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Post by Alaistair on Oct 8, 2017 1:09:57 GMT
Denim talked back, stating that it was for her own good that she trained that hard! Alaistair turned back, telling her mentally, "That doesn't mean tearing your own gut. You state this to someone existing for a million years, with once having been someone who was effectively the polar opposite of demons... And I am not talking those things you folk call angels!"
Jaquette smiled to Alaistair, feeling understood about getting a decent payment to do protective services! Then the background about the two came out, causing Denim to slam her foot on the ground next to Jaquette's, to correct her and force out the information! Clearly, this worked, as she quickly spilt the beans about this. Alaistair raised his eyebrows, pursing his own lips as she explained about Denim and her past!
"Huh... Well that was easy to get out," Alaistair thought to himself, "We can definitely make use of this."
"Trust me when I say it is a bad idea to progress backwards," Alaistair told Jaquette, "Those old ancestors of humanity wouldn't survive today's people, if they mean to make them 'weapons'. Humans nowadays can more than handle themselves! It all lies in how a race uses their energy and natural traits... Denim, it seens to me that I've an idea for your first training session! It involves Jaquette here, and the organization your 'parents,' run... But first, Jaquette! If I told you we could hire you for practically ten times what you're working for right now with about 6000 readily able to begin to work and support myself, Denim, and her child, what would you say?"
"I will explain after I hear her response. Ok, dear," Alaistair told her mentally, hoping to dismiss some of her impending rage.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 2:49:14 GMT
"Hmph, this whole organization my parents run is stupid. I don't believe a word she says. They may have run that worthless school but it wasn't to turn regular people like me into super weapons. I just chose to learn martial arts on my own." Denim retorted with her eyes glowing with energy. Jacquette wagged her finger at Denim and answered, "I'm absolutely right. You've never seen me before this point, that you're sure of. I agree with that as I was just one of the many girls made to be your punching bag. Yet there is the fact that in the past you far surpassed the students from the school on a whole other level including me. I don't know what that says other than: 'I have totally been made out to be a special person.'" Jacquette then giggled and covered her mouth uttering, "You can pay me whatever you want. I'm not someone linked to her parents anymore and they've dropped the project entirely, probably never even wanted to tell you about it, simply because you've far surpassed any means by which they could do controlled studies with you. Anyway, just go ahead and hire me and then we'll see what you can do for all of us sir. It's the same job as before I suspect with me just putting my life on the line for Denim even though she hadn't ever wanted me to do so in the past." Denim sighed and really wanted to slap Jacquette now. her parents just wanted her to stay with them to experiment with her abilities? It was insane but then she remembered they had wanted her to meet up with them in the past and then go visit the president of Earth Vi-poi. He was the head of the entire Earth's Blue Banner Army forces which wasn't something one would just show up for on a daily basis. No, they had to be invited and likely they were trying to push her towards joining it. She'd not joined any alliance though ever. She'd only thought about it, including the Arcosian Empire among other groups. Alaistair
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 8, 2017 4:20:14 GMT
"Power doesn't develop like that, entirely, but that's a discussion for another time," Alaistair commented on Jaquette's statement, "For now, we've got ourselves a deal being made. To get the rest of the cash, you'll need to give us information about her parents, the organization, and show that you can handle babysitting a hybrid baby girl. On top of that, you'll have to show that you can adapt and push your own barriers so that you can do so much more, while working for your, 'classmate,' and I... Much more her than I."
He put his hands together and pointed towards Jaquette, further clarifying, "Simply put: You're helping her take over this organization and assisting her in whatever's needed!"
"We're going to be doing this, so you don't find yourself in the situation you were just in, dear. We'll work on getting you stronger in this regards, on top of physically training you to the actual breakthrough point!"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 22:56:46 GMT
Fine just let's get this over with. I'd rather not be around Jacquette too long and I wanted to talk to you some more in private anyway. Denim answered as she took to floating in the air on while appearing to lay down to one side.
"Doesn't seem too hard to do," Jacquette stated while continuing to explain, "but Denim's parents really don't want anything to do with her anymore. After she came to them with overwhelming power flowing through her and announced she pretty much didn't want them around anymore and was going to raise that Saiyan brat you want me to take care of they cancelled their little experiment to make her superhuman and retake the Earth if you will from the imposers we have running it. You do realize that Earth's literally run by a president who's a robot and has an android/human army backing him. Not only that but the project was made to deter the Saiyans who have already attacked us as well as the Arcosians who we publicly know have an empire. The main problem with all three of these groups being they're so strong we've already come to realize fighting them is insane and suicide. I'll raise her though not as a classmate but as a simple servant to her since the school's no more and that seemed to be the role she wanted me to play before she got annoyed with me."
