Chapter Ten: Opening Ceremonies and Opening Presents
Stay with Schwartz she most certain had, Ravyn thought with a smile, tracing lazy circles over her boyfriend's chest. She was lying next to him on his bed, smiling. "I have a question, Schwartz."
"You have a question."
"Why is everything in this room black?"
"You have black sheets in your room."
"Yes, and my color scheme is screwed because my father bought me a purple pillow to get into my good graces. Black's my color, why are you using it?" He shifted suddenly, so that his head was resting against her breast.
"Jealous?"
"You're an idiot."
"Thanks heaps, Ace."
"Hey, the truth hurts. Opening ceremonies today. I'll see my father. Should I talk to him?" The Neo-German fighter shrugged, replying, "Your choice. He's your father. You know, I knew I forgot something." Ravyn blinked at the change in topic.
"What?"
"Happy birthday, Ace." He handed her a box from the nightstand by his bed, but when she moved to open it, he swatted at her hand. "Not until tonight. We're going out, you can open it then."
"Stingey. It's not fair!"
"You see this? You know what this is?" He held something up between his thumb and forefinger, but it didn't look like he was actually holding anything. "This... is the world's smallest violin. Oh, shit!" He leapt off the bed and ran from Ravyn, who was throwing pillows at him.
Schwartz, get back here and stop dodging, damn you!"
* * *
"Jax! Hello!" Falcon waved to the blind fourteen-year-old, who turned at whacked Sai Sachi with her walking cane.
"Don't touch my ass, Sai, it's private property."
"Oh yeah? Who's it belong to?" The older boy snapped. Jax smiled and murmured, "Ben Affleck. Now, don't bother me, I'm thinking. Oh, you know, I forgot to call her."
"Who?" Domon asked.
"Dini, my husky. My seeing eye dog, though I don't need her for that anymore. Dini!" Jax whistled, and large black dog loped over. Sai Sachi stared in fear. That dog went up to Jax's waist. It was HUGE! "She's 1/4 Great Dane, 1/4 Mastiff. That's why she's so big. Good girl, Dini, good girl."
"What kinda name is Dini?" Chibodee asked, sneering.
"Short for Houdini, idiot." Ravyn snapped, walking up, ignoring her brother's glare. "Don't make me throw a wrench at you again, Chib. Fal, don't glare, we got bigger problems to deal with."
"Like what, Rave?"
"Chapman."
"Fuck me Freddy."
"Yep." Domon cleared his throat. "Huh?"
"'Fuck me, Freddy?' And why is Chapman here? George defeated him."
"Oh, Chapman's here. I know he's here. And it doesn't matter why, because it won't change the fact that he is. Ah, fuck, I give up on ditching him. Let's go to the Opening Ceremonies."
* * *
"Domon, sir? You're an idiot." Ravyn told him bluntly. "Sigh, sigh, grumble, sigh. Idiot, moron, I oughtta kill you. And why the fuck are we still up here? Aren't they done yet with all the other idiots? I'm bored, and this suit is getting dirty." Schwartz eyed Ravyn's new Gundam Fight suit with interest. It hugged her body and accentuated her curves. The material was white, but the right sleeve was almost completely blue, except for a stripe of white, and a stripe of red at the wrist. The other sleeve was half white, half red. One leg of the suit was blue to the knee, then white to mid-calf, then red. The right leg was white down to the knee, then it was blue. There was a red circle in the middle of her chest, and a black bow in the center. The collar of the suit was black, Oddly enough, Falcon's was almost exactly the same, except where there was a bow, he had a black cross with brown wings.
"You know you and Falcon are wearing almost the same thing, right?" Sai asked meanly.
"Shut up." Fal snapped, eyes focused on Chapman. Then, his attention was turned to a bunch of approaching figures. "Well, look what the cat dragged in! Rave, look!" Blue eyes flicked over to rest on a bunch of Gundam Fighters.
"Domon, Shuffles."
"They're Shuffle partners?"
