[IC] Monster hunter: Story of Cantarco village.

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Cyrus/Chief

Cyrus grinned at Armend's talk of training, he remembers when he himself discussed training with his mentors tho that was a long time ago. "Indeed, I will have to give you some guidance now wont I?" He then headed to the back room and took a seat at the table his sitting position made it very clear that his right arm was broken as he only lifted his left arm onto the the table. He chuckled and beckoned Armend back to the table "Don't worry, she'll sort us out. She prefers it that way.""Don't talk for me Cyrus! But he's right, run along and take a seat. I'll be through in just a moment." She would meet any protests with stron retaliation and waited for Armend to get seated. Then the chief worked away in the kitchen a little longer before serving everyone a nice bowl of soup. The chief hopped up onto an extra tall chair "Now dig in!" Cyrus couldn't help but grin as he watched the old lady work, her movements made her look like a clockwork person. He then started eating his soup "Good as always Chief" the chief was to busy sipping her soup to respond properly.

Clara Baldwin

Clara mood was improved by the offer of soup, she knew how good the chiefs soup was. She took a seat opposite from Cyrus all tho the table had many free chairs to choose from. She still didn't say much until the soup got there. "Thank you chief." She said this and got a similar response that Cyrus did. She then looked at Armend for a moment then back to her soup. She didn't understand what was going through his head, this was odd because most of the towns folk had similar views and the traders were always there for money. So having someone she couldn't read easily was vexing to say the least. She sipped her soup quietly as she thought about Armend's comment on strength.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Armend gulped down the delicious soup. He rarely complimented another cook on their food, but the Elder truly had a gift. The bowl came down onto the table and Armend showed a great and wonderful grin. "That. Was amazing, Chief. Can I get a second bowl? Or how about two more. I promise I'll lick'em dry for ya. You won't even need to wash'em later." He chuckled to himself, then caught Clara staring at him.

Immediately his smile faded to a questioning, rough, glare. "What? Is my smile stupid too? Is everything about me stupid? So stupid you can't even concentrate on eating, huh?"

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Clara Baldwin

Clara gritted her teeth at Armend's words then looked up at him. "As a matter of fact it is! How can you you think of fighting other people!? How would fighting Cyrus prove your merit!? What is actually wrong with you!?" Clara's hand tightened around her spoon bending it. She went to say more before she was cut off by Cyrus.

Chief/Cyrus

Cyrus and the chief watched briefly then the chief nodded to Cyrus. "That's enough! So this is what you two were reluctant in telling me? Well it looks like you both screwed up didn't it? Now I don't know how this started but it stops now!" Cyrus then stood up from the table and gestured for Armend and Clara to follow him. "You two are coming with me and sorting this out now." After leading them out into a training area he got the both to stand in the middle of the area which was filled with barrels and training dummies. "Alright! First things first! What is this about exactly! Be very specific..." Cyrus stood there scowling at both of them. He'd not had this problem when he started out his career.

Clara Baldwin

Clara's face was covered with anger as she looked at Armend. Never did she think she would get scolded by one of her idols, and it was all because of Armend. She hissed before she started talking. "Well Cyrus. Armend told me he wishes to defeat you to prove he is better, not only is this arrogant but its also unfa--!" Clara was silenced by Cyrus lifting his hand and then he simply looked over at Armend with a look on his face making it very clear he wanted answers.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

"Wrong with me? what's wrong with you? You'd think for a woman so manly-looking that you'd know the desire strength, for status and power." Armend ended up jolting up from the table, his teeth gritted as he confronted, Clara's malice with his own. He hadn't the patience or control to keep his temper in check for much longer. It was good that Cyrus had cut in and led them outside, else that room would've been rattled and dirtied.

As they stood outside, Armend's fist tended to clench and unclench, though his posture was lax, indifferent even. He growled in his throat, hearing her disgust at his way of life. Once Cyrus' attention had turned to him, Armend would only shoot Clara his defiance. It came in the form of his hard blue eyes and furrowed brows. "Everything she said is true. She believes that monsters are the only way to be great. To hell with all that. I find my battles where I can. When I see strength I challenge it. When she sees strength anywhere that's not some mindless beast, apparently she runs from it. Calls it stupid."

