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captainkaladin ([personal profile] captainkaladin) wrote in [community profile] trainingwings2014-05-28 10:17 pm

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Player Name: Prince/Dave
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Character Name: Kaladin Stormblessed
Character Fandom: Stormlight Archives

[Action:

Kaladin’s training kicks in fast, and he’s out of the loose flowing white clothes in seconds, reaching for his weathered blue uniform - the fabric thick but well used, a little rough but familliar between his fingers. Thats when he feels them first - the wings, sprouting from his back, feathered like the strange chicken’s from Shinovar, and completely alien. Also, completely attached to his back. He’d grasped at them a few times, trying to make sense of it, but eventually left them alone - it hurts when he tugged on the feathers, but he seemed to have some control of them. He shifts on his uniform, glad that they nestle (albeit slightly uncomfortably) against his shoulder blades. At least they were out of sight. Nothing could be done for the way they itch, just slightly though. He straightens the silver buttons of his uniform a single time, tan fingers tracing the lines one final time. His trusty spear is also suspiciously missing, and he is in the middle of a forest. Both of these things are deeply unsettling. Especially seeing as the foliage doesn’t recoil from his touch - or, indeed, from any pressure at all. It just sits there, still, in all its leafy glory, and the ground isn’t hard stone like in Roshar - on the contrary, its soft like sand but denser. He places a hand against the bark of a tree, and takes in a deep breath, trying to steady himself. There is a faint breeze that seems to whistle past one ear, then he sees something that resembles tousled leaves. From it, Syl appears. She glows with a faint blue light, and lands gently on his shoulder, the short gust of wind subsiding as she crumples up like a delicate paperdoll. She takes the form of a young woman only a few centimetres in height, with a skirt that hits about her knees, and seems to sway in a breeze that isn’t quite there. She hunkers down quietly, and leans against the collar of his shirt. He doesn’t ask where her usual cheer has gone - the dissonance between this… place and their own world is explanation enough. But he is glad for her company.]

[Accidental Video:]

What is this thing? [Kaladin picks up the journal, flicking open a page. Its set up strangely, thats for sure. Also, as he speaks, the words seem to be appearing on the page - yes, words that he can actually read. He makes a startled noise, narrowing brown eyes and raising a brow and pulling an incredulous face at the book between his hands. Glyphs, sure, he had been proficient at - but words? Reading? That was a women's art. He had a feeling it had something to do with the feathery protrusions on his back. After all, they were the most alien addition on top of the list of already obscure experiences. He decides continuing the conversation can't hurt his situation.]

If anyone is here.. or can explain anything about this place, now would be the time to show yourself!

[ He sort of raises his voice at the last part, but it just seems to echo through what seems to be the vast expanse of forest. No use for it then - he starts up walking. He has the feeling he's got a long way to go before he gets an explanation for any of this. ]
vindictam: (⌈ ⚔ ⌋ one black eye)

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He has seen strange things, in the void. Dreams that were not quite dreams, reality that he couldn't trust as such. A tumult of the real and the not real that made him ever doubt both. For the water ran up, but the stone streets of Dunwall still felt true under his feet.

Not that this is Dunwall, or even a void-sick dream of the city he so often had. The clothes were foreign and quickly discarded for his own heavy blue uniform and he quickly went about getting himself away from any dangers. Instead he looks, for something familiar, something solid. To start there and work out, to try and tell this apart from the feverish nightmares he had grown so accustomed to.

Perhaps confusion to mirror his own will have to do. But if this was the void, save from the spirit that lived there and the dreams of men who were not there, he has never seen someone else to walk with him in such a place.

For that alone he approaches, where he might have done his best otherwise to ignore the other person and avoid him. Desperation made fast friends and he had a task to see to. The transversal was easily done, his hand glowing brightly before he landed a few meters away, making sure his footfalls were loud and pointedly there. But he would not remove his mask, not if there was a chance of being recognized. For his sake, and the other man's though, he kept his distance, a wary protection after all that he had seen and done.
]

Are you real?
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vindictam: (⌈ ⚔ ⌋ one black eye)

GUNNA BE SO GREAT also he's high chaos be warned he's crazy to say the least

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A fighter then, and Corvo's posture shifts to match. His weight rolling forward onto the balls of his feet and curses as his hand reaches for missing blades.

His powers would do in a pinch, though he would ever prefer of the blade across skin, if it came to that. There was more surety to that action than almost anything else to define life by. ( the thump, thump, thump of the heart in his pocket could attest to that. )

The word of assassin comes forth from the other man -- and more than anything else, that tells the truth of him. Truth of him too, and he was thankful for the mask. For the sneer that came with hearing himself called the same as the man that had made him no more than shell and bone and death.
]

Some call me that. [ and none that he cared for the opinion of. Only that if it meant he held their fear in a skulls cool regard, and their suffering for it, then so be it. Let them call him assassin. ] And you? A guard?

