exsilium ☼ IC Contact Post ☼ 2014

[wilder]

"You've reached Kaneis Major. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.
If this is a medical emergency, please consider contacting the clinic instead."

"Really, I mean it."


2013

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[wilder]

Alright. Meet me by the western edge of town? I'm sure we can find a spot out there.

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[chosenfake]

Sounds good. See you there!

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[wilder]

Yeah. Seeya there.

[And in about twenty minutes, Zelos can be found by the main path out of town from that way. He's got a sword strapped to his belt, as well as a small shield attached to his arm. He gives a lazy wave when he see Luke approaches]

Hey.

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[chosenfake]

[Luke straightens when Kaneis greets him. He grins brightly, thinking that it's been way too long since he hung out with someone who wasn't Tear or Asch. Tear was gone now, and Asch was grating sometimes even though Luke liked him a lot, so...]

Hey!

[He quickens his pace a little, and comes to a stop not too far from the other redhead.]

Thanks for coming on such short notice. [He glances at the sword and shield.] Huh, I thought you were a healer.

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[wilder]

Hm? Oh, I am!

[He smirks a little before he starts walking out of the town]

Among other things.

[chosenfake]

I've never seen someone with a sword use healing artes. [Theoretically Van probably could, but. Semantics. He walks just a step behind Zelos, still very much close enough for conversation.]

I wonder if I could learn how, too.

[wilder]

It's not very common, I'll give you that. [Yes but Van can also shoot lasers out of his magnificent eyebrows so he's hardly a fair judge of a person's potential.] And if it wasn't for the power boost the Initiative's weapon gives me, I'd be a much less effective healer.

And who knows. Fonons work differently from mana, I dunno how healing works with that besides it's some...special fonon.

[chosenfake]

Yeah. My weapon just makes me faster and stronger... I guess I wasn't that creative when I picked it. At the time, I didn't think I'd ever be able to use magic, so I didn't bother asking for it.

[Maybe that was a mistake.]

The Seventh Fonon, yeah. I'm... made of it. Asch casts all kinds of spells, so I'm not really concerned about my ability to learn those. I don't think he has healing artes, either.

[wilder]

[He shrugs] Don't sweat it too much, I didn't exactly ask for my weapon either. It just ended up working that way.

[Frankly, he'd get rid of it if he could. He regrets that after all this time, he still hasn't figured out the source of this technology.]

Hmmm...well, if you're made of it- might as well give it a shot. I mean there's some schools of thought that say you gotta have the right personality to have healing artes- but I never really bought into that anyway.

[Seeing how both him and Kratos are jerkwads...]

[chosenfake]

[It is a little weird that it's supposed to be sentient, but he doesn't have the kind of trauma about those things that Zelos and other Symphonians might.]

What? Personality?

[That's something to think about.]

If that was true, then I'd be worried about how people managed to live this long. [He glances to the side.] Tear and Natalia can both be pretty cold.

[wilder]

[Yep it's so true. Let's face it, for all the problems Auldrant has it's pretty much a happy place next to Aselia.]

[He chuckles a little bit and glances over his shoulder]

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure coldness comes with the job. Believe it or not, I'm practically warm and fuzzy compared to the healers I knew back home.

[chosenfake]

[Luke makes a face. That's kind of a terrifying thought.]

Well... I guess if you take your hair into consideration, you kinda seem warm.

[wilder]

[He laughs]

I don't think hair counts as a personality trait, Luke.

[chosenfake]

[NO IT TOTALLY COUNTS SHUT UP]

I don't know. I used to be pretty awful to everyone. After I realized I had to change, I cut off all my hair. It used to be longer, like Asch's.

[wilder]

Uh...huh.

So, are you saying my long hair makes me an unhappy jerk?

[chosenfake]

[Luke nearly trips.]

N-- no! That's not what I meant at all! [shitshitshitshit BACKPEDAL HARDER] B-besides, you keep your hair in a braid most of the time.

[wilder]

Oh? So my daily hairstyle influences my personality now? [He crosses his arms lightly and gives a smile that is not a normal smile. In fact, it's amazing how his face can take on an almost Jade-like quality sometimes] Please, tell me more.

[chosenfake]

[NO THIS IS NOT HOW HE WANTED HIS LIFE TO END OH GOD.

Luke gets more and more flustered.]

H-- hey look, this might be a good place to spar! Hahahah...

[wilder]

Really?

[He glances around, considering]

Hmm, I suppose it is! I guess our conversation will have to wait.

[For now]

[chosenfake]

[He's totally expecting Zelos to wipe the floor with him, but that's what he gets for opening his big mouth. Oh well.

He asked for a spar and he's getting one.

Luke glances around, then takes up a position several yards away. He rests his hand on his sword-hilt, otherwise prepared.]

Ready?

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile gives no indication whether or not he's pissed. Only that smirk remains. But he steps into his own battle position, drawing his sword and holding it at stand-by]

Ready when you are.

[chosenfake]

[Luke nods and draws his sword. Zelos has a shield and magic, so he's obviously at an advantage. But that's okay. Luke didn't exactly set out to win this. He just wants to learn, to spend some of his energy, to get his mind off not seeing Tear until... maybe never.

No, he can't think like that. Focus. Focus.]

Let's go!

[He starts forward, quicker than the last time he fought with Asch. It was raining then, cold, but nothing like the snowy landscape they're in now. When he's within melee range, he gathers some fonons into his sword and cuts a swath through the ground itself, lifting it and sending it flying at Zelos.]

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile doesn't appear to be taking this as seriously as Luke is. As usual, he has an apathetic air about him. Like he's simply there to kill some time]

[However, that doesn't mean he'll be an easy opponent. His reflexes and speed are still better than a human's, so by the time Luke is cutting that swath into the ground, Zelos moves out of it's path in anticipation and tries striking at Luke from the side]

[chosenfake]

[Damn, he's fast. Luke doesn't have time to talk, though. He expected a caster with the ability to fight in close combat, not an expert at BOTH. He parries Zelos' hit and holds his ground, snow and dirt settling around them.

And then he pushes back, hard, trying to trip Zelos up. Probably a fool move, but his own strength surprises him. He's definitely leveled up somewhere along the line.]

[wilder]

[Were it against a normal human, it probably would've been a good idea. Luke is no weakling nor unskilled with a sword, Zelos can tell that much.]

[Unfortunately, this wasn't a normal human. If anything, his time in Exsilium has helped him give up any pretense that he was that. And so when Luke tries to push, he gets a centimeter of surprise before it's suddenly pushing against a wall for a moment]

[And then when that moment passes, Zelos pushes back- hard.]