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Cyrus/Chief

Cyrus let out a heavy sigh. "So it's a conflict of interests. This should be fun... So the way I see it, your both being children. If that wasn't clear enough by your behaviour at the table I'll explain it in further detail. You two just bickered like angry children and You didn't even try to understand each others viewpoints. I've been around for a while and I've been around, and if I learnt anything about people it's that they don't all agree. But they don't let that stop them from working together. And you two whether you like it or not are going to need to learn to work together. It is essential to you becoming hunters, because the monster isn't going to walk you out of the room and let you sort out your difference, if you end up tripping over each other, It will most likely kill you. So hopefully you can drop this childish argument and try to understand on another... And if you really feel like you need to fight me to prove your worth by fighting me Armend, then so be it. Cyrus then rubbed his right shoulder and took a few steps back then tapped his chin in a mocking taunt. "I might just be able to teach you both something by doing this."

Clara Baldwin

Clara stood there like a 6'5 200lb child being scolded by their favourite cartoon character. She never tried to speak up against him but didn't exactly like everything he was saying. She was shocked when Cyrus told Armend to fight him. "W-what!?" Clara felt kinda defeated considering her idol just did something she thinks is absurd and in turn gave Armend what he wanted.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Surprise took over for a moment, then Armend smirked knowingly at Clara, and faced Cyrus headon. "See, you get it, Cyrus. Testing a man's mettle is more than just fighting monsters, its overturning stronger people too." He grounded himself low, his arms and hand tensing.

"So who goes first? should I go or you?" he jested.

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Chief/Cyrus

Cyrus sighed "Look I don't condone violence against your fellow man. But if you really feel it's what you want then I'll accept your challenge." he said with a grin. He then gestured for Clara to take a seat and raised his one fist while positioning his right arm in a more defensive stance. He smiled at the overturning stronger people "I'll take that as a compliment. Cyrus then rolled his left shoulder and nodded "You go first, wouldn't be a good lesson if I flattened you with the first blow now would it?" Cyrus' grin slowly faded as he got ready for combat.

Clara Baldwin

Clara reluctantly took a seat off to the side and rested her head on her fist. She didn't like this, Armend had some strange idea in his head that fighting people proved your worth. Clara herself had hit people before but it was never to prove herself, it was more punching drunken idiots and joking play hits with friends. She was starteld to see that the Chief had somehow snuck up on her. "Oh chief I didn't see you ther-. the chief simply smiled and raised her hand gesturing for Clara to look back at the fight. The chief then took a seat next to Clara and watched as well.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

The Taunt Moment

That moment was so unnatural; that passage of time between Cyrus'smile fading and being completely gone. Armend wasn't sure what had changed but suddenly, he felt heavy, almost drenched in anxiety. He needed to get serious too. Armend let out a cool breath to slow his heart and steady his shaking arms. No going back now, its all or nothing, he told himself.

He inched his foot forwards once, then twice. A pause came. Then he forced himself forwards with a might lunge. He stayed low to the ground, coming at Cyrus head-on, when he was mere feet away he cocked his left arm far back and aimed it for his chin. He knew this would be his winning victory, people often looked at his form and thought him scrawny. What they didn't know was that he was practically made of dense, lean muscle. This punch would pack a terrible bite.

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Cyrus/Chief

Cyrus watched as Armend got low and bolted for him, he watched carefully as Armend started winding up. Cyrus had learnt to read body movements and react be them from a man or monster, he knew what a was coming and he knew that he shouldn't take the hit. Cyrus watched the fist flying towards him and it had come in the direction he had thought he stepped back a fraction and moved his head back a tiny bit. During this motion he got his left arm and went to push Armend from behind his head, he had to wait for Armends fist to be at the right position so he could launch this counter attack. If Armend didn't have any tricks up his sleeve then Cyrus would have simply pushed his head downwards and slightly to the right probably making him stumble in that direction. Cyrus noted that Armend had fought people before and he had decent form.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

The Snake Hunter

Armend hadn't stumbled forward as so many saplings might have before him. No, not him, not the street brawling: Armend Kinora, he took three quick steps before starting into a confident walk. He circled the old man with a keen eye, taking in every detail he could, including the unavoidable stiffness that came with an injury. It was smart of him to gauge, Cyrus' initial reaction. It told him a wealthy amount about the man. His experiences, his dominant, if not favored hand. The small things that it took to win a fight.

