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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:09 am
((Your post said that she meant to do the same as before, so I hope this isn't powerplaying...and I won't be dodging all your attacks. I just didn't want Jikrae to get hit so early in the match.))
"The third strike is mine," Jikrae said clearly as Amelia began her attack. He made no attempt to dodge out of the way this time. He could see the frustration and anger in Amelia's eyes. He raised his hands from his sides, bringing them up in front of his chest, parallel to each other as he rushed forward to meet Amelia's attack.
When she swung at his torso, he rolled under the attack, pebbles spraying up from the ground as though a miniature tornado was hissing through the Arena. As he felt the swoosh of the staff flying over him, he found himself back on his feet again.
He knew by the high-pitched whistle Amelia's staff made when she swung it that she was certainly not holding back very much, if at all. He suddenly regretted those insults he had tossed so casually in her direction, because he now seemed to have a moderately agitated opponent who was armed with a weapon.
Choosing not to dwell on that thought, he followed through with the roll, swinging his left foot out in an attempt to trip Amelia.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:37 am
((Ummm... no I don't think that's powerplaying...))
Amelia was surprised, yet not, when he came at her. He had dived under her staff and by the time that she could counterattack, she had glanced back to see him roll out with his left foot out. It swept under her and hit her ankles, knocking her off balance and tripping her.
She only had a moment to bring her free hand out to the ground and push herself, if not clumsily, off the ground and back onto her feet. The world spun for a second but she spotted Jikrae and went after him once again. This time she threw her staff at him and, once he would move out of the way, she would come charging at him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:29 am
Being forcd out of the Craftsman's home, he did not feel that it was in any way rude. It in turn opened his eyes just a tad, he had a bit of understanding to the man, the black chains he passed made him wonder about the other artifact, That key he wanted. His feet were soon greeted by grass, flowers there was an aroma of flush green around him. His legs began to ripple and shrink then slowly it started to slither back out, a serpentine figure coiling on the ground. Springing forth several tiny legs found their way to the ground, the sound of thousands of swords swinging as he began to walk fowards.
His face began to change, it was dark tanned and covered in cuts, his clothing was only that of leather straps and a belt that eneded at his transformed waist.
"Now to the stone council..." he said in a gruff tone.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:33 pm
The lightning in Jikrae's eyes ceased as the staff struck him violently in the forehead, splintering the weapon along its entire length before it landed softly nearby, and causing Jikrae to fall backward harshly into the damp ground. Fury erupted in his head, and he slammed his right hand downward instinctively onto the staff, splintering the wood completely.
Apparently, respect was owed to two Exiles now. As he rolled backward onto his feet, his eyes still glossy and white, he spoke again.
"Amelia, it seems I've underestimated you. I apologize for that. You have succeeded. You said at the first meeting of the Stone Council that equals should not bow to equals. And while I believe that we are still equals, I bow to you as a fighter, for you are surely superior to me in that field."
And Jikrae did bow to her; not as a taunt, and not as an insult, but out of nothing but respect.
Then he caught sight of Khoui, striding nonchalantly through Amelia's forest, seemlingly ignorant -- or blatantly ignoring -- of everything around him. Jikrae nodded in the Exile's direction, and spoke.
"Do you know that man, Amelia? He doesn't share the taste in clothing of those members of your Kingdom that I have seen thus far. And he has the aura of an Exile."
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:55 am
Amelia had thrown the staff and charged after Jikrae, but stop the second she noticed he didn't move. She watched as her staff was broken into little pieces and she felt rather happy that she had hit him, but sad because she had liked that weapon.
She looked from the shreds of wood on the ground to Jikrae as he bowed. She couldn't do anything that he now bowed. She could also hear the people who had watched cheering. She sighed and placed her hands on her hips. "Is the battle over?" She asked, looking rather unhappy. She had wished for it to go on longer, but, perhaps Jikrae had other things to do and this was good enough.
