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"....eh? Oh hey, you look a lot like someone else I know! Clearly a different person though. You don't have his tattoo."
"How amusing! What a small world we live in, ha ha ha!"
"Amusing indeed! Jacob, laugh with us, laugh with the man who definitely isn't the cause of all your trauma! Eh, why did I say that?"
OOC: Jacob's fw: https://imgur.com/2xFD9Qo
How long has it been since he was held like this... Since anyone held and just confronted him like this. How long has it been since he lowered his guard so much around anyone... The years of being tough and being captain, endlessly fighting challenge after challenge to get where he is today. He shut himself away from stuff like that so his crew would enjoy happy lives, it is the reason why he fought as hard as he did to take back Sammy's island home.
His breath catches in his throat as he listened to her, tears staining his cheeks as he just let it go, letting himself relax as he closed his eyes as he felt her fingers omb through his hair with a gentle shiver running up his spine. And yet... He was still deeply saddened despite the smile on his face. So that's it huh... His throwaway thought from before made sense now. It wasn't just that he was easy to read... "... You're being too hard on yourself..." Was all that left his lips before he fell silent again. Clever as he was to borrow what she said to him already, but now he had a better understanding of who he was working with, or at least he thought so.
Everyone was stood shocked at the sudden eruption of Vengeances face and chest as he stumbled back with a howling scream of pain. Felix's face lit up with disbelief, he couldn't even follow what just happened but this felt far different to what happened in Calsnova, whatever Heimrich had just done just now was something completely different from the impossible that Sam and Enkara had exhibited. So he decided to ask aloud "Just to be absolutely sure... No one else followed what just happened right...?"
Skidding back several feat as the shattered mask falls away from his face and the hole over an inch deep in his chest is revealed, he looked over to Heimrich looking rather petrified and insanely pissed all in one. "H-How... You had it in your hands but you..." His teeth suddenly clench as his eyes strain bloodshot with rage. What changed?! He had the upper hand!! Is he looking down at me?! That was when he remembered the surface prayers that he heard as it hit him. His objective has changed... He's trying to save Duncan... But it's pointless I've already absorbed him! He knows that! he can't seriously think that he can- The memory of Duncan pulling Heimrich from his gluttony form springs to mind as he thinks this ... So he thinks he can somehow pull Duncan out of me...? I... I don't know if he can do that... I have no scope of his true abilities now. I don't know if he can do it... Things had become truly troublesome for the godling... That last attack he threw all his power into it and now he was left with barely enough to keep fighting. Should I surrender? N-No! They'll wipe me out for sure... But with how much energy I've used my defeat...
Vengeance grit his teeth as his mask formed on his face again, though Heimrich and those attentive enough to notice would see the mask crack before Vengeance exerted more effort into making the chest wound and mask complete good as new. Vengeance is slipping up, running low on batteries. This is when he's gonna become his most desperate. "So that's your game now huh... Aiming to try and rip him out me like he did with you and your glutton form...?" The Godling thought to himself as the savage family sword appears in his hands again. I can't win... And he can close the gap in an instant just like I can... His speed is comparable to my own instantaneous movement... His power isn't waning at all! And the bastard hasn't taken a single significant blow yet while I have had to heal continuous mortal wounds again and again... I can't win and I can't run... So I have only one option left to me. The demented Godling's eyes fill with the dak horrors that Heimrich saw dwell in his heart. "That's too bad..."
The corrupted red aura shines pale across his white armoured body before it sinks under his skin as his muscle mass increases again. But this was hardly a new transformation, Vengeance had finally become desperate enough to make sure no one wins this as his body grew at least by 3 more feet with his increasing muscle mass. Everyone present could feel it, energy building up dangerously inside of his body "Cause I ain't gonna give you the f*ckin chance!! IF I CAN'T HAVE DUNCAN, THEN NONE OF YOU CAN!!"
Beyond the treeline, Salem stood as he watched on at his creation aims to take everything with him. "How interesting... I wonder how the human plans to dispel all the pent up energy within his friend's body.. He's already shown off that he can turn energy against its caster but now that holds no use against a suicide bomb. The real trouble would come if Duncan had access to his ancestral powers, that goes too for his sister... Though she is currently going through her breakthrough of that ancestral barrier as we speak so... Perhaps if she gets here she could simply rob Vengeance of his power and cease the bomb... But... I don't think that will happen... If only I was a god of fate... The suspense is killing me." He says as he anxiously bites his finger with a smile on his rune ridden face.
