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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 2, 2010 16:52:28 GMT -5
The man was still in a little bit of pain as he fell to his knees while looking at the ground. The anger slowly changed to apprehensiveness, and then finally fear. He wrapped his arms around him. He was like a puppy who lost his mother, having no clue where he is and afraid of everything around him. His eyes actually started to well up now. He wasn't full on bawling, but tears did stream down his face.
He slowly found the strength to lift his head to face Xinshi. She was the only person talking to him and seemingly wanted to help him. He honestly didn't know whether to trust her or not, but he was in no condition to be picky, and would appear to be too pathetic to be worth any attention anywhere else.
"Prego… Aiutilo…" {{Please... Help me...}}
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Post by emperorzerox on Mar 2, 2010 23:50:12 GMT -5
"Well M? Are you going to knock on every buildings front door here or are you just going to pick one at random?" M was looking at two buildings now, the larger of the two was quiet, but he could hear movement inside the second one.
"Well Madeen. If my calculations are correct, the smaller of these two buildings seems to be the busier one of the pair. I think we might just try that one altogether." M climbed up Madeens body and sat on his shoulder. Madeen headed towards the building and openede the door. Once inside, the pair looked around and were in a small office. They could clearly hear a lot of activity towards the back of the building. Certain pieces of technology lying around were already catching his attention.
"Kupopopo. good. I think I picked the right place after all. So much stuff here I can tinker with kupohohoho"
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Post by xinshi on Mar 4, 2010 7:04:59 GMT -5
Once the subject seemed to have calmed, regardless of the fact that they were also upset, XinShi nodded. Then she turned to the rest of the group that was in the room still. Some looked confused, but they all looked shocked. XinShi realized that she had been talking in front of them, a language that none of them knew, but recognized well.
“All of you leave, I will talk with him,” XinShi said, “I want him be comfortable, and I will explain to everyone what is going on. I want a team to make sure Ra is fine, the rest can just perform their tasks at hand.”
They all looked at each other and around the room before slowly departing. There were murmurs from most of them as they left, doing as told. The door finally closed behind all of them. A few people from team one headed down stairs to the recovery room, while others checked on the lab rooms with other customer purchases. Howard made his way down stairs, and began heading to the door of the building.
Suddenly Howard stopped, what he saw made him rub his eyes. There were two small animal looking things in front of him. He choked for a moment, before clearing his throat, “Uh…can I help you?”
Once the room was empty, XinShi returned her gaze back to the subject, “Lo aiuterò, ma prego, non dovete provare a funzionare via. Con la condizione siete dentro, là siete molta gente che proverà a danneggiarla,” XinShi said, expressing the words also on her face.
XinShi then opened the door, so that he may exit the container, holding a hand out showing that he could exit it freely, “La mia squadra nel Nord lo ha trovato incassato in che cosa è sembrato essere un blocco di ghiaccio. Sono prova che cosa hanno rimosso da esso mentre abbiamo cominciato a portarli da che cosa ha assomigliato ad un sonno criogenico.” [My team in the north found you encased in what appeared to be a block of ice. They are testing what they removed from it while we began to bring you out of what looked like a cryogenic sleep.]
XinShi had begun to explain to him, hoping he would stay to listen to her, rather than try to escape.
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 4, 2010 21:34:29 GMT -5
The man slowly got up from the floor and walked towards Xinshi, but then looked down towards his hand and saw the sword was still being held in his hand. He lifted it up slowly by the hilt weakly, and then held it strongly as he looked it over. Apparently this was the only thing of "his" that he had on him at all.
He held it out straight, gave it single twirl, then started twirling it over and over to the left and right of his body before stopping it dead pointing straight up. He then slowly let it down and then held it out towards Xinshi by the hilt. "Come segno di buona fede, cedo questo a voi. Ma lo apprezzerei se fosse preso la cura di, poichè è l'unica cosa I possedere al mio nome." {{"As a sign of good faith, I surrender this to you. But I would appreciate it if it was taken care of, as it is the only thing I own to my name."}}
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Post by xinshi on Mar 5, 2010 19:42:42 GMT -5
XinShi nodded to him, she took the hilt of the sword carefully, then laid it gently on a counter by her for the time being, “Bene, lo vedo ancora sapere oscillare una spada.” [Well , I see you still know how to swing a sword.]
