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finalflight2019-12-04 02:56 pm
rubblerouser) wrote in finalflight2019-12-04 02:56 pm
[Okay. So the girl’s magic sensitive.
Well, not all that unheard of. Erik gives a shrug, then steps forward. Off they go to the left, then.]
Left it is. Don’t fall too far behind.
Well, not all that unheard of. Erik gives a shrug, then steps forward. Off they go to the left, then.]
Left it is. Don’t fall too far behind.
I could say the same for you.
[ Yes, okay, she looks like your average 19-year-old who models for a living, but she can keep pace very easily. Certain benefits, perhaps, though it's nothing she's going to talk about. Especially when there's not the eerie creaking of something not too far up ahead, hidden for now by the shadows of ancient corridors. ]
[ Yes, okay, she looks like your average 19-year-old who models for a living, but she can keep pace very easily. Certain benefits, perhaps, though it's nothing she's going to talk about. Especially when there's not the eerie creaking of something not too far up ahead, hidden for now by the shadows of ancient corridors. ]
Like I said, don’t worry about me. This isn’t my first rodeo.
[And Erik… well, he’s pretty much that you get what you see. He’s lithe, quick, scrappy in a fight. He won’t be bulldozing his way through enemies, but his daggers are nothing to scoff at.]
So what are you supposed to be? A mage seeking curses?
[And Erik… well, he’s pretty much that you get what you see. He’s lithe, quick, scrappy in a fight. He won’t be bulldozing his way through enemies, but his daggers are nothing to scoff at.]
So what are you supposed to be? A mage seeking curses?
Something like that. I investigate rumors that sound as though they could cause problems for those around them and act to destroy them. Otherwise, they only grow stronger and become even more of a hassle.
[ She casts him a side-glance, angling her trident further away from her but still readily available to be twirled up front if need be. ]
And you're a thief. Am I missing anything?
[ She casts him a side-glance, angling her trident further away from her but still readily available to be twirled up front if need be. ]
And you're a thief. Am I missing anything?
Nope.
[Not even a moment of hesitation.]
That’s exactly what I am. Well, depending on who you ask. Don’t go telling the local town guard.
[That’s a joke, but also— Really. Don’t.]
Not exactly as honorable as what you apparently do. Name’s Erik, by the way. What’s yours?
[Not even a moment of hesitation.]
That’s exactly what I am. Well, depending on who you ask. Don’t go telling the local town guard.
[That’s a joke, but also— Really. Don’t.]
Not exactly as honorable as what you apparently do. Name’s Erik, by the way. What’s yours?
[ Yachiyo has already come to several conclusions, first and foremost being that this is a completely different place from Kamihama. Which means her formality here will just bouncing right off of him. Honorifics won't work. Last names won't work, especially when he only provides her with his first. And so she swallows a sigh, breathes out quietly through her nose, and rolls her shoulders back.
So she's working with a thief. Felicia had been a mercenary who had happily bounded between changing sides depending on the pay. There are worse things. ]
Yachiyo. And my reasons for doing what I do are largely selfish, regardless of how I phrased it. If people will benefit from it, then that's of no concern to me.
So she's working with a thief. Felicia had been a mercenary who had happily bounded between changing sides depending on the pay. There are worse things. ]
Yachiyo. And my reasons for doing what I do are largely selfish, regardless of how I phrased it. If people will benefit from it, then that's of no concern to me.
Think I got you beat in the selfish department, Yachiyo.
[Another joke, and whether his one is couched in truth or not? No telling. He glances at her sideways, wondering exactly what she could mean.]
How's this strictly beneficial for you?
[Another joke, and whether his one is couched in truth or not? No telling. He glances at her sideways, wondering exactly what she could mean.]
How's this strictly beneficial for you?
[ Yachiyo only smiles, increasing her speed to brush past him and take the lead. It's true that she's not a thief, but she wonders about that. ]
With all due respect, I don't have to answer that right now.
[ You have to unlock her backstory, sir. No freebies for you. ]
With all due respect, I don't have to answer that right now.
[ You have to unlock her backstory, sir. No freebies for you. ]
[He raises a brow as she brushes past.]
All right, all right. I can take a hint.
[Something she doesn't want to talk about. Fair enough. There are some things that Erik would rather keep close to the chest, too, and they're here on business, besides.]
'Long as you know what you're doing, I won't complain.
[The corridor continues downwards at a slope. Seems like they're heading underground.]
All right, all right. I can take a hint.
[Something she doesn't want to talk about. Fair enough. There are some things that Erik would rather keep close to the chest, too, and they're here on business, besides.]
'Long as you know what you're doing, I won't complain.
[The corridor continues downwards at a slope. Seems like they're heading underground.]
I've been doing this sort of thing for seven years. You don't need to worry about my qualifications.
[ She's a veteran, considering how so many magical girls die young. ]
Though if you need to complain, I'll just ignore it. So feel free.
