Mizos

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Larel nodded in agreement with leaving the forest as soon as possible, he wanted nothing more than to be away from the eyes he could feel on him already.
He glanced back at Alari who let out a small sigh which caused the feeling of being watched to fade from him, he noticed Alari glance north as Mera mentioned the village but he just offered a smile showing he didn't mind if they went there.
"That sounds fine," Alari said before going quiet again.
The only thing there was the presence of Ai and he had erased it before he left so there was no need to be concerned about it now, her distance was far enough away where it wasn't an immediate problem.
Alari closed his eyes knowing that wouldn't be the situation for long, for now there were more pressing matters so he decided to take care of those first.
After a brief moment Alari opened his eyes as he felt a faint stir in his mind, the feeling reminded him of opening a door and standing in the doorway.
So any reason why you decided to speak with me?"
Zenmaru's voiced echoed in the mind of Alari as he folded his hands behind his back and followed behind Larel whose attention had moved to Mera and Hotaru as they spoke about 'foolish samurai' and the north.
It reminded him that Larel had another bounty alongside his previous one that he had gained attacking the samurai in the past, Alari made a mental note to address that later.
"You can feel her gaze as well can't you? Alari responded. "Larel can't hear us so speak freely."
"Fair enough and indeed I can but she's keeping her distance thanks to Mera and Hotaru. They're outside forces, having them see her would be unfortunate and against the rules. Well they're involved enough she can appear before them but she's definitely going to avoid it."
"Without Kaori around she's going to approach me the moment I separate from everyone, that bribe I gave you...don't let your presence show itself in exchange for my blood.
"She won't approach while Larel's in control, he's just the vessel after all. She's going right for you Anata.
"I'll distance myself later just don't come out or she may appear.
"Well you did take the time to contact me yourself so I suppose I can do that. Still I can't help but smile at this...won't you tell Mera this? I believe there are more than enough secrets here.
Alari's eyes moved to Mera at this, he wanted nothing more than to do so but he of all people knew that wasn't an option, not without forcing more problems on her.
"She has enough to deal with, I'll take care of this. She just wants to speak with you and me anyway.
"True because of our bond It's kind of romantic isn't it? Something only the two of us share."
"It's a curse not a bond and I'll seal you so you can't talk should you compare it to anything else again."
"It was a joke, a joke Anata. Anyway when are you going to speak with her?"
"Once we reach the next village and I'm positive everyone's okay. If I step out she'll come to me. Don't back out on your end Zenmaru."
"After you gave me such a delectable treat how could I? I'll be on my best behavior just give me more later."
Alari cut the link between them and put his hands in his sleeves, he came back to reality just to catch Hotaru mention the strangest admirers, his glasses immediately glared over at this and Larel felt a chill before looking back at Alari.
However Alari's glasses had returned to normal and he just offered a smile as he stared at him.
"Problem Larel?" Zenmaru asked as he turned back around.
"Could have sworn I sensed malice for a second there," Larel mumbled. "Extremely intense for an extremely brief moment."
"Must have been your imagination," Alari said looking at him. "I don't feel anything."
Alari reached up and adjusted his glasses as he spoke having caught up with their conversations.
"Whether or not that's the case it wouldn't hurt to practice caution just in case," Alari said. "It seems there may be an abundance of people north who may dislike us."
"Seems we have more enemies than allies," Larel said crossing his arms.
"We have allies up north, just...very...very few," Alari added. "Besides the number of allies isn't important, more the value."
"I'd prefer numbers," Larel said shaking his head.
"Well Mera and Hotaru are high valued allies right?" Alari questioned.
"That's...I-" Larel cut himself off and just hung his shoulders unable to respond to that.
He ended up giving a small nod in response and Alari returned a nod of his own before taking a step back entering the shadows, returning to his duty as an observer though he made sure to stay within earshot as always.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Larel listened to Mera his head tilting as she spoke not only of her father's death which he was surprised to hear about it remembering the man and the state he was left in, but also how he possibly ended up with the whole demon thing.
He rubbed the side of his head trying to take it all in and understand the information but the more he tried to make sense of it the more confusing it became and when Hotaru mentioned the gypsies were kind of similar to humans he ended up lost completely.
Alari seeing the look on his face gave him a small tap and offered to fill in what blanks he could, Larel started to deny his offer but since he didn't want to miss out on anything his master was trying to explain, he took Alari up on the offer with great hesitation.
After a few minutes of explanations Larel seemed to understand and deciding to pretend their talk didn't happen looked over at Hotaru and Mera hearing where Mary was.
"Well that's good to hear," Larel said. "At least a solution is being checked, wonder if I should ask if she can find a way to remove Zenmaru."
"I'd advise against that Larel," Alari said moving his hands in his sleeves. "Zenmaru is not in you willingly, she'd love nothing more than the opportunity to leave by any means. Besides that seal on your head will hurt anyone who try tampers with it without the proper catalyst."
"So I'm stuck then," Larel said.
"Well at least you're used to her company," Alari said shrugging.
"Fantastic," Larel said sighing. "Speaking of being stuck with someone, where's your other half?"
Alari tilted his head at his words and Larel pointed to the area behind him.
"Kaori where is he? Not that I mind his absence but he's normally right there."
Alari adjusted his glasses his eyebrows twitching slightly as he averted his gaze for a moment, closing his eyes he took a moment before opening them and looking back at Larel offering a shrug.
"I'm not sure but he tends to vanish like this sometimes," Alari said. "He normally leave a note though...but I'm only a little concerned. If there's one thing Kaori good at it it's running and hiding. Let's go with Mera's suggestion and put distance between us and them."
Larel decided to just drop the subject not wanting to converse with Alari anyway as he returned to his normal calm expression.
"Where are we heading next Mera-sama?" Larel asked.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Well at the very least you have one that wishes to learn, I couldn't imagine having class after class with no desire to learn anything.
Some don't understand the stress a teacher endures, I didn't until I actually had to teach. (which not all of them not wanted to learn) and when I was in high school half my classes had students like that, I felt sympathy for the teacher but I couldn't empathize until later.
Still within the roughest piece of rock can shine the brightest diamond.
I know it's not the best analogy but you serve as one of the polishers so I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor. I personally don't think I'd have the patience for it it's necessary though. Older generation passes things to the younger, it's just how it works.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

