Heartless Hunting (5, Xaldin, Xigbar)

[Xaldin]

NOTE THAT THIS LOG HAS YET TO BE CLEANED ENTIRELY


xaldinstrips (3:36:42 AM): Xaldin: *had stepped out a few times onto his balcony when he needed a little more work than he'd thought: burning off a few more calories before he went to sleep finally. The 'morning in the dark town was fairly quiet. Xaldin ordered a fast couple of muffins and knocked on Xigbar's door, though not too horridly early just for that very reason*

[Xaldin]

Hyacinth Witch (3:52:54 AM): Xigbar: *literally rolls out of bed, stumbling to the door in just his pj pants, hair actually out of that ponytail for once* Dude...its like...really early.

xaldinstrips (3:59:50 AM): Xaldin: *just tugging his tank out of it's fold, barely hearing him thought the door, chuckling softly* Just because it's before noon doesn't mean it's early Xig.. it's only ten thirty..

[Xaldin]

Hyacinth Witch (4:08:32 AM): Xigbar: *opens it, yawning and rubbing a hand through his hair* Psh. You're just a frickin morning person, Xaldin.

xaldinstrips (4:16:23 AM): Xaldin: *trying really hard not to give in to the urge to mess with his hair* I don't know.. Maybe. *chuckles and tugs the shirt over his shoulders* There might be a little of that left in me... *looking back at his things though, he rubbed at his chin with just his thumb, a shrug; and he thought to leave the leather jacket behind, stepping into his combat boots again before he sat on teh edge of the bed to tie them up* You can stay in bed a little longer if you want.. we have the rooms until early evening. I'm going to at least step out back though.

Hyacinth Witch (4:58:05 AM): Xigbar: Not bad...just not as well as I'd have liked. *scratches his stomach, walking over to stand next to the other man* So if we've got these till the evening where exactly are we heading off to next?

