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 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:41 am
Bix was getting bored. He was firing on a dummy out on the training fields and there was no one around to spar with. All the others training he didn't know and by their coats they were ranked much higher than he was. Apparently the 'strays' were not even on radar for most of the other hunters. Bix had actually stopped his target practice, huffing in frustration as he leaned on his bow. He was eager to progress himself here in the program and he felt like he was doing the right things but Gale had been promoted and he was feeling a little bit of self imposed pressure, just like when he'd been in school. He swung his head around, looking for anyone or anything that could satisfy his restlessness.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:27 pm
Candace...Candace...Caaaaandace...Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandaaaaaace. CandaceCandaceCandace. Candance. Cadance. Candace! CandycandyCandace. Candace McCandypants. OI. PLUM. CANDY. Candace had been trying to ignore Atropos, but she could only go so far. She just wanted to go to the training fields and work out a bit, to try out a few moves she had been practicing to see if they were effective at all. That's all she wanted. But Atropos was annoying the s**t out of her. She finally stopped at the edge of the field and nearly threw her rings as far as she could.
"Oh my god. WHAT." Now normally Candace kept her conversations with Atropos to herself but no. She had to go and just..ugh! Atropos cackled with laughter. On the one hand it was good to see Atropos being herself again, but on the other it was obnoxious.
Finally Atropos calmed down enough to speak again, still chuckling every now and then. I'm bored~. The corner of Candace's eye twitched a little. She was bored. That was why she was doing that.
She was bored.
It was about then that she noticed Bix was nearby and looking around for something, or someone. "Yo." Yes, Candace. Just pretend like she didn't just yell at Atropos.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:12 pm
Bix looked behind him when he heard yelling. What did he do? Was it him? HE DIDN'T DO IT! But it was Candace and he shuffled uneasily. Mostly because she was a female, a woman, of his own age who had a bit of a bite to her. Normally he ended up attracted to those kind of girls but this island had been a new start for him and he'd resolved that all of his past bad decisions should never happen again.
She is cute though.
She's got a boyfriend
Sssssso?
You are the WORST.
"Hey what's up?" He wanted to spar but frankly her crazy shoes scared him and he'd caught a look in her eye once, when Caelius was around, that kind of scared him.
"Was gonna train a little.." He never seemed strange with her in a group but suddenly he seemed extra strange and she definitely had to notice.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:21 pm
Candace shrugged. "Not much. Was going to come out here to train on the dumm--yes, Atropos. You're bored. I get it. Stop singing." Candace sighed, rubbing her temple. Atropoooooos.
Oh? Train? Both Candace and Atropos perked at that, the woman grinning now instead of looking annoyed. "Oh really? Mind if I join you? Clarice said I was doing better, and since my knees are feeling better from my fight with her I figured now is as good a time as any to try out the moves I've been reteaching myself." He looked uncomfortable...was it something she did? Something she said?
Something on her face? "You okay, man?"
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iloveyouDIE rolled 1 20-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:43 pm
Bix turned a little pink if only because he was being called out on acting crazy. "Umm no I'm fine.. maybe indigestion?" It was an awkward and unconvincing smile but he patted his stomach to support his statement.
"Sure we can train. I'll be running away quite a bit, just to warn you." He was a long distance fighter after all but maybe this was a good chance to work on his close combat skills. He'd been starting to use his bow like a staff when needed.
"Atropos? Is that your weapon?" He summoned his, Mina appearing in his hand with a flash of gold and a fluttering of snowy feathers. "This is Mina. She's uhhh.... was.. a quetzcoatl thing." If she knew what that was. He honestly didn't know Candace at all. he wasn't sure he'd ever even had a convo with her.
Nice long legs on her. You should turn her to the white side.
The white side?
Well you certainly don't belong to the dark side, snowflake. She cackled hysterically.
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Eight rolled 1 20-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:00 pm
"...You're not going to throw up on me while we're fighting, are you?" Candace made a very 'DO NOT WAAAAANT' face at the very idea of him..ugh. Gross. It wasn't as bad as the Sahara desert mission--nothing would be that bad--but it was still pretty nasty. She made no promises of being able to hold back from getting sick herself if he did such a disgusting thing.
