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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 20:55:25 GMT -7
As Selene continues to to cram everything she has back in its place her ears catch the sound of someone moving. She can hear Ismay speak to cliff, and by this time Selene's berating grumbles begin to quiet. She attempts to keep her thoughts to herself for safety's sake. However her face was still quite red. Her eyes shift upwards as she sees Ismay pick up her delicates. "No you do-" She stops herself as she reaches towards the items. At this point any help is good, and its also more comforting that another woman is helping with these items. As Ismay comes over Selene looks down at her back. This time really not wanting eye contact. As the woman whispers Selenes's head snaps to the right to fully looks away from the woman. She was gritting her teeth and tears streamed down her cheeks. Her eyes were still watering from the embarrassment. Her head slowly turns back. She opens her mouth and begins to speak her hand on the journal resting in her bag when she senses something on her other side. Her peripheral vision sees a hand holding something and she instinctively grabs it assuming its something of hers being returned. As she quickly holds out her hand to retrieve the item while not looking away. She immediately feels what the object is. Them gem. She looks to see the hand of Rauj. She looks up to see his face. Surprisingly enough he asked to see it at a later date.
Her face still red was a little shocked. She watches as he gets up and begins to walk away. She does everything she can to reply to what he said in her current condition. The only thing she could say was a very faint "Yeah..." She says. It comes out as a small whisper. Which with her is a blessing considering she yells in these situations. Her head turns a little more to see Dethrial hobbling around attempting to pick up anything that rolled to far. Hopefully he saw and grabbed all her ammo. She certainly didn't see which way it went. She lets out a faint giggle as the large man runs here and there to help. As he runs over she takes the items with a smile. "Thank you." She says. Her voice was soft and very grateful. As she subconsciously places the rest of her things in her bag she remembers she hasn't answered Ismay. Her head snaps back. "OH! S-Sorry I got a little lost in the moment. I don't...I mean..." She sighs defeated from the woman's question. She always tried to be tough and hard for her size. Even when she was in the military, but with everything that happened and has happened in such short notice. That yes maybe she did need a moment. Maybe someone to talk to. "Sure..." She answers. Her head hung low. Her tone matches her look. As she stands up she hears and sees Cliff attempting to reason and plea for his actions. Selene knows her isn't wrong in this situation, but it still pissed her off. She Glares at him. She leans off to the side so she doesn't hit Ismay. Still visually locked on the doll she spits on the ground. This would be the kindest way for her to flip him off without actually doing the action. "Attempted to reason multiple times my ass." She barks. "You got a lotta balls for someone made from such a delicate material." She points to her eyes then to Cliff. She shakes her head and walks off (in which ever direction would be the exit.) To speak to Ismay privately.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Apr 24, 2018 12:51:14 GMT -7
Ismay gives a hum of approval and gets back up to her feet. She hears Cliff’s comments about Eva, but there wasn't much for the knight to say. Ismay knew well what she was doing when she relinquished the gem. Mental battles were won through a series of deliberate actions. The gem was merely a piece on the board.
The frost knight’s sky blue eyes simply give the doll a knowing albeit stern look. She didn't think Eva was harmless. As long as Ismay was present, she believed the devilish girl would restrain herself out of self-interest. Not that it mattered. She needed to make sure Selene was ok to continue so they could pursue these ‘gates’ without any further interruption. She quietly and succinctly addresses both J and Dethrial, “Thank you both yet again.” Under the assumption that nothing else vital is going to be said, Ismay moves to exit ahead of the rabbit—likely missing her remark to Cliff entirely.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 16:54:58 GMT -7
The thief looks at the young girl he had just procured the gem from curiously, she seemed to have taken his interference far more easily than he thought! He smiles lightheartedly in response, “My deepest apologies, I’ll be sure to go through the proper channels if the opportunity presents itself once more.” Lightly bowing his head and tipping his visor as he does so. Listening to the doll’s explanation for his actions half-eyed, Rauj is mostly apathetic to his reasoning, though in the end it has some weight to it, especially the part concerning the girl he had just taken the gem from. He immediately glances back over to the young girl, beginning to realize how much of figurative ‘bullet’ he just dodged, perhaps literal as well. He wondered if she was just good at hiding how pissed she really was, and found himself embarrassed that he may have missed the sarcasm in her earlier statement.
