, The Director wasn't pleased with how the last mission turned out." Lavender acted against her superiors' orders to have all data behind the Site 42 archaeological mission erased, including destroying the stone tablets containing the source code for Guardian Core - it was a loss of a valuable relic, but she figured such was a small price to pay compared to potentially compromising the survival of mankind.
Edited by Lawman, Jun 7 2009, 02:14 AM.
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"Hey! I get scared! ...Sometimes! ...maybe..." her retort seemed to fall flat towards the end. Given her past records, it was really hard to backup. Regardless, she took another sip of her drink, which was apparently just beer. While she frequented this bar with Marina and Lavender, she was known to have a fairly low tolerance to alcohol in general, and even with the weaker drinks...
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WHAM.

The doors to the bar burst open from the outside as another patron made... her entrance?

"BOKU... KAREN NI SANJOU!" (I make my lovely appearance!)

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She was a girl with glasses and long platinum hair, and a pair of black ribbons adorning them. She was also wearing a frilly dress, not exactly the kind of attire one would wear at a bar. It also didn't help that she was running about like she was using them as daily wear.
"M-Miss, please! You're causing a commotion!" one of the sommeliers said.
"AFTER TEN THOUSAND YEARS I'M- oh, sorry. I haven't been to a bar before, so..."

<Not to mention I haven't possessed a body in quite a long while. I like this one though~> the girl thought to herself.
"A-anyway, minors aren't allowed here, so..."

FWIP.
"I'm hardly a minor, good sir. As you can see," she said as she showed him her GLADIUS ID.
On it was written: Eliza Scott, twenty-one years old.
"And I'd like some coke and rum while you're at it~" she purred as she took a seat on a table near the Marina, Lavender and Elza. She was also close enough that they'd kind of recognize it was Liz, but... not really. "Maybe you'll even get a nice little tip~"

... What the hell was going on here?
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"Only when I worry you." Marina joked, taking another sip from her drink, when she heard the commotion. "She kind of looks like Liz dont you think?"

She was thinking aloud again and gestured toward the rather noisy newcomer.

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The sound of the doors slamming open drew Lavender's attention from their topic to the entrance, at the sight of another patron entering the bar, who was already creating quite a commotion before seating herself at a table near where the three GLADIUS agents were having their chat. "She kind of looks like Liz dont you think?" Marina asked as she gestured towards the newly-arrived patron, while Lavender looked on in a combination of slight amusement towards this patron's antics, although she was somewhat apprehensive towards the part where she flashed what her eyes could make out from the distance as a GLADIUS ID. A GLADIUS agent that Lavender didn't know? Either she is a newcomer, or she's from one of GLADIUS' foreign teams that rarely have direct correspondence with the HQ at Nova Oasis.

"She might be Liz for all we know," Lavender replied as she downed another shot of rum. "You know her long enough to know she shares her body with two spirits who take control of her body from time to time... I know how her appearance changes slightly between herself, Misuzu and Kanna - but if that's Liz we're looking at, I... I don't know which spirit is in control of her body right now... or maybe I'm just getting an overactive imagination from all that drinking."
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"Only when I worry you."

"That would imply I'm scared all the time." Elza responded, mostly pouting. Well, Marina was speaking the truth though, she did get scared when Marina did things that made her worry. Regardless, Elza continued drinking, and the signs of alcohol in her system were beginning to show.

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The girl who was using Liz's body patiently waited for her drink. She... was also trying to balance a pencil on her lips for some reason. And while she did hear the conversation on the other table, she mostly ignored it for now. She did, however, note how easily the blonde was succumbing to her liquor.

"Here's your drink, miss..." the sommelier from earlier said when he finally brought her her drink.
"Thank you~" she said. Well, this was going to be her first time actually drinking booze (who'd of thought she'd get to do this years earlier than expected?) she figured she'd take her first drink in one gulp LIKE A BOSS.
"Ja... Itadakimasu!~"

GULP.

GULP.

GULP.