At his warning that he'd run away she shrugged. "I'll just be chasing you then. I got some good practice with Clarice even with how short that fight was. Ugh. She kicked my a**." Candace had been expecting it, at least. She had no illusions she really would have beat Clarice even slightly. Heh. "I think I already know what to do with you." She chuckled, giving a nod as the rings on her fingers glowed and shifted down to her feet to become Atropos' trademark bladed shoes.
"Atropos is my weapon, yes." Candace said with great pride, tapping her foot a bit and grinning. Atropos' gemmed 'eyes' seemed to flash with light at Candace's proud claim. It made the woman grin. What was that for?
Nothing~. Candace rolled her eyes and chuckled, whistling a little at Mina's lovely appearance. Pretty feathers!
"Atropos was a um...cateblah..pis...thing..."
Catoblepas, Candace.
"Catoblepas. Right. Weird word...but nice to meet you, Mina~." She waved to the bow but stayed where she was. Candace would normally approach her partner but she was feeling playful. She wanted to see if she could surprise him. It was a very good thing she couldn't hear Bix and Mina's conversation.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:27 am
Bix made his own face. "Ew. No.. not going to puke." He finally cracked a bit of a smirk. He was easing up as she hadn't done anything nutso in the first 5 minutes.
"Cat..oble..pas. Like from Final Fantasy?" Was it sad that most of his monster references came from FF games? Did she even know about Final Fantasy or play the games? She didn't seem like the type, honestly.
"Ladies first." He held his bow at the ready. His free hand was poised to grip the bow like a close quarters weapon when she ran to attack him.
"I can't say I envy you, fighting Clarice. She's at least nicer than the rest though." But her sword was massive and pretty intimidating, especially for a guy with low self esteem. Bix did admire the flashy 'shoe' weapons that appeared on the girl's feet.
"This sounds like a stupid question but is there a name for your shoe-weapon-things? You know.. other than 'shoe weapon things'." Myabe shoe-blade? Like a key-blade? It sounded made up... but their hunter weapons were hardly typical.
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Eight rolled 2 8-sided dice:
5, 8
Total: 13 (2-16)
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:49 pm
"Ah...sure?" She only played like ten minutes of Final Fantasy before she decided she bad better things to do with her time than play a video game. She chuckled at his gracious offer and returned the bow. "Such a chivalrous gentleman you are."
She'd just use conversation to surprise him then if he was going to let her have first strike. She did take a couple steps closer so she'd be more effective, though. "Nah, it's fine. I offered and I went in expecting to lose. I told her she could beat me up." She didn't elaborate.
Candace hummed and stopped walking as he asked about her weapon, looking down at her feet. "That is a very good question. I never thought to give it a name? Just...Atropos. Scythe boots, maybe?" She seemed to look thoughtfully, tapping her foot a little. Atropos?
I'm awesome. That's what I am. Candace suddenly laughed. Candace... I know~. Now. When he isn't expecting it.
Suddenly Candace broke out into a short run, enough to get momentum as she jumped into the air and kicked her leg out. One of the blades connected before she stumbled to the ground, grinning proudly. Nice!
HP: 40/40
Damage done: 7
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iloveyouDIE rolled 2 8-sided dice:
5, 7
Total: 12 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:44 am
Bix had only sort of been expecting it. He'd attempted to raise his bow in a bit of a block but she ended up hitting him in a different place than he expected.
"You girls are so much faster than us guys." Bix frowned but took her stumbled landing as an opportunity to strike down on her, using the bow like a club instead of it's intended purpose. He was trying to get better with improvising when his opponents were close.
"Soooooo..." he was a talker, always talking, but he didn't know Candace at all and what he did know of her was made-up wary concerns in the back of his mind. He thought of the only thing he knew about her. "Jerry huh? Lucky guy."
His conversational skills seemed to be lacking and he didn't sound convincing when he said 'lucky guy'. Bix realized he may be coming off like kind of an a** right now.
Yep.
A little help maybe?
Nope heehee
HP: 33/40
Damage done: 6
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Eight rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 3
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:52 am
He got a good hit on her shoulder and she winced, turning on the ball of her foot to slide away from him. Damn, that thing hurt! "I'm sure there're men out there faster than me, but I kind of have to be fast with a weapon like this." She shrugged, coming at him again to strike at him with the talon on her heel instead of her blade.