It's quite alright you did say you would be busy.
The duties of a teacher stressing you out? I haven't done any formal teaching but what little I've done has been stressful, worthwhile but stressful and sometimes not thankful.
Hopefully the feeling's passed by now.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Larel nodded understanding exactly where Hotaru was coming from when she spoke of Mera withholding information, if he could do the same to Alari he wouldn't hesitate, regretfully no matter what he did he always seemed to do exactly what Alari wanted him too.
He followed behind Hotaru deciding to put that matter aside, getting away from the village and avoiding any more possible attacks was the most important thing along with finding Mera.
Seeing them get closer to the forest he took in a deep breath and pushed down the emotions trying to overtake him, now wasn't the time to worry about what was inside it, and Hotaru was here so he wouldn't get lost so there was no reason to worry.
Larel was willing to admit he was thankful they didn't have to travel too far before Mera appeared and he was happy to see she was alright at least.
He kept his attention on Mera listening to her as he brought a hand to his chin as the man was identified, he was her uncle then he didn't want to assume they were family just off their hair but it seemed he was another gypsy.
He closed his eyes hearing his disdain for otherworldly creatures, that meant Hotaru was in trouble from the beginning, which Mera anticipated and warned her about.
He nodded at his masters wisdom opening his eyes as she mentioned returning to the village, he wasn't too keen on the idea and gave a shake of his head as she mentioned it. He wasn't sure how'd he respond to him either, especially since Larel had attacked him earlier.
He started to ask if she knew why he was there but Zenmaru warned him of an approaching figure, Larel drew his sword and slashed it down to his right, a hand reached up and caught the blade with it's forefinger and thumb before the figure walked out.
"Alari," Larel said gripping the hilt tighter.
Alari offered a small smile to the group before releasing Larel's sword, his medicine box was attached to his back and he casually ignored the glare coming from Larel moving his hands in his sleeves, his gaze wandered to the forest for a moment but returned to the three shortly after.
"Where have you been?" Larel asked pointing his sword at him.
"...occupied," Alari responded adjusting his glasses. "I am glad to see you escaped safely though."
"Speaking of the escape care to explain why that man was there now."
Alari gave a shake of his head at the mention of it as he wasn't wholly sure himself.
"I don't know, Mary informed me his name was Ovorion and a few other tidbits of information but his purpose here is questionable," Alari said. "Mera would know more about him then me."
Larel started to question him further but he froze as Alari reached his hand forward and poked his finger on the top of Larel's sword causing him to retract it, once he made sure a little blood was drawn he extended his hand and stuck his finger in Larel's mouth.
He pulled it out and Larel hacked bending his body forward and glared at him as Alari wiped his finger off with a handkerchief.
"W-what did you just-"
Larel cut himself off as the seal on his head glowed for a moment before fading again.
"We should get moving shouldn't we," Alari said putting his hands in his sleeves.
"Alari I want to know why-"
"Later Larel," Alari said shaking his head. "It would take too long to explain now."
Larel stared at Alari his eyes narrowing a little, he seemed...distracted for some reason.
He was there but it was clear his mind was somewhere else, his gaze would drift around every now and then before returning to them, he wasn't sure what it was about and he was positive Alari wouldn't say anything either.
To his surprise Zenmaru was surprisingly quiet right now, which actually gave him room to think a little.
"She's watching...I can feel her gaze on me...but she won't move while I'm around everyone...that'd be interfering," Alari closed his eyes as he got absorbed his in his thoughts for a moment.
Alari tried to push his thoughts down knowing there was very little he could do about it and looked at everyone waiting for them to either move or speak.
Larel put his sword away and squeezed the bridge of his nose, with a shrug he lowered his hands and looked over at Mera..
"Whatever reason Ovorion is here for it's not a good one right?" Larel asked. "That's good enough reason for me, least I understand his violent response a little."

