"You have to be all kinds of messed up to call this a fine day" said Hunter, conveniently arriving as the strange creeper began talking to the female. Hunter had been looking for something to kill when he had remembered his prisoner back at his home, and he had set out towards the exit of the town so that he could return there. However, he'd run into something more important than making the prisoner crap his pants again. No, surprisingly it wasn't the female; that was just a bonus. He hadn't even found someone to kill, he'd simply found someone to piss off. And if there was one thing Hunter liked to do, it was piss people off. As the bounty hunter approached the hooded man and female, he became distinctly aware of the mysteriousness the man had going on. A black suit, a wide brimmed hat, and thinking that it was a fine day? Either this was a funeral director way too into his job, or he was a stalker. "Bit overcast to wear a hat, don't you think? Take the bloody thing off, you look like a twat" Hunter ordered. God it was fun being in Neoph's little group; you could boss people around and do it all in the name of justice and nobody batted an eyelid. Though, he supposed he should probably actually make sure the guy wasn't a psychopath or anything. He didn't exactly do much else work for the protectors, and with Lance on the loose there were too many psychos around anyway. A second Lance...Hunter shuddered just thinking about it.
After watching everything that had gone on, Max had then suggested they go to the castle after Mortimer, and Glen was in complete agreeance. He would have started running there and then as fast as he could, but he couldn't. After what Mortimer had done to Karina, Glen was in an uncontrollable fit of laughter. He was doubled over and laughing like a hyena. He held up a hand as Max called out. "Just....give me....a minute....oh my god this is just too funny" he said in between laughs. You could clearly hear he was out of breath and finding it hard to control himself. After just a minute, he pulled it together and stood up. Wiping away a tear from his eye, he stopped and then looked at Karina. Big mistake. He was set off again, laughing again, but after a shorter amount of time now he managed to restrain himself "Okay, I think I'm done. But seriously Karina, that was ****ing hilarious. You should have seen your reaction, I wish I had a camera or something. In any case, I'm going to go catch a bad guy now" he said, before racing off in the direction Mortimer had gone, hopefully before Karina could exact her vengeance for Glen hardcore laughing at her.
Oh damn Preminger is caught out, oh **** she tried to escape. She also met an untimely death that seemed remarkably fitting for a classic fairy tale mission, oh my god is that the prince and samantha owning up to wrap things up nicely? Needless to say, Skadi was shocked at how the events had played out. "All we need for repayment is a simple thank you, but even that we can go without. Just happy to see things worked out, your majesty" the ice mage responded. She would have replied to Dominique asking if they were leaving, but her lady boner made it damn obvious she only gave a **** about whether or not Zwei remained so she chose to remain silent. After a few minutes of nothing happening though, Skadi decided enough was enough and it had nothing to do with Cal pestering me I swear. And so she walked up to Dominique. "We all have to go, we're part of a guild. You have your kingdom to look after, and we have Sapphire Eclipse. Though, I can't really speak for him. Either way, I hope things go well for you. I think you will make a great leader one day, your highness" Skadi stated. However, there was one last thing Skadi simply had to say before they left. "For the record, Prince Zachery, we never finished our match. One day we'll have to finish that, but until then I'm going to count it as a draw. Should've been a win for me due to forfeit, but we can't have the future leader of a kingdom losing to a humble female wizard, can we?" the girl asked, adding a small laugh at the end of it.
Voting for burnitup, because there is nothing more sexy than an empty space. The broken image Cal was close though.
Sad memories, but I stand by my decision that the one that I was in is the cutest on this poll!
