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Post By Anime Jason Tue Jun 13, 2006 at 01:47:52 am EDT |
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Adventures In Parodyverse: The Awakening Part 3.1 (single-scene pre-vacation tie-in special) | |
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Adventures In Parodyverse - The Awakening Part 3.1 (single-scene pre-vacation tie-in special) "One condition." Liu Xi spoke in a hushed voice as she entered Xander's shop. There was something different about her as she entered. It seemed as if a chill followed her as she moved through the shop. Even so, Xander didn't seem the least bit impressed. "Condition?" Xander asked absent-mindedly, mostly out of curiosity. He didn't look up from a book he was reading as he sat in the back room of the shop. "I spoke to Lara," Liu Xi explained, "The condition is...you will ask me before doing anything, and you will explain before you do it." Xander looked up calmly. "I don't know if I can do that," he admitted. "Why not?" Liu Xi asked, sounding an odd mixture of patience and anger. "Well, you've seen one of my plans in action," Xander explained. "Would you have followed it so well if you'd known...everything?" Liu Xi pondered that question for a moment before responding. "I suppose not," she whispered. "But there has to be somewhere in between. Where you can be more honest and trust me to understand. That's the condition...you have to earn your trust back by trusting me." "As I said--" "Dammit," Liu Xi cursed, trying her best not to mutter a few Chinese curses under her breath. "Then I will learn from you when you learn something from me...trust. You cannot expect others to trust you if you have no trust to give." "You're very intelligent, Liu Xi," Xander told her, closing the book he was reading. "Quiet," Liu Xi warned him. "I came here to say what I wish." Xander raised an eyebrow, but remained patient and silent. "I want to learn," Liu Xi continued more quietly. "But I will not until I can trust you. Everything you tell me, I will think about and not really want to absorb. Do you understasnd?" "I think I do." Xander nodded. "The problem is you don't feel you can learn from me until I'm more honest with you." Liu Xi nodded once, deeply. "Yes," she whispered, brightening up at the thought that she was understood. Xander handed Liu Xi the book he had been reading when she came in. It was an ancient, dusty book with yellowed brittle pages, only barely still bound. "Read this, please," he said. "You may find it a bit technical, but it can be useful sometime. I'm sure you can trust me enough to read a book, and I'm sure I can trust you to return it." A smile finally came to Liu Xi, and she nodded again as she gently took the book from Xander. "I will visit you again later," she said. She turned and left the shop quietly, book tucked gently under her arm. TO BE CONTINUED (after I return in a week) -- Story written and copyrighted (C) 2006 by Jason Froikin, and may not be -- reprinted without permission. -- Yuki Shiro designed by Jason Froikin, based on designs by Masamune Shirow -- Liu Xi Xian and the Psychic Samurai are original design by Jason Froikin -- Lara Night is an original creation by Jason Froikin |
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