To Lose Control

[Kida]

Just once in my life...
I think it'd be nice...
Just to lose control--
Just once...

The lyrics were sung angelically by the voice through her ear buds. Unfortunately, as much as Kida really loved the song, she highly disagreed with it at the moment. She was leaning against the wall of the Candy Shop, watching as Ann Marie jumped around from bin to bin, to box, to cart to dispenser.

Kida very rarely had control of Ann Marie, so she did not want to lose it. The Monkey was steadily collecting a mountain of candy--candy that she had no money to purchase. Kida would be such with the bill, as usual, but she would make sure that it would end up with in her budget. Not to mention she didn't want to take Ann Marie to the dentist because she had a mouth full of cavities.



"Big sissy! Big sissy! They have the skitties you likes!!" The 'skitties' were in fact sour skittles, one of Kida's favorite candies. Ann Marie tossed them on top of her pile of accumulated candy.

Kida slipped one of the ear buds out of her ear so she could hear Ann Marie. "Hey, remember the limit, alright? I'm not buying you all of that, you have to pick what you want the most." Though the girl Kida had taken in as a little sister made puppy dog eyes she wouldn't give in. "Nice try. C'mon, hurry up." While she waited for the monkey to pick her candy Kida sighed and murmured the lyrics of the song she was still listening to in one ear.

"Mary had a lamb...
His eyes black as coal...
If we play very quiet, My lamb,
Mary never has to know...."[/i]


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[Roy]

Eralk slowly opened the door of the candy shop with a sparkling face expression. Its been like forever since he tasted any kind of candy last time and he has never seen before such HUGE amounts of candies in one single room.

The vampire slayer entered the shop and was walking like a zombie in between all the different colored types of candy. He didn`t even manage to keep his mouth closed "Awesome....." The only thing thats left now was the fact that he started drooling, which he is luckily not doing........yet.

Eralks childhood and education have been very sheltered and his clan had strict rules. Thats why Eralk only got his hands on candy every once in a while. He and the other kids have been dealing with candy like drugs behind their parents back.

Then his eyes were pinned to a pile of 'Sour vampires', some sour stick shaped like a bat with fangs. "Holy-!" Eralk movements froze right there. "Thats... impossible". He couldn`t believe that he found that far from home something familiar like that. He and his friends worshiped that kind of candy more than any other type of candy. And their parents really didn`t liked that..... who knows why ? . . .

"I need!!" He yelled and ran towards the stack, but before he reached it he tripped over a moving pile of candies "Ack!" which turned out to be a little girl that carries around the candy she wants to buy and the both of them ended up on the ground.

[Sven]

Equipped with a headphone that was connected to his MP3 inside one of his pockets, his hands were also stuffed inside his dark green jacket pockets. And there's no other who owns that certain jacket other than the telepathy and telekinesis teacher himself; Anthony Reinhardt.

Bobbing his head to the beat of the music he's listening, Anthony only uses his side to push the door of the candy shop open, entering just in time as the store shook by the massive amount of candies tumbling down, along with two children somewhere undernearth the mountain of confections.

It became apparent that the teacher is listening to a song as strange as he is when he sang the lyrics out, while casually walking over to the pile of candies calmly, circling it for a bit, and reaching inside the mound to grab one of the kids to pull them on their feet, which turns out to be Eralk.

"So come on!
Dance to the beat, wave your hands together!
Come feel the heat, forever and forever...!
Listen and learn, it is time for prancing!
Now we are here, with Caramel Dancing!"

Patting Eralk's silver hair, Anthony then circled the stock of candies again, reached inside, and now pulls out Ann Marie, while still singing. "Ooh, ooh, uwa, uwa, ao~!" He even had a chance to pinch the girl's cheek before he took off to the counter, where the shopkeeper cheerfully greeted him. Apparently, he's a regular in this store, always finding time to grab a loadful of sweets everyday after his classes.

Anthony only responds to the man with a smile as he browse through the stock of candies, stuffing back his hands inside his pocket, never realizing there's a familliar face inside the candy shop OTHER than the shopkeeper.

