Ark 25/Episode 11: The Strider & The Hare

Riches & Tricks
She was sitting on her throne of captured sweets, gold and silver glistening as the sunlight peeked in through the holes in her tent. “So pretty.” She held a diamond the size of her thumb in her hand and it was caked in blood. “A blood diamond indeed. And in such a dusty place as this.” Usagi tossed the diamond into a bucket where a tub of them sit and she turned her head as her tent flap opened up. “Time for another round?” Her intruders gave no verbal response, but a nod. She got up and grabbed a knife from her hip and stabbed it into her leg, but she showed no sign of pain whatsoever. And then a deep cut on her left forearm, and a cut on her cheek and then she let the tears roll. “Let’s get this going before my wounds close…” They carried her off and sweat dribbled down their face as soon as they hit the outside air. It was hot and humid, but it made them look as if they were at death’s door. In the distance, a man with a child in hand walked towards them with a large pack on his back. One of the men carrying Usagi called out. “Please! Help us! Dear Kami, if you could spare her even a drop of water… My wife is all that I have!” Usagi held back the urge to elbow him right in the throat for their plan to succeed. The man rushed over to them but stopped right in his tracks and his head rolled onto the floor. Usagi was up and right behind him, blade in hand, and it was slick with blood that already began drying. The child was screaming her head off, and to keep herself from headache, and stabbed the blade right through her forehead with a sickening crunch. “Search them. Any valuables can go to you, and give one thing to me. If I like it, I won’t kill you. If I don’t, get on your knees and pray.” They did as told, and fortunately, none of them died. They all returned back and Usagi gained a new ruby necklace, a new tanto, and cash. She returned to her tent and inspected everything of hers. Nothing was missing, and she knew, but just had to check. If any of these guys had the balls to steal from her, they were mistaken. She pulled a beer from the ground and popped the cap open before downing it in one go, and her face began to tint red. “That’s the good shit…”

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr338YlKD94&list=PLYNBny7IRlVlZDcKRtLlV-JKVQjMsIcoI&index=128 ) Waste. Wasteland. Shitty lands. The only words that rang in Kevin’s ears as he traversed the open desert like plains on foot. He wore nothing but a black sleeveless vest, and some cargo pants. He picked these up off of a dead body for chirst sakes. The boy was not in the best of spirits, like one would expect kevin chan of all people to be in. the town of kasaihana…had been destroyed. Destroyed for everything it was worth. Kevin wasn’t even sure if his parent’s had made it out alive..or Jayla or Miss Avalanche…or ANYONE! It pained him as his feet were getting sore. He’d ignored the need for sleep for so long simply to make his way somewhere, but where to? Even he hadn’t the slightest idea. His face stained in sand and dirt, and his throat was so dry, saliva couldn’t even form on the cracks of his chapped lips. Kevin would look up to the sky for a moment. ‘Damn…sun.” cursing the giant ball of heat for everything it was worth, which to him wasn’t much of shit. Continuing his walk, he’d finally see something in the distance. Granted, this could’ve been a mirage, but in kevin’s mind false hope, is the best kind of hope when you aint got a lick of shit to your name. What kevin did actually see was a local tavern. Not exactly local since there were no surrounded buildings, this was just a lone stop for those who needed rest or water, or just a drink to pass the time. Kevin hobbled there quickly, and arrived, opening the doors and looking around. It was a bit festive. Must be a celebration. Hot food, and cold brews every which way you looked. Kevin would’ve licked his lips at the very sight of it before making his way to a table and sitting down, flopping his arms on the hard wood table and a cloud of dust exiting his mouth showing how parched he was. A waitress would’ve arrived up to his table. “Howdy. You new round these lands?...i know faces pretty well. Don’ t reckon I’ve seen you before.” Kevin’s eyes shot in her direction, and he tried to speak but his throat was so parched. He reached up and grabbed the pitcher of water off of the silver plate and chugged it very violently one might add, before setting it down on the table and speaking as his voice returned. “AAAAH! That’s exactly what I needed! Could you be a dear and bring me more water? And a plate of your most well prepared meal. Do not worry, I have plenty of money to spare the expensive.” Kevin would wink at her, and nudge her on the hip. “Maybe even a little tip if I like you enough.” He’d wink and the waitress giggled. “right away stranger.” Kevin would lean over the table. He was lying his ass off. But not without smarts, looking around the bar to see how many people were in here using his danger sense to scout any potential dangers. Something he’d learned to do through his 2 year travels across the sky lands…though they’ve been filled with sorrow and regret, maybe he was finally starting to blossom from that. It took him his sweet time to recover from it all but..well maybe things could only get better from here for him. He laid his head down on the table and took a few deep breathes to relax. If this place had an inn, he would’ve loved to sleep somewhere well furnished for once. He closed his eyes and thought once again about the giant ball of chi coming down from the sky…he hasn’t seen anyone he loved since that day. Now he was dicking around for a free meal. How the might heroes fall. What also pained him was this…dark foreboding feeling in the back of his mind. Like something was…there. But he didn’t know what. What odd feature about him is that his eyes had reverted to their dominant gold gene, rather than one silver and one gold.

Usagi got up wearily from her seat and stumbled as she got to her feet. Her body swayed from right to left and she slumped over, hands on her knees and she burst into a fit of laughter. “Hahahahahahahaa…. Man I wanna go to the taveeern… Haven’t -hic- been there in five-eveeer ughhehehehe…” She rolled, yes, literally rolled out of her tent, and all eyes fell on her. The males especially. “For a girl, she’s mean when she’s sober… but when she’s drunk she looks so innocent it’s almost adorable.” She managed to get up to her feet and she stumbled out of Ultear, bottle still in hand. It was amazing that she hadn’t spilled anything. The sun hit her and it made her sweat tremendously. “So hoooot…” She pulled the bottle back up to her lips and gave a disappointed sigh as there was nothing left in there. The heat started getting to her head and both Ultear and the tavern was out of sight. She pointed out in the open and laughed her ass off, seeing a hallucination of her father and mother, holding their hands out to her. She reached for them, tears starting to spill over from the corners of her eyes and then she fell to the ground, heat beating on her back as she lay there in the open.

The Darkness Within
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ASWC0eXyRU&list=PLYNBny7IRlVlQVpe8xfJPnsRI2lEbpVyi&index=21 )the watiresss would’ve come back with the meat kevin requested, and he’d rub his hands together, sticking his tongue out to the side and rejoicing in the fact he was about to have one of the first few square meals he’d had in weeks! You can only push your physical chi so much so before you start needing real food and nourishment! Kevin took his fork and began picking away at the meat for everything it was worth, clearing his plate in a few mintues, as he’d sloppily devouer the meat and the two bottles of water he’d have to acoomidate it all. Kevin would’ve leaned back in his seat and let out a long drawn out sigh, his stomach sticking out a bit s howing the fullness of his belly.”PHEEEEEW…that hit the spot. Mmf mmf mmf.” The watress would’ve returned over there, and leaned over the table revealing her cleavage to kevin, and kevin’s face blushed red for a second. “Here’s your check.” She sat it down, and motioned to move away, brushing her tits in his face as she did. ‘Good god almighty…I aint had sex in a loooong time.” Kevin would look down for a second recalling yumi. The thought of her fresh in his mind, but long gone. He’d stand up, adjusting the cloak   over his face a bit, and sitting down some money inside the checkbook. He began to make his way towards the door when the music that was playing was put to an abrupt hualt. “Hey! You there!” kevin would stop where he was with a scared look on his face. “Uh-y-yeah.” “This isn’t tanz! This is monopoly money!” the bartender would come from around the back of the bar area and begin circling kevin, with a shotgun in his hand. “What kind of game you think we running around here boy? “ Kevin would curse under his breathe. He’d been malnourished for weeks now and it was starting to s how in his sluggish movements and drowsy looking eyes. “Look uh…don’t want no trouble. I really don’t have the energy to defend myself here so. I really need you to hear me out.” “You’re gonna have to earn off that expensive meat you had there son. It’s the only way. That or we gut you…this aint the cities. We do things differently around here.” Kevin would swallow hard and look down. “Fine…” Kevin was low on web fluid, and he hadn’t had the tools or materials to make much more. So he had to be scarce in what he did or didn’t use.



