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The Mantle of Fire

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OOC: Yup, I am XD. My sister told me to wirte a fanfic on Shaman King, so I'm making this as a practice for Anna's character. I'm not good a writing someone who's cold and mean, really. That should explain it, ne? XP

IC: "Hai." Anna answered obediently, bowing politely to her sensei.

She grabbed her bow from the one of the shelves on the room and positioned it on her back, where it should be and grabbed the arrows that was set in a pouch. She positioned it on her back, aswell. She smoothen the hem of her skirt and adjusted the prayer beads around her arm. Once she was ready, she bade farewell to her sensei and headed off to the castle.

As the young itako made her way to the castle, she could hear thoughts and whispers alike. All of which she could hear the word monster. Anna continued on her walk, paying no heed to any of them, though her mouth formed a frown. She questioned her sensei about the meeting she was going to, but got no response. She quickened her pace, having no clue what time it was.

She made it to the castle, seeing an elf and two humans. She guessed that the three of them were her classmates. She slowly neared them and stood a foot away from them, feeling unusally terrified that they, like the others, might call her a monster. She crossed her arms and glanced at them consecutively, judging by how they looked, she assumed that all three were quite older than her.
 
Johann noticed an unusual girl standing infront of all of them. Not wanting to seem nosy, but at the sametime wanting to know who she was. He stood up straight and said, "Hello, may I be of some servous to you? Or are you just a passerby?"

Absentmindly he right hand rested on the hilt of one of his scimitars, all though Johann probably couldn't hold his own against her, he hoped could intimidate her if she was here to cause trouble. His only fear was that she wouldn't fall for his intimidation and see right through it.

Steadily Johann grew impatient with the silence and urged, "Well, newcomer? I just want to know if you are friend or foe." He then cautiously took his hand off the hilf of the blade hoping that that motion to his hilt was not enough to intimidate her.
 
<OOC>I'll be off for a while, try not to move uberly fast please.<OOC>

I nodded gravely towards the new arrival, unsure of quite what to do here. My training had never included social skills and none of these seemed to be willing to speak. I brought one hand up to the scroll pouch on the far left of my vest and drew out the slip of paper that bore my mission. I unrolled it quickly and perused it once again.

Atsuna Katsumoto, Geinin shodan of the 3rd Shinobi Corps:

You are hereby ordered to report to the drawbridge of Our Majesty's castle at 10:00 AM on the 12th of April. Upon arriving you will meet with members of your new cell abd be given a mission. Further details will be revealed upon arrival. This message is forthwith sealed to the flame.

With respect, Kazou Kamiya, Commander, Shinobi division of His Majesty's Royal Army.

I sighed after reading it as usual. It was an honor to be given a mission sealed to the flame, the highest level of security in the Shinobi Divsion, not to mention orders to report to His Majesty's personal dwelling but this...I didn't know. I'd never done anything remotely like this, who knew how badly I might screw it up. I re-rolled the missive and returned it to the pouch. Figuring that it might be a good idea to at least know everyone's name I asked evenly "So, who are each of you? I myself am Atsuna Katsumoto, Geinin." Noting the motion of one of them, I drew my right hand closer to my wrist, ready to throw.
 
I'm going to try this. ^^; I'm really going to try hard, and I'm really sorry if I can't right 3 paragraphs for each post I make. But like I said I'm really going to try hard.

Name: Kimi

Age: 15

Race: Human

Weapons: A bow and arrow, and a single sword.

Description: Kimi has brown hair, that flows slightly passed her shoulder blades. She usually wears it down, and doesnt pull it back very often. If she does pull it back, it will always be tied with a purple ribbon. Kimi also has beautiful brown eyes.

Kimi wears some torn black pants, that have patches poorly stitched onto the holes. As for shirts, Kimi wears ablack vest, and underneath the vest a white long sleeved shirt. (She'll get better clothes later on, you'll see soon why her clothes are all torn up.) All together, Kimi was always told that she looked like her mother.

Personality: Kimi isnt the smartest person you will ever see, she is usually quite scatterbrained and gets scared easily. Overall she is a very kind hearted person, and is never afraid to stick up for what she believes in. She is always willing to help others, even if it means risking herself.

History: Kimi's mother died when she was only 1 year old, and her father was terribly sick, so Kimi never really got to know her parents or anyone else. Therefor she usually spent her days by her mothers grave or her fathers side. As she got older, she began to do other things, and meet new people.But that was all after her village was destroyed by a flood.(which leads to Kimi being afraid of water. =P) Kimi was the only survivor, and for 5 months she managed to live on her own in a cave, catching her own food, and getting water out of a nearby stream.

