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Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:41 pm
OOC: It's fine, it makes things exciting. Though you're not gonna like what I'm gonna do in this next post.
"Sir, I am here to report that treasure has been stolen from our base. We are presently holding a lockdown at our Mahogany Town facility. I repeat..."
"Don't you worry, they haven't gotten away with anything. You doubt my perceptive skills do you? I knew that little bug was working his way into our organization to be able to do such a thing with ease. I recognized this right away. That is why I proceeded to move the jewel to my safekeeping here at our base and replace it with a distinct look alike I had made. It's fake but it shines just like the real thing. They are stealing a basic cheap model I interchanged with its original. Everything is fine."
"Well gee, sir. I hadn't known that you took such precaution. That's why you're our leader, I suppose. I don't think there's ever a way to trick your level of intelligence, sir."
"Just make sure it doesn't happen again."
And then the phone call ended. The leader of the Black Sparrow was always in shadow. He continued to remain that way. And then once more his voice was heard as he smirked, looking out the window in his chair. He had his system to buzz things in in his hands. He buzzed out for the second in command, who was always happy to serve the first, who happened to be just outside. She entered the room.
"Did you call for me sir?"
"Yes, second commander. I'd like to see that new recruit now. Her name is..."
"Her name is Mizuki. She's from Fuchsia City. And she's here on the account of the third commander. He recruited her."
"Thank you for the information, second commander. Find her and send her in, would ya?"
"Yes, sir."
Within minutes I was showed to this dimly lit office, it really did seem to personify perfectly the name "Black Sparrow". When I got to the door, the woman who was kind enough to have shown me to the door, disappeared from sight and faded into the darkness in the other direction. I blinked. Things were certainly ominous around here. When I looked back at the door, a Gengar, a very creepy and big looking Gengar greeted me with his sinister type grin he always wore. I nodded in his direction and he opened the door slowly, showing me in. Wait, didn't the first commander have a Gengar?
"Hello? Is anyone in here? They said you wanted to see me?"
"Why yes, you're Mizuki right?"
"Yes, sir. That's me."
"And how are you today Mizuki?"
"I'm fine, sir and how about you?"
"Just peachy."
That's when his chair decided to turn around and he folded his hands on top of one another as he rested his elbows on the desk. Out of the very abundant darkness all I could see where the whites of his eyes and the circular shape of his eye. I gulped and took a step in further. Gengar followed me and closed the door.
"Gengar find a chair for this lovely lady."
Right away, the ghost pokemon searched for another chair in the room, once finding it, bringing it over to me for me to sit down. He walked back over to his trainer's side and stayed there. And then his deep and very ominous voice was heard again.
"Mizuki, do you know who I am?"
"Yes, sir. You're first in command, sir."
"Relax. There's no reason for you to be so nervous. Gengar here would love to entertain you, loosen your nerves a little bit. Isn't that right Gengar?"
Gengar called his name amusedly and laughed a bit, agreeing with his trainer as one of his hands moved to pet him. I watched this happen and didn't know what to make of it.
"Now, do you know why you're here?"
"Not exactly."
"It's because you have a special way with pokemon and with people that I just can't overlook. I want to officially welcome you to the Black Sparrow and to honor you. I want to recognize you as one of the members that has a potential to reach a higher rank. Right now, I'm afraid since you are new, that you're going to have to prove we can trust you."
"And how am I to do that, sir?"
"Well you see, I have a plan. Are you familiar with the place of Cerulean City?"
"Yes I am."
"Alright then, why don't you gather up your things and all of your gear and head over to that place. I want you to steal something very important for me. A Starmie from the Cerulean City gym. He has something I want. Oh but not just any Starmie. I want Misty's Starmie. Kill her if you have to, you have full permission. The object is, if you leave witnesses to let them not know who you are. You think you can do that for me?"
"Let me guess, you want the jewel off the Starmie and since Misty's is probably the healthiest, you want her jewel. The jewel when taken from the Starmie becomes quite the expensive piece and you can sell it for money or have it made into a ring for whatever purpose. But meanwhile, the Starmie won't be healthy again. And it may take it a really long while to recrystallize the gem in its center. Sometimes the Starmie never does so and it dies. Isn't that right sir?"
"It seems you have done your homework on water type pokemon. That's good. I need a trainer who is smart and can handle themselves in different types of situations. In any case, I want you to swiftly get in and out and get me that gem. You don't have to bring me back the Starmie, I want just the gem. If you please Mizuki. Now, this mission does not have to be completed, dear, till you are, of course ready and up for it. It will always be available. But know that until then, you will be under class A surveillance."
"Yes, sir. I understand."
"Good, good. Now, how are you getting along with your Umbreon?"
"Oh you mean Bandit? Well, he's great. We're getting along just fine. I think we're going to be good friends."
"Good, good. That's very good. Mizuki, I have all the faith that you're going to be a good trainer and a very great contribution to this organization. You start your training to combat against Crimson Vanguard later tonight. I want you to walk around and wait for one to show their ugly heads, challenge them and combat them. If your Umbreon is in danger, run and save yourself and the Umbreon. Tomorrow you shall start your spy and information gatherer training. They will just be skills required, you're not going to be placed in that department. No, no, I have much bigger plans for you."
"Alright, sir. Thank you."
"You're very welcome Mizuki. I'm glad we've spoken on this. You are free to go as you please."
I nodded and stood up, Gengar once more showed me the way out, but this time he was wearing a clown nose and an even more adorable smile than last time. I smiled and giggled as he opened the door for me, honking his clown nose that was attached. He laughed and cried his name happily. This organization, was this for real? Go to my home and steal the gem off of Misty's Starmie? I couldn't do that. That meant I'd have to injure it so badly that I could steal it without consequence. This was going to be a tough mission. How was I supposed to do this?
This would plague my mind for a while and then my mind shifted to my discussion with the first commander about friends. Friends huh? This organization was more like a forced friendship than anything. It was nothing like what was happening between Kisaru and I. Kisaru... I really did miss her. I hope she was alright. I promise I'll find a way out of this thing and back to you Kisaru and Kitsuke. You'll see me alive and well again, I promise. Even if it means suffering! And it was at that moment, I was determined to, not only escape from this prison like friendship but to take it down from the inside out. It was wrong what they were doing here, couldn't they see that? Umbreon hopped from his pokeball and rubbed my leg. I looked down and bent down, then petting his softly.
"Don't worry Bandit, I'm okay. We'll do this together, okay buddy?"
He smiled and then walked with me down the hallway to my quarters. This place... was truly something.
"Yes third commander, do you understand? Have I not spoken clearly? This is what I want you to do. Either you do it or you get out."
"I know sir, but how can you just expect me to march in there and shoot anyone dead who looks at me. You never know they may be valuable. I'm glad you're finally wising up to my way of thinking, but this isn't the way to do it."
"You have no choice, third commander. Find those three imbeciles who intruded the Mahogany Town base and kill them. Kill them all. I don't care what you have to do, by what means or anything, I want them dead. Do I make myself clear, third commander?"
"Yes, you make yourself clear. Understood, commander."
"Excellent. Now get going."
And then the phone hung up. I'd fallen asleep in my quarters with Umbreon under my arm. We slept so soundly and as we remained asleep, the third commander passed by my room and looked at my sleeping form with a meaningful gaze. And it was after holding it for about 3 minutes that he decided to leave on his mission in the Crimson Vanguard. He knew he may not come back, but, that was a risk he had to take. And as he left he thought:
'Good luck little rookie, I know you can do it.'
And there his form disappeared in the ebony night.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:15 pm
The three had made it back to base unscathed and had entrusted the artifact to Mariko for her to examine. She had offered to do so in order to make herself useful, which Reika had no problem with. After getting an intense yelling at by Reika for not being stealthy in the slightest, it was now her and Kisaru taking a walk out in the night.
"So how was your first time out on the field?"
"It was alright, I guess. I just wasn't prepared for it to be that intense... Especially Ryota and his apparent love for explosives."
"He can be quite hasty sometimes, but he means well... You alright?"
Kisaru was rubbing her arms in an attempt to heat herself when a cold breeze suddenly hit her. Her short sleeve vest wouldn't be doing her much good on this chilly night. Reika chuckled lightly and took off her own jacket before handing it to Kisaru. She however, didn't seemed affected by chilled air, her uniform
"It's a bit cold out tonight. I can't have my rookie Vanguard catching a cold now."