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (1:29:51 AM): Xaldin: I wanted to have a look at a territory a little more familiar to you fairly quickly, and then .. *drawing out a lance he thought for a few moments* Territory very familiar to me. After having a look at some of those image files.. I want to have a look at that secret passage again. We could map the area's heartless while we're there..
Hyacinth Witch (1:30:50 AM): Wait secret passage?)
Hyacinth Witch (1:30:53 AM): You mean to the lab?)
Hyacinth Witch (1:33:31 AM): *omnom alerts incase*)
Hyacinth Witch (1:41:10 AM): Bliiiind)
xaldinstrips (1:46:47 AM): nooo]
xaldinstrips (1:46:58 AM): at that point he was talking about Beasts Castle]
xaldinstrips (1:47:25 AM): he wanst to visit Land of Dragons first tho.. after they finish at Traverse Town anyways]
Hyacinth Witch (1:48:53 AM): Mmkay)
Hyacinth Witch (1:49:08 AM): I thought thats what he meant by Xig's but I don't remember the passage he was talking about with Beast's castle)
xaldinstrips (1:50:54 AM): it's teh one with those annoying lanterns you have to light]
xaldinstrips (1:51:36 AM): all stone, leads up from the dungeon to the Beast's wing]
Hyacinth Witch (1:52:30 AM): Ah! Mmkay)
Hyacinth Witch (2:01:28 AM): Xigbar: Ah, alright, you want to go play with the sadistic assholes over in China Town =w=; That's fine. I'm sure they'll be happy to see me again. *if you couldn't tell he hated those damn centaur-type heartless* Your territory had some pretty viscious customers too, didn't it?
xaldinstrips (2:06:09 AM): Xaldin: Yes, several.. the dragoons seemed to like it there though. *already he was at popping rhapsody and the rest of the mage-heartless family that sprung up nearly as soon as he reached teh end of teh balcony overlooking the waterway* Perhaps we should take them along to round a few up from the courtyard and ball room.. they loved it there.
Hyacinth Witch (2:13:22 AM): Xigbar: *leaning in the doorway to the balcony, watching him work* I didn't let the snipers out much, maybe I should let them go play with your guys. They don't get out much since Waterboy went and started playing loner.
xaldinstrips (2:26:00 AM): Xaldin: You should.. * and curious about that, he glanced back a moment* That right? Why not?
Hyacinth Witch (2:30:04 AM): Xigbar: *shrugs* They just chill out together. When they had those Dancer's they were at least running around playing with them. They're just lazy buggers around eachother I guess.
Hyacinth Witch (2:38:06 AM): *om nom*)
Hyacinth Witch (2:41:57 AM): Blind X3)
xaldinstrips (2:42:39 AM): lag from yarolds had me, sorry]
Hyacinth Witch (2:44:36 AM): ah sokay!)
xaldinstrips (2:44:40 AM): Xaldin: Ahh~ *he chuckled, and shook his head as he finished up the rounds on the balconies, leaning back against the rail and looking back for a moment, knowing there were more down there* I'm betting Dinah and the others would like the company. They've been in the same boat since the Gamblers went quiet..
Hyacinth Witch (2:46:12 AM): Xigbar: Black, White and Gray will probably try to terrorize them =w= They're such idiots.
xaldinstrips (2:56:19 AM): Xaldin: *laughs* Well maybe we can drag Dork, Dweeb and Dummy out of their hiding places as well: if Saix lets us. We'll make it an outing. Let them get some excorsize...
Hyacinth Witch (2:57:56 AM): *exercise?)
Hyacinth Witch (3:03:10 AM): Xigbar: *snickers* "Make it an outing" makes it sounds like we're some kind of crazy extended family. *small yawn*
Hyacinth Witch (3:14:30 AM): *om nom*)
xaldinstrips (3:24:59 AM): Xaldin: *shrugs a bit, snickering himself as he edged back onto the rail* It does, doesn't it? *chuckles a bit and nods at Xigbar's pajama bottoms* So.. are you coming out like that. *he completely plans to just drop down into the alley behind him*
Hyacinth Witch (3:28:48 AM): Xigbar: Hm? ...mm...well now that you mention it maybe not~ I'll just be a second. *heads back into his room, taking off and throwing on his civi clothes really fast, coming back in baggy shorts and a t-shirt, his gun already out*
xaldinstrips (3:32:13 AM): can only stay up another half hour or so *posts*]
xaldinstrips (3:34:37 AM): Xaldin: *smirks a smile as he came out* That's more like it.. *and simply rolled himself back over the rail with a grin, turning a bit on his hands to land at an angle, more rhapsody yet, and a few knights. The area seemed to be crawling with them*
Hyacinth Witch (3:36:30 AM): Xigbar: *launches himself off the balcony, though not heading down as fast as the other man, letting his gravity defying abilities hold off said element as he started shooting into the crowd, chuckling darkly as he did*
Hyacinth Witch (3:44:02 AM): Working early again?)
xaldinstrips (3:50:47 AM): well earliER]
xaldinstrips (3:51:03 AM): I like to get on and check my mail too before hand x3]
Hyacinth Witch (3:51:22 AM): are you back to your normal days off this week?)
xaldinstrips (3:53:45 AM): mostly]
xaldinstrips (3:54:13 AM): I think I have... thurs off.. and sunday as usual.. can't remember past that x3]
xaldinstrips (3:54:18 AM): I should look for it]
xaldinstrips (3:55:50 AM): Xaldin: *launches his lances at them as well rather than get in any way shape or form between the other's arrows and his targets: at teh very least it made for an interesting light show between the two of them* hmhmhm~
xaldinstrips (3:56:31 AM): you know thats a cool thought when you think about Xig's glowey arrow shots and then Xal's also glowey lance attacks... neat scene]
Hyacinth Witch (3:57:07 AM): Like fireworks X3)
xaldinstrips (3:57:15 AM): yus hehe]

[Xemnas]

(feel free to delete after adding into the log, but you forgot this line, it came just after the ooc there)

Hyacinth Witch (3:08:03 AM): Xigbar: *shoots off another round, cackling a bit as he does, enjoying the lightshow as well*

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (9:25:50 PM): Xaldin: *whips the one lance in his hand around his back to catch the shadow, a soft grunt of approval, he smiled* .. some days this is just plain fun.. *watchiung one or two hearts escaping, he grunted again and wiped his chin* Wish there were a better way to do this though..

Hyacinth Witch (9:42:01 PM): Xigbar: You're telling me~! *it was in answer to both statements, the Second finishing off the stragglers just as his feet settled on the ground, shouldering his gun as he rested his free hand against his hip* Man, how'd we do this in the old days?

xaldinstrips (10:24:52 PM): Xaldin: Before the neophytes and split? *shrugged, chuckling* I just ran them through my engines. *pauses on his way through the water, headed for the waterways at the end of the alley* Happens kind of like a pigeon. One peice going in, but a lot more than that out the other end.

