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Post by Jack King on Nov 21, 2010 21:56:28 GMT -5
Jack nodded, deciding to skip over Satoru's conditioning method. "What about your training?" He asked, smiling.
Egil had given a smile and then headed back for the building. Large groups hadn't always worked for him, not at work anyway. And certainly not in recent years. Satoru made no move to stop him.
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Post by Hotaru King on Nov 21, 2010 22:05:38 GMT -5
"Let's just say Eva knows how to push a person pass their limits..." she trailed off, deciding to leave it at that. "But I think I'm getting better." she smiled cheerfully.
Eva made sure to say bye to Egil before he left. When she over heard Hotaru and Jack talking she decided to make a comment over from the wall she was resting at. "Your girl threw me into a wall on the other side of the room." she informed him to emphasize just how much progress Hotaru made in such little time. She closed her eyes again and went back to day dreaming.
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Post by Jack King on Nov 21, 2010 22:16:53 GMT -5
Jack whistled at Eva's news. "Seriously? Awesome!" He kissed Hotaru's forehead. "Sounds like you'll do fine when we cross paths with him again." And he was pretty sure that after preparing against the giant who had just left, Hotaru really WOULD be fine against Aiden.
Tekka stuck with Kage, pretty sure that interrupting Jack and Hotaru wouldn't be the best of ideas.
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Post by Hotaru King on Nov 21, 2010 22:31:00 GMT -5
Hotaru giggled at the kiss. "Let's hope so." she said, a little more confident now. Something about Jack's words tend to make her feel stronger. She hugged him again and made sure to whisper to him so the others wouldn't hear.
"You say anything about Tekka's friend yet?" she asked quietly, grinning a little.
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Post by Jack King on Nov 21, 2010 22:43:48 GMT -5
Jack shook his head and responded in an equally hushed tone. "No, calling them out in front of everyone isn't really how I do things, and besides," He gave a shrug. "If he's here with her after meeting Aiden, and considering he called the meeting, I bet he has, I don't think there's anything I can really protest about." Well, the age difference, but aside from that he couldn't say much against it...
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Post by jernus on Nov 21, 2010 23:33:24 GMT -5
Kage breathed a sigh of relief and approached his old teacher, putting a hand on Tekka's shoulder after she was shoved away by the gimpy gunslinger.
"Some talent we've got here, huh Cort?" the giant said conversationally. He hadn't much doubt about his girlfriend being able to pick up the skill of shooting accurately, and Jack had picked things up pretty well at least. "I think I could even give ya a run for your money on teaching. Maybe you taught me too well." As much as Kage would rather eat rocks than admit it, he sort of felt at home with Cort, Mina, and Egil. They were his filler family of affinity between the White Bros. and his new group of friends, and it had been Mina who'd helped him relax a little.
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Post by Satoru Alabaster on Nov 22, 2010 16:02:59 GMT -5
Satoru shrugged. "Better than not teaching you enough, though I was kind of expecting you to forget everything I taught you as soon as you left." He smirked. "Glad to see that wasn't the case, kid."
Tekka glanced over to Hotaru and Jack, noting that they seemed to be having a hushed conversation. Her eyebrow raised as Jack glanced over at them before returning to the conversation. The little thief got the distinct impression that they were being watched, but wasn't sure if she should inform Kage or not. The elder Tora probably would have noticed by now anyway...
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Post by Hotaru King on Nov 22, 2010 17:20:47 GMT -5
Hotaru nodded at Jack's reply. "Good point." she laughed quietly. "Nothin' to worry about anyway, Kage is cool." she told him right before talking in her normal speaking voice again.
"So how's everyone else doin' with the gun thing?" she asked them, taking Jack's hand.
Eva, who still refused to leave her little spot on the wall, grinned. "Considerin' 'Toru dun' look too pissed, I'mma guess things are goin' well?" she assumed.
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Post by Jack King on Nov 22, 2010 18:10:49 GMT -5
Jack nodded to Eva. "Tekka and I have been doing pretty well so far," Even if Satoru seemed to have impossibly high standards, "And Kage is already good enough to teach apparently, so yeah," He nodded. "About as well as can be expected."
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Post by jernus on Nov 24, 2010 6:37:37 GMT -5
Kage merely grinned at the response of the King siblings to the blonde lady's question. He hadn't arrived in time to catch her name, but chances were that they wouldn't meet again, so there was no real point in asking. The giant glanced over at Jack and Phoenix, silently noting the private conversation they had been having a few minutes before. Kage's ears were sharp, but not sharp enough to pick up on anything that told him what the huddle was about. Without a word, the largest Tora slipped his free hand into his jacket pocket and withdrew two packages of snack cakes. The first was discreetly placed on Tekka's head; the second, Kage opened and proceeded to eat. After all, he didn't want his girlfriend to go through what he had when first starting to train under Cort.
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Post by Tekka King on Nov 24, 2010 10:52:28 GMT -5
Tekka reached up and took the snack cakes from atop her fedora-less head, opening them to begin munching. She had been getting hungry, and was pretty sure Jack was too... Tekka took one of the cakes and grinned, "Catch, Jack!" She hollered before chucking the pastry at her older brother.
The Ookami's reaction was quick enough, managing to catch the cake before it splattered against himself, Hotaru, or the ground. He blinked and gave a thumbs up to Tekka.
Satoru simply sighed, looked like he wouldn't be able to use hunger as a motivational tool now. At least he knew now that Kage still learned from his mistakes.
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Post by Hotaru King on Nov 24, 2010 15:32:34 GMT -5
Hotaru just smiled, watching the group for a moment or two. Eva sighed, standing up straight. "Well, you guys don't need me anymore." she grinned. "Guess this is where I say bye." the blond shoved her hands in her pockets, making her way out.
Hotaru waved to Eva as she left. "See ya Ev'." she said before turning back to everyone else. She blinked a little, remembering something she had meant to say a little earlier.
"Oh yeah!" the once redhead laughed. "Tekka, you like hats, right?" she asked. "I think I have one you might like, remind me sometime and I'll get it from my house." She didn't want to say anything about it with Eva around, she would have had a fit if she realized what hat Hotaru was talking about.
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Post by Tekka King on Nov 24, 2010 17:58:59 GMT -5
Tekka's face lit up. "A hat you say?" She asked just to make sure. "Sure, I'll remind ya!" She gave the ex-gang leader a thumbs up and a bright smile, noming on her snack cake happily. She paused after a moment and called out again, a different holler this time. "Catch, Ru-ru!" The Tora tossed the second-to-last snack cake at her friend, she considered it payment.
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Post by Hotaru King on Nov 24, 2010 18:08:46 GMT -5
Hotaru easily caught the cake and smiled. "Thanks!" she said before taking a bite out of it. "Oh, and it's not like it's the best in quality or anything, but..." she trailed off, then laughed lightly. "Well, I'll tell you the rest when I actually show it to you." With that, she let the topic about the hat slide away for the time being, there'd be plenty more time to talk about it later.
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Post by jernus on Nov 25, 2010 21:14:16 GMT -5
Kage took the last cake from his package and backed away from his teacher, drawing his arm back and preparing to throw.
"Hey, Cort!" he called, once he had reached a good distance. "Try not to pull a Tallahassee!" With that, the giant threw the snack with all his might. It spiraled with dangerous velocity at the older Tora's face, and hopefully he'd catch it.
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