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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 17:19:25 GMT -5
"Fine! I'll show them!" I mutter, "Always bashing good zuchini!" I tell Lorne to go out to teh car and haul teh zuchini into teh hotel kitchen. After a while, I realize he's been gone a long time and go outside to see what he's doing. I find him next to teh car, buried in squash and furry, purring things with big smile on his face. "More . . . more . . ." he says. "LORNE! Just what teh heck are you doing?" I yell, "Take those fuzzy things outta your pants and help me get these zuchini into teh kitchen. We pile teh squash back into teh car and leave teh fluffy fur-balls rolling around in teh grass. I drive teh car to teh kitchen door and we bring in all teh zuchini. teh cook on duty goes pale. "No! Not those again!!!! NO!" He runs off screaming into teh night. "Oh well, at least I have Lorne to help me! Lorne?! Just where do you think you are going?" "Sorry, sweetcheeks, But I gotta go sing for teh crowd." He leaves me there with several bushels of zuchini. I sigh and take a few of teh smaller ones and, with a sharp knife, carve them into flower shapes. I go into teh party and stick them into vases all over. Lorne is singing "Wichy Woman" to Willow as I head back to teh kitchen. I get teh ingredents and make my batter, but as I look around I say to myself "There's no way I'll be able to slice all these by myself!" A voice from teh darkness says "I'm sorry, ma'm, are you having some sort of problem?" outta teh gloom strolls an older man. "Oh! Walter, isn't it? Yeah, I need to have all these zuchini sliced so I can fry them, but, well, just look at 'em all!" I guesture around teh kitchen. "Hmmm, well, if I may help, I'm sure between teh two of us we can get this done in no time at all." With that, fine wires fly out from teh fingertips of his gloves and in seconds, all teh zuchnini is perfectly sliced. I stand there with my mouth hanging open. "Uh, thanks!" I gurgle, "Thanks a lot! BTW, what are you doing here?" I ask. "Sir Integra has asked me to check up on Alucard." he says. "She's been wondering what he's been up to." He gives me a nod and heads off toward teh party. EGADS!!! It's po' Lorne, starring in "teh ATTACK o' da' FUZZIES!!!!!" [Oh, GREAT!!! Now there's a whole HERD o' green ruperts runnin' aroun' out THERE, besides Spiegel's Broccoli! And THESE ONES are REALLY GREEN!!!!!!] Mmmmmmmm.........YUMMY!! P-kitty's a-fryin' up a MESS o' batter-dipped zucchini, I'll BET-cha'! Mmmmmmmmm.......WALTER'S HERE!! [My FAV'RIT" Butler!] [Uh, OH! Sumthin' tells me that Alucard's days o' "care-free bliss" MIGHT be abou' to END.....! Po' Fangs.....]
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 17:25:20 GMT -5
Back at home........ Ace:[says quietly] Stupid brick wall purse, stupid PINK SPEECH, and really stupid couch! How does Dojima expect me to sleep on this thing...maybe I can sneak back in bed.[Gets up and tip toes back into teh bedroom. Dojima: ACE GET OUT!!! [she throws a pillow in his direction] Ace: Fine im leaving then[grabs suit and walks out teh house] At Micheals Shop.... Micheal: [thinking] {These are nice guns, Ace is lucky.}[Takes a Q-tip and starts to rub around in teh shaft of teh gun] Ace: Hey you..pull that outta my shaft and hand it over. Micheal: SHHHH Robin is sleeping...if you wanna keep your clothes stay quiet. Ace: [whispers] ok Micheal: These guns are magnificaint Ace, where did you get them. Ace: They were my fathers. Micheal: O I see [Ace jumps into a chair and gets on a computer] Micheal:ACE WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!! DON'T TOUCH THAT!! Ace: who needs to be quiet now! Robin: Micheal what is going on out there...I thought you were in bed. Micheal: I was but I couldn't sleep so I came out here for something to drink[pushes Ace's head under teh computer desk] Robin: ok hurry back. Micheal:[whispers] Ace you stay out here, and be quiet. Ill be back out in a sec. Ace: Ok [Micheal leaves] Ace: HAHAHA now to see why he didn't want me on this computer.*Click* [screen pops up teh STNJ website] Hmmm what is this, a list of all teh seeds and witches they know of...[reads down teh list] MICHEAL IS A SEED!!!!!!!!! to be continued-- Well, THAT "explains" a few things--I know they told Michael that they let him live because he was a computer genius, and THAT IS true, but ANOTHER reason for "keeping him around" would be if they thought he was ANOTHER kind of "threat", like a Seed, with teh potential to manifest into a Witch! [*HAR!* Good "innuendo", there, Kiddo!!]
