Lord Dante

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OOC: here I go! "duchess chaimberlayn, to what do I owe this [I]Pleasure[/I]?" Dante asked the woman, now styanding in his home. his voiced was laced with hidden frustration, although there was a modicome of releif around him. Just as she was about to reply, dante cut her off, staring intently at the stranger she had brought with her. A blue aura was eminating from him. "you - " Dante stood up to his full height, pulling all of his mental abilities around himself. pulling all of his mental ability around himself. His blue aura flowed outwards of himself, joining with and feeding the aura of the stranger, who's aura in turn joined and fed power into dante's. At the back of his mind, dante could feel a slight tingling of fear and apprehension, though he could have sworn they were not his own. "you are one of the blue auras?" dante asked the man. [I]"yes"[/I] came an answer into dante's mind. the man was a telepath. dante was no telepath, but he had learned how to speak with telepaths who had spoken to him. [I]"you are a gentleman of the blade, good sir?"[/I] dante willed into the man's mind. [I]"better than most"[/I] [I]"we shall see..."[/I] dante drew his concealed sword, and ran at the amn, the distance between them shrank alarmingly. A clash of metal upon metal. the two men rained blows of steel upon each other, parrying and launching themselves back into the fray. the combat languished in the spaces between thoughts, seeming to take an eternity as steel clashed upon steel. a minute later, the two stood tall, and clasped hands.

ok, here goes... "what do you mean you ate the last cup of ramen!! that was my ramen! I'll kill you!!" :animesigh

best weapon: definately the progressive knife. the whole idea of it makes me laugh, the ultimate weapon of the ultimate fighting machine... is a piddly little knife. hilarious. technique: Hokuto sheimken. I mean come on, a technique that blows up your enemy's head?

The first anime that I can remember seing was AKIRA, I was about nine yearsw old. the style of animation, the way it flowed, the character's 'wierd eyes and hair' were like nothing I had ever seen before. especialy when tetsuo had fully realised his (i don't know what they are, so i'll call them 'powers'), adn gets himself transmogrified into a huge, writhing pile of bloody biomass, i realised that I had witnessed a lifechanging event. I didn't know that it was called 'anime' back then, so I began to search out any show which had the same style of eyes. i slowly learned how to distinguish anime, by the eyes, and eventually the hair. I was able to find two shows, Pokemon (mental shudder at remembering how I uased to watch that) and gundam wing. Searching the interweb for answers, i learned the term 'anime', and here I am now.

[quote name='AzureWolf][COLOR=teal']That's basically what a messenger bag is... Aren't they wonderful? I admit that you can't overpack them like you can backpacks, but in college, you really never need to pack them with ALL of your books like you did in highschool.[/COLOR][/quote] I agree. 'messenger bags' are indeed useful for college. you can carry papers in them without fear of them getting squishified - unlike backpacks. i definately see about 98% of male students with messenger bags, so I'd say that they're pretty unisex.

I reckon i've done the impossible when it comes to final fantasy games: I've completed VII WITHOUT a memory card!! I took up the challenge on the back of the manual. the advert for memory cards, it says on it "try beating VII without it". so I did. apart from vivi, IX had the worst characters, they all sucked, had crap dialogue, and just, looked wierd. Steiners armor clanking all the time, along with quina's stupid toungue and zidanes tail... *shudder*

"It seems our killer has a name." dante said as he drew the letter from his poket, cleansed of chloroform. "'Jack' as he calls himself, seems to think himself funny" he passed her the letter. "good lord, who we 'really are'? Do you think this relates to the memory flashes we've been having?" Dante shrugged his shoulder self-conciously, as if to say he wasn't sure. "have there been any more insigts into our 'other' selves recently?" she asked him. Dante faltered for a fraction of a second, regaining his composure just in time "no... there have been no more memory flashes as far as i'm aware" she frowned at him "that's strange, i could have sworn i felt a similar sensation after opening the letter.... but maybe it was just the chloroform" "maybe" dante said, not meeting her eyes. a booming, gong-like sound reverbarated through the room, cdrowning out geni's reply. "what on earth was that?" geni asked, quite shocked. "my doorbell" [B]OOC: there you go. sorry it's been a while. [/B]