Please tell me if that was alright! ^^ I'll change it if there is something wrong.
 
OOC: Hello, Marina. ^^

IC:Aerais turned her head, noting the sound of footsteps. She smiled grimly at the younger teen. Green eyes scanned her form as she took grace to bow mockingly. Before the girl could mention anything in aghast stupor, the tall swordswoman flashed a toothy grin.

"Satire, dear. I'm quite the sarcastic lass."

She gave her a wink and smiled, turning to the shorter male.

"My name is Aerias Kevveya. I am of the Gaeao Elfen Village. I study swordswomanship." And I'm a knight-in-training? Her lips formed a thin line at the mention of her former home.

About eight years ago, her only abode was massacred by a group of nomadic people looking to have a good time. Their prejudices cost her dearly. With the loss of her twin brother, Jeorn, her mother, Alleain, and her father, Kaen, among others, she grew to know little pain, praying to achieve revenge on these hunters.

The young woman brandished the hilt of her sword as she noticed Atsuna's hand move to what she assumed where daggers of some sort.
 
"Nice to meet you. My name is Johann, my family is poor, and we don't use last names." Johann admitted. He then turned back to the girl noting that Atsuna had his hand on his weapon. "Oh sorry you missunderstood me. I had my hand on my scimitar because of that lady right there." he said pointing to the girl that had yet to introduce herself, which she would as Anna.

Johann waited, foozen in his tracks as he waited for the young girl to introduce herself. He rested his hands to myside and continued waiting patiently.

"Calm down, please, Aerias, It was just a misunderstanding." Johann said hoping not to anger her, for he knew she was quick to snap at criticism.
 
Anna raised an eyebrow as a boy questioned her. She glanced at him, her eyes showing no expression. Her mouth slightly parted as she was about to speak but she noticed that the boy had his hands ready on his weapons. She glared at him, showing no fear. Once he asked her again, she grew annoyed. Her arms now fell on her side. She clenched her fists, resisting the urge to hit the boy.

"Why should I tell you?" She asked coldly, finally regaining her composure.

Without waiting for the boy's answer, she switched her gaze to the boy who mentioned himself as Atsuna Katsumoto. Seeing his hand move to his wrist, she assumed, that he was readying his weapon. She thought of how distrustful humans are nowdays and grimaced. She crossed her arms once again and glared at the two.

Her attention then left the two and went to the elf. Unlike her first impressions on the boys, she liked her personality. Even though she assumed they were worlds apart.

"Anna." She stated, introducing herself though her voice was barely audible. She wasn't the one that trusts anybody, but she thought differently about the group.

OOC: Hi, Blaine! XD You know, I missed your beautiful poems and your constructive critcisms [<--I often read them, I try to apply it on my writings. =] ]
 
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OOC: -blushes- Thank you, very much. I've a new topic with a new poem as well as an old one and a new part of a story and an old essay. I'm still working on displaying work so I'll have plenty soon.

Heh, I've noticed a change in style. I'm very glad someone has taken my thoughts to heart. I'm very flattered.

IC: The elfen teen smiled knowingly at the new arrival, clicking her tongue before looking back to the boys.

She loosened the grip on her blade, swallowing her pride on a misjudgement. Aerais nodded to her classmate before smiling weakly at the other two students. The tallest female folded her arms over her chest leisurely, sighing to observe the group. Lids cloaked her starlight eyes as she rested momentarily, collecting her thoughts. Upon opening them, she straightened up.

"Would you three mind showing signs of identification?"

She shrugged at Johann, knowing he might not be too happy that she asked something like that of him.

"I simply want to verify you are whom you state you are. I'd like to have a look of the letter His Grace sent you all."

Aerais fumbled with her belt purse.

"In return, this is my own statement."

The teen's voice softened as she unfolded the letter, holding it up for easy viewing. Her eyes darted from person to person searching for signs of disguise or perspiration, even noticeable scars that she could identify with in the future. This was the way of a true knight and she lived by it as she did the Code.

Won't this be such a wonderful adventure... I wonder how many others will be joining our party...?

As she awaited their statements, she clicked her tongue in mock patience.
 