Kisaru's face lit up and she grinned from ear to ear.
"You mean it, I'm really in?! Cool!"
She couldn't believe she was acting so childish, but for the first time since she arrived, Reika was actually being friendly and not so demanding and cold. Suddenly, Reika's arm went in front of Kisaru. What had she done this time? Looking up at her superior, she noticed that she wasn't looking at her, but straight ahead.
"Whoever is out there, show yourself. There is no use trying to hide."
What was she talking about? Kisaru hadn't heard anything. Reika's battle-hardened senses were obviously no joke. She followed the other's eyes out into the distance and saw a dark figure approaching them.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:58 pm
Fujihama had been walking for a while, quite solemnly yet still, on guard. His mind did seem like it was other places, and he seemed outwardly displeased with this mission he'd been sent on. He didn't like to kill people outright. He needed a reason to kill people. In fact, all he could think about was how he was betraying, deeply, his sense of right and wrong to obey the commander in the top position. He opened his phone and looked to my number, clicking on it, almost if to edit it. Then he heard a female voice call out to him. Quickly, he locked his phone and placed it away in his pocket before concealing his gun and walking forward more, revealing his face.
Now both parties were in the light and could clearly be seen. He looked to the both of them and nodded.
"How are you ladies tonight?"
Crimson Vanguard as he'd predicted. He had to remain calm and collected. He was going to shoot, that is, until he recognized the girl from before. She was still alive, that was good. But, she'd been taken by the Crimson Vanguard? Wasn't she Mizuki's friend? He tried to keep his calm demeanor as if he didn't remember her at all. His eyes held gleams of pain and regret. He really didn't want to do this. And then the rain seemed it would have started to fall, first lightly in a drizzle. He stared at them and they stared at him. This would go down either way, but the question is; Would he actually kill them or would his life end tonight instead?
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:36 pm
It was that guy! Kisaru looked as if she was about ready to run up and slug him in the face, but Reika was in her way. He was going to pay one way or another for taking her friend away. Reika, however, held the same look of disdain. She hated the Black Sparrow with every ounce of her being and she wasn't about to let this creep near Kisaru.
"We were just peachy 'till you popped in. I can't imagine small talk is what you're here for. Why are you really here?"
Kisaru couldn't believe how well Reika was able to conceal any sense of anger, or sign of emotion at all for the matter. Her eyes looked so lifeless, yet she could see traces of something else there. ...Protectiveness?
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:51 pm
"Well it's nice to see you too again, Reika."
He smiled warmly and then his features drooped back to lifelessness, almost. He recognized the other girl and his gaze shot at her for a moment, and then back at Reika, remaining calm himself. He showed no intentions that he had a mission to complete. He always was the most heartless when he had to go on these missions. He found it best if he had put himself into a black hearted stupor so that when it came to light again, he wouldn't remember a thing. The rain began to pick up and shower more, wetting everything in the area. The thunder also picked up, making its booming sound. The electricity would soon follow. He kept his gun in his jacket and his hand on it just in case. His heart was heavy, could this be any harder?
He and Reika had been partners at one point, not from these opposite organizations. But friends. Best friends and partners on a journey until the Black Sparrow took him from her and all that was left was memories. Reika was in such pain and developed such anger against this Black Sparrow organization she decided to start her own, the Crimson Vanguard and this is how things turned out to be. He could have hoped for the better.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:25 pm
Kisaru was confused at this point. These two... knew each other? Were they sworn enemies? That warm smile from the man said totally otherwise. Whatever it was... Reika seemed to have put any and all kind memories of them behind her long ago.
"What are you doing here? Don't make me ask again."
Reika's tone was more harsh this time. Kisaru was caught off guard when Reika suddenly stepped out in front of her and had a hand on the holster attached to her built which concealed her pistol.
She absolutely despised the Black Sparrow organization, not only for taking her best friend away, but taking the life of her mother. Reika's mother was a part of a small resistance movement who tried to stop a Black Sparrow raid on Blackthorn City. Her mother was brutally murdered by the man she assumed to be the first in command of the entire organization. Those tragic events led her to form the Crimson Vanguard, an organization devoted to destroying the Black Sparrow once and for all, killing any who got in their way.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:40 pm
[color=olive]"Well, we had something long ago going on. We used to be best friends and even though I've grown in rank within the Black Sparrow and there's no way for me to escape their vice on me, I am here to check on you. I knew you'd be taking your midnight strolls like you usually do. And you have a new guest with you, a new member I see. You were that girl from before. I'm sorry.. if I injured you."
apologized sincerely and then looked back at Reika, unable to hold the eye contact with Kisaru. His hand was beginning to slip around the gun he'd been hiding in his jacket pocket on the inside of his coat. He didn't really want to shoot Reika, a long time friend, even if she had become his sworn enemy and gone through so much pain she didn't care for him anymore. And he wasn't about to shoot some kid because his commander asked him to kill whatever Crimson Vangaurd he ran into. He was lucky that he ran into the leader, unlucky for his connections with her. And, to be honest, he really didn't want to take the life of a young woman such as Kisaru, who had so many more wonderful years to live. But, what was he to do? He couldn't disobey his commander.
[color=olive]"I won't lie to you, Reika. You deserve the honesty, after all."
He took a breath and then began to explain.
"I was actually sent out on a mission by my head commander to your base. He wanted me to kill any and every Crimson Vanguard member who crossed paths with me. And how lucky for me that I've run into the commander in chief of their organization. I have their leader right before me. Without you leading them, I could dissolve this organization single handedly if I wanted to. I have the power, you know. But, I won't do that. I can't do that. There is no way that, even if my commander tells me to, that I am going to shoot my best friend. Reika, there's just no way. So please tell me you feel the same."
He pleaded with her. Even though he'd said this with such sincere gleams in his eyes, he wasn't going to cry. He still held that emptiness to him. Poor guy, he must have been going through so much torture from the day he was actually forced to join the Black Sparrow. Maybe if he had never been taken, this whole rivalry never would have started. He stood there, looking at them, the rain really pouring down on all of them, and the electricity striking all around almost in sync with the thunderous claps that were sounding at this moment. The storm was significant of not only the stormy ocean that Fujihama's heart was in at the moment, but it was a clash between fates and a destiny that was inevitable. Two best friends meeting once more as sworn enemies, and so it has begun.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:20 pm
Reika's once firm grip on the gun holster began to weaken as her hand trembled. The memories... They were all flooding back to her. Those good times that they shared, the time they were forced apart, every last detail. But then.. the horrid memory of her mother's death and finding her crumpled on the ground was all too much for her to bear. Her grip suddenly tightened again and she whipped the gun out from the holster, aiming right at him. Though, she didn't possess the will to shoot. Not him, her best friend.
"You should know very well by now that the Crimson Vanguard is no mere organization. We're a family. We stick together. You kill me now, and they will come after you and hunt you down and you will die one way or another. So I'm just going to make this easier on both of us. Do what you want with me, but leave Kisaru alone."
And with that, Reika emptied the ammunition from her pistol, each bullet hitting the pavement with a chime. She smiled sadly and came to grips with her most likely inevitable death, as she knew her friend probably wouldn't disobey orders.
"Oh would you look at that, I'm out of ammo."
Kisaru's eyes widened when she suddenly realized what Reika was doing. She was willing sacrificing herself. Why was she doing this? She instantly thought of Mizuki and how she fought to protect her, and she could do nothing. Tears stung at her eyes and she couldn't keep them from running down her cheeks and she screamed at the man through her sobs.
"No, leave her alone! Please! Don't take Reika away from me too!"
Reika was caught extremely off guard. She never perceived Kisaru to be one to cry, let alone for her sake. Another one of her friends had obviously been involved in all of this and she could only imagine the horror going through her mind.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:50 pm
OOC: This is turning out to be epic. If we animated and voiced this like a real anime, you realize it'd be the coolest shit ever!
He looked at her with eyes of pain. He looked as if he were going to cry when, really, the tears were never close in his eyes to begin with. Although his heart was a pit of agony, crying out for resolution, no such luck would be in store for him at this point. He had to make a decision. So, she was willing to lay her life on the line for the sake of his orders. The rain continued its downpour on the both of them, a decision needed to be made. Slowly he drew his gun from his jacket, hearing the other girl scream and cry for the sake of her leader. Too? She was still upset about me, he presumed. And so he looked at the gun with such an empty stare. What was he to do?
