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Our Dying Wish

Zero

Zero The Drifter

Name: Keenan Kyne
Nickname: Kyle
Alias: Zero
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birthday: October 23’rd
Blood Type: B positive
Species: Human
Occupation: Drifter Drifter, a secretive and unique job/title given to a medium with unique talents and the motivation to use them to defend Agatha, even at the behest of their life. Drifters are given freedom to pursue their own targets and to execute their own missions because at any given point in time a Drifter can be called to action in Agatha. It is common knowledge that most monsters cannot get past the barrier protecting Agatha save for on a few instances higher level monsters have broken through on rare occasions. A Drifter preemptively strikes monsters who are deemed hazardous to the immediate future of Agatha, be they close to Agatha’s barrier or simply strong enough to be deemed too great a threat to ordinary Mediums who prefer striking a monster head on. The work of a Drifter is not seen by an audience, but felt by the world whenever a destructive monster can no longer take human lives.
Hometown: Agatha
Theme:

Zach Hemsey-See what I've Become

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_GaSfhlxc

My Hider

Image:

Body Information:

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Ethnicity: North Caucasian American
Height: 6’2
Weight: 180 lbs
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Jet Black
Voice:

Mordin-Speech Pattern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDHfVC-WFxo

Ban-Voice Depth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVWofLdDi8

Personality:

Usual: Keenan is known mostly for keeping to himself, speaking to others only when necessary or when he feels like expressing his opinion to others. Slightly hypocritical but that is who he is at his core. This does not mean Keenan does not speak, he simply does not engage with others often. When he does, it is usually a hell of a conversation or just a plain weird one. He seems energetic, but most people assume that when they see him when in reality he just simply does not like to stop moving for very paranoid reasons.
In Battle: Keenan speaks a tremendous amount during battle, usually speaking to himself but is willing to banter with a witty enough adversary.
Habits: Keenan will rub the base of his nose when irritated or upset and scratch his knuckles when impatient. He has a tendency to redo or re-read things multiple times before being satisfied and also has a tendency to repeatedly strike fallen opponents to ensure their defeat or death.
Making Friends: Keenan has a system in place for when he wants to decide on if he should trust someone who is wanting to be his ally. He asks them 1 of any 3 simple questions.
A man approaches you wearing nothing but beggars clothes and a smell upon him like he had been living in the woods? He opens his hands and asks for you to spare something to eat. What do you do?
A woman offers you a slice of pie? What do you do?
You are training for combat when a demon appears before you, ready to fight? What happens next?
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Likes: Spicy food, the color purple, tall women with big butts, ants, situations where something needs to be unlocked or solved
Dislikes: lying, secrets, anything hidden, demons, people who are attracted to feet, fried vegetables
Hobbies: reading, exploring, documenting, dissection, monster experimentation, puzzles, making juice.
Issues: Keenan has a deep seeded distrust of anything and everything, going as far to even say he doesn't trust himself. He believes that too much of the world is hidden from humanity, too many things are unknown or not bothered to be looked into. This, in his opinion, is humanity's greatest weakness and he is intent on learning all there is to know that is hidden behind a lock or illusion.
Alignment: Neutral

History:

October 23’rd Keenan was born in an no named slum of Agatha.
June 7’th - 4 years later - Mary Kyne disappears on mission, Keenan was taken in by Executive Branch Mediums Finna, Gonn, and Etcha.
Keenan is trained in martial arts and magic control for many years.
6 years later enrolls in Brionac Academy.
Single handedly and reflexively kills a Basilisk as soon as it is brought in by Instructors for combat experience during his 1’st year.
Breaks all of the schools toilets simultaneously because he claimed spider monsters were creeping into the school through them.
Nearly kills an instructor because Keenan claimed he was a machine sent to kill him.
Crushed all the schools beans at one point
Flooded one of the school's Home Ec class and threatened to electrocute everyone unless they revealed their equally shared secret, which was a surprise party for Keenan to help open him up more.
It is revealed that Keenan started several fights between several older and younger classmates for an experiment he wanted to see be performed.
Covered a cafeteria in Cinder Monkey feces as an experiment.
During graduation, Keenan revealed a volume of secrets the school and its instructors have kept secret from the students causing mass hysteria.
After Graduation, Keenan spent the next part of his life as a Drifter killing multiple high tier monsters in defense of Agatha.
Captured rogue medium “Blizzard King Burgeeze”.
Killed the demon “TelaTela”.
Captured rogue medium “Gojeez”.
Freed countless humans in the upper world.
Was nearly fired as a Drifter and imprisoned for certain peculiar investigations.
Childhood: Early reports of Keenan Kyne are vague yet a picture can still be painted. His mother, Mary Kyne, was a powerful Medium in the service of Agatha. There is no official report as to what happened to Mary, but she has not been seen since before Keenan was taken in by executive branch Mediums for training before his time at Brionac Academy. Some say she was simply killed by a demon during a mission away.
According to official records he was enrolled into Brionac Academy at age 11, diagnosed with extreme paranoia, severe trust issues, mental instability, extreme involuntary reactions to simple actions, and sleep apnea although there is a note in the file stating that Keenan claims he only needs 3 hours of sleep to function for up to 48 hours. His initial power screening was beyond expectations, rating highly in potential on the battlefield. His mental issues kept him from becoming First Class and was made Third Class Officially. Unofficially, many have claimed he was actually made Class Zero which would make sense given his recorded potential and bad personality. Keenan received mid level marks in everything he did, never standing out or drawing attention, never doing so poorly people would try to help him or notice him because of it. Save for…...extreme and avoidable accidents caused by Keenan. Keenans odd behavior and lack of filter often got him hassled by those whom he had interactions with most of the time, save a few individuals. As a side note the Academy has noted that during his time there, Keenan made less friends than there are fingers on your hand and never tried to intermingle romantically, which is something the Academy deals with frequently because putting a bunch of adolescent superhumans together in the same place could never end up with a high amount of romances gone wrong.
There are official reports on the day that Keenan invoked his Jinn. When Keenan ventured into the Void, the name of the cave those who wish to invoke a Jinn must go to, he found himself immersed in darkness at first. Unable to see or hear anything, Keenan said he simply sat down from where he stood, crossed his arms and closed his eyes, and waited. A hushed voice began echoing softly throughout the cave as if it was much much bigger than it truly was, soft enough to be mistaken as wind draft or breeze. Keenan listened intently to his surroundings, eventually making out enough to piece together a question.
“What is your truth”
Keenan has said he gave a response immediately, knowing the answer fully. “Truth? No such thing as truth, truth is a fabrication made up of small facts, opinions, lies, ignorance spread out to keep people calm, bad question spooky voice, wait not spooky more like mysterious. ”
This time a soft, soothing, almost feminine voice could be heard by Keenan. The mysterious asked, “What is it that you can see”
“I see nothing, nothing, not a thing. As soon as I think I see something clearly I rip away another veil only to have more questions than answers”
“What do you wish for most”
At this question, Keenan was unable to give an immediate response. Very unusual for Keenan, as someone who nevers stops talking. Keenan would think about how he wanted people to stop hiding things from him, lying just to protect or control him. He had been given the training to kill the enemies of humanity, but after how he and his mother had been treated for years by those in charge of humanity he would rather kill humans - a surprising tidbit of information given by Keenan since so much of his past is classified or not documented at that point - or at the least expose the crimes of those in charge who he had dealt with. Keenan would remark how he knew he was trained so intensely because he was meant to be a beacon of hope for Humans but he had no interest in inspiring. After a few more moments of thought Keenan spoke.
“A shocking ending to a bygone era. I wish to be able to find the right questions to ask, to find a path to the heart of the storm”
Keenan kept his eyes closed the entire time but felt a strange warmth over his entire body. A comfortable warmth, as if he was being embraced by a loved one. Keenan would somehow gain an instant understanding of the Jinn in that moment, information flooding Keenans mind. The Jinn he has invoked was called Tabitha who embodied the personification of comfort. The Jinn offered to grant keenans wish, to grant Keenan the sight he wanted so desperately to see through the lies and deception of this world. There was a condition as well, the Jinn wanting Keenan desperately to be free of the burden he has placed on his own mind, that Keenan must find some sort of peace amongst his kind. Keenan did not know what kind of peace there was to be found anywhere, but he agreed and the two became bound.
Records of Keenan stop after he graduates from the Academy until he is a little over half way through the age of 19, as a mysterious medium begins circulating in the press and gossip circles. A medium that wields a katana and uses lightning magic, this mysterious medium shows up from time to time dragging a monster carcass behind him, bringing back with him to Agatha a group of humans that had been about to monster food or worse, and from time to time even if you do not see him you might hear the sound of thunder or lightning somewhere outside the barrier. It's been said the few times he has been heard speaking within the city as he returns from the outside is, “GottaDrift”, over and over again to himself never faltering from those words even when questioned. Those who have spoken to him and managed to get him to say something different have never revealed what he has said or why they won't share. People began to refer to him as the Drifter “Zero” and the name pretty much stuck.
Family: Mary Kyne/ Mother/ Deceased-MIA
Religion-
Keenan chooses not to engage in any form of worship, but leaves the possibility open that there is a creator or creators. Keenan believes that demons, humans, everything are mainly genetic accidents but with so much in this world that goes on Keenan would like to think there is an origin to it all tied to a single source. Yet Keenan has yet to prove it so he remains faithful to his genetic accident belief.

