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Post by Zephel on May 25, 2010 14:33:54 GMT -5
As in cue, a loud slam of the backdoor only but attract attention from both the bandits, and Zeph stepped out from inside the abandoned building with a deep frown and a large broadsword held on his right shoulder.
"What kind of minions do you run back there?! They're not even worth being called a warm-up." The silver-haired expressed his disappointment, having beating up the rest of the thieves inside the building, and somehow without any noise whatsoever.
"You want fire?" Having heard of Orwin's suggestion, he glared hard at this bulky man. "I'll give you fire." And without a moment of thought, Zephel secured both his grip on his heavy two cutting-edged sword before strongly swung his weapon towards Orwin horizontally, but that's not all. A wild streak of blazing flame followed up with the swing too, dangerously near the bandit.
Frankly, being an element-wielder isn't so bad.
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Post by NPC: Male on May 25, 2010 14:47:26 GMT -5
Orwin jumped at the sudden appearance of...a chef? He's wearing a working suit, and hell, even an apron was still donned on him. "What the..?" The ruffian doesn't even have the time to contemplate how strange the sight is, as this guy suddenly swung his bigass sword towards him.
Instinctually, Orwin held up his scimitar to block the blow, but instead of holding up the attack, his scimitar got thrown off out of his grip strongly. Orwin flinched, having felt a flaming sensation or something just now, and backed away from this dangerous baker.
"Chefs are supposed to make CAKES, dumbass!! You don't have the right to interfere with business over here!!"
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Post by Zephel on May 25, 2010 14:51:18 GMT -5
Zeph growled at the insult. Nobody called him a dumbass, and yelled right back at the idiot, "I WAS, numbskull! Until you make a mess of my cafe, so I have EVERY RIGHT to be pissed off!! Damn simpleton.." He made his point, seething darkly at Orwin and made his way towards the stack of sand.
He gave a strong kick towards the sacks of sand, resulting the mass to stumble over the other side and revealing two very tired teenagers in view. Zeph clicked his tongue at this, before loudly whistling out of the blue.
All of a sudden, growls and barks could be heard stampeding near, and before anyone could even blink, a large white dog had latched itself right on Orwin's face, biting and clawing the man with such violence, the man literally fell on his back and screaming in pain. "Zi-Fi! Hold back, don't eat the man's eye off!"
"And YOU." He pointed the tip of his blade on the veranda, right towards Enna. "Careful of Ryo. He bites." With that said, a sudden small creature with flapping wings appeared itself right in front of her, growling. The little fire-lizard had apparently been busy. While Enna was distracted by Zeph's show down there, Ryo had carried all of the poisonous arrow up on the roof, so Enna had no more ammo with her.
With a shrill screech, the blue fire-lizard then bit the woman on the nose, before scratching and slightly injure her.
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Post by Leo on May 25, 2010 14:54:45 GMT -5
With the mass that was weighting him down disappeared all of a sudden, Leo's limbs immediately was rendered useless as he fell onto Rayl unintentionally. He had been holding all that weight off without even realizing his weak body couldn't take it, but out of a miracle, he's able to...right till the sacks finally got off of him.
"I'm...sorry..." He whispered to her ear because of his helplessness, then slipped onto unconsciousness without a second notice. It's not a surprise though, he's been holding off the weight of an elephant just now. Leo's fingers were now badly misshapen, probably fractured by the weight and by the way his chest moved against Rayl's, he's in serious need of a breathing mask.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on May 26, 2010 7:18:48 GMT -5
Rayl stopped for a moment once hearing Leo's 'thank you' at her, her eyes widen as his face contorts in real pain. The piles of sack sands really weighted Leo's body. She don't know why, but she suddenly feel scared at the boy who is saving her to this sands as well.
Her mind suddenly get blurred, it suddenly aches as she winces in pain. "L-Leo," she blurted out. Suddenly, the pile of sack sands have discarded around them. She looked once again at Leo who feels tired, "I'm sorry..." her eyes widen as Leo falls into unconsciousness. She unintentionally hugs the boy whom is needing a breathing mask because of Leo's unstable breathing.
Her heart hurts seeing the unconscious guy in pain, she sit up; as she carefully lay the guy down on the ground. Her left arm feels numb, but her heart feels more than that. She glared above the veranda to see Enna without her poison arrows. She throw her with glares that could promise to seethe her for pain.
Suddenly, the place started to get cold. The steamed of the Evnae have turned into a cold blue mist. The ground have turned slippery because of the ice. Rayl's element have taken control the place, with the element of ice; the feet of the enemies have frozen up to their knees; they were grip down by the cold strong ice.
"O-omae..." she growled out, her eyes glaring at Enna. Summoning her two sais, she jumped above in some wrecked places to go above where Enna is. "The last time will never be the same as now..." she softly uttered as her eyes glint, swinging her sai; she stabs Enna to where her heart is.
