originally posted in:The New Dojo
[b]Keri walks towards the Simulation Room, usual get-up. Brown duster, white shirt under it, middlemost button done. Black leggings, brown tennis shoes. Green earrings, strange, because it didn't match her outfit at all. Almost like they weren't supposed to go with the outfit, possibly a different one. She had short, black hair, right around at her ears. Besides her getup, another thing stood out. Her eyes. They were a light, milky brown. She was blind. Strangely, she could navigate perfectly fine. Right over to the room, opening the door, then programming the Sim Room to a location. Familiar to a small select few, unknown by most.
She gazed up at the simulated sky, breathing in the air. It was home. Well, the place she came from, not her actual home. Neon lights, skyscrapers, drug dealers on street corners. She smiled. Just like she'd remembered. Of course, she didn't program the whole city to be simulated, just this street and a few alleyways. She walked off the road, over to one of the alleyways, pulling a revolver from her duster, right hand reaching over to her waist. She walked into the alleyway, looking down it. There was two men. She'd loaded the program that had two thugs in this specific alleyway, so she already knew that it was merely a few street toughs, good target practice. Despite being blind, she took aim, nailing one right in the back of the neck, falling down. She knew the second only had a knife, she'd programmed this part of the sim herself, so she holsters her revolver, and pulls a sword from the other side of the duster, a rapier. Only reason she wasn't sparring with a real person was because she only trained with her wooden rapier, a luxury nobody else in the Dojo would bother with. She quickly ran up to the second man, and stabbed him in the right arm, a quick, fast strike. He took a swing. She swung upwards, knocking the knife away. The man got angry. He ran at her, and was met with a blade. Through the chest. She wiped the blood from the blade with the man's shirt, and headed back out to the exit. The one flaw was... She'd left the door open. Anyone could've seen in. She walked out, shutting the door, then looked around for anyone that had seen in, or just someone to talk to.[/b]
[spoiler]Open.[/spoiler]
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[i]"Yeah no. He became edgy as -blam!-, all secretive and shit."[/i]
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"Really? I'll have to find him and talk to him... I know he was here. In any case, good to see that you haven't changed."
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[i]"Heh, that's funny."[/i]
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"Really now? I haven't noticed too much of a change in you, JT."
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[i]"Dude I literally only give a shit about maybe 3 people."[/i]
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"Really? Who would they be? I have some guesses, but it'd be nice to know for sure."
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[i]"You, Lance and my daughter. And Lance is more of a concern than anything."[/i]
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"Really? What's he been doing that's put him on the watchlist?"
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[i]"Guy's going to get himself killed one day, I worry for him."[/i]
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"You really think so? I think he'll be fine. He's gonna realize in a little while that he needs to stay safe, for his kids' sake."
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[i]"Doubtful."[/i]
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"Well... Yeah. You're right. I just still care about him, you know? I don't want him back, I just worry. We're still friends."
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[i]"After sixteen years, y'all are still friends? Damn that's dedication."[/i]
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"I haven't talked to him in a bit, but yeah. It seems like it."
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[i]"You know where he's been all this time?"[/i]
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"He went off, got married, had a few kids, and was there for a while. Then he went somewhere I didn't know about, then he showed up here."
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[i]Pan skips up to her.[/i] "Ello!"
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[b]Keri 'looks' over at her. She looked the same, alright. Same face, same body size and type, same everything. Keri smiles.[/b] "Hi there, Pan!"
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[i]Pan suddenly hugs Keri.[/i] "How are you? What have you been up to?"
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[b]Keri is surprised at the hug, taken aback for a second, before briefly hugging her back.[/b] "Just training in the sim room. You?"
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[i]Pan laughs nervously.[/i] "Just met a certain...someone again."
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"Oh really now? Who would that be?"
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[i]Pan can't seem to stop herself from giggling.[/i] "W-Well...a guy...."
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[b]Pan's laughter was contagious. Keri also giggled.[/b] "Yeah? Who is it?"
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"Umm...hehe....I can't say! I can't do it! I'm too excited and nervous!"