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Post by Snakeskin on Aug 11, 2009 9:31:41 GMT -8
Staile sat in the middle of a field, nothing to do and nowhere to go. There may have been a gentle breeze, but he wasn't sure. Not paying enough attention to notice.
To a passerby, it might seem as if he were deep in thought, or meditating. But he wasn't thinking about much of anything, nor was he very relaxed.
The action, unusually for him, was as simple as possible - he was sitting down on the grass, alone.
Perhaps the reason was just as simple - Skye, his NetOp, had just sort of walked out on him that morning. "Rehearsing", he'd said. Of course, he didn't say WHAT he was rehearsing for - in fact, until the point when he'd left, Skye was insistent that he had nothing to do all day.
In his unexplained rush, Skye had left Staile jacked in... again. And so now the navi was here. Sitting, somewhere in the net. Not in a very good mood.
Staile blinked. The glitch in his code had activated - he was sent back to his "other personality". He smiled, jumped up, and did a cartwheel. He smelled the air and did a twirl, a song played in his head. And then he got an idea, which he expressed aloud.
Staile: Well hey, who cares what HE'S doing. I'm bound to run into some other navi around here eventually! ...I wonder if they'll have cake. Or apple pie! Ooooh, and maybe they've seen Xanapp, and know all the songs, and they think that it should've won awards, and IMAGINE THE HARMONIES! And...
And so Staile paced back and forth excitedly blabbering to himself about this person he was hoping to find but actually doing nothing at all to... y'know, find. He was pretty much out of luck unless somebody just sort of showed up.
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 22, 2009 17:02:31 GMT -8
A brief wind blew into the area,chilly and yet relaxing at the same time.
Suddenly, a beam of light shot down from the sky,as a navi landed on the ground without a sound.
He looked around and scratched his head in though. Soon afterwards he saw the only other navi in the area and walked over to him,waving in his direction so he didn't startle him.
"Oye,hello there! Where is this?" he questioned,all the while walking toward Staile.
His mane blew in the wind as the sun seemed to reflect off of the metallic parts of his body. Standing a little taller than the average navi,this lion-esque navi was obviously not a mere kitty-cat.
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 23, 2009 14:42:36 GMT -8
Staile's eyes lit up excitedly as he did a jubilant backflip.
"Hi kitty cat! You look cool! And uh..."
Staile looked confused, eyes shifting back and forth. He scratched his chin, a totally ineffective attempt since his mask covered it.
"Well I was hoping that maybe you'd know where this is. I mean... like, I come here a lot when Skye wanders off and stuff. But I don't know the name. I actually don't usually spend much time in the net."
Then Staile's eyes lit up again.
"Oh yeah! I never said my name! I'm Staile, well, one of the Stailes... or no, I guess I'm technically one but not really... or maybe... huh... Well what's your name?"
Staile held out his hand, ready for a shake.
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 26, 2009 10:53:51 GMT -8
Ephradil chuckled for a brief second as he was referred to as a 'kitty cat',deciding to let it slide.
"Haha! Sorry,I don't really know where this is myself...I just wound up here."
He listened intently as Staile introduced himself,shaking his hand firmly.
"Pleased to meet you. The name's Ephradil. And you mentioned someone named Skye...I guess it's safe to assume that's your operator,correct?"
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 26, 2009 16:07:04 GMT -8
Staile rolled his eyes.
"Pfffft. Technically, I guess, not that he ever really tells me to do anything. Unless I try to wake him up on time, then he tells me to stop. He's a major oversleeper. Although we DO watch Xanapp together once a week. Have you seen that? It's easily, like, the best musical ever."
Staile thought for a second.
"Well, I think it is. But the other Staile prefers that bloodier one, If Only Daisy Would Die. See, it's based on that play If Only Daisy Would Dance, except she kills people instead of refusing to do the tango, and then a bunch of people set up a plot to assassinate her. ...oh yeah, I talk a lot. Is that a problem?"
