Talking 'bout my eddduucation (OPEN)

[Rai Inazuma]

It's perhaps not unexpected that Raitaro... is not, exactly, posessing a will of iron. Head[/b] of iron, sure, that idiot could take shots to the noggin until you ran out of bullets, but when it came to resolve he was often coming up short unless it was something serious. Dietting was a no-no but trying to rescue his friends from mortal peril and it'd be like a hot knife through particularly warm butter. The only exception to this is his weakness for girls and one particular girl who was, for all intents and purposes, his kryptonite. Because all it had taken was the offer of eating lunch together (a special lunch, as Raitaro remembered) and now he was walking to school. He wasn't dressed that well, shirt untucked, ties barely done and no blazer in sight (He didn't really like western uniforms), he couldn't even hang with Rin and Sheeka. They weren't in the same class. Both of his closest friends would be the year above him, which left him no-one to cheat off. He still had friends, but they were normally just weirded out by his bullet-proofness.

Oh man, that might still be a thing, was his reputation from middle school still a thing? Was he still 'the strongest kid in school'? Nooooo, god please, nooo, he couldn't deal with having some tough bosozoku type guys trying to start fights every day. For crying out loud, Hirada had broken his damn leg trying to kick Rai in the head. He couldn't deal with explaining himself all over again that no, he hadn't thrown a punch and yes he had no idea what happened. Of course, his luck never did last and as he approached the gate he saw two people look at him, whisper something and run inside, talking furiously. He heard "toughest" dropped and grabbed his head in exasperation. Why was that still a rumor!? This town was full of people with Dying Will Flames was he still on the books as hardest to take down?
"Inazuma? You're going to class?"
"Ahh? Genji! Long time no see, hows it going dude?"
"Not bad, nice to see you back. Maybe you can get all the tough kids to settle down"
"Ehh?"
"Man, High School is just full of tough dudes all wanting to hit it big, having a middle school legend like you around, you'll probably have them all gunning for you. Just put em down hard and they oughta to quiet up. See ya round, we're counting on ya"
"Ehh? Ge--- Genji?" Raitaro's twitching eyebrow and shellshocked expression probably conveyed his emotions well.

"Waaaaah, I don't wanna go to schoool" Raitaro wailed, clutching his head before hunkering down "No! Gotta see it through, promised Rin... and special... lunchtime!!" forcing himself to move he walked with determined purpose towards the school building, looking bizarre to everyone he passed. He would do it! For Rin and Lunch!

((OOC: Raitaro in schooool, open to anyone, especially anyone who could make his day harder))

[SHEEKA RIVA]

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[Rai Inazuma]

*bonk*

Yeah, nothing to really comment on here, a stick hit Raitaro's head. Most of the students didn't notice and He certainly didn't notice which meant he was joyously surprised when he saw the sudden appearance of Sheeka just in time for Genji to sidle away subtly as the young boy with the stuffed penguin approached. He didn't wanna get involved in what he was sure coming next, though he did at least catch a glimpse of Raitaro's grin and wide open arms
"Sheeka! You're here" yup, usual overly tactile Rai went for the hug before adding "Dude, this is really bad, my reputation preceeded me again I think I'm gonna get lynched in class for being such a sexy badass" the way he phrased this probably didn't gel with his inflection of mild terror as he turned around to see a great big kid in the same uniform cracking his knuckles

"Huuuuh~? Ain't that adorable, bringin' a stuffed penguin to school? Gimme your lunch money!"
"Huh? I don't have a... ohhh, Sheeka! You're mugging Sheeka? No good, dude, sorry, he's with me"
"And who are you, punk" the big guy sneered, Raitaro squinted, through the thick eyebrows and broken nose he looked kinda familiar
"Nobu-kun? Is that you?"
"Huuuuh? You know me?"
"Well, yeah we... you don't recognise me! Ohhh, no worries but... ohhh no, Sheeka he's mugging us what do we doooo~" he winked at Sheeka a foolish grin spread across his face. Hirada didn't recognise him! As long as he pretended to get beaten up by him then his rep would die a death and no-one'd start fights with him again, all he needed was Sheeka to get mugged. Which was kind of a jerk move but he'd so make it up to him later, he'd buy him a stuffed tiger or something...

