Dueling Daughters and a Nervous Uncle

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"That's not fair!" Tiji growled, throwing herself to the side, but still unable to dislodge the warrior girl off her back. Both girl stumbled through the Cantina doorway, tumbling to the floor in a heap, nly to freeze and look up.

"Huh?" Tiji said, looking around as Laka let go and got to her own feet, helping her cousin up as they looked around.

"Girls!" Atton stumbled in right after them, looking both ashen and red with breath shortness. He blinked, then sighed. "Great. Now what?"

"It's a cantina, like the other one, but different," Tiji looked around.

"Oh... well, alright. Don't wrestle in here," Atton said, taking a deep breath and nearly sprinting fr the bar.

Laka rolled her eyes, and Tiji smirked.

"Let's find some boys," she said eagerly. Laka gave her a look of utter contempt, but allowed herself to be dragged out of her uncle's eyesight.

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"It looks like something out of the Lord of The Rings," said Frank, absently pushing a coke toward her and taking his own diet soda as he continued to look at the face of the massive statue across the way.

Meanwhile, Earnest had managed to tie Laka's foot to her stool with a bootlace he'd had in his pocket without ever leaving his turtle position.

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She sipped the soda, wondering about the name he's mentioned.

Laka blinked as she tried to move, then looked down and kicked the stool leg so hard it snapped, and suddenly she found herself lying across the young man, the stool on top of her.

She blinked, then looked at him before poking his side.

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Earnest gave a muffled squeak, then sniggered.

"Here, I'll show you." Frank pulled his personal computer out of his pocket and flipped it open before laying it on the table. Then he took a rolled piece of what looked like plastic from the cargo pocket of his pants and lay it flat before attaching the cord on it to the pc. This done, he found the movie that he wanted and the part that showed the statues of the kings and held the portable screen up for her to see.

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"Whoa," she said, looking at it. "That is so cool!"

Laka grinned evily, poking him again and again, attempting to earn more of those strange sounds this boy seemed to create on a regular basis.

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Earnest giggled and squirmed, making the occasional muffled 'meep' or 'urk!', then finally tried a most vicious battle tactic and gave her a quick peck on the cheek before going turtle again.

"Do you want to watch this movie?" asked Frank, finding himself to have a hankering for it now that he had it open. "It's pretty good. Better than the one that they did back in 200_."

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She sat straight up, staring at him in utter and complete shock.

After a moment, she blinked and rubbed her cheek.

"What was that?" she said, voice clear, direct, and heavily accents by some strange, musically dense influence that had never been identified.

Tiji blinked.

"What's a movie?" she asked curiously.

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"Cooties," said Earnest, one green eye peeking at her and twinkling gleefully.

"Uhhhh." Frank looked at her, then clicked the one on the PC to the beginning and let it play. It was computer generated animation, but the characters, backgrounds, and creatures were so realistic as to appear as living things.

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"Kew-tries," she sounded out slowly and thoughtfully, then blinked and leaned forward, returning the gesture before punching him again and slipping back into silence.

"Whoa, neat!" Tiji grinned, leaning forward and watching it before settling back. After a moment she blinked, then leaned against him, watching happily.

Over in his corner Atton watched both couples and groaned sleepily before passing out again.

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Frank glanced at her out of the corners of his eyes, then cautiously put his arm around her shoulders, holding his breath and tensing slightly for an elbow to the stomach.

"I know a way to make it more fun," offered Earnest without unfolding.

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She didn't answer, but glanced at him agian.

Tiji smiled and snuggled in, enjoying the movie in one ear and his heartbeat in the other.

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Frank's eyes widened, and then he heaved a huge sigh and lay his cheek against her hair. -Got a girl! Got a girl! God, I GOT A GIRL!!!!-

Earnest sat up cautiously. "Do you know Indian wrestling?"

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Tiji smiled to herself, biting her lower lip but enjoying the happiness raining off of him and echoing her own.

Laka gave him a look that clearly read "I have no idea what you're talking about. Explain yourself, now."

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-Calm...- Frank coached himself, not wanting to get over excited. -Calm... ooo, here's Frodo 'n Bilbo. Okay, hug Tiji and make sure she's comfy, and enjoy the movie.-

Earnest explained the rules and hows of the leg wrestling game, adding that the fun part was when the loser gave the winner a kiss on the cheek.

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She blinked, then picked him up and set him on his feet before readying herself, looking at him with a glint in her eye.

Tiji smiled and half listened to his thoughts, then noticed what the others were doing before giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek.

"I like you," she said, grinning.