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Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Maritza Verenna

"No." The Naga replied to Lady Cal with blunt simplicity as she shook her head. "What prompted that line of thought was your guardian surviving the severance of his head. That is what put the idea of you practicing necromancy and other such ill thoughts into my mind. Of course, if Lady Radistirin says that said effects were achieved without the use of dark magicks, such an assessment is more than sufficient for myself." Maritza added, the accent of her formal learning of Thaln's language suddenly coming out in full force. "Regardless, the truth is coming to light and we share a common goal; securing the shard and preventing it from causing any more chaos. I can see no logical reason to not pool our efforts and work as one. Captain, Lady Radistirin, your orders?" She finished, her piece said as she turned to Fanilly and the senior knight.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Apologies, Life's been a lot lately, I'll see about an IC post here shortly.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Maritza Verenna

Staring somewhat askance at Lady Cal for several long seconds, the naga eventually relented with an irritable groan. Equating your actions to those of the man who sired you based on circumstantial evidence alone was out of line. My apologies, Lady Cal." She admitted somewhat reluctantly, shifting to gaze off in thought.

After letting the silence hang for a minute, Mari eventually shifted back to stare down Lady Cal; crossing her arms under her chest. "Still, I'd like to know why you chose to hire the quiet blade of mercenaries over asking for help from the hammer that we are. Because no matter what direction I approach the question from, I keep coming to the same conclusion. You believe, or know there to be, a group of traitors conspiring against the kingdom from within. After all, why else would you chose to discretely hire mercenaries over the kingdom's own knights for a threat as great as a shard of Angroron?" Maritza carefully probed and queried, closely watching the young noblewoman's body language through the slit of her visor.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Still here! Life's just been a lot lately, hopefully I can work up a post tomorrow(ish). Alos struggling a bit to figure out how Maritza would respond.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Maritza Verenna

For several moments the naga offered nothing in reply, except for her snake half which carefully tightened it's grip around Lady Cal further. Though not enough to risk genuinely hurting the girl, the knight serpenta's scales were tight enough to most certainly be uncomfortable. Then with a slow sigh, Maritza unraveled herself, gently pulling away from the young noblewoman. "As you command, Dame Radistirin." The naga's reply came in the same eerily calm voice, as she withdrew to a more polite distance and sheathed her axe in the process.

"Very well Lady Cal, if you won't answer to us, then I suppose you will have to answer to the crown and church. The daughter of a traitor with an undying bodyguard who has hired mercenaries to acquire a shard of an apocalyptic weapon which is responsible for the death of an entire garrison of soldiers, all of which neatly coincides with an assassination attempt on the princess... You must understand that this does not look good from our position." The naga added with slow, carefully chosen words; folding her arms across her chest as she looked on noblewoman.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Hopefully have a reply up tomorrow night, will do my best to not slow things down.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Maritza Verenna

Throughout the melee, the naga had spared the occasional glance over her shoulder to keep tabs on the action behind her. When Sir Haelstadt had his head lopped clean off, Maritza tensed briefly, the Knight Serpenta clearly noting Lady Cal's words as she filed the information away for future use. Having returned her attention to the still seemingly empty woods behind them, it was not until after the Boar's commander had called for a retreat that the naga finally let up on her vigilance of their back.

With a twist of her human body, Naritza looked down at the young noblewoman still loosely wrapped in her scales. "As long as you're alive, Haelstadt won't fall. Those were your words, yes Lady Cal?" There was something oddly detached about the naga's tone; a cold, predatory attitude, as if preparing for the kill. "I do believe you owe us an explanation in full for all this, now." The Knight Serpenta added in the same too-calm voice as her coils tightened around the childish noble with gentle firmness. For Lady Cal, the naga loomed above her, the demi-human's helmeted face and not entirely human body language offering little in readability.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

I wonder if we'd get interesting results if everyone listed a weakness of their character? xD

Raineh Daze

Hmm... Maritza's biggest weakness' is her swordplay, part of the reason she sticks with other weapons. The Naga is also at a serious disadvantage for integrating into any kind of tight line formation. Between physiology, training and experience she's a seasoned skirmisher through at through. A lot like Tyaethe in that regard.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

I'll be passing on this round of posting.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Maritza Verenna

Instead of meeting the Golden Boar's charge, the Knight Serpenta fell back, moving to Veileena's side. "Apologies for my cold tongue Lady Cal, but we needed to ascertain as much about this situation as we could and you were not the most forthcoming." Unlimbering her axe, Maritza surveyed the woods and low brush to the noblewoman's back. If the Naga had learned anything about the Boars from their previous encounter, it was that nothing was beneath them when it came to achieving their goals. As such, a simple flanking maneuver, kidnapping Lady Cal out from behind them while the main force sacrificed themselves to draw the knight's attention seemed well within the realm of possibility to the former nomadic survivalist.

"And excuse the intrusion on your personal space, but on the off-chance anyone should make it around behind us, they will have to go though me first." The Naga informed Veileena as she loosely coiled herself around the young noblewoman, forming a protective barrier of scales that only the most foolhardy would try and wrest the girl from. Her axe at the ready, Maritza turned her back to Haelstadt, her fellow knights and the unfolding battle to watch their rear with a vigilant gaze.