More then you bargain for (Private)

Words written: #520
Total written: #520
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____This job seemed to be a lot more then what it said on the paper. Breath ragged as the red knight drove her sword into the prone dire wolf, twisting to assure the life was taken of the beast. She was no stranger to fighting such things, but these proved to place her into the corner and it was alone without a pack to make it worse on her mindset. Drawing her weapon out, using her moot to keep the body of the wolf down before spinning the large blade to let the blood come off before latching it to her back again.

_____She had taken a job that was said to only be growing hostile wildlife, yet as she walked the forest she could feel dark energy all around her armor causing her to be on edge. Then there was the wildlife issue that also caused her trouble, her arms still sore from taking one of the dire wolves on in a strength fight. Her pacing slowed as she felt hostile intent again, a hand reaching for her weapon slowly as she tried to scan the area around her. Terror flashing as she felt the blast of magic power and opted to get ready to defend instead.

_____Arms crossing as her spectral ribbon began racing to her arms trying to spread widely. Even without the ability to directly see the attack she could tell it was dangerous to deal with as the air was slammed from her lungs and she was sent flying into the sky and over the tress. Blood coughing up as she flew back to the road cutting the forest in two and crashing into a few trees leaving a trail of dust and a path to her body as she tried to regain her barrings.

_____Slowly Kaede would rise back to her feet, watching the forest across from the road as it appeared to be moving as a whole being, the magic power leaking out from the area caused Kaede to tremble. She was not strong in one on one combat, and whatever sent her flying and cracking her armor was way out of her league and what she signed up for. But despite that she had to fight, she took the job and would be damned to forfeit and ruin the red knight's reputation.

_____Moving to slam her blade into the earth and use it to help get back to her feet as the spectral ribbon drifted around her damaged armor before floating in Kaede's face lecturing her over how she was being reckless and the armor was nowhere near ready to be taking those attacks while it was weakening itself so she could wear it. Waving a hand for the scarf to leave her alone as she dragged her weapon and walked back towards the road rolling her shoulder. She would be slightly careful on her approach and it seemed the forest either did not like her or something else as a tree branch swung and sent her to the other side of the road again. Growling as she got her sword ready.

Camelot's flight

Words written: #780
Total written: #1300
Job WC: 2027/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____Kaede must have been more focused on the threat to notice the other individual at first. It was not until he spoke she would slowly turn her head to look him over. watching him bear the end of removing his hat she was left in a rather tricky situation. He had offered help, but in such a way a simple nod might not have been clear enough and she wondered if breaking to speak would be her main option.

_____Moving a slow glance to his weapon's sheath, she rarely saw blades so thin, and then again she was not used to weapons at all really outside her own. Moving her focus slightly towards the moving forest before them as the small links around the neck of her armor revealed a red and white, or rather pink glow from underneath as her amulet healed some of the damage she had taken, and the breaks in her armor remanding very slowly. Making a mental note she would not be able to keep up with the damage suffered if that attack was the baseline of it. Moving her gaze back to the man she made her choice.

"Some aid would be much obliged... traveler?"

_____Her pause for two reasons, the main was mostly due to the fact she did not know what to call the man, and the other because how she ended up sounding. Due to the thickness of the armor, or possible the material she sounded more like a male, or maybe it was because the armor itself made her look larger in both height and weight. Needless to say she would need to pick at that train of thought later as the magic source from within the wood line shifted again and she lowered her stance.

_____Her gaze catching the motion of the forest as her frame seemed to turn black, her magic origin instantly shifting in a second to be between the male and the incoming magic attack as she tried to slash the attack from half swing. The weapon sparking as the large root clashed and dragged the armored knight backwards as Kaede tried to solid her footing, boot stomping the ground to try and slow herself before possibly falling into the man. Star caller's blade locking into the root as the wood split.

_____Kaede took a ragged breath as she came to a halt, her arms trying to pull her sword free to no avail. A minor sigh of relief that she stopped the attack from reaching the man before bad luck washed over the situation. Watching as the root began pulling back into the forest, not wishing to give up her sword Kaede's heels dug into the road and she began dragging begin the root. Like hell she would just give up her family sword. As the root began to rise Kaede off the ground, well she was soon quickly taken into the forest growling as she held her sword with everything she had.

_____While she was mostly helplessly getting taken back to where the root had come from she tried to get her weapon free, frame moving as best it could to hook anything to give counter force to free the large weapon. However she mostly ended up breaking branches, or leaving two dig outs giving a rough trail to follow if the man was having trouble keeping up or took his time before following after the likely viewed as stubborn knight.

