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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:34 pm
"I'm sure you do plenty." Aiya decided to sit with him. She sat with her legs crisscross on the ground, "And don't be sorry. Its fine I know how angry they were making us both. But can I ask you something Raki?" She didn't really wait for him to answer. "Why do have like this need to protect Clare?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:40 pm
"I do what I can. But she doesn't really need me for anything. Why do I travel with her *Looks up at you*, because I don't have anything else to do."
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:43 pm
Aiya looked down, "I get why to travel with her," She looked back at him, "But it seems like theres something else there. I don't mean to be nosy or anything, but it seems like you care about her.... a lot actually. Almost as if you love her."
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:45 pm
Waiting for Deneve to walk to the circle, Clare set herself into stance and prepared to face off against a high level Claymore. As she stands there the sky darkens to the final moments of daylight, but the twilight is still gives off enough light for a human to see by for another hour.
striding into the natural circle, Deneve couldn't wait to test her at her full strength, it was unfortunate that they had to keep their Yoki as low as possible here, then she could test her farther.
Clare knew that the odds were against her, especially right now, but she hoped that even with their Yoki lowered, she could still hold her own.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:51 pm
Flora watched as the two women stood off. She was interested at how Clare would fight against one of her own.
"Now we're talkin'. Come on lets see some blood." Hellen was very excited to see this. She was sure Clare was going to lose something against Deneve.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:58 pm
Starting off quickly, Deneve rushed at Clare, bring her sword up in a rapid movement, only to clash with Clare's sword. Man was this girl slow, she almost got hit on every strike. It was like she was trying to gauge something, but it was coming up a bit short, this was almost a disappointment from the first swing.
Struggling helplessly, Clare was infuriated at herself for relying on her abilities so strongly. Defending herself, Clare hoped in some ways to improve thoughout the battle but things weren't looking so good so far.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:00 pm
Raki gives a weird and mildly insincere and nervous chuckle, "Not like that. A human and a claymore, I've never even heard of anything like that. *Looks up at the sky* Well I suppose if your going to understand I have to tell you how it began. A while ago a Yoma was doing what Yoma do, sneaking around killing everyone in my town. Clare showed up to kill it but not before it got my parents. I tried to help her find it. Well she found it, it was my own brother. I suppose you know what happened next. *Looks down at the ground* I don't know if they thought I knew and was covering for him or my family was cursed but the town council decided I was no longer welcome there. I wandered the wastelands until I was almost done for. That's where Clare found me and took me in. She's the only thing I have left."
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:23 am
Aiya felt bad for Raki, "I'm sorry Raki. That must have been offal." She debated if she should tell her story. "The reason I left was because of an arranged marriage. In my town by the age of sixteen if you haven't found someone to marry your parents do it for you. And seeing as I hadn't my father pick someone he thought would be good for me. It turned out he pick a brute. The one person I couldn't stand. My father didn't know much about him, but I did. He was no good for anyone. So I left. I left my little brother and father." Tears were burning at the back of her eyes. "You remind me a lot of my brother Raki." She looked away from him. She hadn't cried in over a year. She didn't ant to show him her tears.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:58 am
Raki doesn't actually see her crying but he can hear her. Softly pats her back, "It's ok. Boy it seems life has dealt both of us a bad hand huh?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:58 am
"Wow, what a bore. You can only defend yourself, you can't even try to attack me, you're pathetic." Striking quickly Deneve forced Clare to think quicker, hoping to get some kind of talent out of her.
Feeling herself fail at such a simple task, Clare began to break down inside, though she let nothing show on her face. Her abilities seemed to be failing her, and there was nothing she could do to make this better.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:36 am
Aiya wipped her eys, "Yeah life sucks." She looked up at Raki. Her checks were a little flush. She was glad it was mostly dark out side. "I feel so embarassed. I don't usually..... do this. Then again I haven't been traveling with people in a long time."
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:38 am
Sensing the girls desperation only made Deneve more angry, Why couldn't she fight properly, how had she even achieved a rank of 25 this way, she was patheticly weak, and could probably only kill the slowest of Yoma.
Pushing herself harder, Clare couldn't help making a few mistakes that might have cost her her life in any other situation. When she felt Deneve slow down to stop, a destructive desperation filled her, and she slowly stopped as well. Dropping her swrd by her side, Clare could do nothing more than stand there.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:41 am
"Well maybe beating the crap out of me earlier might cheer ya up, *smiles a little as he says that*, We should probably head back. It's not a good idea to be out at dark alone when we're on the trail of an uber-yoma." Raki stands and and extends his hand.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:52 am
Aiya smiled and took his hand. "Yeah we should." So Raki and Aiya walked back to their camp sight. Clare looked beet. And Deneve look almost pissed.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:57 am
Raki looks at the sparring match, obviously concerned.
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