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I nodded as I saw Aries produce her own letter. I moved my right hand back up to the pouch and drew out the missive. Holding my own up in turn, I moved it around, showing it briefly to each. Re-rolling and replacing it yet again I added briefly "Technically I wasn't supposed to show you that. Perhaps it would be best if you were to forget that I did."

Obviously a group such as ours probably wouldn't be allowed to wander the castle itself unguarded. Assuming someone would be sent to fetch us and show us to His Majesty (or more likely, a representitive thereof) I leaned back against the stone edges surrounding the door to wait.

I didn't particularly like anyone in the group so far, but that was typical. At least one of 'em was good looking, that could make things easier. I glanced over at the other male, Johann and nodded slightly, a typical greeting as far as I was concerned. My introductions now formally made, I closed my eyes and fell into a state of half-sleep often used on lengthy assignments where total unconciousness could be fatal.
 
"Nice to meet you, Anna." Johann said raising his hand so she could shake it.

Then Aerais asked for identification."Aerais...you really know how to make things difficult..." he sighed with a chuckle. he took the torn and tattered peice of paper out of his shorts pocket and showed it to them, barely readable. Johann wiped a smudge of dirt off his cheek and smiled.

"Sorry for the dirty keeping, but as I said my family doesn't have much." I said almost pridefully. "And I don't have any other sign of ID. They raised taxes on IDs this year, so I couldn't get one, sorry. So this is all I have." Johann said shrugging his shoulders at Aerias.

Noticing Atsunas introduction, I figured I was the inferior one of the group and wouldn't be asked for my opinion much aside from Aerias. I sighed with a sign of acceptance, just got out of one lower class and into another.

OOC: Wow...this will be the first time my character is the weakest of the group and considered, "Less".

This should be interesting! ^^
 
((Sorry I'm late! I was really busy over the weekend))
Raven flew through the castle, her feet barley touching the floor. She had been late because Master Kain wouldn't let her leave until she had fully mastered her Fugigata Ich... sometimes he could be such a pain...

She looked to the left, and the right, nothing but stone doors. How on earth was she supposed to find the gathering of people in this huge castle....? Oh well, all she would do is keep running...

Wait! Was that a gathering of people she just passed? She doubled back at an amazing pace, stopping outside the strange looking room...
"Hello? " she muttered " I'm sorry I'm late, but I had problems with my Sensai. I wouldv'e come much earlier." she said bowing to them all.
She produced her letter from her cloak and held it out to noone in particular.
 
I'm feeling up to the challenge now, and since this isn't too far in, I figured I stil had time to join. ;)

Profile:

Name: Johnathan Davadov Winter

Age: 17 years old.

Race: Human/ Elf halfbreed. He gains the dexterity and fluid motion of an elf, and the physical strength and determination of a human.

Weapons: A 5 foot cedar staff finished with the finest ceal and marked with the symbol of his mother's elven heritage, the fig leaf. it had been carved and sanded by the finest woodcarvers known to elf kind.

Description: He is six feet 2 inches tall. he wears a pale white tunic with short sleeves and a trim that goes down to his waste, where it is tied off with a black leather belt. He has dark brown hair that has such brilliance, it often gives the impression he is pure elf instead of a hybrid. He has peircing grey eyes and a fair smooth complexion. his hands are callused from a great many practices with his father, a knight of the kings army, and has developed a fine muscularture due to said practices. He wears dark blue pants made of cotton and leather shoes that muffle his footfalls, having not enough elf in him to properly walk like one. HE also carries a leather sheath on his back, in which he keeps his staff when it's not in use.

Personality: A very eager young man. He will do anything to prove his worth, and to bring honor to his family. he is very serious, but is quite the joker as well. Sometimes he acts rashly, and due to his elven heritage tends to think himself a great warrior, despite proof otherwise. However, he knows true friends when he sees them and does not demean the abilities of others.

History: His father, Jack Winter, met his mother, Roanna Woods, during a leizure trip to the elven kingdom. Theire affection turned to love and they privately married and conceived a child. Fearing their half breed would not be accepted by either society, they kept it a secret and returned to their own society, keeping the secret to themselves. when Johnathan was born, the mother explained him as a gift from their gods, a child conceaved without a father. Although they did not believe this, they could sense something special about this child and decided to leave him be and see how he progresses. Eventually, Jack's King allowed him to return to the elven kingdom to teach weapon classes, as a form of cooperation with the elven leader. Johnathan often wondered why Jack was so friendly and so focused on him, that one day, he asked his mother about it. She expalined to him that he was Jack's son. After that day, Johnathan felt more human than elf, and considered the king of that time his king. At ten years of age, He foolishly asked Jack during one of his classes if he could go back to the kingdom with him, which caught the attention of the Elven leader. At first relations between Jack's Kingdom and the elves became tense, and many feared it would break out into war. However, they saw the love bewteen Roanna and Jack, and decided it would bind them as allies forever. With their secret out in th open, Jack returned to his kingdom, and since then Johnathan would spend one year with his mother, then one year with his father, and so on and so forth. During that time frame the former king died and was repalced with a new one. this king is teh one calling for all youths to seek the Mantle of Fire.

