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He enjoys the activity of Windaria every so often, watching silently as people rush by and the shopkeepers hustle about their stalls, all while basking in the sun and the breeze that it warms up..
A soft smile is spread across the young mans features as his eyes seem to stare off at nothing, a cup of tea being raised to his lips to take a soft sip..Which causes his eyes to slide closed and a pleased sigh to escape him.
A moment of respite, a break from his journey while he resupplies himself, his teapot has managed to fall down a ravine earlier in the week along with his hunting knife, which has left him without fresh meat and worse than that without a cup of tea for an entire week...

So now, thanks to a kind shopkeeper and his wife, he's enjoying his first cup of tea in awhile. The blend is absolutely perfect, relaxing his muscles and leaving a pleasant warmth followed by a slight chill running down his throat which has him sighing in contentment as he sets down his tea..
Which is immediately thrown from the table and spilled over his lap as his table is kicked over by the foot of a young hellion, who cackles as they run off and disappear down an alleyway...
The swordsman lowers his gaze to the cracked glass and spilled tea with his mouth slightly agape and his eyes glistening with sorrow at the loss of his tea.
After a moment he sighs and sinks to his knee's, gathering fragments of the glass just as the Shopkeepers Wife runs over to help him clean, spouting apologies and explanations which he simply smiles and waves off silently, helping her clean the small mess and fixing the heavy table up back to it's proper position.

It turns out the young man has been causing trouble for the shopping district all month, playing pranks and vandalizing the shops, terrorizing customers and generally being a bit of a punk. The boy seems to enjoy making a nuisance of himself, but that's all he is, no need for a Warrior to get involved, once the Guards catch him they'll give him a night in a cell and scare him straight...The boy probably likes the attention.

Walking along the pathway now, the young swordsman glances down with a slight frown at his tea stained bottoms, before he sighs, eyes flicking up curiously at the sight of that same young man being dragged into an alleyway by a few men...A few armed men..
His posture slumps further at this, eyes closing before he shakes his head and trudges towards the alleyway..Without hesitation.


Mercenaries, five men wielding shortswords of similar make to his own, heavily armored and currently shoving the Teenager harshly against the wall...
Apparently the hellion decided to give their ale a smack across the counter of a bar, proving once again that the young have no self-preservation extincts.
For now they simply seem to be shouting at him and giving him a shove, nothing too untoward or permanent, in fact they may be doing a public service...
Unfortunately, one of them is the ugly sort, and suggests cutting off a hand, which has everyone within earshot giving him a startled look...Child and Swordsman included, the Mercenaries blade being drawn has his Brethren stepping back and a couple gripping their own swords, shoving the child behind them as they attempt to talk him down..
But he doesn't seem to be interested in speaking, which is when the Swordsman smoothly steps past their comrades, unseen and unhalted by their attempts to stop him, silently stepping up and squaring off to the large mercenary with a piercing stare from his crimson eyes.

The Mercenary is unimpressed, taking a swing with his blade towards the Young swordsman who calmly leans to the side, stepping clear of the follow-up strike and weaving underneath the kick, raising a single open palm towards the armored man, expression unchanging..
Savage swings come his way, only to be redirected and dodged by the nimble young swordsman, who has yet to unsheathe his blade.
Grief colors this man, anguish blinding him, his comrades are worried and the scent of alcohol is strong..
Echo's eyes are somber now, continuing to stare at this man silently, having remained silent since first confronting this man, his comrades watching on in worry and something like awe at the strange swaying movements of the Swordsman who dances around the Mercenary..who is slowing now, heavy swings and armor taking their toll on his mortal body..As soon as he overextends, the Swordsman moves, grasping the Mercenaries wrist and yanking hard to the right to smash his gauntlet clad hand harshly to the stone wall, forcing him to drop his blade from the shock, which Echo kicks backwards to slide towards his comrades..

He continues staring for a moment, before the Mercenary collapses to his knee's, shoulders shaking, and at the end of his rope, emotions running rampant as grief takes it's toll on him...Child forgotten, his comrades rush forward as Echo turns and leaves.
He hopes the Mercenaries comrades can give him the help he needs, he's not sure what had him so buried deeply in grief, nor will he ask, he's set things into motion and truly hopes that it all works out for the best...
He pauses at the exit of the alleyway, giving the frightened young man an annoyed look...
The young man stares back for a moment in confusion, before realization dawns on him and he looks sheepish, sputtering out apologies, only for Echo to purse his lips and continue onward silently...