Combat Information

Armaments

Weapons: Avagobab

Weapon appearance

This one handed katana was forged for Keenan by his Jinn. The sword appears as it does in the captured image used for Keenan, conducts his lightning magic well, can be put in and summoned from void space for protection and convenience, and has been said to be able to deflect lightning without its wielder sustaining damage.
Armor:
Long sleeve black shirt
Black fingerless gloves tucked underneath the shirt sleeves with onyx black and dark silver trimmed bracers.
Grey, sleeveless, cloth robe with a brown and grey belt
Black cargo pants
Black boots
Thin white bandage cloth wrapped around his neck loosely. The two end strips dangling downwards
Other:
small, leatherbound, journal Keenan uses often.

Parameters

Strength: ★★★★★☆+☆☆☆☆
Resonance: ★★☆☆☆☆+★☆☆☆

Defense: ★☆☆☆☆☆+★★☆☆

Resilience: ★☆☆☆☆☆+★★☆☆

Reaction: ★★★★★☆+☆☆☆☆

Perception:★★★★★★+☆☆☆☆

Fighting Style: Keenan uses a very aggressive form of martial arts made from a mix of several compatible ones. He focuses on quick and decisive attacks, preferring to end combat quickly. After aggressively striking, if his first strike did little to no damage, Keenan will adapt to an aggressive counter type style with his martial arts. While he does fight aggressively, do not mistake this for fighting foolishly. When a quick finish is not possible, Keenan will attempt to overpower his opponent(s) with magic. This can result in allies accidentally being targeted as well. Keenan wields a katana called Avagobab, created from a fallen angel who presumably used some form of lightning magic.

Aura Color: Clear white with the outskirts of his Aura a deep layer of black, almost like his aura was a bright white candle light around his body and the black layer was the flame.

Aura appearance

Attack Skills

Charlie Chapter Section C /or/ Candela Surprise
When the user snaps their index finger and thumb a small flash is produced, similar to a camera flash. This skill deals no damage but blinds the target, or anyone currently attacking the user for a single turn. Can be used as a reaction but if used in this way no other technique can be used during this skill. When used three or more turns in a row, it will inflict the user with a Burn status.

Delta Chapter Section A /or/ Angel Weeping Lightning Bolt
This skill endows its user's weapon with lightning magic, sheathing it in a discord of electricity for a single strike. When used to parry, the clash creates a small electric explosion, affecting only the target and forcing them back, preventing a follow-up attack regardless of their Reaction (excluding a Rush or Finest Arts). When used against a Guard, it deals 5% chip lightning damage to the target for 2 rounds. If the attack hits directly against an organic target, roll a D6. If a roll of 5 or 6 occurs, the target loses the rest of their current turn (for taking damage), and will be Stunned on their next turn, losing their guaranteed action after recovery.

Alpha Chapter Section C /or/ Company Corruption Combo
The user charges their fist with lightning magic, causing them to carry a small black electric charge for 5 rounds. When the caster strikes an opponent with any attack during this time, they receive part of the charge, which will increase the more times the caster hits the affected opponent. The charge will lower by 1 level after the end of each of the target's turns. This charge causes a constant 5% lightning damage per charge level (caps at 25%). One charge level can also be transferred from the target to one of their allies each time they are touched, such as when Rescuing them, or feeding them an Elixir to revive them.

Gamma Chapter Section Redacted /or/ Corrupted Storm Strike
A skill that can be used with a free action any time during the 5-round charge of Company Corruption Combo. The user swings their weapon or chosen attacking body part away from the lightning and into a battle ready stance with a trail of black electricity following the tip of the weapon as it is pulled away. The user launches one incredibly fast attack or weapon strike in one swift motion. Once the trajectory has been set, the user cannot change where and how they will attack, even when an opponent’s skill would normally force them to change their target. When used to Rescue an ally, this attack will interrupt the activation of the target’s last used skill or spell (unless it was previously Safe Cast). If the attack pierces organic flesh, roll a D12. If the roll results in a 10 or 11, the same Stun effect of Angel Weeping Lightning Bolt is applied. If a roll of 12 occurs and the target does not pass a dodge check, they will roll again, using Resilience instead of Perception. If they also fail this, they will black out for 3 rounds.

Alpha Chapter Section D /or/ Corrupt Repulsion
This skill can be used even if Zero is disarmed, and can have a Strength value of either Strength +2, or Resonance +2. The user alters the weak electromagnetic force emitting from their hands to repel anything that gets too close to them. The caster can use this skill when wanting to use non lethal force, as this will not kill, but if the caster attempts to punch their target with this skill, the amount of force from the intended punch as well as the repulsion will still physically affect the target. The Target does not get blown away by this skill, but can be bruised or lose their balance as this skill is mainly used for warding off enemy weapon strikes when unarmed.

Beta Chapter Section Redacted /or/ Under Pressure
With an open palm strike anywhere on a target's body as long as bare skin is touched by the user's palm, the user can manipulate their target's weak electromagnetic pulse and amplify it, causing the target’s body to feel heavier. Depending on how much clothing the target is wearing, Zero may need to be in stealth mode to attempt this, and he can manipulate only one target at a time. The Burden status will halve the target’s Reaction and Perception, and will stay in effect until another target is chosen, Zero is KO’d, or until the end of the fight.

Meta Chapter Section Redacted /or/ Dance Of Discord 5 Step Elimination
The caster starts this Finest Art by casting Delta Chapter Section A /or/ Angel Weeping ThunderBolt. The caster swipes his weapon in front of him 5 times, creating 5 black, immobilized, thunderbolt looking slashes floating mid air. The caster thrusts his weapon forward in the middle of the slashes, sending all 5 slashes and thrust attacks forward in a spiral of black thunderous energy towards their opponent dealing immense lightning damage.

Resonant Power

Alpha Chapter Section A /or/ Corrupt Lightning Conduit
The caster forms the horn hand sign, stretching out the index finger and pinky while curling the rest of their fingers, conjuring a magic circle in front of the casters hand/hands momentarily. This spell can be cast with one or more hands. A single black electrical charge pulses between the two fingers outstretched and covers the tip of the two fingers as well. This attack spell can be used in close range as a melee attack for a lethal electrical overload to mechanical enemies. If cast at range from the intended target a black electric current can be shot, Stunning with a D6 roll of 4 or higher. At Tier 2, the bolts will hit anything within Field magic range, and at Tier 3, the bolts are fired into the sky and rain down.

