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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:55 pm
:: Immolatus ::  The voice caught his attention as he looked towards the small figure that had been the voice's source. "Hmmm, a riddle lover, have we? And what is your name, to answer the riddle that is also the answer to the power of Immolatus, the Serpent of Dancing Flames?" Immolatus put the young girl down slowly and looked towards Pillo; sighting the headband that marked her head; a recent graduate; or one who would soon Graduate. Looking to Pillo, Immolatus grinned and knelt down to her level, speaking another riddle to challenge her wits; "Inside a great blue castle, lives a shy young maid. She blushes in the morning, and comes not out at night."Quote: Immolatus Before: 1411 + This Post: 123 = Total: 1534
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:05 pm
"Hm?" Pillo blinked a few times as she heard a voice behind her only to turn around and see a man. Very close to her. The female couldn't help but tp raise an eye brow when glancing around her seeing no fire. Sure she said that there was a fire but there really was none. Looking over the man she noticed that both of his hands were on his weapons. When seeing this her eyes grew wide only to throw her left hand in front of her face, waving it around. " Yes I'm alright but there is no fire. I was just answering a riddle,.." She said with a small smile. "Eh?" She then turned her head back to the other man hearing an odd item over his eyes. "Names Pillo," She said with a small pause, listening to his next riddle. She then did a small twirl as she was thinking over the riddle glancing between both men. "The sun?" She asked, not being sure of this answer.
[ Haven't heard of that riddle so I am guessing it XD ]
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:19 pm
:: Immolatus ::  Immolatus's face lit into a grin and he looked to Pillo "Not bad, not bad... Pillo, eh? Perhaps I will test you with one more... And it's my second favorite one... Listen closely, it's a long one!" His mask and its three red lenses looked to her; and after several moments picked out her features so he could identify her later; unfortunately his ability to notice specific details was another limitation of the false eyes... Still, with regular checks and tune ups, he knew they would serve him well; and it was only a temporary weakness until he regained control of his fire powers; and which would allow him to sense out for the minute heat levels radiated by all living things in order to see properly. Nodding, with the riddle in mind, Immolatus spoke the riddle to Pillo, "'Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, An echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder. 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends him at birth, and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honor, and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth. In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on the prodigal heir. It begins every hope, every wish it must bound, With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned. Without it the soldier, the seamn may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, Nor e'en in the whirlwind of passion be drowned. 'Twill not soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear, It will make it acutely and instantly hear. Yet in shade let it rest, like a delicate flower, Ah... breathe on it softly, - it dies in an hour."Quote: Immolatus Before: 1534 + This Post: 347 = Total: 1881
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:30 pm
Zatoichi reached out with one hand, stopping it at the tip of hers holding her hand still as she tried to wave it. "Ah I'm sorry, I can't exactly tell sometimes. And please stop waving your hand the vibrations in the air are throwing off my sense of hearing." He said turning his head in the direction her voice was coming from, stopping it in a position where he would be staring at her. He sighed halfway in embarassment at how he reacted and halfway in distress, he would continue to look in the direction of her face revealing the thin black cloth over his eyes.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:35 pm
When hearing the other man speak she could only nod her head, agreeing to hearing his riddle. In a normal situation she would never listen however these types of riddles where fun. She then closed her eyes, wanting to listen to the riddle without any distraction near by. 'resides o'er his happiness, honor, and health,...' Thinking this as her eyes seemed to twitched. This was the one part that she could not get within the riddle at first she thought the answer was death however it didn't place there. Her eyes then snapped open as she turned her head to look at the man once more. "Is the answer the letter H?" She asked while raising her right eye brow. Normally she would cross her arms however since she only had her left arm it would hard. " And if I get this correct then tell me your name,.." She said with a small pause while waiting for his answer only to turn towards the other man. " Ah okay. I'm sorry I didn't know you where blind," She said while staring at the cloth over his eyes. "What is your name also? Sorry for not asking at first but I love riddles so I had to answer," She said with a small smile.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:42 pm