Jacob knowing full well that a Blazeheart pirate under that description was on his ship the day before while he was training with Pearle and Iris: https://imgur.com/MIYCzr3
Pearle's hand briefly pauses, hovering just over his head, follicles just barely still making contact. I said that out loud didn't I... As the moment passes she continues to just comb his hair with her fingers, her smile returning just a little bit wider than before with a slight tilt of her head. He can't see it directly, but he can see her shadow cast across the waters before them. "Yeah...I guess I am."
Is it starting to rain? Pearle thinks to herself, feeling a drop hit her hand. She looks up to the sky but sure enough it's a bright, tropical day. She looks back down to the single drop on her hand and lets out a single giggle under her breath. So that was a tear after all...to think I'm being like this with a guy I only just met yesterday. Guess the pain in his eyes looked too familiar to ignore....I really should've just beat it out of him. Pearle turns in her chin a smidge more and pulls in Jacob's head more tightly. To onlookers this would certainly look like a more intimate moment between a man and a woman, but to the two people actually involved this is a much needed moment of comfort from another human being who just, understands.
You dick i wanted to use the raining line
Jacob watched their shadows in the waters below them, watching her movements as he tried to make sense of all this in his head now that he was in a calmer frame of mind. Even when she tried to do this for his sake he still went out of his way to try and help her back, he really can't help himself. "Guess we're both bad at taking our own advice..."
So she's gone through something similar huh... Now I just feel bad for blowing up at her. He thinks to himself before hearing her giggle under her breath, which was rather adorable considering what he knew about her. I wonder how much she wants to punch me right now. Heh... He thinks to himself as she pulls his head closer to her, the sound of her heartbeat only getting louder. He didn't really care what onlooker thought, right now he just took comfort in something that he deprived himself of for all these years. And likely the same for Pearle too as he wrapped one arm around her back since using both would be awkward in this position he found himself in.
GG no re
Pearle slightly jumps at this, not expecting him to do as such, but doesn't change anything in how she's holding him to her nor just she change her smile beyond a momentary surprised look. I guess part of me needed something like this too. The pair stays like this, keeping internal thoughts to themselves, sharing no more words than what Jacob had just stated. Time seemingly stops existing for the pair of them as the sun coasts along the sky. Who knows how long they've been like this, how much time has passed.
"OHHHHHHHH SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!" And the drunken teenager has returned, reappearing at the same spot she had dragged Lucas away from earlier. Come to think of it where is Lucas? Oh, he's that mass on the floor next to her comically crying....just how much alcohol did he end up having to pay for? Never mind, if she drank so much while already drunk then going from sober to drunk is a question better left unanswered.
Hm? Pearle looks up, having long since gotten lost in thought, looking to the sky. How long have we been like this...? Well the sun is still up so I guess there's that at least. She turns around to see her sister and stops combing Jacob's hair with her one hand, raising it to wave at her sister. Doing so gives Iris a clear view that Jacob is up against her elder sister's chest, which Pearle is still holding him up against with her other arm.
Immediately Iris is next to them on the opposite side of Pearle, practically teleporting, face to face with Jacob. Sure enough, her face is as flushed with redness as possible as she then looks up to her sister who half lowers her hand, caught off guard by how fast Iris moved to them. She just turns around to look at her and sees the evil sparkle in her eyes, the sisters foreheads very nearly touching with their proximity. "Um....Iris? Personal space?"
"Ohhh?" Iris looks down to Jacob, who is even still being held up to Pearle's chest. "How can you talk about personal space when you have Gentlesmoke's head between your boobs like that, hmmmmmmm?"
"Oh, yeah, that." Pearle rather calmly lets go, allowing Jacob free from the embrace. Had he tried getting free Prior Pearle wouldn't have noticed and would've just kept holding on without thinking, so until now he wouldn't have been able to break his position. Now, with Pearle actually letting go, he could.