Kevin would’ve lifted his left leg and shot it under a table, kicking table across the room and hitting the man with the shotgun sending his body over the coutner! The other people in the saloon would’ve begun to fire their weapons, and kevin would reach out and grab a male, holding him by the neck and using him as a meat shield! He didn’t want to but it was his life versus theirs as the man was shot twice before kevin threw the body at 2 other guys and sent them toppling! Kevin took off! Running towards the left side, and going into a baseball slide, to tackle one man’s legs right from under him, only to then shoot his foot up and boot kick the man in the chin sending him flying towards the ceiling! Kevin would then extend his right hand out and shoot a web line towards one man’s ankle pulling him towards him and slinging him out the window! Kevin would’ve kicked over another table taking refuge behind it while the men shot at him consistently! Kevin would take a deep breathe, and focus…gripping the table with his fingers he’d stand up, and spin himself and the table around, hurling it at 5 other guy’s like a frizzebe through the air! It connected, blasting the guys out of the saloon! Kevin would stand ready looking around, when he saw a little girl who’d been shot in the crosse fire not far from where he was. “My strider sense!” kevin wouldl’ve looked over his shoulder to see the bartender with the shot gun aiming right at him! “He’s…gonna hit the girl” kevin would’ve made a bee line towards the child and scooped her up in his arms, only to take the full force of the shotgun right on his back side! “gaaaaaaaaah!!” The man shot kevin 3 times, walking closer each time and decreasing the distance between them! Kevin’s back riddled in blood as he slumped over,   and his head hit the gorund. (stop the music.) the little girl was shaken, looking at the bartender with fear in her eyes. The bartender wiped his forehead of sweat and sighed. “That had to be one of those damn   Kasaihanians…or a god damn warlock. “ the fellas would’ve begun to stand up. The skylanders were pretty tough people, a lot more used to harsh conditions than most city folk. The child ran out of the saloon crying and kevin’s body remaind…still. “Well get em out of here. We don’t need him rotting the place up.” The bartender turned his back and began to walk away. the room began to tremble just a little bit. Not very much, but it trembled just enough so everyone could feel it. As it shook only the ones who   could see manderins would see that there was a fient red skin tight glow coming off of Kevin’s body. The cloak he was wearing began to rise as if there was rapid wind, and so did the rest of Kevin’s body follow suit. He was then slouched over on his knees, looking at the ground. “So the boy wants more does he? Doesn’t know when to quit huh?! The bartender got ready to fire again, but this time kevin would shoot up and grip the barrel of the gun….with little effort he’d snap that barrel, and the bartender’s eyes widened. Right before his eyes kevin’s eyes shot up a hellish red. His skin began to bubble and transform, as his body remolded itself, ridding him of his clothing and compltey transforming him into…something else. Before long the people witnessed the horror of just what was happening. Kevin now stood 6 feet tall, with red armor like skin on his torso and arms, and feet, but everything else on his body was completely blackened out except for his face which had become a pale white. He’d had horns protruding from the sides of his head…he’d fallen to the tasanagi curse and become a true demon…Before Keyth Tasanagi. The Tasanagi family had always been plagued with the possessions of oni's within their family line. However after Keyome Tasanagi defeating the families oni. It's broken form went into the strongest relative closet to him. His son Keyth Tasanagi. Keyth Tasanagis soul devoured the Oni spirit before he was even birthed due to it being beaten into submission by Keyome. After years the ONI grew with Keyth and the once powerful demon,   became one entity with the human. Half ONI, half human but a perfect mix. They became one. A new race was made a new physiology. The Tasanagi family after this point was altered. Keyths children are the exact same thing that there father is. A humanoid oni in it's purest form. So with this Tasanagi Physiolgy has the same exact perks as the Onihoruda abilities. However unlike the onihoruda physiology the Tasanagi Physiology does not need an ONI. They are the Oni. However all decadents after Keyth can only tap into there ONI ability if pushed beyond there human limitations. Or after a certain point and age in there lives.



(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_kJAUevps&list=PLYNBny7IRlVm1xHhYq5qHlNSsKkocXSF2&index=56 ) Kevin would’ve raised his free hand up to the bartenders forehead and poked his finger against it. His voice sounded distorted, like a two toned whisper but deep and brooding. “You almost…killed a child. I dub thee…unforgiven.” Kevin would push his finger through the man’s forehead without so much as any resistence. The man died instantly and fell to the floor as kevin merely stood there. He’d look around, and everyone would’ve begun shooting at him! Opening fire on him! Kevin merely stood there letting the bullets richochet off of his skin and go everywhere, hitting everyone else. Kevin would’ve just stood there tilting his head to the side and glaring with his red eyes. “You are all…guilty. To harm the innocent is punishable by death.” Kevin would’ve merely flexed his muscles as tight as he could, as a result, he’d then unflex them and the wind from his chi and movement would’ve erupted like a gyser! The entire saloon up in flames and air, pieces of wood and flying debries flying everywhere. Everything and everyone that was inside of the saloon had vanished without so much of a trace. Kevin stood there in the middle of it all with his chi beginning to slowly recede. The bodies of the deceased raining from the sky as he stood looking at the ground in his new form motionless….He’d begin to walk. Nothing else but walk. Making his way twards where ever the demonic force wanted to make it’s way towards. As he continued walking he’d come across a girl…he could smell the alchol on her something fierce. Sniffing the air a couple more times, he could discern the origin of the scent in his new heightened state. She wasn’t present…and he didn’t want to see any innocents get hurt. He’d pick her up and toss her over his shoulder, paying no mind to her body but only the fact that she smelled like booze and begin walking her back towards her scent of origin. After a a while kevin would’ve tossed her body at the edge of the area of Ultear, though he didn’t now what this was himself, and left her there. Taking a few steps back he’d turn around, and his shoulder blades would’ve begun to rotate before bursting out of his   skin and forming wings! His body taking off into the night, eclipsed by the moon!

She could feel her body being picked up and roughly tossed somewhere on and somewhere off on the ground. People heard the clatter outside of Ultear’s gates and they saw Usagi’s body laying motionless in the open and they rushed over to her, but then realized she was just drunk and down from the heat stroke. They carried her body back to her tent. The men in Ultear, even though thieves, cared for Usagi more than others. She was kind to everyone but when needed to be rough and brutal she could be. She was practically the one who would only show care to all these monsters. She was a monster herself but no one would see that side of her… When she awoke, she was in her tent, tucked under a blanket and she smiled. She sat up in bed and sighed, her body aching some but she let out a little yawn, stretching out her muscles. She took off her boots and she saw her weights that were tied around her calves, each one packing a good thousand pounds. The guys around here wondered how such a tiny woman could be so heavy. She took them off and placed them gently on the ground. “I’ll add another five hundred later on…” She stepped out of her tent and was met with the moon. Some group of males sat around a campfire and invited her over, handing her a plate of rich, succulent meat a couple of them gained in a recent session. “Hey, Bunny, how are you doin’?” Said one dark skinned male with blue hair. “I’m good, Skylar… Thank you, whoever put me back in my tent. I passed out halfway to the local Tavern.” They all looked confused. “Bunny, you were found at Ultear’s gates,” said Skylar. Another spoke up. “You had a weird smell to you. Not like you’re usual booze-y self. There was blood on ya too.” Usagi’s eyes widened and she stood up after finishing her meal. “Thank you for telling me, boys… Good Night…” They all murmured their good nights and see you laters as Usagi made her way to Ultear’s gates. She stood right at the line where the outside world met the inside world she knew for a good two years. “Hm…”

Tomorrow Comes


The next morning///// if usage had been asleep in her tint, regardless of weather she was clothed or not, her tent’s opening would’ve been pushed back as a man would step inside. He stood 6’2 with a turban like hat on his head, and a lean build, with armor that resembled that of a raider. It was leather from torso to leg, but sleeveless, revealing his arms, and bandages at the wrist, with black metallic cuffs below the elbow and one the wrist. He’d had a blade at his wasit, which was half the sife of Katana, but rather oddly shaped. He also had a very noticeable tattoo on his arm, which was apart of his…”disappearing act” people would call it. It was no other than the head of the City of Thieves,   Dan Snatcher. “Usagi.” If she was sleeping Dan would toss a pail of water at her expecting to wet her up and wake her up quickly. Weather she dodged it or not, Dan would stand present, folding his arms. “You were gone longer than what you were supposed to be last night. You know I don’t give curfews but I keep close eye on you. Stop running off or I’ll kick you out.” Dan would stop and think about that and pinch the bridge of   his nose, his voice lowering. “Oh who am I kidding. I threaten you with that every other week. Get dressed and come outside. Walk with me. You can take a look at the largest haul brought in today. I’ll give you another job after that.” Dan would wait outside. Had she come out by then, Dan and her would’ve begun heading for the tallest tent that had rock like collumns and sticks holding it up and supporting it. “Now then. Tell me why you were covered in blood the other night. You’ve a bad habbit of killing we all do, but we kill cleanly. We don’t cover ourselves in our own mess…that’s how you get caught. How you get traced. We’re thieves not warriors. Even we have a code..” Dan would glare at her, with strong brown eyes, questioning her up as to just what the hell she was out doing. Men behind him were carrying in large chest of tanz, gold, jewels and other misc items of great value and interest. “Oy mate.” One of the men whiserped while looking at Usagi. “Looks like the lass is getting chewed out again.” “heh heh heh. Snatchers pride and joy. Fuck is she good for other than eye candy for fucks sake.” “Don’t know. I bet she’s a real killer in the sack though.” Both the men laughed, standing there thinking they were quiet, but were rather audible. Weather usagi addressed them or not was up to her, but Dan still wanted his answer before they proceeded.

She groaned softly at the sound of Dan’s voice. Her senses were pretty sharp and she swung her arm back, sending a kunai into the pail of water back out of the tent and onto an innocent bystander. She heard the crash outside and chuckled as she sat up, in her bra and panties and nodded, drowsy from sleep. “Yes, yes, siiiiir. -hic-” She got dressed in her usual attire and stepped outside with Dan, smiling softly. She listened to one of his many lectures. //“Now then. Tell me why you were covered in blood the other night. You’ve a bad habbit of killing we all do, but we kill cleanly. We don’t cover ourselves in our own mess…that’s how you get caught. How you get traced. We’re thieves not warriors. Even we have a code..”// She felt those dark brown eyes staring daggers at hers and she had a confused look on her face. “Dan, I’m telling you honestly, last night, I was heading out towards the tavern, but I know I passed out halfway because.. I saw a hallucination from my parents.” She rubbed her up her arm and sighed. “But I really don’t know about the blood. Some of the guys last night said that I was found in front of Ultear’s gates too… someone must’ve carried me back… And I clean myself up after every mission and you know it.” She pouted slightly and had her hands on her hips. From afar, she could hear two other men talkin’ about her. //“Oy mate.” One of the men whiserped while looking at Usagi. “Looks like the lass is getting chewed out again.” “heh heh heh. Snatchers pride and joy. Fuck is she good for other than eye candy for fucks sake.” “Don’t know. I bet she’s a real killer in the sack though.” Both the men laughed, standing there thinking they were quiet, but were rather audible.// She held up a finger and strode over towards then, and they both swallowed. “Hello, boys..” She purred and leaned forward against a crate, showing her cleavage to them and it was very visible that their cheeks were bright red. She could smell their arousal already. She held up a finger and then leaned in very close. “Consider this… as punishment. If you ever-” She stopped and licked her lips as she used one of her special moves against men. Pleasure manipulation: The user can sense and manipulate the pleasure, whether mental, spiritual, physical, social, sexual, etc., of themselves, people, animals and other creatures, whether by increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise channeling emotions, even manifesting the emotional energy to physical level. “-talk shit about how I’m just ‘eye candy’ again, I’ll rip your pitiful excuses for a winky…” She turned and left back to Dan, smile on her baby face as she left the two men with hard-ons that would last for the rest of the day.