[Xaldin]

Hyacinth Witch (10:41:49 PM): Xigbar: ...I forgot how scientific you could be. *walks after him, but using his anti-gravity shit makes it look like he's walking on the water* Hey, look, I'm that messiah guy!

xaldinstrips (10:55:38 PM): Xaldin: *glances back and does a double take, laughing* All right Jesus *says it with the spanish pronunciation 'hey, seuss'* Next time, I'm bringing the camera, and we can dress you in a toga and thorny crown.... *chuckling still, he heads into the almost cavelike waterways*

Hyacinth Witch (11:12:39 PM): Xigbar: That would be effin hilarious, then we could post them around with "The End is Nigh" written on them! *cackles, shifting his grip on his gun as he follows the other, ducking a little bit as he heads into the waterways*

xaldinstrips (11:45:59 PM): Xaldin: *snorts loudly, bending a bit in the process* God Braig.. *the older name slipping out of old habit, he shook his head, looking down the starry skyway of water at teh junction. For a moment he paused seeing something break in the reflection of the water, it was quiet down here, just another passage between. Still, he paused and watched for it to happen again, thinking maybe a heartless had settled down here, nodding that way as the water rippled and showed a dark streak through the bright reflection of the moon and glowing stars on teh stone wall above*

Hyacinth Witch (12:24:54 AM): Xigbar: *chuckles, stretching a bit and letting his gun hang down next to his thigh* Man, you're probably the only one who makes me miss that name. *looks around* Should it be this quiet down here?? I woulda thought the runts would be skulking all around down here.

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (12:55:08 AM): Xaldin: *smirks a bit, a sideways glance at him for the part about his name: though the longer he looked the less he thought he liked the look of that shadow* ... I think we should probably stay away from that end of the cavern for now.. *what had happened to Vexen was coming to mind, and the sudden, odd occasional blink of light under the surface didn't help that thought* ...lets not risk ending up like the blond in the infirmary... *was a little quieter. it wasn't that he was afraid: more like he wasn't sure just what to expect, and better in his head to take on what they knew about rather than risking anything else just yet: as such, he picked up his pace to the elevator, eyes on the arch in the whole time* Things shouldn't be glowing -in- the water, that's for sure. Lets deal with on mystery at a time, shall we?

Hyacinth Witch (1:10:51 AM): Xigbar: *a little slower to follow, staring with brows raised at the spot indicated, one of the few highers who didn't have a real good sense of self preservation no matter how times he got his ass handed to him, the fresher scars on his body an obvious indicator of that fact* You sure we can't poke it? I'm up for a little danger...Vex hasn't been a shining example of power after all, who's to say we aren't up for a challenge? *still following Xaldin regardless, not intending to branch off unless the Third gave him the go ahead, especially since they were there for work*

xaldinstrips (1:26:03 AM): Xaldin: Not now Xigbar... *Xaldin sounded a little distant at that thought, though he was more firm when he said* Later. *looking up though he noted something else, lowering his voice as the elevator brought them up* There wasn't any light up there last week.. and Merlin left for Bastion.. over a year ago. *the lights above were on though, and there was some kind of squeaky noise from elsewhere, maybe outside*

Hyacinth Witch (1:41:31 AM): Xigbar: Fine~ later it is. *glances at him as his tone of voice changes* Yeah? Why'd he migrate, he miss the kids that left with Cid? I always thought he was all about being a hermit from that little profile we had on him.

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (2:24:05 AM): Xaldin: No idea myself. Maybe the Committee invited him. Live in a little hut in a cave where there are teeming heartless and little protection, or live in a house in the city where at least Tron is there to help.. *held a hand each like a scale to either side* hut in random cave.. city with defense program. Hermit or no, when they can't make any real dents in the numbers, I would choose the city over the cave too.. *he blinked though as they came up; the room wasn't empty any more. There was a display case set up in the center of the room, a counter, a register* A shop..? *though it was the boxed minor lab equipment that had his interest: it was all over the other half of the room, even in the cases and shelves that hadn't anything else in them yet. There were trunks with locks too, and though those had labels on them to be read closer up, Xaldin leaned for the counter closest to him first, a long, antenna-looking electronic thing, and furrowing his brows* Ether nets....

Hyacinth Witch (2:44:04 AM): Xigbar: If you say sooo...*stares at the strange setup, approaching the counter and leaning over it, peering behind like he expected one of the fuzzy Superior-molesters to pop up, it seemed like most of the time they were running the shops around the worlds, though it escaped him how they managed to appear everywhere* Who would wanna set up shop around here?

xaldinstrips (3:09:12 AM): Kupot: !KUPO!!! *jumps practically into Xigbar's face and flies off under teh curtain and out the door*

Hyacinth Witch (3:09:48 AM): Xigbar: *GOES TUMBLING BACKWARD, head over heels quite literal in this case* FUCK! WHAT THE FUCKING HELL!?

