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Hikari stood defensively as the little flying, demented, metal gerbil moaned on about it's hangover and how the screaming didn't help. She looked around frantically for something OTHER than that spoon to whack it with. The creature turned around to try to cover whatever it heard with, it's voice sounded a bit like a man's except a little higher, like the guy talking had been kicked in the groin. There it was, an old baseball bat, sure it was wooder, but Hikari could at least TRY to whack whatever this thing was into tomorrow..
"Oww.. Where the names of Saint Elmo's fire am I? This tisn't.."
*WHACK!*
"Yiiieeeee!" He screeched as Hikari sent him flying back into the chest, where he slammed with enough force to shut the lid again.
Hikari stood for a moment. "Is it dead?" She whispered to no one in particular.
*Thump!* *Thumpthump thump!*
She jumped in volunatarily and held the bat to swing at it again, slowly Hikari inched towards the jumping and twitching trunk eyes gone wide with a mix of apprehension and doubt.
Carefully the punk girl pushed the lid back open, and took up an offensive stance to whack the flying gerbil, "Ok, whatever you are... talk FAST."
"Oowww... What in the name of the seven bloody fires of bloody blinking hell was THAT for?.. Oowww.. I think you knocked me into soberity.."
Hikari stared at this creature again, a small frown of annoyance. "I said TALK. not WHINE. Just who and what the heck are you?"
The creature stared back, open-mouthed at the audacity of this girl. "/I/ happen to be Hacki Sauku. I was supposed to guard the contents of this trunk."
"You look like a cyberpunk gerbil on crack."
Hacki tried not to get too annoyed with this girl. "I'd say you look like you lost a bet with the fey folk. Where's Larn? He's the one who's supposed to be the keeper of this."
Hikari twitched, and a pulse broke out on her forehead.
*SMACK!*
"OWWW! Diana on a STICK! What was that for?"
"I happen to LIKE looking like this. And I'm the one asking the questions, what the hell were thos littles flying things that flew out of the trunk before you, why the hell wasn't anyone supposed to open this?"
"No one was supposed to be ABLE to open this..." Hacki started then froze stock still eye wide and irises down to little dots, he sweatdropped and his little mechanical wings twitched nervously. "Wh-what did you mean by 'those flying things' earlier?"
Hikari frowned and prepared to raise her bat again, aiming to send the little creature back into whenever it came from. Hacki started and lfew back into the trunk to dodge. "Nevermind!"
Hikari grimaced, and gathered up her courage to look into the trunk again when Hacki flew back out frantically looking around. "The hell?!?"
"Where are they?!? Oh dear Bridgid! I've lost them, I must have drunken too much of that DAMNED rice wine and they got lose!"
"What got loose?"
"The magics I was guarding! I was made to make sure that they never got loose! That's what Larn asked me to do..."
The metallic creature stopped it's rant and hovered.."How.." It whispered. "Did you open that trunk..?"
"I just... opened it, I thought it would have been hard but.."
"It just opened for you didn't it?"
Hikari looked slightly sheepish.. "Yeh, but I was always told not to open it.."
Hacki turned back to face Hikari, his tail tapping his chin thoughtfully "I guess that means you have enough talent to handle some of these.." Then he blinked. "Oh! I'm ever so sorry, we haven't been properly introduced! I am Hacki Sauku, guardian of the Loren magics, and you dear lady?"
She stared at the pint sized hackeysack with wings, which before had been a bit of a drunken ass, now acting like some fairytale gentleman... "Uh.. I was named Laurel Harden, but I don't go by the name with close aquaintences... Just call me Hikari and we'll be even, Hackey."
"It's Hacki Sauku." He said peevishly.
"I'll just keep to Hackey, alright? Bad enough you sound like you're gonna turn me into a magical girl or someschiiet like that.." Hikari threw back.
"Uhh.." Hacki looked around abashed.. "That was the sort of plan I was going for... I need someone to help catch those magics again... They can cause QUITE a bit of damage you know.. I mean, give Rubber mead and that rodent will bounce your house into rubble.."
Hikari facevaulted, and thought to ehrself. "I can't believe this..I just can't freaking believe this.."