"It doesn't matter. If they come after me, my whole organization will go after them. They will not stop till they're all dead, every last one of then. We will make sure to eliminate this Crimson Vanguard for good. They want to with hate. I want to with the fact that it's a horrible rivalry and it shouldn't have ever started. This hatred is completely reckless and meaningless now. We've met face to face again. And I understand how angry and hurt you are by the sight of your mother dying, and when they took me from you, we were still so young. My point is this whole thing shouldn't have happened. We should dissolve our hatred for one another that has developed because of these stupid organizations in opposition. We've been taught to hate each other by separation and it's not right!"
He shot a shot at the ground, angry with his obvious position at this point. This obviously nothing he could do to get out of this mess. He was stuck and he didn't like it. So instead he looked at the gun emptily again, only a little bit of life returning to the gleams in his eyes. And then he slowly raised the gun, pointing it towards Reika.
"But, an order is an order. ....You understand right, Rei?"
And it was then that his hand was shaking and finally he'd decided to pull the trigger. But, he'd missed the vital spot of her heart and shot her in the arm. That was not nearly as fatal as it would have been if he'd shot her in the chest. He stared at her and watched her bleed, putting the gun away and then the thunder struck loudly once more, the rain seeming to never end. And the lightning signifying the excitement, the tension going on right now. He was standing there, not even seeming to regret what he'd done. But he walked over slowly to Reika, telling her something in her ear.
"I'm going to need a favor from you, Rei. For a little while, I'm going to need you to play dead. Could you do that for me?"
He pleaded with her, he had another plan. One that would surely not fail. He glanced over to Kisaru, she could be included as well.
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:59 am
OOC: Hell yeah it would, the real Pokemon would be replaced, then I'd actually start watching it again! And if Mizuki even likes Kisaru, and I mean "like like", she may have some competition real soon.
Reika was knocked back with such a force that it took Kisaru having to hold her up for her to be able to stand. She tried to cover the large wound with her hand, emitting a hiss of pain. She could hear the girl begin to sob even louder, her forehead pressed against her back, and it broke her heart.
"It's alright, Kisaru. I've taken much worse."
She glared at the man with sheer malice in her eyes. She realized that there was more to this than she thought. Reika tried to keep her usual calm and straightforward tone when she spoke, but it took a lot of energy considering how much she wanted to murderer him at the moment. She could help but chuckle in her own self pity.
"Fine, I'll do it."
At that moment, she could feel Kisaru's hands around her waist begin to tremble, not having an idea of what she was agreeing to. Reika knew one thing, she was not leaving Kisaru, she couldn't.
"Only if you can promise me that I'll get to see Kisaru again, barely alive if I have to."
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:41 pm
OOC: Yeah I feel like it would be really epic. Shit, now I actually wanna do this. haha. Anyhow, you better watch yourself or if Mizuki like likes Kisaru, she may get jealous. I mean, not with another girl, but with another guy. I mean, that's how I am. I get jealous if there's another guy involved. But, maybe I'll make Mizuki jealous haha. She is like a little Misty. And I was thinking of eventually doing a time skip to later when Mizu is older.
"Thank you. I owe you one. Now..."
He took his own gun and turned it on himself, shooting himself in the arm and in the leg, to make it look like she had done it. He walked over to her and grabbed her around the waist, and then picking her up in his arms.
"Now, I just need you to play dead and I'll tell my commander, I'll take care of your body myself. That way, I can help you escape. And little one, don't worry. You will both get to see one another again and live another day. I promise and I don't break promises. You can even get in on this too, if you wish. Make it seem more realistic."
As Kisaru would have tilted her head and so did Reika in the arms of Fujihama.
"If I take you to my hideout, she can come running after me, after a while and try to take your supposed body back, Reika. I'll incarcerate you for temporary purposes and then I'll let you both go and you're free to go back to your hideout. I can't kill you guys, you have a life ahead of you to live and you're my best friend. To take the lives of those people.. It wouldn't be right."
He looked down sorrowfully and the rain continued to poor as Reika and he both bled. He started to limp back to his hideout with Reika in his arms. He winked at Kisaru, signaling her to come a little bit later to try and save Reika's body. And then the "mission" had been complete. He didn't want to deceive his commander, but he had to. There was no reason he had to shoot his best friend. And yet, this dramatic night for them, seemed it would never end. Umbreon then urged me awake, as if he had a bad dream. I blinked and started to wake up groggily.
"What's the matter?"
He called his name and tried to take my phone. He put his paw on it and messily scrolled down till he got to the name Kisaru on the list. It highlighted and I picked it up.
"You want me to call Kisaru buddy? But why?'
He just urged me more. Then I took the phone and placed it to my ear, after I pressed the call button. He stood by my side, on guard for anyone who was going to intrude my quarters at this time of night. I blinked, it must have started raining. And then the rings continued as I awaited an answer. Would she pick up?
Rin Shimazaki
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:11 pm
OOC: We should totally make a manga out of this or something. Lol.
Kisaru smiled faintly as the man walked off with Reika, who had dozed off, taking advantage of her 'death' by taking a much needed nap. Apparently not
in the Black Sparrow was bad, just forced into a life they never wanted.
She was about to return to the hideout and try to come up with some sort of lie as to where Reika was when her phone began to ring. Pulling it out of her pocket, she looked at the name. Mizuki? Her heart began to pound and she quickly tried to hide all evidence that she had been crying before answering.
"Hey, Mizuki..."
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:19 pm
OOC: Hahah I wish we could animate this, I don't read manga.
"Ah Kisaru, you don't know how nice it is to hear your voice again. So listen, I'm in the Black Sparrow. I'm going to aim to take down this organization, seeing what it really is. Where are you, are you okay?"
I spoke into the phone quietly. Bandit watched the door for me and growled as he heard footsteps approaching. Suddenly the footsteps stopped as he did that and redirected the other way. His head whipped back curiously to see who I was talking to. Did I actually call the name he scrolled to? I wondered why he did that, but then again, maybe we needed to talk. It'd been a while.
"Also, you sound a little upset. What's up?"
I asked kindly. She seemed upset. Did something happen? And in between all of this, I needed to be careful with who I spoke to and when I spoke. I'd failed to realize as well that my phone was dying, so I had to make this quick. The only time that I get to talk to Kisaru and my phone is going to short out, great, just my luck.
Rin Shimazaki
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Subject: Re: Pokemon Battle~
Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:37 pm
OOC: Man, I wish we could. It would be freaking amazing!
"I'm glad you're alright. My sister, Mariko, and I joined the Crimson Vanguard. They're all really nice, you might like them."
Kisaru smiled a little, relieved that she was okay at least. She couldn't believe how easily Mizuki detected that she had been crying, which she had been pretty hard.
"No, I'm fine. It's nothing."
She didn't really know how she could possibly word what happened to her, plus it was supposed to be a secret. Then her mind suddenly drifted to that moment they had shared not that long ago.
"Hey, about that kiss before... I'm sorry, I-I just kind of got caught up in the moment, I guess... It didn't mean anything."
Chikane Himemiya
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Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:57 pm
"I may be hotheaded and not so perceptive at times, but I'm not always dense. I'm actually fairly empathic when it comes to people's emotions."
I giggled on the other side of the phone. It started to beep, alerting me that the battery was low and it was just barely sustaining the phone call that was in progress.
"Crimson Vanguard? Wait, that organization is our worst enemy. I... does that mean I'm going to have to fight you eventually? It seems like there's going to be some sort of all out battle soon between the two, and I don't know what I'm gonna do. The leader here gave me an Umbreon as a pokemon, they center their rookies around dark types and as you climb in rank you can deviate. But I named him Bandit. He's really cool and we're getting along well."
I smiled and then thought about what she'd said, trying to keep my answers as brief as possible and yet still answers.
"Well it's good to know you're alright... and as for that kiss. I was wondering why you did it, did you seriously just get caught up in a moment or... do you actually have real feelings for me? I... can't stop thinking about it either. And it's ... confusing. Again my mind is saying something different from my heart."
I tried to think it out, but my voice sounded genuinely confused. Kisaru help?