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 27, 2009 16:32:21 GMT -8
"Not bad...sounds like you and your Operator are quite close. As for musicals,they sound very amusing. I should watch one one day." Ephradil said thoughtfully.
He wondered if it'd be easy to download them himself and store them in a private area.
Ephradil then listened on,as something Staile said caught his ear.
"Hmm...not a problem at all,my friend. But...you mentioned 'another Staile'...? Do you have brothers or...something else?"
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 27, 2009 17:30:43 GMT -8
"No, not really. I guess I'm sort bipolar or something like that... I mean, I switch between happy, hyperenergetic Staile and brooding, creepy, vaguely evil Staile."
Staile winced a bit, half expecting a shift then and there.
"Anyway, there was this virus, dumb little one, but it snuck up on me and did something weird with my head. I got it, but ever since I can't control the personality shifts anymore. Oh right... are you good, or evil, or what?"
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 27, 2009 22:44:20 GMT -8
"Personality switches sound...troublesome. Very troublesome." Ephradil responded,beginning to picture in his mind what a completely 'dark' version of himself would look like...
"But anyway,as to my 'alignment',you can say that I'm moreso good than anything. Darkchips don't appeal to me...and I like the feel of the light...not to sound extremist or anything."
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 28, 2009 3:15:55 GMT -8
"Extremist? Peh. Not at all! You sound perfectly sensible to me. Then again, that might be a problem since everyone I meet thinks I'm crazy... well whatever, I can live with it!"
Staile smiled brightly and did a totally random backflip, almost kicking the taller navi in the head by accident.
Back on his feet, he looked thoughtful again and posed a question.
"Hey, can you make me a promise? It's nothing too big or anything."
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 28, 2009 18:49:27 GMT -8
"A promise,hm? Sounds simple enough,I guess..what is it?" Ephradil asked,he didn't recall anyone entrusting him with promises before...but he hadn't met too many others either.
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 28, 2009 20:47:06 GMT -8
"...can you promise not to hate ME - like, y'know, THIS me with all the jumping and dancing - if I - well, OTHER me, does bad stuff?"
Staile had clearly confused himself, and began trying to clarify with hand gestures.
"I mean... like, if I... well, THIS I, uh... spunky I, me, right now who is talking to you do evil thingies, well, I hope you can deal with that too, because I don't want to hurt you and I REALLY don't want you to hurt me. Either me, we have the same body.
But, like, it'd be nice if you could deal with it, but if you can't, and it was MY decision, well then, okay. But if it was other me's decision to do bad things an ME me didn't want to, could you please not get angry at ME me?"
Staile looked up hopefully, his arms having been intertwined in... unusual ways.
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Post by Wackoguy on Sept 30, 2009 9:30:41 GMT -8
Ephradil listened quietly as Staile asked his favor. The maned-navi hadn't ever dealt with someone like this before,but it seemed fairly simple to handle...he hoped.
"Okay then,my friend. You have my word. I will do my best to handle matters if your...darker side decides to rear itself. And I will make it my business not to delete you if such comes to pass as well....as long as you continue fighting your 'other self' too..."
Ephradil nodded solemnly,agreeing to the terms. But he still hoped this wasn't a foreboding conversation...
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Post by Snakeskin on Sept 30, 2009 10:38:24 GMT -8
Staile stared at Ephradil for a bit.
"Friend? I'm your friend?"
Staile got a big, wide smile and did a little dance.
"Awesome! I have a friend navi!"
Staile danced for a few more minutes, and then looked at "kitty-cat" again.
"So, you probably shouldn't worry too much about other me. Like I said, same body, so he's still version 1 too."
Then Staile blinked a few times and twitched...
(OOC: DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!)
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Post by Wackoguy on Oct 1, 2009 13:54:12 GMT -8
"Indeed,I regard you as a friend,Staile." Ephradil spoke calmly,with a grin appearing on his face.
He then noted Staile's sudden blinking and twitching. His eyes flashed briefly with his integrated light-energy,keeping himself aware of what may happen next.
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