Let's get training!

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OOC:New page GET, also tourney!

Ai was left there with the Village Leader. She was the most comfortable with him. As Nouri was carried away, she noticed the sun begin to lower. The leader noticed this too. He pulled out a gong from his robe from seemingly nowhere. He tapped it once, and a crowd of people rushed toward the large Arena with an open top and rows upon rows of seats. Ai guessed this was when it was going to start. "Ah, I hope you don't mind, I knew you wanted to, so I entered you into the tournament along with a number of others. Some more will sign up by the arena. Good luck!" Ai was only considering joining, she never really wanted to, but it didn't matter, she was in.

Ai took a long stare at the arena, then looked back at the Leader. Although, she didn't see what she wanted to, instead she heard within her head "This message is broadcast to all fighters within the village. The tournament will start soon, come to the Arena immediately." After it stopped, Ai guessed that was the result of the gong. But then it started again "Oh yes, this will be a special one indeed. As today, we have had a number of new additions. 2 Women, 2 Men, and a robot. This should be interesting." He was talking about all the latest people, she guessed. She started off "Gavin, that Robot, Me, Nouri, and that's it, isn't it?" But he said 2 girls, so who else? But nonetheless, he said immediately, so she started toward the arena. She didn't want to waste her energy beforehand, so she just walked there, nothing really special.

[Maelys Knight]

[Gavin]


Gavin headed towards the arena to sign up. But when he got close, a deep eeling of despair washed over him, and he staggered back. But he recovered, and kept on going. He walked into the arena.

[Armani]

Armani dropped his guise once he made it into the arena, not caring who saw him. He went up to the reception, and signed up . Then he noticed Gavin walking in and immediately went invisible.

[Serras-Kai]

Now that is what K-55 wanted to hear. A tournament? He liked tournaments. Typically they involved fighting, and he liked fighting to do that too. Not as much as solve puzzles, but a fight itself was a puzzle in itself. And maybe he'd find someone interesting there, eh?

The machine regained his composure a bit, standing up strait and flexing his myomer muscles. He prepared himself as he stomped after the flow of the crowd, funneling towards what he assumed was the direction of the arena- the tension was noticeable, and rightly so.

And so he stomped through them, and they parted as people always did before him, onward in hopes of a good fight.

[Nynx]

As time flew by, Amerial still laid on the floor of the hut. Sound asleep from her marvelous feast. However this wasn't her hut or her village for that matter, not too mention that she sorta welcomed herself in and ate all their food. She didn't really think about the consequences of her actions. As she slept the guards continued to do their normal routines around the village, however two guards walked past the hut she was in and too a peek inside. "What are you doing man?" Said one of the men as he grabs the other's shoulders.

"We've been training all day. Lets grab something to eat."

"It's not time to eat yet and you know it. The leader would kill us if he finds out we're sneaking food." The man ignored the man's warning and walked inside the hut. All was well until he say the secret door open. He ran toward the door to investigate. He was surprised by what he saw. Instead of finding a burglar or a robber, he finds a little girl sleeping on the ground. The other man walked into the room only to see the same sight. "What the hell?..." The man said as he kneel on the ground. She was sound asleep, not even the man's rough touch was enough to wake her. The other man didn't pay much attention to the girl, he was more concerned about the fact that half of the food in the hut was gone. His mouth hung lower than lion after a huge yawn. " How did she get in and how the hell did she eat that much food?"

"Beats me.." The man said as he lifted Amerial into his arms. "I guess we have no choice but to take her to the leader."

[Tony Redgrave]

Of course, it wasn't long until Nouri was taken into that small little hut he had spotted from afar. It looked simple enough and it was furnished with the basic needs anyone would have. A small nightstand, a cot that had fresh linen, and a small clearing to place one's items. The group had placed the stretcher down on the floor and hoisted him right up onto that very same berth. One of the men approached Nouri and with a stern and still voice, he spoke.."Sit still for a moment" he raised up his arm and summoned a refreshing breeze of visible green wind which blew over the young thief's body and quelled the pain that had been ailing him. Nouri was astonished for.. he had not even touched him and he felt as right as rain. However, the others began to take their leave and the time for questions had passed. "The leader of this village has signed you up for a tournament.. which is underway now. If you have anything to take care of, I suggest you do it right now."

