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The Book that is Hyakuji's Story has come to a close. However, there are still plenty of stories left to be told in the madcap Anime Universe it inhabits. As one book closes, so too does another open. Presented by veteran Hyakuji Staff Members, check out the next generation EVOLUTION of "Anything-Goes" Anime Roleplaying at Senki Academy
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 12:55 AM Post #1 |
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Deus Solomon lifted his bat up, his feet planted firmly, his eyes narrowed, his teeth grit, his fingers tightened on the grip like they were trying to choke the bat. And two crystal blue spheres locked onto a single dirty white one as if it were all that existed in the world... "Let er' rip." Deus commanded calmly. "As you wish, sire.." Thanatos said. He went through the motions perfectly, his lean back, his knee went up, his weight shifted, momentum changed direction, the ball was released, it's red and white blended into a single blur. It whizzed by Deus. "I believe that was a stri-" "Yes. Shut up. Throw again." "...As you wish sire." A second toss flew to Deus, this time he released the kinetic force that stance generated in one fluid motion. The metal bat impacted the cloth ball. There was a pleasant, almost friendly sound. The sound he'd heard a hundred times a day every weekend for years. The sound of a father and son laughing without a care. The gentle sound of a ball and a bat connecting, of motion and energy transferred.. The sound.. of a "Foul ball... sir." "...Again." It was true that he was a bit out of practice. The third was thrown, this time the two objects met in a more satisfactory sequence. The ball went high and right. It helped that he was left-handed. The ball was practically begging for a outfielder to catch it though and as such it was likely only a base hit. Not something to write home about. The sad reality of baseball was that this was the norm. Not every hit was a home run. Not every throw was a strike. Not every connect was in bounds. Some of it was chance, the rest was skill. But even skill couldn't guarantee things. In most sports the one releasing the ball and the one receiving it are on the same side and the challenge was intercepting it before it reached. In baseball the bulk of the game was played in the gap between the mound and home plate. A batter and a pitcher using every skill they had to out-maneuver each other. The rest? The rest was polish. Deus released his bat and looked around, So this was the field of his new school? So this was the nigh sky of Japan? So this was green grass of a new land.. Somehow it all felt disappointingly similar. Everywhere he went people were just as dumb. Everywhere he went the world was just as bothersome. He exhaled and tossed his bat to his bag. "Gather the balls Thanny toes." "As you wish... sire.." Thanatos said with a bow. He took off his white gloves and set to the task. Deus, meanwhile, wandered over to the bleachers. He threw himself down, spreading his arms with a huff. His breath formed a cloud in front of him before dissipating into the aether. His eyes cast to the dimly lit night sky, the stars shining brilliantly here, away from the city.. He pushed his muffler up closer to his face. He wore thick gloves and a stylish black coat with a number of pockets over a white button down only buttoned halfway up. Under that was a white undershirt. His pants matched his jacket. All-in-all he was clearly someone whom paid attention to his appearance and had some change to spare.. Crystal blue eyes and artificially blue hair danced and played against each other, each looking a deeper blue for the presence of the other. The hair falling haphazardly into his face. The eyes half closed with a disinterested look. His lips pulled taunt in a bored, yet frustrated, purse. His cream-colored pale white skin from too many summers spent in the London fog. He looked strikingly handsome, if it weren't for his facial expression being so damn off-putting. He leaned back pulling back his sleeve to reveal an athletic wrist band which he used to wipe the sweat from his brow.. He'd arrived. This was it. Awesome. |
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 01:54 AM Post #2 |
