She wrapped her arms around her, or actually it was that she disappeared of the earth as she had to hide, she needed to figure out where her sister was so it would be a lot easier to live. But how to track her down without using her cousin, who she had lost contact with as well, she thought Selena so called, cared for her but no. She had to find someone that did, perhaps that was a good new thing to do.
Two plus Two is [Akira & Lacie]
Thu May 17, 2018 3:04 am
She wrapped her arms around her, or actually it was that she disappeared of the earth as she had to hide, she needed to figure out where her sister was so it would be a lot easier to live. But how to track her down without using her cousin, who she had lost contact with as well, she thought Selena so called, cared for her but no. She had to find someone that did, perhaps that was a good new thing to do.
Sat May 19, 2018 11:19 am
Her nightly patrols weren't even duty or habit based anymore. She just didn't sleep to avoid the nightmares that ensued after the two lives she had taken, reality was definitely better than the alternatives her traumatized created. This was probably the quietest time of the festival, the drunkards had passed out, the eager ones were still in bed... Akira sat on a make shift bench. The benches were made of the trees that were probably cut to clear out the area. They were just thick trunks that were cut down in half, longitudinally. One half made the low seat and the other half rested on wedges and served as a backrest. Lazily, her eyes scoured the area for the faces that would soon start emerging.
Sat May 19, 2018 2:53 pm
So she stumbled back towards the festival or where normal people would stay and be if it was more crowded. At this point there was barely anyone. She brushed her red hair out of her face and leaned onto the counter where she soon ended up, the only place that seemed to be open, a life saver. And later well a coffee would warm her up again. She perhaps should just walk, wait for most people to wake up and than leave again before she would go back to the hotel and wait for the day to end and see the firework show from her balcony, that sure did sound boring but it was the way it worked. She checked out everyone that was at the stand but she didn't recognize anyone nor see a uniform, so she was okay.
Sat May 19, 2018 3:17 pm
Finally, the man had finished his stall and offered Akira another polite and weary smile. Was that a silent offer to get her another one of these magical beverages? she wondered. Maybe he was just grateful for the silent and distant company the girl had provided. She noticed a lone figure walk towards the newly minted stall, just as he finished nailing up his board, advertising all sorts of exotic and simple drinks. Upon narrowing her eyes, she recognized her immediately... It was Alice. Akira averted her gaze, but not for too long, she should probably face-up to the woman, despite their differences. Considering, now Akira had also taken lives, she understood just a little better what it meant and the circumstances that might push one in such directions.
Sighing, she slowly got off her seat and ambled towards the stall owner, who looked rather hopeful with two possible customers approaching. Akira simply cleared her throat as she neared Alice, to garner her attention. An apology and another heart to heart should probably cut it, but Akira was hardly good at those...
Mon May 21, 2018 9:39 am
She wasn't very sure if the person that showed up next to her meant her, it would be another discussion about her lovely twinsister again and she wasn't ready for that, she wasn't ready to hear if Alice was in Orchidia or whatsoever and not ready to play the game of lieutenant. So she would simply turn her face, her brown eyes looking at a girl that she didn't know and at this point didn't want to know. "Hi." she simply said before turning her face away again and accepting the paper cup of coffee and handed over the jewels. This person could either not be too familiar with her and now chatter to her as if she was Alice or apologize and saying she had the wrong person, she would wait, it would all be fine and she could make a last stroll, think some more about why someone else wouldn't get out of her head and move back to the inn.
Tue May 22, 2018 2:05 am
The stall owner asked Akira what she'd like and she merely pointed to the container he'd offered her last time before saying. 'Some more of this, its brilliant!' she exclaimed, beaming at the man quite gratefully, hoping the praise might draw Alice into changing her choice too. After serving the orange-haired woman her drink, he slipped back into the depths of the stall to make Aki her beverage. The young Shimada cleared her throat again as awkward silence enveloped them. 'Sorry about leaving so abruptly last time... I had to be somewhere.' she mumbled, finally giving words to  her feelings and still lying about the reason, which Alice had probably predicted.  She tapped her palms on the counter of the stall. 'Er... How're you doing anyways?' she asked, her voice was still soft and unsure and she kept her eyes peeled for the man.
