Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 12, 2012 15:24:52 GMT -6
(Takes place during the Modes of Transportation topic,but before the Axelaide/Prisons topic)
Still at sea,Zero was calmly and quietly practicing his swordsmanship inside his own cabin. After that battle earlier today,he had realized that he wasn't nearly as competent a fighter as he was expecting himself to be considering his performance against his opponent. At least it would've been better if Dee hadn't nearly blinded him with her Light magic. The blue haired swordsman,exhaled deeply with a heaving sigh as he continued to practice his blade strokes,working on his technique and form of his swings and thrusts. Stopping only a moment to hear the light sound of footsteps outside his room.
"Hmm? Must've been an animal that stowed away...or that theiving woman coming to irritate me again. Even after I've tried to act friendly towards her. Gah...never mind that,I need to focus on my training."
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 14, 2012 9:14:56 GMT -6
Mel watched Zero lazily from her newly found spying spot, his focus on pointless swordsmanship was becoming rather repetitive already. Did the stupid Sacaen really think all of that training would matter once one was in a real battle? Instinct took over, dominating the mind and body completely. The air never reacted, it was still and stayed that way unlike the enemy.
Her musings were quickly broken by speech and she glanced up eyes narrowing as she silently fished out an apple and took a large deliberate noisy bite sliding on her back out from under his bed until her head and the fruit of course were entirely visible. Of course if she was aiming to kill him he would be already dead, it would take her simply springing out and and stabbing him in his neck as he swung his blade. Yet this would be far more amusing to watch, especially if he thought squashing her was friendly. If anything it was a little far too friendly to her tastes and rather similar to the actions of a child.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 18, 2012 10:03:59 GMT -6
Zero heaved out a relaxed sigh as he had quickly resumed his training again only for his peace and quiet to have been interrupted by a loud,crunching noise almost as if the one making the noise wished to deliberately annoy Zero. As Zero darted his gaze across the room he peeked off the side to where he bed was,noticing familiar looking strands of silvery hair,as Zero squnited in irritation and muttered out under his breath.
"Mel...that would figure"
Zero casted a glare towards Mel's direction,as he deliberately took off his shirt and tossed it towards Mel's direction just to see her reaction as he spoke out in a more sarcastic tone than he usually did,for this woman had a knack for getting on his nerves.
"Oh...sorry didn't see you there Mel. What the heck are you doing under my bed in the first place?
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 18, 2012 10:15:11 GMT -6
Mel watched his reaction closely taking another large and loud bite of the perfectly red and sweet crunchy apple taking care to make as much noise as was physically possible while eating the fruit. It took him a few moments, that was for sure but expected for the obviously impaired sacaen.
She expected an extrodinarily stupid reaction yet he only fell under an ordinarily stupid reaction, she had by far overestimated him the girl mused watching the shirt fly towards her. With one lazy slice she knocked it back into a heap and rolled over into a crouch. Lifting the knife up she stabbed it down into mess of fabric a few times for good measure before answering his question. "I would have thought by now one such as yourself would be overboard and the cabin to be empty" she replied with a blank face tossing her apple core at his head with a single lazy motion.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 21, 2012 9:40:02 GMT -6
Zero gritted his teeth as he glanced towards the pointy-earred theif,she was really beginning to irritate him and get on his last nerve lately. Tossing aside his hair a little bit,he pointed the tip of his sword only a few inches away from the tip of her nose,as a sly grin began to form on his face.
"Mel...I'm trying to keep my patience with you and resist the urge to want to kill you. However, at the same time I also don't want harm to fall to you,only because your a woman. Still,I've been watching you for quite some time now Mel and I really wish to know what you have against me."
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 21, 2012 10:55:12 GMT -6
Mel stared up at him a smirk starting to bloom on her usually blank features, the sacaen people as stupid as always. It was no wonder how they died to quickly with the ideals that they upheld so persistently, roaches the lot of them. No matter how many died there were seven more to take her place.
"As a woman who could slice through your throat in your slumber without the slightest thought of regret? If you face a woman on the field of battle will you hesitate to strike the final blow? Man or woman, adult or sweet innocent children, the victor is blind to such and it would do you well to blind yourself to such things Sacaen."
Her voice was hard devoid of compassion or anger. It was a statement simple as that. She rolled to the side and caught the tip of the blade between two of her fingers giving it a sharp jerk as she aimed a kick at the back of his knee.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 23, 2012 10:03:06 GMT -6
Zero's normally calm and cheerful expression grew into an even more irritated and stern one,he calmly brushed aside a few strands of his hair with his left hand. He observed and carefully noticed how she reacted to him,noting how she jerked aside his sword with simple finger movements,as he took a side-step off tot he right-hand side in order to narrowly avoid the kick she threw towards him as he thought to himself.
