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Jin's questions for her hovered in the air for a few moments, he placement was still in the Ravencrest estate waiting for her to walk in. But based on her reaction she wasn't going to. Jin had maybe pushed a little to far with Aeila, his main focus was for her to learn and think for herself. But he was rushing to that end goal, it wasn't going to come so quickly. It was clear that the two had very similar backgrounds, but ended up developing into very different people. Be it their personality or the way they were raised, they way they were taught to kill. Nevertheless getting Aeila out of her normal mindset was something that could not be rushed. It had be built on thoroughly, luckily enough though he had a plan.
After Aeila's reluctance to walk in, Jin turned and faced the butler. "You can leave us for now, we'll be inside shortly." he said simply. The white haired rogue then placed his hands in his pockets and walked towards Aeila. Her face was full of confusion, to her getting back to her 'home' was her priority without question. He understood why, he just wished it wasn't this way. His face wasn't angry, or annoyed or even spiteful. It was just empathetic. He remembered when he struggled with the ideas of running from home, the horrors he could face if his father found out. The rogue took a breath in and let it out, taking a few steps to the light right outside the gate to sit on a bench.
He looked at Aeila again. "I know your smart. So i'm never going to lie to you. The truth is I don't know where your home is. Where you come from is very well hidden. Almost to good. Now i'm not saying I'll never find it, i'm not saying I'll stop searching. But what I want to ask you is for time. Give me time to find where you come from, and I will take you back. In the mean time though...stay with me, lets work together so we can live and so we can survive. I think we can accomplish allot if we work together, and that includes finding your home. Is that ok?" he said leaning forward toward her still sitting on the bench.
Talking so openly wasn't like him, being an trained killer didn't really come with lots of opportunities to talk so openly and honestly. It felt weird doing it usually he forcing people to do what he wants with an invisible blade to their throat. Or holding hostages, and many other things. But he understood when it came to Aeila, it needed to be done with open and honest conversation. That was best for both of them.
After that though he stood up and walked to the entrance of the gate, waiting fro Aeila to come along. Deep down hoping that she would.
Jin awaited for Echo's answer, he honestly wanted to hear the light mages response. It was always interesting to him, on how other rogues lived their lives and how they saw things. Their line of work wasn't normal, that much was pretty obvious. Echo asked the first question, would Jin prefer a shallow answer or a deeper answer all the white haired rogue did was shrug in response. He didn't know Echo but he assumed the light mage would give him the deep answer. And so he did.
But his deep answer left Jin a little disappointed, he was holding out hope that maybe just maybe. Echo had a similar history to him and A. But alas he did not, to him this 'bad guy selfish stuff' was just him switching up his prey of choice and getting a thrill of the hunt. Echo wasn't a trained assassin like him and A was, he was pretty different. Which is not a bad thing, by any means. It just meant his mindset and ideals didn't line up with their own. And stuff like that was risky business. And given Aeila's response she agreed.
"I can agree to one thing, completing a job is thrilling in more ways than one. But now I know for certain we do what we do for different reasons, and we operate differently. We don't kill senselessly, just for the fun of it. As A put it, there is no...purpose in that." Jin responded leaving his hands in his jacket pocket. He took note of A walking away at a slow pace, she was already done with this conversation. Echo continued though stating an even further reason why he tried to stop A and took an interest in her. And her immediate answer was a hard no, that made Jin smirk a bit.
"Sorry but she's gonna speak for the both us on this one. We can't get caught up in family matters like that." Jin turned to start walking away slightly in A's direction. Jin refused to be used as a tool again for someone else's goals, and he also refused to let that happen to A once again. They were walking a different path, one that they would choose.
"Maybe we'll run into each other again, Echo. Perhaps then we can do a proper job again." Jin said to the light mage, walking away and towards A's direction.
The white haired rogue was more on edge than usual, he was always on his guard even when he was in his more laid back moods. Jin always had a sense of calm about him, when doing a mission he was calm, when taking the life of another he was calm. Even when telling his corny one liner jokes to people who didn't give a damn he was calm. But at this very moment he was not his calmest self, where they were headed too took risk. And Jin did not like rely on risks. Relying on risks led to death sometimes.
But then A had spoke that had taken his mind off things for a while, she didn't say anything before hand. She just simply stated her actual name, Aeila. Jin stopped for a moment and looked at her with a shocked face, he knew she had an actual name. But he wasn't sure she would actually know it and use it. But she did and so randomly, did this mean she was beginning to trust him now. "Aeila is your name. It's a nice to finally meet you Aeila. Jin...Jin Zhongli." Jin had stated his real name for only her to hear, it wasn't many times he introduced himself with his actual full name. But he would allow Aeila to know it, she knew better than to use it in front of people they did not know. She was already trained in such things, which made it easy for him.
