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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 20, 2020, 3:40 pm
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Rayner Brant
Location: Upper Vilvella Street
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
Rayner was surprised Gastelle didn't think he was shameless.
Then again, who better to judge someone than themselves? He
didn't quite care either way. Dislike for his species
aside...Gastelle's pride and confidence wasn't necessarily a bad
thing. Rayner even found the man a bit funny despite him being
so unrefined. It was a nice change of pace that Rayner had
forgotten in himself in his time as an orphan around miners and
later warriors.
So Rayner actually chuckled at the image of his brethren in
skirt, obviously not taking the idea seriously. He respected his
fellow knights, but Rayner still knew he was better than much of
them. "Good idea, make short work of the crime in Alessandria by
making them laugh themselves to death."
Rayner noted how Gastelle look oh so proud of his axe. Oh this
was going to be interesting? A smile quirked at his lips at the
mention of the axe's name. Irene? Certainly not what he expected
as many of the knights around him chose names like
'Oath-Breaker' and 'Dragon-slayer'. All a bunch of mess that
seemed ridiculous to Rayner.
So he got this axe later, after he was no longer fighting in the
arena? Well, he could understand that thinking since he knew the
people in the arena were hardly compensated for killing each
other. It only made sense that he waited till he earned coin to
make an actual income to invest in it. It was a lovely weapon
for that fact and why Gastelle held it in such regard. "Irene is
a lovely sight." He added before Gastelle had asked him about
Iaqosia, or so he thought.
Rayner's brows pinched as he tried to understand what he meant
by Deadlands. He assumed he meant Iaqosia only because he had
mentioned the Arena. Rayner had thankfully traveled quite a bit
after her was adopted and hadn't stayed long in Uleplex before
he got to see Iaqosia, Batestar, Bu-Fin, and even Glapera. "I
think you mean Iaqosia. And yeah, I went when I was a kid. It
was strange seeing so many Kymera in one place. Not many of them
at Belnin." He said since he had been so confused by the animal
looking people as very few visited the Belnin Orphanage. "But
the Arena was lack luster? I remember it being impressive from
the stands. My uncle thought it was a good idea to take me to
see it, to show me what I could have ended up in I guess." He
said before shaking his head since he saw many people die and it
had left a lasting impression in him.
"You from Iaqosia?" He asked since he figured the man didn't
want to talk about the arena if he didn't have to.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 22, 2020, 4:54 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Upper Vilvella District, Streets—>Grande Comuna,
Temple of Torgar, Sparring Grounds
Company: Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
Rayner notes the change in Gastelle, specifically that the
vivacious nature of the man dwindled the moment the Arena was
brought up. After watching the fights once, Rayner understood it
was a very different view from the inside than as a spectator.
It was the same with Belnin Orphanage in a way, except there
weren’t battles to the death. Instead there were good people and
those that commended shady practices of selling children or
committing them to the mines if they were not smart enough or
skilled enough to apprentice or be sent to the Uleplexian
military. So to hear that Gastelle said it was rough and that he
found it because of a lack of a father, Rayner understood his
reasoning. He would have done the same if he was left on his own
in a strange land. Let alone where he had no choice to keep
himself alive. The comment about not surviving the arena, Rayner
gave a smirk and a nod.
“I mean, you would know better as a Keth. And you came out of it
no worse for ware. But I’d like to think I’d surprise you.” He
said before his face fell back into its usual confident quiet.
He let his mind drift to the memory of the Arena and he wondered
what Gastelle must have been like fighting his way through those
ranks...The image wasn’t entirely unappealing, but he was sure
it must have been gruesome for the man.
When asked about where he was from, Rayner gave a shake of his
head when mentioning him being born of the knight-hood. “No, I’m
not from Alessandria. Though, I would have preferred it to
Uleplex where my sister and I were dumped in Belnin. Aren’t much
Elvi there so I doubt that’s where we were from necessarily. The
stance is probably from the mining and the beating I took for
these scars.” He said, the last bit in a joking way since he was
lucky to be alive after the ogre got ahold of him.
When he realized he had gotten personal talking with this man,
Rayner pushed the thought away and gestured towards the path
ahead. “If we are wandering and looking for a place...A lot of
us train at the temple to Torgar and their sparing grounds.
Sound fair?” He asked since it was a bit of a walk but they
would be there in no time if they kept moving. It was open to
the public as Nomadic warriors often came to use the space to
keep their skills sharp. It left enough room for Gastelle and
Rayner to fight, even some opportunity for using some of the
available sparring weapons.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 23, 2020, 9:30 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
When basically told to put his money where his mouth was, Rayner
gave Gastelle a cocky smirk. “Same to you and Irene. I expect a
challenge.” He snickered before heading down the path to where
he knew they needed to be. The way was fairly straight forward
and you could see the shifting of finery in the streets to more
functional and ornate buildings. The temple to Torgar was stark
against all the government buildings and had quite a few people
there now. All looked like a mix of warriors, knights, and even
politicians there to visit the halls of the god of honor.
