FOREVER AND ALWAYS
ACT I PART I
"I can't manage on my own! It would be different without you!"
"Don't worry, you have those two to be with you."
"You'll die!"
"And i'll live again."
"...I don't want to forget you..."
"You won't. Even if you don't remember me, i'll be in your heart. We will meet again..."
"...Farewell, love."
"Don't, Pleas—"
==Look at the Boy in front of you.
A boy was sitting down, wondering how he had ended up on the floor. He appears to be Jake English, judging by the honorary placronym that was placed conveniently next to him. His computer had been blinking non-stop since he had fallen asleep. He only remembered staring at his magnificent posters that he had put up on his wall, before blacking out afterwards. Jake shrugged and went to his computer to check who had been pestering him on pesterchum.
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering golgothasTerror [GT]
TG: Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
TG: Wake up
TG: I guess your nat here.
TG: hehe, *not
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] ceased pestering golgothasTerror [GT]
golgothasTerror [GT] began pestering tipsyGnostalgic [TG]
GT: Mighty sorry Roxy, I just fell asleep somehow!
GT: Golly, have I come in at a wrong time?
TG: Jaaaaaaaaaaaake
GT: Yes?
TG: Jaaaaaaakey
GT: Uh, yes?
TG: Theres someone outsede your mouse right now. WONK ;))
TG: *house
GT: Oh thats fantastic to hear...
GT: Wait...
GT: What?!
GT: Who? Who could want to come to my house at this hour?
TG: Just gooooooooooo
TG: Dont let him wade up for you! Wonk Wonk ;)
TG: *wait
TG: hehe
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] ceased pestering golgothasTerror [GT]
GT: Wait! ROXY!
GT: Oh well...
Jake, then heads for the door, and clutched onto the doorknob tightly. Who could possibly be outside his doorstep at this time? He hurried to the front door, and turned the knob. His eyes widened as he scanned the person in front of him from head to toe, and blimey, did he look cool. The person had worn a white tee-shirt with an orange hat symbol on it, followed by long black pants, and also, a unique pair of triangular shaped shades. The man had shoved his hands in his pockets coolly, and not even Jake could reach that amount of coolness. It just felt weird to put his hands in his short khaki shorts pockets. Jake couldn't help but to stare in awe at his ridiculous looking—
"Before you decide to say anything, please note that i do not give a shit about how 'ridiculous' my shades look to you."
Oh dear lord.
"What? How did you know i was going to..."
"Well, you would think that being told that about thousands of times, you would say that based on instinct." The man sighs, and used one hand to scratch his neck. Oh, he was wearing those, fingerless black gloves! One more reason why he looked cool!
"Oh Golly, I'm so sorry! I actually think they are pretty cool!" Jake blurted out, he didn't mean to be rude, even to someone he had just met!
Wait a second, how did this conversation start out this way?
"Of course they are, now why don't you invite me in as a form of apology?"
"Oh yeah, please come i— Hey wait a sec, what the..." Jake literally wanted to slap himself right now, how could he let himself be so easy?!
"You think i'm a fool? Well i'm not! I've watched countless of movies to know where this would be going!" Jake was very prepared to slam the door on this man he had just met, but—
It was so fast, I couldn't see what happened.
Jake felt the man embracing him, and it felt strangely nice. The only reason why it was weird, was that he didn't particularly enjoyed hugs very much. In fact, you could say Jake hated hugs! Jake also noticed that the man was actually, quite tall. His hands were all up to the stranger's chest, and he couldn't help running his hands through, feeling the muscular abs in his fingertips.
"Bonne nuit, doux prince."
Wait, is he speaking fren—
Ouch!
What was that? Jake's hand snapped back to his neck, as the man waved a syringe-like object in front of him. Did that guy just drug him? Argh, Jake felt so stupid now. Given his occupation, how did he let something like that pass him? Jane would be so mad!
Jake could feel his conscious fading, and tumbled backwards. He braced himself for impact, but he couldn't feel anything at all. He just felt the warmth of someone's arms wrapping around his waist, and he went unconscious.
Jake felt himself floating, which was strange, considered he had never lucid dreamed in his life before. He suddenly remembered about the incident that had happened just a few hours ago, and woke up almost immediately. He sat himself up so fast, and regretted his actions as he started to get dizzy and see stars.
