Solo Tremaine

[COLOR=#503F86][i]CRASH![/i] Alaris yelled an apology over his shoulder at the owner of the cart he'd burst through, sending various bits of small cargo flying over the ground. Clones stepped back as they saw his bulky form thundering through tunnels, caverns and tiled rooms as he sprinted towards the Elders' Chamber at the heart of the underground city. He didn't srop his speed once, even when rounding the steep corners of the higher cavern tunnels. He ignored guards, punched through doors and dodged females carrying children as best he could until he arrived at the massive doors, inside which lay the ones who'd decide the outcome of the battle. The two bobcat guards flinched slightly as Alaris ground to a halt in front of the doors, gasping for breath and trying to stem the blood which still oozed from areas of his body. "I need to see the Elders." he hissed. The two guards looked at each other cautiosly, then back at Alaris, who was giving both a murderous glare and considered reaching for his sword. If he had to fight his way in, he would. He had done so this far. "Fine." The bobcat guards moved aside and pushed open the solid-framed doors. Alaris muttered a quick 'thanks' before storming inside. The remaining Elders looked at him in shock. "What's the meaning of this?" one old horse-clone spluttered, aghast at Alaris' physical state. "Sir, we need reinforcements. The attack on the humans-" "Hold it!" a grim-faced wolf barked. Alaris recognised him as Doseta, the clone in charge of the Elders' messangers. "You can't burst into the Elders' Chamber unannounced and expect us to-" Alaris slammed his fist into the oaken table frame and yelled at the obstinate Council member. "My name is Alaris of the Armadillo-clones! I've just come from the front line, where the humans are tearing through our defensive formations like a mole through dirt and if we don't get any reinforcements as soon as possible, we're going to be annihilated! Is that clear enough for you?" There was a tense silence. Alaris glared up at the Elders, hoping one would be smart enough to take initiative. Doseta cleared his throat and turned at address the Council. "With the Elders' permission, I'll send word to have every available military unit in the Capital ready to leave." He turned back to Alaris, irritated but still keeping his composure. "Assuming you're still fit to fight, I will escort you back to the front line." Alaris let out a tiny sigh of relief. It wasn't over yet, but at least he'd be able to give them a better chance of survival. All he wanted now was to get back to the front line. "Yes, I'm ready." Doseta clicked his fingers and the two bobcats appeared by Alaris' side. "Gather the troops. We're leaving immediately."[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]I seriously doubt it's a matter of fear. I think it's simply a lack of motivation to watch and sustained interest. They know what they like and can't be bothered to watch anything else. It is still, essentially, a kids' TV channel. That shows cartoons. People like Family Guy and Futurama because they have a reputation of being good and full of adult humour. They aren't as likely to know Inu-Yasha and so will just switch off once their favourite show has finished. It's not deliberately shunning away something they don't want to see. It's more likely to be viewer apathy.[/color]

[b]September 5th, 11:01pm[/b] [COLOR=#503F86]Sabre rubbed his eyes- he was tired, and didn't really want to deal with trying to throw someone out of his apartment at this hour. Folding his arms, he strained his mind to try and find a possible solution that wouldn't leave him feeling guilty of going against Soushi's innate sense of companionship, but would still gain him enough distance to keep his personal... self out of reach. Soushi gazed desperately at his somewhat reluctant host, gripping the sheets tightly. Sabre did his best to try and avoid his eyeline, lest he be drawn into something he hadn't planned. "Well... I guess I could find some sheets and sleep on the floor," he sighed. "You take the bed." Soushi looked almost horrified. "Oh, I can't kick you out of your bed! Why don't I sleep on the floor?" "Then... I'll have the bed?" "Then I can't [i]see[/i] you." Pause. Sabre twitched slightly. "You want to see me?" "I do get lonely..." "Oh, [i]right[/i]..." Sabre turned to face the wall and grimaced. He buried his head in his hands, trying to curb his temper as much as possible. He really was too tired for this. "Alright, I have an idea," he said firmly to the boy curled up inside his duvet. "We take the matress from the bed and move it into the living-room, to where I can also move the sofa cushions and we can sleep tog- I mean, we can [i]both[/i] sleep there, without being too close. I mean, not that I don't want to be close, it's just that... So, er... semi-close," he babbled gruffly. He coughed politely after a few seconds, indicating his finish. "Soushi, is that alright?" Soushi didn't reply- he'd fallen fast asleep. As Sabre moved a spare set of bedsheets from his cupboard, not noticing that they were handed to him by a mysterious shadowy figure, he had to admit that the boy, although awkward, did look very cute like that. Grabbing a cushion from the sofa, Sabre laid himself down on the floor and pulled the sheets over his chest, making sure he could still be seen from the bed. Rolling onto his side, he let a slight smile creep onto his face before drifting off to sleep.