"Heh. You think so? I think I'm the lucky one, honestly. He could probably do a lot better than me." She frowned at that. Especially with all the pretty new trainees around. "You didn't hear that."
HP: 34
Damage done: 3
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iloveyouDIE rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 5
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:03 pm
Bix just laughed. "You are just a typical girl. All of them say that, not realizing that guys are idiots. That god you guys don't figure out how thoroughly idiotic dudes can be. If you did no man would ever have a girlfriend again."
Bix caught the talon in the thigh. But as it sunk into him he gripped Candace's ankle and and yanked, wrenching her away and tossing her from him.
"Sorry.." He blurted out. "And sorry if I seem weird. You seem pretty cool I sort of pre-judged you." They'd only talked for a minute and he was already blurting out his 'secrets' but that was just the kind of guy he was. Bix couldn't hold thoughts to himself UNLESS it would save his life.
HP: 30/40
Damage done: 3
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Eight rolled 2 8-sided dice:
5, 7
Total: 12 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:12 pm
Candace chuckled and rolled her eyes. All girls said that, huh? But all girls probably didn't realize just how true the statement was. She really didn't deserve someone as sweet and wonderful as Jerry. "Oh no, I'm well aware of just how stupid men can be. Sometimes it's endearing." Only sometimes.
He grabbed her ankle and she stumbled, nearly falling over from having her weight so suddenly thrown off balance. She was catching her footing when he suddenly apologized for...pre-judging her? Candace blinked. "Believe it or not I'm used to that." She shrugged.
They could multitask, however. He wanted a spar? She was going to give him a spar! Candace went for her usual move, leg up and kick with a blade slicing across his front.
HP: 31
Damage done: 6
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iloveyouDIE rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 2
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:12 pm
"Really?" Bix expected her to be angry or maybe say something negative. "I dunno I guess I heard things." Island things. He thought she was batshit, honestly.
Candace was fast and she was back on him with those shoes in a flash. Before he could react he took another slash across his torso. DAMN she could lift those legs!
He swiped his bow under her before her foot hit the ground and swept her other leg out from under her. The bow itself didn't really hurt her but the fall to the ground would definitely shake her up a little. His mind was just searching, pulling for something to talk about. He opened his mouth a few times, intaking breath like he was about to speak, but he couldn't think of a darn thing!
Usually he couldn't shut up! Why so weird, Bix?
HP: 24 / 40
Damage done: 3
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Eight rolled 2 8-sided dice:
4, 7
Total: 11 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:31 pm
Candace laughed an shook her head. She wasn't surprised he'd heard things. Who hadn't heard things by now? Hey! Maybe she should just save everyone the trouble of playing a long game of Telephone and send out a mass text that hey! She got hold of Caelius' scythe, and she almost killed two people! And she had been batshit insane! Sigh.
"And I'm sure most of it is mostly true. I have apparently gained myself a reputation of some kind." Candace shrugged, gasping with surprise and hitting the ground with a hard thud as he swiped behind her legs and knocked her over. "Oof!"
She couldn't let herself hesitate for too long. It'd give an opening. See? She was learning! She pushed herself up on her hands and kicked her legs to the side, turning herself to swipe at his own legs before hopping to her feet and hopping back away from Bix. "Nice one."
HP: 28
Damage done: 5
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iloveyouDIE rolled 2 8-sided dice:
6, 3
Total: 9 (2-16)
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:54 pm
"Nice legs yourself. NICE ONE. I mean.. Nice shot. Yeah you know.. jeeeezzzz..." He verbally fumbled and now his nice pasty skin was flushed bright red. His only way to come back from this was to try and beat her.
But he would probably lose and then blame it on her nice legs.
"Don't tell Jerry.. I've seen his temper." Bix laughed but didn't seriously believe that Jerry would be angry. He still reminded him of his art teacher from high school so he had a problem with any intimidation factor, even packing a bazooka.
Bix took the next hit but pushed away from her, sprinting a sort distance to shoot a quick arrow. It stuck her in the shoulder, dissolving into red energy after a few seconds.
HP: 19 / 40
Damage done: 3
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