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draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#726: Jul 24th 2011 at 10:42:36 AM

Xenosaur chuckled loudly, "Humans are far from soft my friend, maybe where you're from, it would upset the balance of thing, but not in my universe. I've seen and made machines that would frighten most men's hearts, you have no idea how strong some humans can be, my comrades are most notable."

edited 24th Jul '11 10:44:58 AM by draconiansuperior

Dvdmacyoshi Since: Jul, 2011
#727: Jul 24th 2011 at 10:50:34 AM

"You're beggining to sound like another immortal I have the misfortune of knowing. He chose to spend his time with and train humans. Of course, other immortals did not approve, and he soon became a rogue, like myself."

draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#728: Jul 24th 2011 at 10:55:06 AM

"My my, why would immortal beings have hatred for human, I might not be human, but my human comrades see me as part of their Band of Brothers as they see each other," he remembered his comrades, how were they doing he wondered.

Dvdmacyoshi Since: Jul, 2011
#729: Jul 24th 2011 at 10:58:32 AM

"Humans are vastly inferior, why else? They see themselves as the Ultimate power on this earth... If only they knew."

draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#730: Jul 24th 2011 at 11:01:35 AM

Xenosaur rolled his eyes, "Any you don't see yourself as such, clearly you have a weakness. Every species sees itself as the ultimate power, only science can actually make beings an ultimate power."

Dvdmacyoshi Since: Jul, 2011
#731: Jul 24th 2011 at 11:07:11 AM

"I don't see immortals as the Ultimate race, we most certainly have flaws. Why else do you think I abandoned my people? Humans, however, are a truly special case. They are on par with starfish to me. Truly pathetic."

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#732: Jul 24th 2011 at 11:19:57 AM

Hey! Have a map of the cantina that I slaved for four hours on right here!

Selene had already slipped out when she saw the lizard person take out the saw. She hoped nobody saw her, but one too many attempts on her life left by irate recipients her a little paranoid whenever weapons were involved.

Looking around at the other patrons, she noticed Matthias at the bar. Wait... it was Matthias! It definitely wasn't one of his brothers, but why was he drinking?*

And who was that with him, a friend, perhaps?

She took a seat at Table 2.

Come to think of it, she did want some milk, but where was the barkeep?


[Bar]

Alex knew instantly what she was trying to proposition him for.

"This place hasn't proven to be very promising. Ten minutes for a drink is fucking ridiculous."

He could sense Selene watching him.


[Table 2]

Wait, she thought, tilting her head a little. Matthias never swears. And his accent sounds different! What's going on...?

edited 24th Jul '11 11:35:39 AM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#733: Jul 24th 2011 at 11:26:14 AM

Xenosaur laughed a little manically this time, "If humans are starfish compared to you, then I suppose that your kidneys would be more interesting to dissect."

I'm hoping everyone has guessed how much Xenosaur likes kidneys

KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#734: Jul 24th 2011 at 11:46:53 AM

[bar -> table 2]

Asayu replied, "you don't look so drunk that they'd have a reason to cut you off... huh. Well, what this place lacks in swift service, it makes up for in atmosphere." She glanced over at the table that seemed to have attracted a crowd, but decided against joining their conversation. Instead, she scanned the room, noting a white-haired woman who seemed to be staring at Alex. She said, "that white-haired woman over there seems lonely... you can keep sitting here, or join me; I'm going to see if she could use some company." With that she stood and joined Selene, saying, "hello there! What brings a nice young lady like yourself to a place like this?"

edited 24th Jul '11 11:48:21 AM by KillerClowns

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#735: Jul 24th 2011 at 12:42:11 PM

[Bar]

Alex downed the rest of his shot, grimacing a little as it burned its way down his throat.

...Okay, no more strong alcoholic drinks for the sake of Method Acting.

He left a $10 note on the counter next to his empty glass and got up, then took his coat off and collected his cane. He heard Brent come out.

"Earl Gray and a whole milk. Bring them to Table 2."


[Table 2]

"Oh, hello!" she said with a kind smile. "One of my acquaintances found a way to come here, so I figured I'd visit for a little while..."

The truth might sound a little improbable, but she had purple hair, though.

She saw Matthias come over to the table, his coat and cane in hand and a kind smile that he hadn't shown so far today.