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"Haven't seen him around these parts before, ya~? Wonder who he is..." Mike shook his head in agreement to her, stopping at first base as the girl kept moving forward to the pitcher's plate. He eyed the eerie Gothic man obediently picking up baseballs scattered around the field like some kind of slave. It reminded him of someone not unlike himself. "Fuu-chan. About those.. missing balls.." "Well.." Sliding a mitt on her hand and adjusting the flower in her bright orange hair. "We're about to find out, Seeeeempai~! Eheh!" ~*~ "Oiiiiiiii~!!" A voice called out to the lone man sitting on the bleachers. "Yeah you, sleepy-face!" It was none other than cotton-for-brains Fuu, one hand on her skirt and one mitt waving in the air, trying to get the batter's attention. Insects were chirping around them, and the winter night sky had come out earlier than in the past, cutting into their usual time on the field -- which was just an hour after the baseball club was done practicing tonight. "Are ya done with hogging up all the balls 'round here, ya?!" Now both her hands were on her hips as she took somewhat of a power stance. Of course, it never crossed her mind that a man in expensive clothes would be able to afford his own baseball equipment..... as apposed to borrowing the school's like they were used to. "I mean ya only need just the one!" |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 02:29 AM Post #3 |
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"I have retried the balls, Master Solomon." Thanatos said returning. He had taken to carefully cleaning them with a cloth. He turned to the other two. "I assure you-" "Enough.." Deus said calmly as he snapped his fingers. He shifted eying the girl with a dispassionate expression. He shifted looking away as he exhaled a long slow breath. He seemed to be taking his time at replying. But then everything Deus did was deliberate and slow. He rarely rushed or allowed himself to BE rushed, not for much of anything. He rather preferred making people wait. "Tch.. A loud boisterous girl with too much free time.." Deus said with a small glare up at the sky, never making eye contact with her when addressing her. He might as well be talking to the grass or trees. He leaned forward, standing to his full height on the bleachers, hands tucked deep into his pockets. His expression hadn't changed much at all. "What do I get in return for the balls..?" He said tilting his head with a playful expression. "It's simple supply and demand right? I have what you want so you should offer me something for it, right?" Edited by Cypriss, Dec 17 2010, 02:30 AM.
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 03:05 AM Post #4 |
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The man wasn't talking to her.... Or maybe he was talking to her. Even with all her thinking capacity cranked up to 100, Fuu honestly couldn't tell. So in her desperate need for an answer, the flower-haired girl turned over her shoulder to Mike asking for some kind of explanation. He just shrugged, exciting an almost soundless, but outraged whisper from Fuu. "He did NOT just say I was like a boy!" Again Mike shrugged, wanting to stay neutral -- yet wondering how the girl could have ever come to that conclusion, (as well as noticing that she was being quite defensive about it.) "Who died and made you King of the balls, ya?!" Fuu asked, taking her un-gloved hand off her hip and waving it about in a sassy manner. It was obvious she was upset by the way this guy talked down to her, which to Mike spoke volumes about how harsh this guy was. Usually people were subtle enough at getting their jabs across that they went right over his companion's airy-head. "I don't want to offer you anything, eheh!" On account of she had next to nothing in her... pockets.. left to offer people. But she wasn't going to tell that to the likes of him. She leaned forward, as if not backing down as he stood tall and proudly. |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 04:12 AM Post #5 |
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"Well you see these are my balls.. So I am king of them.." He took one from Thanatos and tossed it up in the air in one hand. Casually tossing it up and down as he stood eying her. A stubborn girl? How bothersome.. but he might yet get something good out of it.. He glanced to the silent other guy. He seemed to be casually moving along with the pace of things without putting up any sort of a fight.. "How about this..?" He said catching the ball and eying it. Even until this point he hadn't looked at the girl or met the boy's eyes. It was almost like he wasn't aware they were there except for his addressing them in his speech. "You can go get me a mango flavored juice box from the machine and a burger.. and in turn I'll give you a ball for your own personal keeping." Considering a ball cost about 100yen and the combined total of what he requested was 350yen the obvious answer was to decline. But Deus knew that the machines nearby sold what he wanted and most people were too lazy to go buy a ball rather than just walk over and get a drink... the price of a trip to the grocery store in effort? 250yen. Edited by Cypriss, Dec 17 2010, 04:57 AM.
