A Magi's Home [Starting Here! Limited LSUs!]

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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After watching the crow speed off into the distance, I walked with Hiro, Kuchina and Kirsten in silence towards our goal. I almost hoped that the crow wouldn't come back with information, but it never helped to be cautious... Although maybe I should have chosen a swallow or eagle instead.. Something a little less greedy...

::CAW! We've got company!:: The crow snapped me from my thoughts, diving down to land on my arm. Hiro and Kuchina looked startled.
<What is it, what did you see?>
::A group, maybe five humans together.. Coming this way.. maybe one hundred feet ahead!::
<Thank you, but please, stay with us in case we need more help->

"Leeca, what is it?!" Hiro asked, possibly reading the alarmed look on my face.

"He says that there's a group of at least five a hundred feet ahead.. He doesn't know who they are, but we need to be careful." I said.

"Are we really going to trust a bird?" Kuchina asked, not rudely, but skeptically. I looked at him.

"It's really all we have." I responded, setting our black-feathered scout into the sky again. "What should we do?"

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[Leon-IH]

OOC: I'm a little lost as to where everyone is at the moment, so if this is confusing don't kill me lol.

Alexander Steel - Psychologist
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Alexander looked at the map, bah - he'd never even heard of this place before - "Tuscan, what a load of bull" he mutters to himself and scouts around the area.

In the distance he sees the silhouettes of four people walking together and thinks that maybe some company would be nice, and if revenge is an option he'd best not be alone so he trots off after them.

After a fairly long dog-trot he finally catches up to them but remains a little behind - wondering how to reintroduce himself to the group after his apparent rudeness earlier.

He sees a crow, apparently talking to them and decides it's time to get a little closer, maybe not too close though.

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
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I looked up into the sky watching the bird fly away.

Five people were coming this way, but there was a small silver lining to this however, we didn't know who the people were, it was quite possible that they were just a bunch of kids, wondering the woods... yah... right...

I looked around us, there was no where we could hide what so ever, and the people coming were getting closer and closer with each passing second. Any second now 5 figures were going to come into our view and from there we could make a desicsion as to if they were bad or not.

Everyone was silent and frozen, facing the direction that the crow had come from.

"If they're our enemies..." I started to say, "then I'm going to fight them... It probably not a very smart idea... but, I'm not going to run away from them any longer..."

I knew my idea would be hated by everyone, including myself, but we didn't have much of a choice, it was either try and fight whoever it was or try and out run them, and we were all pretty tired from everything that had happened today so we wouldn't last long in a chase.

"If you guys want," I started again, "I can try and hold them off as long as I can, and you guys could try to get around them and into the woods on the other side..."

Just then, finaly in our feild of vision, 5 figures emerged, they were walking shoulder to shoulder, armed with what appeared to be swords that were sheathed on their wasits and they were all rather large people from what I could see.

"There they are" I said still trying to make out who they were... "This is it." I said to myself...

[Typact]

Leeca ~ nature class
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I ran to Hiro.

"There is no way you're doing this on your own!" I said, grabbing his arm and staring into his eyes. "You can't!"

"But you said, you only have defensive powers..." Hiro reminded me.

"Yeah.. I did say that.." I said, lowering my gaze. "But that doesn't mean I can't try to help you!"

"If there's nothing you can do, then there's no reason to strain yourself." Kuchina said from behind me. I was torn inside.. Was there really nothing I could do right now?

::Twenty feet!:: I heard the crow tell me. Looking forward, I noticed the figures begin to emerge.

"There they are..." Hiro said, readying himself. I shook my head, only to be yanked away by Kuchina and Kirsten.

"Come on, getting to the other side won't be that hard." Kirsten whispered as I watched the men draw closer. Hiro shook the slightest bit, and took a step forward to steady himself. He stepped on a twig, which made the advancing men look through the tree branches.. Towards us.

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OOC:: Hey guys, I hope I'm not being too controlling with my posts. ^^; I was reading them over and some of them look to me like I was trying to take over or something. xD So if you ever want to change the way something happens or alter it in any way.. Do so! xD Especially with your characters. ^^;

[Amethyst Flygon]

I wasn't complaining at all about the length, I was just wondering if this is the way Arjana likes to run her RPGs or something. I find this level of interaction nice.
Oh yeah, Typact, I don't think that you're too controlling. With Arjana gone from the RPG for whatever reason, some one needs to try to pick a direction and keep it moving.

Kirsten Roma (Rhyme Master):
Leeca, Kuchina, and Hiro were kind enough to let me join them. While we were walking, Leeca stared at a crow and gave it a necklace. She told us that it was in exchange for it scouting ahead. That's a pretty useful ability.
After a few minutes, the crow returned and informed her that five men were coming towards us. Considering that they're probably the enemy, maybe I should use Whispers in the Wind. Oh no, it's starting to get windy. I won't be able to hear the approaching people.
It seems that Hiro is prepared to sacrifice himself so that we can escape. But it doesn't seem to make much sense to be picked off one by one. I guess I'll honor his choice and try to run. "Come on, getting to the other side won't be that hard." I told Leeca, tugging at her.
If worst comes to worst, I could always use Banshee Shriek. I'll just see how Hiro is doing first.
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I'll be on vacation from late tomorrow to next Friday, so don't leave any descisions up to Kirsten. I've only just realized how easily Kirsten's spells can be taken advantage of, so I don't want her to use magic all the time either. Los Vegas, here I come.

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
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I whatched as the Leeca, Kuchina, and Kirsten ran quickly into the woods, just as they did, and were out of my sight the five men came into the clearing that I was in.