He had no idea how long it was that they just settled there in silence, truth be told he almost nodded off more than once though he got quite the wake up call once he heard Iris return with his brother. Though he couldn't see him from where he was, he was just still as a statue. Please don't notice me. Then Iris appeared face to face with him as his eyes looked up to hers while his face was just as red as hers for entirely different reasons. Oh dammit.
Lucas slowly got back up on his feet after Iris finally let him go "Bankrupted me to the point of even taking my gold teeth. Pearle I swe-!?!" Lucas feasted his nonexistent eyes on a sight that he would never in a millions years think he would see. WHEN THE HELL WAS THIS A THING? The very butthurt skeleton thought to himself as he just watched and moved closer to sit on a barrel.
Now Jacob didn't care what passersby thought of what this looked like, so why was he suddenly embarrassed now that Iris and his brother had shown up? Pearle was doing better to look practically unphased by this. And Iris wasn't making this any better on the embarrassment front. He didn't try to pull away though since he could feel Pearle's grip was still tight as it was when she first held him. Though once she let go he slowly sat up and rubbed his cheeks to get rid of the fact he was crying quickly.
Now that he was free, Lucas had squatted down next to his brother and put a hand on his shoulder "Had no idea you two were both this close." Deciding to try and be mature about this, Jacob answered bak as he rustled his hair "We aren't, we just understand each other better than either of us thought. Despite how it looked... It helped though."
Evidently clear by Pearle's expressions, she really thought nothing of it when she had Jacob in such a position. Even now her face seems to have a shadow of confusion across it, though she does understand how the situation could be misconstrued now that she's actually thinking about it, looking to her ever teasing younger sister. She turns to Lucas with a simple shrug. "I told you I'd help him...and you---" Pearle turns back around, looking to Iris and placing her index finger on her forehead, gently pushing her back. "Get out of my face, you reek of booze, I swear I'll get drunk just from having you breathe on me. And wipe that grin off your face."
"Ohhhh but sissyyyyyyyyy I've never seen you like that with ANYONE!" Iris exclaims, leaning in closer and bending Pearle's index finger down out of the way. "Don't tell me you're falling for him, because he is DEFINITELY mine~" Judging by the little 'wave' in her voice she is clearly just teasing, showing the Iris from before is definitely back. Not that that was even a question.
Pearle just sighs and closes her eyes, looking down, and proceeds to rather blatantly re-divert the situation. "You're reading way too far into it. During our talk 'Gentlesmoke' here looked like he was about to start balling, reminded me of you when you were a kid. Guess it reminded me too much of you and I acted on impulse."
With that Iris's eyes sparkle with a newfound like and even wider sinister grin of eternal teasing. "Ohhhh so that's how it is huuuuh. Well don't worry I'll get back to you, but first---" Iris seamlessly floats over to Jacob like a cloud, getting inches from his face and placing both hands on his shoulders. "So THAT'S why you're cheeks were all shiny! Poor little Gentlesmoke crying away on my sisters breasts! Tell you what, if you aren't done crying yet you can just use my bre---" Jacob feels a sudden force pulling him forward and down, but just as soon as he feels that Pearle is already dragging a flailing Iris away with a rush made crystal harness around her torso and under her arms.
"Oh c'mon sis, you know I was just teasing! I mean did you SEE how red his face was! It was worse than mine and I just drank a bar dry!" She stops flailing "Actually, come to think of it, I can't see my face so I can't tell whose face is redder." She starts flailing again "Hey sis, he was redder than me, wasn't he?! WASN'T HE?! Why aren't you saying anything to me Pearle!!!" Iris now starts comically balling as she's being dragged across the sand, just generally down the beach and away from Jacob because of what she was about to do. Harassment much. While she's being dragged Jacob and Lucas are now doubt having a little exchange of their own which, by the time they're done, Iris is being let go as she's tossed in front of Pearle, now well over 100 feet away from them. Seems this is a satisfactory enough distance to break up that situation before it could go farther.