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 17:27:05 GMT -5
Wow we really go through them don't we? Anywho, wuv teh title Xer, has a nice Sci-fi sound to it. Took me a minute, tho', ta' figure it OUT...... *Duh!*
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 17:37:30 GMT -5
Wheee! Finally got on after three days! Eleven pages to go through and a new member! Welcome , TrigunAce, wuv your icon and your siggy. BTW, Michael was working with Kermit Griffin from Kung-Fu: teh Legend Continues in teh hotel computer room, but Kermit says he can do teh job by himself, and, if Michael doesn't mind, could he get a discount when he buys computer parts there? As to Buffy and Connor, I like Buffy, but I think she's had enough time in teh spotlight, don't you all? Tho I won't mind if she does a few guest-shots sometimes!And Conner seems to be so happy with his "new" family that I don't feel it's fair to drag him over here, no matter how nice our little universe is! Yes, it would seem Michael and Robin had a VERY good time at teh Party--and they didn't even have any zucchini Punch! Count D says he'll miss having Robin around to talk to all teh time, and his critters are always EXTRA-HAPPY when she can be at teh PetShop, but......"she's a young lady, now, and it's TIME that she found a young man to spend her time with"--WHY do I get teh feeling that CD is a LOT "older" than he looks.....? P.S. to TrigunAce--- If you don't mind, I think we'll "pretend" that Robin and Michael are 18 and 19, now, rather than their ages given in teh anime [15 and 16, I think]--I just feel a bit too "uncomfortable", otherwise.....Yeah, I KNOW that makes me an Ol' Fogey, and I ALSO know that 16 is "legal marrying age" in Japan, but HEY! better "safe" than sorry, ya' know! [I'm assuming Ace IS Dojima's age, somewhere over 18?]
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 17:44:39 GMT -5
Hey, Xer [or anyone ELSE who might know]--
HOW do you move something you've scanned into teh "My Documents" folder of a computer from THERE into Photobucket? Is there "code" I need to know or something?
I scanned my Vic pic, which is "bmp", but when I checked "properties", I didn't find anything that looked like a "URL"......
PLEASE HELP!!
[Stampers teh Computer Idiot]
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Post by FinnAgain on Jun 30, 2004 17:52:17 GMT -5
Hey, Xer [or anyone ELSE who might know]-- HOW do you move something you've scanned into teh "My Documents" folder of a computer from THERE into Photobucket? Is there "code" I need to know or something? I scanned my Vic pic, which is "bmp", but when I checked "properties", I didn't find anything that looked like a "URL"...... PLEASE HELP!! [Stampers teh Computer Idiot] make a photobucket account log into your account go hit teh 'browse' button next to 'add picture' find where you pic is double click on it click submit Then under each picture you will have listed URL TAG and IMG you're gonna wanna cut and paste teh IMG line into Clasp.
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 21:09:44 GMT -5
make a photobucket account log into your account go hit teh 'browse' button next to 'add picture' find where you pic is double click on it click submit Then under each picture you will have listed URL TAG and IMG you're gonna wanna cut and paste teh IMG line into Clasp. Oh, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! [It's jus' so DISGUSTINGLY "simple" when ya' KNOW what-ta' DO!!!!] So, jus' fer' THAT, I WILL post a photo o' meself inda' "Mugshots"--you HAVE BIN' [glow=red,2,300]WARNED!!!![/glow]
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jun 30, 2004 21:27:51 GMT -5
Decidin' it MIGHT be "better" NOT knowin' jus' WHY Alucard busted inta' laughter, Snap hurries inta' da' kitchen-ta' git dessert:
PEACH COBBLER wid' Vanilla Ice Cream!!! YUMMY!!