"Hiro White, you are to come with us right now..." The man in front stated.

I looked at the men up and down, they where all wearing simple tunics, they were armed with short swords and probably a dagger or two hidden away somewhere. They were all much bigger and older than I was and I was willing to bet that they knew all about my powers of fire.

"Do not try anything funny," the same man said, still glaring at me.

These men meant business, they immediantly spread out around me and were on all sides of me.

"Wow, what big strong men you are," I said sarcastically, "takes five of you to take a teenager down? Thats pretty sad."

The man in front once again began to talk but, I wasn't listening this time, I looked all around me, seeing if there was anything nearby that I could use to my advantage, and of course, its just one of those days where nothing can go right and everything has to go wrong so, naturally, there was nothing I could use.

I laughed a little bit to myself, the same man got an extremely puzzled look on his face,

"This, amuzes you?" he said with a slight grin.

Once again I didn't answer, I was still looking around, praying that a sword would drop from the sky, praying that a huge animal would come and devour the men, praying that it wouldn't rain, but most of all, I was praying that the others could get far enough away from here, so that these bastards couldn't track them down.

The men around me began to move in. I quickly raised both of my hands up to my face and created two balls of fire in my hands.

"Stay back!" I yelled at them "Stay back or Ill burn you all alive!"

The men laughed and took a few more steps in at me. They thought that I was bluffing, and on a normal day, this would've been a bluff, but today, I was dead serious.

"I warned you!" I yelled turning to the men behind me and firing both balls at them, they both unsheated their swords at what seemed like god like speed and brought them up to deflect the balls of fire. The fire hit the swords and began to melt through the blades, the swords began to heat up and the men were forced to throw them to the ground.

"Haha," The man who I had now assumed was the leader has said. "It wasn't a bluff."

They began to move in again, all 5 at once this time,

"Closer," I said under my breath, "Just a little closer..."

The men were getting very close, they needed to be a little more than an arms lenght away from me for inferno to work.

The kept getting closer and closer untill they were within striking distance. They all moved their hands for their swords.

"Inferno!" I yelled as a wall of fire errupted around me, I thought for sure that I had just burned them all alive, but when the wall of fire dissapeared, all 5 men, were standing there, they had all managed to jump back a split second before the fire errupted.

"What the..." I said panting, "How did you..."

They all laughed now, as If they were one person.

"Told you he would do that as soon as we were close!" a different man said.

"Yes, that was quite predictable Hiro..." The leader said again, "and we know for a fact, that If you try that again, your gonna pass out.

This was unreal, these men knew everything I could do, they had known that I was gonna try to throw fire at them, they had known that I was going to try and get them all at once with inferno, and they also knew that I could only do that attack every once in a while or I would almost completly drain myself of everything I had.

The men circled around me once again, and moved in, they all had the same stupid grins on their faces, and I was gonna make sure, that before they captured me, I was gonna knock those damn grins off of there faces!

I lept up and charged at one of the men, pulled back my right arm and swung my fist into his face with all of my might.

"Get em!" they yelled

The man brought his hands up to where I had hit him, and I swung my fist back down into his stomache causing him to fall to his knees, as soon as he did however I was hit very hard from behind, I fell to ground and rolled to the left just missing and incoming sword that would've gone straight through my right shoulder.

One of the larger men had come over quickly and started to hold me down so that I couldn't move and a man behind him brought out a small dagger, he sliced quickly over my stomache causing quite a lot of pain. I winced a little.

"Alright, thats enough" I heard the leader of the men say, "We have to bring him alive..."

There were groans and moans all throughout the men, some even protested.

The men stood me up onto my feet and the larger man came over again with a big club. I was thinking he was gonna knock me out so that I would be eaiser to move, but I wasn't sure. I whatched as he came closer and closer, but all I could think about, was how I hoped the others had gotten really far away by now...
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I don't know if I have ever written so much in my entire life... my fingers hurt! .

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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"Well, if it's just the three of us now, are we supposed to wait for him over here? How long do you think it would take him to finish them off?" Kuchina asked as we darted behind a large tree on the other side. I put my hands on the trunk and began stroking upwards, closing my eyes and using Wild Touch to coax the tree into lowering its branches around us, resembling more of a weeping willow.

"There." I whispered as the crow flew around and then landed on my shoulder. Peeking through the branches, I realized we were too far away to see anything happen. <You> I poked the crow. <Go see quickly what's happening. Don't hang around too long, just go take a peek to see who's winning> The crow nodded and flew away. I hoped to gain some information, and maybe give Hiro some encouragement seeing a familliar face.. Er... Beak?

I sat on the ground, sighing. Leaning against the tree, I hoped that Hiro would be okay. I mean, he did risk his safety for us... I prodded at a blade of grass and made it grow to amuse myself.

OOC:: Post 3,000 my friends! ^o^ *dance*

[NightBlaze]

OOC: Might as well post =P

The large man was coming towards me, as if in slow motion. He knew I wasn't going to be going anywhere, due to the 3 men holding me. I whatched him come forward, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw something, I looked up and I saw the same crow that had alerted us of these men.

I smiled, "Leeca." I said under my breath

"What are you smiling at!?" the large man said, stopping and looking up, "You like birds or something?"

I couldn't give up here, I wasn't ready to just go back with these men. I was gonna get out of here or I was gonna die trying.

I Noticed that all five men were quite close to me, 3 of them were holding me still and the larger 4th man was just as close, the leader, who was standing back a bit was still fairly close, they were all within range of inferno, and there was no way they would expect it coming now. It was extremly risking seeing that when I used inferno twice this soon after one an other I usually passed out, but, I had been training a lot, and maybe I could have enough energy to get it off, and run off into the woods.

