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 Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:32 pm
The woman slowly slides from the back of the great beast, her eyes going wide beneath the shadowed caress her hooded cloak provides as she takes in the familiar surroundings. Her hand comes up to gently pet the beasts muzzle, the cold sensation of its nose tingling on her fingertips.
"It has been far too long..." She turned from the Beast to the dojo. "But what if no one is here any longer? Or if they do not remember me...? I am not the same person I once was..."
She stood, caressing the great Beasts coat and then nodded to it, the Beast blinking as though in understanding and shimmering away into the night sky.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:37 pm
A small light blew out in the forest, the feminine figure cursed under her cloaked breath. She had been told to wait until another member came, but she wasn't prepared to wait this long. If it was Iyashi, she was going to kill him. But as that wasn't the case, she had a long night ahead of her.
Meanwhile the member in question strode down the road towards the dojo. He too was covered in a cloak to protect against the winter air. A large straw hat sat upon his head. He was small for a man, a few wisps of hair feel before his goggled eyes. He had no idea where his partner was, but he desperately needed to know. Especially if they were to perform their deed together. However hostilities were not to commence unless given prior cause. And as yet the GNA had given none.
And so he walked, his footsteps bringing him ever closer to the GNA.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:38 pm
...
*Drake looked quietly into Nyl's eyes*
... the life... the life of an adventurer is a tough one... you make lots of new friends in your journies...
*Drake smiled warmly to Nyl, but then his smile faded as he averted his gaze*
... but just as many enemies... and some enemies hold grudges... and refuse to forget...
*Drake's eyes glaze over as his mind wanders into memories of times long past*
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:40 pm
She sighed and rested her chin in her hands.
"So many people trying not to tell me things these days...like they think I've lost my ability to process information or something..." Shaking her head, she looked at Drake again. "Will ijutsu help you at all?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:41 pm
He removed the cig from his lips and exhaled, gazing out from his post atop the academy. Same thing as every night. It was extremely repetitive. He leaned forward and hopped off the roof. His eyes were a dulled as ever as he flicked the cigarette butt away and opened the main doors, releasing the final breath of smoke.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:43 pm
-Reeve opens his eye slowly, lying on the couch near Nyl and Drake-
Oh...hey...sensei... you look about as chipper as me, that you do...
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:44 pm
*Drake smiled at the notion but shook his head wearily*
I... I'm afraid not...
*Drake motioned to the symbols inked onto his face*
These... are ancient Nirvanixian symbols... kinda like wards...
*Drake's smile faded as he thought silently for a second*
Its to keep him out... and me in control. An old enemy of mine... goes by Ivan... a great sorcerer... he's found a way to control the animal blood within me... and its getting harder to resist him... it requires so much bloody energy to keep the spells in these symbols running...
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:45 pm
"There isn't some other way? I'd offer you energy, but I don't think you'd take any."
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:46 pm
[ Kyoromi walked further into the forest now, the clearing behind him of the academy complex was far out of sight. He'd felt a disturbance in the wind stream ahead of him, a something was nullifying the flow that he'd created throughout the forest.
Accompanied to this was the second disturbance which followed through the echoes of the sound ripple effect that he was connected to; footsteps louder and louder in his mind as he walked down the main road.
His eyes behind his bandana were a flash of silver in the night, his hair rustling a bit with the breeze, his overall expression in his eyes appeared as though he was examining something in great detail as usual. His clothing was dark in the night, though the moonlight seemed to take an effect on hidden designs that were about his apparel; red clouds that appeared to glow as the moonlight gazed upon them.
The girl inside of him had finally stopped her movement. ]
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:49 pm
She watched as the silver shimmers of light faded into the sky as the Beast disappeared and then turned back to the Academy. It had been how long now? She couldn't even remember. She remembered the people though; the friends, the love, the trials, the training...
The training... She had missed it more than she had thought. After she had left she had gone away to find herself. Turns out everything she was looking for was right here...
"But what if "right here" has changed? A lot can happen in a short while..."
She closed her eyes, willing away her thoughts and settled on the comfort of meerly walking the grounds. At least being there, on that familiar soil, would bring a joy to her heart she had long forgotten. She would stay the night, give the Beast time to rest and then leave the following morning.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:50 pm
*Drake smiled and laughed as heartily as he could*
No... you need your energy... no worries... I'll manage... I'll find another way eventually... just... need to do some more readin'...
*Drake's eyes moved over to the sound of Reeve's voice*
Eheh... hey, Reeve... me n' Nyl were just havin' a little chat 'bout how horrible we all are feelin'... care to join in?
*Drake tried to laugh at his own lame joke, but it hurt too much*
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:52 pm
Drake Marabou *Drake smiled and laughed as heartily as he could* No... you need your energy... no worries... I'll manage... I'll find another way eventually... just... need to do some more readin'... *Drake's eyes moved over to the sound of Reeve's voice* Eheh... hey, Reeve... me n' Nyl were just havin' a little chat 'bout how horrible we all are feelin'... care to join in? *Drake tried to laugh at his own lame joke, but it hurt too much* -Reeve shakes his head, fliting the ghost of a smile, then becoming serious- No, sah... between Lady Nyl and Miss Aven, I'll be all right in a few days... but... I overheard a little of your story, that I did...is there anything I can do?
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:56 pm
[ Olidre came down the stairway a while after Kyoromi had left, entering the main room he saw several people he knew already even though they knew him not. He walked around the room for a few seconds before walking through the front door, heading into the courtyard.
The snow that was layering the ground around him was assuring to him. ]
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:56 pm
Eheh... kind souls... you and Nyl both... that's what you two are... so willin' to help me out... even when not in ship-shape yourselves...
*Drake smiled wearily at Reeve, then to Nyl*
... a guy couldn't ask for better friends...
*Drake tapped again at the symbols on his face*
... these will keep me plenty safe for now though... just need to not exert myself too much... its just as physically strainful as it is mentally... geh... I'm not even sure how that works...
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:58 pm
Drake Marabou Eheh... kind souls... you and Nyl both... that's what you two are... so willin' to help me out... even when not in ship-shape yourselves... *Drake smiled wearily at Reeve, then to Nyl* ... a guy couldn't ask for better friends... *Drake tapped again at the symbols on his face* ... these will keep me plenty safe for now though... just need to not exert myself too much... its just as physically strainful as it is mentally... geh... I'm not even sure how that works... -Reeve smiles in a childlike way- It's nothing special...I'd take on the world for any one of you. You guys are my family, that you are.
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