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Post by Silver Wings on Sept 20, 2017 2:56:44 GMT
:origin()/pre02/6afb/th/pre/i/2015/072/b/c/what_time_is_it__by_strangelavender-d8lmax4.png) Kevin was again working at the store on a late shift, stocking the shelves after even the janitorial team had gone home for the evening. It was a pretty normal night with pretty normal things going on for him to expericne. Such as the song stuck in his head that he couldn't help but hum under his breath.
His normal thoughts were cut short as a box of cereal a little ways down from the can she was stocking fell over. He didn't think much of it, things fell over all the time. The place was drafty and the other staff didn't normally take pride in their work. He planned on picking up the box once he got to that section, not like it was going anywhere. He went back to the cans but when he turned his back another box fell from a little ways closer to him. That was more conserning.
Kevin narrowed his eyes as he stepped closer to investigate the scene, praying that it was't a rat. He knew he would have to be the one to deal with it if it was indeed such a thing. But then... what else could it be, a stray cat? Please be a kitten...
It was not a kitten.
A strange light blue, small, rat-like creature with too many teeth to be... anything, jumped out from behind the cover of the boxes, and landed on Kevin's shoulder, biting down after letting out a shrill shriek so loud it made Kevin feel dizzy. The bite was much more painful though, and he threw himself against the opposing wall to get the odd thing off, which it then let out a pained hiss and ... poofed... a small light blue gem of sorts lay on the ground.
Kevin held his good hand to his bleeding shoulder and stared down at the gem with wide eyes. "What... What the hell!" Please tell me this store has security cameras or no one is going to believe me. Damn my arm hurts. He took a worried look at the wound, sighing in relief that it didn't appear to be too deep, though it did hurt like hell.
ACTion "Speech" thought ● Steven |
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Post by Steven on Sept 20, 2017 8:48:42 GMT
 love is a dangerous game He probably wasn't technically supposed to be here this late at night, the rest of the store was empty and it was mostly the night crew working, but he'd seen the dang thing scurry this way, he'd seen the thing come inside this store, and that was when he'd lost sight of it. It wasn't a particularly large or imposing thing, it was fairly small by corrupted gem standards, but it was still something that needed to be taken care of, and it was a situation he was fairly confident he could handle on his own, without calling anyone else to be involved.
He heard the thunk from the cereal aisle around the same time he spotted a tail flick and disappear behind the rows of boxes, he was quick as his short legs could manage as he made a dash for the aisle, feeling his skin crawl upon hearing that loud shriek and then a commotion, had it attacked someone? He put more spring into his step, sliding around the corner to the aisle, "don't worry! I'm...Oh..." He looked surprised to see the light blue gem lying on the ground, "hey you got it! Nice!" He didn't register who it was at first as he scuttled closer, picking up the gem with all the care he could before bubbling it and sending it back to the temple, "phew..." He looked up, finally getting a register of who he was looking at.
"Kevin!" He spoke with a soft gasp, eyes widening a bit in surprise...Did he work here? He hadn't quite pegged him the grocery store type...His surprise turned to concern when he noticed him bleeding, "oh that looks bad...But hang on I can help! C'meer!" He waved for him to kneel down to his height, he knew his last run in with Kevin hadn't been entirely pleasant, but he wasn't the kind of person to hold one bad encounter against someone, especially not when they were standing there hurt. notes |
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Post by Silver Wings on Sept 20, 2017 11:22:59 GMT
Kevin was again shocked to hear footsteps, and then a very familliar face pop out from the end of the isle, Steven he was sure was the kid's name... someone he had seen around too much. He watched in more confused as a pink bubble warped around the gem and then it disappeared. "W-What? How about you tell me what the hell that thing was!" He said defensively, unsure about how he felt about letting Steven "help" him. What could he do to help anyway? Wipe his memory or something!? He glanced around for any sign of other people before lowering himself to Steven's level.
"No funny business."
ACTion "Speech" thought ● Steven |
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Post by Steven on Sept 21, 2017 7:16:14 GMT
love is a dangerous game He was pretty glad that this hadn't really resulted in a fight, but it had ended up causing someone to be hurt, and even if that someone happened to be Kevin, Steven wasn't the sort to just let him be hurt. As far as he was concerned, everyone deserved a second chance, even arrogant jerks, besides who said he was an arrogant jerk all the time? Right now he didn't seem to be anything more than confused and injured, "I'll explain in a minute, that bite is kinda nasty!" He chirped the words, glad when he came down to his level, "cool! Hold still." Before Kevin could have time to pull away(because not everyone appreciated this), he pulled the shirt away from his shoulder before spitting on his hand and resting it gently against the bite, looking pleased when it knitted back together good as new, "there! All better!" He grinned, then realized he owed him A LOT of explaining.
"That was a corrupted gem...Uh...Guess you don't know what a gem is?" He tapped his chin, "they're like...Aliens...Most of them are..." Well harmless wasn't the right word given a lot of them very much did wish harm, but most of them on Earth didn't, "well anyway, those ones like that have gone all wrong...They can't really help what they do." He sounded a little sad at that, but chippered up immediately after, "anyway sorry you got attacked, you handled it pretty well though!" He grinned, not fully realizing the outlandishness of the whole situation to someone who had no idea what was going on. "Speech" |
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Post by Silver Wings on Sept 21, 2017 11:29:13 GMT
Kevin was still in shock, but seeing Steven... licking his hand made a confused expression cross his face once more. It didn't sting when he was touched, like he expected, but he let out a gasp, since the wound fixed itself, the pain ebbing away... "Was the licking part nessesary!?" He demanded as he stood back up, poking where he had been bleeding only a moment ago.
He froze, eyes widening further if even possible, and he ran a hand through his hair. "ALIENS?! Are you serious?! That's what's been going on in this freaky town? That's what that ... thing was! How come you're so calm about this?!" He put his hand on his hip and held the other hand out in a stopping guesture, "Wait wait wait, if you have healing spit powers, then you're one too, right?" He narrowed his eyes and took a cautious step back.
ACTion "Speech" thought ● Steven |
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Post by Steven on Sept 24, 2017 3:01:09 GMT
love is a dangerous game Steven couldn't help but laugh at that, looking a little apologetic, "well I could have kissed it better but I figure that would be even weirder..." Maybe...But then again spitting on your hand and slapping it against someone's wound was questionable at best, he chuckled, a little more nervously, he was certainly not the best person to be explaining all of this, given how little he understood it himself...But then again Pearl and the others tended to over explain...So maybe he was the perfect person for the job.
He gestured a little as he tried to find the words, "Yeah, aliens...Kind of like...Well alien space rocks..." He scratched at his head, then looked up when he asked why he was so calm, "because this is kind of normal to me...I guess I forget sometimes that not everyone is used to all this stuff..." He laughed a little, "sort of?" He noticed Kevin stepping back and lifted his hands, "b-but I'm on your side! I'm not entirely...Like y'know my dad's a human and my mom was..." He made a face, "well that's complicated...But I'm on your side!" He took a step towards Kevin, with the intent of trying to calm him down. "Speech" |
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Post by Silver Wings on Sept 24, 2017 13:43:17 GMT
Kevin out his hands over his eyes, rubbing them and taking in a deep breath. "Okay so... you're half alien? God this is insane... it just had to be Beach City I moved to!" He shook out his hair and sat himself on the checkout counter behind him, "How about everyone else in town? Who else knows that... aliens walk among us?"
ACTion "Speech" thought ● Steven |
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