They walked some more to the destination, approaching a large estate. But he was hit with another question, one he almost missed because Aeila's voice was so quiet and small. She had asked him if he was finding her home, and it was a quick reminder not that he forgot. But it did remind him that Aeila probably still thought she was going to go home, the place where she was abused and beaten and used as a killing tool. Kurai had broken her out of such a place, but left her on her own. This made Aeila's reliant on Jin now, she probably saw him as some sort of caretaker. Which was fine for now, but Jin's true intentions for her was not just that. He was going to teach her how to live on her own, and rely and wait for no one but herself. She would break the chains on her, as he did when he left his father.
He didn't want to lie to her, but he had to be careful with his words for now. He didn't know what kind of reaction she would have, if he just said no. Instead he would ask her a question instead, the objective wasn't to mislead her or have her think something else. He wasn't going to be truthful to her, as much as he could. "Does Aeila want to go back home?" he asked her honestly "Or do you want to find a new home?" he followed up with another question. Jin left the two questions in the air for her to answer, surely they wouldn't be easy questions to answer for her.
Eventually the pair arrived at the estate, and this is what Jin was so on edge about. This was the Ravencrests estate, they had been given a contract to do work for the Ravencrests. This was the risk. They had reason to worry, but also reasons not to. At this point they weren't known assassin's in the slightest, the way their magic abilities worked it was very difficult to actually pin anything on them. Also because of the way they worked and how efficient they were, getting contracts from noble families wasn't rare. It was just a risk, but it was a risk they needed to take for now. He had to pay for a suitable hideout somehow, he couldn't just continue to use the homes of people he murdered on jobs forever.
Soon enough though a older man with a tailored suit came and opened the fence for the pair with a light bow. "You two must be J and A. Please come in. As per contract you both allowed on Ravencrests property anywhere but the inner house of course. On the left side of the estate you will find a house lounging for your resting needs and other work." And that was all the butler needed to say, Jin took the first step in. Looking back at Aeila to see if she would also walk forward. "We work here, and it will help us find a new home." This would be the first new step of many for her.
Jin chuckled slightly when he heard A say the word 'Idiot' this was a new thing for her, at least from what he knew. She was obviously talking about Echo, the white haired rogue was more happy with the thought that she was speaking on her own even if it was the slightest word. Even if it was very tiny and small instances like that, it let him know she was capable of living her own life one day. But she then followed it up with an apology, she probably got punished for things like that in her past. But that wouldn't happen anymore, at least not when she was with Jin. "Don't say sorry, when you're right about something." he said to her with a smirk on his face, and that was all that needed to be said.
It was pretty clear A and Jin saw things in a similar light, their past was nearly identical to one another. They both were raised as assassin's as killers, to complete any job asked of them with extreme efficiency and skill. Mindless killing for no reason, was something they did not do. Making friends and trusting random people was something they did not do. So when Jin had heard A's comments about the light mage and the situation at hand he agreed with her whole heartedly. He nodded in her direction "You should listen to her light mage." he said to Echo, but he would leave it at that.
Echo continued mentioning her magic and how it effected life and death. Something that Jin would have preferred he didn't see, A's magic was extremely rare and could be looked at as a valuable tool to be used. Something to easily take advantage of, and that was not something Jin would agree with. He had to make a point to tell A at one point to make sure no one can see her using her magic, unless you plan to kill them after. That's how he treated his magic at most times.
The light rogue's next few words, caught Jin a little off guard and honestly made him laugh a bit. Echo was trying to backtrack and lie about his magic, stating his magic is actually solar magic and that's the reason it was so bright. Jin couldn't help but laugh his hands still in his jacket pocket with a bright white smile on his face. "Hahahahaaaa. Echo. Echo. Stop it. You are clearly new to this. You gotta practice your lying skills. Next time don't be so quick to show off and use your magic in front of others if your goal is to hide it from others. There's power in the unknown. It's impossible to convince me you don't use light magic at this point, but maybe practice on the next guy you come across." Jin said while chuckling. "I understand it's easy to take pride in such a rare and powerful element, so it's hard to hide it. Practice restraint."
Jin watched as Echo started to re-approach them, the white haired rogue held his left hand out. "Stop approaching." he said again this time his tone wasn't filled with humor an laughter like it was just a few seconds ago. Echo had to learn boundaries, as far as Jin was concerned. This little conversation didn't make them all happy friends, to Jin Echo was still a stranger and a dangerous one at that. "A couple of guards around here to kill?" Jin asked with a puzzled face. He was honestly confused, he didn't get what Echo meant at all. But the more the light mage spoke, the more Jin was beginning to figure him out. Echo wasn't like Jin or A, they killed for money, for gain, because they were trained to do so. Jin had ended many many lives, and he was bound to end a lot more as time went on. And he was good at it, he was trained to kill as long as he could remember. He could take the life of a man without thinking twice about it, but he never did it unless he was getting paid for it. Unless there was something to gain.
