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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 20:12:25 GMT -5
After hearing rustling in the bushes and what sounded like someone moving something in the bushes she immediately faced the direction. Not seeing anything she slowly turned and at that moment KITT had jumped out and opened fire on her. She immediately did a tuck and roll into a bush and appeared on the side of a tree stump. She took cover for a moment behind the bush while she observed her surroundings to see if she could use it to her advantage.
Heart pounding at a million miles and hour she was barely even able to think straight. She then noticed some what of a stepping stone of rocks on the ground and she snickered. She peeked through a small hole in the bush and saw a tiny protion of KITT's arm. She propped herself up to her knees and took a few short breathes before breaking into a sprint at the rocks. She climbed them as though they were simply stairs and pushed legs off of another tree trunk and had an open shot at KITT's back and she fired at least three times. It sure benefited the fact that Cira had been her parkour sensei!
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 20:27:09 GMT -5
KITT's eyes widened in surprise as he dove behind the large bush. Well, he thought he had her. Damn! His scanners tracked her movement, and he frantically shuffled forward and around the bush, impressed and distracted with how quickly she'd moved. But KITT was just as quick. Had he not had his scanners to aid him, KITT might have lost at that moment.
With in a nano-second's worth of time, KITT rose up a little more from the large bush as quickly as he could while Corina changed her position. As he moved forward slightly, KITT swiftly pivoted around again, still mostly in protection from the bush that was now to the front of him again. He rose up a little to fire, only exposing his shoulders from the bush. Now facing her again, he immediately fired at her as he stood up, having another good view of her front target.
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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 20:41:51 GMT -5
Corina saw that she had missed KITT once again. Damn! But don't get down! She knew that he would almost immediately begin to reposition himself so he could take aim at her once again, but she had other plans. She honestly didn't know if the tree branch in front of her was strong enough to hold her or not but it would have to work in order for her to possibly win the game. She took off in a dash towards the tree and jumped up and in that moment she quickly grasped the tree branch and the velocity from her jump and the speed that she had it it at made her body go flying upwards and when her feet became even with the branch she slung her feet around towards the branch and successfully landed on the branch.
She quickly turned towards KITT and opened fire on him as she sat perched on the branch before realizing that the branch wasn't strong enough and she was running out of options. She glanced around quickly before the sound of the crackling branch would most likely be heard by KITT. She had no other choice, she had to jump and she was rather high up. She gulped and then let out a powerful burst of her legs and jumped from the branch just as it collapsed onto the ground. She quickly noticed a tree trunk coming up and almost acting like spider man she clung to the side of the tree before releasing herself and diving in for the bushes to recover her breathe.
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 20:59:18 GMT -5
Once again, KITT was caught by surprise, and he immediately swung to the left and did a reverse roll to dodge, but moved in the same general direction that Corina moved. KITT ran at the second tree that she had used, which was very close to the bushes he managed to see her take cover to. Straitening up immediately, KITT bolted for the tree, running up the slightly sloped ground shrouded in the mist. Nearing the tree in a matter of a very quick step or two, and did a vertical cart wheel off the tree barely a foot away from Corina, immediately lifting up the gun that held his hand as soon as he could possibly manage, aiming at her as he was in the upside down position in the midst of the cart wheel. He pulled the trigger aimed right at her target three times.
Granted as soon as she saw him turn across the tree, KITT knew Corina could easily either run to the side and/or fire at his back target, but the move was worth it, as she was right there in front of him and hard to miss...
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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 21:29:07 GMT -5
Corina had noticed that KITT was on the move not even two seconds after she had left the tree branch. She listened around for him carefully and when he did that cartwheel off the tree he was kinda hard to miss. She immediately knew he was gonna take a shot at her and she was hoping for that. Because she had also seen the target on his chest. She pulled up her gun and aimed just once in hope that she would hit the target and immediately turned and rolled to the side and ran to a tree and took cover behind it trying to catch her breathe. After barely missing KITT's last shot by a foot she was pumping with adrenaline and excitement. She closed her eyes and opened them again.
