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louie9090 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: Middle-grounds

((ok, so if you want to say something not having to do with the Rping, do this: (()) around the sentance. and it's a cool tittle, huh? Very Happy

i and btw, this is not for the faint of heart...))
Aibreann knelt, awaiting her punishment. Her master, the baker Arti, had caught her with a dagger. The usuall punishment was death, but Arti had been merciful and not told the law of her illeagal activities. Instead, he was going to flog her 10 times. At least it's better then getting hanged, Aibreann thought with grim good humor as the whip came down on her back with a sickening whomp! She clamped her jaws together against the seering pain. Only 9 -whomp!- ok, 8 more to go, she thought, the long coil of cowhide coming down for the third time. She felt tears well up in her eyes, but stubbornly didn't let them fall. I will not cry, I will not cry, she repeated over and over in her head as pain shot through her back. Whomp! The pain would be ending soon, she thought as the whip struck her for the sixth time, and then the seventh. She gritted her teeth. Whomp! Soon enough she'd be back to work in the -Whomp!- kitchen, kneading dough and cleaning floors. Whomp! At last it was over. Slowly, Aibreann straightend; her back was one raw, oozing source of pain. She walked painfully back to the house, feeling the eyes of Arti The Doughnut and most of the villagers on her aching back the entire time. She wasn't sure if she could survive the stares she would get from the villagers over the next few months. What's worse, some of the soldiers had witnessed her shame too. The Doughnut may have saved her from death, but Aibreann could and would not be gratefull to him, for all the pain and humiliation he put her through.
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KillerSlime · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:28 am Post subject:

((is that what we are supposed to do?
in that case,)) Yuki goes to market, to sell various things from the forest and to buy books. along the way he entertains thoughts of packing all the books and leaving everyone behind, just going to go live as a hermit. the main problem with that, of course, is that people keep on writing important things to know in books, and he would be missing them. but with the war ever imminent, this is sounding like a better and better idea... the dealings with the various peoples are not good. in addition to books, he also needs food, which is limiting on his book-buying, which is pretty much all he is willing to go to town for. none of the people are particularly friendly, but eventually, he goes back home with some bread, some good drinks, some small food items for the Wolf, and to entice animals with, and in general a very productive if unpleasant day. come to think of it, the people in town did not look very happy, either... especially the people in the food area of the market district. but people's affairs do not really concern him... he goes home with the happy knowledge that, with luck, he should not have to come back to town for another week atleast, and that he has a new book to read. he thinks alot about moving away from the world, if war breaks out. tomorrow, it shall be a field day in the forest, for relaxation after this city full of people.
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louie9090 · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

((cool! i don't know why i started off the RPing with my grusome bit... puts people off, probably.))
Aibreann climbed the stairs leading up to her tiny attick room, a thousand thoughts whirling around her head. It had been two days since her punishment... two days of scrubbing floors with lye and cleaning the ovens. The Doughnut had to know that these tasks caused the cuts on her back to open up again, and that the lye always seemed to find it's way to the open wounds. Her hate for the baker, if it was indeed possible, and deepened. I hope he's happy, she thought with malice. Because tomarrow morning, he won't be so happy. After a another moment of dark thoughts, Aibreann sighed and pushed them away, sitting down on the edge of her bed. Hate and anger were not natural feelings for her, and she disliked the way they made her think such cruel and ugly thoughts. Instead, she thanked the baker for finally giving her the courage to do what she had dreamed of doing for years now. Tonight would be her last night in this house. Smiling, Aibreann imagined the adventures she could have, free of the Doughnut and this village. She pulled out her carefully hidden boy's clothing, and also two daggers she had hidden under the floor-boards. The Doughnut had taken away one of her knives, but she was by no means weaponless, as he thought her to be. As she carefully took off her dress, she had to bite her lips until they bleed to keep from crying out. Gritting her teeth, she ripped one of her bed sheets in half and began winding it around her middle, wincing as it came in contact with her back. Once that was done, she pulled on the tunic and britches. Now came the tricky part: fitting her hair into the cap. Try as she might, she couldn't fit her long hair under it. She groaned softly. She would have to cut it.
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Sodo · Trapped in Tank5 Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 110