Warning: This post does contain spoilers. Mild ones, but spoilers about the secret boss in KH3D, KH1 and KH2/possibly the Big Hero 6 movie itself? You have been warned. So, after the reveal of the Big Hero 6 world in KH3, I saw the concept art that was so kindly linked in the article on this forum, and on it I couldn't help but notice what appears to be the evil baymax. Now, I don't remember the article too well but I'm reasonably sure that that is the body of Baymax that was left behind at the end of Big Hero 6 inside the portal, taken over by darkness. Which makes me wonder; are there going to be other disney characters that succumb to darkness in some way or another? Maybe this is how a toy story world could fit in or something? I don't know, but that's not what this thread is about. What it is about is the secret boss of KH3D: Julius. KH1 Final Mix had a secret boss as Unknown, KH2 Final Mix had Lingering Will as a secret boss, and BBS had Mysterious Figure. All of these secret, optional bosses were foreshadowing something in the next game; something big in the plot (Xemnas being a thing, Terra being taken by darkness, Young Xehanort being a major antagonist too). Although, Julius seems just a little out of place with that. Strong as he is, I can't see him being a massive antagonist himself due to the nature of his lack of intelligence. But in Runaway Brain, which is what Julius was from, he was switched with Mickey. So is it possible this isn't suggesting Julius himself is the antagonist, but some form of evil Mickey? If Baymax can be corrupted, is there not a chance that our lovable mouse friend could turn to darkness for a portion of it? Just an interesting thought, really.
Hunter eyed Lance suspiciously as he entered the bar. As his fellow protectory guy held up his fist for a fistbump, Hunter gently placed his own hand around the man's fist. "Paper beats rock" he whispered before placing his hand back on the bar and drinking more of his drink. "I swear, you are the worst rock paper scissors player I know. Everytime I see you you challenge me, but everytime you go with rock. You're an *******, and I don't mind you, but you're no smarter than anybody else here" he said. He turned to Heartless Paul, who was glaring at Lance. At least, Hunter thought he was glaring. You could never really tell with heartless. "Okay, okay, it's time you died. You just became useful to someone else other than me, which wasn't part of the deal" he stated. With a groan, he hefted the blade up onto the bar, alarming the bartender. "Here, hold it would ya?" he asked rhetorically, before turning around and palming Paul in his black face. God he hated black creatures. You turned away for one moment and they stole something from you, and they were damned impossible to catch. Least this one had been co-operative. As Paul stumbled back, Hunter got off of his stool and then approached the fallen heartless. Grabbing the stool he had just been seated on, he raised it and slammed it down towards the heartless. Paul reacted quickly, portalling the **** away from there before the stool hit, causing it to splinter harmlessly against the ground. Turning around, he grabbed his blade from the bartender. "Dunno how the meeting will be, don't really care. You're right about this town sucking balls, it's boring as hell. I'm going to go find something to kill now. I don't care whether you **** off or follow me, but I ain't sharin' my kills, so just be aware of that" the bounty hunter stated, walking away from Lance and out of the bar, on the hunt once again.
Caleb used Sliding Dash!
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Rennette used Barrier Surge. It did 11 damage, but with defence it did 21! Gaius used Blitz. He jumped once (**** you RNG) and did 4 damage, but with strength and weapon it did 24 (nearly lowest strength roll ftw) Veilen used Fire Dash. It did 18 damage, but with speed and magic (i'm assuming) it did 27! Ra used Fire Dash. It did 6 damage (RNG hates Rienzel more than me), but with speed, magic and weapon it did 36! Go Ra's absurdly high magic! For some reason Thomas has Fire equipped despite having Fira, and he used it, and it did a whole 3 damage, but with magic and weapon it did 25! Charlotte