Okay who neglected to tell me that Clear Blue Sky ended up being chapter one of this story?! -blush- I have no idea how this chapter was replaced, but here's the real chapter one of the story. Sorry again for the confusion...
Pre-note: I'm at it again, ditching my originals for another impossible project, not really. Starting November 6, I'll be getting back to all of my unfinished stories. Today however is a little Hallows Eve piece just for !
Summary: October 31st is here and CC Corp is throwing a WorldWide Halloween Festival. Everywhere a player turned they could find a spine tingling spectacle! Our story begins with Haseo who arrived when the festivities began at six in the evening; he wanted to greet a certain someone until he was attacked two hours after arriving by his fans and dragged into a dancehall. He has been trapped there since.
It is now 11 o'clock.
Innocent Atrocities
By: The Not so GeniusVampire
****** ∑ Hidden Forbidden Holding Cell ******
Haseo leaned of the far wall doing everything but falling asleep. He had possibly danced with every player at the WorldWide Halloween Festival, and even his PC was sweating enough to drown in. slowly he produced an ebony colored fan with dark crimson fur along the edges; the image of a spiraling dragon was also outlined red with a bright silver filling .The fan had a particularly long grip and if the adept rogue decided to swing it hard enough would clear the dance floor in an instant; there were sharp spines hidden in the fur ridden edges to add for extra punishment. However, Haseo was there for pure enjoyment, not to take someone's head off. The trouble with that came from the intense amount of 'pounce' vibes that waving the fan in his face exuded (of course he had no idea that was the cause).
Falling back onto the floor, he undid the straps to his cloak and stretched as far as his legs could reach. 'No wonder no one picked this outfit out, it takes a lot out of a person . . . or perhaps I've been moving around too much. . .' He thought. 'Still I needed a costume and this was one of the last ones Shino had. . .'
Around the second of October, CC Corp announced a new Halloween event; activities involved included character class changes, altered arena battles for money or even free equipment, and an open air Festival with its own set of surprises. The only way to participate in the festival was to buy a costume though. From what Haseo knew, Shino, Tabby, Natsume, Sakubo (Bo), and Atoli decided to volunteer for the costume campaign. They even tried to persuade him into helping. For the most part he designed posters for the shop and passed them to anyone with an address that did not already have one. This worked for about a week until it began to mess with school and work.
However, Shino told him not to worry about it, and that she knew someone who would work if it were for nothing but free reign of the shop. By the time Haseo could log back into The World almost everything was sold out. He found out through Endrance that two days after he left there was a girl who would advertise various outfits; apparently her looks drew in huge crowds of players as well as tempted people to buy. Coupled with Haseo's previous work, half of the merchandise was sold out in a few days.
Haseo wanted to find this girl and thank her, but according to Shino she bolted about a few minutes after the rogue himself logged in . . . 'bolted' being the operative word.
As he thought back to that day he could not help but think of a certain person he hoped to see. 'Kite. . . I know I invited him out of the blue and I know he's not a fan of crowds of people, but. . . I was hoping to talk with him for a bit. . .' He yawned. 'I've been up and down this place since the festivities began, but so far no luck . . . even in a costume he would stick out, he just does. . .' A long sigh followed this thought. 'Then again I should've e-mailed him; he could be looking for me as well.' Standing up he draped his red lined black cloak over his shoulder and adjusted his rather tight gold vest. The vest had reddish fastenings and a low neckline revealing a large blue pendant around his neck, the pendant also had a clasp on the back to hold up his cloak. Long black slacks with muted dotted stitches of red hugged his legs and waist, even though it were not necessary he wore a belt with a huge gold buckle, oddly enough there was a symbol etched onto the buckle that matched the symbol on Azure Kite's cap. This was completed by a pair of high laced raised heel boots. Silver white hair had been tipped in a dark crimson dye for the occasion.
He stood up and shook his blood tipped locks then rubbed his eyes until the thick black lining them turned into gray clouds that traced his wavemarked cheeks and part of his ears. As he shook his head, dangling teardrops followed the motion. 'I'll send him a text, and if I don't get a reply in the next hour I'll just have to leave. . .' He thought. //Hey there scary cat, if you're here let me know where you are. After all, you're supposed to be hiding from the creatures of the darkness not your friends.// laughing at his light taunt, he added //I'll be at concert hall three let me know if you want to meet elsewhere.//
With a long, labored sigh, Haseo sidled out of the dance hall and into the main area. A thick fog enveloped the entire area with lanterns hanging from weak posts being the only source of light. He used his fan to wave a path within the fog in order to see, stopping at the sight of a grunty shaped lantern. He reached Canard's own stand. Silabus leaned on the counter he appeared to be both tired and ecstatic. He had chosen to run the guild's stand which had consisted of rare (and not so rare) items that Haseo tossed because they were detrimental to him. However the Halloween campaign was too dangerous for newbies. Being the support guild it was the members of Canard decided to sell these items at a beginner's price. In addition they sold recovery items in the form of various candies.
