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Rei predictably flinched as the bard prodded him. He rolled his eyes just a little as Nils began to lecture him. Sure, the thought of wandering over to Nils's next performance for a change of pace was appealing, but he wanted to read. And, y'know, if Nils would be prodding him all the time when he did see the little Bard, it wouldn't be appealing for long.

"Yeah, well, how can I get any better, if I don't put any effort into it? Just because I can do magic doesn't mean I can magically make myself more powerful." Rei smirked again, letting out a sarcastic chuckle. If he had to be a little cold to get the point across, so be it.

"No, they didn't get the chance to," She answered. "Oh my name is Clara Risna. Nice to meet you Derrin." Then she frowned a little bit. "Why are you mad. Is it because of what they might have done to me. To be honest, I was a little scared." She wrapped her arms around him. "Then you came and saved me. Thank you." There was a big smile on her face. She was a bit on cloud nine at the moment. Too bad it was more than likely to crash after it wore off because of Derrin.

When there is empty void that needs to fulfill
When there is loneliness that needs companion
When there is secret crush that needs to confess...




"Oh.... I wanna have this, and this, and this, and this, and OMG! That's the most beautiful ring I've ever seen!" Psyche squealed so high as she looked at the jewelries in a shop called Sparkles. Despite that it was a secret shop, the angel couldn't resist the cute items. They looked so cute! So sparkly! And OMG! Was that an Orion's Bolts she spotted?! That would be the perfect give to her Commander Eros!

"Oh, I must give this to Commander Eros!" The cupid squealed delightly as she took the item with her and walked out the door. It won't be long until the shopkeeper called the Watch about the stolen item. It seemed the cupid didn't know she had to pay for the item. But what currency did a spirit have in the human world?

Walking ever so merrily, the cupid thought about the expression her commander would have when she gave him the item. Oh she could see it now. She could see him smiling at her, wrapping his arm around her petite waist as he drew her toward him. Their lips moved closer and closer to close the gap in between them and-

"EEEEKKKKKKK! I can't wait!" Psyche shouted in excitement. She couldn't wait any longer.

"But you're so dumb when it comes to social things."

Wait? What?

The cupid turned around with a stern look on her face. Who dared say that to her? She wasn't DUMB when it came to social. In fact she was the center of attention when it came to social. Mostly about gossip.

Psyche scanned her pink eyes around her until they landed upon the culprit. A shortabard. How dared he say that to her.

Reaching to her headdress again, the cupid pulled out the baseball bat. With one mighty force, she swung the baseball down and smacked Nils in the head.

"Hmph!" Psyche lifted her head, placed the baseball bat on her shoulder, and walked off. That would show the shotabard not to insult her.

Unfortunately, the cupid didn't know that Nils was talking to Rei and not toward her since she was invisible. And furthermore, the cupid didn't know she had whacked him with a Love Bat 3000. Psyche, you needed to be careful with your weapons.

Nils' eyes lowered, so that he was staring down at his feet. He considered Rei to be his best friend, despite the druid's cold attitude that existed a majority of the time. A look of sadness flickered over his face, though he did his best to hide it. ". . . Hasn't anyone ever told you that power isn't everything?" Teal strands of hair lifted and settled as he shook his head slowly, in a manner that almost said "I pity you". "Having that alone . . . it isn't enough for you to be happy. Isn't there something that you value above yourself?" He sighed quietly, tilting his head up to stare at Rei.

It was at that precise moment that Psyche's Love Bat 3000 struck him in the head. The bard flinched visibly, a gesture that would appear quite strange to Rei. His head ached where the baseball bat had hit, but after studying the druid's face for a split second, another part of his body started to ache even more. He fiddled with the engagement ring on his finger nervously, a bright pink blush on his face. For goodness sake, he was going to marry Hikaru soon. It wasn't something he bothered to keep a secret. He wouldn't be surprised if everyone knew. If he was caught doing anything with Rei. . . . He didn't want to think of what could happen. His reputation would be shot, and that would only be the beginning of it.

