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Post by MIGUEL HIDALGO on Nov 9, 2017 3:40:49 GMT -5
[attr="class","afirr"] [attr="class","afir"]  [attr="class","afir1"] [attr="class","afir2"]ALL THROUGH THE LAND [attr="class","afir3"]I send a pestilence and plague into your house, into your bed, into your streams, into your streets, into your drink, into your bread, upon your cattle, on your sheep, upon your oxen in your field, into your dreams, into your sleep until you break, until you yield. I send the swarm. I send the horde. I send the thunder from the sky. I send the fire raining down. I send a hail of burning ice on ev'ry field. [attr="class","afir4"] You would think that it would be easier to find hardened people with flexible morals and a good skillset in a place where there was a lot of trade traffic due to the shipwright business, but you’d be surprisingly wrong. But then again, given the fact that he’d had to look around the slums he should have expected more washouts and fool’s gold than he should have actual diamonds in the rough especially when compared to the more decent areas. Maybe he had just lucked out with those two women from the prison ship, who knows?
All he’d really done so far was play his music for some coin and act as an observer to most events. It drew some attention –especially since he wasn’t native here- but not enough to warrant more than a shifty or an acknowledging look outside of his performances. At least the slum residents became more accepting of his presence after a few nights of song-playing, listening to grievances, and whatnot.
BAM!
His thoughts were then interrupted by the sound of something metal slamming into a wall in an alleyway nearby. Well, it was something to break the monotony of his wanderings in this part of town, at least. With a curious blink, he took a few steps back and sneakily peered in, trying to see what was happening through the small crowd of people. One of them didn’t have the same poor, bedraggled look as the others….
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Post by Akio Takeshi on Nov 9, 2017 15:06:32 GMT -5
It was just another one of those nights for Akio. He had been following this person for hours, more out of curiosity then necessity. There was some talk of an opportunity to make quick cash and Akio couldn't resist the temptation. In retrospect he should've been more subtle as his curiosity wound him up in this situation, surrounded by four armed grunts in an alleyway, two with metal clubs and the rest with their hands on on what he assumed were their blades.
"Im not he--" Was all he managed to say as one of the grunt took a step forward and swung his club towards Akio upper chest. His reflexes kicked in and he ducked below the club causing it to slam into to wall, the noise was loud enough to cause a slight ringing noise, changing his mood to one of mild annoyance and the realization dawned upon him that he couldn't diffuse this with works.
He took a quick decision to draw his Tantō, his hand bursting upwards as the blade caught the neck of his first assailant. Blood spurted from the man's neck onto the wall leaving red streaks as he fell to the ground with a thud. Akio regaining his posture, standing up and poised himself for the next man or men to approach. A wide grin on his face as his arrogance began to show through. "Who's next?".
MIGUEL HIDALGO
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Post by MIGUEL HIDALGO on Nov 10, 2017 6:12:18 GMT -5
[attr="class","afirr"] [attr="class","afir"]  [attr="class","afir1"] [attr="class","afir2"]ALL THROUGH THE LAND [attr="class","afir3"]I send a pestilence and plague into your house, into your bed, into your streams, into your streets, into your drink, into your bread, upon your cattle, on your sheep, upon your oxen in your field, into your dreams, into your sleep until you break, until you yield. I send the swarm. I send the horde. I send the thunder from the sky. I send the fire raining down. I send a hail of burning ice on ev'ry field. [attr="class","afir4"] Miguel raised an eyebrow at the unmistakable events unfolding in front of him. A seemingly one-sided mugging, huh? But one-sided on whose end was the question here. Granted, the man being outnumbered should point to him being the one mugged, but he did just off that guy in one blow. Frankly, he wasn't the type to kill-steal –that was just rude and uncouth, and he may have stabbed an irritating person who had done that to him before, because that was just annoying- so he didn’t join either side. He needed more information before he would act.