Tue May 22, 2018 2:35 am
How would her sister react, she wasn't exactly sure if she was a morning person or not. "Been a busy few days." She answered as the girl asked her how she had been doing, that couldn't be difficult to predict. She simply eyed the girl, no name, no idea, never met her before. She bet she was a knight and hopefully she could trick her like she did with that Xandra Queen. "Let's forget what happened before, a fresh start might be a good thing." Because she had the idea that she was lying as she mumbled that she 'had to be somewhere'. It had taken her a few seconds before she said it as well as mumble, which made her think that Alice wasn't perfect, they must have had a fight or so and this girl had stormed off, something like that?
Tue May 22, 2018 3:26 am
When the woman spoke of how she'd been busy, Aki simply nodded in an empathetic manner. 'Tell me about it...' she said, rhetorically. Surely Alice knew about what had transpired in all the time since Aki left Crocus. Being higher ranking and all, someone must've told her what happened... right? Akira frowned, lost in her own thoughts momentarily, wondering if her boss had been in the loop or not. 'You heard what happened right?' she asked, vaguely, wondering if the woman would pick up on it and respond accordingly. Based on how she reacted, Akira could either tactically evade the topic of the operation or try to glean more understanding on if the Knights always worked this way.
Alice forgave Akira for her little outburst, or so it seemed, perhaps that maturity was why she'd risen in the ranks, apart from the undoubted help she had given her associations... Akira resorted to mumbling again. 'Yeah... probably best, thanks for understanding.' It was just then that Aki recalled what exactly could've been keeping Alice busy. 'Oh! Damn, almost forgot! You ready for the big day and all?' she said, steering the conversation into more jovial territory as she referred to the ceremony that was supposed to happen soon.
Tue May 22, 2018 3:50 am
She leaned on the counter, quite curious about the purple beverage that she was drinking, but she couldn't simply ask what it was or anything, how long had it been that she had seen Alice, when was she in Baska, heavily pregnant, right.. she got the kids right? Well she had to, because no comment on her missing pregnancy stomach, thank god. She could do this, hopefully, but another private vague question, so she had to play this right. "Heard what happened? There is a lot of things happening, you would need to be a bit more specific, I'm afraid." Best way to avoid this, she could say she was busy with something else and be just as vague, she shouldh ave done that, something about children, how long would she be a mom, oh boy, this was getting more difficult by the minute, especially with the question after that.
She was very enthusiastic, big day? What big day.... labour must have happened but what, christening? Or well mostly people refered to a big birthday party, but they weren't having their birthday soon it wasn't august and second of all.. a wedding. Alice was never the material for a wedding, "When can you be ever ready for such a big happening." she said smoothly but she was starting to get difficult things, was she getting married... how dare Alice getting married. She clenched her fist too harshly around the cup, she felt anger again, jealousy of her own sister.
Tue May 22, 2018 6:06 am
There were definitely certain things that the woman had to already have heard about, but looks like she wasn't quite aware of the whole deal with Phantom Lord. If Alice had been aware, she wouldn't need to hide the details from Aki, considering she'd have known that the Knight had been among the people that undertook that task. She could just be avoiding the uncomfortable questions around it, by feigning lack of knowledge, considering she was quite aware of the Shimada's skeptical tendencies. But Akira wasn't going to let yet another encounter sour between them, so she didn't press the matter.
'I don't know how far the news traveled about that vampyre, for one...' Aki said, staring into her cup as she reminded herself of the uncomfortable moments of that night. 'The one that stirred up trouble here, and was killed by a Knight...' she elaborated just a little bit, then punctuated her words with an elaborate sigh. She took a sip of her drink, almost like it would bolster her spirit and courage somehow. 'I was the Knight that dealt with her...' she muttered, shuddering rather gently, which could pass off as a shiver considering the gentle breeze that swept over the deserted area. She cleared her throat, hoping this was a fair enough answer for specificity and that they could avoid, or at least delay the awkwardness that the topic of the council might stir.
'Really?' Aki retorted with a hint of just a little skepticism and surprise. She smiled however as she took another sip. 'I thought you'd been planning this for ages, still all nervous?' she prodded playfully. The two already had kids together, at this point in Akira's head the entire concept of marriage for them seemed more like a formality. Perhaps it was just something to indulge the church, considering Konstantin seemed to have strong ties with that whole system, at least from what the Shimada had deduced.