Rayner spotted a familiar priest and asked him to let them use a
space for sparring. The priest was quick to agree, even if he
looked a bit confused to see Rayner with someone other than a
knight. Let alone an Elvi...They made their way to the back of
the property till they reached the sparring grounds. A few had
knights or warriors practicing their skills and testing
themselves against opponents. Rayner got a few looks from a pair
of knights nearby, one such a woman that called out to him.
“Here to get your ass kicked Brandt?” She called in a teasing
tone, getting a smirk from Rayner.
“Keep dreaming, Selene. I’m happy to add six losses to your belt
if you really want to test me.” Selene rolled her eyes before
giving Gastelle an appraising look. “This the fresh meat? Didn’t
take you for taking on men bigger than you.” Rayner spared her a
glare, knowing his average height was something that they loved
to poke at.
“Gastelle, Selene. Selene, Gastelle. She’s a current trainee
that I mentored for a few days. Before she decided to focus on
daggers rather than halberds.” He said in good fun teasing,
which made Selene give a shrug.
“Just fit me better. Anyways, I’ll be rooting for you to teach
Sir Brandt here some humility.” She snickered, winking at the
Elvi, even if she noted Rayner give her a pursed lip look of
irritation.
“As if...welll then, let’s get to it.” Rayner motioned for
Gastelle to follow, though he did look back at him with a
curious look. “You want to use the practice weapons they have or
do you feel confident Irene won’t cleave me in two?”
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 25, 2020, 12:02 am
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
Selene gave Gastelle a kittenish grin when he joined in on the
teasing of her former mentor. Rayner was an ass, but Selene had
taken a shine to the man. Mostly because she found him
attractive, as a good portion of the women did that were in the
knighthood. They were used to the ego knight could have, after
all. The difference was that he could back up his big-talk and
she at least appreciated he treated her as an equal while
teaching her. She received crap from most the other recruits for
being a woman, but he didn't seem to care. No, the self-absorbed
half-breed treated her with the same snarky attitude he treated
everyone else with. Well, except this Gastelle for some
reason...She noted Rayner seemed to be in a good mood and even
smiled a bit at the man. She tucked that information away for
later and instead let herself eye-up the men that she was Oh so
ready to see duke it out in a sparring match. Maybe if she was
lucky a few layers of clothing might come off if it got too
hot...
Selene's lips curled into a smirk about finding a 'man' to match
the length of Rayner's halberd. That made her eyes wander
Gastelle and she got a few ideas she shouldn't have. "Oh, I'm
sure you fit the bill, man. Don't you worry..." She said,
getting a hard elbow to the side from the other recruit with her
when she bit her lip and scoped out his ass. Rayner even spared
her a scolding look, one that came with a signature haughty
look.
"Knock it off. Are you a knight or a harlot?" His question got a
snicker from Selene since she could hear the playful annoyance
in his tone.
"As, your handsome friend here said, I'm a lady. Let me enjoy
this, Brandt." Rayner's eyes went skyward at her calling
Gastelle his 'handsome friend', knowing the woman was having a
ball with her teasing. She hummed as she looked from the
Great-Axe to the Halberd and gave small nod to herself in
affirmation.
"I say go big or go home. Use your usual weapons and just don't
kill each other. Loser gets a round for us later tonight?"
Rayner spared her a questioning look and a scoff.
"Who says I'm drinking with you tonight?" She then gave a shrug,
liking that she was getting some of his usual feisty attitude
out of him. It was as close to flirting as she could get with
the man.
"Well not with that attitude you're not. Now, get in there and
give this Lady a show and maybe I'll buy you both a round."
Rayner's lip twitched at the woman's shameless flirting, but he
ignored it in favor of drawing his halberd and swinging it a
moment to make sure he was ready.
"Alright, let's see what you and Irene got. First to knock the
other out of the circle wins. Fair?" He asked Gastelle as he
brought the halberd up into an offensive position, the speared
tip gleaming a bit in the light.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 26, 2020, 6:31 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
Rayner took a look at Gastelle, trying to assess what he could
assume was going to be his fighting style. He caught a taste
last night, but was that enough to know what he was in for? Not
at all and he'd be a moron to think he knew everything about his
opponent. This was a Keth after all...
"Oh, it won't be me spending. That I can promise you." He said
bluntly before he gave Gastelle a moment to get ready. When both
seemed prepared, Selene came in with the count down.