used Barrier Surge. It did 12 damage, but with defence it did 21! All together, the party did 154 damage to Sheeptard, and his defence reduced 8 of that. Sheeptard took an additional 10 damage after being set on fire. The proper authorities have been notified of this. Sheeptard used "Ram"page on Thomas. It did 8 damage, but with strength and speed did 25! Thomas' defence reduced 1 damage. Thomas is stunned! Sheeptard used Counting Sheep on Charlotte. After three turns, she will fall asleep! Sheeptard the Sheep King. Praise be unto him (turn 1 of burning) HP: 1044 Weapon: Horns (2X 5-10 damage) Strength: 18 Speed: 8 Defence: 15 Magic: 5 "Screw ewe" attack: Sheeptard hurls an innocent, adorable lamb at his opponents, dealing aoe damage and halving their speed for two turns as they stop to gaze at its adorableness. 1-10 damage to one target, half to everyone else Baaaaaaaaad laser: Shoots a laser at his opponents that does 0 damage and does not scale, but looks ****ing awesome. 0-0 damage "Ram"page: Sheeptard charges his opponent down, dealing a solid amount of damage and stunning them for one turn. Due to knockups being a non-cleansable form of CC, Esuna does not affect it. 5-8 damage to a single target Assault and Baahttery: The Sheep King plucks a lamb from the earth itself and slams it into his chest with supreme, manly gusto, causing the lamb to stick to his woolly awesomeness and provide a temporary meatshield, and nobody can ever take that away from it. 50 damage shield for 1 turn Unstoppable Fleece: Despite his manly ego, Sheeptard is a little....sheepish, and is quite easily startled. Each attack landed on him has a 5% chance to engulf the attacker in the fluffiest wool imaginable, reducing the damage on their next attack by 50%. Lambassador: While Sheeptard mourns the loss of his woolen brethren, he also respects the laws of the land and the means for survival, and so he consumes his fallen lamb friends, gaining 50 hp back whenever one of his meatshields are destroyed, as well as +5 damage on his next attack. Counting Sheep: Sheeptard casts his magic on an enemy, causing them to feel drowsy as illusions of small sheep began running by them and leaping over fences. After three turns, the victim falls into a deep slumber. Lasts 3 turns. Rennette HP: 60 (+18) MP: 110 (+55) AS: Cure: Recover a small amount of HP. (8MP, 5HP Healed+Magic Stat) Aero: Call on the wind to lift enemies into the air and then send them flying. Stuns some foes. (5MP, 8 damage on impact+Stun) Stop: Manipulate time to bring surrounding enemies' movement to a complete halt for 1 round of combat. (15MP) Esuna: Recover from all negative status effects. (10MP) Barrier Surge: Cloak yourself in a barrier and rush the enemy. (15 damage + 1 Round invulnerability) Strength: 9 Speed: 4 Defence: 5 (+6) Magic: 14 (+10) Weapon: Mage’s Staff (5-13) +0 SPD Items: Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Gaia Bangle: Significantly raises max HP and Defense (+9, +3) Gaia Bangle: Significantly raises max HP and Defense (+9, +3) Gaius HP: 60 (+3) MP: 65 AS: Quick Blitz: Perform a jumping attack. (5 Damage) Blitz: Perform a series of jumping attacks. (1-5 attacks, 5 Damage) Sliding Dash: Punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (18 Damage) Binding Strike: Perform a spinning attack that binds some foes. (20 damage + chance to stop enemies attacking for a turn) Fire: Launch a ball of fire toward enemies. (3MP. Deals 5 Damage) Cure: Recover a small amount of HP. (8MP, 5HP Healed+Magic Stat) Strength: 19 (+12) Speed: 10 (+14) Defence: 1 (+4) Magic: 5 Weapon: Weapon: Fists (4-8 damage) + 5 speed Items: Titan Chain: Significantly raises Strength and Speed (+4, +3) Titan Chain: Significantly raises Strength and Speed (+4, +3) Titan Chain: Significantly raises Strength and Speed (+4, +3) Heartguard: Raises max HP and Defense. Equip more to boost effect. (+3, +4) Veilen HP: 65 (+10) MP: 88.5 (+50) AS: Aerora: Call on the wind to lift enemies into the air and send them flying for more damage. Stuns many foes.