Reim Empire

[Bloodedge]

"It's the name of your people. There's no mistaking that. You're cut from the same cloth as that Ren," Jellal replied. Soon enough, Nasira sent a counter-strike his way, connecting with his chin. Though this was indeed a mighty strike, he seemed to shrug it off while swinging his arm over hers, aiming to punch her directly in the jaw as retaliation.

When Yasmin confirmed what knowledge she had of the Rampaging Unicorns, Fudo laughed. "Yes... the giant seahorse things," he agreed. Then, there was the matter of comparing Nasira with the warriors of Imuchakk. This was not something Fudo found himself agreeing with, as he had seen an Imuchakk warrior or two in his time. There was little comparison to be made here. "Oh please. If she took the warrior's test in Imuchakk, they'd have to put her in charge of the entire tribe after the warm-up."

[Apollymi]

This man's words didn't make her understand what he meant any better. To the best of her approximation, she assumed this mean he knew of the people from whatever land she actually came from. But like many things, this had never really been of interest to Nasira. But, if it was full of people who'd be capable of giving her a reasonable fight, she might be inclined to go look for such a place. This man mentioned another such person and it made a grin cross her face as a rather satisfying connection between her fist and his face took place. Right after though, another strike was aimed at her jaw, surprisingly enough the retaliating strike would make contact with nothing, as the tiny girl's body was shifted with innate speed and flexibility to leave her perched upon that arm. Her immediate next action would be to lash out with her right foot towards the left side of his jaw. "Oh, I've never had to try so hard before." said the girl and it would be followed by laughter most jolly. "This is amazing. Also, what's a Ren?" she asked, these people had much contact with lots of people, and if he knew where she should start looking for better challenges after him, she was all ears.

These moments with people laughing with and at her, made Yasmin's face burn a bright red. "I can see that." said Yasmin in direct response to Fudo's assertion that the tiny black haired female would be perfectly capable of becoming a tribe leader of the Imuchakk. Shadiya seemed somewhat astounded, after all, Nasira was smaller than she was, the thought of her taking on a Rampaging Unicorn was utterly shocking. "Are all of you this... outlandish?" she asked rubbing her face seeming to not understand how normal people became so... well over the top.

[Bloodedge]

Just as his previous attack had phased through the air, the kick Nasira aimed at his jaw would do the same. Using a similar form of movement to her own, he twisted himself around into a flip which landed him atop Nasira's right leg. And, with both of them airborne and Jellal facing away from the girl, he brought his left foot back toward her torso in an attempt to send her rocketing toward the ground at an angle. "The most challenging opponent I've ever met. Tao Ren. The last man to receive the master's special training."

"Sure you can," Fudo said through another laugh at Yasmin's expense. He had become quite keen on observing this match between Nasira and Jellal, but when asked about the apparent outlandishness of the rest of the group by Shadiya, he was thrown for a bit of a loop. "What do you mean?"

[Apollymi]

This exchange was getting very interesting, and though the initial hit towards her met nothing, her own counter-strike also met thought. She seemed a bit surprised by this, but as she was airborne there was little to be done. All she could do was try to subvert the attack on her torso, which was diverted as she tucked her body in just a bit causing the strike to meet with the bottoms of her feet instead and sending her rocketing towards the ground right before she would have made impact she flipped herself over though she slid back several more feet before she came to a complete stop. "Better landing that time...." said the girl as she stood, rotating her shoulders and setting her body right for the next attack. "Tao Ren? I've heard that name before... when was it??" questioned the girl mostly to herself. Recent events all seemed to stream together... "I swear... while we were in Parthevia, maybe." she seemed to be thinking about this really hard, but it was mostly because she was certain she had heard that name before.

Meanwhile, Fudo was having another laugh at Yasmin's expense before turning his attention towards the sparring match happening with Nasira which they all could see, though Shadiya wasn't able to follow it with her eyes. Shadiya's random question had apparently caused some sort of confusion in Fudo and this made the girl look a bit dazed. "Well, I mean..." she thought about it more and then. "Well, Yasmin is kind of good at everything she tries... And you are you... so that's a thing. And Nasira is really strong... and has ridiculous reflexes, she's always catching things I'm dropping, even before I realized I was dropping them." she said with a nod. "Actually, the most normal person among you is Bakura and he's been asleep most of the time I've known him." Yasmin listened to what this girl had to say about the others of their friend group, and she tended to agree a bit. Though when it was mentioned that Bakura was normal the pink haired girl exploded into laughter.

[Bloodedge]

The longer this match went on, the more similarities between fighting abilities became apparent. Such a case would have a chance to be true to Nasira when Jellal landed. The stance he took could hardly be considered one at all, as he was just as relaxed while standing at the ready, as one would be when falling asleep in bed. "Do not seek Tao Ren. He is an affiliate of the Kou Empire. Not the kind of person you want to look for a friendly spar with."