"Lay down, the effects of the drug has not completely worn off yet." The man at the other side of the room spoke. He was sitting on Jake's chair, and had his hands on some strange pieces of metal. Is he... making something? Whatever it is, it better don't mess up his house! His house is messy enough already!
"Who in their right mind, would listen to y... ah.." Jake fell back onto his bed again, his head was pounding so hard that he wouldn't mind blacking out again.
"I haven't properly introduced myself. I'm Dirk Strider, the person who drugged you, in case you didn't already know."
"Of course i know who you would be! What do you take me for?" Jake shot back, while using his hands to rub both his temples. What is this drug made of? His head is spinning like crazy!
"An idiot who allowed himself to be embraced by someone he doesn't know, and afterwards, drugged. What, do you think i take you for?" Dirk chuckles as he turned the chair to face Jake. Dirk waved the familiar long object that resembles the same syringe that was made to drug Jake at him. Jake stared in shock as he wondered what the man had injected inside of him. Hopefully it isn't anything poisonous or anything, it would be such a pity to die from an injection.
"Urk..!"
"Don't worry, i'm not anyone dangerous. In fact, I'll be your partner in crime, soon."
"Huh? W-What in the world are you talking about?" Jake swallows hard, and started breathing abnormally. He started to feel nervous, it must be the drug, he thought.
How much does this man know about Jake?
"Don't think i don't know what you do for a living, Mr English." Jake could feel the atmosphere in his room turn dark, as he shifts around his bed uncomfortably.
"I— I must say, I do not have a clue of what you're talking about, Mr Strider."
"English, Don't act stupid. You know what i'm talking about."
Jake, even in a dizzy state, had to act fast. He slipped his hand behind his pants, and slowly pulled out the knife he hid in his pocket. He stood up, and pounced onto Dirk like a wild animal. As much as Jake wanted to silence the man in front of him, his head began to hurt again. He lost the feeling in his limbs, and dropped the knife which landed just right beside his feet. Jake tumbled backwards, and once again, fell into Dirk's arms safely. This was the second time today!
Dammit Jake! You're getting rusty!
"Urgh... I wouldn't say i feel so good.."
"Of course you won't, idiot. I remember telling you to rest and not try anything funny."
"I didn't do anything funny! Go do something productive, why don't you!" Jake started waving his arms all around to free himself from Dirk's grip, but it just made Dirk grip him even tighter. Dirk gave a smirk, before carrying Jake in bridal style for a few seconds before Jake felt the softness of his bed on his back. He felt like a helpless child as he couldn't even stand upright on his own.
"I am. Let me introduce myself again, just for this to be clear," Dirk clears his throat.
"I am, Dirk 'Umbra' Strider, I'll be working for Memoria from now on. Pleased to be your acquaintance. "
"Wait— What did you say?"
"I don't think i need to repeat myself, Mr English."
"Who— Who asked you?" Jake was speechless. He still remembered vividly what Roxy, Jane and him had promised.
"It will be just the three of us, until - comes back."
"Just the three of us? How can we handle this on our own?"
"It'll be fineeeeeeeee, - can come back webever - wants."
"Oh Golly, how can we keep handle this without -?"
"It'll be fine! Let's vow to wait until - comes back, and then we'll have a Reunion!"
"Lalonde did."
"Roxy? Oh gosh, i don't know about any of this at all!"
"Don't worry, i have experience."
"That's even better! I assume you know what our bar does?" Jake gave a laugh.
"Of course." Dirk chuckles, working on the metal that was on the table. His hands move swiftly as he puts the metal together piece by piece.
"Good, now what in the heavens might you would be doing, Strider?" Jake asked curiously. All he could do is stare at the ceiling and sigh at his stupidity.
Just when Jake finished his sentence, Dirk stood up and faced the bedridden Jake. His hands was stretched out to reveal a small rabbit robot. Dirk smirks as the rabbit robot jumped off on its own. The rabbit sat itself right next to Jake, with its sword out, in an offense position.
"This guy will... I guess protect you while you're still in the aftereffects of the drug."
"Damn you Strider! You didn't need to drug me in the first place!"
"Lalonde said i needed to, prove myself to The Great English. So, i did."
"LALONDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—! Argh... My head..."
"Alright, I'm gonna leave him with you, so i guess this is where i bid farewell." Dirk walks over to Jake, and ran his fingers through Jake's silky smooth hair. After five seconds when Dirk finally realizes what the heck he is doing, he quickly retracts his hand and gave an awkward cough.