The small things were always what mattered.

"I'm impressed," he said flatly, not a speck of satire in his voice. "However, the real fight starts now. Don't insult me with your kiddie moves. Else I'll tear them and you apart."

Again Armend fell into his stance. However, this time his arms moved an odd rhythm, one that sheltered an almost hypnotic effect. He felt that the inexperienced Clara would be surprised, if not completely dazzled by it. Armend had learned it from a passing showman one night, it took him three days to make it his own. When they stopped, the faint echo of their placement fell behind them. "I'll teach you the harsh reality of The Abandoned."

He rushed forward, skidding to a stop in front of the man, and quickly ushered in a barrage of close, open-palmed blows. Unless the man had been hiding some reserve of strength, which Armend was sure he was, those blows would be hard to ward off.

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Chief/Cyrus

Cyrus smirked "What every you say." Cyrus had a pretty good idea of where Armend was coming from, he'd been around and seen almost all there was to see. This entailed dealing with almost every kind of person. Selfish kid princesses, reserved travellers and even a doting young mother or two. So Cyrus despite his profession making him deal with monsters it also made him deal with lot of different people as well. He noticed Armend inspecting him and his grin dissipated again, Armend was studying him for weakness this was a good sign. He knew he'd found one when Armend rushed forward.

Cyrus had a pretty good idea of what his glaring weakness was and he positioned his wounded arm behind him, then Armend started unleashing a flurry of blows. Cyrus knew he couldn't block them all with only one arm so he diverted as many as he could away from his face but in turn took many body shots. Her gritted his teeth, then he smiled the second he managed to divert one of Armend blows and giving himself a brief opening. He then spun around bringing his right arm around clothes-lining him with it. This would be an extremely powerful blow no doubt knocking Armend to the floor.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Know your Limits...

Armend was beginning to grow frustrated, despite himself, his punches were only making light blows. He had used this technique on plenty of strong guys, most of them could block five, maybe six, but Cyrus was blocking the majority of them and with one arm at that. He was going to back up, regain wind or composure, whatever the hell it was that was slipping from him, when a mighty arm shook his brain and sent him flipping.

The moment he hit the ground and his vision was blurred, he knew he was done. It was one blow, he had told himself, shivering either from the shock or fear. He still wasn't sure. That one blow though, it was enough to make his jaws tremble, his brain bounce. It was all he could do to keep from blacking out.

After a second, he clamored to his knees and managed to look Cyrus in his eyes. "Alright... You win." He fell back onto his bottom and allowed himself the time to recover. His eyes were still bleary and it would only get worst if he moved too much, too soon. "Cyrus," he called out. "I completely fucked that up didn't I?" He chuckled.

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Cyrus/Chief

Cyrus offered Armend a helping hand up and chuckle as well. "Not completely, I saw you analysing me looking for weakness. You'll want to keep doing that. But you forgot something. Just because something is damaged that doesn't mean it's not usable. You'll want to remember that when fighting monsters as well. Because a angry Rathalos isn't going to give you a helping hand when it knocks you on your ass." Cyrus said with a smile. After helping up Armend he rubbed his side and then her right bicep "You got a mean swing that's for sure." Cyrus would then turn to Clara and the now gone Chief. "I'm pretty sure you got a mean swing to. If I remember that night when you socked Charlie." he said with a chuckle.

Clara Baldwin

Clara covered her mouth when she saw Cyrus knock Armend to the floor. She was shocked when he used his broken arm to hit him, she then tilted her head. She hadn't even noticed what Armend was doing, she was very new to this whole fighting thing in general. She then soaked in Cyrus' words and made sure to remember them wounded doesn't mean useless. she then nervously smiled as Cyrus brought up the time she hit Charlie. "Y-yeah..." She laughed nervously.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Know your Limits...