"I'm me?" Fudo questioned immediately. "Well, that's not very lovely, is it? Everyone else gets something cool about them, and I get to be... me." In spite of what he said, this was followed by another bit of laughter. This was overshadowed, of course, by the sudden laughter of Yasmin, which was another confusing occurrence. "I suppose you disagree with Bakura being normal?"

[Apollymi]

"Oh stop it." said Nasira who seemed to scoff at the idea that she was looking for a friendly spar with this Tao Ren person. "I am not looking for him, I just remembered the name... I was trying to think of the context. But I don't need it... I got you right here after all, that's more important." said the black haired girl, who appeared not to care either way about the man named Tao Ren. As far as she was concerned the man in front of her was the one to be dealt with and anything after that would be something else entirely. Beyond this point now that she was relaxed she seemed to take a bit of time to look at this man's rather relaxed posture. "Aren't you too relaxed right now?" she asked having never seen her own overly relaxed posture it was odd looking at someone who was so relaxed in the middle of a fight.

As Shadiya processed Fudo's reaction she also went red in the face. "What I didn't mean..." she paused though because apparently the young man was now enjoying a laugh at her expense instead. And soon after, Yasmin's laughter seemed to overtake this moment and it was such a random occurrence that Shadiya looked to the girl who seemed to take a moment or two to pull herself together. "Sorry, it's just... I remembered the first day Baki introduced himself to me. In an alley, in Parthevia in the middle of the summer. A boy in rags who wasn't a slave but well-fed from sneaking into the palace and stealing bread right off the emperor's table. Had himself and everyone else calling him... 'The Thief King Bakura', totally the most normal person of the group." Yasmin mentioned a grin resting on her face. But her story made Shadiya's eyes widen, because when she was a kid, she'd heard of that person. "Really? He's that guy... the stories made him sound like a grown up."

[Bloodedge]

"That's the spirit," Jellal said when Nasira commented that she would use him to keep a regular combat challenge. As for the relaxed nature of the pose he'd taken, he could only raise a brow at the girl. It seemed this was simply a thing she didn't recognize about her own fighting style. "You're kidding, right? Your form is no different. It's a bit strange that you haven't been awoken yet."

"Thief King Bakura, huh..." After hearing Yasmin's story about meeting the white-haired boy, Fudo laughed once more. From what little he knew of the lad, he assumed this to be a name created by Bakura himself, and simply spread about.

[Apollymi]

"Yeah, fun for now." she said with a curt nod. She seemed to be very relaxed herself a point which was made by Jellal which made the girl's brows draw together. His words about her, were confusing to the black haired girl, so she decided a bit of information which she could obviously get from this man. "Awoken? What are you getting at exactly?" asked Nasira. "You say I'm weird, I say you're weird. Are we weird in the same kind of way?" she asked this question, because she'd never been bested in a fight before this moment, not in hand to hand combat anyways.

Yasmin however found herself laughing and relaxing the red tint in her face finally fading given no one was laughing at her anymore. "Yeah, he's an interesting person, Baki." she said wiping a tear away from her eye and allowing her gaze to wander to where the fighting had come to some sort of standoff in the distance. "They are kind of alike, Jellal and Nasira." she said noticing the overly relaxed posture had both taken. It was a bit odd to see from this perspective. It would be Shadiya who spoke next looking at the pair and shrugging bringing something of a conclusion to what they were saying. "So, the whole of you is completely outlandish. My friends you are all interesting people." she said with a quick nod, it was an appreciative sentence but as it stood the girl had nothing more to say.

[Bloodedge]

"As a matter of fact... yes. When I say awoken, what I mean is..." Mid-sentence, Jellal chose to dash toward Nasira and begin his assault anew. The end of his clause was accompanied by a sliding, sweeping kick at the girl's legs, intended to remove her from the ground one way or another. "Genshi Ryu grow into an understanding of who and what they are. At that point, a Genshi Ryu becomes able to tell others through sensing them."

"Indeed they are," Fudo said about the similarities between Nasira and Jellal. From then on, a grin remained on his face due to the assertion of Shadiya that everyone else in their group was, in her words, outlandish. "Not to worry, Shadi. You're no different than the rest of us."

[Apollymi]

Jellal seemed to confirm that they were indeed the same king of being. Beyond this he sought to restart their battle charging in her direction, though this didn't move Nasira and it didn't cause her any real distress. As she watched him come nearer she seemed to jump only as a direct reaction to her feet being targeted with a sweeping kick. "Oh, so ones of us who know what we are properly can tell other ones on sight. That's interesting..." she said remembering that very odd and random conversation she'd had standing in the Harron property in Parthevia with an odd male. All of those questions and his curiosity now seemed to make a bit more sense. Her eyes widened at that moment as she realized that this man was probably the one they'd been speaking about before.

