singinghuntress | 20th Song [AccidentalVideo]

[Now that the never ending day has come to a close, Rip has been having fun enjoying the night. This night, she's wandering some of the buildings with her hell cat draped over her shoulders. The Huntress has even managed to scare up an old winter coat that looks like it had seen better days. Unfortunately the coat seems to be a few sizes too small so it hugs her form almost like a second skin. Not that she cares.

Rip is looking through the various buildings, humming a Christmas carol as she searches for... gifts. This was the one holiday that was celebrated more than even Halloween and Rip was very, very determined to enjoy it. That... and it's been over 50 years since she's had a white Christmas.

As for who she was giving gifts to? Well that was going to remain a secret. True, she couldn't celebrate the holiday in some of the more traditional ways that she was used to, but she was going to make the best of it!

Eventually she pauses and digs something out of the rubble. It looks... like a broken Pocket Watch. She fiddles with it for a few moments before reaching up to scratch her cat's ears.]

"Vat do you zhink Hadewig? I am sure ve can find zomeone to fix it up."

[The Yodare gives a soft mewl and buts her head against her Mistress's cheek, making the vampire grin a little as she scratches the gray cats head.]

"You are right~ ve just need to ask! But first... lets zee vat else ve can find."

[Neither one of them seems to notice that PCD is even on.. or that it even fell out of Rip's pocket.]

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Wow, I bet you can find a lot of things if you keep trying like that.

[The sudden voice makes Rip jump a little and fall on her ass from her crouching position. Moments later she's reaching for the device and pushing her glasses up her nose as her sapphire eyes gaze curiously at the person on the other end.]

Zhat iz vat ve are hoping for. Zhere iz no telling vat may be buried in zhe ruins of zome of zhese buildings!

Ah! Careful! [But when Rip doesn't seem seriously hurt, she goes on.]

You make it sound exciting.

[She just grins pleasantly as her cat closes her eyes and relaxes. The cute little hell cat doesn't seem the slightest interested in the conversation.]

Vell it iz~!Christmas iz about tradition und celebration~! No matter vho you are, it iz zhe zame all over zhe vorld!

Und bezides, it has been zome time zince I haf had snow on Christmas und giving gifts iz fun~!

I agree. Can I help you with anything?

I do not know... vould you know anyone zhat could fix a vatch?

[She holds up the newly found pocket watch and smiles a little]

I zhink it vould make a lovely gift.

There are a lot of smart people here. Maybe you could ask if any of them are a mechanic.. or whoever fixes watches.

Hm.. a mechanic may vork. Zhough, I vould razher a vatch maker.

[Rip shrugs again and pockets the vatch.]

It zeem I haf forgotten my manners! I am Rip van Winkle und zhis lovely cat iz Hadewig.

[Nope, not a glimmer of recognition.]

I'm Tsukino Usagi. Call me Usagi.

It's nice to meet both of you.

Zhe pleasure iz all mine Usagi! Zhat name.. iz Japanese ja?

Mmhmm! I'm from Tokyo.

Ah~. I haf heard of Tokyo but haf never zeen it. Oh vell.

[There's a moment of silence before Hadewing decides to mewl and stretch a little. Not that it bothered her any.]

Usagi, vould you know anyone zhat knows how to play music? I vas zhinking zhat it vould be fun to zing zome Weihnachten Carols.

The Glee Club! Ah, but they sing. I don't know about instruments.

Michiru-san plays the violin. She's really amazing.

The...Glee Club? Vat iz zhat?

[She looks a little confused before addressing the next part.]

Zhen I vill haf to hear her play! I haf already heard one other play in zhis City und I admit zhat she vas beautiful to listen to!

Hotaru-chan maybe? Michiru-san is the one who teaches her!

Ja! Her!

If zhat iz zhe case, zhen I really vould love to hear her play.

Mmhmm! Michiru-san is the absolute top when it comes to music.

Zhat is vonderful to hear~. I razher enjoy zinging myzelf ~.

You should audition for the Glee Club then. It's sort of like a choir.

Zhen perhaps.. It vould be intersting.