Rin Shimazaki
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:26 am
"Yup, that's the one. You probably will have to fight me eventually, but hey, you already beat me once, right?"
Kisaru chuckled rather pitifully. If she didn't get herself together and start training, she wouldn't be beating anyone any time soon. Then her mind began to wander again after what Mizuki said next.
"I... guess there was something more to it than getting caught up in the moment, and I'm still trying to figure out that one myself.
She tried to play it off, like her reasoning didn't even matter. Still, she was a bit curious about Mizuki.
"Hmm... Well, the only advice I can give you right now would be to just make a choice. Which one - your mind or your heart - sounds right?"
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:47 am
"Wait! Fight you! But I don't want to fight you! You're my friend, it makes no difference if I beat you or not before."
I cried out on the phone, and Bandit looked at me curiously, trying to calm me down so that my voice wouldn't become too low. I took another breath and calmed down and lowered my voice once more, speaking calmly.
"Well, if I have to, then you might get your rematch, Kisaru."
She could tell I was lightly smiling on the other side of the phone. I don't think she knew that I remembered she wanted a rematch. Gosh, I could never forget her cruel face when she challenged me to one. It was so... scary. I don't think I've ever really seen that side of a person before, but then again, sometimes, it came in handy when trying to intimidate your opponent, it so clearly worked. Then I took another sigh, thinking. The phone alerted me again that I was quickly running out of battery so I needed to make this quick and remember to charge my phone after this.
"What do you mean what sounds right? What does right mean? I mean.. I know what right means, in the sense of right and wrong, but... with these matters I just don't know. My heart and my mind are saying two different things, they clash and confuse me and as for feeling, I don't know what to feel. What does your heart feel?'
I asked quite innocently, hoping to learn from what Kisaru was about to say. I braced myself for it, hearing footsteps coming down my corridor again. Bandit stayed on guard and I tried to hide a bit so that the figure, if they came this way, wouldn't recognize me speaking to someone. She'd need to hurry with her answer or else I might never know the truth.
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:46 am
Kisaru smiled at that. She would have to remember to train harder in order to beat Mizuki in a pokemon battle, hoping that she wouldn't have to face her in real combat. She then listened to Mizuki's question with a frown.
"What does my heart feel? Well, I guess I was right in thinking there was something more to it, because there is... Mizuki, I really like you. More than a friend..."
Kisaru braced herself for some sort of disgusted reaction, but knowing that she got her feelings out, she could die peacefully. Speaking of dying... Reika! She would have to continue this conversation later, but with all that's happened recently, she wondered if she'd even get the chance.
"Look, I gotta go. There's something important that I have to take care of, I'll talk to you some other time, okay? ....But no promises."
Chikane Himemiya
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:49 pm
"Alright, I'll talk to you later."
And it seemed right on cue, my phone died. It was perfect. I took it away from my ear and then proceeded to put it on charge, looking at it once more.
'She likes me? Like likes me? Like a crush? I didn't think I'd ever get someone to romantically like me. All the boys seem to think I'm either too boyish or too hotheaded or just unattractive. And any girl, I don't see why they would want a girl. They'd probably want someone like Gary Oak or Ash Ketchum, you know those awesome trainers from the past who were once at the top of their league.'
I sighed and thought to myself. I was beginning to look a little pensive and Bandit caught onto my thoughtful expression. He tilted his head in confusion and wonder, both. He nuzzled his nose against my leg in comfort. I smiled softly and pet him, thinking on it more.
'But Kisaru likes me. She ... likes me.'
My heart began to beat a little harder at the thought that Kisaru liked me. At the memory of our little kiss in the forest. I blushed, feeling my cheeks heat up and there was a small fluttering feeling in my stomach; As I'd heard so many times before that, they were butterflies. But, didn't this only happen when you liked someone? Did that mean I liked Kisaru? But my brother told me it's wrong to have feelings for another girl. Could that kiss have changed my mind?
Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming down towards my corridor. I pretended to be asleep back in my bed so that whomever was coming wouldn't catch me awake. Bandit cuddled up with me under my arm and pretended to be asleep too. But it sounded like the footfalls were wet with rain. It was raining outside after all, could this be an intruder? My eyes opened carefully in the darkness and once they approached closer to my quarters, I closed them shut again. Then a soft male voice spoke to me kindly.
"It's okay Mizuki, you don't have to pretend to be asleep. It's only me."
I woke up and looked up to see Fujihama all soaked from the rain and back with something in his hands. Out in the bare moonlight that was just shining through the blinds I could see it was a girl, she was wearing some sort of uniform. The Crimson Vanguard? She was bleeding, was she dead? Had he killed her? I blinked in a bit of fright.
"I have to explain some things to you. This is Reika, she is the leader of the organization opposite us, the Crimson Vanguard. She, back in the day, was my best friend till the Black Sparrow took me away from her and forced me to work for them. By the time I had a chance to escape, it was already too late since I'd climbed so high in rank. Now it seems I'll never escape this organization. But, this plus the death of her mother caused her to hate the Black Sparrow and she swore that she'd take it down by whatever means necessary, so started the Crimson Vanguard, the organization that, even though they're small, we've been at odds with since it was created. They're sneaky and fast. But, Reika is not dead. I know she appears that way, but she's pretending to be dead for me. I was sent out on a mission to kill whatever Crimson Vanguard got in my way on the way to the hideout to check out some things. I just so happened to run into Reika and that girl from before. Knowing that girl is young and that Reika is my best friend, I couldn't very well kill them, I can't. I just... couldn't. So I shot Reika in the arm, she'll live. I just have to pretend like she's dead and then get her out of here tomorrow. But I need a place for her to stay. You want to prove your loyalty to the Black Sparrow right?"
I nodded and then tried to explain myself, but once more, he cut me off. He seemed to know a lot more than was given credit for. He was intelligent and yet the first in command treated him like an idiot. If he didn't watch his back, he could very well dissolve this organization on his own.
"No need to explain, I know what you're referring to. I had to do that when he asked me to prove my loyalty to the organization too. And it is a thing, a mission I will never forget. For whatever reason, he now desires the jewel of Misty's Starmie. He gets the feeling you like water pokemon from how much you know about them. And Cerulean is the capital of all them, Misty being their leader. If you could obtain the jewel off Misty's Starmie, he'd be one happy and rich man in essence and it'd break your heart as well as the town as well as Misty's, and since she's like your idol, you don't want to do that do you?"
I shook my head no. How much did he really get about me? You know, I was starting to think I could trust him with my personal information. I needed to make a friend within the organization, and I guess Fujihama was it. He was a commanding officer and someone I questioned if I should trust or not, but I had to just put it in someone. I guess what he was showing me proved evidence enough I could trust him.
"Well, I have a loophole. The first commander sent me out on a mission tonight to assassinate, basically, any Crimson Vanguard member I could manage. I'll tell him that I took you with me for assistance and for backup. He won't mind that an extra member traveled with me. I'll tell him that we got into a fight, a battle fight, and that we exhausted each one of her pokemon she threw at us till she had no defenses left. Then I'll just make up an excuse and say that things happened too fast for me to remember and visibility was reduced with the rain and that I dropped the gun and you took it and shot her. She's playing dead right now and plus the blood should tell all that she is "dead". Say that we hiked it back here and you went straight to bed, while I found a place for the body to lay. And tomorrow we present the body to him, say she's dead and that you killed her. If you killed the leader of the Crimson Vanguard..."
"Then I wouldn't have to steal Starmie's jewel to prove my loyalty and my test would be over and I'd officially be in without any doubt! You're a genius, Fujihama! But, why are you being so nice to me? I mean didn't you take me away from my friends and stuff?"
"I'm being nice to you because I trust you Mizuki. I think of you as like a little friend of mine, or better yet, the daughter I never had. You seem so nice and sweet and I don't want this organization to corrupt your pure heart with all of its darkness. I want to protect that more than anything in the world, for I once had the same situation you did and it corrupted me. That's not going to happen to you. Plus, I was sent out on a mission to retrieve you and I know how that feels."
He smiled softly in my direction and I looked down with a face of nervousness. Here it comes, the truth.
"Well you see, Mr. Fujihama, the stuff I told you on the paper isn't correct. You know when you asked me where I was from and my age and all of that? I lied because I knew I couldn't trust someone I'd just met. So I'm sorry but I had to deceive you and the rest of this organization by lying. I couldn't have you finding out the truth, you understand right?"