Zatoichi nodded in understanding, people didn't typically scan someones eyes upon first meeting them. He 'looked' back at her halfway curiously. "I am Zatoichi Mayanri, the blind samurai, and it's fine, besides being blind has it's advantages." He said flickering out of view for a few seconds. He drew one of his swords, cut the leaves off of a tree limb above their heads, resheathed the sword and was sitting next to Pillo in a little less than half a second. "Typically yout body tends to cope." He said halfway smiling.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:53 pm
:: Immolatus ::  Immolatus's face lit into a grin and he looked to Pillo "The letter H it is; few get that one. My name is Immolatus of the Enkou Clan; the Serpent of Dancing Flames... And despite my appearance, I'm not an old man, as the sugar addict earlier found out..." Immolatu looked to the other man, another member of the Enkou Clan? Though the fact that he was blinded this earlier in his life was disturbing; his eyes appearing to be clouded over red in Immolatus's eyesight; though he knew it was a white cloud simply by comment knowledge... The only reason Immolatus could think of that the man would have gone blind this young in his life would have been a misuse of the powers given to the clan... Unlike Immolatus, who had lost his eyesight due to poison as opposed to poor training... The only other possibility was natural blindness; but at least Immolatus had his visor to assist him with infrared rays as a form of artificial vision... "And now, I must confer onto you my personal favorite riddle.... She is blacker than a moonless night; Hotter and more bitter than Hell itself..."Quote: Immolatus Before: 1881 + This Post: 196 = Total: 2077 [need 4800 for all Academy abilities]
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:06 pm
When hearing the man now known as Zatoichi speak, Pillo could only watch in amazement as he cut threw a leaf. She then turned her head to the side to see that he was now sitting next to her. The female then nodded her head, agree with him. " I know fully that the body can cope to almost anything," She said with a small pause while glancing towards her fake right arm. "You can't see it but my right arm isn't real so it seems all three of us have something in common." Saying this as she turned towards the man with the item over his eyes. She guessed that he was also blind due to the item however was unsure.
" Suger addict?" She asked , unsure what he meant however only nodded her head to agree with it. " Well either way it's nice to meet both of you," She said while bringing her left hand up to her face, brushing down a few strands of her bangs that where hidden in her hat. 'Hotter, Bitter and Black,.. Thinking this as a large smirk appeared on her face. " Why everyone's true love in life: Coffee,"
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:15 pm
mizu sat back and listened to the two talk of riddles. "You two are boring old peoples" she said in a child like voice, she had no taste for riddles, the only reason she herself spoke of one was to get imo off her back. Since he still had her up in the air She crossed her arms. "Put me down you pompous fool" she said to him, he had no right to pick her up like that. He then turned to the one speaking to imo. "Lover of riddles, instead of being that maybe the two of you should be simply lovers" she said, yes a very young girl knew of such things, she knew a lot and could back it up with evidence.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:56 pm
Zatoichi nodded, listening to Pillo and agreeing, they were all crippled in some way, though different the same. He pulled a small flask from the inside of his robe and opened it, a strange powerful stinging odor coming from it in waves. He tilted it back, taking a few swigs of the liquid and then setting the flask back into his robe. "Yes, it is quite amazing what the body can do... for instance." He said drawing the unnamed Katana from his side. He tilted the blade and smiled at the familiar rush as the blade started to hum vibrating ever so softly, increasing Zatoichi's already amazing speed and strength. He re sheathed his blade taking a single step and grinned as he was sitting on one of the limbs of the tree. His after image faded and he smiled staring forward into the abyss that was his vision.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:09 pm
:: Immolatus ::  Taking Pillo's hand in his own, Immolatus kissed it before letting go, "And she even guesses my favorite of all things." Immolatus grinned as he bowed in a show of defeat. "And yes, the sugar addict; that kid who just made the crack at us... She stole and ruined my perfect thermos of coffee with sugar..." Immolatus was not happy with the act of 'sacrilege' against his Coffee... "And yes, Pillo is right... I'm blind as well, though for different reasons... I used to be of a noble house in the Enkou clan... but an assassin poisoned by third cup of morning coffee... It knocked me into a comatose state for about five months... it destroyed my central nervous system and left me blind... My skin and hair's chemical makeup were also altered... But thanks to modern technology, this pair of oversized goggles over my eyes allow me to see.... to some degree. The lenses send out infrared rays and return them to a wire in my head that goes to my brain... I cant see everything, but its enough for me to get around... At least until I regain my powers.... my chakra pool was shattered by the poison, so until I regain my powers I cant sense the heat given off by living things.... Enkou naturally go blind anyway from their powers as they age... I just got the deal before I was supposed to..."Quote: Immolatus Before: 2077 + This Post: 238 = Total: 2315 [need 4800 for all Academy abilities]
