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Post by brinazarski on Mar 6, 2011 23:07:36 GMT -5
Riley was still in silent mode, but forced herself out of it. "SPRITE!" She cheered, and looked at Saber. The boy thought about it for a moment, then just asked for a Coke.
"So two Cokes, a root beer, and Sprite?"
A huge grin suddenly appeared on Riley's face, and she nodded. "Yup."
"Okay, I'll be back in a bit with your drinks!" The mortal walked away, and now they could plot.
However, instead of plotting, Riley looked from Mary-Kate to Saber, and Saber to Mary-Kate, and giggled.
"What...?" Saber had no clue what was so funny.
"Ah, nothing... She said, take a pen and doodling on the paper tablecloth in front of her.
Saber stared at her for a moment, a shrugged, turning back to Mary-Kate and Ari. "So... what were we...? Oh. Yeah. TELL ME ABOUT THE TITANS! Chiron isn't going to know! Come on you two, you can trust me!"
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Post by Sunfur on Mar 6, 2011 23:24:44 GMT -5
Shaking her head, the blond hair tumbled around her shoulders and hit the table as Ari gave a solemn look to Saber. "Look Saber, I'm sorry, but I can't disclose anything else. Chiron put you on our quest, so he obviously trusts you, but you'll have to ask him about the Titans. It's nothing personal at all, I promise you, but we can't say anything more. Besides, it's not our affair right now - we have bigger fish to fry, like how to fry the security systems."
Leaning over to Riley to see what she was doodling, the abstract shapes didn't amount to much yet, but she nodded, as if she understood. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I have been waiting to use that line." She whispered, before straightening up and facing the rest of the group. "So. We need to get into the building and find the security systems. We also need to find out where her armor could be. Why don't we split up into two groups? I'll go after the generators, so I can find out if I can zap them or not. I think that either you, Riley, or you, Kate-Kat, should go find where the armor is - you'll have a better chance since she's your mom, I think. But should we head to the library first or pick up a map on the way there?"
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Post by Shyfire on Mar 7, 2011 14:20:13 GMT -5
Mary-Kate watched her sister for a minute as she doodled. The blonde turned her head to Ari as the girl started to go through their plan. She shook her head. "No. We need to go to the library. We need to get a floorplan of the museum. Do you think they'll show you where the generator is on a typical map? Probably not. We don't know how much time we're going to have once we cut the power, so we need to be as prepared as possible.".
The teenager ended her speech just as the mortal came out with their drinks. He layed menus down in front of them and smiled before walking away again. Mary-Kate didn't even look up. A thoughtful frown was etched in her face as the blonde tried to work out the details of their mission. She grabbed one of the Cokes without even looking up, not paying attention to anyone or anything around her. [/sup] |
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Post by brinazarski on Mar 8, 2011 20:27:07 GMT -5
"... well Chiron told me to tell you to tell me about the Titans. So you should probably do it. Cuz if you don't... haha, he's not going to be a very happy horseman!" His hand reached for his glass, paying attention to only Ari. However, instead of feeling coolness, heat touched his fingers. The heat of another hand... Saber turned to see Mary-Kate, with her hand on his Coke.
He glared at her, with a slight smirk on his face. "Mary-Kate. This is mine."
Riley had been adding detail to an eye, when her own eyes gazed upward. This should be interesting. She crossed her arms on the table, resting her head on them, watching with attentiveness.
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Post by Sunfur on Mar 8, 2011 22:13:49 GMT -5
Frowning slightly, Ari let her sister finish before speaking up once more, her tone the mediated calm of plotting combat. "That'll only help us find the generators - we still need to find Athena's armor. You know how museums frequently change exhibits? I doubt exhibits would be featured in floor plans - getting one of those cheap brochure maps would do the trick, or even just asking around. That's why I think we should split up - it shouldn't take four of us to decode a floor plan, and then run around the museum. Besides, if we want to-" Briefly looking over her shoulders, the daughter of Zeus decided the coast was clear before leaning in, closer to her cohorts. "We need to get in and out of Athens as fast as possible, especially if we want to leave time to see the Parthenon - yes Kate-Kat, I knew you wanted to see that - we have to do this fast. Closing time is usually around five-ish for museums, and it's already... one o'clock. I'm not the leader of this quest, but I'm strongly recommending we get our food, eat up, and then get a move on." Having completed her required responsibilities as the oldest DemiGod present, Ari leaned back, a small smile on her face, tilting her chair back with wind to support how far it went.