Silabus himself was dressed as a Kyūdō practitioner. His outfit was a dark hunter's green with a white mitsugake on his right hand, in the style of a true practitioner he had a two meter long yumi strapped to his back, his haya were in a holster around his waist. Long brunet hair had been tied into a high ponytail and secured with a rather bright poufy green bow with white stitches; however, his tail-tale spiral remained. "Hey Haseo!" He called out with even more energy than usual.
"Hey yourself. . ." Haseo yawned out. "What in the World are you so happy about?"
"We're out of stock!"
". . . What? How is that possible? I thought with all of that stuff we'd be here till Thanksgiving . . ."
"So did I, but it turns out our guild attracts the right people." Looking severely pleased with life, he continued. "Remember earlier when Endrance showed up the way he did? Turns out his entire fan club was right behind him . . . something about following his footsteps. . . Anyway, after that Kuhn persuaded every girl he knew to buy at least one thing from this place; needless to say that was a blowout in itself. Pi came a bit later, bringing the same effect Endrance did. . . then several people fell in love with Gaspard's 'werewolf' routine, he's doing it at the folklore booth right now though. However, that wasn't the end of it. Just when I thought I had time to rest. . ." dramatic pause "An angel in a lavender kimono arrived!"
Haseo leaned on the counter listening as attentively as his patience would allow, but at Silabus's final line his arm slipped. "W-What?!"
The dreamy young man was barely listening. "She was the most beautiful girl I've ever seen . . . and the sweetest I've ever come in contact with."
At that moment the rogue wanted to smack the older teen in front of him, but he would probably knock the stand down in the process. He snapped his fingers loudly, breaking Silabus's trance. "Was this the same girl that helped with the costume campaign?"
"Yeah. . ." Was the extremely slow reply, then as though a snap was not enough, Silabus reverted back to dreamland. "She was quite beautiful those days too. . ."
'I can't believe he's older than me. . .' Haseo slapped his forehead. "What did she do?"
"At first she just bought something, and then she kind of stared at me. After a few minutes she stepped the counter and offered to work for a while." He read Haseo's expression before he could make it. "Before you ask she didn't steal anything!"
". . ."
"Haseo, you know I have a photographic memory if something went missing I would've known!"
The crimson eyed adept rogue sighed. 'He's no liar either.' With a rather sharp nod he asked. "So did she have a name, or a reason to help for that matter?"
". . . She simply said she wanted to help you . . . and when I asked for her name. . ." For the first time Silabus actually cringed. ". . . She wouldn't give it . . . then she got this weird look in her eyes and had to hurry off." he said hastily.
". . . I see . . . all right well answer me this last thing . . . have you seen her before? I'm not talking about the costume thing; I mean any times before that."
". . . To be honest . . . not really . . . it surprised me a little when she said she knew you. . . I'd never seen her until that day . . . but I doubt she's lying. . ." Completely engulfed in thought, Silabus sat on the counter. ". . . Strange. . ."
"This is an abnormal time of year, what can you say?"Haseo shrugged.
"I guess . . . well I'm going to head to the dancehall."
"Yeah. . . I've got somewhere to be too. . . By the way, which way did she go?"
". . . Toward the concert hall. . . I think she had a date or something she was rushing. . ." the archer's voice faded as though his angel did something strange.
Haseo noticed. "You sound odd, did something happen?"
"Maybe it's nothing but she had platform boots and a chocker on . . . but she wore a violet kimono. . ."
The rogue replied with a shrug. "Maybe she couldn't make up her mind on what to wear and has something kinky on underneath."
"Haseo!" Silabus shouted with a now slightly bleeding nose. "Don't imply such vulgar things!"
"Hey it's like this: if angels were as innocent as people believed then why are there so many of them?"
.Innocent Atrocities// Chapter 1: End.
A/N: Evil Haseo! Anyway I think I ought to explain Silabus's costume I'll try to keep it short though.
-It should have at least been obvious that Kyūdō is the Japanese form of archery that is used for both sport and spiritual purification. It is taught in some schools.
-Yugake is a glove used on the right hand, in the story, Silabus is wearing a mitsugake, or three fingered glove.
-Yumi is of course referring to the bow itself and is purposefully meant to stand taller than the archer.
-Ya are the arrows, and arrows have gender, haya are male; otoya are female. I'm not sure if the gender of the archer depends on the gender of their arrow though.
-As for Haseo's costume, it took me forever to think it up, in this whole story there's only one costume that's clearly in my mind. . . Any way Haseo's is odd because my mind went blank until I saw a pic of Yuri (Kyo Kara Maoh) dressed as a vampire. They have the same voice actor so why not?
-Annyway please drop a line and I'll tell you who the girl is (and if you haven't figured it this must be the first story by me that you've ever read. EVER!!!)