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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 27, 2016 18:48:59 GMT
In the dead of night, in a large house, Arthur slept. It was a room filled with decorations, from butterfly statues to posters of wolves and bands. Also frequent were pictures of his kids. A slender figure smiled when he looked at them, then turned his eyes to Arthur's sleeping figure. The impossibly thin creature cut through the dim light of the moon as it stepped up onto the bed, walking over the sleeping figure with so little weight the sheets weren't depressed beneath its feet. It looked down upon the sleeping man with eyes that had seen eternities. It flexed a withered grey hand and withing it appeared an airhorn. "WAKE UP!" It yelled, and a blaring noise filled the house.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 27, 2016 19:55:41 GMT
As soon as the horn sounded, Arthur's eyes shot open and the same time an ice pillar shot up from thin air in front of Arthur into MOG. In the room next door, Loveline and Hazel woke up suddenly. "Stay here. I'll go see what happened." The older sister told the young one and rushed out of her room and into her father's.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 27, 2016 20:47:18 GMT
The spindly creature was crushed to paste, but another instance was already laughing by his bed. "I guess you're glad to see me. How's it been since we met last? I was just thinking you might want to play." He was in his true form, or at least as close as Arthur could comprehend. When he saw Loveline, he turned eyes in which galaxies swarmed and smiled. "Why, if it isn't Loveline. Don't mind the noise, I'm just playing with your daddy." He spoke in his usual radio announcer voice, despite his unnatural form.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 27, 2016 21:05:44 GMT
"Play? I don't think I like your games, Yami." Arthur said just as Loveline opened the door.
"Why, if it isn't Loveline. Don't mind the noise, I'm just playing with your daddy."
The girl looked at her dad, then at MOG, then at her dad again. "Go to bed, sweetie. I can take care of this."
"...Fine, but keep it down, you two. We're trying to sleep." Loveline closed the door and went back to Hazel.
"Wake them up again, Yami, and you'll learn the meaning of pain. Now, tell me why you really showed up or get the hell out of my house."
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 28, 2016 3:17:58 GMT
"I know the meaning of pain, Arthur. Better than you ever will." The Master's deep eyes showed centuries of experience with bringing pain. "But today I am here to bring joy! Remember my playmate that you took a liking to? The teenager?" With that, the dirty child appeared in the room, filthy with wild red hair hanging to her thighs. She whimpered and cowered in the corner, glaring at both Arthur and MOG.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 28, 2016 8:49:30 GMT
"You can't truly understand pain until you live it." Arthur joked before MOG continued and summoned the wild child. Arthur sat up, completely serious now. "I'm listening."
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 28, 2016 18:43:56 GMT
"Of course you are." MOG spread his hands and a book opened out of thin air. "Well, I'm giving you a chance to take her off my hands. Take care of her for the next 24 hours and she's off the leash. No loss scenario, I just want to watch you deal with her." He pointed to a clock signifying that it was 12, exactly midnight. "Until next midnight, you'll be looking after her if you accept this game."
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 28, 2016 19:11:11 GMT
"And what's stopping me from just time traveling with her to the next midnight?" Not that Arthur wouldn't want to take care of her, but time travel would be much easier.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 28, 2016 19:15:15 GMT
"The fact that you are taking care of her for 24 hours. If you skip time, I will add more accordingly." The Master showed him the rules in the book. "You are also of course not to freeze her for any amount of time, as that is hardly taking care of her."
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 28, 2016 19:20:02 GMT
"Fine, fine. Hm..." Arthur thought about the game a bit more. If he could find some loophole, MOG would probably plug it up so there wasn't much point in doing that. "Right. Now for the most important question. What's her favorite food?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 28, 2016 21:47:45 GMT
"Favorite? I dunno, she feeds herself." The Master shrugged. The girl seemed to be a healthy weight, although it was hard to tell with whatever she was wearing caked in mud.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 29, 2016 13:57:25 GMT
"Ugh, you're useless... And I wish you gave me some time to get ready... But fine, challenge accepted. Any last-minute tips?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 29, 2016 19:40:38 GMT
"No." The Master, vanished, leaving only his pet in the corner. She was already edging towards Arthur's door, lurking low to the floor.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 29, 2016 21:47:38 GMT
"Right... Useless..."Arthur sighed. "So, little one. Sorry about what happened when we first met. Ahem, I hope you're going to behave so we can have these 24 hours pass by without any incident." if the wild girl tried opening the door, she would find that ice formed around the edges, making something like that impossible.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 29, 2016 22:08:10 GMT
The girl snarled and turned away from the door when she saw it freeze over. She glared at Arthur and backed into a corner to tug at her tattered dress, managing to rip off the unharmed sleeve. It become horribly clear through the dirt that she was sewn into the dress, likely to keep her from removing it.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 30, 2016 9:21:27 GMT
Arthur noticed the problem with the dress. Fucking MOG. That bastard... If only Arthur knew how to make him pay... "I know you don't trust me, but I want to help you." He got up with his hands in the air. Turns out Arthur sleeps in just his underwear. "See, I'm not hiding anything. If you'll just let me help you with that..."
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 30, 2016 15:17:42 GMT
The wild girl cowered when Arthur stood, keeping her eyes locked on him. She didn't seem to have any reaction to his near nudity. She just looked at his eyes in horror. She once again glanced around for an escape route, tears forming when she couldn't find one.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 30, 2016 17:23:35 GMT
At the first sign of terror, Arthur stopped inching forward. She was more an animal then she was a human. Arthur preferred kids to animals, but he knew that approaching a scared animal isn't a good idea.
"Okay, I'll let you relax for now." He stepped back and took his clothes. After quickly putting them on, he sat on his bed. "I can't let you out. Not just yet, so we'll just have to stay here until you're ready to come to me."
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Post by HungryHunter on Jul 30, 2016 18:03:17 GMT
Becky remained frozen when Arthur stopped. Only her eyes moved, following his movements. It was a minute or two before she ventured from her corner, crawling around the edges of the room to examine various objects. She looked long at a picture of Arthur with his children before jerking her head back to Arthur to make sure he was still on the bed. Her stomach growled and she made a small whimper.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jul 31, 2016 9:13:37 GMT
"Hungry, are you? I'll bring you something to eat." He got up and walked over to the door. "I'm guessing you prefer meat? Well, I'll being a salad anyway, just in case." And he left. He made sure to refreeze the door and the window was frozen, too. That would certainly look strange if someone unaware of the hidden world saw it, but thankfully, it was nighttime.
Down in the kitchen, he found leftover lamb meat and put it in the microwave. While he waited for it to warm up, he started cutting vegetables for a salad. Hopefully, the girl wouldn't make too much noise while she was alone.
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