Interlude D - "The Unavoidable"
Cast Appearing:
Bree, Scott, & Tahn
Session Start: Mon Oct 25 00:04:10 1999
Mining City Zaback, Warehouse
* Bree sits on a crate, unable to sleep, kicking her feet lightly.
* Scott is sitting against the same crate, leaning his sword against his shoulder. "You can't sleep either, Bree?"
* Bree shakes her head. "<q> Not really..."
<Scott> Same here. I can't help thinking how close I am to finding Tomoe...and rescuing her.
<Bree> I hope you find her Scott....
<Scott> Well, have you decided what kind of costume to wear?
<Bree> <q> I'll have to wear the bunny suit...
<Scott> It's not like there won't be more costumes like that, Bree. I've seen parties like that...and believe me, some people wear some of the skimpiest costumes.
* Bree blushes faintly ."I'm not used to wearing stuff like that though..."
<Scott> I guess we are all doing things we're not used to....
<Bree> Yeah.. just hope no pervert grabs me... I'll cause a scene...
<Scott> I just hope I don't wind up fighting Nasch in the middle of a crowd...that COULD get ugly.
* Bree nods. "Hai.. it would... same if I find that guy who did my father in..."
<Scott> That's why I'm going to snoop around in the shadows of the club, Bree. How good is your hearing?
* Bree pulls lightly at her pointed ears. "Pretty good.. all things considered..."
<Scott> Then if you hear the sounds of clashing swords.....I want you to gather the rest of the group. and join me there. That means that a battle's ensued with Nasch and I'll probably need help.
* Bree nods. "I'll try.. but.. pushing through crowds wont be easy..."
<Scott> I can hold my own for a while...just get there as quickly as possible.
* Bree nods. "I'll try Scott..."
<Scott> Ok.
* Bree stays silent for a while, kicking the crate.
* Tahn rolls over as best he can in the corner. "Someone stop the construction outside plz kay thx.."
<Scott> Sounds like Tahn's awake...
<Scott> Honestly, Bree....what's on your mind? You look sorta down.
* Bree goes back to lightly tapping the crate. "It's nothing..."
* Tahn shakes the sleep out of his head.
<Scott> Ok...I'm just concerned...that's all.
<Tahn> Huh?
<Bree> It's nothing Tahn.. go back to bed... *sighs*
<Scott> It's nothing, Tahn....we're just talking.
<Tahn> ....
<Tahn> Wow... denial in stereo.
* Scott pulls out a pad and pen, and starts writing.
<Scott> Hehehe....that's honestly what it is...I guess it happens to everyone before going into a big operation like this. Emotions and adrenaline combine to make for a sleepless night.
* Bree sighs and looks off. "If you're going to stay up, don't call me you know what..."
<Tahn> Don't be paranoid, Bree-chan.
<Bree> I'm not paranoid...
* Scott stands up and walks to a window. He silently looks out it at the Diamond Dreams nightclub.
<Tahn> Diamond Dreams...
<Tahn> Fitting name, ne?
<Scott> I guess.
<Bree> Because everyone here dreams of riches?
<Tahn> Not really... not all of us do.
<Scott> You don't know how much I'd love to go storming in there, slashing away at the bad guys....but...
<Bree> I didn't mean our group.. I meant the residents...
<Tahn> But we all have our own dreams.. more precious to us than anything else....
<Tahn> Some merely wish every day to be able to survive just one more day.
<Tahn> Some of us wish for unobtainable riches..
<Scott> True. And the extents we go to to attain those dreams...some take a dark path...some follow a different way..
<Tahn> Some of us live for revenge... *glances at the unconscious Leon*
<Scott> Some of us live for the ones we love...our friends, family and other loved ones.
* Bree looks down. "<q> Can we talk about something other than dreams people can never have?"
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Gomen...
<Tahn> I know how you feel about her...
<Scott> Sorry, Jou-chan.
<Tahn> I talked to her... I'm afraid she wouldn't share that feeling...
<Tahn> But she wouldn't hate you for having them.
* Bree clinches a fist, starting to look more angry than sad.
<Scott> Uh oh. I know that look all too well...
<Tahn> ...
* Bree looks up at Tahn, tears streaking down her cheeks. "Why the hell'd you tell her!? I knew what she'd say!" *turns her head away quickly*
<Tahn> <vq) I need to learn when to shut up...