Once the blade was set down gently on the counter top, she then pulled two chairs from it. Both sat face to face, and she gestured to the chair for him to sit on, herself sitting on the one closest to her, “Per favore, abbia una sede.” [Please, have a seat.]
XinShi clasped her hand in her lap and sighed softly, “Per fare questi facile e breve, lo abbiamo trovato incassato in che cosa è sembrato essere un blocco di ghiaccio. Sto avendo mia squadra esamino i campioni che abbiamo preso per vedere se realmente è che cosa è comparso. Ho voluto portarlo da che cosa è sembrato come un sonno criogenico. È stato destinato per essere fatto ad un processo più lento, ma che cosa eravate in didn' la t reagisce come ho pensato e fuso più velocemente di quanto preveduto.” [To make this easy and short, we found you encased in what appeared to be a block of ice. I am having my team examine the samples we took to see if it really is what it appeared. I wanted to bring you out of what seemed like a cryogenic sleep. It was meant to be done at a slower process, but what you were in didn't react like I thought, and melted faster than expected.]
XinShi looked at him, then to the container he had been in, she rubbed the tips of her index fingers together then looked back to him, “Lo abbiamo trovato nel cratere nordico, migliaia di miglia di qui. La mia squadra lo ha fatto trasportare affinchè me esamini. Ammetto, io sono emozionante. Benchè sia sicuro non siete interamente quello felice.” [We found you in the Northern Crater, thousands of miles from here. My team had you transported for me to look at. I admit, I am excited. Though I am sure you are not all that happy.]
“Prego don' offesa dell'introito di t a che cosa voi dentro, era di accertargli la sicurezza entrambi miei impiegati e,” She said, “Sarò felice di fornirgli voi vestiti ed alimento adeguati per il momento, ma a questo punto shouldn' il permesso di t la costruzione, altrimenti l'altra gente ha potuto approfittarlo. Non lo terrò contro la vostra volontà, ma suggerisco forte l'attenzione se pensate a questo proposito.” [Please don't take offense to what we had you in, it was to ensure the safety of both my employees and you. I will be happy to supply you with proper clothing and food for the time being, but at this point you shouldn't leave the building, otherwise other people might take advantage of you. I will not hold you against your will, but I strongly suggest caution if you think about it.]
XinShi looked at him for a moment, she was sure he had other questions but she couldn’t just randomly spat out anything, “È ci qualche cosa che vogliate sapere?” [Is there anything you want to know?]
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 5, 2010 20:14:44 GMT -5
The man raised his hand to rub his forehead as he sat down on the chair across from Xinshi as he listened to everything she had to say. As she spoke, he started to get a better grasp at his situation, and pratically fell back in his chair in despair. Not only did all the friends and family, heck everyone he had ever loved or hated has been dead for a thousand years, but he had no memory of anyone at all, including himself! He already knew all this, and yet it had taken this long to finally sink in.
As he listened to the part about the Northern Crater, it was if something in his mind just clicked as he started to recall certain important things. "Cratere nordico? Attesa I… I don' la t si ricorda là essere tutta la specie del cratere nel Nord. … Era tutto il terreno incolto congelato per quanto l'occhio ha potuto vedere. … Esso è stato denominato il Knowespole." {{Northern Crater? Wait I... I don't remember there being any sort of crater in the north. It... It was all frozen wasteland as far as the eye could see. It... it was called the Knowespole.}}
He shook his head as he tried his best to learn anything more from that nugget of information. Though it seemed in the end it was going to be a long road to remember anything. When Xinshi ended with asking if there was anything, there was honestly a thousand questions, each that could help and hinder his progress. So in the end, he chose one that would do the least damage to his mind, "Se posso chiedere, che cosa è il vostro nome?" {{If I may ask, what is your name?}}
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Post by xinshi on Mar 6, 2010 10:51:05 GMT -5
XinShi listened to his feedback, and kindly nodded her head. If he didn’t know about the North Crater then it was possible what happed to him was before, or just during the time of the Jenova. She waited on him, allowing him to take his time, he didn’t seem like he was even thinking of escaping. He face looked too confused to be thinking of that. So she knew he had more he wanted to know, and XinShi would help if it was at all possible. However, she also knew more was coming.
