“More curious that one would want to touch one, I believe.” The specter answered as he gripped her hand to pry it away from his face. Naya didn’t fight him, instead blinking down curiously at where his gauntlet clad fingers wrapped around her wrist. It seemed he could touch her as well. The metal of his armor was cold and caused the skin of arm to prickle into goosebumps. “You could say that I am but a shadow of my former self.” He paused for a brief moment, before pressing on, “It might also be that a slave speaks more freely when his master is not listening.”
”Oh. Um, right,” the witch stumbled, thinking back to the incident with Skellington the day before. Naya would have liked to think that her control over the creature had been better than letting Livia turn it into a mindless killing machine, but it might not have seen it that way. The runes she had marked it with had made it protective over her, it wasn’t a natural emotion, and even though she had only wanted the best for the skeleton...maybe she had done it more harm than good?
The feeling of guilt clawed it’s way up and made the brunette's mouth go dry. She tried her best to squash it down.
“What lays in Linore, to attract such an odd party?” he asked, his voice pulling Naya from her musings.
”The faerie needs to get back to the border before the darkness poisoning sets in,” Naya confided, nodding towards Aurora again. ”She found my grimoire in the clearing today. There was a bit of a... skirmish yesterday and I ended up being too injured to stay conscious, so my book was left behind. The general was accompanying me for protection and when we came back to fetch it, we happened upon her. So we made a deal, we’d get her to Linore if she wouldn’t burn my spellbook. She agreed and let me hold onto her axes to show us she meant to keep her word,” she explained before squeaking when the apparition caught her chin between his thumb and forefinger.
“Have you dealt with my kind often?”
”More than what most people would consider strictly normal,” Naya told him, suddenly sheepish. People did not tend to touch her if they could help it, like they were afraid they might get a hex put on them from merely coming into contact with her. ”I had one little spirit that used to visit my shop often to play with the bird skulls, but I haven’t seen him in a while,” she admitted, giving him a small smile. ”I’m Naya,” she said while taking the hand that he wasn’t holding and reaching up to pat at his shoulder. "...And I’m a witch, in case you hadn’t figured it out yet. Just, erm, thought you should know.”
....Also helped that this one had balls, biologically speaking. Maybe metaphorically too, going by their attitude towards being bowled over and knocked the floor.
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHINGGGGGGGGGGGG! XD
No, for reals, super funny/sexy post, guys. 10/10 would read again. ^.^
Nori was standing in the break room and peeling off the glow in the dark body suit that she had donned for nightcore and foam night. Dangermouse was next to her in a pair of black boxer briefs while Mr. Beauregard chopped impatiently at a cigar. “Get the lead out Haywood, Cash has to be out there in fifteen minutes,” the balding man growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
“I know, I know, I’m going as fast as I can!” She retorted as she stepped out of the brightly colored garment, leaving the small blonde standing in her underwear. “You know I’m wet from the foam, right? That's gonna add weight,” Nori commented while stepping hesitantly on to the the scale.
“...and you know that doesn't matter,” Cash sighed, leaning over her shoulder to watch the numbers climb upwards. “I don't know why you worry about this, midget, you’ve never failed a weigh-in.” The scale settled on 113 pounds and Nori let out a relieved sigh.
“Good,” Mr. Beauregard said gruffly, pulling the tape measure from his neck and laying a large hand on the little DJ’s shoulder to steer her off the scale. He wasted no time wrapping it around her chest, nodding with a grunt before moving on to her hips. “Good. That detective you pal around with now has at least done a good job of keeping you fit.”
“He’s serious about training,” she commented idly, staring up at the ceiling as she waited for her boss to finish up on the measurements. “It'd be hard to chase after bad guys with a spare tire, right?”
“Whatever,” Mr. Beauregard grumbled, running his index finger over the long, jagged scar that now marred her stomach and stretched from her ribcage to her hip bone. Normally Nori could do a good job of concealing it with cosmetics, but the bubbles had washed it away and revealed the souvenir the Weatherman had given her the night they had finally apprehended him. “Get some better makeup, Haywood, nobody wants to pay money to watch a busted up girl DJ.”
“...It’s pretty dark out there boss, I don't think anyone noticed,” Cash spoke up, his eyes also trained on the thick scar tissue. He had been surprisingly nice to Nori after she had been stabbed. It was weird, but she didn't mind. They were actually on friendly terms now that the tattooed girl wasn't so preoccupied with stealing his time slot.
“I’ll buy some finishing spray to help it set longer,” Nori sighed, swatting her boss’ hand away. “So I passed, right? I need to get out of here, the station says I have to do another segment tonight and Ollie is giving me a cooking lessons. He’s gonna show me how to make hamburgers!”
“A cooking lesson? Is that what the kids call it nowadays?” Cash grinned, waggling his eyebrows at her suggestively.
“S-shut up, Dangermouse!” she stammered, wiggling into a pair of red shorts and her ‘Shine City Investigations’ shirt. “I’m out of here, good luck with your set tonight!”
Hey, this is DJ Haywood with Shine City Radio, it’s just now 9:15 pm, and Club LUSH is PACKED! Everybody is getting wet and wild on the dance floor and I saw plenty of good looking guys and girls, so come on out if you’re looking for some eye candy! Just a friendly reminder, you are gonna be soaked by the time you’re finished dancing, so be sure to wear something that won’t go see-through!
...Unless that’s the look you’re going for, in which case, you do you! *Giggle*
It’s Naughty Nori’s News time, my darlings! I heard through the grapevine that there’s a new bar in town. I believe it’s called The Cornerstone and tonight is the big opening! If you’re looking for a quieter place to grab a drink you should swing by and support local business owner, Scott Cawtho--, whoops, sorry guys, I messed that up, his name is Scott Whittaker! Any listeners out there who do check this place out should hit me up on BookFace and let me know if he can make a good Old Fashioned or not!
Well I'm turning in for the night, but I'll leave you with this song to help get you in the mood for Nightcore and Foam night! DJ Haywood, out~!
@Delta44 The sheep costume is really cute, but I've always liked Ryoki best when she's looking super sexy, because I'm a pervert like that. I say make her the bunny and destroy everyone's ability to function for a few minutes, Delta! :3
@Gate Keeper It will be an endless cycle! Wars will be won and lost, men will die, children will be born, and we will forever be locked in an eternal posting loop.
So, any idea when this time skip is happening? I've been waiting for it to post because I didn't want to start an interaction just to have it cut short with a time skip, but if it's still gonna be a while, I'll post something.
Delta said could go ahead and do it if we really needed to and I've got the post queued up and ready to go, but I was gonna try and wait for her to do it. It should happen in the next 24 hours. Sorry for the wait, Takashi!
Like I said, I can post it if we new it to happen now though.
I'd be so naive without the different shine city OOC threads. They've taught me everything from what yanderes are to what cuckold means! XD
Is the time skip skipping to 8 or 9?
Which ever Delta picks! It could even be somewhere in the middle!
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