"You don't mind, do you, Selene?" he said in his familiar London accent.

"Go ahead!"

Matthias draped his coat over a chair and took a seat as a steaming cup of Earl Gray tea was set in front of him, followed by a pint of whole milk that was set in front of Selene.

"Oh, thank you!" she said. "My name is Selene Neilson. What might your name be?"

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#736: Jul 24th 2011 at 12:59:10 PM

Asayu smiled and said, "Asayu. Asayu ul'Valmoth. Pleasure to meet you." Then she glanced over at Alex... Matt... in a teasing voice, she asked, "were you toying with me? Because that's my job!" Then, eyes glittering with mischief, she added, "pity you didn't have a few more drinks... I wonder how far you could have taken your little game..." Then, her voice changing to a more casual tone, she said, "you two know each other, I take it?"

draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#737: Jul 24th 2011 at 1:27:05 PM

(Catina entrance)

The Catina doors swung open, a tall dark skinned women with white hair, red eyes, and pointed elf ears.

She wore a white shirt, under a pair of brown overalls, with one button undone, which had a bunch of oil stains. She had a utility belt with several items on it. A yellow bandanna covered her white hair and a pair of goggle were on top. A wrench was on her left side as a pistol was holstered on her right. A shotgun was on her back and a couple of computer devices where on her sides. Kikina the Elven Mechanic.

Noticing Xenosaur talking to Virgil, she strode confidently with her hands on her hips and a smile on her face, "Hey Xeno," she smiled as she looked at the saurian medic.


Xenosaur noticed the Dark Elf and smiled a tooth grin, "Why greetings my mechanically savvy comrade, and how might you have gotten here?"


"No idea, but I'm thirsty, bartender," she called toward Brent, "Vodka!"

Any resemblance to Asuya is unintentional, I made Kikina way before I knew about Asuya. It should also be noted that she's pretty much a dark elf expy of the engineer.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#738: Jul 24th 2011 at 1:31:34 PM

[Table 2]

"I deliver his mail. And his brothers' mail, too." She sipped her milk.

Matt sipped his tea like how any fancy, upperclass Brit would, relishing in its delicate, citrusy aroma. He had to wash that awful rum taste out of his mouth. No amount of alcohol could ever make him give up his beloved tea.

edited 24th Jul '11 1:48:37 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#739: Jul 24th 2011 at 1:50:00 PM

[table 2]

Milk. The smell of it still made Asayu nauseous. What maddened Earth-born had gotten the idea to steal lactation from some poor cow and drink it himself? Like most of her people, she had no physical tolerance for the stuff, and couldn't have drank it if, on some mad whim, she'd wanted to.

But then, what would they think about her own people's tendency to make a meal from every part of a pig conceivable? Tearing her eyes from Selene's sickening choice of drink, she said, "oh, come now! There must be more to it than that! That seemed a friendly greeting for a mail-woman, I think." Then, to Matt, she added, "and you never answered my question. What was with that bit of acting you indulged in back at the bar?"

Dvdmacyoshi Since: Jul, 2011
#740: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:05:54 PM

Virgil turned to the Dark Elf.

"So, you know this man? Interesting. I hope no one I know shows up."

TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#741: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:06:24 PM

Table 3

"Nuclear fusion is kind of complex," Vincent said to Wesley. "Mechanically speaking, anyway. Simply put, you take two atoms - the most commonly used element is hydrogen - smush them together hard enough, and they form one atom of a new element and lots and lots of energy. We've haven't completely got it under control yet. Nuclear fission is a lot easier, but still pretty dangerous. You know about fission, right? Uranium-235 and all that?"

He saw Wesley's surprise and turned to see a purple-haired woman in the cantina. "That's... whatserface... Asau, right? Xavier mentioned her a little. The only thing he could really remember about her was purple hair and a really awkward conversation about interspecies 'relations'," he said, making air quotes.

[down][down][down]Fixed.

edited 24th Jul '11 2:34:27 PM by TeraChimera

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#742: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:07:48 PM

[Table 2]

"I was wondering if someone would notice. Method Acting. Where one takes on the thoughts and mannerisms of a character so that they can play the character more realistically."

It was always fun to go out and method act, especially if he accidentally met someone Matthias Cline knew while in costume.

