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Post by Repa Raines on Mar 28, 2010 15:52:37 GMT -5
"Hey...Just relax....If you can drive a car, you can drive one of these babies....Just get on....And when you are ready, take your fingers off the break and ease off on the clutch....Here...This your turn single and your reverse button.....I've modified it as well...And placed a break petal on this area....So if you have to stop suddenly you can punch your foot on that....."
Repa listened as careful as she could. She made a mental note of EVERYTHING he said. She nodded slightly and got on the bike. Now it seemed even more intimidating, but it made her feel intimidating as well. She smiled to herself. She had her hands on the break and clutch and took in a deep breath. She put her foot just above the break just incase and stared forward. She thought of all the possible things to go wrong...but maybe it would go right for her today. She smiled again. "If i break anything, I blame you." She said with a light laugh as she was joking before easing off the break and the clutch.
The bike moved slowly at first but picked up a little speed. She didn't wanna go full force into this just incase you know...she fell off or something, so she went a decent speed. She moved a couple yards before easing to a stop. Well at least she could move without causing a disaster. She looked back at cloud. "Well. I can move at least." She said as her hand gripped the front brake tight.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 6, 2010 22:17:05 GMT -5
"If i break anything, I blame you." "Well. I can move at least." "Easily let your hand off the clutch...Not too fast though you might fly through that flower shop!" Cloud laughed loudly at the thought of that! He couldn't afford any bike accidents...Since he and Tifa were getting married soon! He was happier too! He might just have another good friend....Like Zack....Cloud knew Zack was out looking for a job so he wouldn't bother the guy unless he needed to....Cloud then saw she gripped the brake again....It was naturally to be afraid....He taught himself to ride....He had no one to instruct him......."Hey! It's okay....Just ease off the break.....And you'll be fine....Remember this is your reverse button...."
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 7, 2010 15:46:38 GMT -5
"Easily let your hand off the clutch...Not too fast though you might fly through that flower shop!"
Repa rolled her eyes and laughed. "I don't think I could demolish a whole flower shop...Although I'm known to be wrong." She said suddenly thinking, she should probably warn him of her...glove necessity. She looked down, she hated this part about her. It made people not want to be her friend, even in her home world. She gripped the brake hard as she thought.
"Hey! It's okay....Just ease off the break.....And you'll be fine....Remember this is your reverse button...."
She sighed a bit as she stared down at the pavement. "Cloud, I feel obligated to tell you this...but...Im not exactly the best person to hang around. I've killed people before." Which she had, not on purpose or anything but, still, every life counted to her.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 10, 2010 16:54:54 GMT -5
"I don't think I could demolish a whole flower shop...Although I'm known to be wrong."
"Cloud, I feel obligated to tell you this...but...Im not exactly the best person to hang around. I've killed people before." He was right when he saw her mood change....He looked down as she confessed that....But he only sighed..."Hey you think I carry that sword around just to keep me up right? I've done the same....I don't care if you have killed.....It's not good though.....But, I'll never turn away from a friend....I promise...." He still has yet to find out about Yazoo.....But he's not the same Cloud he was in his past....He's changed tremendously.....Tifa could tell Repa that.....
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 10, 2010 21:06:03 GMT -5
"Hey you think I carry that sword around just to keep me up right? I've done the same....I don't care if you have killed.....It's not good though.....But, I'll never turn away from a friend....I promise...."
Well he was one of the very few people who didn't think badly of her now. Even after she told him she had killed people! It kinda shows who your friends are. She looked at him for a moment before explaining herself and how its not like shes a murderer on the loose or anything. "It's not like I meant to kill those people...It was...an accident." She looked at one of her hands and sighed. "I can kill people with one touch, thats why most people tend to avoid me...but i wear gloves so its safe!" She added quickly.
Now...was she gonna tell him about Yazoo too? Cloud and Yazoo didn't exactly see eye to eye but...Cloud was her friend right? She could tell him this. She feared this would be the news to make him not wanna be her friend anymore. "And...there's something else." She said before biting her lower lip and tightening her grip some. Nerves just about killed her all the time. "Remember when I said I knew...Yazoo? Well...here's the thing- now please...don't hate me...Im kinda sorta...dating him at the moment." She waited for whatever wrath he would display on her...if any.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 13, 2010 14:03:14 GMT -5
"It's not like I meant to kill those people...It was...an accident." "I can kill people with one touch, that's why most people tend to avoid me...but i wear gloves so its safe!" "Hey....It's cool with me....I can tell that those deaths were accidents....I can see when there's Light in people....You have enough Light to let me know that it was accident....Those gloves are good to have....My girl has some she uses for fighting though....She's slapped around people with those a few times!" Cloud smiled.....