So what did he do instead of interfering? He hid behind a wall. He was still observing of course, but he also didn’t want to draw any attention to himself right now. And yes, he knew how ironic that wish was for a performer like himself, but needs must in this situation. Observe first, then act. That was what his first mate would do and that was what he did when he was still a solo act.
As he watched the men begin to rush towards the other man in two different directions, one swinging high and the other aiming low with angry roars, Miguel began to reach for one of his daggers. He could see some of the others beginning to draw their pistols with their off-hands as well, so this might get ugly quick. That or the man was skilled enough to ignore all this entirely.
Who knew?
[attr="class","afir5"] Akio Takeshi – play this however you want to, but my guy is ready to give a hand at a moment’s notice PHARAOH LEAP. [googlefont=PT Sans Narrow] [newclass=.afirr]width:500px;font:10px Verdana;text-align:justify;color:#777777;position:relative;z-index:1;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir]padding:9px;height:100px;width:100px;border:solid 1px #333333;float:left;-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);-moz-filter: grayscale(100%);filter: grayscale(100%);margin-top:-12px;transition: all 1.0s ease; -webkit-transition: all 1.0s ease; -moz-transition: all 1.0s ease; -o-transition: all 1.0s ease; -ms-transition: all 1.0s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir:hover]-webkit-filter: grayscale(0%);-moz-filter: grayscale(0%);filter: grayscale(0%);transition: all 1.0s ease; -webkit-transition: all 1.0s ease; -moz-transition: all 1.0s ease; -o-transition: all 1.0s ease; -ms-transition: all 1.0s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir img]height:100px;width:100px;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir1]margin-left:130px;width:359px;margin-top:-24px;padding-left:10px;height:130px;border-left:solid 1px #4C4C4C;text-transform:uppercase;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir2]background-color:#397760;margin-top:-12px;float:left;padding:5px 10px;color:#f5f5f5;font:20px PT Sans Narrow;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir3]margin-top:29px;background-color:#eeeeee;font:8px Calibri;padding:10px;height:59px;letter-spacing:1px;overflow:hidden;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir4]width:480px;padding:20px 10px;border-top:solid 1px #4C4C4C;border-bottom:solid 1px #4C4C4C;margin:-12px 0px -2px 0px;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir4 b]color:#397760;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir5]background-color:#397760;color:#f5f5f5;text-align:center;font:12px PT Sans Narrow;padding:10px 0px;text-transform:uppercase;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir5 a]color:#f5f5f5;font:12px PT Sans Narrow;[/newclass] |
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Post by Akio Takeshi on Nov 11, 2017 0:46:05 GMT -5
Akio had the entire alleyway under his watch, his job had taught him to always be aware of his surroundings. It was no surprise that two of the men would try and charge him at the same time, in fact he expected all three to do so. But it didn't matter, just means he wouldn't have to use as much effort. He grabbed the first man to his left, whom had been trying to attack him from high up, by the shoulder and jumped upwards to effectively make a quick handstand on him for lasting a second before using the momentum to land behind the assailant, done in a single fluid motion.
Akio quickly turned on his heal and slit the mans throat. One down, one to go. A sizable crowd seemed to be watching him so Akio decided to have a bit of a show of his stronger attributes, deciding against his initial decision to not put in effort. Within and instant he had used his ability Shundō to seemingly teleport behind the second man who had been approaching him from the right and with a flourish flipped the blade downwards, puncturing the back of the ruffian's neck and then pulling the blood stained blade out.
The stone tiles of the alleyway seemed to ooze with the blood that poured out of the three dead men at Akio's feet. He leaned down and cleaned his blade on the clothes of the nearest one. While it seemed like he wasn't uncaring the last fourth assailant he was still watching, waiting to see what be his next move.
Straightened his posture, he gestured towards the corpses around him, staring the last man in the eye, silently communicating what fate awaits him should he not leave.
