Saber Knight Saga

[Siranae]

(Yay Poik! I was thinking of posting here, but chickened out )

Suddenly Sira appeared as if she'd remembered something. Oh! Wait here, Eskay. She said. Turning around, she lifted up a small rug, revealing a cellar door. She opened it and stepped down the ladder into the dark. A minute later, she returned carrying a small bundle of cloth, about the size of two fists. After closing and once again concealing the door, she walked over to Eskay and held the cloth to her forehead. It was surprisingly cold to the touch, like ice. Here, hold this to your head. Or, wherever you feel too hot.

[PoikSpirit]

((I really can't do anything until the rest of the group gets to the market...))

"Do you really expect me to pay for this. This wouldn't sell for pocket lint in Eclasia!"

"Do you have a choice?" The old man grinned as the men around him pulled their swords to a ready position on their hips.

"You have no idea who I am." Nyandimar's eye shone a bright green in the dark tent. "Ingero gravis vulnus vulgo." The men all simultaneously cringed and removed their hand from the hilt of their sword as blood started seeping from them. "I am no stranger to the streets. I am no commoner here for you to rob. Some day, even people like you will fear and pay homage to me."

"You're one of them then." The old man pulled the dagger from his sleeve and threw it at Nyandimar, perfectly aimed at the face.

Nyandimar faded into the dark tent and the dagger flew into a support beam. "I'm afraid I cannot let you live. It is possible for you to ruin my plans." The voice came from behind the old man. A hand grabbed the back of his head. "Diruo." The old man started to melt, disintegrate, then and there. Before he hit the ground Nyandimar had already drawn two concealed short swords and was making short work of his men.

"Wasted two spells already. This bond is not as easy to send spells though as I had hoped."

((Edited: Still a proper introduction, I think, just not as dramatic.))
((Edited: I'm crazy. Merry Christmas!))

[Blastotoise]

"Boo" Arceus said as he appeared out of nowhere.
"I hate you"
"No you don't, because if you did you wouldn't be helping me."
"Fine."
"You know your friends are over there right?"
"Dude, this is a really hot place. I do not feel like walking around and getting a heat stroke."
"Aren't Water types supposed to beat fire?"
"Don't you have places to be?"
"No, I don't. You however have to go over there and do something Saber Knight-esque"
"Pfft, if they need me I'll be over here in the shade."
*Sigh* And with that Arceus disappeared

[auragongal]

Marina looked and saw Marley in the shade of a tree. the heat didn't bother her any, however, she was mad that he wasn't pulling his weight, so she went over to him to talk.
Marley, if you must no, my animal instincts are driving me nuts with a warning of trouble coming up. And this trouble might be dangerous for us if you don't help. So, if you insist of sitting here, I'm going to drag you to the market by the shirt!

[Blastotoise]

"I could make at least three spider-sense jokes to that, but I guess you have a point." Marley said as he readied his sword in preparation for battle.

[Giga-Gar]

"You two are just being paranoid. All I see is a cat." With that said, Agnamatus sat down on one of the chairs and started thinking about the future to come. This group is going to need to be a bit more structured in order to defeat the Corrupted Ones. We've barely gotten in some training ever since we visited that mud world. We don't even have a leader. What are we going to do if there's something happens and some tough decisions need to be made?

"Ok everyone, I've got something important to say. I think we need a leader in this group, something to structure ourselves with. This way, we can be more prepared when something happens and be able to give instructions more efficiently. I mean, remember that fight we had on Mount Coronet? We didn't know what we were doing, we were just doing our own thing! Sure, we won, but we suffered some injuries and it took longer than I would have liked it. I'm just letting you think this over, but I really think we need someone in this group to lead us."

((this discussion will continue in the OOC thread))

[Blastotoise]

"1,2,3, NOT IT!" Marley said as he touched his finger to his nose.