He said with a sly smile. Had he known all along that my answers were fake? Maybe he was just playing the part in front of his officers and he knew the truth about me? He smiled and mine grew as well.
"So you knew all along that that information was fake! You played the part so convincingly in front of your other members. That was genius too. But you wrote it down, what I said right?"
He nodded.
"I know you're really 11 years old, the youngest competitor to ever win the Indigo League. You're from Cerulean City, that's where your love and knowledge of water pokemon come from and your idol is Misty, I figured that out a while ago. And even though you don't see to realize it yourself, you're a lot like her."
"You're just amazing. So I guess we have each other's backs right?"
"We do, I got your back kiddo."
He fist bumped me and I did so back. Now we were both smiling and having a great time in my darkened quarters. But he still needed to place the body somewhere. He glanced to Reika and then picked her up again.
"Okay I need to go, you get some rest and I'll find a place for Reika to sleep. Goodnight Mizuki."
"Thank you Mr. Fujihama, good luck."
I smiled and went back to sleep, Bandit cuddling up with me. He went off into his private room reserved for only him. There were no cameras in the room to give him the utmost privacy. When he walked in, he turned the light on and set Reika on his bed. Then he went into his closet and grabbed a white sheet that he would drape over her body just up to her face.
"Thanks for doing this Reika, I can't thank you enough. This sheet is what will be covering you in the morning, you think you can handle holding your breath and playing dead from the time we present you till the time we leave the premises of the first commander?"
He questioned, hopefully she'd say yes. Otherwise, he'd need to think of a loophole again in his plan for things. This was surely getting more and more exciting with every new movement in the plot. I began to wonder as I dreamt; Would I ever see Kisaru again...?
Rin Shimazaki
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:30 pm
Kisaru snapped her phone shut and sighed. She began to walk back to the Vanguard base, kicking a small pebble along the sidewalk.
'Great, now she probably thinks I'm some sort of disgusting freak. She probably never wants to see me again.'
She sighed and tried to push those thoughts away from her, thinking about the matter at hand. Reika. How was she supposed to tell the others about her? Well, she'd have to think fast as the Vanguard base was just coming into view. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door to see Hana doing the inventory in the shop while munching on a chocolate pocky, her favorite treat, along with anything chocolate for that matter.
"Welcome back Kisaru! Where's Reika?"
"She... Was captured by the Black Sparrow..."
Ryota cut her off before she could explain any further.
"What! Those bastards! I'm going after 'em!"
Hana was just as shocked as Ryota, having to hold her brother back from actually walking out the door.
"It's okay! She's hurt. but she's pretending to be dead in order to save her best friend from being punished. The man that captured her spared our lives and Reika had to help him... It's really okay. This is Reika we're talking about, isn't it?"
Hana and Ryota nodded and relaxed.
"Well, I'm sure you're very tired after all of that, so I can show you to your room. You'll have to share a room with Reika, but don't worry, it has two beds."
Ryota chuckled lightly and motioned Kisaru to follow him to her new room. The room was a bit small, a bed each against either wall of the room. A vanity was between them against the back wall and a small night stand was next to what she assumed to be Reika's bed. Ryota left her to get settled in and Kisaru sat on the other bed, put her bag on the floor, and kicked off her shoes. The room had the faint aroma of roses, Reika's seemingly natural scent. Curling up under the covers, she decided it was best to get some rest, but she was still worried about her leader. Hopefully, this plan would work.
Reika clutched her arm, gritting her teeth in pain as she awoke. Looking around, she had no idea where she was at all, but then saw Fujihama and relaxed slightly.
"It shouldn't be too hard. This plan of yours better work."
She spoke the last sentence with more harshness than she realized. She stared longingly out the window. Hopefully the Vanguard would be safe in her "absence". Ryota was always the one in charge whenever she had to leave on a mission or important business, and God knows how safe it was leaving him responsible for everything.
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:53 pm
"Don't worry it'll work. I'm sure of it. And if it doesn't then I get what I've wanted for so long, expulsion from the organization and then we can go on journeys together again if you want. Those always were fun with you. Otherwise, if this all fails and I get suspended and kicked out, I'm going back home."
He smiled softly and then began to dig in his closet again for some nighttime clothes to wear as he needed some sleep himself. He found some pajama pants and top. And then looked at Reika.
"Why don't you take these so you have something nice and warm to sleep in. I only want you to have the greatest comfort here. You are in enemy territory after all."
He chuckled and thought in his mind:
'But she's with a friend, so it's okay.'
And then he went off to consult his leader, knowing she'd be okay on her own and leaving her to change. She was also advised to keep her original clothes so that she could play the part convincingly tomorrow morning. The lights had been turned out so that she could sleep. He was not getting any as he decided and then he went to go talk to the first commander.
"Sir, I have to report to you that the mission was successful. I've managed to bring in one persons from the Crimson Vanguard."
"Excellent who is it?"
"The leader of the Crimson Vanguard. Her name's Reika and she happens to to have the most hatred for this place out of the few she commands. But sir, I have to prep you on my story and the before of my presentation of the body tomorrow."
"Very well, make it brief."
"Well, you see. I needed backup. Reika is rumored to be the strongest of them and gives others hell in battle. So I needed another member with me to exhaust her pokemon completely. And truthfully, I only carried the body back to the hideout, sir, it was Mizuki who shot her dead. I'd say she's about proved her honest loyalty hasn't she?"
He chuckled as did the first commander, who was slightly amused and slight impressed by this. He smirked and rubbed his lips with his finger, or at least the part of him that could be seen in the moonlight reflecting through the glass window of his office.
"Yes she has. I shall not send her on that other mission I requested. You can tell her that for me, Fujihama. Anyway, nice work. I shall inspect the body tomorrow morning. Until then, dismissed."
"Yes, sir. See you then."
He walked out of the office with a semi smile. He'd managed to pull it off and get him to believe his story. Now all that was left was for him to see the body and transaction would be complete. But, insomnia had caught him and he decided to go out and get some coffee and something to eat to numb the quiet pain that was surging through him at the moment. And then he decided to pay a visit to Reika's mother's grave. He walked all the way there in the cold and pouring rain. He was completely soaked and yet he didn't care, he kept walking. He knelt down before the grave and closed his eyes, folding his hands.
"Listen, Miss. I apologize for all my organization has done to your daughter. They took your life and they took me from your daughter, the only real close best friend she ever had. They've caused her unending and unbearable pain in her life, something such a beautiful girl doesn't deserve at all. They've made her grow up and miss out on her childhood, all too fast. I know I haven't been in the organization when they killed you and hurt her and caused her to go through hell, but, I want to apologize for all the horrible things that we've done in the past, in the present and in the future to come, since I know we all are corrupt in some way. Truthfully, they're just power made. And as said before, they're fools who do not know what they are doing and what power they truly possess. But I will work hard to escape or dissolve this syndicate of evil. I will strive for a better tomorrow and once more ma'am I am truly sorry. And I regrettably say, it's a shame you couldn't be here with us today. You'd get to see what a beautiful woman Reika has grown into. I just wanted to let you know that everything is alright and that I'm here for her. I'll protect her and you may rest at ease."
He completed the transaction and then headed on his way back to the Black Sparrow hideout. Now his smile was more sincere and soft and bigger than before. He was becoming the man he'd always wanted to be, and that's all he could have ever asked for.
Rin Shimazaki
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:13 pm
"I think I may just continue the Crimson Vanguard, if that were to happen. We'll work to disband all of the other organizations intent on doing others harm."
Reika thanked Fujihama for the pajamas and changed into them once he left, using her tank top as a bandage of sorts to wrap her wound and stop the bleeding. She felt so hypocritical for doing this. Here she was, trying to help one of the very people she hated, or at least was supposed to hate. She sighed heavily and tried to make herself comfortable, missing the comforts of her own bed at the hideout. She missed Ryota and Hana... she even missed Kisaru. No, no she didn't. She
met her! Why did she all of a sudden miss her? Shaking her head, she decided not to think about anything right now and just go to sleep.
'Don't worry, Mom. Your death will be avenged.'
Chikane Himemiya
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:23 pm
I wandered around the base, finding myself a little unable to sleep, and eventually found the door that was Fujihama's room. I gently knocked on the door. Hopefully she'd allow me in. I knew that Reika had to be staying in here. Where else would he put her that she would be safe?
