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Post by thewhiterabbit on Jul 22, 2018 13:41:20 GMT -7
The Evening Rose was a tavern like most. Nothing to special, but this one was located on the outskirts of Recudor's central and lower districts. Just the kind of place Rachel needed to be. A place where she could find what and who she needed. She sat at a table on the far right side. Her back to the wall. Adjacent from her were two girls. One small. Her skin was darker. Nicely accented by her platinum like hair. The other was taller than most girls Rachel has met. Hell she was taller than her. Her delicate skin tone was a beautiful blue over her fit body. Rachel was going over the applications they had submitted to join the crew. Though most crews would just take what they could. The crew of Captain Benhart did things a little differently. A suggestion by Rachel herself.
Rachel was a mild tempered woman. She took her job very seriously. She is dressed to impress. Taking the visual look of someone who would be seen on a boat in many years past. Her hat lay on the table next to her, and her blond hair is tied in a ponytail. Gently resting over her left shoulder. She taps her right pointer finger in the table. Leaning to the side reading the papers. Her eyes darting back and forth between the writings and their subjects. "So..." She pauses. "Miss... Hycsis Yae Lyeecia is it?" She looks up at the small girl. "Am i saying that right?" Rachel raises an eyebrow. "That my dear is one hell of a name. I'm assuming royalty?" She looks back down at the paper thinking. "And you... 28? And Alv..." She looks back up at the girl scanning her over. "Okay...?" Rachel was slightly confused, but the girl did sign the accidental death form. Rachel has rarely met Alvs, or asked their age. "Specialization... Magic... " She mutters in thought. "You have the ability to strengthen and help people?" The papers lower to show Rachel's face of dis belief. She took a second to really take this girls concept in. She shrugs. "Okay!" She scoffs and smiles.
She places down Hycsis's application. She then begins to fully look over the other girl's. "Now Miss Lumen Jerno." Rachel scans the woman's features. Her eyes rise up the woman's body. Starting at her midriff, and slowly going up before stopping at her breasts. More importantly her hair. The transition of black to green Rachel found fascinating. "Is that natural?" Pointing at the woman's chest. "The hair? Its beautiful! Your skin tone is beautiful as well." She looks back to the woman's information. "Hmmm... So you'd rather run in and get close huh?" Her eyes move up to Lumen's. "My kind of fighting." She continues reading. "Your jaw can unhinge? Well damn. And you have... tentacles? Like a tail of them?" Rachel leans out of her seat to look behind Lumen. "Huh. That could come in handy. Your species if fascinating too!" One of the bar maids comes over with a few drinks and drop them off. Rachel looks up and thanks her. "Ladies?" Rachel says motioning towards the other two mugs. "Its on me." Rachel leans back. "Well girls I've read about to. Tell me. Why would you want to do this? This line of work. If everything checks out, and I like you we can head for the ship and you can meet the rest."
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Post by ★|Sayu on Jul 23, 2018 12:40:43 GMT -7
Hycsis slouched back in her chair, a poor habit she developed in her later years, enjoying the general atmosphere of the tavern. It was pretty average but inviting. Decorated enough to keep interest and yet plain enough to attract the right kind of crowd. The meaning of that could change depending on the individual you questioned. The mingling smell of fresh food, sweet ales and bitter spirits was a very welcome accent that reminded her of all kinds of misadventures and some of the people that accompanied them.
She doesn't have a whole lot to say to her could-be... colleague? employer? as she's learned that too much talk can spill all kinds of unwanted information rather easily. Better to stay focused and only react - it was better this way anyway looking at the prospect of taking orders by someone once more. While the woman opposite of her reads out the information given to her, Hycsis simply nods in agreement, even looking a little proud when her status as a former royal is addressed. Her rather modest late upbringing wasn't to change that fact.
Hycsis can't help but feel a little stung by the woman's playful scoff, but it isn't important enough to get a reaction out of her so she merely turns her attention to the exotic leviathan next to her while idly adjusting her gloves. Her physical features are rather unique and manage to beat the more stranger things Hycsis has seen in her years. Though this Lumen has a rather bestial beauty to her causing the small Alv to make some mental notes. At the mention of her tentacles, Hycsis can't help but lean back her chair to check though her curiosity quickly subsides.
Finally the question is asked; "Why would you want to do this? This line of work. If everything checks out, and I like you we can head for the ship and you can meet the rest." the woman asks to which Hycsis adjusts her pose before answering.