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]Welcome to OtakuBoards, Koga. I'd suggest you take a look at the [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?]Rules[/URL] and [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/faq.php?]FAQ[/URL] pages as soon aspossible- threads like this aren't allowed in accordance with the site rules because they're short, spammy and have little purpose. I understand that you're new, but a few minutes reading over them will save you (and us) a lot of hassle. Try and make sure you use correct spelling (including no abbreviations) and punctuation where you can as well, please. Thread closed. If you have any further questions, feel free to PM me or any other Moderator you take a fancy to, heh.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]I don't know about the 'Endings' thread, but I merged it with the existing 'Second Season' thread; hopefully it'll add a little more food for thought without huge amounts of repetition.[/COLOR] [SIZE=1]Oh, I completely forgot about that one! Thanks. ^_^;; - Dag[/SIZE]

[b]September 5th, 4:52pm[/b] [COLOR=#503F86]Sabre scowled at his carpet, now caked in dried mud and bits of tree. His fur felt disgusting, and the worst thing was he'd run out of conditioner. The people in Hair and Beauty would murder him if they saw his (relatively, considering he was a werewolf) well-kept hair all matted, tangled and with six inches of indescribable substances stuck to it. But a lot of people wanted to murder him anyway, so it didn't bother him that much. Really. He hauled himself into his shower and turned it on, not bothering to get out of his clothes- they needed a wash anyway. After a lot of scrubbing, wrestling and off-key singing, he felt clean enough to step outside again. And indeed he did so, dripping huge amounts of water onto the floor, further worsening the stains on his carpet. He was only glad that Takahashi didn't bother cleaning individual rooms. He was certain something did, but it was hard to tell- whenever a mysterious stain vanished in a mysterious way, it was often thought to have never existed in the first place. But there was something intangible about the way his sofa cushions were rearranged every Thursday afternoon... Resisting his instinctive urge to walk into a crowded room and shake his fur off over eveyone in the vicinity, he reached for his towel and hairdryer and stood in his living-room facing the TV. Jabing the buttons on the remote control with no more skill than any other particular person, he tried searching for one that wouldn't bore him within 120 seconds. In a few short clicks, he found a programme that looked uncannily like his favourite show. But something was wrong. It wasn't. Sabre's jaw dropped in disbelief as a cheap imitation of one of [i]Love/Hate[/i]'s main male characters swanned on-screen, spouting something about his ever-dying love to a girl with disgustingly long red hair. "WHATTHEHELLISTHIS?" he spluttered, eyes bulging. "That is [i]so[/i] trying to be [i]Love/Hate[/i]! How can they put this cheap trash on when it's so BLATANTLY a low-budget, half-baked rip-off?" His hairdryer and towel lay forgotten on the floor while he grabbed the TV with both hands and sat on his knees, watched the screen intently. "This is rubbish this is terrible this is garbage this is bad... what did he just say?" At that moment, the doorbell rang.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]At the moment, I was just going to wait for everyone to get at least one introductory post in. But if needs be things can be written in flashbacks or whatever- I know a few people are having difficulties getting somewhere to post. Basically, go at your own pace. All that matters is that we're all on the same day. Once we're further in, I expect we might be skipping days or maybe even weeks at a time. I don't mind jumping an hour or two between a few replies (e.g. one person on 12:35, another on 4:20, another then starting at 3:21), but having one person write about one day whilst someone else is still on yesterday wouldn't work well enough unless bits of it are in flashback. Common RPG sense, really. Each character does things at different times, but they aren't all completely isolated from each other. By the way, Kiyoshi (DeathBug's character)'s party is intended for Friday- today in the RPG is Saturday. So it's quite a wait, heh. I don't mind when things are (but if they need to be changed, that can be done here), so long as everyone's in the same time frame.[/color]

