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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 2, 2015 22:40:21 GMT
treat me like a queen, always sticky never fall apart duckie of gs | there are the blacksmiths of the lower town, stained men with large hands working dirty shops and selling clean wares, and there are the shops of upper town. these are not weapons for strict practicality.
she can see her reflection in the blades and see the fingerprints she leaves, running her hands over their jewelled hilts.
shakti smiles - the shopkeeper watches her with disinterest, disinterest in her business. he may not think she's serious.
but someone else has come into the store - the clerk straightens behind the counter and shakti can feel him shove out his chest in an attempt to seem as regal. but he can't hold up to the man who's just entered. she watches him, he has the look of a true noble, from the corner of her eye. |
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 5, 2015 7:16:10 GMT
Glinting jeweled hilts and polished blades, the square glass pane reveals them all. Combat hardly interests him. Florent merely likes the look of weaponry, especially that which is sold in the upper town shops. They were exquisite, true testaments to their maker’s skills. He steps inside, bell tinkling above the door in announcement of his arrival. The shopkeeper notices him, recognizes him. His reaction is just what Florent expects. But he pays him little mind. He hasn’t come to chat with the clerk. Florent scans the shop for his true reason for coming, finding something else instead. She’s a face he isn’t familiar with. Who is she? SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 11, 2015 8:39:23 GMT
shakti waits. only for half a minute or so, then she pulls her hand down from the rapier she's been imprinting with her oily fingers. she lightly wipes her hand on her dress, as if she had been touching something dirty and below her, nothing this rich and clean as the weapons that hung around them.
she moves along the outside of the room, circling him with a half-attentive criticism. "lovely." she says suddenly, pointing with a small, childish hand, at his weapon.
FLORENT DELACROIX
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 14, 2015 4:30:57 GMT
His eyes linger on her, taking in every inch of her until he realizes he has stared too long. A particularly interesting saber draws his attention from her quickly. She has taken notice of him however, whether or not she has taken notice of his staring not yet certain. Waiting, he is watching her draw nearer from the corner of his eye. The saber he tries to look interested in is hardly worth looking at when he sees her so close. She circles him like a predator, deciding if her prey is worth the effort. The position he finds himself in is an unfamiliar one. It is usually reversed. “It is, isn’t it?” She finally approaches, opening conversation with attention towards the sword on his hip. It is a work of art in itself, a gilded blade of intricate patterns and jeweled hilt. Never before has it seen battle, tasted blood. “Interested in weaponry, are you?”SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 17, 2015 5:16:01 GMT
she moves lightly on the balls of her feet, as if she's already with a sword in hand. she walks as if towards a fight, not towards a man with hungry eyes and a proud smile.
"may i?" shakti cocks her head, steps up to him boldly and rests a hand on the hilt. her sudden movements might be disarming if she were anything more than a wisp of a girl.
she nods, her lips are pink and wet and pulled into a smile. "...and beautiful things."
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 18, 2015 7:21:40 GMT
She is unlike any he knows. She is unusual, a vision with full lips and doe eyes but her smile isn't dreamy and vapid, and her eyes pierce right through. He is reminded of the beautiful predators of the wild as he watches her. There is something intimidating about her yet he is ubaffected. "Be my guest," he answers her without hesitation. A smile turns his lips, stretches them and shows teeth. "Just don't stab me with it." The smile she wears is different now than before. It's the hypnotic smile of a woman, not a creature on the hunt. Her words are lighter now, coquettish. Those large eyes hold him, draw him in until he is drowning in their depths. "You possess an experts eye for beauty." SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 18, 2015 8:10:15 GMT
shakti laughs delightedly, and she can't make any promises. of course, it would be absolutely mad to stab a noble - and he certainly carries himself like one - not, so quickly and simply. but he is only making a joke and shakti is only laughing at his joke.
the sword is too large for her. it matches her glittering bracelets and gilded belts. but the blade is too long, if she drops her hand it would have scraped the floor at her height, but shakti is more careful than that. the hilt is heavy in her hand - not too heavy to hold, but not light enough to be practical. it's clean, spotless, and she turns it in the light, watching it glint, examining the light pattern etched by the top. absently she swings it a little, straightens her arm in some approximation of a proper stance.
"and you, good taste." her eyes flicker to the swords hung around them - this one is richer, this one must be custom. "i'm shakti." she tells him, with a slight bow of her head in curtsey, still with his sword in hand.