Beta Chapter Section Redacted /or/ True NearSight
After conjuring a magic circle the size of an eyeball in front of the casters eye(s) their vision turns into a spectrum of different colors that the caster can decipher as information. When the spell is focused in both eyes they can see the target’s name, sex, age, blood type, height and weight, and currently held items. At Tier 2, the spell is focused in one eye; the spell is amplified, able to decipher their combat parameters (stats) including their current HP, RP and status effects, along with their nature/alignment and elemental proficiencies, including their elemental resistances. At Tier 3, all non-player characters’ next moves will be revealed, along with any behaviors they’ve learned during the current battle. Any variant of this spell lasts for 1 turn when used in battle; additionally, Tier 2 and 3 variants of this spell can only be used in battle.

Beta Chapter Section Redacted /or/ SoundBar
The caster conjures a magic circle in front of any part of their body that can make sound, the easiest being the mouth with the second being their hands. The caster makes any type of sound into the magic circle, the louder the sound the stronger the effect is, causing the sound to be amplified exponentially in volume. The pressure emitted from the sound becomes an incorporeal wall of sound from the caster, causing nearby sentients to become Confused, disrupting their movements for a moment. At Tier 2, if the sound produced is loud enough it can even halt projectiles and melee weapons, parrying any attack within the small area the sound encompasses while leaving the caster unharmed. At Tier 3 a disorienting sound is telepathically sent to all enemies.

Alpha Chapter Section B /or/ Corrupt Lightning Aura Chain Jail
Targets within the effective range of this spell have their aura wrap itself around the affected target(s) wrists. Black static pulses through and around the forcibly summoned aura, increasing the cost of casting magic by 1 RP and reducing Reaction by 1. Each turn, Zero may ask two questions, to one or two targets. If the intended recipient(s) of his questions knowingly lie to him or refuse to answer, the debuffs stack each turn until the stack hits 10, the spell ends, or they answer the question. This spell can last until Zero’s HP runs out, or he cancels it.

Unique Spell: Zeta Chapter Section Redacted /or/ Deception Discovered By Everyone /or/ D2BE (D2-BE)
When the caster suspects someone is not going to be truthful or is currently lying he activates D2BE, and can access a unique spell granted to them based on their own paranoid and suspicious nature. The caster then can ask the one marked with the magic circle any question and if the one affected refuses to give an answer the caster steals an amount of health equal to half a star of magic damage. If the one affected lies then their last skill or spell that they performed or cast is disabled until they answer another question asked by the caster truthfully. More skills and spells can be locked if the one affected answers with more lies. This ability will last until the caster is touched by another, very easily dispelled.

Omega Chapter Section Redacted /or/ Hell Spawn Variant Summoning: Corrupted Hydra Fusion
The caster summons a magic circle, starting the process of summoning a Hydra. A mighty three headed lizard whose size is massive compared to a human's standard size, the hydra is not physically assimilated but its essence is brought forth in front of the caster. They send it through the magic circle, transporting it to Hell itself. Summoning, transporting, and corrupting the Hydra takes moments from start to finish after which the caster calls back the corrupted essence of the newly formed Corrupted Hydra and temporarily fuses his with it. The caster takes on a hybrid form, humanoid in nature and similar to how the caster originally looked. The casters' eyes change color, teeth become sharper, and their skin becomes a darker tanish red as if they were being heated up intensely from inside their own body. The caster gains new armor, a full body set of Corrupt Hydra Scale armor, pitch black and sharp on the corners. If the caster wields a weapon and the weapon is strong enough it will also be enhanced in appearance and nature. The caster can survive one deathblow in this state, like how a hydra will regrow its head if chopped off. His Jinn bonus also doubles, giving +1 Resonance and +2 Defense and Resilience.

Personal Skills

Tactical Espionage
Keenan begins each battle in stealth mode. While in stealth mode, so long as Keenan does not engage in direct one-on-one combat with an enemy, that enemy will choose to attack other targets, unless Keenan is the only target available. Keenan will also not be included in Resonant magic targeting the party unless he has been exposed, or is the only valid target on his team. After being exposed, Keenan can re-enter stealth mode any time he has a free action (re-entering stealth mode does not use the free action, so he can still drink an Elixir or something). Any time Keenan is the only enemy target, he is instantly booted out of stealth mode.

Toxin Resistance
When afflicted with the lethal poison status, the status is replaced with regular poison after one turn. Keenan also cannot be KO’d by poison, and will be left with 0.1% HP no matter how many turns pass.

Art of Deception
Keenan gains hyper-awareness at the very start of battle allowing him to examine his surroundings at top speed. He gains +4 stars of Perception, one of which he will lose for every turn he is not in stealth mode, until his Perception stat returns to its base level. He can also use True NearSight at the start of battle.

Faithless
Every turn that Keenan uses a sight based spell (NearSight, Chain Jail or Deception Discovered) he builds an internal electric charge that deals constant 5% chip damage to him until he uses a “black lightning” ability, dispelling the charge. For every lie he is told by an enemy under the influence of an ongoing spell, he recoups 1/5th of the lost HP during that turn. The longer a battle goes on without his questions being ignored or a lie being told, however, the more the charge will stack, dealing 10% per turn, 15%, etc.

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Samara the Commoner

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Ahley Wycliffe the Noble

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt (slightly torn)
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom (several tears and a small arrow shaped hole on one of the pant legs)
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and silver longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.

Overall, the order had been agreed to, reluctantly—but hard to stomach, for most of Ashley's Allies—a ragtag group which still had no official name. Much more easily persuaded and eager than they to seek vengeance were the ship's crew, who had suffered all of the casualties, and did most of the cleanup after the screaming ceased. In truth, Ashley herself had no taste for the slaughter that came, and excused herself shortly after it began—another callous act that could have pushed Kavius' temper over the edge once he'd heard about it—if not for what she said to him later that night.

"I won't ask you who you really are, or where you came from—but I will apologize for speaking to you as though you were a child." Not a single unnecessary muscle on her face moved while she said it. She looked almost like a lifeless doll. Still, something about the proper bow she gave afterwards seemed to lend a genuineness to her compliment.

For a few moments Kav did not speak or move. At times like this it was more likely for him to be at the receiving end of some form of complaint for his actions or words, often causing nothing but strife for himself and Sam. Especially from people who act all proper and bloody as this woman does. It was not as if he had a reason to dislike her at the beginning, he did not have a good or bad thought about anyone here in the group. The more he listened and the more he watched the better feel for these people Kav seemed to gain and Ashley…..well not matter before, after today's events, Kav in part tried to stay away from most of the crew to avoid looking like he was avoiding her. For his protection and hers.

“If you have something to say then say it”, he said with little emotion, “Words hold no weight anyways so just get on with it.”

"A little bird told me that you single-handedly turned the tide of this losing battle. That's a feat I won't soon forget. You have won my gratitude, respect, confidence, and a good word—if ever you need it," she concluded, bowing again to excuse herself and leave Kavius to his thoughts. A losing battle? So, she was bluffing, and not simply daft.

As Ashley walked away Kavius relaxed his grip on his sword's hilt, hidden behind where he was sitting. In truth he was not concerned with her seeing him armed or if Ashley had missed it but he was glad it was over. As much as Kavius did like to speak, at times and to certain people, he was glad that conversation was over. It did not matter how much she apologized, Kavius refused to trust people who could give orders like that out. Life was not something you should just discard so quickly. Kav knew he was guilty of killing before but nothing close to what happened.