Still, even if the doll was knowledgeable in some fields, it clearly missed the lesson on what thug-like actions are, and what ‘tact’ is. To Rauj he was now nothing more than a doll of some interest that did whatever it wanted, especially after stating its own history of lying and stealing… Or at least that’s what he wanted to believe. The back of his mind itched, constantly pulling at him when it came to the young rabbit’s actions. The gem was merely the latest focus; her history, her ‘friendly’ tackle and on the flip-side, healing, her need to get closer to him… she acted quite a bit like a child… almost too much so. Could be that Cliff was onto something, or maybe not.
His mind wandered, following Selene as she, in turn, followed the Knight; her irritation and threats made light of due to her diminutive size. He shakes the thoughts off, bringing himself back to the group. In particular Rey, who, after calming his odd pet down, was now approaching the Thief, attempting to continue the conversation they were having prior to this latest fiasco. “Hmm. ‘Moreau Tower’?” He had heard of the place, many had, but he wasn’t sure of its location either, “… Nah I got nothing, we’ll just go with your idea and if it doesn’t work out… Eh. Cross that bridge when we come to it.” What bothered him though was Winters. “So wait, what… Would a biology teacher… mmm…” Alvs. That was more than likely the answer he was seeking, though it wasn’t what made him stop his thought short. It was the fact that biology made him think back to the creature they battled earlier in the halls… With no proof though, it’d be better to keep his mouth shut. “Well anyway,” he switches gears almost instantly, “… What are we waiting for?” Rauj then starts off towards the last place the woman was stationed.
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Post by Slone Halcourt on Apr 25, 2018 15:31:12 GMT -7
Dethrial holds his breath as Ismay kneels down to talk to Selene and sure that she was trying her best to calm the young girl down. They seemed to talk a bit though Selene seemed a bit disconnected after what happened and the return of the gem to her. It seemed that Ismay had been successful in her attempt as Selene became far less hostile and even thanked him for picking up her things. Dethrial smiled as he continued to look for some of Selene's scattered items as Ismay and the young girl left to talk some things out and promised to place the rest in her bag.
Dethrial while helping pick up Selene's things also notes Eva and her behavior, as J and stolen the gem from her face had twisted into one of rage and hate if only for a moment as well as reaching for her weapon before slipping on her previous mask. Well, it's more evident now that she is going to be a problem.
Dethrial didn't get much a a reprieve or time to really look over some of Selene's gun parts as Cliff said that Eva was some kind of bomber and confirmed his previous ideas but what scared him is that Rey and J seemed totally okay with what happened. Dethral decided then to try one again to reason with them and on his way to do so passing Cliff with a pat on the shoulder "To root out thouse that would harm the whole is a good ideal but careful with you're execution lest you become the villain." With out pause Dethrial then moved to talk with Rey and J motioning them to come closer keeping an stern look and voice and speaks quickly. "Are you two truly without conflict when it come to being allies to an outright terrorist, and someone who speaks about torturing people as something they enjoy? It is clearly evident that she has no loyalties...I've worked with people like her before and she is more likely to slit our throats than cover out backs." Dethrial gives them time to respond and then stands up to openly voice another opinion "So, my question is which side are we taking in this as it is clear that this...school is up to something and the head we spoke to earlier confirmed that the humans were the first to draw blood with their monsters. I'm sure they are the some things that we experienced back in those classrooms. And Rey you said they have an tower called 'Moreau Tower' filled with Alvs? If anything I would think that they were taken as slaves or prisoners and that the Alvs are in in line with justice to kill the man who made such horrors."
Dethrial pauses for a moment and disgust fills his words and he can help but speak words that were on his mind. "Also, the Moreau's are the noble house that owns this city, correct? If anything they may be funding this...war against a people who must rarely see combat because the ones we fought were no more that scared pups. This school and those running it must already corrupt as this place bathing in vanity, pride, selfishness, and greed. The very air in here chokes me with it's stuffy, aggravating arrogance..." Realizing that he had been ranting for some time Dethrial shut his mouth and rubbed his eyes in frustration he then walked over to a wall and leaned against it combing his hair with his hands. Dethrial then turned to the group and sighed with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm sorry if I slighted anyone...this place and what it seems to hide frustrates me to no end, forgive my wagging tongue."