"Yep. The Wild King, Brian Lorde, of Neo-Austria. The Red Joker, Shea O'Halloran, of Neo-Ireland. Julia Reginalds, the Wild Queen, of Neo-Hungary. Jacob Trade, the Wild Jack, of Neo Monaco. Jaycen Blood, the Red Jack, of Jordan. And the two people Shikon, Alia, and I hate most in the world, Fenris deLupe, of Carpathia, the Wild Spade, and Orion Star, the Wild Club, from Neo-Yugoslavia. Go away, we're busy." The last two boys, a young man with wild black hair and golden eyes, and a boy with brown hair and starry violet eyes, exchanged grins and chorused, "Happy birthday, Ravie."
"You two are going to die. Slowly. Painfully. I'm going to kill you both. After I kick your asses in the Gundam Fi- Jaycen, stay the fuck away from me, don't touch me with that thing, no!" Jaycen was holding a large, black staff towards the Wild Ace, who was scrunched as far away as possible. "You drool on that goddamn thing, get it away."
"Fine, baby."
"You're a bigger baby."
"Am not."
"You're afraid of us." Elektra murmured with slight difficulty. Her voice was thick, her mouth unable to say the words that came so easy to others. "You can't stand us three." Elektra stood with a dagger out, tossing it up and catching it by the handle. Her Gundam suit was different from the others, not covering all of her body. It left her midriff bare. Helena's was like that, too. Their outfits were the same, except in coloring. Helena's was light blue and royal blue, and Elektra's was red and light pink. Both were tossing daggers, eyeing Jaycen.
"Where'd Jax get to?"
"Right here," said the lounging girl. "Rave, this is for you." She tossed her a box, which opened to reveal a large book with gold letters on it. "The Complete Works of Shakespeare," she read, then cried, "Thanks, I've been asking Schwartz, but he always said no." She made a face at the masked fighter, then stiffened. She felt eyes on her back, and when she turned, she saw Chapman staring at her. "Father," she whispered. "Father."
Oooh, what's the deal with Chapman, Falcon, and Ravyn?
Stay with Schwartz she most certain had, Ravyn thought with a smile, tracing lazy circles over her boyfriend's chest. She was lying next to him on his bed, smiling. "I have a question, Schwartz."
"You have a question."
"Why is everything in this room black?"
"You have black sheets in your room."
"Yes, and my color scheme is screwed because my father bought me a purple pillow to get into my good graces. Black's my color, why are you using it?" He shifted suddenly, so that his head was resting against her breast.
"Jealous?"
"You're an idiot."
"Thanks heaps, Ace."
"Hey, the truth hurts. Opening ceremonies today. I'll see my father. Should I talk to him?" The Neo-German fighter shrugged, replying, "Your choice. He's your father. You know, I knew I forgot something." Ravyn blinked at the change in topic.
"What?"
"Happy birthday, Ace." He handed her a box from the nightstand by his bed, but when she moved to open it, he swatted at her hand. "Not until tonight. We're going out, you can open it then."
"Stingey. It's not fair!"
"You see this? You know what this is?" He held something up between his thumb and forefinger, but it didn't look like he was actually holding anything. "This... is the world's smallest violin. Oh, shit!" He leapt off the bed and ran from Ravyn, who was throwing pillows at him.
Schwartz, get back here and stop dodging, damn you!"
* * *
"Jax! Hello!" Falcon waved to the blind fourteen-year-old, who turned at whacked Sai Sachi with her walking cane.
"Don't touch my ass, Sai, it's private property."
"Oh yeah? Who's it belong to?" The older boy snapped. Jax smiled and murmured, "Ben Affleck. Now, don't bother me, I'm thinking. Oh, you know, I forgot to call her."
"Who?" Domon asked.
"Dini, my husky. My seeing eye dog, though I don't need her for that anymore. Dini!" Jax whistled, and large black dog loped over. Sai Sachi stared in fear. That dog went up to Jax's waist. It was HUGE! "She's 1/4 Great Dane, 1/4 Mastiff. That's why she's so big. Good girl, Dini, good girl."