She watched as he looked over somewhere else and nodded in the direction. Then he spoke about another Exile and she glanced over. She hadn't noticed another Exile because she had been too busy with the fight, but now she did. If it wasn't for the aura, the clothes that she could see made it obvious that this person wasn't from her kingdom.
She looked back to Jikrae and shook her head. "No, I haven't seen that Exile before." She looked back to Exile for a moment before jumping out of the arena. The people gathered were rather confused as they made room for Amelia to run past them. A moment before she had won against this person, the second she had jumped out and ran off in a different direction. The medic who had been at the arena had made their way down into Jikrae and had asked whether he was in need of medical treatment or not.
Amelia was rather interested in this exile. She had never met this one before, as well, it seemed she was being visited by many exiles today. She had approached them and stopped just a few feet away, starring at the man. "I guess I'm lucky to be met by so many exiles." She smiled to them. "So, what brings you here?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:48 pm
Slowing to a stop as many of feet came clammering to their sudden halt. Looking down at the being who had brought him to his stillness and his head tilted to the side as he began to melt into his shadow. His body lowered down until just the top part of his head was all that stuck out. His eyes stayed locked onto the female as he slowly began to rise. His hair started out short and the further he rose from the dark puddle his hair began to grow. His locks turned from black to a pale blondish color and his eyes shifted to a light green.
He smiled at the young lady as he extened his hand bowing to her. His eyes looked around at all of the other faces that stared at him, there was another Exile there also. It might do him best if he do anything rash, showing he had best behave.
"My name if that is what you inquire is, Khoui my dear and it is a pleasure to meet you." he moved to stand yet again. His hand moving through his hair as he pulled back into a pony tail.
"But my name is not what you wanted to know, up from the abode of a rather gruff man. Metal fire and powers untold is where I was and this have shown. My name I guess being revealed skipped a step in full now my dear your name is to be told, I would guess this rhyming is gettinig old?" He said in a rather odd rhyme but he remebered this was a face he had stolen from a bard.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:02 am
Jidroshei Vendrosek Jikrae did not immediately move to greet the strange man. Instead, after appraising the Exile as best he could, he took a running hop from the center of the Arena, and landed softly near his armor. Some people were watching him, but none of them made the attempt to approach him as he reequipped his armor, putting everything back on in the reverse of the order it had been removed.
The moment he had replaced his pouldrons, he picked up his axe and moved ran at a Human speed toward where Amelia and Khoui were. It took very little time for Jikrae to observe that this was not the same person that he had seen moving through the forest. He looked drastically different, but he still seemed to be the same Exile. Yet, strangely, there was something about this Exile that Jikrae found to be familiar. Almost like he recognized him.
Jikrae hadn't arrived quickly enough to hear Khoui's name, but he did manage to hear most of the strange poem that the creature spoke. The lightning still had not returned to Jikrae's eyes, and his white eyes stared calculatingly at this new being as he spoke.
"Have I seen you before, Exile? I am Jikrae'neindir Noel'ti Sundran Veroeski," as he always did when introducing himself, he spoke the name far too quickly for anyone to comprehend, "Who are you?" Vendrosek Jidroshei
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:38 am
Amelia could say only a few things about what had just happened. This exile had changed into a shadow and back again, then they came out from the shadow into some form that she did not recall seeing them in beforehand. How they did it though, that was amazing. Almost elegant-like. Although the words he spoke confused her a little. It was almost like some rhyme, yet it confused her so much. She had to pause before responding. That was when she heard Jikrae speak.
"Ummm.... nice to meet you Khoui." She stated, smiling despite being confused. She had no idea whether he had stated the reason for being here or not. "My name is Amelia." She said that with confidence, unlike before.