Unfortunately, while he was trying to convey this to Sheeka, Hirada went for a suckerpunch with some knuckledusters. There was a loud crack and Rai turned around to see some broken brass drop to the floor and Hirada clutching his hand and wailing
"Waaaaah, Inazuma! It's Inazuma, he's baaack! My haaaaand!"
"Damnit Nobu! I was so close! *siiigh* you need a hand getting to the nurse's office or- Nope, nope looks like you got it. See ya later, hope you didn't break anything" Raitaro sighed and rubbed the back of his head, making sure he didn't have a bruise or nothing. Nope, looks fine, which should probably have alarmed him a bit. Still, he looked at Sheeka and started trudging off to the main building
"Well, guess this where we split up he sighed as he slipped off his shoes and donned the school slippers "You're probably a third year right?" he was stalling now since he had absolutely no idea where his classroom was and was trying desperately to spy Genji...

[SHEEKA RIVA]

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[atrb=style,background: #212121; width: 150px; height: 400px; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94][style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left:25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/c0SALs.jpg); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topright: 40px; -o-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-topright: 40px;] [/style]   [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/Jr0v1s.jpg);] [/style]  [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/6QBZ2s.jpg); -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomright: 40px;] [/style]	[rs=2][atrb=style,background: #121212] [style=margin-left: 10; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94; height: 460px; width: 300; overflow:auto; background-color: #212121; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; color: #FFFFFF; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: justify; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;] Sheeka was a little bit surprised when Rai went in for a hug - that Sheeka wasn't really expecting when he'd popped up like he had. Raitaro definitely seemed to be in a good mood that day. He wondered why. As Rai pulled away from the hug, Sheeka looked mildly confused. "You seem like you're in a good mood, Rai," he observed lightly and then sighed slightly when Rai went off on a tangent about being lynched. Oh...wait. He knew what that word even meant! "Why would you be lynched?" Sheeka questioned, tilting his head to the side. Clearly, he didn't know about Rai's reputation in the school, but then again...this was only his first year in their classes. He'd been previously in a mafia school in Italy, so the knowledge of Rai's reputation was lost on the shota. The voice of the school bully was filtered in through Sheeka's ears as he tilted his head back towards the male, still holding his stuffed penguin. "I bring a different stuffed animal every time I actually show up," Sheeka answered easily. "And I didn't bring lunch money because I'll probably skip out during lunch." Sheeka was actually pretty well-known among the bullies of the school...he was a boy who liked girly cute things - usually frowned upon. All the girls loved him, but the guys of their school was definitely another story. When Sheeka turned away to ignore him, he had foolishly deciding to punch Rai. What a moron. He winced at the cracking sound coming from the bully's knuckles. Oh wait. He was distracting. Casually inching towards Hirada, Sheeka easily reached around and plucked his wallet out of his back pocket where he knew men usually kept their wallet. From the way he had done that, it was definitely clear it wasn't the first time he had picked somebody's pocket. Afterwards, Nobu Hirada had headed towards the nurse's office to fix a probably broken hand. Sheeka hurried to follow after Rai, snooping through the bully's wallet, as well as pocketing the cash within. "Second year," Sheeka answered quietly. "I missed two years of school after running away - and I only caught up on one of those years. As far as the school knows; I started a year late and I'm the son of a single dad," he rolled his shoulders in a mild shrug. "My adoption isn't exactly legal because I was never legally disowned by my father or stepmother," his head tilted to the side slightly in thought as he walked next too Rai. "And I'd rather not take the chance that the courts would screw things up and send me back. I hated my stepmother," his grasp tightened on his penguin slightly as he shook his head lightly, trying not to think about it. His stepmother had done a lot of things and the idea of somehow being sent back was definitely terrifying. [/style]
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[Rai Inazuma]

Raitaro's grin at Sheeka's year announcement was practically beaming off the walls.
"Seriously? Awwww yeah, we're the same year! And since you're playing catch-up we're probably in the same class!"He definitely needed the little dude around, he was hella smart and if he got mad at him being whacked by a penguin certainly beat being smacked around by a bokken and set to vibrate mode (attaco di squalo, worst feeling in the universe). Though it soon dropped at the mention of his step-mother. He felt a little bad now, he'd had his own share of problems growing up after mom died but Sheeka had been thrown through the gauntlet after his passed away. His dad had given him the rundown before about Sheeka's past, it wasn't a happy story. It got better now he had his adopted father but the mention of his step-mother made Rai pause, tapping his chin
"Well, I am the leader of an organised crime syndicate, I'm reasonably sure we could fix a court case" he hoped, otherwise they'd all be spending the next 40 years in Juvie if word ever got out about their activities.

