E7: Consul Warz (II)
That Saturday at the convention...
"Billy," Mandy had covered her eyes to talk to the boy in the Billy Hatcher suit. "Why did you have to wear that?"
"Mandy," Billy scolded. "You don't understand the role of cosplaying."
"All it's about is people who are in the delusion that they're truly living in the game."
"What's up?" Irwin came to them in a full wizard's outfit.
"I think I've proved my point," Mandy sighed as shook her head.
"Hey, Billy," Irwin went on as if Mandy hadn't spoken. "Did you hear about the cosplay contest? Cash prize to the winner, yo."
"What are we waiting for?!!" Billy dashed away while pulling Irwin with him.
"Aren't you going to follow him?" Grim watched them go with a sort of thankful glance.
"Would you?" Kurama shrugged.
"Well that takes care of them," Mandy began to walk away. She stopped and snapped her fingers. "C'mon, I need lackeys."
"One down," Grim whispered to Kurama.
At another part of the convention...
"Now remember, Gaz," Dib was lecturing her as the three of them walked through the convention doors. "One hour, that's all you get."
"We'll leave when I say we leave," Gaz had a hold of Dib's jacket collar as she threatened him. "Now since I don't want to be seen with you Dib, I'll be on my own. Unless you want to join me, Hiei?"
"No thanks," Hiei, as gently as he could, refused. "Who would watch your brother to make sure he doesn't do something stupid."
"HEY!!" Dib retorted.
"Good point," Gaz turned away. "Met up with you two later then."
She left them by themselves as she was swept up in the wave of gamers.
"Thanks a lot," Dib glared. "You do know that you're supposed to listen to me."
"Sure, if you hadn't told me your name," Hiei pointed out.
"True," Dib admitted defeat.
Inside the storage room...
"Aww, but I want to go in there," Gir was standing guard by the entrance from the storage room to the convention hall.
"No Gir, we don't have our disguises on," Zim was surrounded by empty boxes. "We are going to stay here until-"
He stopped short after hearing the door shut. Gir stepped into the convention hall and quickly took in all the sites.
"Nice costume," an employee who was passing by complemented. After that Gir quickly found the Dance Max 9 stand that was having a dance competition.
"YAY!!" Gir bounded off to the competition while passing the Final Fantasy Z-9er display.
Back with the other peoples...
"Grim, go get me popcorn," Mandy demanded after about an hour of roaming around.
"Fine," the reaper shrugged. "Anything else, your majesty?"
"You'll get a fat lip if you keep talking back like that," Mandy reprimanded. Grim just took it and went off. "So that finally leaves the two of us alone."
Kurama smiled nervously. If it was one thing that Grim had warned him about it was this moment in particularly: Never be stuck alone with Mandy.
"So, uh, Mandy," he chose his words as one would choose their steps on a land mined filled battle field. "What do you want to do?"
"Cut the small talk," Mandy was focused, on what Kurama was not sure but feared. "Let's just get straight to the point. You're not human, are you?"
The remark caught him off guard. The Grim Reaper saw him out on the fact, as was expected. Yet a human child? It was blaspheme.
No, he thought again. It wasn't.
"Well?" She asked again.
"It's true," he admitted, but he never had a chance to explain. In mid-sentence he stopped himself.
The convention hall began to shake with the footsteps of the robot. Some had already caught sight of it and had started to flee, where as others were too in tuned with the games. From Kurama's stand point, all he could make out was the top of the robotic design and the green skinned boy holding the controls.
WHHEEEEEE!!!1...
"What is THAT?!" shouted Dib over the panic of the crowd.
Hiei made no reply, except grabbed Dib by the collar and took him to some what safer ground. It was not his true intention, yet in order to be released from Dib's 'control', Hiei knew that Dib needed to be alive.
"Oh, neat jumping ability, is that normal with you demons?" Dib's curiosity over came his panic.
"Shut it," Hiei barked.
"Is that-" Dib was cut off by a blow of the robot's that had hit the steel rafter that they were occupying. It began to creak and bend. Dib lost balance and had fallen off because of the impact. Hiei was too late to have grabbed him.
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"Come on we need to move," Kurama lightly tapped Mandy's shoulder. She gave him a questionable glare and nodded. They darted behind a game display, where they were met by one who was not interested in the reality of the convention.
"You better not mess me up," Gaz said coldly as her focus on the game increased. Kurama was about to reason with her, until Mandy had grabbed his wrist gently as a sign. He stopped.
"We need a plan," Mandy said under her breath as she stole a quick glance to the position of the robot. "Are those-?" She ducked back behind the display. "Pause the game," she demanded from Gaz. Gaz gave her a solemn glare and did so.
"This had better be good," Gaz growled.
"What system is the robot made out of?" Mandy jabbed her thumb to the direction of the robot. Gaz peered out of the side of the display.
"Looks like...Xboxes," Gaz came back behind the display. "a waste if you ask me."
"Hmm," Mandy said not really hearing the last comment complete as she thought. "Yes a waste."
"And the one controlling it seems to be Dib's stupid friend," Gaz went on.
"Zim," Mandy cursed. "Come on I'll need your help-"
"Gaz."
"Right, I'm Mandy and he's my lackey."
Kurama did not have any time to respond due to a blast from the robot's cannon.
"Great, it has cannons," Mandy sighed. "Come on, we need to find Grim."
Mandy and Gaz dashed off leaving Kurama. He was about to follow them but the sleeve of his jacket was caught in the display.
"Damn it," he swore as he tried to pull himself free.
"Now this is a surprise," came a voice from his right.
"Hiei," still could turn enough to see him. "I'm glad to see you, can you help me our here?"
Hiei watched him for a few seconds and then turned to leave.
"HIEI!!"
"I'm not in a real helping mood."
"I'll tell Yukina."
"Fine."
A second later there was the sound of tearing fabric and Kurama was free.
"Thanks," Kurama gave a sigh of relief right before the display that he was attached to was crushed by the foot of Zim's Xbox robot.
"You know," Hiei watched the robot bring chaotic madness around them. "Only you..."
"Only me what?" Kurama stood next to him.
"Only you would have a wardrobe malfunction in a place like this."
Fin E7: Consul Warz (II)