"Oh, okay!" Selene said cheerfully, giggling. "That makes sense...~"

Matt simply sipped his tea, trying to ignore Selene's sudden shift in personality.

Ugh, makes me wish I didn't have Vince act like a dick to Kamur over his "hippie" clothes. A food debate would've been fun.

edited 24th Jul '11 2:15:22 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#743: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:30:41 PM

Kikina stared at Virgil, "What ever," she cared less as Brent got her Vodka. She drank it straight up as she put the glass down.

"Ah, taste good, always makes you feel better after a long day of work," she continued to drink the alcohol as Xenosaur decided to talk to her.


"So Kikina, how has the rest of the team been?"
Kikina stopped drinking her alcohol with one eye open, "Well, we've all been killing and burning, so everything's good, so far."

edited 25th Jul '11 9:52:20 PM by draconiansuperior

KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#744: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:31:26 PM

"Interesting," Asayu said. "Acting. Part of my job as well... in a manner of slee — er, speaking. I've never taken it quite as far as you, though my audience is a bit less demanding. You're quite a good actor, though... you had me confused, anyways. I take it you're a professional actor?" She supposed "con man" was another possibility, but it would be rude to suggest. "You must see a lot of interesting places in a job like that. Any place in particular you're fond of?"

[up][up][up]Swimsuit? At the Garden, Asayu hadn't brought a swimsuit — just her skirt and a bit of cloth to keep her chest from getting in the way. She wasn't wearing either when she went swimming.

edited 24th Jul '11 2:31:45 PM by KillerClowns

Gault Laugh and grow dank! from beyond the kingdom Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: P.S. I love you
Laugh and grow dank!
#745: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:46:48 PM

Table 3

Wesley shook his head. “I know about Hydrogen- it’s just about the most common element in the universe, but what’s Uranium-235?” He followed Vincent’s gaze over to Asayu, suddenly growing slightly nervous at the mention of interspecies relations. He saw her giving Xenosaur a certain look and thought: Oh dear lord- she’s actually thinking it, isn’t she? Wesley turned back to Vincent and motioned as if to say ‘See!’, but then remembered he only looked like his brother. His hand instinctively shot up to the back of his neck. “Er- yeah. My fault. Anyway-“ said Wesley, changing the subject. Or at least, he tried to. “Yeah she- um…” He glanced over to Table 2, directly adjacent to them and unavoidably within his line of sight. He briefly considered asking Vincent to extend his right wing which would block them out but decided against it.

Instead Wesley stood, mentally shelved the current line of conversation to continue later, assembled all his gear and said to Vincent, “Y- you wait right here, I’ll be back in a minute.” He then took a few steps over to Table 2. He didn’t pull up a chair and sit down, not yet. In the back of his mind, Wesley wasn’t at all sure just what he was trying to accomplish. He couldn’t attack her here, and even if he could he wasn’t sure if he wanted to, which was odd. Usually these kinds of decisions were far simpler, binary even. Yet this was most certainly not. It felt… strange. Awkward. That was the thing with Asayu. She had a way of making him feel confusing things and for the life of him, Wesley could not figure out why. He should hate her, and to an extent he did but that wasn’t all of it. For a few moments he just stood there over Table 2, not knowing what to say.

He reflected, with a certain self-aware sense of irony, back to the first time they had met, where he had been at a similar loss for words. Wesley grinned inwardly. He had called her an Angel then. Then he had quickly learned that looks can be deceiving, and wouldn’t be making that mistake a second time. Wesley thought he might start out with an insult, maybe try to embarrass her in front of present company, but his better nature squelched the urge. It likely wouldn’t have worked anyway. From what he knew of Asayu, shame was an entirely alien concept to her. So, Wesley thought, he didn’t want to embarrass her. Then what did he want? Why was he up here instead of back at his table partaking in scientific discourse with a six foot tall lizardperson? Wesley realized he wasn’t sure what he wanted, but what he was sure of was that he felt as if he owed her something. Or the other way around. Or whatever. He sighed to himself. This emotions bullshit was irritating. Wesley did not like not understanding things, especially if one of those things was himself. He was a rationalist goddamnit!

Turning to Asayu, he made up his mind and said, “Hi there. Remember me?”