Echo from the sound of it simply killed for fun, Jin didn't understand it because there was nothing to gain from that. Instead Jin just asked him a question. "So we should kill the guards around here as a training exercise? ... Why do you kill Echo?" Jin had met types like Echo before, mad men who simply thrived off of the killing of others and nothing else.
Jin continued to keep his main focus on the light mage rogue, simple exchanging names and some words wasn't enough for the Jin to trust him at all. He stated his name was Echo, but he could be lying. If anything it would make more sense that it was a lie, he just saw this man kill someone in cold blood and then follow and attack Aeila even though he missed. He had no plans on trusting this guy anytime soon. And there was valid reason for it, that's how you end up dead.
Jin heard the small frail words coming from Aeila, she was still apologizing for just speaking. They were woking on that along with a lot of other things. But she was making some headway, she was at least being a tad bit more vocal. Her words were still broken and probably going to stay that way for quite some time, but eventually he could hope they would formulate into actual words and proper sentences. But things took time. He was starting to believe that her eyes would not get used to light again, which was unfortunate as it was a weakness that could be exploited. She was happy to have her veil back, it made Jin smirk for a bit. "No need for thanks." he replied to her.
Now back to Echo, this 'rogue' was very much in love with the ideas of friendship and trust. The two didn't really go hand in hand with being a rogue. It was a lonely lifestyle most times, which is why he was trying to show Aeila how to think and speak for herself. She couldn't live her entire life relying on someone else. Echo's words Jin had to admit sounded just plain wrong, he sounded like a magic knight or someone from the church. But not a criminal. He spoke of trust and trusting one another as if he was just handing it out to everyone with a name. "So you think we can be friends because you told us your name?" Jin had to ask the question out loud, maybe if he did Echo could realize just how silly that sounded. "Yes rogue types are untrusting...they all should be. As should you. Friendship doesn't come easy in this line of work, you should know that." Jin said to Echo. Apparently this young man still had a few things to learn about being a rogue. He clearly didn't have the training that him and Aeila had growing up. "Yes I feel that way all the time, it comes with the job." Jin answered his first question about feeling alone. He always felt alone, because he always was alone. Even when working with other rogues he was alone, rogues don't trust other rogues. Some criminals didn't have a sense of code or honor, some just took life simple because they could. His life could be no different, so he was always on edge always untrusting of anyone. This was how his father raised him to be, this is how he survived. Echo continued answering Jin's question, the more he spoke the more he sounded like some typical do gooder. "Mmmmm. If I didn't see you outright kill someone. You would have had me convinced you're a magic knight or something." Jin said to him with a smirk. "I'll admit this Echo. You're weird. Definitely weird. So you want allies...no excuse me. You want friends that you can trust to accomplish goals. And powerful ones, which is why you took such an interest in A here. You saw her element at work, it is indeed powerful..." Jin said glancing back at Aeila for a moment, his focus was still on Echo though.
"And you use Light. Also a powerful element. Extremely rare. But I see what you're saying, even if it sounds a little tooooo gospel for me. I've got an open but skeptical mind. Let's say for now, we work together. Complete a job or two as a unit, we'll see how it goes from there. That sound good Mr. Trust and friendship?" Jin asked Echo with a sly smirk on his face.
Jin kept his eyes on the unknown rogue, he didn't know him and he certainly didn't trust him. Since he saw Aeila's magic first hand, he probably could be trying to use her for his own gain. Seeing her magic at work also wasn't the best, it wasn't the end of the world. But Jin would have preferred almost no one seeing her magic at work. He felt that way about his own element, permeation. Jin valued the unknown and the benefits that come along with it. He wasn't into boasting about his four leaf grimoire and the numerous abilities that came with it. The more things he could keep under wraps the better. His magic was extremely easy to hide, given it's functions. So it was easy for him to trick people into thinking his element was something else, then what it actually was. He was wondering if the same could be done for Aeila's wraith magic, but more information was needed on her element.