Dan watched as she replied to him with a some what confusion almost astonishment. He was ready to see just what kind of answser she could cook up and even how much hell he could give her   for having such a smart mouth to begin with. T his of course wasn’t the case not even by along shot…“Dan, I’m telling you honestly, last night, I was heading out towards the tavern, but I know I passed out halfway because.. I saw a hallucination from my parents.” Dan would’ve looked away. Knowing the pain of loss that came with the death of parent’s. while he himself was raised as a love one, it is still a tragedgy to see the people you love die inront of you. Those who raised you up and took the best of care of you. It’s always a tragedy, which is why   Dan often had a soft spot for her when it came to some of her antics even when he shouldn’t have. . “But I really don’t know about the blood. Some of the guys last night said that I was found in front of Ultear’s gates too… someone must’ve carried me back… And I clean myself up after every mission and you know it.” “I know I know but even so-“ Dan would watch as she stopped in her tracks to go and handle the two men who were talking very erotic shit aobut her. For as long as she’d been here, he’d always told the men to back off. He was over protective of her, even when it didn’t call for him to do so. The men on the other hand found themselves on rock rock and were completely enticed by the girl for some strange reason or another. They couldn’t tear their eyes away from her precious cleavage or boxum body and found themselves about to drop their crates. “Hey!” Dan yelled, followed by a whistle. “Get your asses back to work. I’m going to be in there in a second.” The men would’ve taken their boners, nodded, and begun to continue carrying the crates. “Now then. Come Usagi.” If she followed the two would be sitting side by side, infront of a giant pile of treasure and goodies. Dan would’ve sat leaned forward just a bit looking at a golden cup and a giant emerald, while he would tell usage to write down the name and the value of what he’d had. “We have a ….14k gold cup. A very fine cut emerald. Fresh. No scratches. Put them both at 5,000 tanz.” Dan would put them back behind him in a storage box, for them to be fenced across the skylands the box was full and as such Dan would call someone to take that box and escort it to a dune runner vehicle. “Alright let’s see what else we have here…” “BOSS!” one of the thieves from elsewhere would’ve run inside stumbling all over himself. Dan raised a brow, as the man flailed a piece of paper around very violently as if he’d had the best news of his life.”Calm yourself. Fret not. Tell me what your news is. I don’t have all day to fence this. I’ve been slacking as of late.” “oh you’re gonna wanna hear this boss! I tell ya this is better than treasure!” Dan furrowed his brow. “What are you getting at son.” “Water sir! A fresh water source!” Dan stood up. Recently the city has been scrouging to keep decent water source, since a lot of it around here was badly contaminated and it took outlandish resources to fix or purify it. Most of the time, the people have to go elsewhere to get water which is more trouble than it’s worth. “this had better not be a rumor.” “It’s not! Look! Behold!” the thief would hand dan the map. “I snatched it from a counceler’s desk! It shows a church, about 100 miles from here, that is directly built over a fresh water well that connects to a river south of here! It has a constant supply of purified water and they say it even has healing properties!” Dan looked over the map. “These coordinates…their legit. This might be the big break we’ve been looking for. We can have plenty of water for the men or even move our establishment. We can’t let this go to waste. Do you know anything about the church?” “Well…well sir that’s the bad part. There’s an old man that gaurds it. An Ex-Warlock.” Dan’s eyes slanted off to the side. “Damnned hunters…even I hate running into them. old or young their just as dangerous.” Dan would fold his arms. Thinking. “I need a heavy hitter…someone to handle themselves.” His eyes made their way over to Usagi. “I could use her…but. If something happened to her I don’t….tch. she’s best suited.” Dan thought. “Should we send a small squaderen?” “No.” Dan shook his head. “We’re thieves. Where is Mika?” “Mika’s still out in new nexus florida. He’s been pilgrimaging and sending us things back for a week now. He’s not set to return until a few days from now.” “I see…Usagi.” Dan would turn and place a hand on her shoulder. “I need you now.” Looking her dead in the eyes. “This mission…this heist. Is one of the most important heist of your carrers. I know you’ve never faced a Warlock before…I did this on purpose because I know you’re not exactly….normal. A Warlock is someone who has undergone extensive training, ruthless mental and physical conditioning, and mysterious rituals (which take place at "Warlock schools" such as Oasis) in preparation for becoming an itinerant monster-slayer for hire.Taken in as children, Warlocks are subjected to intense alchemical processes, consumption of mutagenic compounds and relentless physical and chi training to make them dangerous and highly versatile against their vast array of opponents, many of which possess superhuman speed, strength and/or other deadly powers. These procedures ultimately mean that each fully-trained Warlock is a mutant built specifically to hunt and kill inhuman prey. they specialize at killing things. Mystical things.” Dan would’ve squeezed her shoulder a bit. “If I send you out there to secure that well. You’d better do your damnest best to come back to me you hear? I want that church secure and ready for us to come in and secure that water source. If we don’t, there will be radiers galore that want to do the very same shit. We can’t let that happen. So I’m giving you this assignment. Take any supplies you might need and be off. The journey may be long, and take half a day but if you take one of the sand vehicles or a horse you should be fine. Any questions?” Dan would wait to see if she actually had any before he’d then take his seat again. “Then be off with you. Make haste Usagi and do not let me down…” Dan would nod and wave her off.

She sat besides Dan and wrapped her arms through his, giggling and swinging her feet around. “Aww, Dan, it’s a bunny! A Bunny!” She pulled a bunny carved from glass with a U, melted in with gold on it’s side. “Can I have it, please, please, please?” Dan stared up at Usagi and simply replied no. Usagi stopped and stared at him, Glass bunny in hand and she whined, falling down to her knees and sniffling. “But, Daaan… Pretty please? It’s a bunnyyyyy.” She looked up at him with puffy red cheeks, biting down on her lip some, and it made Dan blush a little and sigh. “...Fine… You can have it…” She instantly brightened up and ran around in circles. Even as probably one of the strongest women in Ultear, she was only 17, so she could be a child at sometimes. She was too busy showing her bunny to everyone to hear about Dan’s confrontation with a local thief. //“BOSS!” one of the thieves from elsewhere would’ve run inside stumbling all over himself. Dan raised a brow, as the man flailed a piece of paper around very violently as if he’d had the best news of his life.”Calm yourself. Fret not. Tell me what your news is. I don’t have all day to fence this. I’ve been slacking as of late.” “oh you’re gonna wanna hear this boss! I tell ya this is better than treasure!” Dan furrowed his brow. “What are you getting at son.” “Water sir! A fresh water source!” Dan stood up. Recently the city has been scrouging to keep decent water source, since a lot of it around here was badly contaminated and it took outlandish resources to fix or purify it. Most of the time, the people have to go elsewhere to get water which is more trouble than it’s worth. “this had better not be a rumor.” “It’s not! Look! Behold!” the thief would hand dan the map. “I snatched it from a counceler’s desk! It shows a church, about 100 miles from here, that is directly built over a fresh water well that connects to a river south of here! It has a constant supply of purified water and they say it even has healing properties!” Dan looked over the map. “These coordinates…their legit. This might be the big break we’ve been looking for. We can have plenty of water for the men or even move our establishment. We can’t let this go to waste. Do you know anything about the church?” “Well…well sir that’s the bad part. There’s an old man that gaurds it. An Ex-Warlock.” Dan’s eyes slanted off to the side. “Damnned hunters…even I hate running into them. old or young their just as dangerous.” Dan would fold his arms. Thinking. “I need a heavy hitter…someone to handle themselves.” His eyes made their way over to Usagi. “I could use her…but. If something happened to her I don’t….tch. she’s best suited.” Dan thought. “Should we send a small squaderen?” “No.” Dan shook his head. “We’re thieves. Where is Mika?” “Mika’s still out in new nexus florida. He’s been pilgrimaging and sending us things back for a week now. He’s not set to return until a few days from now.” “I see…// She was surrounded by her fellow thieves and they enjoyed this side of Usagi. She was calm, sweet, and innocent, but everyone knew of the hell she saw. //” Usagi.”// She heard Dan call out to her and she trotted over to him. // Dan would turn and place a hand on her shoulder. “I need you now.” // She listened to him and scrunched her face up when he didn’t call her normal… Okay so she was human, but she was more advanced. Special blood, special powers. In short: A destructive force not to be tarnished with. // “If I send you out there to secure that well. You’d better do your damnest best to come back to me you hear? I want that church secure and ready for us to come in and secure that water source. If we don’t, there will be radiers galore that want to do the very same shit. We can’t let that happen. So I’m giving you this assignment. Take any supplies you might need and be off. The journey may be long, and take half a day but if you take one of the sand vehicles or a horse you should be fine. Any questions?” // She shook her head. // “Then be off with you. Make haste Usagi and do not let me down…” Dan would nod and wave her off. // She smiled softly and reached up and kissed his cheek. “Yes, ‘Daddy’.” She teased and stuck her tongue out. She wasted no time in grabbing 10 bottles of water and a twelve-pack of beer, along with two pairs of falcata blades, a set of nagamaki katanas, and two tantos. For artillery, she brought along a 360 and two SCORPIONS. She was on her way out when she remembered her weights. She ran back inside her tent and grabbed her already thousand pound weights and added another thousand. Instead of taking a horse or a vehicle, she ran the way. Unlike most, she had a very high endurance and could run for 10 hours straight without stopping. What keeps her going is the Sylclaine virus that was injected into her body at an early age, much to her parents’ disagreeance, but Padrona Alexander forced it onto what would be the future head of her Malitia. “Me…” Dan watched her go off and he shook his head. “Be safe, bunny…” --- She was sitting on a rock, downing her third bottle of water in the past four hours. She took a break every now and then, knowing she could go on, but she rested her body in case she came onto thugs and shit. “Speak of Diablo.” She turned her head towards the sound of chuckling with a group of nine guys were closing in on her. “Ooooooh, lookie here, fellers! We got ourselves a purrrty ‘lil thang hur.” Said one. “Huehuehuehue, she’s might yummy lookin’, Tucka.” Said another, licking his lips like a mongrel. The others just agreed and surrounded her. She gave a slight pout and tears brimmed at her eyes and she played her card. “Wh-who are you people? What do y-you w-want?” They all stared at her and answered in unison. “You.” And then she smirked. “Me? So you mean you’ll take me in any form?” They all looked confused. “Form?” asked the mongrel. “Yeah… Like this one…. Shirei-Kan. Change.” A bright flashing light blinded the group of knaves and once their vision came back, Usagi stood over them with her bright blue eyes staring down at them with a blade as long as her, pierced through four men. ( http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/yakuza-mob-roleplay/images/f/fa/Finger_painting_championship_shy_by_ptcrow-d84uxtw.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150614002426 ) “Will you take me in this form?” They were all too scared shitless to answer her. “Then perish.” She shot her hand out and from her fingertips came five balls of light, and one could hear the hums if quiet enough. The balls of light latched onto the remaining five and then she said, “Boom.” And explosion after explosion went off around her and she summoned her Alpha blade to absorb the fire attacks. After it was completely absorbed, she changed back into her usual attire and sat back on the rock, finishing her water bottle and then tossing onto the pile of corpses and then she was off again. On the way to the church, she ran into more thieves and thugs and others, and took them down with ease. Something about this was… strange… “So many obstacles…” But she kept running.