He still needs some new pants...

The Pink haired babe strolled down the streets of Windaria with a mysterious smirk on her face. It was her first time in this place, actually, it was her first time in Ventari. It was an Entirely different world over here, Full of Elven and Fae and so many tribes! Being birthed from a noble family her name was known to everyone in the area she was born in.. But the Mystic Kingdom was far.. Far away from this place even though She wanted everyone to know the LuX household name they wouldn't know it here.

Lilly continued her walk, looking to the right and blowing her bubble gum. She must have walked too quickly and without paying attention in front of her she ran into the swordsman who appeared out of no where from the alleyway. "Hey Bud! Watch where your going!" She put her hands on her pistols and glared at the man. "You lookin' for a fight or something!?" The beautiful babe spoke fiercely.

He stumbles slightly from the sudden impact, feet quickly crossing over another before he turns a startled wide eyed glance towards the woman who just ran into him. He blinks, surprised at the sudden show of hostility, briefly annoyance flickers in his eyes and he considers rising to the bait, before simply allowing a sigh to escape him, he inclines his head and gives her a slightly strained smile instead.
"My apologies, I was distracted."

He declares, voice low, barely above a whisper before he rises up and glances over his shoulder to check on the Mercenaries and child left behind.
He's unsure why the woman is so hostile, but her hands drawing near her pistols has his own fingers lightly gliding over the sheathe on his hip.
Crimson eyes flick up to her own briefly, almost questioningly, before slowly, he steps to one side to allow her to pass.

He really hopes this doesn't escalate, this is nothing worth fighting over.
Perhaps he should have prepared his bracer beforehand, gunslingers tend to give people like him a lot of trouble after all.

Lilly's anger got the better of her but when the swordsman apologized she lifted her guns up and pointed them in his direction. A simple pull of the triggers on the two pistols ignited the process to send two .50 bullets into two bandits that were trying to sneak up on the Wandering swordsman. the bullets were perfectly aimed and precise enough to kill them both. "..Its fine. But you really should look out for yourself!.. Not to mention other people!" Lilly twisted her twin pistols and holstered them in a flash of elegance with a dash of show off while walking a mere meter from the swordsman.

She looked the man up and down, realizing he had not come from any royalty and certainly did not dress like it. "Are you a local? or are you not from here?" Lilly popped a large pink bubble with her teeth and began to chew the gum more more, Waiting for the reply. She needed to find a man named Bert the Unholy and maybe this swordsman could help.. Somehow.

The Child's voice calls out a moment before the guns are raised, the sounds of startled Mercenaries rising to their feet and swords being drawn to assist cause Echo to turn swiftly in alarm, he catches sight of two darkly clothed men raising crossbows before a loud *BANG* drowns out all other sounds, and the men drop backwards from the force, their lives ending before his very eyes.
His eyes glance down towards the men briefly just as the Mercenaries pause outside the alleyway and frightened shopkeepers peek from their windows in alarm, the pair are clear to him, even as he watches the life drain from them.
Desperation, greed, surprise, fear, grief and slow fearful realization grips one as he fades, somber acceptance the other...
He doesn't answer for a moment, crimson eyes staring regretfully towards the fallen men even as the Mercenaries scoff and help drag them away, one of them giving him a nod, which he returns..

"Mm, I know the area well enough.."
He reveals after a moment, turning back towards the woman curiously, before he inclines his head.
"Thank you for your assistance." He says, managing a small smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. It's as if he's mourning the pair, but..still, he has things he has to do, and his body would have yielded them no gold.
Senseless death is the worst kind of death, the Child and a few of the Mercenaries are sticking around it seems, gratitude and hesitance color them clearly to his eyes, if they wish to thank him, then there's no need, but he'll let them find their words first.

Lilly watched as the mercs dragged off their dead.. It wasn't every day that someone possessed a gun, let alone two of them. But those who did see the flicker of a gun almost always either died or surrendered. Lilly wasn't worried about the mercenaries at the moment. All she really cared about was finding Bert the Unholy in order to capture him alive.. Or dead and bring him to a bounty collector here in Windaria.

