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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 17:11:55 GMT -5
Zoey sat on a parkbench, one of the many in a circle facing the park's main fountain, a tiger-striped cat in her lap. She had found him two days before, malnutritioned and wet in the rain. Despite her uncle's repeated threats to kill and feed her the next animal she brought in she was nursing this feline back to health like many before him. She knew that her uncle would think it too much effort to actually kill the animal and since Zoey did all the cooking it was unlikely she would end up eating him.
Stroking the cat's back while he purrs and lightly kneaded her thigh with his claws she has her other arm along the back of the bench and her head inclined back with her eyes closed. Her black and silver rollerblades had seen better days and are resting on the bench beside her while her feet are shod in only colorful striped socks, crossed at the ankles in a casual way. Her camo cargo pants clashed with the vibrant orange T-shirt she was wearing under a powder blue fleece vest.
Zoey would be known on the streets as Tech, the name that she had given to the first gang she approached, the Silver Dragons. On that note she was expecting one of the members to show up, something about a test to be accepted after the three weeks she had spent cautiously loitering in their territory.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 17:18:56 GMT -5
With hands stuffed in his pockets, and eyes staring off into the distance, Set, a Silver Dragon and fighter, entered the park with a slight bit of annoyance. He had wished he would be with one of the groups going into the Snakes' area, but he was told to get another in the gang.
Hearing the fountian [sp] , he knew he was nearing the meeting spot. Set's eyes spotted the girl, nicknamed Tech, and he gave a slight groan. Standing infront of her, he towered over her, "I'm guessing you are the one named Tech?"
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 17:25:26 GMT -5
Hearing her gang name she looks up, her reply drops from her lips and her eyes widen. The boy standing infront of Zoey was very tall and imposing, and perhaps worst yet, not hard on the eyes at all. What pulls her from her stare is the cat's protest at her stalled petting.
Reddening in embarassment she looks down and nods "Ye...yes, I'm Tech.." She begins to again pet the cat, finding some solace from what in her opinion was a bad first impression at the cat's renewed purrs of contenment.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 17:31:14 GMT -5
Set glanced over Tech then down at the cat and crossed his arms, "Okay, I'm suppose to give you test tonight. What do you want to be, a fighter, ninja, or just a normal member?" There were a few other things that he could have added on, but he felt like staying on the basics. If she want another position, she could ask the leader for it. Set was just going to make her a member.
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 17:37:33 GMT -5
"I..." Zoey, or as she was trying to think of herself while in this gang member's presence, Tech thinks about this and realizes just how little she really knew about the inner workings of gangs. "A normal member..though I'm learning how to use handgun and I've practiced with an assult rifle once before...I hit with sixty percent accuracy on my first try." Tech glances up to see how this was going over with the young man infront of her.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 17:53:17 GMT -5
Set looked down into Tech's eyes dully then shrugged, "Okay, for now, you will be a regular member until you get the hang of things. Then you can train to do something or not." He had caught the scent of her not knowing of what to do, so he gave her the choices for her future in the gang. Stuffing his hands back into his pockets, he began to walk away, "You coming or what?"
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 17:57:48 GMT -5
She stands quickly then almost takes a step to follow before realizing she was only in socks. "Snap..!" Cursing to herself she sets the cat down then quickly pulls on her rollerblades with practiced ease and flips the snaps in place. Taking the cat she carefully places it in the hood of her vest, the cat does not protest and goes to playing with her ponytail while she catches up to Set with an apoligetic smile that she was not even sure if he cared to see.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 18:01:33 GMT -5
Set looked at her raising brow and then shrugged once more, "I'm Set, by the way." He came across a playground and stopped looking at it, knowing he could use this for a test, he just had to think of one. He looked down at Tech's roller blades then at the equipment, getting ideas.