The arrival of the menus came just as the conversation had died down, which was good. She'd been too engrossed with her plan to fully register that the footsteps had been approaching, but they'd only grown louder as Ari's voice was fading, leaving the decision making to Mary-Kate. Raising a blonde eyebrow at Saber, the girl shook her head, a crooked smile across her pale features. "Not a chance, kiddo. If Chiron wanted you to know, he'd tell you himself. He wouldn't send messengers, especially with something this big." Now, of course, she was rubbing it in that she had a piece of information he didn't, but in the playful way that the twins had long gotten used to. Luckily, to avoid a potential spat, Ari's clear grey eyes followed the movement to the single coke glass, and Saber's shock at the contact. Barely able to conceal a grin, Ari lifted her root beer off of the table with her own fingers, using her straw to stir it as she watched the pair intensely, only breaking eye contact once to grin over at Riley, her excitement causing her face to glow.
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Post by Shyfire on Mar 9, 2011 18:23:40 GMT -5
Mary-Kate was thinking heavily on Ari's words as the demigod talked. She started to yank the Coke glass back when she felt something on her hand. She looked up in shock and all out suprise as the girl realized Saber's hand was on her own. She heard his declairation and glared playfully back at him. "No! This is MY coke! I touched it FIRST, obviously, since my hand's on bottom. Let it go!" The blonde resisted the urge to cross her arms. She would've ripped the drink right out of the boy's hand but didn't want to spill the carbonated heaven inside. Instead she glared daggers at him and hoped he got the message as she gently tugged on the glass, attempting to free it from the curly headed boy's grasp. [/size] |
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Post by brinazarski on Mar 9, 2011 21:44:51 GMT -5
"Your Coke is over there, Mary-Cutie. Saber tugged at the glass more, and reflected her playful glare. "Now let go before it spills!"
"... Mary-Cutie?" Riley said, shocked and grinning, then giggled.
"Yes." He replied, smirking, not letting his eyes off the glass before him.
"Aww! Saber!" She turned to her sister, curious of her reaction.
Saber would have shrugged, but his focus was on his beverage. His grasped hardened, on her hand and the glass, though it wasn't enough to hurt her, but it still was quite a strong grip. "You should really give up," He said, staring mischievously into her eyes. "Though I really doubt you would, but."
(It's so shoooorttttt....)
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Post by Sunfur on Mar 9, 2011 22:19:41 GMT -5
As the situation between the two DemiGods continued on, Ari watched with growing interest, chuckling softly as Mary-Kate protested. She knew that Mary-Kate was getting frustrated with Saber simply from knowing the girl for so long, as well as her tone, but with something as spillable as their coke was, violence couldn't exactly solve this problem. Raising her eyebrows as she waited for the unclaimed DemiGod to reply, she happily took a sip of her own root beer, glad she wasn't having to fight for the beverage.
There was something to be said for how quickly the DemiGods switched gears. Yes, they were kids, all four of them, but even for kids, these were Athena's kids, and it would have to take something extraordinary to distract them, usually. And if this interaction was distracting Mary-Kate from planning for her quest... Ari's thoughts were wandering down Aphrodite's path when Saber's pronounced nickname rang in her ears, causing Zeus' girl to nearly spit out root beer through her nose. Wind pushing her chair forward to slam against the floor beneath, Ari caused her scene as gracefully as she could, coughing and snorting as she fought to regain composure. "Please tell me I just heard that right?" She asked Riley, grey eyes wide with excitement and flitting between her three friends.
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Post by Shyfire on Mar 11, 2011 18:35:18 GMT -5
Mary Kate's face turned a shade of red that would've put tomatoes to shame. "/WHAT/ DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"". Her gray eyes glinted like steel, ready for battle. The small girl wouldn't have hesitated to shove her knife down the stupid boy's throat, had he not been holding the other side of her glass. She gave a yank hard enough to free the glass, no matter who was holding on to the other side of it.
The blonde demigod glared daggers at the boy, a look that would've sent any hero, no matter how brave, running for their mommies. If Saber hadn't been standing between Mary-Kate and her Coke, she might've been shyer. Embarrased, even. She needed to get back to strategizing. She needed her Coke. Saber was coming between her and both of those goals. It wasn't acceptable. [/size] |
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Post by brinazarski on Mar 11, 2011 18:49:19 GMT -5
Riley nodded enthusiastically. "You did." Her gray eyes drifted to the two, watching the scene unfold before her eyes.