I'm going to try. I've been working hard on a song for it.

Oh~? Zhen perhaps I can help you if you vish. It vould give me an idea of vat to do if I decided to.. try out.

If you want, we can get together sometime!

Zhat vould be fun~. I zimply vould love to take every chance I can to zing.

Zo~! Ven ever you are free~. Zhough, I vould prefer it to be at night. I am never free during zhe day.

You must be busy.

You could zay zhat.

[If by 'busy' you mean sleeping, then yes, she is.]

Sometime after dinner, then?

Zhat vould vork~.

Any time is fine with me. The auditions are after Christmas, Rachel said.

Zhat vorks vonderfully zhen~! Plenty of time to practice.

Yep! I've been practicing for awhile already. Rachel says it still needs work.

Oh? Care to demonstrate vat you haf zo far?

If you want. Over the video or when you come over?

Video vould be fine for now~. It lets me know vat I just got myzelf into.

[She hadn't exactly expected this, but why not! She certainly has been practicing. And when she sings, the voice turns out to be sweet and clear, even if it lacks depth or training. It is a song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFjdgfJMaSI&feature=related) that suits her well.]

"Clad in light, on wings spread to the infinite heavens, let's fly off now, off to tomorrow....

Just let me bury my face in your chest for a little while longer, all right? Look! I am becoming such a coward that I'm being like a little girl about this, but I cannot forgive their cruel behavior. I am turning my eyes straight towards Justice!

I am just one person, but, flying into the heavens, fill my wings full of power, Silver Moon Crystal Power, you'll give me the courage, won't you? Believe that my fighting is proof of my love.

Separated from your breast, far from your dear voice, I am carrying on the fight alone. I will not permit anyone to go and die, so I am raising my face straight towards Justice!

I believe in our dream. I have faith in everyone. Fill my wings full of courage, Silver Moon Crystal Power! No one tries to be alone. Believe that my fighting has the motive of love.

Moon is fixing her eyes on an eternal dream, Silver Moon Crystal Power! No one exists alone; I believe in our love. The bonds of our destiny are crossing over eons of time, and, by some mysterious miracle, are binding up my heart."

[Rip listens intently, noting the lack of depth and training and already analyzing her song as she quietly listens.

Admittedly, her voice is sweet and clear and the song was pretty. Any significance it had was lost to the Huntress though. Mostly, because she barely new Usagi.]

It iz sweet un vith a little more practice und perhaps zome voice exercises, it vill be even better~.

Thank you. I'll really work hard.

I haf no doubt out zhat~. Zhough, I haf never heard that zong before, vat is it called?

Ehe- It's just a song I worked on.

Vell, if you wrote it, zhen you must haf zome talent at creating zongs.

Ah, no, I didn't write it. Rei-chan's the one good at that sort of thing.

[The cat's name caught his ear more than anything else.]

What did you call your cat?

[It takes her a few moments to respond and when she does, she peers at him curiously.]

Her name is Hadewig. It iz an old German name zhat I thought zuited her.

[There's a little, sort of sad smile there. Boy misses his owl.] That's what I thought you called her.

My name's Harry.

It iz a pleasure to meet you Harry~. I am Rip van Winkle.

[She pauses for a moment and tilts her head to the side a little.]

You remind me of zomeone in zhe city.

It's nice to meet you.

I 'spect I remind you of James Potter. He's my dad.

[She blinks and peers a little closer.]

Is zhat zo? Zhen I suppose you know Zirus und Remus as vell? Ve had an .. unfortunate first meeting. I am afraid I vas not at my best ven I first arrived.

Yeah, Sirius is my godfather and Remus made, well... will make... me the godfather of his son. They really are great guys.

[He looks curious.] May I ask what happened?

Ah~! Zhen you all are family. Zhat... makes zense.

[She shrugs a little.]

I vas confused und he smelt like mein Captain~. Blood loss does zhat to a voman.

Zhough~, zhe volf really needs to accept vat he iz. It makes zhings easier.

Yeah, we are.