"Worth a shot," I said to myself

"Your smiling again!" The large man spoke. "Whats so dang funny!?"

"I've got you..." I said still smiling

"What? Your Crazy!" He said raising the club,

"Inferno!" I yelled unleashing a huge wall of fire around me once again! The 3 men holding me and the man with the club were blasted back by the fire and burned to death. The leader of the men, only took a small hit from the fire, but it still enough to catch him by surprise and throw him back a ways.

"W...wha...what the heck!?" He yelled, "You.. yo..you can't do that!"

I smiled, and tried to recover my self, "Your... right..." I said slowly, "A few months ago I, couldn't have done that, but, times change. I'm... out of here..."

I took off into the woods, sprinting as fast as I could in the direction that the crow had flown off, I had to follow the crow or I might never see the others again. I was extremely tired but for some reason, I was able to keep up this sprinting pace, it was like some voice kept saying, "comeon, just a little bit further, you can do it."

I followed the crow, trying my best to whatch it and avoid oncoming trees...

[Leon-IH]

Alexander Steel ~ Psychologist (trying in charecter RPing)
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Hiro had blasted the four men and dashed off, leaving me lost due to the fact I had been following him. The remaining man dashed off after him and I of course followed him now, really needing to catch up to Hiro and the others, in my haste I tripped and fell down alerting the man and Hiro to my presence, however the man kept chasing Hiro who had been delayed by turning to face where the noise had come from.

I guessed that following him would lead me to the others where I could apologise for my ill behaviour earlier and maybe join on with thier group so I pursued them, if I could catch the man's sight again maybe I could cast Horror before he realised who and what I was - now would NOT be a good time to get caught off guard I mutter almost running into a tree.

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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Still sitting at the base of the tree, I looked around. I could hear noises far off, but I couldn't make out what they were. I stood up, restless.

"Do you think he's coming back?" Kirsten whispered, looking down. Kuchina shrugged a little, and I peeked out between the branches. The crow had been away for a little while now, and I was hoping nothing happened to him. Then we'd be alone with no information. Walking out of our little secluded area, I paced.

"Perhaps you should come back in, just in case." Kuchina said, popping his head out as well.

"I'll be okay. I'll come back in a little bit." I responded, giving him a reassuring smile. I still heard the noises, and they were coming closer. Walking towards where I thought they were coming from, I saw the crow.

<What is it? What's going on?> I asked it anxiously.
:: Don't worry, he's following me. But so are two others::
<How far behind?>
::I'd say your companion is about ten feet behind, and those following him are a yard behind him::
<Thank you> I said, rushing over to a large tree. It would take a lot to get this tree to do as I wanted, but it was worth a try. I put my hands on it, getting ready to use Wild Touch again. I saw the crow fly past, then I braced myself. Hiro ran by, too, still following it. As soon as I saw him pass, I clutched at the tree's bark, encouraging it lower a heavy branch at the right time...

BAM! One of Hiro's persuers ran straight into it, knocking him out. I sighed, having accomplished what I wanted. There was still another, according to the crow, but I couldn't see or hear that one any more. I left the large tree and retreated back to where the crow had perched on a rock, very proud of itself. Hiro was doubled over next to it, panting heavily.

<You really deserve this now> I said to the crow, kneeling down and putting the necklace around it. It cawed happily.
::Thank you:: It strutted around the rock. ::But I don't think I'll leave you just yet.. This is more fun than I think I've ever dreamed of::
<All right then> I pat its head and then turned to Hiro.

"And how are you?" I asked him quietly. He looked up breifly, but was too tired to speak, so he just shook his head. Looking him over, it seemed the worst of his injuries was a slice over his abdomen. It wasn't very big, but he was bleeding. I didn't have anything to use as a bandage, so I tried to apply pressure with my hand and a few leaves to stop the bleeding. Hiro grimaced, still in pain. Kuchina and Kirsten must have heard me, because they emerged from the tree hideout. I stayed kneeled, not sure if there was anything else I could do.

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[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
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Leeca had immedantly gone to try and stop my cut from bleeding, I had forgotten about it entirely from following the crow.

"Thanks..." I said looking up at her.

She smiled and contiuned applying pressure, it hurt a bit, but I wasn't about to make a sound.

I looked over from the direction that I had been running, and the leader of the men was there, laying on the ground.

Had I really only run 5 feet, or had he followed me?

"Leeca...?" I started "That man, how did he... why is he... how did he get here?"

She looked back and saw the man,

"He followed you here, didn't you see him?" she asked

"Oh... of couse..." I said.

There was silence for a minute or two, she took her hands off the leaves that she had been using to stop my cut from bleeding.

"Leeca," I started to whisper, "About what I said eariler, about your powers being only defensive,... I didn't... I didn't mean to make you feel weak or anything... I'm sure that your just as strong or probably stronger... than most of us... I just... wasn't thinking at the time... I'm... sorry..."

I reached my hand out and found hers, and I held onto it. Then, I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer and I fell asleep...
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BTW, I love the "BAM", It made me laugh XD.

[HbCharizard]

Kuchina
!~~~~~!

I walked out of the hideout and over to Leeca and a downed Hiro.

"Clean your self up, your bleeding." I said as I tossed a Life Seal onto Hiro, which looked like it was starting to heal it, if only a little bit.

'Heh...." Kristin said, sounding uneasy. Then, I looked around. Nobody. It was too quiet. Other then Hiro coughing and Leeca talking to Hiro softly. I walked to a tree. Just as I thought.

