Gears of a Luliby (open)

[Sidra]

Amongst the massive machinery, and grinding gears of the water plant sat a not so small figure any more. Jubil had grown considerably science his out break of the thing that was inside of him. It had pushed his body to age a few years, he no longer resembled a 12 year old boy that he was just a few weeks ago.

It was his thirteenth birthday, he remembered because Sidra made him one of her lava cupcakes, the ones she only makes when its his birthday. After the celebration was held between the two of them, the clock rang. The large clock at the top of the school, the one that rang what time of day it was. He remembered that it rang midnight and that's when he toppled over. It was painful feeling his bones and muscles growing and bending at such a rapid rate. He thought he was going to die. The thing had opened up inside his body and now the claiming process was almost over.

The thing had to age his body, had to transform it in to something more suitable than a child. It gave him razor sharp teeth, red eyes that could see brilliantly through the day and night. After staying almost a month in the Infirmary lashed to a bed, his broken bones healed and were stronger than before, His torn over stretched muscles filled out, everything about him aged. His sister didn't recognize him after he got out. Though she had seen the process every single day from staying with him. She looked so tiny compared to his large stretched frame.

He still wasn't sure what he was, but now he knew he was a powerful power, and was no longer human. He watched the water pore out spilling in to resivaurs, watching the gears turn and filter the water. Something so loud and hot and invasive for pure water. People were so fragile. A thought that surprised him, did he really think that?

[JDGreat]

"Okay, the machinery that makes up this place is freaking beautiful. I need to kiss the hands of whoever crafted this stuff." Rust said aloud in awe, casually walking around the refinery, Astral Arm hovering behind him to light the way forward. It looked complex, all the gears and pipes intertwining, but really, it was devastatingly simple. And it WORKED.

Just grinning like a kid in a candy store, Rust had originally come down here to cool off just before the party began. Collect his thoughts, calm his nerves, the whole shebang.

He didn't expect to actually get a bit MORE excited. Guess he was dorky like that.

Still, this is ridiculously cool. Maybe I could get one of the staff to get me a look around the innards of the thing...

[Sidra]

Jubil's head snapped to the sound and smell of something. Someone. He wasn't quite sure how to react to this, if it was some one he knew then they would not recognize him any longer, If it was a stranger then he had to be cautious.

A low growl escaped from his throat, he was mildly surprised at the sound, it wasn't his voice any longer. Jubil climbed up in to the gears and piping till he got a visual on the other boy. Jubil stalked Rust, unsure if he was friend or foe, but he seemed just as interested as his sister had been...That's when he thought about why he was there.

She was fixing one of the gears, as a project for her fix it up club or what ever it was. Sidra came walking out, a pair of black over sized overalls and a black fitted t. The straps were tied around her small hips. She carried a wrench with her, it looked massive in her small clutches. "Well, the pressure valve looks normal again.." she mumbled to her self as she wiped the sweat from her four head, smearing black grease over her face. "Yo! Ju! where'd ya go!" she called for him before running in to the boy who was infatuated with he mechanisms.

[JDGreat]

Seeing and feeling the girl bump into him, Rust reacted. Just before she fell over, he grabbed her wrist and gently set her upright, before releasing her.

"Woah there! You okay?" he asked, not quite trusting the Astral Arm for this. "Sorry about that. I shoulda been looking where I was going. Kinda got distracted with te whole place. It's frigging awesome."

Grinning at the newcomer, Rust then realised something.

"Oh yeah, I'm Rusty Kekise, call me Rust, everyone does." The mechanic introduced himself, noticing the oil slicks and wrench. "And it's nice to finally find another greasemonkey! Thought I was the only mechanic on these islands so it's nice to find another."

All the while, Rust had no idea about Jubil hiding up in the gears and pipes. The Astral Arm, however, surreptitiously curled into a fist.

[Sidra]

Sidra had allready fallen and was pulled back up to her feet. She looked up at the other boy and gave a grin at his greasemonkey statement. "Oh well, i just know how to fix boliers, air conditioning...plumbing and old engines..nothing much"she said scratching her nose.

"But yeah, im sorry for bumping in to you, i don't look where I go much" she laughed and looked up behind him, seeing a glimmer of something, she suspected it was Jubil. "The Boiler was broken, well kinda, the pressure valve was really off so i had to reset the damn thing. Oh and im Sidra, Its nice to meet you"

Jubil let out a low growl as he saw something long and blue...almost transparent protruding from the boys back. Jubil didn't know what it was nor did he understand why he could see it. He knew with his new red eyes, he now could see things more clearly than he could before.

