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Post by dain on Jan 22, 2007 15:22:32 GMT -5
It was good Darius wasn't actually there, but still up in the tree with his arrow aim subsided. The nuisances were gone. The Darius down on the ground disappeared in grey smoke as the real Darius landed on the ground. He didn't heed the note, brave people actually talked to his face. HE sighed as he walked over where a fallen red-heaeed woman and Akira was. Darius then placed his hands on btoh of them.
"I guess a bit more healing is in order." Darius said as he took a deep breath and a low glow of white emanated from his hands. His life force was draining into both Akira and the red-head, ans Darius' eyes dimmed. He let go quickly as his eyes brightened back up almost in an instant. "I gave you, Akira, two years off my life. I gave her a quarter. She should be feeling well enough to run." He explained.
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 15:23:06 GMT -5
Marleina's emerald eyes sparked like flames in the core of all the wood. A left foot slid that tagged into a bent knee, although full of hope at first, the foot only slid down again from lack of strength. "Maybe, I should sleep," she thought to herself as she started to drift off into a half sleep. Rusty red like curls surrounded the young woman's face as her head turned. Strength seemed to fill her, but yet- it seemed so incomplete. "No," she thought again, " I need to get up." In a soft, and slightly sweet tone she looked at theperson and scooted herself against a tree. "Thank-you," Marleina said to him while she shut her eyes and reopened them.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 22, 2007 16:07:55 GMT -5
Akira didn't have the feeling she'd throw up again and she felt the life force roll off of Darius and into her, she didn't want the help but there was nothing that could be done about it now. The curse mark seemed somewhat insignificant now that she was pretty much assured two more years of life- it made her want to laugh in someone's face which was truly something she didn't do often. She looked down at her hand though and cursed under her breath, it still looked swollen but nothing else was visibly wrong about it. She gripped her good hand and the dull bladed Ketsuiki appeared within it's grip, she cut a deep slit from the stem of her thumb to her pinky finger and some material fell from it, it looked like ground meat of some sort. That's what the curse did if it spread- it destroyed muscle tissue. Water seeped from the tip of the blade into the wound and moved through her hand to her wrist under the skin and the swelling ceased. With an indraw of breath came a hissing noise from her mouth induced by the pain from the mucsle being rebuilt, this made it more obvious why someone such as Skiit had allowed himself to be taken over so well. The same thing that made it so hard for Akira which was the fear of death only for him it was more imminent since the mark was on his face. The Ketsuiki melted from reality and was gone just like that.
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 16:16:02 GMT -5
The woman almost frantically jerked her hand to her waist to where her sword was kept. "Is it there?" she questioned herself. She pushed her royal blue cloak end to the side and made her weapon visible. Dark, black like colored blood was splattered very little on her sheath. With a sigh of relief, she flipped the cloak back over top of her. "Who are you guys?" Marleina asked aloud with a pretty voice, though a light raspy tone was visible most likely from running for so long with a empty cantene.
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 22, 2007 16:47:13 GMT -5
Reggetar took back his canteen. He leaned on a tree figuring he could relax… for the moment. Zephyr took this time to clean her talons, which had gotten bloody wile fighting the soldiers. He looked at the newest arrival. A small smile played across his lips. “Your even jumpier than me.” He said, a slight bit a sarcasm in his voice.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 22, 2007 17:00:02 GMT -5
Akira looked around her for a few seconds, not really sure what to do. "I guess we go back and get Jouta and Solstice..." she said as shrugged, not really knowing what to say at the moment. She began walking back towards where Jouta was, her eyes attentively pricked forewards as she walked, her pace picking up. "You guys can come or whatever." she said to the people behind her as she silently headed back towards her son.
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 17:03:08 GMT -5
"I was looking for my sword," she replied with a normal sounding and clear voice to the other person. Marleina (Mar- lane-a) stood up as she brushed off her now dirty, pale blue dress. Her green eyes hardened as she heard more people talking. "How rude," she thought to herself as she rattled the back of her cloak to get the dirt off it. The young woman looked around to find the guy to took her over here and in a way, helped her out. She could have died if she was left there on the road. She wanted to thank him, but he somehow had disappeared from her sight for the time being. She then turned to Akira. "Where are you heading?" she asked, took a few steps to her and stopped.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 22, 2007 17:51:21 GMT -5
"I need to go to my son now, I lost him for eight years and now that I have him back I don't plan on losing him again." She said with a nod and without waiting to see if anyone followed she continued.