And they left right out the door...

Hm.. not like he had anything to really do so.. he decided to follow suit and trail right behind them.. at least until he noticed the classic signs of a gathering outside.

[SLE]

OOC: You have the right to reject the invitation to the tournament from the village leader, but then you'll have to do nothing for the rest of the thread Also, choose your own brackets, that'll decide if you fight a human or not. If everyone accepts, at least 1 bracket will have human fights.

Well, this was turning out pretty nifty. Ai headed toward the giant crowd. She saw a few familiar faces as people singled into the arena. Ai went to registration, and some people stared. "I'd like to join the tournament, please." Ai stated politely. "Okay, are you Ai Yanaihara?" The man asked. She had no idea how he had her name. Could he read Aura too? Probably, I mean, Ai was going to learn how to eventually. "Yes, how did you know that?" Ai questioned. She thought maybe it was just because of being in the Village for 3 days now. "It says so right here, you're on a VIP list. Enter on your own will, there are 5 others on the list too." The man flashed the list for a second.

• Nouri
  
• Gavin
  
• Ai Yanaihara
  
• Unknown Robot
  
• Unknown Female
  
• Unknown Man

Great, the village leader signed her up without even asking if she wanted in. That was nice of him. Apparently, there were 2 who were unknown. Apparently, she wouldn't know who this other girl was unless they fought or something. There was also an unknown man. Maybe the unknown pair came here together. That would explain a lot. Also, they didn't know the robot's name, yet they signed it up. She wondered if it even had one. Well, that was that. "So, proceed to the room on the right, unless you want to spectate until your round is up. You'll be in round 3, there are 5 rounds." the man explained. So far so good. "So how do you know if you won?" that was Ai's only thought, she didn't want to have to kill or anything. "Well, if you're the last one standing, you're pretty much set, aren't you? You'll be participating in a battle royale, 5 people a round, for some reason, not as many people joined this time. Most of them went to the left door, only watching." Hm, alright then. Ai opened the door on the right, it was filled with extremely tough-looking men that look like they intend to kill.

[Maelys Knight]

[Armani]

Armani watched the girl Gavin was with earlier sign up, and then head over to a door to the right of the counter. So he went over to the receptionist, uncloaked.

Receptionist:"Ah, you must be the Unknown man"

Armani:"What."

The receptionist showed him a list.



Nouri

Gavin

Ai Yanaihara: Round 3

Unknown Robot

Unknown Female

Unknown Man

Armani:"Give it here."

Armani grabbed the list. He crossed out unknown man, wrote his name, and gave back the list.

Nouri

Gavin

Ai Yanaihara: Round 3

Unknown Robot

Unknown Female

Unknown Man
Armani Valteia

He then headed over to the right door, apparently where the fighters are assembling. As he walked through, he realized that he was uncloaked. Oh well, he thought. Some of the others gave him a death stare, but looked away when Armani cast them his cold-blooded stare. He would not be scared away from this chance at revenge.

[Gavin]

As he walked in the door, he noticed a man in a black robe going through a door. He payed it no mind, though. Gavin walked up to the counter.

Receptionist:"Are you Gavin?"

Gavin:"Yes. Gavin Kirana"

The fact that he was an emperor of another country was probably not necessary.

Receptionist:"Then please head through that door."

He pointed to the right, at the door he saw earlier. As he headed through, his feeling of dread worsened. But then he saw why. Armani Valteia, the one who killed Gavin`s father, almost killed his best friend and his wife, was sitting at the opposite end of the room...

[Serras-Kai]

The two previous of K-55 seemed to know where they were going, and apparently they already were on the list to fight.

Trying his best not to frighten anyone with his stomping, the massive marauder unit corrected the receptionist's list with a simple statement of "I am called K-55 Marauder, and I wish to participate."