But of all the questions she could possibly predict herself, the one he asked, was not any that she thought of. He asked for her name. XinShi smiles and nods at him showing her recognition of his question.
“Sono XinShi Yuka,” she replied, “I possedere la costruzione siete dentro ora. Sono il proprietario di Creazioni Di Tabù.”
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 6, 2010 15:17:40 GMT -5
Acting mostly on reflex on how someone would react to an introduction, the man held out his hand, "Piacevole per incontrarlo Xinshi, sono…" {{Nice to meet you Xunshi, I'm...}} His face suddenly changed from a smile to one of despair. He couldn't even remember his own name?! In a fit of anger he balled his hand to a fist and slammed it into the table. He stood up fast and put his hands to his hair as he wanted to rip it out as he screamed at the top of his lungs.
He fell back into his chair and rested his head into his hands as he tried so hard to calm himself down. "Prego perdonimi Xinshi. Ritengo appena in modo da frustrato! Potete persino cominciare ad immaginare che cosa è come non ricordare niente?! Non ho nome, nessun'identità… È come neppure non esisto!" {{Please forgive me Xinshi. I just feel so frustrated! Can you even begin to imagine what it is like to remember nothing?! I have no name, no identity... It is like I do not even exist!}}
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Post by xinshi on Mar 8, 2010 21:31:56 GMT -5
XinShi carried a frown all through the man’s actions, as he displayed frustration. Unable to remember his name, she couldn’t begin to feel what it was like, but she knew if she could help she would. Once he sat back down, she recomposed herself, he apologized, and she took a moment to think of what to say. XinShi pressed her index fingers together and tapped her bottom lip trying to think of what to say.
Finally she sat back, “Non potrei cominciare a capire la sensibilità, ma sono sicuro che potrei potere aiutare. Sembra, poiché l'unica cosa che avete è la spada, potrei osservarlo semplicemente sopra per tutti gli indizi che possono riferirsi a voi ed il vostro passato.”
“Non posso promettere qualche cosa in giorno, ma che sopporto con me, io dubito che chiunque altrimenti intorno a qui può parlare, e tanto meno ha letto Cetra,” She then said.
She hoped that those words could bring some kind of comfort to him.
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 10, 2010 7:55:59 GMT -5
The man leaned back into his chair and looked straight up at the ceiling. It was pure white, clean yet empty, it was there and yet it had no substance. "Has my life gotten so pathetic now that I'm comparing it to a ceiling?!" He brought up a hand and rubbed his face once as he slowly got up from his seat and arranged his long hair so it dropped across his shoulder. It felt out of place for him for it not being under control and having it all over the place. He walked up to the table with his sword over it and looked over it carefully.
It honestly looked no different from any sword he ever seen before, though of course this being the only sword he could remember it didn't exactly stick out much. He turned it over so he could see the other side, and saw something strange. Right above the hilt embedded in the blade itself, were five slightly larger then marble sized orbs, one was purple and the others were a dark green. He carefully reached out for them and realized they could be removed easily with his hands, despite them staying in there despite all the times he had swung it earlier.
He pulled them all out and placed them in his hand, making a clacking sound as they rolled against each other in his hand. He held them out for Xinshi to see, "Scusilo Xinshi, ma forse questo potrebbe essere un indizio. Conoscete che cosa questi globi colorati sono?" {{Excuse me Xinshi, but maybe this could be a clue. Do you know what these colored orbs are?}} Yet the weirdest thing was not in his front, but in his back, for when he turned away from Xinshi and rearranged his hair, there appeared to be something strange appearing through the scrubs on his back...
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Post by xinshi on Mar 12, 2010 9:49:45 GMT -5
XinShi rubbed her chin as he walked to his sword; she hadn’t followed him with her eyes at first, she just was unsure of what to do exactly. She didn’t study in this field so much, so most of the information eluded her. Only did she turn to look at him while his back was to her did she see something, besides the comment of the green orbs.
“Tenga sopra,” XinShi said, “Ci è qualcosa sulla vostra parte posteriore.” [Hold on. There is something on your back.]
Quickly she stood from her chair, and walked over to him. On closer inspection through the scrubs, she noticed a dark pattern under the shirt, “Assomiglia ad un modello di una certa specie, ma non posso fare esattamente fuori che cosa, tramite la camicia.” [It looks like a pattern of some sort, but I cannot make out exactly what, through the shirt.]
