He watches Gooligan fly out of her hand and give her a solid smack on the head. Privately, he's glad the Staff of the Ancients doesn't take such measures.
"I also use magic. While I may be unfamiliar with how it works here, I am willing to lend my skills in whatever way is needed. The spirits that guide me have made their wishes known, when the staff rang earlier. I would not have agreed to follow you to the beach, otherwise."
"I still would like to travel with you, for a time. If trouble occurs, we can cross that bridge." The tone of his voice suddenly drops, his face severe. "I assure you, I will not be a liability if there is a fight."
"That will be up to Master Horowitz," Gooligan said, firmly.
NAjaran sulked a bit. "Ganz and Joquin and Alta weren't in the way, you know," she grumped. "They did more than I did in bisteam, and none of them were Cepters."
"True..." Gooligan admitted, reluctantly.
"Lots of my friends haven't been Cepters, that doesn't mean people can't help," she said, taking that as encouragement. "Everyone has their own strengths and abilities!"
Anubis goes still, realizing that the argument has been rather turned on its head. He's not quite certain what to make of it, but it sounds like his presence might be tolerated for a bit.
"Very well, I will ask Master Horowitz when he returns. Until then, let's walk as friends." He is still trying to get used to that word, but it's been so long since he had friends, it's nice to say.
At that, she earns a warm chuckle from Anubis as he leans slightly on his staff with a smile.
"It's very....flavorful. Unfortunately, cooking is not one of my strong suits, so I stick to simpler meals, like the rice." Perhaps for the better, he has a feeling she'd be asking him to make all kinds of meals if he did. She seemed only too happy for his rice earlier.
"Well..." He pauses, that was a very broad question and he rubs at his chin idly. "I like fish, and there are many ways to make it salty, or spicy." He offers, not really certain it's what she's looking but he is answering the best that he can.
"It's rather like asking someone to describe a favorite flower in a field the other person has never seen before."
"Gluttony can be just as powerful as Greed." He says quietly, but he can already tell she had the insatiable appetite of Kento of Hardrock. He can only shake his head with a sigh, and look back out over the water.
"If you make yourself hungry again, my rice ball will have been pointless."
"I have a friend who thinks with his stomach as well. His name is Kento of Hardrock, and I get the feeling you two might get along should you ever meet."
She grinned brightly, and was about to say more when an explosion from overhead rocked the sand under them, sending them flying.
"ZENITH!" NAjaran scolded dangerly as she rolled over onto her back, spitting out sand. "Not what I meant when I said I wanted a sandwi....." She stopped speaking as their attacker came into view, a hole in the sky closing behind a figure standing on the back of a huge clockwork owl.
"Cepter Najaran! Hand over your deck and give us the whereabouts of Zenith Dragon Eye, and we shall make your death swift and painless!"
"Black Cepters!" she gasped, using Goologan as a staff to get back to her feet. "Don't suppose you'd believe me if I said I don't actually know where Zenith is?" she asked, buying time. No way she was handing over her cards to a Black Cepter!
Anubis jumps as the explosion sends them flying, the staff in his hand emitting a bright light that briefly surrounds him as he lands on his feet. He glances over to see Najaran rolling upright in the sand and he quickly moves over toward her. As someone calls her out, he holds his staff out in front of him with both hands, a severe look on his expression.
"You will not harm her." He snarls as he glares defiantly back at the unwelcome arrival. He doesn't doubt she can protect herself, but he's not standing by idly with a threat before them.
"You another Cepter? Well I'll take you both on! And then I'll take both your books! PHOENIX!" He threw a card into the air, it exploded into bright light that resolved itself into a huge bird of flame.
"Najaran!" Gooligan called.
"I know! I know!" She grabbed two cards and flung them out. "Shield! Knight!"
In front of Anuibis a small buckler floated. Between them and the attacker in the sky a large armored humanoid, about twice their height or more, appeared.
"Get as much behind the shield as you can!" she called to Anubis, readying two more cards as she dashed for the Kight's foot.
"I have my own shield." He growls, his staff glowing again as an orb of light extends around him. It doubles the protection provided by the buckler.
"You will have no prize this day." He picks up his staff and points the top ball with its wings at the man on the clockwork owl. He then turns and points it at the Phoenix, commanding the ancient powers of the staff to fire a Lance of light straight at the fiery figure.
The knight picked up the Buckler as Naja scrambled up to sit on its shoulder. The bolt hit the bird who screamed like it was in agony, then turned into a card again, flying back into the man's hand. He threw it once more and once more the bird was there.
"You can't just kill a Pheonix," Gooligan called, "They return fully healed to his book!"