With that, the rather bewildered receptionist pointed silently to the door, not taking her eyes off him for a second. Not fear, no... readiness was a distinct possibility, but no certain conclusion could be drawn from simply walking past her like this.

And so he entered the arena, taking his place at one of the edges and saying nothing, doing nothing, to anyone.

[Nynx]

The two men were nearing the arena. Amerial who was still fast asleep in the man's arms, began to talk in her sleep. She began saying weird things about some tree and a large group of spiders within. One of the men had a weird expression on her face while the other sorta chuckled. As the entered the arena lobby, it was full of warriors ready to fight in the tournament. The man holding Amerial looked around for a place to sit and rest for a bit. The man beside him rushed over to the register booth to see who was participating. The man found an empty char and sat down until his companion returned. As he looked at the sleeping girl in his arms, he couldn't help but notice how cute she was. IT was a bit embarrassing for someone his age to think that but he just couldn't help it. It was like a sudden rush of feeling began taking over his body, not a sexual one but the kind that is felt between a father and his daughter. It was really quite touching.

His companion came back with a smirk on his face. Knowing full well that his smiles were a sign of trouble, he placed Amerial on the bench and looked at him. "So who is on the list?"

"Just a few guys we know around the village but apparently there are 5 newcomers from the outside that are participating as well. 4 of them have signed up already but this unknown female is still on the invitation list."

"Unknown female?.." The man looks over at the girl with a scared expression on his face.

"Do you think...?"

"Yes.. I believe this little girl is suppose to enter the tournament"

"The leader must have sensed her aura and invited her. What was he thinking?.."

"Well she is in the tournament now. I signed her in and she is already being put into the bracket." After hearing those words the man violently grabbed the man's shirt and looked him dead in the eyes with a fiery rage.

"What the hell where you thinking?!! She is too young to be in something this dangerous!!"

"Why the hell are you getting so defensive? If the leader invited her, she must possess a strong aura. Besides this is a way for her to make up all that food she ate." Without no further words, the man socked the other man in the jaw. He fell on the ground unconscious, not moving a single muscle. The man was worried now. A little girl participated in a tournament with grown men. It was unheard of. He quickly went over to her and shook her gently to wake her up. However waking a sleeping girl that was full of food was a difficult task as it is.

[Tony Redgrave]

In an expected turn of events, "The Cleric Coterie" was heading right towards the arena, which in itself was quite convenient. However, there was the little matter of actually figuring out where in Sam Hill he could sign up, seeing as he was invited to his shindig and all. Hm.. but just where could he do so? Well when in doubt, Adventurer Rule No.3 came into play.

Adventurer Rule No.3: Check your surroundings!

Yes.. most useful in this case. Those prurient little eyes of his darted from his right and right back to his left, seeing just about all that he could possibly well.. see. Aside from the large gladiatorial-style amphitheatre before him, (which made no sense given this areas topography and the village itself) and the little area connecting to it which, based upon the sign above the entry point was the "Lobby", there was nothing of interest.

OSHI- Wait one gosh darn moment..

That was a point of interest! Everyone knew Lobby's were always information hubs meaning, he could perhaps find the sign up sheet in there or even learn more about this rather.. random event. Being the type of go getter that he was, he wasted no time in trotting his way into the development where, things looked pretty "normal" for the most part. The interior seemed to have a more "oakish" appeal to it as the chairs and furniture were made of you guessed it, wood. That was a welcome change of pace indeed as wood was always comfy on the tush when one had to sit and wait.

But, there was something afoot in these parts. Because wouldn't you know it, there was some poor gent, laid out right before his feet. Clearly, by the vacant look in his eyes and the trail of saliva steadily running out from the open mouth, Gracy had said good night. "Tsk Tsk.." What could he say? Shame on these people for leaving litter on the ground, that's what! You try to clean up and do your part for Mother Earth and then this happens. No, this wouldn't do at all, not one bit!


There was only one situation.