<Tahn> I didn't tell her...
<Tahn> I didn't tell her.. she figured it out.
<Bree> She still knows.. and that's too much... *eyes the door*
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Don't leave.
* Scott leans against the wall. "I guess flowers won't work this time. ^_-x"
<Tahn> I will.
<Scott> Wait a minute...no one has to leave...
* Tahn starts toward the door, costume in hand. "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow...And that will be it."
<Scott> Tahn, one thing, though. If you hear the sounds of swords clashing....follow the sound.
<Tahn> Heh...
* Bree turns away from Tahn, curling up on top the crate, crying.
<Tahn> You make it sound like I'm useful to this group...
<Scott> You are, Tahn...
<Tahn> I've brought nothing to you guys other than hatred... depression.. strife...
* Tahn stares at the door, not looking at either Bree or Scott while talking... if he was, you could see tears streaming down his own face..
* Scott jumps back up onto the crate and looks right at Bree. He reaches into his inside pocket and pulls out a handkerchief. "Here, Bree-chan. To dry your tears."
<Tahn> (m) And it's not like anyone cares about me either. I'm just dead weight to you guys.
* Bree huddles tighter. "<q> They'll just come back...."
<Tahn> Hay would be happier with John... Bree... you'd be happier never having met me...
<Scott> Bree....we all have our problems. I wish I could help you with yours......sometimes I feel useless too...like just another sword in the group.
<Tahn> At least you're that much, Scott.
<Tahn> I guess this is goodbye.
<Bree> No one can help... and no one knows when not to try and help me...
* Tahn opens the warehouse door and walks quietly out...
* Bree flings the crowbar to shut the door before Tahn can exit.
<Tahn> So you hate me...
<Tahn> But you don't want me to leave.
<Tahn> I'll never understand you, girl.
<Bree> I don't hate you... but... you should learn to listen to what I want... I DON'T want to be called Bree-kun.. and I didn't want her to know...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> I honestly didn't tell her. Why do you make it sound like I did?
* Scott listens to the argument...thinking.
* Bree speaks softly. "It only hurts more if they know... well.. she had to figure it out from your talk with her.. whatever you said... it always happens that way..."
<Tahn> Destiny is a fickle beast. You can't resist it... even though it makes you think you are indeed resisting.
* Bree sits up and shakes a fist. "That doesn't mean you can screw with my destiny!"
<Tahn> I wasn't.
<Tahn> So why does it matter?
<Bree> Just shut up Tahn.. you messed it up.. and that's it... nothing else to say... *looks down again, wiping her eyes with her sleeves*
* Tahn drops a dagger on the ground and kicks it back in Bree's direction. "If you really didn't want it to be known... take the dagger. Kill me. Kill Haylee too if you want."
* Scott doesn't know what to say, so he turns and starts singing softly to himself...~Kamisamawa isogashikute,Ima tega hanasenai~
* Bree kicks it up into her hand and flings it into the door near Tahn. "I don't kill......"
<Tahn> Fine then.
* Tahn takes the dagger out of the door. "I'll do it myself."
* Tahn turns the dagger inward towards himself...
<Bree> Don't make me stop you.. *eyes over at him through her bangs*
* Scott sends a small start to knock the dagger out of Tahn's hand.
<Tahn> You won't be able to.
* Tahn holds fast onto the dagger...
<Scott> No...but I can...
<Tahn> No..
<Tahn> You wouldn't be able to stop it...
<Tahn> Unless you killed me yourself.
* Tahn looks at the dagger...
* Scott draws Misogi from its sheath and goes airborne. He descends at Tahn, hitting him with the blunt side of the sword, right on the head with a reversed Ryu Tsui Sen.
* Tahn sidesteps.
* Tahn gets knocked on the edge of the shoulder.
* Bree picks up and tries to hit him with the entire crate top she took off earlier. "Just stop this useless crap!"
<Tahn> Nice try, you two...
* Tahn sets up an air shield to knock both Scott and the crate top away.
<Bree> Fine.. I tried to stop you.. do what you want... *goes back over to her crate and sits on it*
* Scott turns back to look over at the Diamond Dreams....
<Bree> If you want to make up for what happened.. don't let her talk to me.. and don't call me Bree-kun ever again...
