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Post by Clive on Sept 18, 2009 21:42:11 GMT -5
"You sure you want to be 2,000 gil lighter?" Clive says with a confident grin as he steps back, planting himself in a defensive posture. "Might regret it later." Strafing left, Clive's eyes lock with Jyo's, watching him like a hawk with each defiant step. The blue light from his staff's lanterns glow and pulsate as he begins to tap into their power. "Let's make this interesting, I'll give you the first shot." Clive winks. "Can't turn up getting the upper hand, can you?"
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 21:51:03 GMT -5
Jyo rolled his eyes and sighed. "I'm not interested in some power flaunting contest. I'm simply curious as to this claim to be able to disrupt my connections. Either do it now or shove off." Jyo said as his eyes narrowed and the bolts intensified. He was seriously considering whacking this kid upside the head with the back of his sword.
This kid better have something behind all this. I'm really not in the mood to be jerked around right now He thought as some of the bolts started collecting down his left arm, he wouldn't unleash anything, but he was hoping to provoke the kid into action, he seemed like a hothead and it didn't seem hard tog et him into action.
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Post by Clive on Sept 18, 2009 22:02:40 GMT -5
Clive shrugs, "As you wish." Clive crouches low and as if appears he would leap at Jyo, instead he shoots skyward, using that natural jumping ability of Burmecian's to his advantage. Moment later, Clive lands, not from behind as one would expect, but right in front, sending a hard punch into Jyo's gut, followed by a secondary strike from the same hand. The hidden metal prod Clive keeps in the makeshift gauntlet over his right hand deploying, striking Jyo right in the stomach with a powerful thud. For a moment, it would feel as if some of Jyo's energy is being siphoned out of him through this metal connection. Clive's staff glows brightly till the connection is broken and he jumps back several feet to stand as he did before.
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 22:14:46 GMT -5
Seeing Clive come in from above, Jyo gave a smile as he stepped back a bit and his left hand came in to let the attack fall right into his palm, his arm didn't even budge. The second strike came in and Jyo let himself bend around the hand, one reason why an unarmed strike to the gut wasn't very effective against someone who knew what he was doing.
He felt a small drain and started to laugh. "Are you serious?" He said as Clive backed off. Jyo straitened out and then the air around him crackled with electricity and seemed to collect around him before being drawn in. The discharges of lightning faded away and Jyo rewarded Clive's efforts with a smirk. "So you can siphon a bit of my energy. You didn't harm my affinity with it at all, not even a twinge of my connection. I can just draw in from the smallest currents around me to replenish it." He said with a small shrug.
Jyo sighed. "So is that it? Because you are barely scraping by to get that 1,500 from me this time around. You would have been better off to have kept that Gil and not revealed it." He said.
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Post by Clive on Sept 18, 2009 22:30:03 GMT -5
Clive gives Jyo a cocky smile. "Oh, I'm not done- I just have your resonance frequency now." Clive smiles, confident in his abilities. "Heads up!" An powerful arch of electricity shoots out from Clive's staff as he flings it forward, it arches and strikes Jyo in the chest but unlike a regular lightning based attack, this one is distinctly different then what Jyo would be use to. It hits him and instead of being absorbed into his body, it does the exactly opposite and pulled at his structure, like hands pulling apart bread. It's tingling fingers purging the very bonds that hold his elemental body today, the very stuff he is made of turning against him like a surge against a transformer, making his whole body feel unstable like a crumbling building.
As it ends, Jyo may feel that a part of his own body turned against him, like a cancer that strikes with lightning speed only to subside just as quickly, leaving him feeling temporarily drained.
Clive smiles as he smacks his staff's pummel into the grass and leans against the wood. "That was my attack."
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 22:41:15 GMT -5
Seeing the lightning bolt come in, Jyo could feel the difference. Though Clive would lose his bet, there was something he would do that would prove to have dire effects.
The bolt hit and Jyo didn't flinch. Not being human, the effects would be very different. For a moment Jyo seemed to be standing there, but the effects were quickly apparent. Pyrflies started leaving Jyo and he narrowed his eyes. "Enough." He said with a slight strain as he let his magical energies increase his speed. He left a blur behind as he came in to swing his weapon at Clive's gut while it was in the sheathe.
Clive would be getting the 1,500 simply because Jyo was impressed and a man of his word, Not happy but impressed. Being a Fiend that was comprised of lightning and pyreflies, Jyo was effected in a way that could possibly betray what he was. But his links to it were impossible to severe outside of death or a sending.