Thu May 24, 2018 2:17 am
Her brown eyes looked at Akira, she didn't know a vampyre so what would Alice know about that and what kind of reaction did this girl expected? She nodded, well at least the knight took care of it, she moved up the cup to take a sip of the coffee but she stopped as the girl (whose name Lacie still didn't know) admitted that she was the knight, shit, this thing was powerful too. She swallowed with difficulty and thought about what to say, "Sorry, I don't really know what to say. How are you holding up?" She thought was the best to say, it was true as well and most people like to be comforted right, especially when they considered they were good.
After that she tried to get her way out of this concept of the big day, for she had no what it could be. Planning for ages? Still nervous, she couldn't help but slam the cup on the bar, "That bitch..." she said out loud, realizing she did, she turned towards Akira, opening her mouth to say something but she didn't know what, talk about unfair, now she was getting married!
Fri May 25, 2018 7:32 pm
It really felt off... Alice was not someone too shy of words. Even the last time they'd met, she wasn't as hesitant as she was today, perhaps the wedding was stressing her out more than Akira could comprehend. Her words felt a little empty, maybe it was just Akira's perception, but she'd always seen Alice to be someone who was rather upfront and honest about her emotions. While the Shimada hadn't really thought there would be some crazy empathy, owing to the fact that Akira rarely cut the solar mage any slack, she had never thought she'd be on this end of such a practiced response. 'Er... I'll be- I mean I'm fine I guess...' she said, now reflecting the carefully measured words as she eyed the woman.
Akira rubbed her eyes, as though it would miraculously help her take the dark circles off. And suddenly the woman swore. 'That bitch?' Akira repeated, confused. 'The vampyre?' she asked quizzically as she put her fingers through her hair and raised an eyebrow. 'What're you on about, Alice?' she prodded, now letting her brows knit together in a frown.
Sat May 26, 2018 6:08 am
That woman couldn't be a mentor for anyone she was probably just the lieutenant that people liked to rant about, wait was she still the lieutenant with that baby?! There was a baby right or was there a joy of a miscarriage and people were now so tender and caring around her to talk about nothing else.. no wait this girl had talked about killing, which was a very big probably if Lacie was busted and she didn't plan to die yet! Alice was first!
But than she slipped and the panic only grew more, that bitch, great calling Lacie, she had to figure something out, did Alice talk as much about her as she did about Alice because than.. "Oh ehm I mean.." yet the stuttering and stammering didn't stop, "You see, as I told you a lot, my sister.. Lacie." it was strange to say her own name, "I forgot I had to make sure she is ehm.. far away eh from me of course with the eh, wedding." Please let it be a wedding! Because else she had now made up a huge mistake and had to fix it and run off before this girl found out that there was no wedding, but what else could be a big day!
Sat May 26, 2018 7:30 am
The young girl shuffled, she wasn't very good at pretending, but the easiest way to play this out, was to use the woman's tricks back at her. Akira's breathing got just a little shallower. As her focus returned, she took her cues from the twin, hiding her own face behind the mouth of her large cup as she considered her options. 'Oh yeah! I remember, Lacie...' she said, trying to sound as even as she could. Her words were a echoing mumble as she talking into her cup, before finally setting it down on the counter again and offering the woman a very small unsure smile, an attempt at faking reassurance.
'Are you worried that she's going to be here?' Akira said, staring straight into the brown eyes of the woman in front of her. She wanted to drop her gaze to the feet, the presence of heels would make this much easier to confirm, but she was afraid of betraying her deductions. 'Do you think she knows about the wedding? What do you think she'd do if she found out?' Akira asked, narrowing her eyes just a little bit as she proceeded to lift her cup for yet another sip, at this rate, she'd need a refill faster than she'd anticipated.
The first thing she had to do, was keep this woman talking and buy herself time to figure out a way to neutralize the situation, hopefully without violence. 'I mean, you did say you would have loved your sister to be there, happy for you... Did something happen after we last met?' Akira added, speaking into her drink again, as she smirked, somehow gleaning pleasure into making it difficult for the woman to keep up appearances. The Shimada didn't want to push it too much, plus she tried to seed the idea that Alice wasn't really out to hurt the woman that stood before Akira right now, maybe reconciliation was a distant option too?
Sun May 27, 2018 1:42 am
As the girl stared into her eyes, Lacie was oblivious to the idea that they had two different eyes, she nodded slowly, "Never ask for the odds that make it possible." she muttered because if she heard, she would sure as hell... wait what would she do? She wanted to ruin it, if it was the best day ever, why would she would not, but would she, there would be tons of people and as she wouldn't wear a wedding gown it would be easy to spot that she wasn't Alice and Kon always knew immediately. Until the point he was badly hurt but that didn't matter now thatwas once and he wasn't her issue, she was afraid of him that was true but her issue was Alice, the demon spawn after all.
