Pendragon
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Vampyra's Squishy Student - Pendragon[M:-2035]
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 17, 2007 14:54:35 GMT -5
Putting one foot in front of the other had never been so hard, and Pendragon limped with every step. He'd been walking so long he'd stopped noticing, but it was doing damage all the same. It wasn't as if Pen had planned to end up on this bridge, he'd just set out walking. His eyes looked straight forward, but they weren't focused. In his mind, all he could do was to rerun the battle between him and Suzume. Pendragon's once glorious signature red coat swept the floor behind him, it had a large rip down the back where one could see the bandages strapped round the boy's chest. For that's all Pen was, just a teenager. He thought he could do something, he had thought he could change something. Turns out he was just another teen to get knocked down.
The bridge swayed beneath his feet, and in a similar way Pendragon's mind also threatened to come crashing down.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 17, 2007 15:11:08 GMT -5
A chuckle came from around Pendragon, no specific location as the voice sounded in the air, a figure clad in black walked onto the bridge, "I don't see what Suzume thinks is so special about you." Israfel scoffed as he walked leisurely accross the bridge that seemed like it would snap at any moment. His golden hued eyes glinted with malice, "She's taken quite the liking to you, like a pet. Atleast you seem well trained enough she thinks." The wind from the chasm beneath whipped at Israfel's onyx hair that normally hung in his face but now was too perfect an opportunity to get rid of someone. The open air below would be perfect- if nobody showed up it would be assumed he fell, or perhaps jumped even.
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Pendragon
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 17, 2007 15:24:15 GMT -5
Pendragon stopped, but his eyes didn't focus on Israfel. He was leaving the academy, he was going to walk this world til he found a way home or found a way dead. Still, he couldn't resist taking a shot at Israfel. Except he wasn't quite sure how to go about it. Pendragon was in no condition to start an all out brawl. He could still do it of course, it just wasn't the best choice of action.
Still he had a plan, Pendragon walked over to the support rope on the right. There were two, one on each side of the bridge. If these were split, then the bridge would also be split. Two halves falling against either side of the chasm. Pendragon drew a pistol in one hand, and brought up the dagger with his mind. He gripped the rope tight, and made the dagger cut to one side of the rope. Instantly the bridge tilted and became completly vertical, Pen hanging on by one side of the severed rope. He fired off a shot at the other rope, and cut out one of the boards with the dagger.... Instantly the bridge started to fall, Pendragon swung left on his rope, and the part Israfel was on began to fall quickly right.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 17, 2007 15:38:24 GMT -5
Israfel smirked, "Well then, so quick to conflict I see." He laughed though despite popular belief not all demons had large bat-like wings and so Israfel grabbed onto a rope as he plummetted, the rope came taught and Israfel fealt as if his arm had been wrenched out of it's socket and he swung towards one of the walls. The impact was hard and would have surely broken the bones of any human, the only sound from the impact was his body colliding and the 'oomf!' as he was abruptly winded. He began to place his feet on the rocks, using the rope to aid in an upward force and he began scaling the cliff. Both of the ropes had been cut on the same side so now they'd be on the same side to leave two at the top so that essentially the first to the top could easily finish the other. Israfel's eyes narrowed, this Pendragon was a nuisance and dangerously close to stumbling into the answers and he HAD to be disposed of- for the sake of the new Suzume.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 17, 2007 15:43:03 GMT -5
Pendragon could tell what Israfel was thinking. "Wrong." He said simply, in a croaky voice. Pendragon took a split second to aim, and then fired a single bullet. It cut through Israfel's rope, right at the top. Pen watched without mercy as the rope fell, and it wouldn't be long before Israfel. His mind began to wander, what would Suzume think if he killed Israfel? His fingers itched, he felt as though he should save Israfel for Suzume's sake. Which was weird, considering how Suzume had tried to kill him...
Why is my life a soap opera...?
