Duel by the Lake!

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

[From here...]

Windows 95 waits for her opponent, her face stony. She seems unaffected by the cold night air.

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[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"Hunter-san, what-" She stares as the rip sews itself up. And then keeps going, the sleeve hole starting to close itself. "Kya!" Her hand retreats into the sleeve quickly.

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Ack, no, no!"

He snaps again, stopping the spell.

"Er, sorry, thought I could handle that,"

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"d-daijobu..." She smiles apologetically, drawing out a pair of scissors and cutting the sleeve open again.

"It's... magic, you see. I'm just not made for it."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

He blinks.

"It always goes wrong on you?"

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"Laini-san is trying to see if her kind will work properly," she says, still a bit embarrassed by the whole situation, "I haven't had any suitable outcomes previously when magic was used on my person, however. It makes things rather difficult."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Hmm."

He thinks about this.

"Does it always enhance it?"

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"Enhance?" She thinks this over. "Ano... the other time that I experienced magic, I was operating something Svava-san had, designed to call up happy memories. I..." She puts a hand to her head. "I am not certain what happened, but I seemed to be no longer experiencing things as they were, and then I... froze."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Huh."

He shrugs.

"Raph used to have magic allergies too. S'why he's a human."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"Raph... I don't believe I have met that person. Was he not a human before?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Nope, he was a turtle. He's one of the oldest security members."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"So desu ne? How old is he?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

'Oh, younger then me. I mean, he's been on it the longest."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I see..." She nods. "Was it because he was a turtle?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Huh?"

Tim just got himself confused.

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"His problem with magic," she specifies, "Was it because he was not human?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Oh!"

Tim thinks about this, then shakes his head.

"Naw, naw, it's cause his reality was a little twisted."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

She tilts her head. "Twisted? Did somebody bend it?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Er..."

Tim stares blankly at her.

"Possibly? It's not a normal style of universe."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

She frowns, thinking on all those other people who only know her kind as boxes. "Did he have the same problem I do?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I tried to fix his paint job, and it screwed up. then someone else tried to fix my fix, and he turned human."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

...

"Paint job?" She blinks.

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"Some one had turned him pink."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

Blink.

Blink.

"Why would somebody do that?"

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

"It was a prank."

[95-tan.livejournal.com]

"How cruel!" she exclaims, "I hope the perpetrator was brought to justice!"