My Sanctuary


(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYMicbSf98&list=PLYNBny7IRlVlZDcKRtLlV-JKVQjMsIcoI&index=15 ) The air was cool. Really cool. Almost….like being in an air conditioner again. Oh how kevin looked the sweet feel of ac against his skin. It reminded him of all those other times, just laying in his room with it on full blast, naked in his bed and without a single care in the world. Kevin’s tail flopped freely about as he lay on the hard wooden floor his body sprawled outwards and his eyes finally starting to begin to flutter open. “Ngh..” Kevin’ would move some of the black bangs of hair from his face, revealing his gold hues to look around the room and see what was up. It was…a church. A sanctuary more specifically. It was old and a bit tattered. Some of the windows broken down, and there was some debries but suprisngly enough it was all clean. Not even so much as a speak of dust, in fact taking a few key factors away one could say this place…was almost livable. Kevin began to sit up, and as he did he’d shake his head back and forth looking around. His ears caught the sounds of running water, and he turned to see the center of the church. The was a fountain…a pool of water that had water bubling up and coming back down. “w-water!” Kevin was about to rush over to it and take a drink when he was stopped by a cane to the throat! “Don’t touch that water sunny boy. I brought you here because you were battered and bloody. Not to steal my water. Here.” The old   man would hand kevin a cup and it already had water inside of it. “I boiled this cup to get all the purified stuff out of it. Safer for you to drink.” Kevin would look up at the old man and see him. He was rather short, with short grey hair and a v like mustache. He wore robes. He was quite built for an old man but you could see the wear and tear of his posture and on his old timely body. “Th-thanks.” Kevin would’ve taken the   water and chugged it. He’d then look around one more time. “Why’s it so cool in here old man?” “Chi-magic. It’s called Blizga.” He’d point to the four giant shards of ice in the room. “Keeps the place at a good room temperature so people don’t die of heat exhaustion. Myself included.” He’d clear his throat, and kevin would stand up. The old man would nod twords the chair behind him. “There’s some clothes for you. It’s not much, but it should be enough to carry you on.” Kevin would see the clothes. A pair of tattered jeans, some sneakers, and a bullet proof vest. Better than nothing one would suppose. Putting on kevin would turn to the old man. “I gotta ask…why you help me?” The old man would turn to kevin. “You were in need. Also…the blood I found on you was not yours. I know what you are, and I know what you need. You’ve been feeling it haven’t you.” Kevin slipped on the vest and looked away. “The blood lust. I know what you are, but not who. You’re a kasaihanian..a Tasanagi no doubt. All know of the golden eyes. The curse that turns the golden sand into a hellish black…you bare it don’t you.”   Kevin would feel his body twitch for a second, as if the old man had taunted the monster within. Kevin would grip his arms and fall to his knees wretching in pain. “Tch!...no!” Kevin would’ve shaken his head as the old man held his hand out. “Atease…” a white light would’ve come from his palm, as he saw kevin’s skin begin to grow dark but it suddenly receeded! Kevin would look at his hands and look at the old man. ‘What did you do?!...is it gone?!?” The old man shook his head. “No. not gone. Just sleeping. I’ve suppressed it for the time being but depending on your emotional spectrum…he may come back.” Kevin would stand up again bowing to the old man. “thank you…hey uh. What’s up with the well? I won’t drink form it but…it’s so random.” The old man would smile and laugh taking pride. “Well that? That’s the only source of fresh water around here for miles. Comes straight from a river out coast.” The old man hesitates for a moment. “It also has mystical properties.” Kevin would fold his arms. “Okay so…I’ve seen your jedi mind tricks, but I’m not stupid. It’s just fresh water not holy water.” “Do you see where we are child? We are in the sanctuary of higher being. This his holy ground. I was hesitant to tell you…but if you consume this water. It may purge you of your sin. Including the one hovering above your head.” Kevin’s eyes widened. He’d been dealing with this…demonic force for 2 years now. Would he finally have the chance to be rid of it??? Kevin looked at the water. “don’t kid around man! Can this stuff really do that?!?” “Trust in me. I let no one drink right form the fountain…but for a troubled soul such as you I will make exception. Dip your head inside and count to five. Feel it purge your darkness and then come back a new.’ Kevin would ‘ve looked to the fountain, and knealt down to it. “This…this is…” Kevin saw his reflection in the water, but he also saw the demons. He furrowed his brow and then dove head first into the water! Submerging his head and driking form it whole. It tasted so…so good. So pure. So…cleansing. No metallic tatste, just pure fresh water. Kevin drunk for 5 seconds straight before pulling his head up and gasping for air. His soaked hair stuck to his face as he laid on his back. Kevin then noticed something…the forbading feeling of darkness and terror was gone. Just like that?!” Kevin would look at the ceiling and then look at his hands infront of his face. “Can you feel it young man. The feeling of a new start.” Kevin smiled, and let the water drip on his face. “It’s been two years hahaha! Two years since I’ve felt like this. Since I’ve felt this good…” he’d run his hands over his face and through his hair…”I didn’t think it was possible to be rid of this but…old man thank you!” “Call me Fen. Come. You must be hungry. After that you can clean around the church and do some yard work for about a week.” “Sure thi- WAIT A WEEK!?” “I just changed your life. You’re in debeted to me. Now come, I have stew brewing that I do not wish to burn today.” Kevin would grumble and grunt. “Old ass man trying to get me to work and shit…fucking….prick.”

Closing In
<p class="MsoNormal">It was nightfall. The moon hung over her head and Usagi was sitting by the fire she made, stoking it. it burned softly, and the sound of the wood crackling in the flames soothed her. Out from her pack was the bunny Dan had allowed her to have and she held it against the flames, enjoying the light spectacles. She laid beside the fire and drifted to sleep… //”White! Come on in. Lunch is ready,” called Blake Kingsley. Usagi lifted her head up, her long white hair bouncing as the sun just stood in the sky with a lovely glow. It wasn’t a hot day in Kasaihana. Usagi smoothed her dress down, pouting slightly at the grass stains on her knees but she went inside and was met with the sweet smelling aroma of soup and bread. “Sit down, White.” Blake had taken on the father/mother role ever since his wife passed away. Usagi ate her food quietly as her father sat down to eat with her. “How’s the private school, White?” Usagi smiled and stared at him with her loving blue eyes. “It’s wonderful, Daddy, but.. people are quite rude to me because of my hair. White isn’t normal…” Blake stabbed his fork into the table and his eyes glew red. “Do I need to speak with those people…?” Usagi tensed. She always got a bit frightened when her father had the intent to kill and it hardly went away once he got it. “N-no, Daddy. I actually handled it myself.” Blake’s eyes sparkled and he grinned widely. “That’s my baby girl.” They ate in silence the rest of the time and then Usagi cleaned up. After a few hours passed, Roxanne Alexander arrived to talk business she needed done for the next two years. Blake disagreed. “Not allowed. I won’t have my daughter go away from me for two years. I promised-” Roxanne held her hand up. “I’m well aware of your promise to Miss Wilder. But your daughter is the future head of this Malitia. And I, as the Mistress, am com-” Usagi cut in. “Miss Alexander I’ll go. It’s my choice isn’t it?” She stood in the doorway wearing jeans and a hoodie with cute tiger socks. “It is…” Blade stood. “But I am her legal gau-” “Daddy, I want to go.” Blake’s eyes widened. “I’ll see you in two years, Daddy. I’ll be stronger than ever.” Blake had no response but a simple nod. “Alright…”// Usagi woke to the sound of laughter. She was a light sleeper but for some reason she couldn’t help but not awake to the feeling of hanging a few inches off the ground. Oh that was right. She usually drank unconsciously when she slept. “Well, well, well. We’ve got the Bunny from Ultear.” She stared up at two males in front of her and her face was still drowsy. “Ngh.. whaddaya want?” “My my, straight the point aren’t you? Well we just need fifty million tanz.” Usagi burst out in a fit of laughter. “You think I’m worth that much!? That’s amazing!” She was still a little drunk and she hiccuped. The man holding her pinched her cheek and grinned sadistically. “Ay, boss. Can I have a go at her first? She just looks so… succulent.” Usagi instantly sobered up and raised her foot in the air and a blade shot from the heel of her boot and with amazing speed, she thrust it down and into the male’s jugular, enjoying his screams of pain.