"Hi." I said to the tree. Then, I tried to stick a paralyze seal on it. It stopped about a foot and 4 inches and it fell. I heard a thump. I put my foot down where the seal was. It stopped midair.
"So Mr. I used Magic to make myself invisiable, who did this to you, and what do they want with us."

The man was made visable, and Leeca and Kristen gasped. Hiro passed out already I guessed.

"I'll tell you everything! Just don't kill me!" The guy said. I pushed my foot down a little bit more.

"You better. Or else."

[Typact]

OOC:: You have no idea how long it took me to think of a fitting word for that action. xD

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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I felt myself blush a little at what Hiro had to say, and hoped that he hadn't been troubling himself over those thoughts for very long. I was about to answer him when he held my hand tightly, then closed his eyes. I was worried at first, wondering if he had been exhausted to the point of fatality... But I was reassured when I leaned over and was able to hear his heartbeat, he must have just fallen asleep. Kuchina tossed a Life Seal over to help Hiro, and it was doing a lot more than the leaves were.

I looked over at Kuchina to see him examining a tree... And was surprised to see him try to attach another one of his seals to it. It fell to the ground, and in a few minutes, another man was in our view. I gasped. What was he up to, sneaking around like that? Kuchina made a threatening statement, and I had to agree with him. We were in enough trouble as it was..

::Anything I can do?:: The crow said in my mind.
<No, not really> I said back to him. <Although, I would like to know what I can call you, rather than "crow"... Do you have a name?>
::Others of my kind call me Mica. I guess you can, too::
<Okay, Mica> I grinned, still holding Hiro's hand. <I'll tell the others, too. When the time is right>

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[Leon-IH]

OOC: Who is the guy? me or some other dude? i'll assume it isn't me, also Kuchina sounds similar to a fire emblem charecter lol.

Alexander Steel ~ Psychologist
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"bah" I hear my own voice mutter, the man who had been pursuing Hiro was out of the picture so I decided to join on with the group then and there.


I walk into the circle to hear another guy saying "I'll tell you everything! Just don't kill me!" and the rest of the group actually believed this, maybe I had made the wrong evaluation of them or maybe they were right and I was not which would be unusual.

"Howdy folks" I say walking into the centre of the circle and cracking my knuckles I realise that this may have been a mistake as some unfriendly glances are cast my way.

[Psychic_Suzanne]

Naomi Nebras
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"I will, thanks," I said softly. Not like I could go back now. "Listen, I'm sorry I've been so snappy," I apologised. "It's just been... you know."

The boy nodded.

"Have we been introduced? I'm Naomi." I held out my uninjured hand for him to shake. The forest was eerily still.

"Irrick." He took my hand awkwardly and shook once. I figured Irrick was his name and not some word in a foreign language.

"Can I ask what you were doing in that tree?" I said after a few moments of silence.

[NightBlaze]

Hmmmm...

Hiro - Fire Class
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I could've sworn that as soon as I closed my eyes, I would've been asleep for at least half a day, but, this wasn't the case.

I woke up what seemed like maybe 20 minutes later at the most, Leeca was still kneeling next to me, and Kuchina and Kirsten had both appeared from what I assumed had been the tree behind us.

I looked down at my stomache and saw a seal which I assumed Kuchina had given me to heal my cut. It had healed it for the most part, and I wasn't as tired as I had been after my run.

I looked around to see what was going on, and I saw Kuchina, standing over another totally different man. He had been hiding against the tree, but, I for one didn't notice him.

I whatched as Kuchina started to threaten the man and then from the same side of the woods that I had emereged I heard rustling. I tried to get up to a sitting position as I whatched the area where the noise was coming from.

"What is it?" Leeca said a little alarmed.

"Listen" I said softly, raising the hand that Leeca wasn't holding and aiming at the area.

Seconds later the same boy that we had met, emerged from trees,

"Howdy folks." He said cracking his knuckles.

"Phew," I said with great relief.

The boy, Alexander was his name, had come here to see if he too could join up with us. There weren't any objections, probably because deep down, we were all kinda scared of this guy, but, it didn't matter, the more people we had, the safer we would all be and I was sure we could trust him. (Besides, I wasn't about to get growled at for telling him no .)

It was getting rather late in the day and the sun was starting to set, soon enough it would be dark out, and it would probably get a lot colder. I stood up rather slowly, letting go of Leeca's hand.

"Its gonna get cold and dark soon." I started, "If you guys don't mind im gonna go find some wood and see if I can get a fire started, I'll be back in a few minutes."

I walked off towards the woods and found a few peices of wood, enough to keep the fire going for at least an hour or so. I trotted back to where we were all at and I placed all of the wood I had found together. I kneeled down next to the wood and snapped my fingers a few times, causing small little balls of fire to ignite the wood.

"There we go," I said stepping back from the fire, "It'll have to do for now."

I sat down a little back from the fire and just sat there quietly...

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Sorry for not including anything about the invisible guy, but, I really have no idea where we are going with him, so I'll let someone who does finish that up.

[Typact]

OOC:: To tell you the truth, I'm not sure where that invisible guy idea was going either.

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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Hiro was definately regaining his strength, because he was able to gather a few pieces of wood with limited difficulty. As he lit a fire for the group of us, I grinned to myself. His Magi power was surprisingly fun to watch. Hiro had covered warmth for the night.. But what were we going to do about food? I could probably identify some edible plants, but was that all? Hiro sat in silence. I looked at Mica.