She glanced back to Jikrae for a moment, seeing him back in his armor. He definitely looked much different without the armor than when he did have it on. She looked back to Khoui, expecting him to say something like before again. She didn't want to miss a word of it for she might end up even more confused.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:35 am
IN an attempt to save himself from saying something to that extent, his hand moved up to his face and quickly went down it. His head moved down and his hand moved over it once more. Bringing his head up his face had changed once more to a half closed, silver eyed boy. His hair begain to shorten and his clothing started to slowly fade to black. It also seemed like his clothing began to shrink on him becomeing almost like a second skin to if not for a few peices of free hanging fabric.
Bring his hand up he pointed it towards Jikrae, revealing another face, a woman that was staring at the boy. Khoui continued to face Amelia, his eyes wavered a bit before he let out a yawn he was slouching slightly. His head tilted and turned as he looked at Jikrae and shrugged just a bit and before he could speak the face began to speak for him.
"Master Jikrae'neindir Noel'ti Sundran Veroeski, I am Khoui just a humble servant of this land, and I doubt that we have met before this" the face spoke as a woman its voice was soft a light. It did not carry the same lazy tone as Khoui himself, lazy not being his norm but the shifting was starting to wear on him.
"Yes my name is told and I know yours, now could you tell me in which direction the stone council is?" a smile began to tiwst his lips as he thought about what it was he would accomplish by heading that way. The face began to share the same smile as its master and even was about to start to laugh if Khoui did not ball his fist up and absorb it back in to himself. His eyes moved to meet the one infront of him, Amelia.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:50 pm
Jidroshei Vendrosek Jikrae took an immediate dislike to this Exile. The way that he spoke seemed almost condescending, and the way that he constantly changed his face made it seem as though he was taunting Jikrae. Nevertheless, Jikrae was determined not to be the first to begin a feud, and he would stay polite until Khoui became blatantly rude to him.
Khoui repeated Jikrae's name perfectly, showing Jikrae that, at the very least, he was paying close attention to what was being said. He assured Jikrae that they had never met, and in the back of his mind, Jikrae knew that he was correct. But still, there was something about this creature before him that was oddly familiar.
"That is an interesting ability you have there, Khoui," Jikrae responded amiably after the Face-stealer had finished speaking, "but Exiles know where the Stone Council is, and I wouldn't presume to waste your time by repeating what you already know."
Jikrae's tone was polite, but the disrespect in the words he spoke was only thinly veiled. Not only did he dislike this Exile, but he also didn't trust him -- or it, rather -- because he had asked a question that all Exiles should have known the answer to. The Stone Council was to the far North, but Jikrae wasn't about to relinquish that information to anyone pretending to have permission to go to that sacred place. Khoui would have to provide some proof.
"Where do you come from, Shapeshifting Khoui?" Vendrosek Jidroshei
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:27 pm
Amelia watched as he changed his face and form and she found it rather interesting, wondering how he could do that. She certainly had never seen anything like that before. She watched for amusement, as if a child, for a moment or so before coming back to reality. She listened to him as he repeated Jikrae's name and was rather impressed. It seemed that, as she glanced over to Jikrae, he was slightly impressed as well. Or just surprised. Either way, she doubted he had been expecting it.
The Khoui asked where the stone council was. Amelia opened her mouth to speak, but Jikrae spoke before she could. She gave him an annoyed glance before looking back to Khoui. Jikrae had a point. All exiles knew where the stone council was. Although, Khoui would have to have a reason to ask such a simple thing. She sighed and crossed her arms. It seemed as though Jikrae was going to be doing all the talking until something she was allowed to answer popped up. Or she just got annoyed with being silent. Which ever came first.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:08 pm
"Actually I awoke in the middle of the desert not to far from the library" as he wondered if the rest of them had not woken up in such a position. This made him wonder if they both possesed a kingdom, he knew neither of them was the exile ember who he wished to speak with. Yet he felt that maybe they could both possibly help in a matter of ways.
