The Forgotten Zodiac

((Eh. You missed it. Completely. Oh well. I thought you beat FFTA?))

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Michael's boring. Besides, you already said he'd be easy to trick. We all know he's not the boss. If he was the boss, I think I would quit, but that doesn't matter because he's not your boss, I'm your boss."

((No, I played it for 10 minutes on my friend's system, but then never played it again. FFTA2, however, I own and I've beaten several times. Ninja + Dual Wield = Pure destruction in hume form.))

"Well, okay then. You're my boss." Werr nodded a bit, not sure what else to do. It was better than wandering around and getting himself killed, he supposed, and forming an alliance with this child broke absolutely none of his rules, surprisingly. Getting up and leaving would break rules, but staying here would break...well, it'd still break rules, but it was considerably less.

((Ninja + Dual Wield + Paladin = It's too awesome to be expressed here. You should go buy FFTA. It's amazing. MARCHE HAS DA AWESOME HAIR. I want hair like Marche's someday, 'cause then I'll get a girlfriend like Ritz but less whiny.))

"Good." Tyler nodded at Werr, then marched out of the kitchen and back into the living. He climbed up on Michael's lap and began slapping Michael's head back and forth, giggling while he did so.

((Ninja + Dual Wield + Paladin = It's too awesome to be expressed here. You should go buy FFTA. It's amazing. MARCHE HAS DA AWESOME HAIR. I want hair like Marche's someday, 'cause then I'll get a girlfriend like Ritz but less whiny.))

"Good." Tyler nodded at Werr, then marched out of the kitchen and back into the living. He climbed up on Michael's lap and began slapping Michael's head back and forth, giggling while he did so.

((I'll look into it. -already has a list of games to buy-))

Werr watched, wondering vaugely what Michael would do. Sylas jerked awake, blinking quickly and looking around before realizing what and who was making all the noise. "Tyler, do not do that, that is not nice."

((What list? And FFTA is way better than any of those, unless one of them is The World Ends With You, in which case it might be, though I haven't played it. Yet.))

Michael snapped awake, flipping forward and pinning Tyler on the ground, then beginning to tickle him mercilessly. "Gotcha. I was awake the first time you hit me." He looked up while continuing to tickle him. "Sylas, can you hold his arms for me?"

((Well, I'm saving up for a 3DS, currently, so I'm getting Animal Crossing - 3DS ('Cuz I'm a fangirl like that) and Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time. Aside from that, I want Harvest Moon - Sunshine Islands, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and newly added, FFTA.))

"Eh? B-but, why are you torturing him? Stop it, Michael, that is not nice, either!" Sylas shook his head quickly.

"Guys. Seriously. Shaddup." Quinn grumbled, pulling a pillow over her face.

((Oh, you're someone who isn't an emulator person. Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon are not as good as FFTA, plus it'll be fifteen dollars at most.))

Tyler pulled his arms out of Michael's grip and reached up, latching on to his face. "Stop it! Stop tickling me! Stopstopstopstop!" Michael finally relented and released Tyler, who ran and hid behind Sylas almost instantly. "No tickling, Michael. I don't like tickling."

Sylas frowned. "That really was not nice, Michael..." He sighed a bit, patting Tyler on the head. Werr watched in mild interest, realizing vaugely that Sylas never used contractions. Perhaps the Iyoui was somehow slow? Sylas definitely seemed different, at any rate...

((Pffft. You can't get 3DS graphics off of an emulator. LoZ-OoT has been remade for the 3DS, you see. And I want Assassin's Creed Brotherhood so I can play it on the big flatscreen TV. And Harvest Moon I want for my collection's sake. :T FFTA will be at the top of my 'cost wise' list, then. o3o))

((But I don't want a 3DS anyway. I've kind of given up on DS's. Game Boy games are so much better, and I don't know why. Also, I'm not allowed to play shooters and I'll have to get special permission for every T rated game I play. Five year old sisters, remember?))

Michael stood back up and shrugged. "Slapping me wasn't nice. Besides, it's an older brother's right to tickle his younger sibling occasionally. I promise I didn't hurt him. Besides, sometimes things that hurt are good for you. Like having your teeth pulled."

"Oh no! Why would you get your teeth pulled? That would hurt a lot!" Sylas looked stricken. "Why is he not happy with you then, if you did not hurt him?"

((Bweh. I'm just in it for my collections, really. And also, my DS is breaking because my sister sat on it. o-o So I need an upgrade anyways, or else all my games will be...thick toothpicks.

And also, I cannot take emulators on car rides 'cuz of my computer's short battery life. So there.

And yes. I remember. -has 1 year old sister with parents not caring what is played-))

((You told me. So you use your other sister's, right? Mmmm, I guess they are good for cartrips.))

Michael sighed. "Sylas, you don't get it. Humans start out with small teeth and get bigger teeth as they get older. The small teeth have to fall out, but if they don't fall it, it's bad, and so they have to get pulled. It hurts, but it's better for you in the end." Michael stretched and yawned, then looked back at Sylas. "Because he doesn't like being tickled. As an older brother, I do it anyway."

"Oh. Well, Iyouis just have normal teeth. They fall out on their own and are replaced immediately by new teeth. Like a shark, I guess." Sylas said, blinking a bit. "But if he does not like it, why do you do it?"

((Mmhmm. But then she sat on THIS DS too, so there's a crack in the hinge and it's falling aappppaaaarrrttt. Which is bad. :l Yepyep.))

((Bad sister. Bad, bad, bad sister.))

"Oh." Michael shrugged. "Cool. Humans don't." He then sighed again. "Look, Sylas, sometimes I do things Tyler doesn't like. Tickling is one of them. I only do it every now and then, but because I'm his older brother, it's my right."

((Bad, big-butt sister. Yes. It's an excuse to have an upgrade, though. xDD))

"Oh. Older brothers are allowed to do things younger brothers do not like? I...I might be in a lot of trouble, then." Sylas blinked. "They would kill me, I think..."

Michael shook his head. "No, Sylas. You see, tickling doesn't /hurt/ Tyler. Killing you would hurt you, and so it's not allowed. Look, Sylas, it's complicated, just pretend it never happened, okay?"

Sylas blinked for a moment. "Okay. I am very good at pretending." He nodded. "I once pretended to be a tiger so people would stay away from me. I was injured at the time, so I really needed people to stay away. It worked, for the most part. After awhile, though, people with guns came after me, so I started pretending to be a squirrel instead. They went away after a lot of looking. Humans are silly sometimes."

Michael nodded and grinned. "I'll bet you are. Were you pretending to be a dog when we went into the city, or was that something different? If it was pretending, it was most excellent pretending."

"I was. Pretending to be a dog is really easy, because humans rather like dogs, so it is easy to get around unnoticed." Sylas nodded, smiling. "Thank you!"

"What all can you...pretend to be?" Werr asked, frowning slightly. He knew that Iyouis could shapeshift, but if it wasn't limited...

"A whole lot of things. I am better at it than my brothers and sisters, though. Because I practice hiding more than they do. I can be a duck, or a cat, or a fish, although there is no water around, so I do not want to pretend to be a fish right now."

"You're quite welcome." Michael glanced at Werr, wondering the same thing he was. "So Sylas, what if you pretended to be something that doesn't exist anywhere in the world, like, say, a dragon. Would humans see you as a dragon?"