Gren comes out to help her serve, n' Snap, who's noticed he suddenly seems very quiet, decides-ta' ask--
"Gren--Is there something wrong.....did.....did Alucard SAY something "hurtful" to you.....? If he DID, I swear I'll--"
GREN [sad smile]: "No.....he just told me teh "truth"--and sometimes teh Truth REALLY Hurts......I guess I should really be ANGRY at him for that, but.......Well, Snap, he's RIGHT! I AM "holding" onto teh past too much, hoping for "something" that will NEVER happen, and I guess it's time I "let it go"--REALLY LET GO...!"
SNAP [putting her hand to his face for a moment]: "You sound as if you've made a "big decision"......"
GREN [*sighs*]: "I HAVE, Snap......I just hope I have what it takes to carry it thru'.............."
They take dessert out ta' ev'ra'one, where it's THOROUGHLY ENJOYED! [Vic ESPECIALLY, since Vanilla Ice Cream is his all-time Fav'rit!]
Alucard "declines", a-course', tho' he DOES try a-lil' ice cream wid' blood "drizzled" over it--*ICK!*
There is more "visitin'" inta' da' Evenin', even a game o' Trivial Pursuit--which Alucard wins, due-ta' his LOOOONG memory, havin' "lived" thru' MOST o' da' events listed inda' game--"Ahhh, Yes! I DO remember John Crapper--ingenius fellow!"
Meanwhile, Daniel n' Stampers make a pretty serious team, because HE has done a LOT o' readin' durin' his long life n' SHE jus' has a mind FULL o' trivia!
Gren rather nervously "teams" wid' Alucard, so that Amon n' Snap can be "together", n' they do reasonably well, findin' out that they have MUCH in common [OTHER than "witchery", THAT is!]
Rin plays wid' Fluffy while da' adults occupy themselves, occasionally lookin' up from her own lil' "games" to check on Vic, JUS' as a "mother" would do.....! [Gren notices this, n' da' expression on his face is so wistful n' longin' it's hard to look at wid'-out hurtin' fer' da' man, jus' a-bit'.............]
But, eventually things begin-ta' "break-up", n' teh various "parties" prepare-ta' leave, sayin' their "good-byes".
To be Continued.........
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Post by lizardali on Jun 30, 2004 23:11:23 GMT -5
Quote from Stampers:
Ya' "save" Hiei from "War and Peace", then make him read "teh Little Prince"!!!?? He'll be in TEARS when teh Prince DIES, ya' KNOW!
HIEI [is OBVIOUSLY tryin' NOT-ta' cry]: "It was a very......."interesting" story, Liz--I can see why it was so.....*sniff* IMPORTANT to you.....*SNIFFLE* Now excuse me *sniff, SNIFF!*...I hafta....to..*SOB!*" [SUDDENLY BURSTS INTA' TEARS and cries on Liz's shoulder--] "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME that teh Little Prince DIES!!!??"
Me: teh little prince doesn't die!!! What makes you think teh little prince dies?!! Hiei: (blinking) He got bit by a poisonous snake. He fell down. He died, didn't he? Me: Weren't you paying attention at all? He had to go back to his home planet, but his body was too heavy. And teh narrator knows he left because his body wasn't there in teh morning. Hiei: Oh. *sniff* I knew that. Me: (wiping tears from his face) I can't believe you actually CRIED. I never imagined that you would cry at anything! Hiei: Neither did I, for teh longest time. I sheltered myself and hid my emotions to keep from getting hurt, like I had been so many times before. But something about being around you, I don't know, makes me feel so much at ease. Liz.......I think you've "tamed" me! Me: (falling into his arms and resting my head on his chest, I wrap my arms around his waist and hold tightly) Oh, Hiei, you've tamed me too!