"Mary-Cutie. That a problem? And you're blushing, by the way." He rolled his amber eyes at her reaction. Despite how hard he tried to hold the glass, however, it slipped from his grasp. "HEY!" He hissed. Suddenly she was glaring at him, and he winced a little. "Yo, calm down." He said. He then proceeded to take his straw, rip off the covering, and put in in her Coke. He put his mouth over the straw, and drank, smirking defiantly at the girl.
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Post by Sunfur on Mar 11, 2011 23:39:37 GMT -5
Grinning wildly now, Ari finally received the reaction she'd been anticipating from Mary-Kate - the outrage at being called the name that Saber dared to utter. Unable to keep a pronounced snicker to escape from her chest, the child of Zeus let herself laugh for a moment before checking herself once more, prepared to meet the glares of Mary-Kate and Saber. "Did I just hear thunder?" She asked, innocently, hoping that either her laugh wouldn't have been noticed, or it would be able to roll off of their backs in favor of larger problems. Cringing as the girl fully expected coke to fly everywhere, Ari summoned a gust of wind around her body as a shield, hoping to protect herself from the flying liquid should it make it's way over to her. Luckily no such coke reached her, and the wind died down before disrupting anything else.
Winking over at Riley as they both continued to watch the scene, Ari thought wistfully that if only Mary-Kate showed the same kind of dedication to her battle technique, she'd make an excellent warrior in no time. Then again, she couldn't blame the girl for being protective over her coke - it was an excellent drink. Saber's attempt to calm Athena's daughter down was laughable at first, until it became increasingly obvious that that wasn't the point at all - her silver eyes sparkled with more optimistic electricity as she waited for her sister's reaction, which she knew would be good. "Aw, come on, guys. You're hurting this poor Coke's feelings!"
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Post by Shyfire on Mar 12, 2011 18:25:08 GMT -5
Without heistation, the daughter of wisdom pciked the boys straw out of her Coke and crumpled it in her hand before throwing it across the table. She pushed the other Coke toward the curly headed boy, and then started drinking out of the Coke that was in her hand. She looked at the boy with eyebrows raised and a smug expression on her face before asking, "Back to the plan. Saber, why don't you run down to the museum and get a map really quick? That way we can discuss our plan. Clear? Alright.", she turned back to her sisters, expecting her orders to be followed. "When he gets back with the map, we'll decide how to procede and we'll pick a meeting place. And we're not going to sneak in while the museum's open and full of people. That's a suicide mission. No, we'll hafta wait for the cover of night. No one'll be there, and they won't notice anything's wrong until the morning, when we'll hopefully be out of the town. Oh, and don't worry about locks. I've got those handled" With that, the blonde teenager took a drink of her Coke and then looked back at her sisters. "Sound ok?"
It hadn't ever taken the daughter of Athena a long time to make plans. This was the wisest choice of strategy for stealing the wrist guards of Athena, she was sure of it. Mary-Kate thought about her plan, trying to find holes. Nothing came to her, and she waited for her sisters to speak up. Maybe she missed something they didn't. [/size] |
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Post by brinazarski on Mar 12, 2011 19:14:36 GMT -5
Saber groaned as she threw the translucent straw away, and watched the other Coke shift towards him. Not only this, but now the girl had proceeded to give him orders. Who does she think she is?! He was glaring daggers at her, and remained seated, not moving a muscle.
Riley still had a huge grin on her face. Saber, you are going to die. Go. Now. The demi-god watched him with interest. He seemed reluctant to leave, stubbornly sitting there, and he probably wasn't going to budge at this point. Oh, you are SO dead, boy.
However, he astonished her as he rose out of his seat. "Fine!" Saber hissed, his eyes dark. The teenager was obviously regretting his decision to submit to Mary-Kate, but for whatever reason, he had made up his mind. Saber turned and left the place, until he was out of sight.
"Well. That was rather unexpected." She mused, and was tacit for a moment. "Plan sounds good, but..." Riley had another few seconds of silence, and giggled. "... you really trust Saber not to get lost on his way to the museum? Dude, that boy's probably going to like, steal food or something or forget why the heck he left." She twirled the straw in her Sprite, then bit it and drank.