OOC: I have just made the entire dynamic of this the most anime thing this region has ever seen and I'm loving it. Quite the refresher if you ask me XD
OOC: Also, I was reading back at old intros to possibly help me find character art for them. I never had anything for Pearle and I don't like Iris's anymore, since they were originally made to be one and done. Keep in mind Iris is 17 and Pearle is 22
Between the absurd side interactions, quick 'warm up to protagonists' and so on, this is DEFINITELY a very anime RP we have going :P I also noticed a few inconsistencies with their over all personalities which is my bad, but oh well. That can just be jotted down as the warm up to protagonist. so they're showing more personal sides of themselves rather than being completely business. Besides, does it really matter THAT much, I mean considering what just happened just READ that gem you posted almost two years ago! XD
Edit: They met almost two years ago IRL. In RP time it has been absolutely no more than 24 hours. Whoops :P
Oh bugger I remember posting that now, oops.
Though I writing like the Jacob and Zeveran's interactions since he plays on Jacob's attention span alot. And yeaaaah we buggered up on IC timing, buuut it should be fiiine. They still have 2 weeks for more antics.
EDIT: Huh, I didn't know that Pearle was the same age as him. I have a draft to edit XD
More like 10 days or something cause he didn't get in contact with them right away, but yeah :P the timing isn't that big of a deal anyways, since it still felt pretty organic and not forced or rushed. Granted that's just because of the IRL timespan but still, I'd say it's fine via the powers of anime logic :P
Jacob definitely saw plain on her face that she was slower in seeing the misinterpretation that was going on than he did. Though with Pearle's answer to him, Lucas as silent for a moment before glancing to his brother (Not that anyone could tell). "So you did..." As for Iris's growing teases to rile her sister no doubt, and at Jacob's expense as he had just come back from an emotional peak that he hasn't touched in over a decade he couldn't help himself from naturally trying to use his brother as a shield from the confusing teases disguised as advanced. Though when Pearle was trying to re-divert the situation Jacob just looked over to her, trying to at least keep some of his dignity in this situation "I wouldn't say I was about to start balling per say-" That was before Lucas patted his back "So those tear stains on your cheeks were fake huh cap?"
Jacob instantly shifted his gaze to his older brother with a visible intent to hurt as he swiftly picked Lucas's head off of his neck and puts it under his armpit while he uses his leg to push the rest of his body back as he plays keepaway with Lucas's head "HEY NO GIVE THAT BACK I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR ARMPIT DAMMIT!" "Then shut your bone hole you're too loud you map reading nerd!" Lucas snatches his head back just in time for Iris to catch Jacob completely off guard and break his concentration completely as she seemingly floated over to him and putting her hands on his shoulders "Eh?" Did everyone notice?! He thought he was quik wiping his cheeks, but clearly not. Though now his brain was broken with Iris taking her teasing alittle too far. But before that could get any deeper he hit the dock planks s Pearle carried Iris away.
The brothers watched Pearle carry her sister away like a ragdoll before Luas lightly elbows Jacob "Are you sure something isn't going on between you and those sisters?" Before Jacob could retort, Zeveran piped up as he poked his head between them both. "Captain made it clear to Zeveran yesterday. Captain is only interested in the older sister since the younger sister is too young." "That and she would drain the crew dry of funds with that monstrous drinking habit of hers..." He says nursing his jaw, having lost 3 golden teeth as part of his payment on her bar tab. "Zeveran thinks that Navigator Lucas is just sore that Iris found out that he kept jewels in his teeth to use for booze money." Lucas looks to the Mink with a 'how the hell did you know that?!' look. Jacob just let Zeveran and Lucas stare each other down as he looked over to Pearle and Iris.
Yeeeaaaah so far the power of Anime logic has helped us through this so far. Oh right yeah he spent like 3 days recuperating and making his fourth gear before he spent the day going to Blazeheart island.
Iris, having been tossed forward, quickly turns around and his about to get up but almost immediately she stops as she sees her cross armed older sister simply glaring. "Stay. You're too drunk, I clearly can't trust you around boys right now." She lowers her arms and starts walking back to the others, noticing that the mink she had met before is present now as well, but she pays little mind to that as she continues with one last quick line to her younger sister. A line delivered with a simple coldness akin to the Pearle they were all far more familiar with. "Next thing I know you'll actually manage to seduce one of them and I'll have to beat them half to death because of you." Thankfully Jacob and Lucas were unable to hear this but Zeveran...without distraction a mink could definitely hear from this distance. And she saw him standing there, in other words-
She did that on purpose.