MIGUEL HIDALGO - How do deal with grunts 101
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Post by MIGUEL HIDALGO on Nov 13, 2017 4:12:02 GMT -5
[attr="class","afirr"] [attr="class","afir"]  [attr="class","afir1"] [attr="class","afir2"]ALL THROUGH THE LAND [attr="class","afir3"]I send a pestilence and plague into your house, into your bed, into your streams, into your streets, into your drink, into your bread, upon your cattle, on your sheep, upon your oxen in your field, into your dreams, into your sleep until you break, until you yield. I send the swarm. I send the horde. I send the thunder from the sky. I send the fire raining down. I send a hail of burning ice on ev'ry field. [attr="class","afir4"] Interesting. The man was definitely trained, and not in the way of the usual fighter either. This man was efficient and quick – taking his assailants down as fast as possible with that lethal katana of his. Of course, part of him suspected that he was maybe being a tad flashier than he probably could be, but then he always did appreciate some pizzazz and a show. Why wouldn’t he? He was a pirate and a performer, after all.
It didn’t take long for the man to bring down the count to one remaining man. And that man was shaking like a leaf as he was surrounded by the corpses of his fellows as he realized that they were sharks trying to off a bananawani or a sea king, and now they were going to pay the price. Someone had to tell the others of this maniac so that they could regroup and get revenge, so he made a move to turn around and turn away….
…right into a thrown dagger sinking straight into his eye and hitting the brain underneath. The man fell backwards down on the ground as blood spurted out from the eye, unable to even scream as he died instantly.
This was followed by slow clapping as Miguel emerged from his hiding place behind the wall with a friendly smile. ”Bravo~ I must say, that was a good show you put on there. Outnumbered and you dealt with them with ease – not something you see down here everyday. I’m sorry I had to take your last kill though – I wanted to talk to you about a proposition regarding your skills and it would have been bothersome if he managed to escape. Would that be alright?”
His eyes flickered to the corpses for a moment, almost blithe before looking back at the man. ”Both of us should probably go soon anyway, before others come. Would that be alright?” He asked him curiously. ”And before you ask, no I’m not with them and no I’m not intending to fight you.”
[attr="class","afir5"] Akio Takeshi – Sorry for the delay but offer go? PHARAOH LEAP. [googlefont=PT Sans Narrow] [newclass=.afirr]width:500px;font:10px Verdana;text-align:justify;color:#777777;position:relative;z-index:1;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir]padding:9px;height:100px;width:100px;border:solid 1px #333333;float:left;-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);-moz-filter: grayscale(100%);filter: grayscale(100%);margin-top:-12px;transition: all 1.0s ease; -webkit-transition: all 1.0s ease; -moz-transition: all 1.0s ease; -o-transition: all 1.0s ease; -ms-transition: all 1.0s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir:hover]-webkit-filter: grayscale(0%);-moz-filter: grayscale(0%);filter: grayscale(0%);transition: all 1.0s ease; -webkit-transition: all 1.0s ease; -moz-transition: all 1.0s ease; -o-transition: all 1.0s ease; -ms-transition: all 1.0s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir img]height:100px;width:100px;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir1]margin-left:130px;width:359px;margin-top:-24px;padding-left:10px;height:130px;border-left:solid 1px #4C4C4C;text-transform:uppercase;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir2]background-color:#397760;margin-top:-12px;float:left;padding:5px 10px;color:#f5f5f5;font:20px PT Sans Narrow;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir3]margin-top:29px;background-color:#eeeeee;font:8px Calibri;padding:10px;height:59px;letter-spacing:1px;overflow:hidden;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir4]width:480px;padding:20px 10px;border-top:solid 1px #4C4C4C;border-bottom:solid 1px #4C4C4C;margin:-12px 0px -2px 0px;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir4 b]color:#397760;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir5]background-color:#397760;color:#f5f5f5;text-align:center;font:12px PT Sans Narrow;padding:10px 0px;text-transform:uppercase;[/newclass] [newclass=.afir5 a]color:#f5f5f5;font:12px PT Sans Narrow;[/newclass] |
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