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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 20:18:37 GMT -5
Ryujin walked into the Tortuga bar, searching for a good time. He'd had a rough time of it lately, and just wanted to relax. Yet, seeing the nearby folk, he doubted that would last, as many were drunk. Then, he walked up a flight of stairs, hoping to get out to the balcony, only to knock over a potted plant onto the head of a drunk below.
That didn't sit well with the fellow patrons, as they began swarming around him. "This won't end well..." he muttered, looking around for a nearby exit. Seeing none, he drew his sword, ready to defend himself.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 20:43:42 GMT -5
Ryujin held his blade ready, watching closely. Ducking under a flying rum-bottle, he tripped one of his attackers and jumped on top of a table where he could see them all. He parried all of their attacks, but then a small group managed to grab him and pull him down to the ground. Then, they threw him off the second floor. He came down hard on his head, unable to focus for a moment. Then, he got back up only to find more drunks were after him.
"Why me?" he muttered, trying to fend them off as well. He dove and dodged his way through most of the crowd, only to find himself pinned to a wall with many angry drunks pointing their swords at him. "Um... Good evening?" he said nervously. How do I get myself into these things? he thought, looking around for escape. Seeing none, he prepared for the worst. To his surprise, all they did was grab him and throw him out in the mud. He was very tired from the ordeal though, and didn't have the energy to get up. And so he lay there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 21:12:57 GMT -5
Ryjin lay there miserable for a moment. His luck was horrible... Everywhere he went something happened to him... Then, he fealt a nudge on his side. Ryujin groaned. "What? Have I not suffered enough?" he demanded. When he turned upright, he saw that it was a beautiful young woman. "Who are you?" he asked, trying to regain his composure. Yet, he still couldn't find the will to get up...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 21:49:59 GMT -5
Ryujin hesitated to do anything for a moment. The girl seemed genuine enough... "How do I know once you help me up you won't just shove me back in the mud?" he asked. He didn't need an answer. Her eyes gave him an answer. He took her hand and rose to his feet. "Thank you, Lilee... I'm Ryujin..." he said in an unusually shy tone for him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 22:31:04 GMT -5
Ryujin shrugged and sighed thinking about the embarrassing incident. "Well, I came here looking to relax and have a bit of fun..." he started. "So, I walked in, no one payed me any attention... Then I walked up the stairs and accidentally knocked a plant onto a guys head below, and it went from there..." At that, he looked away, embarrassed. "I feel like a fool..." he muttered almost inaudibly under his breath.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2007 23:01:06 GMT -5
Ryujin turned a little bit in her direction, now looking at her out of the corner of his eye. He chuckled a little. "Well, atleast I'm some good around here," he joked. Yet inside, that was how he really fealt... As if he had no purpose, and could do no good. He wondered then if her eyes were as perceptive as his, and if she could see that in his own injured eyes..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2007 18:46:59 GMT -5
Ryujin stifled a laugh. It wasn't funny, but he had to laugh to keep from crying in actuality. "I've known that so very well..." he said. "Yet... it's one thing to know, and another to act... Many days, I wish I didn't lead this life... Most of the time, I yearn to just go back to my home... My simple little one-bedroom-house... I would hunt for food and fun, and it was always so simple... And then they came... The Nobodies... They dragged me off to another world with them, mistaking me for one of my friends... Ever since, I've found myself surrounded by the strange and unknown..." He sighed. "Then again, sometimes we really don't choose our fate..."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2007 23:11:58 GMT -5
Ryujin couldn't help but feel her pain... He hadn't even heard from his friends ever since his incident... They could all be dead, for all he knew... He turned to say something, but saw her tear, and cut himself short. He was forced to rethink for a moment, as it made him lose his train of thought. "I'm sorry... I didn't know... I'm sorry for your loss... I'm sure some day, when it's your time though, he'll be there to welcome you again with arms wide open. I know it sounds blunt, and maybe even just naive and stupid, but sometimes, you just need to look on the positives... I struggle to do so, and look at me," he said, thinking he sounded stupid himself as he rambled on. Did that even make sense to me?he wondered.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2007 23:42:53 GMT -5
Ryujin looked at her, and in response, merely looked somewhat shocked. He'd said something and not made a complete fool of himself! Miracles do happen... he thought to himself. Then, he regained his composure, as his face regained its normal coloring. "Yeah... it's hard... but lingering on it only makes it harder... You have to for a while... even for a long time... but you just can't drag it around forever..." he said. "WELL, I'm sounding like a rambling idiot, aren't I? I won't keep you, as you probably have things to do, maybe some people to see before you leave. If not, I'll still be right here... I'm not going back in that bar though... I can tell you that..." he said, half-joking.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2007 0:07:08 GMT -5
Ryujin nodded in understanding. "I see... I haven't heard from anyone I know from my home since I left... or... rather... was forced to leave but... I've met some... interesting people to say the least," he said, letting out a small laugh. "It's so weird... you think you know everything and every boundary to your world... only to find out that it's a piece of something much bigger..." Ryujin then felt something brush his leg. When he felt to swat at it, he found his wallet was gone.
He then turned to see a man making off with it. "YOU, THIEF! COME BACK HERE WITH THAT!" he shouted, chasing after him, only to be tripped by a nearby observer and crash into the mud again. "... Pirates..." he muttered, struggling to his feet. When he got up, the man was long gone... "Perfect... just perfect..."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2007 12:35:10 GMT -5
Ryujin just looked up at her in awe. She was very quick, more so than himself... Regardless, he owed her his thanks. He took the wallet back from her, and looked into her eyes, sensing there was far more to her than meets the eye. "Thank you..." he said. "You... You have some real tallent..." Remember to stay on her good side... he thought to himself.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2007 14:03:45 GMT -5
Ryujin put his hand to the side of his head, thinking. Nothing came, and he put his hand to the lot of black hair falling in his eyes, twirling it around a little. "Well, there's another port a distance away known for being peaceful and having various markets and such. Aside from that, nothing else really comes to mind... There's hardly anything here but bar fights and the like, as I've found out the hard way..."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2007 15:29:21 GMT -5
Ruyjin laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head at the mention of his experience in the bar. "Yeah, I suppose I haven't had the best run of luck here... But yeah, I'd be glad to go look around in the market with you. I've got nothing else to do anyway, aside from getting thrown out of that bar again," he said, smiling.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2007 10:27:57 GMT -5
Ryujin cocked his head a little bit in confusion. "Well, okay," he said, letting out a small chuckle. "There's only one problem... We need to find a ship first... Otherwise we're stuck here with the crazy drunks..." he said, gesturing to a nearby old man who turned and winked to Lilee with lust. "Yeah, I don't think that would be in our best interest..." Ryujin commented. "Hm... But where to find a ship... Ah, the docks, of course... Forgive me, my mind's not very sharp after that little beating..."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2007 11:09:04 GMT -5
Ryujin smiled. "Not afraid of getting our hands dirty, are we? Just the way I like it. Had we no reason to leave, I'd argue, but given the nearby people, I think that's a good idea..." he said, hand on his short sword's hilt. To the docks it is then! He declared as he began walking towards them. Getting a ship will be almost too easy... Ryujin thought.
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