[JDGreat]

"Hehe, still, I reckon that counts." Rust grinned at her. "Boilers are a pain though, I have to admit. Been fixing those far too many times to be healthy. Engines, however. Now there's something we can talk about."

Realising how overbearing he was being, the Brit had the decency to shut up for a moment and let the girl talk.

"Nice to meetcha too, Sidra." The mechanic nodded. "And I'm guessing you were called in by the Academy? Huh...that's kinda cool. Did you sign up for that or volunteer or...what have you?" He finished lamely with a shrug. "Never mind, bit curious is all."

The arm slowly floated behind until Rust looked up at it, sharply.

"The hell's it doing? There's nothing around here."

Okay. Okay. Just keep cool. Don't get excited. You don't want it to hit anyone you don't want it too. Keep calm.

[Sidra]

Sidra let out a giggle that riggned like wind chimes. "No i was assigned to it, I'm in the Gear Club, its kinda like shop. I wonder why you haven't hurd of it, You seem really excited about fixing things and the like." She grinned at his excitement, he was spazzing about as much as she normally does.

Sidra leaned out to the side and looked up behind him. It was Jubil and she gave an angry face. "Ju! get your ass out of there! how in the world did you even fit in there...your like 6 feet tall now" she said her hand setting on her hips. A foot dangled down from the gears as sid yelled at him.

He bit his lips down and slid off of the machinery, curling up in to his now six foot form. "The dude has a glowing third hand" he said bluntly in deep voice that rumbled down to his feet. He felt awkward in his own body and glared at he other boy.

[JDGreat]

"May have to sign up to this Gear Club then." Rust mused, finger on chin. "And damn right, I like fixing things. Been a full time mechanic for three years, so you kinda learn to love what you do in that profession."

The Brit then flinched as Sidra appeared to yell upwards for a moment. Then, a six foot ,ass of muscle stepped from the shadows. Rust just stared slightly, before getting himself back in the game. This thing was clearly with Sidra, there was no need to go batshit here.

He didn't like the glare being shot his way though.

"Yeah, I have a glowing blue hand. Way to notice, Tall, Dark and Gruesome." The Brit fired back, with a glare of his own. "That's a look you shoot an enemy."

[Sidra]

Jubil's eye brow rased slightly, the glare still on his face, it was his face, He looked at his older sister and scratched his head. "I smelled him coming, its not safe for you sid" he said in a low voice. That red headed girl that chased him a few weeks ago scared him, scared him that she could attack any one. And any one was his sister.

Sidra stared the hulk down, "Its not safe...bla bla bla, yes there was that one thing but i think people are too scared of you to even talk to you or me" her words falling out faster than gravity with a boling ball. Sidra was wagging her finger at him, then looked at the other boy, He was clearly intimidated by her baby brother.

Sid gave a sigh and smacked the kid in his arm, it was supposed to be a friendly gesture. "Dont worry about him, Jubil looks big and scary but hes still just a 13 year old kid, and he means well" she shrugged, "Jubil you don't make friends by giving that face" she said in a mothering tone.

Jubil's eye twitched and then gave a wide grin, full of sharp pointed shark teeth. It qucikly morphed back in to a glare, "I smiled" he grunted before reaching over and picking up the tool box and wrench that was clearly too heavy for his sister.

[JDGreat]

Blinking slightly at the grin, Rust just shook his head.

"S'alright, not like I needed pleasant dreams anyway." he muttered, trying to keep the Astral Arm calm and unclenched. "And buddy? I know I'm not the sensitive type, but trust me, I'd never intentionally harm you sister or any woman. S'one of the few things I try my best to uphold, get me?"

Even if I got a hair trigger these days...

Recovering, he grinned.

"So, big man, guessing you look after your sis here? Good lad. Good to see someone who takes their brother duty seriously round here. Must be nice having a sibling."

[Sidra]

Jubil looked down at him, "Not you i'm worried about" he said in a blunt manor and turned his massive frame from them and started walking away. Sidra easily trotted behind her brother taking the other boy by the arm. She gave a grin. Her head barely came up to his forearm.

"Rust, The big guy is my Baby brother Jubil. And hes a sweet heart, but he keeps telling me that there's a red headed maniac on the loose." Sidra gave a shrug, "So mr. British, How has your day gone?" she asked him as if he was an old friend, She knew that she just met the guy but what harm would it do to be a friend. "and yeah, it is nice, because i know that some one will always be here to protect me" she yelled the last end of the sentence. Jubil shot her a dirty look from over his shoulder.