Ah. Oh. That. It's not something that's really accepted in our world. [A pause.] You could... just smell that?

Harry, you vill find zhat not all vorlds hold zhe same views~ und not everyone iz human.

But yes, I could. It vas zomething familiar to me from home.

Yeah, I'm finding that.

So your Captain... he's a werewolf? And... and I take it you're not human, either...?

Yes. He vas zhe last of zhem in my vorld. You vould also be right about me as vell~. I am a vampire, one of zhe proud zoldiers of Millennium~. Ve vere in a var before I vound up here... und vell, zhere iz no var here.

Zo vat iz a poor zolier to do~?

[He smiles a bit.] I don't think I've met a vampire before. It's always possible. Lots of different people at Hog's Head... that's a bar.

No, there's not. There was war in my world when I left, too.

Well... I plan on enjoying my time away from it.

It iz quite possible if ve exist in your vorld~. Vho knows! Zhere are very few of us here right now but zhe numbers are slowly growing.

Zhen you are fortunate to arrive here! I find myzelf... at odds vith out zomething to do. But~, I vill make due az going home vould mean my death.

From what I've been taught, vampires do exist in my world. They're... less liked than werewolves, I think.

[He understands that, even if he won't admit it. From what he knows, he's got all of five minutes left of living once he gets back home.]

Yeah, sometimes, there's not a lot to do. But... for right now, it's a good change. I'll probably be bored in a month, but... [He shrugs. He'll still be alive in a month and here, with his parents.] I suppose I'll find a way to make due.

Less liked zhan verevolves? No vonder your family did not like me!

[Well, there's much, much more to that story.But, for now she's just going to act surprised. Mostly, because she finds this boy much more pleasant to talk to that the others. Which... surprises her.]

Zhen you just need to find zhings to keep yourzelf entertained~! I hunt to keep myzelf busy.

Yeah, that must be it.

You... hunt? Ahhh... what do you hunt?

Zhe local animals und monsters mostly. I hunt to keep Hadewig fed. She goes zhrough quite a bit und zhe left over bones are her chew toys.

Yodare's love to chew on zhings. She iz no different. I haf just curbed zome of her more destructive tendacies. Zhink of zhem az a mix of a cat und a shark. Vith zhe right training, zhe can not tear you apart.

She doesn't sound all that bad, really.

What do you hunt when you need to... eat?

I drink from vat I kill to lessen zhe mess. Ozher zan zhat, ve are provided blood from zhe clinic. If you are asking if I hunt humans, I vould haf to zay no. Zhere are zhings zhat make it unnecessary to do so.

[That, and if she even tried she would be killed.]

Sorry, not trying to offend you. I've just never spoken to a vampire before. I wasn't sure if a vampire could survive off of non-humans.

It iz okay~. I do not offend eazily. But, yes, ve can. It just does not taste as good as human blood und some vould view it disgusting.

I zee it as a matter of survival. One cannot be picky about zheir meals ven zhere iz little to eat.

That's a very good point. [One he learned earlier this year, when he, Ron and Hermione often had to survive off of what they could find.] Sometimes, you just have to survive off what you can find.

Exactly~! Zhat iz a good trait of a zurvivor und a hunter~.

I'm... no hunter, I don't think. I've just been sorta forced to survive on what I could all year. It... puts things like this into perspective.

Vell, zometimes zhat can be just as good.

Yeah, I reckon.

What did you hunt before you came here, being a hunter? Was that part of your thing with your Captain?

[That question makes her a little uneasy to answer. Before here she was waging war, meaning she was hunting humans and enjoying the thrill of making their blood run.

Still! She was far from ashamed of that! So she grins.]

Before here I vas hunting humans. Ve vere at var und I vas Millenniums best sniper~. As for mein Captain.. ve vere in zhe same elite unit. Ve did not mingle vith zhe other soliders often.

[Hunting humans. It makes him frown a bit, but he knows in war-time, both sides do things they'd rather not... and he's going to just not ask her about that.]

Seems... sorta odd. A vampire using a gun to fight with. That... sorta normal in your world?

[His question makes her chuckle a little.]

