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 Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:38 pm
 Honehime had only been sitting there listening to the lesson for a few minutes before the door burst open. In staggered a young girl wearing clothes possibly even more outlandish than her own, which was in and of itself an achievement, she supposed. The teacher didn't seem terribly surprised by the new student suddenly showing up, so it must merely be the second new student of the day. All of the other students, the ones who'd been here longer, seemed surprised. She supposed it was unusual for there to be two transfers in one day, in one morning. Then again, she had known there would be some form of disturbance and an addition, thought she hadn't seen the details. Now that it happened, it was only too obvious, however. As the newest student introduced herself in a lackluster manner, she then moved to an empty seat. By this point, there weren't too many empty seats left. And the closest one just happened to be relatively close to her own, one back and one further away from the wall, right behind the girl who was sitting next to her. As the new girl moved to take her seat, Honehime quietly greeted her, speaking in a polite manner. (900 words cashed in. 205 words.)  After introducing herself to the new girl, Lieselotte turned back to the instructor, and tried to pay attention, even though the lesson itself seemed simple and straightforward enough that the actual lesson seemed terribly boorish and unnecessary. A reprieve made itself known, however, when the door swung open once more, this time much more forcefully. The culprit was a girl, perhaps three years older than her, wearing clothes that clashed rather fiercely, enough to only be three steps above being an eyesore. She eyed them curiously, wondering what they were doing here. The odds against two new transfers happening to the same school, the same class and even the same morning were virtually astronomical. But nonetheless, the instructor told the new girl to introduce herself and take a seat. She did, speaking in a dull voice that for a second almost made her think the new girl was a puppet. Thinking this, her hand reached down to brush her suitcase once more. Like her, the new girl carried a rather unusual accessory. But rather than a suitcase, she carried a gourd. How exotic. She watched as the girl moved to the seat behind her, her crimson eyes watching as the other girl moved to take her seat, then stopped and set her gourd down, and then successfully took her seat. Once that was done, she turned back to the instructor, who had already returned to the lesson. At the same time, she divided her attention somewhat, keeping an eye on the door, should any more transfer students happen to come in before the day was through. (900 words + 263 words = 1163 words.)
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:59 pm
As she had taken her seat, it didn't take very long, twenty seven seconds to be precise, before Sakazuki had lost interest in whatever the teacher had been saying. In order to compensate, the Circe dove a hand into her hand, rummaging through it for several moments without drawing much attention to herself before she produced a folded and wrinkled sheet of paper, unrolling on the desk as she stared at it, then drew out a slender pen as well, looking at the incomplete list before she set it's tip to the paper, beginning to add in several moment bullets.
"A sprig of Valerian, half a pound of ground Chamomile, a pint of Virgin blood..."
The witch paused on the last item as she nibbled on the tip of her pen. "I'll just substitute my own blood in that case," she said out loud, scribbling her words on the paper in parentheses before allowing her eyes to roam. First to the boring teacher, but upon realizing the man wasn't even half as interesting as he was when Sakazuki had first stepped into the room instantly redirected her gaze throughout the rest of the room. It was then that she had suddenly realized that someone had been speaking to her; looking over at the girl that sat not far from her as she then cracked a slight smile. "Pleased to meet you..." She soon paused, "...and what might your name be?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:29 pm
Honehime split her attention between the instructor's lesson and the activities of the girl who'd arrived only a few moments after she had. The girl was scribbling onto a sheet of paper and muttering to herself. Even so, Honey's ears were sharp enough to pick up what was being said. After thinking on it a moment, she leaned back in her seat, and twisted around to look Saka in the eye. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, my name is Honehime Yogen. And forgive my intrusion, but you might find adding three drops of nightsahde root oil would help concentrate the effects." She was no chemist, or would it be alchemist, but she'd brewed several philters and elixirs herself, trying to find one that would suit her purposes. She'd gotten close, but had never actually crafted the one she really needed. That was alright, she had believed that would be the outcome, she knew that her vision would work when it worked, and no amount of potion brewing would likely change that. But in the end, she'd learned some knowledge of the nature of various herbs, and if it helped this other girl, she could tell that in the future she'd be glad she did. (205 words + 204 words = 409 words) Lieselotte began to drift off as boredom set in, this lesson was practically remedial. She already felt she knew everything she needed to know about it, but the instructor continued to go into detail. She looked up at the door when she heard a sound from the other side, but it just appeared to be someone walking past. Thinking of the recent arrivals, she glanced back behind her, to see the new girl, who was already talking with the other new girl. Odd, both of them came at almost the same time, and already seemed to be hitting it off famously. She wondered if it was possible that the two of them might have met before entering the classroom? "Zis is very interesting..." She watched the two chat for a moment longer, then returned her focus to the instructor, to see if they had moved on to more interesting matters yet. Rather predictably, they hadn't. Sighing in annoyance, she turned back to the other two. Surely whatever they were talking about was more interesting than whatever the instructor was saying. She made it look like she was still paying attention to the instructor, but in fact she'd already given up on learning anything worthwhile. Instead, she would see if she could join in the other conversation. Admittedly, her own methods of assassinating didn't call for too much knowledge of non-lethal poisons, but it was fairly well-known that the Akasun clan used poisons extensively. (1163 words + 243 words = 1406 words)
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:45 pm
Sakazuki blinked as the girl near her had offered both her name and a suggestion. Blinking for several moments, she revised her list, then raised her head towards the source of the voice. "Oh my... I do suppose nightshade would provide a lovely medium to bring forth the best of the other ingredients," she confessed slowly before eventually letting out a mild sigh as she scratched her head softly. "I've certainly lost my touch lately," she added as she then set her pen down, finally focusing on the blue-ish white haired girl before him.
"Thank you, Honeyogen," she replied softly, evidently forgetting her classmate's name (or at least parts of it) already. Allowing a mild grin to spread across her face, she propped her elbows up on her desk, her chin soon moving to rest against a bridge of intertwined fingers. Yet once again, her eyes moved, drifting over towards the other girl, a suspicious white hair with a suitcase.
"If I were to be blunt... Anything is more interesting than listening to that man go on and on."
((Ahmagod, crappeh post but...It had to be fast. D8 It started storming here.))
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:14 pm
Honey let a slight smile spread across her face when she heard her new classmate's attempt at her name. It wasn't that much different, and to be honest, it didn't sound that bad either, so she really didn't mind if she got called that. Compared to some of the other things she'd been called during her travels, it was positively complimentary. Putting her thoughts back on track, she returned to the topic at hand, the nightshade. "It's true, nightshade oil, or if you prefer, essence of mandrake, works wonderfully for binding together other ingredients while still maintaining a powerful sedative effect." She turns back to face the girl next to her, and eyes the instructor at the same time, after hearing both of the others comment at some level of how boring the lesson was. She had to admit, she certainly wasn't learning much, but she knew that she'd learn what she needed to know at the proper time. Whether it was here in the classroom or elsewhere, it would still happen. (409 words + 172 words = 581 words) She could feel the other girls' eyes on her, so she turned a bit more to fully face the both of them, pretty much ignoring the instructor. At the new girl's comment, she nodded, agreeing completely. This instructor seemed to think that regardless of the actual age of the students, since it was a beginning ninja Academy they had to be treated like toddlers. "Yes, what iz next, recess and zen naptime?" She almost allowed a shadow of a smile to flash across her face, but decided against it. These two girls seemed nice enough, but her stay here was not for pleasantries, she had a job to do. Once it was done, she'd be gone, and would likely never return. Then again, if nothing else, perhaps she could see if either of them would be interested in helping her? She'd have to proceed carefully, though, she couldn't tell them very much about her true calling, nor any major details about the mission. Enough for them to know what the mission was, of course, but not enough to lead to trouble if either of them were caught or betrayed her. (1406 words + 190 words = 1596 words)
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:52 pm
Sedative? Nap time?
"...Sleep doesn't really sound that bad at the moment," The witch said slowly as she then slouched in her seat slightly, her bridge of hands now collapsing as she now rested her chin against her arm, her eyes closing for the moment. "And for the record, Honeyogen, I believe this b*****d's speech is a greater sedative than anything," she groaned wearily. Slowly however, her head slowly rose up, at first, swaying lazily from side to side before she looked towards both women. It was now obvious to Sakazuki that she really wasn't going to learn anything listening to this man drone on in the background like a monotonous broken record of Simon Says.