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 8, 2017 23:56:26 GMT
"I run a well functioning business in the Southern Capital and am VERY well travelled," Alaistair retorted, "I am very well aware of who's in charge and have some hands here and there that can provide me with the information I need, in regards to the private matters. "
Alaistair walked over to Jacquette, pulling out 6000 zeni cash and holding in front of her, "I don't operate on just, 'ifs,' Ms. Jaquette. I operate on logic and have back up plans for when those 'ifs' come into play and get in my way. In this case, it is going to BE her parents and those that support them. We aren't asking you not to be a servant for Denim and her kid. We are hiring you to be our partner in all of this! You will get this portion right now as incentive to do this job and get us that solid information... This is the contract, which we can get in digital copy later on."
Alaistair handed her the zeni, before making his way over to the lying Denim. He asked her telepathically, as he turned to face Jaquette and hear what she had to say, "What is it you'd like to talk about, Denim?"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 0:46:19 GMT
"Pardon me then as I run my world in 'ifs' to benefit myself or others eventually as no plan ever works. Also I should let you know two other things, one, in the long run I may seem sweet and simple to get along with usually but I only care about money, two, if you haven't gotten a clue yet there's a reason I'd rather be her servant and not buddy-buddy with her. Does my attitude remind you of a certain age group? It should since I'm only eighteen; honest, so I can't really be a partner nor officially take care of Denim's kid. It's the whole reason I thought over-straining herself in training was stupid since neither of us could handle 'it' when the time came" Jacquette answered him whilst grabbing her money from him and fanning the bills through her fingers. It'd been a while since she'd seen this much since being 18 meant jobs were kind of limited to her. Yet what she was referring to was Denim or her actually raise Silk on their own or together.
Initially, when Denim was done with her crazy plan to have a kid Jacquette would have skedaddled and said the end of it. The problem was the woman hadn't paid her enough in her mind for all they'd done together. This is why she was back.
Fortunately, unlike whatever her parents put down on Denim's many public profiles Jacquette was actually far smarter then the older woman. She had seen her as a master whene she trained in martial arts briefly with her during their short time toether but that was only a ploy to take her position. The standing of a rich woman. Jacquette had seen her money that let her easily buy ships and now houses apparently as well as other fine clothes. Jacquette thought it was dumb she was training to become stronger when regular folks like Jacquette had to work for it and be punching bags or stepping stones for an undeserving lady.
Denim listened to her and now really wished this girl was gone. Yet she held back on the grounds Alaistair wanted her around for some odd reason and clearly had some plans for her even if they weren't the best. Denim had totally forgotten at this point whether she had or had not officially let this girl go properly and now just simply responded to Alaistair's thought with:
For starters us hurrying this up and after I'm done getting my full power I'm calling it quits on martial arts. Seeing as my parents had some stupid plan for me to take over the planet from beings clearly far stronger then other humans including myself it comes to reason I should retire and maybe stop ticking off people like Jacquette. I'll just start a nice, quiet family with you, I hope, and we can push this girl aside. She only wants my money, I think? If not, well, I'll still push her aside when this is all done and find another nicer man to live with.
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 9, 2017 3:34:26 GMT
Alaistair crossed his arms and nodded in agreement to Jaquette, telling her, "That I already figured out about. However, it pays well to make friends with older friends... Literally, in this case! When you've acquired the information, go to the Cherry Valley Loft. Denim and I will be there, and you can get the rest of the seventeen thousand five hundred zeni! You'll have enough cash on you to live on your own, and you'll have a stable job that someone even 12 years older than you wouldn't have without the proper degree."
Denim, meanwhile, explained why she wanted this business to be done here. It was the same question, once more: A family with Alaistair! On top of this, though, she felt no ambition with the power she had and wanted to quit Martial Arts. Alaistair sucked his lips inward, while looking at the silver haired mother and retorted, "One doesn't simply cease the Martial Arts, dear. They are simply an enhancement of our everyday lives! You and Jaquette here seem to have this thought drilled into you that you're some biologically enhanced individual... The answer is simply that you're human! As for that family thing, I feel marriage wouldn't be our thing... But back on topic, we've seen those guys in charge operate and so long as they are, no matter where we go, we're going to be in danger! That is why I cannot have you quitting on me because of your parents wishes. Be an individual and use the tools you've got to your advantage! Set a goal up like I have."