this is my character bio, if it isn't too late to join. just set me a starting point and I'll get moving.
 
Aerais grinned broadly at Johann, ruffling his hair. She nudged his side with her hip, looping an arm around his shoulders.

"I have to keep myself true to the Code, don't I?"

Her green eyes smiled at him with a squint as she raised her hand to shield the sun from her orbs. Covering her weakness, the swordswoman laughed. The elfen girl released her training partner and tucked away her letter, bumping the sword's hilt at her side.

Alertly, she whipped around at the sound of steps, coming face-to-face with another female. She raised an eyebrow at her bow and sighed.

"Bow to no one. It shows signs of a weakness. Someone could easily thrust a knife through your back. Not that any of us would do such, I hope. Like I said, you bow to anyone other than your teachers, trouble might be up your alley."

She smiled.

"I'm Aerais. And as for your teacher, aren't they so fickle sometimes?"

Elfen laughter filled her voice and she grinned.

"It's nice to have another female in the group."

The teen grinned.
 
Kimi crawled from the cave that she slept it in every night. She put her hands over her eyes to bock the blinding sun, but quickly removed them. Some dull foot prints caught her attention.
"Huh? How did....", Kimi muttered to herself, and looked back at the cave. Kimi had spotted no sign of human near this cave before, only near the village nearby. Kimi then looked curiously back over to her cave. There in front of it, she noticed a slightly crumpled envelope. She walked slowly over to it, and picked it up carefully. She then opened it.
Kimi was careful not to miss any wor in the letter that she recieved, and read it throughly at least 8 times.

Kimi walked out of the forest, in which the cave she slept in hid, and looked over the village down below her. There was indeed some sort of castle there. Kimi scratched her head in cofusion. How did anyone know she was in the forest? why would anyone need her help on such a quest? Soon enough something pulled her from her thoughts. Kimi's eyes went wide, as she listened to the sound coming from behind her. She quickly pulled out her sword, and Kimi missed it by an inch. She sighed a sigh of relief as the rabbit bounded away. She was glad she didnt hurt the rabbit, and she was glad it wasnt something else.....something bigger at least.

Kimi shruged at sat down in the grass, trying to decide if she should accep the invitation to join the party. She wasnt sure if she was the right person for the job, and she didnt think she had the right qualities. But then again, it would be nice to meet new friends, and escape from the damp and dirty cave she lived in. She soon decided that she would go, and headed down to the village. Avoiding peoples stares, Kimi checked fir the letter tucked in her pocket. She spotted a group of teenagers, but being as shy as she was, she didnt go over to them.
 
Hearing the elfen girl's request, Anna took out a neatly folded paper. There were two, but she didn't want the others to see the other one. She opened the paper and showed Aerais. It was a letter from the king...sort of. Assuming the she had already seen it, Anna hid it back in the pocket of her skirt.

Seeing a female bow down to them, she rolled her eyes. She silently agreed to what Aerais said. Bowing down to anyone is a sign of weakness, unless teachers, masters, or anyone in a higher position than you, as her sensei told her. She crossed her arms, it was a habbit of hers. She gazed at the newcomer then at the others, frowning. She never had a true friend since the 'incident' and forgot how it felt like and seeing Aerais laugh, to surpress a feeling, made her more...upset? Impossible, she can't be.

She averted her gaze from the group as she felt a presence near by. It seemed that whoever it was, it had no plan on approaching the group. She rolled her eyes as she turned. Though her intentions were unclear to her, the young itako neared the place where she could feel the presence and rolled her eyes once more. With her hands still crossed, her eyes still...emotionless, she glanced at the girl.

"You." She said rather coldly. "If you really want to talk to them, why don't you just go? It's not like they are going to bite you." Her tone was slightly softer than a while ago.
 