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<p class="MsoNormal">She was dropped to the ground and she grinned. “So sexual terms aren’t my forte. I’m not here for your sexual desires.” She slammed her foot into the ground and the roof collapsed to the ground, showing the moon overhead. “Beta Armor. Change.” Usagi's Beta Armor is having her body covered completely in armor besides a part of her right arm. She wears a green hood lined with gold, green body suit, and a chest plate made out of tungsten as well as her shoulder guards and gloves, along with her faulds and boots. “Now, perish. Shall your existence be gone with the wind.” She raised her blade and swung it across the air in front of her. “Cyclone.” A cyclone of air spun around and swept up half the people within the area. She turned towards the two leaders and stalked up to them. She grabbed one of their collars and pressed her lips against his, slipping her tongue into his mouth and began breathing into him. He started getting the full realization of what was happening. And then she pulled her lips away but her hand shot up and covered his mouth and nose. “Implode.” And the his chest exploded, blood spraying all over her and she grinned sadistically. His chest cavity was open and exposed, ribs poking out and she wiped the blood of her face. Her eyes traveled up to the second boss and she chuckled at the sight of his face contorted in horror. “Because you waited so patiently, I’ll make yours less sufferable.” With a quick flick of her wrist, a blade of air shot towards him and severed his head. She caught it before it hit the ground and laughed. For those that remained and let out another cyclone and then another until everything and everyone was demolished. She returned to original form and smiled, blood still on her body. “You have paid your dues… Now rest.” She found her belongings rather quickly and set off again. By the time sunrise arrived, she stood at the foot of the Church, sighing softly. “I made it.”

<p class="MsoNormal">////Earlier that day//// Kevin would’ve been sitting at the dinner table with the old man ,eating a bowl of beef stew he guessed….the man revealed that it was actually chopped scorpion stew, but Kevin paid that no mind at all as he sat there and continued eating. The old man would’ve sipped his straight from the bowl. As Kevin was eating, he’d look at the old man for a second, before putting the bowl down and looking back up at him. “Say old timer. Can I ask you something?” “Ask away. You’ll have fresh work in the a.m so I don’t see why you can’t get to know your employer.” “What are those…chi magic signs you be using?” the old man chuckled, and laughed, standing up and tossing his bowl in the sink. “The proper name is Ninpo. When I was a Warlock, it was the one thing I specialized in even more than physical combat. Basically all the illusions and magic tricks you see on t.v become possible. It’s roots stream from a mystical city known as Dragon Kang. Well we had a book on it at least.” Kevin would finish his bowl, and stand up, heading over to the sink and washing the dishes. “I’d ask to learn some, but I’m more of a hands on kind of guy.” Kevin lathered the dishes up with soap and the old man would’ve grabbed his wrist. “What are these strange devices?” he said referring to Kevin’s web shooters. “Oh these?” Kevin would’ve shot a web at a ladle across the room and pulled it back to him. The old man raised a brow. “What sorcery is this?!” “hahaha! This is technology old man. It’s a web fluid. The only thing I’ve ever been good at making. I haven’t had the materials to make more though…it’s a tad bit disappointing, but something I’ll get over.” The old man would’ve studied the residue of the fluid looking over it. “You’re running low you say?...if this texture is correct, it has the same properties as some of the bungee tree gum I keep in the storage. Take the rest of the day to see if it can be compatible.” “Whoa really?” the old man would nod. “ Be my guest. Not like I’ve had any in the longest time. “ Kevin would’ve made his way over to the closet, shaking his hands of the water, and looking inside of the closet. Inside he saw bundles of dark grey rubber. He took it out, and looked at it, stretching it out a bit to see just what it was made of. “hmm….if I break it down to a liquid, I could compress it…gah. I’m not good at this smart people stuff.” Kevin would toss it on the table, and light a candle and begin hand melting it. A long process was ahead of him but he only had so much time to do anything before he started working for the old man tomorrow. Hours passed, and the old man would walk back into the kitchen and see Kevin still working on putting the rubbery like substance into his web cartilages. The old man would’ve held his cane on the floor and chuckled softly to himself. “Why are those…so important to you.” Kevin would’ve looked back his eyes drooping as he held up the web shooters and sighed, before yawning. “Well…I used to be a big time vigilante before all of this happened. I was a becan of hope and people looked up to me. Now…well. I ain’t shit here. This is the only memory of the glory days I have to live off of. When I was relevant…but well. Now that the demons gone maybe   I can become that same hero again. Slowly give these skylands something to look up to you know?!” Kevin would grin at the old man. “Well I’ve made 20 so far…10 more and I’ll head to bed.” Kevin would get back to melting down the gooey tree like substance and the old man would nod. “Goodnight young man.” The old man would retire off to his quarters for the night. ////early the next morning.//// Kevin would’ve been knocked out on the table, his head on the side, and a line of drool spreading from his lips to the wood. Food in his belly, feeling ture and pure, and 30 web cartiliges made, he was feeling himself pretty well. Kevin would breathe heavy snoring. The old man was going to wake him up early to do the garden, but he decided to just let the man sleep and take care of the garden himself. “He can take care of the house…this old body of mine has to stay stable somehow.” The old man would’ve grabed a watering pale, and begun filing it up with water. His ears…picked up something however. A feint noise as if someone was…at the door of the church. Dramatically increased strength, speed, reflexes and endurance, far beyond any normal or well-trained human. A Warlockss physical skills are sufficient to defeat most monsters if combined with extensive training and proper weaponry. Not only that but their peak human sensory systems are pushed to an enhanced level thanks to the mutagen they’ve been enfused with…the old man’s hearing specifically are enhanced to hear with amazing clarity, distance, and even frequencies outside normal range. He can pick up every single sound, can decipher layer upon layer of differing sounds/conversations, locate the source of noise or pick up a sound from a mile away in a busy city. He’d stand idol instead of going outside as he planned and instead after hearing the panting words “I made it.” He’d speak. “Who goes there, may I inquire…can I help you?”

<p class="MsoNormal">How would Usagi approach this situation when here goal is in her grasp? Would she bust in guns a blazing and attempt to take the fountain by force through combat? Or would she play it smart and try to weasel her way in through trickery and deceit.

<p class="MsoNormal">Her chest was heaving pretty badly. She had two falcata blades in her hands and she fell to her knees at the sound of a male voice. Her eyes traveled up to him, staring at his face. There was a scent to him. A scent that was familiar. Way too familiar, but she couldn’t exactly pinpoint it.She dropped her blades to the side and brought her hands up to her mouth. “Please.. please help me.” She was caked in blood from her earlier troubles that happened on her way here. She covered her face in her hands and sobbed. “I’ve -hic- been attacked -hic- trying to get here -hic-” My daddy told me th-th-that -hic- someone would help me here.” Tears streamed down her face. In a way, she wasn’t technically lying. She looked up at him and then moved into a bowing position. ( http://i.imgur.com/HUOILol.gif ) She looked up at him, face red from crying. “Please allow me to stay. I’ll help with anything that I can. -hic-” Her face was determined. She was determined to do what Dan had asked her too. //”Make haste Usagi and do not let me down…”//She returned into that bowing position, fingers clawing into the dry Earth, body trembling violently. She was scared though. Deep down, she was scared of what happened with her and those men. She could feel powerless at many times… and those were some of them. In the back of her mind, she always thought of scenarios of which she didn’t have any powers or abilities… what would she do then. “I don’t want to see them anymore…” She curled her fingers into her hair. “I DON’T WANT TO LOSE MYSELF TO THEM!” She pounded her fists into the ground and leveled the ground beneath her. She pounded another fist into the ground and a large shard of ice shot from around her fist. Another pound and another until her body was surrounded by her ice. She was about to raised another fist when a hand caught her wrist. The old man stared at her and she waited for his answer.

<p class="MsoNormal">The old man looked and saw her covered in blood as she seemed to be having trouble breathing and such. She begged for help, and the old man put both of his hands on the cane, and looked at her. Something was odd…he didn’t quite know weather to trust her story or not but he’d at least hear her out. The old man furrowed his brow at her when she began screaming about how she din’t want to lose her self to them or see them anymore. But who was them? “Hmm.” When she pounded her fist into the floor, the old man would hold his hand out and speak. “At ease child…you are safe here. No harm will come to you. Please come in. are you of need? Are you thirsty or hungry?” the old man would look back twaords the kitchen. “you let one outsider in…and it attacts more.” He thought to himself. He looked back to the girl. He squatted down, his kane in hand, as he’d lean in a bit close to her and speak softly. “Tell me what troubles you child? In this sanctuary, everything is sacred.” Kevin would’ve been sleeping away, drooling at the mouth, but his head shot up, as his Strider Sense kicked in. he had a sleep induced look on his face as he looked around for a second. “Eh” He rubbed his eyes not exactly sure what to do, or where he was. Remembering quickly, he’d look and see he’d been making web cartiledges. “Oh! That’s right!” Kevin would go ahead and begin to start fixing up a few more, and stuffing them into his satchel. Back with the old man, he would nod over to the fountain. “There is fresh water here…you may take a drink if you thirst.” The old man was indeed enticed by her body, but he was no fool. He’d faced many a demon, who used desperation as trickery, and it seemed mighty funny that not one but two lost desert gooers would show up back to back. The old man kept a tight grip on his cane but using his other hand to pat the young woman on the back

<p class="MsoNormal">A chill ran down her spine as he whispered in her ear. The tears wouldn’t stop. “They’re all going to get me…” Was all she mumbled and she felt another presence. No. She could smell him, and he smelt very familiar. She still had the scent on her too. The night that Kevin had taken her to Ultear’s gates. she turned to the old man and gave him a heart warming smile. In all truth, she’d meant it. For the past two years, she tried to make a name for herself. Her mother had always told her to be kind to people, no matter how cruel, but in this world, she couldn’t. She kept one promise to her mother though. To always smile. “I just... water, please, sir…” She had slowly walked over to the fountain, hesitant at first but reluctantly she took a small sip and she immediately felt refreshed. Somehow she found herself head first in the water, taking long, deep, drags of water into her body when the thought of her being so rude popped in her head and she yanked her head back out of the water, water dripping from her face and hair and she looked back at the old man with her head down, her cheeks tinting a light shade of pink. “Apologies.. That was rude of me.”   She brushed the hair out of her face, brushing it back and it was glistening in the light. She stared at the old man and laughed a little. ( https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k8fUEDD9DFY/UxOfzsFUK8I/AAAAAAAAACs/87qaF5-IP0A/ejtu3d.jpg ) “Thank you for helping me.” She bowed. “For helping me, I must help you in return.”