[ a slight perhaps, to call a man so similarly dressed, lower than he might be. But he cared little for ceremony these days, and far more brazen words had passed his lips of late. ]
vindictam: (⌈ ⚔ ⌋ can you whisper?)

he's mostly. well. he has a code. we'll go with that. SURE AS HELL DON'T HAVE HONOUR NO MORE

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Captain.

[ It was said with as much respect as could be afforded. Spirits take him should he ever grow to be impolite. His head dipped in greeting, a mockery in and of itself, but acknowledgement all the same.

If he hears the strange creature or not, there was no reaction to it. Regardless, he had been called worse. For things he hadn't done, for his mark, for being too loyal. He simply stood, without pause and without break.
]

You are no enemy of mine, else you would not have your head. [ it was simply put. ]
vindictam: (⌈ ⚔ ⌋ there is things that I have done)

gdi Kaladin you make him feel old as balls

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Pleasantries were better served when situations were less pressing, but apparently this man he'd met, was in much the same situation he was.

Stranded, alone.

Threats and pride could wait. And he took his time in reply, weighing the options, and finding himself without many. He took a breath and ignored the way his bones ached when he shifted his weight.
]

I thought you a spirit. [ behind his mask, privately he was still half convinced the man was, watching the strange spirit of his wonder. Light like the air, and he restrained the urge to pull the heart free from where she beat restrained. Over and against his own.

She felt more than he did, these days.
]

I saw a town. But I strayed no closer to it to tell of the people that may be there.
vindictam: (Default)

gently smothers him with pillows

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He couldn't not help but to laugh. His body shook, not in mirth, but a tree bent to a cold wind, the sound of it grating. Twisted as the white trees that grew in the tower, so long warn down.

Dry and bitter and wretched.
]

Perhaps, I will believe your naivety.

[ Perhaps, and only perhaps. For no creature of the void, no thing twisted by the Outsider, would ever say that and sound so sincere.

( What have they done to me? ) His hand raised, hand to chest, like any loyal man before a flag, and he begged her silence, begged her to be still, (and kept her voice so carefully close) gave her the same false promises he had in life.
]

Assassin will do. [ he had no reason to give his name, not when he damned him and he could not be sure. ]
vindictam: (Default)

8[ beats to death with pillow instead

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-28 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He gives the man wide berth to walk around him. Hands stiffly by his side. The strange mark upon his hand shimmering dully with the same precarious itch that hummed like the void beneath his skin. A constant reminder that it would one day swallow them all.

His eyes met the spirits, for all that he looked at her from behind cold metal, he did not doubt she saw him under it all. He'd learned now, that nothing was kept from them.
]

Keep walking straight. [ It wasn't much, but as he kept even step with Kaladin as he headed back with him. ]
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vindictam: (Default)

fear the mighty assassin

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-29 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't think much of it at first, his eyes ahead on the road, and every so often, flick back to Kaladin, gauging his movements, learning him as carefully as he learned the tower guards.

He says nothing when the spirit moves closer, only to watch her too. Her curious glance, the way she shifted and danced closer.

There's no reaction, in the end, he doesn't rage and spill blood, not for this. There was no fighting a spirit. He simply swallowed the old pain (and new still, like a wound that could never close), and he heard the heart breath.

( I will be glad to rest ) And it double thumbed against his chest, cold and familiar. She sighed and wept and laughed and bubbled like time itself kept contained.
]

Leave her be, she has seen enough. [ Though in the end, even as he walks, he doesn't shove the strange spirit free. He simply stands, feet planted like he might take root. ]
vindictam: (⌈ ⚜ ⌋ the one the battles always)

look he could make it a broom. death by broom. would that be better.

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-29 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ His head tilted up and away, wary of having her so close. She was not of any realm he knew, and after the things he had seen done in the dark, he would not risk having her close enough to do him harm.

Do her harm.

( he could not lose her again ).
]

She is not mine to free. [ He hadn't done it to her, and he had no idea how she had come to be. Only that after days the sickening reality of it all sunk in, and by then, he already needed her too much. But he had always, always needed her. ]
vindictam: (⌈ ♞ ⌋ lie beneath the stars at night)

... possess him and makes him throw himself into the sea

[personal profile] vindictam 2014-05-29 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ his teeth grit and his words were a sharp bark. He was harsh because he had to be, must be, because it was all that was left to him, and he could not stand to see what rested underneath. ]

Desist, shade. [ he'd have drawn a blade if he thought it would help. ]
tea_lover64: (Iroh Buh)

Action Oh Kaladin.

[personal profile] tea_lover64 2014-05-28 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iroh is meanwhile training in the forest. After the last draft, it helped take his mind off all that happened. There was purpose and simplicity in training. The physical exertion was only part of what he was training though. He needed to strengthen his mind as well, though that would wait until he finished his current work out.

