○(Porcelain)○ In stasis for fall semester. Stand by!

She loves me...

... she loves me not.	100.0%	[ 109 ]
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[Yousei of Wood]

((... ew. :B))

Yousei sneaks quietly towards the bag holding the remaining fruit.

Quietly... quietly...

And then she stops, looking at the bag dolefully. After all, she doesn't really know Lynod or Setsushi well enough to be sneaking off with their foods. Ah, well. She takes a seat, looking speculatively at everyone who has gathered around.

Hey! Hey, Silver. Who's winning? biggrin

[Lynod]

(This is awkward! D: Setsu dictated this all while standing outside in the cold!)

Setsushi nods appreciatively at Lynn's showed skill. Quite impressive... for a commoner. But Setsushi can do him one better! In fact, more than one better!

In a flurry of motion, he grabs all of the sticks available and quickly attaches bananas to the ends. He then drives them into the ground, three one one side and the rest in a line in the other. He steps back and grips the hilt of his sword. In several quick slashes, he cuts the bananas on one side in three pieces each. Not stopping there, he continues the motion in a graceful circle and slices the other bananas in two in a broad horizontal stroke.

Slick, sheath.

And?

He smiles at Shuuken.

[oneironym]

(( Hey, it gets boring sometimes, waiting for fire drills to end

*bricked* ))

[Fumei]

((XD No problemo. 3nodding *watching TV and needs of something to prettify journals* @o@))

[Yaruka]

((Oh my))

[Fumei]

(( XD WHOOPS FORGOT TO REFRESH))

Silver blinks at the nudge in his thoughts.

I don't know. I came in and there were.... banana pieces everywhere~!

With that, Silver folds his arms and looks to Lynod, Tsubei, Shuuken and then the little boy whose wheezing seems to have caught the attention of Tsubei.

Silver wonders if he should intrude...

Tsubei?

[Lynod]

Shuuken stares in horror at Setsushi, her jaw hanging. She stares, and stares, and stares a little more before jerking a finger towards him.

That's no fair! How is Lynod supposed to match that?! Setsushi just ended the iai-off before he needed too! She spins, looking to Lynod and about to apologize for Setsushi's incompetence--

... But she sees a smile on Lynod's face. In the sack, the bananas are dwindling suggesting the iai-off will not last much longer. The Gaian seems to care little, however-- by now he seems to pay attention to little else but Setsushi and their competition. Slowly, Lynod retreats to the remaining bananas, begins to pile them onto the poles. After his hurried activity, he pauses and takes a breath.

It's obvious this will be the final iai, but he may not be able to do anything beyond what Setsushi just did. After all, there are no more poles and not enough bananas to outnumber those that Setsushi mutilated. The Gaian stands, his eyes closed, seeming to concentrate before he springs to life. In a flash, Lynod repeats the motions that Setsushi performed, slicing a variety of bananas in threes. He proceeds to mimicthe same graceful horizontal cut as Setsushi, slicing through the remaining bananas and leaving them in halves.

He parts company with the Porcelain, however, after that move. His leading foot presses into the ground, bracing him as he carries the circling slashes again, this time cutting through the very tips of the poles that seconds ago were at his back.

Lynod takes a deep breath before flicking his blade and eying Setsushi.

"I wish we had more fruit," remarks the Gaian softly, his eyes blazing after the move.

[Yaruka]

Tsubei was just in awe. She couldn't even form coherant thoughts or words. That was interrupted, however, by a familiar mental prod. She turned and looked over at the tall and familiar figure, which brought a smil to her face.

Silver! Tsubei has not seen Silver in a long time! How has he been? She turns her attention away from Ren'i for a while to face Silver. She was quite glad to see her old friend. Finally...anothe familiar face.

Ren'i couldn't stand the pain in his chest much more. He slowly sat upon the ground near the wall of the shop, breathing in deeply as he tried to banish away the pain in his chest. It was getting harder, though. His chest felt so tight.

[Yousei of Wood]

The bananas... ! crying

Yousei's train of thought is interrupted by the sharp twinge of the small boy's distress. Yousei doesn't know this one... but she moves closer to him and kneels down.

Are you all right? What's wrong? Her hand hovers over his back, but doesn't touch yet.

Then, she looks over at Tsubei. This little one came with her, correct? There seems to be something wrong with him -- could Tsubei come over here for a second? Yousei is sorry to interrupt the reunion.

[Lynod]

(Agh! Setsu may not be in the room for a while!)

