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 Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:21 pm
Dante sighed as he scratched the back of his neck. "I think it would be a good idea to split up in order to get to multiple places. I'll start drawing plans for everyone as soon as I'm able. Thanks Veira for offering us a roof, it's much appreciated." Hana rose an eyebrow to Veira. "Funny how your home didn't get destroyed in all the mess." The corner of her mouth curled sassily. "Crazy how things work out like that." Hana was back to her usual self. After all the fighting she felt she didn't have to mourn any more, especially when there were more people to mourn for. And now she felt a slight disposition to annoy Veira for no particular reason that she could point out. Dante growled. "Stop it Hana. You've got a lot more responsibility now, act like it." He shot her down as he stood up. Hana wasn't intimidated by her twin brother, but dismissed the conversation and looked away. Vergil stepped forward. "I'll contact my people to help with the rebuilding. It's all a little panicked in my kingdom right now but I'm sure we'll have some spare hands." Dante nodded with a smile. "Thank you." "Did I hear helping hands?" A voice called out from outside the tent. Dante was surprised to see a group of very well dressed men and women suddenly enter the tent. Olivia Solace from the midland kingdom of Cavan. Limerick Pix from the east-midland kingdom of Louth. Sarah Trinity from the west-midland kingdom of Madlan. Ryu Calderon from the western kingdom of Ecili. And a number of other leaders from kingdoms dotted around the whole Yokai area. Dante was stunned. "You all came?" Olivia giggled. "Of course we did silly~ Can't just let you do all the clearing up by yourself!"
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:30 pm
Veria glared at Hana a momnt and slepped two steps sideways away. "My demons protected it so we would have a place to stay. I only own like six acers of land, in the center of many other lands, it's not like I have much to protect. All I own is the demon realm which the house has a portal two." She shrugged It off and tried to adviod eye contact with hanna for now, obviously less confortable now being around her. She wasn't intispating this in her plans, so hana could be a problem... she'd have to be carful.
Shortstraw chuckled, "seems to me like you were all waiting to pitch in for a while. Kinda odd, but I'm sure we need all the hands we can get right now." Soflora however took over and stood up with a slight bow of her head, being she was the one leading the country for a while, she sorta knew some of them from previous events, "thankyou for coming. Your of course welcome. I guess the first step would be to get productions up, see who was what, and whats needed to increase production to build with. A lot of trading between lands for all of us."
Ruji rose a brow, "hold up. Since when do kings and queens just walk into tents? In my day that called for assassintation attempts." He facepalmed, "this world Is so odd and confusing." Lilly bonked him on the head form behind, "be quiet this isn't your time to speak your not a leader. Show respect."
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:51 pm
The leader named Ryu snickered behind her fan. "We're not some pampered princes and princesses that can't look after themselves dear. We know a few things." Olivia giggled. "I'd love to see the assassins that would have a go at us!" It was true, in order for some of them to even be kings and queens they had to be at the top of very well bred families of warriors and defenders. The way politics worked in some of these kingdoms was that if the royal family weren't doing their job properly they were overthrown by a better and stronger family that could handle the responsibility of being protectors of their realms. So it was no wonder that they all looked so intimidating. Dante walked up to them all with a grin. "I need to recap on all of your exports." He pointed to Olivia first. "Your kingdom deals with... ores right?" Olivia giggled. "And wine." Dante nodded and pointed to Limerick next. "Metals." Limerick nodded solemnly and looked away as Dante then pointed to Sarah. "Crops?" Sarah smiled. "Mostly livestock, but pretty much there." Dante nodded and pointed to Ryu. "I don't remember yours though." Ryu snickered and fluttered her fan. "Cultural items. Clothing. Books. Drugs. You get the picture." Hana sighed angrily. "Are you really going to go through every single one Dante?" Dante scowled back to his sister. "It's good for my memory." Hana slowly stood up. "I'd like to just get on with business." Dante sighed and slowly nodded to his sisters whims. "Fine." Hana looked back to Veira with a raised eyebrow. Being the twin of Dante, she had a massive influence over him and his ruling, which meant she felt she had a great advantage over everyone, especially Veira. Kiera rose to her feet finally. "What of the Russians?" Kyle stepped forward, Conor just behind him, hiding from all the scary people. "I'm to discuss with them as I promised I would after they helped with the sealing of the portals. I'll do my best to settle them, don't worry." Dante nodded. "Thanks Kyle, but are you sure you're in the best state to be talking to such a big political influence like them? Given what's happened-" "I'm fine." Kyle snapped in, staring Dante squarely. "Don't worry about me." Dante nodded unsure and looked back to Soflora.