Mistrust
<p class="MsoNormal">The old man smiled, and noded being appreciated. When she came up from the water his perversion began to show just a tad as he would chuckle a bit. “Well if you really wanna help, go in there and wake that young man up, and you both can get started cleaning the sactuary. Theres some lemon pledge in the closet, that you can use. Be scare. I don’t get this kind of stuff for free. Then inspect the fountain, make sure theres no hair in there or anything. Then I need one of you two to go up there the roof and check for holes.” “check for holes?” Kevin’s voice broke the mold, and as it did, the old man would turn his head to look at him. “Oh kevin you’re awake.” Usagi would be sure to pick up the familer scent from kevin, and as he hadn’t showered since he was found, she would still get a mad whiff of the blood still staining on his body. Kevin would look at Usagi with a tilted head.”Hm…” Kevin would fold his arms and speak. “Do I know you? Can’t help but feel like we’ve met once upon a time….”the old man would nod. “She came here looking for help   few minutes ago. She said she was attacked.” Kevin’s strider sense told him that connecting the pieces it went off at the moment she walked in here…Kevin had a smug look on his face adjusting the weird bracelets on his wrist. “ Uh…huh….” Kevin would’ve walked over to the side, low key looking at her form the corner of his eye with a tilted head. “You uh…from around here?” Kevin would’ve eyed the old man wondering if he was too trusting or if he knew what she was doing here. “you have a boozy scent. Reminds me of a bar I went to not to long ago. God that place smelled aweful” the old man would slam his stick on the floor. “Hey now. You two go ahead and get to work. I’m going to my study to see if I can find some sigil signs for wind so I can air dry my clothing. I’ll be back in a jiffy.” The old man would’ve disappeared towards the back areas of the church, and once he was gone, Kevin’s tail would’ve emerged and begun scratching the underside of his nose. “Alright chika. Names Kevin. What are you doing here…old man said not many know about this place. And don’t bullshit me.” Kevin would’ve pointed to her with   raised comical brow. “I’ve got a bad feeling about you lil lady. Got my eyes on ya. Like a hawk or a fly. For a fly hawk.” Kevin would’ve flicked his nose. “Saw one of those once….” Kevin would’ve grabbed a broom and began fake sweeping waiting for a response from her. “did you uh..enjoy the taste of that pure water?”

<p class="MsoNormal">As soon as he walked in the room, Usagi’s nostrils were filled with that bloody smell and her hand shot up and covered her nose. “Unf.. No I don’t think we met before, but you smell really bad…” Usagi would’ve sighed and rubbed at the back of her neck and a small grin tugged at the corner of her lips. “I am not… I used to be a Kasaihanian. And I drink. Hit me.” She looked back at him and her eyes traveled down to his tail as soon as the old man left. She rolled her shoulders back in circles and walked up to him and put a hand on his chest. “Look. I’m only here to pay my dues for him helping me… My Dad said there would be help here. He could smell you all from a couple miles away. Like I said. You stink.” And then she could smell herself. “Me too I guess… At least in this form…” She stepped back and shifted into her seduction armor, because her Shirei-Kan and Archer were two flashy here. “Seduction. Change.” Her current clothes looked as if they were burning off her body but instead were shifting into something else. ( https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/21/df/1d/21df1daaa64cbf43bbb5df7419ab99c3.jpg ) She dusted herself off and sighed. “...And Yeah I did. It was really tasty.” She could feel the tension in between them and she stared at him, her blue eyes soft and kind, and she smiled. “I’m here to help. That’s all…” She bent down and picked up a few things she saw lying around and mumbled softly. “The name’s Usagi… Around here, I’m known as the White Rabbit. And you, garbage can?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Unf.. No I don’t think we met before, but you smell really bad…” Kevin would have a “-_-“ look on his face as it wasn’t like her scent was a single bit more enticing than his own. Curse this nose and it’s features. He watched her posture change a bit, and her tone to match it. Speaking on how she too was from Kasaihana and that she was a drinker. Kevin would’ve continued sweeping and looking at her side ways, and when the old man left, Kevin watched her walk up to him, and put a hand on his chest. Kevin was a toned guy, and fairly chill but he didn’t respond to well to dominance…though his strider sense didn’t go off so he could at least tell she meant no harm. “Look. I’m only here to pay my dues for him helping me… My Dad said there would be help here. He could smell you all from a couple miles away. Like I said. You stink.” Kevin   would sniff his armpit incredibly quickly. He was…definitely stinky. When she mentioned that she stunk in that form, Kevin titled his head to the side a little bit. “This form?” when she took some steps back, Kevin would watch and hear her say “Seduction. Change.” When her clothes looked like they were changing and transforming   and then she transformed into this…rather….seductive ...armor. Kevin would’ve tugged on his collar a bit, and swallowed hard. “Gah…why would you even wear that. Put some clothes on and have some decency with yourself!” Kevin didn’t mean a word of that and the blush on his faced would’ve made that clear. Kevin would glare off to the side but his eyes were clear as day focused on her rack. Yet his eyes once again averted to hers, his golden hues piercing into her own. “I’m here to help. That’s all…” Kevin would exhale though his nostirils, and his tail would curl up around his waist. “Fine. But I’ve got my eye on you, ya hear?” Kevin would close one eye and look at her with the other, and she then introduced herself properly. “The name’s Usagi… Around here, I’m known as the White Rabbit. And you, garbage can?” Kevin would’ve sat the broom down, and began straightening out the pues, dusting them   off, and cleaning them with his tail using it as a feather duster. “Names Chan.” Kevin would point his finger at her and wink. “Kevin Chan. Kung fu master, ex vigilante, can’t tell you which one in case I make a comeback, and bonified Hero slash good guy material. “Kevin would’ve made his way to the other side, dusting off more pues. “Yeeeep. Idk how I managed to escape the destruction of the city. I got my parent’s out but we separated and I don’t know where they are…then there was what’s her name…” Kevin would’ve leaned against a pue looking up at the ceiling for a moment before exhaling a breathe. The old man would’ve yelled from his study. “Make sure you clean the cobwebs from the corners up top. Don’t put to much weight on the beams, they’ll crumble.” Kevin would yell back. “yeah I’m on it.” Kevin would walk to the far side of the sanctuary and grab the latter. “So what about you? Orphan, single parent, both parent’s what? I know you said you had a dad but that’s a lose term you know? Like that band limp bizkit. “ Kevin would scoff. “Biscuits can’t go limp.” He’d laugh a bit, scratching his nose and climbing the latter. The old man would’ve been nose deep into a book and practicing a ninpo sign, the chi energy resonating from his hand, forming a series of symbols that floated around his wrist in a white light. “Out with it rabbit. What hole do you come from? And how do you get around this waste land? You race dune buggies or something?”

<p class="MsoNormal">"God you talk a lot." Usagi's head was hurting pretty bad just from hearing him breathe. She chuckled, feeling his stare at her chest area. "Eyes. Up. Here." She went back to picking up some more things and setting them in a pile. "I can't wear my other two. Those are for battle only. In case of emergency so to speak." She snorted at his "decency" comment. "I'm very proud of my body, but I don't go sleeping with any and every guy I lay eyes on. If I did, we'd be on the floor by now." She looked back at him and burst out into a fit of giggles. When he questioned her even further she sighed and leaned against a table. "I'm 17. Both my parents died. The latest one was a week ago. He died right in front of my eyes." She couldn't help but stop herself and turn away, swallowing those fake sobs that were about to come out. She wiped her nose and sighed. "I run. If you can get anywhere it's by your own two feet." She heard the old man call out about the cobwebs and watched as Kevin used a ladder to get up there. "Look I'll handle all the work in the air alright?" Before he could protest, she'd be already holding her hand out towards the ceiling and concentrating her chi out in front of her and a gust of wind would've exploded from the palm of her hand and around the ceiling, gathering what dust and cobwebs stayed above and then she moved down after a good 5 minute wind sweep in the rafters, gathering the dust from the floor boards, tables, chairs, and counters. It took a good fifteen minutes to collect a shit load of dust, bugs, and trash before grabbing a bag that sit on the ground near her foot and placing it all in there. "See? Easy as pie." She looked at Connor and grinned. She then strut over to the fountain, searching for any stray hairs as the old man has said to do, but she found none. "Clean... So very clean..." She was tempted to reach out and bathe her hand in the fountain but chose not too. The old man came from out his study and swiped his finger against a table. "Not a single speck. Usagi, dear, you're very useful." He glanced at Kevin. "Unlike this one over here." Usagi smiled down at the old man and was forced to hold back a smirk. The old man really liked her and it would show to her favor in the end somewhat. But her betrayal would be another thing.