"BWAAAAAAARGH!"
The girl made a satisfied HAAAAAH sound as she slammed the glass on the table. "HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME. Another one, my good man! I shall savor this next one thoroughly!" she said to her sommelier.
"Uh... miss!?" he gasped. For some reason, he was on the floor looking on in horror.
"Eh? What's wrong? What did-WHOA!"

... The table where Lavender and the others were seated had a blackened burn mark on it, as if something blasted by in its wake. Apparently, she just fired off a huge laser. With her mouth. Like a boss.
"OH FUCK, MAN, SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN IT! SHIIIIT!" she gasped in apology. "No, really, I had no idea I could do that!"

...

She then gingerly twirled the glass in her hand. "... Are you sure that was just coke and rum?" she asked her sommelier.
"Y-yes! Quite!"
"... Well, I'd like another one, please. And I'll try not to take it all in one go..." she said as she gently handed the glass to him.
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"Down!" Marina shouted as she pushed Elza and Lavender away from the path of Otoha's beam.

After a few seconds, she poked her head back up to survey the damage.

"OH FUCK, MAN, SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN IT! SHIIIIT! No, really, I had no idea I could do that!"

Marina sighed. She needed a talk with this person.

"Lavender, could you please take Elza home? She's had abit too much to drink."
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"Down!" Marina's warning came out of nowhere, catching Lavender completely off-guard; the SEED instructor hadn't been anticipating something like this; but then again, who could possibly expect what came next? One minute Liz came to the bar to order a drink of her own at a nearby table, and the next she was spewing forth a beam of energy right out of her mouth!

Lavender grunted as she and Elza hit the polished hardwood floorboards a mere fraction of a second before Otoha's energy beam hit the surface of the table, their bodies hitting the floor with a thud even as shouts and screams filled the bar, followed by an unnerving silence as Marina was the first to raise herself from the floor to survey the extent of the damage done, surrounded by a crowd of dumbstruck patrons and staff who looked on with eyes wide open and most sporting an expression of shock and disbelief. The damage wasn't as severe as originally anticipated - the beam had hit the surface of the table where Elza, Lavender and Marina had been sitting, leaving a carbonized stain upon its surface and leaving a faint reek of burned wood in the air and the floor surrounding the table strewn with glass shards.

"OH FUCK, MAN, SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN IT! SHIIIIT! No, really, I had no idea I could do that!" Otoha spouted her apologies profusely as the patrons and staff continued to gape at the scene she had created.

"Lavender, could you please take Elza home? She's had abit too much to drink." The amethyst-haired Esper looked down at where Elza was as Marina spoke, noting that the blond was indeed kind of tipsy.

"Well, you got it Marina," Came Lavender's quick reply as she knelt down briefly to help Elza back onto her feet, wrapping Elza's right arm across her shoulders while placing her own hand beneath the blond's left arm to support her drunk colleague. "Come on Elza, time to get you home just as Marina said."
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"Marina's a little forceful tonight~" Elza mused drunkenly, slipping back into English as her friend pushed her out of the way. She really was bad with alcohol, so it was a wonder why she even bothered drinking with them most of the times. Of course, she seemed to resist being dragged away, saying things she could keep going all night. As such, she grabbed a bottle with her free hand and kept drinking on the way out.

Of course, this eventually turned into a loud, drunken rant. "It's not like I wanted to be called Avalon...I just sorta grew up this way." she began, it was nonsensical at first and then the rant targeted a certain Marina. "Marina worries me sometimes...She's just so reckless at times, and doesn't look after herself when she works." she began, stopping to take another drink. "She doesn't mind getting hurt or maimed as long as it saves someone, but its not healthy for her." all her concern for her friend seemed to slip out at this moment. "She's been hospitalized for extended periods 6 times in 5 years..." though it began to nod off towards the end...especially when they reached the door.


"MARINA! I WANT TO DO H WITH YOU!"

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...

Marina stopped for a moment at that.

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And she turned very red for that moment, but she quickly suppressed her embarassment and quietly approached Liz.

"Excuse me miss, you're being disruptive to the other patrons, could you please avoid that?" she asked, not quite recognising it was Liz yet.
Edited by Katyusha, Jun 11 2009, 09:09 PM.
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