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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 7061218" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>[ATTACH]82662[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A pale young woman, with white hair and gem-bright yellow eyes, clad in a simple dress that could be a peasant's, if not for the unusually smooth and fine fabric it's made of, walks up to the arena master, paying no attention to the others around her. She stands near him, watching him unblinkingly, until he finally notices her there. It takes a few minutes...he's a busy man, and she's small and quiet.</p><p></p><p>The moment their eyes meet, the girl says in a soft, inflectionless voice, "Do you accept contestants for the combats in this arena?"</p><p></p><p>Taken aback, the arena master rubs his chin and nods. "Aye, that's me. Do you have a fighter to enter?" It wasn't impossible. Some weird nobleman's daughter out for a lark.</p><p></p><p>"Yes," was her response. "Myself."</p><p></p><p>He looked her up and down. She looked like she'd crisp in the sun and blow away on the wind any second. If not, the wind would probably knock her over. Still, there were procedures to follow. Emperor's decree. "Uh. Name?"</p><p></p><p>"Iteration Alpha."</p><p></p><p>Nonsense syllables. He seized on the part that was easier to say. "Alpha, we'll call you. Anything else? Titles? People usually like having dramatic..."</p><p></p><p>"...unnecessary."</p><p></p><p>He scratched his chin. "You do realize people kill each other here, right? Fights are to the death."</p><p></p><p>"Yes."</p><p></p><p>"...which means you could die," he added, trying to convey emphatically through his tone that 'could' actually meant 'will.'</p><p></p><p>"Yes."</p><p></p><p>"All right, collect your things then, and there's some official paperwork..."</p><p></p><p>"...unnecessary."</p><p></p><p>The arena master frowned. "I assure you, no one gets in without formal paperwork declaring your intention..."</p><p></p><p>"Oh. Yes. I will sign. You mentioned 'gear.' It is unnecessary. I am prepared to fight."</p><p></p><p>With a wave of his ham-hand, the arena master brought a clerk over. Thank the gods THIS was someone else's problem now. "Follow him then, and he'll tell you what to do."</p><p></p><p>'Alpha' immediately set to following the clerk, who seemed a bit out of his comfort zone with the whole matter. Arenas were dominated by muscles and magic...big intimidating men and women, or people in flashy robes bedecked with wands and witchbags. This contestant entirely lacked any sort of intimidation value...but still managed to be creepy in her bleach-white on white on white skin and hair and dress, and her unblinking, emotionless stare.</p><p></p><p>Well. At least by the numbers, no one would be needing to put up with any of that for long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 7061218, member: 4936"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]82662._xfImport[/ATTACH] A pale young woman, with white hair and gem-bright yellow eyes, clad in a simple dress that could be a peasant's, if not for the unusually smooth and fine fabric it's made of, walks up to the arena master, paying no attention to the others around her. She stands near him, watching him unblinkingly, until he finally notices her there. It takes a few minutes...he's a busy man, and she's small and quiet. The moment their eyes meet, the girl says in a soft, inflectionless voice, "Do you accept contestants for the combats in this arena?" Taken aback, the arena master rubs his chin and nods. "Aye, that's me. Do you have a fighter to enter?" It wasn't impossible. Some weird nobleman's daughter out for a lark. "Yes," was her response. "Myself." He looked her up and down. She looked like she'd crisp in the sun and blow away on the wind any second. If not, the wind would probably knock her over. Still, there were procedures to follow. Emperor's decree. "Uh. Name?" "Iteration Alpha." Nonsense syllables. He seized on the part that was easier to say. "Alpha, we'll call you. Anything else? Titles? People usually like having dramatic..." "...unnecessary." He scratched his chin. "You do realize people kill each other here, right? Fights are to the death." "Yes." "...which means you could die," he added, trying to convey emphatically through his tone that 'could' actually meant 'will.' "Yes." "All right, collect your things then, and there's some official paperwork..." "...unnecessary." The arena master frowned. "I assure you, no one gets in without formal paperwork declaring your intention..." "Oh. Yes. I will sign. You mentioned 'gear.' It is unnecessary. I am prepared to fight." With a wave of his ham-hand, the arena master brought a clerk over. Thank the gods THIS was someone else's problem now. "Follow him then, and he'll tell you what to do." 'Alpha' immediately set to following the clerk, who seemed a bit out of his comfort zone with the whole matter. Arenas were dominated by muscles and magic...big intimidating men and women, or people in flashy robes bedecked with wands and witchbags. This contestant entirely lacked any sort of intimidation value...but still managed to be creepy in her bleach-white on white on white skin and hair and dress, and her unblinking, emotionless stare. Well. At least by the numbers, no one would be needing to put up with any of that for long. [/QUOTE]
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