Pirate Age

All right I'll get my stuff copied and Grothnor...you're eight types of not fair.
I gotta wait two weeks just to get it, played that gem since the beginning and Inquisition one of the reasons I got a next gen system.

Pirate Age

Luro couldn't help but grin seeing Ray make it out, the sail had been for the most part taken care of so he was glad he took care of the other problems currently present, once he was positive everything was okay he let go of the rope only to turn and look at Nolan seeing him run out in his...boxers.
Actually now that he got a good look Nolan had more muscles then he thought, when he first saw him carrying the food which seemed like ages ago he figured he was pretty strong to get that far with them, but now that he got a good luck he did have some decent muscles, not too much but just enough, it was pretty nice to look at actually.
It really was pretty impressive though Luro wondered why he was thinking about and staring at Nolan's muscles when there were more important things to do and promptly returned to making sure nothing else rolled off.

When the quiet came and things seemed to calm Luro let out a small sigh and went over to one of the barrels before going to open it trying not to untie it.
"Alright time for a drink," Luro said grinning.
However that opportunity was taken as the ship was flung into the air, it took a moment for Luro to register his feet weren't on the ground, the moment he realized that he was in the air he promptly looked down and thousands of things ran through his mind in that split moment at the highest ascent.
Wonder if this is what birds feel like all the time?"
Regretfully none of those thoughts matched the situation and he screamed as he plummeted, though it was a mixture between fear and laughter as he hit the deck hard and let out a small groan as he laid on his stomach.
He got back up to one knee before he heard the screeching, he closed his eyes at the noise before he stood up fully and turned towards the creature, his eyes landed on the creature just as it opened it's mouth, he felt his entire being shake at sight of the creature and his hands trembled as he stared at the creature with eyes the size of saucers.
However there was a toothy grin on his face as he recognized the feeling in his body right now, he thought it was fear but that wasn't quite right...this was excitement. This was the thing of legends and it was right in front of him.
This immediately was the best day ever.
"Ha...ha...haha...hahahahaha...ahhahahaha look at the size of it, that's amazing!" Luro said pointing at it. "W-what is it?!" His excitement immediately drained when a tentacle slammed against the side of the ship chipping the wood.
He promptly turned and ran back into the door towards the lower deck, he came back out seconds later holding his rifle with a bottle of rum on his belt and one in his hand.
Bringing the bottle to his lips he promptly downed the drink and hurled it over the side of the ship before readying his rifle, glad he put it back together in functioning order just in case.
"I have to fix that!" Luro yelled at the creature before he rushed forward towards the creature. "Creature or not no one hurts my lass!"
He ended up rolling out of the way as it slammed one of it's tentacles down on the deck, Luro promptly took the opportunity and climbed onto the tentacle remembering his fight with Ryu and running along it ran towards the creature raising his gun at it, however another tentacle came down and Luro ended up holding his rifle in front of him as it slammed into him knocking him back.
He hit the deck rolling and stopped when he hit the mast gritting his teeth at the pain. His whole body cried out in pain but he kept it down and opened his eyes looking back at the creature.
"Ow...ah thought that'd work," he said standing up. "Does anyone have a plan...cause all I got is run headfirst at it really!"

Pirate Age

Pm responded to and I'm glad they're enjoyed Nolan's was immensely fun but I took time for the others and Grothnor you're actually pretty on the dot there actually with the innocence.
"He destroyed the dreams of children by decimating everything they loved" (Accidently broke a child's toy and fixed it afterwords)

Pirate Age

Don't forget Puppy Killing Maniac with Nolan's that one's important...kind of...maybe...

I will have to finish it Fox, I got stuck on one part before I had to take it back.

All them spoils

Where they're on the train and that tanker is in the way, that one.

I can get it again though.

I'm looking forward to it Winter especially after what happened, I fear should the crew ever meet Runali's parents or Annie...oh goodness that one stung a little.

Pirate Age

Posted and background information on Alicia, dramatics and yes the song is good. My friend likes the game so when I saw it I went ohhhh. It fit well with the scene so thumbs up from me.

I know what you're talking about Grothnor, there was a big thing with the songs from Persona and copyright issues, similar situation where the people didn't own them it just wasn't investigated thoroughly enough.
It's all good though and it's good you take care of the lyrics, not my forte.
I'll even help with music too, don't expect it too often though.
Picard is disappoint.

Oh and Fox I've only played the first season (haven't finished mind you) but I enjoy it. Kinda wanna touch the Wolf Among Us as well.