I said softly, walking in anyway and closing the door behind me.
"Remember me? I'm the kid that Mr. Fujihama was speaking to earlier about the plan. I thought you might want some company while he is away and anyway I can't sleep."
I smiled softly and approached her cautiously. I didn't know how she was going to react towards me. I know she hated the Black Sparrow and now I knew why, sorta. But, I didn't know if she had any reason, because of that to hate me. And people who hated me were sorta.... scary. I blinked and continued to grow closer to her, till I was sitting on the bed.
"So what's up?"
I chuckled nervously, trying to create a conversation. Please don't hate me.
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:02 pm
Reika sat up once she saw the visitor arrive, wincing when she accidentally put too much pressure on her wounded arm. She just glowered at the girl, not saying a word for several moments before averting her gaze.
"Just trying to stay alive."
She chuckled to herself merely out of her own self pity. Every day was a constant battle for her to stay alive, and for what? ...Why was she even wasting her breath talking to this girl, anyway? Laying back down, she sighed heavily as she tried to move her injured limb. What made it worse was that when the shot was fired, it jostled her arm with such a force that it ended up knocking out of it's socket. She could move it somewhat, but one wrong movement caused a sudden jolt of pain to shoot up her arm and she found herself biting her lower lip in order to keep from making a sound. She wasn't about to show weakness in front of the girl, let alone get caught. Her arm ended up just falling limp at her side, now almost completely immobile.
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:18 am
"Hey that arm looks pretty bad, are you sure you're okay? I can go get you some ice or something."
I blinked and went to sit down next to her and make sure she was alright. It was quite the nasty wound. And even though Fujihama injured her pretty badly, at least she was alive. I smiled. Perhaps we could actually be friends? I don't know, I like making friends, it's always fun and you have the best feeling when you make a new one.
"So you're the commander of the Crimson Vanguard huh? Well, you guys must be some pretty tough organization. I mean they have you as their leader and you're pretty strong. That arm hurts and yet you're not even crying. That's strength right there. And I'm sure all your members are exactly the way you are too."
I giggled and thought about an epic battle between the Black Sparrow and the Crimson Vanguard, just for a moment fantasizing what it would be like. Not that it would happen, it could, but it might not. Anyway, it was soooo cool! But I wouldn't wanna be a part of it or around when it went down. I sighed and then snapped back to reality.
"Oh yeah, this is Bandit. My little Umbreon. He's my buddy. Say hello Bandit."
He smiled and jumped up on the bed going to lick at Reika's good arm.
"Oh yeah, if you don't know my name already I should probably introduce myself. I'm Mizuki and your name is...? Oh gee, I'm sorry I forgot. Hmmm, could you tell me again?"
I tried to remember and ultimately failed. But I'd keep talking to her, at least until Fujihama got back, then she would have some real company and I could go back to bed, maybe, if my mind would let me sleep. Bandit stayed in my lap and let me pet him as we talked. This was a nice scene.
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Glyndebourne Tour 2012 sets out on a nine week tour of the UK from 4 October beginning at Glyndebourne, the Tour then goes on to visit; Woking, Norwich, Wimbledon, Covent Garden (Linbury Studio), Plymouth, Canterbury, Milton Keynes and Stoke-on-Trent.
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An Initial With Christ and a Nun, in 'Commentary on the Song of Solomon' by Gilbert Foliot
Medium: Ink and pigments on vellum
Date: 1210
Containing Gilbert Foliot's 'Commentary on the Song of Solomon', this early 13th-century manuscript has additional writings and inscriptions that connect it with Rochester, where it was part of the library, and with Hereford, where Gilbert was bishop before becoming Bishop of London in 1163. Gilbert Foliot is more well-known for his support of Henry II in his dispute with Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury. An inscription near the beginning of the manuscript says that it belonged to the cloister of Rochester. Following a letter dedicating the book to Robert, Bishop of Hereford, Gilbert's commentary begins in the second column with its first letter enlarged and historiated (bearing a picture) with a picture of Christ and a female figure who appears to be a nun, as she does not have a halo, which would identify her as the Virgin Mary or a female saint.


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Cost of kit and sponsorship deals rises rapidly
The cost of football kit and sponsorship deals has been rising rapidly. Manchester United set the tone when it switched from Nike to Adidas kits in 2015, in a deal worth around £75m a year. Barcelona did even better. By extending its Nike kit deal last month, the club more than doubled its annual revenue from kit to €150m a year.
Total shirt sponsorship fees earned by clubs in Europe's top six divisions have more than doubled since 2010 to €830m last year, according to sports consultancy Repucom. Revenue increased 45 per cent in the last two years alone. The Premier League takes the largest chunk of that, roughly the same as the combined revenues of the Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A.
Those in rights management say that football's pull as a live spectator sport with a broad and dedicated global following has given it a special place in internatonal marketing. Audiences are become fragmented and diversified, so anything that gives an opportunity to reach a mass audience is especially welcome.
Over 80 per cent of the sponsorship fees brought in by Premier League clubs are from brands with little or no presence in the UK. For example, Manchester United have an Indonesian sports drinks partner.
Challenger brands such as Under Armour and New Balance have pushed up the competition for kit deals, as they use football sponsorship to build relationships with retailers and expand their distribution networks.
Mega deals involving kit supply remain the preserve of a select handful of elite clubs with a global presence. Arsenal's deal with Puma at €40m-€50m is more than double that of North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Chelsea paid to end its deal with Adidas six years early so that it could seek more money elsewhere. Last month, it agreed a contract with Nike more than double its previous arrangement.
A typical lower half of the Premier League team may give away their shirt manufacturing rights for nothing and simply take a slice of the profits from shirts sold to supporters. Leicester City's kit maker Puma probably had a bargain basement deal.
Expectations are growing and performance clauses are becoming increasingly common. The fee paid by Adidas to Manchester United will drop by 30 per cent if they fail to qualify for the Champions League for more than two years running.


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I thought it might be fun to do a weekly installment on soup. Planning to make a soup each week will give me the opportunity to try some new recipes that are piling up and revisit some favorites too. It all started with this yoga class I signed up for. Dinner is tough on yoga night (Wed.) I want to eat early so I don't have to come home and eat late after class. Dear husband doesn't like to eat the minute he gets home from work. Soup proved to be the solution. I can make the soup in the daytime and eat when I want. Dear husband can reheat the soup when he's ready for dinner (and supplement with cheese as he is known to do.)
This is a great one to start with. It's a little different tasting than regular chicken soup, but still comforting and familiar. I like that it uses leftover chicken because we regularly have that around our house. Saffron is the only unusual ingredient and I really think you could leave it out. The lemon and thyme flavors are what stand out in this soup. The lemon is the best part. It gives it sort of a Meditteranean taste. And I think it would be wonderful if you weren't feeling so good. I halved this entire recipe because I only had a cup of leftover chicken and because I was trying it for the first time. Also I used fresh corn, cut from the cob, and I simmered it in the broth for the last 10 minutes with the vegetables. I will definitely make this one again and I might consider adding another veg, like spinach toward the end. I highly recommend this one. It's even better the next day.
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To learn more, read the article:Quick & Delicious: Weeknight Comfort Food
Serves five to six as a main course.
Serves five to six as a main course.
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 large ribs celery, finely diced
1 medium onion, finely diced
1 pinch saffron threads
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
2 qt. homemade or low-salt chicken broth
2 cups finely diced or shredded cooked chicken (such as leftover roast chicken)
1/2 cup orzo
1 cup frozen corn
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
3 Tbs. fresh lemon juice; more to taste
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
how to make
tip: You might wonder why the orzo is cooked separately. There are two reasons. If you boiled the orzo directly in the soup, the starch from the pasta would cloud the soup broth, and the orzo would also suck up too much of the soup broth as it cooked. Boiling the pasta separately solves both of these problems.
Bring a medium saucepan of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the celery, onion, saffron, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to soften, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, add the chicken and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. While the soup simmers, cook the orzo in the boiling salted water until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
Add the drained orzo, corn, and parsley to the soup and cook just until the corn is heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice and season to taste with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice, if needed.
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WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State is hitting the group "harder than ever," while reiterating the U.S. call for other nations to contribute more to the effort.
