Kim-la
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Student - Duemi, Damien Valentine [M:1000][M:1100][M:4000]
If at first you don?t succeed; don?t attempt skydiving
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 18, 2007 18:37:07 GMT -5
Reggetar tried to make a run for it at first. But then the energy field hit him. He was thrown up into the air and fell to the ground with a crunch. It felt like every bone in his body was broken. It did occur to him that was perfectly reasonable. ‘Well this is a pretty bad way to go.’ He thought sourly laying in a crumpled heap. He tried to move, but it sent waves of pain though out his body. So he lay there hoping that if he were to be killed it wouldn’t be slowly…
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 19:39:27 GMT -5
Jouta looked over towards Akira, "What did he mean? What do I need to know?" his curiosity was obviously the first thing to recover from the shock.
Akira's gaze moved to Jouta, "Alot of things actually, I'm sorry that I've been gone for so long." She wasn't going to tell it to him in a way to make it easy on him, she didn't see the need, she'd obviously have to explain quite a bit. "Do you know who your parents are?" she asked looking at Jouta's face.
Jouta nodded, but when he went to say his paren't names he couldn't remember them- normally parents wouldn't tell thier kids thier names since kids were supposed to call thier parents mum and dad.
"Your real parents." Akira said, her voice was as soft as she could make it when trying to explain that the life your son was living so far was a lie. "Jouta, they weren't your parents. I well... I'm sorry that I've been gone for such a long time. I was a little occupied and there's no way I could ever tell you how sorry I am. Your father was Makashi, the king of dragons. I'm sure right now I seem like a lunatic or something of that sort but you have to listen. Magic is in your blood, as it is in mine and as it was in your father's blood. Do you understand?" she said as she placed a hand on top of Jouta's head.
Jouta flinched away from the hand, that was it- he was kidnapped, and by lunatics! He ducked under the water after taking a deep breath, he liked water just it's presence brought peace to him. His eyes were closed tightly as he sat there on the bottom his arms crossed his chest. he floated to the top so that his chest faced the sky and he looked over towards Akira, "So, if I'm really magic then how come I've never been anything special?" he asked as he looked up at Akira, hey! If all this stuff could happen to him in one day, finding out he had abilities might be kinda nice.
Akira thought for a moment, "Have you recieved your True Name?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. Someone of kitsune blood who lacked the knowlege of thier True Name would be hindered in thier magic to the point of seemingly being human, it made enough sense.
"True what?" Jouta asked as he stood up his eyes glittered with the natural curiousity of a child and which was hightened of course by the kitsune blood that pulsed through his veins.
"Your True Name, names hold power in the realms of magic, with some races it's more evident then others. Kitsune magic requires a True Name in order to mature, you were deprived of such so I believe that you haven't developed into your dragon abilities yet, and your kitsune abilities have been such hindered."
"Riiiiight..." Jouta said with a long nod as he watched Akira. Obviously she knew alot about magic and Jouta found this increasingly interesting.
"Would you like me to give you your True Name?" She asked, the ceremony would normally have many guests and weeks of banquets but she'd have to improvise.
Jouta nodded, not really sure what the weird-fox-lady-who-claimed-to-be-his-mother meant.
Akira nodded, "well then, atae shougou atae tejina bo-n yori kitsune chishio, fuon oite goshijin kontan irai dzuki iza." the dialogue lasted much longer if she had bothered with all the other useless lines of the mantra. Her voice filled with reverence, her clean hand raised and she pressed it on Jouta's forehead, "Tell me what you hear." she said in a calm voice.
"Water... flowing water, and a voice calling a name..." he muttered, his eyes closed at the moment.
"What is that name?" Akira knew from the moment that Jouta uttered the name it would be his true name and that would be that. Her son would have his abilities over fox fire and the kitsune magics, the dragon magic would take longer to develop though. Her mind doubted for a brief moment whether or not it was the right thing to do.
"Joutatsu ukiyotejima Itou." Jouta said quietly, the words rolled of his tongue so easily, in the tongue of Akira's kind- of his kind it meant 'Improvement of life through magic' Akira smiled, True Names were indeed powerful and just by thier meaning it can reveal great things about the future. Akira's name was disgracefully displayed in several towns for all of her kind to see, 'Akirameru Ijirashi Hitotsu- Innocent Abandoned One'. Luckily Jouta's True Name was a good one.
"Jouta, now try magic." She said with a tender hearted smile on her face.
"How?" Jouta asked as he looked up at Akira, how was he supposed to know magic?
"Just try, it's there in you. Just think magic and it will come." she said as she moved her hand to Jouta's shoulder and she lowered herself so she'd be at eye level with Jouta.
Jouta nodded and he closed his eyes, a flurry of turquoise flames danced around his hands, "Is anything happening?" he asked, not really knowing what magic was like.
Akira smiled, "You're doing brilliantly!" she exclaimed as she hugged Jouta who opened his eyes just as the flames died away. Akira still couldn't be more proud at this moment when her son had gained his True Name and used his fox magic.