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:29 pm
"You like coffee, I like sugar, don't be so bitchy about it" Mizu said to the man, yes she was a 14 year old girl using such words. Looking up at him with a smirk on her face. "Seems I'm the only one from this circle who as of yet has soom type of disadvantage" she said speaking to them, a very young girl was conversing amongst some very scary looking nin, but she really didn't give much of a care. Looking over to pillo she smiled. "I am not an addict to sugar, I simply took this sorry excuse for a mans coffee and added a pinch of sugar too it, that was all" She said pointing to Imo, that was the nickname she called him.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:35 pm
Three blue lines appeared on Pillo's face when hearing the other speak. Riddles where one thing but talking about love made her feel very uncomfortable. She couldn't find anything funny about it so she had yet to make a comment on it. Her attention was drawn back to Zatoichi who was taking a drink from a flask. She could only guess it was alcohol however didn't know. She was impressed by his speed, never seeing a ninja act so fast until she felt her hand being taken away only to see that it was being kissed. "Eh?" She muttered when hearing Immolates speak, only to glance back toward the other female. " She ruined the coffee,.." She said with a small pause. " But coffee is,.. is coffee..." She said while training off in though. She then placed her left hand on her side while listening to Immolatus tell his story. She found it interesting and humors in an odd way but it might have just been the dark humor she grew up with. " Why dose your clan grow blind when their older?"
Turning to look back at the other girl she nodded her head 'yes' agreeing with the sugar part. " I guess that's okay. People like their coffee in different ways so it makes seance but why did he get mad at you then?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:00 pm
Zatoichi dropped his face to a more serious demeanor at the mention of the device allowing the Enkou to see. He then started to snarl when the new person arrived, disrespecting everyone, including himself with her words. He could tell she was young probably in her early teens, by her high pitched squealy voice, and her need to seem young. "Well... if you wish to sell your soul to pointless technology that's fine, I accept and embrace my blind eyes, accepting the gifts that it grants me, and your clan may go blind eventually, but mine goes blind at will, then again it's not like it matters to me i'm already blind. And I was blinded by my instructor, he swung the blade at my side across my eyes, and the sun flashed reflecting off the blade removing my sight completely." He said. He looked down where the youths voice was emanating from forming a mental picture of exactly where she was. He kicked off the tree flickering behind Mizu, his after image fading only when he was already behind her stabbing towards the back of her leg with the unnamed Katana, and aiming tonbogiri in a horizontal slash aiming to land the blow across her back with the flat of the blade.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:17 pm
:: Immolatus ::  Responding to Pillo, Immolatus explained his own 'philosophy' on coffee and the drinking thereof; "Sugar and Milk hide the bitter truth... Coffee is best taken as it is... My clan, the Enkou, focus on the power of the Sun... We are gifted with fire in our blood; and out eyes glow red like fire as we use our powers, glowing brighter the stronger we become... But as our power gorws, the burning of our eyes slowly drives us blind... A youngling without proper training will soon go blind if control is not taught... Even with control, the use of our powers will eventually drive us blind..." Immolatus explained to Pillo, "And she stole my coffee mug when I specifically offered her Coffee flavored candy... she's not old enough to be drinking real coffee..." Tossing Pillo a wooden practice sword and placing another wooden sword at Zatoichi's feet; Immolatus grinned as he asked: "Would you two be interested in sparring me in a practice sword fight? I still have yet to adjust to this false eyesight, my peripheral vision is somewhat limited, so I would like to be in a three way sparring match to help improve upon it. Plus, I'm sure we could all use some extra practice... Hopefully five months in the hospital haven't rusted my skills completelly!"Quote: Immolatus Before: 2315 + This Post: 221 = Total: 2536 [need 4800 for all Academy abilities]
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