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Me? Talk? Nah, you're just hearing things. [OPEN]

Jan 02, 2011 08:24

Characters: Kuro and anyone on the Convoy
Content: A stowaway on the Convoy is in search of a place to nap. He is also trying to avoid being thrown off the ship and left in Antrim by pretending to be "just a cat"...with dubious success.
Setting: Anywhere on the Convoy.
Time: Sometime after the ship landed in Antrim.
Warnings: Language, possible ( Read more... )

kuro, sam linnfer, mimino kurumi, ulquiorra schiffer

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murcielago January 3 2011, 00:37:34 UTC

Ulquiorra, after he'd spent a little time in Antrim and sorted out anything he'd gotten himself into afterwards, decided to check the ship for any stray monsters. Sure, so the ship was docked a little way away from the village, but on The Long Night, you could never really be too careful. He didn't look happy, but then again, he never really did and as he made his way to the cabin area, he was on the look out for anything that was out of place, such as any Antrim monsters that may have sneaked on board where they shouldn't have. Nobody needed to be savaged in the corridors by out-of-place monsters, after all.

He paused when he heard muttering, turning his head to the noise to make sure his ears weren't playing tricks on him. Without the sounds of his footsteps getting in the way of the voice, it was much clearer ...though not exactly ghostlyHe started walking again, determined to find the source of the noise. When he saw the cat, his eyes narrowed. The noise was definitely coming from the general area and talking cats weren't ( ... )

invincible_kuro January 3 2011, 03:10:51 UTC

Kuro was in the process of examining a promising looking corner when the question was posed. His whole body seemed to freeze for a moment, but forced himself to relax. Generally, it wasn't very hard to convince people that they were hearing things, so he turned around with the cutest most unstrained kit face he could managed.

"Meo--AAAAAH!"

He pressed his back into the corner, not even noticing that he was now standing on two legs. He pointed one shaky finger at the man, "Y-you--!"

murcielago January 3 2011, 21:05:23 UTC

Hm. Odd. He didn't remember ever wronging a cat. Some people knew him by description, of course, but not anybody that he would assume to be in contact with a creature like this. The reaction was a wise one, but he wasn't in the habit of murdering pets. No, he saved that honour for much bigger creatures. That left a burning question. Who did it think he was?

"What?" He asked, not even bothering to point to itself.

He didn't think for a moment that he was being mistaken for a ghost.

invincible_kuro January 4 2011, 02:43:58 UTC

Kuro tried to calm down. He wasn't being attacked (yet) so maybe this guy wasn't a ghost...though he certainly didn't look like a normal human.

The rectangle panel on his body opened with a faint click and he reached one paw in. Never mind that he was trying to stay inconspicuous, or that if this guy really was a ghost bullets wouldn't actually work on it, but weapons were to Kuro what security blankets were to small children: even when it wasn't really helpful, he still liked having it in his hand.

"Oi, are you a g-ghost?"

murcielago January 5 2011, 01:14:45 UTC

He didn't miss the movements that the cat was making. The panel didn't evade his eyes and the click, to his superior senses, was easily audible. He didn't bother mirroring the action to rest his own hand on the hilt of his sword. Oh, no. That would look paranoid. He left them in his pockets and watched the cat, wondering if any more secret compartments were going to open.

Hm, he thought, an automaton.

The fact that Ulquiorra didn't roll his eyes at the ridiculousness of the question was testament to his nigh-unflappability. Clearly, it seemed to Ulquiorra, it was coming from somebody with no actual experience of ghostly things, but rather an irrational fear. It never failed to seem illogical to him, but he didn't comment. Instead he answered in his usual manner, that is to say, rather simply.

"No," he said. He left the 'not exactly' off the end of the statement. He didn't hesitate to change the subject. "Are you a member of this ship's crew, or a stowaway?"

invincible_kuro January 5 2011, 03:24:16 UTC

His relief at hearing that the stranger wasn't a ghost was short lived when he was asked that question. Still, he was noticeably more confident now than before.

"Neither: I'm just a cat." And, just for good measure, added, "Meow."

But he left his paw inside his body and slipped it into the gatling hand-cannon hidden in the dark space the panel was hiding. He wasn't going to hurt the guy, but if he could create a distraction, he could probably run for it.

murcielago January 5 2011, 07:24:59 UTC

"You can talk," Ulquiorra pointed out. "As such, you are classed as a Demihuman."

He stood firmly in place, not looking like the sort of person who could be easily distracted. If he knew more about him, the cat would know that he's also not the kind of person who could be easily hurt.

"Given that, to be on board, you must either be crew, meaning that you work on this ship; a passenger, meaning that you pay to be on this ship or a stowaway, meaning that you should not be on this ship."

He looked at the clockwork animal levelly.

"Which is it?" He finally took a hand from his pocket and laid it on the hilt of his sword. He wouldn't hurt the creature, but the threat of action if not given an answer was usually enough to get one from most people. That said, a talking cat wasn't exactly what you could consider most people.

Less than forty posts in and Kuro is already making trouble...le sigh... invincible_kuro January 5 2011, 11:36:20 UTC

"Che, you're just making assumptions." After all, no matter how many times people ran away from him, and called him a monster or Demihuman for being able to talk, Kuro knew he was still a cat, clockwork body non-withstanding.