(True Names... Suzume has one ya know... *smiles* and you don't know what it is!)
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 19:43:14 GMT -5
A low crackle followed by a few popping sounds and sharp twists received Lorien's attention. Through a gap in the leaf-roof the blue sky could be seen, marred slightly by a poof of dust that drifted lazily into the air. For some reason Lorien figured it might have been those two from earlier; destruction seemed to follow them... The words of the man drifted back to him, and Lorien withdrew a packet of papers from his armor. He unfolded it carefully in his gauntlets, sifting through them until he came upon a series of pictures with shouting announcements underneath.
WANTED- ..... There were many people there, but eventually he found who he wanted. There was the woman, Akirameru. For some reason this lowered his spirits even more. They seemed so nice though, and any irritation or cold behavior could easily be explained by the fact that they were hunted people. Lorien was suddenly curious, feeling he didn't know the whole story. He had always been a little low when it came to attention span, but he hadn't really forgotten the village that had fallen. Lorien was just a very optimistic person that was almost incapable of having prolonged feelings of despair.
"I'm going to investigate the two from before," he informed his friend, heading towards the area of commotion. He had no driving missions now, after all, and the freedom gave him exhilaration, though almost a lost feeling. Eventually he came to the spot of the unrest and noticed a man on the ground, looking very hurt indeed. Lorien rushed over, falling to one knee besides him.
"Can you speak?!" he said, leaning over to see if the man was conscious.
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 20:10:32 GMT -5
Darius walked over to the spy and crouched down by the boy-knight.
"He can't speak, move, or function properly until I release him. He was spying, and I hate unwelcome guests." Darius explained, winking at the knight.
"Did you look us up, young one? Akira over there, and I am The Grey Prince. Darius Darkstalker of Frovenguard Tekken'tal, the most wanted man in this era. I have obliterated an entire race and have killed countless numbers of people. Don't judge me by that however, eh?" Darius said as he picked up the spy and threw him over his shoulder.
"Follow me." Darius said as he started toward the lake. He reached the lakeshore and plopped the man on his arse as Darius snapped his fingers.
"You should be able to move now, and speak. I want to know one thing, and if you don't kill me, I'll rip out your eyeballs, cut off your arms, and cut off your ears. Then place a spell so you will stay alive, so you will live out your entire life as an abomination. Killing you would be a sweet release. Now, who sent you and why are you spying?" Darius asked.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 20:26:26 GMT -5
Killed so many? Lorien couldn't quite comprehend that. With the nonchalant way that he spoke, he felt that maybe Darius had a good reason to do such things, even if the correct law did not recognize that fact. With a sinking feeling, Lorien wondered if back at home there were signs with his name on them, offering a reward for his head. He had done nothing wrong except try to do what was right... Was it like this everywhere in the world, the order of things so oddly reversed? Lorien shook his head, following Darius; his imagination could get quite ahead of him sometimes. He gave himself a good scare there with nothing but speculations.
Near the lake he saw Akira and the boy from earlier talking. He inclined his helmeted head to them, and stopped next to the supposed spy and Darius. Again, he was so nonchalant with his threats. Surely he couldn't be serious, to do such a thing to a person?
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Kim-la
Sophomore
Student - Duemi, Damien Valentine [M:1000][M:1100][M:4000]
If at first you don?t succeed; don?t attempt skydiving
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 18, 2007 20:37:02 GMT -5
Reggetar sat up. He felt a little better, which equated to all the bones in his body were not broken… more like bruised (is that possible). He heard the long line of threats and did agree death would be better. Reggetar was worried that if he told the truth, it STILL wouldn’t be believed. Lying guaranteed pain and everlasting suffering. Great. He sighed. “If you really want to know, I saw you guys suddenly appear and it sparked my curiosity. I’m noisy and came down. I don’t even know who the hell you are.” He moaned. This day had to be marked as one of the worst days of his life…
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 20:42:56 GMT -5
Darius had cast a spell before Reggetar could talk and saw with magic that Reggetar was telling the truth, he smiled. Darius then, with Darkfire in his right hand, stuck the point of the extremely wide blade into the earth where it misted a black atmosphere. Darius nodded to Reggetar.
"Alright then, you're telling the truth. THough, I shouldn't have to clarify that with you." Darius stated boringly. He looked up at the knight.
"If you're wondering, yes, I would have done those things. Death has no effect on my mind." Darius explained as he went over and sat on the lakeshore by Akira and her son. Darius patted the boy's head.