He lifts himself with one arm from a sturdy tree branch, moving up and down in a steady controlled pace until he pauses for a second. Something or something is up. After switching to his other arm, he drops down, landing carefully.]


Hello. Who is out there?
tea_lover64: (Playing a game)

Being able to see spirits, would Iroh be able to see Syl?

[personal profile] tea_lover64 2014-05-29 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iroh has no such qualms about his wings, and they are quite open and visible. He raises a bit of an eyebrow at Kaladin as he approaches. Everyone tended to react a little differently when they first arrived. ]

I see, a new arrival to Luceti.

[He wasn't in as social mood as he normally would be, but the initial experience was jarring, so he would put aside his own problems for the time being]

Well, there is only one town here, and it is not particularly large. I'd wager you have found yourself in a place that would not be on any map from your lands.

tea_lover64: (Listening with tea!)

As long as he thinks it could be tea he'd go for it

[personal profile] tea_lover64 2014-05-30 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He glances as the young man comes to a sort of understanding about the words. It was a jarring thing coming to an entirely different world from your own. Iroh had the benefit of at least going to the spirit world before, and having some experience with strange, as well as world travel. For those without such experiences, it must be a shock to the system.]

Yes, the journals serve as a way to communicate to other people. Think of it as instant messages which can be transmitted to anyone who has one of these journals. They can be in written, vocal, or even showing the individual and scenery around them. A function known as video.

[That word still sounded very unfamiliar in his tongue, but he had been told it was the correct one]

I assume by spren, you mean like the charming little one who is around you?

While we do have spirits which may have similar attributes, they do not control the place, merely inhabit it. We are controlled here by a group known as the Malnosso.
tea_lover64: (Playing a game)

Yeah, well evidently Iroh isn't a hundred percent at plants either

[personal profile] tea_lover64 2014-05-30 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Iroh chuckles a little at her words]

I'll be sure to write a haiku sometime.

[He strokes his beard smoothing it out with his fingers]

I will certainly try to keep that in mind.

[There is a weighing look on Iroh's face as he looks at Kaladin. It certainly could be considered some sort of servitude, though not nearly as direct as slavery]

Hmmmm, that could be a word for it. We are more accurately prisoners, who are occasionally called to fight in a war for the Malnosso, although you can also volunteer to do so in return for benefits earned up over time. Additionally, there are some non-combative roles one can volunteer for.

[He takes a small breath before continuing]

The village itself is largely autonomous, food is provided, as well as shelter and various household items. Generally speaking, we work on a volunteer basis since there is no monetary system in place.
tea_lover64: (Iroh Bowing)

[personal profile] tea_lover64 2014-05-31 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Not at all. People have been here for many years, and no freedom has been had.

[He inclines his head politely]

My name is Iroh, nice to meet you Kaladin.

shinobee: <user name=aburame> (listen here you piece of shit)

[personal profile] shinobee 2014-05-29 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Although not quite the same as the land bordering the Hidden Leaf, the forest terrain was an environment Shino was most intimately familiar with. More often than not, he could be found whiling away his time amongst the foliage training, or indulging in his favourite hobby: bug hunting.

Today was one of such days. Equipped with a plastic terrarium and the necessary tools, he slowly combed his way through the underbrush, mindful of sending any insects skittering away. Cataloging the species found in the area was his own self-assigned mission, and one that seemingly had no near end in sight. The place was teeming with bugs. His kikaichu included. Shino had spread them out to cover a couple hundred metres around him, moving outward in every direction. Any interruption within the confines of his marked perimeter? Shino would instantly be alerted to it.

As such, when the kikaichu detect a new, large presence appearing out of seemingly nowhere, he paused his research to send more insects to investigate. Some just inconspicuously hang about to relay information to their host, and a handful coming to rest on the unknown presence's person.
]
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shinobee: <user name="aburame"> (shino4hokage)

no idea, he probably gets a kick out of it. (i'm sorry for shoe puns)

[personal profile] shinobee 2014-05-29 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Most react unfavourably. However, he wasn't expecting such a strong response from the newcomer. Shino closed his eyes (not that anyone could even tell from behind his dark shades), silently mourning the loss of the poor bugs that perished in the battle vs the boot, crushed with one swift stomp. It seemed a potential incident was afoot. Apart from Shino himself, the unidentified individual was the sole outsider amongst the natural inhabitants of the forest. He'd be quick at their heels.

Molding chakra for the technique, he recalled some of the insects nearby to form a bug clone. An exact replica of himself in terms of appearance. Some would think it impolite to send a substitute instead of revealing one's true self, but Shino was a ninja, and a fairly competent one at that. He would approach the stranger on his own terms. Keeping a card up his sleeves, so to speak. And so, the clone was sent forward, emerging out of the thicket with an expression that betrayed nothing.

... Meanwhile, the original Shino continued on in his search for a particularly rare butterfly.
]