I have to prove myself. Saber thought. Even if it means listening to some stupid idiot I barely even know. Well, not idiot, but... GAH! Whatever. His amber eyes moved to and fro. So where IS that museum, anyway? He leaned against a wall, thinking. ... I have no clue where it is, do I? Ugh. I can't fail them! Guess I'll have to go and ask for directions...
He went up to the first man he spotted. "Hey! You!" He shouted in Greek, which never failed to amaze him. "Can you tell me where the museum is?"
The man met him with a friendly gaze. "Why, I was just heading there myself. Follow me." He strolled ahead gracefully, and Saber followed along. "This is so great! Thanks, mister!" Saber was now humming some random tune cheerfully, keeping his eye on the man, making sure not to lose sight of him. As he continued to hum, something seemed... wrong.
He stopped humming.
"Something the matter, young man?" The older man turned to face him.
Saber thought it over for a moment. For some reason, I get the feeling we're not going towards the museum... He eyed the man suspiciously. What if this is a trick?! The demi-god clenched his teeth, then softened. Nah, I'm probably just being paranoid... this guy seems nice... he isn't going to hurt me...
"Everything's fine, mister!" He pipped up excitedly.
"Okay, young man. You had me a little worried there!" The man went back to walking towards his destination, and Saber followed, reluctantly.
Something was bothering him, and he didn't know what.
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Post by Shyfire on Mar 12, 2011 19:48:19 GMT -5
Mary-Kate watched in surprise as Saber actually listened to her orders. She watched him, eyes wide with interest, the entire time he left the restaurant. She felt kind of guilty ordering him around like that, but it was her Quest... well... her and Riley's.
The blonde twin turned to her sister with a soft smile on her face. "Yeah, but he needs a chance to prove himself."
Guilt kept gnawing at the daughter of Athena and she finally stood up, and looked at her sister determinedly. "I'm going to go apologize to him. I'll be right back.". With that, the girl ran out of the restaurant and onto the street.
She started walking in the general direction of the museum. "Saber! Saber!!", she yelled. Then she realized she had forgotten to tell the boy where the museum was.
"Di immortales!", she exclaimed irritably, "That boy'd better know where he's going!".
The daughter of Athena kept wandering the streets, praying to her mother that the boy would show up. Fear finally found a place in the girl as a lump in her throat, and a sense of dread seeped into her veins."Don't panic. I'm sure he's fine! You're not going to loose anyone on this Quest! It'll be /fine/!"
"Saber!", she yelled again, unable to keep a little bit of panic from finding it's way into her call.
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Post by brinazarski on Mar 12, 2011 20:29:41 GMT -5
Riley watched her sister leave, as the mortal returned. "Ready to take your..." He noticed two seats missing. "Uhm..."
"They'll be back." She realized she hadn't even looked at the menu. "I'll take chicken fingers and fries!" It was something that was in most American menus, so hopefully, it was on this one.
Now they were pretty far from the restaurant. All this paranoia caused Saber to take a firm grip on his kunai. "Mister..." He said slowly. "Are you sure this is the right way?"
Now there were no people in sight. Why would there be no people on the way to a museum? Well, okay, museums were boring, he had to admit that, but...
"Oh, I am going the right way, young man... His voice had gotten weird, like a glitchy computer or something. Saber knew what this meant, and took out his kunai as the man transformed right before his eyes. He was large and ugly, with sharp, pointed fangs, and claws half his size. "But you know what? I think we should stop for a lunch break. I'm HUNGREH!" The monster lunged for Saber. He dodged swiftly, wincing as the beast managed to cut his arm a little. Saber went in, and stabbed him in the eye. The creature let out an unearthy hiss, that hurt the demi-god's ears and made him cringe. The beast gave him a swift blow to the chest, which knocked him off. The curly-haired boy flew threw the air and hit the ground pretty hard. The air was knocked out of him, and he let out a gasp, trying to regain his breath. The beast loomed over him, and opened his mouth wide. Saber choked at how bad his breath was, then gave him a good stab in the heart- at least, he assumed that's where it's heart was. It let out a blood-curdling scream, and turned to dust.
... Saber plopped down on the ground, exhausted. He took deep breaths, and lied down, the only motion was his chest moving up and down. Stupid monster... He thought. The boy wasn't really hurt- just that one scratch in the beginning of the fight, a little wound on his knee and elbow, but nothing serious. All he needed was a short rest, and then he would find his way back.
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