Okay next chapter.
uhm Go here www.geocities.com/skye_1821/Neo_Revolution.html For pictures.
Also I don't own Dance Dance Revolution. I don't even have the game! So it would be really pointless to sue.
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Konemi had started to become frusterated at her lack of Progress. It had been two weeks and she found nothing. She thought more then once about giving up, then she remembered why she was looking and knew that she just had to keep trying. Konemi sighed, putting the last chair away and preparing to leave.
"You know it's a bad habit do be wandering out so late. This district may be abandoned, but it doesn't mean it's safe."
Konemi turned around, looking at Talon. She was actually surprised anyone was still here this late. "Well what choice do I have?"
"You could ask for company."
"Like you?"
Talon shrugged. "Maybe. "If you want I can take you over to our place, take a look around."
"Do I have to?"
"No, but it might be fun."
Konemi sighed, then nodded in agreement. Talon seemed pleased and he gestured her to follow, stepping out the door. It was a long walk, atleast furterthen the building she stayed in. "So where exactly are we going?"
"Well, remember when all the fuel ran out and peoplewere kind of screwed?"
"No, I wasn't even born then."
"Well your grandfather must have told you, oryou read it somewhere."
"Well yea."
Talon smiled. "Well there wasn't enough gas to keep everyone on the road, prices rose sky high. A lot of the older districts were abandoned. People moved closer to the businesses so they wouldn't have to walk so far and well, you get these empty spots."
"So why are people still living here?"
"Orphans mostly, the homeless, somewere just too stubborn to leave." He stopped, turning to Konemi. "But a lot of us are orphens, runaways, some just stay here for a few hours til it's safe to travel in the morning."
"Well what about you?"
"Me and Hawk are kind of volunteer orphens."
"Volunteer orphens?"
"Well our mother died when we were kids and we didn't exactly have a model father. My sister was really the one who took care of me all the time. Anyway we stay here, dance, travel to tournaments for some extra cash. Same thing as Inferno's group, so we're allways competing to survive, guess thats why he's so angry." He started walking again, Konemi keeping up. "So what about you? Your a runaway?"
"What makes you think I'm a runaway?"
"Your clothing and style doesn't fit an orphen, besides Storm said she saw you coming down from the south side. Nothing down there but road. Orphens don't usually travel that far."
Konemi turned her head away. "I don't really want to talk about it."
Talon smiled. "It's not important. Look we're here."
Konemi looked up, the place was a warehouse, still in good condition. The building was built with concrete blocks and possessed a large garage door which was probably used for shipments a long time ago. Talon smiled, opening a pale orange door beside the garage door, gesturing her in. "And this is our home."
Konemi stepped through, looking around in amazement at how well the warehouse was set up. The place had been remodled into a living space and although it still remained a warehouse, several home touches could be seen. The place was even warm, fires burned in barrols at key spots and a large group was surrounding the one in the middle.
In fact everyone looked up as they entered the warehouse. They seemed to be very curious about the new arrival. A tall blonde man near the back was actually grinning. Konemi recognized several of the people there from the Dance Rave.
Talon smiled. "Konemi, welcome to our home. I'd like you to meet my sister Hawk, Nick, Dean, Legolas, Tidal, Shockwave, Osaka, Ten, Hibiki, Neraid, Rave, Evolution, Buster, Dragon, Aisha, Muse, Wind, Hojo, Nexus, Linux and Storm."
They all nodded as their names were called out. Many were still dressed in their dance atire. Among them was Storm, the one whom Talon had said had seen her coming. He nodded her politely. The one who most caught Konemi's attention was the man who had been introduced as Legolas. The boy was grinning like an idiot at her and Talon before he finally spoke.
"I knew it! Couldn't keep her away could you Talon?"
Dean gave Legolas a look. "Don't start Legolas."
"Hey Talon, I call best man! OW!"
Legolas was suddenly aware of three hands hitting him upside the head. Konemi was visibly blushing, and when she looked at Talon, she knew she wasn't the only one. Obviously she hadn't planned on getting married, she had only just met Talon. It wasn't hard to see that of all the people there, Legolas was the loudmouth. Konemi nodded politely, still insecure about all the eyes upon her as she entered the large room. Talon invited the girl to a seat near the fire before sitting down himself and smiling to the group. "Okay, whos turn was it to get food this time?"