Why, if he does, he'll not be as calm and mature as he is now at the moment.

[Kida]

The monkey hadn't understood why she had fallen down so forcefully all of a sudden. But before she had much of a chance to think about it, she was pulled to her feet. Not by Big Sister, but by a man. When the man pinched Ann Marie's cheeks she winced and rubbed it. The candy she had been gathering was everywhere on the ground and Ann Marie felt the tears well in her eyes. There was nothing wrong with the candy, but she was upset that she fell, upset that her precious candy was everywhere, upset and scared that Big Sister would get mad at her.


Instead of getting angry at Ann Marie however, Kida almost jumped out of her skin when the sound of the impact reached her ears over her music. She had had her eyes closed, tapping her foot to the beat so she hadn't see what had happened. All Kida saw when she opened her eyes was some boy with Ann Marie as a man had helped them up and the candy everywhere. "Ann Marie!" She hurried over, "Are you okay? What happened?" Pulling out her ear buds she saw the tears that were accumulating in Ann Marie's eyes. "You're not hurt, are you?"


"Not hurt..." she sniffed.

"It's okay, see there's nothing wrong with the candy. See?" Kida picked up a bag and demonstrated the candy's good health. "All good." Then she turned to the boy. "Are you okay too? Sorry about that, uh...sometimes Ann Marie doesn't look where she's going." The man on the other hand had continued on to the counter. Kida scowled at his unfamiliar back. What a jerk. Help them up but not see if they're okay...

[Roy]

Eralk lay on the ground covered in sweets. Next to him he could hear a young girlish voice whining calmly and... he heard a strangely intrusive voice singing a totally weird song. And the singing got louder. "Ow.. I must have hit my head pretty bad" Eralk said as he already got grabbed at hit feet and put back in a standing position. Having no clue how that happened and how that man did that he was watching how he pulled the girl on his feet too and then turned away from them.

"What a strange guy..." he said putting his palm on his head where he has been patted. Then already a black haired girl approached them. A.. beautiful black haired girl. Eralk has actually nothing to do with girls, relationships and love in general, still he couldn`t deny that the womans look was fascinating him.

But not because of that, more because of his manners he quickly spoke out apologizes because he knew it was his fault and stumbled over his own tongue "Ahh..haha.. I.. I`m sorry, I just saw, and then I,uh..sorry, for-" Stopping right after he realized that that the woman wasn`t accusing him for anything. "Umm, your okay? right?" he quickly asked the little girl he crashed into wanting to know if he hurt her or something.

With a side glance at the older girl he was checking if she looked mad at him in any way, because he still felt guilty. but the girl was already glaring at someone else: the weird guy who pulled them out.

Even though Eralk has never met him before he still was feeling a strange aura surrounding him...

[Sven]

Anthony slightly bent his body a bit nearer to a carton of fudge, just to take a whiff. He closed his eyes as he did, and pulled himself straight up with a satisfying smile. He moved over to the next candy, never noticing he's receiving a stare from some pairs of eyes.

It only became apparent that he noticed something when the teacher suddenly stood straight, pausing his steps. Turning off his music, the black-haired pulled his headphones off his ears and head, letting the equipment rest around the back of his neck as he remained rooted, his backside facing the people existing there.

Slowly, Anthony partly turns half his body around, his glasses that had lost its shimmer revealed his curious forest green eyes. The first sight that caught his attention...is of course, Kida. "...Gobstopper?" Blinking blankly, the teacher lets the fact dawned onto him that he's in the same room as his beloved water-wielding angel...and when it does...

That blank curious expression slowly morphed into a more excited and surprised glint as he repeats what he said, only with more emphasis, "Gobstopper~!!" That got his hands off his pockets as he almost gracefully made his way towards Kida. "Long time no see! How have you been, my dear?"

Even when focused towards Kida, it doesn't mean that he ignored the rest of the others around him. He's fully aware of their heartbeats...and their thoughts, for that matter. But for now, he decided to take small notice of Ann Marie...and an even smaller notice of Eralk. ...Until they speak to him, that is, and THEN he will drag him to his world. The world where Kida is forced into the moment she was 'named', apparently.