"...I'm going to the bar to meet up with Lalonde and Crocker. I'll tell them about your, mishap." Dirk gave a small thumbs up, before jumping off a window without any hesitation.
Extreme Coolness.
"Argh... What has Roxy and Jane been up too now? I bet they are planning something right now as i speak..." Jake sighs to himself, before succumbing to sleep soon after.
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering timaeusTestified [TT]
TG: wonk wonk wonk wonk wonk wonkkkkkkkkk
TT: What do you want, Lalonde?
TG: Hey hey hey, share with me da juicy sercetsss
TG: *secrets
TT: There's nothing 'juicy' nor is there any secrets for me to share with you.
TG: come onn Distri! how is Jakey?
TT: He's fine.
TG: Areeee you sure you didnt mack him weak in da legs?
TG: *make
TT: Well, if you mean drugging him and causing him to black out, then yes. I made him weak in the legs.
TG: Oh my god SWOOOOOOOOOOON
TG: Did you do anythin juicy? Omigod, tell me EVERYTHING!1
TT: ...
TT: No.
TT: Quit pestering me.
TG: Oh come onnn Distri!
TT: I don't want to disappoint you, but he's gone.
TG: Ehh? Youre the autoresponder, aren't you?
AR: It seems you have asked about DS's chat client auto-responder. This is an application designed to simulate DS's otherwise inimitably rad typing style, tone, cadence, personality, and substance of retort while he is away from the computer. The algorithms are guaranteed to be 9X% indistinguishable from DS's native neurological responses, based on some statistical analysis I basically just pulled out of my ass right now.
TG: Oh dayumm, hey there hal ;))
AR: Hey there.
TG: Hey Hallllllllllllll
AR: Hello.
TG: Whats Distri doin with Jakey? Wonk Wonk Wonks ;))
AR: I would be lying if i said something 'juicy' happened, but i guess something happened, and there was a spark between the two.
TG: Oooooooooh im tellin Janeeeeeey!
TG: OHhhhhhhh JANE!
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==Look at the girl getting tipsy in front of you.
The girl was running towards another female wearing glasses, ignoring all the wine that she had spilled all over the place. The cleaning will be done by another one of Dirk's soon promised inventions anyway, which has proven him to be fairly useful to the Memoria Bar Family. The girl had a short haircut and the tails of the hair was sharp pointed. Black lipstick painted her lips, which made her look more seductive than usual. She had a purple scarf that was wrapped around her neck, she also wore a purple dress with a cat on it, and she loved it.
"Roxy? Why aren't you caring the counter?" the female asked, she was panting heavily as she had been running all over the bar, searching for Dirk, who should have arrived a good ten minutes ago.
"Carin' for things ain't my cup of wine, Janey! That's more of a Jakey kinda thing! He's good pulling those the ol' English charms on those peopal." Roxy laughs, before wrapping her arms around the female named Jane.
Jane had a short cute hairstyle and circular glasses, and wore a shirt with a blue worm on it, and a plain black skirt. It's always good not to draw too much attention to yourself, especially when the Trollians come to the bar. Jane groans as he tries to struggle out of Roxy's iron grip. When she's tipsy, she's probably not gonna let go of what she's grabbing onto.
"Alright, calm down would you? Why don't you entertain Mr Karkat over there instead? I'm very sure he would love to have you."
"I HEARD THAT. DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU FUCKERS ARE DOING! GET THAT ROXY HUMAN AT LEAST FIVE FEET AWAY FROM MY BEING." A loud, raspy voice came from the corner of the bar. It was Karkat, obviously. Who wouldn't know the sound of such an annoying voice?
Roxy walked towards the group of Trollians and set herself down, beside a troll girl with red glasses.
"Calm your shits, Karkat. Wwe should focus on the more important stuffs." Another voice came from the corner, his w's sound a tad strange.
"FUCK YOU, I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT. I'M THE LEADER HERE."
"Says the one with delicious cand— "
"SHUT THE FUCK UP! TEREZI I DON'T NEED YOUR USELESS COMMENTARY ABOUT WHATEVER FUCK SHIT YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT! WHY DON'T YOU SAY SOMETHING USEFUL FOR OUR PLAN INSTEAD!" Karkat screamed as he interrupted the red glasses girl, and it doesn't seem like he would ever stop shouting for no reason.
Terezi giggles as she licks her fingers in delight.