"Travelling is rather costly. Why not be economical about it and annex some income doing so, instead?" She gives a light shrug with one arm while she reaches for her drink with the other. Though it might seem strange to humans to see someone her size drinking, it was a perfectly normal gesture for someone her age. "Conjointly, I happen to have garnered an attraction to this kind of occupation back in the east." She accents the last of her sentence to clarify her definite interest.
Hycsis cocks her head forward a little, flashing the woman a smile before raising her drink in an unsaid 'thanks' and drinking from it. She would be curious to see what the leviathan had to say.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Jul 24, 2018 8:27:29 GMT -7
Lumen sat impatiently at the table inside the Evening Rose. She had been in countless establishments like this before. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. That was a boon to most, but quite the bane to someone such as herself. She had convinced herself she needed to get back out there. Her day to day motif was far from failing, but even that was getting somewhat mundane. However the two women she was in the company of, were worthy of her attention.
Her employer was fairly ordinary. Attractive, but a dime a dozen save her clothes. Of course, she was the gatekeeper to the gold at the moment so she had Lumen’s respect; respect meaning she wasn't sitting in a pool of her own mess after being aggressively groped beneath the table.
The short girl that sat beside her got the first rundown. She was anything but ordinary. Platinum blonde hair, a big tome, no shoes, unbelievably small shorts, and a majestic looking coat of fine linens and gold embroidery — definitely something befitting a court mage, not that she had met (or courted) any court mages. She was a looker, if not for her features, for her unique apparel. For better or for worse, she had caught the Leviathan’s attention.
As their recruiter reads through her details, Lumen listens while nonchalantly picking her teeth with a toothpick. Hycsis dossier was received with doubt and little understanding, but that was usually the case for people like her. She looked young and she used magic that was more sophisticated than fireballs. Lumen herself didn't bother with the intellectual stuff. She didn't exactly exhibit the qualities of an exemplary student herself, but at least she knew what magic folk were capable of. Damn ice knight and all.
Finally Lumen’s dossier was read aloud. She tosses the pick aside and leans in with her arms om the table, hands clasped. Her eyes shift and follow the recruiter’s own as the latter speaks. “Hah, yeah, comes with tha gills. Makes pickin’ clothes a doozy,” Lumen replies in her decently thick aussie accent. The two other women were obviously intrigued by her features, but their recruiter vocally so. “If ya’d like, ya can get a closah look whenevah ya want~” Lumen flashes a devious grin at the woman across the table.
Not much longer afterwards, a barmaid delivers a few drinks. “On you? Not 15 minutes in n’m practically your bitch now aren’t I?” Lumen laughs, picking up her beer and downing it in one go then quickly signaling for another. The aristocratic looking blonde then asks why they both applied, with Hycsis answering first. Her vocabulary was too wordy for Lumen’s taste — though that was probably because she hadn’t heard half those words before. Annex? Conjointly? Bah, load a rubbish. What really peaked her interest though, was that the little alv had some previous experience in this line of work. She was liking this little girl more and more, even with her ridiculous words.
After Hycsis finishes, Lumen speaks up. “I’m just here for a job m’self. I'm bored and I've got no money to stop from being bored, so I figyah I better do something to fix that. It's not my first rodeo.” Lumen leans back a bit before continuing, “Like the little one here, ‘ve spent some time around this sorta thing.” A moment of silence passes. “I'm hoping the crew all look ‘s good as you two,” she eyes her company inappropriately. “Should be fun for all of us, eh?” Lumen’s tail swishes elegantly back and forth behind her, as she waits for the response.
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Post by thewhiterabbit on Jul 25, 2018 0:14:15 GMT -7
Rachel leans back in her chair. Mug in hand. She sits there balancing on the back two legs of the seat. Using her leg on the table to help her keep the position. She nods her head as the girls speak Their reasons. "Oooohhhhh!" She says drawing it out sarcastically. Her disbelief in the girls age shows through her body language. "Back in the east you say?" She says with a coy voice as she takes a sip of her drink. "Yes." She coughs to the side. Covering her mouth. She clearly took a bigger sip than she meant. "Yeah travel now is a bitch. To expensive in some cases." Rachel sags the drink in her hand. The handle of the mug slides between her pointer finger and her thumb. "An attraction huh?" Rachel looks at Hycsis. Her eyes have curious intent, but her mouth wore a smug smile. "So you've killed people?" Her head tilts forward as she questions. Causing her eyes to look up to keep visual contact with the girl. Rachel's head leans to the side. A few pops can be heard as her neck cracks. "Because you will..." She pauses. "Have to... at some point. I have. Hell everyone on the crew has. See being a... well us. We do come across others who want to... lets say relieve us of our burden of supplies. You will be expected to defend it." The chair comes down with a slight back. As wood hits wood. "Expected to defend it with your lives. Especially if its cargo being delivered from someone else. We'll see how." again she pauses looking at Lumen. Then back to Hycsis. "Attracted." Her eyebrows raise to enunciate the word. "You are to this line of work."