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Post by Clive on Sept 18, 2009 22:50:19 GMT -5
Jyo's weapon strikes Clive's staff with such force that it throws Clive off balance, nearly sending him tumbling into the grass. He turns back to spy Jyo who appears none to pleased, either because he had just been proven wrong by someone who appeared below his ability or out of pure embarrassment to be outdone in front of his employer.
He regains his composure, leaning upon his staff. "I see I struck a cord, Jyo." He states, hands still quivering from the powerful strike that sent a jarring pain from his staff to his hands. "So, is that up to your satisfaction?"
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 22:57:17 GMT -5
Jyo was almost shaking with rage. He was ashamed of very few things. The fact he felt shouldn't even really exist was one of them. "You get 1,500. You certainly have an interesting talent there, but it didn't have the effect you were aiming for." He said softly with an icy edge to his voice as he let out a deep breath.
He walked back over to Sinia. "You might have guessed as to a few things by now, I'll explain the details in privacy later." He said before letting out another deep breath and regaining his composure.
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Post by Miss Sinia Bardi on Sept 18, 2009 23:08:18 GMT -5
"If you two are finished?" Sinia exclaims, arms crossed, not appearing all too pleased both their behaviors. She motions for Kane to give Clive the 1,500gil he was promised, to which Kane complies, flipping the case open and counting out the bills before handing him the wad of cash.
When Jyo rejoins Sinia and Kane, all Sinia does is nod in understanding, her expression hard to read. "Very well." Is all she says, her tail running along Jyo's legs, a gesture of kindness. "But I think I know fully well."
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Post by August Krasnow on Sept 18, 2009 23:15:55 GMT -5
((Ierys, post when you're able, going to move this along. Going to just assume for your character for now.))
::Two figures come out from the classroom building that the group had previously toured, it's Rose and a teenage boy carrying a single piece of luggage, most certianly Augustus. They approach the four, Augustus shooting Clive a disgusted snarl, which Clive responds with due same. Clearly not the best of friends.::
I didn't realize Miss Bardi associated with common runts, or is it more likely that you've tried to con some sort of pittance out of them.
::Turning then to ignore Clive, he approaches Sinia to shake her hand in gentlemanly manner.::
Miss Bardi, I take it. My father has spoken so much about you. I'm delighted you are having me for this weekend, I'm sure my father is most pleased that you accepted his request.
::He greets Jyo and Kane next, with a simple handshake before adjusting his glasses.::
Pleasure.
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 23:25:56 GMT -5
Soon a pair of people arrived. One introduced himself as Augustus. The exchange of expressions between Augustus and Clive made their opinions of each other pretty clear. Clive seemed to step on toes around this place.
After greeting Sinia, Augustus turned to Jyo and Kane. Jyo returned the handshake with a small smile. "So you're the Augustus we came to meet. I was beginning to wonder if you even existed." He said.
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Post by August Krasnow on Sept 18, 2009 23:32:34 GMT -5
Oh I exist, just... elusive in nature.
::Augustus shoots Jyo a dark little smile, creating shadows over his face making his very features like a the head of death itself, accentuate by the reflecting sunlight off his glasses. His demeanor returns as he speaks again.::
My friend Ierys will be accompany us today, if that is alright. Your message never said that I couldn't invite another, so I took the liberty to bring a friend along. I hope this is alright with you.
::Divulging this information in front of Clive was surely going to illicit a response from the Burmecian.::
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Post by Clive on Sept 18, 2009 23:37:28 GMT -5
Clive stood aloft, angered and dumbstruck. The nerve of Augustus to say this to infront of him without even so much as a mention that he was dragging Ierys's along with him on this 'weekend retreat'. It infrueated him, clearly, it appeared to Clive, that Augustus was trying to encrouch upon territory already marked by Clive.
"You little weasel! What promises did you say to Ierys to get her to come along with your greasy little hide!? Worst yet, you didn't even think to ask your 'friend' Clive! I'm appauled! Ierys's is my friend, not yours!"
Clearly Clive was angered by this news, his voice quivering and body shaking with anger. He wanted to punch Augustus, punch him hard but restrained himself, else face futher repercussions from Shaft.
"I... oh! You..." He narrows his eyes. "I see through your game."
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Post by Miss Sinia Bardi on Sept 18, 2009 23:43:51 GMT -5
"Well Augustus, I'm glad you finally decided to join us." Sinia states, returning the gesture greeting jesture. "And your friend is most certianly welcome to come along, more the merrier as the saying goes." She smilies. "Though I must admit, from what your father said, I figured you for a little older, but certianly he wasn't mistaken in your approuch, you do act much older then you appear."