"Mandrake..." She repeated suddenly, thinking on her classmate's words before she rose her head. "I must find mandrake before I return home," she added before she then looked around. She certainly wasn't going to find any of that here, and after being motivated by the other girl's suggestions, she shifted in her seat, evidently having no greater desire than to merely rise up from her seat then and there to head on home and make a hot, fresh brew of her latest apothecharic recipe. With that thought in mind, she abruptly rose from her seat, slinging her gourd over her shoulder, before pausing, noticing that the instructor had stopped talking to turn his dull gaze towards him.
"I believe I shall take my leave here, sir."
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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:53 pm
Seeing Saka start to slump further down in her seat, Honey nearly did the same. It was bad enough listening to the instructor when he was this boring, but somehow, talking about how boring he was almost made it worse! She began to feel a little sleepy herself, and only barely stopped herself from yawning. She shifted in her seat, trying to find a more comfortable position without risking one that was too comfortable, and then falling asleep. At Saka's comment about needing to find some mandrake, she tried to think back to if she would have seen any during her travels. She knew the flower of the plant well, or at least well enough to know what it looked like, and where it was commonly found. But had she seen any in her recent travels? She was pretty sure she had, but where was it? She thought she remembered, but she'd have to go there to check. When Saka got up and suddenly informed the instructor that she would be leaving, a flash of insight ran through her. She knew that she should leave now, and that one more would have to leave, as well. She didn't know why, she just knew that that was the way it would have to be if they wanted to succeed. Of course, she didn't know what they would be succeeding at, either. So she got up as well, informing the instructor that she, too, would be taking her leave. The instructor seemed to stare at them like a deer caught in the headlights, with an expression hovering between struck dumb and just dumb. Likely, they were the first students to just up and quit, especially so soon into their lesson. They'd been there, what? A half hour tops, and they already felt they had learned everything they needed to. Either they were prodigies of the highest order, or something else was happening. (581 words + 320 words = 901 words) Lieselotte nodded at Saka's comment, that was true, no doubt about it. The more she thought about it, the more it seemed to be a good idea to try to get at least one of the two girls to help her with her mission. She still had to decide how to broach the subject, though. She didn't want to spill all the details, but she had to tell them enough to make a true decision. But regardless of that, she felt fairly sure that in the end, she would try getting them on her side. Just then, they both got up within moments of each other, and both announced they'd be leaving the classroom immediately. She blinked in surprise, this wouldn't do at all. How was she supposed to recruit them to her purpose if they weren't here? Time for a calculated risk, she'd have to gamble on the benefits of having allies overweighing the penalties of leaving this stage of her mission incomplete. She had to go for it. "Zat goes double for me, monsieur." She stood up as well, one hand already gripping the handle of her suitcase possessively. Inside, a faint rattle could be heard as her sister voiced her own agreement. With that said, she turned back to the other two, nodding in agreement with their decision. "Well zen, if we are finished, shall we be off?" she gestured with an open hand to the other two girls, then beckoned to the door. (1596 words + 247 words = 1843 words)
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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:34 pm
"Oh my... You two are supporters of my idea as well?"
Despite her dazed look, Sakazuki sounded rather surprised as she stared at the two women before accepting the white- hair's suggestion as she started towards the door, ignoring the feeling of more than a dozen pairs of eyes on the back of her head as she pushed open the door then stepped out into the hallway, which had become considerably less crowded now that class was actually in session.
"Mandrake!" The Circe stated out loud to no one in particular, evidently blurting out her main target now as she looked down one hall, then the other. Did this Academy have a greenhouse? More importantly, did that greenhouse have mandrake? That was really the only deciding factor that kept the Witch from rushing back to Hidden Twilight now... Well, that and the fact that she had two new comrades that had joined her in committing her 'crime'. Perhaps it would be wiser to listen to their own agendas to see if they could someone benefit one another...
