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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:04 pm
Seph laughed shaking her head "The fact you cover up doesn't give you the opportunity to adapt properly. Though I do know some ways that are public appropriate. After all I do have to stay in shape somehow which is hard work with an appetite with me" she admitted thinking of another series of exercises that she didn't mind doing in the cold.
Alpha shrugged "I wouldn't know how bad they get considering explosions just tickle me or make me feel healthier. Guess if I were with ya you could just jump behind me before it blew up and all would be fine" he chuckled almost jumping as the musicians came on to open the ceremony having failed to notice them entering the arena. "Don't you have ranged weapons you could use like throwing knives?"
Hebal sratched her ear in thought "I think the judges sometimes appear at the great assemblies but they aren't exactly common things. But I am pretty sure the judges are still to get influence in certain areas of the world. But come on you guys, I can hear the ceremony starting and we need a seat" she bounced up and down from a combination of excitement and hyperactivity.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:41 pm
Felina frowned seeing Cid jump to life at the sound of the loud music "We couldn't cover his ears the whole ceremony in fear of fire words but for now I'll keep him safely in here" she answered letting Cid bury himself down her coat with only his head popping out between the buttons. "As if I would get a reputation for being a princess thief, even if you did teach me one or two things theres always the chance I wouldn't want to put the knowledge to use."
Satoshi paused glancing over at Gil and the journalists "I'm sure Gil won't be too much longer and I doubt a major act has come on in the first few seconds. One way to find out" she muttered pulling Hebal to the window to keep her occupied for the time being. "The judges have no influence where I live. Would have a field day trying to stop ninjas and politics going mad. So whats the great assembly for/about anyway?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:40 am
Oassu nodded stroking Cid's ears "Aww poor little bunny hope he's ok with this, got a bit of a surprise there" he said sadly "Still no need to teach you anything just incase you get tempted to do anything, Princess thieves probably wouldn't live a wonderful life anyway" he snickered "You want to turn me into a prince don't let me turn you into a thief" he said.
Gil hurried back "Ok ok I told some of them I'd talk to them after the show, lets hurry into the Judgemaster's office don't want you to miss the show" he said tapping them on the shoulder and moving towards the Judgemaster's room "I suppose she would get the best view of the arena so that she could act as a Judge over all the matches? Like a second opinion to the Judge that actually looks over the battles" he thought.
Jenna rolled her eyes "Yeah yeah everyone's tough enough to manage explosions but me, though to be fair Barbaros only fought bombs because he had a ranged weapon though don't be silly, Ninja's are the ones that do the throwy thing. For thieves we occasionally use crossbows but I'm not great with one so aiming from the back of a chocobo is pretty tough" she smiled "Plus Boco can only shoot fireballs which aren't exactly helpful against bombs" she said brightening up as the music kicked off watching as a hotdog-laden Barbaros hurried back to his seat.
Itaka rolled his eyes "Never thought that our ability to make clothes is an adaptation?" he suggested "But enough silly talk, just remember to invite me along on your exercises someday would be nice to actually wake up next to you for once" he snickered watching as a train of Fire jugglers began to circle the Arena from the competitors entrance.
Zadina giggled "I don't think there'll be that many seats in the judgemasters office but it'll certainly have a good view I'll bet" he said happily his tummy rumbling again "Hmmm hope I can have some food before we leave" he muttered
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:10 am
Seph smiled and nodded her head while she thought to herself she had seen better jugglers about "I never thought you were the kind of person who would enjoy early morning jogging or push ups and the like. Not at 6am anyway. But sure I'll drag you along so long as you don't end up falling asleep on me mid exercise. I'll wake ya up tomorrow if ya don't mind not jogging" she offered.