(10MP, 16 damage on impact+Stun) Cure: Recover a small amount of HP. (8MP, 5HP Healed+Magic Stat) Binding Strike: Perform a spinning attack that binds some foes. (20 damage + chance to stop enemies attacking for a turn) Fire Dash: Cloak yourself in fire, then punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (25 damage + 5 fire damage continuous for 2 turns) Thundara: Strike surrounding enemies from above with stronger lightning that shocks other nearby foes if it connects.(6MP, 12 damage, deals half to other targets) Fira: Launch a stronger ball of fire toward enemies. (6MP. Deals 10 Damage) Magnet: Use magnetic force to pull enemies in and deal continual damage.(6MP, 12 damage over 2 turns) Esuna: Recover from all negative status effects. (10MP) Stop: Manipulate time to bring surrounding enemies' movement to a complete halt for 1 round of combat. (15MP) Strength: 11.5 Speed: 2 Defence: 3 (+3) Magic: 8.5 (+10) Weapon: Decaforce Sword: 6-12 damage (placeholder stats since the actual ones don't exist yet) Items: Energy Bangle: Slightly raises max HP and Defense (+3, +1) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Angel Bangle: Raises max HP and Defense. (+6, +2) Mage’s Earrings: Highly increases maximum AS and magic (+2, +4) Mage’s Earrings: Highly increases maximum AS and magic (+2, +4) Ra HP: 60 MP: 116 (+73) AS: Fire Dash: Cloak yourself in fire, then punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (25 damage + 5 fire damage continuous for 2 turns) Binding Strike: Perform a spinning attack that binds some foes. (20 damage + chance to stop enemies attacking for a turn) Stop: Manipulate time to bring surrounding enemies' movement to a complete halt for 1 round of combat. (15MP) Magnet: Use magnetic force to pull enemies in and deal continual damage.(6MP, 12 damage over 2 turns) Blitz: Perform a series of jumping attacks. (1-5 attacks, 5 Damage) Sliding Dash: Punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (18 Damage) Fira: Launch a stronger ball of fire toward enemies. (6MP. Deals 10 Damage) Aerora: Call on the wind to lift enemies into the air and send them flying for more damage. Stuns many foes.(10MP, 16 damage on impact+Stun) Cure: Recover a small amount of HP. (8MP, 5HP Healed+Magic Stat) Strength: 11 Speed: 4 Defence: -1 Magic: 20 (+14) Weapon: Mage’s Staff (5-13) +0 SPD Items: Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Mage Earring: Highly increases maximum AS and magic (+2, +4) Mage Earring: Highly increases maximum AS and magic (+2, +4) Thomas (Stunned) HP: 36 (+6) MP: 85.5 (+47) AS: Thunder: Strike surrounding enemies from above with lightning that shocks other nearby foes if it connects (3MP, 6 damage, deals half to other targets) Cure: Recover a small amount of HP. (8MP, 5HP Healed+Magic Stat) Fire: Launch a ball of fire toward enemies. (3MP. Deals 5 Damage) Quick Blitz: Perform a jumping attack. (5 Damage) Blitz: Perform a series of jumping attacks. (1-5 attacks, 5 Damage) Sliding Dash: Punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (18 Damage) Strength: 11.5 (+3) Speed: 2 (+4) Defence: 3 (+2) Magic: 12.5 (+8) Weapon: Magic Sniper Rifle: (6-12) +2SPD Items: Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Magic Armlet: Slightly raises max MP and Magic. (+1, +2) Crystal Crown: Raises max HP, max MP, max AS, Strength, Speed, and Defense. Also enhances Magic. (+6, +4, +1, +3, +2, +2, +2) Charlotte (turn 0 for debuff) HP: 90 (+24) MP: 65 (+14) AS: Fire Surge: Rush the enemy while a ring of fire revolves around you, hitting targets multiple times. (30 damage + 4 continuous fire damage) Stop: Manipulate time to bring surrounding enemies' movement to a complete halt for 1 round of combat. (15MP) Sliding Dash: Punish faraway enemies with a charging attack. (18 Damage) Esuna: Recover from all negative status effects. (10MP) Barrier Surge: Cloak yourself in a barrier and rush the enemy. (15 damage + 1 Round invulnerability)[/B] Strength: 15 (+3) Speed: 1 (+1) Defence: 5 (+8) Magic: 5 Weapon: Hand and a Half Sword (5-14) -1 SPD Items: Gaia Bangle (x2): Significantly raises max HP and Defense (+9, +3) Crystal Crown: Raises max HP, max MP, max AS, Strength, Speed, and Defense. Also enhances Magic. (+6, +4, +1, +3, +2, +2, +2) Gaius used Quick Blitz Skadi used Fire Dash on guard 2 Caleb used Blitz on Erigor
I have a question for you. Would you like me to tone down the casual writing style of my posts so that Hunter's actions are a bit....er.....well,...