Raitaro looked at the classroom door with satisfaction, he was on time for the first time in ages. Hell, he was 20 minutes early! That was a nice change of pace, he turned to look out of a window and... saw...

Some people in dark suits trawling the river. Well, they could be trawling for anything, there's no reason to think that was suspicious none at all.

It certainly wasn't like that was the spot he'd thrown the Lightning Mare Ring after he heard his mom had died.

Nope, definitely not, he should just attend school, play it nice and Rin'd be happy with him again, he definitely shouldn't go and see that they WERE looking for the Lightning Mare Ring and wind up fighting a load of them.

...

Damnit

"Hey Sheeka, could you make some illusions of me and you attending class? I think we should go deal with those guys" he pointed to the river and hoped the point would get across to Sheeka that it was indeed a problem. Sneaking away from the classroom, Raitaro visited the janitor, a grumpy young dude who Rai had previously had a mini-vendetta with. As a peace offering he silently offered a can of Calpis Soda while pointing at a broom. The janitor looked to the broom, to the soda and with a curt nod, took the soda can. Three minutes of minor adjustments later, Raitaro had servicable spear (in the loosest sense, it was too short, the wood was soft and the end he snapped the broom head off of was pointy and jagged). Heading to the school's main entrance, he hustled across the school fields as the first chimes for class rang out.

Stopping by the river, he held the spear horizontally behind him and shouted out
"Wait!... what are you guys doing?"

((OOC: Bit bleh, sorry, if you wanna control the Annullare dudes feel free Risa :3 otherwise I'll do it))

[SHEEKA RIVA]

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He wasn't worried that anything would happen to his adoptive family...but the idea of seeing her was definitely scary. Thinking about it, he wondered just how much of what Raitaro knew about him. He kind of wished nobody had told Raitaro because Sheeka wanted to leave that portion of his life behind and the less people knew, the better. Shaking his head, Sheeka pushed the thoughts and memories of the six years between his mother's death and his adoption away. That part didn't exist anymore. It was sad really - those years were probably some of the most important parts of a child's life. While Raitaro and Sheeka shared the fact that both their mothers had passed away when they were young - Raitaro at least had support from his family. Would things have gone differently if Sheeka's father had supported him? As Sheeka settled down in his desk next to the window, lightly plucking at a few loose fuzz strands of his stuffed animal as he watched out the window at the river, curious. What were those guys doing? Did they lose something in the river? It was just odd. When Rai requested that he create illusions of them in class...without a tone of idiocy in his voice for once - there was definitely something going on. With a curt nod, Sheeka did just that - placing an illusion of Rai in his chair and an illusion of himself in his own chair, he left the stuffed penguin there before slinking casually out of the room after Raitaro. He watching as Rai created a makeshift spear out a janitor's broom...why didn't he just ask for Sheeka to create an illusion of a spear for him? It would have been at least a little bit better than that spear...oh well. Sheeka glanced up towards the men who were searching the river, trying to see if he could figure out what they were searching for. He appeared to be unarmed, but with an illusionist you could never really tell. It actually took them a couple seconds for the grunts to even notice they were being watched - considering they weren't looking up. One of the four men in the river with his pantlegs rolled up to his knees glanced up, narrowed his eyes beneath the black sunglasses he wore and snapped something.["Get out of here, brats. Doesn't concern you. Go run home to your mamas," he grunted something about hating stupid kids before plunging his hands back into the cold water and overturning a large rock stuck in the. When his fingers groped through the loose dirt - he yelped as something electrocuted him from the water, the water just making it worse. "Jesus fucking christ lord almighty! That hurt! Fuck. I think I found the damn thing." Triumphantly, he grabbed the Lightning Mare ring from the mud and sand of the river. "Damn! I'm good! Boss'll be real pleased. One down and six to go!" Glancing towards Raitaro and Sheeka again, he frowned. "You brats still here? Go on! Git!" Wait. That was the Lightning Mare ring...wasn't Raitaro supposed to have that one? Sheeka gave Raitaro a look before turning his attention back to the four men - the rude one making comments about going home to their dead mothers in particular. "Yes, well...I think you should probably give that ring to us..." he stated casually with a rather cute smile - hoping that they'd get the ring without a fight. They were rather outnumbered after all...and who knew if there were more of them searching more upstream or downstream. "Why would we do such a stupid thing like that, you damn little brat? Do you know how long we've been looking for this ring? And some punk brats ain't going to take it away," the man snapped in annoyance. (We can both pretty much control them. There's four of them. Lets get this party started~!) [/style]
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[Rai Inazuma]

