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Post by daydreamer on Jul 27, 2008 23:20:12 GMT -5
Shina pulled her cart quickly along past the many apartments and office buildings blended together in the wall of the underground city of Mars. When she reached the nearest elevator station she set her cart down on its front legs and struggled to get her money out of her wallet to pay for her ticket to go up to the negative 5th level of the city (she lives on the negative 10th level. There are 12 negative levels all pretty far in between). Her elevator would be there in less than 5 minutes and with her cart it was no easy task getting there on time. She finally pulled the change out she needed and shoved it into the machine and grabbed her ticket, then hastily moved as fast as she could with her load over to the line of people that were shoving to get in the elevator that had just pulled up. Shina managed to squeeze her and her cart into the wide elevator, packed to the point overflowing. Shina was very glad to get off the elevator when it came to her stop, as she was sure everyone else on the elevator was glad to see her go with her space consuming cart. It was always so hot in the elevator which caused everyone to sweat and drove Shina's nose mad. She was almost tempted to perfume the whole elevator but instead covered her nose with her sleeve and bared it. After getting off the elevator, Shina walked more at a steady pace heading towards her usual spot at a market place where she sold her perfume and incense.
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Post by Zee on Jul 28, 2008 0:07:43 GMT -5
Claudia glared off silently as she heard the flight attendances giving orders, making sure not to listen. She couldn't believe she had finally given in and came to Mars. She had never wanted to, and when her parents had left, she thought that she would be fine on her own. However, two years straight, completely alone, barely talking to anybody? That was no way to live. She couldn't stand the lack of communication with people, so she had finally decided to jump on the bandwagon and move where everyone else was moving. But she didn't exactly have any money for an apartment or anything. Hell, she wasn't even sure what type of money they used on Mars. The only thing she had with her was her backpack, which contained her sketchbook and a few pencils, two changes of clothes, and a hair brush.
Sighing quietly, she stood up and quickly exited the space craft, happy to be out of such a compact state, unhappy about where she was exiting to. As she walked out into what slightly resembled an airport, she clutched the straps of her backpack so hard that her knuckles turned white. As usual, her hair was loosely tied back into a pony-tail with her black ribbon, and many locks of hair fell into her eyes. She silently glared around, almost daring anyone to speak with her. However, after a moment, she let out a sigh and relaxed. She really didn't have anywhere to go, so she would probably be on the streets for a few months. Trying to ignore this fact, she took a deep breath, and headed out of the airport.
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Post by ziggyblackhart on Jul 28, 2008 8:43:49 GMT -5
Rhaine came of his apartment in a black shirt and leather pants with his leather coat on. Rhaine was also carrying a bag with something in it he would need. Rhaine took the military transport that was waiting for him as they briefed him on his target. Rhaine sat there looking over the file for he had to memorize it. He thought to himself, why do I have to babysit a woman. When they reached the spaceport, Rhaine and his friend the sergant as the snipers liked calling him. Rhaine walked into the military building looking like his tough oldself. As he walked past military people they looked up at him nodding respectful to him and called him by Maximus. Rhaine returned the respectful nod and walked into the sergant's quarters Rhaine picked up his important bag and a bag of luggage. Rhaine made his was out of the Military transport to his appartment near Shina's. Rhaine arrived duing her work hours so that she would not see him. Rhaine fixed up his appartment with his military things easy hidden everywhere. An old woman looked him up on the list of people and found his name but not his real one "Constantine Zodhiates" which should not make anyone curious about him. Rhaine finished his work then looked over his work list and cover up name and job. Rhaine knew perfectly well he hated womens things but to get close to his target he needed the same job.
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 9:32:30 GMT -5
"Ray....Ray look at me..what do you see in the picture?'
"Come on Ray, focus here."
Ray had been sitting in this women's office for almost 2 hours. The soft velvet leather chairs seemed to welcome sleep more then it did mental introfication as she so demanded of him. Slouching and looking as if the very essence of hunger would manifest itself in his eyes and hands, Ray was just about ready to snap. The smell of the cigarette nippingly tucked under her lips and the dry perfume coming from her sweating collar didn't help his mood any. Nor did the large bookcases that read all sorts of psychological, neurological and even philosophical titles help him stay calm as she flashed several sheets of paper of blobs of ink in his face.
"Okay what does this one look like to you?"
"A dead women"
"And this one?"
"Thats another dead women, facing the floor"
"This?"
"Yeah, that's another dead women." Ray said impassively. Their eyes met for the first time in 30 minutes. Ray pseudo-ed a smile as he felt the waves of frustration emitting from his Psychiatrist.
"If your not going to take this seriously then let us stop here and we can pick up at a later date, one where you leave your sadistic humor at home." She picked up her cards and placed them on her desk as she looked back up at him and said. "You can go now, Mr. Kaiguchi."
As if he had just performed a miracle, he leaped to his feet and before she could change her mind, left her office like a gust of wind.
Just as he existed the building he saw Kia parked out in front in their patrol car.
"Just as I thought, your very first session and you blew....things just never change." Kia said as she unlocked to passenger door of the car.