Since she hadn't gone far she walks back in not time, Iris just laying on her stomach face down into the sand with an outstretched hand. Though far she's not far enough that they can't see her current position, clearly a deliberate pose to make Pearle feel bad for dragging her away. A desperate maiden in search of life saving water sake in the middle of a scorching desert after falling for a hope crushing mirage. She stands at the edge of the dock, her feet just barely off the sand and onto wood, as she shifts her weight largely onto one leg and crosses her arms. The shift of her weight also moved her hips just right to completely block Iris from their sight, something that was not doubt not an accident. Her face is rather neutral now, back to the more stoic air she normally carries, and her tone is, for lack of a better description, to the point. "So, now there's three of you. Does that mean your crew finally intends to join in on some training? If the Captain is training then so should the crew."
The relationship I have with my parents and the exchange we just had:
*Am in the kitchen getting food while they are in the living room already eating their dinner* Mom: Your dad and I are finishing the cheddar-wurst and fejitas right now.
Me: That's fine cause I'm finishing off the chicken alfredo.
Tv commercial: Your car gets you where you want to go, to have fun.
*Collective chuckle from the family. I poke my head in living room* Me: Yeah, our cars take us to work and then brings our happy asses home, and you know what? I'm fine with that. *Another family chuckle*
*Is opening bag of chips* Mom: Those are the sour cream and onion, right?
Me: Yup, now that the original is out. Ya know, only lays can get away will selling people a half bag of chips, because they have the best ones.
Dad: Yeah, cause they know people will still buy then.
Me: Lays, buy a half bag of chips and get a half bag of air for free. *Family chuckle* Me: Alright, well my foods done. Heading back to my cave.
Dad: Alright, later. Love you.
Me: Bye. Love you guys. *Family chuckle. Closes door to my room*
This is why my dad consistently refers to me as more of an ideal roommate than a son at this point. I take care of my stuff, don't bother their stuff, help pay my cut, and stay in my room out their way XD
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It just popped into my head how funny it is that in Immensus only the backwards and unenlightened sectors have secularism and as a whole dont believe gods exist.
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"I. Can't. Move." Nilin lays on her back, arms spread open on either side, breathing fast and shallow from exhaustion. Her trainer, Crash, just stands a few feet away to stare at her rather stone faced.
Crash crosses his arms and speaks up. "There's a difference between can't, and not trying hard enough. You aren't trying hard enough. So get back up."
"But. I. Can. Bare. Ly. Breathe." Her rapid breathing is coming out so quick she can't even get more than one syllable out in between breaths, but Crash does not change his stance. Nilin visibly struggles to get up but, sure enough, her body doesn't move an inch. Instead she just winces and cries out in pain for even trying. "HURTS!"
"If a little physical exercise gets you like this then what have I been training you for?!" Crash exclaims, raising his voice at her. "Now are you going to just lay there and disappoint me further, or are you actually going to apply some of what I've taught you?!"
Nilin's eyes widen as soon as the thought of disappointing Crash enters her mind. She is pushing herself so hard for the direct purpose of proving him wrong, making him eat every negative thought he's ever had about her bloodline. Her family name. She has no idea why he hates the Cartier's as much as he does but that doesn't matter anymore, it was thousands of years ago to the rest of the world and he still hates the descendants just as much as he hated the family from his era. But how can she avoid disappointing him? He wants her to get up, when she can't. She just can't.
No.
Nilin's fingers twitch. The only thing I can't do is let thoughts like that into my head. Nilin arm manages to struggle with moving, but it does twitch, which is more than she got before, that being a whole lot of nothing. He's right, if I get like this just because of some physical exertion then why am I even here?!
Struggling and shaking Nilin starts to lift her upper body off the ground but, just before she can reach about 45 degrees it becomes apparent that the rest of her body just isn't responding as a pained shock shoots across her face and she falls back down to the ground. Dammit! This can't be all I have! I can give more, I have to give more! Nilin continues trying to move again but it seems what she just managed to squeeze out was the last she had. I'm missing something, I have to be missing something! Apply some of what I've learned, what have I learned?! While struggling to move she starts to strain her mind just as hard thinking through everything about her lessons so far, what she could be missing that isn't clicking in this moment. Everything Crash has done has been for a reason, he hasn't yet assigned her a task that she was truly incapable of, only things that she wasn't yet trying hard enough to complete. Just like he said. So what is she missing, how is she not trying hard enough.