"Do you know a man named Bert the Unholy?.. Maybe any information on where I can find him? Or who I can talk to in order to find him?" Lilly spoke, popping her gum elegantly. This fellow was quite curious to her and she wondered what sort of character he really was. Would he be her ally? Or would he be an enemy? At the moment it really did not matter to her, But in the near future it may make a difference.. Maybe he could help her catch the Unholy bastard she was looking for.. She didn't mind splitting the bounty as long as her name was spread.

The Swordsman does know of this man, it was two of this man's scouts that had him losing some of his supplies in the first place, accompanied by a Blood Moon acolyte.
His lips purse thoughtfully now before he slowly shakes his head in the negative.
"Apologies, I know of this character but not where to find hi-"

"The Crystal Caves lad."

The Mercenary whose friend Echo helped pipes up, causing Echo to turn his gaze towards him before the Mercenary continues to explain.
"He's not there himself, but he's got a few Men there as scouts and bandits, to the far eastern side of the entrances. Nobody goes too deep inside, so you should find them easily enough. The Unholy is nasty piece of work, you watch yourself out there."

The Mercenary nods his head towards the Swordsman before turning and walking away with the child following, Echo blinks for a moment before he shrugs his shoulders turning his gaze back to the woman with an amused smile.
"Ah...Well, apparently you can find some of his men in the Crystal Caves." He repeats, apparently the Mercenary saw his moment to repay the Swordsman and took it.
He's not sure why the Woman is looking at him like that, but apprehension is clearly coloring her now along with a hint of excitement..?

It was perfect timing.. The information on where he could be found- Or rather, More information to find him could be found on the eastern side of the Crystal Caves. Although, It was a long journey to the Caves.. She would have to go through Emerald Forest and countless dangers in order to reach there. "Hm.. Well Then.. Wanna Join me on this adventure?" Lilly said all of a sudden. "There is treasure involved!" She tried to convince the gentleman to come with her so it would be a bit easier on herself.. Besides, Maybe it would be fun having a companion for the journey.

Lilly sighed as she looked around. "I'm hungry.." The growl of her belly echoed through the streets as she walked closer and closer to the sword wielding gent. It wasn't unlike Lilly to become overly friendly with people she had just met and this was one of those moments.

He blinks, taken aback by the sudden request that he join her on this trek, almost reflexively he begins to refuse..
Before he recalls that if she didn't fire upon those two men, he may not have been able to avoid the shots aimed at him...Which has him frowning thoughtfully, crossing his arms over his chest and pondering the outcome of this.
When he opens his eyes the Woman is stepping closer, complaining about her empty stomach, which has him leaning back, eyes widening slightly before taking a step backwards.

"...Um..?" He begins weakly, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the sudden presence of bubblegum pink in his personal space, eyes flicking towards where he knows a restaurant to be briefly.
"..Can you step back, please?" He asks with a sheepish smile and a troubled furrowing of his brow, he's unsure who this Bert the Unholy fellow is, but...well, with a name like that he simply must see to it that he's not left to wander free.
And perhaps he can save a few lives from interfering to incapacitate where this woman seems more than happy to go into Lethal options...

She Looked him in the eyes, getting even closer when he requested her to step back. "B-But, you didn't answer my question." Lilly frowned. However, She did back away slowly when he flicked his finger towards the direction of a Food joint. "Ohhhh.. Food sounds good right now." She slightly bent over, revealing her breasts a little more than she should have. "Lets go!" The touchy nature returned as She took his arm and swiftly jolted to the Restaurant all the while keeping up her guard up just in case anything happened to go down.

There it was, A large place called 'Jester Joe's'. Lilly walked in slowly still hanging onto the swordsman's arm. Lilly made her way to an oak table while looking around at the beautiful dishes that everyone seemed to enjoy. She, of course then let him go and she took a seat in a matching oak chair. It was pretty busy today and all the waiters seemed to be in a rush to get ale and food out to the customers. "Hey! What can I get for you two?" A waitress came out of nowhere to greet them. She wore gothic attire and had wings like a butterfly, It was obvious she was from a local Faery Tribe.