As Aedion left, Hunter felt a pang of disappointment. What was the point of insulting someone if they didn't care? He'd just walked off, like what kind of ass did that? A colossal one, that's who. Turning to look at Paul, he walked over to the heartless and kneeled down in front of it. "See? Arrogant ******bag, ignoring an insult and then just leaving. Paul, this town sucks. Nothing happens, nobody wants to murder, and nobody causes much trouble. Except for you guys, you heartless thingoes. You cause fear, death, and hell I've seen you take a dump on someone's lawn just because they pissed you off. Don't give me that look, If you hadn't done it I would've, I'm not judgin' ya" Hunter stated. With a loud sigh, Hunter looked around at the store, forgetting about the determination to murder Paul for the moment. What a boring store, there was almost nothing of interest, what had Aedion been doing there? Apparently looking for the trick to literally dying of boredom, and if Hunter didn't get out of there quick he would soon start believing he had found it. He needed something to spice up the day and keep everything humourous and highly entertaining until the meeting. Unfortunately, his local dealer had run out of magic paopu fruit leaves, so that was out of the question. In less than a minute, the ginger male had an idea. Grabbing the heartless by its clawed arm, Stefano began dragging it away. "Come on Paul, we're going drinkin'" he announced, beginning to make his way towards the local pub. Once he had arrived, he slapped a small pouch of munny on the bar. The bartender wasn't looking at Hunter though, his attention fixated solely on the heartless accompanying him. "Hey, hey!" the bounty hunter said, snapping his fingers in front of the bartender to get his attention. "Little guy's harmless. And if that changes I'll run him through, so less worrying and more bartenderering, aight? If you don't hurry up and ya choose to speak instead, I'll rip out your throat and record the noises and sell it as a new Justin Bieber song." Hunter threatened. The bartender looked confused at first due to not knowing who the hell justin bieber was, but the name sounded absolutely terrifying; like the name of a pre-pubescent female who brought great shame to their nation and great fear to everyone else whenever they announced that they were going to sing, and so he began pouring the drinks and serving them to Hunter and Paul, not daring to ask how or why Hunter had managed to bring a non-threatening heartless into a tavern.
Theeere you go. Not that much to react to but hey Neoph is always there
Well damn, Neoph had stolen Hunter's woman. She wasn't into him yet, but she would come around. They always did. There was nothing women liked more in a man than the ability to commit cold blooded murder and traumatize everyone, right? Either way, Neoph had clearly not heard of the saying bros before hoes. What an asshat. "Alright alright, take her if you want, but if I see any male nudity at the meeting tonight because of you two, I'm going to chop it off" the man said with a sly grin. Some people would probably assume he was kidding around, like it was just friendly banter, but anyone who knew Hunter would undoubtedly know that he was in fact not joking. Female nudity he enjoyed, in fact he heavily encouraged it, but male nudity that wasn't himself bored him. Shrugging off the comments, he casually strolled towards one of the heartless. "Alright, you guys really picked the wrong ****** to mess with" he said, commenting to nobody in particular. With one swift swing, he cleaved the first heartless clean in two, but as he went to attack the second one it nimbly rolled out of the way. With a grunt, Hunter swung the blade at the heartless once more, but it again avoided the strike. Again and again he attacked, until he realized how pointless it was. Once again, that sly grin made its way onto the murderer's face. "I like you. I'm going to call you Paul. Heartless Paul, the huge asshole. Has an interesting ring to it" the man said, swinging once more and once again failing. Then the heartless pulled a totally dick move and leaped into a portal, vanishing. With a cry of outburst Hunter dove for the portal and went straight into it, popping out on the other side just outside of one of the stores in the center of town. He saw Paul racing away from him, running as fast as its tiny legs could carry it, before finding a white haired male and hiding behind him, as though the male were going to protect it. Hunter had no problem killing innocent people, but if he did it in a public place it would cause a lot of trouble, and so he needed the male to give up the protection of the heartless. "Hey! You! **** I forgot your name..uh...hey arrogant ******, give me back that heartless! I claimed the kill on that one" the bounty hunter demanded.
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I edited my Hunter post so that it stated he saw Ana in a nearby forest, nearby the town, so it makes a bit more sense. Sorry for any confusion,...