"And...there's something else." Cloud looked up after he was checking some thing on his bike....He gave her a questionable look.... Some thing else?" "Remember when I said I knew...Yazoo? Well...here's the thing- now please...don't hate me...I'm kinda sorta...dating him at the moment." Cloud stepped back a few inches....But stopped...."You....are....with....him...? Really? I thought he was incapable of feeling any thing at all....I'm sorry....I just....I fought him once....I don't know what kind of chick would wanna hang out with him....He....Repa he hates humans." Cloud just didn't understand....He was warning her...."He could hurt you.....He's not good company....."
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 13, 2010 15:54:51 GMT -5
"Hey....It's cool with me....I can tell that those deaths were accidents....I can see when there's Light in people....You have enough Light to let me know that it was accident....Those gloves are good to have....My girl has some she uses for fighting though....She's slapped around people with those a few times!"
Repa smiled slightly, the rest of her worries weren't over, but she knew things would be okay...she thought. "I'd like to meet this girl. She sounds like someone I could really get along with."
"Some thing else?" ...."You....are....with....him...? Really? I thought he was incapable of feeling any thing at all....I'm sorry....I just....I fought him once....I don't know what kind of chick would wanna hang out with him....He....Repa he hates humans." "He could hurt you.....He's not good company....."
Repa expected this kind of responce. No actually she expected worse, but this wasn't great either, she knew he was just warning her but she knew what she was getting herself into of course. "I know he hates humans...he...doesn't hate me. I mean at least last time I checked he didn't" She added with a small nervous laugh to try and lighten the mood. "Cloud, I know you're just warning me here and I fully appriciate that, But I think...well there's more to him that meets the eye." She shrugged in defense.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 20, 2010 0:29:54 GMT -5
"I'd like to meet this girl. She sounds like someone I could really get along with." "I think she'd like you to...." Cloud checked everything on his bike and let his wolf necklace dangle there with Tifa's wedding ring strung on it too.....
"I know he hates humans...he...doesn't hate me. I mean at least last time I checked he didn't" "Just please be careful...." Cloud was worried and Repa would see that.....
"Cloud, I know you're just warning me here and I fully appreciate that, But I think...well there's more to him that meets the eye."
"I...I don't know how he's gonna react to me....I mean I did try and kill him once....More that meets the eye....Well, as long as he doesn't try and hurt you...."
Cloud still had not known what Sephiroth and Kadaj did to Yazoo all because he fell in love with a human....And that Yazoo was trying to change and that it was so hard for a remnant like Yazoo to do so.... "Well, I'm there for you if you need a friend that...can protect you from any thing okay...."
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 20, 2010 16:25:58 GMT -5
"I think she'd like you to...."
By now Repa had walked away from Cloud and the bike, at least a few feet away. Boy did she hate trying to explain things and stuff, it always made her uneasy, like someone was just gonna downright smack her and leave her alone again. She didn't want that. But Cloud was definately not judgemental against her. That was probably...the best thing ever. All she really had at home was her father, her brothers had gone off to fight and they were much older than her and already married. So she really was alone all the time.
"Just please be careful...." "I...I don't know how he's gonna react to me....I mean I did try and kill him once....More that meets the eye....Well, as long as he doesn't try and hurt you...."
Repa leaned back on her heals as she thought. There always was that risk of yazoo hurting her. Maybe not intentionally but still, it was a constant risk. "I know...and...well, if anything does happen, i know i can handle myself." I think. She added in her mind. Repa always liked to be independent and stick up for herself to prove she wasn't some sissy little princess. In fact back home, she tried to fight off the heartless but with who she was, they would never let her get involved, so they sent her off!
"Well, I'm there for you if you need a friend that...can protect you from any thing okay...."
A friend...thats exactly what she needed. And a good one too. And Repa believed...she'd found the perfect person for that. "Friend...the word sounds almost like unrealistic to me...i never had many friends...well i never had ANY friends...except one...but I havent seen him in a long time." She sighed.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 21, 2010 11:26:59 GMT -5
"I know...and...well, if anything does happen, i know i can handle myself." "Friend...the word sounds almost like unrealistic to me...i never had many friends...well i never had ANY friends...except one...but I haven't seen him in a long time."
Cloud laughed.....He was so like her....He was like that in his past....Only one friend....Who was in fact....Tifa. "Sounds like you and I have a lot on common.....My life as a kid was not exactly all that great either...." Cloud could remember the time as a kid....It wasn't old news for him...He kept the past as a constant reminder to keep his head held high and always do the right thing.....He still couldn't help but remember some of his child hood....."What I mean by that is....I was bullied as a kid....They all hated me....All but one....She...She never gave up on me....I don't think I've ever thanked her for that...." Cloud was actually opening up to Repa....Wow! He was glad that he meat her.....If he didn't who knew....He'd probably be still thinking this stuff instead of saying it out loud...."We can do this every other day if you want....I give you a lesson on bikes too,,,,What'd ya say?"