Back where Jouta should have been he was gone, Solstice in a bag that had been placed on the floor. Jouta of course was nowhere to be seen, everyone could only guess what had happened to him or who had to do with the dissapearance. The conversation went like this:
"Who are you?" "My name is Skiit. Who might you be little one?" "I'm Jouta..." "Ah, then. Jouta is it? You look like someone I know, you may know her as Akira." "She's my mom." "Jouta! Stay away from him!" came the frantic voice of Solstice.
The next thing Jouta knew he was sitting in a large fortress with Skiit standing at his side and a threatening person sitting on a throne on the other side of the room.
"Akira's offspring." Skiit said as he pushed Jouta towards the man sitting on the throne who smiled smugly. This was better than anything he could have hoped for.
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 17:58:30 GMT -5
"Oh-" Marleina said with a faded voice. She looked around once more for the guy who took her off the road, but didn't see him. "I wonder if he was traveling the same as I was and left," she pondered and then spun around again to her left.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 22, 2007 18:04:11 GMT -5
"We are heading to relieve Akira of an accursed wound," Lorien replied to Marleina, smiling warmly. "It's nice to have you with us." In Lorien's mind Akira's rather vague command was a full-blown invitation. My name is Lorien, she is Akira, he is Darius, and he is Reggetar," he told her politely, gesturing at the appropriate people as he identified them. She seemed nice, and her sword already proved her a fighter of at least some skill. With her hair, so fiery and curled, the woman reminded him of his older sister long ago, who had looked similar.
The unpleasant incident of before left him very conscious of Akira's personal space, so he followed her at a wary distance to avoid repeating the offense. In actuality, Lorien was surprised he had not been punished for such a thing. Slapping came to mind. Maybe a smart hit with a switch? Well, Akira was very forgiving, and he was thankful for that. Other than the slight cautiousness, Lorien was a sunny little cloud of annoying contentment.
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 18:20:34 GMT -5
"Hello," she looked at everyone and gestured a half wave. "Lorien," she added, "thank you." Her light blue dress swayed and her cloak rippled as she walked, but then hesitated and stopped. Marleina turned around and looked at Lorien, "You're a good person," she told him smiling Irish red curls blew around in the wind behind her and her green eyes sparkled. Then she started uneasily walking again. It was hardly noticable, but enough to trip over yourself. Suddenly she clinged to a tree and stumbled over to another after she tripped over a stump's arm, then she was headed for the ground again. It was just not her day.
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Post by Angelus on Jan 22, 2007 18:34:56 GMT -5
Dikan walked with the group, thinking to himself while he walked. "Hello, I'm Dikan. Thank you Lorien for forgetting about me."
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 18:38:04 GMT -5
"Hello Dikan," she said as she balanced herself out again and was finally stable again. Her emerald colored eyes glowed at him as she pushed away a few stray red curls from her eyes. "Blasted curly hair-" she thought. It was always in the way nomatter what she did! But everyone always told her how lovely it was and personally, Marleina was ready to chop it off, but never found the guts to do it.
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 22, 2007 19:11:50 GMT -5
Reggetar walked up to Marleina, offering her a hand. “I wouldn’t go just yet if I were you.’ He said flatly “Your still stumbling around here like a drunkard.” He added. He couldn’t figure why she was in such a hurry, and despite the fact he wanted to know, he didn’t ask because (from experience) that was one of the most annoying questions ask. “You won’t be imposing. We already have plenty tag- alongs.” He added as an after thought. Girls were like that. Not wanting to ‘impose’ and such.
((Would that count as insulting myself? Hm… Something to think about…))
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Post by Arual on Jan 22, 2007 19:16:43 GMT -5
"Thank you, but I'm just fine. A little tired, but fine," she replied stubbornly. As she turned around she slid down a tree and shut her eyes in weariness, but opened them back up in an odd unrest. "They're here," she muttered loud enoguh for some people to hear. Clashes of armor that rubbed against each other drew closer and closer to them. The patrol that was to partake in assasinating Marleina was here. Only one problem; she could barely stand right now let alone fight.
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