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Post by Maya on Dec 5, 2019 13:47:00 GMT -4
Well, this was an interesting assignment given to him. The Boss asked Antonio to meet this little girl called ParaSyte so he can take her to the Boss, so she can learn italian. Can things get more convoluted then that? Thats what the mafioso thought to himself as he drove over to the train station and parked his car. He got out and locked his vehicle and walked over to where he was supposed to meet her. Although, there was one thing he forgot to ask. How does this girl look like? He mentally facepalmed, but quickly calmed himself when he thought that what was the chance of there being multiple little girls at the train station. Once he arrived to the spot, he crossed his arms and waited for her. Yes indeed, this was to be an interesting experience. He was to "host" this young girl and take her to the Boss. He wondered what was that like. What was the little girl like? He wondered if he'll get a chance to talk to her on their way to their destination, because for all he knew she probably couldnt maybe. The word "host" doesnt give him some talky wise. Maybe some telepathic mind link? Indeed, Antonio was in deep thought
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 5, 2019 14:42:41 GMT -4
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A gentleman in a black suit probably wouldn't stand out much in Musutafu station, but one of Spanish decent definitely did. She had never seen a man from Spain but she knew who was and wasn't Japanese, and there were less foreigners today than usual due to it being midday. He stood out. That wasn't a bad thing, it's just how it was. As Antonio stood there waiting another individual approached him; a young woman, but decidedly not a child due to her height and intense, adult gaze, approached him and gave a customary polite bow. "Oujo-sama is here to see you, correct? Let us walk to your car, please." The woman said simply, devoid of any emotion at all.
Without any fuss, once they were out of the crowd and, once again, at the car, the woman extended her arm over the sidewalk, and...something poked through her flesh. It was long and gray and sharp like a needle, and it was gone almost as soon as it had poked through, but then something else came from the tiny injury. A thin, thick streak of gray matter dripped from her arm and pooled on the ground in a semi-cohesive puddle.
Then, as if she were simply standing up from a sitting position, Byeol-Su Mae drew herself up from the puddle, taking shape. She was a child, any age between ten and fourteen, with sickly gray skin that flowed over her like a shifting pool of oil and clay rather than actual flesh. Her impossibly wide violet eyes looked up at Antonio and she grinned, once again impossibly large for normal facial muscles. She was so excited to meet this person! This person who, like her, had some sort of regenerative powers! How fun!
"Hello! I am ParaSyte," she spoke as she stood up taller, dusting off a deep blue dress as it took form over her body, the color appearing from nowhere and flowing through her like ink through water until it was finished. Her hair, too, darkened to a deep brown color. When finished she returned her eyes to Antonio, "Thank you for waiting for me! Are we just take car now? Or if going through more crowd, you will need to host me. And you are done."
She glanced at the woman with intense eyes, who nodded once and turned to return to the crowd, to return to the hotel, to receive her payment and go.
"Am so excited! Have not ever learned Italian before! And you are Spain, yes? From Spain? What is Spanish like? Is it like Italian, too?" |
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Post by Maya on Dec 5, 2019 15:58:20 GMT -4
A strange woman approached Antonio saying that princess was here to see him, but first of course they needed to get away from the crowd. The two then walked over to the car and away from the crowd. The woman extended her arm, Antonio raised his brow as he observed what was going on, but soon he saw that something exited her flesh and formed a puddle, and then out of that puddle, a little girl appeared!
The girl looked at him, and thats when he knew, this was the person he was meeting. Antonio smiled to her. She then introduced herself as well ParaSyte, as he suspected. She dusted off her dress and then looked at him and thanked him for waiting for her, as well as asking will they go use the car or not. The woman left, she was unimportant, a carrier, an escort. Sort of like Antonio was, but only less relevant then Antonio was. He was a bigger player, doing much more then this small work. She had one job and goal she did, and he had more. With her gone, Antonio focused on ParaSyte. He gently took her hand and shook it "Pleased to meet you ParaSyte. My name is Antonio Carreras. You can just call me Antonio. And to answer your other questions. We will take the car, because otherwise we'd have a long time to get to our destination."He opened the passenger side of the car and helped her sit down as she spoke excitedly how she never heard italian before, and how he is a spainard. When she sat down and asked whats his language like. Antonio smiled and helped her put on the seatbelt, and then went to sit down on his side of the car. Though, her words would make him chuckle "Si. Spanish is very similar to italian. I speak both languages myself. Now, before we go. I must check, are you comftarble now or do you still prefer that I host you?" he asked The Spainiard enjoyed ParaSytes enthusiasm, he could tell she's a sweet child. Maybe a bit corrupted by her villanous surroundings, but still overall a good kid. He had no idea what she went through or not, but he had one job. To get her to the Boss and to make sure she's happy and unharmed. Overall a pleasant job, he just has to not get attached. That was always the most difficult part of the job |
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 8, 2019 14:53:16 GMT -4
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"Antonio...Antonio Car ree ness?..." Byeol-Su repeated his name a couple times, each try getting a little easier than the last. The sound wasn't too hard but her tongue still tripped up on his surname for a couple tries. She got it by the time he'd opened the car door and helped her inside. "I thought just now...I do not know how to say the name from the chat...is it hard?"