Diomachus wandered the city streets, wrapped in a dark cloak. The very sight of this large man was enough to see him in the crowd, but some disguise was better than nothing. He was to get out of here as soon as possible. He wasn't of course, a stealthy man, but he was the only one fit to do the job at the time. In fact, if you looked close enough, you could see blood splattered on the cloak. However, the darkness shadowed it and made it invisible to the ignorant eye. Then, the utter silence inside Diomachus' head was broken. "STOP THAT MAN!" A voice roared. Diomachus didn't think twice, but burst into full speed, knocking over a few people along the way. He soon found himself in the market, where he hid in an alleyway. Two heavily armed men passed by and he sighed, discarding the cloak, and returning to the outside, realized he was hungry. He walked into a nearby bakery...
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"Hello, Dr. Gordon. I want to play a game..."
"I love games! Can we play hide and seek?"
"What? No. This is a different kind of -"
"I WANNA PLAY HIDE AND SEEK!"
"You know what, they didn't tell me about this in the job offer. I QUIT."

KillerSlime · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject:

((wow, louie, you are good at the writing... i wish i was like that.))
Yuki returned home late that afternoon. far too bored to actually do something, he greeted his wolf, who was just then coming home from the forest awaiting his arrival, and went to sleep. he liked the shape of his house; it was not so blocky as the houses in town, nor made of thick planks of wood; it captured the twists of trees. he decided then and there that if and when he moved away, he would live in a tree. with a few homely objects and minor alterations, he could find a tree more suited to living than any stone creation. tomorrow, into the forest. early the next morning he wakes. breaking the loaf from the previous day, he eats just the end and gives the wolf some meats from town. together, they set off into the forest to gather the little things to sell, as it is never too early to prepare for the next trip; if he made sure to get it all early, he could spend the rest of the week studying, and staying up late watching the sky. it was nice, the way it faded to stars; there were too many lights in town, and so much hustle and bussle, that he could not see it from there. anyway, as Yuki and his wolf were going through the forest, he decided to scope for good trees during his search. as he was gathering herbs, accompanied by various animals lured by his magic, demeanor, and bag of treats(especially the treats), he saw a tree on the side of a steep slope, with a gradual climb up to it, that looked big and leafy enough. the main problem was this; how would he disguize it in winter? maybee if he grew a hollow portion of the roots to live in in winter. you did not need magic for that, and an evergreen tree that did not belong such would be far too conspicious for him. all you need for the roots is a large object; if he could find, say, a boulder to burry for a while he could make a large enough space to work with within reasonable disance from the tree. it surprized him; he was being rather practical about such a drastic change in living environment. it takes the rest of the day, but he and some magically enticed animals manage to find a boulder and bring it up the soft side of the hill to the tree. with it sufficiently burried, he sees the sun is going to set soon, and sad with the thought of that he did not collect enough fancy things and random litter from the forest to suffice the city dwellers paying him enough to survive. atleast he got enough to eat, there... he feeds the animals, because they helped and a rewarded animal is much more likely to come back to him the next day, and leaves, knowing that his once just aspirations are becoming reality. he arrives late, and sits outside until it becomes too cold upon which he goes in and sleeps.
the next day he gets up past sunrise, after it is light out. it's a simple day, the first half spent finishing the previous day's money-getting work, and the second spent resting for a night of watching the stars. he prepares his bedding for outside warmpth, then goes out to watch the stars.
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louie9090 · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject:

((killerslime: thanks... it's my natural calling lol. sodo: uh... where are you? 'cause if your in my village, you're a little late for the show... and if you are, but it's after, then make the Dougnut (the baker) really pissed off and stuff please Laughing Hard

wait, you're in Prazel right? nvm, then))
Aibreann picked up a dagger and sheered almost all of her hair off. The result was rather shaggy, but it made her look like a lad. Quickly, she tip-toed downstairs, and grabbed her cloak before heading towards the door. She paused, a sudden thought springing into her mind. Grinning, she went back into the kitchen, taking everything that could fit in her pack.
Aibreann crept out the back door, keeping to the shadows as much as she could. Finally, she got to the stables. It was tucked up snuggly against the wall, and she knew that there was a secret exit hidden behind a pile of hay. She slipped out, glance up to make sure the guard wasn't anywhere near, and sprinted towards the forest. She stopped when she was safely in the forest's deapths. Aibreann sighed with relief and started walking at an easy pace, trying to get as far away from Willow's Bend as she could. She was immensly pleased with herself, having gotten this far without being seen. She came to an abrupt halt, suddenly unsure of herself. If they catch me, I'm dead, she thought with dispair. Running away, posessing a weapon, impersonating a man, I'll be a wanted person by tomarrow, she thought. Oddly, the thought made her grin. A wanted person, an outlaw, she was now. "What a lovely adventure this will be!"
she said out loud.
((if you want us to meet, Yuki, now would be the perfect time!))
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KillerSlime · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