<Tahn> (q) Oh happy dagger... here is thy sheath... there rust, and let me die. Juliet of the Capulets... Romeo and Juliet. Act 5, scene 3.
* Tahn looks at the dagger...
<Bree> If you do it.. you can't make it up to me...
<Scott> Since when does Tahn quote Shakespeare?
<Tahn> Nor do I intend to.
<Tahn> It's simply another of the tomes that was in Vane's library...
* Bree leans forward, hands clasped. "If she talks to me.. I'll go crazy..."
<Tahn> And perhaps you'll do the same thing I intend to.
* Bree shakes her head. "Too much to do.. that's giving up.."
* Scott then turns back to the window...softly singing again to himself...the same song he has been.
* Tahn listens to Scott sing... and remembers the song he sang to Haylee back in the Sunken Tower.... the same song that he heard playing on the music box in Haylee's "home of the soul"...
* Bree sounds sarcastic. "Hell.. we might as well tell the rest of the group...." *sighs heavily*
* Tahn drops the dagger.
<Scott> ~Kono sekaiwa, chotto fushigina. Marude MERRY GO ROUND.~
<Tahn> o/~ Aremo shitai... koremo shitai... onna no ko ne mietatte. o/~
<Bree> Why is it everyone has to sing? *rubs her head*
<Tahn> (to self) o/~ yudana shitara jigoku iki yo... jame wa sensenaikara... o/~
<Scott> Because it has a calming effect on the mind and soul, Bree-chan.
<Bree> Not to me... just bothers me...
<Scott> Besides, I wrote that song for Tomoe right before she was kidnapped....
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> I'll stop singing then.
<Tahn> Simple, isn't it.
<Scott> Yeah...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Life... dreams... hope...
* Bree hops off the crate to fetch the crowbar. "Bleah on them all..." *walks back*
<Scott> Tell me, Tahn. What do you know of the area we're going into tomorrow?
<Tahn> ... What do you mean?
<Scott> the Diamond Dreams. What do you know about it?
* Tahn goes back to his corner, still taking the trouble not to look at Scott or Bree.
<Tahn> ...It's a nightclub...
<Scott> Well no shit. I guess I'll just have to scout it out tomorrow when we get there then... don't expect to see me for a long while...
* Bree hops back up on the crate, looking out the window at the club ."Just great... I don't like those places..."
<Tahn> I've heard it's a popular gang hideout, but that the bouncers shoot anyone who tries to cause trouble inside...
<Tahn> So if you find Nasch and want to duke it out, I'd advise leading him _out_.
<Tahn> Other than that, nothing.
<Tahn> I don't exactly frequent Zaback often.
<Bree> It's great for picking pockets... if there are alot of people... not like that does anyone but me any good...
<Scott> I am hoping I can avoid a fight until we get Tomoe out of there....but...who knows.
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Would Nasch even b...wait, I know the answer to that question.
<Tahn> Bait.
<Tahn> -_- That's what Tomoe will be for Nasch.
<Tahn> Likely he knows you're here already...
<Tahn> He's just luring you in.
<Scott> He probably knows my appearance too....
<Tahn> Yeah. I doubt the rest of the Fang does, however..
<Scott> Which would make for a decent time sneaking around to find her...
* Bree nods a bit, staring out the window still.
<Bree> You may want to enter from the outside.. like through a window.. they can't really guard those...
<Scott> Good idea..I'll probably enter from a back entrance...
<Scott> I was thinking of walking anyway.
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Does it matter?
<Bree> They'll have entrances guarded... most likely.. unless it's a trap..
<Tahn> ...Does...anything really matter?
<Bree> Can it Tahn.. I'm the depressed one for now... *sighs*
<Scott> I can blend in with any nearby shadows.....so camoflague should be no problem.
<Tahn> Bullshit.
<Tahn> You just have a small secret exposed. I have to deal with the fact that bad luck seems to follow me.
<Tahn> And I have to live with the fact that I screw up people's lives without trying.
<Tahn> Yours...
* Scott turns back to the window...looking out and contemplating his next move.
<Bree> Small secret, my ass... knowing that changes everything..
<Tahn> Haylee's...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Hell, even those of my own parents.
<Tahn> If you don't like it, stand up to it.
