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Post by Lillith on Oct 2, 2011 15:01:02 GMT -5
::On the outskirts of South Figaro, a small camp had been made in the middle of the desert that surrounded the Kingdom that had managed to prosper in such a desolate region. The camp looked quaint and seemed to be holding up quite well besides the desert wind. However just at the edge of the camp, the sand was getting kicked up in clouds for a reason besides the wind. Lillith hurtled bacwards through the air as her own lightning was deflected back at her. She rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself onto her hands and knees::
Dammit.
::She staggered to her feet and locked her green eyes with Gideon's::
Again.
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Gideon Lightfeather
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Post by Gideon Lightfeather on Oct 2, 2011 15:26:08 GMT -5
You won't master the technique by subjecting yourself to this kind of punishment. You've been at it for hours, I think you've done alright for today.
Lillith: Tell the truth. This technique of yours, how long does it take to master it?
::Gideon's calm blue-gray eyes scrutinized her, sizing up her determination::
It's not something that can be learned overnight. To understand the flow of magic, how it moves, how it's channelled and invoked alone took years. It took even longer to learn how to direct it.
Lillith: So you're saying there's no point.
No, that's not what I said. I was relating how long it took me. You however have an advantage I did not have. You already have magical ability. Even better, you're proficient with air. Air is the most versatile element. It allows you to see, feel, sense, things that others can't. Now here's what you're missing. You're not simply disrupting the flow of magic with your blade. You're letting your blade become one with it. See its flow and let your blade sync with it. Then, not only will you be able to block it, you'll be able to re-direct it.
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Post by Lillith on Oct 10, 2011 17:57:32 GMT -5
Then do it again! One more time!
::Gideon stared down at her, the bruises and sweat, and worst of all the frustrated tears streaked with sand, muddying her face that had long since contorted with anger::
Gideon: Let me ask you this. What is it you intend to do with this technique?
What kind of question is that? You know why I asked you to teach me. It's the same reason we're on this journey. I'm going to kill that bastard!
Gideon: Yes, but I want to know why. Why is it so important to you to kill him?
Because it needs to be done! It should have been done a long time ago!
Gideon: No, that's why it's important to me. That's a soldier's answer. The answer of someone carrying out a duty, and that is not the answer I see in your eyes.
::Lillith ground her teeth::
Then what do you see?
Gideon: I see someone with a grudge. Your reasons are completely personal for wanting him dead, and that is why you can't master this technique.
::When she stared back at him, he felt as though he were standing in the eye of a hurricane, the only place of calm while everything around them roiled in the storm::
Do you know what it's like to have those eyes in the back of your mind non-stop for ten years? To look over your shoulder for that long? To feel like everything and everone you love could have a knife driven through them at any time if you're not always on your guard?
Gideon: Actually, it is a feeling I'm familiar with, and one that nearly destroyed me. It's one that requires a heavy price on the very things you wish to protect. Ask yourself this Lillith. How far are you willing to go for this?
::He sheathed his sword::
Gideon: We're done for the day. Your approach is too aggressive, and not in harmony with the way it should be done. Think on that. We can start again tomorrow if you like.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2011 21:53:42 GMT -5
Kenny was at the other side of the outskirts camp as he was working on his sword skills by swinging his blade at the air trying to remember his quick reflex blade skills for when they end up going to combat. His wife was currently busy sparing with Gideon as it seemed that she was bent on serious revenge against the person August. Kenny had a reason for revenge as well as he almost lost his wife in the fiery inn accident but it seemed that he was also concerned for his wife's safety as he wants no harm in her but knew she wanted to destroy August and yet it still worried him. He then did a few jab and spin attacks until he sheathed his blade in the holder and watched his wife spar until they were done as he decided to walk to her hoping that maybe he can manage to speak to her. "How was your training wife?" he asked Lillith
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Post by Lillith on Oct 12, 2011 21:59:19 GMT -5
I'm getting closer.
::Her teeth were clenched and her knuckles were wrapped tightly around the hilt of her dagger, like her entire body was tense and bracing against a fierce wind. Even so, her fingers were trembling::
I'm going to kill him this time.
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Post by Kenny on Oct 12, 2011 22:05:04 GMT -5
Kenny saw the look of determination on Lilliths face as she gritted her teeth as if she really wanted to rule the world as he saw her hand clenching the dagger tightly as he wanted to calm her down for now so that she wouldnt feel all worn out. "Honey, I understand that you want revenge. Well I want revenge too against him I almost lost you because of him. I know you want to kill him and I just want you to know that I'll be by your side and we'll stop him once and for all." he then looked at her hoping that maybe she will at least calm down for the day.
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Post by Lillith on Oct 12, 2011 22:09:06 GMT -5
::She looked up at him, and when their eyes met, the edges around her hardened face began to soften::
I can always count on you, my Knight in Shining Armor. But the way you said that.... do you plan on getting in my way?