Neraid held up the bag, which contained the night's food. "No twinkies this time. Make note of that Talon."
Talon groaned. "Hey guys give me a break okay? Those things last forever and they're dirt cheap."
"Yea, tastes like crap after awile too."
Neraid reached inside the bag and started tossing out eggrolls. Each person caught one and began eating. Konemi stared at her eggroll, then looked hesitantly at Talon. "Are you sure this is alright for me to have one?"
It was Hawk that replied. "We allways keep some extra food around for visitors. You're no exception. Where are you staying?"
"The building near the Dance Rave."
Hawk laughed. "That dump? You might as well just sleep outside. We'll send you off with a couple extra blankets. So long as you return them when you're through here."
Konemi nodded. "Thank you."
Konemi listened as the gang of dancers continued to talk and tease. Never in her life had she seen dancers displaying so much friendship between them. All the others she had known before were in constant competition and they were hardly close. This was different though, these people wern't fighting, they were living. These people were trying to survive together, they needed eachother.
As she explored the facility she was amazed how they had all managed to get along. There were changing rooms, the warehouse was still warm with no modern heating units. Konemi turned around, looking at the far end of the wall, staring at the game. The console was ancient, an old arcade style machine with two large metal dance pads containing four arrows in the cardinal directions. This single piece of equiptment had started it all.
"You want to try it out?"
Konemi turned around, facing Linux. "Where did you get this?"
She smiled. "The City Dump. Well it wasn't anywhere near this shape when we found it. We dragged it in here and repaired it with the help of yours truly. I'll let you in on a secret. Paperclips."
"That's amazing."
"That's nothing. Find me a computer and a spot to boot it up and I'll hack you a fake id and two seconds flat. Give or take a few minutes."
"Why are you here?"
"Why not? Too much pressure. I tell ya the minute they find out you can hack a 128 bit encryption they're all over you."
"So how does it work?"
"Well we got it hooked up to a battery power source. Here."
Linux reached into the bowl of washer rings, pulling out 3 and inserting them one by one into the coin slot. right away the game began to start. Linux grinned. "Arcade games are easy. give it a try."
Konemi nodded and stepped onto the pad, she selected a song, then a charecter, browsing through the choices and still a little surprised at how low tec they were designed. Finally the music began to play and she stepped onto the arrows, just moving her feet. Konemi actually began to enjoy it, there was less movement then she was used to and it was actually relaxing.
"Hey you're a natural."
Konemi stopped at Linux's words and stepped down immediatly. Linux was confused about the girl's sudden halt. "Why'd you stop?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to look around some more."
Konemi nodded politly to Linux and walked away quickly. Linux just shrugged and inserted more washer rings into the slot, starting a new game. Konemi continued on upstairs, until she reached a spot on the rail, looking down on the area. She took a breath and sighed, imagining herself home with her mother and father. Maybe she shouldn't have left so quickly.
"Thinking about things?"
Konemi looked up, then smiled softly at Talon, who had taken a position next to her. She turned back to look down on the floor. "A little. About my family, about running away. Why did you and Hawk run away Talon?"
"What makes you think we ran away?"
"You told me."
He nodded, bending over against the rail as he recalled the memory. Konemi watched as his face suddenly became very intense, solemn even. "It was our dad. He'd drink a lot, hit us sometimes. I was young at the time and never really knew what was going on. Hawk protected me a lot, my big sister. Anyway after mom died it just got worse. One night my sister woke me up at 2 am and we just left, never looked back."
"I'm sorry."
Talon smiled. "Nah, it's fine. Everone here's got a story like that, reasons why they're here. No foster homes, no bad parents. We don't question backgrounds, we're all equal here. Here we're free." He looked at Konemi. "Not that it's any of my business, but why did you run?"
Konemi frowned. "I'm not really running. I'm searching for something."
He looked at her curiously. "Anything we can help with?"
Konemi shook her head. "No, you wouldn't understand. Don't feel bad though, not many would."
Talon nodded. "So when you find what you're looking for you're going to leave again huh?"