Crash, still standing there with crossed arms, looks down and closes his eyes. Even after all this things still aren't clicking for her...shame. It almost looked like she had it too.
Nilin continues to struggle both in body and mind, brainstorming what she's missing. To be a successful aural wizard your mind needs to be stronger than your body. Your mind can let you do things your body says you can't, but your body will never let you do it consciously...that's it!
Crash shifts his feet to turn around and walk away, leaving Nilin paralyzed from exhaustion where she is, but right as he goes to move he sees movement in Nilin again. Her upper body is responding, though still with a lot of struggle. Then her lower body starts twitching as well. After several moments the shakiness stops and becomes more stable as she gets to her feet and stands, causing Crash to shift his body back towards her and give her a good top to bottom look. Her eyes are glazed over... "Now come at me."
Without a word Nilin starts to move forward, but it's clear that she isn't all there, almost as if she is completely unconscious and her body is just moving on its own. Her steps are slow and hesitant as she forces her body to move even when it can't, but she hardly makes it a full five steps before falling forward onto her face. Crash cracks a smile at the very corner of his mouth and walks towards her, kneeling next to her and placing one hand over her back to grant her some of his aura so she can recover. "Congratulations...you're officially on your way to completing step one, but you've still got a long way to go."
I wonder what emotion she ended up focusing on...
I used to be like that... now they’re lucky to see me for a few hours a week. :D
It's funny you say that cause the whole reason the end of that exchange was so funny, by my dad and I saying "later" and "bye" when I was just going to my room in a house smaller than some apartments, is because that's the most I've interacted with either of my parents in weeks. The ending exchange made it sound like I was leaving the house altogether when my back was literally going to be sharing a wall with the back of the tv my parents were watching, we laughed because we realized we reflexively said by as if I was leaving when I was not, the just know they don't see me for more than a total of 15 minutes for the next several days (especially my dad) :P
It was just funny, and I also found it quite wholesome of a conversation, brief though it was.
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Hearing that Pearle would have to beat one of them half to death if Iris seduces one of them, and Zeveran knew that last line was meant for him since he knew well enough to ignore blatant lines like that. With that que in mind he got up and patted Lucas's shoulder as Pearl started to walk over and ask if he and Lucas were staying to train "Zeveran agrees that training is a good idea. But Zeveran doubts he would survive the intensity that the Captain is undertaking. Especially with the present company."
As Zeveran finished Lucas just chuckled with his teeth chattering "You're only saying that because she threatened to kill one of you meatbags if Iris seduces one of you. I'm fine. Which is what normally pisses me off but now I'm grateful for this" Jacob just looks to his two crewmates for a moment before looking back to Pearle "They should be training, and I get we're were not exactly going into expert level stuff here. But perhaps there are people more suited for them to train with them. If these two train I'd prefer all the crew train. And training all 36 of them would take ages."
Pearle moves her gaze across each one of them calmly as she responds to Jacob's statement, showing that's she's speaking to each of them when she says this, and quite possibly their entire crew with these three as the mediums. "I already informed the rest of the Blazehearts on the island of what I'm doing, and my reasons for it. I can't promise anything but other members will at least hear your crew out if they approach them asking to be trained. Assuming anyone agrees I'm sure your people can find trainers they work well with." She shifts her weight again, moving her hips out of the way and revealing Iris in the distance behind her. It seems she has sat up cross legged and, though she's too far for them to see this detail, she has a pouty face befitting of a bratty child with eyes just barely tearing up as she simply stares them all down. "Training a group would be different from individual training, we'd have no choice but to focus on more generalized fighting ability, but it would also let you work on building teamwork and combination attacks. It will become more practice at that point than training but that makes no difference to me, it's still helping you and your crew improve which is what I agreed to do. So as long as they're one of your people I'll take on whoever comes my way."
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