[Saber Knight]

"Well, feh, I personally don't see a need of a leader," Eskay said honestly. "But... I guess if you guys want one, it's chill. I make no promises about doin' what you tell me 'xactly. I think of demands and orders more as... reccomendations." She grinned and shrugged. "Sorry, not gonna change who I am. I'm not interested in leading, either, for that matter. Too much responsibility and.... eh, just not the leader type. Never have been. Can't see myself in a fancy order-giving position."

[BionicleMandi121]

(...Huh, I was just considering posting in here, too. oO)

"Fair enough," conceded Azriel. He crossed his arms, tapping one foot as he thought. "I would prefer not being the leader," he admitted after a moment. "As a Grim Angel on my home dimension, I essentially ran around doing whatever it was the Magi wanted me to do. Which mostly involved demon extermination. Simple enough work, although somewhat dangerous at times. However, spending my life so far obeying what other people tell me to do...doesn't really give me any sort of leading experience." He shrugged, somewhat wistfully. "It also put me into situations where I'm usually fighting by myself, so I can't offer anything regarding group strategies, either. None of this is in favor of me leading you all." He smiled a little sheepishly at his fellow Saber Knights. "Must seem kind of pathetic, huh. I've been a Knight the longest, yet all I managed to do was figure out how my Saber works..."

[Siranae]

Well, I'm sure I wouldn't be any better. I've only just joined. Sira shrugged. I guess we can ju-

Her words were cut abruptly by a loud cry emanating from the street. "Shark!" the voice screamed. A chorus of shouting and yelling filled the air immediately after.

A look of shock spread across Sira's face. What?! She said in disbelief. Without any explanation, she sprinted through the house to the street outside, grabbing her spear as she went. Just as she crossed the threshold, a gruesome roar rang out. More screaming followed, then silence.

Seconds later, Sira reappeared through the doorway. She appeared calmer, but still a little uneasy. You guys might want to see this. She said to the other Saber Knights. But if you don't, that's fine. It's kinda, uh, if you're squeamish you might not want to look.

Outside they found a large group of people gathering in a crowd, blocking the item of their attention from view.
But when one did manage to catch sight of what they were staring at, they found something rather strange.
It appeared to be a shark. Gray skinned, sharp teeth, gills and all. The only thing out of place were the four limbs protruding from its underside. It's body sat in a pool of blood, all life gone from its deep black eyes. A couple people standing before it held various weapons splashed with crimson.

[BionicleMandi121]

"What's a shark?" Azriel wanted to know as he followed the other Knights. Upon pushing past most of the crowd and seeing the creature on the ground, he raised an eyebrow. "That's a shark?" To the surrounding townspeople, he asked, "Did you really have to kill it?" As he waited for a reply, the Grim Angel noticed a growing shadow on the floor around him. "Hm?" He looked up.

(...kind of a short post, but I didn't really know what to say...)(Yes I have something planned for that last part.)

[Faustgy]

((Or rather, WE had something planned for that last part…although it was Mandi’s idea, really.))

The first thing Vegier noticed was the air. It was no longer the cool air of Riviera he knew so well, but rather dry and irritatingly hot. He opened his eyes, noticing at once that the ground was much further than he would have liked and was currently rushing up to meet him.
He didn’t panic then. Oh, no. With a sigh, he attempted to unfold and flap his bat-like wings to turn his fall into a dive. Only then did he realize that the familiar wing muscles were missing. Then he panicked.
“You’ve got to be kidding me, Nesral!” he yelled at seemingly no one as he wildly flailed his arms, poor substitute for wings. No one answered him; evidently, his patron goddess didn’t intend to save him from his fall. He gritted his teeth and screwed his eyes shut, as if bracing himself for the impact
“Oof!” He landed heavily on his back, the impact knocking the air out of his lungs. He rested there for a several seconds, fighting to catch his breath as the initial shock of falling slowly wore off. When he finally recovered, one thought registered in his mind. The fall should have killed him, or at least knocked him out. He stood, brushing the sand off the leggings of his pants as he did so. He vaguely noticed the townspeople, but what caught his eyes was a figure, wearing black and gold, lying where he had landed.
Black and gold?
Vegier blinked in surprise. “Azriel?” he called, kneeling down to take a closer look at the Grim Angel. “Is that you?”
He paused, glancing at the crowd of people before his gaze landed on a strange creature that seemed to be dead. "And what happened here?"