As, J is walking towards the front desk Dethrial comes up beside him and taps his shoulder lightly. "I saw that look of doubt on your face when you looked at Selene and I have to tell you something important...I believe that her time in the army and left her mind fractured and unstable. Many people snap when it comes to war and her job as a cold hearted killer most likely tore massive holes in her humanity and made it hard to associate with civilians...I went through something similar. But it is clear that who ever trained her made sure she knows how to hide it...I don't mean to say she is beyond saving just that we need to remain careful." Dethrial moves away from J and yawns while stretching his arms out hoping that J would take his words seriously.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Apr 27, 2018 15:25:53 GMT -7
The group packs up and begins heading over to the nearest help desk, wrapping up any conversations along the way. It doesn't take them all too long as before long they find themselves at their destination. On the other side of the elegant glass wall they see the person they have been looking for sitting at the desk and rifling through some papers. As always she looks caught up in her work and equally bored.
If approached she will greet the group while continuing to sort and stack papers and ask them how she can be of help.
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Post by ☆|Atrium on Apr 28, 2018 13:58:26 GMT -7
Before Reymondo makes it to the front desk, he turns and looks at everyone. "Let me handle this. As I have said, I have spoken with this lady before and would like to stay on her good side." He is looking at Eva when he says this but is speaking to the group as a whole. "Please don't do anything that can and will be used against me.
Rey then inhales deeply and lets it all out slowly as he walks over to the familiar desk and bows in front of the lady once again. "Hello again Madam Kim. I see that you are still busy as ever, so I will make this quick so I wont be a bother." Rey reaches into his pocket and pulls out the flier that was advertising the gate and holds it up to the glass. "I want to see this, and if it isn't being shown anymore, could you please tell me where to find the person who made it?" As he waits for his answer, he picks up Enkidu and starts petting the bird.
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Post by Eva on Apr 29, 2018 1:37:29 GMT -7
"Me? Embarrass you? Why I would never!" Eva responds to Rey with a wink. Inside she was still greatly annoyed about the gem being taken from her, although at the moment she recognized that it was probably best if she resisted the urge to put a bullet in Rauj's head.
It was a pretty tempting idea for her though.
He would definitely be someone for Eva to keep an eye on. She may have been caught off guard this first time, but if he were to try anything a second time...well, lets just say there wouldn't be a third. In fact surveying the group, if worst came to worst Eva felt relatively confident she would be able to handle each member of this motley crew, individually at least. This is an assessment based purely off looks however, and Eva understands better than anyone that looks can be deceiving. If she were to ever engage any of them she would like to at least do a little more homework first. That said, she would hope things never deteriorate to that level. It's more of a hypothetical situation really, after all it never hurts to be cautious.
While she adores going on a murderous rampage as much as the next unbalanced sociopath, it goes without saying that being in a "group" has it's advantages, with each person bringing a different unique skill set and ability.
They also make fantastic meat shields if a situation gets hairy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2018 19:03:44 GMT -7
When Selene grabs the pendant Ismay made her she pauses looking at it. Her face was calm and she was still smiling. A moment or so passes of silence before its broken by Selene. As usual. She isn't yelling like she normally does, but her tone it louder. "WOH WOH!! COLD COLD!!" She fumbles it between her hands attempting to warm them in ever which way, but to no avail. "UHHHHHHH!!!" She looks around frantically before she plops on the ground resting the pendant on her shorts. "Holy crap that was cold." She says. Faint green smoke comes off her palms healing when the pendant rested the longest. She wasn't so much injured as she was being cautious. She had never experienced frostbite, but she is aware of what it can do. She frowns and grunts looking at the pendant. "The next hurdle." She says. Her eyes narrow playfully accepting the challenge. "wearing the pendant." She taps her chin for a second thinking. "Oh!" She reaches up and grabs the flower bonnet off her head. It was made from a double woven string and fake flowers. She had to have it. With a couple twists and ties she had made a necklace. She bites one side to snap it when puts it around her neck and ties it. Luckily with her several layers over her chest she won't feel the cold. She stands up looks at Ismay. "Well? How does it look?" She asks. Fully satisfied with her accomplishment.
After she gets her replies from Ismay she pauses. "Where is my bag?" She looks around quick to realize she had left it back at the table. She peaks her head around Ismay to see everyone, and the bag have left. She never noticed that they went by. "CRAP!" She yells in a panic. "Where did they go?" She looks up at Ismay. Visually begging for help.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Apr 29, 2018 23:05:58 GMT -7
Ismay watches as Selene fiddles with the iced pendant, chuckling a bit under her breath when the young rogue gets chilled. Eventually the girl fashions a necklace from her flower bonnet and promptly showcases it. “It looks quite befitting of you, madame!” She mimes a small curtsy. “And quite the makeshift engineer as well.”