It iz very, very common to use guns und even knives az a vampire to fight vith. Ja, ve haf an edge over humans, but vat about other vampires?

Vhen you are going against zomething zhat iz just as fast und az vicious az you are, one needs every advantage zhey can get~. Mine just happens to be distance und never missing.

Yeah, that makes sense. [He pauses] I guess they have to be special bullets, right?

For zome. It depends on vat you are hunting~. My usual gun iz a long musket which needs to be reloaded vith gunpowder und shot each round. But~, I can make it hit multiple time vhich makes it vorth it.

Skill iz more effective zhen brute force~ vhich some I know tend to favor.

Az for... 'special bullets'.Zome do, zome do not.

Sorry. I'm just curious.

Zhat iz alright~. I do not mind.

It's probably a little rude though, throwing all these questions at someone I just met.

[Now that makes her laugh]

Zhe questions mean you haf a zensible head on your shoulders un an inquisitive mind~. I do not mind~. Bezides, I am zuprized James or Zirius haz not busted in on our conversation und varned you vay from poor little ole me~.

I am a big zcary vampire after all~.

[That gets a slightly sheepish look from him as he looks toward his door.] Well, if they're watching over this, I'm sure I'll get warned off of you soon enough. I do live with them.

Zhen all I haf to zay, iz good luck vith zhat~. From vat I haf zeen, zhings tend to be interesting vith zhem.

Yeah, they do. I knew Sirius back in our world, so I kinda know what he's like.

Zhen I zuppose you are lucky in zhat... zhere are only two ozhers from my vorld und zhey vere on zhe opposite zide of zhe var.

Here, you mean? May I ask who they are?

Yes, here. One iz my varden, Zamiel, und zhe other iz his keeper.

[He thinks for a minute.] I don't think I've met them.

Zhen in zhat you are lucky.

Are they vampires, too?

[For a brief moment, she hesitates.]

Yes. One iz. Zhe other iz human. Zhey are rather hard to miss...

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind when I meet them. [Meaning who they are in relation to Rip and not what they are.]

Y'might ask a young lady named Winry Rockbell, she's 'bout th'best person t'ask t'fix something.

[Then again Jean hasn't had the heart to check to see if she's still in Adstringendum. He's long ago stopped bothering to check for things like that.]

[It takes a few moments before there's the sound of her fum fumbling with the device.]

Halo Jean~. I vill haf to look her up zhen.

[There's a momentary pause before she speaks again.]

I hope zhe never ending day vas not az big of a problem az it vas for me.

[Jean's voice wears a smile in it, that means he caught her by surprise maybe. That's fine by him.]

Sure, let'er know that it was me who sent ya. ...If she remembers me in this incarnation, if she doesn't tell her t'ask Ed if she needs credentials.

[He listens, quietly of course while she speaks. It doesn't dawn on him why it would have been a problem.]

Nupe, no problems here, I just shut up th'house n' wandered into th'basement any time I needed me some non-sun time. Last thing I need is sunburn right?

I vill remember zhat~. Hopefully it vill help~.

[There's the sound of faint purring from Hadewig as Rip chuckles a little.]

I zpent most of zhe veek in my house az vell, hiding under my blankets. My zkin is very.. delicate. I cannot be out in zhe sun vithout heavy protection.

Yeah, hopefully.

[Again there's a smile in Jean's voice to that purring. That frigging cat almost took his face off more than a couple times, but she has it purring.]

Huh, now that I didn't know about y'Rip. ..Guess y'learn lots about people y'don't know that well!

Ja~ All one haz to do iz ask zhe right questions and listen!

[Of course she has the cat purring. Hadewig knows Rip's the bigger monster. Not that it shows of course~. Besides, her fingers were heavily chewed on in the beginning.]

Vhy do you think I am zo pale~? I haf been like zhis for quite zome time.

[Of course, that could be taken several ways. She's referring to being a vampire. But~, she could also be referring to some sort of skin disorder as well. Ambiguity is a wonderful thing.]