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 18:04:55 GMT -5
Tech rolls to a stop near him and looks out over the currently unused playground, since the newer and bigger one had been built on the other side of the park few kids opted to choose this one of metal beginning to rust and wood chips in need of repair. Wondering what was going through his mind she glances at Set.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 18:08:24 GMT -5
Set looked back at her roller blades then at Tech, "You good with those things?" He had something in mind. If she was going to be in the gang, she needed to know if she was brave and knew herself. And also how to runaway and defend. This playground would do the trick in doing that.
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 18:12:27 GMT -5
For the first time she smiles naturally and sounds sure of herself "Yes, I am" Looking sidelong at the playground she gets and inkling of what might be going through Set's mind and points to the playground "Do you want me to show you in there?"
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 18:24:15 GMT -5
"Yep. Prove to me your good with the roller blades going through there. You have to do at least four of the things in there, like the swings, or slide, monkey bars, your choice though. Then I will choose your final one." Set pulled his hands from his pockets and crossed his arms. He leaned himself on a nearby tree, "Now go to it."
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 18:45:23 GMT -5
She grips her fist and gives herself a quick mental peptalk then takes off.
It is an easy matter for her to hop up onto the five-inch thick wooden barrier set up around the playground to separate it from the rest of the paths and concrete around it. Tech rolls for a few feet then reaches out to catch one of the bars that were on either side of a three-step stair case, swinging her lower body and arching her back she bypasses the steps and ends up on the first landing. Then she steps up onto the part that goes two ways, picking the bridge rather than the plastic spiral slide she skates backwards and drops down twice until she is back on the ground, having bent her knees to absorb the impacts of falling and not lost her balance despite not looking over her shoulder to figure out exactly when the drops were. For her final trick she climbs back up a metal ladder, fully using the wheels on her skates to support her weight, she glides to a metal slide that humped twice before ending. This she grinds down with her arms out for balance before jumping off the end and landing while at an angle to the side so as to skid to a stop.
Slightly flushed with her hands on her hips she smiles widely "Okay, what do you want last?
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 19:00:55 GMT -5
Set clapped quietly, he was impressed, but he wasn't going to show it yet. Popping his neck, he looked around the playground, then spotted the swings, "Hop through all 8 swings with out touching any part of it, then you will be in."
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 19:03:50 GMT -5
She feels the urge to have her jaw drop but clamps it closed and nods before turning toward the swings. Then having a thought she looks back to Set while reaching behind her head "I don't want him to get hurt so..." She holds the dozing cat with a sheepish look on her face "..would you please hold him?"
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 19:12:35 GMT -5
Set took the cat in his arms and leaned himself back against the tree, "Now go." Set waited to watch. He knew he would be easy on her if she did hit something, but he truely wanted to see her talent.
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 19:28:09 GMT -5
Giving a quick smile when Set accepts the cat she turns a zips toward the swings, building up speed she leans deeply to make a sharp turn and jumps clean through the first swing. Then she turns and goes for a swing two down from the first, if she went one right after the other then she would have to stop and build up momentum again rather than do it all in a continuous try. The second, third, fourth, and fifth all go as planned. On the sixth she clips the seat with the front wheel of her left skate and nearly faceplants. Only the fact that she learned how to absorb the impact by slapping her hands down and tucking her head into a front summersault that saves her from the worst of the spill.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 19:39:00 GMT -5
Set sighed slightly and shrugged again, "I would say that's good enough. You proved your good enough with those things." Set looked at her, hoping she would get the message.
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Post by doodlebot on Aug 21, 2005 20:49:51 GMT -5
She grins crookedly in victory, but also holding her hand close to her chest. "That's great..!" Keeping her left hand against her body she uses her right to push herself up enough to get into a squat and then stand. Tech glides slowly over to Set and holds out both hands to take the cat back "Thank you for holding him..." She did not want to appear weak so soon after being accepten by letting on she had been injured.
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Post by Seishiro on Aug 21, 2005 21:49:08 GMT -5
Set handed back the cat then shiffed his hands once more into his pockets, "Welcome to the Silver Dragons. Now, shall we go to the base to introduce you fully?" He pushed himself off the tree and began to head towards the Silver Dragon's base.
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