Like he thought she came to him quickly with a wave of his hand. He didn't want Aeila being completely obedient to him, but it was pleasure seeing her trust him. Well it was either him or a total stranger, to be honest he was the best choice out of the two. The wraith user had spent of her time without her veil, this was part of Jin's preparation for her. He knew it probably stinged and hurt a little now, but it was best for her to use her eyes again. When stated she was hurt, Jin unzipped his jacket and reached inside and slowly took out her veil and handed it to her. "Just for the next day or two. You did well." he said patting the top of her head gently. After this Jin would address the new found rogue, he never took his eyes off of him though. The light rogue had his hands up, that was good call he was certainly already outmatched. He was trying to show he had no ill intent, but that meant little to Jin. He used the same tactics to get the upper hand on some folk. "Stop approaching. You want powerful friends...is that right? My father also said dumb stuff like that, I haven't decided yet if I agree with him or not." Jin was skeptical in making 'new friends' especially other rogues. There was plenty of benefits to be had of course, but that could also come with twice the dangers.
Jin followed the young man's eyes, he was doing what people usually do when encountering Jin. They look for his grimoire, most people did that when they couldn't figure out what his element was in a fight. But this guy was doing it already, did he plan on attacking. That wouldn't be wise. Jin kept his grimoire strapped to his lower back, and his black jacket was long enough to conceal it entirely. So no one really saw it unless he wanted them too. Echo was right about one thing so far, Jin had quite the few things to hide. "Oh! Names already. Interesting you jump right into it. Light element users sure like to move quick. I'll let her answer her own name." Jin said knowing what or better yet the letter she was going to say. Giving her a moment to do just that, he respond after. "I'm J. They rhyme!" the rogue said suddenly with a quick smile, showing just a small quick glance of his more humorous side. But then it was right back into a more serious tone. "Making powerful friends. And what would you be doing with these powerful friends Echo?" Jin asked placing both of his hands in his jacket pockets.
Jin listened attentively as she answered his questions the best way she could. Her speech was obviously broken, but her mind was still intact. She could understand things, at least somewhat and respond accordingly. It was probably possible to teach her how to speak properly, though ti would take some time. She answered his question about the veil, her father made her wear it outside so she couldn't run away. "Hm." a slight hum came from the rogue as he knew that that was like. For 'fathers' to find creative ways to stop you from running away. Jin's wasn't a veil but a blindfold, one that he actually still used today every so often. She continued to say the veil was also used a support, the light hurt her eyes which would make sense after wearing a veil for so long. It was going to tough on her, but she was going to have to do without the veil for a while. But Jin wasn't going to press that matter yet. She also was not allowed to lift the veil, something else they would have to work on.
She relied on hearing to get around most times, and when it rained it was hard to do so. "You should use all your senses, your eyes, nose, ears and your mana." Jin said to her pointing to each body part, and when he said mana he simple pointed upward since mana could be detected in the air. "All senses should be strong." he added. If Jin was going to show her how to live and survive on her own, it better start now. Cause she was obviously lost without some kind of guidance. She did not have an answer to his next question, and from her body language and voice she was petrified because of it. Jin knew that feeling as well, when father would ask a question and he did not have an answer or refused to answer that meant ten lashes. The rogue was gathering that him and her lived very similar lives before all this, he couldn't outright confirm it just yet. But he was getting close, even the questions she didn't have an answer to gave him something.
"Relax. I'm not going to hurt you." Jin said to her his eyes piercing, but he meant them honestly. Depending on the person that line was usually a lie but not this time. He honestly had no plans on laying a hand on her, she wasn't a threat to him. And he wasn't into torturing people for no reason. She continued to try and answer his question the best way she could, stating she was bound away and only came out to train or complete a task. And that confirmed it. They did live similar lives, almost too similar. Memories of the rogues past started to come to his mind, of when he decided to not follow command he would be separated and isolated. Grueling training after training, mission after mission. Kill, steal, murder, torture, efficiently, no mistakes. No errors. "No mistakes. No errors." he said quietly to himself, she probably heard him though. Jin's face was buried in his arms and he started to chuckle. This had to be fate.
His chuckle turned into a light laugh as his head finally came up, his face visible again. "It's ok. You can ask. Matter fact anytime you have a question you can always ask me. Ok?" Jin said to her. This was another way he could begin to teach her. If she had a question about anything he would willing to provide an answer. She's been isolated from the outside world for so long, she was bound to have questions. The only way she was going to learn was if she asked for answers. "I just have a few more questions. K. Do you know K well?" Jin asked resting his head on his arm now looking at A. "Also what do you like to eat?" the second question would probably catch her off guard.
Notes and Spells
"Speech #1e3875" Battle summaries and cool spell stuff here
Watching and waiting was sometimes what Jin did best. He did allot of things well, allot of things other people wouldn't be willing to do. Tonight was a test of sorts to see how well Aeila did these same things. She was sent on a task to just go out and venture on her own, that was it. No more or less than that. But Jin this would let him see just what she was capable of when not relying on anyone. He told her he had to complete a task but wasn't very detailed on what that task was. Little did she know that task meant keeping a watch on her but from a distance. The rogue had no problem with his little lie, he lied to most people he met on a daily basis. But he didn't want to make a habit lying to her.