[Listening he could do, comprehending? Well ... yeah he could understand underlying things, but it doesn't seem like he has to just talking to her at least. It wasn't a military operation, it wasn't something he was used to hearing- so here he sits with his PCD in his hand talking to her still.]

Well if y'asked me honestly that question, I'd say it's just part'a how pretty y'are.

[Shut up, he's no good with this pickup line stuff. Plus, he's trying to at least sound less than stupid- not that he's succeeding.]

[Now that makes her chuckle a little. Yes, she realizes it's a pick up like and a slightly silly one at that, but, it's endearing in it's own way. Even to a monster like her.]

Vhy Jean~, zhat iz nice of you to notice~. You are razher handsome yourself~.

[Jean doesn't even realize how lame it is, so for her to encourage it like that, yeah she's not helping. But at least she didn't call him on it and embarrass him.

There's a surprised silence and awkward clearing of the throat, his voice laced with a shy smile.]

Awh c'mon now, no teasin' th'poor guy on th'other end hm?

Und vy vould I be teasing~. You zell yourzelf short Jean.

[Of course, you can practically hear the smirk in her voice. Yes, she found him physically attractive and he was rather good in bed~. That and it wasn't often she actually got to flirt so~ she was taking advantage of this.

Besides, something needed to take her mind off of Zamiel.]

I just don't hear it all that often, that's all- hard t'think sometimes people aren't just sayin' it t'be nice in return.

[He's not holding his PCD it's against something obviously since he's sitting out in the cold on his back step, whittling away at something in some little chunk of wood.]

[She peers at what he's carving curiously as she nods a little. As for herself, she's sitting on the ground now, idly playing with the pocket watch she found. Hopefully she'll find other things for gifts while she's out and about. There's still a little time left to do so.]

Vell, it iz zhe truth regardless of vat ozhers may zay. You are handzome und zhey are blind to not see it~.

Edited Date: 2010-12-16 08:09 pm (UTC)

[Jean took a little look to the side at Rip's turning it to video too. Of course that brought a bit of a smile to his face and he simply-shyly- bowed his head while he made another notch in the wood.]

Well thank y'kindly, Rip.

[He stopped what he was doing and turned to face the Video a little more.]

Y'know, we kinda ....started off on th'wrong kinda path- or well not, ..not wrong. ...bah.

I mean- maybe we oughta meet more formally?

[Rip couldn't stop herself from laughing as she grinned.]

I vould be delighted to und no, ve did not ztart on zhe wrong path. It vas a fun path.

[He isn't so much for laughing but he is smiling and rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.]

I suppose yeah t-that it could'a been called fun path. I'll admit I had a good time. Say uh ...

[He sets down his knife to the side on the back step.]
My commandin' officers are gettin' married sometime, not sure if they're havin' a big row for it but uh ... Maybe .. y'wouldn't mind...... I dunno, goin' with me if they do?

[Is he asking her out on a date? And to a wedding no less. Rip nods a little and smirks faintly.]

I vould be delighted to~. Zhough if it outzide, I hope you do not mind hiding under an umbrella vith me~. My condition only permits me to be outzide at night most of zhe time.

[Delighted? Delighted is a good word, he could deal with delighted times forever. He smiled a little wider, his hand falling from the back of his neck to rest on his knee, the other one on the other knee.]

'Course I don't mind that at all, Rip. My previous resident in th'house out back loved fancy umbrellas n' all that kinda thing if y'need one. She was a real nice kid, so I doubt she'd mind if y'had one or two if y'need 'em.

[She perked up a little at the thought of having more umbrellas. Her current one was getting a little ragged around the edges with all the use and abuse she put it through.]

I vould love to take a look at zhem! Und it iz not often I haf more zhan zhe standard one.

[Jean smiled widely at the perk up of her attitude. He likes the women around him to be happy, even if its just over something simply.]

Any time y'want t'come on over n' have a look, you're welcome t'show up. Door's always open t'ya, Rip.

I vill keep zhat in mind Jean~.

[Of course, she would be taking advantage of that soon enough with a certain Hellsing now in the city. It just depended on what happens in her current residence.]