"So, where are you two girls heading off to next?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:47 pm
Honehime nodded, and followed the other girl towards the door as Saka led the way out of the classroom. She felt the eyes of the other students watching them accusingly, silently demanding to know what was going on, but she paid them no mind. If destiny decreed they would meet again, they would, and if not, then there was no point in dwelling upon the matter. Instead, she focused on the matter at hand, helping her new friend find some mandrake. If only she could remember where it was. There was that one flower in that thicket not too far away. She hadn't gotten a close look at it, but it had the right color to be in the nightshade family, and it was growing in the right region. But maybe there was something closer. When Saka asked for her destination, she took a moment before answer, waiting until they had walked a good distance down the hallway. "A destination? I don't know, I merely feel that it would be in my best interests for the future to accompany you now. So for the moment, it shall be the same as your destination, if that is alright?" (901 words + 197 words = 1098 words) Walking along with the other two, Lieselotte headed to the classroom's door. She could tell most of the students were watching them leave, so she turned back to glare at them coldly. Something in her glare must have unnerved them, for quite a few of them suddenly found something else more interesting to look at. Satisfied, she moved to catch up to the other two. It didn't take long, neither were moving very fast. She got there just in time to hear Saka's question. She had to stop and think for a moment before giving her answer. Her true destination, could she tell them? No, not yet, that was definitely something she had to keep secret for now. But at the least, she could tell them one of her next stops on the way there, couldn't she? "As for me, I still have a few affairs here, but after zat I have business in the land of Sand. Zat is nothing urgent, though." (1843 words + 153 words = 1996 words)
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:01 pm
A woman appeared at the gates of the Academy and looked around the area, seeing men there and made a disgusted face as she then looked for a female teacher. As she did, she managed to see another female ninja that turned out to be a teacher. The girl ran over there hoping to catch her in time without running into anyone around that was male. As she reached her teacher, she found that the woman was also teaching some boys around there and the girl squinted her eyes, wondering if the woman had been tainted by their influence. But before she could leave else where to look for another teacher, the woman caught sight of the girl out of the corner of her eye and smiled slightly saying, “Hello there, did you need something of me? And what is your name?” The girl turned around and bowed respectively with a fake smile upon her face although she was truly disgusted in having to speak in the same area with males but kept her composure all the while. “My name is Lileth, sensei. I wish to find someone to train me in the ninja ats,” said Lileth as she kept her eyes on the teacher, not wanting to even look at the people there.
“Well then Lileth, why don’t you sit down next to Adam and we can get this class started,” said the teacher. Lileth looked around and saw the boy the teacher was talking about before looking back to her saying, “No… I think I’ll just stay standing. Just don’t mind me.” But the teacher looked at her like a mother angry at a disobedient child and said, “Go sit next to Adam or I will not teach you.” As tempted as Lileth was, she reluctantly walked over towards the empty spot and sat upon it, not enjoying any bit of it as she waited for the teacher’s instructions. “Hey,” said the boy next to her. She tried to ignore him but he continued to pester her. “Lileth, my name is Adam. Your very pretty you know that,” asked Adam towards Lileth with a smile. Lileth squinted at him through the corner of her eyes before turning full headed with a large smile. “Thank you.”
But as she said that, she slipped up her sleeve on her right arm and then flicked the device upon her arm, creating a soft tone that would affect the boy as he would be the only one in range of that soft flick and he’d experience the death of his mother. About ten seconds after the flick of her weapon, Adam jumped from where he was seated, screaming in terror before falling to the ground, his hands clenching his head with his eyes extremely wide. Everyone looked towards them, surprised from the boy suddenly screaming out so much in the middle of class. “Adam! What is wrong with you? Get back in your seat and listen to the lecture,” said the teacher as she placed her hands on her hips, puffing out her bottom lip to make her look even angrier. Lileth smiled as she turned away from him and slipping the sleeve over her melody arm, enjoying every moment of his terror before looking towards the teacher.
“Damn it Adam, shut up or leave the class,” cried out the teacher but Adam couldn’t hear her over his own screaming. Blood was starting to come out of his head as he was clenching it so hard. Screaming his vocal chords out, the boy attempted to fight off anyone that tried to help him up from the ground or try to comfort him in anyway possible. Lileth realized that she wasn’t going to learn anything like this so she stood up and then started walking away saying, “I’m heading off to the bathrooms.” With that, she slipped into the forests that was everywhere around the Academy. Lileth then started hearing the sounds of girls giggling in the distance and moved through the brush. As she crept behind a bush, Lileth split some of the branches apart so she could see what was going on. But as she parted it, she grew incredibly angry as she saw a girl with a boy, making out in hiding. Gritting her teeth, she pulled back on her sleeve and then flicked her melody arm which resonated a sound that lulled the two into her genjutsu where they would see themselves killing the other but there were not able to move at that exact moment. After about ten to fifteen seconds after the ability started, the two suddenly fell to their knees, screaming with all their might as they gripped the hair on their head, pulling as hard as they can.