<p class="MsoNormal">"I'm very proud of my body, but I don't go sleeping with any and every guy I lay eyes on. If I did, we'd be on the floor by now."she chuckled, but Kevin would’ve sighed,and grumbled a bit. The man hadn’t had a piece of ass since Jayla was around and boy was THAT incomplete. Didn’t even get to bust. Kevin would’ve shook his head at the tought of it, but continued to listen to her, standing the ladder up and leaning against it to listen to what she was saying about running. “I agree. You’ll carry yourself further than anyone else can. Still. You’ve gotta have friends at some point. Support means a lot.” When she told him to stand back and let her handle the air work,Kevin would’ve watched her manvuer some form of air and instantly clean the celing of dust and cobwebs. Kevin’s mouth dropped a bit before he swallowed hard, and shouted. “YOU ARE TOTALLY SHOWING OFF! WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GOOD OLD FASHION HARD WORK EH?!” Kevin would fold his arms, a comical steam coming from his ears, and nostrils. “Kids and yer damn powers….” When the old man came out and dusted his finger against the table and impled that Usagi was more useful than he, Kevin got mad, as a vien popped from his forehead, and his voice became aggressive, but more comical than anything. ‘HEY SCREW YOU OLD MAN! OKAY I DIDN’T HAVE TO CLEAN THESE STUPID PUES OR HELP YOU OUT AT ALL!” “Like hell you didn’t. you think I share food on a regular? Plus you eat like a hog kid.” Kevin would throw his hands up.”Oy vey! Bump the both of you guys!” the old man would laugh heartfully, and place a hand on the pue. “you know. There is a reason I preserve this church so much.’ The old man would rub the pue slowly for a second before speaking. “When you become a Warlock…you take a mutagen. You become sterile. You can’t have kids. That’s the end of the line for you…but you can find happiness. Me and my wife…god rest her soul. Were going to marry in this church. But then the day of my wedding we were attacked. A terrible sand storm came, and the “Quiet Ones” as they’re called came in…killed my wife…my Warlock companions. “ The old man would’ve turned away form the two of them. “We’ve fought many of them before…but why that day was different I don’t know. Maybe…maybe we weren’t prepared or maybe we weren’t in the right state of mind. As a warlock, happiness for me was damn near impossible…it’s why I left. Came back here, and took care of this place. The only damned memory of being a warlock I cherish.” The old man would inhale and sigh, turning back around to the both of them. “You kids have been a big help. I’m going to get dinner started. Not that anyones coming, but watch the well. That water means a lot to me just like the rest of this church.” The old man would’ve begun rolling his sleeves up and humming to himself. “you two can join me in here if you wish. Been a while since I’ve cooked for multiple. I’m not my wife, but I learned a thing or two.” Kevin would rub on his stomach, trailing each ab with his finger as his stomach growled. “I could…go for some grub.” Kevin would look to Usagi. “Old man really loves this place doesn’t he? Funny how we all have something to hold onto. Well let’s roll, times a wasting and this   beautiful body aint gonna feed itself” kevin would’ve flipped his hair from his eyes, and made his way into the kitchen, with some pep in his step.

Returning The Favor
<p class="MsoNormal">She couldn't help but smile at Kevin's childish antics. It was really cute, so to say. It was when the old man started talking that it made her start to fall apart inside. So he's lost people too, no doubt, is what she thought at first, but the confirmation of it didn't make her feel any better. "Oh yeah, you lost people in your life. GREAT I WAS RIGHT!" No it's nothing like that. It just feels like you lose a part of yourself when someone you love just dies. She knew that feeling very well. Once he announced that he was going to make dinner, she didn't get a good feeling from it, even as he stated he learned a thing   or two from his wife. Before he left, she grasped him by his shoulder. "Hey, old man. Sit back and relax for a day. I bet taking care of this church has made your bones strong, but it's good to take a rest for a good day or two. I'll cook for us... plus I also have no faith in your cooking, no harm to your wife's techniques of course. She walked over to the well and then dug in her bag for a cup, scooping up some water to wash her hands with and then she led them over to the table. "The food'll be done in no time. Promise." She grinned brightly and turned back to her work. Grabbing a large pot, she placed it over the stove, turning on the fire on low before pouring a couple cups of water into the pot, apologizing to the old man for using so much afterwards. Around the kitchen she found some pepper, salt, and green onions. Usagi had tapped her lip, deep in thought when she started cutting the green onion into small pieces, and then scooping it up into the pot. After letting the water boil with the onion inside, she drew two teacups fo salt and pepper and threw it in there as well. She dug in her bag once more and was lucky enough to find a box of noodles, unopened and fresh. She threw that into the pot too and soon the sweet smelling aroma filled the kitchen. She hummed softly, swaying her hips from side to side. "Old man, do you have any pork?" He scratched at his head and pointed over to the freezer. Usagi strode over and opened it, finding said pork and waiting for it to defrost before cutting it into thin slices and scraping it into the pot. "It's almost done." She went into her bag again and pulled out a glass of liquid. She turned to them and smiled. It was nothing poisonous. If it was, she wouldn't have even looked back at them. It was just a simple mix of what her father had given her to use in food when she was cooking for herself. "It gives a good spicy taste to whatever it is you're eating." And she poured a spoonful into the pot and laughed a little. "All done. I really hope you're hungry. I might've made a little too much." She brought out three bowls and filled them halfway full with meat, broth, and noodles. She ran around and found a little mint, putting it in each of their bowls before setting a bowl in front of the old man, Kevin, and then herself. She found a couple of chopsticks and forks and spoons, depending on what they were good at using. Usagi was used to chopsticks so she chose a pair of those, and put her hands together. "Itadakimasu." She smiled and dug in, her taste buds absolutely tingling. She glanced at the two, worrying a little for their reactions.

<p class="MsoNormal">Demon Eyes: Kevin would’ve finished pouting by this time and then raised his eyes to see that she had just offered to cook. She could cook? “You’re a cook eh?” Kevin would raise his brows and nod. Girls who could cook were always best friends in his book. Good looking girls that could cook were even better, but again he wouldn’t let his   teenage mindset cloud his thoughts. Her attitude was a tad cocky but it had charisma. Kevin wanted to trust her, yet his gut was pulling him in anothger direction. Still even if she wasn’t good people his stomach wouldn’t argue against a free meal and neither would the old mans as he too was shocked. “Really? I haven’t had a woman in this kitchen for something. No disrespect taken but I hope your foods good. You’ve got some big shoes to fill compared to my past maiden.” The old man would chuckle, and cough a bit, rubbing his chest, and sighing with a rasp in his voice. “Damn cold.” Kevin would walk up beside the old man and stand beside him. “You think she’s any good?” Kevin would’ve nudged the old man as they stood and watched her got to work, chopping, boiling and cooking. The old man would lean over and speak in kevin’s ear. “With a body like that young man, her cooking could be atrocious and I’d tell her it was amazing.” Kevin would lean back and look at the man. “I thought you were supposed to be one of those “honor above all” types?!” The old man would shrug. “Hey I’m old, but I’m still a man. I can get it up young one, don’t think for a second I’m shooting blanks. Not this timer hahahaha!” Kevin would’ve sratched the top of his head, embrassed for even bringing something like that up to the old man in the first damn place. Kevin and the old man would’ve been seated down on opposite sides of the table, and Rabit would’ve sat the bowls down infront of them along with chopsticks. “You’ve done this before haven’t you young lady?’ Kevin and the old man would wait for an answer before she spoke herself. . "All done. I really hope you're hungry. I might've made a little too much." Kevin would’ve grabbed his chopsticks, and broke them apart, digging them inside of the meat, and beginning to tear away at it putting it into his bowl along with the broth, and the noodles. Kevin began slurping it up and as he did his eyes widned very VERY wide. “What the fuuuuuck!!!” he’d utter loudly as he began to eat as if he’d been starving for days, which technically speaking he had been. The old man tasted it and took his time eating it as well. ‘This is grand, truly. Words cannot express my gratitude. Some time passed, and kevin had finished about 7 bowls worth and leaned back, his pot belly showing and using his tail to pick the disgarded bits of noodles form the betweens of his teeth. The old man would rub his stomach as well quite full and sighing in contempt. He’d turn his head looking outside to see it was becoming dark outside. The sun set had passed and made an odd combo of an orange lower half, overshadowed by a on coming blackness and stars. “Ahh it’s getting late. I’ve caught wind of the itus so I must be getting ready to retire for the night.” The old man would stand up and look to Rabbit and Kevin. “You two stay watch over the premises for a few hours. I’m still going to activate the shield ninpo for a while just in case. “ the old man would’ve walked beside rabbit and placed a hand on her shoulder. “I don’t know much more than what you’ve told me. But If you want and as long as you swear to secrecy, you’re welcome to come here when ever you like. “ the old man would turn around and begin making his way towards his quarters. “Good night the both of you.” He’d enter his study and shut his door behind him. Kevin would’ve pushed himself from the table and stood up. “Well ‘ He’d stretch his arms. “I’m probably going to chill on the roof for my watch. Take care of the inside unless you wanna come up there too?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Game Master: Usagi had cooked a hard earned meal, and managed to get the old man to retire for the night. Kevin was about to go and take watch on the roof which would leave the church all to her self. She could take this opportunity to complete her mission and rid of the both of them to complete her goal, or she could temporarily forget about her mission and take the time to make a friend. Who’s to say the thieves wouldn’t show up at anytime? She can only choose one option to move forward, and she would be smart to chose wisely.