Alpha smirked watching Barbaros return briefly "Hey ninjas are just high class thieves who boraden their horizons as far as work goes in my eyes so you might have been able to throw stuff. And with the right armour and equipment you would be able to handle explosions no bother" he assured Jenna "... I could so do that juggling trick there"
Hebal nodded pulling her friends to the door struggling to keep hold of the other trophy while doing so "Yep most likely and so she can check the judges are being fair. Plus I bet she has the most luxurious of the viewing rooms too since she's like top dog head of the authority if ya get what I mean" she giggled opening the door and pushing each group member inside before stepping in herself.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:59 pm
Satoshi groaned not enjoying being pushed around by Hebal "Hey now, don't get too impatient, it only started a few seconds ago and..." she trailed off looking around the giant room fitted with speakers, a very large couch and coffee table lined with magazines along with a set of arm chairs and a mini golf course. "Well this is a very nicely laid out room although I think the walls would bother me a lot after a while" she shuddered pointing to the window at the front overlooking the arena followed by the other three walls which were essentially three giant screens showing the arena centre from different angles.
Felina raised her eyebrow "But the question is my dear Oassu, do you really want to be turned into a prince both in title and behavior. Hehe would be a laugh to see you turn all proper and as appearence obsessed as the average noble. But I'll have you know I have no intention of pinching anything from anyone"
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:58 am
Gil smiled watching the fire jugglers on the screen "It's quite impressive I think maybe a little extravagant for my tastes" he said noting the minigolf course before putting the trophy down on the couch and moving to the window "Is the Judgemaster supposed to meet us here?" he asked.
Oassu snickered "I'm just trying to be nice for your families sake I'm still a thief at heart you know" he said winking at Felina while petting Cid gently in case he was scared "The fire jugglers are pretty neat have you ever had something like them in Yithra?" he asked
Itaka smirked "Won't be able to jog much tomorrow morning we'll just be on the airship, can always try some of those other exercises you had in mind in our new bed" he said stroking Seph's wings "Would just be nice to have you beside me in the morning for a little cuddle rather than you running off to exercise" he said.
Jenna rolled her eyes "Well I don't know stuff about ninjas though technically anyone can throw weapons just ninja's make it a speciality I don't exactly pack throwing knives with me everywhere to try" she said.
Barbaros nudged Alpha "Dats not fair, ya don't have to worry about catching the fire" he told Alpha handing them both a hot dog "Starting to look pretty good the show ey?" he said taking a sip of his drink from the straw.
Zadina frowned "That's really bizarre I've never seen walls like this before" he said poking the nearest screen gently "Still I suppose this allows her to see the matches with good clarity but I agree Miss Satoshi it would make me dizzy having to watch all these screens for Judging at once" he said
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:28 am
Hebal shrugged "I dunno, I thought she was just giving us her room to watch the ceremony as inda a privelage but it would be pretty rude if she didn't come visit to say congrats to you" she stated resisting the urge to snoop around in search of interesting finds. "Theres so many angles to see I dunno where to look" she gasped choosing to sit in the arm chair and watch the left wall for the time being failing to notice 3 different members of staff entering to take food and drink orders.
"Hi there, we'll be serving you this evening. Would you like any food or drink or can we do something to make you more comfortable" one waitress asked looking out of place being an elf where as the others were gria.
Seph hesitated rubbing Itaka's leg with her tail "Well... I'll tell you what, just this once I'll not bother with the exercises and have a lie in. Think of it like a special occasion" she promised leaning back in her seat watching the gymnasts join the jugglers onstage. When on the airship its usually the perfect time for flying, could have carried you around behind the airship in the clouds"
Alpha nodded leaning slightly further forward "Yep its starting to look quite good I think and I could do that trick catching the fire all the same even if I didn't have to worry about it. Not to worry about the lack of throwing weapons, the good thing about working in a group is that everyone covers eachothers strengths and weaknesses and makes a variety of ranges" he optimistically concluded.
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:28 am
Felina shook her head tickling Cid's ears "Theres not really anything like that in Yithra. Fire jugglers are all well and done but when living in a forest, it only takes one of them to drop something outdoors to have a big blazing fire on the loose and as for fireworks... well couldn't see em anyway for the treetops" she admitted thinking she wasn't selling her home all that well.
Satoshi sighed looking out the window with Gil "Well she's gotta do something between matches i guess or in the time where everyone is getting ready to fight. But you must admit it is the best few indoors of the place" she chuckled pulling up an armchair to the window to sit and watch that way. "Oh hi there ladies, could I have some run please" she added to the staff.
