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Another Job
Topic Started: Mar 14 2018, 09:00 PM (269 Views)
Chaos

It was a cold and rainy night as a figure walked through the streets. To his side was another figured which he spoke to.

"Alright Asvard, trust me, we can't do this without him. Just...keep you know what a secret alright?"

J looked around until he found the goal, a local tavern, Hammer'd. J let out a soft chuckle as he entered and took off the hood from the raincoat he was wearing. He looked...normal. No scars, no markings, he looked just like he had back at Wento. He sat down at a table and shouted out, "Yo! Three mugs of your finest mead, beer, sake, wine, whatever, just get me a drink and I'll pay!"

He leaned back in his chair as he looked around. He had sent Zarion a letter to meet him here for a job...the question was if he'd show up on time or not.
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"Yeh, yeh. Do yeh really not trust me?" Asvard mumbled back. "I wos a treasure huntin' pirate fer many years, ya know. Don't exactly get far without keepin' a few cards close to yer chest..."

Asvard grinned as he spotted their destination. For good reason, too - he had recommended it. He sat down at the same table J did. "Oy! If we're puttin' it on this bloke's tab, gemme yer finest mead yeh got! he barked.

"Unbelievable..." Curtana sighed. "Here we are, rendezvousing for an important mission, and you're acting like a drunk fool, as usual..."
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Chaos

As the drinks arrived, J grabbed his and took a sip. He missed the days he could drink it all down in seconds, but now, he had to take it slow or else he might spring a leak or two. Ah the problems of the deceased. He eyed the clock and smiled.

Almost the meeting time....

About a half hour after the specified meeting time, two empty mugs lay next to J.

"Man, I missed this stuff. Vincent doesn't let me drink aboard his ship! Can you believe that! ....Wanna watch me cut my arm off? Don't hurt a lick!"

J reached for his swords, only to notice them missing.

"Oh that's right, I dun carry swords no more! Man, I bet if Zarion had been there, I wouldn't have lost my special swords. They were good swords, but not as good as that Zari! Solved the mystery of a ghost ship that one! Smart man, can't pull nothing past em!"
Edited by Chaos, Mar 18 2018, 10:27 PM.
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Not a minute later, there was a ruckus outside, and the door slammed open as Zarion kicked his way into the bar.

"OOOIIIIIIIIIIII!!! WHERE IS HE!? WHERE ARE YA, JACK RACKHAM!? YOU'D BETTER HAVE CALLED ME HERE FOR A GOOD REASON, DAMNIT!!!" roared Zarion as he stepped angrily into the bar. He glanced around, fire in his eyes, ready for a fight.

Back around when J and Zarion had first met, Zarion told J about a crewmate who left to pursue his life elsewhere... He didn't really do anything wrong, but it still sat sour with Zarion regardless.
Edited by Zikeep, Mar 18 2018, 10:37 PM.
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"Oy, is that the guy yeh were talking about? Asvard asked J. "He seems a bi'... rowdy."

"Like you're one to talk," Curtana said. He most certainly would have rolled his eyes if he had them.
Edited by Lief Katano, Mar 23 2018, 03:44 PM.
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Chaos

As Avard spoke, J was already standing on the table.

"JACK IS HERE?! WHERE THE HELL IS THAT TWO TIMING SON OF A-" Then he fell off the table.

Ah the joys of being drunk and impulsive. J groaned as he got back up, and tried to remain standing.

"Hey Asvard, were there always three of you?"


J felt his head want to split before his foci began to give off a glow. Once the glow was gone, J felt his body shake and fell back into his chair.

Right...Victor's little spell would constantly try to heal small things...such as drunkenness...
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Zarion stomped forward and shouted again, "YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT, TELL 'IM WHAT FOR, J!!!"

"..."

"...J?"


Zarion quickly turned towards the source of the voice, eyes full of bewilderment. Then, he spotted J, and he gritted his teeth and ran over to him, grabbing him by the shirt collar. Zarion's rope began floating threateningly over his shoulder as he spoke. "Alright, listen, asshole I don't know who you are, calling me out here, pretending to be a dear dead friend... but if you don't talk right now you'll be the next one dead," he said, shaking him in an intimidating manner, and somewhat ignoring Asvard.
Edited by Zikeep, Mar 29 2018, 03:14 PM.
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Asvard, meanwhile, took advantage of not being noticed, and simply continued to drink his mead while grinning, hoping to witness a mess occur.
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Chaos

J let out a soft laugh as Zarion began to shake him.

"What? Did you really think I'd die that easily?"

J then motioned towards Asvard, "But hey, you met my buddy here? He's a pirate! Isn't that cool?"

As J did this he began pouring more focus into his illusion magic, he had to keep up the act that his body was perfectly fine.
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Zarion shifted his eyes slightly, glancing at Asvard. When J asked if he really thought he'd die that easily, Zarion tightened his grip and pulled back his right hand, balling it into a fist, but as he motioned to Asvard, Zarion roughly pushed J away from him and turned his head toward Asvard.

"Who is he!? If this is some kinda sick joke, I ain't laughin'," he said again, this time directing the question towards Asvard.
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"Name's Asvard. Nice to meet ya," Asvard said, offering his hand as though Zarion was not, in fact, trying to kill him. "Heard a lotta good things 'bout yeh from J. Think ye'll make a good ally for this mission."
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"You didn't get it. I meant HIM!" Zarion pointed at J aggressively.
"This isn't J. J is dead! He died in the attack on Wento! I've been trainin' so I could kill the bastard who did it. I ain't in the mood for mind games, so I'm gonna ask again. Who is this person, and what do you want from me?" he said, taking a hand and placing it threateningly on the handle of the dagger at his hip.
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J's smile faded away as he took a step towards Zarion.

"Do you really think I'd die so easily? I was badly injured...and a friend helped me recover..."

J raised part of his shirt, showing the stitches going across his stomach. He was careful to only let the stitching through the illusion.

"This job...its to repay him for his kindness...Though if you still don't believe me..."

J stuck his hands out as two swords appeared and took his usual fighting stance.

"Would a little sparing help?"

What happened to keeping a low profile?
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"So far as I kna, that guy's name is J," Asvard said, slumping back in his chair, a bit disappointed that his attempt at civility was ignored. "Not sure if 'e's the same J tha' ya knew, but 'e seemed to know lot 'bout some guy named Zarion... and that'd be kinda weird if that waddn't you..."
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Zarion lowered his guard a bit seeing J take his fighting stance, and then hearing Asvard. Okay, so maybe this really is the J he knew...

"If that's the case..." Zarion said, clenching his fist again and then taking a swing right at J's face. "THEN WHY DID YOU LET ME THINK YOU WERE DEAD!?" he screamed with the punch.

At this point the bar would have fallen all but silent seeing the spectacle. "Do you have any idea how much pain and regret that brought me!? I thought you were dead!! I thought I was weak for not being able to stop what happened!! .... Why!?" his voice cracked at the end, and tears almost formed in his eyes, before he took a breath as the bar fell silent.
Edited by Zikeep, May 15 2018, 08:53 PM.
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