But than she stared surprised at Akira when she said that she aka Alice had said she would love to see Lacie there, "I did say that hmm." How to answer, "It would perhaps indeed be wonderful if there was family around on such a big day." But we can't have all that we want and she would definitely want the unhappiest moment of Alice achieved.
Sun May 27, 2018 7:46 am
'Oh...' Akira said, now faking sadness as Lacie made her first response. I guess reconciliation is not an option. she thought as she finished slurping up her drink and set it down on the stall dramatically. 'Another.' she said with a small smile towards the stall owner. It was said in a manner that it wasn't exactly an order, still a request, but almost a friendly one, where she didn't need to rely on overt politeness and could assume that the beverage maker would be ok with it. Luckily for her, he was, the man played along seamlessly as if Akira was downing liquor instead of this special brew that basically worked as the opposite, keeping her alert, awake and now focused.
The Shimada ran her fingers through her hair and bit her lower lip to prevent herself from smirking as the woman seemingly recalled what she had said. It really was a little funny, first because Alice didn't quite say that and second this confirmed Aki's suspicion even more clearly than a peek at her feet would've. Brown eyes and then all this pretentious chatter, it was definitely good enough. The issue still remained, what was Akira going to do about it. This was the woman who had taken away the eye of the churchman, Kon... Clearly, she could be quite a mage to handle if Akira outright challenged her.
'So, I take it, nothing happened then and you've just been on the lookout for her? You think she is here?' Akira asked again, as another cup of the steaming purplish liquid was poured into the container beside her. She lifted it and blew the surface of the shimmering fluid to cool it. 'Who knows, maybe Lacie has changed and is just here to be that family for you...' the Shimada added, in an attempt to get more information and see if Lacie betrayed her side of the story while pretending to be Alice.
Tue May 29, 2018 2:01 am
She fumbled with her fingers, her magic, that Dragon Slayer magic, was very dangerous. Her coffee was by this time empty but unfortunately her mind wasn't yet. For at first she had wondered about someone else, a new obsession, something she didn't want but something more positive than her well she realized she was obsessed with Alice because it was damn well right to know where her was and get in no danger because of that at all. This however meant: she was in Orchidia.
So many questions and many that Lacie couldn't answer, "I have no idea where she is, that makes it quite difficult and on one hand, I should be glad on the other it makes me nervous." Because that was exactly how she felt herself. Where she was afraid of what her sister could do to her, she was sure that Alice was afraid about what she could possibly do to others, shame it only worked once, how could she have been so stupid, it was probably because he looked weakened and the predator or winner side inside her wanted to take that chance.
Lacie laughed, she wanted to say how stupid that was, but she was pretending to be Alice, her laugh was hollow and not of fun but because of pain or something that was the matter. So she had to form it differently, "She told me I destroyed everything, apparently she has the weaker body, my mom died because of me." this girl didn't need to know it was a ritual that their mother did herself. "And that I was getting a baby made it not much better. I get everything but leave the world into defistation, I take everything, I believe that's what I-... did." She almost said I said, out of frustration, out of a lot of things, she didn't want to think about it.
Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:59 am
She set the cup down and held the gaze of the woman. It was strange, Akira had hoped there would be a more nuanced tale between the sisters, but it seemed Alice's explanations were bang on, there was nothing more to it. This wasn't even rivalry or misunderstandings, the issues seemed to have spawned from a blatant pool of envy and jealousy, it was rather despicable. Aki's guilt about judging Alice too soon grew... It seemed fate had offered her a chance to at least try and make amends.
'So, I'm assuming its still bad enough and Lacie is still out to get you and Kon...' Aki said softly, dropping her gaze one more time as she wondered if the woman would confirm her own intentions, not that it was required. The cloudy details around the woman were getting more and more clear every passing second that she continued to be Alice. Perhaps, there was a chance if she'd just been honest and explained her side of the story, the pretention definitely made her a culprit, identity theft was a criminal offence after all.
The clincher, of course, was when she referred to the baby as singular. Aki was well aware that Alice had given birth to twins. It was time, if the woman dropped any more hints, it'd eventually become obvious that the Shimada had made her deductions, it may cause her to defend herself with magic. At least if it did come to that, no one except the poor stall owner was at risk of being in the crossfire, there was a small mercy right there. 'If only she understood your guilt and turmoil over all this...' Akira mentioned, still sticking to her mediator role.