Assumptions or not, though, whoever this person was, he obviously had more sense than all the people back home combined.

He listened with a bored air, but when the hand went to the sword, he perked up a little. Well, that made it a challenge, didn't it?

"You'll have to figure that out..." Smirking, he whipped out the gatling hand-cannon and opened fired, "...yourself!"

Bad tempered kitty! murcielago January 6 2011, 20:29:44 UTC

Ulquiorra leapt back and round the closest corner, away from whatever the cat was about to fire. Bullets? Rockets? He wasn't about to test his resistance to either.

When hidden enough, he didn't draw his sword. Instead, he raised the other hand and fired off something resembling a flash of green light extremely quickly in the direction of his attacker. It was a quick blast of sound, and the speed with which he used it made the air rumble in its wake. He didn't know how it would work on a clockwork creature as opposed to a living one, which it would usually stun, but it was worth a shot anyway.

Cutting a potential guest in half in the corridor was bound to annoy the captain, so he would rather not risk such a thing.

...I think only Ulquiorra could fight a cat and not have a "WTF!?" moment. invincible_kuro January 7 2011, 03:06:30 UTC

After the man had disappeared around the corner, Kuro kept on firing for a moment before stopping. He was about to turn around and make his escape when a green light came flying at his head.

"What the--ERK!"

The impacts sent him backwards and he landed flat on his back. But the attack didn't work the same way on automatons, and he sat back up with a scowl.

"Bastard."

He ran towards the place his enemy was hiding behind, hand-canon held out and firing in an attempt to keep the other hiding behind the corner and out of the hallway as Kuro approached.

I assume he knows Grimmjow. 83 murcielago January 7 2011, 04:30:01 UTC

Ulquiorra stuck his hand out when the cat approached and, this time, it was holding his sword. The point stopped just short of the creature's nose.

"You are attacking a crew member of this ship," he said, making himself heard over the racket of the gun. "A Combat Trainer, at that."

His position showed a little about his ability, at least. That was useful. Still, if he kept firing, he'd have to do something about the bullets. His wings would be useful to that effect, but there was no way he was about to use that on The Long Night.

"I suggest you consider your actions carefully," he said coldly.

Behind the wall, a green light glowed. This time, it wasn't the same as the blast that had knocked the thing off its feet. It felt hot.

invincible_kuro January 7 2011, 20:05:26 UTC

He backed up a little, distance was his friend right now, after all.

"Combat Trainer, huh?" He said with a wide smirk, "Guess that means I won't have to go easy on you!"

Kuro had completely forgotten by now his original plan of retreat. He also failed to notice the damage his bullets were doing to the ship's wall. (More than his ability to talk, this was why the last ship had thrown him over-board.)

He did notice the light, however, and tensed ready to dodge if that was what it came to.

murcielago January 7 2011, 20:27:35 UTC

Ulquiorra didn't like ranged weapons very much. He considered them virtually skillless and damn-near cowardly. A sniper had a certain amount of learned skill when it came to picking a target and actually hitting them, but firing off volley after volley of bullets... that was a different story. Still, for such eventualities, he had a few moves of his own that worked well at long range. The first, the Bala blast, had done absolutely nothing to the automaton, so he was readying the second -- a Cero ( ... )

Why does excesive property damage seem to happen so often on this ship? invincible_kuro January 8 2011, 04:06:21 UTC

In contrast, Kuro liked firearms, maybe more than was strictly necessary. There had been instances when he felt that a sword was more appropriate and fair, but when he fought stronger opponents he didn't see why he shouldn't take any advantage he can get.

He jumped back with a swear when the attack hit the ground, but quickly regained his bearings and shouted back cockily, "As if you'd be able to hit me, bastard!" Then he cackled a bit.

And he was going to try his hardest not to get hit. While his clockwork body was resilient, it was best not to test just how resilient when there wasn't anyone around to fix him.

He kept firing, mostly to buy himself more time to think. He said the attack needed to be charged, right? He remembered using a weapon like that once; it had been annoying. Kuro had never been the strategizing sort, so the plan he had formulated was simply: wait for the charge, then attack.

He figured he'd know what to do once the ball got rolling.

THUGS. 83 Hex and Kuro should be bff. murcielago January 9 2011, 17:55:58 UTC

Ulquiorra rolled his eyes. The cat was annoying, certainly, but he was determined. That, in the absence of any real skill, was an admirable trait. He could be useful to the ship and crew, that was for certain. He had long decided that, for behaviour such as this, he must be a stowaway. Unfortunate, but if he stopped attempting to destroy the ship and cover the corridor in dead bullets for two seconds, he might discover that he was a potential asset.

Ulquiorra held a hand up, around the corner. Blood dripped onto the floor from the wound.

"Cease," he said, hardly expecting him to stop. Still, sometimes, a surprise move was enough to make somebody pause, however briefly.

Only if she doesn't disturb his naps. Oh, and I <3 your Ulquiorra! invincible_kuro January 10 2011, 01:30:27 UTC

Kuro had been waiting for the flash of light that would mean that it was time to make his charge, but it didn't come.

Strangely enough, he did stop, and but it was only partly out of surprise. His gatling hand-cannon was still held up, and ready to fire though.

"What?" He asked, irritated.

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