As part of his push for additional resources from coalition countries, Mr. Obama said he is sending Defense Secretary Ash Carter to the Middle East this week to try to gain new commitments from leaders in the region.
"Progress needs to come faster" in the Islamic State fight, Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Obama's remarks followed more than 90-minutes of meetings at the Pentagon with nearly three dozen defense officials and foreign-policy advisers.
Mr. Carter leaves Monday for Turkey and for other stops in the Middle East. The U.S. wants Turkey in particular to seal some 60-miles of its border with Syria to stop Islamic State fighters from moving in and out of the country.
His trip coincides with Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival in Moscow this week to try to keep on track diplomatic negotiations on a political resolution to the Syrian conflict, which U.S. officials maintain would go a long way to blunting the threat posed by the extremist group.
Mr. Obama in remarks at the Pentagon sized up progress in the fight, saying the U.S.-led coalition had prevented Islamic State from gaining an offensive victory since the summer, had taken back sizable tracts of land, and killed many extremist leaders in coordinated airstrikes. Those strikes, Mr. Obama said, should send a message to Islamic State leaders: "You are next."
Mr. Obama said Islamic State had lost about 40% of the populated areas it once controlled in Iraq. "And it will lose more," he said.
But he said progress must come more quickly.
"No one knows that more than the countless Syrians and Iraqis living every day under ISIL's terror as well as the families in San Bernardino and Paris and elsewhere that are grieving the loss of their loved ones," Mr. Obama said.
He said that the U.S., as well as allies France, Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom, have stepped up efforts against Islamic State and that others, particularly in the Middle East, also must do more.
Mr. Obama spoke for about eight minutes and took no questions. Standing behind him as he spoke were Vice President Joe Biden; Mr. Carter; the commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, Gen. Lloyd Austin; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford; the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva; and the head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Gen. Joseph Votel.


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I am usually the person, who will always choose summer over winter, but then again, I really love Christmas. I love Christmas because of the way we celebrate it in Poland, I think it's quite special and magical.
Every year we go to Poland, to spend the Christmas holidays with my whole family, and also this year we're going, except that we only have three days off this time. Still, I'm sure we will enjoy it and have a great time.
There are so many things I like about Christmas....
I do hate the cold for sure, but running back home to get a hot cup of delicious Earl Grey tea with that zingy lemon taste in it is priceless to me. Like I said once: tea is life. In summer you can't drink too much hot tea, so the cold season is actually made for tea I guess.
Snow on Christmas Eve became a distant memory by now, because over the last few years we never had any snow in Poland during Christmas and we secretly always hope for it because it would make it even more special and beautiful. And yes, I usually also do hate snow ( because, like yesterday, when it was snowing here in Vienna, it was freezing cold, the snow was coming from every possible direction and it really was no fun to me), but on those few days when I can stay at home in the cosy, christmassy atmosphere, I really do find it acceptable and adequate I'd say. For some reason, the seasons have shifted a lot and now every time we spend Easter in Poland, it's snowing every year, but never on Christmas.
Shopping gifts and wrapping them all up is quite a difficult task when you have a rather big family, but it is somehow quite fun to me, if I obviously plan everything in advance, and don't struggle with time, like I did this year. I still managed to get all gifts and I hope everyone will like them, and I am also really excited for my gifts already, because I always have an idea of what I might get, but I never know everything.
I like wrapping up gifts with a nice cup of tea and good music, a cosy outfit and just a whole, lazy day. I feel like then you really get to feel that Christmas is SO soon!
And of course- the food. I always plan on loosing one or two kilograms before Christmas so that by the time it's Christmas and we get all the delicious food, I can actually eat it all without gaining too much weight, but I am never that successful and then towards the end of the festive season I feel like I'm about to explode and my stomach will surely die. We always have loads to eat and everybody eats until they can't anymore and then all of us lay on my aunt's huge sofa and we just watch movies and talk and relax until we go back to eating again. Does that not sound great?
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TRAVEL GUIDE: Bonnaroo
every year, I make the annual 18 hour pilgrimmage, by car, to Manchester, Tennessee for Bonnaroo. Bonnaroo is heaven. No joke, if I died and it was full of a blend of hippie-dippie hoola hoopers, the best musicians in the world (I'm talking to you R Kelly and Paul McCartney), Southern frat boys, ravers, and costumed fools like myself, I'd be so totally happy to know that this was why I was nice to people on earth.
Bonnaroo is a lot to talk about in a single post. Like most music festivals, it's kind of a way of life. And that's a lot to handle in this text box, so I'll stick to the travel guide element of it. How we do it. What we take. Etc.
Bonnaroo is a four day fesitval, Thursday through Sunday. We leave on Wednesday night from Miami, around nine p.m., and drive straight through the night, in shifts, through that monotonous hell hole of Florida highways and into Georgia by the early morning. We stop in Gwinnett, GA, a suburb of Atlanta where people go to buy cars, fix cars and generally do anything that has to do with cars. Fun fact about Gwinnett, GA - it's probably one of the most culturally diverse places in America. There are Dominican hair salons next to Korean churches down the street from good ol' Grandpa's General Store. It's bizarre. Especially when you haven't slept much. Let's not dwell on Gwinnett - we just pick up the RV there and stop at Walmart and fill 'er up with all the goods we need.
You should know that our Bonnaroo trip is something of a glamping situation. We set it up real nice. We spare no expense at that Walmart, indulging in necessities like 89 cent hot sauce (Valentina - yo, go for it), and everything we need for one good meal in the morning, and late night snacks. Our signature morning meal is probably breakfast burritos with keilbasa, fresh corn salsa, pineapple and Bloody Marys or iced coffee. If you read this blog enough, you know that's how I roll. Sleeping in an RV is no reason to starve, folks. Late night munchies include prepared dishes that we cart up in a cooler like Asian Peanut Noodles and Lisa's Mom's Killer Orzo (we actually saw another girl with a giant ziplock of Orzo inside the festival - are we onto a trend?!).
After a few hours of navigating the Tennessee mountain roads in the RV, we pull off the highway onto a farm in Coffee County, where Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival owns the grounds that puts on crazy shows for 80,000 campers once a year for a weekend in early June. I told you guys, heaven. 80, 000 smelly people who haven't showered and share pot. That's what you have to look forward to.
I'll run down some of the acts for you from this year's line up (let's not even get into the time we saw Eminem or The Beach Boys) - Paul McCartney, R Kelly, Wu Tang Clan, Wilco, David Byrne and St. Vincent, The XX, Alt J, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Django Django, Cults, The Vaccines, Bjork, Wilco, Animal Collective, Empire of The Sun, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Lights, Tame Impala, Nas, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear and so, so, so, so, so many more. Just Google the whole line up already on another tab. If you don't know what it's like to see about ten concerts in one day, you've gotta put it on your bucket list. It's the most draining and amazing experience. It feels as good as a concert always feels, all day and night long.
And when I say all day and night I mean it. The music starts around noon and ends around... well... sometimes around 6 AM, sometimes 8AM - Roo legend has it that Gogol Bordello played until 9 when they were like, Dude we have to set up for tomorrow, I mean, today. Artists love to play Bonnaroo. It's part of what makes it so, totally nice. It's hearing Florence change the lyrics from Who's got the love? To Bonnaroo's got the love.
It's about a million degrees outside the whole time you're there. Like a hot summer day in Miami with no breeze and no shade but free water and really good iced coffee and craft brews. You don't need bug spray but you may want to take a bandana to use as a mask for the dust on a dry year or rain boots for a muddy one. Take a tailgating tent for shade. And a hat. Make a flag. Ours said Coño. We also two flags to mark our campground amongst the sea of campsites, one was a Conch Republic flag and the other said Cuba Libre.
our campsite's shade tents.
my friend Clara's tent. She has the rain tarp on because it rained right when we pulled in and when we were packing up to leave.
some of the breakfast burrito goods set out on a folding table.
sometimes, a girl needs binoculars and temporary tats.
friends in shirts with cats.
here I am with the Coño flag. Mad props to my friend Clara aka Swiss for hooking it up with the painting skills.
a unicorn needs directions. I was happy to help him out.
we spend a pretty good amount of time pretending we're a girl band. This is "The Santeras" debut album cover.
an iced coffee stand off the main stage.
the vaccines.
R Kelly.