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Post by NPC: Female on May 26, 2010 16:22:52 GMT -5
Enna backs away as she tries to swat off this annoying creature who kept scratching her face. Using her large bow, she managed to whack the fire-lizard off the veranda and sent it flying towards its owner. The woman spat down to show her disgust, but then was knocked to the back a bit in surprise of the sudden appearance of the assassin right in front of her.
Enna refuses to show any fear of her deathly words, and instead of running off, the woman bravely brings up her large bow to defend herself moments before Rayl strikes her. Though, the girl is stronger than she thought, because her sai literally stabbed THROUGH her bow and into her flesh, but just a hairbreadth away from touching her heart, thanks to the pierced bow.
With this, Enna brings up her leg and arms, then pushed Rayl off of her, the bow stuck onto her sai. Enna clutched her bleeding chest, spurting out blood from her mouth. Although her heart is untouched, Rayl still dealt her a lot of pain through that one stab, plus the still unhealed injuries from the last battle.
There's a bandage cloth wrapped around her stomach now that it's apparent to view, and upon closer inspection, there seems to be a sort of walking stick on the veranda near Enna. Without a second to waste, the woman jumped off the veranda, still holding her seriously injured body.
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Post by Zephel on May 26, 2010 16:25:55 GMT -5
Zeph immediately released his grip on his broadsword the moment he heard his fire-lizard kyuu-ed in pain, and when he looked up, surprised to see Ryo's been knocked unconscious by this woman.
"Ungh!" The silver-haired leaped up in the air a bit just in time to catch the fire-lizard as it was whacked off the veranda. He landed on the ground with his arms cradled around a blue miniature dragon, in absolute care. The chef the checked on the fire-lizard's breathing, and almost sighing in relief he found a pulse.
With an angered grunt, Zeph glared up on the veranda just in time to see the culprit hopping off. One arm still cradling an unconscious fire-lizard, the silver-haired man rushed his way to where he expected the woman to land, strongly grabbed hold onto her before she touched the ground with his one free hand and smashed her against the wall with his fingers tightly around her neck.
"So, you like whacking animals on the head, huh? Well--" Zeph released her neck, scrunched up a fist and delivered a powerful knock on her head, enough to make her suffer a concussion, and resulting her to loose her consciousness, to his delight, "--just for the sake of empathy."
After an annoyed huff, the silver-haired turned to look upwards right towards Rayl. "You, girl, try not to kill everyone who pisses you off. I need these idiots at court for the cafe abusement." He explained, trying to get some reason in her head. "Hell, I think keeping them alive will even provide you and your boyfriend there some life insurances."
He took a second look to Leo, "...Health insurance too. ..Is he alright? I'll make sure these guys meet the constabulary, you go take him to the nearest hospital." When Zeph cooled off, he can be highly negotiating about the aftermath of any fights.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on May 27, 2010 10:02:12 GMT -5
Rayl grunted as she was pushed away by Enna, she couldn't help but be ticked once again. This woman is a pain in a butt... why can't she die quickly? She have tried to stab her sai in her stomach once deeply, yet she still lives. And this second chance near her heart... but it doesn't stroke more deeply.
After she was pushed, she balanced herself because of her poisoned arm. She tried to jumped back but the light haired guy have beat him. Whacking Enna's head onto the wall, making her go unconscious. She looks at the unknown guy and furrowed her eyebrows at what he means.
"Those guys... do you think they can really stay in the prison for so many years?" she sardonically retorts as she grunted and winced in pain. She fall on her knees as she looks at Leo then hearing his remarks being a 'girlfriend' to Leo.
"He's not what you think like... he's an acquaintance," she replied back, she was an ice demon... but with frail physical health. Now, she looks more sicker because of the poison; her vision getting blurry as her pale features getting paler more.
The unknown guy seems to be right, they have to instantly find a hospital. But she doesn't have a penny in her pocket, but Leo has... in the bag? Her eyes widen as she looked at Enna who have Leo's bag. She stood up and slowly walk where Enna was, beside the guy whom have helped them.
She roughly grabbed the bag from Enna's shoulder and placed it on her, she strides her way at where Leo was. She was exhausted and drain, even if she was one of the great assassin known; she is not physically well.
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Post by Zephel on May 28, 2010 15:23:05 GMT -5
Zephel is currently trying to cool off his dog who's barking wildly and cornering Orwin in between a few trash cans, so he can't hear Rayl's comment on whether the thieves could stay in jail. But he did managed to catch of her retort about the unconscious guy.
"Well, acquaintance, boyfriend, whatever. He protects you, you fight for him. Tell me how many acquaintances does that. The least rank I could give you two are friends." He spoke that rather hurriedly for having such a meaning, but Zephel never did gave any second thought of what he said. It just flows out naturally.
After getting around his dog, the silver-haired then knocked Orwin unconscious with a knife-cut behind his neck, then kneels in front of Zi-Fi to give him a satisfying ruffle on the head. He turned to Rayl just in time as she retrieves the bag they've been looking for, but now that the assassin stood closer to him, Zeph can finally see the signs of ailing.