“Love... What a load of bull,” muttered Lileth as she then started to crawl out of the area. “Men disgust me with their want for pleasure and all that,” she whispered to herself. Slipping into a clearing, she dusted herself off of any dirt or dust that might have stuck to her clothing. Suddenly, a voice of a female called out to her, “Hey, new girl. What you doing sneaking around like that when you can walk like any normal person? You skipping class.” Lileth looked around and saw the source of the voice: a girl in a tree with two others sitting next to her, both of which were girls. Lileth was overjoyed to see that not all girls loved to hang around males like the last few she had seen and then walked towards the base of the tree. Looking up, she wondered how she was to climb up there without breaking a nail or scratching herself… Or tearing her clothing in case he clothing gets caught by a branch. “What, never climbed a tree Shinobi style before? Fine, I’ll tell you how. Channel your chakra into the bottom of your feet. Not too much and not too little less you will fall off,” said the girl as she stood up upon the tree branch and then started walking up and down the side of the tree trunk.
Lileth listened and watched the girl give a demonstration before trying as the girl explained. Concentrating her chakra onto the bottom of her feet, Lileth placed her foot firmly upon the tree trunk before quickly lifting her other foot to do the same to get a step up the tree. But she suddenly started slipping and she was forced to jump, making a back flip in the air before landing upon her feet and hands. Looking up, a bit of her hair slipped upon her face and she grinned as she figured she’d have to put a little more chakra to hold her weight as she used way too little chakra to keep her fastened to the tree. “Oh, before you kill yourself, what’s your name,” asked the girl with a giggle. Lileth looked up at her like she was crazy before saying, “My name is Lileth. It is a pleasure to meet you.” “Likewise,” said the trio together. “Our names are, Rose, Jasmine, and Heather. Glad to meet you,” said Rose, pointing to the other two in turn. Lileth smiled as she then took a running start this time, adding more chakra into the bottom of her feet before running up the length of the tree trunk before reaching the first branch. Knowing that she couldn’t keep the concentration for too long, Lileth grabbed the branch and pulled herself up. The girls clapped for Lileth for at least getting that high. Lileth smiled a little as she then took in a deep breath and then ran up the remainder of the tree. “Great! Now that you know how to climb a tree, let’s play tag. Now, your going to have to use all your skills that you’ve learned in the Shinobi Academy to keep from being it, or get someone tagged,” said Jasmine as she then started jumping from tree to tree. “Not it,” yelled the trio, which left Lileth to be it.
“Aw… Wish I saw that coming,” said Lileth as she then started to run after them, jumping form branch to branch. She decided to follow Rose as she was the closest to her but before long, they reached the edge of the woods where there was an edge of a lake around there. Lileth watched as Rose landed upon the waters, sliding to a stop, small waves of water forming behind her. Lileth, instead of blindly following, jumped and landed on the bank of the lake waters and looked around to see if there were anything that could help her get across. “What’s wrong? Afraid of water,” asked Rose in a joking tone of voice. “No. I just do not know how to walk on water like you are doing,” said Lileth as she puffed out her bottom lips, making a distressed expression upon her face. Rose laughed a little before saying, “It is like climbing a tree but this time you have to push your chakra down towards the bottom of the waters to keep your balance. If you do not use enough, you will sink in. But if you put too much, you will literally eject yourself out of the water,” said Rose doing a cartwheel in the water to demonstrate the technique to Lileth.