Her attention is diverted for a moment when Clive starts up his tirade, she found it almost amusing. "Oh, boy, you certianly don't think that a street urchin such as yourself could surpase the charms of Augustus? Even the thought alone is enough to be scoffed at. Kane, take Augustus's bag."
Kane nods and takes Augustus's luggage without a word, he stands there now with both the briefcase and the luggage, standing like a sentry waiting for further orders.
"So where is this friend of your's, Augustus?"
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Post by jason on Sept 18, 2009 23:51:49 GMT -5
Once more, Jyo simply stood back and watched how everyone reacted. He couldn't help but give a small smirk at Clive's irate reaction to Clive. Apparently they were having a quarrel over a girl. A stupid thing really.
His views were similar to Sinia's though. Clive did seem to have some charm about him that he doubted Clive could match, he remembered Shaft mentioning Clive had a good heart, but he had a hard time seeing it. He would keep an open mind, but the Burmecian still annoyed him slightly.
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Post by August Krasnow on Sept 19, 2009 0:00:39 GMT -5
She's running a bit behind right now, terribly unsure what to pack. This will be her first time aboard a yacht and it has got her a bit flustered.
::Augustus shoots Clive a snarky little sneer, he was enjoying torturing Clive with this just a little too much.::
She'll be here shortly, I assure you.
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Post by Clive on Sept 19, 2009 0:04:39 GMT -5
Clive frustratedly turns abreast to Augustus. "Fine, AJ, I see how it is. 'E tu brute?' I'll just go back to my dorm and train my cockroaches some more." He waves with the 1500 gil. "And here, take this." He throws the wad of cash to Augustus. "Sure you'll need it more then I will to woo the girls." The bills hit Augustus on the chest, exploding like a shower of leaves that swarm around him, caught in a strong breeze. He turns around and storms off, only giving a simple wave back and a final call. "Have a fun trip!" He yells back mockingly, clearly angered.
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Post by August Krasnow on Sept 19, 2009 22:45:09 GMT -5
((Ierys, just going to auto your char for now.))
::From the classroom building, a girl with pink hair and blonde highlights dressed in dark clothes comes stumbling down the steps to the training yard where the others are waiting. She's dragging with her a bag that looks heavier then it need be for such a short trip. Augustus doesn't notice her coming arrival while he crouches in the grass, snatching up the gil with a grumble.::
Here! Here! Sorry, wanted to make sure I didn't forget anything!
::She exclaims, panting from running and luggage her suitcase, Kane promptly takes it from her, lifting it with one arm though grunts at its weight. The other two cases now rest in his left hand.::
Ierys, was beginning to worry.
::Augustus says as he stands, stuffing the money in his pocket.::
This is Miss Bardi, the friend of my father. And this is Kane and - It was Jyo right? Forgive me if I keep forgetting. Everyone, this is my friend, Ierys
::Ierys greets the three humbly.::
Miss Bardi, I believe we're all set. Shall we get to the helicopter now?
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Post by Miss Sinia Bardi on Sept 19, 2009 22:53:31 GMT -5
Sinia couldn't help but smirk when Clive tossed the money back at Augustus, something about his statement and display she liked. A certain spunk he had which she appreciated, and seeing AJ on the grass sent a delightful little shiver through her. She loved seeing men or boys on their knees, practically groveling.
"What... interesting friends you have, Augustus." She says with a snarky grin.
As Ierys's joined them, Sinia breathed a sigh of relief. Finally they could be on their way and leave this little place behind. She turns to Rose and offers her a business card. "Seems everything is in order, please, don't hesitate to call if anything should arise or if the school needs anything." She states, out of politeness. "Gentlemen, boy and girl, let's be on our way. I believe Augustus and Ierys can lead us back, let us not take any more time away from your duties, Rose."
Kane and Sinia are the first to leave, heading back the way they came.
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Post by jason on Sept 19, 2009 22:57:42 GMT -5
Jyo watched as Clive departed and made a mental note to meet with him again. Despite his annoyance at their exchange, he was still curious as to the mechanics of that ability. For now he would simply have it filed in the back of his mind.
Then their last guest arrived. It was the young lady Ierys. Augustus introduced them and Jyo gave a small nod to confirm that Augustus had the name right.
Then Sinia mentioned that it was time to depart. Jyo was glad to be going back to the helicopter and then to the boat. He was looking forward to speaking with Sinia. Odd how he was eager to talk about what he was with her now that it was revealed.
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