It was bittersweet, seeing someone so young capable of taking a life. The chambers that fell. The rods. The gun… They weren’t toys. It wasn't every day Ismay saw someone like Selene. Whatever her story was, perhaps it was best they both cherish these ordinary moments.
“Oh your bag?” The knight looks around. The two had lagged behind a bit it seemed. “I believe they were looking for the help desk. Mr. Aeth—… Dethrial likely has it, not to worry. Let’s catch up with them shall we?” Ismay begins heading to the help desk at a brisk pace, hoping to find the others before they head off somewhere else… or level any more threats of torture.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 3:37:03 GMT -7
The thief side eye glances at the Alv, noting him carrying the rabbit's bag, despite him discretely trying to advise both Rauj and Rey on whom they have allied themselves with; Later bringing up the thief's thoughts on Selene, but Rauj says nothing. The irony of mentioning a lack of allegiance to anyone and fractured and unstable minds isn't lost on him though. The first relating closely to the thief's own moral compass, sacrificing loyalty for his own gain in more than one occasion. Not a common occurrence in the thieves guild, but sometimes definitely necessary. The other relating more to the Alv himself, clearly a bit fractured and unstable himself, given his frequent need to reach for his weapon given the slightest incentive, and his general suspicion of the slightest irregularity. Hell, the soldier's sudden rant on his overall opinion of the general school populace was in and of itself a glimpse into the mind of a sheltered man, afraid to put trust or faith even in people who may merely be in the pursuit of a better life or just hoping to discover something to progress society as a whole. Both also possibilities of 'this place bathing in vanity, pride, selfishness, and greed'; as the towering Alv had so eloquently put it. Still... Deth had caught on to some of what had been bothering the thief as of late, but he was a bit late to the game, as Rauj had already decided it would be best to keep his eyes on the two ladies, if for no other reason than to make sure he wouldn't be on the receiving end of their fury, should they 'snap' at some point. Then again, minus one in particular, it behooved him to share that measure of quiet observation with each member of their rag-tag crew.
When they reach the desk and to a further extent the woman behind it, 'Madame 'Kim'' if the thief had heard it correctly, he takes heed of Rey taking point on this one and merely steps aside and watches the situation, merely hoping they'd finally pick up a solid trail. He was getting a bit restless at the moment, the latest group of events not doing well to soothe his own nerves and unable to vent with his usual hobby, pilfering.
He couldn't count the gem, after all, he had given it back.
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Post by Slone Halcourt on May 1, 2018 22:27:45 GMT -7
As they walk up to the desk Dethrial recognizes the woman and gives her a warm smile and a wave as Rey takes the lead to speak to her. Dethrial keeps his ears open to any conversation while looking for Selene and the others hoping that the young woman would be calm and collected and not see his taking of her bag as a hostile action towards her but more as her didn't trust it with Eva and Cliff. As Raymundo spoke with the desk woman he heard her name was Kim and as with everything Rey kept his conversations somehow very formal and rushed at the same time. Though the walk to the front desk was quiet Dethrial felt unnerved, the silence what was uncomfortable as no one rebuked him or said a word about it. Cliff and Eva seemed to be minding their own busness and J had moved a ways back from the group. I must have said something that either hit home or made then I'm crazy...well, I can't take it back now. I just have to show that I'm not an enemy and maybe explain my reasons for not liking it here.
Dethrial did notice that J seemed a bit deep in thought, bit aggravated, and even seeming a bit skittish like a bird in a cage. Dethrial hoping to cheer up J up moved over to him. "Hey, those were some awesome moves back there, I had no idea you could move that fast. I'm not totally sure giving her back the gem was right but it seemed to calm her down." After giving the man a smile Dethrial huffs slinging Selene's bag over his shoulder and fishes out his sketch book. "I'd be careful about doing anything like that to Eva again she looked like she wanted to dismember you after that little caper." Dethrial begins to sketch out a bust of Eva with that murderous look along with one of her looking sly on the same page.