"Oh my my, Karkat, aren't you feisty today?" Terezi grins mischievously, sipping on her bloody mary.
"SHUT. UP!"
"Oh shut up, you are behaving like a bunch of children, the both of you." A voice that was calm and gentle came from the right of Roxy.
"FUCK. YOU. KANAYA."
"I do not like the tone of your voice, Karkat. Even though you speak like that most of the time, its still hard to not use my lipstick on you." Kanaya spoke, her hand reaching inside of her bag, most likely reaching for a lipstick.
"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, CALM YOUR ASS, KANAYA. I'LL STOP IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY, SO WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED ON THE IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW?"
"I would like that a lot, Karkat."
Roxy chuckles while sipping on her wine.
Its another one of those days...
tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering golgothasTerror [GT]
TG: Heyy sleepuhead. Hows ur head?
GT: God, Roxy. My head is pounding.
TG: at least ur in ur bed sleepin! I had to get my pretty self and my wine hangin out with troll people. Helllllllllo
GT: Sorry Roxy, Ill make it up to you, gentlemans promise!
TG: u better be promisin me some gud promizes! Karkat is bein a tough nutsy asgin.
TG: *promises
GT: Karkat? What's he doing in Memoria?
TG: They hads sime kinds of sercet plan or sumtin! He ish pissin everyone off today.
TG: Said sumtin aboot a someone whos not in tis timelines bein here.
TG: If u ask moi, i think hes crazyyyyyy!
GT: Roxy, i did like to ask you something when you are more...
GT: Sober.
TG: What r u talkin aboot? I'm hellllllllllla sober!
GT: I just heard from Jane that you gave the Trollians, a free dance show? I dont think thats sober, if you ask me.
TG: What. Janey wasnt suppossed to tell no body tat! Janeys gonna get hella big time out when im done with her!
TG: Holey moley! Whos that HAMSOME devil?
GT: What? What handsome devil? Who's there?
TG: Distri of course! Wonk wonk wonkss! ;))
TG: Roxyyyy is outsssssss!
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GT: Dirk? Hes at work already?
GT: Roxy?
GT: :(
==Look at Jane Crocker.
Jane had one hand on her hips, and the other caressing her chin, staring the man in shades down.
"You must be Dirk 'Umbra' Strider, yes? Memoria has been expecting you. It's quite a shame Jake couldn't be here to greet you in person." Jane says. Dirk wasn't how she had pictured him to be. She expected a much, much more menacing person, in fact.
"I have met English. He had a.. unique accent coming from him."
"Ah, yes. It charms the ladies, I say!" Jane giggles, before walking behind the bar counter. Dirk followed suit.
"Right here, is where the," Jane grabs Dirk's collar swiftly, but Dirk was unfazed by Jane's lightning speed.
"Contracts, are made. It's more like people talking about crappy life, and we listen to them and also help our clients to deal with their problems, and we get their souls in return. This, also takes away the memories of their problems ever existing," Jane breathes, before removing her iron grip from Dirk's collar. She then takes out a piece of cloth, using it to clean the wine glasses at the counter.
"I'm listening." Dirk whispers just for Jane to hear. They didn't need the others to listen in to their conversation.
"All the contracts mostly consists of murder, and lots of killing. Its real easy job, even for a rookie like you, yes?" Jane laughs, before wagging a finger at Dirk's clothes. "And your clothes, god, they are a horrible sight to my eyes! There's a nice set of clothes at the back, go give it a wear, would you."
Dirk nods, before walking to the room in the back. It was pretty dusty, but for some strange reason, the red clothing that resembles a suit was glowing brightly, and surrounding the cloth was dust, lots of dust. Dirk smirks to himself before picking the suit up and changing into it quickly.
Time to be the shadow.
The Shadow of Memoria.
Before, anyone starts talking about what the crap man, this is the wrong translation of this, you suck, i am using GOOGLE TRANSLATE, okies? If anyone flames me for that i'll probably ignore you. I warned you! There is always a NICER way of talking okay? I've seen other people who has been flamed for that and i really don't want that happening to me, Alrighty? Alrights! If you guys have the correct translation of the particular sentence, please feel free to review me/pm me about it! And most of the story might be dialogue heavy becuz of pesterchum. If there are any mistakes in english, pls tell moi. thx man.
Its gonna be a long ride boys and girls.
Am i the first to create this Bar!AU? hmmmmsh.
CiaoooooooO!
