There is a thing going on here.
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Thread Topic: There is a thing going on here.
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Ginji screeched, jerking his head to the side and banging it against the bars of the cage again, obviously on accident.
He quickly crouched back down, staring, less of a glare, with a hint of pleading in his eyes. He'd lost what shred he had left of indifference, and he didn't like it. -
Fall smiled toothily, eyes dripping false sympathy.
"Hey, don't be sad, Oreo! Cheer up." He picked up the last remaining sword, tossing it up and catching it by the handle with a flourish that made the whole gesture appear a lot more intricate than it really was. "Only one sword left and you'll have won."
He stuck the last remaining sword in, still too close, but still at a much safer distance than the last. By the time he was done, the cage looked like a makeshift metal ladder with rungs broken and splintered out in every direction. -
Ginji sighed in relief after the last sword, glaring again.
"Had enough fun?" He growled. -
Fall lowered himself down to where Ginji had situated himself, poking his finger in the cage to boop his nose.
"No, not really. But see, we don't have time for more swords. I'd have loved to turn you into a porcupine just to see how pretty you could get in all that panic otherwise." -
Ginji snapped at Fall's finger when it was stuck into the cage.
"Joyful, just lovely." -
He pulled his hand back quickly, counting out the fingers like he wasn't entirely sure they'd all be there, and smiling again when he was done.
"Definitely. You're gonna love this, though. Cuz if no one buys you tonight, we're gonna have all night together." -
Ginji growled at that. He would've lunged at the man, but didn't want to risk getting sliced by the swords still stuck in his cage.
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Fall pursed his lips again, tilting his head in mocking sadness.
"What, don't you like me anymore? You were so nice in the woods earlier. I feel so mislead."
The cart suddenly lurched to a stop, jerking him to the side and right into Ginji's cage. He hit his head hard on the bars, drawing back a bit and blinking rapidly.
"God dammit." He shook his head to clear the colorful dots that had closed in around all the edges of his vision. "I guess we're here." -
*misled
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Ginji had clutched the bottom of the cage tightly when the cart lurched, so he didn't get hurt. Of course, the sudden jolt had jerked his arm sharply, and it hurt now. He ignored it though, and glanced around as best as he could, nervous.
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Fall sat up, looking over the edge again. They had stopped in the middle of a rather shady-looking part of the town, and his fellow merchants had already begun unpacking.
He blinked over at Ginji.
"What'dya think? Swords in, swords out, you never know what I might do later if there's nothing sharp already stuck in that cage, but it's all up to you, Oreo."
He paused, eyes widening as if he'd just had the thought that would lead to the cure for cancer.
"No, I'll leave the swords in!" He turned to face Ginji. "You'll either look super cute and pathetic or like a f---ing ninja warrior thing we couldn't contain without the swords. Either way sells, ya know."
With that, he jumped over the edge of the cart, racing off to do whatever he decided he felt like doing to help. -
Ginji watched him leave, then turned to examine the cage fully. Nothing he knew could get himself out. He couldn't believe he'd gotten into this situation. And what was up with this man? Ginji shuddered, and maneuvered himself to sit up a bit taller, to try and glance out and see everything.
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Fall intentionally avoided everyone he'd taken a sword from, leaving just about nowhere that was safe to be without being questioned about the whereabouts of the weapons. He found the guy that had made himself look like a loser running back to inform him that his boss had grunted at him setting straight several barrels of... of what? He had no idea, but the people that bought it usually had red eyes and yellow skin, bought it in large quantities, paid a s--- ton for it, and were inevitably back for it each time they were in town.
He thought of knocking the barrels over and running, but he'd nearly gotten a lot of people killed doing that once, and he just wasn't ready for the reprimanding that came with it.
Once he was satisfied that there was nothing he wanted to help with, he went and found Mr. Leich. He appeared busy. Fall interrupted anyway. -
Ginji muttered to himself, an old curse he naturally seemed to know.
The curse simply meaned 'Ignorant man of wolves, I curse your life and soul.'
He growled, annoyedly trying to twist himself just right to see farther. -
"Come see my cat now."
"Your cat?"
"Come see the cat."
"You're not keeping that cat."
"It's a guy now and I just want you to come see him."
Fall pouted, crossing his arms and glaring at Leich, who glared back for a second before accepting that he wasn't going to win a glaring fight with a wolf and started walking toward the cart where the cages were stored.
His boss reached it first, pulling back the end of the cart and setting down the ramp that Fall had been in much too big of a hurry to bother with. He stepped up into the cart and gasped. Fall caught up, worrying that something had happened to Oreo while he had been gone. The boy was as he had left him.
"What's wrong?"
Leich looked down at him through narrowed eyes, disgusted.
"What the hell did you do?"
Fall paused, considering.
Oh. The swords.
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