Lileth watched and listened to Rose before attempting the action herself. She took one step upon the waters, pushing her chakra out to see if her foot would sink into the water or be repelled but it seemed that she did not put too much or too little this time. Lileth then applied more weight, finding it was starting to sink and then added more chakra before lifting her other foot and stepping out upon the waters. Rose applauded as she saw that Lileth was able to walk on water. She then tried to run but was caught off guard as Lileth started running full speed at her, startling Rose since she thought it would be a while before Lileth could run on the water. Lileth was right upon Rose, making the girl fall backwards into the water. Popping out of the waters, Rose felt a hand touch her head and looked up to see Lileth smiling and saying, “Tag! Your it!” Lileth then headed towards the woods, Rose attempting to get out of the waters as fast as she could to re-tag Lileth. But as Lileth managed to run into the woods, she found herself growing fatigued and out-of-breath. She dived into a nearby bush to rest in and to try to recollect her thoughts for what she could only hope to be was completely hidden. But no sooner as she started to rest, she heard Rose run up to the spot he was on and feet shuffling this way and that. “Darn it! Where could that girl have gone? I do not want to be it,” she called before jumping into the trees. Lileth, however, thought Rose had left and then started to get out of the brush only to feel a tap on her back by Rose who tagged her in that same moment. Lileth looked at Rose with disbelief before Rose ran off towards the Academy. Lileth followed but then looked back as she heard a noise. A nearby tree had exploded into smoke and Jasmine appeared out of the smoke, running in the opposite direction. “What was that? A transformation justu,” asked Lileth to herself as she turned tail and ran after her new target.
After a few steps, she thought that she had reached Jasmine but found that she couldn’t find the girl anywhere. Heading a bit farther, she once again heard an explosion behind her and turned around to see Jasmine disappearing between many other trees. Lileth made a face as she then ran through the brush and finally got an idea. Instead of getting too close to where she saw Jasmine disappear too, she made a few hand seals that she saw nearby children do and focused, transforming herself into a form of a bush. After about five seconds after that, Jasmine released herself from her jutsu, thinking that maybe Lileth gave up on her or didn’t hear her disable her Henge no Jutsu. Smiling with content, Jasmine walked through the brush, but happened to pass Lileth who then emerged from her own jutsu and tagged her target. Jasmine screamed in fright but quickly found she was it because Lileth tagged her and then looked around, wondering where Lileth had gotten too. Lileth hopped from one tree to another, laughing to herself at how she managed to pull that trick on Jasmine before seeing Heather in the distance, being tailed by Jasmine. Lileth stopped where she was and watched the chase as it went even onto the top of the Academy building. Suddenly, Heather made a few hand seals and created a second copy of herself. A Bushin no Jutsu if Lileth’s memory didn’t fail her. Suddenly, Jasmine stopped pursuing and then headed after Rose who seemed to jump into the frey but before she was touched, she made a few hand seals and then exploded into a log, using the replacement jutsu. Lileth smiled at that but then watched as a few boys started in on the fun, the girls not minding it one bit. Lileth’s eyes grew wide, realizing that they were the same as all the others she had seen and then gritted her teeth about it, feeling a bit betrayed. However, she witnessed and memorized the hand seals for each. Lileth slammed her right arm into the tree trunk, creating a loud resonating sound that traversed the entire Academy grounds, causing massive chaos after about ten seconds as everyone witnessed the death of their loved ones in the same matter… Them killing their own loves. Lileth made a face before leaving the academy grounds, pissed off.
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:49 pm
"Are there mandrake in the Land of Sand?"
As a curious stare fell upon Lieselotte, Sakazuki tilted her head slowly before shrugging inward shortly after. Even if she couldn't find any Mandrake in Sunagakure no Sato, there had to be some special desert- only herbs that the Circe could salvage from out there as well... Especially since the witch didn't really care much for extremely hot or sunny areas, so it wouldn't hurt to get this place out of the way early on either. Of course, while it did interfere with her original potion agenda, in the spell caster's mind, this was definitely worth a little change in plan.
"Any objections to heading out to Hidden Sand then?" She asked, her lazy gaze moving from the puppeteer to Honehime, evidently wanting her input on the matter before they all headed out. Evidently, they were some sort of ragtag all-female team as of now.