"So, I take it you know what you wanted to know, young one?" He asked.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 20:58:34 GMT -5
The guy patted Lorien's helmet, which, last time Lorien checked, was a bunch of spikes from the dragon design of it. Ah well, he didn't seem hurt, so it was fine. He was very peculiar looking, and so peculiar customs ought to be expected, such as the patting and the 'young ones'. Lorien still didn't believe him quite so much, however. Many men could talk tough, and Lorien did not doubt that this dark elf had killed before-- Lorien had killed many people as well, after all--but to say he felt nothing for the death of others was pure silliness. (Only Lorien would think something like that. XD)
"I was not here to learn of anything in particular, Darius. I was just curios and am unsure of what else to do," he admitted, always a very open and honest chap.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 21:03:11 GMT -5
Jouta looked up at Darius, he could sense the dark magic the Drow held within him and it was quite frightening. Before Darius could be just any random person but now Jouta found him quite intimidating, he took a few steps back, obviously from suprise.
Akira raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Now I wonder where that threat came from." she said in a humored tone as she placed a hand on her hip as she looked over to the heavily injured stranger. "If I remember correctly you wouldn't let someone else use such forms of torture, how come you get to?" she was teasing of course but she sounded oh so insane when she said it.
Jouta knew it- these people were crazy! Nobody back home would threaten others like that, maybe as an empty threat but he had a feeling these people meant it. Fire danced at his fingertips, it glowed with a turquoise flicker. He wondered if the little magic he had now would be enough to get away, since he still didnt believe these people had the slightest bit of sanity left in them if they ever had any.
(You guys get on after school tomorrow, gots it?)
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 21:06:35 GMT -5
((Darius didn't pat Lorien.))
Darius looked up over at Lorien.
"Well, I could tell you something to do. Renounce your title because a Knight from your Lord is as worthless as a cockroach. Your Lord has no honor, no subjects, no worshippers, he only has his gold. I killed his family a longtime ago when he betrayed the trust of my father, Desgrin, King of Tekken'tal. Now I'm going to kill him, now that I have a reason." Darius explained as he laid back and yawned.
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Kim-la
Sophomore
Student - Duemi, Damien Valentine [M:1000][M:1100][M:4000]
If at first you don?t succeed; don?t attempt skydiving
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 18, 2007 21:12:31 GMT -5
Reggetar had to suppress a sigh of relief. He did however let himself carelessly flop on the ground. From the sky spiraled the pearl- white dragon from earlier. She was small by dragon standards, and she was quite young. Her landing sent a small shudder through the ground. Reggetar crawled over and reclined on her arm. He looked over to Darius, not expecting to see any surprise from him. “This is Zephyr.” He explained to anyone who cared. Why did you come? he asked telepathically. Zephyr looked at him irritably. Your lucky I waited at all. she responded. I can take care of my self. Zephyr laughed at him. I see. She said motioning to Darius. Reggetar rolled his eyes. He wondered what these people were doing. He did feel a little better with Zephyr here.
((Zephyr is to Reggetar as Lyra is to Duemi))
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 21:32:22 GMT -5
(Lol, oh well, I'm too lazy to change the post.)
Lorien nodded and fell to his knees, seeming to take Darius's suggestion quite seriously. "I, Lorien of the Southern Myres, hereby renounce the joyous privileges and solemn duties of Knighthood under my Lord," he stated. Then, with careful hands he removed his helmet, placing it in the ground before him. Lorien's face was smoothly featured, though very pale from years of little-to-no sunlight exposure. His eyes seemed to reflect his emotions immediately, and his golden blond hair was partially pony tailed, almost reaching his shoulders. "Of course, I doubt it will change me much," he admitted, smiling cheerfully, "I've been a knight for far too long to forget it so instantly."
Leaving his helmet there, he looked with amazement at the small child, who had fire on his hands of a magical qualities. Also, the man captured earlier by Darius had a dragon...? So rare were such things that Lorien was simply overwhelmed.
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 21:38:48 GMT -5
(-thinks about bringing in the long-gone Shadowsong-)
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 21:43:42 GMT -5
(And this is?)
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 19, 2007 6:38:14 GMT -5
(Shadowsong is Darius' dragon...)
Akira looked at the night and stifled a sort of laugh, then she realized something- she had been mostly hiding her own face for this whole time, her eyes remaining visable only because of thier constant flickering lights. She lowered the hood of her cloak to reveal her face which was extremely pale, her eyes bright turquoise that seemed to peirce the soul. Her hair was raven black and extended to her shoulderblades since she hadn't bothered with cutting it in quite some time. She looked very odd to say the least, her facial features defined with some odd sense to them and probably the oddest of all was the large black fox ears perched atop her head that swiveled to catch noises from the surroundings. Now though, if anybody noticed or cared the weapons she previously carried were gone as if they had dissapeared. They seemed to have been able to slip from reality without any notice which was of all things extremely odd.
Jouta looked up at Akira with wide eyes, 'Okay then, maybe the fox magic thing wasn't quite as insane...' he thought to himself and he just sat there on the ground to begin the consumption of the jerky. Just as Akira did Jouta preffered to eat while seated, whether it was the ground or at his home.
Akira smirked as Jouta sat down and wondered if she looked that rediculous in her moments when she found herself wanting some sake and sat down no matter where she was and took out the drinks, offering some to passerbys. Yeah... she probably did, especially that one time she sat down in the middle of the street.
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