She managed the buckle just fine, her arm extending to reach it without her even needing to strain herself one way or another. She hadn't sat in the front seat--as in the non-driver's seat front seat--in a while. He preferred to host her while driving just as a precaution but there was its own fun to be had in being driven around without another layer of "person" between her and the windows. "Am okay! When go through crowd, or go on street, will need to be hosted. I am okay if only a few people are there though. Is in a big crowd that is not...good," she mumbled the last words, "Could get sick."
"Oh! Right! In chat, said you have a quirk that heals your self! I can do it too! I do not know if it make me look younger. Would not want it to, I am a young enough person. Everyone says so all the time." |
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Post by Maya on Dec 8, 2019 16:27:34 GMT -4
He chuckled when ParaSyte repeated his name a couple of times, it was cute. They soon sat in the car, got seatbelts because safety and soon, with a turn of the key, the car turned on and soon he started to drive to their destination. As he did that, ParaSyte explained that someone else prefered she be hosted, while she was fine sitting, its just when around a crowd, hosting is obligatory. By the way, she asked about the Boss's chat name, was it hard
"Il Padrino. I cant tell you if that is difficult for you to pronounce, but if you are curious, that means the Godfather. Its not his villain name though. It is more of a chat name. And dont worry about crowds. We dont have that. The Boss likes to live in a remote place. No people to bug him. Thats why we need to drive." Antonio explained.
Along the way, ParaSyte said that in chat it was revealed what his quirk was. She said she can regenerate as well. But she doesnt know if it makes her look younger "Hmm, well my Quirk is always active. My body keeps regenerating. Thats why I age slower. It is a blessing and a curse. But you? Well, I would say we are all unique. I have been looking at that chat too. I mostly erm how you say 'lurk'. I dont want to talk to anyone, but I did read all previous conversations just to get a feel of the crowd there. Your age... how old would you say you are? Like what number would you give yourself? Like ignoring what other people say how old or young you are. What number would you grant yourself?" he asked as he glanced at her a bit, and then looked at the road as he drove |
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 12, 2019 15:00:34 GMT -4
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Oh, good no crowds for them. And the name "Godfather" was a little easier to say than "Padrino" but it did make her wonder why he'd picked it. Wasn't that the name of the movie he had been watching when this conversation started? Was it in reference to that, because they were also Italian in the movie? That would be so funny! Now she wished she had understood it better so she could quote it at him. Maybe he'd laugh about it. That said...
"What is a God father anyway?"
Antonio said that although their Quirks were similar, they were all unique, and that his own gift was a blessing and a curse. She could understand that pretty well--she could help people with her abilities, but is also made her very weak when she didn't have a host. Sometimes it felt like she did more for other people's benefit than her own, but that was okay. That was just how she was and how she was meant to be. That was what he said. When asked about her age, though, Byeol-Su went from looking thoughtful to pouting her lips and puffing out her cheeks, arms crossing defensively over her chest. "I am not a child. So I would want to be older. Older like, like how old Cordycep are. Which I think is a teen year? But...also do not want to be too old or people like Thunder make gross jokes about me and not feel gross in return. So. Um. Some age between those?"
She kicked her feet out in front of her a couple of times. Without trying to make them longer they didn't touch the glove compartment above them. "Friend says I am pre-teen. What age is that? Yeoldu...j-...jū ni. Twelve? But when I say it out loud it just make me feel young. I do not like it."