The carriage pulled into the long drive in silence. Dante's drive was devoid of trees. Instead, pairs of perfectly symmetrical, black obsidian obelisks lined the path at periodical intervals. Geni stared openly at the obelisks. "I see you have taken a fancy to my obsidian" Dane said to Geni. she frowned at him. "It does mke a change for you to use your voice to speak to me. As it seemed to me that you had taken to conversing with me using only your mind". dante could not think of a proper retort, so resigned himself to aiting in silence, untill the carriage came to a lurching hault outside his manor. Dante Jumped from the carriage, offering his hand to geni as he hit the ground. They strode resolutely through the front door of the mansion, without knocking. "Now see here! This is the monor of the lord dante, you cannot just come barging in here!" a startled servant near the door shouted, untill he recognised the figure who had entered. "my lord! forgive me, I -" " Save it, faustus. it doesn't matter." Dante said to the quivering man. "I have a job for you. PLease go and get Mistress denna. I have some buisness with the lady geni, Proper manners dictate that my housekeeper must be near at all times." "Yes my lord, right away" Faustus said as he departed. "as I promised your mother" dante said, turning back to Geni. "of course. now what is it you wish to talk to me about?" DAnte was already walking to a set of large, carved oak doors, without comment. geni followed. The oak doors closed sut behind them. "Geni, you know that I do not trust the other two..." "I'm pretty sure that even Herr brakwurst knows that you do not trust those two." " I have a reason" "about the blue aura? she told us why you couldn't sense-" "NO! Not the aura!" "then what?" "You are not the only one who can recieve those memory flashes..." "wha-?" "I recieved one not too long before the Other one appeared." WIthout warning, dante fully opened his mind to Geni, letting his reccolection of the memory flash flow into every fiber of her mind. -- Two people, wearing grey coats, were conversing with peole who looked like eclair and ariana, they were back in the lab. "..ey must not suceed. it is imperitive that they do not suceed. the ripper program must be executed for our plan to be complete. Keitaro must be eliminated as well, do you understand?" the peole resembling ariana and eclair nodded silently. the two people in grey handed them both an envelope, and turned away, walking into the darkness of the dimly lit lab. "you know what we mst do" Ariana said, Eclair seemed reluctant, and declined to comment. ---- "you see now?" DAnte asked Geni. " I cannot make any sense of this, Dante, I really can't." "neither can I" both of them slumped into chairs, pondering for a while. "geni, do you still have that letter?" She looked up, puzzled. "yes, why?" "I think we're stuck. I think we need some more information. I think that the time has come to open it."

[quote name='Vagetogt']Wow that would be going in the wrong way.... All of that is wrong.... I have already said what happens in one of my last posts and I won't repet myself...[/quote] I said that they were UNFOUNDED theories based on the first eight episodes. I know it doesn't turn out like that.

[I] "If it does not inconvinience you, milady, I think we should visit your house first. It would give me a chance to see if the attacker has tried to follow up on his failed endevor. It will also give you an oppertunity to change out of that dress"[/I] [I]"yes. Maybe that would be best."[/I] [I]"When we get back to my house, yuo will hear what I have to say[/I] The carriage lurched along the road, seemingly in silence. [I]"we are not far from my house now, milord"[/I] [I]" When speaking like this, or not in the company of others who scorn such behavior, the mid-level aristocrats of this country, feel free to call me Dante."[/I] [I]" Yes milord."[/I] Dante bburst out laughing, which, despite being completely out of character, was infectious. Given the situation of fifteen minutes ago, the unexpected and out-of-character laughter was a welcome change. Dante's laughter cut off abruptly as they turned down a long drive lined with magnificent elm trees. [I]"you live here?"[/I] [I]"I do Indeed"[/I] [I]"I have a bad feeling about this...[/I] [I]You have a bad feeling about everything![/I] Geni glanced sideways at dante as she gigled softly. Dante, unable to keep the smile off of his face, opened the door of the carriage [I]"SEriously though, be on your guard"[/I] Dante thought as he offered his hand to Geni, to help her down from the carriage. [I]We shall see...[/I] Geni thought as she took his hand. DAnte escorted her to the door, Tightly gripped his hand around his concealed sword, and knocked at the door.

Dante's hand gripped his concealed sword. "I am sick of all this incessent talk!" Dante roared. " I don't know wether any of you peole are aware, but there is a maniac out there, with powers similar to my own!! And incase it slipped your mind, It's out to kill people!!" The others looked stunned. "milord.." Geni said tentatively. "we do not mean to decry the importance or the danger of the situation, but without a well formulated plan, there isn't much we can do." Dante faltred, and sat back down. [I]"Geni, please allow me to apologise, it was not correct for me to behave as such, but I do not trust these women"[/I] [I]"not at all milord"[/I] Geni looked at him, slightly puzzled [I] "when we are out of here, geni. I have something I need to discuss with you, would you please come back with me to the monor?"[/I] [B]OOC: meh, we all seem to be shortasses today! XD[/B]

[/I]"geni, I do not advise this.[/I] Dante thought towards Geni. [I]"why not. milord?"[/I] [I]"I don't trust her"[/I] [I]But milord, do you trust anybody?[/I] Geni sot him a sidewards glance and a wry smile. [I]I do not trust her.[/I] [I]But why, milord? why do you not trust her. she is one of us, one of the blue auras.[/I] [I]That's precicely it! She has no blue aura![/I] geni looked at dante, frowning slightly, apparently puzzled. [I]"What are you talking about?[/I] [I]she has no blue aura! True, ours have diminished somewhat since the ball, but I can still percieve them! I can detect no aura around her whatsoever![/I] Dante screamed into her mind. [I]When you have the time, geni, I wish to speak with you alone.[/I]

Ok, here are my top unfounded theories for chobits so far: Kokubunji is either a persocom or a chobit (he has those same eyes as his custom built one) Chii was built by motosuwa, but he doesn't remember. Shinbo is an alien SO here are my top three unfounded theories after seing the first eight episodes.