"3, 2, 1, FIGHT~" She called from the sidelines and that
prompted Rayner into motion. He gave Gastelle a smirk, eyes
glinting with an almost fiery challenge. He moved in and thrust
the halberd out in a move that would merely graze the man if he
didn't react in time. Even for Rayner's build, he was quick, the
added length of the weapon adding to the quickness. He needed to
keep Gastelle at a distance especially with that axe. The
halberd was great at keeping opponents away as that was where it
did best. In close quarters, it could be used as a staff but the
blades were useless. That's why he carried a dagger but he did
not intend to use that here. It wasn't a fair fight...
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 26, 2020, 9:34 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
Rayner was used to people grabbing the polearm, but hadn't
expected Gastelle to make a grab at him as well. He knew his
momentum was carrying him forward and Gastelle had hold of his
weapon. Gastelle caught the front of his shirt, but Rayner
forced the pole down into the ground just behind them. Using the
steadiness to keep him grounded so that he could send a kick at
him. Gastelle rolled away and grabbed his axe, leaving Rayner to
remove the spear head from the dirt and spin the polearm out
towards Gastelle's legs to throw him off balance, using the hook
end to catch his leg and carry it out from under him. If that
failed, he dodge the incoming attack and use the blunt end of
the polearm to to go for Gastelle's head. Rayner was trying to
keep the man's axe away from him, but was finding he was quite
good at improvising.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 27, 2020, 9:15 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle
Equipment: Halberd
A prideful glint came to his eyes when he landed a blow on the
Keth. The victory was short lived as Gastelle was quick to grab
the pole and knocked Rayner off to the side. Rayner stumbled as
he caught himself by using the halberd as something to lean
into. A kick to his back sent him to the ground. Rayner rolled
to catch himself, but in the dust he lost track of Gastelle.
With effort, he clambered to his feet. A solid body hit him,
sending him onto his back into the dust. Rayner glared up at
Gastelle, who had his legs pinning him. Rayner braced for a hit
if one came and thought quickly how things had gone in his fight
with Damon. Even Asena. Finally, he had a use for those losses
he had in his record.
'Let's pull a Damon..' He stepped a leg out around Gastelle's
left and shoved hard against him. With as much force as he could
muster, he put his weight into a roll and knocked Gastelle over.
He moved to get control of Gastelle's hips to keep him pinned,
but the man was taller and that put Rayner at a disadvantage. He
was sure Gastelle would be able to throw him off soon. He took a
shot at him and if Gastelle dodged or caught the hand, Ryaner
would try with the other.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 28, 2020, 12:33 am
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle, Knight Selene Narvaez
Rayner's brows drew together and nose wrinkling at the comment.
How was this kinky? He was fighting this guy in the dirt and
currently had him pinned. Sure, if Gastelle was an attractive
woman beneath him he could see it. Instead, Gastelle was--well
nothing to scoff at when it came to looks. His chiseled features
were pleasing to the eyes and that f*cking grin on his face
could probably charm any woman out of their skirts. Especially
when his eyes seemed to burn with this boldness that would put a
king to shame. Gastelle was also gifted with a sculpted tan
form, one that was build solid from training and skill. He knew
because Rayner could feel him beneath him and caught a very good
look from being in such close proximity. Rayner felt himself
getting distracted and mentally kicked himself. What was wrong
with him? Was this Elvi trying to get in his head?
"Kinky? What are you on about--?" Rayner began, but was cut off
by a very obvious movement. His face went from stony and
confused to wide eyed and flushed in a matter of seconds. What
the f*ck was Gastelle doing?! Did he just hump him? Before he
had time to process it fully, a sudden gust hit Rayner square
and the chest and sent him back tumbling *ss-over-tea kettle in
the ring. He skidded to a halt most of him still in the ring
thankfully. Rayner picked himself back up with a grunt, wincing
at the fact that hit had hurt and knocked the wind out of him.
He sucked in a breath, looking up at Gastelle in time to see him
pick up the halberd with that signature cocky look.
From the sidelines he could hear Selene cheering, egging Rayner
on to get up.
Rayner's eyes gleamed with defiance at the sight of him twirling
it, his competitiveness getting the better of him at him tossing
the halberd out of the ring. Fine. He wanted to play this game
sans weapons, he could do that. His eyes immediately flicked to
the axe when Gastelle eyed it, but he Rayner was frustrated
enough at the moment to let his Magis show. Rayner focused on
the axe, feeling the Siheli control in his veins burning like an
unused muscle. He got to his feet, ice creeping up around the
axe and freezing it in place against the ground in a thick
layer.
Selene actually stopped her cheers at that moment, as she hadn't
actually realized Rayner was a Magis user. He hadn't used it
around her at all before.
"Neat wind trick. Well played." He called to Gastelle before he
came at him with another flurry of punches and kick to his side
for good measure. Even if he was sure Gastelle was the more
skilled by experience of the pair and could deflect most if not
all these swings, Rayner was going to give this man a run for
his money.