He had to do his part for the environment. The little purloiner was going to do just that. He hunkered down over the poor sap and scooped him up into his arms, before carrying him to the nearest waste basket and dropping him in, hindquarters first of course. Looking over his job well done, he dusted his hands off and walked back over to the center of the room."Now.. is there anything else is there for me to do?"

As luck would have it, Just clockwise of his position where was an older man shaking a young girl, furiously trying to awaken her. His senses were telling him of his for some reason and he knew that once more, he knew he had to spring into action and do what was right.

Lo! And did Nouri look unto his right and began moistening thy index finger with his holy chops. With a mighty voice did he call out unto the sky, the name of "Wet Willy". Nouri, because he was righteous, had plungeth this "holy" digit into the ear canal of the young lass, responding in full assurance and in a waveless voice "WAKE UP YOU SLEEPY PERSON!"

The Gospel of Nouri

Chapter 1, Verse 1

[SLE]

*sigh* if everyone in the tourney was like that, then what? Would everyone rip eachother to shreds to be able to win? That worried Ai, that didn't sound very honorable or anything. Although, being quick to judge, they didn't all look so sinister and such. Some were playing games over here, another group were just chatting.

Ai decided to sit by a fairly muscular man with a Mohawk, muttonchops, and all-over-the-body scars. He thrusted his fist into an open hand and yelled something about breaking someone's arms. Ai wondered what that was, but she could tell by the motion in which he was snapping the air in half and Ai could've sworn she heard the phrase "break someone's arms" "Exactly why do you want to break someone's arms?" Ai asked. She wondered if this guy really was macho-man, she'd want him to lose as fast as possible in the tourney then.

"Iz nozhink. I just veesh to see some violence in zese scrawny weaklings!" Huh, so the guy's just motivating the others. How thoughtful! "That's nice of you, my name is Ai, by the way." Ai stated it politely. "Ah, you bear ze colors of Mother Russia's flag. I am plezs with you. 'Owever, you are forgettink somezenk." He took a strip of red cloth and offered it to Ai. "Zere, you are now complete." Nobody noticed, but he shed a tear of joy as Ai tied it on to her Crus, rounding it around her calf. Although, he wiped it away quickly, so that nobody would notice. "I am Zagief, eez a pleasure to meet you."

Ai smiled and extended her hand. His was huge compared to hers, but it didn't really matter. She was glad to meet him anyhow. Zagief looked at Ai's full frame, then he saw the stips of blue on her dress, he lost himself. He grabbed her by the shoulders and Ai could've sworn she heard some sobbing. She had no idea what to do, people did this time on TV, so she decided against doing anything. She let him weep like that, since she couldn't really escape. But all she could do was pat him on the back. "Ahm sorry, iz just..."

[Maelys Knight]

Gavin literally ripped his twin swords off his back, charging towards Armani screaming "DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!" Armani`s twin longswords were in his hands just as fast, and they met, attacking, blocking, countering, parrying. Finally, Armani thrust Gavin away from him.

Armani:"I suggest you save your energy for your battle. I`m sure losing your cool will look bad if you don`t make the finals, rushing into battle, weak."

Gavin gradually calmed himself down and sat down next to some guards. He knew Armani wanted him dead just as much as he wanted Armani dead, but this was royale, according to the brackets, posted on the wall. The poster didn`t have their specific bracket, just a guideline for how they do the tourneys. Gavin stopped moving, and tried to remember the self calming techniques that Kiri had taught him. (Kiri=his wife=empress) He eventually calmed completely, restoring the energy he had spent in attacking Armani. He intended to stay like this, eyes closed, till his battle, to save up his strength.

[Serras-Kai]

K-55 wasn't sure if battle was commencing soon or not and frankly didn't much care to. He was going to participate and that was all he needed to know for sure- but of course there were other mysteries to be solved.

Mysteries for another time.

Taking up a standing position, K-55 vented his cooling systems, producing a loud hissing noise and a cloud of dull green smoke, which eeked from the seems of his armor. This served three purposes in a situation like this.