[JDGreat]

The mechanic shrugged.

"Fair enough, thought you were insinuating stuff." he explained, before listening to Sidra. "Jubil, huh? Guess it's good to meet you, Big Man."

He did laugh at the nickname though. That was the bluntest yet most surprising nickname he'd had yet.

"It's been pretty good, Miss Wrench." he fired back, not knowing her nationality just yet. His own was easy to spot, what with his accent and all, but Rust had no idea how to tell anybody else's. Hell, he'd only guessed that Gabrielle was Italian until she confirmed it. Now THAT was bad. "I've just been winding down a bit, getting my bearings and what not. Hadn't been to this part of the island before and I had the free day with nothing booked, so I thought, why not? Yourself, Miss Sidra?"

Looking around at the various piping and stuff again, he nodded slowly to himself.

"Will definitely have to sign up to that Gear Club if I get to work on beauties like these."

[Sidra]

Sidra let out a loud laugh, one that seemed too loud for her small stature. "Well just here fixing a boiler is all." she said swinging her free arm. " and after that jubil and i were going to get some foods, would you like to join us, Sir Rust?" she grinned. She enjoyed the way he talked, it was fun.

"See, my shark toothed brother has an appetite to match a shark and likes to eat lots of raw meat..dont know why but he can so he dose" she said with a shrug. Jubil looked back at them and grumbled something inaudible. "Yeah the club is fun, Oh and i can introduce you to Zoran!! oh you'd like him..." She grinned thinking back at her grandfather's old bike that she brought over from the main land.

She gave her noise a scratch and looked over at Jubil, the hulk was clearly lost but was too proud to admit. She clicked her tongue three times and he immediately turned right, walking down another corridor.

[JDGreat]

"Sir Rust? What, I got knighted in the past five minutes?" The Brit joked, grinning slightly. "And yeah, I could go for a bite to eat. Haven't really eaten breakfast so... yeah, thanks for the offer!" Dismissing the Astral Arm, which darkened the general area,but not to an insane extent, Rust held his head a little as the mental backlash took hold. He'd been getting better at keeping it out for long periods of time, but the headaches still followed. Still, at least he wasn't near comatose after long periods with it out anymore.

"Zoran? Who's he, the guy that runs the club or something?" the mechanic asked, confused, but watched as Sidra basically treated Jubil like a small child.

"Does he...prefer being looked after like this?" he wondered aloud, "Cause he seems eternally PO'd..."

[Sidra]

"Yes, because i am secretly the queen of England..i've stopped aging and the lady who is really on the throne is my human doppelganger." she said here words falling out in a mess. She let out a laugh at his ending comment.

Jubil looked back at them and raised up one eyebrow in a quizzling look. No he didnt mean being treated like a kid by his sister...she was allway like that to him.. He grubled out some thing low at first but ending with the click of his teeth. "Zoran is her bike, and i am a kid" Jubil stopped in his tracks and looked at his sister.

She looked back at her brother and gave a huge grin at him. One that beamed nothing but love a pride. She was a strange duck this Sidra. "Jubil always is like this, he's just being shy...he laughs when its just me and him" she shrugged looking up at the now newly anointed British knight rust.

[JDGreat]

At Jubil's little info dump, Rust arched an eyebrow at Sidra.

"You named your bike?" he asked, suppressing a grin as best he could, which was to say, not very well at all. "Okay, whatever floats your boat, I guess." The teasing tone was obvious. As was another bout of shock at Jubil's age.

"Wait, you're still a kid? Dude, I coulda sworn you were about 17 or so." the mechanic blinked. "And hey, I get the idea. Tough hard exterior, right?"

The Brit looked right at Jubil, taking in the features. Reddened eyes, fangs, muscles that threatened pain and suffering.

"...yeah, he's got that down pat." he muttered, looking back at Sidra. Guessing you're both part of Solstice, right? Of course you are," Rust groaned, facepalming. "Why else would you be here? God, I'm an idiot."

[Sidra]

Sidra bit down her lips to stifle a goofie grin at the facepalm, she thought it was just a internet thing, she didn't know people did it in real life. "Yes, we are students, I am in the collage courses division and jubil is in the Jr. High, or primary i think that would be in in the uk..right? primary and then secondary...." her eyebrows knitted togeather. "ahhh what ever. And yes, i did name my bike mr. Snicker!"