And yet, as Nils continued to stare at the green-haired druid, he felt his heart racing and his mind screaming to give in to temptation. Desire was threatening to dictate his actions; he held it back for now, but he was mere moments away from having all his urges rush out at once. He wanted to just press Rei up against the nearest wall and kiss him, taste his lips and enjoy the feeling of their bodies pressed together. The fantasies did not end there, though. There was so, so much that Nils was just dying to do. . . . His hand found Rei's wrist and gently wrapped around them, in a gentle yet possessive manner. He glanced around for a moment before tugging his current object of affection out of the street and towards a quieter, more secluded area, with very little people around. If Rei tried to break the grip, Nils would just grip tighter; he had no intentions of letting go. ". . . Don't you have any sort of . . . love in your life? Someone you care for above anyone else?" The bard whispered gently, his face a light shade of pink.

Well aside from stupidity, he should have thought better from the fact that Joshua had been an idiot following her...so now would not be his best time to talk to her, and after all he had just said, he ruined his chances for a later encounter. "As much as I do not want to leave...it seems I have no choice. Farewell then."

Moving away before she would Elfire him in the back, he started his way back to where he had been, since there would be nothing good for him to go near Melethia...damn so much for learning something from her. Original intents aside, maybe he would learn something from other means. Though stalking...not his style.

The Tempest King

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Screaming behind him, that was never a good sign. And apparently the trend of his luck hadn't decided to change yet as he was jumped from behind, he shouted with surprise as for the second time that day he found him self rolling down the street. He felt tearing and instantly assumed Rajin had enough of his playing and had revealed his true objective, which was "Eat the good looking swordmaster." Then the weight was lifted as Joshua stumbled to his feet out of a roll, quickly his hands explored his body and with great surprise he found himself in one piece.

Left with nothing but his ring, bracelet and hand wraps which hid the scars on his arms Joshua looked down the street at Rajin, he was a cat in a hat now... Okay even Joshua had to admit, if Rajin was a girl he would have been turned on by that. Unfortunately the big guy wasn't and so had only succeeded in creeping him out more, a few people had stopped to stare at Joshua who although not as muscular as Tibarn, had long lean muscles built for endurance over power. Other's eyes were drawn to the scar on his chest, the mark on his chest and the scars running up his arms had stories behind them. But currently Joshua was to busy trying to find an out to bother thinking about them.

There! A stack of crates, never mid the pink haired woman on them, Joshua smiled sweetly at Rajin before darting to his left and scampering up the crates, he'd seen that bishop before and Serra was probably given the shock of her life when a nearly naked man clambered up the crates.

Upon reaching the top Joshua leaped for a nearby rooftop and managed to catch the edge, hauling himself up quickly the swordmaster began running rooftop to rooftop, leaping over alley's as he did used to the sandy streets of Jehanna where as a boy rooftop running had been a popular sport Joshua didn’t fall once nor was he worried. Even better was the fact that a pursuer like Rajin would have trouble getting up, so the kitty might have to stick to the streets.

In fact if either Rei or Nils took that moment to look up they would see a sight they wouldn't ever forget as Joshua jumped over them, the Duke's Head was his destination. Along with that charming woman and her broom.

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saw taht the man was running and seeing that the Tiger had been intent on that man he decided now was a good time to move. He kept an eye behind him as he shot in the opposite direction of the man. Until he felt like he was far enough away. Unfortunately, he tripped, and as his luck would have it, as he yiped loudly he saw somone in front of him. A red haired mage by the looks of it.

FUWUUUUMP!

He faceplanted right into the woman's "chest", and as luck would have it, he managed to keep himself up by putting his hand on the ground...and he chashed right into a stack of barrels. "Ow..ow...ow," He commented as he tried to lift himself from the wreckage from barrels. Feeling unable to do so, and scared of the woman he didn't put much effort into it.