...Wasn't this woman three seconds from shooting him earlier..? Why do these sort of things always happen to him? Oh Luna, benevolent Goddess, why do you see fit to set such obstacles before your humble follower? Something easier would be much preferred, like a Dragon, or a horde of Demons...Maybe a Golem or two?
Before he can get a word out edgewise, he's seized by the arm and drug off, as expected.

He sighs, head dipping as he resigns himself to his fate as she leads them to a table, seating himself and leaning back in the oak chair, eyes curiously roaming over the restaurant...He's..never actually been inside?
It's kind of busy, but he seems to settle for zoning out silently, face set into a neutral state as he ponders her offer, the Waitress arriving so quickly is met with a small smile and a simple.

"Just a cup of tea for me, please."

Is his simple request, met with a bow of his head, he waits for the Woman to order and the Waitress to leave before he draws in a breathe and exhales to calm himself from his state of exasperation.

"What has this Man done? And what will he continue to do if left alone?"

Is the Swordsman's question, red eyes seemingly flashing from their sudden intensity.
He's not asking about the money, nor is asking about the dangers, merely what is it this man has done to deserve death via Bounty Hunter.
Perhaps it would be noted, that not once has this Swordsman showed any interest in her figure, whatever conclusion she draws from that fact however, is completely up to her.

Lilly Ordered after him making sure that she wouldn't go hungry for a while. "Ill take..Everything on the menu." She smiled as the Waitress tilted her head to the side, looking sick. She bowed slightly and returned to where she came. "..Bert the Unholy is merely a strong footman who serves Empress Whyte 'The Beauty', She is one of the four God Emperors and has a massive craving for slaves." Lilly sighed and continued. "She has ordered that all her men take women and children alike to sell to Aureos Nobles. Bert is one of her top guys." She spoke softly but loud enough for him to hear.

She wondered what the swordsman would do, would he help her on her bounty? or would he go and do something else? The waitress soon came back with beverages and three plates of food. The three plates were only the beginning..

His eyes are focused on the table as she speaks, face carefully neutral as he listens to her tale of an Empress and the Man who brings slaves for her, Slavery one of the reasons he stays clear of Aureos, the Noble class in that land is truly despicable, but necessary in order for the economy to survive, so an assassin cannot simply burst onto the scene and handle Everyone's Grudge so easily, and neither can he, too many problems can arise from him meeting and facing off against the entirety of Aureos...

However, this Bert is not all of Aureos and he is not in Aureos anymore.
So as his tea is set in front of him, he answers, lifting his tea and taking a small sip before his eyes raise to hers and he gives a soft nod, lips curled downward into a muted frown.
He will not allow the suffering of Aureos to expand, at the very least, he can stop this tyranny from expanding into the other Kingdoms, he'll drive all the Slaver's from these lands at the tip of his blade, those who stay to face him? Will be dealt with, the Path ahead is Clear.

His agreement settled, his eyes flick down to the plates and his eyebrows furrow in worry, he hopes she does not expect him to pay for all this, he's but a poor Swordsman!

Lilly ate the three plates of food unlike anyone had ever seen. They were consumed at a rapid pace as food flew left and right of the Pink haired bounty hunter. Folks stopped what they were doing in order to bare witness to her mass eating. The waitress continued to dispose of the plates that had already fell victim of Lilly's massacre and brought out new targets for her to focus on. Lilly still awaited the swordsman's answer in words, Would he go with her?

As not much time had passed Lilly was finally down to the last plate and just like the last Fifteen dishes she did not waver on her speed and precision. After the last victim lay dead to the Bounty Hunter's grace she wiped her face and breasts with a cloth and cleaned herself up with the same speed as before. nearly all was perfect except for a single red sauce spot on her left breast. The Pink haired wonder of a woman looked around only to notice people with mouths wide open. "Err.. So.. How is the tea?" Lilly would then wipe the last remaining red sauce spot from her breasts and stare, blinking at the swordsman.

The Crescent Moon Swordsman leans back, watching in horror and fascination as this ghastly woman, no this blackhole wearing skin devours plate after plate of her food, in a manner best left unwritten or undescribed, he'll have nightmares of this day and forever regret not turning away from such a horror, and yet he stares on, horrified yet entranced by the clearly evil forces at work upon the innocent plates...
And the waitress is clearly struggling to keep up with the pace, shouldering tray after tray of food as the Pinkette tears through them like a hurricane tears through a coastal town.

