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Post by Champ on Oct 25, 2008 22:41:45 GMT -4
Yeah, there's no way we'll finish this in five days. Who cares! I'm going by the old rulebook, so MLAATR and Fanchars allowed.
October 24th, One week to Halloween. The leaves have turned in Tremorton, and Jenny has started to notice something odd. As she looks around at the elaborately decorated houses she turns to Brad. "Brad, what's with all the weird decorations?" She asks, "It looks like a graveyard out here."
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Post by Jakob on Oct 25, 2008 23:06:14 GMT -4
"Another Halloween coming up."
"It'll be our... first one... right? Here?"
"Yeah."
"I'm assuming you won't be coming out as usual?"
"Wrong."
"Wait... what?"
"Halloween is practically the only day that I ever care to even look out of the house, let alone leave it. After all, I'll be in costume."
"Huh, just because of the costume?"
"It's also my favorite holiday."
"Never could have guessed. Anyway, I should go and get my own costume set up."
"Already got you one. We'll have to remove your ears though. It's not quite done yet."
"I'll see you later then."
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Jakob left the house where he and KPG lived in. It was considered abandoned, but many already know about the fact that the enigmatic KPG and Jakob live there. Every leaf that was still hanging onto their trees or on the ground was any colour except green. The lawns of many were covered by them. Many said lawns had all of the leaves in neat piles, ready for Elementary school kids to leap in and wreck the morning work of whoever lives in their abodes.
Apart from the "abandoned house", every property had Halloween decorations. Grave stones, skeletons, orange bags filled with leaves with black paint over them to make them look like jack-o-lanterns, apparent corpses, even Christmas lights covered in cobwebs to give it a horror ring to it.
Jakob didn't bode well with KPG exiting the house, even if it is just one night. It was... unnatural. Ever since escape, KPG never left the house.
What if someone knew who KPG was, even out of costume? Jakob didn't feel good about the risks. Then again, KPG apparently has done it before. Most likely without Jakob knowing.
KPG kept many secrets, even some unknown to Jakob. Made one wonder if he actually was still human.
Jakob dug his hands into his pockets and started walking toward Mezmer's. It was nearly noon. Any teenager with a social life claimed to be better than family would be outside, hanging with friends. Jakob might as well try to associate with some of the locals.
After all, two months since they finally settled down. The memories of slaughtered Government soldiers were still fresh in Jakob's mind. He still had the feeling that his sawn-off shotgun hidden in his trench coat was still hot.
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Post by Zoomer on Oct 26, 2008 1:34:45 GMT -4
(OOC: You guys don't mind if I drop in, do you? XD )
Alex liked Halloween for the fact of dressing up. He never got invited to parties, though, and so just dressed up to show off at school. He planned to just go as himself (in robot form). People would know who he was "dressed as" at this point. He caught up with Brad and Jenny, and Sheldon was crossing the street to join them. He noticed Jakob up ahead....probably running errands for "KPG," or visiting the school as he often did.
"So, what's up, guys?" he asked. "We were just explaining Halloween to Jenny." Brad told him. Then Sheldon caught up, and began his seemingly planned speech on why he loved Halloween.
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Boring Day at school. As they left, Alex couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. He saw Jakob waiting outside. Like he was waiting for someone to show up, or for some kind of event to happen. Oh well....Alex would wait too, just to indulge in his curiosity. He waited in the park, across the street, using his superior vision to look across the distance, waiting to see what Jakob was waiting for......
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Post by Jakob on Oct 26, 2008 3:12:32 GMT -4
A large truck came from around the corner. Jakob spotted it, and started walking away from it casually.
The truck drove up the road toward Jakob's position. Jakob kept his hands in his pockets, still keeping an eye on the truck.
Fifty meters away, the passenger window opened. A masked man with a pulse rifle swung it out. Jakob had his revolver out in a flash, clipping the would-be-attacker through the skull. The force of Jakob's shot threw the masked attacker's head back, propelling him out of the window. He crumpled on the curb.
The truck screeched to a stop as Jakob pocketed his revolver and burst into a mad sprint to grab the pulse rifle.
The back door opened, revealing more masked characters with similar rifles.
"Huh, never expected them to come along." Jakob muttered as he ran across the street and into the park, trying to get into cover.
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Post by Champ on Oct 26, 2008 22:39:25 GMT -4
Champ wandered the streets of Tremorton, letting a smile grace his lips as he looked at the halloween decorations. He wasn't exactly sure whether he liked the holiday anymore. It was still a lot of fun, but as a hunter it kept him on edge. It was hard to tell the difference between an elaborately costumed teenager and something truly sinister taking advantage of the night. But his mind was drawn from this by more pressing matters. Gunshots rang out, and Champ rushed to the scene... *** As Jenny thought about the upcoming holiday on her walk to school her alarm went off. "Come on, already?" The Teenbot moaned.
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Post by Jakob on Oct 26, 2008 22:52:40 GMT -4
Jakob poked his head out for a second. More gunfire broke out and Jakob got his head back behind the tree, which was further plastered by pulse rounds.
Six punks in all. Jakob swung his own rifle out and opened fire. A satisfying shriek reached his ears, followed by slightly panicked orders.
A guy in a headband with spiky yellow hair (correct me if I'm wrong, Champ.) was spotted a few meters into the park. The XJ-9 unit KPG was telling Jakob about also flew into the scene.
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Post by Zoomer on Oct 27, 2008 0:03:42 GMT -4
Alex ducked behind a tree, coming out from behind a tree several yards away as 13, which was his "real" form.
Jakob seemed to be handling things quite well, but two were getting away. Alex was in front of them withing seconds, aiming his arm-mounted laser cannon directly at them. They stopped, but drew their weapons to fend him off. He merely tazered them, paralyzing them, and they landed with a *thud* against the ground.
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Post by Champ on Nov 3, 2008 19:05:21 GMT -4
"What the heck?" Champ asked no one in particular, "Can I ever just walk to school without some form of chaos?" (OOC:Yeah, no story advancement, just a bump post really)
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Post by Jakob on Nov 8, 2008 2:47:51 GMT -4
"Apparently not," said Jakob as he gathered extra clips for his newly-acquired pulse rifle. The enemies were all downed save for one, whom was cowering in the back of the truck.
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