Kavius injuries were tended after the battle had ended save for a lingering soreness. Kavius spent the rest of his time aboard the boat resting below deck, finding an out of the way corner spot and sleeping off his battle fatigue. In truth Kavius was not so much as battered physically as he was mentally. Fighting was not something he was unaccustomed to, nor was killing, but fighting for others was….somewhat different than what he was used to. Fighting with Sam was different in its own way and was beneficial for the both of them since they worked in tangent so well. He knew he went a bit overboard in the battle but he felt like showing he could be of value to everyone and not just a sack of dead weight was necessary. Before Kav drifted off into slumber below deck he smiled to himself, thinking how since he had shown he was somewhat capable no one would try to get him to do something to prove himself, knowing how there would be less work involved for himself. He could probably even hide and just sleep if nothing was to hold his interest in the coming days.

Three things haunted Ashley that night.

The first was the taste of iron from the vulneraries. It reminded her of the taste of blood. How she loathed it. She was so sickened by it that she found herself once again reaching for the bottle. Unwilling to wait out the taste of it, she allowed the strong alcohol to burn her mouth, before spitting it overboard; she wouldn't make the same mistake twice. This worked, and though it left her mouth feeling like it had been scalded with boiling water, she found pain preferable to the taste of blood.

The second was a haunting of a third kind.

It appeared suddenly, as though it had simply faded in from the shadows on the walls. The lanky, pitch-black creature with glowing red eyes stood tall in the room that Ashley was sleeping in—so tall that it was hunched over Ashley's bunk, its back pressed up against the ceiling. When it swiftly and silently descended onto Ashley's back with impossible speed, she made a noise like she had been gently disturbed, but her eyes remained closed, apparently not waking up.

Long, teeth-like protrusions extended from the end of its amorphous "face," slowly sliding along the back of Ashley's head, and across her scalp. Then, they slowly retracted—and extended again, as though the monstrous entity were struggling to get her entire head in its hideous maw. Then, just as suddenly as it had appeared and descended upon Ashley's helpless body, it vanished. At the same time, Ashley inhaled sharply, as though she had just woken up—before rolling over and going back to sleep, as if she hadn't noticed a thing.

Long after the first rays of sunlight lit the morning bright did Kavius awaken. Slowly unfolding himself out of the pretzel he shaped himself into when he found it felt perfect to sleep in, Kav thought to himself how he had not had such a peaceful sleep in days. Peaceful boat sleep anyways. Making sure to gather himself and his things as he stood up and made his way topside, he was immediately taken back by the dramatic visuals he could see, a litter of broken ships and ship parts were everywhere. He felt a twinge of pain cross his body as he stood above deck.

“Well this sucks”, Kavius said to himself out loud, “Cool shipwrecked coast to explore and I can barely move at a decent walking speed without feeling sore.”

Kavius sighed as his eyes explored every inch of the beach that he could see. The delightful mist that seemed to make its home on the shore line puzzled him slightly but peaked his curiosity. His gaze turned from the shoreline, back to his surroundings on the boat. His companions seemed to be just as curious as he was as it seemed, even Troe who looked a tad bit more eager to get an up close look than the others..

Ashley had woken up feeling oddly refreshed—so much so that she couldn't even muster any annoyance at the fact that the cries of "land ho" came before she could finish her morning coffee. Her eyes narrowed, though, when she saw the wreckage. Ignoring Kavius, her eyes scanned the shoreline, looking for the wreckage of a particular ship she'd recognize. She didn't find what she was looking for, but she found Kathila, a woman she did recognize.

Ashley's face betrayed no emotion as she looked at her, sizing her up. Out here, a powerful magic caster like her was a threat. Kathila probably would not recognize Ashley on sight like she did her, but if she heard the name "Wycliffe" spoken out loud in Ashley's general direction, it could be a disaster. Ashley was a woman with enemies—powerful enemies, who demanded protection from powerful allies like Lord Clive. Out here, in the open ocean and at Irinoth, she had no such protection—hence the Santa Lyrica mutiny-by-mercenary plot that had thankfully failed thus far—and Ashley had no idea if Kathila was for or against her. Given what Ashley knew about her, she could be cautiously optimistic, but never certain. All she knew was that, being a powerful person, she would almost certainly have an opinion one way or the other—probably a strong opinion.

None of that seemed to matter, though, as Kathila was far too distracted by Troe's antics, which also earned a small wince from Ashley. As she approached both him and the shoreline, she attempted to heal his finger, to no avail. It was simply… gone.

Kavius followed behind Ashley, at a distance, just as eager as she was apparently to get over to Troe. What really made him want to follow though was the look in Ashley's eyes when she spotted the random on the shoreline. He did not approve of Ash but anything that could make her go from 'normal’ to ‘totally not forced normal’ is something he wanted to know about. He found it quite hilarious when Troe lost his pinky though and Ashley's failed attempts at healing.

“Oh yea this is great. Misty beachfront view, gorgeous shipwrecked sea, a side character that makes me feel like we should go because if she dies I don't wanna get blamed, oh yea who wouldn't wanna come here”, Kavius said sarcastically..

Ashley glanced at Kavius, acknowledging him for the first time that morning. "Hmph. I daresay anyone who comes here is a fool, including yours truly," Ashley remarked in agreement with both Kavius and Kathila, shaking her head. "If magic does indeed 'burn away' as she says, then even—even I can do nothing," she said, giving Troe a meaningful look. She meant, of course, that even if the phenomena was a curse, her unique line of work would do no good here. She wouldn't even be able to study its makeup, let alone change it.
"That still leaves the matter of obtaining proof of what took place here. I doubt a severed finger will appease the king's court—and even if we could transport the flames, that only seems like a disaster waiting to happen." She again glanced at Troe, as she called back to her earlier conversation with him, about her doubts regarding bringing this "thing" back to Faroth-En.

Ashley frowned. This time, she was truly out of her depth, and even if it was only a little bit, it showed.

What now? was the unspoken question on her mind.

With Troe enamored with what was happening and Ashley pondering, Kavius gained a thought. The random side character here might have more to say if they just ask the right questions. Or rather really he was just bored now and wanted something to do. Forgetting the fact he was supposed to be on a mission because of the obstacle in front of him Kavius spoke to Kathila.

“So...sooooo….come here often”, he asked hesitantly.

Ashley looked visibly disappointed, lowering her head and hiding her face with her hand as she sighed. She surely hadn’t expected her word to be tested so soon, and in the presence of someone as powerful as Kathila no less. Kavius probably wouldn’t even appreciate the favor, and would just chalk it up to her supposed honor as a knight, but… a promise was a promise.

”Pardon my partners’ lack of manners. Rest assured, they’re worth keeping around.”

Ashley offered Kathila a curtsy for an apology, putting on significantly fewer airs than usual. Despite being in the presence of someone who was obviously more of a somebody than she was, the lady knight Ashley was nowhere to be seen; she hadn’t even introduced herself. Perhaps she was embracing her new ragtag allies and life as a mercenary—or more likely, she was being deceptive as usual.

Kavius scoffed. “As if it is that easy to get rid of me in the first place.”

Kav crossed his arms while avoiding the gaze of Kathila, spotting the wrecked ships again floating in the sea. Quite suddenly, almost making Kav do a double take, he realized something. A half of a thought was formed in his head, but Kav decided to keep this to himself for now. Looking back at Kathila, Kavius relaxed a bit and smiled. Kav took a few steps toward Kathila until he was a few feet away from in front of her.

“Hey. You’re old so you probably know a lot right? That's probably why you’re here in the first place. Send the older and….maybe stronger”, Kavius said questiongly, “So if nothing can get in, including even you oh so shockingly, doesn't that mean there is a decent chance of something even stronger being trapped in.”

There was no doubt in his mind that this was weird. He did not know much about magic, but this whole scene reeked of it and something strange was taking place that he could not see. Kav walked over until he was just to the edge of where the mist would not touch him, staring at it as he spoke to the Gremory next.