Before her was a series of trees all diagonal to each other. She took of into a dart towards the trees cling to each on for only a moment and then jumping to the next until she reached a rock that was close to the last tree. She jumped from that rock and landed on the rock in a lower body fighting stance and when she went to take a turn her hand had scrapped one of the sharp edges of the rock and caused a small cut. She winced in pain for a moment but ignored the injury gripping her fist and continued on running in towards a the thick brush. She was sure hoping that this game didn't have a time limit because she was really into it now that things were heating up from a mere game of tag to an almost lifelike combat. She gripped her hand and applied pressure in an attempt to get the scar to stop bleeding which was successful after a few moments, it wasn't one of the biggest scars in the world but it still kinda stung.
She gripped the gun in the other hand and knew that would probably be right behind her. She immediately knew she had to put this game into action instead of a continued game of chase with her as the victim. She looked through a small crack in the bushes and she spotted KITT. She knew that there would hardly be anything that could take him by surprise. She would have to take this to her limits. She noticed that KITT was by the barrier to the lazer tag arena and she got the idea in her head. She took off in the direction from where she previously stood when KITT had fired at her and charged at the wall and took a simple leap onto it and with a quick maneuver of her feet she was able to spin around and face him directly. She fired twice in the opening before taking a tuck and roll and hitting the ground in a fighting stance hoping that she had it KITT.
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 22:04:35 GMT -5
Cira has taught her well. KITT thought as he watched her spin around the wall in a slightly more complex manner than he had when he moved past the tree a few seconds earlier. KITT knew she'd take the opportunity to fire just like he did earlier as well, so KITT immediately fired at her when she landed in a fighting stance and backed to the left towards the end of their side of the arena.
Disappearing into the smoke again, KITT rapidly cross stepped back wards and braved another reverse roll over an uncomfortable boulder. No ordinary human would have been willing enough to try it, but of course, KITT didn't care mainly because it was dark and hardly anyone but Corina might see the movement. He found the reverse roll to be a bit unique and an easy way to keep an eye on the opponent as he rolled away, and he found it fun. KITT waited behind the rock, keeping his scanners peeled. He was using his scanners and his motion sensors more than he was actually looking at the obstacles around him.
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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 22:16:52 GMT -5
Corina had noticed the movement out of the corner of her eye she immediately concluded that it was KITT and she knew that this would probably be the final move. She gripped the gun tighter as she took a few breathes to relax herself from the heated combat that had now been initialized. Now instead of seeing KITT as her best friend her mind was seeing him as an enemy Decepticon and she was ready to squish that bug with the bottom of her foot. She released her fist on the injured hand and it had stopped bleeding so that was also a good thing, she looked around and noticed a rock and a tree right next to her and that tree was also diagonal towards KITT.
She smirked and then propped herself up to her feet, she took one good long breathe and then jumped up in a sprint towards the rock. She lunged at the rock and landed on it but only for a moment and that was when she turned to face the tree in a nano-second and she jumped grabbing onto the tree branch she literally threw herself at KITT and opened fire, a single shot and hoped that it would be the last.
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 22:27:09 GMT -5
KITT's eyes widened, glowing red as he threw himself back in surprise as Corina charged again. As he moved back, he fired, just barely simultaneously as Corina fired her single, accurate shot. KITT never missed his shots. Unfortunately, as their targets hit, the lights went on and the smoke screens, and black lights deactivated. Both their targets flickered as the shots struck simultaneously. If KITT's reaction time had been any slower, he would have lost...either at that moment or during one of the other two attempts.
KITT grinned with amusement, relaxing as soon as the lights turned on. He applauded with a hand and the palm/underside of the wrist that held the pistol. "Very impressive. That lasted longer than I expected. I bet our scores beat the others. We fought circles around them."
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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 22:33:19 GMT -5
Corina noticed the lights pop back on just as her and KITT's shots hit each other at the same time. She looked around as she also listened to KITT applaud her for being able to last so long. "That was so much fun! And really all I did was think I was fighting for my life against a Decepticon! It sure gave me the rush I needed! Excellent fighting yourself." She exited the arena and went to the main office as she turned in the shirt and target to the manager. In the process she also happened to reveal the small cut that she had gotten from the rock and it slightly stung when she grasped at air.
"Heh guess I need to be a little bit more careful when grabbing random objects!" She tried to act like it didn't hurt trying to fool KITT so he wouldn't worry about her but she knew it was kinda helpless since he had scanners that could tell him if she was lying or not.