[quote name='Delirium']Not having sex even though your 19 (good gods, Solo!)[/quote][color=#503f86]I never said it was through choice ^_~ But anyway, not being nervous about it doesn't necessarily mean you're ready at all. It just means you want it. And that can be a bad thing if you aren't ready to face the consequences that might come afterwards, or if you can't feel that your body's not ready for the experience. Not many people are as fully aware of what theire body is trying to do as they should be, so don't let yourself be dragged along by it. Especially if you could get yourself into trouble. Having sex at 14 is illegal anyway, and if you managed to get her pregnant, you could be held responsible. Like Delirium said though, it is your choice. But I wouldn't advise it personally. Admittedly, it's not always as easy for a lot of men to go against desires of the groin. Once you pop, you can't stop, or something along those lines. What sort of 'mutual agreement' do you have with her about it, anyway? If you asked her and she says 'yes', fair enough, but sex isn't a one-way thing. [i]She[/i] has to be ready as well, and you have to make sure that she's not just doing it to make sure you'll stay with her. I'm not suggesting that she would, but you have to be careful. It's one of the most serious parts of a relationship, and not something you can just brush off.[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]I'm 19 and I've still not had sex. It doesn't bother me, although there are times when I feel I want to. The thing is, you have to make sure you understand the consequences of sex- even safe sex. It's not just some physical activity you do for five minutes and go off and do something else. There's an emotional attachment to it as well, and a lot of people don't seem to understand it when they first get into it. The further you get into puberty, the more you think about it and the harder it is to ignore (so to speak ^_^; ). So long as you [i]definitely[/i] know you're ready for it, then it shouldn't really matter. But I still think 13/14 is a bit too young, personally.[/COLOR]

[quote name='EVA Unit 100']Tremaine, Pokemon did get the general publics' knowledge high, but it was negative attention, as opposed to the positive attention the other shows/movies got.[/quote][color=#503f86]It wasn't [i]all[/i] negative attention, although it's pretty much laughed on by everyone now. People just got sick of it because the advertising was so intrusive. When it kicked off it had a phenomenal fan base, which I don't think was too bad a thing. At least it set the way for other animes to be recognised, which was the point I was trying to make. Heh, like I said, I don't live in the US, so your facts are much more appropriate than mine. I'm not trying to say that Pokemon was the only thing that started anime everywhere, but it was really the first non-Western animation to burst into the public eye, albeit rather uneffectively. Had the series not aired in the US/Europe, I'm sure there wouldn't be half as many animes being broadcast now, and it still would have remained pretty obscure, save for Transformers toy-lines having their plots written for them by the toy companies. And regardless of the formulas of the shows, TV companies rely on showing what's popular to try and boost ratings. They're only likely to buy broadcast rights to the most successful and well-known animes in Japan, and we're still being shown so little in comparison to how many have been created. Yes, there's variety, but it's limited. Unfortunately I've not seen Cowboy Bebop, but I know it's highly acclaimed by everyone who watched it. but people who don't like anime saying it's cool doesn't mean they're converted, per se. It just means they liked what they saw. It's if they go out and start buying the series and go out of their way to see it that makes the difference. I guess Mononoke and Spirited Away's limited release could (hypothetically) partially be down to Disney being worried that it might eclipse their own animation, which I'm thinking it's at least starting to if it hasn't already. There was a huge controversy caused over the violent animation of Mononoke, because people weren't used to it. Because Disney had such a tight grip on things, people still tend to expect anime to be for children. Even if critics like it, it can be hard to convince them otherwise. And I hope Howl's Moving Castle will be given a wider release. I don't want to sit in that uncomfortably cold arthouse cinema again ^_^;[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]I think you're underestimating the influence of Pokemon. But bear in mind this is from a British point of view.