Something Shiny

[Amerie]

TAG :: zeph-a-dee-doo-daaaaah! ^__^

It was one of those days.

One of those days where you could spend it being productive, but you're choosing not to. Why? Because.... just because you're lazy.

Diabolic Domain is a surprisingly large place, that's what Zoe found out, anyway. It isn't as bad as it sounds, despite its sinister name and her.... well, her first day here. (Which involved a lot of fainting and running away from monsters and headaches and spiders.) It wouldn't be hard to find something to do.

Except, she can't.

She's bored, yet excited to go to school here. But she just enrolled earlier and it being a weekend, she's have to wait a few days before she starts her schooling. Zoe's never really been at a normal school for a long while, since her parents home schooled her; they found it easier since no suspicion would arise from their family and though they could always lie, prevention is just better. What else could she say to her classmates, anyway? "Hi, my mother's crazy and my father's a conman." It doesn't exactly strike a good impression.

Turning on the TV to find nothing but children shows on, Zoe tried to pace herself with whatever's on it. She would just feel lonely playing games herself, so watching TV should be okay. Even if... it's... Barney the Purple Dinosaur on.

I love you.. you love me... We're a perfect family! With a kiss and a hug, and a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me too?

Not even thirty minutes into the show, Zoe could already find herself cringing. It was supposed to be an educational show, but somehow it almost feels life her brain cell count has depleted. She was about to leave the room in a huff when a certain light caught her eyes.

When she looked at the small table next to the sofa, she saw a pair of.... blue goggles, its lenses catching the light making it all shiny and so.... attractive to Zoe.

"Oooohh..."[/i] Zoe couldn't help but be awed. It was probably the conman in her that's telling her to take it. Heck, she conned people for all her life. In one swift move, Zoe had taken it for herself and walked away from the room with the new accessory. But not before checking herself out on the hallway mirrors, "oh look, it could be a headband, too!" She beamed, it's not like she could wear them on her eyes when she's inside; so instead of just letting it hang on her neck, she slid it over her forehead and it even kept her bangs from her face.

Giggling, and happy to have found this new piece of accessory, she skipped away to explore the rest of the campus. The thought of it being stolen, or that it was from a guy such as Zephel had never crossed her mind.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Zephel]

Zeph stood beside the coffee table, void of expression. His eyes scanned the small piece of furniture yet again, deeply loathing whoever is touching his goggles right now. He fell asleep on the sofa (thanks to his double job, plus Anthony, plus his dog, plus his fire-lizard, plus his mating dragon, plus Hikaru) much earlier before Zoe even came to this room, removing his goggles, of course.

Now that he returned to the Entertainment Room after a rather fagged sprint from his dorm room, his rate of breathing blended plus his pissed-off choler equals to a very irritated Zephel. NOBODY touches his belongings, especially his goggles... That...supplementary component, if you could say...largely benefits the wileder by magnifying his element-related capabilities. Without it, he's not sure if he can even store his energy long enough...that is going to be a bother...now particularly.

His annoyance quickly distorted into a state of worry now, guessing if it's a possibility for his element-wielding aura that merges in with his goggles to get tainted by another being. Realizing he's getting paranoid, he steps out of the Entertainment Room, trying his best to sense his own aura through the corridor. Quite easy, actually, since it leaves a rather peculiar trail.

His chase finally came to a halt when he sensed the aura getting nearer and nearer...and near enough till he literally rammed towards this small figure. Zeph almost tripped and might be falling right on top of thie person, good thing he regains his balance at the right time. That girl he rammed down, isn't so lucky...

Eh, like he cares. "Watch it."

[Amerie]

TAG :: zeph-a-dee-doo-daaaaah! ^__^

Zoe opened her mouth to say her apologies, out of courtesy, of course. But when she saw the cold expression of the guy, she started to get annoyed. Wasn't he the one who bumped into her the first place?

With an equally annoyed look on her face, she stood up from the ground, spatting angrily at him "YOU watch it. You were the one who bumped into me!" Zoe fussed, pointing an accusing finger at him.

Taking off those goggles from her head to inspect if the fall she's taken had done any damage to them. Thankfully, none. "You almost even ruined this new goggle!" She began to clean its lenses, fogging it up with her breath and wiping it away with the hem of her shirt. When cleaning it up, she noticed something in the far side of the gadget, a slight break... well, it's just really a scratch, but that's as bad as a broken one.

"OH GREAT, YOU BROKE IT! YOU'RE SOOO PAYING FOR THIS!!!"

