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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:18 pm
Arron began to load himself down with several types of firearms. "Th-These are fairly easy to-to use." he explained holding up several spheres, "...b-but we still need to-to distract her. Th-That's where y-you can get in-in close. Th-These make a-a loud noise & a-a blinding light wh-when you throw th-them on the gr-ground with en-enough force. Th-They should al-allow you to-to land attacks."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:37 pm
Talbot wasn't sure about using that sort of tactic. He was raised with the belief that if one did not fight their enemy face to face in battle, they would be seen as a dishonourable coward. It made him also worry that Arron did not have any faith in him as a fighter, despite his past training. He tried not to dwell on such thoughts, but they showed clearly on his face.
"If that is what you feel would work best..." his doubts were not enough to make him shake off his ingrained submissive behaviour.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:50 pm
He paused reading his friend's expression. "Y-You're still weakened r-right now... I-I don't want to see y-you hurt anymore th-than you al-already are..." he mumbled scratching the back of his head, "Sorry... j-just... yeah..." Arron was feeling very small for harming the knight's already low self-esteem.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:59 pm
"Ah... it's all right. You're correct, either way. It's been four years since I've even held a sword, and right now... I'm weak, so..." he looked at the floor, "...I won't be much help in this battle. I'm.. the one that should be sorry." he bowed his head apologetically.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:18 pm
"No-No, I-I was the one wh-who m-made you up-upset... I-I'm the one who sh-should ap-apologize!" Arron said, back pedaling.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:48 pm
"It's... okay, really." Talbot responded, his head still lowered. He clasped his hands together in his lap, closing his eyes. "I'm not so sure about my talents as a knight myself. I was... bullied a lot when I lived in the white kingdom, for my appearance and the fact that my father was from the black kingdom. So... I trained extra hard to prove myself as a warrior." Atticus sat up and looked at the two of them. He'd finished eating his meat by then, and was worried about the state of his friend still."I had to do better than everyone else, or I wouldn't have even been given a chance of being a knight. In the end, I was the top swordsman, but... even so... I ended up in this situation." his voice wavered a bit as he spoke. "So everything I worked for was for nothing..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:05 pm
"T-Talbot I-" Arron started to say before he was stopped short by his counterpart shoving his mind into the black.
"If yer were tha' toppa' tha' class then everyone else would've died idiot." said Lyth. Talbot could tell who it was by the prismatic coloring in the mechanic's eyes & the sudden voice change. "Just 'cause you was tha' best, doesn't mean that yer invincible. Doesn't matter who ya are, or where ya came from. Wha' matters right now is that yer alive." he said staring at the knight in an annoyed manner.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:16 pm
Talbot looked up, having heard the change in Arron's voice. His eyes widened when the words hit him, and he held tightly to the end of the over-sized shirt Arron had given him to wear.
"Ah, I didn't mean to sound like I was...bragging... I'm sorry," he responded, "I know I'm not invincible, you're right. I can't even call myself a knight any more at this point." he hung his head once more. "I hardly... feel like I'm even human any more."Atticus stood and growled lowly at Lyth, recognizing him as a different person from Arron and not trusting him."Atticus... it's all right..." Talbot tried to calm him down, though his voice held little comfort.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:28 pm
There was an audible smack as Lyth's palm hit his forehead. "Ya missed tha' meanin' of wh' I was tryin' ta say." he said before dropping the slight accent, "Everyone falls, & everyone picks themselves back up. You're not the first, & you won't be the last. Right now you have a chance to redeem yourself & come out the hero. So you better hold your head high or I will start throwing all of the mechanic's pillows at you & he has a lot of pillows." The counterpart had grown attached to the knight.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:55 pm
"Ah... pillows?" that was the last thing that Talbot expected to hear as a threat. He thought about what Lyth told him, and nodded a little. "I have very little faith in myself. I consider my own life to be of less value than most trash...but, I've survived this long because of my own fear of death." his face held great shame as he said that. "I'm unsure if I'll even be able to hold onto my life at the end of this battle, but... I'll do my very best not to die."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:58 pm
"Wrong thing to say!" said Lyth. A pillow was sailing through the air at Talbot.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:09 am
"Ah!" Talbot grabbed the pillow behind him and blocked the pillow that had been launched at him as though it was something that could kill him. It ended up flinging and smacking Atticus right in the face with a "poof" sound. The knight stared at the lion for a second before covering his own mouth.
"Oh.. Atticus...I'm..pfft....so sorry..." he tried not to laugh.Atticus grabbed the pillow with his mouth and gave Talbot a look for snickering.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:15 am
Lyth had cracked up laughing. "I still have more pillows kid." he said grabbing another from the loft bed, "Seriously though, you have another chance. Make it count."
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:40 am
Once he'd stopped laughing, Talbot looked back over at Lyth.
"I can't promise to you that I'll survive this, but at the very least, I'll fight with all my heart." his breath suddenly caught in his throat when there was a knock at the door.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:47 am
In an instant, the door in the wall was quietly shut. Lyth peeked out from the curtain to see who it was, motioning for Talbot & Atticus to hide.
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