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jul 1, 2004 0:10:53 GMT -5
Decidin' it MIGHT be "better" NOT knowin' jus' WHY Alucard busted inta' laughter, Snap hurries inta' da' kitchen-ta' git dessert: PEACH COBBLER wid' Vanilla Ice Cream!!! YUMMY!!Gren comes out to help her serve, n' Snap, who's noticed he suddenly seems very quiet, decides-ta' ask-- "Gren--Is there something wrong.....did.....did Alucard SAY something "hurtful" to you.....? If he DID, I swear I'll--" GREN [sad smile]: "No.....he just told me teh "truth"--and sometimes teh Truth REALLY Hurts......I guess I should really be ANGRY at him for that, but.......Well, Snap, he's RIGHT! I AM "holding" onto teh past too much, hoping for "something" that will NEVER happen, and I guess it's time I "let it go"--REALLY LET GO...!" SNAP [putting her hand to his face for a moment]: "You sound as if you've made a "big decision"......" GREN [*sighs*]: "I HAVE, Snap......I just hope I have what it takes to carry it thru'.............." They take dessert out ta' ev'ra'one, where it's THOROUGHLY ENJOYED! [Vic ESPECIALLY, since Vanilla Ice Cream is his all-time Fav'rit!] Alucard "declines", a-course', tho' he DOES try a-lil' ice cream wid' blood "drizzled" over it--*ICK!* There is more "visitin'" inta' da' Evenin', even a game o' Trivial Pursuit--which Alucard wins, due-ta' his LOOOONG memory, havin' "lived" thru' MOST o' da' events listed inda' game--"Ahhh, Yes! I DO remember John Crapper--ingenius fellow!" Meanwhile, Daniel n' Stampers make a pretty serious team, because HE has done a LOT o' readin' durin' his long life n' SHE jus' has a mind FULL o' trivia! Gren rather nervously "teams" wid' Alucard, so that Amon n' Snap can be "together", n' they do reasonably well, findin' out that they have MUCH in common [OTHER than "witchery", THAT is!] Rin plays wid' Fluffy while da' adults occupy themselves, occasionally lookin' up from her own lil' "games" to check on Vic, JUS' as a "mother" would do.....! [Gren notices this, n' da' expression on his face is so wistful n' full o' longin' it's hard to look at wid'-out hurtin' fer' da' man, jus' a-bit'.............] But, eventually things begin-ta' "break-up", n' teh various "parties" prepare-ta' leave, sayin' their "good-byes". To be Continued......... Alucard takes his "leave" first, "retirin'" inta' Snap's closet---Daniel n' Stampers "go" next, tho' when Amon comes out teh door, he spots da' two o' them in a dark corner at-da' end o' da' hall, "SMOOCHIN' AWAY!" He quickly turns back-ta' Snap, sum'what "embarrassed"--then, as he sees-da' "hope" in her face, he comes-ta' a Decision o' his OWN-- AMON [smilin' gently at Snap]: "Snapdragon, would you like to attend wildkat's Party in teh Park with me?" SNAP [would I EVER!!!!]: "Yes, yes I think I would, Amon....!" AMON [THERE, that's "done"!]: "Then it's arranged--I'll come by about 6, and we'll go together." SNAP [EXULTANT!!!]: [ina' whisper--] "Together........." As Amon leaves, passin' Daniel n' Stampers--who are NOW gigglin' abou' sumthin' like-a' coupla' silly teen-agers--he nods "good-night" [which results in even MORE *giggles*!], n' thinks-ta' himself-- "What DOES Alucard "KNOW", anyway! *Humph!*" Vic n' Rin are-da' last-ta' leave, partly be'cuz Rin has fallen asleep, n' partly be'cuz Gren asks him-ta' stay a-lil' longer as he has sumthin' he needs-ta' speak-ta' Vic abou'.......Snap excuses herself-ta' her bedroom fer' da' night [tho' it's obvious she's so "giddy" abou' her comin' "date" wid' Amon that she WON'T sleep fer' awhile!], leavin' da' two men alone, Vic sittin' onda' sofa wid' Rin usin' his lap fer'a pillow [jus' like she does wid' Sesshomaru....!], Fluffy snuggled in her arms, n' Gren in an easy chair at that end o' da' sofa---- GREN [looking Vic earnestly in teh eyes]: "Vic, I want-to apologize to you....!" VIC [surprised]: "Apologize?! Uh...what FOR? I mean, it was ME who needed to "apologize", Grencia.....!" GREN [looks down for a moment...]: "No, Vic--You've ALREADY "Paid" for teh hurt you did to me, AND to teh others