the following day, Yuki wakes. his wolf, already roused, is inside, awaiting him. he goes in, packs some bread and things for lunch, his foods, various things, his book to read, any spellbooks for chance encounters(well, if people were there, he would want to be able to get them if he needs to.), and sets out for the forest carying his staff. a short ways into the forest, he notices some rather noticable tracks. (('~' for thoughts)) 'ugh... i hate this part... now i have to find an animal that is intelegent, and grant it propper sentience... that is rather draining...'. baiting an owl, who was just going to a tree, he asks. the owl says basically what he would have already known, that there was someone inexperienced with the forest moving fast through the woods. fearing poachers, or other harmfull people, Yuki ends the spell, takes a moment to regain his lost energy from the magic, and follows the trail along, covering his tracks and the tracks made before him so as to avoid being followed by either, and runs. a ways on, he encounters someone waking.((question break; do you run or fight? and if you want to write the next part, Yuki would run if fought, and chase if you run. if you exhibit cruelty to the nature, the proper responce from both Yuki and the Wolf is to strike, seeing as although he wishes to avoid trouble he does not want his future home damaged or with attention drawn to it. am i dictating too much? i just thought this was what my character would do...))
((edit; i am not going to be here much at all tomorrow... WYLD things to do(gotta love acronyms... Washington Young Lawers Division[the people who talk to the people interested in law, i am going to a thing they have because i am interested]) thing from 7am-9pm, in other words, all the day. or just 14 hours of it...))
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louie9090 · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject:

((kk... btw, i'm making your guy tall =P and sorry if i make your guy... not your guy, if ya know what i mean))
Aibreann sat up, rubbing tired eyes. Her usually morning haze vanished as she saw a man and a wolf in the clearing with her. Swearing, she leapt to her feet, grabbed her pack, and dashed out of the clearing. How did the find me so fast? She thought, risking a lookbehind her. She swore again and ran faster, weeving through the trees in an attempt to fool her pursuer. It didn't work, and soon Aibreann's breath was coming in short, painful bursts. I should've stayed and fought, she thought, franticly searching for a safe place to rest. She spotted a pine tree that didn't look too hard to climb up ahead. Putting on one last burst of speed, she launched herself at it, grabbing a branch and pulling herself upwards. When she was about halfway up, she peered down at the man and his wolf. He was tall, wearing long robes and carrying a finely-crafted staff. He stood panting at the bottom of her tree, looking at her. The wolf eyed her too, sitting next to the tall man. For some reason, the pair of them made her flesh creep. Sighing, Aibreann shifted into a more comfertable position. Something told her that she was going to be here a while. After a while, though, she got bored with their staring match. She took out one of her daggers and started carving little designs in the tree. Below, the wolf growled, and she said sourly, "What? I'm not going to throw it at you." But she put the knife away. Within seconds she was bored again. With nothing else to do, she decided to strike up a conversation with her 'captor'. She changed position so she was balancing on her somach, and said casually, "Hi. I'm Ai- uh, Aiden." She'd almost let it slip that she was a girl. "That's a nice stick you got there. I used to have one like it, but the baker snapped it in half and used it for kindling. Said not to waste my time with foolish things like that. But of course I had to argue with him, 'cause he was dead wrong. So I say a whole lot 'bout learning to defend myself and such, but then he started hollering at me to mind my place and respect my elders and some other rot like that. Then I did an extremely stupid thing and said that I couldn't respect somebody if they weren't worthy of it. Beat me black n' blue, he did." Aibreann paused to grin before continuing. "Of course, that's nothing to a few days ago, when he whipped me. 10 times, and not a tear," she said proudly. "He was all nasty afterwards, making me scrub the floors and such. He knew that I'd be sore, too, the creep. But I ran away from him, 'cause he was mean and cruel and stuff. 'Course, that makes me a wanted person, but it's a lot more fun then taking orders, and doing all the things other people don't want to do. People call that freedom too!" she snorted. "Freedom for them who don't answer to a fat old toad. Hey, I never got your name. What is it?" ((if you're on when i'm not, you can make me say stuff if you like, but keep it simple, and make it have the same 'accent' as i do lol))
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KillerSlime · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