"Wow, you could not have picked two worse people to use a yo mama joke on" Raitaro commented, no sense of anger in his voice more a factual statement that he had officially voided his rights to not be beaten severely and merely hand over the good. That same guy yelped as he got shocked by some distinctive green lightning (which, honestly, was more impressive than anything else that the Ring STILL had a charge after all that time in the mud) and produced the Mare Ring. Before they could even comment about it beyond the pain it had caused, Raitaro shouted out
"Shotgun!" followed shortly by Sheeka commenting that they should just hand it over to them. The guy snapped and asked why they'd do that which prompted Raitaro to tap his chin and after a second's thought said
"Because we're both armed, you're stuck knee high in water while we're on both stable and high ground, any attempt to get OUT of the water and we can stab and/or shoot you, oh and I have a Lightning Flame so if I stick my spear in the water I can shock all of you unconscious" Raitaro shrugged, before looking at Sheeka and expecting his reaction somewhat asked
"... What?"

One of the men apparently seemed to think this wasn't such a problem as he chuckled and produced a series of serated razors out of his pockets. Raitaro held his spear in one hand but didn't seem to show any real signs of concern as the enemy mafioso held them at arms length
"I guess it doesn't hurt to take out some Dying Will punks before we go, no other way you'd know about Lightning flames" Raitaro wanted to mention his family had been doing it for years and had only been in the mafia from his mom's side but it didn't seem like a good time to bring it up "Be warned, we the Annullare will destroy the users of the Dying Will Flames. Go! Spinning Razors!" the weapons hovered briefly off the man's hands and began spinning at an incredible rate. Raitaro could see this same man held the Lightning Mare Ring as he hurled them at him and Sheeka. Prioritising, Raitaro's spear shot out and deflected the one aimed at Sheeka first before repelling the ones spinning towards him. The broom wasn't as nimble as Raitaro would have liked, bouncing off the spear head he noticed that even with his flames re-inforcing it, the spearhead had been nicked and cut by the impacts
"How do you like my Spinning Razors? Once they start they'll grind through anything for a whole minute! Just batting them away does nothing, they'll keep spinning"
"Crap! You can control which way they go!?"
"Huh? Well, I throw them, that controls the direction"
"... yeeeeeeaaah, you're going to want to dodge"
"What!?"

The Annullare member glanced up and saw three spinning discs shooting directly down at him. Raitaro had managed to deflect them and sent them almost straight up so their only angle was to come down on the Annullare's head. He jumped as best he could in the sloshing water and was met midleap by Raitar's extended foot now attached to a jumping kick. The force made him release the ring which Raitaro handly snatched from the air as he landed with a mild splash
"HAHA! I planned all that before I jumped in the river!" Raitaro laughed, perhaps defeating his image of calm and collected badass as he now realised he was in the river with the REST of this guy's friends.
"Sh-Sheeka? I need more plan now..." Raitaro whimpered, sweat drops forming on his fore-head...