No sooner had Hunter neared the town than he had received a gift from the universe itself just outside of a nearby forest. A lone stranger, fighting off quite a few heartless. The universe had given him the gift of murder, and what an awesome gift that was. If that wasn't enough motivation, the person fighting them off was. She wasn't much to look at, cute in some ways but not so much in others, but she was just his type; a female with a pulse. Leaping into the fray, Hunter tossed a throwing knife at one of the heartless to distract them, nailing it right between the eyes before running the creature through with his sword. The heartless vanished into a cloud of black vapour, causing the throwing knife to fall to the ground, which Hunter quickly picked up and put away. He then glanced to his right to see one of the armoured heartless unleashing a spinning kick straight at him. Thinking quickly, Stefano did the most strategic thing he had ever done in his life, and he stepped ever so slightly to his right, causing the creature to go flying past him and fall over onto the ground. Hopping over, he thrust the sword straight through the back of the heartless, killing it and causing a slight splash of dark blood to go onto his face. With that done, there were only a couple more, but he had time to spare. And so, he turned to look at the woman. "If I finish the other two off too, what do you say we go and do the dirty in a local hotel room?" he asked. Smooth, real smooth. Damn he was good.
I hope Hunter being a bounty hunter doesn't cause any problems, because damn I had fun writing that post XD
About twenty minutes walk outside of Roland's Ford, two figures stood next to an old, rundown house. This was the place Stefano Macellazione had called home for the last few years, and was generally where he took people he needed to bring in alive, though it wasn't all too uncommon for him to simply bury a corpse in the front yard; it was such a stupid place to hide a body that he doubted anyone would actually check there. The man that Hunter was standing before was a relatively short man, short and chubby. This guy wasn't a bounty just yet, but after Hunter had caught him stealing plenty of expensive items from one of the stores in town earlier he wouldn't be surprised if that changed relatively soon. The man, of course, was grovelling and begging for survival. Hunter wasn't even giving him a response, he just had a fairly serious look on his face, one of disapproval. Truth be told, if the guy hadn't stolen the items then Hunter wouldn't have a job to do and for that he was thankful. Not thankful enough to keep the guy alive should a bounty request appear, but enough that he wasn't particularly pissed off at him; but where was the fun in letting him know that? Keep them good and scared, practically wetting themselves at a single word, that was how Hunter liked to do things. It was good for business, and good for a laugh later on when his target wouldn't be able to see him. With another cry of forgiveness, the bounty hunter decided that he'd had enough begging for one day, it'd lost its humour quickly and now it was just plain irritating. "Alright chubs, lets get you inside" he said, before taking a step over towards the door to his home and holding it open. Gesturing for the man to walk past him, he seemed super hesitant. Stefano rolled his eyes. "Look, I ain't got time for this. Either squeeze through the door and sit down or I'll flip you onto your back and watch you squirm to get up like a turtle, laugh at you, and then kill you. It's your choice" he stated, irritation evident. With a squeal, the man rushed past him and into the house. As he passed him, Hunter tripped the guy over and watched him fall face first on the ground. Acting quickly, Hunter grabbed a long rope that was on the bench next to him and began tying the man up. "Reeelax, if I was gonna kill ya you'd be dead already. People are paranoid about everythin' these days. I'm just tying you up so you don't run away while I'm out. I'll be back in a few hours, see you later" the criminal said, finishing tying the guy up and then going to leave his house. As he got to the door, he turned and shot a ferocious glare at the man. "Touch any of my shit and I'll string you up by your innards and throw you out to the animals" he threatened, making his voice as deep and intimidating as he could manage. With a scream from the man, Hunter then turned and walked out, chuckling to himself as he did so. Hunter began his journey to the town. There were meetings every so often, and he rarely ever attended them, but well what else did he have to do? Sure, he could mess around with his victim some more, but if he went to the meeting maybe he'd get lucky and score with some fine young lady. Or even better, he might score with two fine young ladies. Yeah, meetings had their appeal. He continued this train of thought as he made his way into town, intending to find something, or someone, to do while he waited for the meeting time to arrive.