Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 13, 2007 13:32:26 GMT -6
Larissa was silent for a moment but then answered truthfully, "No."
She always felt hurt when her sister was brought up in any conversation, which hadn't been for a very long time, maybe even since she was still alive, but dying.
Larissa started skipping along and humming a familiar tune. She felt more like crying, but skipped and hummed on purpose so not to make Skye as anything. Larissa was smarter than most people gave her credit for.
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 13, 2007 13:40:21 GMT -6
Despite Larissa's happy and carefree actions, Skye could still tell that the mage was unnerved by her question. She decided not to push it but still remained wary. She kicked a pebble across the plains.
The silence felt tense amidst Larissa's humming and Skye didn't know what to say.
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Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 13, 2007 13:46:20 GMT -6
Larissa turned around with her cheery, wide smile and spoke up, "What? You don't feel like talking?"
She then finally kept quiet, looking towards the direction they were headed with, equipped with that same smile.
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 14, 2007 18:05:59 GMT -6
Skye hesitated for a moment and then finally spoke. "Why did you want to come in this direction anyway?" She said each word with a cautious tone, afraid she might set something off in the joyful mage.
"A-and also...are you sure we can handle traveling on our own?"
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Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 14, 2007 18:10:54 GMT -6
Larissa gave her a fierce look, "Why are you such a worry wart? We're here to find information on my parents and you just tagged along because...I guess you had nothing better to do, but don't worry,"
She skipped along, turning away from Skye, "We can do this!" Then she abruptly turned around, "WAIT...You're right about how they're is that possibility of us getting into trouble..."
Larissa thought for a moment, "Maybe..." After a long pause, Larissa cried out with delight and clasped her hands together, "Maybe we should ask your brother for help!"
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 14, 2007 18:15:39 GMT -6
Skye gave her a curious look. "Erm...my brother is kinda far away from here and I...would rather not go there." She gave the mage a 'don't ask' look.
"I meant getting help from people nearby. Like mercenaries or something...though I'm not sure we could afford that..." She rested her chin on her left hand in deep thought.
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Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 14, 2007 18:21:12 GMT -6
Larissa pouted, "I don't see why we should have to pay." She then smiled, "Our company should be a good enough payment. Especially if it's a man!"
She put her hands to her face in a dreamily way, "Oh, if he was strong and gorgeous...I might have to make a move on him..." Larissa giggled. She could entertain herself with daydreams for hours if she had the time.
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 14, 2007 18:28:45 GMT -6
Skye rolled her eyes. What a flirt... She turned towards the direction of the nearest city.
"Come on, we won't get anywhere just standing here, daydreaming about men." She sighed in annoyance and started treading across the grasslands.
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Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 14, 2007 18:31:55 GMT -6
"Uh...Are you sure that's the way?" Larissa asked, unsure of Skye's sense of direction.
"I think that's the way we came from..." She looked around and thought aloud, "Wow, the Sacae plains are pretty...confusing..."
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Lumino
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Post by Lumino on Jun 14, 2007 18:34:36 GMT -6
OOC: Wow, great set up.
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It had been 2 days since Lumino was ambushed by the river just a stones throw into Sacae. He quickly found himself without his money, or his Vulnerary. They had left his books behind, obviously assuming it to be worthless. Miraculously he was unharmed. Two days of traveling alone on the Sacae plains will teach you a bit about survival, especially when it is a city boy learning the lessons. On his third day of travel, he met the first people he had seen since he had entered Sacae, he saw them from a ways off, two young girls. One carried a bow, dark hair, and a slender build, the other, was obviously a mage.
Lumino was perfectly willing to walk past them and continue on his journey towards Bern, but he heard something that made his blood run cold. All his time with Alexia had helped him to recognize one sound, the sound of a warhorse. Looking back across the plains, he saw a small band of warriors running in the direction of himself, and the two girls. There was a cavalier, 2 bandits wielding axes and an archer. The girls didn't look like they noticed, and the cavalier was headed right for them. Of course, Lumino though, they are bandits, the women are more valuable to them. This thought passed through his mind with disgust. His fear left him, his feet moved on their own.
I won't let innocents suffer! Ostia won't happen again!
"Watch out!" He called to the two girls, who had just noticed the cavalier, closing fast. Lumino dragged his hand over his book, and pulled the arcane energy from it.
"Tear up the ground with glistening blades, Thunder!" He called out, calling down a blast of magic from the sky.
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Post by Larissa on Jun 14, 2007 18:43:49 GMT -6
Larissa watched as the whole event went by. It went in slow-motion, but it had only been a second.
In one moment, a scary-looking cavalier had been charging for Skye and herself and then the next he was completely electrified and disappeared in a ghostly way.
Larissa recognized the prescence of magic from the lightning strike and turned around to the person they had passed only moments before. But before she could speak, she saw an archer was aiming at Skye and the bandits charged at them.
Larissa raised her hand and spun before the archer attacked, "Fire consume my enemy!" A fireball charged from her hand and struck the archer with full force, defeating him in an instant. Larissa was already becoming stronger.
"Skye, watch out!" Larissa yelled as the bandits approached.
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 14, 2007 18:53:26 GMT -6
Skye whipped around. "Huh?!" A hand axe whizzed by her head, trimming about 1/8 of an inch off her hair. It returned to the enemy just as she regained her footing. She stood frozen in shock for a moment, giving just enough time for the bandit to charge five feet away. The archer whipped out her bow but it was too late. The bandit swung his axe at her, digging a deep gash into her leg. She bit her lip and cursed, wincing. With her unharmed leg she managed to kick him away and crouched down, desperately trying to aim at his heart. Her vision became fuzzy. OOC: Whatcha mean by nice set up?
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Lumino
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Post by Lumino on Jun 14, 2007 19:01:00 GMT -6
OOC: You were talking about bodyguards and people and I just show up out of nowhere, it just flowed together very smoothly.
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Lumino had just dispatched that cavalier, when he saw the bandit run off and injure the archer. The other bandit was closing distance with the female mage as well. Whipping out his other book, Lumino summoned the fires from its pages.
"Destruction of nature, gather in flame!" The bandit dodged the blast of fire, barely. But he now noticed Lumino as a threat, breaking off his attack on the other mage.
"Help your friend! I'll deal with him!" Lumino shouted as he dove to the ground to avoid a hand axe wizzing over his head and getting stuck in a tree.
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Larissa
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Post by Larissa on Jun 14, 2007 19:05:47 GMT -6
"Skye!" Larissa skrieked in horror. She watched as the bandit removed the axe from her leg and the wound began to swell and bleed.
She began to help Skye over to the side. She didn't need to mage to tell her to help her friend.
Larissa dragged Skye over to a nearby tree and quickly retrieved a vulnerary, but before she could pour it, a strong hand grasped her small wrist.
She quickly turned around to see a bandit. She tried to shake free, "Unhand me you rogue!!!" Her shrieks were strong, but the bandit's grip was stronger. He would not let go.
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Jun 14, 2007 19:11:56 GMT -6
"Stop it!.." Skye at last shot the arrow directly into the bandits forearm. He howled in pain and let go of Larissa, apperently weakened. Skye's eyelids drooped.
"You...monster..." She slumped against the tree, unconscious. Her leg was bleeding freely, starting to run into the earth.
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