((Which I'm banking on Gastelle winning this fight lol))
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 28, 2020, 10:51 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle, Knight Selene Narvaez
Rayner's teeth grit at the taunt, feet digging into the ground
as he continued his assault of attacks. He wasn't surprised
Gastelle was quick, especially since the male revealed his
Magis. What he didn't expect was for the muscular man to be this
slippery however. Rayner struggled to keep up, especially when
the male dropped low. Before, Rayner even had a second to
process, his legs were out from under him and he was being
thrown back. He hit the ground in a roll, cursing to himself at
being thrown around like a rag doll by this Siel. Rayner was
only stopped by hitting the ice over Irene, his body tensed as
he hit hard. He knew he was going to have a nice bruise on his
back from that one.
"Amon's sanctified ass! You f*ckin love that move don't you?" He
growled, wincing as he got back up, feeling the aches of hitting
the ground like this and being knocked around. He looked a mess
and he knew he did with all the dirt and dust collected on him.
He had to figure out a better way to take the Elvi down.
He was quick, so what was a way to slow him down with all that
wind. The ice at his feet gave him a good idea. Rayner got back
into Gastelle's space and decided to keep his focus on Rayner's
hands. Rayner swung close to the body, trying to be aware of
Gastelle's movements. Slowly but surely he was letting the
ground around Gastelle freeze up with a decent layer of ice.
Rayner took hits and scrapes from the Elvi of course and even
got knocked back with a solid hit from either a fist or a kick.
The man was moving too quickly for him to keep up. Lip bloodied
and body aching, Rayner noted the ice seemed sufficient there
just behind Gastelle. Rayner came at him with what looked like
an attempt to spar again, but instead dropped his shoulders,
ramming himself into the Elvi as hard as he could. It caused
sparks to fly in Rayner's vision briefly at the impact, but when
they cleared he felt it was worth it if the plan worked to take
away Gastelle's fancy foot work with slick ice covering the
ground. He was sure there would be a retaliation and he got
ready for it by dropping into his best defensive position.
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Re: Chapter 0.5: Flexed (Rayner & Gastelle) [Y1050-Y1051]
By: Kimcora Date: April 29, 2020, 8:13 pm
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Rayner Brandt
Location: Marieve, Grand Comuna, Temple of Torgar
Accompanying: Duuthra-Keth Gastelle, Knight Selene Gaspar
Rayner heard Selene erupt into a cheer before he really got a
look at Gastelle. The man was outside of the line. He blinked,
brows raising as he realized he had won. That worked? That
worked! Rayner gave a half grin before gave a cheer to himself
in excitement. He had expected fully to lose this tussle,
especially because he was the one that currently looked like
hell with his blonde hair a wild mess, his body bruised and
aching, and being winded from trying to keep up with Gastelle.
However, the cheer was cut short by Rayner catching sight of
Gastelle failing to get up. He paused, as if waiting for the man
to be pissed or sore about losing. Instead, Gastelle gave a
laugh, something that made a chuckle bubble from Rayner’s lips
that turned to an actual laugh. He laughed at the situation, at
Gastelle laughing, and at the fact he was relieved he had
impressed the Keth rather than pissed him off.
Gastelle’s sort-of compliment made Rayner grin at him before he
made his way over to him. He slid on the ice himself, but was
able to stabilize himself from being used to walking on ice in
Uleplex. ”Honestly, it was a technicality. You kicked my *ss
plenty to show your no pushover. I hate the stuff myself.” He
said honestly, no sense of self-entitlement or gloating. Rayner
tried to help Gastelle up, but was losing his footing and almost
pinwheeling to stay up.
“Got it!” Selene said from the side, before she pulled some dust
from a pouch at her side. She used it to heat her hand, which
she knelt and touched to the ground. The metals in the dirt
began to heat, thawing the ice away with her Heli. Rayner gave
her a nod of thanks before he offered Gastelle a hand up.
“Not bad, Gastelle. That was pretty impressive. I didn’t expect
you to be that quick.” He said but noted a giggle bubbling from
Selene. She was ogling the two like in her mind this whole
situation was playing out totally differently than what was
going on. Rayner pulled away from Gastelle and gave Selene a
confused look.
She waved Rayner off and instead gave Gastelle a kittenish
smile. “That was hot, boys. Great show and loved every second.
Aaaand we know who is buying the first round. I seriously
thought it would be you for a moment Rayner after the second
time you were sent rolling.” Selene’s comment made Rayner balk
at the idea that any of this was hot. It was just a spar...but
it did change some perceptions of Gastelle. He rather liked the
Elvi surprisingly and wouldn’t mind grabbing a drink with him.
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