((Edit: I just noticed that my text color is the same as the one Sira used for the person who yelled "shark". So...Sira, would you like me to change my text color? I'll be more than willing to.))

[PoikSpirit]

You'd be surprised how fast news travels when it's shouted.

Nyandimar had decided to find out what this whole "shark" thing was that he heard about while cleaning the excess gore and disintegrated old man off his robe. Good thing blood doesn't show too well on black. It didn't take too long to find something interesting, considering that everyone was headed towards the cause of the outcry. In his peripheral vision, Nyandimar noticed something in the sky. It was a person it seems... Falling. No parachute, mostly likely no Feather Fall; there didn't seem to be much knowledge in magic in these parts. Actually, there were two.

"I guess I should have done more research before coming here." He turned to a member of the crowd and asked, "Are these common occurrences here? I'm not exactly from these parts."

[auragongal]

Marina stared at the shark corpse with the limbs protruding out of it, she knew what it was like to have been maimed and to lay in a pool of ones own blood, it was what happened to her when she first became a were griffin.
By Rochellia,she muttered to herself, she then spoke to Sira,
Listen, this right here,it brings back some bad memories for me, so I'll just go back to your home for now if that's okay.

[Saber Knight]

"Oh dear..." muttered Eskay. "That's just... no good at all." Despite the fact that she was now a Saber Knight, she still was, after all, only 14 years old, and this wasn't the nicest sight for one of her age. Not wanting to look weak, however, she forced herself to stick around.

"You don't look good at all," a worried voice said. Eskay turned her head to see a young man. His skin was fair, flawless, even, and his hair fell in golden, angellic curls. On his face was a kind smile. "Here, this isn't a place for a young one such as yourself."

"I-I'm fine," Eskay said, stumbling on her words as she tried to fight the dizzy feeling she was getting from the shark.

"The sight isn't too appealing to me either, here, just step aside," he said, gently taking her hand. Eskay opened her mouth to protest, but the man shook his head. "Please, no need to act so tough, it's alright." Snapping her mouth shut, she followed the man. He brought her a resonable distance from the crowd and gestured to a rock. "Sit down, take a rest."

"Uhm, thank you," Eskay said, obeying him.

"Just sit here a while, I'm sure you'll feel better," said the man, taking a seat on a rock beside her. "That's a fancy blade you've got there," he added after a while, gesturing to Eskay's Katana. "I'm surprised one as young as yourself needs to have a blade with you." Eskay shrugged.

"Well... you can never be too safe. I've been training with a blade since... well, since I could hold one, I guess." The man nodded, and the awkward silence between the two resumed.

Gradually, the dizzy feeling Eskay had was beginning to wear away. She got to her feet again. "Well... uhm... thank you...."

"Epifanio."

"Uhm... thanks, Epifanio. I'm Eskay." He smiled and replied,

"I know." This took Eskay aback.

"You..."

"If you wouldn't mind, would you introduce me to your companions?" he inquired innocently. Before Eskay could respond, he began walking toward the rest of the Saber Knights. She quickly stumbled after him. By the time she had caught up, he had reached the group. The young man turned to her expectantly.

"Er... this is Epifanio, guys," she said.

"Pleasure to meet you," he said with a bow. "A real pleasure indeed! After all, it's been quite some time since we've had a nice group of Saber Knights in the area."

((Geeze, I had to check the bio on Eskay's age... I've grown up, and she's still 14, like I was when I first started RPing as her... that's rather amusing to me :P

And... I belive goldenrod hasn't been used yet as a color, right? This is gonna be another important character dude, whoo!))