"What kinda name is Dini?" Chibodee asked, sneering.
"Short for Houdini, idiot." Ravyn snapped, walking up, ignoring her brother's glare. "Don't make me throw a wrench at you again, Chib. Fal, don't glare, we got bigger problems to deal with."
"Like what, Rave?"
"Chapman."
"Fuck me Freddy."
"Yep." Domon cleared his throat. "Huh?"
"'Fuck me, Freddy?' And why is Chapman here? George defeated him."
"Oh, Chapman's here. I know he's here. And it doesn't matter why, because it won't change the fact that he is. Ah, fuck, I give up on ditching him. Let's go to the Opening Ceremonies."
* * *
"Domon, sir? You're an idiot." Ravyn told him bluntly. "Sigh, sigh, grumble, sigh. Idiot, moron, I oughtta kill you. And why the fuck are we still up here? Aren't they done yet with all the other idiots? I'm bored, and this suit is getting dirty." Schwartz eyed Ravyn's new Gundam Fight suit with interest. It hugged her body and accentuated her curves. The material was white, but the right sleeve was almost completely blue, except for a stripe of white, and a stripe of red at the wrist. The other sleeve was half white, half red. One leg of the suit was blue to the knee, then white to mid-calf, then red. The right leg was white down to the knee, then it was blue. There was a red circle in the middle of her chest, and a black bow in the center. The collar of the suit was black, Oddly enough, Falcon's was almost exactly the same, except where there was a bow, he had a black cross with brown wings.
"You know you and Falcon are wearing almost the same thing, right?" Sai asked meanly.
"Shut up." Fal snapped, eyes focused on Chapman. Then, his attention was turned to a bunch of approaching figures. "Well, look what the cat dragged in! Rave, look!" Blue eyes flicked over to rest on a bunch of Gundam Fighters.
"Domon, Shuffles."
"They're Shuffle partners?"
"Yep. The Wild King, Brian Lorde, of Neo-Austria. The Red Joker, Shea O'Halloran, of Neo-Ireland. Julia Reginalds, the Wild Queen, of Neo-Hungary. Jacob Trade, the Wild Jack, of Neo Monaco. Jaycen Blood, the Red Jack, of Jordan. And the two people Shikon, Alia, and I hate most in the world, Fenris deLupe, of Carpathia, the Wild Spade, and Orion Star, the Wild Club, from Neo-Yugoslavia. Go away, we're busy." The last two boys, a young man with wild black hair and golden eyes, and a boy with brown hair and starry violet eyes, exchanged grins and chorused, "Happy birthday, Ravie."
"You two are going to die. Slowly. Painfully. I'm going to kill you both. After I kick your asses in the Gundam Fi- Jaycen, stay the fuck away from me, don't touch me with that thing, no!" Jaycen was holding a large, black staff towards the Wild Ace, who was scrunched as far away as possible. "You drool on that goddamn thing, get it away."
"Fine, baby."
"You're a bigger baby."
"Am not."
"You're afraid of us." Elektra murmured with slight difficulty. Her voice was thick, her mouth unable to say the words that came so easy to others. "You can't stand us three." Elektra stood with a dagger out, tossing it up and catching it by the handle. Her Gundam suit was different from the others, not covering all of her body. It left her midriff bare. Helena's was like that, too. Their outfits were the same, except in coloring. Helena's was light blue and royal blue, and Elektra's was red and light pink. Both were tossing daggers, eyeing Jaycen.
"Where'd Jax get to?"
"Right here," said the lounging girl. "Rave, this is for you." She tossed her a box, which opened to reveal a large book with gold letters on it. "The Complete Works of Shakespeare," she read, then cried, "Thanks, I've been asking Schwartz, but he always said no." She made a face at the masked fighter, then stiffened. She felt eyes on her back, and when she turned, she saw Chapman staring at her. "Father," she whispered. "Father."
Oooh, what's the deal with Chapman, Falcon, and Ravyn?