Good luck Miss Waitress! The tale of your struggle will surely go down in Legend as a cautionary tale of some sort!

Still, it seemed the Bounty Hunter was distracted, so he sighs, raising his glass to his lips once more to take a soft sip, her question drawing a small contented smile from him, setting the tea down distractedly upon one of the trays-
"It's actually really go-" And the waitress bumps the tray, causing it to flip upwards, spin once in the air and then dump all over the floor, Echo's eyes following it's trajectory and briefly flashing in distraught, like he's almost about to break down in tears..
"...-gone..It's gone."
He finishes, shoulders slumping, shaking his head before he straightens up once more.

"I'll join you on this Hunt, what this person is doing is wrong, and I can't allow such things to spread into the other countries."

RRROOOAAARRR!!! The sound of the jungle cat in jester Joe food bar went echoing threw it. The waiter screamed as she fell down the cat tail is what might have cause the other waitress to fall. The jungle cat stood up as warriors alike grabbed their weapons ready to attack the beast. How ever a strange young man with a long there pony tail and cool jinny pants and had start to rub the cat causing it to sit back down. The man looked up to reveal he had one eye that was pure red and black and pointed yet human ears and a giant scar across his face going down his entire body.
He smiled and said,if I was you loser I'll sit the hell down. Because if anybody so dare to try and touch kilala I'll kill them in a heart beat. I mean yeah she roared but what would you do if piping hot tea fell on your head.
The waiter scarily said, but sir we ask you nicely not to bring it in I mean who as a black panther as a pet. Please leave or else I'll have to call- Just than he cut her off as one black butter fly slowly flew to her before landing on her nose then it vanished. Trillion smirked, what ever these people have guns swords and what not and you calling kilala danger how foolish but I'll leave seems like I just find new prey.
He looked over to the pink hair girl who ate her food at light speed and her swordman bodyguard he smiled. Walked right pass them making eye contact as his jungle cat walked behind him he said. Hey I heard you two don't forget if yu kill a devil today and dance over it's grave. You must know you will have to face a demon tomorrow. But even if you kill that demon true darkness will fall upon those who can not see the light. I'll see you two out side this could be fun.

He soon walked out of view planning but for what.

Calling this boy and his panther rude was an understatement. Not only had he likely caused a poor waitress to trip and spill things all over the place, he then blamed the action on everyone else. He was in the middle of some speech to another set of patrons when Apoli stood up, though Alter was at the controls. Alter did not tolerate the rude nor the evil, and this boy seemed to be at least a little of both.

One of his pistols would slip down his sleeve rather silently, Alter guessed his range was about 5 meters from his intended target. He wagered this wouldn't be a killing shot but would certaintly get his point across. Even firing from the hip his range would be deadly accurate, a loud BANG ringing out across the area as the round would strike the panther directly in the back of her head. He didn't imagine the boy's response to this would be...friendly, but this is what rude people get for bringing dangerous and unwanted pets into social establishments. "Sir if you could apologize to the staff. Also i'd like it to be known that I did not touch your cat...technically it was my gun"

With that said, he would use his free hand to adjust his coat a bit more comfortably so it wouldn't get in the way in a struggle if the boy decided to attack. In the realm of Alter's mind, the regular owner of the body was laughing his ass off, apparently finding the entire situation somewhat amusing. Alter himself just figured he was doing a public service.

Lilly watched as the plate of food flew upwards. A single tear fell down the side of her face followed by an accompanying "NOOOOOO!!!!! MY FOOD!" The food managed to get all over a strange looking fellow with a scar that went down the right side of his body and his.. Kitty. Lilly sat there with her mouth open trying to get more words out. Was it really her food? Or maybe she just thought it was. Lilly heard all that went on, not managing to translate a word of what Prankster said, although he did sound rude-like in his tones. "...My food." She said silently to herself as she attempted to stand up, nearly slipping on some of the guts of food.

Lilly wanted to pet the fat kitty but instead she walked towards a man who whipped out a gun. Before she could even say anything the man fired his gun into the back of the kitty's head. It would be for sure injured unless someone took the bullet instead of the Kitty. "The.. Kitty." Lilly stood wide eyed with her mouth open once more, staring at the man who fired the shot. "Why the Kitty?"

