The Start of it All

[Tomas]

It was with neither a deafening thunder, nor a great roar, that the young man appeared out of the ally.  It was a nice ally, as far as ally go.  It had a couple of brick walls on both sides and some garbage spewed around, as well as a family of rats toward one side.  But the ally wasn't what was important, it was the young man who held that honor.

Tomas ran his fingers through his ebony hair as his green eyes took in the city before him.  Here he was again, somewhere new, somewhere that he wasn't known, somewhere he was probably gonna get into a lot of trouble.  But then, that was the fun part.  Normally, anyway.  Sometimes it wasn't all that fun.  But that world had been left behind, so he stopped worrying about it.

As he stepped out of the ally, he let his eyes gaze at all of the white buildings that surrounded him.  The sun reflected back to his eyes in a glaring manner, causing him to squint slightly.  His nose could catch the faint traces of the sea as a cool breeze blew through the air.  It was a smell that brought him back to a few times in his childhood when he went with his family to the ocean.  Despite his efforts, Tomas failed to keep the smile from his lips.

"So," he wondered out loud, "what's gonna happen this time?  And where the hell am I, anyway?"

OOC:  This is the first thread of JLOT.  Post your replies here, and enjoy.

[Naphtali]

With a soft whoosh, Shi stepped into the world.  Hm.  He'd been wandering some far places, and felt something he wanted to check on.  Stepping out of the ally in which he appeared, he glanced around.  His red coat swirled around his legs as he moved with unnatural grace.  He liked wandering, but he'd felt someone familiar enter this plane from his location a few over.  

He could feel a nice breeze blowing gently through his midnight hair.  More, it was a sea breeze, very pleasent for the young man to feel.  The last world had been rather hot.  He started walking between the white buildings that surrounded him, stopping when he heard a voice.  A soft smirk appeared.

"So, what's gonna happen this time?  And where the hell am I, anyway?"

Shaking his head ruefully, since he'd been right about who he'd felt Gate in, gave a reply.  "Well, I don't know where we are, but nothing good can happen, I'll say that."

[RyderHakubi]

A bright light flashed on the other side of the ally, and Ryder was tossed from seemingly nowhere, to which he slammed into the brick wall.

"Ingrates... I give them ratings and they throw me through an interdimentional porthole.  So what if I asked for a fee every time my name was mentioned?"  Ryder muttered as the spots disappeared from his eyes.

Taking in his strange surroundings while standing up and clearing his head, he saw two people on the other side.  In another place, another world, he would have recognized Shi and Tomas instantly.  Instead, he only felt a sence of deja vu as he walked towards the pair...

"Where am I now?" Ryder said to the Aspect pair...

[Naphtali]

Blinking and rubbing vainly at his eyes after the flash, Shi turned to the newcomer.  Damnit, that hadn't been fun on the vision at all.

"Where am I now?"

He stopped rubbing and put his arms down.  "Why do people keep asking me that?"  He ran a hand through his hair, almost knocking his headphones off.  "I dunno.  I don't recognize this plane offhand, but that doesn't mean much.  Who the hell are you?"

[Tomas]

Tomas didn't quiet get a chance to greet Shi do to the interruption of some idiot slamming into a brick wall.  In Tomas's opinion, some people really should have the ability to teleport, and this was a prime example.  As Tomas ignored Shi for a moment he worked to come up with a way to use this.  The idea didn't take long to come.

Taking a a step toward Ryder, Tomas shrugged.  "No idea where we are.  How about you ask?"  So saying, Tomas stepped around Ryder and shoved him out of the ally and into the semi-crowded square.

"So," Tomas turned to face his cousin, "How ya been Shi?  I haven't seen you since that last planet we destroyed.  What was it, so kind of BGC universe?  Not that it matters, given it isn't there anymore.  So, what have you been up to lately?"

[Naphtali]

"How ya been Shi?  I haven't seen you since that last planet we destroyed.  What was it, so kind of BGC universe?  Not that it matters, given it isn't there anymore.  So, what have you been up to lately?"

Shi shrugged.  He hadn't done anything of importance.  "Not much.  Taking a bit of a break."  He tapped an earring he was wearing softly.  "I've got a limiter right now.  I'm on holiday.  So, how about you?"

[Tomas]

"Me?"  Tomas gave a shrug.  "Well, after Bell seemed to just dump me, I went God and Demon hunting.  It was pretty fun actually."  Tomas smiled in the memories.  "I met a couple of cool demon hunters while I was there.  One guy, Dante, knew a way to keep his guns from ever running out of ammo, so I managed to get that trick out of him."  Then he shrugged.  "Besides that, though, nothing much.  You'd be surprised how many girls are turned off by a guy who kills gods for fun, ya know?"

[Naphtali]

"Besides that, though, nothing much.  You'd be surprised how many girls are turned off by a guy who kills gods for fun, ya know?"

Shi leveled a flat stare at his cousin.  This from the guy with annoyingly good looks, who flirted with a goddess and it WORKED.  Gah.  Sometimes, he wondered how they were related.  He leaned back against a wall and thought for a second.