“Wait, that's silly, how would you know that? Although...you did say you knew this magic crap doesn't stop here but continues inward. I'm sure you knew that though cause you look like a mage so you can probably sense that stuff or something?”

If Sam had been standing closer by she would have stopped him sooner but the comment on the Gremory’s age could not go unnoticed. Walking up behind him, Samara gave a quick smack on the back of Kav’s neck. ”Please excuse this knucklehead. He was raised in a barn so he doesn’t have much manners. But he does bring up a good point. How do you know it doesn’t engulf the entire island?”

Kathila softly chuckled at the sight of Kavius being smacked. “Well I suppose it is a good thing the boy has you to watch over him and keep him out of trouble. I doubt he would survive here for very long, carrying on like a small stray.”

Bristled at being called a boy Kavius placed his hand on the hilt of his sword but gave a hearty laugh, confusing the Gremory and those around him, save Sam. As Kavius began to walk back from the mist Sam softly spoke a warning to him.

“Kav…..just don't.”

With a shrug Kavius walked past Sam and stood in front of Kathila, looking her in her eyes and flashing a big smile. She still had not answered any of his or Sam's questions, while continuing to treat him with little to no regard. Granted Kavius was normally unaffected by the tauntings of others as he was the taunter more often than not and knew getting angry would do nothing but hurt him. This woman reeked of magic and Kav was not very well prepared at the moment to deal with her. So with a heavy sigh and rolling of the eyes, Kavius put his pride aside for the moment.

“Whatever little woman. Look can you actually tell us that could be of any help, unless you really came here just to enjoy the sights. Sights being the ocean and nothing else.”

Kathila frowned but chose to speak regardless of the young man's crude mannerisms as Samara appeared next to Kavius to smack him once again, this time hard enough for an echo to emanate. “What I can tell you will bring you no happiness, although I am sure someone like yourself is ever truly happy less you are indulging in personal vices. There are many who would wish all of you harm, and would risk life and limb to satisfy their bloodlust. This island holds many perils hidden by the mist, to which I have no explanation to give you.”

“Can we please skip the fancy words? You really haven’t told us anything we couldn’t or haven’t already figured out. Do you intend to be an ally or are you simply going to watch as we try to do something besides sit in the water?” But then Sam sized up the woman as if thinking. ‘Or is she planning to be an enemy at any point?’

To be an enemy of this woman was not something Kavius wished for, in fact if she were to simply leave he would not protest. After the bloodbath previously he had no wish to harm another human for a while.

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Samara the Commoner

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Earlier but not too early

With a smile Kavius looked Sam in the eyes, unable to stand and gasping for air, in pain with every other word he spoke. "Hi..Sammy..just..been..out..for..a..stroll."There was still battle raging, but everyone seemed to be doing their part or defending themselves. "Having..fun?"

Or rather, Kavius tried to communicate this. In fact this is what Kav would have said verbatim. Unfortunately after Kavius had pulled himself on board the enemy ship his gaze fell upon Sam who was in fact being attacked by pirates who had not taken kindly to either one of them being on their ship. Sam was nimble enough to evade or with her knife direct enemy weapons away as she should be. After all of the training she put Kavius and herself through, Especially Sam since she spars against Kavius who fights very unorthodox like, Sam was able to dispatch the first pirate with a quick stab to his knee followed by a rapid diagonal slash to the throat while only having been nicked in the arm as her damage taken. The deceased pirate had gone from standing, to his knee, to the ground having fallen in front of and across from another pirate who looked to have been killed in a similar manner. Samara dodged backwards as a second pirate took his turn on attack to swing at Sam. In what Kavius would have described later as just a single blur of motion, Samara sheathed her dagger, pulled out and knocked and arrow from her quiver, took a step and fire at point blank range into the eyehole of the pirate. While wiping a smidge of blood off her face with her free hand Samara could not help but chuckle softly herself. Sam knew Kav was going to freak out when she told him that the maneuver she insisted he helped her practice so much actually worked and saved her life, which caused Samara to smile even as she was catching her breath.

The pirates were still coming out from below deck slowly, not that there were too many left in already, but they seemed to have mostly lost their will to fight. A few were still causing trouble but the very few near Kavius and Samara seemed smart enough to throw down their weapons and surrender. With this well earned reprieve Kavius took this chance to clear his throat, alerting Sam and showing her that he made it on the boat. Kavius pulled himself up from sitting against the side of the deck in enough time as Sam walked over and stood in front of him, a single eyebrow raised at him as she took in his appearance.

"Kav...you look like crap", Sam said. She looked at Kavius in his eyes and raised her hand hesitantly as if she was going to touch his shoulder. Sam changed her mind, lowering her now balled up right fist to her chest instead. "We need to get back to the ship as quick as possible." Sam attempted to speak more but was cutoff by Kavius with his own spoken thoughts.

"SAMMY...Sam-ah-laHEUH-HEU-HAUH", Kavius tried to say but ended up in a small coughing fit, "HEUH-HAUH...ugh um sorry about that. Choked on my own saliva. Or blood. I can't tell what liquid is currently dominating the inside of my mouth", Kavius said honestly.

"Kav, stop talking. We need to get you to Aleria before you keel over, you idiot."

"Sammy! We've talked about that, I am not gonna die anytime soon", Kavius said as he is reminded by Samara glaring at Kav and pointing at his bleeding leg that he almost did die in fact.

Kavius watched as Sam walked forward, grabbed Kavius' arm, and placed it around her shoulder and helped Kavius find his footing as she did. The adrenaline in Kavs body was still pumping, helping to dull any major pain he might have been feeling otherwise as Samara helped Kav get back to the ship. As they did, Samara tried to keep Kavius from speaking, out of concern and other reasons, but Kavius still had more to say.

"Sorry for worrying you by the way...I will admit this time things got a little dangerous."

"Save your energy Kav", Samara glancing at Kavius as she spoke, "but yes that was extremely reckless. Even for you this sets the bar a little higher but if I didn't get so seasick I would have stopped you. Or gone with you. What did you do by the way?"

"I snuck aboard that sinking ship that's on fire. I was the one who set it on fire."

Samaras eyes opened wide for a moment, her face showing shock for only a second. "You...wait...that explosion earlier. That was your fault?"

Kavius rolled his eyes as he began to speak. "I mean yes I did if you wanna word it like that. I made something explode. Not my fault these guys already had loot below their ships deck. flammable and explosive loot. Saffron, flint, and the like do not go well together."

"Last I saw you, you were running pretty much head first into the enemy. Don't say it's not your fault because you could have stayed back."

"Says the charming rogue who was also on an enemy ship and not making it explode."

Samara scowled at Kavius, which made Kav laugh. As she did the two of them reached the stink boat and their companions. Kav looked over everyone topside and surveyed the situation. A few pirates were still attempting to fight, enough to surround himself and Sam, when all of the aforementioned pirates were taken down by a magical Troe. Once the enemies were magically cleared, Troe spoke to Sam.

"Get him below deck and tended to, I believe Mikhail and the others have the situation under control from here."

Kav frowned, having absolutely no reason to not believe Troe but still doubting him, and shrugged. Which is when Ashley made her dramatic appearance, her footsteps loud and demanding attention. Sam attempted to move towards the hatch to below the ship but Kavius stayed glued to where he was standing with Sam.

"Kav, c'mon, let's go see Aleria. You're still bleeding."

Kavius stayed still, watching Ashley and listening to her exchange with the pirate crew.

"Pirates, pleading to a woman for mercy... what irony."

"But we're not pirates! We're mercenaries, just like you!"

"You became pirates the moment you fired your first shot. And this knight—who is not a mercenary, for those keeping score—has no mercy to offer to pirates."