Conversations With Rabbit
<p class="MsoNormal">Ana: Usagi sighed happily at her meal. She wasn't exactly surprised at Kevin scarfing down seven bowls of her noodle soup. Her head turned up and she stared blankly at the old man. "Of course." She was gathering the bowls and whatnot when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She paused and took in his words. She managed a mumbled "good night." She waved Kevin off and cleaned up the kitchen before sinking down to her ass, sitting with a plop on the ground, sighing deeply and shifting out of her Seduction armor into her sleep wear. It was a quick flash of light. Her hair was down and flat, her tips brushing against her shoulders. She had on a baggy white tee with some black spandex shorts underneath. She figured Kevin would be awake for a long time, so she got herself making two cups of hot chocolate. Once finishing, she would've grabbed a blanket from her bag and made her way up to the roof. Her eyes fell on Kevin and she smiled softly. "Lookin' lonely there, stinky." She handed a mug over to him and curled up next to him, taking a deep inhale as she wrapped the blanket around herself, sipping at her hot chocolate. "I hate this place. The weather pisses me off. It's hot as hell in the day time and then when night comes, it's like a tundra." She shuddered softly and then stared up at the moon. "But... Without all the city lights, the view is just amazing, don't you think?" Her brown eyes grew large as she stared up at the endless sky. Following the path of the stars, she pointed up towards the left. "Leo." And then drifted her finger around, naming the 12 zodiac constellations. "Each of those constellations have a story. What about you, Kevin Chan?" She turned to him and tilted her head... Dan and the rest of the thieves were restless. "Boss maybe she needs help." Dan threw a beer mug at the one who spoke. "Three days. We attack in three days." Dan turned out of the tent and sighed, glaring at the floor, clenching his fists until his knuckles were fucking white. "If they laid a hand on her in anyway I'll make sure they know the meaning of Hell." He stalked off into the night and said nothing else. Usagi was slowly starting to forget her purpose here... And she didn't know the right from wrong here at this moment.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin sat atop of the roof, overlooking the vast desert ground. Clearly there was nothing there, not a lick of anyting except for the ocasinonal anaimal running and stampeding by. The occasional traveling merchant just passing through. Kevin’s tail sloshed back and forth as he sat indian style. His golden hues seemingly glowing in the moonlight. Something about it was pretty…mystifying I guess would be the proper word to sue. Kevin took in a deep breathe and sighed, thinking about his past life even more. The more it wasn’t there the more he missed it. there’d be nights where he could just leap from a rooftop and swing into the city! Not a care in the world! Slinging web after web and going from building to building, in a rapid pace!...oh how he longed for those days. Kevin had a daydreamy look on his face, lost in thought about the entire ordeal. He then wondered….where everyone else was. He always thought of this, but the people he did know, and did cherish. Where were they? Were the skylands any better for them?...Kevin would’ve sighed and shook his head. “No…no time to reflect. Only move forward. That’s what real heroes do right?” Kevin would beat his chest a couple of times before a voice broke the silence of the night air he’d been falsely enjoying. "Lookin' lonely there, stinky." Kevin would’ve chuckled. “Well not everyone can change clothes AND scents. Seoriusly how do you even pull that kind of thing off without someone wondering where your clothes are kept.” Kevin would’ve gotten a bit more comfortable, now having someone to talk to as opposed to being up there all by his lonesome."I hate this place. The weather pisses me off. It's hot as hell in the day time and then when night comes, it's like a tundra." Kevin nodded. “Damn skippy. I’ve had to sleep out here many many times. A worse and worse experience everytime, and I actually like sleeping in the cold make things so bad.” Kevin would’ve ruffed his black locks, closing one eye while doing so. "But... Without all the city lights, the view is just amazing, don't you think?" Kevin would’ve stopped for a moment to see she’d said something that wasn’t smart ass like or a negative connotation. It was…kinda nice. He looked up to see what she saw. He only focused on the moon for one instant, but he missed out on the lovely star show going on above his head. “Wow…that…is amazing.” Kevin’s head moved back and forth, as he too scanned the sky. This whole time how’d he miss such an amazing view?! Maybe because his mind was clouded with other thoughts that it didn’t need to be?...Kevin leaned in a little closer when she lifted her hand up and began pointing out the twelve zodiac contstilations. Kevin nodded at the confirmation of each one and was actualy able to make out the shapes. “That’s amazing. To be able to put those together…I’ll remember those. Might give me something fun to do…” "Each of those constellations have a story. What about you, Kevin Chan?" Kevin would’ve rolled his eyes and looked down a bit at the tiles of the roof. “Well. I mean. Gah. I’ll tell you but.” Kevin gestured with his hand. “this is completely lowkey you feel me? If a city ever does rise again I’m going to need to keep this thing one hundered percent quiet.” Kevin would shift in place looking down at her. “I was raised alright. Pops was a cop, mom was a fashion broker. I don’t have some tragic backstory, infact if my parents are still alive, they’re probably looking for me. But all that aside. I was in high school woud’ve graduated. Well that’s the boring stuff.” Kevin would gesture with his hands. “I’ve always aaaaaaaaalways loved comic books. So much so, I stole a bunch of my dad’s old gear, and fixed up a costume, and boom! I dawned the red and blue tights of Web Strider! Heh heh I was the most popular superhero in all of district 2 since the Red Dawn. I wouldn’t be surprised if you heard of me at least once or twice. “ Kevin would brush his shoulder off, closing his eyes and flashing a smug little smile at her. “Yeeep. I was…pretty awesome. Fell in love once. She left me. Had a crush. She’s awald. I mean it’s not like I HAD friends, but I mean I KNEW people I cared about before the city was blown to bits!...now I’m like this..” kevin paused for a moment. ‘When you do something for so long, to just stop and NOT do it. it’s hell….i still think about just swooping in and saving people but the people out here will stab you in the back quicker than anything. They don’t want a hero, they just want what you have and nothing more…” Kevin would inhale through his nostrils and then exhale. “Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. what about you rabbit? You’re the mystery guest of the day. Popping out of the desert to grace us with food and skin? Even you gotta admit this sounds incredibly fishey.” Kevin’s gold hues gleamed down on her. the moonlight gave his eyes a light glow.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ana: "My story huh?" A chill ran through her spine and she looked at him, a bit annoyed as a blush came into view and she moved on top of his lap and faced the world, not daring to look at him as she wrapped the blanket around her tighter. "I need warmth so don't mind me." She sighed heavily and leaned back against him. "I used to live in Italy. I was born there actually. I was the daughter of a Commander of the entire Malitia. I was also the daughter of a common slave. I was definitely bullied all the time, but it didn't matter what they called me. I was happy. And then when I turned ten... My mom died. Daddy had to play both parts. He never loved another. I want that kind of love... After a couple of months we moved to go help our Mistress with her work. I was being trained as a mercenary, and being trained to control my... Power so to say. I have ocular abilities. To remember every little detail of what I see that happens. And yeah, don't worry, I heard everything you and that old man were talking about... My second ocular ability is the ability to see people's auras." She turned to look at him if he looked closely, he would've seen her eyes change color and her pupils dilate. "You have a bluish white color." She laughed a little. "I won't forget." She turned back and stared at the sky again. "Anyway.. We moved to Kasaihana and he didn't trust the public school so he home schooled me... It was good and then the Mistress needed me to take a two year job and I took it. I didn't think my dad escaped but he did. We'd been traveling together when a week ago... He died saving me. He told me about the church. And I just ran. I didn't stop unless I needed too until I got here." Her eyes had gotten heavy and she yawned a little. "That's my story and I'm sticking to it." She mocked him in a goofy voice.

<p class="MsoNormal">(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCDW0H6W7k )Kevin listened to her for a moment and then turned his head slightly as she motioned to move into his lap rather than simply lean on him. Kevin blinked a few times. You know when the last time this man had female contact was? Since forever ago. Kevin kept it cool, as cool as it was going to get that is, and watched as she turned away from him and continued talking. "I need warmth so don't mind me." “Well I mean you’re already here, not like I had a chance to say no.”Kevin snickered a bit teasing her, and hearing her out as she leaned back. Kevin kept his hands idol, even though he was a tad bit cold himself. Hearing about her origins and being born in Italy, especially about being born the daughter of the head of a militia? “that’s…hardcore as hell.” Kevin would’ve been a wee bit nervous now. When she began to go into detail about her training experiences after her mother passed. That’s when something else struck him that she’d said. “I have ocular abilities. To remember every little detail of what I see that happens. And yeah, don't worry, I heard everything you and that old man were talking about... My second ocular ability is the ability to see people's auras." Kevin would’ve inhaled sharply hatnig that he and the old man’s conversation actually came to fruition in her ears. “Ahhh…shit. I mean…it’s a revealing out fit…” Kevin would nervously laugh and scratch his cheek.   . "You have a bluish white color." She laughed a little. "I won't forget." Kevin nodded and looked off into the distance with her. When she told him about her father’s death it made him wonder weather his own parent’s were dead at this particular time or not. It wasn’t…a pleasant thought. Kevin would’ve closed his eyes and offered her a small hug after she yawned. Sometimes people just needed   a friendly hug or some comfort. He laughed when she mimicked his voice and shoved her away a bit,with playful intent. “hey my voice is like 10x sexier than that woman. Get it together!” Kevin would’ve laughed, and stretched his arms above his head, leaning back along the roof and putting his arms above his head. “I’m sorry all of that happened. But if you’re dad knew about the church then he might’ve been a warlock too on the side or something…anyway. Your welcome to stay here. I don’t mind, and I don’t think the old man minds company. We all just met sure but eh. Least it’s a place…” Kevin would’ve closed his eyes. “you’ve got better eyes than me so keep them awake would ya? I’m beat…” Kevin’s breathing would’ve started to relax, and his tail would’ve slithered up and curled around his waist. He shivered a bit. Cold but comfortable. On the inside Kevin was just happy to have some kind of a friend around again. Someone to talk to and vent to. 2 years alone will make a person insane but Kevin managed to keep his great sense of humor and that in itself is the most important part.

<p class="MsoNormal">She rolled her eyes as Kevin fell into a deep slumber. "Weak sauce." She mumbled softly and yawned once more. She thought of everything that happened in her life. All the times she laughed and cried and went through her violent outbursts. She even went through that rebellious pre-teen phase. She giggled softly and laid back, snuggling the blanket tight against her body, enjoying the warmth when in her peripheral vision she could see Kevin shiver since she was still on his lap and laid on top of him, covering his body with hers and the blanket. It was a while since she came this close to human contact, disregard those nights where she would touch a man just to knock him out cold and take his possessions. And if anything, she only let Dan hug her this close before. He was a father figure to her. That's when she remembered what she was here for, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She sat up so suddenly and then summoned her light blade, placing the tip right above a sleeping Kevin's throat. "Just... do it..." A voice beckoned her. It taunted her. "Are you afraid? It's not like they really care for you anyway. You're betrayal will be the death of YOU if you keep this up." She was shaking and she retracted the bladde back into her 'storage'. She settled herself back down onto his body and she shivered. Not from the cold, but the malicious intent that she got from herself. This place was slowly, but surely changing her. In the back of her mind, she was sure, there would be utter betrayal on her end, but to which end would it be towards? That question was in her mind until she drifted off into sleep, the moonlight beaming down on their figures with the sky watching over them as they slipped into unconsciousness.