Then she pointed to the orbs also to answer his question, “Quelli sono Materia, noi li proveranno fuori più successivamente per scoprire che cosa sono.” [Those are Materia, we will test them out later to find out what they are.]
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 12, 2010 10:09:21 GMT -5
Materia? The word sounded very familiar, but he couldn't quite grasp the meaning behind it. His attention soon turned to whatever was on his back. He tried in vain to look over his shoulder, but at most he could only see a very small slit of whatever it was sticking out of the collar.
"Sotto la mia camicia? Allora vi occupereste di prendere uno sguardo più attento?" {{Under my shirt? Then would you mind taking a closer look?}} Normally, anyone would be wary about just getting half-naked in front of a stranger, but he was completely naked until just a few minutes ago. So if anything, it was still better then before.
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Post by xinshi on Mar 12, 2010 16:07:02 GMT -5
XinShi didn’t say anything; she just simply lifted the bottom of the shirt of the scrubs up some, to get a better look under the cloth. It looked like a large tattoo; in fact, it covered his entire back from what she saw. She mumbled a few incoherent words under her breath, even if she did say them aloud, the man wouldn’t know what they were, as she was speaking plan English. She was looking all over his back, lifted the shirt more, and then politely excused herself to him as she lifted the shirt to expose the two circles the tattoo made.
"Dove ci è la corruzione, siamo l'incorruttibile. Dove ci è disperazione, siamo speranza. Dove ci è nerezza, siamo la luce,” XinShi began reading aloud finally, "Mentre altre sarebbero una lamierina, siamo uno schermo. La vita è la nostra causa. A nerezza, siamo l'intoccabile. A vita, siamo i Paladini.” [Where there is corruption, we are the incorruptible. Where there is despair, we are hope. Where there is darkness, we are the light. While others would be a blade, we are a shield. Life is our cause. To darkness, we are the untouchable. To life, We are the Paladins.]
XinShi looked over the tattoo many times, her face scrunched as she stepped away placing an index finger to her chin rubbing it with the thumb. She was thinking hard about it, Paladins, she had heard that somewhere, but she wasn’t sure as of where. Slowly the thoughts trickled into her mind as she focused only on the words she had read. There wasn’t much that XinShi could remember of the subject, but the longer she dwelled on the thought, the more she could remember, of only what she was told however.
“This is intense,” XinShi said, speaking in the normal language, “I need to write all this down, there’s too much to not take record of, I’ll forget too much in the process.”
XinShi quickly moved to her clipboard and pulled the sheets up, and wrote madly on the paperwork, “Sono spiacente, lo perdono che sto provando a prendere giù le note prima che dimentichi, il più documento di I questo, più facile sarà di riferirsi una volta che ottiene andanti. Le osservazioni sul tatuaggio che posso vedere le esposizioni abbastanza una punta di una certa storia, mentre non ha accennato il vostro nome, ora conosciamo che cosa siete. Bene, nel senso della vostra professione. Eravate un Paladino.”
“Nessuna meraviglia avete mostrato più presto tale abilità con la vostra spade,” XinShi then added. [No wonder you showed such skill with your sword earlier.]
Once she had finished writing the progress on the paper, XinShi sat the clipboard down, and moved over to the sword, taking the Materia from him, and looked to the sword for a moment. She rolled the Materia between her hands as she looked at the design and the engraving on the sword.
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Post by axelxgabriel on Mar 12, 2010 20:35:17 GMT -5
All this information seemed to be coming and going really fast. It was hard for him to even think about it, so he just decided to speak it, "Così che cosa è esattamente un paladino?" {{So what exactly is a Paladin?}} As soon as he spoke the word however, it was as if something in his mind unlocked as his eyes went wide and everything seemed to go bright...
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He was nervous.... Hell, he had every right to be nervous. This was a big thing for him and despite how well he trained and prepared for this event, it was still quite overwhelming. He was wear naught put pants as his feet walked across the cold stone floor. He looked to the left and right of him, they stood shoulder to shoulder, saying nothing and holding their sword straight downward.