Numbers were both easier to remember and harder to keep straight when you knew a number of languages. A lot of places used English, too, which didn't help her when she was best with her native Korean and still trying to learn at Japanese. And now she was going to add Italian onto that? Phew.
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Post by Maya on Dec 12, 2019 17:49:08 GMT -4
ParaSyte asked him what does Godfather mean. Antonio thought for a second how to simplify it and tell her. So basically he had to omot the first meaning of the word and just go straight to the point "Well, that word has at least 2 meanings. But for us, in our context the Godfather is a synonym for crime boss. Its just a different word for it. Crime Boss, Crime Lord, Don, Gang Leader, Kingpin, Mafia Boss, Mob Boss. Godfather is basically that. But mostly used for the italian mafia. Calling a yakuza member a godfather is weird, so it usually goes for italians. Il Padrino is just the italian word for godfather aka crime boss." Antonio explained as simple as he possibly could
They also talked about their quirks and Antonio noted theirs were kinda similar, but said his was a blessing and a curse. They talked about age, to which Antonio asked how what is her age or her perceived age. As he drove, he mostly kept his eyes on the road and listened to her speak. So ok, she is not a child, but not a teenager. So thus she is basically a tween. She then mentioned Thunder being gross which caused him to glance at her for a bit before returning his eyes to the road
"Thunder is a gross guy. We dont like him too. So we all agree on that. Dont tell Thunder that though. We work in the shadows and we dont want to make enemies with him yet. But as for your age thing. You got it right on the nose. 12. The perfect age before being a teenager and after being a child. A tween or pre-teen. Twelve or dodici in italian if its easier for you to pronounce" Antonio said as he drove.
She then asked his age and a name she should call him "I am 50 years old. So I am very very old. As I said, my Quirk keeps me young and makes me look probably half my age. And what do you mean by name?" he asked as he started to near his destination He soon pointed ahead to show her where they were going "There. Thats where Boss is. Just let me park the car" he said and then soon parked his vehicle and got everything set and got out to open the door for ParaSyte, like a gentleman and like a parental figure who helps their child with getting off the seatbelt and everything "So. Ready to go meet the Boss?" he asked  His home, on the outskirts of Musutafu and away from people. |
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 17, 2019 22:46:12 GMT -4
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"Godfather" was another words for a lot of things, but most of those words Byeol-Su recognized or knew very well what they meant. So he was kind of like Thunder, kind of like Oracle, and kind of like their leader though...in a far more criminal sense than they were. For some reason it was more for Italian people though. Was there a word in Korean that meant the same thing, or in Japanese? Thunder wasn't called anything special, was he?
She didn't particularly care what that man was called. And from what Antonio said, his opinion of Thunder wasn't very high, either. "Will not tell, no worries. But if you do want to make enemy of him..." She started to say something then stopped, smiled a little differently, and put a finger to her lips, "Never mind! May tell when we get to your boss. Is a big secret!~"
I have to tell him about this. This is a good thing. A very good thing.
She repeated the word "dodici" a few times over and over. What a funny way of saying it! What other words sounded so fun to say in Italian? She had to know! "Fif...ty...osib?! That is SO OLD!" Byeol-Su sputtered with all the subtle grace of, well, a child, her hands cupping her cheeks in a way that made the flesh of both her face and her palms blend into one another in a strange way, like they were becoming one, yet they were pulled away so easily with only a few drops falling from their separation onto her lap. They blended back into her "clothing". "Not even friend or Thunder is so old!! How old is Padrino?? Is he old too? You work for him so must be, yeah??"
Byeol-Su was still a little star-struck as they rolled up into the very nice drive-way of the manor, but it went from reeling over Antonio's age to the building itself. She wasn't a stranger to "luxury"; the hotel they were staying at was very expensive, and had a lot of big rooms and a whole wall full of windows overlooking Tokyo, but that was all very eastern in its design. This was definitely something different. It looked more like things she'd seen in television than in real life! She hadn't been out of the city in a long time...
"Yes! Very ready!" She squealed and literally leaped out of the car as soon as she was free of her seat-belt. She jumped in place alongside Antonio as she followed him up to wherever he was going to lead her, giggling and "ooh"-ing and "aah"-ing at the pretty surroundings. She couldn't wait to go in and see what it looked like on the inside! Or to see Il Padrino himself! |
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Dec 18, 2019 16:13:41 GMT -4
Antonio smiled, he was glad she knew how to keep a secret. He was curious on what she wanted to tell him, but decided not to press matters. She will say in due time.
