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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Talay-a watched in rapt fascination as Gideon fought the giant beast, how they danced in this deadly battle before Gideon slaughtered the creature. She was far enough away that she wasn't covered in blood, but a few drops spattered on her uncovered feet. She looked down and wiggled her toes before the blood turned to dust and the dust disappeared into nothing. She looked back up at Gideon, who had spoken something it took her a minute to process.

"Of course." Talay-a bowed her head, as she glanced around the room. She found a small pool in the corner, as well as a giant cat, now stalking Gideon. It was a Prowaser, one of the few mammals found on Atlantis in the highest mountain ranges. It was nearly blind and deaf, with absolutely no sense of smell but it could sense heat, which was why they were rare even on Atlantis, since most everyone was poikilothermic and didn't radiate heat like humans did, like Gideon does.

Talay-a rolled her blades as she stalked the beast, the world becoming clean and in focus as she concentrated on it. She waited for it to strike, and she didn't wait long before it pounced at them. She shoved the water from the pool in between them, quickly so it created a waterfall effect causing the cat to bounce off of it and to the side, where it stumbled before it regained it's balance. The cat snarled, focusing on Gideon once more as it charged but Talay-a intercepted once more by creating small concentrated pools of water beneath the cats feet, causing it to slip. It was almost comical how the cat skidded around before landing on it's stomach. That was when Talay-a made her move, pouncing on the Prowaser's back and stabbing it in the neck with both blades. It fought feebly for a few seconds before it slumped under her, and then turned into dust and then to nothingness.

Talay-a stood slowly as she sheathed her blades, before wiping her brow. She took several deep breaths, trying to slow her breathing. She wasn't used to fighting animals like that. Her battles were usually in the shadows with her enemies.

"Is that what you wanted to see?" Talay-a asked Gideon with a raised eyebrow.

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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Once Talay-a had declared her alligence, she was bored. Others declared their alligence, most sounded more sincere than her, at least to her own ears. Perhaps it was just because she knew of her own insincerity, or perhaps she honestly was surrounded with the most sincere people in the multiverse.

We did try...perhaps you should go join them? As Talay-a watched others leave, Gideon among them, she too walked away from the meeting room, once it seemed like she was no longer needed

"No, I have no need for it. It'll just be awkward and we're pretty damn close. Closer than I'd like to be, at least." Talay-a finally answered Andromeda's question as she wondered through the corridors. Eventually she ran back into Gideon, stopping silently as she observed him. He was...annoyed, perhaps or just frustrated. She could understand that, as she had her own feelings about the situation.

"Gideon." Talay-a called his attention but she didn't know what to say after that. Gideon was unlike anyone she had ever known, he intrigued her in the best way possible from his personna to his powers. Speaking of his powers, she didn't quite know how they worked.
"You mentioned wanting to train, and neither I nor Andromeda honestly have any idea how your power works. If you doin't mind, would you like to show me?" Talay-a asked with a curious look as she glanced up at him.

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@J D Jalowiec Depending on how the hours before work goes, I will try and get a reply out, and if not today then definitely tomorrow.

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@BreakingMe No but they can yell really loudly and give them headaches

Argus: Olympian Intelligence

I guess when we expressed interest on the Interest Check it meant nothing?

Spy Roleplay, Inspired by Kingsman

Dibs on France

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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Talay-a froze for a second as he engolfed her hand in his own. As most humans left on her planet were half blood, she had never encountered another being that wasn't poikilothermic. It was an odd sensation, although she figured this would be the tamest of changes to come yet. Her fingers flexed for a second, before she relaxed and she let both Gideon and Andromeda guide her to this supposed meeting room
Once she arrived and was seated, she listened to what Ian Marcus had to say. She did concede, internally of course, that he did have a few valid points. However there were also some points that she had to bring up.

"And how are we supposed to learn our Archon power? I don't know if you're aware but that same group of Archon's that failed are the same the Archon's that are in our heads. How are we supposed to learn what we need when they themselves do not know?" Talay-a asked, with a raised eyebrow. She supposed, in the end, it doesn't even matter. She wasn't one to run from a fight, not without knowing all the facts anyways.

What I lost from my old life, I gained otherwise in this one. Even though I don't have my physical body anymore, I do have knowledge that I wasn't granted before. I told you I teach you to master your powers, and I will. Andromeda shared with her and Talay-a nodded slowly, before coming to her decision.