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:30 pm
*Soflora shook her head sternly. She didn't like it. "Then take me with you Kyle. I was the leader of the Yokai nation for the longest of times, and we were not on good terms. Perhaps by me just being there, this could improve that as well." SHe frowned, "and wether you like it or not someone is going with you. And I don't mean nate or Conner." She suddenly snapped and scooped conner up, "hey big man! Look at you growing up so fast." She pointed to Donte to get his attention, "by the way this is your little brother~"
Ruji looked to Evelyn, before looking to Veira, "lead me to this place in which we can rest. Evelyn deserves a better resting place." Veria nodded, "i'll just teleport you there hows that." She placed a hand on Ruji and he and Evelyn poofed into a guest room. Where ruji rose a brow, "that... was scary." He replied to himself checking Evelyn before placing her carfully down into the bed and tucking her in. He then sat down aginst the wall next to the bed. Not far however. Almost right next to it if not for the nightstand.
Veria noticed Hana's glance after she spun around after teliporitng ruji and evelyn to her castle. She actually had to stop in place mid step and stare back for a moment. She sensed challenge already. She just set donte in the right path... now hana was telling him what to do? Then again, keria used to do the same to her when she was smaller. So she would let that one go. She sweatdropped and frowned to hana, "if we must we'll talk later or... something. Nows not the best time... really..." What was this? Veria being a scared big sister? Hana could almost smell the bit of fear around Veria, that things could go wrong. Veria was trying to be carful, but didn't have any clue how to do so on hana... she hardly knew much about hana. Never cared up till this point. Now she was a threat... a bad one.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:17 am
Kyle sighed but nodded. "If that'll give you peace of mind. Nate never comes to business meetings anyway." Nate snickered. "I hate politics." Dante smiled as he pinched Conor's cheek with a chuckle. "Hikari and dads kid right? He's really cute." Conor made a face at the stranger, he hadn't seen him before. "Don't worry kid. I'm harmless. You're my little step brother you know, so we're going to take good care of you." Dante looked to Kyle. "What's his name?" "Conor." Kyle carefully took Conor back from Soflora, and Conor settled his head into Kyle's shoulder. "I'm going to look after him from now on." Dante scoffed. "You can't be serious. You're just a kid yourself Kyle." Kyle's expression didn't change. "Kiiro was his godparent. Conor's the most familiar with me than the rest of the family because of how frequently she visisted my void. It's only logical. I have a similar intelligence to your age, my actual age has nothing to do with it" Dante frowned. "Yeah but," He shuffled around awkwardly. "You're all facts and statistics and politics Kyle. You don't know the first thing about parenting." Kyle raised an eyebrow. "And you do?" Dante didn't really expect that level of sass from Kyle, and was taken aback. Vergil carefully put a hand on Dante's shoulder. "Sir.. we have a lot to discuss.." However Kyle saw a sparkle in Vergil's eye that Dante didn't see. Kyle knew it well as he had it himself. The keeping up of a facade. The slight slip of a mask that is so firmly placed. "I won't keep you any longer." Kyle said tiredly and looked to Soflora. "Shall we be off?"
In her sleep, Evelyn mumbled a little. It was cute at first, but then her mumbles became more pronounced and serious. "Stay.. away.." She whispered, and her head started to jutter. "I'm.. a.." Evelyn then stopped juttering and went back into a peaceful sleep as if nothing had ever happened. Evelyn then, a couple of hours later, suddenly sat up in her spot with a crazed expression, as if she were just struck by lightning. "VERGIL!" She jumped off the bed and right into Ruji's face. "THAT GUYS NAME WAS VERGIL WASN'T IT?" She screamed.
Hana smiled a little, almost sickly sweet. "I think that'd be a good idea." She traced her finger carefully down Veira's arm sensually. "We have a lot to talk about after all, don't we big sister?" She licked her lips and passed Veira finally. "I think it'll be good for both of us."