He feels as if this situation has gotten out of hand very fast, the roar has him tensing briefly, before glancing back over his shoulder to steal a glance at...a Panther..?
He winces when he realizes the poor thing has gotten a face-full of his tea, of course his Owner seems to take offense to this, challenging not only Echo but the Bounty Hunter to a duel outside..
The amount of bloodlust radiating from this man is strange, but nothing too out of place for one whose pet was harmed, he'll simply explain the situation and--
Then the Black Butterfly lands upon the waitresses nose, and he only has eyes for this man.

His facial expression slides into cold neutrality, the gunshot is ignored as is the byplay by his current companion, instead his voice is clear as he stands from his eat and his fingers curl around the hilt of Kougetsu.

"You don't belong here Pandora Acolyte, leave my sight now, while I tolerate your existence."

He demands and threatens all in the same breath, an invisible breeze rippling his clothes slightly as his left foot slides back, positioning himself between the inevitable conflict and the patrons of the bar.
Gesturing for the waitress to move back, which she scrambles to do so.
Echo Tsukino is of the Crescent Moon Style, and while not formally a religious style, it is one meant to destroy Demon's.
And the style of the Moon breeds two kinds of zealots.

Smiling as always as he was leaving the bar soon enough he heard a gun shot. He movement was fast however Trillion could have stopped it but he didn't. As the bullet hit the back of poor Kilala head as she fell forward. Trillion looked down at her shocked, Ki.Ki.Kilala Hey get up there's no time to be playing now. Trillion Shadow looked as blood was coming out of his poor friend. OH NOOOOOOO!!! He looked back over at the people as he did they could see he had one glowing red eye and his ears became pointed showing his demon blood in him. He was going to ask who the he'll did that until some loser with a gun spoke up. He told Trillion to apologize as if he was cool but. But why oh just why did he try to kill his beloved Kilala. Trillion did not say a world as his dark aura increased as black butterflies start to fly everywhere as Trillion held up his hand.
He than notice someone say he don't belong here which pissed him off. I don't belong here you mean to tell me this guy just flat out killed the most nicest jungle cat and I don't belong here. A single year fell out of his eye thinking of his belong pet as the old clothes started to rip. Trillion looked as it was about to be a 2 on 1 fight as he started to walk closer to attack. Something grabbed his leg like a soft bite he looked down to see Kilala. Bloody and all she still tried to help him. To come him down as she started to growl a little. Trillion than grab her wound area as black butterflies spawned rapidly filling the room scaring most. But soon the black butterflies turned golden in appears as Trillion aura turned golden to the touch given off a peaceful horizon to all. As the golden butterflies flew over the panther they vanished as Trillion got back up smiling. As his panhter was now healed.
He looked over to see everyone staring but at him because he looked rather different now. His aura was gold as his eyes change to have golden ones. For some odd reason a white cloud appeared To which he placed his pet on. Last but not least he now has a halo over his head. People asking was he some type of God or Angel. To which he replied, I don't know about all that but I am the son of something like that. All I want to say is stop judging people just because they have different views on life. Sure I pray to Pandora and I will always do that funny because I'm like the only demon. Who could use light magic and not be hurt by it so. If your sword play has anything to do with light magic. You would have lost this fight. But as I said before your going after that man. I'll like to talk more about that outside away from her spies.
He looked over to the fun man, have my dear friend been killed you would have died this day. I would have ended you and offer your soul to the darkness.
He smiled and walked out side waiting on them.

Alter actually missed whatever Trillion or the swordsman said, as the woman seemed...genuinely upset by his actions. The cat HAD been starting a problem and didn't belong...but this didnt assuade his guilt one bit. He awkwardly rubbed the back of his head, holstering his gun. "W-Well i wasn't supposed to be in here..and the shot wasn't fatal! I knew it wouldn't be. I'm uhh...sorry if I offended you."
Alter would bow in apology, though whether or not this action would even be understood he wasn't even sure. He kinda just wanted to make sure he got how sorry he was across to her. Looking around though, that follower of Pandora or whatever had just left. "Wait crap...where did he go?"