From his point of view she was no immediate threat to him, she could be potentially. But she wasn't. She knew little in the ways of 'living for herself'. And Jin's main goal was to teach her this, not manipulate her for his own goals. He could easily just have her do what he wants, and teach her nothing, and simple use her for her abilities. From a rogue's point of view that was a good call, but thats not what he wanted to do. He wasn't a fan of using someone like his father used him. Aeila had to learn to live for herself, and Jin was going to show her that.
He kept watch on her from a good distance on top of large roofs and buildings. Using stealth and getting by unseen was a skill he had in spades. He also had the abilities to back it up, his sensory permeation techniques allowed him to be invisible to the naked eye. Even further than that he could render himself undetectable by any means, allowing him to literally get by unnoticed by anyone. He used this skills when watching her, and was about to meet her at the house he arranged. But she walked passed someone worthy of note, and this person also thought Aeila was interesting. The young man just finished killing someone in cold blood, and he was trying to get Aeila's attention. Jin who was on top of a building followed along for now just to see how things played out. Aeila was doing the right thing by simple minding her own and walking away, but as Jin expected the other rogue had to follow. "Tch." an annoyed suck of teeth left his lips.
Watching some more, the young man decided it was a good idea to fire an arrow of light at the girl. That was a mistake. Still making himself invisible and undetectable, he moved down from the top of the building to the ground with a series of well placed hops and balance. He got to the ground without making a sound, and followed from a distance behind the light mage. Jin watched as Aeila used her magic to bring the body that the light mage killed back to the world of the living. Aeila's potential was boundless. Eventually after some words she ended her spell and sat nearby some barrels, she was wise to not lead this this man to where her and Jin stayed.
After they both sat down, Jin would end his spell before walking towards them with his hands in his black pants pockets. With his spell now deactivated he could be detected with sensory. This would give up his element of surprise, but it wasn't needed anymore. His attire was simple as always, black pants, black jacket and black boots. The only visible colors on him was his silver/white hair and piercing blue eyes that stared at the light mage rogue. "And why do you need to know? She won't answer any of your questions you know." he said suddenly with a small hand gesture, he motioned for Aeila to come to him. Which he was pretty confident she would listen. "The real questions are. Why is a rogue following a young women at night?"
Notes and Spells
"Speech #1e3875" Name of Spell: 偽の出現 (Nise no Shutsugen / Fake Apparition) Elemental Type: Permeation Rank & Spell Type: Junior | Sensory | Illusion Range & Speed: 10 Meters AOE | 10 m/s Mana Cost: 10 | 5 Stats Effected: Sensory - 4
Cold Blooded: The user can completely mask their mana signature and presence from anyone regardless of either's sensory stat or Ki abilities, this may last up to three posts before it is faded. This can be used twice a thread.
Description: Nise no Shutsugen a basic illusion spell that renders the user invisible to sight. It being rather basic it only effects the sight and not other senses. But twice a thread with the cold blooded perk, the user can in fact erase his entire presence including his mana signature. Making it extremely difficult to track him at all. Requirements to see through this illusion is 10 Sensory +2 for every 15 control the user has. Illusion's potency will naturally wane overtime, lowering the amount of sensory needed in order to see through them by 2 points per post they are sustained.
Jin had looked at her for a few wondering why she was sitting on the floor, he told her to sit but he wasn't really specific as to where. He shrugged though the choice was really up to her on where she sat. If she wanted to sit on the floor that was completely her choice. The towel he tossed to her had lightly hit her head and fell to the ground. She apologized for it, stating in her broken speech she was sorry for being bad and will be better. The blue eyed rogue did find this quite amusing, it more than obvious that A was not a normal girl. Her speech and it seemed her inner thoughts were broken. Truth be told he didn't know what to think of her yet, he needed more.
"Don't apologize. You can sit on the couch you know? Instead of the floor." he finally said to her not really changing his position much. She still had that veil on her head, for whatever reason he could not tell why. It seemed to be more of a hinderance to her, cause she couldn't see properly with it on. She was able to follow his voice, but it was pretty obvious she didn't know where he was exactly from the start. Which for Jin was normal, the rogue relied on stealth heavily for his jobs. But this time he wasn't trying to hide his presence from her. "Your veil. This." he said pointing to her veil. "Why do you where it? It doesn't seem to help much."