Zoe bickered, shoving the thing into his face -- but only coming up to his shoulder blades due to their height differences.[/COLOR]

[Zephel]

While this girl turns towards him, loudly yelling back at him of what he just SILENTLY said to her. He glared down to her, before his eyes caught that familliar blue accessory she's sporting at her hair. Zeph's half-closed tired-as-hell eyes flickered a bit at what he thought he just saw.

When Zoe removes the goggles and started spraying her water vapour onto it, then wiping it with his shirt, Zeph twitched his eye. He could FEEL his aura being spat on and then being rubbed by an alien...fabric...thing. What's more, his eyes almost popped out of his head when Zoe shoved that fat long crack at the side of HIS goggles... ...It almost feels like he's not even a virgin anymore.

"THE HELL DID YOU DO?!!" He thundered out of a sudden, a stark contrast of his cold stoic self just moments ago, then snatch the blue object from Zoe's grip. "This is MINE, you little THIEF!! You don't even have the right TO TOUCH THIS!" He towered over her, even hell could not decipher how intolerably furious he is now. Tightening fists raised, one of them clutching his blue belonging tight, Zeph almost seemed like he's about to strangle this small girl, playing the thought of writhing her little neck in his fingers for contaminating his aura like this.

[Amerie]

TAG :: zeph-a-dee-doo-daaaaah! ^__^

Zoe should now, be afraid...... but she isn't.

She's faced tougher-looking guys before, well -- more like three days ago at the catacombs. So his furious state was more like a welcomed air. Although, she'd probably preferred it if he didn't talk if all he does is talk like that.

"What do you mean I do?!" She counter-bickered with him, unable to help herself. "Was it me who knocked myself to the ground, tall mister?!" she poked on his shoulder quite ferociously. And like the expert snatcher/conman (criminal, in a sense, but SSH!) the little girl is, she's able to swiftly snatch the pair of goggles away from him in an instant.

"And this ain't yours," Zoe pouted, inspecting the goggle yet again, cleaning it up yet again. As if just a mere touch from anyone else other than her would've done it too much damage. "It was just lying all alone in the entertainment room." She added as a matter of fact-ly voice.

"No one would have left this if they really owned or cared for their own possessions like this one." She sneered, a look of despise on her eyes.

Ultimately, she ended up sticking out her tongue at him.

"Finder's keepers!"[/COLOR]

[Zephel]

Zeph glared and glared and burn holes through this headstrong girl, a short scene of him pushing her towards the wall beside him and choked her to death plays inside his mind, tempting him. It's only until the tiny lass poked on his shoulder that he suddenly could see he's actually bickering with a child...a girl....a brat. Whatever, she's a combo of the three. Though, the way she snatched the goggles from his grip surprised him at how easily she managed to do so.

"Listen here, SHORT MISS." Zeph countered, poking her forehead the same way she jabbed his shoulder. "That IS my goggles, my whole aura is entirely infused with it, for whoever's-up-there's SAKE. And would you STOP doing that?! It's revolting!" He smacked Zoe's hand away when she's trying to clean the blue object.

Her statement on caring for possessions or whatever she's babbling about made the silver-haired rolled his eyes, now beyond annoyed. "Look, I forgot to pick it up, okay? YOU try living with two time-concious-eater pets, two growing teenage siblings, a jackass who won't stop blackmailing me, and a freakingly stubborn dragon...who's actually planning on mating and bring MORE names on this list! I NEED that goggle to protect my sanity from all of that! Plus, that goggle is NOT your colour!! Go steal a purple one, and leave this one alone!!"

Zeph scrunched up a fist with his eyes shut close, his eyebrows creased tightly for a while when he's channeling his rage on that fist. After that little angst-fest is now lessened down with a much-needed exhale, Zeph opened his eyes, blood-red orbs no longer glaring, but merely stare at this small girl. His tone of voice also lowered down to his usual unenthusiastic calm quality.

"I can prove it to you that pair of goggles is mine, kid. Or if that doesn't matter to you, then I'll trade or do whatever to get that back. Please, just hand it over, I NEED that goggle."

[Amerie]

TAG :: z-z-z-zep-zephie!

His finger burned its own fingerprint on Zoe's head, the force was enough to send her stumbling backwards a bit. Only returning to her previous stance like a deflatable toy bag. Then she faced him with a brow raised; in her eyes were sparks of doubt and mock. "Geez, if this is revolting then I wonder how clean your hygiene is..." she wondered out loud.