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 21, 2010 12:41:14 GMT -5
"Sounds like you and I have a lot on common.....My life as a kid was not exactly all that great either...." "What I mean by that is....I was bullied as a kid....They all hated me....All but one....She...She never gave up on me....I don't think I've ever thanked her for that...."
Sometimes the past almost hurt to think about. Unlike Cloud, Repa kept the past in the past and just tried to forget it as much as possible. There wasn't much to think back on that was good, so she figured just forget it, and maybe it wont haunt you all the time. But anytime she thought of it, her mind was fixed in the past and it hurt. Her eyes were fixed on the ground, not blinking, just a glazed look on her face before Cloud spoke again.
"We can do this every other day if you want....I give you a lesson on bikes too,,,,What'd ya say?"
Repa blinked finally and looked over at Cloud. She smiled some. "Sure that sounds great." She shrugged a little. She was worrying about what would happen if she pernamently stayed here. Since leaving Delatorr, anywhere she went there was trouble, danger, and she always wound up getting hurt somehow. Now she was having second thoughts about all this. Not that she didn't like Cloud or anything but, she didn't wanna put anyone else in danger's way...Not again.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 30, 2010 0:12:21 GMT -5
((I'm gonna speed up the days on this one^^ XD))
"Sure that sounds great."
The second day they hung out in his garage again and grabbed food to go as they did for the third day they spent together....to Cloud, Repa was starting to be like a little sister he never had....She was so great to have around....They had a lot in common.....
Cloud finally told Tifa about Repa too....That he made a new friend....And she was pleased with that news....So it was okay for him to hang out with Repa more often....Cloud would tease and joke around Repa too! It was great!
The fourth day....
Cloud had enough confidence that Repa was ready to drive his bike on the open road.....But he took her to a meadowy place.....Where there was not a lot of people and traffic around.....He parked his bike....And got off.....
"OK...Before we do this.....Are you sure....You're ready?"
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Post by Repa Raines on Apr 30, 2010 15:52:20 GMT -5
The next few days flew by quickly for Repa. They were quite enjoyable too! Having a friend around made all the difference in her mood. When she was alone, she was very...anti-social around others, but here, now, she was very lively and fun to be around. Of course she was starting to think of Cloud like a brother, just as he thought of her as a little sister. Of course Repa couldn't replace either of the brothers she had, One alive and married with kids, and the other died saving her from the heartless, but still, Cloud was in a high rank on her list of people she liked.
Finally the day had come, Repa's chance to ride the bike alone. She'd studied all she could about the bike and what Cloud told her. She had it easily memorized.
"OK...Before we do this.....Are you sure....You're ready?"
Repa shrugged some with a smile. "Im not quite sure about anything I do, but there's only one way to find out!" She remembered being such a baby around bikes, she hated them but she kept saying, practice makes perfect, and another good line for her to use. "I used to be so afraid of these, but hey, there's nothing to fear but fear itself...im sure ill be okay, if not, im sure theres a hospital around here if i decide to break my face or something." She joked before tightening her gloves and pulling her hair back, even her bangs, which no one really ever saw both her eyes showing at one time, it was like she was a completely different person now and days.
((changed repa's color))
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Apr 30, 2010 17:55:59 GMT -5
"I'm not quite sure about anything I do, but there's only one way to find out!" "I used to be so afraid of these, but hey, there's nothing to fear but fear itself...I'm sure ill be okay, if not, I'm sure there's a hospital around here if i decide to break my face or something."
Cloud laughed out loud at her remark about the hospital thing...."No need to worry...I've plenty of Materia to heal up what you might endure.....If you crash....But I've got a good feeling you won't crash....You've won a lot of stuff about bikes.....And uh, Yazoo drives a bike too.....So next time you see him this will surprise him....!" Cloud still was not sure that Repa should be hanging out Yazoo.....The man was a cold blooded Remnant.....Why would Repa fall in love with him?! That was beyond Cloud.....Yazoo better not show his face around Cloud though....
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Post by Repa Raines on May 1, 2010 0:10:42 GMT -5
"No need to worry...I've plenty of Materia to heal up what you might endure.....If you crash....But I've got a good feeling you won't crash....You've won a lot of stuff about bikes.....And uh, Yazoo drives a bike too.....So next time you see him this will surprise him....!"
Repa flashed a smile and was confident enough to do this. She even nodded at what Cloud said about yazoo, it would be a surprise! hopefully, if fall went well, that was. "Okay, Well, lets hope I get this right." She said crawling on the bike and taking in a deep breath. The bike didn't intimidate her as much as it once did. Before, this thing was like a metal death trap to her, now, just a bike, that she knew inside and out.
((sorry for the short post))
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