Suddenly and as quick as lightning in Kavs eyes Ashley drew a dazzling sword from the sheath on her hip, and in an instant the merc in front of her was much more dead than he was a few seconds ago.

"Sorry, but I'm not taking any more questions today...Kill them all."

At this point Kavius was slightly shocked. Her movement was decisive, her strike lethal, and her heart.........cold as ice. He could see that there was no concern or remorse in her eyes, granted against these guys it makes sense, and her previous actions dictated that she most definitely saw herself as the leader doing what was necessary. Kavius scowled, he hated those self righteous asshole types. At this point in time, he forgot about Sam, the boat, his injuries, his teammates, and stared at Ashley. He felt a little better, still in pain but able to deal with it better now that some time has passed, and wanted nothing more than to draw his sword. He knew that made no sense, but seeing people get executed never sat right with him. He also felt Ash was someone he was going to end up fighting and not someone whose orders he would follow. Kav motioned to Sam that he was ready to go and they both walked to and walked down the hatch leading to below deck and Aleria.


Below Deck

As the slaughter raged topside Kavius had his wounds treated by Aleria. multiple sword cuts along his arms, all ten fingers he owned were calloused and red with small arrow head cuts along the side of his right hand, burn spots all along his body on the backside, and while the arrow was removed his leg had been pierced cleanly through by an enemy arrow. Aleria had her own comments to make, to which Sam mostly responded as Kav was silent for most of the treatment. However Samara had plenty to say. To try to explain just how upset she was with Kavius would not do Samara justice. This happened quite frequently to be honest but usually the jobs they worked did not have tactical sea warfare. Normally they aren't surrounded and when that does happen they make a quick escape. What Kavius did was something so asinine not even she could let this slide. Sam stood next to Kavius, eyes glaring the entire time Aleria performed.

"So....", Sam began to say keeping a cool exterior, "[color=darkslateblue]Wanna run by why you thought what you did was a good idea in the first place? You have some level of skill but what in the Gods-forsaken-crap logic did you use to assume you should charge ahead when you have a WHOLE TEAM NEXT TO YOU." Sam calmed herself and continued. "What about me? Did you think-..", Sam began to say before she realized Kavs eyes were glazed over, obviously deep in thought. It took all of her strength to not hit him. Sam snapped her fingers a few times to get his attention. "Don't you dare ignore me Kavius! I am not going to travel with someone who is as suicidal as you or someone who so blatantly ignores me!"

At this Kav looked up and towards Sam, eyes still not fully focused. "You can hear it cant you? The sounds of those men upstairs dying horribly because captain bitch thinks nothing of just execu-", Kav said as he was cut off by Sam.

"NO! You are not doing that! Those people forfeited their lives when they attacked us and they knew exactly what they were doing. If they wanted to live so bad they wouldn't be doing the things they do!"

"SO ITS OK TO JUST KILL ANYONE WHO TRIES TO KILL YOU?"

"WOULD YOU RATHER SHOW THEM MERCY SO THEY CAN STAB YOU IN THE BACK?"

"MOST OF THOSE MEN THREW THEIR WEAPONS DOWN. THEY MIGHT DIE NO MATTER WHAT NOW AND WE CAN'T TAKE THEM WITH US BUT WE COULD HAVE JUST THROWN THEM OVER BOARD OR INCAPACITATED THEIR SECOND SHIP!"

Sam sighed and rubbed her temples. "Kav, there were gonna die no matter what, even the guys who surrendered. We are in the middle of the ocean, days away from the last island we saw and the place we are going isn't safe." Sam clapped her hands together and crouched to get eye level to Kav. "Grow up Kav. Even if we wanted to show mercy we are not in any type of position to do that. I didn't show mercy earlier and I still wont."

"I just cant accept that", Kav said with his eyes finally returning focus and a cold edge in his voice. As he spoke he returned Sams gaze finally. "I cant accept cold blooded murder against someone who has surrendered."

"Cold blooded? Ignoring how stupid that is, you blew up one of their ships! You struck them down earlier and I have seen you kill people before."

"Not after they surrendered. And yea I did blow it up, I was being attacked and I had no choice but to do something drastic. No one was gonna show me mercy in that situation show I returned that in kind. Ashley..", Kavs expression grew cold and into something Sam had never seen before as he spoke Ashleys name, "I don't trust her. I don't like her. She is probably the type of person whose chip on their shoulder comes from some stupid sub plot from their past. It would be different if she showed any kind of human emotion while giving the order, but she called for all of those men's deaths after they surrendered. People like that will justify anything, she would probably kill her own mother if she could find a reason for it."

At this Sam did indeed slap Kavs face, a loud pop emanating through the lower deck. She did not like that expression on Kav, she had never seen it before. Kavius is a good man, a kind man, and yes he is annoying and slightly hypocritical, lazy, and apparently naïve as shit. But that was one of the reasons she followed him. Well not exactly,but its partially why she stayed this entire time they have known each other. Kav touched his cheek and felt the sting harshly. His eyes never left Sam.

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt (slightly torn)
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom (several tears and a small arrow shaped hole on one of the pant legs)
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and silver longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.

"Kav, wake up you lazy ass."

Kavius awoke with a start, eyes suddenly opened and mind scrambled. It took a few moments but Kavius began to remember where he was. He and Sam had taken a small respite from work and training, napping in an open field. Well....Kav had been napping while Sam refused to leave them both defenseless. Kavius had tried to convince her to rest as well, very lazily, but had fallen asleep mid sentence. They were both in an open field that seemingly stretched on for miles, no sign of any towns or other settlements anywhere nearby. Kavius smiled but stayed laying down.

Kavius sighed happily. "Sam-ah-lam seriously, you gotta try relaxing more. You're gonna die young or at the very least ruin that pretty face of yours."

Samara slapped the top of Kavs head, as she was sitting next to him and it was easy to do so, which made Kavius flinch but never made him lose his smile.

"That was not very nice madam Sammy."

"It wasnt very nice of you going off on your own, leaving me behind."

Kavius raised an eyebrow at Sam clearly confused. "What?"

"You left me, to go fight pirates. You almost died, your bleeding pretty bad right now and for what? To try to play hero? Thats soooo not like you."

Kavius, more confused than before, slowly sat upright and cross legged next to Sam.

"What did you think you could accomplish by yourself? Against what is basically an army?"

"Sam your not making any-"

Kavius cut himself off mid sentence as a flood of memories began to pour into his mind. He remembered being on the boat, he remembered going off on his own, and he remembered-

"Crap", Kavius exclaimed, "I'm dead."

Samara sighed and stood up in front of Kavius. "Your not dead dumbass, if you were dead why would I be here? Even if I died too you think I would want to spend my afterlife with you?"

At this Kavius frowned. "Yea no your right. The real Sam would never say something that horrible to me. Hit me? Oh yea. Degrade me a bit, why the hell not? That was just cold though."

Sam laughed loudly at this. "Kav, I am just a projection in your mind. You passed out, probably, and your mind is roaming. Anything I say, you have already thought of."

Kav looked down. She, or he as in himself really, was right. Deep down he was waiting for Sam to just not be there one day. But that hardly mattered now. "Maybe but I dont have time for this."

Sam kneeled down in front of Kav and spoke. "Then KAV HURRY!"

Kavs eyes opened widely, the sound of warfare penetrating his skull. His left leg throbbed painfully and he felt sore and wounded all over. Turning his head slowly to the left then right, he spotted and arrow with a rope attached to it. Kavius smiled, knowing only one person he knew who would do that. There was a bit of distance between him and the arrow but Kavius knew what he needed to do. This was going to hurt. A lot. Kavius groaned as he turned his body sideways, readying himself to swim. He had no time to pace himself, gritting his teeth, Kavius swam to the arrow. Once he reached it and grabbed hold of it. He wasn't sure if anyone was going to help him further, so as quick as he could Kav tugged and pulled himself closer to the boat. Once he was able to touch the boat he hoisted himself up the boat, using the rope, and was pulled up and overboard. Kavius gasped rapidly for air, not believing the amount of pain he was in was real. Looking up he saw Sam, remembering his little dream.