"My name is Talay-a, and I am the Archon of Water." Talay-a introduced herself, slowly, gravely as she locked eyes with each person around the table, waiting for their own response.

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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Status

Not holding Mr. Mask by sword point.

Talay-a raised an amused eyebrow up as she slowly raised her leg up, until her calf was near her head. She wrapped one hand around her calf in support as she unfurled her toes and webbing. Her toes extended out so they were forming a straight line from her pinky to her big toe and the webbing in between was interlaced with silver veins.

The cleaver fell to the ground with a resounding thud. She dropped her foot and curled it back together immediately. It wasn't so much the sound that shocked her. It was the sound in the almost unnatural silence, like fresh blood on newly fallen snow. Talay-a wasn't used to the absolute silence of this temple with nothing living but it's current inhabitants.

This man, Gideon, kept talking and Talay-a understood some of what he was saying but The Brothen, dogs, and hunting were all unfamiliar concepts in her realm of knowledge. However sobriety, or the lack of it as it is, is something that Talay-a was very familiar with.

"My name is Talay-a, and I don't know what hunting or dogs are but I, too, have recently come to the conclusion that sobriety isn't in my best interest. I do like fish. Mostly to eat." Talay-a shared that information, before hearing Ian Marcus's voice overhead.

"I suppose we are being summoned like a herd to its Shepard." Talay-a sighed, as she held out a hand for him to take, before freezing slightly. That was a reflex of a noble woman, something she was not here. She could be someone she wanted to be here, not someone she was expected to be. This enlightening knowledge caused a grin to take hold of her face, staying even as she fought to compose her features, lest her newfound acquaintance thinks less of her.

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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Talay-a was wondering through the hallways, and it was a testement to just how much she'd let her guard to down when she realized someone had followed her. Within a second she had her blade out and held it to his throat, glaring at him.
"Why were you following me?" Talay-a asked him, looking him up and down. He looked human, albeit a bit dustier than the average but she should know at this point not to judge a book by it's cover.

Enough Talay-a, he's done nothing to reserve the wrath of your swords, and we need his trust. Erebus was bound to the Archon of Light to balance him out for as long as I can remember. He's...let's just say there was a reason he hasn't had his own vessel. Making his vessel trust you will go a long way.
Talay-a took a few seconds to identify her options and decided the best one would be indeed to sheath her sword and take a few steps back.
"My apologies." Talay-a didn't know how to explain herself further, as she waited a seond to see if she'd get any sort of responce, although she didn't expect one.

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Talay-a Gunosh

Archon of Water, Princess of Atlantis

Talay-a made her way out of the room they had all conjugated in, and went off to find her bedroom. Or at least one suitable for her, since she didn't plan on staying long. 

You cannot leave, this is your fight. Andromeda was quick to rebuke that and Talay-a glared at the nearest wall.

"You don't know that these are the people are necessarily the good ones. Just because there's someone you know in their heads, doesn't mean the vessel themselves are good." Talay-a informed her as she went into a random room. It was a large room, not as large as her suite but it would do for now. It was a ring of dry land, with stuff like closet space, a desk, the stuff that can't go in water because surrounding her bed was basically a moat. Judging by what she could see, although she could see the bottom, it looks pretty deep. It was pretty, she would give them that. At the end of the day, she wasn't cut out to be the hero, though. So she skipped across the water and collapsed on the bed, feeling herself start to drift and the exhaustion of exerting so much power taking over.

"People always have two fatal flaws. They want power over others and they want others to know they have power. You can't have one with the other. If you have power, it cannot be known to others because then your power is reliant on people other than yourself and you no longer have that power. If it's not known, then you keep your power over those people." Talay-a's stepmother has taken over teaching her how to be a female apparently since her mother was always so busy. Her stepmother was young, younger than her father and mother despite already having two children, and she liked Talay-a despite Talay-a's parentage.
"What if I don't want either?" Talay-a asked her curiously but her stepmother's gazed bored into her.
"You always want power Tay, always. There's nothing better than being able to manipulate people to the highest reaches of Heaven or the lowest pits of Hell." Talay-a nodded like she understood. And while at that moment she didn't understand she would.

Talay-a woke up wondering where she was for a brief second. She quickly remembered and sat up in the bed. She walked over to her closet area and put on a pair of soft pants and a tunic, with her hair still in it's braid and her cuffs still on her arm. She decided to go wandering, to find out what she could of her new residence.