[ The path is becoming increasingly clogged with cobwebs, and Yachiyo reaches up to brush them aside, unflinching. It means this is the path so few tread. ]
[ She's a veteran, considering how so many magical girls die young. ]
Though if you need to complain, I'll just ignore it. So feel free.
[ The path is becoming increasingly clogged with cobwebs, and Yachiyo reaches up to brush them aside, unflinching. It means this is the path so few tread. ]
Wow, okay. [Dang girl, he wasn't even trying to get under her skin. Erik frowns, waving away a low-hanging cobweb.] Duly noted, sheesh.
[The air scents stale, like dust that's been sitting for too long. He has the same thought; no one's come this way for a while. Promising.]
Seven years... How old are you exactly?
[The air scents stale, like dust that's been sitting for too long. He has the same thought; no one's come this way for a while. Promising.]
Seven years... How old are you exactly?
Hey, me too.
[Randomly, not that it matters. It seems idle compared to his next statement—]
So you mean you’ve been doing this since twelve? Seems kind of dangerous, doesn’t it? Your parents okay with it?
[Randomly, not that it matters. It seems idle compared to his next statement—]
So you mean you’ve been doing this since twelve? Seems kind of dangerous, doesn’t it? Your parents okay with it?
On your own? Why?
[Is he prying? Well, he’s going to do so until he’s told to shut up.]
[Is he prying? Well, he’s going to do so until he’s told to shut up.]
[Erik might be a little more open than she is, though in the same way, the details are generalized.]
Because I don’t have anyone left to worry about, or to worry about me.
[A shrug.]
So, here I am. Gotta make a living somehow.
Because I don’t have anyone left to worry about, or to worry about me.
[A shrug.]
So, here I am. Gotta make a living somehow.
Ha. It is reliable work. It’s only not reliable if you’re not fit to be a thief in the first place.
[Sure, sometimes there was the botched job or two. But those were the exception — even high-risk targets paid off more often than not. Even if he had to sometimes, ah, make a break for it.]
Usually, as long as you’re faster than the competition, or the local guards, you’ve got nothing to worry about.
[Sure, sometimes there was the botched job or two. But those were the exception — even high-risk targets paid off more often than not. Even if he had to sometimes, ah, make a break for it.]
Usually, as long as you’re faster than the competition, or the local guards, you’ve got nothing to worry about.
Worry about that when we get there, I guess.
[But it’s easier to commit to a life of thievery when you’ve only got yourself to worry about, and therefore only yourself to blame and to suffer for it when things go pear-shaped.]
My track record so far is pretty impressive, though. I’m not too worried.
[Sometimes you just have to tempt fate.]
[But it’s easier to commit to a life of thievery when you’ve only got yourself to worry about, and therefore only yourself to blame and to suffer for it when things go pear-shaped.]
My track record so far is pretty impressive, though. I’m not too worried.
[Sometimes you just have to tempt fate.]
Well, your choices are your own. I didn't come here to lecture you, after all.
[ And she won't, unless he interferes with her own goal. But right now, Yachiyo's attention is more focused on something that lies just ahead, and she holds out her arm to stop him as something... rustles ominously from overhead. ]
[ And she won't, unless he interferes with her own goal. But right now, Yachiyo's attention is more focused on something that lies just ahead, and she holds out her arm to stop him as something... rustles ominously from overhead. ]
[And Erik stops just short of running into that arm, weight balanced on the balls of his feet as his fingers twitch near his daggers.
His casual air falls off of him, replaced with a frown.]
What is it?
His casual air falls off of him, replaced with a frown.]
What is it?
[ Yachiyo speaks tersely and incredibly quietly, a murmur meant for Erik's ears alone. ]
Back up very carefully. There's something overhead--
[ And as if waiting to be announced, the rustling abruptly stops-- only for a massive spider to come plummeting down with every intention of crushing them beneath its humongous body. ]
Back up very carefully. There's something overhead--
[ And as if waiting to be announced, the rustling abruptly stops-- only for a massive spider to come plummeting down with every intention of crushing them beneath its humongous body. ]
[what the hell]
What the— what the hell is that?!
[He has stepped back a pace or two like suggested, but any point of keeping quiet is moot, now. At least Erik certainly thinks so. Because that is one giant spider careening down, and he’s jerking back even further, this time grabbing ahold of Yachiyo’s arm to make sure neither of them end up squished.]
Damn it— can’t this ever be easy?
[The floor shakes. Erik reaches for his dagger with his spare hand.]
What the— what the hell is that?!
[He has stepped back a pace or two like suggested, but any point of keeping quiet is moot, now. At least Erik certainly thinks so. Because that is one giant spider careening down, and he’s jerking back even further, this time grabbing ahold of Yachiyo’s arm to make sure neither of them end up squished.]
Damn it— can’t this ever be easy?
[The floor shakes. Erik reaches for his dagger with his spare hand.]
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