:: ... Yes?:: He gave me a curious look.
<We're going to need food, you know>
::There's plenty of plants and mushrooms I know of to- ... Wait, you don't mean...::
<What don't I mean?>
::You're gonna eat me!:: He flapped around the rock.
<Hey, all Hiro has to do is snap his fingers and poof! Barbeque!>
::You wouldn't! After all this help I gave you, you're going to turn me into tomorrow's leftovers?!::
<Actually, no. I wouldn't do that to you.> I grinned as he cawed loudly, both relieved and a little annoyed. I had to cover my mouth to stifle a laugh.

"What?" Hiro asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, nothing, sorry. I was just joking with Mica." I responded.

"Mica?"

"Yes, that's his name." I pointed at the disgruntled crow.

"I had no idea. Did you name him that?"

"Nope! His fellow birds did." I smiled, resting my head in my arms against my knees. The warmth of the fire felt good.

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[NightBlaze]

I probably shouldn't post again so soon after my last one... but, oh well =P.
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Hiro - Fire Class
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"Mica, huh?" I said smiling and reaching my hand out to the bird and stroked the side of him that was closer to me with one finger for a few seconds. "I've never seen a bird this close before." I said again, looking at the crow closely.

The sun had set and it was pretty dark, it was a very clear night and you could see all the stars in the sky.

I layed down and put both hands behind my head as I looked up at the stars. I raised my right hand up and snapped my finger. A small trail of fire began to follow me finger and I started to connect the stars like dots.

It took my a minute, but I was able to connect the dots into a very odd looking dog. It's tail was gigantic, one of its legs was about 2 times as big as the other one, its neck was very long and its nose was rather messed up.

"Meh," I whispered, "It was worth a shot."

I blew very lightly at the flames in the sky and the line of fire broke into small little flames that glittered and shimmered to the ground and dissolved to nothing.

"Hmmm..." I said quietly again, "Got it!"

I connected 4 very simple stars and made a square, it wasn't very complicated but, at least you could tell what it was. I once again blew lightly at the flames and they shimemred away again.

I smiled and laughed quietly to myself, and put my hands back behind my head and kept whatching the stars and smiling...

[Leon-IH]

Alexander Steel ~ Psychologist.
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Hiro and the girl, Leeca were playing around with thier silly crow and drawing boxes in the stars - I'm sleepy anyway so I might take a quick walk then maybe get some rest.

I walked away from the trees and starred out across the lonely night, "cold" I muttered to myself as I looked up into the stars and scouted around to see the distant lights of a town, possibly Tuscan - I assumed the others were heading there as I went back to camp and lay under a tree near the edges to sleep.

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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Hiro was connecting the stars in the sky with fire, making simple pictures then causing them to scatter down like little fireworks. I smiled, watching him idly until I noticed the other guy was looking over at us, so I lowered my gaze. He soon curled up by a tree, though. Probably asleep. Mica fell asleep too, his beak tucked into his wing and his feet under his feathers. Grinning, I stroked his back feathers and laid next to Hiro.

"I haven't looked at the stars in the longest time." I said, trying to identify contellations of my own.

"It's nice to do every so often." He said, not taking his gaze off of the stars.

"Yeah.." I said, not sure what else to talk about. There was a little bit of an awkward silence. I was thinking about my home and how the woods and the mountains were so familiar to me, and these woods were not. Even though my life at home wasn't spectacular, I missed it a little. I sighed.

"You okay?" Hiro asked, looking over. I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Oh, yes... I'm fine." I said. Even though the fire was going, it was still chilly. I shivered a little, still looking at the sky.

[HbCharizard]

Kuchina
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"You know hwat, I don't have time for this." I said as I stuck a bunch of paralyze seals on the guy.
"It's getting too annoying as it is right now. Your staying right there for a while."

I went to a nearby tree and sat down. I saw Hiro and Leeca. Leeca was shivering. Hiro didn't have a cloak. Need the keep the cliches going....hmmm...

"Hiro, come over here for a sec." I said. Hiro came over. I gave him my outer cloak.
"Leeca's cold. You like her. You need to keep the cliches going." I said. Hiro blushed as he took the cloak and went back to Leeca. He put it on her shoulders. I chuckled a little bit.

"I really need to be less nice..." I said as I was starting to get a little cold. So I decieded to turn in. I went into the tent and hit the sack.

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

I looked over at Leeca and smiled. It was fairly easy to tell that something really was bothering her, but, I wasn't going to try and pry at it. She would tell me what was bothering her when she felt like it, and not a moment sooner.

It was silent for a while, the fire, amazinly, was still going quite strong, and looked like it could last us quite some time.

Once again I looked at Leeca, she shivered a little bit.

"Are you cold?" I said as I saw her shiver.

"Its a bit chilly," she said looking from the sky to me.

I smiled and put my arm aroud her. I wasn't sure if Leeca was okay with this but, if she wasn't I was sure she would tell me.

I looked over at her and smiled,

"I'll... try and keep you warm," I said still looking at her, "don't... worry about that..."

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

"Damn I must be easy to read" I said to Kuchina as he handed me his cloak, "Thanks."

I quickly put it around Leeca, and she stopped shivering a little.

"Wish I could take credit for it," I said to her as she smiled at me

I layed down again right next to her and looked back up into the sky. Although I wasn't really thinking about the sky or the stars anymore, I was thinking about the pretty girl who was laying down next to me.

I looked back over at Leeca as she stared up into the sky, she really was quite pretty.

I slowly put my arm around Leeca. I didn't know if Leeca would be comfortable with my arm around her, but if she wasn't I knew she would tell me.

I then looked back up into the sky...

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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I heard Kuchina call Hiro over, and I sat up to try to find out what was going on. Then figuring it was nothing for me to be concerned about, I turned back to the fire and was about to lie back down. When Hiro came back over, he draped a cloak over my shoulders. I blushed, looking at him, then pulled it tighter around me.