"Get in." was all he heard as his triumphant smile wavered at the presumption of where she was taking him.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 9:41:16 GMT -5
Above Mars grounds there were few houses stacked above the other like condos. But there lived people who could afford to live there. Those living on the 1st thru 3rd level housing floors were considered mid-class. They're house condos were two levels high and had a patio big enough to make a small party of 10. They sky could be seen through the grates of the streets above. Those on the 4th and 5th levels above them had a grandeiur view of the sky and of the planet. Including the grounds they lived, were larger and more spacious.
Hinata never understood why their parents would want to live on the 1st floor. Many of the neighbors on their level were snotty and thought that they were superior to those living below. So the day she put up her "rooms for rent" sign there was lots of bad talk about it, by the neighbors. So Hinata was forced to pull down the sign and announce it in papers and "for rent" billboards. Everyday Hinata would check her Mack 2000(cel) but no one would respond to her ads.
Finished taking her shower, and getting ready for work, her sisters woke up. Like usual she put on the dreadful uniform she hated, and the shoes. She tied her hair in a ponytail. And put on her sweater.
"Remember, to get the groceries on the list from Thor's. Tell him to put it on our tab and I'll stop by after work to pay for it." She stared at Sariya. " You got that?"
"Yeah...I got it." She said sarcastically.
"Just don't over do it like last time." Hinata sighed and left the house.
With her big bag on her shoulder she jogged down to the elevators. People stared at her as she jogged by. Reaching the station she pulled out her admissions card, and swiped it. To her luck, Big Al had given her the card so that she didn't have to go through the hassle of getting tickets. Getting into the station on ground zero was the easy part. The hard part was going into the elevator. They were always jammed with people. She hated doing this every day. She had to take the red cross elevator to the negative 2nd floor.
Getting to the elevator she met the usual people who always waited with her. She always waited 4 through 5 passes before she got on. The first time she remembered going in to one she was practically smushed. She remembered yelling at the top of her lungs "gettin off on the 2nd!" And she was thrown out of the elevator with a bunch of others. When the people had subsided she had been trampled on. Luckily she had only been bruised. Then she learned that waiting was better than taking the first one you see.
She got in with a few others and luckily it wasn't too crowded and she got off at the 2nd with ease. She let out a sigh and walked forward. Passing a few corridors she Reached Ambrosia's Den. Big Al was sitting in his usual place waiting for her with his arms crossed.
"Hello, big Al." She said as she closed the door behind her.
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 10:02:14 GMT -5
The elevator dinged as it opened to a crowded expanse of people. Not enough room for both of them. Kia gently let go of the elevator button.
"We'll take the next one."
"Listen Ray, you have to take this seriously. You have alot of waves that crash inside that heavy metal head of yours. This is the safest and most effective way to help you find peace within yourself." Kia turned away from him and again pressed the elevator button as it lit up."
Ray grunted and said "Well, you haven't seen her so called ways of transgression and peace. I was staring at black crap for 2 hours. Black nothingness. How does that make sense? How is that going to help me. I'm not that messed up. That women is insane, she smokes light cigs and wears Parada perfume. One day the smell is going to kill both her and her clients. She wouldn't even open the windows for pete's sake."
The elevator dinged again with only half as many people. They stepped in and Kia pressed the button for the 2nd.
Kia flicked her hair and said "Whatever, but you still need help. Even if it isn't with this one, you still need professional help."
Ray looked at her sternly before he whispered "Easy...we arn't all perfect."
She shot him back a look at which caused him to face the other way.
"Why do you like this place so much anyway. it's just a backwater dump." he said.
"They have good food and great service, that's all you really need plus they are way cheaper then other places too." They got off at the 2nd and walked the short distance to the Ambrosia's Den. Ray could feel his stomach turning as they entered the place.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 11:03:15 GMT -5
Big Al looked at his watch and then up at her. He grunted and got up. He wobbled back to his kitchen and flamed up the stoves. Hinata put her things in her locker, and went back out behind the counter and started fixing the salt and pepper shakers filling them as well as the sugar and napkin dispensers.
"Nat." Big Al liked calling her that, said in a raspy low voice. She had always thought that he would make a good mob boss like the ones in the Earth movies. "Sal's not coming in tonight. You'll have to double for her." She closed her eyes hoping she could shake the angriness that was starting to well up.
"Fine!" She yelled back irritated. Cleaning off the tables and fixing the chairs into their places. Taking a bunch of menus with her, she took a second look before unlocking the doors. And already customers were waiting for the doors to open. Each and everyone greeting her with a gleeful smile, as she handed them menus, and telling them to take their seats wherever they liked. Some came back with lame remarks like 'on your lap?' Then she'd give a smile and answer back 'in your dreams.'
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 11:28:37 GMT -5
Ray spotted two empty chairs by the counter, impulsively he walked towards them and sat down.
Kia looked at him with a sad smile.
"Your pissed arn't you?"
"I'm not pissed"
"Yes you are, your nose cringes up whenever your pissed." Kia said as she pinched him in the nose.