_____As the root began to slow down hinting the end of the trip Kaede's efforts paid off as her weapon broke free and she fumbled a few feet across the dying grass and adjusted her sword in a dual handed ground-left hold and rushed to get in her stance. The little light that broke the thick forest lighting up the white fabric and deer antlers of another figure across the small clearing roughly fifteen meters from her. The large root slamming the earth beside the figure as Kaede's blade glowed faintly and her grip tensed.

_____Weapon slashing the air before her as a ball of white energy blasted from her sword and quickly found itself slamming into the figure. The fading light it cast revealing the dark green skin and rest of the features for the fading moment. The frame of the figure moving slowly before releasing a very loud and what seemed pained roar as it's magic flared. Kaede stepping back slightly before steeling herself and looking at the chip in her sword. Rage boiling up as she refused to run more then before. This damn, whatever it was needed to pay for chipping her family sword, and that was simply fact!

Camelot's Payback

Words written: #426
Total written: #1726
Job WC: 3005/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____Kaede was glad the man did chose to follow, however as things unraveled more she worried it would be almost certain death if she or the man ignored the major threat. chewing her lower lip as she swung her weapon slowly trying to use her brain for once. Her only idea that came to mind was both stupid and above all reckless as she charged the wooden demon, whatever it was with everything she had.

_____One good thing was the fact Kaede's sword was very good at being well, annoying to the eyes or senses of those dealing with it. Blade glowing brightly as it started to hum and Kaede got ready to unleash everything she could to keep the focus on herself and buy the man time. She was in no way strong enough to finish the fight herself, so she had to just keep the thing from taking out the distracted stronger one of the pair. Weapon slashing the air as a cone of white magic blasted the creature doing more then enough to piss it off it seemed.

"That's it... focus on the annoying one..."

_____Her voice a very low mumble as she watched the root swing around and she moved to release her weapon of dual grip and brace for the impact. Metal and wood cracking against each other as Kaede was sent tumbling away and quickly recovered as her weapon glowed once more as she tried to get herself back on the right footing to strike the target before it would go off. Sadly she was a few seconds short and the blast of light would spiral hard hitting, thankfully one of the wolves but not the target she was trying for as Kaede clicked her tongue.

"Not to rush you..."

_____Kaede cut her words quick as she figured the last thing she needed to happen was the threat understanding them and her going to blurt out she was just the flashy one. Grumbling she could not trust her luck enough, and had already moved and been moved to far to tag out with the male she would be stuck with her dumb idea for the time being. Spinning her weapon slowly into defensive stance as she got herself ready to take a few more beating from the root all the while praying her thought the man could do more damage to the beast then her was true. They would be left in a dire issue of both focused defense. The least she could do while waiting was weaken it though.

Camelot's Payback

Words written: #295
Total written: #2021
Job WC: 3787/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____Kaede wanted to curse how weak she was, anger boiling at her inability to truely help the other person and be purely a decoy. Her armor glowing black and within a few moments before she knew what was happening Camelot was topped over by her magic armor and her hair was left blowing in the wind. It was not so much the issue she had an extra layer, but the fact it was dragon armor that showed up as her mouth opened and she shouted out loudly.

_____If the man turned her would watch the black armored knight go charging in dragging the weapon behind in one hand as it glowed. A tail lashing from behind her as the armor lashed out at the main threat and she swung the sword upward as the flash of light and the metal tail connected to the target and Kaede was left grinning with fangs in the face of the enemy as her mouth opened to unleash another shout and magic lashed out around her.

_____The armor was great for attacking, however that was all she could think about as Kaede only saw red and the single threat in her small field of vision as she was pushed back and the tail ripped part of the wooden torso with it in the forced disengage. Tail curling around the chuck and breaking it apart as she once again lowered her frame and tried to rush the target again. Weapon slamming against a root and tail slashing another as the woman was doing more then enough to keep the main threat away from the man, though she no longer was thinking of such. Her only idea was to attack as she growled and grinned her teeth leaning towards the target.

Camelot's Payback

Words written: #280
Total written: #2301
Job WC: 4385/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____The monster was clearly more of a danger then anything else, sadly at the same token Kaede's mind was so lost in violence she dropped all thoughts of defense and simply charged forward as her sword glowed a blinding light before bursting and locked the demon creature mid pained shout before she moved to unleash her own flurry of attacks against the most worthy punching bag as she saw it.