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (3:14:10 AM): Xaldin: *just about jumps out of his skin* What the fuck.. *and pokes his head out after it* ...god those things are going ninja... *pauses, tilting his head at the sign a moment before going to help Xigbar up* Commere, have a look at this.. *moving to show what teh squeaking noise was: a moving sign, there were strings of lights crossing the water; but the sign read: 'COMING SOON: Holding Heart
Be rid of heartless forever!! Capture those pesky thingies once and for all, blessed stones will be sold here!!'* ....that's a first on me.

Hyacinth Witch (3:24:21 AM): Xigbar: ...*stares wide eyed at the signage* ...Am I reading this right or did that tumble I took scramble my brains finally?

xaldinstrips (3:31:41 AM): Xaldin: *shaking his head, he read it out loud, confirming the words* This, here.. *he pointed at one of the images on teh moving sign, a circle made to look like a bubble with a patch of swirled black and white in the middle* ..the rumors about the tower, that figure I told you about was supposed to show there, has been seen with a crystal in his hands. If this is legitimate, maybe this is why. All this equipment.. *waves briefly at the boxes* ..this would be as ideal a place to test capture theories as it is to actually capture the hearts, for the same reason --- *shook his head* there's no confirmation yet theough.. we should look into this more for certain. See if we can find out who's running this shop, etc. Lets go after that moogle.. we can catch a few heartless in third district on the way..

Hyacinth Witch (4:02:01 AM): Xigbar: Can I throttle it a little after we catch it? It scared the shit out of me and I don't appreciate the head injury either. *rubs the back of his head* Man...I was talkin about shit like this to Marluxia the other day, talk about fuckin weird...

xaldinstrips (4:10:03 AM): Xaldin: *chuckles a bit* So long as it's still living and willing to at least point us in the right direction, I don't mind. *heading for the cave entrance, he skipped the water to the last stone* I really doubt a moogle made that sign though... or fits the description of the one in the cloak..

Hyacinth Witch (4:41:37 AM): Xigbar: Maybe they all got in a coat together and pretended to be a human =w=

[Xaldin]

xaldinstrips (4:53:50 AM): Xaldin: ........... *laughs* Nah.. *tries really hard not to consider that as an option, but.. after hearing a few stories lately he can't help but verbally try to validate that as another group of lesser heartless popped up: eh sighed, though, noted the first district door was ajar* .....how would they fake the arms? People would notice if there was guy with little six inch twig-arms running around.

Hyacinth Witch (5:12:29 AM): Xigbar: It is a mystery to everyone, but don't they synthesize shit? I'm sure they could figure out how to fake arms, they figured out how to talk well enough >/

[Xaldin]

<BlindTaleTeller> Xaldin: ...... *trying not to laugh as he all but plowed through a good sized group of heartless* ...to become the no-armed hairy floating man? *bad movie joke, he still couldn't help but laugh at the mental image; thopugh he had to stop at the door with that thought, laughing hard* Dear ....fuckinggod.. they'd nearly be Hiro, with twig arms and the hair spread out rather than on his head.. x3

<anime-oujo> Xigbar: Ffffff....the General turned furry, talk about a hilarious concept! *shoots some of the mage heartless out of the air, cackling quite loud*

<BlindTaleTeller> Xaldin: *chuckled as they went through the next group, though he wasn't patient enough to wait for the last: snatching the door handle wanting to catch that moogle too* ...you know... that reminds me though: when Saix, Ax, Marc, Blank and I went out, he got really giggly when we mentioned the moogles in Lindblum. I don't know why but for some reason art and the fuzz balls in the same sentence make him laugh now... remind me to find out why later?

[Xaldin]

<anime-oujo> Xigbar: I bet it'll be a damn good story, that guy has a damn good sense of humor. *stretches, taking out three more mages as he came up beside his companion, taking out a couple more* I'll try and remember long enough to write that shit down.

<BlindTaleTeller> Xaldin: *pulling the door open he held it for the Free Shooter, just catching sight of moogle wings disappearing around the corner, up towards the accessory shop and heading after it* ...lets see if we can't find out from the flying pom-pom who's running the shop. if he isn't.

<anime-oujo> Xigbar: *walking on through he grinned back over his shoulder as he let his gun disappear* Well lets just hope its him, those little buggers are pretty damn easy to deal with~

<BlindTaleTeller> Xaldin: *let his Lance fade as well before anyone noted; pausing in front of Gepetto's for a moment and looking between the shop and the second district door: one blocked the other from thir previous point of view, and so it was hard to say which way he'd gone. the upper part there was always full of moogles: but the Second District was where they had formerly lived and worked.. just under the bell tower* Hmmm.. split up .. or?