[SHEEKA RIVA]

[cs=2][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=style,background: #121212; width: 500px; height: 45px;] [style= font-family: times; font-size: 35pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; color: #467B94; margin-top: -20px;]DUSK LAMENT[/style] [style= background-color: #121212; font-family: courier new; font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 8px; letter-spacing: 3px; text-align: center; z index: 1; position: relative; color: #FFFFFF; margin-top: -30;]NIGHT BRINGS PAINFUL TEARS AND TWILIGHT STARS[/style]
[atrb=style,background: #212121; width: 150px; height: 400px; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94][style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left:25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/c0SALs.jpg); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topright: 40px; -o-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-topright: 40px;] [/style]   [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/Jr0v1s.jpg);] [/style]  [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/6QBZ2s.jpg); -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomright: 40px;] [/style]	[rs=2][atrb=style,background: #121212] [style=margin-left: 10; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94; height: 460px; width: 300; overflow:auto; background-color: #212121; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; color: #FFFFFF; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: justify; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;] It was never a good idea to tell two boys who had no mothers to speak of - Sheeka's adoptive father, Celino, was apparently a "mama" to him though, according to the true adoptive father of Alessandro who was, despite being more "mamaish" the "papa" of the awkward little family. It was...definitely an odd pair Sheeka had been adopted by, but they had taken him off the streets, albeit a few days after they'd initially met because...well...he had never been too sure about their intentions and wandered about some more with Celino following him around until Sheeka dubbed him harmless to his own well-being. Sheeka was just...scowling at the man who had made the stupid comment about their mothers. He wanted to just pull out the spare gun he carried around and shoot the bloody idiot in the flippin' foot - but gunshots would probably be heard at the school and would incite some sort of panic - especially if somebody entered the classroom where the illusions were, heard the shots, looked out the window and saw a twin pair of the two in their seats near the river in some life-or-death battle. He made a mental note to carry around a silencer for situations like this. So instead, noticing the one of the men was reaching for something - Sheeka activated his mist flames, forming two guns in his hands - both equipped with silencers. He didn't really want to waste flames in covering the area with illusions to keep people from seeing...so unless somebody did see, then he would go with the least noticeable route. He would have dealt with the razors himself, had Rai not to. And you know, he had to be a bit proud that Rai was taking this seriously at the moment. He was growing up...probably not because this was a serious moment...Sheeka hadn't really doubted his ability to take something seriously - but his immaturity did fray at nerves. Sheeka let out a sigh when the man then began gloating about his razors - prematurely and very just...annoying. And now Rai was in the river asking for a new plan. Well...so much for maturity? It was nice while it lasted. One of the other Annullare's was approaching Rai, trying to sneak up behind him...Sheeka didn't bother with aiming and shooting and instead hurled the weapon at his head. The weapon, even thought it was an illusion, crashed into his head and knocked him over, face-first into the water. "The little twerp just threw a gun at me!" The second he had said "little," the second gun in his hand was also hurled at his head, knocking him into the river for yet a second time. "Stop that, you annoying little brat!" "Would you stop calling me little! As it stands, with you in the river and me up here - I am taller than you are!" Sheeka hissed at him as the man stood up, snarling in annoyance and dripping wet as he drew a broadsword from the sheath from his back. Sheeka blinked in surprise - he hadn't noticed that on his back...The large man swung upwards towards Sheeka, probably not a wise idea at all considering how they were positioned. "You're not all that bright, are you?" Sheeka asked, moving backwards away from the sword as he commented towards Rai's request for another plan. "I have one - but that's more if we wanted to get away. I don't think it'd be very smart to let these guys roam. They know what we look like and I really don't want to deal with more of them," he stated as he put his foot on the broadsword-wielding one's face as he tried to climb out of the river. He pushed, sending him back into the river. Not wanting to deal with him a second time, Sheeka called mist flames to life as tentacles of water rose from the river and wrapped around him and his sword, successfully pinning him in the water. What he could move after that, flailed a little bit and the water-tentacles merely tightened their grip. That was one down and three to go. Due to Sheeka's height...issues - it wasn't wise for him to be in the water at all because he would be able to move even worse than Rai or the Annullare in the water. Rai was in the water with the Annullare though. His head tilted to the side slightly as he used more of his mist flames to allow more water-tentacles to rise out of the water and coil around the other three men to immobilize them. "How's that work for you, Rai?" [/style]
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[Rai Inazuma]

Raitaro watched with a slightly impassive stare as Sheeka hurled his guns at the two men. Wait, weren't they illusions? Couldn't he illusion a silencer onto the end of them? He would have mentioned that this was short-sighted (and likely been clobbered with a new illusionary gun for dropping the word short into conversation) when he heard Sheeka's loud rationalisation that because they were down there and he was up there he was now taller than them. Raitaro and the two non-sword wielding Annullare rested their chins on their thumbs as they pondered
"That isn't really how it works"
"No..."
there was a swish as the sword missed and Raitaro looked up at Sheeka, puppy dog eyes begging for a plan to come out. He wasn't disapointed as watery tentacles disabled the sword wielder and after a hasty dodge from Raitaro, the two besides him as well as the one he knocked out earlier.