After walking what seemed like ages and pass dozens of them. He finally reached the end, as three of them stood quite defiantly proud in front of them. When he was near, he gently went down on one knee and lowered his head. As soon as his head lowered, the middle of the three spoke up, "Axel, sapere perché siete qui?" {{Axel, do you know why you are here?}} Without raising his head, he responded "Faccio." {{I do}} The man raised his arm, "Potete levarti in piedi." {{You may stand.}}
Axel did just that as he tried to look in the man's eyes, but it was hard due to the large fire right behind him. "Avete lungo e duro lottati questi sette anni scorsi. Malgrado forza maggiore, avete attaccato con la causa alla fine. Vi siete dimostrato ripetutamente che siete non corrotto e ribelle di fronte alla malvagità. È con grande e onore ed orgoglio, quello siete degno unirli." {{You have struggled long and hard these past seven years. Despite adversity, you stuck with the cause to the very end. You have proven yourself time and again that you are not corrupted and defiant in the face of evil. It is with great and honor and pride, that you are worthy to join us.}}
He couldn't believe it! He thought he wasn't going to make it, but it's really happening for him! As soon as the man finished speaking, light footsteps were heard behind him as he saw two woman in bright white robes with what looked like art supplies in their arms. Knowing what they were hear for, he raised his arms up as he let them get to work. It was painful, quite painful. He wasn't sure if this wasn't just another trial he had to pass. He groaned with pain a few times, but he stood defiantly and kept his arms up the whole time just as he was told.
It took about an hour of pain, but when they finally finished, he breathed a sigh of relief as the women rubbed over his entire back with some sort of medicine to clean the entire area. He tried turning his head to look at it but it was impossible for a good look. He'd have to remember to look at it in a mirror later. He looked back to the man in the middle. He had in his hands, a sword that glowed a faint white light. "Con prodezza e la giustizia per illuminare il vostro senso, ora siete con ciò un esperto paladino!" {{With valor and justice to light your way, you are now hereby a full fledged Paladin!}}
He reached out for the sword and took it away from the man as its glowing increased in intensity. He looked back at the man in the middle, and even though it was hard to see his face, he knew he was smiling, "Axel ben cotto. Non sono stato mai più fiero di voi, quindi sono oggi… Il mio figlio." {{Well done Axel. I have never been more proud of you, then I am today... My son.}} Despite how happy he was at this moment, Axel couldn't help but shed a tear...
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He suddenly jerked slightly as he was looking straight up at the ceiling. He put a hand to his head as he tried to shake away his wooziness. He realized then that he was lying on the floor! "Che cosa? Che cosa è accaduto? Ho perso i sensi o qualcosa?" {{What the hell? What happened? Did I faint or something?}}
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Post by xinshi on Mar 20, 2010 18:36:18 GMT -5
XinShi looked closely at him as he spoke the words, until he fell silent, dead silent in fact. Concern crossed her face when she saw his eyes shoot wide open, his pupils dilated completely. A sudden, but very fast expression of worry passed over her face before she claimed it again with calmness. He was standing, XinShi called out for someone to come, knowing he was going to collapse in a moment. Gunthar blew through the door, just in time to catch the blue haired man before slamming into the ground.
“Don’t move him,” XinShi said, “Just lay him on the floor, he’s not having any convulsions.”
Gunthar looked up to her, “What is happening?”
Once the man was laid out on the ground, XinShi kneeled down next to him, “I think he is having a memory relapse of some sort. I mentioned something to him, and when he repeated it, he just zoned out. His eyes dilated, and I knew he was going to just drop.”
Gunthar nodded and waited next to her until the guy woke up.
"Che cosa? Che cosa è accaduto? Ho perso i sensi o qualcosa?"
XinShi nodded her response to him after he woke, “Yeah, he’s confused about being on the floor, but I think he will be fine. Gunthar, will you warm up a bowl of soup? We have some chicken noodle soup in the small kitchen. I am sure he’s going to need to eat soon.”
“Yes ma’am,” He said, and left the room quickly.
“Sarete indennità, richiedete il vostro tempo. Gunthar sta andando produrrgli una certa minestra affinchè mangi. Sono sicuro che avrete fame e voglio dargli il tempo di recuperare prima che discutiamo altro.” XinShi then said to the man. [You will be fine, take your time. Gunthar is going to make you some soup for you to eat. I am sure you will be hungry and I want to give you time to recover before we discuss any more.]
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