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[color=black][b]Time:[/b][/color] Dawn
[color=black][b]Location:[/b][/color] Roshmi City
[color=black][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] Bellona [@Potter], [@Dezuel]
[color=black][b]BGM:[/b][/color] N/A[/center]

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[b][u]Wallet:[/u][/b] 14 Amas
[b][u]Bank:[/u][/b] 3,000

[b][u]Gear[/u][/b]
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[*] See 'Clothing'
[*] Wakizashi
[*] Two razor-sharp metal fans
[*] Throwing Knives
[*] Rope Darts
[*] Climbing Claws
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[b][u]Items[/u][/b]

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[*] Drystone (For sharpening weapons)
[*] Gourd of water
[*] Steel wire
[*] Caltrops
[*] Smoke Bombs
[*] Large Red Potions (x3)
[*] Medium Red Potions (x3)
[*] Magic Resistance Potions (x2) [Black]
[*] Antidote/Medicine (x1) [Green]
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As time passed, Kuroi sighed as he began to teach the basics of knife defense to the human girl. He had her hold a live blade against him while he merely used his fan, keeping it closed to avoid harming her. Time and time again, he made sure to emphasize the back of the forearm whenever dealing with a live blade in close proximity, teaching her to 'frame' the arm the held the weapon up against the attacker's body if necessary. "In the end, you'll need some sort of minor ambidexterity. You'll have one arm trapping the attacker's arm against them while using the other to do whatever it needs to in order to ensure your safety."

Throughout his teaching, Kuroi never bothered taking off his mask, resulting in yet another day Belle would have to deal with not knowing what the vulpine really looked like. By the time training ended, Kuroi hoped the bit of pressure testing and training he had put her through would do her good. 

He sighed as he leaned against the wall, waiting for one of the idle party members to approach him for the sake of socialization or training. The vulpine closed his eyes as he waited, listening to the sounds around him, only to listen in on the abusive interaction between an elf and a faun. Kuroi stood up straight and looked over at the scene, recognizing two of the faces among the group. As if that wasn't enough, the vulpine turned to find the group formulating a rather outrageous plan to save the two. When addressed by Belle, her words went through one ear and out the other; he absolutely refused to politically put himself on the line with such an over-the-top plan!

Kuroi took a few steps away from the group, trying to disassociate as he leaned against the wall again, his eyes on Baraian and Ilan as he waited for the plan to spring into action. All the vulpine could witness was a mess of acts that he definitely did not agree with. A pie thrown at an elf's face right after a murder attempt? Seriously?

He let out a low growl as he gritted his teeth beneath his mask, trying to figure out what to do. While the elf and his troops were distracted by the chaos of the group's machinations, the vulpine slowly inched towards the elf, silently calling for him in hopes he'd slip away with him while the time was right. Although Kuroi still wasn't very fond of Baraian, he saw no reason as to why he should die. After all, he wouldn't directly be helping whatever schemes this man had, nor did he wish ill him, the human girl, or the faun when they all first met. All Kuroi could hope now was that his slight bit of help wouldn't land him in more trouble than he was asking for...