"Not willing to bet he has less power than I do," Najaran muttered, flinging two cards at the exact same time her Knight lanced its sword at the owl. The owl dodged the sword, but failed to notice the card, which turned into a small creature that skittered over the owl's carapace. The Cepter on the Owl's back tried to turn and see what it was, but the creature was moving too quickly, and for all it tried, the Owl couldn't shake it off. The man... was fighting to keep his balance.
Fair enough. He'd never dealt with a real Phoenix, so he turns his staff toward the clockwork owl. With it wobbling about, trying to figure out what she'd set loose, he takes aim for the wings, intent on bringing the fight to the ground.
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Date: 2019-01-16 10:46 am (UTC)"I also use magic. While I may be unfamiliar with how it works here, I am willing to lend my skills in whatever way is needed. The spirits that guide me have made their wishes known, when the staff rang earlier. I would not have agreed to follow you to the beach, otherwise."
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Date: 2019-01-16 10:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-16 10:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-16 10:55 am (UTC)NAjaran sulked a bit. "Ganz and Joquin and Alta weren't in the way, you know," she grumped. "They did more than I did in bisteam, and none of them were Cepters."
"True..." Gooligan admitted, reluctantly.
"Lots of my friends haven't been Cepters, that doesn't mean people can't help," she said, taking that as encouragement. "Everyone has their own strengths and abilities!"
Goligan winked at Anubis subtly.
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Date: 2019-01-16 10:59 am (UTC)"Very well, I will ask Master Horowitz when he returns. Until then, let's walk as friends." He is still trying to get used to that word, but it's been so long since he had friends, it's nice to say.
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Date: 2019-01-16 11:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-01-16 11:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-16 11:13 am (UTC)"It's very....flavorful. Unfortunately, cooking is not one of my strong suits, so I stick to simpler meals, like the rice." Perhaps for the better, he has a feeling she'd be asking him to make all kinds of meals if he did. She seemed only too happy for his rice earlier.
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Date: 2019-01-16 11:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 02:47 am (UTC)"It's rather like asking someone to describe a favorite flower in a field the other person has never seen before."
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Date: 2019-01-17 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 04:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 04:32 am (UTC)"I'm more interested in feeding my body, than my temptations," she informed him.
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Date: 2019-01-17 05:03 am (UTC)"If you make yourself hungry again, my rice ball will have been pointless."
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Date: 2019-01-17 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-01-17 06:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-17 07:25 am (UTC)"ZENITH!" NAjaran scolded dangerly as she rolled over onto her back, spitting out sand. "Not what I meant when I said I wanted a sandwi....." She stopped speaking as their attacker came into view, a hole in the sky closing behind a figure standing on the back of a huge clockwork owl.
"Cepter Najaran! Hand over your deck and give us the whereabouts of Zenith Dragon Eye, and we shall make your death swift and painless!"
"Black Cepters!" she gasped, using Goologan as a staff to get back to her feet. "Don't suppose you'd believe me if I said I don't actually know where Zenith is?" she asked, buying time. No way she was handing over her cards to a Black Cepter!
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Date: 2019-01-17 07:34 am (UTC)"You will not harm her." He snarls as he glares defiantly back at the unwelcome arrival. He doesn't doubt she can protect herself, but he's not standing by idly with a threat before them.
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Date: 2019-01-17 07:44 am (UTC)"Najaran!" Gooligan called.
"I know! I know!" She grabbed two cards and flung them out. "Shield! Knight!"
In front of Anuibis a small buckler floated. Between them and the attacker in the sky a large armored humanoid, about twice their height or more, appeared.
"Get as much behind the shield as you can!" she called to Anubis, readying two more cards as she dashed for the Kight's foot.
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Date: 2019-01-17 07:51 am (UTC)"You will have no prize this day." He picks up his staff and points the top ball with its wings at the man on the clockwork owl. He then turns and points it at the Phoenix, commanding the ancient powers of the staff to fire a Lance of light straight at the fiery figure.
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Date: 2019-01-17 08:16 am (UTC)"You can't just kill a Pheonix," Gooligan called, "They return fully healed to his book!"
"Not willing to bet he has less power than I do," Najaran muttered, flinging two cards at the exact same time her Knight lanced its sword at the owl. The owl dodged the sword, but failed to notice the card, which turned into a small creature that skittered over the owl's carapace. The Cepter on the Owl's back tried to turn and see what it was, but the creature was moving too quickly, and for all it tried, the Owl couldn't shake it off. The man... was fighting to keep his balance.
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Date: 2019-01-17 08:18 am (UTC)please let me know if I need to edit any of this
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