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 05:02 AM Post #6 |
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Fuu might have been born with the chord wrapped around her neck, but she was smart enough to realize when she was being bullied! After this thought passed through his mind though, Mike quickly learned to stop giving her the benefit of the doubt. "You're actually doing it?" He lisped once she reached him, almost about to walk off the diamond by now. "Eh? You mean I shouldn't??" She stopped, glancing back at Mr.Arrogant with his balls all in one basket. "You saw it Sempai.. There were no balls left in the bin. People must keep taking them and losing them at the parks or something." Mike decidedly kept quiet about that remark, knowing that it was only those two who "borrowed" school property balls, and failed to return them. "Besides, the only juice boxes I have left in here are Green-tea, and sweet potato.." Fuu blinked at Mike gesturing to her bow, "....and I have no idea what a 'burger' is but I think I can afford it, ya." There was visibly no emotional response on Mike's face, he just took off his mitt and left it on first base -- where a padded cushion was meant to be -- before popping the collar of his jacket, and walking away. "Waita -- Sempai.... Now look what you've done! You've gone and scared him off, ya big Big-shot!" Her voice rasped on account of having to shout louder and cover the great distance between them. It was hard to see him with only the dim lights shining over from the building next to the field. "Just go away! You're not allowed to play here if you're not a student!" |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 05:13 AM Post #7 |
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Deus took a jog before leaping from where he was on the bleachers. the wind caught his coat causing it to flap out and for a moment he suspended in air in front of the lights, a looming dark billowing figure.. But then he came down, landing with a familiar sound as he stood straight. He brushed his coat down as he walked over to her, the extreme silence only broken by the sounds of his boots crushing the grass, and the last insects chirping away before winter came in full force and forced them all into hiding. It was far from the summer cicadas. He stood in front of her. Blue dyed hair messily strewn about in front of his face. Half-open disinterested eyes locked onto her for the first time. The brilliant crystalline blue colors, so uncommon and a dead give-away to his nature as a 'half', practically shone in the dim light remaining... His lips pursed into a thin, inscrutable expression. "It would have been easier if you'd just agreed to my terms.." He said idly. "I'm perfectly reasonable. I just think things should be even is all.." It was hard to tell if even he was buying the crap that he was selling. He held out the object of all this discord.. All this over a small white ball. It was pointless but it was Deus' nature. "I'm a student... Second year.. So is there a problem with me being here?" He said leaning down a bit so they were at eye level, flashing her a condescending grin. Edited by Cypriss, Dec 17 2010, 05:18 AM.
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 05:27 AM Post #8 |
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The sounds of urgent movements had put Fuu on guard, preparing herself to throw the next person who laid a hand on her but-- Oh, its a smile. A smile was nice. Nice people were always smiling right? So that must have meant this fella leaning down to her level a pretty nice guy after all. "Oh in that case I'm Fuu Wakamurasaki, second year also, eheh!" Her mood totally changed, as if she'd forgotten about the whole incident with the little white ball and Mike fleeing the scene. As she'd said this, she promptly dipped her chin forward in a customary bow, with little capacity to realize he might still be in the way, grinning that cocky little smirk of his. |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 05:51 AM Post #9 |