They talked about numbers and age, Antonio taught her how to say 12 in italian, dodici. It was a funny word and it was cute how she repeated it a few times. ParaSyte then asked Antonio whats his age, only for the spainiard to reveal how really old he is. He chuckled when she sputtered that he is old and basically just matched her childish responce with his own "I KNOW RIGHT!? SUPER OLD!" he said and chuckled. She then mentioned some friend of Thunder and how they arent old. Once again, he wasnt sure who she meant, so he focused on what he knew. She asked if the Boss was old. Antonio shook his head and said "No, I am pretty sure he is younger then Thunder."
Soon, they arrived at their destination and he helped ParaSyte out of the car and asked her if she was ready to meet the Boss, to which she happily said that yes she was. He smiled and took her hand and escorted her in. It was what you would expect, fancy and everything was european styled. It wasnt like Japanese places where you take off your shoes and whatnot. An entirely different kind of culture was here for ParaSyte to see.
The little lady along with her escort would arrive to an office room where Giovanni is now, he was just putting some papers away in a drawer. The mafia boss noticed that the two arrived so he got up from his chair and approached her to welcome her "Ah, benvenuta, welcome. You are ParaSyte correct? You wish to learn italian?" he then looks at Antonio "You go and get her some sweets or whatever. Be a host dammit! Is that how you take care of guests?!"
"Oh! Right! Yes Boss!" he looks at her "Anything you want?"
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 19, 2019 16:37:23 GMT -4
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"Huh? But if he is even younger, why do you work for him? Thought being old mean being in charge." Byeol-Su pursed her lips together, confused.
The inside of the manor was just as different as the outside of it. Everything felt like it belonged in a different country, but not in a bad way. It was really pretty, and definitely nothing she had ever experience before, which made it even better! She giggled a little when Antonio took her hand to lead her in. People giving her physical contact was so nice--so many people didn't like to touch her because of the way her skin looked or felt, so even little things like this made her feel super special, if only as long as it lasted.
Once they entered a room with another person in it Byeol-Su did something she remembered being told to do when meeting new people: politeness! She bowed a little, having to let go of Antonio's hand, reluctantly, to do so, then stood back up still with a bright grin on her face. "Yes! That is me! I am parasite!" This must have been Il Padrino! She still wasn't sure how to pronounce it, even after hearing it said aloud, so she just went with the word she'd been given that meant the same thing for now. "Thank you for having me over, Godfather! Am very excited to be here! The house is so pretty!!"
He snipped at Antonio and she giggled a little at their exchange. He was already cursing in front of her. How funny! People tended to try to not do that around her, at least up to a point. But then again he knew her from the voice channel where everyone sword like sailors, including herself. Oops.
"Sweets?" She looked up at Antonio and then back at Giovanni, then back up again with wide, curious eyes. "Umm...is there any Italian sweets? Favorite sweet is ice-cream mochi, but will try anything new! New is good!" |
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Dec 22, 2019 12:12:13 GMT -4
ParaSyte seemed confused by the whole age thing, thus she asked why does Antonio work for him. The spainiard smiled and said "Just because someone is old, doesnt mean he is always superior. There is also status you have to take into account. Old age doesnt always make you superior. It is kind of complicated to explain. But its something to keep in mind. But to put it simply. He has money, and I work for him."
That was a gross oversimplification of things, but it was necesarry as their time was coming to an end.
Antonio held her hand and showed her a bit around, but their main destination was the Boss. Thus soon they arrvied and ParaSyte finally met him. Giovanni politely greeted the 'clay girl'. He chuckled when she called him Godfather. Hmm, yes he liked that. She could call him that. "Grazie... thank you" he said to her and then got mad at Antonio for being a shitty host. And yes, he swore. A little known fact about Giovanni is that he is normally a very vulgar man who cusses a lot. What people tend to see is his fake and polite persona.
After a scolding, Antonio asked ParaSyte what would she like. And as soon as he heard sweets, he smiled sweetly to her and then left. Which now left ParaSyte with Giovanni himself.
"He will get you some sweets. I dont know what mochi is. I dont eat Japanese food" but no more digressions "Now, onto the real task at hand. You want to learn Italian, si?"