OOC: Pogi, glad to see you finally decided to join us! ^^

IC: "My name is Johann. It's a pleasure to meet you." Johann said starting to bow back, but Aerias stopped him. He patted down the ruffled hair that Aerias stirred, and looked around counting the people in the party. "5 people..." he commented absentmindly, silently fearing that many people in the carrivan. Looking around he acquired that he was the only low class citizen there. Rank was something he learned the hard way through the years of his youth, and Johann was careful with every step he took with this band of seemingly talented fighters.

His careless dress was something, for the first time, he had begun to feel embarrased about. He looked at his dirty appearance but then tryed to shrug it off reasoning to himself that it was the best he can do.

Although Johanns' attire may have been alittle reckless and unkept, his intellect was something that he didn't lack. "If you don't mind me sayin', I think we should start heading south across the mountains. It's unexplored territory and it would most likely be where we'll find the Mantle." He said taking out a burnt and dirtied map of the explored world. "But there is a concern, orcs rule the mountains there. We'll have to find a way through them or around them. So I suggest we head northeast to the kingdom of the dawn. That way we can see records of how hostile the orcs have been. We might find we can just pass through under the right circumstances." I said pointing the locations out on the map. The points he picked where a quest all by itself, and would prove most challenging even to make it to the kingdom.

"So what shall we do?" He asked remembering my authority wasn't in high favors because of my status as a lower class citizen.
 
"Are orcs a challenge to you, child" I asked slightly demeaningly. I didn't really mean to, I just tended to come off that way to new acquaintences. I returned to a fully awake state and stood up in full (though the effect was not impressive, I was one of the group's shortest members). so far I hadn't been able to tell much about any of them, although I continued to file away every little detail on each one.

Perhaps I did mean to insult Johann a bit, from what I'd seen he was the least talented of our group. he had the potential, that was plain. what he lacked was confidence. I said "Myself, I say we go by the shortest route possible. The sooner I can return to my training, the better."

I looked around at my five companions doubtfully. I worked best in a group of three, this added new dynamics I was unused to. To show that, however, would be intolerable weakness. I added quietly "I think we need a leader. If we all are vying for control we'll be fractured."
 
The elf raised a brow at the girl approaching. She smiled gently at Anna as she approached the newcomer and quickly masked the softness with a co c ky grin. Aerais listened deftly to Johann's mapped plan, thinking logically.

"We cannot leave tomorrow... It will take weeks to gather proper provisions! I'll have to spend hours in the stockroom making lists of all we must carry! And what about horses? Or, do you plan on us trekking the rest of the way? Not to mention, none of us are quite sure as to how reliable our teammates are."

She ticked off important tasks on her long, nimble fingers, looking her friend in the eyes.

"There's so little preparation that this caravan won't last three miles! We've simply got to wait at least a week. I'd feel better if we waited a fortnight, but sunrise?! Are you mental, Johann?!"

The elfen girl shook her head, cradling her arms underneath her chest.

"It just can't be accomplished... A five... Maybe six person team leaving the same day they met... Without provisions..."
 
I looked at Atsuna, and said insulted that he'd even question my intellegence, "Yes we have to. You may have played around with those little orcs for training, but let me assure you that these orcs are bloodthrusty and could tear you to shreds in a matter of seconds. You are nothing but a newbie, as I like to call people like you and I. You have no experience under your belt when dealing with these creatures. SO unless you'd still like to face about a thousand and some orcs, I suggest we take my course of action."

I then turned to Aerias, taking a deep breathe, "I never said we were to leave anytime soon. But if we know our plan of action to begin with we can better prepare ourselves." I said trying to keep my voice casual.

I rolled up my map and started back into the kingdom, completely enraged at how quickly Atsuna judged me, even if I was a lower class citizen.
 
Kimi was quite startled by the cold voice from behind her. She was quick to turn around and face the group, but said nothing. Instead she just blinked curiously, and took a small step back. But right when she stepped back, she fell backwards. She quickly stood up again, and rubbed the back of her head, turning slightly red in embarrasment. Then, Kimi walked slowly over to the group.

"I'm sorry to interuppt....but my name is Kimi....and I was wondering if you guys are the group going on the quest....", Kimi muttered, and looked down at her feet. She glanced up slightly, no longer embarrased about tripping. "If you are, I was asked to come along with you....".

Kimi didnt know why she was so shy, she hadnt always been this way. Back when she lived in her village, she was always so open and would talk to anybody, but that all changed after the big flood. Soon enough she lifted her head, and smiled at the others, now only feeling a little nervous.
 
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