"YOU had better not dress me up in Fuku or I SWEAR to all the powers on earth, that NOTHING will stop me from throttling you.:
"What in the world are you blabbering about? I'm just going to have to enchant an item of ancient metal for you to capture these with..."
Hikari dug around in her pocket, where she had slipped the pewter spoon earlier. "Will this do?"
Hacki stared open-mouthed at her, an incredulous look on his fuzzy features. "I believe so.. It's over 50 years old..A spoon?!?"
"Hey it's here and I'm not trekking through some damn antique store for old silver keys. I'm broke enough as is."
"... Fine.." Hacki closed his eyes and flew himself about 3 feet from Hikari at her eye level. "You know you seem a bit well developed for a..."
"Back pedal faster you flying tennis ball."
Hacki shut up and the room seemed to disapear from around Hikari.
"WHAT THE?!"
The small creature began to chant softly, a soft crystaline glow coming from him as his chant picked up the pace. Symbols glowed in a circle around Hikari, the same color as the glow coming from the fuzzy flying thing, and she found the spoon floating away from her, until right in front of her. Hacki's chanting grew faster and louder, she couldn't make out the words to what it was that he was chanting. Then it went weird.
The tiny pewter spoon began to strech and grow, fancy designs expanded and settled, designs like peacock feathers began to swirl at the end of the handle, and the curved part began to look like the head of a chinese dragon. Suddenly hikari began to understandt he chant that Hacki was saying, "Powers grant unto this lady, powers the hide behind the veil of reality, powers the form our lives..grant unto this lady the powers to harness you magics...
"RELEASE!"
Swirls of fog, wind, dust and steam gushed from the symbols in the circle, blinding her eyes, Hikari raised her hands to block it all.
"Now grab the staff! grab the damn staff!"
"I'm not grabbing your gods damned (word deleted for pg viewing)"
"Not that!!!!" Hacki wailed, "Grab the metal staff before you!"
Hakari reached through the swirling wind, hair tossed about, hands seeking until they touched warm metal. She closed her hands making a tight grip on the staff before her as the wind died down and the attic came back to greet her. She croaked out. "What. in. the. name. of. heck. just happened?"
"You became a magical girl."
*SMACK!* This time with the metal staff Hikari sent the talking hackeysack out the open window. "DAMNIT!"
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"Oww.. Where the names of Saint Elmo's fire am I? This tisn't.."
*WHACK!*
"Yiiieeeee!" He screeched as Hikari sent him flying back into the chest, where he slammed with enough force to shut the lid again.
Hikari stood for a moment. "Is it dead?" She whispered to no one in particular.
*Thump!* *Thumpthump thump!*
She jumped in volunatarily and held the bat to swing at it again, slowly Hikari inched towards the jumping and twitching trunk eyes gone wide with a mix of apprehension and doubt.
Carefully the punk girl pushed the lid back open, and took up an offensive stance to whack the flying gerbil, "Ok, whatever you are... talk FAST."
"Oowww... What in the name of the seven bloody fires of bloody blinking hell was THAT for?.. Oowww.. I think you knocked me into soberity.."
Hikari stared at this creature again, a small frown of annoyance. "I said TALK. not WHINE. Just who and what the heck are you?"
The creature stared back, open-mouthed at the audacity of this girl. "/I/ happen to be Hacki Sauku. I was supposed to guard the contents of this trunk."
"You look like a cyberpunk gerbil on crack."
Hacki tried not to get too annoyed with this girl. "I'd say you look like you lost a bet with the fey folk. Where's Larn? He's the one who's supposed to be the keeper of this."
Hikari twitched, and a pulse broke out on her forehead.
*SMACK!*
"OWWW! Diana on a STICK! What was that for?"
"I happen to LIKE looking like this. And I'm the one asking the questions, what the hell were thos littles flying things that flew out of the trunk before you, why the hell wasn't anyone supposed to open this?"
"No one was supposed to be ABLE to open this..." Hacki started then froze stock still eye wide and irises down to little dots, he sweatdropped and his little mechanical wings twitched nervously. "Wh-what did you mean by 'those flying things' earlier?"
