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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 30, 2008 16:09:24 GMT -5
Rob, meanwhile, was giving an icy glare to Knuckles, but otherwise did nothing to or against him. "Sir, I kindly ask you take your hands off me," he spoke after Rouge had finished.
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Post by Lans on Mar 30, 2008 20:26:17 GMT -5
Knuckles was so shocked at the other Rouge's outburst that he barely heard Rob. "Um...right..." he said, simply releasing his grip, causing the hedgehog to drop to the floor.
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Post by Raki on Apr 2, 2008 18:36:40 GMT -5
Rouge barely noticed the goings on of the men; her doppleganger's words had practically derailed her entire train of thought, but it was debatable which words in particular had done so. In the end, all she could do was push past the hedgehog and the echidna, coming nose-to-nose with her pure white counterpart. " WHAT did you just say?![/i]"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 2, 2008 21:09:00 GMT -5
Rob dusted himself off and shot a quick unamused glare at Knuckles. Then, as the bolder of the two bats shoved past him he turned to watch her, his expression flickering somewhere between anger, confusion, surprise and even twinges of admiration for his world's Rouge after her outburst.
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Post by Lans on Apr 2, 2008 21:10:36 GMT -5
"Um.." Knuckles started, "I think she said that she..." he stopped, blushing furiously and unable to continue.
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Post by Raki on Apr 2, 2008 22:03:29 GMT -5
@satamrouge@ "..." Uncomfortable with the close proximity, Rouge took a couple steps backward. "I... I said I think you're ugly inside." The other bat's face twisted with fury. Though those words WERE upsetting to hear, they also weren't anything new; Rouge had heard them before from several people. And she didn't particularly care what others thought of her, for the most part. No one likes to hear that about themself, but it still happened from time to time. However, there was one other sentence that'd hit her ear that the theif had decidedly not expected. "Not THAT!!" Rouge hissed, closing the gap in again. @satamrouge@ The mobian drew backwards again. "...What??" she asked quickly, apprehension beginning to replace the frustration in her face. "What you said at the end!!" The Chaos Rouge planted her hands on her curvy hips with an indignant glare. "You said that you.... ... !!!" @satamrouge@ "...That I'm not a virgin?" Rouge blinked. "Er, well, I'm not. What difference does it make?" The bat eyed the floor as a tint of blush overtook her cheeks. She wasn't sure why she'd bothered to make the correction in the first place, but she never expected it to become the center of attention.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 2, 2008 22:38:27 GMT -5
"Neither am I," Rob said flatly, folding one arm over another. "And I hardly see how that matters anyway. She is my girlfriend."
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Post by Raki on Apr 3, 2008 0:39:08 GMT -5
For one that tended to run her mouth, Rouge actually found herself speechless. Losing her virginity wasn't something that she'd especially aspired to do -- in fact, she'd kept her rule of "look, don't touch" in tight check over the years (although she tended to be especially lenient around Knuckles) -- but despite this practice she found herself feeling usurped, daresay even envious. And somehow the facts felt all the more insulting considering the source. Rouge's brow twitched with tension as she eyed the other bat. "How OLD are you?!" she asked, for what was really the second time. @satamrouge@ " Eighteen," the other Rouge quietly replied, looking increasingly uncomfortable as her counterpart got more and more riled. " Why?" "That's IT?!" the theif couldn't keep herself from shouting. Not only had this weak, sniveling, self-pitying version of herself blown past her on a rocketship, but had done so YEARS ahead of her! @satamrouge@ The mobian's ears drooped. It was quickly becoming obvious that they'd touched on a very sensitive nerve. "U-Um... Look, if I've offended you--" Without warning Rouge not only closed in the gap once again, but continued approaching until the white bat found herself backed up into a corner. "HOW is that even POSSIBLE?! You barely speak, you're weak-willed, you may as well have a RAINCLOUD following you around, you're a coward, you're boring, you're over-sensitive, you're COMPLETELY flat-chested," Rouge poked her double in her naked breast for emphasis, "and you can't defend yourself worth a damn!!" Though it probably wasn't easily noticed, as much of it lacked pigment, Rouge's fur began fluffing up on end. " How the HELL did someone like you do it so FAST?!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 3, 2008 18:08:20 GMT -5
All of the varying feelings in Rob's face vanished like a puff of smoke, replaced instead by a look of undiluted fury. For the first few moments all he could do was stand there staring in shock, his jaw hanging open and his fur and quills puffed out angrily. Then, once more, his hands closed into fists and he shivered with anger. "I will not stand here and listen to you speak to my girl this way!" he barked forcefully, closing in on the two bats and glaring angrily at the Chaos Dimension's Rouge. "Just because you've had to live with a physical deformity is HARDLY any reason to take your frustrations out on her! This wonderful, beautiful woman has been fighting for her life in a WAR for the past decade! I'll have you know she JUST held her own, BY HERSELF, against Robotnik's most dangerous monstrosity! This woman is the love of my life and I will NOT let you back her into a corner because you can't see far enough past your own nose!"
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Post by Lans on Apr 4, 2008 11:39:55 GMT -5
And meanwhile Knuckles just stood off to the side and just kinda...stared, expression unreadable.