"Hey...you okay?" He called out, standing up with his arm still half-cradling his fainted fire-lizard. "Do you want any help there?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on May 28, 2010 19:04:32 GMT -5
She sighed, her gaze never leaving Leo's unconscious form; she have to at least move him from the hospital. She looked at Zephel who is asking her. Her face contorts pain, exhaust and drain. How can she able to mask her emotion now?
She shook her head, "It's okay..." she grunted, she glanced at her poisoned arm. "You should at least go to where the authority are to report their ruckus at your cafe." she uttered, making her way at Leo's.
She kneel down her left knee, the other propped; her gaze never leaving the unconscious form. She sighed, slightly slapping Leo's face to wake him up; a stupid thing an assassin could do.
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Post by Leo on May 28, 2010 21:34:26 GMT -5
Even unconscious, Leo's mind is buzzing with the thought of what's currently happening. Since the way he thinks is abnormal, it's probably the reason why his mind stays awake even if his body's not, so it's rather easy to wake Leo up. In short, he's a very light sleeper.
"Nngh..." He groaned, fluttering his eyes open to see a blurred figure. The artist won't even bother to ask what's happening, since his mind's already presented the gist of what happened. His vision cleared after a while, and seeing a familiar assassin when he wakes up more or so comforts him.
Though, he can quickly sense something's not right. So, with as much effort he could muster, Leo used his elbows to push himself so he's able to sat up, then yelped in pain shortly when feeling a serious pain at his spine. Nonetheless, he sat up anyway while trying to breath normally.
He turned to Rayl, and instead of asking where his bag is like he normally would, Leo however asked, "Are you alright?"
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Post by Zephel on May 29, 2010 11:04:36 GMT -5
"You sure?" Zeph knew her type. He had encountered quite a lot of people who doesn't feel comfortable with him helping them. The silver-haired didn't mind though, he's grown quite used to it, in fact, he likes it even more.
"Well, alright. If you say so..." Zeph picks the bloody body of Enna to swing it on his shoulder like a rag doll. One of his arms is cradling his fire-lizard, so he used the other hand to handle Orwin by the back of his collar and dragged them all away outside the alleyway.
Zi-Fi, the white dog, glanced for a while at Rayl and Leo, then quickly scampered off to follow its owner.
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Jun 3, 2010 7:05:27 GMT -5
Rayl sighed, she can't really take the pain in her arm anymore. The poison seems to react fast at the nerves of her body. Sipping all her energy. She glanced down at Leo who have wake up, and take off the bag from her shoulder. Shenudge it gently at Leo's face. "Here's your bag..." she uttered as she stood up, suddenly offering the not injure arm at Leo.
"Can you stand?" she asks, ignoring the question on her. "We should at least leave this place in an instance..."
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Post by Leo on Jun 4, 2010 11:12:44 GMT -5
Leo jumped a bit at the touch of his bag against his face, and after looking back and forth in between Rayl and his bag, the lad slowly reached for his belonging, but keeps his eyes focused onto the assassin. He didn't say anything to reply to her question, but he tries his best to ignore the pain on his back, arms and legs as he staggered to get up, without noticing the hand Rayl's offering.
Once he's fully up, with his limbs slightly shivering, Leo slowly slings his bag around his shoulder like he usually wears it, but had to pause a bit by the stinging spasm around his shoulder blade. He didn't scream of the pain though, merely clenching his jaws together very tightly to channel all the pain till its over, then turns his attention to Rayl.
"Are you...ALRIGHT?" He repeats his question, only now with more stress, and his eyes almost seemed like they're glaring towards her. "If this is what it takes to rescue my bag, then next time, I won't allow you to do so, Rayl." There's an unmistakable serious tone flowing through Leo's voice, and the lad doesn't even want to hide it.
"This...this thing right here..." He lifted up his bag slightly, "...is the second most important thing next to my life, and I would save it in whatever cost EXCEPT my life." Then, Leo suddenly held Rayl by her shoulders, staring straight in her eyes, "Your life, however, is MORE important than my OWN life, so I would save you, even if it takes my life, Rayl."
Though he doesn't look that strong nor that dependable, Leo is dead serious when stating it. And with those words said, he might grow to be strong and dependable when the situation calls for it. The lad paused for a while, looking down as he did, then turns around towards the exit of the alleyway where the silver-haired man just used.
"Can you walk?"
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Rayl
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Post by Rayl on Jun 4, 2010 20:17:36 GMT -5
Rayl paused a bit when she heard Leo asked her again if she was alright. But she ignored it and just looked down. She suddenly looked up when Leo hold her shoulders, she was speechless so to speak. Because no one have never been so good to her for the past years. She looked away, she couldn't help but think she doesn't deserve the good deeds Leo have given to her.
She stayed quiet as she comprehend the statement Leo have said out. Until Leo asked her if she could walk. She nodded slightly as she looked at him then to the exit of the place.
She grimly wince in pain as she holds her poisoned arm. She couldn't help but let out a pain yelp, "K-kyaa..." She fall on her knees as the poison started to weaken her more.
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