((yay, i am back early!))
yuki, after chasing the boy through the forest, unhappily sees him up a tree. rather than actually climb the tree, or get at him by some other means, he decides to wait. while he is waiting, he realizes he let his immage go and gives up on it entirely, realizing that if he ran then he obviously had something to fear from him and he would do better to keep that going for a while. people acted irrationally when they feared you, but atleast he would stay in the tree. then he did something very wrong; he was defacating the tree. it annoyed them, to be poked like that. and it annoyed him to have foreign patterns on a tree, it could attract attention. and the tracks, too. this was not a good day... then he spoke, and put away his dagger. maybee, it was time to pay attention.
after hearing him speak, he realized that confronting him was not a good idea. he was obviously inexperienced, and he was not realizing what a dunce he had been if he wanted to keep from being found. i mean, the tracks... had he ever been in a forest before? Yuki obviously had the home-turf advantage, and if push came to shove it only took a little magic to make him look hostile enough to attract larger, violent animals to defend the forest. well, a moderate ammount, but not enough that he could not get away afterwords... the boy was probably from that city. stupid city... the dwellers were vandals, even unintentionally, every time they set foot in a forest. then again, it takes alot of work to be able to adapt to the environment and to be able to go through a forest without disturbing anything... but still, they could be more considerate. but he cannot stay here all day... and he did ask a question, so it would be polite to answer... maybee, a little glorification? it never hurt anyone(exept when it did), and he could use the intimidation bonus. but what to call himself? noone really owned the forest, so he could not be the owner... he was a Mage, that was a start. and he did work in the forest... "Mage Yuki, caretaker of the woods. why are you here? and what purpose do you have? if you leave peacefully the way you come without doing damage, i will give you no qualm. but stay, and damage the forest, and you will have trouble escaping me. come, let us leave now. and i would like it if you would hand over those illegal weapons for the time being; it is not very nice to go arround defacating and harming the area to which you are only visiting." said a firm believer of 'when it rains, it pours'. there are times to be showboaty; why not go all the way? and it hopefully would deter the person and send them back to the city... if they could not go, then he would have to think of a solution... 'so sad that i do not believe in killing people randomly... i hope that he would just go away... then again, if i could entice the person, they seem desperate enough, and i could use some highly sentient help with things... peraps, he will be able to help in town. maybee, even handle the trips for me... perhaps, after quizzing him, i will ask him if he would like an aprenticeship... if only my wolf could gane the sentience for the position, but sadly, it cannot speak nor does it have hands... he said baker. maybee he can bake, thus eliminating the need to go to town much! nah, i still would need ingredients for the bread, all the other things...' he thinks all this, while considering if he overdid the showboating thing... he would never agree to the aprenticeship if he hated him.((your turn! you seem to be doing well with the dialouge-writing... my character intends to travel twoards his residince, and intends to keep the knives, if he can get them, until Aiden can be proved harmless. he intends to go behind, nagging whenever damage is done to the forest, covering the trail, and attemting to set the direction they should go in. i do not know, really, how your chara would respond to the small dialauge, and how she would respond to an offer of aprenticeship. and all that...))
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louie9090 · Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:

((stop saying she! i'm supposed to be a boy, remember? and thank you!!!!!!))
Aibreann studied the man below carefully, knowing this was the first of many choices that could lead to her death. He -Yuki- was a mage... no wonder he made her nervous. To buy some time, she said "How do you know these ain't mine? Well, even if they weren't mine, no way would I give them to you. And be left with naught to defend myself?" she gve him a withering look and continued. "Do I look like a fool to ya? Sure, I may not be a mage like you, with all your books and such, but i ain't a dunce, neither. And another thing... how do i know you aren't going't do any of your tricks on me?" Yuki opened his mouth to speak, but Aibreann cut him off quickly. "Don't answer that. Anyway, as for why I'm here, I already gone and told you. I already told you off on the daggers, and I ain't going to harm your forest anymore, not of my accord, at least. I know what direction I'm goin' in, but that's about it." She stopped to scowl. "Stupid baker wouldn't let me out of the village, even when he went to the big cities. Maybe you're not so bad after all..." Scowling not being her natural expression, Aibreann's face broke into a mischievious ((sp?)) grin. "I bet you don't even own a whip. Yes, I think i will go with you." She half fell, half climbed down the tree, landing in front of him with the grin still plastered over her face. And so my adventure begins, she thought, the grin growing wider. ((ok, i'm done... i was going to use one of my favorite phrases and say 'cat-like grace' but it sounded corny, so i skipped it. kinda short... but i gotta go write my part of the actuall story that inspired Aibreann lol. i'll try to be on later Very Happy

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