Following this, she did something which Alice would've definitely found supremely fishy and uncharacteristic, the Knight leaned in for an empathetic hug. It was a ruse of course, while on hand reached around the woman the other snaked to the handcuffs.
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Only upon securing the woman in an embrace did Aki swiftly snap on the magic-nullifying handcuffs onto the identity thief. 'You know, it's illegal to pretend to be someone else, for that and the countless other things you have been accused of, I have no option but to arrest you, Ms. Lacie.' her words were spoken loud and clear, she maintained a certain aura of professionalism, even though it was difficult. Â
Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:16 am
She should order that drink that Akira seemed to like, only already to be doing something else now that her coffee was gone. What she didn't undersand and why she frowned at her empty cup was that there was mentioning of guilt and turmoil. What? What was Alice her guilt? Wasn't she perfect? Oh wait, what had she said before? Lacie wondered, she had no idea how to restore this but thank god it would be over in a minute, she could talk about something else, she could say she rather talk about something pleasant, push the direction towards this girl instead of at Alice. The hug would give an end to that, it would be done after that, this pathetic conversation.
What she didn't notice, or noticed far too late was the handcuff, she stared at it as Akira spoke. Right this one seemed to know Alice far better than the Queen girl and she should have gotten away as soon as she could but no.. she had to do this apparently and look at her now. "That's new information for me. But you would have done the same if your sister pictures you off like some sort of criminal." she said with a now cynical tone in her voice. Of course, Alice had raised her stupid pupils or whatever the knights were very well, that damn Lieutenant. She didn't know if she could talk her way out of this, there was no Selena to save her this time.
Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:18 am
She narrowed her eyes, wondering how to proceed, there was no way she'd just leave Lacie to her own devices. Yet, Akira didn't have the time or the patience to deliver her all the way back to Era. She placed her hands on her hips and tapped her feet. Her eyes snapped to the stall owner in front of him. 'I don't know if the business I brought to you this early will make up for it or not... But I need your help.' she said, rather curtly. The stall owner who had been avidly watching this interaction from the corner of his eyes, while he pretended to work, had gone rather pale. It wasn't everyday that one saw someone being arrested this way. 'Down that way and to your right, there is a cluster of tents for the Rune Knight squads.' she explained, indicating the make-shift road through the outgrowth with her finger. 'Marco, Luca and Rosa are scheduled to leave for Era later today, tell them they've been ordered by Akira Shimada to leave earlier and escort a renowned criminal to the prison and bring them with you.' Akira said, her words were clear and simple. The man nodded earnestly and scurried towards the designated direction.
'You may keep silent, anything more you say or do can and will be used against you.' Akira said, with a bite in her words as her gaze flitting back to the brown eyed woman. Finally, as the Shimada got to scan her form, she did in fact notice the sandals. She was glad Alice and she had spoken about this, some good had come off of it. The wait for the Knights was a little longer than she had expected, but finally when the bewildered, slightly drowsy people got there, Aki was quite sharp with them. 'Each of you will order the beverage to wake the hell up and they you'll will march to Era with this woman, I don't want any mishaps.' she declared. She'd expected to be challenged, but perhaps words about some of her exploits had filled their ears. Lucky for her, they hadn't directly worked under Alice, otherwise this whole ordeal would require much more information.
The stall owner smiled gratefully at Akira at the extra business, she returned the small smile politely. Once the burden of responsibility had been transferred, she offered Lacie nothing more than a last scathing look, before turning to leave, while the Knights promised to get this job done properly. A pessimistic pit in Aki's stomach told her otherwise, but it was the best she could do. She'd put three people on the job, wasting any more man power on a single person would raise too many questions... Hopefully, they were up to the task. If it all went well, Akira was rather proud of the way she'd handled this. Â
Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:56 pm
She was still pushed against the bar of the stall and stared fierce at the man, who was now commanded to get some people. "You and my sister might have think you would get away with this, but don't worry, Akira. You will be, Illumin is always watching." and so is the devil. She didn't care about words that would be used against her if she said them herself, she would get out, with or without Selena her help. As she would think so herself, she managed to get out without much of a problem when they were on their way to Era, it was a shame how easy it was to set these three up against each other and to get out of this messy situation, all she needed was someone to undo these nullification cuffs but she would have her own people for that.
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