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:42 am
Oassu nodded "Well I suppose I can understand that" he said emitting an audible oooh as the firejugglers started to fly as they juggled "I suppose they'd have to be trained professionals but then again some risks are probably too big to take" he said "Well what do you have that's paradable in Yithra?" he asked.
Gil patted Satoshi's shoulders gently before glancing at the waitresses "Could I have some whisky please if that's fine" he said stretching "Yes it's very close, but seems weird to let people view from this place when it's essentially an office" he said noting the desk with paperwork and other office junk on it.
Zadina tapped Hebal's shoulder "Miss Hebal we can order some food and drink if you like" he told her seeing she was distracted somewhat surprised to see an elf present "Hello there, I'd like a glass of orange juice and....what is available to eat?" he asked.
Itaka smiled "I'm sure you'll enjoy your lie ins maybe so much you'll want to cutback on your food so you can have more" he chuckled nodding impressed by the fliers "Do you think you could be skilled enough to manage that?" he asked his attention drawn away from Seph.
Barbaros smiled while he chewed his food "Well you couldn't do that" he said watching as the firejugglers expanded from the center to hover over the crowd in the stands "Geez these guys must be real pros to be allowed to do something so dangerous" he said wondering about the scandal if someone dropped a torch on a member of the audience.
Jenna nodded looking up at the fire juggler above them "I guess that's why people form groups after all, probably shouldn't let this bother me so much, and maybe do some target practice from atop Boco to get used to the movement" she said
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:43 pm
Seph laughed shaking her head "Well it depends on whether do you mean I could do it now or if you mean if I could do that after having the same amout of training as they have. If the latter then sure why not as I can be good with my hands when I want to be and with a little bit of practice" she guessed not to bothered about giving the activity a try. "Would rather learn to sleep while flying"
Alpha snickered "Sorry its not that thought of them dropping a torch on someone thats funny. Its more the fact that you are unaware that I c an actually fly when I need to. I would change forms just to show you myself sprouting wings but I would most likely scare off half the audience and would have wasted a form that I can only use once a week or longer" he explained wondering if Barbaros had seen his other form or if he had just forgotten.
Hebal hesitated deciding to take advantage of the service "Whats there to eat, can I have some lemonade please" she requested a little impatient to get her attention back on the ceremony. "It's a pretty luxurious for an ofiice don't ya think. To me this place looks more like a real fancy business hotel room" she added to Gil.
The waitress smiled handing both Zadina and Hebal the menu "I'll tell ya what, how about we get those drinks sorted for you and in the mean time you can look at the menu and make an order when we get back" she politely suggested to them while her colleague on the left wrote each drink down.
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:50 pm
Felina paused thinking it had been a while since she had seen a parade "Well theres a lot of magic in Yithra you see so you get things like ice sculptures designed purely to come to life and rare mystical creatures like the odd unicorn or phoenix. Theres also a load of dancers and gymnasts/acrobats and beastmasters in elf communities you see. But since the dragon festival is next... well you will most likely see a bunch of trained dragons roaming about the city, maybe bahamut too as he usually makes an appearence"
Satoshi looked over resisting the urge to look at the paperwork and read it "Can't be all that important to be left here for us to see. But thinking on it, I should guess the judgemaster is making an appearence at the ceremony or at least making it run smoothly" she predicted patting Gil back on his arm "Could you bring the dessert menu along with the next drinks for me please" she asked the staff on impulse.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:32 am
Oassu smiled "Well that seems nice enough I'm sure you could dazzle just as well as these people" he said watching for the next big attraction "Trained Dragons huh, thought only Dragoons could do that and does Yithra have a Dragoon division?" he asked "Didn't know you had Beastmasters either" he said suddenly aware how little he knew about Yithra.
Gil smiled "Maybe it's written in Grian anyway in which case we wouldn't know but nevermind I expect she is though didn't Alanu say she'd meet us here to congratulate us in person?" he asked sitting down beside Satoshi "In the mood for Dessert today?" he asked "And I suppose it is a little fancy, if I was a Judgemaster guess I'd take my place of work a bit more seriously" he said resisting the temptation to try the mini golf course.