"Gobstopper, really, is fate really this wonderful, or is it just me?" He swiftly grabbed one of Kida's hand, and kissed the back of it gently.

[Kida]

A shiver rolled down Kida's spine. A shiver of disgust! "UGH!" She yanked her hand back and scowled at Reinhardt. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see you here." Of all people to run into at the moment she had Ann Marie in a candy store! Not only would the monkey be incredibly curious about how Kida knew the guy, but Kida would have to attempt to drag Ann Marie out. If they didn't buy candy, Ann Marie wouldn't want to leave. If they did buy candy then they would have to spend more time in the presence of Reinhardt.

Not to mention the poor kid who was now forced into his presence as well.

"I think fate is a bitch, to be honest. And I was already less than content before you showed up so thanks for reunion, but I think I'll be going now. C'mon Ann Marie."


"Whaaaaaat?! But-but-but! Ann Marie has no choose her candy yet! Big Sissy said Ann Marie could get candy! Need to save precious's from the flooooor!" The monkey curled her tail around in front of her, hugging it and pouting.


Kida twitched. Great. "Ann Marie, we can get candy later. Come on!" This was exactly what she was afraid of. Ann Marie was enough of a handful, but all least she was a good guy. Kida had super serious doubts about Reinhardt, she was pretty sure he was the God of Annoying Perverts reincarnated. But the both of them together...Kida almost felt ready to faint in exhaustion.

[Roy]

Eralk didn`t get an answer to his question at all because suddenly the weird man from before yelled out to them and draw the two girls attention to him. 'Gobstopper.. ? Is that her name?' Eralk repeated in his mind. 'Her looks doesn`t fit that name at all..' But that only because Eralk has no clue what that perverted teacher called Anthony Reinhardt was thinking about when he gave her that nickname. "Uh... you know each other?" he asked carefully to enter the scene.

But his question showed to be useless when he saw the older girls reaction to the mans sudden greeting. He was watching the two of them and was sure that he somehow doesn`t want to have anything to do with that strange guy. So he just took a step backward to become invisible to them...hopefully.

Then the two females decided to leave suddenly, well one has decided the other just gets dragged along. What was more important, they were leaving him alone with that guy! Eralk quickly approached the little girl and was apologizing again. "Sorry for that earlier, I hope your alright....w-whats your name?"

Eralk didn`t care if he was admitting the crash being his fault or not. He was just wishing that his words were enough to start a conversation that keeps them together until they are out of that guys range. So he joined in next to them to leave the candy shop.

[Sven]

Anthony held his arms fixed behind him in a gentleman-like manner as soon as Kida pulled her hand away from his grip. His smile only widens at her response, even when she announced that she's leaving. But before he could gather his thoughts to form a speech, the little girl beside Kida suddenly spoke.

His lips curled into a grin at how close the two of them seems.

"My, who is this lovely young lady...?" He can't help feeling amused at Ann Marie's adorable antics with her tail and the pout. Kneeling one foot on the floor so his eyes are leveled with Ann Marie's, Anthony gently took hold of Ann Marie's chin with two of his fingers, then smiled. "My dear, would you allow me to save your precious from the floor?" He questioned with a smug glint as he cornered his eyes towards Kida.

"Though..." The crazy teacher suddenly scooped Ann Marie off the floor, holding her close to him, bridal-style. "I would love to know your name first, my sweet." His face is closing towards the little girl after each and every word he spoke, and now just only millimeters apart from Ann Marie's face.

There goes the trap. Once he knows the name, he'll go directly straight to his call-name bestowment...and that isn't good. At all. Especially if his victim is left alone with him in the same room. His eyes only focused at the blonde, grinning sadistically. So now Ann Marie has almost officially steps into his world...now it only leaves that boy... But Anthony will get to him later.

This place is HIS haven. And whoever steps in his haven, will be his. It always flows that way...to Anthony, at least.