[/COLOR] [quote name='Eva Unit 100']Pokemon was definately a huge step in the wrong direction. It was a popular anime, but it was also rather terrible (even moreso in the editted dubbed version) and gave the public a view of anime, but a negative one.[/quote][COLOR=#503F86]I think this had a far greater impact on America and the world in general than anything else you've mentioned. I'm not saying your arguments aren't sound, but I think this has to be the most influential anime with regards to its recognition, even though it's certainly not the best. It was the first to be widely distributed everywhere and the first to have huge mountains of merchandise piled up behind it- the campaigns were desperate to make sure it was recognised. And it was. Hell, I hadn't even heard of Dragonball before Pokemon arrived. Granted, I don't live in the US, but I don't think the influence Akira had is any match for the widespread ruin Pokemon left in its wake. As far as I know, [i]everyone[/i] would recognise Pokemon if they saw it- even adults, but if you mentioned Akira or something similar, they'd just say 'What?'. Pokemon was the gateway anime not just for hundreds of fans, but for companies to really start investing in importing animations from abroad. Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky had been out for many years before that, but since Disney was so popular at the time it was dropped as some obscure foreign film that nobody paid much attention to. Digimon followed Pokemon, then CardCaptors, then Yu-Gi-Oh, and now all sorts of animes are being shown. But that doesn't mean they're mainstream for the general public. Yes, Adult Swim has a devout legion of followers and the animes it shows are far better than Pokemon and Dragonball, but Cowboy Bebop hasn't, to my knowledge, yet converted people to watching anime. It might have been the first mature anime to air, but it's still Japanese animation, and it still carries all all the stigmas that it did before: i.e., all anime is hentai or Pokemon. Once a really decent anime becomes popular with a huge audience and doesn't overmarket itself into stupidity, then I'll be happy. Even Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke didn't get the treatment they fully deserved. An OSCAR is a great award, but I still believe it could have been better appreciated.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]Inuyasha7271, I'm sure you already know that you should rate someone else's Deck before posting your own. DeathBug's was overlooked. The only problem I could see with the Deck, DB, is that the monsters thsmselves aren't very strong. Even Goblin Attack Force beats the pants off Vampire Lord, and they don't even need a Tribute. I'd be tempted to add in a United We Stand/Axe of Despair or something so you can power them up in case you come up against a Beatdown. And it'd be hard to get through high-defensive Decks My only other suggestion might be to add in a Gravekeeper's Servant to either discourage opponents from attacking or just deplete their Deck further when they do. But it's up to you- you know more how your opponents play than I do, heh.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]I don't think experimentation has any bearing on what you might or might not 'be' or 'become' in terms of your sexuality. Experimentation by definition surely just means trying anything you take a fancy to as a means to find yourself and what you like. Experimentation doesn't change you into being one or the other. I might kiss a guy who kisses really well, but that one event won't make me gay. It doesn't work like that. Generally, I know girls to be a lot more open to same-sex experimentaion than boys, but it doesn't make them bisexual. Like James said, it's sex. And to some extent, I think a lot of people do it to show off, especially when it's become more socially acceptable, almost popular in places, to be gay.[/COLOR]

