Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Hey hey Kids!
How is everyone? feelin fine? good.

so its wednesday. (yay! not) and its non-uniform day (yay!) and im doing the black thing. y'know. Black roll neck. Balck jeans. Black fingerless leather gloves. Hey, im called Darke Angel for a reason. just dont ask me what that reason is...

the weather is all topsy turvey here. It can be torrential rain one moment, then bright warm sunshine the next. its the kinda weather where you're not sure what to wear cuz it will turn out to be inappropriate at least at one point during the day.

i dont have a lot to say today. theres no Chibi Darke today either, although, if you do want to see a bit of the lil guy, i did post something up on deviantart (link up top). i didnt think it was really appropraite for here though.

so instead, i got the next chapter of my current project "Daily Circumstance" up. you can either read it here, read it at my fictionpress account (link up top) or skip to the bottom where i will say something immature and stupid.

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AKEMI SHIBA
I was so freakin’ late! I can’t believe I overslept again this morning. That’s what I get for living alone apart from a small kitty called Eva. No one to wake me up in the mornings. I dodged through the streets, trying to make it to work on time. As I ran, I reflected on the incident. I can’t believe I knocked over a cop! What a klutz I was. The cop looked tired, frustrated, so I guess I was lucky to get off with a warning. She looked quite severe, with her short black hair and immaculate uniform. I turned into a side street and into a small park. It was still quite early, so the park was quiet, but it wouldn’t be long now till the morning rush hour. I had to get to the café in time for the breakfast customers.
I paused at a crossing whilst one of the JSDF Giant robots came stomping by. It was over 25 meters tall and in a dark green livery. The ground shook as it passed, heading towards Tokyo bay. Probably another monster alert. This time of year they usually got two or three a week.
I waited until it was clear and then clattered across the street and straight into the café.
“Morning Akemi-chan!” Chihiro Kato, my best friend since high school greeted me from across the café. She was shorter than I was and her hair was a dirty blonde and short in length. She was already in her uniform, cleaning the tables in preparation for opening time.
“Morning Chihiro. Where’s the boss?”
“He’s out at the moment. You’re lucky he’s not here; otherwise you would have got the third degree. I can’t believe you’re late again, especially after the other day,”
“I know, I know, I'm sorry. I need to get a new alarm clock.” I moved into the employee changing room and started to change into my uniform, a white blouse with a dark skirt and an apron over the top.
“The problem is not your alarm clock.” Chihiro leaned against the door frame. “The problem is that you don’t get up when it goes off!” I rolled my eyes. “And it doesn’t help that you stay out all hours of the night.”
“Thank you mum. I can’t help it if those match-making sessions last until gone midnight.”
“You shouldn’t go on match-making sessions when you have the morning shift the next day!”
“I know.” I moaned. “It was my 12th session last night and still no luck. Will I ever find the right guy?”
“If we all knew the answer to that, the world would be a much better place.” Chihiro laughed and we went back out into the restaurant. Already the smells of breakfast were drifting from the kitchen. Chihiro went and unlocked the door, and the restaurant was officially open for another day. It would still be quiet for a while, but the morning rush wasn’t far off. While I waited for the first customers, I turned my attention to the television. The news was on and there were images of a giant lizard breaking from the waves of Tokyo Bay.
“Didn’t they get rid of that thing last week?” Chihiro commented as she cleaned a table.
“They tried, but I think the army only succeeded in pushing it back into the water. It disappeared.”
“The army are no good. I think that their robot, what’s it called? Sentinel? I think it’s no good. I prefer that Super Heroine, um…Solaris. She’s cool.”
“No way, Sentinel is way cooler. I saw it pass by just before I got here.”
“I know it did, the vibrations made the plates rattle. How can you say Sentinel is cooler? Solaris can fly and she has solar beams that can slice through anything. Sentinel is just a machine. Everyone knows about it, there’s nothing special about it. It’s little more than a walking tank. Solaris is a real person, whose real identity no one knows.”
I didn’t reply. On the screen the robot that had passed me out on the street had appeared on the scene. It was just about to engage the lizard that had emerged from the scene when suddenly a streak of light shot from the horizon.
“That’s her, that’s her!!!” Chihiro was grabbing my shoulders, leaning over to see the TV. As the camera zoomed in, I could see a small female figure floating above the monster. Her costume was based on the Japanese flag, her face hidden by a visor, but her hair was allowed to flow freely, long and black. She held a small staff. Her voice could be heard on screen.
“Foul beast, you are disrupting the peace! In the name of justice, I will banish you!”
“Ooh, she’s about to do her special move! She is soooo cool!!!”
Solaris pointed her staff at the monster and a beam of fiery energy blasted the monster back into the ocean. It struggled to rise, but Solaris shot a beam through its chest. The giant creature fell, writhed and then fell silent. Solaris saluted the camera, and then flew off, leaving Sentinel looking bewildered as it stood in the bay, monster blood staining the water.
“Solaris butting in on another military operation?”
“Yes.” It suddenly occurred to me that I didn’t recognise the voice and turned to see young male with short dark hair leaning on the counter.
“Oh, excuse me!” I bowed. “Welcome to “Kitsune”. May I take your order Sir?”
“Yeah, a coffee to go, I'm in a rush.”
As I turned to operate the coffee machine he continued.
“I'm gonna be busy in the office this morning. There’s going to be a tonne of paper work over that whole incident.”
“Is Sir in the military?”
“No, but my company part owns the Sentinel. We have to deal with all the insurance and risk assessments. You know. The boring stuff.”
“Oh,” A wage slave, I thought. Pity. He was kinda cute.
“Why can’t Solaris just leave off military operations? Make my life easier. Besides, Sentinel is just plain cooler.”
“I agree.” I set the coffee down in front of him. “That will be 300 Yen.”
He dug out some money and placed it on the counter.
“Thanks miss.” He left and headed away in a hurry.
“Flirting with customers are we?” Chihiro spoke in my ear. I jumped in surprise; I hadn’t heard her come up behind me. I turned on her.
“I was NOT.” I insisted, feeling my cheeks burn. “We were just talking about the Sentinel and Solaris.”
“Talking about Solaris again?” We turned to find the third waitress of the shift standing in the doorway. She was about a year younger then Chihiro and me, but was probably more mature then we were.
“Solaris is way cooler than you’ll ever be. Anyway, where have you been Aso-chan? You’re late.” Chihiro accused.
“Sorry. The bus got caught up in traffic, what with the Bay incident.”
“Don’t you live in Akihabara? Why would you be caught up in bay traffic?”
“Um…it’s really packed out there.” She seemed to be sweating lightly. I glanced out the window. The roads seemed fairly clear. I gave her a funny look.
“Perhaps you’d better catch a train next time.” Chihiro waved her off.
Aso-chan nodded and went to get changed, her long black hair waving behind her.
By the time she was ready, the first customers of the morning rush were arriving and I started to busy myself in my shift.

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did you just skip to the bottom?

he he. I said bottom. ^^;

hey, i said it would be immature and stupid. Darke always keeps his promises.


ciao guys. see ya tomorrow. probably.
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