"They're more turned off by someone who kills everything.  Trust me."  Brushing aside his somber mood, he straightened and walked out of the ally, motioning his cousin to follow.  "Care to take a look around?  This world seems nice.  I like this ocean wind... peaceful..."


[ooc - peaceful.. heh.]

[Tomas]

"But..." Tomas stuttered slightly as he led Shi out of the ally, "I wasn't killing everything.  I was only killing gods and demons."  Tomas ignored the people who turned to look at the pair as he continued on.  "I mean, its not like it was that big a deal or something.  There are a lot of redundant gods, ya know?  Its like there were 4 or 5 of them for every single thing.  The universe didn't need so many."

[Naphtali]

"I mean, its not like it was that big a deal or something.  There are a lot of redundant gods, ya know?  Its like there were 4 or 5 of them for every single thing.  The universe didn't need so many."

Shi sighed.  "I meant me, not you."  Really.  His cousin could be so dense.  Everything was always about him, too.  Aw, well.  You can't pick your family.

He looked around the crowd of people they'd stumbled into.  They really didn't fit right in.  There was a variety of styles that was interesting, though, and prevented them from standing out TO much.  Must be a port town or something, with all this sea breeze.

"So, what do you want to do?  We can't really stand here all day."

[Tomas]

Tomas turned his head to look at Shi.  He didn't pay any attention to the crowd.  It wasn't like they could do something about it.  However, Shi's comment made him blink.  "Well, I supposse we could go blow stuff up, like normal.  But that's well...normal."

He turned his attention then to the buildings.  "But, ya know...this place looks sorta familiar.  Maybe Kaos showed us a picture of the place before?  Or Ace, maybe?"  Yeah, the buildings did look kind of familiar.  And so did some of the styles of dress.  It was a weird feeling Tomas got, but really, he wasn't sure why he had it.  "How about we do something strange?  Like ask directions or something."

[Naphtali]

"How about we do something strange?  Like ask directions or something."

Shi nodded.  That sounded like something they didn't normally do.  family reunions usually consisted of 'Hello!'  *BOOM*.  But he was on vacation.  And it sounded amusing.

"Alright."  He walked over to a young man walking by and stopped him.  "Pardon... where's the nearest... um.. inn?  Or perhaps a tavern."

The man blinked at Shi.  There appeared to be something odd about his eyes.  "Fryd?  E cunno, E lyh'd ihtancdyht oui."

That was odd.  He hadn't expected someone to speak another language than Common.  However... it sounded... familar.  "Err... yes.. umm..."  He tried to remember something... didn't he know this tongue?  "E cyet... err, byntuh, lyh oui tenald ic du yh ehh un dyjanh?"

The man smiled.  "Oui cbayg Al Bhed?  Yr, dra ehh ec tufh dryd fyo.  Drana ec y pyn haynpo."  He nodded politely and walked off.

Shi turned back to Tomas.  That had been strange.  He still didn't recall where they were, but he must have come here before.  "He said the inn was that way, and there's a bar nearby."  Shi nodded in the direction the man had indicated.

[Tomas]

Tomas blinked as Shi and the man spoke to each other in some strange tongue.  He couldn't follow it, but started to choose to do something about that.  Finally, Shi turned back to him.  "He said the inn was that way, and there's a bar nearby."  Shi nodded in the direction the man had indicated.

"Okay, great, hang on a minute, okay."  With that Tomas took off after the man, loosing Shi in the crowd.  A few moments later the man who had spoken to Shi was seen flying through the air and over the buildings into the breeze.  A sceam trailled after the man as he began his decent.

A few seconds later Tomas was beside Shi again.  "There, I convinced him to take up a second language, English.  Now, lets hit that bar, okay?  Where was it again?"

[Naphtali]

"There, I convinced him to take up a second language, English.  Now, lets hit that bar, okay?  Where was it again?"

Shi paused, a bit offguard.  He blurred suddenly, then his image cleared.  "Right, he said it was this way."  Shi started stalking off down a walkway towards the bar.  This might be fun.  He couldn't really get drunk, but that wasn't a worry.  Losing control wasn't a fun time in his book anyway.

Elsewhere, a very confused man wondered what had caused him to fly, and what had saved him from going splat.

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the bar.  Opening the door, Shi went inside and looked around.  Yep.  Bar.  Now.. where to sit?

[Tomas]

As they walked into the bar, Tomas frowned.  "Damn...this place is crowded.  That sucks."  And crowded it was.  It seemed that there were two people for ever chair.  If not three people.  And that didn't suit Tomas at all.  He perferred his own seat.  And he had the power to take a seat for himself.

Pushing his way through the crowd, Tomas made his way to the bar, dragging Shi behind him.  Upon reaching the bar, Tomas turned two guys who had been sitting peacefully around in their seats and gazed down at them.  His eyes spoke of pain, suffering, and death even as his voice stayed quiet and cool.  "You two are just dying to give up your seats to some weary travelers, aren't you?"

The two men didn't even look at each other.  They just nodded fearfully and quickly made way for the door.  Relaxing himself again, Tomas took one seat and nodded to Shi.  "Sit and relax, cousin mine."  His voice was again light hearted and almost...bouncy.