Her free hand sat on her hip. "Its only proper when you race them. i mean its not one of those new fancy ones, i'm actually in the vintage motorcycle curcut. but Zoran can beat any of those new fancy Japanese models! Zoran was my grandfathers from the second world war, he was covered in weeds when i found him. But he looks like a good as new!" Sidra got over excited when she talked about vintage bikes and cars, they were her true love. Currently she was working on a 1954 road Jeepster, she named her Betty.

Jubil was scratching his nose thinking on how much more the thing wanted him to grow, he'd rather not know, he didn't want to be this things body but for some reason it was on a mission...thinking about this made Jubil anxious and the pipes and gears stopped and began to creak and squeal from wanting to move. Sidra looked around for a moment before slipping from Rust and rubbed Jubils back, muttering something to him. He shot back a look that was a mixture of shame, fear and well the face only a kid could give.

As soon as they were out of the building and near the loud gears of the plant she gave a grin. "Yeah we are here, My brother Jubil hear has a case of out of control nightmare and chaos powers. And well, I just grant wishes, shine like a star, or sun...and play Russian roulette with magic" she shrugged. "Sooo basically I'm a Jin and hes an Angel of Abbadon" she laughed thinking back to their Arabic backgrounds.

[JDGreat]

"I'm going to nod and pretend I understand those references," Rust teased with a knowing smirk. "But basically, you're a wish granter and he is a walking Murphy's Law. What could go wrong, will go wrong, am I right?"

The mechanic chuckled.

"Man and I thought a glowing blue ghostly arm was weird. Everyone here has some really weird abstract power like luck manipulation and stuff. I can just punch things harder and grab an out of reach TV remote."

Shrugging, he continued walking with the pair.

"It's kinda cool though that you're still together. Must be one hell of a family huh?"

[Sidra]

Sidra gave a grin and a thumbs up. "Ima Genie and hes like a whole mess of badluck!" she shrugged. "Yeah, well we lost almost everyone else but each other, so who else is going to look out for us but each other?" she asked looking up at him with the most honest eyes. Nothing could ring more true for the siblings, they had each other and probably allways will.

"So is it like the arms from that one anime show with the girl with the pink hair and the mask and the guy with the glasses and black hair and she killed people with her crazy arms that went out from her back" she said completely in one word/sentence. Sidra gave out a gasp as she finished talking.

[JDGreat]

After offering his sympathies for what happened to the rest of her family and the unfortunate circumstance her and her brother were in, Rust's brain went blank at her next statement.

"......what?" he asked, poker face fully applied, one eyebrow raised the highest it could go.

......what?

Even his brain couldn't find out what to say in response to that.

[Sidra]

Sidra stared at him for a moment, it was the same stare that jubil gave...well everybody. It took her a long moment to think of the name of the show she was failing at describing. "Dude. Elfen Lied. Crazy chicks with physic arms sprout from their backs and kill shit. its awesome." she said in a slower pace, she knew that some times she could get over excited about things and that's when her words tended to fly in large jumbled clouds of mind fucks.

Jubil watched his sister before looking over at Rust, and his expression of 'wtf'. He face palmed him self and rubbed his temples. Yes he was related to complete spaz in every form of the term. He shook his head and laughed at her, she was crazy.

[JDGreat]

"....Elfen Lied, huh? Must be one of them anime whoobawhajamacallits." The mechanic muttered. "Give me a Marvel any day. I'll have to take your word for it, Sidra."

Though it might be worth checking out. Y'know, ideas and what not. Not as if my..err...other hobby is providing much inspiration at this point.

Seeing Jubil's facepalm, Rust jabbed a thumb in the air towards him.

"I agree with his motion. Entirely." he joked, before shaking his head again. Though there was a smile as he heard Jubil laugh.

Maybe he's not such a big bad guy after all, like she said. He's still a kid, after all.

"So, we setting off or are we just gonna stand around here yakking?" he asked, clapping his hands together loudly.

[Sidra]

Sidra gave a nod, "Yes! off the the cafe!!" she shouted as if she was going to charge. At that point she charged Jubil and literally climbed up the boy till she was sitting on his shoulders. She snickered at him and Jubil glared up at her.

He looked over at rust and gave him an 'oh god I'm a fucking pack mule' look and then starting stomping off towards the direction of the cafe. "I wonder what they have" Sidra said thinking about it, last time they had her favorite pastry. But this time she was unsure.

(New thread at cafe?)

[JDGreat]

(Sure thing! You start it up then! XD)

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