Rachel now turns to Lumen. Her comments made Rachel slightly uneasy. "I'm good with the gills..." She grips her mug with both hands. She doesn't want to change positions to much. She doesn't want to make the girls playful advances seem unwelcome. 'Be more open damnit!' The captain would say. A few times Rachel's distantness has actually lost them crew before they ever stepped foot on the shit. Rachel cracks a smile, or to her best attempt. "I-I can see them fine from here." She clears her throat and goes back to how she normally speaks. "Again as i told the young one." She looks at Hycsis. "If you have an idea of what you're doing thats good. Yet again I can't stress this enough. When it comes to delivering to other parties the cargo is very important." She leans forward a bit towards Lumen. "and i must say if its one drink that makes you my bitch then you my dear need to learn to play hard to get..." She pauses realizing what she just said. You're getting off track... AND YOU'RE BEING CREEPY. She thinks. "A-a-anyways. One of my associates should be along sometime fairly soon!" Rachel looks up over the two trying to find Anastasia.
Suddenly there's a loud commotion at the entrance to the Tavern. Before anyone has time to react to the disturbance a flash of white of fur flies between Hycsis and Lumen, striking Rachel square in her chest. Caught of guard, Rachel is forcefully pushed back into the wall and slumps to the ground. That's when her mysterious assailant becomes identifiably for the first time. Now keeping Rachel pinned down against the wall is a beautiful white furred fox-like creature with nine fluffy tails.The fox begins licking Rachel all over her face, leading her to let out a defeated groan “Damn it Paz…Ana get her off me!!”
“Oh my, terribly sorry Rachel my dear. It's how she prefers to show her affection! Honestly you should be quite flattered...” says an approaching woman who seems very out of place in the Tavern. She seemed to have a certain air of elegance to her, whether it be her beautifully cared for skin complexion, her well managed short black hair, or her soft and proper way of speaking. Even her armor seemed a tad bit too fancy for an establishment such as the Evening Rose. “Ah, you two must be the new recruits yes? I am Anastasia, but you may call me Ana if you wish to choose so. I must apologize for my tardiness to our meeting. You see…” Ana takes a quick look over her shoulder before turning back around. “While on my way, my dearest companion Paz here decide she wished to...uh...make “friends” with an unfortunate feline who did not reciprocate those feelings. The ensuing chase led to quite a bit of unwanted a mayhem and destruction in a few of the surrounding establishments. Once we have completed our pleasantries here, I would highly suggest we vacate the area for some time...if not permanently.” Ana then places a finger on her lip. “That poor Baker fellow… and that vase. I do hope it wasn't too expensive”
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Post by ★|Sayu on Jul 26, 2018 8:29:17 GMT -7
Rachel's demeanor towards the small Alv was to be expected, and not at all the first time or the last that someone acted like that around her. Still, Hycsis can't help but feel her words eating away at her. It's not exactly the womans fault for being cautious but hycsis has no intention of proving herself to yet another ignorant person, though she likely would have to anyway.
Regardless, she brought up a good point. Sure, Hycsis had killed people in the past, but it was so much easier to make other people do it. She glances over to Lumen from the corner of her eyes as Rachel talks. "Doch... mit so einer brutalen Bestie. Koennte schon sein... das ich mir nicht einmal einen Finger heben must." She thinks to herself and focuses her attention back at the woman across from her. While she does so she takes another big gulp from her drink and places it back down on the table. She meets eye contact with her to-be employer and nods. Though hycsis doesn't want to get onto the womans bad side she can't help herself but state the obvious; "I'd have inferred that to be quite tacit." she says, keeping her irritation from bleeding into her words and trying to muster up at least some base amount of respect for the woman. After all, if they were to be working together the two of them would have to at least stay on reasonable terms.
By now she seems to have lost interest in hycsis which suits the alv just fine. She doesn't mind sharing her noble aura with others but she's not here to be admired, or judged for that matter. Simply to do a job. Lumen's suggestive words on the other hand remind Hycsis of the succubi back home and clearly they have the same kind of influence on their mutual interest. Seeing her seemingly waver between trying to stay confident and becoming more intimidated - or perhaps flustered♥ - causes the young alv to feel a little schadenfreude. "Nicht das sie beunruhigen ist. Von so jemand habe ich nichts zu --"
Then the flash- Interrupted in her thoughts she didn't see whatever just zoomed across the room. "Ein test--?!" Her instincts cause her to get up though she manages to stop herself just short of fully standing and observes instead.