[Kida]

Ann Marie blinked and turned to the sound of an unfamiliar voice. She pointed at herself. "Ann Marie is...Ann Marie." she replied to Eralk. But before the boy could ask her anything else, Ann Marie pointed at him and said to Kida, "But Ann Marie needs to say 'sorry' to stranger, right? ....Ann Marie is really sorry." She bowed from the waist to Eralk in the Japanese fashion, as she had seen in one of Kida's picture-books called 'manga'. "Forgive Ann Marie, yes yes? Accident."

Though he hadn't replied yet, the monkey was already smiling as if she had been let off the hook. [/b][/color]

"Thank you, that's very sweet, but we have to--" Kida's words were cut off by a silent gasp of surprise. Reinhardt had bent down to talk to Ann Marie--bad enough, but he was touching her. "Hey! Get your hands off--PUT HER DOWN!!! You have no right to touch her!!" There were a string of swears ready in her head, with only Reinhardt as the target.

The monkey on the other hand was only looking up at this new man with wide eyes. "Heard name. Said to boy too." Ann Marie blinked and suddenly stuck her tail tip in between their faces. She used it to flick the man's forehead. "Stranger too close."

The fact that the monkey had actually deemed someone as 'being too close' was a miracle, a bloody miracle to Kida. "Give him a kick to the face and let's go!" But Kida realized the boy would be left alone and she didn't know how far Reinhardt's perversions went. "Hey, kid. Get behind me or something, will ya?" She snapped at the boy.

[Roy]

Eralk was simply taken away by that little girls politeness. Its rarely seen these days. Eralk didn`t notice though that Ann Marie was probably not even knowing what the meaning of her words were.

Then Anthony started his attack on the little girl while her sister was yelling at him. 'Geez, whats that guy thinking? It doesn`t seem like he knows them THAT good.' Eralks sense for justice ticking in he made a step closer to the guy. No matter how tall he was, Eralk would never tolerate a scene like that. "Hey mister, shouldn`t you have asked in the first place?" Eralk said to the teacher whos holding Ann Marie who didn`t seem like shes feeling comfortable.

Eralk lifted his fist on his waist "Somebody with your age really should know how to treat people." he said accusingly. Now Kida was already cheering on her sister to break free and told Eralk to stay close. "O-okay!" he replied. Eralk was surprised that she even noticed him. Tough people like her usually don`t notice him.

[Sven]

Anthony is extremely satisfied by the turn of events...that grin of his face totally confirms it. He didn't mind his head got flicked by the blonde's tail at all, the fact that she reacts to his action is enough for his satisfaction. He just kept holding Ann Marie close to him, thoroughly amused by Kida's yells.

"Now, now. Calm down, gobstopper. What's the worst I could--" His sentence was cut short when a boy stood up from behind him, stating his thoughts. Anthony blinked behind his shining spectacles, as he spun around to face this lad, while still holding Ann Marie in a bridal fashion. The sight of that young boy before him created a strange glint in his eyes.

The teacher smirked. "Oh? Well, I do know how to treat people." Anthony responds to Eralk, and them smiled brightly at the boy. "Dear lad, would you care to hold the adorable cream cupcake for me?" And thus, Ann Marie's alias was born, the second the spectacled man holds out his arm with Ann Marie as he simply handed it to Eralk.

"...Treating people MY way, that is." He uttered under his breath, already plotting two schemes in his head and all the possible outcomes. "Come on. Take her." The teacher said gently, with a warm smile that totally contradicts his earlier grin. [/font]

[Roy]

Eralk came closer to the two of them again after he positioned himself next to Kida. "Cream cupcake...?" he replied confused. "You mean.... her?" Eralk said slowly when pointing at Ann Marie.

Eralk still didn`t have a clue what kind of person that creepy guy was. But the habit of giving nicknames to people wasn`t very promising. In fact, the name cream cupcake was filled to the max over and over with perverted thoughts, but Eralk lacked the mature mind to think that far.

With a quick look to Kida Eralk decided that it would be the best for Ann Marie to get away from that guy. "O-okay.." So he made another step and took Ann Marie in bridal style. Because that was the only way he could afford carrying her since her high wasn`t that much diffrent from his. Totally not used to that he made a few steps backwards, almost tripping, and then put Ann Marie to the ground between Kida and himself. "There.." he said in exhaustion and turned around. Now he was blocking the teachers view to his little Cream Cupcake.

