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 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:02 pm
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It was early. Very early. Amarus didn't have a particularly good sleeping schedule, thanks to her many Lotus-induced naps whenever she was bored in class, so it didn't bug her much to wake as early as she needed to run. Besides, when she ran and trained she felt a lot happier. A lot less weighed down. She stretched, wearing her Aegis club jacket, and prepared for her morning run across campus.
Sometimes members of Aegis joined her in her regimen, but none of them were admittedly as devoted to the physical aspect of training as she was. Which was fitting, given she'd started the whole thing, anyway. Some thirst for revenge, for power, for order. Why not hear grievances, for a price?
On this particular morning, however, she seemed to cross paths with someone she had somehow not seen until this one specific run. Maybe it was fate, but Amarus tried to catch them. She wasn't much the small-talk type, but she was feeling kind of like a game and she wondered if the stranger would take her up on it.
"Hey," she very smoothly addressed the boil, "Want to take a new route? Have some fun?" The corner of her mouth tilted into a wicked smile, and her mirror-silver eyes reflected her mood.
It was probably a weird proposition, but Amarus booked it ahead, sprinting as quickly as she could so that she could lightly jog backwards for a moment.
It was parkour time, and the forest and buildings were all one big playground.
Beejoux Sorry if it's weird xD I hope you can make it work even if it is <3
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:20 pm
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Seiji wasn't used to anyone being up and about during his early morning run. Occasionally, yes, he caught sight of the odd student or teacher, for whatever reason, but it was rare. So he hadn't been expecting anyone to come jogging up to match pace beside him as he made his way down a stretch of walkway that looped around the dorm buildings. Surprised, and amused, he blinked at the ghoul with red on black eyes before flashing her a smile.
She was a second year. He'd seen her about, possibly in the ghost dorms, but didn't have a name to match with the face.
Her proposition had him lofting dark brows at her, and he might have retorted with some smart-assed comment about already having a ghoulfriend if she hadn't put on that little extra boost of speed to pull ahead of him. And that was pretty impressive, considering Seiji was all of 6'4", and most of that was legs.
He watched her turn, egging her on, and a sudden grin flashed sharp teeth in her direction before he sped up to catch her. If it was a little competition she was after, then she had run into the right boil. "What are the stakes?" He called after her, steadily closing the gap between them as she streaked on ahead.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:47 am
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If he was up this early, Amarus assumed he was serious about his regimen. And if he was serious about his regimen, she fully expected him to make this interesting.
As Amarus ran closer to him, she'd noticed the height disparity, and counted on the element of surprise to let her get a head start. After all, surely he could close the gap between them with a couple strides, versus how hard she'd have to run to beat him. Which is why she wasn't about to propose a normal race, by any means.
"If it was a contest of speed, I might lose," she said, "and I never lose." A lie, but an obvious one; she was smiling as she glanced back.
"The stakes? Don't get left behind, and we'll see where we end up," she said. With that, she pushed off the ground, grabbed hold of a low-hanging branch and swung herself up onto it. She didn't pause to make sure he'd followed: so long as he kept up, he could make his own route. She moved from branch to branch, using her ghostly weight to stand places she shouldn't have, and swing until she was high enough to jump at a wall nearby, and latch onto the sill. Pulling herself up, she sat on the thin edge, looking for her competitor.
Beejoux It's seemingly impossible to find a good map of the campus xD; So... we'll be winging it, I guess? > > Also did you want to turn this into a dice game, or just keep trading first till they tie or something? xD
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:03 pm
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"Never?" If they could talk then they weren't pushing themselves hard enough. That was usually Seiji's gauge. Push yourself until it was hard to talk, until it was a real work out. Just this once though, it was alright. A challenge had been issued, and playful banter was absolutely required in these situations. He smirked at her, a challenge of his own in those glowing eyes. "Neither do I."
So there was no finish line determined, and they would be racing over rough terrain? Sounded fun. "You're on, ghoulie."
