[color=violet]Valencia Tempest
The Quick-witted Pirate with a Gentle Heart
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Valencia’s dark green eyes narrowed as she silently studied the two strangers before her; especially the man who had just raised a gun against her. The air was filled with tension so thick that she could have sliced it with her blade.

[color=violet]“I spoke no threat; I asked a query. And I am no bandit,”[/color] she said tersely, analyzing his stance. He spoke truly—the most she could do if he fired upon her would be to dive to the side; and even then, a bullet would surely find its mark somewhere on her person. [color=violet]“I find myself in unfamiliar territory with no recollection of how I came to be here; surrounded by people whose intentions I have no way of knowing. Forgive me for drawing my blade for protection,”[/color] she added wryly. [color=violet]“Or perhaps you made no notice of the ethereal being of flames that potentially threatens us all?”[/color] Valencia jerked her head towards the fire-spirit.

Lowering her cutlass only slightly, she raised her eyebrows at the man, waiting for him to make a move. Keeping her gaze fixed upon him, she spoke to the girl, who had replied to her in a much less threatening tone than the man. [color=violet]“I won’t harm you, missy. Nor will I attack you, gunman,”[/color] she said to the one who still had his firearm ready to be aimed at her. [color=violet]“It would seem that we all have similar questions.”
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Faintly, she heard another person address herself and the two she was already with. “…would you be so kind as to tell me your names and any information you might know about this place? And what was the last thing you remember doing before you got here,” he was saying. But Valencia’s attention was suddenly diverted as the fire-creature moved impossibly fast, first approaching the armored knight, and then facing the man who stood with him. In an instant, the spirit disappeared. Valencia blinked, to ensure she had indeed seen that. Now that the flaming being was gone, she whipped her head back around, cursing inwardly for taking her eyes off the barrel of the gun.


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