With a smile Kavius looked Sam in the eyes and spoke, unable to stand and gasping for air and in pain after every word. "Hi..Sammy..just..been..out..for..a..stroll."There was still battle raging, but everyone seemed to be doing their part or defending themselves. "Having..fun?"

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and silver longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.

As the battle commenced in a spectacular fashion, Kav remained out of sight. The others were at least returning fire in some way, Kavius could swear he could hear the magical whooshes of spells being cast. Other sea battle sounds drowned out anything that could be heard by Kavius to let him know the state of his comrades......that is if Kavius had bothered to think of them. After Kavius managed to miraculously escape immediate danger that he himself put himself in Kav hid himself on board one of the enemy ships. After diving into the water, resurfacing after the sight on him had been lost, and scaled one of the enemy ships walls, Kav had managed to hide himself by hanging on to the ship on the outside of its stern. Staying attached to the ship was proving difficult for Kavius who knew he needed to act. Quickly.

"Damn it", Kavius muttered to himself, "Need to move before I'm spotted." Kavius sighed softly and rolled his eyes. "You know what", Kav said while wagging his finger in the air mockingly, "Ashley would probably have had a better idea. Margot and Xara could have magicked something to he-OW MOTHER FUCKER OW!"

Kavius was cutoff mid sentence as an arrow suddenly found itself lodged on his lower left leg. Kavius was about to start cursing when his eyes spotted his assailant, an archer from the other boat who had unfortunately spotted Kavius as he wasted time. Kav gritted his teeth and practically began to throw himself upwards as he climbed up and over the side of the boat he had been climbing before his assailant had managed to find their mark again. Kavius landed on his rear, against the boats wall sitting directly across from the wheel of ship. With the loud noises of battle engaging, the archer that shot Kavius was not able to clearly communicate quickly that there was an intruder on the other boat. That would not last long. With a limp from his left leg and his now drawn sword in his right hand Kavius walked forward and up to the wheel. Seeing the multitude of enemies in front of him, Kavius began to sweat. He made eye contact with a few people who had spotted him but mostly everyone was distracted by their own fights. Mostly everyone. Two pirates who had spotted Kavius from the other side of the enemy ship began racing towards his position. As the first pirate strode up to Kav on his left, Kavius clashed with the pirate for a few strikes with their respective swords before Kavius landed a fatal blow to the pirates chest. As Kavius brought his sword up from his previous strike and turned to face the second pirate incoming, the pirate specified moved faster than Kavius could have predicted. Kavius was able to block the pirates first sword strike, received a painful slash to his left side. Only avoiding a fatal blow because Kavius twisted his body as much as he could to turn to the side to lessen the blow. This did not help with the pain as much as Kavius hoped as the pirate raised his right foot and kicked out at Kavius, sending him over the ships steering wheel and down to the floor of the deck. Bouncing once then rolling unintentionally for once is what saved Kavius, as he bounced and rolled Kavius fell down through the ships deck hatch to the ships below. Down a small staircase and bouncing and rolling below deck for a few moments, Kavius rolled into a barrel. When he did a few specks of red dust puffed out from underneath the barrels non secured lid. Kavius stood up as quickly as he could after a few moments, gasping at the pain from his left leg which still had an arrow lodged in it. He could make out a voice shouting to go below deck, which Kavius assumed was the pirate that knocked him down, and began to panic. He had less than twenty seconds at most before more pirates would swarm him and he would die. This was it. Kavius turned around and slammed a fist on to the barrel he bumped into and was surprised to see what was inside as the barrels lid fell off. Kavius smiled, realizing what he needed to do. Kavius scanned the area he was in, spotted a few small items within a few feet of him, and formed an idea.

Flash forward about sixty seconds later, an explosion suddenly burst from the bottom middle of one of enemy ship to the left of the stink boat. The explosion faced away from the stink boat but could be seen by all in this battle. Within ten seconds, the entirety of the enemy ship felt the warmth of a blazing fire spreading from the bottom of the ship all the way to the top. Two more smaller explosions shooting upwards right after each other from the bottom of the enemy ship caused mass fear and hysteria in the pirates on the ship. All who were not burnt alive or died from the sudden blasts took to doing whatever it took to escape the ship, albeit their chances of surviving were low to zero. As the fire spread throughout the ship the flames nearly touched the boarding ladder the enemies used to connect to the stink boat. In an act of desperation some of the pirates on the stink boat knocked away the boarding ladder in an attempt to stay safe from the potential threat of burning alive, as a few others still attempted to fight those who hid in the below deck of the stink boat. Luckily none of the fire or flaming debris from the explosions hit any of the other ships. Kavius had escaped through the burning hole in the enemies ship that he had made and had jumped through it and into the water before any enemies were able to touch him. Swimming underwater to his ship, with all his strength since he had to make up for the loss of usability in his left leg, Kavius felt very proud of himself. Kavius thought to himself how they must not have been this peoples first victims, or if they were these boats were stolen. Under the deck were half a dozen barrels of different spices such as Saffron, Cumin, and Cinnamon. If this next part was not due to Kavius extreme luck then Kav did not know what it was with him. Kavius was also able to find several small items such as flint and other items that could cause these spices to combust.

The only reason Kavius knew what to do with these items is because of his veyr short time spent amongst sailors. His mentor had not made Kavius spend an abundant amount of time at sea, but the sailors they befriended did take Kavius out to sea to find his sea legs and taught him several useful tips of the trade, such as what you could do with your inventory if you were surrounded on your boat at sea. Dark, but Kavius was never more grateful. He had taken an arrow to the leg, several shallow sword wounds, and was beat up and was extremely tired. Kav managed to swim over to the rear of the stink boat and simply held on for a bit. He needed to rest, but not fall asleep, since he doubted he could scale the ship now in his condition. He was out of sight and out of mind, but Kavius knew he was still at risk. It was only a matter of time before an enemy spotted. Kavius sighed again, cursing what rotten luck he had and wished he and Sam could be doing literally anything else at the moment. With a newfound strength rising beneath Kavius as the thought of Sam finding his dead body drifting at sea made him angry, Kavius turned and faced the both and found as tight of a grip as he was gonna get. Slowly, meticulously, and nearly falling Kavius managed to pull himself up and climb the ship. Kavs fingers bled as the small cracks he could find for his fingers caused an intense amount of pain. Kavius raised his head over rear wall of the ship once he made it to the top and shouted with all his strength.

"SURROUNDED BY THIRD RATE TRASH WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST US! WHO DECIDED THAT??"

Hopefully this was enough to get his friends attention. As an enemies attack was sent towards Kavius, he let go and fell backwards into the water with a big splash and the sound of an arrow missing its target.

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and silver longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.

The past few days were a trial for Kavius, as the boredom of peace and tranquility set in. The island had offered so much drama and fun that while it was not hard to leave, Kavius htought that it would not have been a bad place to relax for ahwile. That is, as long as no one recognizes him from the previous debacle he had been partially to blame for. Kavius spent most of the time hanging around Sam, his motivation for the job dwindling and Sam could see it. She simply did not have the strength to argue with Kav, and he knew it, so while Sam did what she could to keep from losing her mind from sea sickness Kav stayed by her side. Even if sometimes he was just laid down close to her, trying to ignore everyone but her. At one point Troe would approach the two but Kavius would dismiss Troe easily. Kav was not into answering a lot of questions and had nothing to say to Troe, He did not want him bothering Sam, and would attempt to brush him off of Sam as well. However if Sam were to answer Troes questions was entirely up to her. It isn't as if Troe was an enemy o someone untrustworthy but Kavius saw Troe as a huge nerd. With a aura of power that made Kavius recognize that he would probably no challenge Troe to a sparring match. His magic was his magic and Kav wasn't interested, especially after fighting Xara.

