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Nov 8, 2009 21:56:17 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 8, 2009 21:56:17 GMT -5
"Hmm..." Age tipped his head to the side, thinking. "Whale, snow leopard, great white shark, crocodile, bird, tiger, mockingbird..." He sighed. "The list goes on and on, let me tell you. Way too many for me to remember off the top of my head."
Glancing around at the snow-covered mountain, Age realized that the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the temperature was dropping. In the winter, this was no place to stand around and chat. "Do you want to find some shelter?" he asked, catching a snowflake in the palm of his hand. "It's starting to come down in sheets!"
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Nov 8, 2009 22:48:20 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 8, 2009 22:48:20 GMT -5
"Sure" Izumi said. It was getting slightly chilly, and her hands were freezing from not being in her dress pockets for so long. She looked around, but all she saw was snow and trees, and, well, the cliff. She could make a fort from the snow, which, could be suprisingly warm on a freezing day. But, other than that, she couldn't see anything else in her sight that could make a good shelter. Maybe if she traveled a distance...
"Where?" she asked Age.
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Nov 10, 2009 20:05:35 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 10, 2009 20:05:35 GMT -5
Age glanced around, thinking. "Hmm..." Nothing. He cast his mind back to the recent trip up. Had there been anything that could've served as shelter? There was that cave, even though it had seemed, from the air, that it had gone awhile back. Still, it was the best thing he could think of, and it wasn't far. About a dozen steps down the mountain.
"There was a cave not far down," he announced, grabbing Izumi's ice cold hand, and beginning to lead her down. "Follow me!"
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Nov 10, 2009 21:41:39 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 10, 2009 21:41:39 GMT -5
"Okay" Izumi chimed as Age lead her down a slope and to a cave. She inwardly smiled. A warm fire in a cave sounded nice...and smokey. She willingly followed behind her friend, the snow crunching under her feet as she trailed along, a slight skip to her step. Once at the cave, Izumi looked around.
"I'll go gather some wood" she offered.
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Nov 10, 2009 21:46:07 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 10, 2009 21:46:07 GMT -5
Age hesitated, clearly reluctant to let the younger one go out into the cold, but nodded his agreement. "Alright." Remembering how cold her hands were when he grabbed them, he took off his gloves, pressing them into her hands. "Here. Take these. They'll be a bit big, but your hands are freezing!" And they'd help her carry the wood, which would be a plus.
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Nov 10, 2009 22:01:50 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 10, 2009 22:01:50 GMT -5
"Okay" Izumi said happily as she took the gloves. She walked off, putting the gloves on. He was right. The glove were a bit roomy and hung off the tips of her fingers. She walked off into the snow layered forest. She quickly made her way to start picking up branches and twigs on the ground. Though it was slightly covered in snow, it was fairly easy to start gathering wood.
"I'm back" she chimed, coming back to the cave. In her arms were bundles of small, dried branches, twigs and other sizes of wood.
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Nov 13, 2009 22:45:15 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 13, 2009 22:45:15 GMT -5
Standing just inside the cave, Age pulled off his backpack, setting it on the ground before unpacking it. He pulled out all the things he would need to make a fire: flint, a rock, and kindling. When Izumi returned with the wood shortly, he glanced up, then took the wood from her. "Thanks, Izumi!" He didn't smile.
Forming a tepee with the wood, Age put some of the kindling in the middle, then proceeded to hit his flint with the rock, sending a few sparks into the kindling. Bending over, he blew into it, and, once a small flame had arisen, the tepee collapsed into the fire, building it. "There." Age sat back, slightly pleased with his work.
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Nov 14, 2009 17:04:22 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 14, 2009 17:04:22 GMT -5
"Mhmm" Izumi agreed, taking a seat close to the fire, but not too close. "Oh!" she exclaimed. She took off Age's gloves and handed it to him. "Thanks" she said, her hands now reaching out towards the fire, it's warmth spreading out through her, giving her a warm feeling.
"Anything cool happen on your jouneys. I mean, besides finding other +anima" she said, looking towards Age.