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".. I see.." Deus said, Fuu? Like... Deus exhaled "fuu~" Was the sound it made. Got it. She was like a breath or a sigh. Anyhow! Deus shifted a bit standing to his full height once more. He really didn't understand her. One second she was angry the next she was cheerful? He wasn't exactly sure what to make of her. He tucked his hands deep into his coat pockets eying where the guy had run off to.. "The nerdy one rand away...?" He said idly. "It's weird for a girl to get ditched? Shouldn't he at least try to seem cool..?" It was a misconception to think that nerdy sorts were cowards. Rather they were just incapable of acting on their illusions of grandeur. Nerds watched anime and got ridiculous notions of what is expected of them. As such they'd always act in crazy ways because the mind-numbingly idiotic cartoons told them to. If it was a guy rushing after a villain and then yelling about how he'd stop him FOR SURE then it was likely a nerd.. Normal people didn't act like that. Normal people ALSO didn't try to extort juice out of others. Deus wasn't claiming superiority here. Well okay.. He was a LITTLE superior. Deus exhaled slowly before walking over to her. "So you guys play..? I'm actually a big fan myself.. I'm going to be a pro shortstop someday.." Deus said striking a pose. However he immediately took on a blank expression. "Hah. Yeah right. Way too much effort.." He said with a shrug. However even as he did so his stomach let loose a low rumbling noise. There was a vacancy, it seemed.. He blinked and paled, his eyes slowly turned to her. Had she noticed? The truth was he was pretty famished. Considering he only owned the three balls selling one off for a burger was somewhat of a big deal. But he was flat broke. Not that he'd let anyone know that. He had an IMAGE to maintain. Under no circumstances could anyone learn he was an impoverished homeless person extorting burgers because he was out of cash.. IT was just.. too humiliating. |
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 07:16 AM Post #10 |
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"Why sure!" Fuu answered him with excited eyes, "We play together all the time!" Of course if Mike were here he would be able to tell Deus that all they ever play is 'catch,' on account of Fuu being unable to bat. But Fuu understood that situations where he was required to talk to strangers made him feel like a social moth, and didn't hold it against her friend. Even after Deus bad mouthed him. Fuu just stared at the dark haired boy with a dim-witted smile, hoping that he would explain to her what a shortstop was, when a sound rumbled through the silent field and the color suddenly drained from his face. Fuu exchanged a similar clueless blink as he eyed her with suspicion before giggling bashfully and replying. "Oh silly me! I must be hungry again, eheh!" She explained without a care in the world. "And that's so funny because me and sempai just ate before! ya know? Oh well... I guess a little pre-game snack won't hurt, na?" As she spoke the last few words of that sentence, she had removed the leather glove off her hand and clamped it between her knees. What happened next would not have been a surprise to anyone in her class, but sooner or later the new kid would have to have his first experience of watching the girl stick a hand down her top and pull something absurd out. ![]() Sweet potato soy-milk! And just as casually, she began trying to pierce the straw into the carton. And failing at it in the darkness. |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 07:33 AM Post #11 |
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"-Ghk!" Deus staggered back. "what kind of place is that to keep your...?!" He said with his eyes spread wide in shock. "Tch.... Quite a shock you delivered there.." He said to himself, amazed she had managed to throw him off and show such a surprised face. He brushed his hair to the side. He took a breath in.. then out.. And when he looked back up his expression had magically returned to his typical disinterested bored look. Deus Talent 3: Always Able To Pull A Straight Face. Seriously though, to pull it from there... And right in front of him.. didn't she realize that it was strange? More importantly it was somewhat perverted! She was flashing people! no one wanted to see that! These were the boiling annoyed thoughts that never even showed up on his completely placid face. Meanwhile his eyes locked on that box. His stomach did special acrobatic stunts as it urged him to commit a felony and steal that box. No..! he was high class, he could get his butler to commit the felony! He glanced to Tanatos. Thanatos shook his head no. Deus frowned in annoyance. Stupid butler demon spirit! He glanced to her folding his arms, trying to mask his discomfort. Even something as amazingly gross as sweet potato soy milk suddenly was all that he could think of in this world. "W-well, I guess I could give you the ball for that drink. Since you're poor." He furrowed his brow in annoyance. "I'm compromising because I'm so generous." Edited by Cypriss, Dec 17 2010, 07:35 AM.
