Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 13, 2012 20:53:51 GMT -5
'So cold...' Yoichi thought to himself as his eyes opened, His body trembling a bit as his head lifted up to start looking around "Where?" He blinked, Standing up he moved out of the makeshift tent. He noticed a fire and as he looked around a bit more, His heart sank as he saw Riley sitting there, Most likely awaiting for him to wake up, Trying to quietly sneak back into the tent to lay down. He didn't really know why, But he knew that Riley was probably pissed at him right now. Hopefully for him he'd make it back into the tent unnoticed and able to lay down, His body sorely tensed as he prayed and prayed she didn't notice him before he had moved back into the tent.
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Post by Merc on Dec 14, 2012 17:06:54 GMT -5
Riley had been sitting with her back to the tent, her green eyes firmly closed and her legs crossed under her body as she sat, perched atop a tree stump. Similarly, her arms were crossed over her chest, and she sported a somewhat grim expression, not that Yoichi could see that.
At first, she made no movements when he appeared in the tent opening, making it seem as though she did not notice him, but as he tried to head back inside she spoke up, without so much as glancing over her shoulder at him.
"Going somewhere, Yoichi?" She wondered, her jacket blowing about a little in the cold air. "I do hope you're not trying to avoid me, that would suggest you feel guilty about something," the young woman pointed out, dark hair ruffled. "I wonder what that could be..."
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 14, 2012 17:21:25 GMT -5
His body tensed as he heard her (Similar to how Grey/Natsu do when Erza catches them fighting or gives them one of her Death Glares). Turning back around, His head hung down as he moved over, Sitting across from her and looking down at the fire. He said nothing as he knew now why she was angry with him. He'd yet again let his past get the better of him and ignored everything else....His own safety, The safety of any innocent people that might be down there...And worst of all, He risked Rileys safety... Sure, She had stopped the explosion from doing anything....but...If she hadn't been so fast, He couldn't killed not just himself and everyone in the room....But he could've killed Riley too.
"I'm sorry" He muttered, His hands pressed against the ground and his head looking down at them, Frowning towards himself more then anything else as he thought about what all had happened....He should've just waited for Riley...He never should've used that....Why did he?
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Post by Merc on Dec 14, 2012 17:54:54 GMT -5
Riley's eyes slowly slid open as the male moved in front of her. She gazed at him with the same grim expression that she had been sporting since the incident in Tear Desert. The fixated upon him, unamused and seeming to pierce through him as he sat before her. Slowly she blinked, drawing her eyes away and giving a bit of a huff at his words.
"Sorry doesn't really cut it," she pointed out, shaking her head softly as she did so, "I warned you last time, Yoichi," she grit her teeth a bit, frowning deeply, she eventually closed her eyes once more, "your behavior is beginning to alarm me," she told him, her green eyes reopening as her face once more became expressionless.
"If you expect me to overlook it, simply because of what you are to me, then you are terribly mistaken," Riley said, her arms finally unfolding, her hands falling to rest in her lap, "how do you expect to make up for what you tried to do, Yoichi? A lot of innocent people could have died because of you."
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 14, 2012 18:24:03 GMT -5
Yoichi frowned as she spoke, Standing up and moving over to her he sat down in front of her, Facing away from her with his head down "I don't know" He mumbled "That's the first time it's happened in a long time..." He said softly, Gritting his teeth "I know you won't forgive me for it...And I don't blame you either..." His words were very soft and spoken very quietly, Almost like he didn't want her to hear them. "I cant explain my actions back there...I was just trying to do the job is all..." 'I'm so useless....' he mumbled under his breath, Hoping she didn't hear him.
Could he give a good reason for his actions? No...Was he going to try too? No. Riley knew why he did it...He'd told her the reason for it after the first time it had happened, And this was the first time his past reared it's ugly head into his life in a long time. Maybe it was because he was around Riley...He felt safe around her, Like nothing could touch him...
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Post by Merc on Dec 16, 2012 8:10:15 GMT -5
Riley watched him as he rose and moved before her, her green eyes following his movements as he sat in front of her, pointed away from her. "Perhaps you do not understand the repercussions of such selfish, impulsive actions," she mused, not paying to much mind to him as he explained that he didn't think she would forgive him, and other such things. "Death is permanent, certainly, and those bandits would have likely died, but there are other things to consider as well."