back on Titan--in fact, you've paid........a little too much.....But, since what happened at teh Hotel, when you......fell.......I've come to realize that I may have done YOU some "wrong", also, by blaming you for some things that were my OWN fault....." VIC [still puzzled]: "I.....don't understand..." GREN [getting up and pacing for a moment, then stopping in front of Vic and looking down into his face....]: "Vic--tonight when I saw you with Rin, watching over her and being such a.....a good "father"--ALL I could THINK about was what I THOUGHT I had lost on Titan, teh "dream" of you and me together with a "family" of some sort, that "never-neverland" that I had fantasized about for such a long time......!" Gren sits down on teh arm of teh sofa, and without QUITE realizing what he's doing, reaches out and tenderly touches Vic's face with his fingers---and is SURPRISED when Vic DOESN'T *flinch*, as expected! VIC [very calm, speaking quietly--]: "Grencia--I DON'T like being lonely, and if I thought it WOULD "work" between us..........." [almost sadly--] "But---I'm not gay, and I think we both know it can't "be"--it just wouldn't work, NOT like we'd want it to, not really......" Gren [dropping his hand and *sighing* deeply]: "I know, and you're right, it WOULDN'T---and THAT'S what I need to APOLOGIZE for, Vic--for not "letting go", not REALLY, of ALL teh feelings I had for you, teh wuv as WELL as teh Hate, for trying to "make" you into a person you NEVER were, for blaming you for MY OWN "blindness"......and for lying to you." VIC [quizzical]: "Lying? Well, I supected all along that it WASN'T really a "drug-deal" that you wanted, or I wouldn't have brought along Shin--I STILL wish I HADN'T brought him---" GREN [looking a little "ashamed"]: "No, NOT that lie--I let you think all this time that Revenge was my ONLY "motive" for "setting" you up like that, when teh truth was that I was dying, Vic--dying from teh abuse those experiments AND prison had done to my body over teh years.....And, I was too much of a coward to commit suicide or just PLAIN face my death as it came, like a soldier SHOULD, so I used YOU to end my life, and that WASN'T "right", not even THEN, when you would have gladly murdered me for just being in your way! So I want you to know that I AM sorry, sorry for it ALL, and sorry that YOU had to DIE a SECOND time for me to come to this realization about myself.....!" VIC : "Grencia---would it have been an........"unpleasant" death?"
GREN [wondering why he asks....]: "It would have been at teh very LEAST a "lingering" one......"
Vic *SIGHS* heavily, then--
"Do you think we can EVER stop apologizing for WHAT we did to each other in teh Past, and just call it "even", Grencia? Can we JUST be FRIENDS from now on, and nothing "more", as if we've never met before? I'm not "afraid" like I WAS, NOT any more, certainly NOT of you or "what" you used to "represent" to me, and I'd just like to "enjoy" teh life I have LEFT, while I can......Do you think we could "TRY"?"
Gren relaxes then, as if a great "burden" has FINALLY left his shoulders, NEVER to return.......
"All RIGHT, I'm willing to TRY! But can you answer a question for me?"
VIC [a-lil' "worried" at first, then smiles]: "I'll "TRY"..."
GREN [enjoying teh "joke", also--]: "WHY do you almost ALWAYS call me "Grencia"? Everyone else I've ever known, EXCEPT my father, always call me "Gren"....."
VIC [unsure]: "I'll call you "Gren" if you prefer, but.....teh ONLY name I EVER knew was "Vicious", more of a DESCRIPTION than a real name, so when you first told me your FULL name, I was "impressed", in spite of myself--and, although I never would have admitted it to myself THEN, I WAS "impressed" by you, "Grencia"--you DIDN'T FLINCH when I killed that scorpion, even when you THOUGHT I was gonna murder you--I knew you were TERRIFIED, AND you were SUPPOSED to be........but you never flinched or even asked me "why" and you managed to earn my "respect" in that moment, in SPITE of all that came "after"........no one ELSE ever DID, then............"