Clambering out of the river, wringing his now soaked trousers dry, Raitaro flashed Sheeka a broad grin and a thumbs up
"Sheeka! Nice!" he seemed genuinely impressed how easily they'd handled this. Though now he was unsure what to do next
"You're right, we can't just leave them here. I could ring my dad and ask him to send some people over to pick 'em up and kidnap them, maybe leave Sayomi in charge for a bit" which if nothing else, would make it quite unlikely any of the four would be in a fit state to come after them for some time. Raitaro was dialling on his phone as he glanced at Sheeka and the school
"That went faster than I thought, we might make it back in time for first period as long as nothing else comes up" which was the universal codeword to guarantee that 'something was going to come up'.

((OOC: Muse @_@ bler. Sorry it's short))

[SHEEKA RIVA]

[cs=2][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=style,background: #121212; width: 500px; height: 45px;] [style= font-family: times; font-size: 35pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; color: #467B94; margin-top: -20px;]DUSK LAMENT[/style] [style= background-color: #121212; font-family: courier new; font-size: 7pt; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 8px; letter-spacing: 3px; text-align: center; z index: 1; position: relative; color: #FFFFFF; margin-top: -30;]NIGHT BRINGS PAINFUL TEARS AND TWILIGHT STARS[/style]
[atrb=style,background: #212121; width: 150px; height: 400px; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94][style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left:25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/c0SALs.jpg); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-topright: 40px; -o-border-radius-topleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-topright: 40px;] [/style]   [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/Jr0v1s.jpg);] [/style]  [style=width:100px; height: 100px; border: 5px solid #333333; opacity:0.9;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 25px; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/6QBZ2s.jpg); -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomright: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomleft: 40px; -o-border-radius-bottomright: 40px;] [/style]	[rs=2][atrb=style,background: #121212] [style=margin-left: 10; border-bottom:dashed thick #467B94; border-top:dashed thick #467B94; height: 460px; width: 300; overflow:auto; background-color: #212121; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; color: #FFFFFF; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: justify; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;] Sheeka scowled as everybody told him it doesn't work like that and he glared at one of the men in an rather annoyed manner. "Yes. I know. Why can't anybody give me a break? I'm short! At least let me think I'm taller than people!" he snapped in an annoyed, pouty manner. Honestly, though...for once in his life couldn't somebody at least accept his form of logic. "Until you're the one up here and have us in the river in water tentacles, my logic is law," and he stuck his tongue out rather childishly. Sheeka was keeping a rather close eye on them while Raitaro spoke, but when he mentioned letting Sayomi keep an eye on their prisoners, Sheeka gave him an odd look. "Is that a wise idea? She's a little bit...eccentric...I'm not sure if they'd still be alive when we got off of school..." he stated idly. "I'm opening to skipping school and watching them," he stated cheerfully before using more mist flames to set up a floating platform over the water that he lightly stepped on. More platforms appeared as he meandered his way across them to the bound prisoners. A moment later, he was back on the bank with all four of their wallets, fishing through them for anything interesting besides their IDs and some cash. While he was doing this, Rai mentioned how fast and easy it was and Sheeka pondered that for a moment. "Well...they're obviously not flame users and they weren't expecting a fight or any kind...so we should be grateful it was as simple as it was. I hope saying stuff like that isn't going to wind up jinxing us. That would be a bad thing...even if it would get us out of classes...actually, speaking of class...how are you ever going to graduate if you never go? I go the bare minimum needed to pass and I keep my grades up...but I never see you going or anything...I'm curious about that," Sheeka questioned rather curiously. In all honesty...he had wondered how Rai managed to pass school. [/style]
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