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Whoops. Forgot About this. Meant to post Chapter one.
Got a little bit of help on this Chapter, but I can't help but feel awkward as soon as 'styles' come into play, as I'm quite a few years behind aparently, but who isn't these days.
General Luigi wrote:
The end fired me headfirst back to reality. I can't tell if you're trying to poke fun at Maya or not through this story. I can see Maya being fooled into thinking the Internet doesn't lie, but I fail to see how jumping out a window is "taking an independent stand," let alone something Maya would do for the reason you presented. Could you please tell just what you were trying to do with this story?
I seemed to owe an explanation, no?
I realized I took quite a stretch out of character for Maya at this point, but trust me, it all plays into some things later on. She jumped out of the window mostly after realizing that living a risk free life was pointless, and decided to take a risk by jumping out, and hoping for the best. I wouldn't call it an independent stand, so much as I call it, trying to avoid Phoenix, for realizing she made a fool of herself. It seemed to be a quick way out. Guess I wordered it wrong, sorry, i seem to have a bad habit of noticing things like that later on :p
And before anyone says anything, there's minor minor, incredibly minor 4-4 spoilers. A name is all it is really. Also, before anyone jumps on me about the ages, If after T&T was seven years before AJ(that's my assumption) Then Gavin is around 20ish because of some lapses in continuity.
Chapter 1: Makeover
Maya took a look around. She had landed on the dumpster. Which would have been convenient......if it would have been open. Maya groaned in pain as she rolled off of the dumpster and onto the ground. She hopped up, and stretched. After popping her back numerous times, she began walking down the street. 'Well congratulations Maya, you took a risk, now what do 19 year old girls do....?' She looked around. she saw all kinds of teenage girls walking down the streets with different styles on each. There was the typical styles of society. Punk, Gothic, Lolita, Poser, and many others. Maya was rather confused. She finally decided what she should do first. 'Shopping!' She decided.
Suddenly Maya was struck with horror. 'But wait don't I need money for that..?' She groaned, and hung her head. 'Taking chances-Great. Realizing too late you over looked a vital detail-not great.' Suddenly as if on a cue the wind blew bringing along a green piece of paper. Maya gasped, and ran after it, eventually grabbing it. She looked at the bill. "Oh....My...God..." She said aloud. The bill bore a picture of some old man, and was adourned with 100's all over. "It's a 100 dollar bill! Must be my lucky/plot device filled day!" So with her new-found plot device, she headed off to the mall to get some clothes.
--15 Minutes later.
Maya didn't know where to start. There were far too many styles to choose from, and she didn't know what to get. So she chose what she thought looked good. Unfortunately being raised as a spirit medium makes you a bad judge of fashion apparently, so she came out of the dressing room looking like a mash up of several different styles. She had a pink shirt with the Blue Badger on it. She had a short black skirt, with frills, and she had gotten a pair of shoes that she could only describe as huge. When a store associate saw her, she couldn't help but feel sorry.
"Excuse me miss?" The associate said, walking over to Maya. " I couldn't help but notice you seem a little lost. She was wearing a blue store vest over a black shirt, with some sort of pattern underneath the vest. She was wearing blue faded jeans, and the ends of the jeans covered much of the shoes. "Would you like some help?"
Maya sighed, and said "Finally, I'm sorry, I just... I come from a traditional village, it's hard to tell what's 'cool' when you've known only traditional robes and sandals your whole life." This made the other girl chuckle. "I'm Laliata, nice to meet you." She offered a hand. Maya extended hers as well. "I'm Maya,Maya Fey."
With the introductions out of the way, the associate began lecturing Maya. "First things first. Lose the beads." Maya looked shocked at the suggestion. "Wh--What? My hair beads?" She grabbed a lock of hair with the beads, and looked at it. The associate nodded. "They scream 'I'm cute and vulnerable'" She grabbed the beads, and pulled them out. Maya's hair fell, and covered her face. "Agh! I can't see!" She screamed, fighting her hair off. The associate chuckled. "We'll take care of that in a second. Next..."
And so it was the two girls talked for a while, Laliata lecturing Maya on this and that, and Maya being timid about changing herself. At the end of the day, Maya ended up with more of a girly feel, with a touch of punk stylings. Laliata suggested a piercing, noticing Maya didn't have her ears pierced. Maya decided upon later, she figure that it was enough for today to just get an outfit, with a minor adjustment to her hair. She had cut it.
