Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers. I do own this particular version of
Dynast's priests, though.
Author's Notes: I was asked why I didn't have Xelloss do this. Imagine Xelloss in-character. Can you see him following people around with a digital camcorder? If you can, then Xelloss was too busy to take the part. ^_____^ I made up Grau and Grou's personalities as well, and I like them better today. That, and these two WOULD do this. Phibby: You're going to be making people OOC anyway, you know. Author: It can't be helped. Phibby: Pity.
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It was early morning, far too early for any normal being to want to be up. The castle was chilled with the early morning, but that didn't seem to hinder two small figures as they teleported outside. It was the Dynast's two juvenile priests, Grau and Grou, identical twins looking to be about ten. They had taken the digital camcorder and were having a veeery good time testing it out.
"So...this is the zoom in...This way to zoom out...ooh, infrared,"
"Who should we test it out on?"
"I'm not sure...hmmm...I know!"
"What?"
"We should go south and bother those humans Xelloss is following around!!"
"Yeah! And with the time change, they should be on the road by now!!"
"I am SUCH a genius..." ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
They teleported out in navy blurs, and quickly located the Lina- tachi. They reappeared off the road about thirty feet behind them. Oblivious, the Lina-tachi kept on going, save Xelloss, who hadn't made his appearance amongst the humans yet. He appeared next to Grau and Grou. Grou tilted the camera toward Xelloss so he could see as Xelloss asked, "My, my, if it isn't Lord Dynast's priests? To what do I owe the honor of this visit?" "We're trying out the camera," Grau said simply. He knew that if they weren't a threat to Xelloss' mission, Xelloss wouldn't mind their presence.
"....camera?" Xelloss queried, looking at the camera through closed eyes. "Hai," Grou supplied, "It records images. We're borrowing it from Dynast- sama." Xelloss grinned to himself. He knew what it meant when they used the word "borrow." They hadn't asked permission. They'd be in trouble if the Dynast was in a bad mood today... "I see...just don't interfere with my mission." Xelloss closed the conversation and teleported up with the Lina- tachi when Grau saluted him.
The two of them followed behind, off of the path at a good thirty feet at first, experimenting with what the camera could do, when Grau noticed that they weren't the only ones hiding amidst foliage.
"Look, Grou, bandits."
"What are they, stupid? That Inverse girl'll roast them. I'm gonna get this on tape!" Grou adjusted the zoom.
"Heh. That gang must not realize who they are."
"So, in essence, they're screwed."
"Hai."
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Lina Inverse was in the beginnings of a Bad Mood. She hadn't had enough for breakfast, so she was Hungry, and her Purse was all but empty. That and Gourry was being himself. The two of them had been looking for a new sword for Gourry, and had been joined by Amelia, and later, Zelgadis. Xelloss had shown up a few times, and was silently following the group, trailing a little behind, due to the overly happy and hyperactive Amelia. Suddenly, a bunch of bandits jumped out of the bushes on either side of the road.
"Ok! Give us all your loot and no one gets hurt!"
Amelia jumped onto a nearby tree limb. "How dare you attack us? You, who are Evil, shall fall to my mighty fist of Justice-oof!!!" Her speech was cut short by the limb breaking out from under her. Everyone sweat dropped.
"...as I said before, give us all your loot or else!" Random Bandit Lackey A shouted.
"Or else what?" asked Lina, who was starting to get angry.
"Or else we'll kill you all!!" the lackey yelled, unaware of the immediate danger he was in.
"Oh, then in that case...FIREBALL!! FIREBALL!! FIREBALL!! BURST FLARE!! BURST RONDO!!" Lina dusted off her hands as she walked up to the thoroughly roasted bandits and looted them.
Grau and Grou had meanwhile caught this display on camera and had crept quite close to the Lina-tachi, but were still out of sight off the side of the road where Lina hadn't annihilated the wildlife.
Amelia stood up and dusted herself off. Gourry coughed up smoke. Zelgadis was just standing there; he'd wisely left Lina's blast range. Lina straightened, and hefted the loot over her shoulder in a burlap sack. She giggled at the thought of the lunch she could now afford. "Oi, Lina!! Why'd you have to hit me?" Gourry asked as Amelia cast a Recovery on him. "You should know by now to get out of my way, Gourry!!" Lina responded as she turned and walked ahead. "Come on; if we hurry, we can get into the next town by lunchtime!!" "Food?!" Gourry asked.