As she launched herself up and into the branches above Seiji kept to the ground, for now. He was a more solid persuasion of ghost, and where she might have had an easy time hopping across the branches, he really didn't fancy testing to see if they'd hold his weight. He did manage to keep up though, gaze snapping up periodically to make sure he was right beneath her, in between watching the trees around him and marking himself a path.
When they reached the wall he put on a little burst of speed, running up it a few long strides before grabbing a low window ledge and hositing himself up. He scaled, from window to window, until he reached the top as well, and swung himself over. Still hot on her heels. "Don't stop,' he panted, grinning as he pulled into the lead. Racing across the rooftop towards the opposite ledge and jumping straight over.
There was another building below it, and Seiji landed in a roll before bouncing back up and taking off again.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:51 am
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At first, Amarus had been ashamed to be a spirit. She thought it was a weakness, to have no real body. However, in time, she had learned that was not the case: there were strengths, and she just had to exploit them. For example, not needing to breathe made the whole banter-and-run thing way easier. One might argue that she didn't need to train at all, with a body more spectral than flesh and blood and muscle-- it wasn't about that. It was about her mind, a sense of enlightenment.
Something Amarus could never achieve, except for in these moments of sheer fun when she could give it her all.
She nodded in approval as he ran up the wall and leading, jumping across and to the building below to roll. She couldn't see a faster way, except... maybe. There were rows and rows of cable between two adjacent buildings. She grabbed onto one, swung herself across from cable to cable as if they were monkey bars, until one finally snapped and sent her laughing hard, swinging down to the ground. She also had to tuck and roll, grounded. Now where had he gone?
She headed towards one of the tallest buildings she could see, and worked on scaling the side, admiring the view. She smiled to herself. "The good thing about setting the rules is that you can't lose," she said, as she reached the top of the building, and scanned the area for her new acquaintance.
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 7:52 pm
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The boil couldn't help but admire her ingenuity as she used the cables to her advantage, and that creativity was rewarded as a happy accident propelled her back into the lead. It left him blinking, barking a laugh as he pushed himself faster, working to close that sudden and large gap.
He managed, almost. Leaping off the building he'd been racing across and grabbing a ledge on the one she was climbing. He was a few stories beneath her, but he had long legs, and strong arms. It was easy to pull himself up, and was grinning as he reached her. "Now that's just not sporting," he'd retort, reaching out as if he'd grab a hold of her ankle, but knew damn well she wouldn't simply hold still for it.
When she took off again he'd be right there with her, nipping at her heels.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:19 am
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Amarus laughed as she watched Seiji climb to her quickly. "You are much stronger than I am," she admitted, "but perhaps one day that will change." Her voice had a clearly teasing edge to it, as if suggesting he would let himself go. She did let him grab her ankle, for a moment, but rendered it intangible and pulled it away a moment later, with a smile. It was all in good fun, after all.
This was a lot of fun, speaking of which, and as she was moving away and up, preparing to free-fall off one of the buildings dramatically, she stood on its lip and said: "What is sporting? Do you not think we decide that for ourselves?"
"The strongest create sporting and anyone who cannot keep up is ... left," she said, with a wicked smile and mirror-blank eyes. She let herself plunge backwards, having already assessed the space between buildings below her.
She willed herself intangible, for long enough that her descent lost most of its sting, grabbed hold of a cable between the buildings and proceeded to swing herself up onto it, so that she could perch, albeit uncomfortably. Tangible once more.
"I am Amarus, Lotus Eater. Leader of Animus Aegis. We revolve around exacting a price to avenge others, as well as maintaining peak physical, spiritual and mental health-- Oneness," she said. "Of the soul, the mind, the body. I am, naturally, the only one wholly devoted to this pursuit amongst the others, but perhaps you should visit us some day. I run daily, I would be glad of your company. Being pushed to better myself would not be a tragedy," she said, with a tilted smile.
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