Jikrae's entire statement was soaked in a gloating sort of tone. As if in a way to expose Khoui in some way. Yet he only smiled and let out his sort of coughing laugh as he slapped his knee. It amused him in a few ways, how he had not spoken to him yet he felt a reason to answer. He must have an urge to lead, dictate, or at least be in charge which in his mind was a sign of minor weakness.
"Amelia, being as how you all have probably been to the Stone Council, you could at least point me in that direction no?" he smiled at the young girl as his eyes slowly moved to look out the corner of his eye to the other Exile. His name was eligant but all of that was just icing on cake he cared little to know short, sweet and through your throat are the means to an end and a victory. Yet he showed him no disrespect for it was not in his nature to be the rude one, at first.
"I am not one like yourselves, I am no ruler to a people.." a blatant lie as he was accustomed to do. IT was his domain to lie and what a strength the was, many underestimate the power and destruction a lie can bring about.
"Does this have something witha meeting called fifty years ago, that I do remember as being absent for as, well I had not woken up yet" he said with a smirk as he moved to lean his back against a tree as he looked at the pair awaiting some conversation and answers.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:52 am
Amelia listened to what Khoui had to say. It seemed as though the confusing part was all gone now and she didn't need to listen as hard. That was a slight releif as it was starting to hurt her head. She heard him call her name and she looked at him. She glanced over to Jikrae for a moment, before back to Khoui. Now she could say something. If Jikrae didn't like it, he could just get lost in her forest.
She smiled and pointewd in a nothern direction. "Its directly north. Its pretty far, but you can't miss it."
She heard him state that he had no kingdom and she blinked and starred at him. How could he have no kingdom? She thought everyone had a kingdom to rule. Then he stated that he had just recently awoke. Now it made sense. If he was to have a garden, she was sure that the people within it had died, or he just didn't know where they were.
She was a little congfused with the next words he spoke. How could having no people be related to the Stone Council meeting? She didn't remeber such a thing being disscused before. She stayed quiet at this point in time, wondering if Jikrae knew about why he had no people.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:47 pm
"Thank you, but I really must go now, there are matters I must attend to" he said as he bowed. Suddenly his body had a wave rush over it. HIs head dipped down and he stuttered in his start of his next statement. It felt like his muscles gained strength, and his spirit seemed to flux almost. It was as if a new found power had just entered his body.
"You are a kind one M'lady and that is always rewarded in the end" his eyes looked over at Jikrae as he had bowed. They lingered on him for a moment before he smiled.
"May our paths cross again Mountain Lord, we may find use in one another" his smile reached from ear to ear as he stood again ready to shift his form. His body began to melt into his shadow but this time he moved a little slower. When he finally was absorbed inside of it his started to strech and soon his figure was larger than it normaly was, usually it was about six feet long this time a few more feet were added. Soon the sound of thousands of swords being drawn as his legs soon rose from the shadow. Lines of tiny scimitars, as the black long serpentine body of this dark centipede rose from the shadow. Khoui's face sitting on the front yet this time it had changed, it was similar to the shape of a kitsune in shape and apperance.
"We shall meet again..' he said in a whispy voice as he began to take off the people that were infron of him quickly moved as the sound of a stampede followed him. He was heading north..
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:34 am
Amelia smiled when it seemed as though she was some help to him. Although she was slightly annoyed when he called her 'M'lady' and bowed to her. She gave a short, childish glare at him as he changed his form into some giant centipede and went off into her forest.
She sighed. That meant she would have to grow more trees tomorrow. Or something of the sort. She watched as he headed north and swore the next time she saw him, she would tell him not to call her 'M'lady', not to bow to her and that by turning into a centipede, he possibly destroyed some of her forest.
She glanced over to Jikrae to see what he thought of Khoui. She certainly was liking him but he was annoying right now. She wondered though, what possible reason he could have for heading to the Stone Council. She gave a swift sigh and decided not to dwell on that aspect. He was an exile and telling him where the Stone Council was, was not a bad thing.
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