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Post by Raki on Apr 8, 2008 2:21:37 GMT -5
" Physical deformity?!" the flustered bat spat, whipping her attention onto Rob. "What the HELL are you talking about, afrohog?! Do you even have a POINT?! You're only illustrating exactly what I was talking about! She may as well just be a porcelain doll you keep around for display purposes: You do everything for her! For the love of Chaos, she was a complete sobbing MESS just because she wasn't attached to your hip for a while!!" @satamrouge@ "H-Hey!!" Rouge awkwardly spoke up. Her expression clearly showed her horror at "herself" treating her beloved so poorly. "That's... that's not fair! That situation was different! We still didn't understand what was going on... It wasn't just being separated, I'd been worried I'd never see him again. ..." The white bat paused for a moment, apparently unsure of whether or not to continue speaking. "Oh please," her counterpart sneered, planting her hands on her curvy hips, "don't give me that. Rob JUST said that you've been fighting a war for ten years! After such a long time I'd figure you'd have either prepared yourself for something like that or had a scare of it by now!" @satamrouge@ Rouge's breath caught in her throat as the other bat pelted her with one foul comment after another. Her wide eyes had begun to feel hot, and she could feel the tears starting to well... but it was a different kind of tears. She felt her muscles tighten, and tremble slightly as the tension increased. How could this woman -- this woman that was HER reflection -- be so cruel?? Rouge hadn't exactly found her pleasant before, but this venomous side... How could anyone do that, let alone her own doppleganger? " You... Just... Stop that!" she struggled to exclaim through both her unease and her clenched jaw. " Y-You can... You can be upset all you want... but you can't... You just can't t-treat people like this!!" "I'll talk to you in whatever way I damn well please!! You never would've even been reunited with your knight-in-shining-armor here if it wasn't for me, sweetheart! NONE of you would have a roof over your head or food in your stomach or a bed to sleep on if I wasn't busting my ass day and night gathering you freaks up!!" The Chaos bat's glare deepend as she closed in on the last inch of her mobian self's space. "I have set aside jobs, watched my home get ransacked, and wrestled in freaking SEWAGE for you people, and I didn't do it just to get a half-assed lecture from a stuttering, whimpering whelp that has the gall to call herself by MY name!!" SMACK.@satamrouge@ Rouge's breaths heaved from her chest, barely noticing the onset of tingling pain in her right hand. Despite the anger and resentment in her eyes, the gathering tears had begun to spill their way down her cheeks. "YOU.... YOU.... YOU CAN'T TREAT PEOPLE THIS WAY!! I-IF YOU THINK THIS IS EVEN S-S-SLIGHTLY ACCEPTABLE.... ... ... TH-THEN... I..." The white bat sucked in a final breath and shoved past her double with what remaining force she had mustered, storming for the door. "I c-can't even LOOK at you anymore!!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 8, 2008 23:55:26 GMT -5
Rob was... considerably and understandably shocked. After the mobian bat's outburst and subsequent exit he found himself speechless, staring out toward the door she'd disappeared through.
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Post by Lans on Apr 9, 2008 13:00:42 GMT -5
"Right..." Knuckles said, sounding somewhat sullen, as he suddenly turned and pushed past Rob, "...I'm going to just go find the girls now."
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 9, 2008 17:09:22 GMT -5
Meanwhile, the remaining bat hissed a sharp breath in through her teeth and tenderly held her throbbing cheek, already somewhat swollen. The faint, red outline of a handprint slowly began revealing itself. Though the impact had caused her physical pain, it was really her ego that'd suffered a bruise. "Ow... Shit, that smarts..." Rouge's left eye twitched. I can't believe that prim little princess actually STRUCK me.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 9, 2008 18:49:15 GMT -5
By now Rob's quills had folded themselves back down into their typical spikes. With the heat of the argument apparently over, all he could do was look over at the Chaos world's Rouge with a look of commiseration. "I'm sorry." he said in a sterile voice.
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 9, 2008 18:56:01 GMT -5
Rouge grunted lowly in response, her eyes cast astray as she continued to rub the sore side of her face. " Not your fault."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 9, 2008 19:39:21 GMT -5
"Aye. I suppose you're right," the archer shrugged shallowly and slowly began heading toward the door. "You must have had a pretty hard life yourself to be so... bitter." And ignorant.He paused in the doorway, looking back. "Listen, I really thank you for all the help you have given us, and apologize for all the trouble it's caused you, but..." he opened his mouth and held it there for a moment, obviously having a mental debate with himself, then with a frustrated exhale shook his head, "I... really hope you manage to find someone you'll be able to love. Maybe then you'll understand a few things you obviously don't right now."
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Post by Leedzie on Apr 24, 2008 11:25:52 GMT -5
Rouge glared indirectly as Rob left her alone in the dormroom, continuing to gently rub at her cheek. A lot of conflicting thoughts swirled through the bat's mind at that moment; things she'd done wrong, things she still felt completely in the right about, things that embarrassed her, things that were frustrating... "Chh," she snorted to herself. How dare he assume I've never loved anyone before? Just because I'm not dainty about it doesn't mean it's never happened. Rouge darkly slid into the bathroom to examine the damage in the mirror. Luckily it didn't look like it'd leave any kind of mark other than a bit of swelling, which would probably be temporary... Even so, it was both humiliating and impressive that the other bat had actually managed to hit her that hard. Rouge scowled a bit at her reflection. She really shouldn't have lost her temper like that. And what's more, had it not been for all the various stresses piling up relentlessly leading up to the argument, she likely would've kept her cool. The theif huffed and wet a washcloth with cold water, then gingerly held it against her throbbing cheek. There would probably be a few annoying and undoubtedly awkward conversations in her future, she knew, though it still wasn't clear even in her own mind whether or not any of them would include apologies. "Well," she mumbled below her breath, "if nothing else that other me gained a few respect points." Rouge didn't say so outloud, but she couldn't help but think about how impressive it was that the seemingly weak bat had managed to not only fight back, but to do so with force. I guess we're more alike than I thought.Removing the compress for a moment, Rouge checked her cheek again, and noted that much of the swelling had subsided -- though the red handprint had mostly remained as an embarrassing reminder of the incident. Rolling her eyes dismissively, the bat tossed the damp rag into the sink and made her way back out of the dormroom. Yet again, she had missing persons to find.
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