"She's a witch!! burn her!!!" "how do you know she is a witch?" "she looks like one!!" "are you a witch?" "no I'm not, I am not a witch!" "But you are dressed as one?" "they dressed me up like this!" "did you dress her up like this?" *mumbles of No, no, no, no* "no-yes, yes, a bit. she has got a wart!!" "there are ways of telling wether she is a witch" "like what?" "tell me, what do you do with witches?" "BURN THEM!!!" "good. now, why do witches burn?" "uhh... umm.... ahh..." "tell me, what do you burn, instead of witches?" "MORE WITCHES!!" "shut up...." "wood!!" "good!!! now tell me, why do witches burn?" "uhh... because.... becasue they're made of... wood?" "good!" "now, how do we tell if she is a witch?" "build a bridge out of her!" "ah, but can you not also build bridges out of stone?" "oh yah..." "tell me, does wood sink in water?" "no.. no, it floats. it floats!! throw her into the pond!!" "what else floats in water?" "uhh... bread!" "cider!!" "very small rocks!" "lead! lead!" "....A DUCK!!" "exactly!! so..." "so.. if she ways the same as a duck.... she's made of wood!!!!!" "and therfore?" "a witch!!!!!!" sorry, but I find this skit to be hilariously funny.

The only sad moment that I have seen in an anime t hat springs to mind is the [SPOILER] "The town with no people" book, and the effect that it has on Chi. [/SPOILER]

[quote name='Devlin420']Not really. Although the guy seen at the end of ep. 13 is somewhat important. Not too much screentime. I just read that 3 new episodes are going to come out in the fall so forget the last question of my post. Oh, and Ryoko is played by some other lady something Marshall. That's the only non-returning voice actor from the original cast.[/quote] Ah, that's a kick in the pants, especially about the voice actor. So you say that D3 is somewhat Important? would you care to shed a little light on this? As we never really found out much about D3, apart from the fact that he disliked Dr. clay.

[quote name='Devlin420]Just recently picked up Tenchi OVA 3, and I'll tell you that it definitely picks up from the last OVA. It is just numbered differently since I guess it's a new show (just by adding ryo-ohki to the name). There's flashbacks galore in the beginning I guess to catch [B]everyone else[/B] up to speed. Only thing I didn't like about it is there were no previews to the next episode. I've been waiting [I]years[/I'] for them to wrap up this particular tenchi-verse. Does anyone know when the next DVD is coming out? I actually can't wait to spend $30 on 3 episodes again :animesmil[/quote] Ah good, I'm glad that It does follow on. is there any new information surrounding lady tokimi?

I have just finished watching the First two DVD's of Chobits. I must say that I can't wait for the third and fourth DVDs (which come out soon). The development of Chi has been quite fun to watch, as has the attempted soliloquys of hideki. Chobits is definently something i shall be watching the release dates for very carefully.

Dante stared at the small metal plate on the end of the chain held out by the lady eclair. stealing a glance at Geni, he thought that he could tell that she had seen something similar before. [I]"Geni, have you ever seen one of those before?"[/I] he sent into her mind. dante glanced sideways at her, waiting for her to invade his mnd with her answer [B]OOC: this post is short intentionally.[/B]

I hope the Tenchi muyo: ryo-ohki 3 series is a direct follow on from tenchi muyo! OVAs, as there were quite a lot of things surrounding the characters of Lady Tokimi and D3 that needed explaining. Also It would be nice if something was uncovered about tenchi's supposed power. As durining and after the fight with kagato It appeared to me to be portrayed as "yeah he can do X Y and Z" with no real explanation or investigation (apart from washu putting him on a few macines and the old "jura royal blood" excuse.

As far as I've seen, Anime is considered "nerdy" or "dorkish" because peole who watch it tend to be quiet or reserved (as has been said before). the peole who openly condemn it however, often do so to make themselves more reassured about their own intersests.

I can't draw for ****, however I keep practicing, and i'm improving gradually. I am however, a writer and i feel that I am much better at writing than drawing. Alongside many peole in this thread, I lack both the drive and attention span to get most thing done, and so my files are clogged with unfinished stuff...

[I]"Geni, can you hear me?"[/I] Dante thought. tryingt to cast his thoughts into The countess' mind. [I]"Yes milord, I can hear you."[/I] [I]"Do not, under any surcumstances, open that Envilope."[/I] [I]"Why not, Milord?"[/I] [I]"Trust me, Do not open It yet, I have an Inkling that it is related to the incidents of last eve.[/I] [I]"very well, milord."[/I] [I] I wish to speak with you later, Geni. I had a uuuh... another memory flash of yours thismorning[/I] Geni suddenly exploded into a series of rioutous coughs, drawing the attention of everyone in the room. "are you alright countess?" the lady Eclair said, looking concernedly over her tea. "Yes thank you milady, I am fine" Geni said as she glanced sidewards at dante, frowning slightly. "Very well, let us continue"

Another suggestion. Tenchi muyo OVA - KAgato comes back to life, rebuilds the soja, and goes on a rampage.