So A was going to stick to what Kurai had stated earlier, so she wasn't an idiot. She had some sense of smarts that was beneath the delicate child like behavior. She was going to stick with A, which Jin knew wasn't the entire truth. But that also meant she was willing to lie, and if one is willing to lie about one thing that most definitely means they will lie about another. So Jin wasn't to sure if he believed her when she said she did not know where she came from. Also her tone of voice was obvious of panic and fear, she was scared of something. But Jin had a feeling it wasn't him she was afraid of, cause she came along so willingly. It was something else that she was afraid of, perhaps it was home.
Jin remembered being scared when someone else outside of his family asked about home when he was younger. He was not aloud to speak of it to strangers outside the family, and if word ever reached his father that he did. A punishment would ensue and it would be severe. Even at a really young age Jin had to learn when to speak and who to speak to. He looked A up and down again, before asking her another question. Maybe she could answer this with a little more detail. "A. What is home like? What did you do there?" he asked genuinely.
Notes and Spells
"Speech #1e3875" Battle summaries and cool spell stuff here
The silver haired rogue had his index finger pressed to his lips signifying it was time to be be quiet. The only odd things about it was he was facing two male guards that were already dead. Large slits on each one's throat with red blood pouring down their armor, the rogue was crouched down behind a large full green bush just a few meters away from the back entrance of the museum. The rogue had already started his work by taking two lives, and the job was just beginning. He softly took the keys off the hook from a one of the guard's belts, he would probably need it to open a few doors.
Jin could literally phase through most if not all doors and walls, but he could only do so a limited number of times of day. So he had to be smart with his abilities usage, it was a very useful and powerful ability in the right hands. But Jin didn't like to over rely on it, only using it when it just seemed like it was the best time to. Plus relying on a ability like that would make the other skills start to dull, unless he could find other ways to phase through objects he still intended to do his work the old fashioned way.
Zhongli walked over to the clear backdoor and pressed his hand softly on the surface using his sensory to feel any nearby presences. There was none so he slipped the key in the lock and opened the backdoor slowly not wanting to make any loud noises. He took the key out and slipped it in his pocket closing the door behind him with a soft. Click. Now he was in.
The room he was in was empty it looked like some kind of office with desks and papers all around. He knew the items he was looking for, the stones were somewhere in the basement down below. So he didn't even need to venture out into the actual front floor of the museum, he did just have to find which door led to the basement. The rogue started to rub his chin thinking about his next move, his eyes focused on the ground as he leaned on a nearby desk. "Mmmmm I could find someone to show me the way. Or at least tell me which doors leads to it. But I don't wanna venture out to much..." Jin started to speak to himself softly. Till he heard footsteps at the doorway and a smirk was on his face.
"Nise no Shutsugen."
Two guards walked into the office room talking amongst each other. "We should cover Yunk's and Hud's break out back, they'd been waiting for a while now." one of them said to the other. "Yea yea. Just hold on i'm in no rush to go stand outside for an hour alright. They could wait a little longer. Just relax for a minute ok." the other replied taking a seat and putting his feet on the closest desk.
Jin was standing right behind him with his spell active, a spell that rendered him completely invisible to sight. He could be standing right next to an enemy with really poor sensory and they would never know. These guards weren't trained magic knights, they weren't well versed in magic or sensory so tricking their senses was extremely easy for the rogue. The guard was smiling while resting his feet while the other turned his head away to look at the bookshelf next to him. Now that no eyes were on the guard Jin started to place his hands around the guards head. A soft crack could be heard in the room, it was the sound of Jin without any effort breaking the guards neck easily.
The other guard turned back and his confused face quickly turned into one of horror. "Jagg...what the...how did this...Whose!-" the guard quickly stopped speaking when he felt a hand gripping his neck tightly. "Will you tell me where I can find the door to the basement please?" Jin asked him still invisible but making his voice clear that he was right in front of him. There was a moment of hesitation in the air before Jin spoke again. "You have three seconds before you look like Jagg over there. And no one wants to look like Jagg."
"You leave this room make a left and it's the last door you'll see. Going down that door will have stairs that lead directly downstairs."
"Thank you friend." Jin said before snapping his neck with a tight squeeze leaving a limp lifeless body on the floor. He couldn't risk leaving him alive and telling other guards before he was able to get the stones. Perhaps under a different situation he could have left the man live, but this was not one of them. Jin kept his spell active being invisible to total sight was almost to good for jobs like this. He followed the mans directions and left the office room closing the door behind him and heading to his left down the hall passing by all the doors till he came to to the last one.
"Well I guess this one is it." Jin said before taking out the keys he stole before entering the place, after some trial and errors he eventually found the right key that fits and opened the door slowly again walking inside and gently closing it behind him. Right before another guard came strolling in the hall.