The Lina-tachi continued down the road to some nameless town for a good hour and a half when Gourry asked, "Hey, Lina?" "What is it, Gourry?" "Who are those kids?" Lina stopped dead in her tracks. "What kids?" "The ones that have been following us since Xelloss showed up." Lina turned toward Gourry with her Death Glare. Amelia and Zelgadis looked at Xelloss with a combination of curiosity and suspicion on their faces. "You're telling that we have been followed ALL MORNING and you're asking about it just now??" Lina hissed. "I figured you knew!" Gourry began to panic, sensing the danger he was in due to the irate sorceress glowering at him with her Death Glare. "Where...are...they?" The seething Lina said slowly. Gourry pointed to a place a little off the road.
Lina studied the area. "I don't see anyone." Gourry looked, "they moved...there..." Gourry moved his finger to the new location. Lina followed his gaze, and caught a flash of violet and green movement. She took careful aim before shouting, "FLARE ARROW!!" The flaming arrows raced toward their intended targets, but the kids-she could see that they were now-gracefully danced out of the way of each and every arrow, to land lightly on the road, unruffled.
"Who are you and why have you been following us?" Lina asked, eyes narrowing as she studied the kids. They were identical twins, both male, dressed in priest's clothing. They looked to be about nine or ten. One was holding a wooden staff topped with a gleaming gem of a pale aquamarine, and the other was holding a strange black box up against his face, aiming the lens at her. The one with the staff was eyeing her warily, but the other one with the box didn't seem aware of the danger that they were in. "Miss Lina! How could you attack little kids? It is unjust!! Apologize at once!!" Amelia scolded. "Amelia, don't you think it's at least a little suspicious that we should be followed by a couple of kids, and that they were able to dodge Lina's flare arrows?" Zelgadis calmly pointed out. "But Mr. Zelgadis, they're just kids..." Amelia trailed off as she looked at Grau and Grou, who hadn't moved from their place on the road, though Grou had stopped the camcorder by now. Xelloss just stood there with his overly happy closed-eye smile.
Lina was still very angry, and she stomped over to the kids. "I asked you who you are and why you were following us!! Answer!!" she demanded. The child with the staff frowned, and replied, "I am Grau and this is my twin brother, Grou. We are trying out this camcorder." The other child, Grou, grinned in a very kawaii fashion and nodded. "Camcorder?" Lina slowly repeated. "Yes. It records images and sounds and plays them back." Grou explained. "And why were you following us, exactly?" Lina asked. "We wanted to," Grau said. "Well, follow someone else!!" Lina yelled, "We don't have time to baby-sit little kids!!!!" Grou and Grau stared at her for a moment, disbelieving her rudeness. They quickly slipped into their kawaii little kid act. Their eyes grew watery. Grou's lip quivered. Grau went a step further. He began to positively bawl, with the tears cascading out of his eyes. "Oh, look. Lina, you made him cry," Xelloss said, a hint of amusement in his tone. "I didn't mean to!! Make him stop!!" Lina wailed, not at all liking this development. "Miss Lina, apologize to them! You shouldn't have yelled at them!!" Amelia said in her best diplomatic tone. "Look, kids, I'm sorry for yelling! Please stop crying!!" Lina wailed.
Grou's eyes returned to normal as Grau ceased his waterworks. "Does that mean we can follow you?" Grau asked. The Lina-tachi, (sans Xelloss, who was used to Grau and Grou's antics), face faulted. Lina was about to say absolutely not, but one look at Grau and Grou's faces told her that if she didn't agree, they'd start up the waterworks again, and they'd be back to square one. "Fine," she sighed, "but don't get in our way..."
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` And that wraps up Chapter 1!! How'd you like it? O.o They were more in- character than I had hoped. ^_^ I don't know exactly where I am going to go with this one; it's an idea that's been nagging me for a few months. One thing's for sure: the Lina-tachi aren't the only ones that are going to be caught on tape!! Please review, Minna-san!!