[b]September 5th, 2:30pm[/b] [color=#503f86]The squidgy thing wasn't co-operating. It was squidging. Everywhere. And Sabre hated it. He wrestled it back into his hands from the back of his head and clasped his hands in a firmly-shut cage surrounding it, hoping to keep it in one place until he found Janitor Takahashi to try and get rid of it. Janitor Takahashi would, no doubt, complain about how Sabre had been silly enough to bring his 'pet' into Kyoto House anyway, and Sabre would probably argue, get irritated and storm off with Takahashi's derisive comments burning in his ears. He paused. Why was he going to see the Janitor, anyway? Wouldn't it be much more effective to just let it roam free inside somewhere damp and... squishy? He nodded, pleased with himself. As he opened his hands slightly to peek at the creature to check it was still there, something large and energetic burst from the second-floor flat, screaming something about pigeons. Catching site of Sabre, the body froze, and Sabre discovered it to be a highly hyperactive student. The wild-haired boy looked inquisitively at Sabre's hands. After a few tense seconds of silence, the boy burst into near-incomprehensible run-on speech. "WOW, what's that? Can I see? Is it a surprise? I [i]love[/i] surprises! I susprise myself sometimes, although I don't think you can really call it a surprise if you already know about it, haha. Who are you? I think I've seen you before somewhere. Been here long? Nice flat? Can't talk, have to plan a party. Bye!" Sabre blinked, and the boy had disappeared. "There goes the neighbourhood," he sighed. Still, it beat that overweight narcoleptic hyperchondriac frog that used to live on the first floor...[/color] [b]3:21pm.[/b] [COLOR=#503F86]Sabre, dripping with mud, slopped into the reception area of Kyoto House, trying his best to ignore the bemused stares of everyone standing near the doorway. No matter what anyone said or did, he would never tell them what had just happened. "Hi." he growled, in a most unfriendly tone. A couple of the Freshmen shrank back at the deep, threatening quaver in his voice. A relatively heroic-looking one with short red hair and a heftly sword strapped to their leg stepped forwards, though, glowering in that 'good' way that only heroes can. "Was that a threat, monster? My brother told me all about someone like you lurking around the school, trying to create trouble. How about I teach you a lesson?" the boy hero-ed his way closer to Sabre, who slowly turned his head and looked the boy straight in the eye. "Go put gel in your hair." he spat, traipsing towards the stairs, leaving a trail of mud and leaves behind him. "You'll be back!" The hero hero-ised heroically, posing for some bishie girl standing next to him. "And next time I won't be so forgiving!"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]Welcome to OtakuBoards, 'takun. Well, A good place to start would be the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/faq.php?]FAQ[/URL] and [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?]Rules[/URL] pages. They should tell you pretty much all you need to know. Please be careful to use proper spelling and punctuation when writing posts, though- that includes capital latters and trying not to create huge run-on sentences with no full stops. Abbreviations aren't encouraged either, so it's appreciated if you do your best to avoid them. It might seem to be asking a lot, but a lot of people prefer it this way, and it's how we've grown to be so popular. Or unpopular, for lazy typists. I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, feel free to PM me or any other Moderator of your choice, heh. Thread closed.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]HorusFireDragon, try not to be so antagonistic in your tone- it's not appreciated. Constructive criticism is welcome, but not if it's sarcastic or rude. And with regards to people rating your Deck- it becomes rather difficult if you proclaim yourself to be the Greatest Duelist of all time, heh- what is it we're supposed to suggest if you know everything? I can do my best, but I obviously don't know as much as you. It is nice to see a competetive Deck that doesn't run Chaos monsters. As far as I'm concerned, the CED is a broken card. FIRE/Pyro monsters aren't something I usually pay much attention to myself, but Inferno seems pretty sound, save for the relatively low ATK score. I don't suppose you'd try slipping in an Amplifier for your Jinzo, so you can activate your Traps whilst negating your opponents'? I know something like Mystical Space Typhoon could still get through, but there's always that risk anyway. I doubt you'd have to worry about Tournament Decks running something like Eternal Rest, so it could be something to consider. That's about all I can suggest. Otherwise it seems a very sound Deck.[/COLOR]