Jenna frowned "I've seen your battle form it totally doesn't have wings" she said gasping in amazement as the ring of fire jugglers began to fly in a vertical ring with the performer at the top and bottom throwing their torches to each other.
Barbaros smirked "Ha! It's impressive but I wonder if they have any other talents other than flying and these jugglers" he said watching as some of the fliers broke off from the ring and intentionally dropped their torches into buckets of water below where they extinguished before looping round to fly through the center of the ring between the juggling torches "Bet your form is too big to do something like that, though Gria being rather small kinda helps" he said
Itaka grinned "You can be very good with your hands though I don't think it's possible for you to sleep while flying since y'know it takes a conscious effort to fly doesn't it?" he said turning to the hot dog Gria hovering close above and buying one for him and Seph.
Zadina nodded "Thanks very much Miss" he said taking the menu and flicking it open "The people in this bit are so super polite it's quite nice, reminds me a bit of home" he said turning back to admire the show "Wow that looks really dangerous Miss Hebal! You think they spent years working on this routine?" he asked
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:35 am
Alpha tutted shaking his head at Jenna "I have multiple forms and one of them although not my original form does have wings, big black ones specifically. Would just have to stick around long enough to see me needing to use it. And you wouldn't see gria flying through rings of fire created bu juggling pixies either. Its a matter of proportions for I could do it if a demon large enough was doing the juggling" he smirked.
Seph smiled happily taking the hotdog "Thanks for that, you sure know how to work your way into my heart" she told him before taking a huge bite out the hotdog, half of it disappearing in an instant "...You would think that but then theres sleepwalking so I wouldn't rule it out. Could work in the same way though would be weird waking up in the middle of that"
Hebal nodded flicking through the menu deliberately choosing to ignore the dessert section of the menu "Hehe the best staff for the judgemaster and champion I bet and of course they would have needed to practice hard, check out all the torches being juggled by each one" she gasped counting six one one fria.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:57 am
Felina smiled but shook her head "We don't have a dragoon division. But we do have the Ranger division run by General Vistai. That consists of not just archers/rangers/hunters but also beastmasters. We wouldn't have been able to have such high populations living in our forests and in the wilderness without a means of keeping the fiends from bothering us afterall" she explained.
Satoshi shuffled along making room for Gil "Yep I'm in the mood for something sweet after that lobster dinner earlier, maybe a nice bit of cake or ice cream. Though lighten up a little Gil, you take your work way too seriously sometimes when you should be relaxing and enjoying some of the finer things in life" she shrugged gently ruffling his hair.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:43 am
Oassu nodded "I guess that makes plenty sense I kinda just assumed your hunters kept the fiend population low so they steered clear" he said stretching as he ordered a hotdog for himself "Still it's good to know you and the Gria are still going to be a nice alliance" he said thinking back to Elithana's mission earlier.
Gil grinned "I guess you're right just a bit on edge with the show and everything" he said wishing he could take off his armour to cuddle Satoshi "Still what's on the menu you like?" he asked tearing his eyes away from the performance.
Jenna frowned skeptically "Alright alright, Demons truly are a force to be reckoned with I suppose if a big old dude like you can fly about the place" she said "Still it's an impressive show don't you think?" she asked Alpha uncertain if he was impressed or not.
Barbaros grinned as one of the Gria flying through the hoop caught a torch and the audience emitted a loud "oooh" "Welp if this doesn't impress you I guess nothing will old man still I expected a dazzling Aerial combat show, y'know those fancy fake swordfights that look good" he said "Seeing as it's kinda a Grian specialty. Dragons too" he added.
Itaka frowned buying another 2 hotdogs for Seph seeing as she was getting through it rather quickly "Well whatever keeps you happy" he said taking a small bite out of his own one "Still I don't know if sleepwalking is something you can be trained to do, that includes flying" he said.
Zadina nodded "Well I think I'll have the pasta then it looks nice enough" he said lifting his head from the menu to watch the show "Wow we really do get a good view from here still would be incredible if you could do that Miss Hebal!" he said tossing the menu aside to run up to the window for a better view
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