"That's our deal, Jacquie. You do this, and work for Denim and I, and you're set for life!"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 4:45:37 GMT
Jacquette smiled slowly letting a big smirk fill her face even more. "You'll give me more money if I get information out of Denim's parents? I've not seen them in a long time since the school we were at closed down, Denim's actually seen them more recently but I'll get you what you want if I can. It won't be much though beyond the fact that I went to school with Denim, she was the main star of the show there, and I was mamde to be a punching bag told to meet up with her years later to enhance her powers beyond human limits. I'm not anything beyond human and technically you can't say she is either save for the fact she's got a ton of ki. Let me get something to prove it though." Jacquette then ran over to Denim who was now floating looking flabbergasted at Alaistair over the mental message she was just sent by him. She grabbed the back of her neck and said, "You know, we're out in the middle of the desert but I bet you're wondering how I found you. Students from the school had microchips put on them and that's why from time to time they your parents found you quite easily. I think it's sort of in auto-mode of turning on or off but I know where yours is." She'd then reach for Denim's neck who heard this information too and had to only slightly agree with the kind of deceit her parents pulled on the grounds she had run into them a little too often in the past. She wasn't concerned with that even as she felt the young woman's fingers on her neck and then the force of her ripping out a chip as thin as a breath strip from the backside of her neck. Jacquette held up the clear device and with that took to running off into the desert but not before tossing it Alaistair's way. When she was far enough away she'd throw a dyno capsule with a vehicle inside and hop on a high powered motor bike that appeared taking off soon afterwards. Meanwhile though Denim remained stunned by all that was transpiring. She continued to float where she was as tears streamed down her eyes and without warning found herself vanishing and reappearing before Alaistair at sonic speed. Her left arm reached for his neck and with a powerful force she'd attempt to grab it, hold it in her finges like Jacquette almost did, and then would try to choke him out. Words escaped her mouth with her responding, "I don't care about martial arts you dumb ass! I just learned I was a pet project made to take martial arts not because of my introverted self or occasional unwillingness to work with others or have outbursts but because I am a weapon even if I'm biological! Did you not hear me say I got attacked earlier huh? You know how I responded to that? I attempted to put down my attackers and in the long run only ended up breaking an entire mountain!" If Denim's hands were lucky enough to even get around his throat to choke him she'd send then her right fist into Alastair's stomach and really knock the wind out of him. Then more words would slip from her lips, "You're like the only damn person who hasn't seen me as a weapon or some freak! I'm tired of it all and after at least three to five dates here I'd figured you wanted to up our relationship! I was fulfilling my own wish there you jerk! A demon can't be all that much older in terms of age difference then any other creature. Beings like you are freaking immortal so time doesn't matter, so how couldn't marriage work!" If somehow she wasn't allowed to actually say this this message was going to forcefully try to reach his mind through telepathy. Alaistair
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 10, 2017 5:22:40 GMT
Alaistair took the chip he was tossed and looked at it in the sunlight before pocketing, after Jaquette stated how they had some sort of chips installed in the backs of their necks and took one out from Denim's own. The other woman took off, and it was soon enough for Alaistair to be charged at by Denim! His neck was grabbed, tightly, as Denim aimed to choke the life from him. Alaistair looked down to her, and with a swift hand, slapped the punching hand away from his stomach. He didn't make a sound, other than his difficult breathing, as she spoke about how Alaistair should've known this about her by now, after having gone out on some dates with her!
She then brought up the thought that he and others like him were immortal. Alaistair's gaze narrowed, his neck appearing to thicken as forcefully tilted down to look at her. He uttered, "I HAVE been listening this entire time... And I HAVE LIVED a very long time, yes! However... Not immortal, as you already know! Much of that time I've spent has been in HFIL, learning about souls there and, as a former Kaishin, feeling sympathy for them and promising some that they would have another chance at life. What I've also learned is that the fighting. Doesn't. END! Not until someone gets off their ass to do that! Have I not told you this before!?"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 11:12:58 GMT
"Hmph, you're so hypocritical!" Denim announced letting him go, "In regular human eyes immortality, massive amounts of power, or super high levels of intelligence among other things conveys immortality to some people or at least higher standing you fool! I'm just a blip on your radar most of the time aren't I? And to top that off, if you really want someone to end the fighting maybe you should go do it yourself or just train me to do it, huh? I've already hurt or killed people, wanted to conquer planets for no reason, and now I feel I was made to be a weapon even though I'm not made in some lab probably. I know I'm human but... just really understand my position." Denim's breathing was heavy and more tears flowed from her eyes then ever before. "I-I just want to reach a certain level of power so I can control it and not deal with it anymore. I just want to pass it on to someone else and be done with all this." She'd say this as green energy swirl around her left fist she intended to hit Alaistair hard with a Destructive Fist attack unless he decided to step in first and really stop her. She was tired playing games with people and wanted him to help her towards that peaceful life he always talked of. Even if now it was clear he didn't want to love her the way she wanted to love him. It would probably never work as she'd die far before any children they'd ever have together, and yet, sometimes stories of demons with human children of their own surfaced from time to time. It was hard to say though. "If-If you really can't help me then maybe we're done here for good." Alaistair
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 10, 2017 20:21:41 GMT
She started spouting insults again, one directed at him before she started to internalize everything at herself. It was maddening! He came here to find out and help her, and after someone from her past showed up again and basically opened a doorway, and then she started to breakdown. She broke down again, telling him they wanted to hit a point and be done with it. Her energy swirled in her hand and she slugged at Alaistair again. Alaistair's dark energy wrapped around his hand, and with a hefty whip of his hand, smacked Denim's hand away!