Yasmin found this whole thing kind of interesting, but when Fudo felt the need to point out that Shadiya was also outlandish as she called it, she also agreed. "He's right you know? It's why you belonged with us." she chimed in. And at the words spoken by her two friends, Shadiya's face reddened intensely. She was almost uncertain why both of them felt the need to reassure her in such a way, but it made her happy that they did. "This is what I was getting at, you just being you." she said to Fudo while hiding her reddened face as she tried to get over this particular bout of embarrassment.

[Bloodedge]

"Not just that." When Nasira hopped over his leg, Jellal let his momentum carry him into a full spin. This came with a hop, which brought him up to Nasira's level as he aimed to use his opposite leg to kick her higher into the air. "There is a different level of strength to the sensation. Every Genshi Ryu feels different. It's more obvious with some than others."

Even while conversing with the others, Fudo kept his eyes on the battle. Though his smile was ever-present, there was a bit of confusion left in his mind by the words of Shadiya. "I'm not at all sure what you mean."

[Apollymi]

Nasira's placement, put her in the air, but her opponent soon joined her there, aiming another kick at her which would indeed connect and send her further into the air, but this was all to plan as she flew higher and took in the information that he was giving. "I see, that's good to know... anything else?" she asked this as she was coming down from her flight flipping and adding extra momentum she would aim to land a fearsome blow atop this man in his left side with the full brunt of her body and extra momentum which she'd use to try and force this man back down from the air and straight into the ground.

Meanwhile, the conversation going between Shadiya, Fudo, and Yasmin seemed to reaching an interesting point. It appeared that Shadiya was trying to figure out how to explain what Fudo was like to him, and it was kind of hard to do. "Well..." she started thinking of a way and seeming to have a stroke of genius. "You're like really accepting. Or welcoming, like you make everyone feel needed." Shadiya said, and surprisingly enough Yasmin nodded her head in agreement. "Oh, I get what you're saying... you're right Shadi." she verbally agreed holding her hand up for a high five and the purple haired girl returned the gesture seemingly excited by the rather simple form of appreciation.

[Bloodedge]

"You'll find out the rest," said Jellal during his reaction to the girl's attack. As she kicked out at him, his hand met the side of her leg. With a push, he shifted himself to the side of Nasira, yet he did not make efforts toward another attack. "Once you wake up, that is. This'll do for today. It was fun. Rest up now."

"Eh?" was the next thing to come from the teal-haired man's mouth. Sure, he had to accept that this was a feature he possessed, but he was still confused as to why this was a majorly defining factor of his existence. "Everyone is needed. Everything has a purpose. Anyway, it looks like they're finishing up now."

[Apollymi]

Jellal's reaction to Nasira's attack would cause the girl to shift her weight, after contact was made and no further attacks were attempted she flipped landing on her feet and falling back into utterly relaxed posture. "Whatever you say, it was fun." she said bowing to the man before she headed off to find her friends. "If you want to go again, I'm still good for it." she said rotating her shoulders a huge grin on her face. She had a few things to think about, but Nasira wasn't really inclined to stress. No things would fix themselves as necessary.

Meanwhile Yasmin and Shadiya heard out what Fudo had to say and both nodded their heads in agreement. He was quite right, everyone was needed, he was just a special kind of person for understanding that about everyone. "So they are, Nasira!" these were the words Yasmin said which caught the black haired girl's attention and she immediately joined the group seeming utterly relaxed. "Hi, everyone, sorry about my random entrance and exit earlier." she said standing among the group.

[Bloodedge]

"You are all such... very strange people," were the words of Aiolia from the sidelines. He had remained silent for some time, but had been keeping an eye on both the battle and the conversing friend group nearby. From these things, he only gathered that this entire collection of people was far stranger than any he'd ever seen.

Meanwhile, in the throne room of the palace, Sorio sat in audience, with a staff in hand. "What information do you have for me, boy?" he asked. At this point, the person who had been bowed before him rose his head. This male's blonde hair parted, revealing the face of Shaka, the Household Member of one Shadiya Harron. "I know where the man from Artemyra went, and the location of the invaders to your palace. These people abducted me and the person I worked for in Parthevia, and they've been poisoning her mind since then. I thought if I told you about this, it would benefit us both. You will be rid of an enemy, and I will be able to go back to my previous life." As Shaka spoke to the sitting emperor of Reim, the Rukh around him began to swarm with resolve. However, one with magical inclinations would be able to note that black Rukh were beginning to show themselves around this boy as well.