Shards of Memory-Prologue: Fractured Union

[Rystil Arden]

Yuriko:
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*Yuriko sees the widow in the window, so she claps the door to announce herself, noticing a lovely set of warding sutras more ornate than last time, if memory served, on the front door--they must have been doing well. Yuriko moves backwards just before the door opens and the light pours out to limn the features of the widow's young daughter, whose name escapes Yuriko, who smiles shyly and waves at Yuriko but does not speak.*
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[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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"Why, all the things that I need to practise about this sort of thing, if you have the patience for my naïveté--for starters, being naked in a room with someone else without feeling a deep flush of embarrassment and reflexively looking for some way to cover up," Vanessa smiles at Kirkesh.
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[Bront]

Kirkesh

Rystil:
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"Why, all the things that I need to practise about this sort of thing, if you have the patience for my naïveté--for starters, being naked in a room with someone else without feeling a deep flush of embarrassment and reflexively looking for some way to cover up," Vanessa smiles at Kirkesh.

"Well, being naked is natural. Nothing to be ashamed of, especialy with how good you look." Kirkesh smiles.

"Of course, that doesn't mean you're safe from the occasional prank." She says as she picks up Vanessa, and tosses her into the water. Grinning, she jumps in afterwards, splashing the now surfacing Vanessa. She pops her head up, pulls her hair back behind her head, and smiles at Vanessa, batting her eyelashes innocently.
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[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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"Hey you! That's not funny!" Vanessa says with a pout which breaks into a giggle of delighted laughter that belies her words as she swims gracefully and very quickly past her red-haired playmate and grabs onto Kirkesh from behind, seeming not to fully realise that she is resting her hands on the curves of the other girl's chest as the blonde-haired noblewoman clings on the red-haired Swashbuckler's back, crowing excitedly, "Ha! Can't get me now!"
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[Bront]

Kirkesh

Rystil:
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"Hey you! That's not funny!" Vanessa says with a pout which breaks into a giggle of delighted laughter that belies her words as she swims gracefully and very quickly past her red-haired playmate and grabs onto Kirkesh from behind, seeming not to fully realise that she is resting her hands on the curves of the other girl's chest as the blonde-haired noblewoman clings on the red-haired Swashbuckler's back, crowing excitedly, "Ha! Can't get me now!"

Kirkesh splashes towards her face, and then slips down underwater. She comes back up under Vanessa, spilling her foward into the water as she comes up. As she recoveres, Kirkesh is behind Vanessa, holding her in a similar but tighter manner. "Gotcha" she says and steals a quick kiss on the blonde woman's neck.
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[DrZombie]

Gaius.

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With a snort, Gaius turns around and heads back towards the arena. He looks at the boards, searching for his mark to see if he has a fight tonight.

He takes care of his frustration in the practice arena, working himself into a sweat, and then heads to the sweatbaths and the massageroom.

A few hours later he turns to Azis once more, hoping to find some clues as to what is going on.
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[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

Rystil

[SBLOCK]*Surprised at being pushed into the water, Zaeryn laughs as Valyssa leaps after him. Kissing her in return he strokes her body under the water, enjoying the changes the chill water has produced. After several minutes of caressing and kissing in the water, he begins to tickle her mercilessly and chases her from the water, laughing and saying.*

“I think that’s long enough, my love, otherwise you might begin to think less of me!”

*Upon catching her, near where they earlier shed their clothes, he brings her softly to the ground using his body to cushion her fall this time...embracing her affectionately and whispering sweet words in her ear as they lie together in the warm evening breeze.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Festy_Dog]

Rystil:

[sblock]*Amity was a really nice girl, and Diedrik felt a sort of comfort to be able to walk in and receive such hospitality. He trotted over to Amity, clearly happy to see her.*

"Hey Amity, smells like you're cooking up a storm there," he says, removing his spectacles for a moment to clean them on a piece of silk cloth he had in his pocket, "I'm guessing you'd have a lot of business tonight, mostly applicants for a job the Archduke is paying for?"

A girl like Amity almost makes me want to stay rather than darting around the crystal spheres... but then again, an extended relationship is an impossibility.[/sblock]

 

[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Martial Artist

RA[sblock]*Yuriko smiled at the young woman, and bowed moderately from the waist.*

"Greetings, young one," Yuriko offered. "This humble traveler requests shelter for the evening from the mistress of the house. Would that you, pretty one?" Yuriko asked with a slight grin. [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

Kirkesh:
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*Vanessa giggles as Kirkesh grabs her and kisses her from behind, and then she wriggles a bit, jiggling in Kirkesh's grasp until the blonde-haired beauty has turned to face her red-haired Dolathi companion, at which point, having run out of things to do that whyme with -iggle, Vanessa gives Kirkesh a hug, and rests her head gently against Kirkesh's chest.*
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