Author's Notes: I was asked why I didn't have Xelloss do this. Imagine Xelloss in-character. Can you see him following people around with a digital camcorder? If you can, then Xelloss was too busy to take the part. ^_____^ I made up Grau and Grou's personalities as well, and I like them better today. That, and these two WOULD do this. Phibby: You're going to be making people OOC anyway, you know. Author: It can't be helped. Phibby: Pity.
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`on with the fic!!
It was early morning, far too early for any normal being to want to be up. The castle was chilled with the early morning, but that didn't seem to hinder two small figures as they teleported outside. It was the Dynast's two juvenile priests, Grau and Grou, identical twins looking to be about ten. They had taken the digital camcorder and were having a veeery good time testing it out.
"So...this is the zoom in...This way to zoom out...ooh, infrared,"
"Who should we test it out on?"
"I'm not sure...hmmm...I know!"
"What?"
"We should go south and bother those humans Xelloss is following around!!"
"Yeah! And with the time change, they should be on the road by now!!"
"I am SUCH a genius..." ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
They teleported out in navy blurs, and quickly located the Lina- tachi. They reappeared off the road about thirty feet behind them. Oblivious, the Lina-tachi kept on going, save Xelloss, who hadn't made his appearance amongst the humans yet. He appeared next to Grau and Grou. Grou tilted the camera toward Xelloss so he could see as Xelloss asked, "My, my, if it isn't Lord Dynast's priests? To what do I owe the honor of this visit?" "We're trying out the camera," Grau said simply. He knew that if they weren't a threat to Xelloss' mission, Xelloss wouldn't mind their presence.
"....camera?" Xelloss queried, looking at the camera through closed eyes. "Hai," Grou supplied, "It records images. We're borrowing it from Dynast- sama." Xelloss grinned to himself. He knew what it meant when they used the word "borrow." They hadn't asked permission. They'd be in trouble if the Dynast was in a bad mood today... "I see...just don't interfere with my mission." Xelloss closed the conversation and teleported up with the Lina- tachi when Grau saluted him.
The two of them followed behind, off of the path at a good thirty feet at first, experimenting with what the camera could do, when Grau noticed that they weren't the only ones hiding amidst foliage.
"Look, Grou, bandits."
"What are they, stupid? That Inverse girl'll roast them. I'm gonna get this on tape!" Grou adjusted the zoom.
"Heh. That gang must not realize who they are."
"So, in essence, they're screwed."
"Hai."
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Lina Inverse was in the beginnings of a Bad Mood. She hadn't had enough for breakfast, so she was Hungry, and her Purse was all but empty. That and Gourry was being himself. The two of them had been looking for a new sword for Gourry, and had been joined by Amelia, and later, Zelgadis. Xelloss had shown up a few times, and was silently following the group, trailing a little behind, due to the overly happy and hyperactive Amelia. Suddenly, a bunch of bandits jumped out of the bushes on either side of the road.
"Ok! Give us all your loot and no one gets hurt!"
Amelia jumped onto a nearby tree limb. "How dare you attack us? You, who are Evil, shall fall to my mighty fist of Justice-oof!!!" Her speech was cut short by the limb breaking out from under her. Everyone sweat dropped.
"...as I said before, give us all your loot or else!" Random Bandit Lackey A shouted.
"Or else what?" asked Lina, who was starting to get angry.
"Or else we'll kill you all!!" the lackey yelled, unaware of the immediate danger he was in.
"Oh, then in that case...FIREBALL!! FIREBALL!! FIREBALL!! BURST FLARE!! BURST RONDO!!" Lina dusted off her hands as she walked up to the thoroughly roasted bandits and looted them.
Grau and Grou had meanwhile caught this display on camera and had crept quite close to the Lina-tachi, but were still out of sight off the side of the road where Lina hadn't annihilated the wildlife.
Amelia stood up and dusted herself off. Gourry coughed up smoke. Zelgadis was just standing there; he'd wisely left Lina's blast range. Lina straightened, and hefted the loot over her shoulder in a burlap sack. She giggled at the thought of the lunch she could now afford. "Oi, Lina!! Why'd you have to hit me?" Gourry asked as Amelia cast a Recovery on him. "You should know by now to get out of my way, Gourry!!" Lina responded as she turned and walked ahead. "Come on; if we hurry, we can get into the next town by lunchtime!!" "Food?!" Gourry asked.