Setsushi watches, his heartbeat quickening slightly as he watches Lynn's moves. Somehow the business of swords, which usually puts into a depression, has filled him with unusual excitement. Along with a feeling of joy, appreciation, and inspiration, he expresses a mock of rage at being deprived a chance to match Lynn's exploits.

... They will just have to resume this contest later!!! scream

As he turns to Shuuken, to bow and thank her for this opportunity, he notices the distressed boy and starts. How long as he been suffering like that!? gonk

Setsushi hurries over to him. Can he be of assistance?

[Fumei]

(DAMN I HATED THOSE BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND IN THE DORMS! LAST TIME, THE STUPID FLOOR ABOVE ME FORGOT THEY WERE COOKING FOOD, AND OUR ALARM WENT OFF AT 5AM! AND WE FROZE OUT IN THE COLD crying )

Silver blinks as the iai comes to an end. He smiles a bit, a bit secretively, and steps back as the small Porcelain boy wheezes. He doesn't want to swamp the boy or Tsubei...

He gives a warm feeling to everyone around, including Yousei, and feels a bit useless as he watches the small procelain boy before turning to Lynod and giving him some silent claps.

He wishes he could learn such things.

Now to make sure the little one is alright! And then he looks to the one Porcelain he never got to introduce himself to. .... Though the princess seemed a lot better now that Mist Sorcerer was gone.

[Tawaubast]

((Mine like to go off when I'm doing online DJing. xp I know its going to happen but I'm never sure when. Then I go back and there are requests and stuff waiting for me...so annoying.))

[Lynod]

(Sorry, I was appeasing the Setsu through conversation!)

Lynod grins, eyeing Setsushi. "If your motions had been as refined as mine, you would have been able to do that on your turn," claims Lynod as he sheaths his blade. The grin fades, however, as his eyes follow Setsushi as the larger Porcelain who focuses on the wheezing boy--with a spring, he soon runs towards the laboring child.

However, everyone has surrounded the boy and now Silver seems to be complimenting his skill. The Gaian smiles slightly, worriedly, his eyes darting between Silver and the boy.

"I--I'm sorry, will you please excuse me?" asks Lynod softly before rushing to the boy. Even before he kneels, he knows what the diagnosis is--an asthma attack.

"We need to get him to a hospital," Lynod says quickly, his eyes darting to the assembled Porcelain, "Are there any special points of Porcelain lungs that we need to know?"

As the adults deal with the child, Shuuken frowns. Her eyes sway to the boy and then Silver, the young girl obviously concerned about the situation. Shuuken hates the Mist Sorceror, and will assure he has a fitting fate wasting away! ... But now isn't the time for that! She steps forward quickly, her hands on her hips.

Shuuken has decided that it is impossible to decide a winner in this iai-off! However, that does not mean there will not be a winner between Lynod and Setsushi in the future! Shuuken declares that a cook-off will decide who is the greater of the two!

... The little girl then ends her announcement and rushes to the ailing boy, joining the mob.

What can Shuuken do?!

[Lynod]

(Setsu is hungry, tired, and cold. For tonight, Setsu will stop roleplaying! If you guys continue, just imagine that Setsushi is helping!)

[Yaruka]

Ren'i looked up as the first older girl came over. He could feel her hand near his back, wanting to touch but not touching. His eyes narrowed and he began to glare as others started to flood over him. First this girl.....then Setsushi.....and the male that Tsubei called Silver. His wheezing was starting to come as he inhaled, as if it was hard for him to take in breath. In fact, it was getting harder and he was getting angrier.

Leave...alone! It was the only thing he could express as he tried to move away from them. The simple problem with breathing had turned into a full-on attack. He flailed a bit as he tried to move away from everyone, but it wasn't helping. He had to stop, trying to catch his breath.

Both Yousei's prodding and the sound of the wheezing breaths caught Tsubei's attention. She turned to see the boy flail angrily and to hear his desperate breathing. Panic instantly gripped her and she ran over to him, holding firmly onto his shoulders as she tried to encourage him to stay still. She didn't know what to do. Where was Yaruka when she needed her?

In actuality, Yaruka had been standing not too far from them, watching the display between Setsushi and Lynod. It was amusing....at least, until she saw the commotion everyone was making over Ren'i. When she saw Tsubei rush forward, she knew something was very wrong.

Moving over as fast as she could, she tried to encourage everyone to back away from him as she took a hold of the boy. She placed a hand on his back, which began to glow with a warmth that would radiate into him. In her other hand, an equal glow began and steam began to rise from her palm. She held it close to his mouth so he would breathe it in.

"Give him some space.....he needs breathing room." Her words were gentle, but stern.