[b]September 5th, 2:25pm[/b] [COLOR=#503F86]Sabre carefully laid down the last of his seven cardboard boxes on the sofa of his less-than-what-it-should-have-been-thanks-to-that-annoying-prince-guy flat and tore the duct tape from its lid, showering the room with packaging foam. "Damn, now I have to hoover again," he muttered to no-one in particular, mainly because there was no-one in particular actually in his room. There never was, but he didn't care. Much. Well, he did, but he didn't care that he didn't care. Except... He shook his head, trying not to get himself trapped inside a circular argument. Instead he adjusted the packaging foam inside the box and grinned widely at what was sat inside. Its glass surface reflected brightly in the sunlight; beneath its transparent exterior lay a magnificent example of an insomnia cure- a glittering pink poster, plastered with all of the characters from the soap [i]Love/Hate[/i]. Carefully, Sabre lifted it out of its safe bed and held it up in front of him, basking in its awe. He was glad he had a top floor flat- if anyone saw any of his stuff he'd die of embarrassment. Taking great care not to touch the framed, autographed poster on any bit of furniture, masonry or anything else that might get in the way, he moved the poster into his bedroom and placed it gently on the lovingly-prepared hook on the wall opposite his bed. He grinned a large, toothy grin and set about tidying up the rest of the mess he'd created in his room. As he reached down behind one of the boxes, his hand brushed past something wet and squishy. Drawing back in alarm, he tentatively moved the box aside to see one of the things from the buffet table cowering in fear between his sofa cushions, staring back at him with scared, blue eyes. "Urgh, yuk." Sabre grimaced as the pathetic-looking creature squirmed its way onto the floor and rested against his foot. "Don't think for a second you're going to get anywhere that way..." Gently (and very reluctantly), he scooped it up in his hands and left the room, heading all the way downstairs towards the basement.[/COLOR]

[color=#503f86]I'll really only be re-iterating what I've said before, but if families don't communicate with each other properly, things like this will always happen. It's not just the influences of the media, but if children don't learn to fully understand the consequences of various actions then they won't be any the wiser to do it. When expressing of emotions happens only inside the home, things that happen during the day have a tendency to be ignored because they've passed, but the frustration can still run deep within the person. It always seems to be the 'quiet' ones who get the press when they carry out attacks: this must be some symptom of the problem- at least when people have a history of violence you're able to monitor their process to some degree, but if a child never discusses or outwardly shows how they feel, they won't be able to be told or find out for themselves the right way about solving their frustrations. So, if they see a programme in which a lead character is able to wreak gory justice upon people who annoy them, they won't necessarily know that it's wrong to do- the boundaries between fantasy and reality are blurred. And the consequences of the actions aren't taken into account. Once a character in a film or anime dies, there is no great long period spent without them- they're just not there, and more often then not the full consequences of a killing aren't fully explained. The children exemplified in this article are aged 11-14, and they're at a dangerous age in which they're impressionable to ideas and able to carry out things they attempt to copy. I don't think anime in itself is dangerous [i]if[/i] it's watched responsibly and the age limits are obeyed. A child being able to see something like Battle Royale before they're old and responsible enough to know what they should and shouldn't be doing is wrong. The article already said that they're able to download anime and films onto their cellphones. I think therein lies at least part of the problem- there's no way to forceably control what children watch all the time. But even so, parents should be able to teach their children the difference between fantasy and reality, right and wrong. Better education and better age restriction controls are needed to stop it from happening further.[/color]

[COLOR=#503F86]I'm afraid that's about it for the UK: Sci-Fi used to show anime movies early on Thursday mornings (from about midnight to 4am), but they stopped it a few months ago. They also used to show Evangelion, Nadesico and Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, but they quit those runs, too. Metropolis is on Sky Movies every once in a while, and you've got Outlaw Star, Dragonball (urgh...) and Big O on Toonami, but that's your lot. I live down in West Sussex, so I know how frustrating it is, heh.