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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 17, 2010 19:44:21 GMT -5
The dark haired girl simply sat there for a moment, completely and utterly baffled. Eventually enough of her mind began working again that she finished off her first slice and reached for another. "That's just freaky..." She said through her new mouthful of cheese and onion.
"So how'd you learn to shoot like that?" She asked. "Somebody had to teach you at least a little bit."
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Post by jernus on Oct 17, 2010 20:06:05 GMT -5
"I actually have an explanation for that one," answered Kage with a grin. "See, I used to hang out with these two guys named Joshua and Jeremiah. We used to practice with these." With the hand that wasn't covered in pizza grease, Kage withdrew the ornate silver coin with the Braille marks on both sides. "We practiced shooting thme, and I've even grown a kind of... I dunno, connection with this thing."
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 17, 2010 21:04:39 GMT -5
Mina cocked her head to the side and looked at it closely. "Huh, well whatever it is, it looks pretty damn fancy." She nodded to her self and took another bite of pizza. "And just watch that connection come in handy." She smiled. "Things that special always come in handy one way or another."
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Post by jernus on Oct 17, 2010 21:56:47 GMT -5
"Like a connection between like..." Kage thought for a moment. "Four people and some sorta dog-like creature? That could be a pretty handy litte thing to have going on." The giant took another slice of the savory dish and downed it. "Oh, and in case you're wondering, I haven't seen either of the White Brothers in a few years, so..." Kage fiddled with the coin, eventually getting it spinning on his knuckles.
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 18, 2010 15:04:14 GMT -5
Mina nodded, and then when the spinning started she slammed her fist down on the table. "That's it." She said passionately and half-to herself. "That's just it. From now on you are Roland." It was the spinning coin that had cliched the idea in her mind, it had reminded her of the gunslinger's spinning-bullet trick that he had done on Jake.
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Post by jernus on Oct 19, 2010 22:35:17 GMT -5
"Roland, eh?" replied Kage, turning his hand to let the coin travel from his fingertip down to his palm, then up the next finger as he took yet another slice of pizza. "Because I've got dead aim, I speak all cryptic-like, and I can spin a coin on my fingers. Oh, and the knowing things just because I know them is a factor too, right?" All of this was completely rolling of the top of the giant's head, as was his usual banter style. Lord, he felt good going back and forth with someone like this again!
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 20, 2010 16:30:24 GMT -5
The woman's head hit the desk with a resounding 'thunk.' The muffled response of, "Yes, dammit, YES." Could be heard along with laughter that only sounded half-pained. Mina got up and rubbed her forehead. "Keep doing things like that and my brain's going to leak out my ears, and I doubt you want to clean up liquid-gray-matter." She gave Kage a wink before tearing into another bite of pizza.
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Post by jernus on Oct 20, 2010 16:53:10 GMT -5
Kage swallowed the last bite of crust from the current slice and gave Mina a mischievous look.
"Not unless I'm getting paid overtime," he quipped. "Though seeing how Cort acts, he'll probably just train me and make me defeat him before I can leave here. Lose and get sent west, or something to that effect."
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 20, 2010 17:19:50 GMT -5
Mina clamped her hands over her ears, heedless of the half-slice of pizza that was set flying over her shoulder as a result. "LEAK. OUT. MY EARS!!" She yelled back, it turned into laughing right after but her brain was fizzing and sparking and liquefying and she could practically feel it.
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Post by jernus on Oct 20, 2010 17:57:42 GMT -5
"I don't get it..." Kage said, watching the unfortunate slice of pizza go sailing to the floor. "Why are the things I'm saying making your brain liquefy? It's not like I'm gonna say something completely random, like maybe I'll beat Cort by training a hawk and naming it David, or summat like that."
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 20, 2010 18:11:36 GMT -5
Minasmacked her forehead, let her arms fall, looked to the sky and let out a shriek. "WHY!!! " She yelled, hunching over on the desk sniffling soon after. Egil, having heard her wailing poked his head in. After surveying the situation he simply rolled his eyes and went back.
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Post by jernus on Oct 21, 2010 17:46:48 GMT -5
Kage looked at Mina hesitantly and extended a hand, placing it on her shoulder. Not too many things had ever managed to disturb Kage in his life, but his new friend freaking out like this was certainly doing the trick.
"Er, it's uh... okay," the giant said shakily. "I can stop talking, if it's bothering you..."
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 21, 2010 18:00:06 GMT -5
"No, no..." Mina shook her head, lifting the pained skull up from the counter. "You don't have to, but I'm seriously wondering how you're doing that. Are you POSITIVE that you haven't read the Dark Tower Series?" She peered at Kage's face, searching for anything that might indicate that the pacifistic giant may be lying.
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Post by jernus on Oct 21, 2010 22:07:07 GMT -5
"Never read a book in my life," answered Kage, his face as solid as when he'd sworn that he'd reunite with his friends and stop this crazy war. "In other words, yes, I'm positive. Why, are all of these things mentioned in the books?"
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Post by Mina Izumi on Oct 22, 2010 16:45:49 GMT -5
Mina nodded in the affirmative. "Yeah, it's kinda freaky how you know it without reading them..." Well, as good as Kage was, he seemed not to like guns all that much. At least that separated him from Roland, though it wasn't much, and it was shaky considering gunslingers didn't pull the gun out without reason.
Inwardly, her face fell. Yeah, Kage was Roland. She was tempted to ask him if he knew what a 'Lobstrosity' was, or if he had ever dated a Susan in his life. She was a bit scared of the response though.
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