"Wish I could take credit." He whispered to me. I grinned.

"Thank you, but I hope I wasn't making it seem like I wanted attention.. I guess I was just cold." I blushed more, a little ashamed. Watching Kuchina walk to his sleeping area, I nodded good-night to him.

"Don't worry about it." Hiro said, laying back next to me. I laid down too. Still staring up into the sky, I let my thoughts take over me again. It was then I noticed that Hiro had his arm around me, still looking at the sky himself. I really had to admit... I liked it. I edged a little closer to him for warmth.

"Do you think... That one of us should stay up to keep watch tonight? Or for at least half the night..?" I whispered. "We're sitting ducks if we're all asleep in the same area." I looked up at Hiro's face.

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[NightBlaze]

Alright, I'll do one last post to end the day since I think only two people are still awake.

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~
Leeca made a good point, I smiled again.

"Don't worry," I started, "I'll stay up tonight, I already took a nap today."

"Hmm, you sure?" she said "We could take shifts if you like?"

"Don't worry about it. You get some sleep its been a long day."

"Good Night." she said as she nodded. She then rested her head on my shoulder and dozed off almost right away.

"Good Night," I whisper looking down at her and smiling.

I looked back at the fire again, and I lay there, just thinking about everything that had happened today, the wierdest, longest, strangest, and at the same time funnest day of my life...
~~~

That has to be longest RP day in the history of these forums, 63 posts for one day, wow... =)

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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I had fallen asleep quickly on Hiro's shoulder, but woke up about an hour later. The sky wasn't any lighter, but actually darker, so I knew I hadn't been asleep for very long. I looked slowly up at Hiro to see he was simply looking at the sky. Not wanting to disturb him, I simply lowered my gaze and closed my eyes again. It was strangely peaceful, hearing nothing but the crickets and the fire crackling out. I fell asleep again.

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When I woke up next, it was a little after sunrise. The clouds were scattered with oranges and pinks... The fire was out now, and Mica was the only other one up besides Hiro. I shifted a little bit.

"Good morning." Hiro whispered.

"Morning!" I responded, grinning.

"Sleep well?"

"Yes, thank you. I'm on watch tonight, though."

"I suppose its fair." He chuckled a little. I sat up slowly, rubbing my eyes a little. Remembering that I still had Kuchina's cloak on, I stood. Walking over to where he was asleep, I draped it over him and whispered a thank-you to him, even though he was asleep.

"I think I should make something for us for breakfast... None of us have eaten in quite a while, don't you think?" I said, looking at the plants around us.

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[Amethyst Flygon]

Too many posts..... Guess I'll skip trying to post everything Kisten has been doing for the last page and a half and just start out right here.

Kirsten Roma:
After Kuchina stuck some paralyze seals on the formerly invisible man, I walked over and searched his pockets. I found some rope in them and tied him to a tree. If he had the help of a magi to be invisible, then he might have the help of one of those anti-magic devices that I had heard rumors about. It's better to be safe than sorry.
It was starting to get cold with the evening. Deciding that the guy didn't really deserve the comfort, I took his cloak and layed down to sleep a little bit away from the fire. I fell asleep the second I hit the ground; it had been a long day.
When I woke up, Leeca and Hiro were already awake. "I think I should make something for us for breakfast... None of us have eaten in quite a while, don't you think?" I heard Leeca say. "Can I help? I used to help my mom with the cooking back home."

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

I whatched as Leeca and Amy both started to look for berries and plants that were edible. They didn't waste anytime at all getting to it either.

I looked back over to the fire, it had almost completley burned out and even though we weren't gonna be here for much longer, I decided to get just a little bit of wood, just to keep it going maybe 30 minutes longer.

I got up quietly and walked into the woods. It was really quiet for morning time. I got to a part of the woods where it was a like a hill. I could see pretty far and the first thing that caught my eye was a town. It was pretty large from the looks of it, I couldn't see much besides little specs of which I assumed were buildings.

"We could go to Tuscan..." I said talk to myself, "we could get some supplies, a map, and some rest, then we could figure out where to go from there."

I scooped up a few small pieces of wood and walk back to where we had stayed the night. I kneeled down and placed the wood carefully onto the fire, then I snapped my fingers twice, and lit it back up.

Kuchina and Alexander were both starting to stir now and they had both come back over towards the fire.

"Morning." I said trying to smile.

They both just kinda nodded and sat down.

I decided now would be a good time to maybe see if anyone else wanted to go to Tuscan as well. No doubt we needed some supplies and more rest couldn't possibly hurt but, maybe they wouldn't want to stop.

"Hey guys," I started "what do you think about heading to Tuscan for supplies and rest? Its not very far at all if we left in an hour or so we could make it there well before noon and we could plan our next move from there, its up to you guys though."

[Leon-IH]

Alexander Steel ~ Psychologist
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I had only just got up and already this fool was already suggesting a life risking journey - at least he asked..

"I'd say no, we don't know who brought us here but they'd know us in a flash. if they found us we'd be toast as soon as we took a wrong turn" I said after a moment of careful thought "They probably know we have the map from them that showed Tuscan anyway, and who's to say there aren't 60 odd men in Tuscan waiting for us to turn up?" I said before anyone else could get a word in edgewise.

Hiro looked ready to disagree but maybe I just hadn't know him long enough to tell his body language, he seemed so different to me, he probably remembered himself as a happy child - I didn't have that luxury.

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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I was happily searching for edible plants with Kirsten, it had been a long time since I made anything from the earth. Mica cawed and landed on my shoulder.