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Dec 24, 2019 18:16:00 GMT -4
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Didn't somebody being older mean they were smarter? More experienced? Generally better than younger people? Byeol-Su didn't believe all of that but some of it had to be true didn't it? Otherwise why would people her age be scared of adults all the time? She didn't understand.
Byeol-Su took a few steps forward and looked around, getting a better look of the office. "Mochi is like a ball," she started explaining, putting her hands together in two little fists, "It is squishy and sweet like not baked cookie, and some times there is sweet bean or jam inside but the kind I like is ice-cream! There is ice-cream in Italy right?" Oh, what a terrible thing it would be to be from a place that had no ice cream! "I only had Japanese style mochi when we came here! Was different in Korea. Not sure how though."
She nodded at his next question, impossibly wide eyes growing brighter and her hands coming up to clench at her chest. "Yes! I want to learn new words please! What does 'see' mean? I tried to say as many words as Antonio did in the car, I think I did okay! And is he really that old??" |
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Jan 1, 2020 15:38:28 GMT -4
She looked around as she spoke how Mochi is like a ball. Giovanni raised his eyebrow, but soon she explained more that its squishy and sweet, but not cookie like. It is like sweet bean or ham inside and its also like ice cream? And then she asked if tehre is ice cream in Italy "Si.. I mean yes. But we call it gelato. Gelato is ice cream." Giovanni said and gave her a brief explanation about the word he used.
Giovanni asked if she wanted to learn a new language. When she said yes. He nodded and escorted her to a room that had a desk and chair ready for her, as well as pencil and paper, along the way, she asked what Si meant
"Si. Means yes. While I know how to say 'yes'. I prefer saying si, as its shorter and much more pleasing to hear. In my opinion." Giovanni said. She also asked if he was that old. The italian nodded. "He is really old"
Once he helped ParaSyte to her seat, Giovanni spoke
"We start with simple things. The alfabeto aka the alphabet. You will learn the italian alphabet and he sound of each letter" Giovanni stated
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Post by Byeol-Su Mae on Jan 5, 2020 14:04:59 GMT -4
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Gelato? Gel-a-to. That sound was hard, that "la" and "lo" and "le" sound. She wasn't sure how to put her tongue when she said it. All the same she tried to repeat the word, even if she muddled it slightly. "Is it different than the ice cream here? Geh-laa-toe? Is it sweet still? What tastes are it?"
Did other places in the world have different words for ice cream, too? Now she wanted to know and look them up! Especially if they had other flavors!
Byeol-Su bounced--not literally, given her consistency, but close enough--in the direction of the desk and chair. It was pretty big but she was used to it. She looked at the pencil with a small frown, then down at her hands. "Oh. Um, I have a hard time with holding small things. Pen and pencil get stuck, and I can not make them make shapes well...I can read okay! Just not..." she grew quieter as she spoke, afraid that she was going to be told to try anyway, or that she was giving up too easily, or that he wasn't going to teach her if she couldn't write. But she really couldn't. She could poke the tablet buttons fine, but she had to give up on the stylus when it kept getting stuck in her hand. Now she just had a protector so her skin didn't gunk up the screen. He always said someday they'd figure out how to stiffen her hands up to the point that she could write, but...it hadn't happened yet.
We have more work to do than that. More people to help. And my health...
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Jan 8, 2020 12:57:46 GMT -4
"Gelato is the best ice cream in the world. And yes it is sweet. The traditional flavors of gelato consist of vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, pistachio, cream or custard and stracciatella. Then theres those modern flavours of raspberry, strawberry, apple, lemon and pineapple. Anywho enough about frozen desserts. You'll get that when its summer. We're here to learn italian" he said and gestured her toward a room that had a desk and chair ready for her, as well as pencil and paper, along the way. It was to be their improv classroom. Giovanni said that they will start with the basics. The alphabet learning letters and how to pronounce them. As well write since he was sure ParaSyte just knew kanji. The excitable girl then got less excited when she saw the pencil. She then explained that due to her quirk and physique she couldnt hold some small objects. Giovanni put his hand to his chin and thought "Hmmm" she soon apologized. But before he could react, Antonio came back, unaware of the mood that was set there as he was all too chiper he found candy. In one hand he had an empty bowl and in the other a huge bag of candy"Oh hey Boss!! We had some italian candy after all!!"
Giovanni quickly turned to him "Antonio!! Right on time! Turns out you'll be a host after all!"Antonio looked a bit confused because he obviously missed something "Wha?" |
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