Small Time Arena Lucius/Bones/Minerva (Open 1 Slot)

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"In the Western Isles lies an island with no name. It is dedicated to a small time arena but the islanders come to watch the shows and many a pirate tests their metal against friends and enemies alike. The arena is known as the Red Sand. Three guesses why. This is where you come in. You want men to join your cause and we want an easy buck mate! Get in there and win it for us eh?" Bonnie finished her explanation patting Lucius on the back. Lucius was already nautious from the swaying of the ship but that pat sent him over. He hurled over the side of the ship and Bonnie mocked him for it. "Bleeding Dandelion"

Lucius glared back at her unamused. "You are certain that I will find strong fighters in this blasted arena? This had better be profitable to the both of urgh!" He heaved again. "...us." He stared at the waters seeing his previous meal floating there. The island was in site and the noise could be heard. The arena was alive today.

"I'm your admiral! 'course I won't turn you sour." Bonnie stated jovially. "'sides till we pick up Ephraim we need to pass the time a little. Watching you bleed our rivals good sounds nice." The ship began to pull into the docks. "A'righty then get yer arse off my ship and get in there." First Mate proceeded to pull Lucius up off his knees and guide him to shore.

Stumbling along Lucius gradually made his way to the entrance. The enthusiasm in the current match was deafening. Ears won't be of any use here. Just skill. "We're 'eaded to get seats mate. 'ood luck." Bonnie and First Mate left him at the entrance and headed to the stairs.

"You here to fight?" A bored voice asked. The man never got to watch the matches and it annoyed him.

"Er, yes." Lucius looked around for anyone that stood out for potential.

[Bones]

"Alright lets see what you can do Bones", spoke Shu as he followed behind the maiden besides his other two brothers. By the order of Paleface, Bones was sent to the western Isles to try and make allies with pirates. It was a foolish idea to be truth. Paleface figured himself the next Hargus to be, but from Bones perspective he was a simply want a be. Of course Bones let him know it, which broke out into a argument between the two of them. At the moment Bones and Paleface were not on good terms. In order to get rid of some friction between the two of them Bones accepted the mission to travel to the Western Isles and left Bern for a good bit. The plan was for her to leave by herself, but Shu, Wu, and Wei decided they wanted to tag along and stewed away on her cargo ship. Now Bones was traveling with he three greatest head aches sailing across the Western Isles.

"Well at the very least I can release some pinned up aggression", spoke Bones as she rolled her shoulder. "Hopefully they have an open spot in the roster. I would hate to have missed my chance to make some coin."

"I here you there", spoke Wu as he walked on her right side. The young boy was counting the amount of coin in his coin purse making sure he had it all.

"still don't loss your head in there", spoke Wei.

"Bones will be fine she has been through worse situations", spoke Shu.

"Yeah like that time she attempted to go on a date. Now that was bad", spoke Wu.

"Just shut up you three",

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Lucius's attention was caught by an axe fighter with pink hair. Is that a he or a she? he wondered. Regardless it looked to be another contender in the arena and he would have to strike it down. Of course it could be possible that he could recruit it as well. Hopefully he could fight it then.

"Hey! You gonna pay attention and pay up?" The man was bored and expecting him to move on by now. "It is 830g for this match. After if you survive the fight you can go to the healers and they'll patch you up. Win this round and you can join the mini tournament for the day. Sound good?"

"It sounds fine. Take the money." Lucius roughly shoves it at the man grumbling to himself.Hoisting his axe onto his shoulder he headed for the arena feeling the loose sand shifting beneath his feet. "I hope I'm not fighting any mages," he grumbled.Just outside the fighting area he picked up some sand and pocketed it for later.

Emerging into the arena Lucius's senses were bombarded from all fronts. The smell of blood was in the arena and the sands were red as proof. Before him stood his opponent. He looked to be a young myrmidon with a cocky expression. He stood with his weight on his left leg and his blade was over his shoulder dripping in gore. Lucius would not be the boy's first fight of the day. Behind him iron bar doors shut keeping it to only the two.

Lucius had to chuckle, you could bow out and forfeit but if the fighter before you didn't want to quit than you were out of luck.

"Hey you! Pinky, you here to fight too?" the bored man asked of Bones.

[Minerva]

What a disgusting place. The Western Isles were full of scum and villains, but that wasn't what bothered Minerva. No, it was the accursed heat and the blasted sandy dirt. She preferred the vicious Ilian blizzards to this sun-baked hunk of rock.

But here she was anyway, standing at the gate of an arena. She needed money, and she was looking forward to melting some faces. That would be a good time. There were so many people who boasted of their combat prowess, filling their chests and swaggering around as if they were some sort of fabled hero. Those people were the ones Minerva would most like to burn to bits. She cared not for criminal or lawman, clergy or monster-hunter... All were fair game.

"Hey, you! I'm here for the arena. Where do I sign on, and who do I get to kill?"

Minerva must have been an interesting sight -- a young woman dressed in a tight-fitting, elaborate dress and holding no visible weaponry. Her blue hair also helped her stand out among the other patrons of the arena, although she didn't care about being conspicuous. At this point, all she wanted was to roast things. Looking around, she saw a woman with pink hair and an axe. Well! That was an interesting sight. Maybe she'd be lucky enough to fight that pink woman. She'd probably make a nice scream when she caught on fire. Ah, yes. But that was just wishful thinking. For now, she just wanted to fight.

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[Bones]

"Hey you! Pinky, you here to fight too?" the bored man asked of Bones.

"Pinky", spoke Bones as she turned around. If there was one thing she did not like it was being called Pinky. Sure her hair was pink, but that was not the thing that stood out the most about her. Why did people not call her muscles or scars, but no every person who did not know her called her Pinky. Bones cringed at the thought of that becoming her official Bandit name. The thought of being called Pinky by everybody she meet was unsettling.

"The name is Bones and yes I am here to fight", spoke the maiden as walked up and slammed the gold on the table. She would be happy to end some fools life and gain some coin while doing it.

"Don't die Pinky", shouted Wu as he raised his hands and waved toward the maiden. Bones returned his words with a death glare so fighting it shut the other two up before they could even start. One of the main reasons this trip was so rough was because of those three. Bones was starting to think that Paleface loved the sight of them following her around. She hated working with them, they never shut up, they never leave well enough alone, and they always ruin her image. How was she going to be a serious warrior if she had three preteen boys following her around everywhere. People were probably thinking she was their mother or something. That thought alone was enough to make one puke. Bones was far to young to be any kids mother or let alone a mother of three.

"Alright lets see who I might be fighting", spoke Bones as she took a look around the arena. Her eyes drifted from person to person sizing them up. A few of them looked quite dangerious and a good amount of them looked like pushovers. One person that stood out to her in particular was another woman. She had blue hair and held no weapon. The sight originally puzzled Bones till her mind paced together the mystery.

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"Mage", she spoke aloud. This meant things were going to get difficult is she ended up fighting her on the sand. Mages were not Bones weak point, but were still to be wary of.