A Conversation with Myself A Conversation With MyselfCharacters:K - MeIG - Inner GuideIG: So, in what area of life are you off-course?K: My academics, most definitely.IG: And by academics, you mean-K: Schoolwork. Grades. The one necessary evil.IG: Okaaay... WHY are you off course in your academic life?K: Basically, I've been sheltered all my life from any "real" responsibility. There are a few times I should have failed a grade, but was advanced anyway. Out of pity, maybe.IG: Sooo... you're saying that all you're life you've had everything handed to you?K: Basically. I've got this delusion of invulnerability around me. I think that everything will
ANGEL DRIVE - Prologue ANGEL DRIVE - Prologue 1March 14, 2591Narita Aerospace Research CenterTokyo, JapanA pair of white-coated scientists walked down the hall of the research center. With looks of apprehension on their faces, they stopped at a small office. The placard on the door was written in both Japanese characters and English; after all, the man inside was well known in both the East and West for his research:Prof. Satoshi Hikaru, Ph.DHead of Deep Space Research and Engineering"You think this data will interest him?" One of the scientists, a native of Okinawa, voiced his concern aloud."It might, and it might not." The other, a foreigner with
Code Lyoko: DEATHMATCH *Odd and Ulrich are walking down the hall of Kadic Academy when they see a large poster*Poster: ALL-KADIC XBOX LIVE HALO 2 DEATHMATCH TOURNAMENT! STUDENTS AND FACULTY WELCOME! TIME: 7:00 PMUlrich: Are you thinking what I'm thinking!Odd: AWESOME! Let's get the gang together! With our experience in virtual reality, we'll waste these guys!Jeremy: *walks up* Hey, I wanna join too!Ulrich: No, Jeremy, you'll only get destroyed. Odd and I are the best gamers in Kadic. We'll handle this!Jeremy: Oh really... *evil plot*_______________________________*Jeremy comes down the factory elevator and sits at the supercomputer's control console
Long Live Love In a hotel room in TokyoI open up my eyes,It gives me such a thrill to beThe first to see the sunrise,But as I rise to face the day,I think of someone far away,Someone who's been waiting for me to say...Ai banzai! Ai banzai!Ai banzai! Long live love,Ai banzai! Ai banzai!Ai banzai! Long live love!Shibuya Crossing, 1-0-9There's people everywhere,But not a single girl I've seenHas had a face so fair,As the face I know is waiting for me,Across the ocean, across the sea,Waiting in the land of the free...Ai banzai! Ai banzai!Ai banzai! Long live love,Ai banzai! Ai banzai!Ai banzai! Long live love!I can se
Darker than Black: SSA Ch. 0 "The night sky full of cries,Hearts filled with lies,The contract, is it worth the price?A soul pledged to the darknessNow I've lost it, I know I can killThe truth exists beyond the Gate!"~"Howling" by Abingdon Boys SchoolChapter 0: A New Dawn Brings New BeginningsIn the Land of the Rising Sun, the sun was indeed rising.It rose over the ocean, its light slowly encroaching on the waters of Tokyo Bay, until it reached the harbor and began to reflect off of warehouses and buildings on the waterside. The glittering reflections began to grow in number as the rays of the sun began traversing further and further across the city, br
Prologue: Eye of the Hurricane The Anti-Delumiens.This is the name that we, the Kindred, have given the oldest members of our kind. They are the Original, the sires of our entire people.Back in the Roman Empire, in the early days of what you humans refer to as anno domini, the Anti-Delumiens were much like us. They lived in the shadows, preying on those who dwell in the light and creating our people, the Kindred - the bloodthirsty night-dwellers referred to by most others as "vampires". But with the passing of time and the blood of armies, nay, entire civilizations, the Anti-Delumiens grew too powerful.Though most of our kind are not sympathetic to mortals, we regard
Dramatis Personae: Protagonists [tbc] Galatea's DaughterA Vampire: The Requiem storyDramatis PersonaeProtagonists:James [Played by Patrica Miller]A young but filthy rich vampire of the Daeva clan, James is the textbook definition of "playboy." He believes he's God's gift to both women and men, and most of the other heroes [Especially Tan'ae] regard him with some distaste, as quoted once by Tan'ae: "He'll sleep with anything that breathes, and some things that don't." Despite this, he is a kind-hearted person, and while the idea of a monogamous relationship repulses him, he sees his massive entourage of sexual partners as people, and not just objects. He seems to have ta