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Sept 22, 2018 16:52:41 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 16:52:41 GMT -5
He then nodded to Shery. “Hi, I’m Paul Phoenix, toughest fighter in the universe.” Shery introduced herself to Paul and Hwoarang with her sweet gentle smile and handwaves to them. "Hi, I am Shery Hsu. Nice to meet you, gentlemen."
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Sept 25, 2018 3:38:20 GMT -5
Post by Hwoarang on Sept 25, 2018 3:38:20 GMT -5
Hwoarang waved to Shery and Zakk greeting the two with a friendly smile. He then laughed at Paul who was enthusiastic about the possibility of the two having a race!
“So let’s do it!”
"Name the time and place! I'm down!!" The Blood Talon replied with just as much excitement.
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Sept 25, 2018 6:28:59 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 25, 2018 6:28:59 GMT -5
“How’s your cousin? She’s doin’ well?”
"Yeah, Xianlong's doing just great. She went to go see her brother and hang out with him, since she hasn't seen him since she was 12." Zakk said. "She also finished high school. So she's onto adulthood now." He smiled. "I'm really proud of her. She's a long ways from that bratty kid I once knew when I first met her."
Steve placed both hands to his side as he was really excited about Paul and Hwoarang's race. He had his adrenaline pumping and ready to go. Zakk did a few stretches here and there before changing into some workout clothes, which consisted of a pale teal tanktop, grey sweatpants, and dark teal finger less gloves and ankle braces. Working out and exercising kept his spirits up.
"Any luck with your investigation?" Steve asked his friend.
Zakk shook his head. "I was told several different things, but I do believe that the suspect is on that ship. She'll definitely show herself at the tournament. All the Williams family is going to kill her. I need to keep her alive so I can shut down the huge arms deal going on in Taiwan. Too many damn kids shooting themselves and killing each other over meaningless squabble."
They didn't have that problem in England, but he's heard horror stories about the Americas with the minorities shooting each other and the authorities doing nothing to stop this but to shoot the minorities. And in Hong-Kong, it's just the gangs that shoot each other, and every effort is done to try and stop it instead of just shooting people. It was things like this that made his blood boil.
"So, if Nina, Elysium, and Chris kill Lian..."
"That means more kids are going to kill themselves with guns in Taiwan."
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Sept 25, 2018 6:59:00 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 6:59:00 GMT -5
Heard the conversations of Zakk and Steve made Shery shivered. One life lost mean much more life would be lost as well. Shery realised that found Lian Lei also as important as her quest for seeking her parents. Shery tried to calmed herself by folded her both arms.
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Sept 25, 2018 19:47:15 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 25, 2018 19:47:15 GMT -5
“Wow. Congratulation to Xianlong for finishing high school”, answered Paul to Zakk, while thinking that he didn’t even finish high school himself, having dropped out before to hang more in the streets and the dojos where the action was. Which was why he never had a normal job and his parents kept telling him to quit fighting and get a real job while his siblings considered him a loser since he never really made a life with his fists either, never having been able to get rich with any tournament he won, despite the many he won, only winning trophies that he had to pawn some time later to pay the rent or the food… Or quickly getting scammed of the money prizes he won by some promoters who took advantage of his naivety, except when Marshall was there to see to it since he was less naïve and took Paul out of many troubles (while also putting him in many troubles as well since Marshall was the mastermind of all their own scams to get money…). Yet finishing high school would have done nothing since he didn’t know what he would have done beside fighting… Xianlong’s dream job of being an actress didn’t require any school either. Though it will probably help her later in life… She seemed intelligent, she would be able to do much…
After thinking for some seconds, Paul then told the young red-haired man:
“How about racin' all the Gaikan expressway from the Kan-etsu expressway to the Metropolitan expressway?”
Trying to remember the roads of Tokyo, Paul mostly remembered the traffic but now with the war, there were less cars on the roads, so the expressway might be a good place to race.
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Sept 26, 2018 18:38:12 GMT -5
Post by Hwoarang on Sept 26, 2018 18:38:12 GMT -5
Hwoarang stood quietly listening to the others converse feeling quite out of the loop. When Paul turned to him seemingly in thought the Blood Talon perked up interested in what the American had to say.
“How about racin' all the Gaikan expressway from the Kan-etsu expressway to the Metropolitan expressway?”
The fiery Korean immediately found himself visualizing the proposed race track Paul suggested.
"Sounds good. So when you down to do this?" Hwoarang smirked excited for the challenge!
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Sept 27, 2018 12:30:01 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 27, 2018 12:30:01 GMT -5
"Oh yeah, Steve, quick question? I want to hear your advice on this. You see... I uh... Am having some issues here and there."
"What kind?" Steve wondered what Zakk would want his input on.
"You're like the youngest boxing champ, so you could practically have any girl you want. Well, I mean you have been in relationships, yes?"
Steve shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't put it that way, but I think I get where you coming from."
"You see, I am seeing someone right now, but she keeps accusing me of banging every woman I talk to. It's embarrassing."
"I say dump her ass."
"But she packs my lunch! She gives me kisses! She calls me 'Wan-Wan'! Steve I think I am in love!"
He honestly thought Zakk of all people would know better.
"What about Julia?"
"... That's the problem. I like her, too.. but I hate cheating."
"Dump her ass for Julia!"
"Every guy she dated cheated on her. I don't want to be the next one!"
"I am sure there is a reason why it keeps happening." Steve said out loud.
Zakk then turned to Shery.
"Shery, what do you think of this situation?"