<anime-oujo> Xigbar: Man what's the fun in that? We're not a couple of "meddling kids" are we? *pulls his ponytail over his shoulder, looking at the bit of gray that ran through it*
05:38:39 <anime-oujo> Xigbar: Definitely not anywhere close to kid >3

<BlindTaleTeller> Xaldin: *looked back over his shoulder a moment, smirking; unsure which way that was answered but taking it as a no* All right then Daphne. Which way.. the moogle shop, or the old bell tower..?

[Xemnas]

<anime-oujo>Xigbar: *weighs their options a moment* Well we're already real close to the shop, lets go check out the shop Fred. *he grinned, flipping his ponytail back over his shoulder* Maybe we can buy you a new neckerchief there.

<BlindTaleTeller>Xaldin: *unable to keep from chuckling he reached to tug said ponytail with one hand as they turned that way; grabbing the door for them both* Ladies first.~

<anime-oujo>Xigbar: *just rolling with the punches~ walks on in, remarking over his shoulder...* Does this purple dress make my ass look big?

<BlindTaleTeller>Xaldin: Keep it up and I really am throwing you into a dress.. *chuckling a bit he looked around for that particular moogle. There were quite a few of them.. he didn't see the moogle they were looking for right away; but.. he did have the sense to let Xigbar look better while he asked a few of the synthesis gurus if they knew him at least and where to find him*

<anime-oujo>Xigbar: I'd like to see you try...*grins and walks off, looking around for the littler bugger they'd followed into the district, looking over the wares idly; he wished moogles were easier to tell from one another...*

<BlindTaleTeller>Xaldin: *asking about the shop and moogle in question, he pats Xigbar on the shoulder when he finds out enough* It turns out he's new to town, came with a woman; she's running the shop. No one's seen her in a few days though; he likes to hide out in the old workshop.

[Xaldin]

Hyacinth Witch (1:55:22 AM): Xigbar: A woman huh~? Hope she's a looker~ *grins, rubbing the back of his neck* Now...do you think he went to that bell tower oooor back to that little hide away?

xaldinstrips (2:06:00 AM): Xaldin: Me too.. *thinking about that he handed the Free Shooter an accessory: an onyx bracelet.. he'd bought a few things as thnks for the information* I'm willing to bet the bell tower. it's fastest for a moogle in flight. Especially if he were spooked. *and shrugged* We were headed there anyway..

Hyacinth Witch (2:12:03 AM): Xigbar: *looks at the bracelet, arcing an eyebrow at the Third afterward* Is this supposed to help something or are you just trying to make me look pretty? *GRIN* Good thing we're goin that way~

xaldinstrips (2:16:00 AM): Xaldin: They didn't have any purple headbands. *straight faced for that, a reference to the previous conversation; the smile was slow to show as he started for the door, changing his tone to a lispy mockery of a flamer* But darling I think it'll look just fabulous on you, just peachy with that eye color..~ *and he winked, grinning by the time he was holding the door*

Hyacinth Witch (2:35:30 AM): Xigbar: *just about dies laughing, walks on out and makes a point of swaying his hips and flipping his ponytail over his shoulder theatrically* Oh really~? Well I hope your Queer Eye is right, Xaldin~ *cackles, putting his hand over his face briefly* Oh man...

xaldinstrips (2:51:28 AM): Xaldin: *closing the door behind them he was still chuckling himself as he crossed the way to the other door into second district* It's supposed to protect against darkness elementals. If it doesn't come in handy tonight -- *and he didn't think it would* -- it probably will be of use on another mission later.

Hyacinth Witch (3:10:52 AM): Xigbar: Ah I see~ *slides it on as he followed the other man off in the other direction* Thanks man, I'll be sure to keep it along if we don't have any encounters tonight~ *thinking back to that weird light in the water from earlier* Do you think the little bugger knows english like the rest?

xaldinstrips (3:27:40 AM): Xaldin: No problem. I have this thing about not walking out opf a shop empty handed if I take up the counter's time. But.. probably, if he works for a shop keeper? *not sure though, hence the question in his voice: looking back at Xigbar, his eyes came forward to eye the tower on teh far end of the square. The door was on their level, just around the walkway on top, up the stairs: there were a few groups of heartless between though: almost all rhapsody.. starting with those right there by the door*