At first the idea had shocked, and frightened her. "Wh--What if they miss my hair, and cut my neck or something!" Laliata laughed. "If you ask me, you've heard too many murder cases." Maya had her hair cut in the back, to about mid back length. The front was cut to make it easier for her to see without her hair beads in place.
In the end, she ended up with a tight black sleeveless shirt with some symbol that Maya had been told was 'cool' by Laliata. Her pants were now tightish jeans, with one of those skirts, and she had traded in her sandals for a pair of plain old clearence bin shoes. Laliata commented that it looked like she had had them for a while.
When she was done, Laliata asked "Sooo why the sudden change in styles?" Maya was taken aback. "Err... well there's this guy,,,, but he's just been brushing me off....I can't tell if he's interested or not..." "To hell with 'im!" Laliata chuckled. "Ya'know what you need to do, is hit up the clubs." Her voice had turned to a whisper. "I know a guy that could get you into the hottest club in town. The guys would be crawling over you!"
Maya paused. Is this what she wanted? To leave Nick behind. 'You;ve given him plentt of chances. You could throw yourself at him, and he wouldn't do a thing!' Another voice rung out ' Maybe if you wait a little longer....' But no, Maya was done with waiting. She smiled. "So where's this club?"
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Phoenix jiggled the handle to Maya's room. "Look Maya, I understand if you're angry, but at least have the decency to answer me when I'm trying to make up for it!" He sighed. "Maya, you got 'till three, then the door's coming down. One.....Two.....Three!" As he said, the Attorney ran at the door full force knocking it inward. When he regained composure, he looked around. The bed was made, and the desk had been disturbed. Her window was open and the curtains billowed in the wind.
"Oh Shit."
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It was dark as Maya approached the club. The neon sign above it was glowing with the words "Club Schicksal" and there was a musical note within the words. There was a rather intimidating guy looming over the entrance. Maya approached, with a lump in her throat. The man stopped her. "Name?" He asked. Maya looked at him. He had on a suit, and had black sunglasses on despite the fact it was night time. "M--M--Maya Fey" Maya muttered out. The man lifted his glasses, and went over the list, and pointed inside. "Head on in." Maya smiled, and nodded. "Thanks."
As she walked inside, she was introduced to a world unknown from her. There were people dancing all around her. There were lights flashing on and off in tempo to the tempo of the song. Maya was scared, but soon she found the beat of the song, and began dancing herself. When the song ended, a man spoke over the speakers.
"Next up we have a live performance. Please welcome the Gavinners performing Guilty Love LIVE!" Immediately the crowd erupted into cheers, and screams. The band Members took the stage, and Klavier Gavin grabbed his guitar, and aproached the microphone. "Achtung, Baby! Let's Rock!" The band broke into song. Maya immediately fell in love with the song, and the lead. Klavier Gavin. At a break without words, Klavier pointed right at Maya. "Fraulein, get up here!" Maya pointed at herself and mouthed the words "Me?!" And Gavin nodded. Maya gulped. Gavin played, and began talking to Maya. "So fraulein, what is it you do with your life?"
Maya paused. She could tell the truth, and be humiliated. Or she could tell a lie. "Oh? Me? I'm just someone trying to get by."
Gavin smiled, and chuckled, still playing. "How about we continue this conversatioin after the show? Meet me behind the stage." The crowd welcomed Maya back, and cheered as Gavin jumped right back into the song. Afterward, Klavier flicked his pick into the crowd, and pointed at Maya again. "Fraulien, if you plan on coming backstage, now's the time." Maya jumped up onto the stage, and followed Gavin out the back.
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Phoenix collapsed onto the couch. No leads on where she had gone. "Dammit, I can't worry about this. I have a case tomorrow...." He poured himself some Grape Juice. He had taken quite a liking to the juice recently, and he sat down and turned on the TV, and was greeted by the news. "In entertainment news, the hot rock band The Gavinners performed live at Club Schisksal tonight. Including their tradition break to allow a lucky fan onto the stage." Phoenix suddenly got up from his reclined position, seeing a teen girl get on stage. "It...it can't be......"