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 23:07:15 GMT -5
KITT saw the cut as she put away the gear. Soon after, he did the same and thanked the other lady who had put their teams together. He quickly walked up to Corina and reached for the hand with the cut. "You should probably get a band aid." he advised, looking at her sternly. KITT's other hand cradled hers as he inspected the cut, which luckily wasn't bleeding much at all unless, he presumed, a lot of pressure was put on it. KITT had the urge to kiss the cut, the hand, whichever.
So he kissed the cut and tried to remove the blood he could see forming by sucking out the blood slightly. KITT felt nervous doing it, his face flushing slightly. Glancing back at Corina, he then turned to one of the ladies at the desk. "Can I get her a slightly large band aid please?" one of the ladies nodded and opened up a droor to retrieve a longer and wider-than normal band aid which would probably match the length of the cut if it bled more later. KITT thanked her and then let go of her hand to to put on the band aid.
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Post by Aura on Sept 11, 2009 23:12:45 GMT -5
Corina nodded to KITT's small lecture she got. "Yeah...I guess I d-" But she was cut short just as KITT lifted his hand onto hers and began to lick away the blood. SHe knew at that moment that her faced was flushed red and she could tell that he was also flushed as well, but she knew very well that her face was redder than his. When he asked the attendant for the band aid in that small chunk of time she was mentally freaking out. Oh my gosh did he actually just k-k-kiss my hand!? Was all her mind was thinking at that moment but the second he released her hand to apply the band aid she relaxed to show him she was not thinking of something too much.
"R-right..." She nodded and then patted the band aid to make sure he had applied it tight enough and he did. "So what shall we do now?"
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Post by KITT on Sept 11, 2009 23:43:41 GMT -5
KITT tucked his hands in his pockets and rolled his shoulders back. Luckily it wasn't hard to keep his expression eerily calm, but he was a bit more nervous than initially assumed by anyone watching. He saw that Corina's face looked a bit redder after he tended to her hand, and he knew why, and thus wasn't too surprised. He hoped she hadn't found it too awkward or anything. Perhaps he shouldn't have done that...but of course, he wasn't going to bring that up right now...KITT would rather wait and observe how things went further.
"There's always a movie, shopping or the arcade." he said. He glanced around a bit and added when there were few people around: "I think my form is holding up okay so it doesn't matter much."
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Post by Aura on Sept 12, 2009 21:32:33 GMT -5
Corina smiled hoping that he would lighten up, she could literally sense the aura of worry coming from KITT's holo-form. "Shall we just go and walk around the mall?" She walked towards the door and looked out towards all of the couples that were walking throughout the mall and then she peeked back at KITT. She was actually thinking of them having a potential for dating, but she figured that would never happen. She figured that KITT only saw her as a partner exactly like how he saw Michael and Sarah.
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Post by KITT on Sept 12, 2009 21:50:18 GMT -5
"If that is what you want." he agreed simply. KITT didn't mind, really. He was just glad to have this kind of freedom and spend it with a friend.
Gently, KITT took Corina by the right arm and stepped out of the Laser tag room, walking away at a steady pace. He still kind of wanted to see what a movie was like but it wasn't a pressing matter, it was just him being curious.
On his side of things, KITT wasn't really thinking about dating at all (but not in the bad way). He was fairly calm other than worrying about his holo-form, but there was no denying that he liked Corina. KITT thought it might just work out since he could be a little closer to her now that he had the holographic form...but he didn't know if Corina saw things the same way and was not about to ask this soon. KITT did not want to appear clingy. That could be a bad thing for a bot of his standards, he thought semi-haughtily. KITT tried to let the notion go, but of course, it wouldn't go away. KITT accepted the fact that he could very well be falling in love.
A few years ago, no one thought an advanced AI like him was capable, but he'd evolved three fold since then. So much for theories.
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Post by Aura on Sept 13, 2009 9:55:27 GMT -5
Corina was taken a little bit by surprise that KITT had so calmly yet so protectively put his arm around her and took her right arm. She was positive her cheeks were a little rosy pink color, if not rose red. She continued to ponder over the subject of dating him, would it even be possible? He was a machine after all, but then once you look at him again he had this holo-form that allowed him to closely interact with humans even more then he did when he was at FLAG. She walked throughout the mall calmly until they passed the theater section and saw absolutely no line in it. She paused from walking for a moment to get a better look at the times that the movies were playing and there was only 5 minutes left until that new horror movie was to be on.
"KITT, do you want to go see a movie! There's still five minutes until that horror movie starts!"
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