Jin casually walked down the stairs that lead to the basement, his invisibility really put him at ease. Not only that but he could turn on another ability that would not only work in tandem with his spell to render himself invisible to sight but it would also allow him to completely untraceable by any means even if their was a sensor nearby. He didn't need it now, but if he did he had it as a another tool. The basement was completely empty as well not a lot of people working today he thought. Which only made it easier for him to do what he had to do.
The basement was full of many different objects and items, but none of it really caught the rogues attention. Till he finally saw them a set of magical stones laid out on a table, each one having many different colors. "I guess these are the ones." he said to himself reaching in his jacket pocket and taking out a small bag. He carefully placed each magical stone into the bag making sure to not leave any behind. With the bag of stones in hand he casually walked out of the basement and activated Cold Blooded. The ability that would render him completely untraceable as he walked right out the way he came.
But now he saw the chaos start to unfold as the guards he killed in the office were finally found. But it was to late Jin was already walking out the back door phasing right through it still completely invisible by sight and all senses thanks to cold blooded. "Easy job. Easy money." the rogue said to himself walking casually to deliver the stones.
Notes and Spells
"Speech #1e3875" Name of Spell: 偽の出現 (Nise no Shutsugen / Fake Apparition) Elemental Type: Permeation Rank & Spell Type: Junior | Sensory | Illusion Range & Speed: 10 Meters AOE | 10 m/s Mana Cost: 10 | 5 Stats Effected: Sensory - 4
Cold Blooded: The user can completely mask their mana signature and presence from anyone regardless of either's sensory stat or Ki abilities, this may last up to three posts before it is faded. This can be used twice a thread.
Description: Nise no Shutsugen a basic illusion spell that renders the user invisible to sight. It being rather basic it only effects the sight and not other senses. But twice a thread with the cold blooded perk, the user can in fact erase his entire presence including his mana signature. Making it extremely difficult to track him at all. Requirements to see through this illusion is 10 Sensory +2 for every 15 control the user has. Illusion's potency will naturally wane overtime, lowering the amount of sensory needed in order to see through them by 2 points per post they are sustained.
A recent archeological expedition had brought in a set of small magical stones with unknown powers. They’ve been stashed somewhere in the Kikka museum’s basement. A job offer has been posted on the board of the Black Market for someone willing to pay a hefty sum for those stones. Find them and bring them to owner of the job post for a hefty reward.
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Minimum Number of Players: 1
[break]Minimum Word Count: 1,000
[break]Location: Kikka
[break]Special Requirements: Do be careful with your words. If you offend the ladies they will leave the room and you will fail the mission.
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Not part of the plan, none of this was. A and K meeting them getting wrapped up in whatever there business was, simply was not part of the plan. Jin had intended to find out more from the two, especially the one called A the young frail women. She was odd not in a bad way just in a different way. She didn't speak much at all, and if she did her words patterns were broken and incomplete. He didn't think much of it till now randomly on how or why she spoke that way. The silver haired rogue was leading her somewhere, just some place away from K. The gold armored young man he meant well that was easy to tell, but the answers Jin wanted he would never get from him. He had a better chance with the girl who could barely speak.
Jin of course lied to her in order to separate her from K. He had no issues with lying at all it was came with the job, evening lying to A was simple. But even though he lied to didn't plan on taking advantage of her, his lie was simply a means to an end. This young women seemed almost incapable of being on her own, that wasn't safe for her at all. Normally Jin wouldn't care for such things, but this one felt different. It started to rain a bit, Jin didn't really slow down his steps not realizing the girl behind him was struggling. With the rain coming down he was heading to someplace inside, luckily he already 'arranged' for a place for them to stay. It wasn't a Inn or hotel but a home that used to belong to someone else, but now it belonged to Jin till he felt it was time to move on.
He felt a soft hand touch his forearm and then he stopped walking, for a moment the rogue realized since he's been on his own no one had touched him. His permeation magic allowed him to phase through literally anything he desired, with limits of course but he was so precise and conscious of those limits he'd been able to complete jobs without even getting his clothes dirty. No one had yet to land a hit on him, be it spell, weapon, fist, nothing. But now a small soft delicate hand laid there on the jacket sleeve of his arm, he looked at it for a bit before turning his head up his piercing blue eyes staring back at A. His mind reverted back to the last time he let someone touch him, they also had small soft delicate hands.
His next move which would probably come as a surprise, he lifted his arm that she was holding onto and reached out his hand for her to grab. Basically signaling that she could hold his hand if she needed to. If she did he would gently hold onto it and walk with her to the location, if she didn't he would shrug and place his hand back in his pocket and keep walking at the same pace. No matter which decision she would make they would get to the place he acquired in only a few minutes, he would open the door and let her enter first closing the door behind them.