This Tent during a Super Jam.
My main man protects himself from the dust.
the mushroom fountain. every year the art on it is different.
this is Clara, she's a costume designer. We grew up in local children's theater plays together at the Coral Gables Youth Center.
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- JH and I rarely watch movie alone (ie just the 2 of us) anymore :( The last movie we both watched together was Alice in Wonderland in 3D. Yah, it was THAT long ago~ Tsk tsk
- Well, it's FREE and we get to be one of the lucky folks to catch it first before official launch in Singapore this weekend! (:P Typical Singaporean behaviour I know... Hur hur)
Thanks OMY.sg!
And we were on our way to watch...
Credit to the respective movie distributor website :)
Movie plot (brief):
Single, in her mid-thirties and a jewellery assistant (who had a bakery store once but was folded) Annie (Kristen Wiig) was asked to be the Maid of Honour by her best friend Lilian (Maya Rudolph).
At the engagement party, Annie met the rest of the bridesmaids Rita, Helen and Megan and felt threaten as she sensed Helen is trying to outshine her in all ways, as well as to 'rob' the best friend status from her.
And let's say, ALL FUN BEGINS from there!!! :D
Rated M18 in Singapore.
My HONEST thoughts:
- Plot: 3/5 stars
Reasons: To me, this is like, a girly version of The Hangover 2 - except that this plot is less oh-so dramatic and more sexual scenes compared to the latter. BUT, I do like the heartwarming towards the end of the movie (yah, its a girly show afterall) and I'm pretty sure majority of the girly females will enjoy this movie though!
It's a 2-hr movie and despite that, I still think it will be worthy for weekDAY movie. Not a die-die must watch movie but it can be a consideration if you have the extra time/money to spare during the weekday.
- Experience (in Shaw Lido theaters): 3.5/5
Seats: The seats and spacing are adequate and it is a GOOD NEWS for long-legged folks out there! No more stretching and accidental kicks onto the chair seated in front of you. Trust me, I thought I was on some vibrating '3D' seat when I was watching Harry Potter movie last weekend! I nearly swore to the person who had been kicking my chair throughout the movie!!! ARGH!
Wanna know what EXACTLY HAPPEN TO THE BRIDESMAID? Do head down to the nearest movie theaters this weekend! Cheers!
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What is gleaning?
Gleaning is the collection of leftover crops both large and small, from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or from fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
Glean Thurston has expanded this definition to include the collection of surplus produce from backyards and gardens of community residents.
We have fun while working hard!
Our volunteers return because they can see and feel the difference they're making;
redirecting food, bonding with our staff and volunteers, and learning about agriculture!
Our gleaning program began when partnerships were formed. In 2009 Rotary First Harvest (RFH) placed the first 'Harvest Against Hunger' AmeriCorps Vistas at the Thurston County Food Bank. One of those Vistas laid the foundation for the program and is still with us; today we know her as the Warehouse and Distribution Center (WDC) manager.
Prior to the collaborative efforts of RFH and AmeriCorps, Thurston County had an independent coalition of community members who actively gleaned around the community with donations benefitting the Thurston County Food Bank. Eventually the program dissolved, giving way to a need within our community to organize an active volunteer gleaning group.
We are thrilled that you're interested in becoming a gleaning volunteer with the Thurston County Food Bank! Participating in this rewarding outdoor activity helps both to reduce food waste and to provide abundant, fresh, nutritious produce to fight food insecurity for our neighbors in need. You'll enjoy forming relationships and sharing stories in the fields, all while enjoying fresh air and getting your hands dirty for the sake of helping others.


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Samsung Pay Has Launched In India: Things You Need To Know About It
Samsung has emerged as one of the leading tech companies in the world. The impression of the company has really increased in the past decade. Apart from its electronic gadgets, Samsung is mainly popular because of its user-friendly services. Recently, Samsung has launched the Samsung Pay services in India.
With the launch of Samsung Pay in India, now this service is available in total 12 countries in the world. The best thing is Samsung Pay has made the life a lot easier to the users of those countries. Now with the help of Samsung Pay service a user can use the credit cards debit cards in order to pay for any kind of services.
The most interesting part of Samsung Pay services is, it will come with Paytm which is one of the largest mobile wallets in the country. Therefore, it can be easily said that the integration of the Paytm app will make the things a lot easier for most of the people.
The launch of Samsung Pay will make the payment procedure a lot easier and secure as well. The Samsung pay got some useful partners during the launch as well. The partners are Standard Chartered bank, State Bank Of India, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank etc. These banks will issue debit cards and credit cards which will be suitable when it comes to paying for the Samsung Pay services.
Though Samsung Pay has launched in India but it will not support all Samsung devices. It is reported that the Samsung pay will only work in the top tier Samsung devices. The Samsung Pay service is currently available on devices like Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S7, Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5, Galaxy Note 5 etc.
Therefore, it can be easily expected that Samsung Pay will make the life a lot easier for the Samsung users. At the same time, it will make the processes secure as well.


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What is a conventional family anyway? And…who cares?! The definition of a conventional family has changed as often as the wind in the last five-decades (within my lifetime). Yet, somehow, many of us seem to cling to the Norman Rockwell family portraits or some version of a television family we grew up on. Before my […]
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An Unconventional FamilyPosted: 22nd July 2016 by iBarnabas in journaling
Tags: acceptance, family, love, Man
life-resolutionPosted: 2nd January 2013 by iBarnabas in journaling
Tags: beautiful, Compassion, Grace, love, Mercy, selfishness, selflessness
At the core it takes more than a calendar date and a tradition to change a person. First and foremost it takes recognizing a change is needed and accepting the challenge. It then takes commitment and dedication.
SINNER sinner chicken dinnerPosted: 4th August 2012 by admin in journaling
Tags: Grace, love, Mercy, sin
I'm sorry but there is so much more to worry about and so much more to life and so much more that Jesus is about than poking at a festered pimple. I've sinned. I am a sinner. I've made so stupid and selfish mistakes in my life, and am certain that I'm not done doing […]


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What to Do When You're Feeling Blue: 4 Ways to Beat Seasonal Sadness by Incorporating Shades of Blue into Your Fall Wardrobe
Even though the leaves are changing and everything is starting to look a bit more colorful, sometimes the chilly autumn weather and overcast skies can have you feeling a bit, well, blue. Although that feeling is never fun, you can channel your inner blueness to a fabulous outer blueness by incorporating this timeless color into your fall wardrobe. For some ideas on how to make blue work for you, take note of the following fashion tips.
1. Earrings
Especially for all the blue-eyed readers out there, blue earrings are a great way to add more sparkle and shine to really complement those peepers. Claire's has the perfect choice for this look with their Turquoise and Gold Disc Drop Earrings; however, any round pair of blue earrings will make your eyes stand out by adding an appealing symmetry to your face. If you don't have blue eyes, look for more of a waterfall style of blue earrings, so the color of your eyes isn't competing with the color of your earrings.
2. Statement Pants
You had your fun with those bright red, yellow and green pants from the summertime, but fall calls for something a little more subtle for your wardrobe. Although blue statement pants will turn heads, they're a bit more subtle than those brightly colored pants that took over the fashion world this past year. If you're hesitant about this look, just choose a shade close to denim to give your outfit a more subtle edge.
3. Button-Ups
Button-up shirts have also been wildly popular in the fashion world this year; but this fall, the trend is leaning toward denim shirts more than any other type. An oversized denim button-up looks great paired with black tights, an oversized cardigan, a skinny belt and boots for a complete fall look that's as cozy as it is cute.
4. Royal Blue
This tip may seem like it doesn't belong with the others, but the point is that pretty much everything looks great in royal blue. If you want to give your outfit that "wow" factor, while still staying within the boundaries of fall fashion trends, royal blue clothing items and accessories always provide an ultra-classy look. A royal blue blazer or coat would look absolutely fabulous during fall and winter-- especially paired with a lighter floral print scarf or even a fun animal print.
If you want to start smaller or just want to add a little something more to complement your blue fashion addition, try experimenting with different shades of blue eye shadow to give your eyes that smoky, exotic look. Blue mascaras and blue eyeliners are also fun ways to play with this color in addition to the fashion tips above. So next time you're feeling blue, open up your closet and use that feeling to create a great new look. After all, who can be sad in a beautiful and stylish new outfit?