"I'm really not sure anymore."
uhm Go here www.geocities.com/skye_1821/Neo_Revolution.html For pictures.
Also I don't own Dance Dance Revolution. I don't even have the game! So it would be really pointless to sue.
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Konemi had started to become frusterated at her lack of Progress. It had been two weeks and she found nothing. She thought more then once about giving up, then she remembered why she was looking and knew that she just had to keep trying. Konemi sighed, putting the last chair away and preparing to leave.
"You know it's a bad habit do be wandering out so late. This district may be abandoned, but it doesn't mean it's safe."
Konemi turned around, looking at Talon. She was actually surprised anyone was still here this late. "Well what choice do I have?"
"You could ask for company."
"Like you?"
Talon shrugged. "Maybe. "If you want I can take you over to our place, take a look around."
"Do I have to?"
"No, but it might be fun."
Konemi sighed, then nodded in agreement. Talon seemed pleased and he gestured her to follow, stepping out the door. It was a long walk, atleast furterthen the building she stayed in. "So where exactly are we going?"
"Well, remember when all the fuel ran out and peoplewere kind of screwed?"
"No, I wasn't even born then."
"Well your grandfather must have told you, oryou read it somewhere."
"Well yea."
Talon smiled. "Well there wasn't enough gas to keep everyone on the road, prices rose sky high. A lot of the older districts were abandoned. People moved closer to the businesses so they wouldn't have to walk so far and well, you get these empty spots."
"So why are people still living here?"
"Orphans mostly, the homeless, somewere just too stubborn to leave." He stopped, turning to Konemi. "But a lot of us are orphens, runaways, some just stay here for a few hours til it's safe to travel in the morning."
"Well what about you?"
"Me and Hawk are kind of volunteer orphens."
"Volunteer orphens?"
"Well our mother died when we were kids and we didn't exactly have a model father. My sister was really the one who took care of me all the time. Anyway we stay here, dance, travel to tournaments for some extra cash. Same thing as Inferno's group, so we're allways competing to survive, guess thats why he's so angry." He started walking again, Konemi keeping up. "So what about you? Your a runaway?"
"What makes you think I'm a runaway?"
"Your clothing and style doesn't fit an orphen, besides Storm said she saw you coming down from the south side. Nothing down there but road. Orphens don't usually travel that far."
Konemi turned her head away. "I don't really want to talk about it."
Talon smiled. "It's not important. Look we're here."
Konemi looked up, the place was a warehouse, still in good condition. The building was built with concrete blocks and possessed a large garage door which was probably used for shipments a long time ago. Talon smiled, opening a pale orange door beside the garage door, gesturing her in. "And this is our home."
Konemi stepped through, looking around in amazement at how well the warehouse was set up. The place had been remodled into a living space and although it still remained a warehouse, several home touches could be seen. The place was even warm, fires burned in barrols at key spots and a large group was surrounding the one in the middle.
In fact everyone looked up as they entered the warehouse. They seemed to be very curious about the new arrival. A tall blonde man near the back was actually grinning. Konemi recognized several of the people there from the Dance Rave.
Talon smiled. "Konemi, welcome to our home. I'd like you to meet my sister Hawk, Nick, Dean, Legolas, Tidal, Shockwave, Osaka, Ten, Hibiki, Neraid, Rave, Evolution, Buster, Dragon, Aisha, Muse, Wind, Hojo, Nexus, Linux and Storm."
They all nodded as their names were called out. Many were still dressed in their dance atire. Among them was Storm, the one whom Talon had said had seen her coming. He nodded her politely. The one who most caught Konemi's attention was the man who had been introduced as Legolas. The boy was grinning like an idiot at her and Talon before he finally spoke.
"I knew it! Couldn't keep her away could you Talon?"
Dean gave Legolas a look. "Don't start Legolas."
"Hey Talon, I call best man! OW!"
Legolas was suddenly aware of three hands hitting him upside the head. Konemi was visibly blushing, and when she looked at Talon, she knew she wasn't the only one. Obviously she hadn't planned on getting married, she had only just met Talon. It wasn't hard to see that of all the people there, Legolas was the loudmouth. Konemi nodded politely, still insecure about all the eyes upon her as she entered the large room. Talon invited the girl to a seat near the fire before sitting down himself and smiling to the group. "Okay, whos turn was it to get food this time?"