The place did have a homely feeling to it, it was a warm and decorated well. Of course he himself didn't decorate it and set up all the furniture, but he walked around the place as if it was his own. There was a big couch in the living room, next to a large table with some chairs.
"Sit. Make yourself at home, I'll grab you a towel." Jin said looking around. "If I can remember where I saw them." the last part was more of a whisper to himself. He looked around and eventually came back in a few moments with a towel for her to dry off. He would toss it to her, if she caught it or not was completely up to her. He would turn one of the chairs around and sit in it backwards, leaning his arms on the back rest of the chair. His piercing eyes looking at A for a few moments before finally asking a question. "I need to ask you somethings. Firstly what is your real name? and where are you from?" he for straight to the point, he wanted to know more about her and he was going to be direct about it. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he felt this odd connection to her. As if they were similar but at the same time completely different.
Notes and Spells
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Post by Jin Zhongli on Mar 19, 2021 23:34:35 GMT -5
POW 16 | DUR 02 | SEN 26 STA 15 | CON 17 | ALL 70 SPEED 5m/s | STRENGTH 1/2 junior HEALTH senior | MANA SKIN senior POOL 70/70 | REGEN 5 IC / 10 OOC
ITEMS cool gadgets here
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Jin Zhongli
"Kicking, screaming and bleeding? Sounds a lot like a dog fight no?" Jin replied to her comments. He could tell she was a fan of violence and fights, Jin himself was a fan of it as well but he enjoyed it more when some money was attached to it. Fighting for just the sake of it was really boring to him he had no real interest in it unless he could make some gain.
"So a fight to the death and winner takes all, that sounds interesting and pretty fair I must admit." he was still sitting on a pile of random things but the large lady was getting pretty close again, he started to lean back with a uncomfortable look on his face. Then he heard her words about wanting to devour him and then it all made sense. She was flirting with him, her way of flirting was rather aggressive but from the looks of her cave she probably just got away with all that. "My eyes? Are you flirting with me? Is this your way of getting people to fall under your spell? Or is it the perfume? Or maybe it's the all the dead severed body parts all around your cave? Whatever it is it's a pretty interesting approach. Usually people have a conversation first before trying to court one another."
Jin didn't move back anymore though, he had no worries on her trying to attack him. He had no idea who she was or what she like but with his abilities no one could really lay a hand on him unless he allowed it literally.
Notes and Spells
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Post by Jin Zhongli on Mar 11, 2021 20:07:40 GMT -5
POW 16 | DUR 02 | SEN 26 STA 15 | CON 17 | ALL 70 SPEED 5m/s | STRENGTH 1/2 junior HEALTH senior | MANA SKIN senior POOL 70/70 | REGEN 5 IC / 10 OOC
ITEMS cool gadgets here
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Jin Zhongli
"Hooooh? You’re a brave one for coming into my home uninvited."
Jin shrugged in response, he never really considered himself brave. No matter what he did really, everything was done out of pure curiosity. If something caught his eye, grabbed his attention, just called out to him. He would seek it out until he was no longer interested. This engagement was the same, him being in this cave of death was just out of curiosity. "Meh I wouldn't say I'm brave."
Jin watched as she walked down her pile of treasures, it wasn't gold and expensive artifacts. It was all just stuff. He wasn't judging it at all, to each their own. He just found it all pretty interesting, it was intriguing to him that she would 'collect' a bunch of random goods. He even understood it a little bit, he liked to steal random items too things that just tickled his fancy. No reason behind it, it just pleased him. She walked up pretty close to him but the silver haired rogue didn't move at all, despite her size they were actually the same height she just had a lot more weight than him. Respectfully.
She got pretty close, so close in fact he could smell not only her perfume but the blood on her. He knew what blood smelled like, he knew it pretty well. He wasn't entirely a fan of the way blood smelled, it didn't bother him much but he didn't like it fill up his nose. He did take a quick step back, just cause he felt she got a little uncomfortably close. "A fight? No no. I don't do fights. Not when I'm not getting paid." was his response to her question. Despite being a rogue Jin wasn't a violent type for no reason. He didn't go around fighting and killing people just because he felt like it. Of course when on a job he good feel the thrill and the rush of battle and he did enjoy it. But he was tasteful and liked to be a man of class at least some what.
"Honestly I'm here just because I was a little curious about this little treasure cave you made for yourself. I don't know If I should be jealous or what? Making a cave of all the...things you acquired. You might be living in the future. But question for you. What happens when someone walks in your cave and you can't beat them?" Jin asked her taking a seat on a random pile of stuff. Despite her aggressive demeanor perhaps a conversation of sorts could be had.
Notes and Spells
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