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jul 1, 2004 0:29:28 GMT -5
Quote from Stampers: Ya' "save" Hiei from "War and Peace", then make him read "teh Little Prince"!!!?? He'll be in TEARS when teh Prince DIES, ya' KNOW! HIEI [is OBVIOUSLY tryin' NOT-ta' cry]: "It was a very......."interesting" story, Liz--I can see why it was so.....*sniff* IMPORTANT to you.....*SNIFFLE* Now excuse me *sniff, SNIFF!*...I hafta....to..*SOB!*" [SUDDENLY BURSTS INTA' TEARS and cries on Liz's shoulder--] "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME that teh Little Prince DIES!!!??" Me: teh little prince doesn't die!!! What makes you think teh little prince dies?!! Hiei: (blinking) He got bit by a poisonous snake. He fell down. He died, didn't he? Me: Weren't you paying attention at all? He had to go back to his home planet, but his body was too heavy. And teh narrator knows he left because his body wasn't there in teh morning. Hiei: Oh. *sniff* I knew that. Me: (wiping tears from his face) I can't believe you actually CRIED. I never imagined that you would cry at anything! Hiei: Neither did I, for teh longest time. I sheltered myself and hid my emotions to keep from getting hurt, like I had been so many times before. But something about being around you, I don't know, makes me feel so much at ease. Liz.......I think you've "tamed" me! Me: (falling into his arms and resting my head on his chest, I wrap my arms around his waist and hold tightly) Oh, Hiei, you've tamed me too! Awwwww.........*SNIFF!* NOW I'm gonna' CRY!!! Kudos to YOU, Liz!--REALLY!! I was jus' "kiddin'" ya' when I wrote that, and I figured you'd just take it AS a "joke", but you made it into a really sweet "moment', instead, and that's WONDERFUL!!! As for Hiei crying--let's look at it THIS way: I don't know if you've seen teh series all teh way thru', but he had that third eye "installed", so to speak--he WASN'T born with it--SPECIFICALLY so that he could "keep watch" on his sister, Yukina, to protect her from harm, and it was an EXTREMELY PAINFUL PROCEEDURE, EVEN for a Demon to endure [and of course, being a "demon thing", there was ABSOLUTELY NO ANESTHETIC, not even a frying-pan over teh head!!!!!!!!!!!!!] So, I think we can SAFELY say that there's a GREAT DEAL of Depth of Emotion in Hiei, and it was BOUND to show itself some day! And what more "likely" way than teh unexpected "trigger" of a sweet little story about an innocent who suffers? P.S. If you DO decide to stay with him "for life", you can BET he'll ALWAYS be Faithful----AND one HELL of a LOVER!!!! HIEI [appalled!]: "STAMPERS!!!" [pause] "Wait! Did you say, "for LIFE?"........................I could DO that.....!"
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Post by lizardali on Jul 1, 2004 0:49:56 GMT -5
Awwwww.........*SNIFF!* NOW I'm gonna' CRY!!! Kudos to YOU, Liz!--REALLY!! I was jus' "kiddin'" ya' when I wrote that, and I figured you'd just take it AS a "joke", but you made it into a really sweet "moment', instead, and that's WONDERFUL!!! Well, if we're talking about jokes taken too far, this whole thing started as a joke! When I made that one little innocent post about cooking for Hiei, I NEVER expected you to take it seriously. And now, well....... ;D As for Hiei crying--let's look at it THIS way: I don't know if you've seen teh series all teh way thru', but he had that third eye "installed", so to speak--he WASN'T born with it--SPECIFICALLY so that he could "keep watch" on his sister, Yukina, to protect her from harm, and it was an EXTREMELY PAINFUL PROCEEDURE, EVEN for a Demon to endure [and of course, being a "demon thing", there was ABSOLUTELY NO ANESTHETIC, not even a frying-pan over teh head!!!!!!!!!!!!!] So, I think we can SAFELY say that there's a GREAT DEAL of Depth of Emotion in Hiei, and it was BOUND to show itself some day! And what more "likely" way than teh unexpected "trigger" of a sweet little story about an innocent who suffers? No I haven't seen teh whole series (only what's been shown on CN), but I have seen that much. I remeber very vividly teh little flashback to teh time when he had teh Jigen "implanted." And I am well aware of teh depth of feeling Hiei has and his devotion to his sister. Which is, incidentally, one of teh main reasons I like him so much.P.S. If you DO decide to stay with him "for life", you can BET he'll ALWAYS be Faithful----AND one HELL of a LOVER!!!! HIEI [appalled!]: "STAMPERS!!!" [pause] "Wait! Did you say, "for LIFE?"........................I could DO that.....!" Man, you just do not stop with teh marriage hints do you? Be patient!!!