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Nov 15, 2009 8:26:09 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 15, 2009 8:26:09 GMT -5
Age, stowing away the gloves in his backpack, looked up, frowning slightly. "Hmm... not really. I got in one too many fights, got hauled off to jail a few times, and almost got killed like twice... But no, not anything 'cool'." Turning away from his pack, and back to the fire, he fed it another stick, before glancing back at Izumi. "What about you? Anything special happen to you in the last six years? Gotta be somethin'."
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Nov 15, 2009 15:13:02 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 15, 2009 15:13:02 GMT -5
"Hm..." Izumi wondered. "Well, I met up with one other +anima; a eagel. It was actually really scarry. He was one of those mean +animas..." She shuddered at the thought of the memory. "And...no...that's about it. The rest of the time, it was the usual stuff of traveling and finding jobs. I couldnt find a job on my fourth winter and almost starved to death."
Bringing her hand back and laying them on her lap, she thought harder on if anything else had happened. "No, thats all I can remember at the moment."
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Nov 15, 2009 15:21:42 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 15, 2009 15:21:42 GMT -5
Age smiled. "Well, we certainly don't have much for six years. After all, we've pretty much just been surviving..." He sighed. "Well, I suppose I should fill you in on the plan." It was the only thing he could think of to talk about, and when it got silent, Age usually felt pretty awkward.
"We're meeting two of my friends in Stella, and they're gonna help us. We're going to ambush a large slave caravan, along with a few of their gang members, and we're gonna to set those +Anima free. Next, we're going to take hijack the caravan, in order to get into a large slave market in Market Town. We'll free all the slaves there as well." Age fed the fire a few more sticks. "And that's pretty much the whole plan."
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Nov 23, 2009 19:43:50 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 23, 2009 19:43:50 GMT -5
"Hm" Izumi hummed outloud, finger to her chin. "That doesn't sound too dangerous" she mused. The only thing she thought that could prove a possible threats were ramages of +anima (the land ones could be pretty rought) and the Sailand soldiers. She streached out her arms and yawned.
"So..." she said, trying to fill the silence. "Sounds like a good plan" she mused.
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Nov 24, 2009 21:55:56 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 24, 2009 21:55:56 GMT -5
Too dangerous? Naw, not really. He didn't want to drag a kid into this. But, knowing the gang members he was teaming up with, they wouldn't care. Well, Mouse would be all for it, and Shark'd just hit Mouse on the head, and that was pretty much how it would go. Not too complicated.
"Thanks," Age replied, grinning slightly. "Me and Shark, he's one of my friends we'll be teaming up with, helped me come up with it. Mouse, she's the other one, tried to help, but pretty much ended up getting in the way. She's not a good planner, but in a fight, she could kick my a-" He broke off, glancing at the young girl. "She could defeat me pretty quick." he finished lamely.
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Nov 29, 2009 9:59:08 GMT -5
Post by Alissa on Nov 29, 2009 9:59:08 GMT -5
Izumi giggled a bit. Wow, that was really weird. She knew curse words. Anyone that traveled usually did, picking up things from each place she went to, but it was funny to see Age try to avoid them. Heck, she used curse words, but maybe she won't use them anytime soon. To make Age feel he did the right thing.
"So...are Mouse and Shark +anima? Or people?" she thought on her question a bit before asking a few more. "And why are their names like that? Are they just nicknames? Or their real names?" she asked, relizing she has spoken too many questions and covered her mouth with her hands, slightly blushing. She was too nosey...
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Nov 30, 2009 20:28:38 GMT -5
Post by Ruko on Nov 30, 2009 20:28:38 GMT -5
Age grinned at her embarrassment, amused slightly. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. For a younger child, being curious was natural. He had been OVERLY curious about everything, +anima in general. He'd definitely answer her questions.
"Mouse and Shark are both +anima. Mouse is a Mockingbird +anima, and Shark is a Great White Shark +Anima. They're 22 and 23 years old." For her second question, he smiled. "Well, Shark and Mouse are their real names. They were born with different names, but they changed them. I don't know their real names." Age added a small stick to the fire, which was now roaring happily. Sitting back, he folded his arms. "Any more questions?" He'd be happy to answer them.
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