"For instance, using destructive spells in a space like a tunnel is simply asking for trouble. You could have not only collapsed the tunnels upon yourself, but without proper control you could have leveled the entire town." She pointed out, shaking her head firmly as she did so.
"Either way, the government probably wouldn't have overlooked what had happened if that spell hit, so you would have become a wanted fugitive, and considering I was there with you as well, I would receive punishment. Perhaps they would disband the guild. They have never liked us, so any excuse like that would do to shut us down and rip us apart."
She shook her head a little, arms once more moving to cross over her chest, "your actions reflect poorly not only on yourself, but on your superiors, as well as the rest of the guild. What do you have to say to this?"
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 16, 2012 22:27:28 GMT -5
Yoichi didn't even say anything as she spoke, Even when she had asked him a question he didn't speak. No, Instead he stood and walked back to the tent, Opening the flap some and stopping about halfway through it. He turned his head back to her, Probably hidden in the shadows before moving into the tent just a few moments later. He laid down, Facing the closest 'wall' of the tent.
He laid there in silence, Not speaking or moving, Instead thinking about what he had done...He knew his actions were stupid...He shouldn't of even said they should take that mission...Why'd he take it? What was the point in taking it? ..... Well, That was simple to answer, He wanted to show Riley how much he had improved...He wanted to impress her...All he wound up doing was getting himself in trouble with her...
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Post by Merc on Dec 19, 2012 9:19:59 GMT -5
Riley closed her eyes, hearing his movements, and the swishing of the tent, she knew that he had retreated to it once more, and returned to crossing her arms over her chest as a light snow began to fall. It pitched atop her dark hair, and upon her shoulders and such, but she made no move to shake it off, rather she continued to sit where she was.
"I am not going to simply disappear, as much as you might will me to at the moment," she thought to point out, her green eyes drifting open once more as she looked around, "I still have business with you," slowly she moved herself off of the stump that she had been sitting on, the snow that had fallen on her drifting off, or was brushed off her a gloved hand.
She could be heard rummaging around a bit, before returning to the stump, where she once more sat cross legged. This time, however, she seemed to be preparing something to eat rather than simply waiting for him to return. A bit of a sigh left her lips as she did this, as it seemed she might be walking down an all to familiar, disturbing path once again.
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 19, 2012 9:44:56 GMT -5
Yoichi gritted his teeth...What did she want him to say? There wasn't anything to say... He slowly sat up, Speaking from the tent "You wanna know why I did what I did? Because I was told they had to be stopped...I didn't know what might've happened if I hadn't taken action, I didn't know if perhaps there was some mage that was even stronger then you hiding in the wings..." He paused a moment, Leaving the tent to look at her.
"You want to know the truth about why I take the actions that I do? Because my past is one darker then anyone could ever imagine...I did what I had too to survive, I did whatever I had to to make sure this world became a better place!" He snapped, His voice starting to rise, Stretching his hand out "Take a look around you Riley, What do you think would happen to this place if criminal's were allowed to just live? What do you think would happen to the world we live in if the unjust went unpunished for their crimes!? Huh!?" He paused a moment, Stepping away from the tent and the fire.
"Riley, I want to make this world a better place for everyone, I want to end war, hunger, crime....I want to abolish and destroy everyone who's ever committed crimes like the ones they have...Does that mean I'm always right? No, It doesn't, And I've no delusion that it does" His back was facing her now, His hands tucked into his pockets "Does it mean that I can go around doing whatever I want? No it doesn't, Does it mean that they should go unpunished all the time? NO! Two wrongs don't make a right, That's true, And I'm just as guilty as those I've killed..." He did a half turn to face her
"Riley, I may not be the prime example of a Just Hero, I may not even be the prime example of an honorable person...But I'll be damned if I stand around and let criminal's live when I can stop them forever"
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Post by Merc on Dec 19, 2012 10:29:18 GMT -5
As he began to speak up, sounding a bit angry with her, Riley simply continued to work away at whatever she was doing, which at the moment was apparently peeling potatoes. Even if she seemed like she was not listening, she was in fact following his every word, her green eyes only about half open as she focused only on the movements of the knife in her hand.