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jul 1, 2004 0:54:08 GMT -5
Alucard takes his "leave" first, "retirin'" inta' Snap's closet---Daniel n' Stampers "go" next, tho' when Amon comes out teh door, he spots da' two o' them in a dark corner at-da' end o' da' hall, "SMOOCHIN' AWAY!" He quickly turns back-ta' Snap, sum'what "embarrassed"--then, as he sees-da' "hope" in her face, he comes-ta' a Decision o' his OWN-- AMON [smilin' gently at Snap]: "Snapdragon, would you like to attend wildkat's Party in teh Park with me?" SNAP [would I EVER!!!!]: "Yes, yes I think I would, Amon....!" AMON [THERE, that's "done"!]: "Then it's arranged--I'll come by about 6, and we'll go together." SNAP [EXULTANT!!!]: [ina' whisper--] "Together........." As Amon leaves, passin' Daniel n' Stampers--who are NOW gigglin' abou' sumthin' like-a' coupla' silly teen-agers--he nods "good-night" [which results in even MORE *giggles*!], n' thinks-ta' himself-- "What DOES Alucard "KNOW", anyway! *Humph!*" Vic n' Rin are-da' last-ta' leave, partly be'cuz Rin has fallen asleep, n' partly be'cuz Gren asks him-ta' stay a-lil' longer as he has sumthin' he needs-ta' speak-ta' Vic abou'.......Snap excuses herself-ta' her bedroom fer' da' night [tho' it's obvious she's so "giddy" abou' her comin' "date" wid' Amon that she WON'T sleep fer' awhile!], leavin' da' two men alone, Vic sittin' onda' sofa wid' Rin usin' his lap fer'a pillow [jus' like she does wid' Sesshomaru....!], Fluffy snuggled in her arms, n' Gren in an easy chair at that end o' da' sofa---- GREN [looking Vic earnestly in teh eyes]: "Vic, I want-to apologize to you....!" VIC [surprised]: "Apologize?! Uh...what FOR? I mean, it was ME who needed to "apologize", Grencia.....!" GREN [looks down for a moment...]: "No, Vic--You've ALREADY "Paid" for teh hurt you did to me, AND to teh others back on Titan--in fact, you've paid........a little too much.....But, since what happened at teh Hotel, when you......fell.......I've come to realize that I may have done YOU some "wrong", also, by blaming you for some things that were my OWN fault....." VIC [still puzzled]: "I.....don't understand..." GREN [getting up and pacing for a moment, then stopping in front of Vic and looking down into his face....]: "Vic--tonight when I saw you with Rin, watching over her and being such a.....a good "father"--ALL I could THINK about was what I THOUGHT I had lost on Titan, teh "dream" of you and me together with a "family" of some sort, that "never-neverland" that I had fantasized about for such a long time......!" Gren sits down on teh arm of teh sofa, and without QUITE realizing what he's doing, reaches out and tenderly touches Vic's face with his fingers---and is SURPRISED when Vic DOESN'T *flinch*, as expected! VIC [very calm, speaking quietly--]: "Grencia--I DON'T like being lonely, and if I thought it WOULD "work" between us..........." [almost sadly--] "But---I'm not gay, and I think we both know it can't "be"--it just wouldn't work, NOT like we'd want it to, not really......" Gren [dropping his hand and *sighing* deeply]: "I know, and you're right, it WOULDN'T---and THAT'S what I need to APOLOGIZE for, Vic--for not "letting go", not REALLY, of ALL teh feelings I had for you, teh wuv as WELL as teh Hate, for trying to "make" you into a person you NEVER were, for blaming you for MY OWN "blindness"......and for lying to you." VIC [quizzical]: "Lying? Well, I supected all along that it WASN'T really a "drug-deal" that you wanted, or I wouldn't have brought along Shin--I STILL wish I HADN'T brought him---" GREN [looking a little "ashamed"]: "No, NOT that lie--I let you think all this time that Revenge was my ONLY "motive" for "setting" you up like that, when teh truth was that I was dying, Vic--dying from teh abuse those experiments AND prison had done to my body over teh years.....And, I was too much of a coward to commit suicide or just PLAIN face my death as it came, like a soldier SHOULD, so I used YOU to end my life, and that WASN'T "right", not even THEN, when you would have gladly murdered me for just being in your way! So I want you to know that I AM sorry, sorry for it ALL, and sorry that YOU had to DIE a SECOND time for me to come to this realization about myself.....!" VIC : "Grencia---would it have been an........"unpleasant" death?"