The Lina-tachi continued down the road to some nameless town for a good hour and a half when Gourry asked, "Hey, Lina?" "What is it, Gourry?" "Who are those kids?" Lina stopped dead in her tracks. "What kids?" "The ones that have been following us since Xelloss showed up." Lina turned toward Gourry with her Death Glare. Amelia and Zelgadis looked at Xelloss with a combination of curiosity and suspicion on their faces. "You're telling that we have been followed ALL MORNING and you're asking about it just now??" Lina hissed. "I figured you knew!" Gourry began to panic, sensing the danger he was in due to the irate sorceress glowering at him with her Death Glare. "Where...are...they?" The seething Lina said slowly. Gourry pointed to a place a little off the road.
Lina studied the area. "I don't see anyone." Gourry looked, "they moved...there..." Gourry moved his finger to the new location. Lina followed his gaze, and caught a flash of violet and green movement. She took careful aim before shouting, "FLARE ARROW!!" The flaming arrows raced toward their intended targets, but the kids-she could see that they were now-gracefully danced out of the way of each and every arrow, to land lightly on the road, unruffled.
"Who are you and why have you been following us?" Lina asked, eyes narrowing as she studied the kids. They were identical twins, both male, dressed in priest's clothing. They looked to be about nine or ten. One was holding a wooden staff topped with a gleaming gem of a pale aquamarine, and the other was holding a strange black box up against his face, aiming the lens at her. The one with the staff was eyeing her warily, but the other one with the box didn't seem aware of the danger that they were in. "Miss Lina! How could you attack little kids? It is unjust!! Apologize at once!!" Amelia scolded. "Amelia, don't you think it's at least a little suspicious that we should be followed by a couple of kids, and that they were able to dodge Lina's flare arrows?" Zelgadis calmly pointed out. "But Mr. Zelgadis, they're just kids..." Amelia trailed off as she looked at Grau and Grou, who hadn't moved from their place on the road, though Grou had stopped the camcorder by now. Xelloss just stood there with his overly happy closed-eye smile.
Lina was still very angry, and she stomped over to the kids. "I asked you who you are and why you were following us!! Answer!!" she demanded. The child with the staff frowned, and replied, "I am Grau and this is my twin brother, Grou. We are trying out this camcorder." The other child, Grou, grinned in a very kawaii fashion and nodded. "Camcorder?" Lina slowly repeated. "Yes. It records images and sounds and plays them back." Grou explained. "And why were you following us, exactly?" Lina asked. "We wanted to," Grau said. "Well, follow someone else!!" Lina yelled, "We don't have time to baby-sit little kids!!!!" Grou and Grau stared at her for a moment, disbelieving her rudeness. They quickly slipped into their kawaii little kid act. Their eyes grew watery. Grou's lip quivered. Grau went a step further. He began to positively bawl, with the tears cascading out of his eyes. "Oh, look. Lina, you made him cry," Xelloss said, a hint of amusement in his tone. "I didn't mean to!! Make him stop!!" Lina wailed, not at all liking this development. "Miss Lina, apologize to them! You shouldn't have yelled at them!!" Amelia said in her best diplomatic tone. "Look, kids, I'm sorry for yelling! Please stop crying!!" Lina wailed.
Grou's eyes returned to normal as Grau ceased his waterworks. "Does that mean we can follow you?" Grau asked. The Lina-tachi, (sans Xelloss, who was used to Grau and Grou's antics), face faulted. Lina was about to say absolutely not, but one look at Grau and Grou's faces told her that if she didn't agree, they'd start up the waterworks again, and they'd be back to square one. "Fine," she sighed, "but don't get in our way..."
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` And that wraps up Chapter 1!! How'd you like it? O.o They were more in- character than I had hoped. ^_^ I don't know exactly where I am going to go with this one; it's an idea that's been nagging me for a few months. One thing's for sure: the Lina-tachi aren't the only ones that are going to be caught on tape!! Please review, Minna-san!!