"...No." she confirms to herself under her breath feeling a little relieved. The almost comical conclusion does a good lot to calm her heart and she sits back down and slouches in her chair. She now turns her attention this Anastasia instead finding her attitude curious already; This is one to be avoided for sure. The prospect of getting into trouble this early is rather vexing for the young alv. But perhaps also a little exciting, too. So she finishes the rest of her drink in one go topping it off with a satisfying sigh.
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Post by ☆|Dazai on Jul 26, 2018 14:36:38 GMT -7
As Rachel stammers through her response, Lumen closes her eyes and nods. “Gotta point dearie, but yknow… Assumin’ I'm only ‘avin one’s, short changin’ me a tad, yeah?”
Suddenly a puff of white fur flies directly between Hycsis and herself and crashes directly into their recruiter, knocking her to the wall. Lumen doesn't move from her seat at all, instead she only raises her eyebrows. Had it somehow been the start of a bar fight, she was likely on top of the food chain. To hit a woman unaware was one thing, but to strike a woman such as herself was perhaps the most excruciating form of suicide; one not even most 10-pint drunks would stumble into.
“Damn it Paz…Ana get her off me!!”
The fox’s owner steps forward, explaining her tardiness and greeting the two recruits. Much to Lumen’s… pleasure, the woman known as Anastasia checked enough boxes. Soft spoken and seemingly prestigious, Ana was definitely above the common rabble. Not that it really mattered; everyone had a side they didn't want seen, you just had to apply pressure in the right places.
“A plezsha’. Name’s Lumen,” The Leviathan gives Ana a two-finger salute. “Ah, takes aftah my own spirit… Y’dont reckon he can do that on command can ‘e?” Lumen remarks, watching the fox go to town on Rachel’s face; she was almost a bit jealous. “Anyway, we good to go Blondie, or ya wanna poke more at the li’le one ‘ere? A’say she's fine. Worst comes ta worst she can help me do tha heavy liftin’.” A tendril slithers it’s way around Hycsis’ shoulder and pulls her close, landing her cheek squarely against Lumen’s breast. “Sides, she’s gotta lotta spunk small as she is. Probably got balls bigger than mine y'know!” The Leviathan grins happily as she waits for an answer.
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Post by Eva on Jul 27, 2018 17:08:45 GMT -7
Rachel flails wildly as she attempts to get the fox off her. Which by this time has proven quite difficult. She finally gets ahold of it. "Ha!! You little beast!!" She says holding the fox above her. It playfully looks down pawing towards her. Her heart softens for a second before she throws it back over the table clearing the two girls. Rachel slams her hand on the table. Pulling herself up from the ground in a mess. Her hair messed up and her makeup is badly smudged around her eyes. Black streaks now dawn her face. Rachel stands there glaring at Ana. "Permanently?!?!?!" Rachel asks in an irritated tone. "Ana I kinda like it here." She grunts clicking her teeth as she walks towards Ana ready to choke her. "Take my coat." Rachel says slipping it off. There was a gun holster on her left hip hidden by the coat. "Here this too." Rachel undoes her hair and holds out the tie. "Fix up your hair and give me your coat. They'll be looking for you. Oh! also." Rachel points into one of the coat pockets. "Wear these." She pulls out a pair of reading glasses. "Don't completely put them on though. It'll make you sick." Although she was angry with her Rachel still showed Ana love and concern for her safety. Almost like a sister. Rachel stands there looking. "Take 'em!" She motions her belongings to Ana.
With a sigh Ana reluctantly begins disguising herself with Rachel's clothing. “While these are not quite up to my personal taste, I thank you my dear”. Once done with disguising herself, she turns to address the two new recruits. “It's a pleasure to make both your acquaintance.” Ana then stands up and motions towards the exit. ”If you'll please follow me I suggest we vacate the premises and head back to our ship. There we can discuss the more...sensitive details about your new employment.” Ana then bends down and scratches Paz on one of her ears. “Try to be a good fox this time and I'll be sure to give you a treat once we get home, ok girl?” Paz’s eyes seem to light up at the mention of a “treat”, and she lets out a happy bark. “Good girl...now, let's go.” With that, the group all head out into the streets of Recudor with Ana leading the way.
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