Raidou

Time ticked by in what felt like an endless silence. The small chamber glowed dimly with manufactured and artificial light, glowstones plugged into recesses in the walls. Every few minutes, the man would stand and fold up one book of many, returning it to the shelf on his left before claiming another. Scans of his map would create a wide popped out image of the world of aincrad, using his fingers as a guide to twist and zoom the 3d image slightly transparent as he'd recall elevation and the structures connecting the dots. A pen scratches away note after note, the man had a lot of catching up t

Waiting on the next delivery of supplies from the guild merchant, the man would set the tools down on the edge of the table. Lifting the other only remaining chair off of its side and bringing it toward the table, he dusts a small bit of sawdust off his pant legs before taking a seat. "Hope you got a broom, I can help if you'd like?" Normally in this case Raidou would cheat and just let Juiblex play liquid roomba and scrub the place by eating the refuse all over the place, but the thought that Mari had seen just about enough of it for a good week passed his mind. Best to do it more manually an

Raidou notices as Mari shoots him an obtuse look in regards to the cleaning of her house "Sorry, force of habit. Don't like sitting idle too long. I'm fixing your door given I broke it. Least I could do after everything that's happened." Sliding in the final slant of lumber and pushing the last few steps in by tapping the butt of the piece. It wasn't exactly the highest quality or construction but it would suffice. Quite a number of times of blowing the doors off his little alchemist hobble in the forest of wavering mist had turned the nomad into a rather capable handyman but not exactly some

As memory razed past in an endless stream eventually the music would stop, causing Raidou to breathe out in and still his mind. The motes of blue that trail off his arms and neck begin to subside. A few moments pass and his eyes blink open, revealing a rich blue that fades back to his normal amber. The guy tilts and presses his hand onto the ice and slides his feet beneath him. A whisk of his frame sends him gliding toward the stone, and he reaches down to pluck it up. The sense of self, of serenity and of calm stilled the waters of his mind and instead of leaving the man would remove his robe

A blade sheathed sends the entire room to silence, causing Raidou to finalize his own attempts to a solution. The hands helping their way through Lancaster's pockets cease to move, and are withdrawn. The wanderer stands and offers an open palm to Mari, reclaiming the vial of clear liquid from her. "Sure you are. Glad I'm not the only one who could see it. Starting to think I was crazy." The small glimmer of something blue around the woman's neck catches the mans eye. Instantly Raidou knew what it was. The very same recipe that he'd spoken rather plainly to her another day. A gateway pendant, o

♫ The man who had wandered through nearly every path, strolled through countless circumstance sat idle in his same stoic stare into Lancaster's soul. As the room would explode into a cacophony of truths, of facts, of failures and mistakes. "It seems that I was given the role of the voice of reason." He spoke in a calm collection, one that he had always wore. "It would appear, that despite it all that tensions are at an all time high." Raidou would slide into a stand and move to his robe, reaching into the pocket and taking out a pair of lenses. "So let's begin by coming clean, given with

Standard Recovery +4 EN, Inspirational {Shiina} +4 EN The moment to strike arose, and the wanderer weighed the situation in that same stoic serenity. Quiet, calculated. A finger on his left hand sought out his glasses, pressing them deeply into the base of his nose. His targets? All the extra variables to cut from the calculation, reducing the odds against them in one precise execution. Leaning low the man turns into a red blur, given his weight without the vanguard was so abysmally small he could give even the fastest fighters pause. His robe flailed angrily as he'd stop, his image becom

*New Round, Turn Order Shift (Optimal) Standard Recovery +4 EN, Inspirational {Shiina} +4 EN, Charge Refreshed With a layer of stone made super hot still dripping from his weapon, the man waves it off to the side to snuff it out. A twist of the blade sees it spark and lightning rip down its length in a yellow chirp. The energy vibrates and his skin tingles in a numbness as it passes through the metal. A pivot and overhead arc sees the blade dumped right into the largest foe. Forks of the stuff ring out and rip toward the other adjacent targets, sending a quick discharge of data as they

Standard Recovery +4 EN, Inspirational {Shiina} +4 EN, Charge CD [2/3] Into the mans pocket as he looks to Mari, hearing the clattering of steel and the pop of mobs in the smaller dungeon entrance. "Guess that makes you the fruity patootie." The man jests to Mari as he removes a familiar looking red stone from his pocket. His feet click as he wanders down ebbing on the side of caution and the heartbeat like pulses scan the walls, seeking traps or potential dangers as detect is on overdrive. His yellow blade slides up to eye level, as he presses the stone against it and rips them apart. Li

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As absolute chaos filled the battlefield, Raidou stood fast as the different effects of his allies roared behind and past him. His robe flailed angrily with each discharge of potent powers of each party member. The blade at the ready, the man looks on as it surges like a candle in that rich dark blue hue. A turn as the power gleaned from FTK rips down the blade and causes it to chirp in jolts of electricity. Passing clean through where Setsuna stood, the endless assault would continue. The blade is planted up to its cross guard, sending a discharge of static through the beast in a nasty overlo