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Post by Kenny on Oct 13, 2011 1:50:09 GMT -5
"I don't plan on getting in your way at all. It's just that I want him dead as much as you, after what happen i was afraid that your were gonna be seriously hurt and i wouldn't forgive myself." He said as he noticed that Lillith had soften a bit after seeing him. "We will get through this together thick and thin"
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Post by Gideon Lightfeather on Oct 16, 2011 1:37:06 GMT -5
::The sun lowered in the sky and the desert shone a strange bluish hue in the starlight. The three ate by the fire and Lillith retired to her tent first. After some time, Kenny too got up to join his wife, but Gideon's voice stopped him::
You claim to love her, yet you do not see her pain.
::The strange elf kept his eyes on the fire. His longsword lay sheathed across his lap::
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Post by Kenny on Oct 17, 2011 0:42:30 GMT -5
:Kenny was about to head to the tent were his wife was at so that the two may get a good nights rest and maybe have a conversation before the sleep. However it seemed that he was stopped as Gideon began to speak up about how Kenny loved her and yet he does not see her pain. He turned around as if he was insulted by the remark as he began to speak:
"Claim? Not see her pain? Why would you say that, I truly love her with all my heart. Why would you say i dont see her pain?"
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Gideon Lightfeather
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Post by Gideon Lightfeather on Oct 17, 2011 0:46:48 GMT -5
::Gideon's eyes were focused on him now, and in them it seemed was a lifetime of regret::
This pursuit of hers. Can't you see what it's doing to her?
::He lowered his gaze back to the fire::
Tell me Kenny, about Natalia. You were her Sorceress Knight were you not? I believe that's the term. What was she like?
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Post by Kenny on Oct 17, 2011 1:09:19 GMT -5
"Well Lillith is dertimined to kill the one responsible for the incident at the inn and honestly i wanted revenge as much more as she does. I do noticed that she may be full of hatred and rage and yet i know how to calm it" he said as he remember how he saw Lillith in a rage before from the past. Suddenly he was asked about Natalia, the women he called Sorceress and cared for him when he was a lonely soul. "She was a unique and special lady, She was tough and yet she was friendly to me and cared for me as if she was...a mother" he said as he did admit that Natalia did treat him like a son when he became her sorceress knight after saving her more than once. "She made me her sorceress knight and i was there like a protector"
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Gideon Lightfeather
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Post by Gideon Lightfeather on Oct 17, 2011 1:19:20 GMT -5
::Gideon closed his eyes::
Then you saw a special part of her that she had forgotten was there. Just like Iole. If that's true then you must have seen more than that. Tell me of the pain you saw in her eyes.
::Memories of that woman began to flash through Kenny's mind, ones far darker than the ones he had mentioned. There had been times when they lived together that he had seen what Gideon was talking about; times when they had fought and she had been taken by something ferocious and dark and those violet eyes were overtaken by demonic fury. And then there had been times when they'd lived together, where behind the knowing glint in them, he had seen great sadness in them. The kind of sadness that belonged to one who had spent many nights crying alone::
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Post by Kenny on Oct 17, 2011 22:31:34 GMT -5
As Gideon asked him about the pain he saw in Natalia's eyes Kenny thought about the times that were flashing in his head as if it was showing him how Natalia was once nice and also how she went from that to an evil force when the time the coven moved in to there home. "Well, she acted real strange as if something was wrong like she was being possessed by pure evil." :He remembers about Jezebel the evil that has controled Natalia to the end: "I feared for her but she still cared for me and had no regret of what she has done"
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Post by Gideon Lightfeather on Oct 18, 2011 1:57:37 GMT -5
If that is what she told you then it was a lie.
::Gideon said flatly::
There is no end to her regrets. Whatever you saw, or whatever she chose to let you see it was not the truth. Or at least not all of it. That woman's eyes have been drowned in pain and twisted with rage since the day she made one choice. It is said the day she became a demon that even the Gods of Light, mourned her fall. Oh yes she has been Jezebel's tool for over four hundred years now, but she has never been controlled save by the darkness in her own heart. And do you want to know how it first came to be there?
::He lifted his eyes again to meet Kenny's, a righteous fury burning within them::
From one act of revenge! Her thirst for vengeance overcame her, led her down a neverending path of blood and sorrow that turned her into a monster. The same path the woman you claim to love is going down right now! Are you too blinded by your own desire for vengeance to see it? Kenny, your purity is once what saved her!
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Post by Kenny on Oct 19, 2011 0:16:30 GMT -5
As Gideon spoke the truth about Natalia to Kenny he was a bit upset because he knew that she betrayed her friends when she allowed the coven to stay but he knew there was still some good in her even though it was too late. When Kenny was told about the path of vengence turned Natalia into a monster and that Lillith may be next he did get a bit worried until he was told about his purity that saved his wife. "Purity, well if thats so then maybe.. It might be something that is worth working."
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