He gave her a wild look as she raised up her hands in defeat. Ray signaled for the waitress. Kia picked up the menu and without so much as looking she already knew what she wanted.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 12:42:20 GMT -5
Taking orders left and right, Hinata thought this day would never end. As she took her fifth order, customers at the counter signaled to her. Looking up she noticed the seargant and his partner. Sitting at the counter as usual. The woman was pinching his nose and he seemed to be irritated. She smiled and finished taking the order. She quickly walked to the other side of the counter and pulled out her pad from under the counter. Pulling her pen from her hand she stood before them.
"So sarg. What'll it be today?" She asked in her usual spirits. "The usual. Or are you going to try something different?" She asked him as she smiled at his partner.
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 12:57:00 GMT -5
A resounding and dull "Yeah" was all he could muster. Two orders of eggs and a large cup of orange juice. Anything else from that menu and he would probably stuff his fist up his stomach, they had all kinds of delights with too much sugar for his taste.
Kia brightened as she mouth off-ed her selections. Kia had an unusually large appetite for her size and age. A slender yet somewhat short women, she had always been the type to eat until full and eat often." She ordered two cheeseburgers a slice of meander pie, an Italian salad and some boneless steak topped off with two large bottles of mlik. What Ray didn't like the most about their little detours into her favorite eating hole wasn't the food but the mere fact that he had to watch her eat all of that food in under 20 minutes. It was usually him not her that felt the sea-side wayward sickness when they returned to duty.
Precautious as always, he eyed the room taking note of everyone that was present, what they were eating, if they were eating, shirt colors, pants, suspiciousness. A force of habit that he did often whenever he was in places of the public. He always did it without thinking and Kia often critizized him for it.
"Could you stop?" Kia said as she elbowed him.
"This is a quite area, we've never encountered anything since we started coming here. It's quiet and the people are nice. So just wait patiently for the food, okay?"
Malice shifted his glance to the other side of the room as he looked through the reflection of one of the empty glasses infront of him. "Humph....easy for you to say....."
Kia dug her elbow deeper into his shoulder arm. "And what is that suppose to mean?"
Malice pulled away and as the glass of orange juice was produced infront of him.
"Nothing...." he said as he took a sip. Letting the soft feeling of the juice moist his throat.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 13:33:44 GMT -5
The woman always got something different and it was certainly amazing how she could eat the whole thing before they had to leave.
Taking her orders to big Al. She served the sarg, his drink. And like his bad habit he was eyeing the place. Hinata never got tired of seeing him do that. In a sense it sorta made the place feel a little more secure. Taking prepared orders to waiting tables.
Finally the sarg's order was up and she handed it to him. And handed his partner her large order. Big Al always liked women like her. He always sent her a little extra of something with her order.
"Here ya go." She said nicely. "Need anything else?" She asked them.
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 13:42:14 GMT -5
Kia looked up and said to the air. "Nope that will be all, thankx. She patted her belly and produced a couple of Martian bills which she placed on the counter along with a big fat tip.
"I'll be right back." Ray gently got off from his chair and headed to the back bathrooms.
Kia nodded and happily continued to pat her belly with a gleaming smile.
Ray stepped into an empty stall. A zipping noise and churning water soon followed. He walked back and looked at himself in the mirror He opened the sink and pushed water up to his face.
"Another day" he thought.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 14:19:22 GMT -5
"Alrighty then." She took the money and rang up her bill. She proceded in taking other orders. And charging bills. Big Al was busy in the kitchens cooking up breakfast and what nots.
A few guys had walked in talking loudly to each other. They took to a table closest to the window in the farthest corner of the den. Hinata approached the table.
"What'll be?" She asked them as she did to all the customers.
"A side order of you sweety." One of them said and grabbed for her ass.
"I don't think so." She said as quickly jumped back from his grasp. "You either order something or leave." She said with a sarcastic smile.
"Ahh....you ain't gonna join us?" They began to protest.
"No thank you." She said trying to keep her calm. "When ya'll ready to order. Give me a hollar." She walked away from them. She could tell that they were snickering about her. Rolling her eyes she took more orders to other tables.
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Post by zoneoni on Jul 28, 2008 14:32:53 GMT -5
Just as Ray dried his hands and stepped out of the bathroom. He spotted several men laughing to each other and digging up dry jokes at one another.
A lively bunch he thought.
He walked over to where Kia was still patting her stomach and picking her tooth. The Den suddenly grew very quiet as one of the men that were sitting by the window waved his hand at the waitress.
"HEY, we're ready" he said all to unpleasantly.
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Post by Dragoness on Jul 28, 2008 14:50:26 GMT -5
Hinata was taking plates to a table when the men in the corner literally hollard at her. Since her back was at them, they couldn't see the face she made. Taking a deep breath, she put on her nice smile. She turned around and walked over to them. Pulling out Sal's pad and pen, she looked up at them.
"What would you like to order?" She asked in an uncasual tone.
"I don't like your tone." One of the harrased.
"I'm sorry. I've always spoken this way." She tried to convince them.
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