Ashley at one point would take the time to question him about the incident on the island and about his fight with Xara, once it was reveled what they did. Kav couldn't see any other reason she would ask about it except to find out more about how they fight, but Kav wasn't against explaining what happene don the island. After coming clean about how he truly did not mean to peek and how he was only trying to help, Kav felt a little better. At Ashleys remark about how Kavs fight went Kavius could not help but laugh slightly.

"I wasn't holding back against you, but it was just a sparring match. besides like you said. I'm just a kid. Your just such a strong adult", Kavius said sarcastically but with good intentions.

Kavius was already below deck when the rest of the crew suddenly descended below deck filling the stinkboat with feelings of anxiety and terror. The stinkboat crew were not hardened veterans, so Kavius was at first doubtful that anything was seriously wrong. Until he heard the familiar sound of another boat attaching a bridge to the stinkboat above deck. With a sigh Kavius looked at Samara and spoke.

"what the shit is happening now", Kavius asked Sam rhetorically, "Hang out a second I will be right back."

Kavius was encouraged not to leave yet, especially by his companions, but Kavius dismissed their warnings. "Listen I am just gonna take a look." Kavius walked up the small staircase leading towards the top deck and had unlocked and slightly raised the hatch door when Kav suddenly let go of the hatch, the hatch door lamming shut as an arrow was buried into the hatch. Kav looked back and shrugged. "I saw that coming", Kavius said lying to himself and the others.

Kav raised the hatch by pushing it open then leaping and rolling forward dodging a few more arrows. Now that he was above deck he could see their were two large looking ships surrounding the stinkboat with a makeshift ladder bridge connecting to the stink boat on both of its side to a different enemy ship. Kavius may not be a veteran but he was experienced enough in living in areas where he had to quickly scan his surroundings for an enemy count. There were too many to count, but Kav could see plenty of archers with arrows trained on him, mages with spells at the ready to be cast, and rather simple but muscular looking privateers with swords and the like slwoly approaching the stink boat. As Kavius looked for the variety in the enemies before him, Kav would not stop moving to dodge incoming enemy arrows. As an arrow came close to piercing his face, Kavius quick drew his sword from his sheath, knocking away the arrow by shielding his face with the side of his sword.

"OK", Kavius yelled out halfheartedly, "So listen. You really dont want to do this. We have a guy on board that is not afraid of giving ya'll-", Kav said as he was stopped midsentence to twirl around a melee combatant approaching him and kicking him in his family jewels. As another melee combatant approached from behind, and an arrow was finding its way towards Kav, he fell on his back on ground as the enemy arrow found itself lodged in the melee combatants head. Kavius sighed and kicked himself up. "-a really cold death. Plus the all the women on board are gonna get really really-", Kavius said as he stopped yelling once again to slice another incoming arrow in half, "pissed about this."

Kavius gulped as more and more melee combatants began to encircle him. Kavius shrugged, no longing caring to shout pointless warnings. Plus he really was not in a position to be shouting demands but he would be damned if he did not at least say something.

"What gave anyone of you the idea any of you had the right to surround me?"

Kavius hopped to his left and kicked the rope pulley next to him, grabbing the eagles nest rope and going upwards quickly. Kav landed in the eagles nest of the stinkboat and ducked down, avoiding another few arrows. The others had begun to take action in their own way by now, but Kavius preferred to work alone or with Sam. Plus there were plenty of pirates for all. Kavius leaped out of the eagles nest, diving into the water, and swam underneath the closest enemy ship. After a few moments Kavius would resurface on the other side of the enemy ship and would attempt to quickly climb the side of the boat and attempt a sneak attack. The others could use teamwork to survive this, Kavius was better alone. Or at least worked better with Sam.

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.
(F) 1 Silver Sword

Kavius had attempted to hide out of sight once he had climbed onboard the stinkboat and had successfully vanished from the sight of the angry mob. He crawled/walked towards the stairs that lead to the cramped deck below where he was hoping to find Samara still resting. Only able to snatch a loaf of bread and a flask of something clear, Kav was disappointed with what he had brought back for Sam. Things just had gotten out of hand so quickly, then he bought a sword, fought Xara........Kav grinned when he realized he had so much to tell Sam, even though it had only been a few hours. Kav froze when a familiar voice came from behind him, asking him about the peeping situation and Xara. Kav raised his hands defensively at Ashley as he spoke.

"I will not deny that I find the female form to be an alluring and tempting prospect in which I could find myself lost in for days, especially with the right women, but be that as it may.....", Kav began to stay but stopped midsentence. Realizing that nothing he could say would make anyone believe he was innocent Kavius shrugged and moved on to the next question. "Anyways I don't know where Mr breaks-stuff-then-doesn't-pay is, we uh...kind of sparred a bit. Broke some stuff. Set some stuff on fire OH there was this explosion that wasn't our fault", Kav said quickly.

Truthfully Kavius did not know where Xara was. Last he had seen him was after they had gotten up. He had assumed he would be here by now. Kavius grinned and put his hands behind his head, relaxed.

"Yea so no clue where the magic wind guy went. He should show up any second now....Oh by the way", Kav began to ask leaning forward closer to Ash, "Does the stinkboat smell worse somehow to you now? Like some new nasty smell?"

Fire Emblem: Sunken Flames

Kavius the Commoner

Kavius(Cav-e-is) Hishamie

Inventory

Outfit = (A) 1 baggy black shirt
(B) 1 blue pants rolled up slightly at the bottom
(C) 1 pair of dark gray leather shoes
(D) 1 sheath and longsword
(E) 1 waist bound pouch = Money, small wrapped up string, a small amount of spherical candy.
(F) 1 Silver Sword

After a small amount of time had passed and Kavius grew bored of watching the fire burn he turned his head towards Xara and spoke. "Yo Table...Xara, bout time we start heading back to the ship don't ya think", Kavius asked. As he spoke next Kav began to stand up. "I'm gonna start heading back, I just need to do something real quick before I return. You should go back too unless you have anything else you wanted to do too." Kavius outstretched his hand towards Xara, offering to help him up. "Sound good new buddy"?

After Kavius finished conversing with Xara, Kav ran off towards the way he came from originally. Most of the aggression he was starting to feel had evaporated and he felt ready to settle this. Kav thought of coming back here with Sam at some point after this job, they probably will deserve a small vacation and Kavius bet he persuade Sam since she missed so much. It did not take long to return to the scene of the Bath Crime, where Kavius walked around trying to find anyone who had been here earlier. Little did he know, however, he would be spotted first. It would just so happen that the ringleader, petite redhead who looked to be in her twenties, would spot Kavius before he had a chance to react. At the sight of this women and sound of her shriek, Kavius rushed over to the women and spoke as he walked.

"Ok look listen you have the wrong guy, the guards here even arrested the right guy your just being too stupid too- "", Kav tried to say as he was cut off by the women.

The redhead angrily make many remarks about the perverted young man, how he would rot in a jail cell for the rest of his life, then how she would kill him.

"But..if you kill me", Kav asked confused, "I cant rot in jail...and if I rot in jail...", Kav asked as he scratched his head, "Then you cant kill me...."

The women nearly lost it at this point, rallying her fellow petite womanhood who seemed appear from around every corner around Kav. Kav gulped at the sight of this.

"Well......shit."

Kav made a run for it, running as fast as he could through and around each women. Kavius returned to the stink boat, climbing aboard as quickly as he could to hide from the fast approaching horde of petite women.

Possible JJBA themed RP

If we can confirm 3 or 4 people besides myself than I will post a thread for this