"So thanks for the gift, and for a nice evening and everything, but I think I am gonna just head home, ok? You have a good time, and enjoy the rest of the Festival. Be good, now."

She leaned in and gave him a gentle - sisterly - peck on the cheek, and disappeared into the crowd as quickly as she could, never turning back so that the handsome young boy, the first one in so long to introduce hope into her own young damaged heart, couldn't see the tears in her dark scarlet eyes.

She had sworn when her grandmother died she would never cry again, and she didn't want to acknowledge the tears that came now. She forced her mind to focus on a mental checklist of all the tasks she had to accomplish first thing in the morning to get her food stand ready to open for the afternoon Festival rush. It would be a busy day, and if she wasn't completely prepared, she would never make it.

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Sanzo awoke to the sound of a weak croaking like a dying frog coming from across the room. He wondered what kind of wildlife Goku had brought into his quarters now, and sat up on his elbows, expecting to see the boy sitting there with a box containing assorted reptiles and amphibians in their last stages of life, having been taken from their natural environments (at least he wasn't keeping them in his pockets now.) He was suprised at the sight of his young charge, still in his cot, his face the color of a milky pea soup, his hair disheveled around his diadem, and his upper half in his pajamas, his lower half still in his jeans, one boot on and one boot off.

"Goku, what the hell..." He sat up and was abruptly reminded of what the cause of Goku's situation was by the sharp pain behind his own eyes, the ghastly taste in his mouth, and the large cold brick that had apparently landed in his own stomach -- all obviously remnants of too much alcohol consumption last night. It all came back to him, he thought clearly. But he only remembered the saru getting two or at most three drinks - how the hell had he gotten so hung over? He mulled over the events of the evening and remembered the unconsumed tray of fruity drinks made by the strange barmaid with the long hair and the bad attitude - they had never been drunk and had been sitting on the end of the bar the last time he had seen them. Shit on toast, the damn fool had probably drunk all of them when they weren't looking, and she had said something about the one for him having the "kick of a Tibetan ox...."

Doing his best to ignore the relatively minor hangover he had (he'd certainly had far far worse) Konzen slipped out of his bed, put on his slippers, and padded quietly to Goku's cot, sitting down at his side and gently brushing his clammy damp hair back from his face.

"I'll bet you feel pretty wretched, don't you, monkey?"

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Dear readers,

we know you are out there watching this post but.. we regret to say that this place no longer suits our needs nor do we feel comfortable continuing our RP at this time in the setting found here.. i'm sorry if this upsets some of you but.. to us it's not worth posting here anymore. Please have a nice stay none the less but.. you will have to do it without us from now on.

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I am in.. use and abuse me!

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I know you didn't ask me but as a RP'er here in the community I thought I would give one piece of input... It sounds to me like it would be within the bounds of the "anything bishi goes" atmosphere that we all appreciate and love, but it is ultimately up to the mods if there is any question (doubt there will be tho...)

My only input would be that if you are welcoming outside RP'ers to participate be very clear about what your AU characters and story version are all about... What may seem crystal clear to you may not be obvious to someone reading it from the outside and jumping in, and you don't want misunderstandings or accidental de-railments of where you would like things to go. Since it is basically something of your creation, you will need to be much more involved in letting your RP members know what their parts are, how they should react, etc... Just a thought......

Best of luck with it, Phoenix - I hope it happens, and will look forward to adding it to my "watch" list!! Who knows... I may even jump in at some point and take a minor part - or make an appearance as the Merciful Goddess if you would like me to!

Happy New Year!!

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Ah, yes. You see I cannot follow that story angle properly, or maybe I need a few more episodes to get it straightened out. But the Ghost form definitely intrigues me. *wink*

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