Not bad, he thought. It was a place to start.

yey
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#746: Jul 24th 2011 at 2:58:43 PM

[table 2]

Asayu gave Wesley a warm smile and said, "yes! Wesley! It's nice to see you!" She wondered if he'd gotten over the sting she'd given him. It'd just been a harmless joke, by her measure. A few whacks with a bamboo staff. But he'd taken it so seriously... if he brought it up, she supposed she'd apologize. And she certainly wouldn't do such a thing again. "Please," she said, "feel free to have a seat. You remember Matt, right? And I've just met his friend Selene, over there."

As ever, she was completely oblivious to the extent of her effect on Wesley.

Gault Laugh and grow dank! from beyond the kingdom Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: P.S. I love you
Laugh and grow dank!
#747: Jul 24th 2011 at 3:40:05 PM

Table 2

Wesley felt slightly stunned.

… Nice to see me? It was? Really?

He didn’t move, taken aback as he was. This was surprising. Wesley wasn’t sure what he had been expecting from her, but he knew it certainly wasn’t anything like this. Should he be suspicious? Maybe she was setting him up for some fresh humiliation. No. That smile seemed genuine. But then again, that’s exactly what a smile was supposed to do, especially if she was the one wearing it.

Asayu was a professional assassin, trained to make even the most severe falsehood sound like the honest truth. The compulsion to distrust this person lingered in the back of his mind. Wesley outright refused to believe she didn’t know exactly what she was doing. It was her job- she probably knew a dozen ways to fool a man just off the top of her head. Still, it was an awful long grudge to bear for something which, as he had come to realize in all likelihood it was, an honest mistake. And besides, that had been over eight months ago. At least by his clock. Maybe it was time to let this go.

He shrugged then sat down, undecided. He would wait and see, not yet entirely sure what to think.

Wesley looked over to the other people sitting at the table. He nodded politely to Matt, having remembered him, but also that they hadn’t interacted much. He then faced the other girl, Selene. “Nice to meet you.”

yey
TweedlyDee BWAAAH! from Kansas Since: Apr, 2010
BWAAAH!
#748: Jul 24th 2011 at 5:33:28 PM

"Hey. You there, Inspector Gadget. Get up." As soon as he heard these words Herman bolted upright and shook his head in a manic fashion. Was he really such a lightweight that two glasses of Captain Morgan's made him drowsy?

"How long was I asleep?" Herman whimpered.

"About an hour. Are you an ex-Mormon? Because I've never seen anyone that weak with alcohol."

He just chose not to answer. Instead he decided to invest time into stalking Ted Bundysaurus and killer trash-can. He swore he heard them say something about kidneys. Eww. As a kid his grandpa told him about how they ate more offbeat parts of meat becuse the good stuff went to the armed forces. Herman himself had never eaten kidney, but 9 times out of ten he guessed they tasted like piss. And he did know what that tasted like. But this lizard talked about it like he had a fetish... Herman gagged a little bit and focused his "eyes" on the scaly creep and watched, as well as listened very intently. The unblinking yellow lenses zoomed in and out a couple times before settling, and he continued his vigil, and had the local police department on hold in case the lizard tried to fuck with Mr. Human.

I TELL YOU HWAT!
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#749: Jul 24th 2011 at 6:06:16 PM

Table 3

After a few moments, Vincent got up and walked to the bar. He hoped he wasn't insulting Wesley by leaving the table, but when Wesley got talking, he could go for quite a while.

He ordered another drink - a light beer this time; his head was still ringing from the Gargle Blaster he had ordered. He glanced to one side and noticed what looked like a reptilian alien and some kind of cyborg. Vincent couldn't see his face, but the cyborg was just tense enough that he was probably eyeing the alien apprehensively.

Vincent tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey. My name's Vincent. Yours?"

draconiansuperior The Draconic Superior from Home, doing stuff Since: May, 2011
The Draconic Superior
#750: Jul 24th 2011 at 6:10:29 PM

Kikina and Xenosaur chatted while X-T3 continued to examine the room, before once again coming upon Herman.

Scanning... scanners indicate hostility in scan-subject, appears to be focusing on master, regard with caution, take offensive action if necessary.


Xenosaur continued his chat with Kikina, "So has Alice done well in school, I bet she burned the bully that was teasing her."

Alice is a pryomaniac token loli, encase anyone is interested


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