Price
Kamen Rider Strike 
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 4:50:03 GMT
Price smiled a bit wider, eating as well. "I'm glad it pleases you."
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 4:53:28 GMT
Wakana nodded, and ate some more. A few minutes later, she spoke again. "Hey... Can I hear a little more about your life on Ventara?" she asked.
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 4:57:44 GMT
"Sure....what would you like to know?" Price asked.
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 4:59:40 GMT
"Um..." Wakana blushed. "Maybe more about... Tarana..." she whispered...
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:02:02 GMT
A look of sadness crossed Price's face...and the walls he'd carefully constructed were temporarily broken. "It's...a deeply personal subject....but I will try to put the events of my memory to words..."
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 5:02:38 GMT
"You don't have to..." Wakana told him.
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:04:02 GMT
"No..it's fine....it....it's just something I've run from." Price admitted.
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 5:10:54 GMT
"Yeah... But I don't wanna force it on you..."
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Price
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:16:10 GMT
Price took her hand in his. "I...need to get this out." he said. "As you know, when Master Eubulon disappeared, only one Rider could be out at a time...the rest of us had to be placed in suspension...each Rider woke the next one up, and entered. The time was about a year inbetween. I had the whole Rider base to myself, though I ended up being lonely. But I persevered, or, at least that's what I want to tell myself. Ventara lived on...everyone lived as they normally did. Everyone except one person. And that was her..." he paused for a moment, letting the memories flow through him, confronting his regret at last...
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 5:17:10 GMT
"What went on between you and her?" she asked, curious.
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:23:26 GMT
"It's a long story...over the course of three different cycles of active time...I was awakened back to back with other Riders twice. It started innocently enough. She came...was curious about the Rider Base...and we met for the first time. I could tell with my powers of perception that she was smitten with me, deep down, but I thought nothing of it. I didn't let her in, but we did talk outside. With Master Eubulon gone, I couldn't have made her a Rider even if I wanted to. Then after that, she'd keep coming back, keep seeking me out fairly regularly. She'd make me things, like food...little trinkets, necklaces, that kind of deal..." he paused, thinking..
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 5:24:27 GMT
"I see..." Wakana said, wanting to hear more.
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:27:41 GMT
"I always accepted them....thinking that she was trying to be charitable. It wasn't until one summer day, we stood outside the base, talking...and a teraball game was on nearby. One of the batters swung fully, but sliced it wide right, sending it directly for Tarana. One moment, we're talking, the next moment, my hand is fully outstretched in front of her head, having caught that ball....and she had the starry-eyed look. It was in that look that I knew....that she was attracted to me." He gave, pausing again and taking a drink of water.
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Apr 19, 2012 5:29:00 GMT
Wakana kept listening, focusing solely on the story.
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Price
Kamen Rider Strike
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Post by Price on Apr 19, 2012 5:34:41 GMT
"I...excused myself...after making sure she was okay. My mind was conflicted at that point. She was attractive, that much was true, but she was a civilian...she didn't know fully the path a Rider led. It wouldn't be honorable of me to lead her on, only to go into suspension...." Price said, for a moment, "But I remained conflicted, as I always would, even after I went into suspension for the second time without resolving anything with her. Hunt woke me up a year later, mainly because, "This one person won't leave me alone about you." I was still groggy from the suspension hangover, but I knew in an instant what he spoke of. I stayed inside for a few days...didn't go out...then, it happened. I was sitting there at the table, eating, and hear a loud noise from the upper window. Sure enough...it was Tarana in the tree. She'd somehow climbed the darn thing just to look into the base and see who was there..."
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