Neraid held up the bag, which contained the night's food. "No twinkies this time. Make note of that Talon."
Talon groaned. "Hey guys give me a break okay? Those things last forever and they're dirt cheap."
"Yea, tastes like crap after awile too."
Neraid reached inside the bag and started tossing out eggrolls. Each person caught one and began eating. Konemi stared at her eggroll, then looked hesitantly at Talon. "Are you sure this is alright for me to have one?"
It was Hawk that replied. "We allways keep some extra food around for visitors. You're no exception. Where are you staying?"
"The building near the Dance Rave."
Hawk laughed. "That dump? You might as well just sleep outside. We'll send you off with a couple extra blankets. So long as you return them when you're through here."
Konemi nodded. "Thank you."
Konemi listened as the gang of dancers continued to talk and tease. Never in her life had she seen dancers displaying so much friendship between them. All the others she had known before were in constant competition and they were hardly close. This was different though, these people wern't fighting, they were living. These people were trying to survive together, they needed eachother.
As she explored the facility she was amazed how they had all managed to get along. There were changing rooms, the warehouse was still warm with no modern heating units. Konemi turned around, looking at the far end of the wall, staring at the game. The console was ancient, an old arcade style machine with two large metal dance pads containing four arrows in the cardinal directions. This single piece of equiptment had started it all.
"You want to try it out?"
Konemi turned around, facing Linux. "Where did you get this?"
She smiled. "The City Dump. Well it wasn't anywhere near this shape when we found it. We dragged it in here and repaired it with the help of yours truly. I'll let you in on a secret. Paperclips."
"That's amazing."
"That's nothing. Find me a computer and a spot to boot it up and I'll hack you a fake id and two seconds flat. Give or take a few minutes."
"Why are you here?"
"Why not? Too much pressure. I tell ya the minute they find out you can hack a 128 bit encryption they're all over you."
"So how does it work?"
"Well we got it hooked up to a battery power source. Here."
Linux reached into the bowl of washer rings, pulling out 3 and inserting them one by one into the coin slot. right away the game began to start. Linux grinned. "Arcade games are easy. give it a try."
Konemi nodded and stepped onto the pad, she selected a song, then a charecter, browsing through the choices and still a little surprised at how low tec they were designed. Finally the music began to play and she stepped onto the arrows, just moving her feet. Konemi actually began to enjoy it, there was less movement then she was used to and it was actually relaxing.
"Hey you're a natural."
Konemi stopped at Linux's words and stepped down immediatly. Linux was confused about the girl's sudden halt. "Why'd you stop?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to look around some more."
Konemi nodded politly to Linux and walked away quickly. Linux just shrugged and inserted more washer rings into the slot, starting a new game. Konemi continued on upstairs, until she reached a spot on the rail, looking down on the area. She took a breath and sighed, imagining herself home with her mother and father. Maybe she shouldn't have left so quickly.
"Thinking about things?"
Konemi looked up, then smiled softly at Talon, who had taken a position next to her. She turned back to look down on the floor. "A little. About my family, about running away. Why did you and Hawk run away Talon?"
"What makes you think we ran away?"
"You told me."
He nodded, bending over against the rail as he recalled the memory. Konemi watched as his face suddenly became very intense, solemn even. "It was our dad. He'd drink a lot, hit us sometimes. I was young at the time and never really knew what was going on. Hawk protected me a lot, my big sister. Anyway after mom died it just got worse. One night my sister woke me up at 2 am and we just left, never looked back."
"I'm sorry."
Talon smiled. "Nah, it's fine. Everone here's got a story like that, reasons why they're here. No foster homes, no bad parents. We don't question backgrounds, we're all equal here. Here we're free." He looked at Konemi. "Not that it's any of my business, but why did you run?"
Konemi frowned. "I'm not really running. I'm searching for something."
He looked at her curiously. "Anything we can help with?"
Konemi shook her head. "No, you wouldn't understand. Don't feel bad though, not many would."
Talon nodded. "So when you find what you're looking for you're going to leave again huh?"
"I'm really not sure anymore."