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:31 pm
Did Hana just use the tatics Veria used one everyone one else aginst her? Damn. That hit harder then she thought, and really made her start to wonder and worry. She didn't answer and gave a nod before engaging into more of the leader stuff and things. Afterwords, it was back to work on her mother again, things were looking well, she may be ready to wake up soon.
Meanwhile Ruji was just starting to drift off when he suddenly found his eye wide open and Evleyn yelling in his face. Holy crap, it at first startled him. His eyes were so wide it was like a deer to healights before and nodded, "yea I think it was." He then thought about it, "oh s**t... that completely slipped my mind." He glared however at her and took her arm, "but lets not rush into things. It's best to scope him out okay... take procotions. He's going to be around Donte for a while, best use that to our advantage." He went to stand as he let go of her arm, "back to the action then I presume." He stumbled alittle but shook it off. He had sent hundreads of spirts to the beyond less then a few hours ago, and fought aginst devils. He was alittle out of it, but still strong willed, and ready to go.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:41 pm
Evelyn sighed and went to sit on the bed again. "I can't believe we didn't see it when we first met the guy." She rubbed her forehead in her palm. "What the hell is he doing here? To torture me or something?" She hissed angrily, however seemed to remain momentarily calm. "I remember ending our last conversation about him with Kyle because Kyle said he was too powerful for us to fight and we'd get killed. Didn't Kyle also say he was a nephilim though?" He looked to Ruji curiously. "That doesn't follow with him saying he's the prince of the kingdom Altaria. The monarchy of Altaria aren't nephilim. And the king of Altaria certainly isn't a nephilim. Something's wrong here. He's lying." A plan was already formulating in her mind. "And yet the guy doesn't actually seem evil or anything. He helped us in the battle."
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:49 pm
Ruji streached, "sometimes it's best to keep your friends close, but enemys closer right? Seems to me he found his chance to do that. And Donte bought it. The only things stopping it, is that we know otherwise. However being Kyle didn't say anything or ract to Vergal being here worryies me. For all we know he could have lied. We don't tipicly know kyle all that well, and I already know he's a shady fellow, right or wrong doesn't matter in his situation. None the less, the topic isn't him, it's this Vergal guy. I say, we play the cards, figure out more about him, do what he's doing, and try to watch our own allies backs. In time he'll show some secrates as too what he really is, or if he even knows that we are on to him." Ruji put a hand to his chin the thought, "I speculate that his attitude matches though. For someone powerful, they have no reason to fear anything, and thus can be layed back. Vergail seemed layed back. So that could be true. So push come to shove Evelyn, lets take our time and get close enough to learn what he's really about. See what's true and what isn't, "he repleated making sure she understood that she wasn't suppost to altomaticly judge. He shied and looked down to the floor, "I really don't want to say this part. But I feel it's important. Something worth why I said the things before. Put in his shoes, if someone came to kill you. Would you just let them? No. He was hunted, so he defended himself no matter how you look at the situation. Wether he's good or bad, that's a fact you will need to remember. As harsh as these words may sound. speculate aswell that he holds THE god weapon himself. This changes things in your original plans anyways. Get what I mean?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:01 pm
Evelyn scratched the back of her neck. "Kyle said that we would need the god weapon to hurt him in the first place. I'm not sure that the weapon serves him though, it doesn't seem like the kind to tend to a mortals needs. What was it's name.. Deicide? It has its own aura. Its own soul." She sighed. "Kyle is sketchy, yeah. But I don't believe he lied about what he said. He's lied about a lot of things I know, but in the end they were always in the interest of the family. He always has the family in mind. If he did lie to us, it was for our own good. I don't really like saying that, but you know." She shrugged. "It's difficult." She stood up. "I know something we can do to speed up the process though." She smiled a little. "We can go on a little adventure to Altaria. I have a hunch that Vergil is hiding something there, and I'm dying to find out what it is." She nodded and looked to Ruji hopefully.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:05 pm
*Ruji nodded, "probably a trap but vary well. After all, with you all mighty and powerful, I'm sure we can get out of whatever trouble we get into." It was almost like a sarcastic joke. Any normal person would chuckle, or smile when saying such a think. But Ruji was new to sarcasum, and he didn't fully understand what was and wasnt' sarcasum. But right now he thought he nailed it... first attempt at it, but none the less. He streached one more time and cracked his back, "lead the way... boss."