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 17, 2007 15:52:02 GMT -5
Israfel's hand grasped onto the rock, "So you think in killing me you'd be doing the right thing, eh?" He laughed, 'This person, Pendragon, will die...' he thought amidst the vile laughter as he hoisted himself up on the cliff face, his fingers scraping into cracks and his palms pressing against the rocks protruding from the rock. He didn't bother looking down or towards Pendragon, he had lost ground and as far as he was concerned the only thing he had to worry about was the guns that Pendragon had since from this distance it would be impossible to get an attack in and keep his holding on the cliff.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 17, 2007 16:04:56 GMT -5
"What makes you think I give a damn about the right thing?" Pendragon said coldly, gripping the rope tightly with his legs. "That was Sion's thing, not mine." He mumbled on, knowing full well Israfel didn't know who Sion was. He let go with his hands, and his body fell down against the cliff below his legs. Pendragon drew both Pistol's, and unleashed all hell at Israfel. "You want to live. I want answers." He yelled, pumping his finger on the trigger. "I'm sure we can come to an agreement." This Pendragon was all buisness, all or nothing. If Israfel died, so be it.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 17, 2007 16:10:49 GMT -5
"Well if you wanted to talk then why bother destroying a bridge, in fact it's a funny thing you brought up agreements seeing as that's why I came here." He seemed perfectly unnaffected by the fact that bullets blistered through the air that blew about him and he looked down towards Pendragon, "How about maybe some civilized conversation that everyone in the damned school seems unable to congure up." he suggested as he began to continue up the cliff, "Or we could fight, whatever you see best." he added to the previous statement, his voice made it obvious he really couldn't care less.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 17, 2007 16:15:39 GMT -5
"What do you want?" He asked, not quite ready to let Israfel have a level playing field. Not until he knew what was on the table. He aimed carefully now, straight for Israfel's brain, but didn't pull the trigger. He figured Israfel already knew what he wanted, which put him at a disadvantage. Pen was used to negotiation, he'd been trained during his SYSTEM days.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 17, 2007 16:24:27 GMT -5
"First of all I want you to stay away from Suzume, if you fail to comply then I'll be compelled to having to kill you and I'm sure nobody wants that, not even Suzume but of course that's why she doesn't know I'm here." his inhuman gold eyes seemed to challenge Pendragon to shoot and see exactly what would happen. His hand edged to his belt, the a small container rest there and inside was a pair of weapons, his only weapons and he might as well have them ready in case things didn't go as planned. His hands slipped into the pocket and upon retreating out from the folds his knuckle glimmered with a silver blade, he switched his grip before going for the second knuckleduster. He smirked and looked over towards Pendragon, "Just a precaution since I can't seem to trust a trigger happy son of a bitch such as yourself but if you get up to the top and throw me some rope we could talk, I'm not half bad a guy once ya get to know me." He said with a shrug as he hung there, his legs dangling beneath him and the wind tousled his hair in his vision as he awaited a response.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 18, 2007 3:42:18 GMT -5
Pendragon seemed content to hang there a little longer. "And what if she comes near me?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "And" He continued "What makes you think you can take me?" Even with his injuries, Pendragon was a fighter through and through. He figured he'd have to fight Israfel sometime, and wouldn't mind agreeing to something he could easily change his mind on.
Pen was getting tired of hanging by his legs, it was only making the pain below his knee worse. He flipped upright, and quickly climbed up using just his arms. When he reached the top he cut his rope free, grabbing it with one hand and lowering it down to Israfel. Pendragon stuck his sword into the side of the chasm, and hung free with the rope in the other hand.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 18, 2007 13:54:07 GMT -5
Israfel waited a few moments before grabbing the rope and beginning his climb to the top, "If Suzume comes to you then it's unavoidable and about the second question..." he laughed slightly as he hoisted himself up the cliffside, "Because honestly there are some things that you still don't understand though I'm sure they'll be cleared out once I get to the top." He came closer and closer to ground. His hand clutched onto the grass and he pulled himself up, swinging his legs onto ground as if he was mounting a horse before he stood up. "Well, thanks for the lift. Now then, you said something about wanting answers- answers need questions." he nodded as he seated himself on the grass, not even bothering to keep an offencive stance.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 18, 2007 14:27:11 GMT -5
Pendragon pulled himself back over, and drew his sword from the cliff side. He remained standing, though it kept pressure on his injured legs, but he sheathed the blade. "I have four questions." He stated simply. "One, who, or what, is Suzume?" Pendragon had already formed a plan, all he needed now was a means to put it into action. These next few questions could easily define if this plan was going to be hit or miss...
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Mar 18, 2007 14:46:40 GMT -5
"Suzume's a kitsune, a fairly special one at that. She has a mixed bloodline of many peoples from the dragon king Ryu-Jii to water nymph blood, the blood of the water nyphs is what makes her strong, though. She, like other nymphs was given domain over a body of water upon birth- by luck Suzume's controll resides over The River Styx." he explained, obviously not caring much that he was giving away what could very well be vital information. "Her controll over Styx is why Lucifer has so much intrest in her powers since the river is a large portion of his own abilities, a little nudge and she's already let herself be run by darkness which essentially secures the power for Lucifer and makes sure that Suzume cannot use her powers for other purposes that wouldn't be approved of." Israfel began to fiddle with the knuckledusters that shimmered light, he was obviously looking foreward to a fight before he left- yeah, he was going to kill Pendragon. He shrugged, no signs of his planning could be seen or even sensed from Israfel because Israfel himself wasn't a demon, or human at that- he was something different, a special, defined breed of creature with a single purpose and he was well on his way to find what he needed.
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Post by Pendragon on Mar 18, 2007 14:50:29 GMT -5
Pendragon nodded, none of that was particularly helpful, but he still had game. "Who is Lucifer?" He'd heard the name several times since meeting Suzume, but it still meant nothing to him. No connections to trigger memories, nor could he make any logic out of the small amount he had heard. Pen was hoping Israfel would be able to clear things up, and maybe light a path for Pen to follow.
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