::There's a blueberry shrub over there by the thicket:: He told me. ::Those should be good::
<Thanks> I pat his head.

"Kirsten! Over here!" I pointed towards the berry bush. This was beginning to be fun.

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Once we had gathered as many berries as we could carry, we returned to the fireside just in time to hear Hiro make a suggestion. I was about to say something when Alexander interjected. Hiro looked disgruntled.

"I really don't think there's anything wrong with it, as long as we're discreet." I said, testing a blueberry for sweetness. "Safety in numbers, too." I nodded. Alex gave me a look. "But, who am I... I'll.. Go think of something to make us..." I shrank away, not wanting to get into any arguments. I sat on the rock Mica had fallen asleep on. There wasn't much to do in this unfamilliar forest.. We'd probably just have to eat the berries plain.

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[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

I turned to Alex, "Alright then," I said, "Your right, I didn't think the idea through."

He nodded and turned around thinking to himself I supposed. I walked over to where Leeca was sitting and crouched down next to her.

"What do you mean 'who am I'?" I said looking at her, "Your opinion means just as much as what anyone elses, were all part of a team here."

She turn to look at me, I smiled.

"Okay?" I said.

She nodded,

"Oh yah, one more thing." I said to everyone, "theres a stream down this hill just a ways, you can use it to wash up and get some water."

There were a few nods. I looked around camp quickly and saw the man who had been invisible, tied to a tree and still paralyzed, and then I looked over towards the man that had followed me here. When I looked to the area that he had been knocked out at, he was no where to be seen.

I took off towards where he had been and I found nothing,

"Damnet," I whispered.

I searched around and saw in the dirt the area that he had been laying in, then it looked like a few foot prints had come to where the man was laying, then the area that he had been laying grew longer, the man had been dragged away.

I ran down the path of the prints, following them ever so closely, I was able to see that he had been dragged quite some distance untill there were horse prints, the men must have mounted their horse and rode off. So needless to say that by now, there was no telling where they could be, and no telling how many of them there had been, but they were far away.

The question I had to ask myself, was how I couldn't have seen him get dragged off, I kept whatch all night, I didn't fall asleep even once. I didn't hear nor did I see anyone come anywhere near camp, so how were they able to drag him off.

I walked back to our camp just thinking, about how those men got that guy away, without making even the tinest of sounds.

[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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"Yes... You're right, Hiro. I'm sorry, I think maybe its stress..." I told him, shaking my head. Hiro then told us that there was a nearby stream to use for water and washing up. I nodded. After watching him walk off into the woods, I stood up.

"I'll go get some water for us." I said. "Although I'm not entirely sure what I'll put it in.." Looking around, I went to a tree with large leaves. Closing my eyes and placing my hands on it, I willed the leaves to become even bigger. After doing so, I picked a few and continued down into the forest. Then I felt something on my shoulder. "Hey...!!'

::It's only me. You need someone to watch after you::
<Oh.. Thank you, Mica> I said.

I kneeled by the stream, running my fingers over the top of the water. Mica hopped off my shoulder and landed in a shallow part of the stream. He preened his feathers and hopped around. I put the leaves next to me, taking water into my hands and splashing my face. It was refeshing, washing up a little. Then dipping the leaves into the stream, I let them fill up with the clear water.

<Come on, Mica. Let's head back>

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[Leon-IH]

Alexander Steel
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Hiro had agreed with me, I was shocked to the point of insanity but I was also worried about Leeca, maybe I had been a little hard on her.

Hiro had slunk off after talking to her for a while so I assumed she was OK, he was walking back to camp now - looking worried.

"What's going on?" I asked him while walking over to him.

"The man who followed me - he's gone a I doubt we can catch him" Hiro replied, looking a little more worried than before.

"We should get moving then, not too far away from Tuscan - maybe we can find ourselves a smaller town and if we absolutely have to we could go there individually, going together wouldn't help" I said thinking of the potential problems with going together.

[Anjana's Halo]

1. I am very very very very very very very very sorry I haven't posted in so long. I could give some excuses about the upcoming school year, various computer problems, and major climate shifts in my social life, but, in the end, I've been a bad person.

2. I'm also very very very happy to see this hasn't died in my absense, like I figured it had when I suddenly remembered I have an online life, too. I do appreciate longer posts, though, which everyone has started doing.

3. I've read through the posts, but I need to reread them to fully understand what's going on and how to work my character in.

4. Oh, and I guess I'll close the sign-ups now (which has been a really big issue)[/saracasm]

Hugs and Kisses from Anjana ^_~

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

I nodded at what Alex had said, "Alright," I responded.

My thought immedantly when back to the escaped man. He was a very stubborn man he would probably come back after us again, probably with more men and they would smarter and stronger.

Leeca had emerged from the path that led down to the stream holding a few very large leaves full of water, and Mica was perched on her shoulder. She then, very slowly to make sure she didn't spill anything, handed everyone a leaf,(boy, try to picture that in your head.)

"Thanks," I said as she handed it carefully to me.

We all drank the water in silence and after we were done, I quickly explained what Alex had suggested to Leeca.

It took a while to get everyone ready, but about an hour or so later, we all decided to move out down the road, to pursue the path that the caravan had been traveling, althought we were finnaly back on the path of the caravan, my attention was totally divided, all I could think about was that man, and how he had gotten away.

I kept my eyes open while we walked, just incase maybe he would try and come after us again. I wasn't going to get caught off guard again, and I wasn't going to let him escape again, the next time we met, would be the last.