"Are you happy now? Still, I don`t think that you are that trustworthy.. even though you do have the physical advancement to carry her properly!" Eralk stated with a with a thought about his poor attempt of carrying Ann Marie.

[Kida]

With Ann Marie now safe on the ground, away from Reinhardt, Kida stepped in front of both her and Eralk. "I thought I told you to get behind me!" she snapped at the boy. "And YOU!" Kida pointed at finger at Reinhardt. "Don't you drag her into your twisted, perverted mind! Her own is screwed up enough as it is! Her name is Ann Marie, alright? And I'm Kida, you Asshole! Not a flipping Gobstopper!!" She stomped her foot at the word 'gobstopper'. She was not some silly multicolored Willy Wonka creation! Hell, did anybody actually even make Gobstoppers?



The monkey, on the other hand, was unusually calm through it all. Merely blinking her big eyes and watching everybody. "Thankees!" she said to Eralk when he put her on the ground. "Ann Marie like to bounce and jumpies and stuffies on her own. .....Carry Person." she named him with a giggle.


Kida twitched. It had been long after that night in the alley that Kida had realized just who Reinhardt reminded her of. Ann Marie. They both were stark raving mad, liked to call people by nicknames and do whatever the hell they pleased. But just HOW could they be so alike and so different? Kida officially hated Reinhardt. Depised, loathed, would like to see in a jail with a girlfriend named Bob. And yet Ann Marie, as annoying as she could be....was really innocent and meant well.

Kida rubbed her aching temples. "Be gone, you demon." she growled at Reinhardt.

[Sven]

Anthony watched with a smile as Eralk holds out his arms to take Ann Marie, and tottered his way to set her on the ground. The spectacled man can't help but to laughed lightly at the sight. Really, all he needs to activate his wifi-like access to somebody's mind, is just by touching them. Then he's free to read, raid, and rob what he needs from the minds of his victim...if that person is within specific parameters. When he's handling Ann Marie to Eralk, he had the chance to touched the boy's arms...so now Eralk has officially got himself stuck within Anthony's grasp...

"Now, now, lad." The black-haired lessens his laugh into chuckles as he reached out his hand on top of Eralk's silver hair and ruffles it, "You don't know me yet and you've decided that you dislike me already? Now, that's unfair."

What he expected Kida would do, really did occured; Kida stepping in front of the two innocent children, as an act to defend them from the villain of the thread. Anthony smiled with his eyes squinted close behind his glasses, grinning cheerfully at her as she yelled at him.

"Names don't mean anything if I can't remember them, gobstopper." Anthony replied with that fake kind smile. "And frankly, gobstopper fits you, my dear.." The teacher held out his hand, attempting to caress Kida's cheek, but since he moves so slow, he expected Kida to slap his hand off before he even had the chance to touch her.

Anthony then cornered his green eyes back at Ann Marie, smiling at what she address him with, before turning back to Kida. "See? Even cream cupcake is adopting my technique. It's not a crime, you know." He stole a glance to the boy behind Kida, planning something involving the poor innocent lad in his twisted mind.

"Ah-hahahahahah~! My, my, gobstopper. You can adress me as whetever you want, as long as that flicker in your eyes are still there." He winked, stuffing his hands back inside his pockets. "And really, what have I done wrong today to receive such a treatment? I'm just browsing through all the confections here, and greeting a lovely group on the way. Is that so evil like a demon?" He smiled, now looking expectantly at Kida, as if waiting for her answer.

"By the way." He stepped to the side, and maneuvered his way around Kida and towards the two behind her, his eyes mainly focused onto Eralk though. Closing his distance to the young man, Anthony looked down onto the boy as if trying to search for a pimple on Eralk's face.

There's a pause for him.

"...Caramel-dipped apple!" He suddenly hollered, still eyeing the boy, before smiling wide and stepping back. "Sweet, tart...and positively fresh." He started laughing lightly, "It fits you so well!" Though he never specifies on what exactly did he meant by that. No one could decipher what that grin of his actually meant..