The first was that no one wanted to stand by the machine if he was going to be releasing gasses into the air. They didn't smell awful (it smelled like antifreeze, ironically) but it was more the fact that it irritated the skin, and no one wanted that.

The second was that it cooled his systems, as the gas was a bi-product of the actual cooling liquid that ran through K-55's 'veins' all throughout his body, which served to keep his impressive system heat in check.

The third was that it drew attention to him. A sharp hiss in the middle of a crowd could make people uneasy and make them jump, but in a room full of warriors it served to show that he was different from them (not that he needed to remind them- nine feet and two tons of metal proved that enough already) in enough ways as to be anatomically different from anything they had ever seen.

[Nynx]

OCC: ~Iz having an RP slump~

The little girls dreams were pleasant. She was in a world filled with flowers, warm winds and a sun that was bright enough to make anyone smile. It was like a vacation for her All of that food must have really hit the spot. However her world was suddenly changed into a large body of water with rapid currents The sky grew dark and lightning pierced the clouds like a spear flying toward its victim. The waves rocked her back and forth. She didn't mind the water so much except for the fact that some got in her ears. Her head popped out of the water to look around but she could see nothing over the huge tidal wave that was coming toward her. She tried to swim away but it as no use. Her little feet and arms were not fast enough to outrun it. She let out a huge scream as the wave crashed upon her. She saw a bright light and then awoke in a strange place she had never seen before. She was in some sort of lobby filled with many people. No one really paid attention to her however there was a young man looking down at her. He was about her age, maybe a little older or younger and he had some nice hair. As she glanced at over at the ground she could see another man. This one was much older than her and he seems to be holding his nose for some reason but she didn't attempt to ask why. She didn't really know what to say in this situation but she knew she had to say something. She turned toward the young man beside her and with a nervous smile she said "Umm.. hello."

[Tony Redgrave]

Oho, what was this? Getting closer to her, Nouri descried something that was well, actually in plain sight. The gir thatl this fellow was holding was actually quite the cutie! Just get take a gander at that charming outfit for instance! The dress and the unique way it was cut, (to show off the legs he theorized) the way the shoulders were fashioned after an angel's wings, the interesting yellow trim lining the very edge, the white boots, and the yellow gemstone at her neckline!

Oh it was indeed fashionable! Of course, to compliment such snappy threads, the young lady's countenance was on the par with it, no.. maybe higher. Long blond hair was always good and those big, round eyes of hers, who could resist them? Hell, she was worlds apart from Ai in the looks department though.. you couldn't really call that one a heart stopper. To make things even better, the young girl had said hello to him in a sheepish voice and skittish smile to boot... It was so moe!

Moe, Moe. Kyun! ♥

But in all seriousness, the moment of truth was upon him. Was The King of Thieves being taken in by the looks of a young lass about his age? Was he finally going to show off just how ultimate his game with the ladies truly was? Oh gosh no. This area just wasn't ready for glory of that magnitude. In fact, he wasn't even smitten with her in the slightest! Sure, he acknowledged her good looks but his life was not one for romance and even if it was, he had already found in his one true love.

A busty seductress who went by the name "Adventure"

So that said, lets get this introduction underway!

He pitched his torso forward a bit, angling himself so he could get a much better view of the young lady and address her properly. Personal space was given to her as a common courtesy as well.
"Well Well, At long last, Sleeping Beauty has awakened." Nouri had gently spoken. In light of what he had just done to rouse her from her slumber and to aggrandize his introduction, he reached into the side pocket of his trench coat and retrieved for her, a small white flower. It had eight round petals and a sunny yellow center.. and he had planned to press it into his notebook as a memory but for this moment, it was all well and good.

"For you, a token my appreciation. A pretty face and an outfit to match, I don't see that very often in my travels." Ah this point, who cared about the guy who was holding her? He was going to make a new friend right here and there! Though.. when one thought about it, it would be rude to leave him out of the friendship circle so.. with a lighthearted wave and smile, he looked just a few inches upward and met the warrior who held her eye to eye. "Oh and Sup Guy?"