She listened as he talked about his past, very vaguely, and proceeded to rant to her about his reasons for doing things. It became clear to her that he was getting increasingly angry while he spoke, and she supposed it was at her, but she did not fear him, nor did she flinch or hang her head. She simply continued with what she was doing, allowing him to speak his part before she finally tossed the peeled, chopped potato into a pot, the knife still firmly pressed to her palm.
"I wonder, what gives you the right to judge these people so righteously," she mused, her emerald eyes, lids still partially closed, finally diverting to look towards him, "by your own logic, you should be killed on sight, no?" She asked, shaking her head a bit, grimly at his admitting to having killed people, which she had always suspected to a degree. Riley grit her teeth at this, for it was something she truly hated. As such, her magical aura began to subconsciously leak from her body, causing the snow around her to melt and the fire before her to distort and flicker. There was a crackling sound of wood being split, and sure enough a crack had formed in the stump that she was sitting on.
"Not all criminals are the same, even those who sometimes do terrible things," she announced, her gaze fixated firmly upon him, "is a woman who robs a store evil, when she does this because she has no means of feeding her children? Does she deserve to die? Or a man who joins a gang of bandits to protect his loved ones? How about a person whom is forced to commit a terrible act, by someone that would kill them otherwise? What if some of those slavers were in fact slaves themselves, with no choice but to follow orders in order to maintain what sad lives that have?" She huffed a little, shaking her head, "I have to say this so often that it disturbs me, but lives are not something that should be taken so easily or so cheaply."
"You have to remember, that someday it could very well be you on the receiving end... Wouldn't you like to be able to defend yourself before someone killed you?"
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 19, 2012 10:40:16 GMT -5
"Tch..." Part way through her speech he spoke up, Turning to her and walking over to her, Smacking her hard enough so she'd shut up but gentle enough for her to know he wasn't trying to hurt her "Baka..." His arm slowly moved to his side "Remember...When I told you my parents were killed?" He asked her, Turning away from her and placing his hand back in his pocket "They were killed by those who you would claim are innocent, People who joined gang just because they wanted to protect their loved ones....They all know the costs upon taking such an agreement..." He stopped, Moving away from her again, Far enough into the shadows so that she could only hear him, Not see him.
He sat down as he began to speak again "My parents were killed right in front of my eyes...I was helpless to defend them, To do anything...By all rights I myself should be dead, However I was safely hidden away by my mother so I was the only one spared..." His hands were folded in his lap, Clenching together. The only sounds that came from him aside from his words, Were his jacket blowing with the cold air "Yea, I could be classified as a criminal because of the things I've done...Yea, I took revenge for my Mother and Father, Who's blood soaked my clothes the very night they were killed, Yea, I killed every single one of those bastards without a second thought...."
"Do I regret my choice? No...Do I feel like it was the right thing to do from any perspective other then my own? No... Who am I to judge those that have done wrong? You tell me Riley...When your parents are murdered in front of your eyes, When their blood soaks your very bones by the men who you would say are complete innocent because they're trying to protect their family, Or because they don't have food to feed their family..." His head half turned towards her "You tell me Riley, who am I to judge those who have committed those kinds of haneous and sickening crimes"
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Post by Merc on Dec 19, 2012 11:23:46 GMT -5
Riley's words were cut short as he smacked her across the face, and sure, she knew he could probably hit a lot harder than that, but the gesture wasn't any less alarming because of that. She didn't bother to touch her cheek, nor to turn her head back to facing him since it was now slightly pointed away, the stinging was there, and her cheek turned a bit red from the strike but she didn't seem to respond to it, though her magical aura eventually faded away to nothing.
One of her hands moved to the other, and she touched at the ring on her finger. The only thing really on her mind was the fact that even Angelo, whom had done so much to hurt her, had never physically laid a hand on her in such a manner.
His words made it sound like it was something that she should have known. Until a moment ago he had never even confirmed that they were dead, and now it sounded like she was somehow the bad guy. The knife slipped from her hand, sticking into the ground between her feet and standing upright as such.