"I know how you feel... I... KNOW," Alaistair exclaimed aloud, "But we don't get that privilege until we carve it out and prepare to do what is necessary to defend it! You and I shouldn't be arguing about the same thing over and over again whenever that past of yours comes creeping up. It's infuriating, which is why we're doing a constructive approach to this and screwing it in place so it doesn't become a hassle. It takes time, but it is a much stronger means of keeping things together! Do you understand yet? I AM trying to help you! There's no reason for me to help, but I'm choosing anyway because that's who the hell I am."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 3:54:32 GMT
"Bah, I understand you old geezer," Denim responded harsh putting her hands on her hips. "You want to build up everything perfectly to the point you forget one small thing. The freaking world continues to turn you idiot! If we don't start some of these planned things now things will never get done. On that regard, I realize since we're always coming back to this... you and I likely aren't meant to be."
Denim then marched out grabbing Silk and with a burst of energy ricocheted off into the sky. By the time Alaistair even got anything planned for them or acted on it Denim had the sinking feeling she'd likely be old or dead. She was already an adult and could now finally see their age difference was too much whether she actually wanted to marry the fool or not she came to understand she couldn't even work with him as a friend now probably. Denim was once a shy person but she now realized she liked to get things done even though she had failed multiple times before. She couldn't keep waiting around to think of a way to do something it just didn't suit her anymore. Fortunately, she felt strong enough to go out and find Jacquette once more. Her injuries felt much better.
Yet there was still one important thing Denim forgot to grab on her way out and that was the strange disk Jacquette had pulled off the back of her neck. If anyone including Alaistair ever looked into it the message found on the storage file would read: "To anyone who cares. This woman Denim is our daughter. It is best not to cross her she may look meek and needy, shy too; however, things we have studied about her indicate otherwise. She takes to controlling ki rather quickly and we have enhanced this through training her in an excruciating manner. We believe it's from our lineage whatever that may be that she secretly hides an inner rage not unlike Saiyans in her. She can't use ki with any finesse but we hope one day she may be strong enough to overthrow Earth's government run by a robot and keep Earth clear of alien invaders like the Arcosians. That is all. Should she go beyond the point of 'Not being able to control ki well to really not being able to control it well.' Then hope the Earth isn't cracked in half by a human we meant to have protect it.'"
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Note: I think I want to end this thread here today and get some Zeni from it.
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Post by Alaistair on Oct 12, 2017 4:45:06 GMT
"No duh," Alaistair shouted back, "However, I'm an old- Where're you going?!"
Denim walked away from Alaistair, having gotten Silk and started flying away from him. He shouted out, holding the chip up to her, "Aren't you forgetting something?!"
She was too far out at that point, and Alaistair couldn't have been anymore pissed off! Alaistair's power erupted in his anger, rising immensely above before bolting away from the area, to where Jacquette had been. He wasn't going to let her have the money if Denim wasn't going to be sensible about this and take over. He'd arrive at the young adult's location, standing very briefly in front of her for her to see in the bright red armor!
Without a word said, he'd rapidly find and grab the money she had on her person and put the chip back in her hand before vanishing in a red flicker, his power greatly diminishing soon afterwards as he got to his place at the Cherry Valley Loft at the Southern Capital. The sensation of anger was present in his expression and the vibe he gave off. He would only tell Dorgia, "I will be in my room. Send a brandy up to it as soon as possible! Had a nerve wracking day..!"
(Sounds good! Was a good thread! I'll be taking power level for this.)
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