<Tahn> At least you _can_ stand up to yours.
<Tahn> I try standing up to my fate, I fall straight back down on my ass.
<Bree> How am I supposed to do that?
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Accept that she knows.
<Tahn> Forget about her, like I want to do.
<Bree> I already did... now I want nothing to do with her..
<Tahn> Forget about her.
<Bree> Which is why I really don't want her and I to have that little talk she wanted before she went to bed...
<Tahn> Goddess knows I wish I didn't love her. -_-
* Bree mumbles. "Same here."
<Tahn> Let her be with John.
<Bree> Thank goddess I only like her.. not love her.. or I'd really run away...
<Tahn> Forget those feelings. Or let someone else have them.
<Scott> I think it's time both of you got some rest...ok?
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> What good will rest do?
* Bree shakes her head ."I couldn't sleep if I wanted..."
<Bree> But what you do'nt understand Tahn.. is it's alot easier for you to find a girl.. than for me to... *kicks the crate*
<Scott> We all have a rough day ahead of us tomorrow. It'll make us more prepared....
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> You think I want a girl?
<Tahn> You think I _want_ love?
<Bree> You want a guy? *raises an eyebrow*
<Tahn> -_- No.
<Tahn> I don't want anyone.
<Tahn> I don't deserve anyone.
<Bree> Me either... *sighs*
<Tahn> Nonsense.
<Tahn> You deserve someone..
<Tahn> You need someone who will love you... who you will love.
<Bree> Fat chance that'll happen...
<Bree> You see what I've went through all my life...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> I would kill to be in your place.
<Tahn> I honestly would.
<Bree> No you wouldn't... it's more lonely than anyone could guess...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> You wouldn't believe me if I told you I was already there.
* Bree shakes her head.
<Scott> But do you know how it feels to know you failed the one you love? I wasn't there to protect her when she needed me.
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> It's quite the same.
* Bree hangs her head, crying softly. "Only time I've kissed.. is when I was a little girl.. and I looked like a little boy... and the girl didn't know.." *sniffles*
<Tahn> Both me and Bree... we know what it's like... with our parents. We both...
* Bree cries harder. "I have to trick people into loving me..."
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> No you don't...
<Tahn> You just can't find the people you _want_ to love you.
<Tahn> Neither can I...
* Bree wipes her eyes, still crying. "But.. there's no one for me... how many of me have you met in your life?"
<Tahn> Quite a few...
<Scott> .oO(Every time I walk by the bunny dojo for one. )
<Tahn> There's more of "you", as you put it, in Meribia alone... than you could even imagine.
<Tahn> They just keep the feelings bottled up inside.
* Bree shakes her head. "If I meet one.. they never like me.. and there are so few.. compared to a guy, who can claim the entire female population as potentials..."
<Tahn> I've met guys that are like you, too.
<Tahn> They have just as many problems, if not more... than you do.
<Bree> I feel sorry for them...
<Tahn> ...
* Bree sniffles and wipes her eyes. "Can we not talk about me? I'm just getting soggy..."
<Tahn> ...
<Scott> That kind of guy is the kind I detest. I've met several that tried to take advantage of a mere waitress at a canitina in Dalton. When I got through wiping the floor with their asses, it wasn't a pretty picture.
<Tahn> .oO(Don't talk about me either, Bree... I... don't know how well I could stand another look into the past.)
<Bree> I didn't mean the rude kind.. but.. well as a guy, you can try with alot of girls, to see if they like you.. with me.. I dont have that option...
<Tahn> ...
<Bree> But.. I don't mean try as sleep with.. but, to date them at least..
<Tahn> ...
* Tahn tosses the dagger into the ceiling... right above Haylee. O_o
<Tahn> ...
<Bree> Just... if she tries to have that little talk with me again... stop her? Please? I really don't want to talk....
<Tahn> All right...
<Tahn> ...If I could do what she could, mentally, I'd just seal up the memory of what she's found out.
<Tahn> But knowing how I fuck up things, I'd accidentally erase her whole memory...
<Bree> No.. it's ok.. it had to happen sooner or later I guess...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> No it's not.
<Tahn> I...
* Scott just listens to the others as his memories race through his mind. He reaches up to touch the scar on his right cheek.
<Bree> I just REALLY don't want to hear her give me the same old speach about how she wants to stay friends, and how she doesn't dislike who or what I am...
