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Men vs. Women Race to 1000

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Smut VS No Smut: Where Do You Stand On the Matter?

I honestly don't care if that stuff is involved or not, but I would appreciate it if the person I was rp'ing with gave a heads up and I probably wouldn't like to get too detailed because...well, that's just awkward

But I think fade-to-blacks are usually the best course of action in big group RPs. If it's a 1x1, well, I don't participate in 1x1s solely focused on smut, so that's no problem for me

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ahhh I love all your art!!

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The Veiled Isles

Jade watched as the thief closed Elia's eyes. They must have been close, she thought to herself. Then, he stared at Jade with an oddly innocent look on his face, studying her closely. Jade met his gaze evenly, and then he finally spoke.

"Elia wanted to align the Guild with them to shift the balance of power. I warned her not to. But I came anyways. Wanted to watch; observe. Didn't know she'd die. Didn't know others were already dead," he told her, and looked down at Elia's body with a frown. Then, he re-focused his attention to Jade and said that he would help if she had a plan.

Jade was mildly surprised at his proposal and how perceptive he was. After all, if he'd been close to Elia, then he probably was one of the higher-ranking members of the Guild himself. Most members of the Guild wouldn't hesitate to take any opportunity they could to bring down the League. Jade grimaced slightly. "Thanks for offering, but I have no plan yet," she admitted sheepishly. "But I would really appreciate some help. Tell you what-I'll head back to headquarters, let Syra know what's going on, and come up with something or the other by tomorrow. I have a feeling that something bigger than both of our organizations is going on, so the first step in the plan would probably to get more information. Some reconnaissance work, yeah? I know that the Guild is very skilled in recon, but the League's strength is more in its stealth, and, ah, fulfilling contracts." Jade paused for a second to catch her breath. She glanced at the thief's face, and satisfied that she didn't detect any sign of hostility, continued. "If you could help with finding out what the hell this guy is doing around the island, well, frankly, it would be a huge help. Some of the assassins aren't so great at blending in with the crowd."

"So what do you say?" Jade questioned, tilting her head slightly and appraising the thief. An alliance in between the Guild and League was very unlikely, but not impossible.......and Jade had a feeling that they would have to work together to uncover what the Eltevian man was truly doing on the island.

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"Grab her. Follow," the thief said in a soft voice, before taking to the rooftops. Jade picked up Elia's body and did as the thief asked, making her way up the boxes and following him. Jade had to admit that she was impressed by the network of pathways laid across the rooftops, all but invisible to anyone who didn't know about them. The added weight of Elia's body made it harder to keep up, but the thief waited for a minute or two every so often to give her a chance to catch up. As they snaked through the rooftops and alleyways of the market district and eventually into the slummy area of Valencia, Jade watched the thief. She took in his lithe, agile movements and the way he seemed to know exactly when and where the next rooftop would be. Jade could almost imagine his eyes darting around and locating the next place to jump before leaping gracefully across the gap in between the rooftops.

Finally, the thief found a rooftop to stop on near the harbor. When Jade arrived, he gestured toward the ground. Jade gently set down Elia's body, stopping for a moment to catch her breath. Jade did not doubt that the rooftop network extended far beyond the snippet that the thief had shown her, but there were more important things to think about. "Do you know who he was?" the blonde-haired thief asked after Jade had put Elia's body on the ground.

Jade shook her head, a wry expression on her face. "I wish that I did," she replied, tucking a piece of her dark brown hair behind her ear. She hesitated for a moment before continuing. "What Elia was doing with him is my biggest question right now," Jade went on, glancing down at the corpse. Even in death, there was still something about her that drew the eye. Perhaps it was her wild, untamed hair, as free as Elia had been herself.

"Anyway. You didn't hear this from me," Jade began, giving the blonde thief a pointed look, "but I found him killing assassins as well. I'm not sure what his motives are right now, considering that it seems like he does not intend to ally with either of us, but based on his fighting style I would say he's from the north, probably Eltevi." Jade recalled what she had seen of the man's forceful slashes and strong thrusts, a far cry from the fighting style of the League, which emphasized stealth, agility, and evasive maneuvers. "He obviously had formal training-his movements were more precise and controlled than those of a common street fighter," Jade said. She flicked her eyes to the blonde thief. "No offense. And did you see his sword? That thing must have taken ages to forge. So he's foreign-most likely Eltevian-and rich, meaning that he's probably somehow affiliated with the Eltevian government." Jade stopped talking to let it all sink in. She shook her head slightly. "This doesn't look good."