Then he began to explain for himself, after the first sentence, Zoe couldn't help but zone out. It all seemed to jumble into one for her: blah. "Excuses, excuses." Zoe said, placing a hand to his face (despite the height differences), following with a 'tsk tsk tsk' later on. Then, proceeded to fix the pair of goggles back on her head.

'Wait, did he just said this is not my color?!' Insulted with that thought -- 'Hey, I know my fashion just right! Even if I don't really flaunt it.'

Zoe turned to face him with a fierce look on her face. "I'll have you know that blue and purple work out just fine together. If you can't see that, then you must be color blind, mister!"

Then she saw him closed his eyes. 'Wow, is he envisioning how blue and purple would look like together? Is he caving in?' She thought to herself, the fierce expression now replaced by a confused pout. For a little while, Zoe leaned closer to observe him... closer.

'What is this guy's deal? '

To be honest, she couldn't really see what's so special about the pair of goggles. If he had asked nicely, before any of those commotion even happened, she might have even given it to him. But those are just all 'if's now. Right now, she's starting to think up and theorize of various reasons why he's all protective of it. 'Maybe he stole it, too? And didn't want the original owner to find it out?'

When he opened his eyes again, Zoe took a determined step back. "And how do you intend to prove it?" Looking him dead in the eye, her neck craning. She just wasn't going to let this shiny thing go to someone else -- if not for the real owner, that is.[/COLOR]

[Zephel]

Zeph closed his eyes tight again, trying his best to ignore the girl's criticisms on him, took a deep DEEP inhale, and heaved out a depressive sigh. When he's calm, he's VERY calm. ...Same thing goes with his anger, that's why his dorm blew up often. Too bad his composure is not particularly good around annoying brats.

And he heard her every thoughts too. Damn that Anthony for shrugging off his class lessons on telepathy... Zeph can't even turn off this mind-reading thing, much less even finding the switch to start with, resulting him to randomly hearing others thoughts in his head. He almost wanted to yell out about her little guesswork on why he so badly wanted the pair of goggles...

"Just...get that thing off your head and let me touch it, I'll prove it to you it's mine." Extending his hand towards Zoe, the silver-haired just tiredly suspire. He's too exhausted for this. It's his mistake for forgetting about the goggles anyway, so if this kid wants it so much then fine, have it, take it, spit on it all she wants. He'll be experiencing severe energy loss, and who knows, if he's lucky, he can die. Best escape option ever.

'...Dammit, this fatigue is making me think like an emo.....'

"This is a weird domain, lots of goggleheads around. So please just spare that one and snatch another that aren't so crucial to their owners..."

[Amerie]

NOTES :: twin! how's about we make true of the fainting, again?! HAHAHAHAHA! this post is gonna suck, btw. ^^;

Zoe raised a brow at him. Her one eye probably looked bigger than the other is right now as she took time to really observe him. Again, she lowered the goggles from her head to inspect it.

'What's so special about you, huh?' She scrutinized the thing.

"How am I gonna make sure that you're not just gonna run off once I hand this over to you?" The short girl turned her head sharply at the taller boy at this question.

"We need a collateral." Zoe settled.

"You have to give me something of equal value, while I hand you over this."[/COLOR]

[Zephel]

'That's exactly what I suggested in the first place, stupid.' Rolling his eyes, the silver-haired tried to focus an unsteady gaze to the girl. He must be more tired than he thought. Stuffing his hands in his pocket, Zephel tries to fish out anything inside his pouches, only owning a few small articles; a few pennies, a paper clip, a string, some scrunched up pieces of paper, a piece of sugarless chewing gum...and his wallet.

Well, his pockets proved to be worthless. So he rummaged his jacket instead. A few hand-sized spell books, several vials that Maki handed to him as energy drinks, some pens...and a slightly crumpled card he has no idea he owned. Turning it over, Zeph tired stare quickly turned into a rather frightening glare, hatred filling his eyes in an instant.

It's highly possible that his telekinesis teacher, Mr. Reinhardt, slip this card inside his jacket...because, well, the contents of this mysterious card is no where near Zeph's interest and/or care, in fact if anybody finds out, it will embarrass him...of course, that's the sole purpose why that damn teacher even put this card here.

Without thinking, the card suddenly burst into flames inside the taller boy's palm, his blood red eyes catching sight of the dancing flame, slightly happy that thing is out of existence. Too bad he forgot that every time he uses one of his elements, half of his whole body energy will drastically dropped down...and as his current energy is already leveled BELOW half, that little fire play steals his consciousness the second that card incinerated.

His head hanging down, Zeph dropped whatever objects he's been holding earlier and fell off his balance...directly on top of a particular small girl ultimately.