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:24 pm
Evelyn snickered. "You're calling me boss now?" She patted his head. "Surely it should be the other way around." She smiled however as they left the castle and set out on their travels to Altaria. Altaria was a far eastern kingdom, so in comparison to Nura which was a midland kingdom it would take a lot of travelling to get there. Altaria was known for its spices and weaponry, but in the past few years had been shut off to the general public for some unknown reason. The palace in particular was shut off to everyone, and the king had recently taken ill to a disease that was consuming him from the inside out. Kiera didn't take well to this news the most, as the leader of Altaria, a tall broad man called Bryce Grande, was a good friend of hers in her time as ruler and he was one of the more friendlier leaders that wasn't completely psycho. "I've been to the kingdom twice before." Evelyn explained as they walked. "It's a really hot country so I couldn't stay there for long. The main city is in the middle of a massive desert would you believe it. Although the city itself is so beautiful, the roads are actually paved with a gold colouring that makes it look like gold."
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:33 pm
*Ruji nodded, "A sudden close down in the house, yea Vergal was probably the culse for it then. It fits too well. Surly theres answers there, the trick will be getting in without trouble." He grumbled though, "golden city huh. Great. Last "golden city" I've been too was Elderodo, and that wasn't vary fun." He shrugged it off, "and in a dessert none the less. We're going to be drentched in mer hours it sounds. Expechally with a trench coat." He looked to his wares and shrugged it off. He was used to it, or rather he used to be. He wouldn't complain... outloud...
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:47 pm
Evelyn snickered. "We'll be fine, you're just worrying for no reason." She looked ahead again. "No doubt they will have high security there. I heard the military there are ruthless. They hire big burly men to do all their dirty work." She giggled. "Although the guards aren't what you wanna worry about." She stuck her tongue out at him slightly. "The people are all silvertongues." She grinned. "Some people say that Altaria is the 'city of thieves'. Like from all the stories. That's why it's so hard to find in that desert." She shook her head. "I don't believe it. But every b*****d in there is out to get you I can guarantee that. The city itself is a complete contrast to the royal palace. It's like the monarchy doesn't belong there. But they run an interesting kingdom. I never questioned Vergil's story because he looks like he'd come from there. When we do get there you'll see what I mean. He looks like an Altarian."
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:13 pm
*Ruji gave a nod, "I see... lucily I don't have anything they can rob from me. At least nothing they can benefit from. He opened up his trechcoat and held it open where there were some things lined inside, "most of this is usless to anyone but me. Like this spechal paper, only I can use it to summon spirits. The candles, for a regular person that lights them, it's just a candle." He let the side fall back to his side, "and it's not like I have an welth on my person... or at all for that matter." He however looked to her, "silver toungs... oddning a term. In my day that refered to lizard people of Arcadia. Basilcy the ledgened back then stated the city of Arcadia were cursed after cheating one of the arch angels when they came down to earth. I dought that's what you ment, but none the less, there's a history lesion from me. Your probably get them often now that I relized I've been sharing such things in the first place..." he made a blank expression. he didn't relize he was doing it, but that was just him. Nothing he could do about it. He did note however how Evelyn was... what would someone of this age call it. Nice? No that didn't match. Tempting? No he read that somewhere but it didn't seem to fit in his head. Huh, guess he didn't know the term for it. But she was a lot different around him now, much more... balanced. More giving of her emotions, he felt this was a good thing. He was trusted, and he sorta found cofort in that, wether or not he understood why just yet. But he was getting there. Finally he stopped, "why didn't you just teleport us there? Cant you do that?" He blinked, maybe the point was the trip. "Then again... I guess theres no real hurry..."
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:20 am
Evelyn fumbled her hands into her pockets. "It's too far a journey to do with that. The teleportation Demons were given was not for long journeys. And we can't teleport across borders especially. Some kingdoms have barriers against that stuff. Know we're bad news so they want to deter us from coming in." She snickered. "Can't imagine why. Although it doesn't count much for these days. Demons are becoming a lot more tame and the kingdoms are slowly understanding that." She sighed. "It's sad to see my kind so weak. But I'm pretty much an evolved version of their kind by now." She then nodded. "Silvertongues. It's what people call others if they're good with their speech. Those kinds of people can con you into anything. It's how they're one of the most powerful kingdoms in all the lands." She looked to him suddenly with a bemused smile. "Why're you looking at me like that?"
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