"So...her reflexes are on par with mine,this could prove to be very entertaining."
"Listen Mel, I suppose it makes me appear ignorant but I'm only trying to make that little Dee child see that Sacaen's aren't savages. I suppose it was how my father raised me that I grew up with the attitude on life I have now, however while Sacaen code does say that a Sacaen man should protect an innocent woman, there is nothing against self-defense. However,I suppose you are correct,I stick far to firmly to the Sacaen code when I myself aren't even a full-blooded Sacaen.
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 23, 2012 14:36:41 GMT -6
Mel sighed and leapt up onto his back with an apparent ease an apple appearing in her hand a moment later from which she took a large bite. "You are ignorant" she commented idly chewing the fruit her cheeks filled up like a squirrel's or any other small animal like it. "Though...the little fink is even more so than you so I suppose I can see your reasoning though I hardly agree with it. Ignore her and she will come to that conclusion on her own, especially when there is something bigger to hate that appears."
Shrugging she rolled off of him and moved to lay back lazily on his bed munching more of the apple as the ship suddenly shook. It was good to have already become accustomed to the way of the water, but land was better still, the water far too troublesome to deal with staining up her prizes
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 24, 2012 20:51:46 GMT -6
Zero's expression soon grew back into a more calm and relaxed one as he let out a sigh and nodded in compliance. Still however,he cautiously watched Mel closely,knowing she wasn't exactly the most trusting person in the world. I suppose your right Mel,Dee is still rather young and has much to learn about this world, as do I. I never had the luxury of picking up the street smarts you naturally have right now, I was pretty much raised in the plains,and mostly devoted my life to training my swordsmanship and the Sacaen way. I guess I followed it so concretely that I sometimes lose sight of what's in front of my very own face."
The young adult heaved with sigh,and then his face shot into a bright shade of red when she had leapt onto his back,trying to shake her off a bit,until she leapt onto his bed,he just glared at her and shrugged it off.
"So Mel,I hope you don't mind me asking,but what's your story,your goals in life so to speak. Cause I'm sure it's clear to everyone, that I practically display my goals on the very sleeve on my own shirt."
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 24, 2012 21:24:24 GMT -6
Mel watched the stupid sacaen's face turn a deep red with interest unable to fathom what had caused such an odd reaction. What had caused it? Whatever it was would be useful to use against him in the future especially when in need of some entertainment.
Letting out a low grumble she rolled over pulling the blankets up around her and into a small mound hiding her head. Questions were certainly troublesome, especially when they had to do with herself. It was much easier to play around with other people's feeble minds with them than to answer them herself.
Though there was little to do but avoid it, and she was not in the mood to place that much of the minimal effort to avoid it to use. "I would not know what my story is, far to busy writing it to read t0o far back." Stowing the half eaten apple under his pillow for him to find later she sat up blanket splayed sloppily over her lap. "My goals are to kill certain people and not be killed by others, unravel some ends and tie up others. That is all."
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 26, 2012 21:07:40 GMT -6
Zero quickly raised an eyebrow from Mel's actions and remarks,as he thought to himself that Mel was certainly a troubled young woman,still he heaved out another sigh as he sat down on the bed beside her,whilst cautiously watching behind his back for any of her tricks. He noticed Mel momentarily hide underneath the blankets as he carefully took note of her actions,he cast his eyes down at the floor for a split second and then back at her as he sighed.
"You must've had a fairly rough childhood then I'm guessing, I just certainly hope I'm not going to be one of your targets someday,but I assume I should check my back more often. As for me,my agenda is pretty run of the mill for someone like me you might say. I simply want to become a famed and feared Swordmaster like my father was and many other Sacaen's like him,that's the reason why I'm constantly training whenever the opportunity arises for me to do so. I suppose it's silly but it would have it's perks you know,first class arena's which call forth only the highest level competitive brawlers pay out fortunes to the winners. Some men have even been able to live in luxury off their arena winnings,I bet I've got your interest now don't I?
The blue-haired Sacaen flashed a smirk towards her direction,assuming he'd try to grab her attention by turning the subject into something that was her own language.
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 27, 2012 15:06:49 GMT -6
Mel closed his eyes ignoring his comment on her personal life. It was rude to question it...though not in Sacae as it was. Sacaens did not seem to find anything wrong with prodding into areas they did not belong.
"The only thing you will be scaring is children" Mel said rather bluntly staring at him intently. Now that she thought of it his hair was far too light to be a full blooded sacaen. Illian? That was usually the way it headed for hair color with her own current shade of gray an exception.