Armend took Cyrus' offer, gripping his hand firmly whilst he pulled him up. He still felt a bit shaken by the blow, but at least now he could pretend to be operating at full capacity. He rolled his arms and showed that crooked, self-confident grin. "The match was definitely worth the hassle."

"So what now, Teach?

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Chief/Cyrus

Cyrus glanced at the chair next to Clara then he looked back at Armend. "well I think the Chief might have left you two something to do." he said pointing at the empty chair. Sitting on the chair was a simple quest paper, hunt 5 ioprey. Cyrus looked up at the darkening sky, "I'd say you got two options on what you can do. You can go out and hunt these ioprey now, albeit it's getting pretty dark. Or you could wait till the morning and head out then. Keep in mind that not all quests are going to be so lenient with their completion time, Monsters don't care about beauty sleep or family dinners. Only reason you got time is because this quest isn't currently a threat. Also the threat level is that high either. So the choice is up to you two. I'll be finishing my soup if you need me." Cyrus then walked off and went back to his soup Great... It's cold... The chief had vanished off to her bed for a nap, the chief didn't really have a proper sleeping schedule.

Clara Baldwin

Clara stood up and watched Cyrus help up Armend. She was indeed happy to see Armend get whooped, but she still wasn't keen on the whole thing anyway but she figured he was being an ass so he got hit. She then looked over at the chair next to her surprised to find a quest paper there instead of the chief, what the? Clara's expression showed her slight shock. She eventually bent over and picked up the paper then looked up at Cyrus as he laid out their options. She thought about it as her head followed Cyrus back into the town hall. She looked over at Armend still a hint of anger stirring around "I think we should wait till morning. some nastier things come out during the night." the anger was not clear in her tone but was hinted at in her expression.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Know your Place.

Armend looked over towards the paper int he chair. Just as surely as he had mentioned it, the sheet, or parchment was resting, its edges curled upwards. He avoid looking at Clara, the ire from their argument still smoldering in his gut. Rubbing his neck, he started off inside the moment he heard Clara began to speak. It was obvious what they would do, especially considering he was a bit banged up from the match.

He entered the hut from the back then exited from the front. Once back on the road, the orange and purples of the sky blending in, shading him with warm and mysterious colors, he pondered where the Inn was. Surely they had one. He stepped away from the home. "I'll come back in the morning to hunt those Ioprey." he told himself.

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Clara Baldwin

Clara waited for Armend to leave taking his lack of protest as a sing he agreed and would be ready tomorrow. She then walked into the hall and gave the quest paper back to Cyrus with a slight smile. She then simply nodded to him and headed out of the hall, she walked past Armend on her way out the door and headed back home. She didn't spare him a glance or a word.

Cyrus/Chief

Cyrus was sipping his soup when Armend and Clara walked past, he gave a simple nod to Clara and watched her leave then he almost choked on his soup. He quickly got up and ran to the door. "Hey Armend! Get back here! You don't have a place to stay do you!?" his intention was pretty clear after he beckoned Armend to come back into the hall. They had plenty of spare rooms so why not let him stay there? Cyrus also had a slight look of seriousness on his face, he had another motive as well.

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Armend Kinora ⚔

Know your Place.

Armend turned to look at Cyrus, surprise visible on his face. He raised a brow and strode off towards the hut again. Not really? You got a place I can crash for the night?" he asked. In the man's eyes were a bit of gravity, the type of weight that made one reconsider their actions. Armend cocked his head to the side. Did he want another match?

He entered the hut again with measure of caution.

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Chief/Cyrus

Cyrus took Armend over to the table and smiled at him. "We got a place for you to crash your whole stay my friend. Also. Would you like more soup?" Cyrus' smile didn't waver he wanted Armend to feel comfortable before getting to his other more serious topics he was going to bring up. "I didn't hit you to hard did I?" he let out a brief chuckle as he took another sip of his soup. The Chief's snoring could be heard because she'd left her door open, it was a rather strange sound tho not you ordinary snore more like a teapot that was steaming but must quieter. Cyrus shook his head at the sound before refocusing on Armend.

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Edon Cruxs.

Edon arrived at 'Area 1' after a hour he ran towards the path to the village "I might need to train myself but I think I should go back to the village first."