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Sept 27, 2018 13:24:33 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 13:24:33 GMT -5
"Shery, what do you think of this situation?" Shery excited for a while but she answered what she felt to the detective. "Oh! Sorry, I didn't mean to dared but, since I didn't knew who were those women and based on what I heard before, I think you better break with your current lover. She might loves you so much, but a relationship which didn't based on trusting each others wasn't a relationship, the worst was even she humiliated you in public. What kind of wife she became later on, if she couldn't trusted and supported her man as the woman should be? I believed although in this age, there's still so many women who still able to packed any meals and gave good-luck kisses for the men their loved without any distrusts or humiliated their lovers. And about this Julia, much better if you didn't choose her as your lover either. Based of I heard before, she accepted every men who likes her no matter the men has been in relationship or not. I didn't recommended her because if she just accepted every men who she knew or not, she didn't have any loyalties and wouldn't able to be a devouted wife either. In other words, if you broke with your current lover for entered the relationship with this Julia, by my country terms was: 'loosed from the mouth of the tiger into the mouth of the crocodile'. You would be wasted your life. But, these just my suggestions. The decision still in your hands."
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Sept 27, 2018 15:14:34 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 27, 2018 15:14:34 GMT -5
"I mean Julia just sees me as a friend... That's why I really never tried to pursue anything... But I just don't know if I can handle Betty calling my female friends 'whore' and 'slut'." Zakk added.
The two men listen to Shery.
"I am thinking maybe if I just prove to her that I'm not like other guys, she'll trust me and maybe I really don't like Julia. Maybe I am one of those guys who just cheats on women..." Zakk was genuinely confused.
"She's right! If Betty doesn't trust you now, how will she trust you later on?"
"Maybe she's right to behave this way..." Zakk hung his head down.
Steve rolled his eyes. "Really, Zakk? You're just going to let that woman walk all over you like that?"
"I think I should be the one apologizing, not Betty."
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Sept 27, 2018 17:17:43 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 27, 2018 17:17:43 GMT -5
Slightly turning his head toward the group talking about girls, Paul told Hwoarang:
“Oh, right now, right after this…”
Paul couldn’t help but eavesdropping on Zakk’s problem and told him:
“Apologizing for what? You didn’t do anything right now, right? You didn’t really cheat? If you apologize, she’ll think you did something. I can’t tell you who to choose or what to do but don’t apologize on thought crimes.”
Leaving this seemingly complicated situation, Paul turned once more to Hwoarang and told him:
“So, ready for the race right now? Or do you prefer after we eat something? I'll pay.”
Knowing Hwoarang had just fought and despite the young Korean looking quite excited about the race, like himself, Paul thought that maybe the youngster wanted some rest right now, so Paul thought he could offer him some resting time without telling him directly why since it was insulting being told that you need to rest… Hwoarang would just have to choose, he was the one knowing how he felt…
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Sept 27, 2018 17:54:09 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 17:54:09 GMT -5
"I think I should be the one apologizing, not Betty." "What? Why? You didn't do anything wrong?!" “Apologizing for what? You didn’t do anything right now, right? You didn’t really cheat? If you apologize, she’ll think you did something. I can’t tell you who to choose or what to do but don’t apologize on thought crimes.” "Listen to him, Detective Lei! If you apologizing to her, then it would be the same as you confessed to her that you did something that she accused! You are a cop, right? What do you thing about an innocent confessing a crime those never did to the court? I think the court would be happy because it would be ease their job and done their duty so fast, despise the innocent was not the true culprit. But would it solved the problem?" Shery saw her small travel bag. "Oh! Wait! I changed for a while! We came for training, didn't we? Well, excuse me...." Shery walked away to the changing room.
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Sept 27, 2018 21:05:57 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 27, 2018 21:05:57 GMT -5
"What? Why? You didn't do anything wrong?!"
“Apologizing for what? You didn’t do anything right now, right? You didn’t really cheat? If you apologize, she’ll think you did something. I can’t tell you who to choose or what to do but don’t apologize on thought crimes.”
"So... Betty's just being... Betty?" Zakk finally said laughing to himself. "Wow. Okay..."
"But anyway sorry to bother you about this... I just... It's been awhile since I last had a serious relationship. It can be overwhelming. Maybe you're onto something. I couldn't finish my investigation because Betty works for Madison now. And I guess I am too distracting for her. Like that really put a ding in all the work that I have done." He sighed. "I think Madison did this to distract me. Which means that I am onto something big!"
He then turns to Steve. "You and Shery both wish to learn about to the Zaibatsu secrets. I think it is best that I take you two together to go see Dr. Kristovitch whenever she is in Hong-Kong."
Unfortunately, Shery was gone... For now.
"I'll brief her when she gets back."
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Sept 28, 2018 20:41:30 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 20:41:30 GMT -5
Ten minutes later, Shery exited the dressing room. Now her longhair tied became a ponytail with a small pink ribbon. She wore purple sweat headband, a pair of the purple sweat wristbands, black spandex yoga pants with vertical white stripes on its sides, a pink socks with her white sports boots, pink strapless sport t-shirt, and white sports jacket. She approached Zakk and Steve.
"Now, when we start our training?"
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Sept 28, 2018 20:48:43 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 28, 2018 20:48:43 GMT -5
Shery eventually returned after Zakk spent some time practicing his strikes and kicks on a sandbag.
He and the boxer both turned their attention to Shery.
"So, you and Steve wish to learn about the Zaibatsu secrets. I'm thinking... Maybe whenever Dr. Kristovitch is in Hong-Kong, I will take you two to meet her so you can ask her questions. I think you and Steve should work together." Zakk places his hand on Steve's shoulder.
"I don't know if that's a good idea..."
"It should be fine, Steve."
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Sept 28, 2018 20:56:05 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 20:56:05 GMT -5
Shery's eyes wide open and sparkling bright with inverted-V shape eyebrows like anime girls. Her expression became so adorably cute. She was so happy.
"REALLY? YOU WILL TAKE ME TO MEET HER?"
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