[NightBlaze]

Ha, Welcome back.

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~

I nodded at what Alex had said, "Alright," I responded.

My thought immedantly when back to the escaped man. He was a very stubborn man he would probably come back after us again, probably with more men and they would smarter and stronger.

Leeca had emerged from the path that led down to the stream holding a few very large leaves full of water, and Mica was perched on her shoulder. She then, very slowly to make sure she didn't spill anything, handed everyone a leaf,(boy, try to picture that in your head.)

"Thanks," I said as she handed it carefully to me.

We all drank the water in silence and after we were done, I quickly explained what Alex had suggested to Leeca.

It took a while to get everyone ready, but about an hour or so later, we all decided to move out down the road, to pursue the path that the caravan had been traveling, althought we were finnaly back on the path of the caravan, my attention was totally divided, all I could think about was that man, and how he had gotten away.

I kept my eyes open while we walked, just incase maybe he would try and come after us again. I wasn't going to get caught off guard again, and I wasn't going to let him escape again, the next time we met, would be the last.

[Leon-IH]

Welcome home Halo!

Alexander Steel ~ Psychologist
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Hiro was as usual strung like a well made bow, "relax Hiro, being all tensed up won't help you - or anyone else" I said to him with the best warmth I could manage.

He seemed to relax a little, maybe I wasn't the best person to suggest it I thought to myself with the name "Leeca" sitting in the centre of my head causing me to want to smash things to small pieces, she was a nice enough girl but really needed to make her opinion more felt.

Nobody else seemed to be thinking of much, maybe locking themselves away in private thoughts that nobody else was meant to know of, maybe they were reading my thoughts, "Say what can everyone here actually do? Magi-wise that is."

[Kinglerlord2]

Sorry people, been on hols. Back now.

Irrick
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"What were you doing in that tree?"
I smirked. It was a fair question even if it was a tad random.
I looked out at the plains.
"I was watching the area from above and using the tree to keep me hidden. I was waiting for nightfall."
I looked at the horizon. The sun was out of sight but the light still remained on the edges. It would be another hour or so before I'd consider moving out.
"I'm going to wait until it's the darkest it can get before I move." I explained to Naomi. "Try and sleep. It'll help you heal. I'll keep watch and wake you when I'm ready to leave."
She nodded, a bit hesitantly I thought, and sat with her back against the base of my tree. I sat down slightly away from her and watched her nod off. I sighed and looked out at the slowly dimming fields, wondered where the hell I was.

I started swearing as soon as I woke up. I hadn't meant to doze off, i'd probably lost several hours of time I could've been moving. It was still dark though so I could at least get started now and find some cover by the river or in the crops. I shook Naomi awake.
"Hey, come on, we've gotta go."
She snapped instantly awake and rose to her feet. I motioned for her to follow and we both left the safety of the forest at a light jog.

We covered more ground than I thougt we would. Occasionally i looked back and checked on Naomi. Her teeth were gritted and she was sweating a lot. She was tolerating a lot of pain from her wrist to stay with me. As the dawn light began to appear we stopped for a rest. Naomi sat against a tree breathing heavily. I walked around slowly breathing in the morning air.

"Well good morning there." A voice said behind us.
I jumped and grabbed the hilt of my sword, spinning around. An elderly man leading a small dog was smiling at me.
"Looks like I've found two fellow early birds on my stroll." He cocked his head slightly. "Or a couple of fugitives."
I started pulling my sword out and he barked a loud hearty laugh. "Don't worry lad I've no intention of turning you in. How'd you both like to join me in my home for breakfast?" He looked at Naomi. "I can give you a proper splint on that wrist of yours too if you like."
I raised an questioning eyebrow at Naomi. She shrugged in bewilderment.
I released my sword.
"You won't turn us in?" I asked.
"As long as you do nothing to harm me I've nothing against you. I always welcome company."
I nodded slowly, the old guy seemed harmless and I could overpower him if things went sour.
"I appreciate it. Lead the way."

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[Typact]

Leeca ~ Nature Class
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I looked up from sipping my water, and turned towards the one who asked the question... "What can everyone here actually do?" I grinned, feeling a little better with idle conversation. When no one else answered right away, I spoke.

"Well, if any of you have been wondering where this crow came from, there's your answer." I pat the top of Mica's feathered head. "I can hear animal's thoughts and talk to them with my mind. Mica here has helped out quite a bit. Maybe it doesn't always seem very useful, but sometimes it can help out in a jam. I can also control plants limitedly.. So if you ever find yourself unable to reach a high branch.. Just let me know." I felt loosened up. "What about you?"

::At least they won't think I'm some stray pet wandering around with you now...::
<Who would have thought that?>
::Hey, a few seemed kinda skeptical...::
<If you say so> I poked him, waiting to hear about the rest of my companions, though I pretty much already knew about Hiro's power.

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Welcome back, Anjana! :3

[NightBlaze]

Hiro - Fire Class
~~~
I listened to what Alex had said, about relaxing, and I had to admit, he was right. It was time to loosen up.

"Say what can everyone here actually do? Magi-wise that is." he said after quite a bit of silence.

Leeca was the first to speak up, she told us how she could hear and speak with animals through thoughts, and how she could control plants.

I looked at the giant leaf that had once held some water in it. I couldn't figure out how the leaf was so gigantic, but now I knew, Leeca had made it get larger.

After Leeca finished, I decided to speak up about my powers, just incase someone hadn't noticed yet.

"I can create and control fire." I said, "Its not as helpful as most Magi powers, but I'm working on it."

We contiuned walking on, I walked in silence, listening to everyone elses powers and making sure that I remebered them, just so I wouldn't have to ask someone elses again.