<Tahn> I caused you unneeded pain..
* Bree shakes her head, smiling a bit "Maybe it's good you did.. give me a kick in the butt to move on... I was being clingy..."
<Tahn> ...
<Scott> Oh well. I'm going to get some rest. Talk to you all in the morning.
* Bree nods. "Okay... nite Scott... please don't tell anyone else my secret?"
* Scott leans against a crate facing the window. He then closes his eyes and falls asleep, his sword in its sheath resting against his shoulder. "I won't tell anyone. Your secret's safe with me."
<Bree> Thanks Scott...
<Scott> Zzzzz....-_-x
<Tahn> ...
* Bree goes back to bouncing her feet off the crate, like an impatient little kid.
<Tahn> Bree...
<Bree> Hmm?
<Tahn> No.. never mind..
<Bree> No.. what is it?
<Tahn> ...
<Scott> Zzzz....-_-x
<Tahn> Why?
<Bree> Why what?
<Tahn> Why are we like we are?
<Bree> Born that way I guess... the stuff we go through...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> But _why_?
<Bree> Are you wanting to know why I like girls... and not guys? *looks up at Tahn*
<Tahn> No.
<Scott> .oO(They pose some good questions. Why was Bree destined to her life? What exactly happened when Tahn was in Gregory's class? Why was I possessed with DarkStar for 19 years....Why does Leo hate everything? All questions that really deserve answers.)
<Bree> Oh... thought that's what you wanted...
* Scott thinks in his sleep....
<Tahn> Why are we here.. about to do what we're about to do?
<Tahn> Some of us would have been better off if they'd never met us... Jack... Haylee... Emili...
<Bree> I kinda got dragged along.. I have no real purpose here...
<Tahn> Why has Destiny done this to us?
<Bree> Destiny hates some... likes others...
<Tahn> ...
* Scott wakes up. "I've pondered those questions for so long that it's not funny, Tahn. I wish I could give you an answer...but I can't."
* Bree gets off the crate, and kneels down by Scott, taking out her make up case to cover his scar up, so he won't get as noticed and jumps. "Eee.. you're awake..."
<Scott> Only slightly....but if you're going to try to cover up that scar, go right ahead...
<Tahn> ....
<Scott> I don't sleep too soundly.
* Bree nods. "They may be looking for a guy with a scar.. if it's not visible.. you'll not stand out as much.." *tilts Scott's head and applies the make up*
<Scott> Why do you think I made a mask and a hood? But thanks, Bree. I appreciate it.
* Bree smiles. "Just incase they demask you.. always be prepared, ne?"
<Scott> Yeah...I guess.
<Scott> But Nasch would recognize me....that's what really matters. He's studied me for a year. I wonder why he's after me..and why he kidnapped Tomoe to get to me.
* Bree puts her make up away and hops up on the crate again, looking a little cheered up. "I guess I... we.. just go on dispite what's happened..."
<Tahn> Nasch is a vain bastard, Scott..
<Bree> Well.. he would.. but I'm meaning the guards...
<Tahn> It was probably his Department that you smited royally..
<Bree> Guards are hired for muscles.. not smarts..
<Scott> It wasn't really me, Tahn. It was DarkStar..
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Nasch wouldn't care.
<Scott> True...and a battle is unavoidable...I guess.
<Tahn> ...Anyways...
<Tahn> Scott's right..
<Tahn> It's best to rest up for tomorrow..
<Scott> Yeah.
<Tahn> Even though I may find it hard to, now...
<Bree> Hai.. I'm afraid of my dreams tonight... *looks out the window*
* Tahn closes his eyes and tries his best to go to sleep.
* Bree sits staring out the window. "I really hope Haylee doesn't make me talk to her... I won't be nice about it if she does..."
* Scott sighs as he looks out the window....up at the stars, and then falls asleep, not too soundly so he can keep alert. "I hope so too, Bree...but some things are just unavoidable."
<Bree> I can avoid anything... *curls up on top the crate, using her arms as pillows*
<Scott> Then you're a better person than I am....good night, Bree-chan.
<Bree> Nite Scott... *lays there staring out the window, hoping she drifts off to sleep*
~~ END Interlude ~~
Session Close: Mon Oct 25 02:00:31 1999