Hikari frowned and prepared to raise her bat again, aiming to send the little creature back into whenever it came from. Hacki started and lfew back into the trunk to dodge. "Nevermind!"
Hikari grimaced, and gathered up her courage to look into the trunk again when Hacki flew back out frantically looking around. "The hell?!?"
"Where are they?!? Oh dear Bridgid! I've lost them, I must have drunken too much of that DAMNED rice wine and they got lose!"
"What got loose?"
"The magics I was guarding! I was made to make sure that they never got loose! That's what Larn asked me to do..."
The metallic creature stopped it's rant and hovered.."How.." It whispered. "Did you open that trunk..?"
"I just... opened it, I thought it would have been hard but.."
"It just opened for you didn't it?"
Hikari looked slightly sheepish.. "Yeh, but I was always told not to open it.."
Hacki turned back to face Hikari, his tail tapping his chin thoughtfully "I guess that means you have enough talent to handle some of these.." Then he blinked. "Oh! I'm ever so sorry, we haven't been properly introduced! I am Hacki Sauku, guardian of the Loren magics, and you dear lady?"
She stared at the pint sized hackeysack with wings, which before had been a bit of a drunken ass, now acting like some fairytale gentleman... "Uh.. I was named Laurel Harden, but I don't go by the name with close aquaintences... Just call me Hikari and we'll be even, Hackey."
"It's Hacki Sauku." He said peevishly.
"I'll just keep to Hackey, alright? Bad enough you sound like you're gonna turn me into a magical girl or someschiiet like that.." Hikari threw back.
"Uhh.." Hacki looked around abashed.. "That was the sort of plan I was going for... I need someone to help catch those magics again... They can cause QUITE a bit of damage you know.. I mean, give Rubber mead and that rodent will bounce your house into rubble.."
Hikari facevaulted, and thought to ehrself. "I can't believe this..I just can't freaking believe this.."
"YOU had better not dress me up in Fuku or I SWEAR to all the powers on earth, that NOTHING will stop me from throttling you.:
"What in the world are you blabbering about? I'm just going to have to enchant an item of ancient metal for you to capture these with..."
Hikari dug around in her pocket, where she had slipped the pewter spoon earlier. "Will this do?"
Hacki stared open-mouthed at her, an incredulous look on his fuzzy features. "I believe so.. It's over 50 years old..A spoon?!?"
"Hey it's here and I'm not trekking through some damn antique store for old silver keys. I'm broke enough as is."
"... Fine.." Hacki closed his eyes and flew himself about 3 feet from Hikari at her eye level. "You know you seem a bit well developed for a..."
"Back pedal faster you flying tennis ball."
Hacki shut up and the room seemed to disapear from around Hikari.
"WHAT THE?!"
The small creature began to chant softly, a soft crystaline glow coming from him as his chant picked up the pace. Symbols glowed in a circle around Hikari, the same color as the glow coming from the fuzzy flying thing, and she found the spoon floating away from her, until right in front of her. Hacki's chanting grew faster and louder, she couldn't make out the words to what it was that he was chanting. Then it went weird.
The tiny pewter spoon began to strech and grow, fancy designs expanded and settled, designs like peacock feathers began to swirl at the end of the handle, and the curved part began to look like the head of a chinese dragon. Suddenly hikari began to understandt he chant that Hacki was saying, "Powers grant unto this lady, powers the hide behind the veil of reality, powers the form our lives..grant unto this lady the powers to harness you magics...
"RELEASE!"
Swirls of fog, wind, dust and steam gushed from the symbols in the circle, blinding her eyes, Hikari raised her hands to block it all.
"Now grab the staff! grab the damn staff!"
"I'm not grabbing your gods damned (word deleted for pg viewing)"
"Not that!!!!" Hacki wailed, "Grab the metal staff before you!"
Hakari reached through the swirling wind, hair tossed about, hands seeking until they touched warm metal. She closed her hands making a tight grip on the staff before her as the wind died down and the attic came back to greet her. She croaked out. "What. in. the. name. of. heck. just happened?"
"You became a magical girl."
*SMACK!* This time with the metal staff Hikari sent the talking hackeysack out the open window. "DAMNIT!"
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