-9.6 ml- [Accidental Voice]

[pilot_princess]

[And on when she steps on it in the dark. There's soft breathing right near it, but it soon vanishes as Anemone moves away from the sleeping Dominic and Gulliver. A door quietly but eerily creeks, and she whines softly. Footsteps echo as she moves in, then a drawer creaks. Silverware ruffles.]

Same one... That's kind of ironic.

[Cloth ruffles, and Anemone's footsteps quietly drift back to the creaking door and out again. More footsteps... there's more sounds of people overall sleeping, breathing, snoring, and whatnot...

Soon she stops.]

Alpha? Alpha, you ready? Come on, we have to hurry before Shinji gets up.

[And soon all sounds are muffled as she shoves the thing in her pocket. The post eventually times out after two sets of footsteps are heard.]



[[ooc: XD Alpha, Saburo, let's do this.]]

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[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha moved toward the sound of Anemone's voice, nodding determinedly, though the movement couldn't be seen in the darkness. She tugged once more on the pouch at her waist, making sure the knife she kept there wouldn't fall out as they walked.]

[hakai-aniki.livejournal.com]

[Saburo didn't grasp the dire need for secrecy. He shrugged, not bothering to question it. He did glance at Alpha's knife pouch and he couldn't help but roll his eyes, when he remembered her first attempt to use that weapon. Though it wouldn't be necessary with him there.

He didn't feel the need to say anything, he just headed behind them quietly for now.]

[pilot_princess]

[Anemone looked around, trying her best to be careful. She could see enough in the darkness, but without flashlights and candles, this was just difficult. Of course, she didn't see the man in shades moving behind them. Pulling her bag against her shoulder again, she moved to the door and opened it a crack.]

Awesome, coast is clear. Let's hurry... everyone keeps saying there are a lot of monsters out there...

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha followed, keeping close to the other girl's side as much as possible. She didn't want to lose track of her, as difficult as it was to see. Luckily they knew the way well enough that it wouldn't be too difficult...as long as they didn't run into anything.]



[She hesitated and then spoke again, trying this time not to sound as nervous as she felt.]

[hakai-aniki.livejournal.com]

[And now he came up behind them, still scowling. His voice pitched low like theirs... though it seemed ridiculous to do all this sneaking around.]

Maybe? ... You don't have to worry about that.

[pilot_princess]

[As Alpha slipped outside with her, Anemone got ready to shut the door but jumped at the new intruder. That guy from earlier... she still didn't know his name, and honestly, he was creepy as hell, but she didn't say anything about it.

Instead, she turned to Alpha.]

A friend of yours? [And leaning closer, she added:] And why's he in sunglasses? It's night, and dark...

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha jumped and clapped a hand over her mouth to keep from yelping as Saburo seemed to appear out of nowhere. Why did he always have to do that? Just because he was a friend didn't make it any less creepy.]

[She leaned in and whispered back, though she suspected the robot could hear them anyway.]

[pilot_princess]

[Saburo, huh... she looked at him oddly, but just rolled her eyes. What a creepy guy. She already didn't trust him, and just moved closer to Alpha.]

So he just wears them no matter what? How weird... [Shaking her head, she just took a step forward, grimacing. The leftover ash bothered her nose and made her want to sneeze.]

We should hurry... this stuff is so irritating.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[She glanced back at Saburo briefly before nodding and following Anemone as they started down the street. She didn't mind Saburo following them - it really was safer, and she was used to having him around now. His lurking didn't even bother her anymore. Well, not much. She glanced over as Anemone spoke and frowned.]

[pilot_princess]

[Stifling a tiny cough, Anemone just put her hands over her mouth and nose. She hadn't thought it would still be this bad, or she would have brought something. It wasn't a long walk, thankfully; she was sure she would make it to the hospital.

But she had to give Alpha a strange look--she would have given one to that Saburo fellow as well but he was naturally weird.]

...it doesn't bother you?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha couldn't help but worry a little at the sound, but she didn't comment. As long as they didn't stay outside too long it should be fine...with that in mind she started to walk just a bit faster.]

Meant to add: comp just started exploding, so its bedtime, lol

[pilot_princess]

[A body built to handle those things? Anemone turned to look at her again, speeding up her own pace to keep the distance between them short.]

What do you mean, 'built'? Are you... a robot or something like that?

haha nighty

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha blinked at the question for a second, then gave an embarrassed laugh.]

Oh...yes! I am a robot. ah, do you...have any robots in your world, Anemone?

♥

[pilot_princess]

A robot... wow... [And now Anemone was interested. Did that mean Alpha was like Sumomo? Because Alpha didn't really act like a robot.]

Oh, yeah, we had robots. Not human-looking ones, though... the ones we used were giant and we piloted them.

♥

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Eh? You...piloted them? [Alpha paused for a moment as she tried to picture that. Something like a robot, that could be piloted by a human...]

Eh...you mean like...a ship...? Or a plane?

♥

[pilot_princess]

[Anemone shook her head, then paused... then looked up. Well, personally, she didn't pilot the aircrafts and cargo shifts, just her Nirvash. But 'giant robot thing' wouldn't suffice as a good explanation here. She took a moment to figure out how to word this better.]

Well, we had the airships and stuff, but what I piloted was a... fighter unit? TheEND was a Nirvash, but nobody knows what those are off the Planet... it was a giant robot which could surf on the air waves and shoot things... in a nutshell?

♥

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha frowned as she thought about it. She didn't know much about machines like that to begin with. 'Airships' sounded like planes, but the other thing still confused her somewhat. She was starting to get a better idea though.]

...mm. Yes, I think I understand what you mean now. I've heard of things like that in stories before. I didn't think they actually existed though! Wow...

♥

[pilot_princess]

[She nods.] Exactly! [At least it made sense, and she smiled. Thinking about it always brought back memories of the war and fighting and Eureka and Renton in the Nirvash, and... Dewey.

And as her mind roamed off, a sour look formed on her face and she settled for crossing her arms instead of covering her mouth. Pouting from out of nowhere, how pleasant.]

♥

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Even in the dark Alpha caught the motion, and she could almost sense the sudden change in mood from the other girl.]

Ah, is...something wrong?

♥

[pilot_princess]

No, I'm fine. [Well, wasn't that a hostile phrase. She sighed loudly, but just continued walking.]

I think we're almost there.

♥

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

[Alpha flinched slightly, but didn't say anything more. She had an idea that these sort of mood swings were normal for the other girl, so it would probably be better to leave it alone. It wasn't her place to pry.]