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]There is already a Wolf's Rain thread [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=39195]here[/URL]. This is where the Wolf's Rain discussion should go. Please check existing threads before creating a new one. With regards to your question- since I've not actually watched Wolf's Rain myself I don't know the answer, but you could always check the [URL=http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/wolfsrain/]Wolf's Rain section of AnimeLyrics.com[/URL]. You'd need to be more specific about which episode it was (i.e., a number would be helpful). Having run an extensive search on Google, I can't find anything without more information. I presume the Flower Girl you're talking about is Cheza, though. Please try and include more punctuation in your posts in future- long run-on sentences are confusing to understand and look a little sloppy. Just something to improve on for next time, heh. Thread closed.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]The lack of Mech Piloting came as a matter of consequence- nobody who made it in had chosen it as a lesson, so I forgot to put it into the timetable. So if you like, it can be an activity/lesson taken during the first three lessons on Wednesday, running through the Break. But if you want to teach more lessons, Wondershot, you're welcome to.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. Lady Katana said that someone could introduce her character whilst she was away in Washington D.C. (lucky her, hehe), but I'm still waiting for everyone else to start posting. It's no huge problem, but I'll be disappointed if the RPG dies at this stage. I know a lot of people have gone off on holiday or are moving/busy with various things, so I'm not pushing it too hard at the moment.[/COLOR]

[SIZE=1]A note about times: Posts don't have to be one minute after another- we'll be here forever, otherwise ^_^;[/SIZE] [b]September 5th, 11.34am[/b] [color=#503f86]"What do you mean I can't get in?" A gruff voice yelped. "Sorry, word from Admin is I can't open it up until Midday. You should know that by now." The heavily-laden Sabre Arihyoshi dropped one of the many cardboard boxes he had been carrying and sighed in exasperation. [i]"Please?"[/i] he whined, giving Janitor Takahashi his nicest smile. Considering his 'nicest smile' was a mouthful of gleaming canines, Sabre wasn't entirely surprised that it failed to win the custodian over. He gave a dismissive shake of his finger and pointed back in the direction of the school. Sabre gave a derisive snort and gripped his cardboard boxes tightly. They had incredibly important things inside them. He didn't want all those grotty Freshmen peering inside. "Come on, sir- you've known me for seven years. Can't you do me this one favour?" Janitor Takahashi looked the six-foot tall wolf up and down, considering every memory he'd ever had with the young werewolf. He tapped his foot in thought, and then made his decision. "No." Sabre's expression darkened. "Alright..." As he turned to leave, he noticed something moving in one of the second floor flats. "Hey, you let that guy inside!" he protested, desperately clinging on to the seven boxes tied to his back. "Special case." Takahashi whistled. [i]"What?!"[/i] Takahashi kept a stern expression firmly glued to his face, bringing out from his pocket the [i]Third Volume of the School Regulations Manual, complete with Physical Extraction Procedures 1-47[/i]. Opening it at exactly the right page, he cleared his throat and began reading in an incredibly authoritarian voice: "Persons harbouring dangerous chemicals and/or explosive materials shall be escorted to their place of destination and guarded until danger has passed or chemicals have been disposed of." He sniffed, shut the book and flung it into his upper jacket pocket, the zip closing by itself as it slipped inside. "Special case. I can't let you in..." Sabre slowly turned round, wearing an expression like thunder, and made his way back towards the welcome reception in the Hall. "...unless you were to tell me what it was that you wanted to put away so much, that is." Sabre turned a shade of bright red. He turned back to face the Janitor, who looked at him expectantly. "Oh, there's no need for that!" Sabre burbled, almost dropping three of the boxes whilst trying to hide his embarrassed grin. "I'll be back at 12. Bye sir!" Janitor Takahasi found it amusing how fast some students could move when they wanted to.[/color]

[quote name='youta moteuchi']hey, doesn't the series have only 26 episodes?[/quote][COLOR=#503F86]Please put more detail into your posts, youta. Incredibly short posts are against the Rules at OB. I understand you're just asking a question, but you could elaborate at least a little more.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#503F86]This really belongs in the original (and quite extensive) Cowboy Bebop thread in the Anime Forum. You can find it [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=35269]here[/URL]. Be sure to check the Threads Directory before creating a new topic. Thread closed.[/COLOR]