GREN [wondering why he asks....]: "It would have been at teh very LEAST a "lingering" one......"
Vic *SIGHS* heavily, then--
"Do you think we can EVER stop apologizing for WHAT we did to each other in teh Past, and just call it "even", Grencia? Can we JUST be FRIENDS from now on, and nothing "more", as if we've never met before? I'm not "afraid" like I WAS, NOT any more, certainly NOT of you or "what" you used to "represent" to me, and I'd just like to "enjoy" teh life I have LEFT, while I can......Do you think we could "TRY"?"
Gren relaxes then, as if a great "burden" has FINALLY left his shoulders, NEVER to return.......
"All RIGHT, I'm willing to TRY! But can you answer a question for me?"
VIC [a-lil' "worried" at first, then smiles]: "I'll "TRY"..."
GREN [enjoying teh "joke", also--]: "WHY do you almost ALWAYS call me "Grencia"? Everyone else I've ever known, EXCEPT my father, always call me "Gren"....."
VIC [unsure]: "I'll call you "Gren" if you prefer, but.....teh ONLY name I EVER knew was "Vicious", more of a DESCRIPTION than a real name, so when you first told me your FULL name, I was "impressed", in spite of myself--and, although I never would have admitted it to myself THEN, I WAS "impressed" by you, "Grencia"--you DIDN'T FLINCH when I killed that scorpion, even when you THOUGHT I was gonna murder you--I knew you were TERRIFIED, AND you were SUPPOSED to be........but you never flinched or even asked me "why" and you managed to earn my "respect" in that moment, in SPITE of all that came "after"........no one ELSE ever DID, then............" Epilogue.......As Alucard "settles in" fer' da' night, "hangin'" in Snap's closet, he "listens" to teh results o' his earlier "mental comments"--- Snap is hummin' happily-ta' herself, occasionally even burstin' inta' bits o' song! Amon is feelin' both GOOD n' "relaxed", for teh FIRST time in YEARS--he even smiles n' whistles a-bit' as he makes his way home..... Vic n' Gren are bundlin' Rin up in a blanket for teh walk home---Gren carries her half-way, then trades off with Vic before turning back, each man sharing teh "burden"....and now, maybe teh "benefit", too, as NEITHER may not be QUITE so lonely and hurt anymore with each other as friends...... [Alucard smiles to himself as he knows that Midvalley will "benefit" from teh change in Gren as WELL!!!] And Daniel n' Stampers? Oh, HELL, there isn't MUCH he could "do" for THEM, anyway! Alucard *chuckles* to himself as he "listens" to them play a game o' "tickle n' SLAP" all teh way HOME!!!! ----------- Okay, Snap--teh "Dinner Party" is NOW over--HOPE-ya' like teh "results"! I HOPE to FINISH teh "Willow/Amon" story tomorrow--I ALSO have my "Daniel n' Stampers inda' Underbrush" story to "tie-up"--PLEASE be patient! It's a LOT o' writin' and I've had less time than usual this week.......
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Post by stampededtyphoon on Jul 1, 2004 1:00:40 GMT -5
P.S. If you DO decide to stay with him "for life", you can BET he'll ALWAYS be Faithful----AND one HELL of a LOVER!!!! HIEI [appalled!]: "STAMPERS!!!" [pause] "Wait! Did you say, "for LIFE?"........................I could DO that.....!" Man, you just do not stop with teh marriage hints do you? Be patient!!! Sorry......I think it has SUMTHIN'-ta' do wid' me age--I'm turnin' inta' a "match-maker", or sumthin'! BESIDES--I REALLY DO want EVERYBODY to be [shadow=red,left,300]HAPPY!!!!![/shadow]
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Post by isa2525 on Jul 1, 2004 1:36:17 GMT -5
Hiei: Liz.......I think you've "tamed" me! Me: (falling into his arms and resting my head on his chest, I wrap my arms around his waist and hold tightly) Oh, Hiei, you've tamed me too! HEY! teh FOX and teh Prince tamed each other! And teh flower. So shouldnt you and Yoko be taming each other (or maybe me and yoko ) and Cheza? j/k Im just being a goofball, you know me!
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