Cᴀɴ·ᴛ ʙʟᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ɢᴜʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ (Crystal)

[pipintan]

"Sh*t!"  A loud voice rang out from the darkness.  There was a loud bang and a blast of light, before a young man tumbled to the ground.  He glanced up, propping himself up on his knees and hands, shaking himself off.  His black hair was everywhere, frizzy and covered in dirt and soot.  His green eyes darted everywhere, as he got to his feet.  Slapping his cheeks and patting himself down, he muttered to himself, "Face, check.  Torso, check.  Legs-  Legs?  Ah, check.  Haha!  I'm alive!  Oh this is fantastic."  He let out a sigh, looking relaxed, though snapped to attention as he smelled smoke.  His head snapped down as he saw his gauntlet steaming and smoking.  Swearing again, the man yanked off the gauntlet and threw it to the ground.  He covered the smoking gauntlet with dirt and when it stopped freaking out, he let out a strangled sigh.  Walking underneath a bridge, he scrubbed his face with his hands and slid down to the ground.  "Great.  I'm in the middle of Der Tapfere and my machine doesn't work."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Now that's not something you hear everyday." A girl pushed away from the wall, stepping out from the darkest shadows created by a nook near the center of the supporting concrete wall. Her brown hair was tucked under a backwards red baseball cap, a few stray locks hanging down around her face and neck. She raised her eyebrows at him. "You don't seem like the typical person that hangs around these parts."

[pipintan]

The man jumped to his feet, his right hand twitching to his left arm, before he realized his gauntlet didn't work. Cursing softly under his breath, he stood up straighter, squinting in the darkness. "Who're you?" He asked, almost spitefully, as if she had trespassed onto his land, "what on earth are you doing out here at this time of night?"

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Rianna crossed her arms. "I could ask you the same question," she said. "And what's that weird gadget on your wrist?"

[pipintan]

"'Weird gadget-' This is no weird gadget woman, this is-" He had been speaking in a ferverent manner, his cheeks were flushed as he stared lovingly at the device, before he snapped back and eyed her warily. "I don't know if I can trust you, are you working...for him?" He asked, taking a small step towards her, his eyes wide.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Ri made a 'are you nuts?' face. "I'm pretty sure I'm not working for him, whoever him is," she said. She considered just leaving and letting the nutcase sort everything out himself, but she had to admit she was curious. Who was he and why was he here?

[pipintan]

"Hmm...no, I suppose not. He doesn't seem to like have street rats work for him- Er...no offense of course,' he quickly corrected himself. Though there was not a look of embarrassment, nor chagrin. He peered at her, frowning slightly as if he was considering something.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Rianna just shrugged. "None taken. I know what I am. Question is, what are you?"

[pipintan]

He blinked back into the present and gave a childish smirk, waggling his finger at her. "Ahh, so you don't know? I don't know whether to be pleased or hurt... Have I really become that blotted away?" The man seemed to fade out of the conversation as quickly as he had reentered it.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Ri raised an eyebrow at him. "Ok, dude. I think you're just a little bit crazy."

[pipintan]

He blinked, taking a small step back, his eyes widening slightly. "That hurts, ya know. What you just said..."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Ri snorted. "Whatever, man. Just accept it."

[pipintan]

He made a noise in the back of his throat, looking even more hurt. "I don't think you understand how grave this is, my dear, to be blotted out of history..."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"What, you're some famous person?" she said skeptically.

[pipintan]

He shrugged one shoulder. "More or less," he replied cheerily, giving her a wink.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

Ri snorted. "Now I know you're crazy."

[pipintan]

"I'm not crazy! I really am in the history books. Well, was apparently," he added, blinking quickly to himself.

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"And what did you do, oh famous one?" Ri said. "Because you look like you're 25."

[pipintan]

"Well of course I look like I'm 25, I've been jumping back and forth through time, duh," he replied, rolling his eyes. "What I've done...well. I've invented so much, my dear."

[ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟғʀᴏsᴛ]

"Wait... time traveling?" Ri said. This conversation was just getting weirder by the second.