For a long time, she said nothing, not because she felt she was wrong, or because she was rethinking what she had said, rather it took such a length of time to collect her thoughts into something coherent. Luckily for Yoichi, she was a fairly restrained person, so she did not immediately respond to the strike by piling so much gravity upon him that he was crushed into a ball of compacted human remains.
Slowly, she got to her feet, "well, since my parents were the ones doing the killing, I suppose I don't really know what that sense of loss feels like," she pointed out, turning her head away from him, she began to walk away, "but do not expect me to know things that I could not possibly know. I did not say my logic was perfect, I was trying to make a point that things are not always black and white..."
"But it seems that we are both so dead set on believing what we want to believe, that I am just wasting my time here, trying to point out how much of a hypocrite you are," she shook her head as she simply continued to walk away, "so I will take my leave with a final remark," she pointed out, pausing only briefly to look back at him.
"Never lay your hand on me in such a manner again, Yoichi Sugiyama, because I will not simply accept it so passively next time."
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 19, 2012 11:32:11 GMT -5
He closed his eyes, standing up as she attempted to leave, His speed allowing him to move in front of her as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close "I'm sorry" He whispered softly "I...I don't know why I hit you..." His words were soft, gentle...and they were filled with truthfulness... "I don't expect forgiveness...For my actions, And I apologize if I seemed like I was expecting you to know this already..." All Yoichi wanted right now...Was for them to go back to how they were before she had left
"I don't want to claim to know you completely...In fact, I know less about you now because you had spent 3 years of your own life stuck somewhere I couldn't reach you...I hate myself for my past and what it made me into...but I swear, Riley..." He paused for a moment, Pulling her down gently and into his lap as he sat down in the snow, Resting his head on her shoulder as his hand gently twined itself with hers, The one that had the ring on it. His head lifting away some as he raised her hand and kissed it gently and then where he had smacked her
"As your future husband....I swear on my love for you...I will never try to kill, Or ever lay my hands on you or anyone you care for in a harmful or threatening way ever again...Please, My love....Let's just return to how we used to be...Before you were taken from this world and forced to spend so long in some other place"
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Post by Merc on Dec 19, 2012 17:54:10 GMT -5
She turned her gaze away from him, refusing to look him in the eyes as he felt the need to hug her. Riley wasn't particularly thrilled with the idea, nor did she seem to appreciate when he pulled her into his lap and twined their fingers together. As he kissed her cheek she refused to look at him, her green eyes choosing to fixate on a nearby snow capped tree.
"When it comes to things that you regret doing, you never seem to have an answer as to why you did it," she noted aloud, and pried herself off of him, moving to sit on a rock that protruded from the snow, she shook her head a bit, "you have already sworn to do all of those things," she reminded him, shaking her head as she rest her forearms on her knees.
"On our first mission together, you promised you wouldn't try to kill anyone... Later that same night you told me you would not hurt me, that you would protect me... But you broke that promise as well... So why exactly should I believe you this time around?" She wondered, swallowing hard as she felt an aching in her heart. For so long she had wanted to see him, but things were quickly going down hill, and once more her prince charming was turning out to be nothing more than a fantasy in her own mind, and a villain to the rest of the world.
She hung her head a bit, unsure of what to do. Slowly she rose a hand, rubbing at her temple as she allowed her eyes to slide shut with a sigh.
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Yoichi Sugiyama
Griffin Wing
}}Skill{-348} Exp{1317} Jewels{2135} Level{4} Strength{0} Endurance{30} Speed{84} Willpower{35} Magic Attack{64} Magic Defense{23}
Controlled Panic...Controlled Disorder...Controlled Chaos...This is MY Will
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Post by Yoichi Sugiyama on Dec 19, 2012 18:00:41 GMT -5
"Riley...I said I was sorry....I don't know what more you want from me" He muttered softly as she moved away "I know I promised...And I didn't mean for that to hurt, I only wanted to get your attention since you hadn't understood what I was trying to say..." He sighed, Knowing where this was probably going and deciding to just stay quiet instead of saying anything at all. What could he really say other then sorry? He figured after what he did.....she'd probably end it right here....Something he'd regret for the rest of his life.
"This is why I just want us to go back to how we were before...I honestly just wanted to impress you, and yes, The way I went about it was wrong...And I'm sorry...All I'm asking for is one last chance..."
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