Not really looking at J but speaking to him he seems to be paying attention trying to bring up a lighter conversation. "If you're wondering I really like drawing people, helps me remember them and I put a lot of notes on things they do, like dislike that sort of stuff." Dethrial pauses for a moment and takes a deep breath. "You may not believe it but before I was a soldier I was an engineering and art student and a skilled one at that. People loved that I could capture the pure emotion of a person at any one time with a pen and paper, and my little clockwork inventions always brought interest of my fathers higher ups saying 'Oh that boy has a wonderful mind and will someday be smarter than us one day just you watch' " Dethrial then pauses for a long time and his words become weighted with sorrow "But that was not my path even though I wanted it so badly, I was to be a soldier, a leader, a killer, one that did not use their hands not create but destroy. I did what I had to and in return I was given fame, respect and accolades for my duty and how I lead my men. But what does that matter to a broken creature how soul is cinders and mind a machine with no room for love and understanding." Dethrial realized he was spouting off again and quickly calmed himself. "Sorry, I can't help myself some times and with what's been happening it's made me a bit nervous."
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Post by ★|Sayu on May 2, 2018 18:57:12 GMT -7
Min-hyun Kim takes a brief moment to look at the flier, still holding her own papers in hand. She leans in a bit and then looks away again putting her stack of papers down to pull up another stack of papers. "One moment..." she says and begins rifling through the papers - lists, in fact - at quite a speed. Barely any time at all passes and she pulls out a specific paper from the stack.
She slides the paper through a shallow box that then produces a perfect copy. She circles a number on one of them and hands that paper to Reymondo. "I don't know off the top of my head who made it. But it was shown, yesterday, in this room." she taps the circled number. "That's down the hall from here on the right, staying on the first floor. You'll figure it out."
She takes off her slim glasses and picks up her previous stack of papers. "Anything else you need...?"
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Post by ☆|Atrium on May 3, 2018 20:59:24 GMT -7
Reymondo takes the paper and studies it for a few moments before putting it away. "Thank you very much. Yes, there is one more thing I would like to know. Could you please tell me how to not only get to Moreau Tower but to get inside as well? I really hope that his tower isn't like, behind this school or something along those lines that makes me look stupid..."
As he waits for his answer, he gives the paper to Enkidu and points at Hammer. The bird clucks once and runs over to the man that Rey pointed to and pecks the mans foot a few times to get his attention. He doesn't put up a fuss if and when the man takes the paper from him. The bird then walks over to Selene to see if she has any food that she would like to share with him.
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Post by waifutrash on May 4, 2018 18:32:49 GMT -7
Cliff was just standing their wondering what was the point of all this. Selene taught him that trying to make friends can be an opportunity to get stabbed in the back; Ismay taught him you can still be reprimanded regardless if you did what seemed right; and Reymondo's case was moving at snails pace, which means no pay, which means Cliff was no where closer to that dream of becoming an ultimate warrior like the legendary Edgardo. Cliff's teacher could've made 5 times the amount of the reward money in half an hour. This one unfortunate encounter with this one group didn't destroy his faith in humanity even if it did lower his morale. Deep down, he knew somewhere out there, there had to be another one just like his teacher, one that would truly help him reach his goals, a human worthy of calling a friend. Preferably one that wouldn't frame him for terrorism.
Fantasizing about this theoretical friend made Cliff twitch with excitement. What was he doing here, standing around with people he no longer cared about. There was no binding contract, forcing him to stay with Reymondo. He slowly calmed himself. Cliff was going to have to take time to find his friend rather than jump at the first human he saw or take the first job offer he got. Cliff was going to have to think smarter, not harder, and figure out how to converse with people better, a task he always relied on his teacher to do for him.
Out of everyone in the group, Cliff hated Reymondo the least. He contemplated whether to tell Reymondo he was resigning, or just disappear while no one was looking. It was at that moment Cliff pondered whether he'd see this group ever again. If he did, he would be a lot stronger than he was now, maybe he'd get a chance to show Rauj who the real thug is and who is the true warrior. Then again, maybe wouldn't. Either scenario was fine with him.
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Post by Eva on May 5, 2018 14:12:26 GMT -7
"Too late for that Rey" Eva says with a cough, making a half heated attempt to be discreet. She had quietly approached the desk to listen in on the conversation, although once she saw a perfect opportunity to tease Rey yet again; she couldn't resist. She was still a little peeved about the incident with the fire-girl-demon thingy, and while she's very affectionate of Rey, Eva was still going to give him a hard time for it. Noticing that both Rey and the lady behind the counter were looking at her, Eva decided to entertain her "audience".
"Oh, pardon the interruption madam, I was just going to say how thankful we are that such a beautiful lady like yourself is taking time out of her busy day to help us" Eva gives the lady behind the counter a little curtsy and a wink. She then leans over to Rey and whispers to him. "I have to say i'm impressed! You're really getting better at this. Maybe in a year or so you'll actually be able to ask a girl out!
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