_____Tail lashing around to stab into the demon, the red lines that broke the black armor into sections glowing as another torrent of magic lashed from the armor and her assault continued. Sword glowing brightly as she swung downward causing a cone of light to burst into the wooden surface, magic lashing again as it seemed to burst for each clear attack she was able to land with the armor dawned. Her sword's glow staying strong as she swung the weapon upward, orbs of white magic falling on the crows, the boss, and at random within the area before the armor surged.

_____Her mouth parting as she growled lowly and the weapon slammed to the ground losing some of the glow it held but still clearly ready to keep going. Frame turning as Kaede spun a circle and her sword sent out several orbs to barrage the threats more as she used the momentum to charge forward as she came full circle and slashed the wooden face of the beast and blasted him point blank with yet another orb of light before the armor surged. With nothing left up her sleeve after everything she had done she growled and glared from behind her visor at the threat with a smile.

Camelot's Payback

Words written: #452
Total written: #2753
Job WC: 5224/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____As time passed the air about the dragon armor began to dial down, the sanity of the woman returning slowly as she noticed the demon was still standing with her own focus. Biting her lower lip as the other human spoke she wanted to snap at them for saying things out loud but just grumbled and reached her right hand into a ripple of air before pulling a second sword and getting ready to try fighting with full strength yet again.

_____Slowly Kaede's visor would split to reveal her gaze, a single chance for the male to get the message 'step back a bit' before it closed back together and Kaede's right hand moved down as the full weight of the second sword was taken from the pocket space of her requips. Dragging the weapons across the ground as she lost her smile and star caller glowed brightly. The second bronze hue sword gained a red afterimage as Kaede rushed forward dragging both swords behind her.

_____Left hand swinging starcaller as the blade sparked white orbs to barrage the demon, her frame spinning a full circle as the armor surged and Kaede swung her right hand to cut across the demon again using the bronze sword. Body gaining speed in her spiral motion as the tail slashed the demon next along with another surge. Left hand moving to swing higher as the sword called down stars to the demon's mask before quickly moving to strike with her right sword yet again as Kaede began to loose some focus with spinning as much as she was to keep attacking.

_____Frame shifting as Kaede swung her head to bash the visor that covered her eyes against the demon's right eye before both blades sunk into the side of the creature stopping Kaede's spin and for the moment both remained still and almost lifeless before Kaede pulled away as her swords and armor vanished. Hair falling along her back as her butler outfit she wore beneath her armor was revealed and she exhaled heavily while falling to her butt next to the dead entity that gave the two so much trouble.

_____Part of Kaede wanted to get her armor back on so the man would not see her, but the other part knew she was at her limit having spun so much and if she tried she could very well mess things up so she simple moved to tie her hair up while catching her breath and looking towards the other swordsman. "Th...Thanks for the help..." Her tone back to the usual slightly masculine but clearly female tone as she kicked the motionless threat for good measure before leaning back to relax a bit more.

Camelot's Payback

Words written: #394
Total written: #3147
Job WC: 5998/7000
#f433ff Keade's speech
#a74ac7 Keade's thought
@Daisuke

_____Kaede was simply not to keen about the questions she was asked at the start, opting to stay quiet for a bit more because the man was... well a male and she did not have the best history with them in the past when she was not covered in armor. However after the water comment was turned down with a slow shake of her head as she reached into thin air to soon pull it back with a small bottle of water she held it to show she had her own.

"I'm good... As for the spin... that was mostly trying to copy something my dad used to do... He... well... used to be able to spin a lot faster and used several swords he swapped in and out... The rest was mostly just instinct I think... Sorry... Not the... best track record with people..."

_____Kaede moved her focus away as she spoke and took a small sip from her drink as she moved to sit under a tree keeping her focus partly on the creature. While it was down for the moment Kaede could not shake a feeling of worry from it as long as it was there and was partly wondering how she could stop such a feeling so the thing did not come back to cause trouble again for others later.

"Got any idea what we should do with the body of that thing? I can't shake the feeling it is still somehow alive... or at the least able to come back if left alone... My only idea is to burn it... but with all the grass here that could spread like... well wild fire..."

_____A small smile at the slight joke before she noticed this time the smile could be seen as a darker smile at the idea of burning things as she flushed red and waved her hands across the air dropping her water into the grass. "No... Not evil... just think flames would work best here..." While Kaede was having a flustered moment some of the roots attaching to the demon seemed to be heading for the water, and if Daisuke did not notice he likely would when Kaede suddenly spun her hand and three different swords impaled the earth to cut the root off from the spilled water freaking the girl out at the re-flexed action.

Camelot's Payback