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:12 pm
Honehime waited until the third member of their group caught up, and resumed walking along with the others. Upon hearing that Lieselotte had business in Hidden Sand, she pondered it for a moment. Would going to Hidden Sand now be wise, would it be in keeping with the general outline Fate had proscribed for them, to lead them to their true path, their destiny? She stopped in mid-step, in a position that would clearly be rather uncomfortable to a person actually paying attention to such things. Her eyes opened wider, and they grew glassy and opaque, almost like the twin golden orbs were filling with smoke. "If Nightshade deadly is what you seek, you need not venture far. Three days' walk towards the rising sun lies a bog of emerald. There you'll find your prize, and something more." As suddenly as it appeared, Honehime's strange attitude vanished just as quickly, leaving her to make a curious hop-step as she finished setting her foot down after nearly a minute of holding it up. She didn't fully remember what she had said during that little experience, she usually didn't. Hopefully the others would tell her. Even if they didn't, she felt confident she would know which way to go, but it would be far preferable to have them tell her their destination. If in fact they chose to heed the words she'd said during her little experience. (1098 words + 235 words = 1333 words) Lieselotte shook her head slightly when Saka asked if there were Mandrakes in Sunagakure. Ordinarily, no, there weren't. The land was far too arid to support the lush vegetation typical of the mandrake's normal breeding ground. Of course, some of the more accomplished users of poison undoubtedly had some in their stores, dried or preserved, but that hardly counted. They couldn't just go up to one of them and ask for some mandrake, like a neighbor wanting a cup of sugar. They'd be risking their lives doing something that could be done on their own. Admittedly it wouldn't necessarily be quick, but finding their own mandrake would be the wiser course of action. She stopped, nearly bumping into Honehime when the other girl stopped abruptly. Moving to the side, she was just about to demand to know what was wrong when she saw the look on the other girl's face. Something seemed off. She took a step back, just in case whatever change that came across Honehime proved dangerous. Instead, it just proved talkative. She spoke of a bog, not all that far away. If it was true, it'd suit their purposes, but how could she know? And more important, what was going on with her strange attitude all of a sudden? She turned to glance at Saka, wondering what her opinion would be. (1996 words + 224 words = 2220 words)
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:20 pm
Once Honehime had froze in place, Sakazuki paused as well, looking over her shoulder towards the seemingly awkward posture. "Yoga?" She inquired slowly, her head tilting at an odd angle as she turned to face the Kaguya, yet as the strange words poured forth, realization slowly hit. After all, being a Circe, prophecies and fortune telling came in the form as a career for some, so recognizing when one was occurring wasn't too hard... Though in most cases, their eyes usually rolled back. Or was that for dramatic effect? The witch didn't know... She was more interested in spell casting and potion brewing rather than prophecies.
"A three days' walk East, huh?"
While she didn't quite know the validity of the girl's prediction (or just delusional mumbo jumbo), she turned towards Lieselotte as she smiled. "Think we can go with that?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:46 pm
The two girls didn't say much about her experience, but from what they said, she was able to piece together the majority of what she must have said. She already knew that Saka wanted to find some nightshade, or mandrake, to try using the suggestion she'd given the young Circe. And with a comment like 'three days to the east', it wasn't very hard at all to figure out what she must have said. So she nodded and turned to look at the other girl, to see if she, too, was alright with the idea. Now that the vision had faded, she had no idea of what might be waiting for them, but she knew that it would be important, there was something about the journey or the destination that would help them in some way. (1333 words + 136 words = 1469 words) Lieselotte debated the idea for a moment, trying to determine if it would change their plans at all. She had no urgent business in Hidden Sand, so a side trip shouldn't be a real problem, but why a bog? Trudging through muck and brackish water didn't sound very appealing. but if that strange attitude of the other girl's was any indicator, perhaps it had been a vision or a prophecy or some such? If so, then she supposed that it wouldn't hurt to try to follow her instructions, and see where they led. Who knows? If they turned out to be true, then she could make a valued ally. Visions of the future could be put to any number of purposes, it'd be worth it many times over if it was proven to be true. So she nodded curtly, already regretting the mess they'd likely be moving through in the future. "I have no problems with zis course." (2220 words + 157 words = 2377 words)
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:14 pm
"To the Land of the Rising Sun!" Sakazuki bellowed then in announcement as she shot her hand forward, pointing East... Or at least what she thought was East. In reality, it was probably one of the other three directions, not that the Circe really cared; she'd probably end up letting one of the other two lead anyway. For now however, there was still one thing in order:
"How about we get our butts out of there then?"
If they gave a good performance of their skills, they could just leave this joint already, right? Especially since it seemed like they obviously weren't learning anything new here... Therefore the most logical place was to just move on... Collect herbs, make potions, inhale possibly toxic fumes...
Yep.
It sounded like a plan.
"Let us be off!"
-Will add up total later-
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