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 08:01 AM Post #12 |
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It was funny to see the sleepy dude's eyes go so big. Fuu figured she would have to try it again in broad daylight as she giddily grinned. She wondered why the guy's personal slave was shaking his head suddenly, but listened to what Dues had to say all the same. She also appeared to be ignoring the fact that she was being called poor, because this comrade of hers didn't look like he was being mean at all. In fact, his face was so straight, Fuu actually noticed the resemblance between him and Mike now! From now on, Fuu decided she was going to like hanging out with this nice, generous guy. "Huh?" Fuu asked, pulling her hands apart for a moment, so that the straw and the box were nowhere near each other, "Don't be silly, eheh! What am I going to do with a ball? I can't eat that." And then she went back to trying to get that straw in the foil entrance. |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 08:09 AM Post #13 |
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"-tch!" He spat as she rejected him. His eye twitched a bit. So he wasn't going to get the drink then? Wait a minute.. the whole reason she had come was to play baseball! That was why she had showed up here in the first place with that guy! they were going to play ball. But neither brought a ball. So clearly they had intended to use the school's ball. So both of them were here to play ball and he had offered her a ball and now she didn't even want the one he was offering because she was convinced she was hungry from the growl that clearly came from HIS STOMACH IN THE FIRST PLACE?! WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON?! No.. no.. you must remain calm.. Keep a straight face.. Even if he said that a pressure was building up inside of him. His head felt like it might explode. All he could think about was that stupid ball she didn't want but then why was she here and then the juice and he was EXTREMELY hungry and yet she couldn't give it and also the stomach growl and WHY COULDN'T SHE GET THAT DAMN STRAW IN THE HOLE?! SHE WAS DRIVING HIM INSANE! He snatched the drink and straw, poked it in and handed it back with a glare. Somehow his eyes seemed to be more strained and his presence had taken on an ominous darkness.. "I guess... I'll go then.." He didn't really know WHERE he'd go since he was homeless but ANYWHERE other than dealing with this troublesome lady would be an improvement.. |
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| bambi | Dec 17 2010, 08:45 AM Post #14 |
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"-tch." The condescending noise sounding very strange coming from her cheerfully smiling face, "No wait Sleepy-Guy, don't go home!-tch." Guess that Fuu liked his verbal tick more than her usual one. "We haven't even started to play ball, ya-tch!" Guess that she can't get rid of her usual one as well. Upon him handing her back her drink, she admired it. Holding it out and wondering how he was able to punch the straw through it so well. Studying it from every corner and which way, but not yet drinking from it until she said, "...Thank youu~" Popping the straw in her mouth for a moment, before calling a satisfied, "Ahh~" and paused, looking up at him with that dimwitted smile on her face, "Oh that's peculiar.... I still feel the same as earlier, ya......." "-tch, wow you actually came back sempai, eheh!" Mike didn't really know what to make of Fuu's new attitude it seemed, as he stood there with a doggy bag in one hand, and a juice box in the other. His bulky mouth appeared to scrunch slightly at the edges, as though he didn't have all the time in the world to say something, but also didn't want to say it. "So. We'd... like a ball, please." |
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| Cypriss | Dec 17 2010, 07:08 PM Post #15 |
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Mike had returned with.. His burger! He might as well have been a saint to the food-crazy blue haired teen. A saint or a hero riding up on the noble steed 'generosity'. Not that Deus would EVER be caught THANKING him for it or anything! But still, he appreciated it on the INSIDE. With gusto and cheer Deus reached out handing him the ball and snatching the food away almost in a speed too fast for human vision. His long fingers encircled the small vending machine burger and somehow his jaw, fingers, and the burger came to a momentary agreement that allowed him to consume the entire thing in one go.. It was almost amazing.. He sighed contentedly, his grumbling stomach silenced. He then popped the juice box's straw in and began to suck it down as a much slower rate. He was weird. He savored a juice box but his only food he scarfed down in factions of a second. "Glad we could come to an understanding.." He said in his typically calm and cool way, despite the fact that after a display like that he would probably never be 'cool' again. He plopped onto the bleachers with a contented expression, sipping down his juice and generally just being happy to not be (as) hungry anymore. |
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