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 18, 2015 23:23:32 GMT
Shakti’s tinkling laughter rises and falls, and dies away. Long after it’s faded he still hears its phantom sound, and he longs to hear it renewed, He wants to see the glitter of humor in her eyes, see the creases in her eyes as laughter and smiles push on her flesh. But the moment is gone when the her eyes no longer hold the light of laugher, but the light reflected off jewels instead. He eyes the sword in her hand, notes the way it weighs down her arm. Despite the weight and length, she holds it with a care of a mother with a new born child. She doesn’t let it scrap the ground. “Florent,” he answers her curtsy with his own sweeping bow. Florent straightens up, brushing his silver hair behind his shoulders. He holds her eyes in that sensual way he knows. “Are you looking for something? Maybe I can help you find it.”SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 19, 2015 6:28:34 GMT
shakti holds her head like he's meant to bow to her and commits his name to memory. florent - she's surprised he has no second name, no certificate of importance, tacked on to it. neither does she, but the old skin and name she's shed had nothing worth keeping.
"nothing in particular. but a girl can never have a broadsword too many." she holds out his sword to him, shifts her grip and twists her arm to present him with the grip. "and who's the maker?" shakti asks with a nod towards it.
FLORENT DELACROIX
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 20, 2015 4:53:56 GMT
This Shakti woman isn’t the usual brand of woman. She holds herself with pride and looks down on him despite their difference in height. He feels strangely small under her scrutinizing eye. It intrigues him, keeps him in her company and lusting for every second of it. He wants to prolong their meeting for as long as possible. “One can never have too many, I suppose,” he agrees. Florent grasps the proffered hilt and lifts it easily from her grasp. He gives it an experimental swing before it is sheathed. “She is a foreigner, a traveling swordsmith. I’m afraid, I never got her name.” SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 23, 2015 4:32:42 GMT
she doesn't flinch, doesn't step back when he swings the sword. he wouldn't dare knick the stem of a flower in its prime. shakti smiles sweetly.
"i'm a traveller too." she tells him, but this is obvious. her arms drop to her sides, wrists thick with gold. she looks rich and beautiful in the gaudy ways of someone who has come into wealth. he is rich in the way of someone born wrapped in silk and raised in splendor.
FLORENT DELACROIX
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Jan 24, 2015 5:44:52 GMT
She is delicate and dangerous all in one like some poisonous flower. Her smile is as sweet as any honey, but glimpses something underlying. It intrigues him. Her does eyes and apparent innocence, the extravagance about her, displayed in glittering bracelets and her clothing, all draws in him further and further. He nearly forgets the glimpse he saw shadowing her sweet smile. “How far away from home are you?” He is curious, though it is none of his business how far she has traveled the world to get to where she is. “If you don’t mine my asking.”SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Jan 26, 2015 4:26:16 GMT
shakti shrugs. "i've been further." she says in way of answer. she doesn't have any reason to be vague, no reason to omit a thing - they are all on the same side, monsters are to be slayed - but she is playing coy. she sees the fascination inflamed in his gaze.
"but this is no place for a conversation," she says suddenly, head cocked and searching his face for agreement. perhaps, it is a very suitable place for their conversation, surrounded by beautiful and deadly (in the right hands) things. but it is not a conventional place, is what she means.
FLORENT DELACROIX
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Champion
HUMAN
25 years old
played by KITTEN
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Post by FLORENT DELACROIX on Feb 9, 2015 2:09:04 GMT
Her answers have no substance. They are vague, almost teasingly so. “You’re right.” He agrees. “Shall we go somewhere else?”All the cards are in her hands. He doesn’t even try to fool himself into thinking he has any control in her presence. Those eyes, wide and framed in thick lashes—doll-like—have him under their spell. He’s her slave for as long as it remains unbroken, and she’s making sure it doesn’t. “Do you have anywhere in mind?”SHAKTI
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Champion
human
18 years old
cult
played by laika
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When I get to where I'm going, gonna have you trembling
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Post by SHAKTI on Feb 18, 2015 4:03:10 GMT
but he is not necessarily interested in hearing about her. he will be - it is a spell best woven in silence, most potent without the furtive glances of shopkeepers. sunlight streams in through the windows, Shakti steps into the warm mosaic of the light reflecting from a jewelled sheath. it bathes her skin red, and she smiles. powerful friends are good to have.
"this is your city, isn't it?" she doesn't doubt he is unquestionably sharan. "you must know a place."
FLORENT DELACROIX
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