The man wandered out from the tree line, only slightly behind the others. Like a tired old war veteran, he'd scan the horizon as if seeing something beyond in its stagnant yet alive existence. The rustle of the trees, the white noise of the waves. All too familiar to a man who'd spent most of his lifetime wandering from place to place. A hand raises up and seeks out the blade handle behind his right shoulder, and a quick jerk would find it free. A flash of pastel yellow that mirrored the sun overhead, it acknowledged his intentions and was ready to oblige them. The faint crackle of lightning d

The gentle tapping of his boots as he starts to walk through daily errands. The streets of Urbus were alive with activity, as a number of familiar NPCs would occasionally pay him a smile or a wave. Raidou held no issue in reciprocating it back, finding their further increasing lifelike natures to be becoming far more real. They started to remember him, and almost look forward to his visits these days. Down the rabbit hole into one of the many buildings, a darker and grubbier looking tavern mixed with all the most delightful crooks and thieves of aincrad. Without much of a word, the man moves p

Looking through the various objects now littering a table that once held a meal, the man gingerly sets a plate to the side. "Suit yourself, figured you could use a battery recharge and something to chew on." The man stands and dismisses his robe with a glance to Freyd, leaving nothing more then a simple long sleeve black shirt and pants, very plain and generic. The sheer tension in the air was so damn thick the man could almost harvest it and brew it into a potion, at it seemed that his no nonsense approach left a number of questions lingering in the air as well as irritation. "Understand that

"Respect stems from understanding. To change who you are for the sake of expectations doesn't lend itself to respect but conformity." Raidou explained without looking directly at Eruda, instead nursing the horizon from above his cup. Taking another sip, he'd lower it into his lap. "Being who you are, there will be those that will make false assumptions, whether you attempt to fit their decided criteria or not. What is important is you remain yourself, instead of losing yourself to expectations set by others. The goal post will always shift, and if others do not believe you to be good enough th

"If your doing it right, you'll always have that burn. It means your getting stronger. At least that was what I was taught." Raidou comments loosely sitting with his legs crossed, enjoying the breeze as it would trickle through the somewhat brown and green speckled grass. "Practice and consistency is the only way to achieve what your after." A couple of hours pass by quicker then the drop of a pin, and was lost just as quickly. The man shifted his inventory and produced his little endless cask of tea, pouring himself and the girl out a cup the same. Looking out at the near dead city of Aradenn

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Raidou looks at her attire, and it almost takes him for a loop. Looked like a spitting image of Freya with slightly longer hair. His gear placed away the man was more then settled up, and prepares to exit. Eruda was already bee lining out of the building and screaming off down the streets the moment her attire was approved. Her excitement had clearly gotten the better of her. Toward the eastern side of Aradennia, the open field of grass that was still struggling to turn green. It was definitely coming back to life, all their efforts to revitalize it coming to fruition. Settled up in her headsp

Playing the part of mediator to prevent the girls from trying to kill each other softly, Raidou would look down to Ruri and place a hand on her shoulder. "She means well, give her a chance. We want you here with us." The man offers without any determinate force of her hands. She never was one to take to an idea unless it was hers, but simply making it known that she's wanted should provide quite the incentive that she needed to make her decision. Sliding away, the man would begin to rake his feet on the ice. The polished surface offering very little friction allowing him to drift gently across

A flash of blue out of the blue, in response to Mari's midafternoon message. Raidou's hands covered in soil with a roll of his right shoulder. A bag slung precariously over it, he'd turn and toss the thing into the snow causing it to get stuck as it caves in. "Sorry I'm late. Is he inside?" The man scans her surroundings looking for Freyd as well. Confirming that they were both likely within, a flash of green draws a sweeping sonar over the environment confirming the total lack of hostiles under that concrete perception. "Mari, If you would." He'd adjust his robe around his collar tightening i

Getting absolutely pile driven by Eruda going full salvo, the man manages to stop her dead by allowing her momentum to flow past him and disperse before colliding with his chest. "Easy. Easy" The man remarks as if telling the force to fade away. He'd slide a bit but remain on his feet, given he'd easily handled much more then that. Hell there was that time he parried a ship. "To stop, all you need to do is pivot abruptly and lean against the direction your heading." Raidou offered the quick and easy lesson as she'd begin to get all flustered. "You're not getting out of this that easily, especi

The notification catches the man as he's wandering out of a small building in Urbus, the collection of bagged groceries in a paper bag held tight against his left shoulder. Raidou flicks his hand off to the side, as he repositions the bag and peers past it. Tapping the little flashing envelope his HUD pops open, and he clutches that bag in both hands. A little curious as to what she was up to, she'd been on some sort of activity kick these last couple days. Probably going a little stir crazy given she was likely used to running around doing quests and all that hubbub. The man would quickly typ

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