"Arenas make for good pickings. First a man wins the prize. A large sum of money usually, and he displays openly as he marches through the streets to the nearest tavern. There he buys all the drinks his winnings can get him until he passes out and topples over unceremoniously. Then the smart ones come out of the woodwork and win the winnings from the bloke. So there he is left with a bill he cannot pay and all of his pride gone. So ends the so called winner of the arena deemed to live in luxury but falls deeper into poverty."
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on Apr 30, 2012 10:28:19 GMT -6
Zero simply sighed in disbelief as he rolled his eyes from listening to Mel's comments. Why did she have to be such a cynic sometimes? However, as he was listening to Mel's ramblings on about drunken idoits he chuckled a little bit,and even nodded in agreement.
"I suppose those who are sad drunken excuses for fighters,too stupid to even realize when their trousers are down at their ankles,and they've had their money,clothing and diginity all robbed from them. It's a sad realization isn't it? Arena battlers rarely give me anything to get excited about, I want to find someone who can really push me to my limit in a fight,someone who would be a suitable rival for me to always strive to perfect my technique. I suppose you think it's a single-minded goal and purpose to focus on my swordsmanship,but...that's the path I've decided to choose. I mean how else do those few who become Swordmasters gain such nearly-flawless skill? Eh...you'll have to excuse me for a second there Mel,I was rambling on and on about it."
He brushed aside light-blue colored hair,as he gazed at Mel,with a smirk,who had been eye'ing his hair for a few seconds. Smirking at the woman he ran a few fingers through his hair,as soon realized it had grown a bit longer than he last expected.
"As expected,people give looks at my hair from time to time,even in my own home village when I was a kid. We'll I suppose that cause I got my hair color from my mother you see,I never even got to know her cause she passed away when I was only a couple years old,but my father had told me that she was an Illian woman,possibly a Pegasus Knight in her younger years too.
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Mel
Thief
Posts: 187
Profession: Professional Asshole
Affiliation: Bandits and Tiger and Bears, OH MY!
Affinity: Wind
OoC Alias: Mel
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Post by Mel on Apr 30, 2012 12:20:23 GMT -6
Mel continued to stare at the odd shade of it a brow slowly raising up higher and higher above her narrowed eye. Blue was not a color naturally found in nature, there were naturally no blue flowers or herbs. Even the famed blueberry was really just purple when it came down to it. Blue flowers came from a contamination of the earth, the body turned blue when poisoned or with a lack of air. Even from a bruise, though that ended up being really purple as well. Maybe blue was just purple...just an odd shade of it, a corrupted shade.
"From your mother? I had thought you were a mongrel by your odd color in accordance to the usual sacaen shades. Besides for that I though that you were just dropped on your head as a child and that was to blame for all of your stupidity. Now there is nothing to blame but yourself, or eating strange things off the ground. There are certain types of herbs that can cause a dysfunction in the brain as well as discoloring of the hair. Though they are native to bern not sacae."
She stood up and held the blanket under her arm securely making her way off of the bed. Waving mockingly to him she grabbed his pack from the floor and headed to the door. "Well, do have fun waving your blade around at the air, it sure is a haaaaaard opponent to kill, especially the way it fights back. Thank you for the donations on another note, good night." Mel smiled creepily and headed out into the hallway his belongings in tow.
It was a wonder how long it would take for him to realize and react. Such made better training then swinging sticks around in the air. Even better in shaved off a few hours of a swaying ship with nothing to do seeing as she had already picked the sailors dry. Face slipping back into its usual blank state she took off down the passage up to deck.
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Zero
Myrmidon
Wandering the world to perfect his technique and find his rival.
Posts: 62
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Post by Zero on May 3, 2012 11:09:06 GMT -6
Zero grinded his teeth and clenched his fist in annoyance,he had really wished to not let this woman get to her but it was clear she enjoyed trying this patience. He sheathed his blade put kept his left palm steady just above the hilt,ready for a quick drawing if need be,as his normally clam and cheerful expression had changed,his eyes appeared more stern looking and his cheerful smile turned into a agitated grin,Zero was starting to become quite ticked off at Mel's behaviors and the fact that she took off with his belongings only added more fuel to the fire as he sprinted off after her
"And I suppose your permature silverish-blue hair is perfectly normal Mel? Your one to talk you little street rat,doing nothing but leeching off of others like a greedy little parasite! Get back here right now!
The Sacaen grumbled to himself angrily,before apologizing to a pair of sailors who had been listening,before he sprinted off and chased after Mel,for Zero knew well enough he'd need to be more assertive if he wanted her off his back.
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