Ever since her wings got ripped out, Sky has calmed down significantly. She doesn't talk back, make comments or do much at all. But her shadow arts were still severely lacking.
On this late afternoon, Sky lingered upon a branch near the Temple. A couple of bottles of sake rested within a nook in the edge of the tree, braced by the deformed nub of the branch they rested upon. In her hand unsurprisingly, she gripped another bottle. She stared at the sky through the branches, watching the shadows grow longer as the horizon flared into unnatural, and beautiful colors.
She felt empty. The sake her only comfort after she and TF mutually agreed to go their separate ways. It was better this way wasn't it? Safer for both of them. Not being able to be with him was hard enough when they were together. Being apart, and under the watch of Zed made it all the more difficult to deal with.
A long sigh left her before she took a long chug of the sake, letting a little spill from the side of her lip. Emptied of its liquid, Sky let the bottle simply drop to the ground allowing it to land in the tall grass at the base.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 2, 2013 20:30:25 GMT -5
"Drinking again..." The impassive voice of Zed would sound nearby, he was standing on a branch close to Sky, his crimson eyes following Sky's gaze to look upward, he himself was unable to see the colors as she did, light and shadows amplified to the point of Zed unable to see any sort of color, simply light and darkness. He had certainly noticed her near absence of emotion since her wings were torn from her body. He could only guess at what had happened between Sky and Twisted Fate, not that he minded in the slightest as to who she had feelings for or what happened in that department.
"One day you will drink yourself into a sleep and never wake." He stated, truly believing that she would by how things had been going lately.
"Like you care." She commented, shooting him a weak glare. She simply didn't care anymore. She sat up and grabbed the next bottle, moving to sit back against the trunk of the tree with the sound of the cork being popped open. A small shrug followed as she started to chug on the sake.
She extended the bottle towards him, looking blankly back towards the Temple, "I already trained today.. What do you want from me now?" She questioned, her voice passive. Part of her wanted to make a snarky remark and be rude, but she simply lacked the energy or motivation for it.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 2, 2013 20:52:10 GMT -5
"No. I do not." He said rather bluntly, if it was true or not was near impossible to tell as he took the bottle, briefly removing his mask to drink from the bottle, even without the mask he made sure his face was shrouded completely in shadows, how he managed to do so was anyone's guess. At her next question Zed narrowed his eyes, irritation clear upon his shadowy expression behind the mask.
Simply stepping from the branch he was on and dropping to the grassy ground below. She would notice he took the bottle with him, if she tried to reach for any others that may have been up there with her, she would realize they were gone, "If you want the sake back, you will spar with me."
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky growled and dropped off the branch, "Give me my damn sake." She said, swaying slightly from the intoxication. There were a couple bottles already on the ground, scattered slightly showing she had been drinking for some time. An agitated look set on her features as she stomped forward, "FINE. I want my sake after you kick my fucking ass."
What he didn't know was she had a flask stashed on her. But she wasn't about to reveal that. That was for mid-fight, to dull the pain she would inevitably be in.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 2, 2013 23:33:38 GMT -5
"First and only warning" Zed growled, "Cut the attitude, or I'll cut your throat." His crimson eyes seemed to flare as he threatened to end her life. She would know he would easily follow through on the threat after the incident with her wings, she would get the feeling he would. And it not be pleasant or fast.
He placed the bottles next to a tree before turning to Sky, one bottle balancing on an outstretched palm, "If you want the sake. Come get it."
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky staggered a bit and scoffs, reaching her hand out lazily to try to take the sake. Of course she was likely to miss it. She just didn't care nearly as much as she use to. She had an endless supply of sake back at her ship.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 3, 2013 0:10:54 GMT -5
Zed easily moved the bottle from her reach, in a flash she would feel a sudden rocking slap connect with her face. Zed had moved fast enough that it seemed like a blur, "Do not test me." He growled, he held out the bottle once more and balanced it upon his palm. The sound of blades sliding from their sheaths would be heard as his free hand come out to the side, the blades shone in the fading light, "Again. Failure will be rewarded more harshly this time if you do not put effort into it."
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky took the slap, staggering rather awkwardly from it as her smaller frame was not made to handle such a strike. She was fast for a reason, not super strong. She rubbed the quickly bruising side of her cheek as she stood up, drawing the flask from within her cheongsam and chugging on it. That might make him mad. In fact it likely would. Hearing the blades she thought it best to numb the pain before it happened.
She darted in after the bottle again, trying to grab it with her hands and jerk back away from him seemingly with a bit more effort then before.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 3, 2013 0:21:15 GMT -5
Zed thrusts the bottle upward, not seeming to even try as she drunkingly tried grabbing for it, it was faster than before, but still not good enough. Her hands are met with nothing but air, as they jerk back the bottle would land upon Zed's palm once more, perfectly balanced, "Pathetic." He does note that she actually put effort into it and decides not to harm her for that reason, instead his arm moves with the same blinding speed, slicing a thin line across her cheek drawing a small amount of blood, "Next time, it will be an eye, do not do that again, now try!"
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky looked increasingly agitated at having her sake stolen from her. She scowls feeling the trickle of blood dripping along her cheek from the thin cut left there.
"Give . me . my . sake!" She said, jumping at him but this time not going for the sake but rather him with a rather pissy look. She'd try to grab onto his arm and kick him as hard as she could in the groin, sliding her grip back to grab the sake and using him as a base to flip herself backwards off of.
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 3, 2013 5:58:29 GMT -5
Zed had expected her movements to be clumsy, erratic and foolish. But instead, he was met with a precise series of movements, his arm coming down hard upon her leg as she went to kick him in the groin, the impact would send agonizing pain through the woman's leg, had she been sober anyway. He allows her to take the sake as she kicks off him, Zed places a foot behind himself in order to keep himself form being pushed back, it would feel like she was effectively kicking off a wall.
Zed frowns, crossing his arms across his chest and studying the drunk woman, it was clear she was either simply not trying, or something else was going on. Had tearing off her wings really given her the focus she needed? No.. Even after that her abilities had been sloppy, if not more so than usual since she never bothered to put a single ounce of effort in. The drink? No, that was ridiculous.
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky landed and staggered about as her leg gave slightly from the hit from Zed. She'd simply allow herself to hit the ground, popping open the sake bottle as she sat cross legged, looking squinty eyed towards Zed.
"See?" She said, lifting the bottle in a slight salute before beginning to take a few deep swigs, "Ahh. So good." Sky pauses to eyeball Zed, noting a rather large area of discomfort on her leg, "'ey, whad you do that fer?"
Post by Master of Shadows on Jul 3, 2013 13:49:07 GMT -5
Zed growls at her, his eyes narrowed to slits behind his mask. Such disrespect was not going to be tolerated. Zed walked toward her, "You must be taught manners." He spoke, his voice low, cold and detached, in the blink of an eye Zed disappeared small wisps of smoke all that remained in place. Behind her, Zed would rapidly rise from drunken woman's shadow, his blades had retracted and his fist was now about to connect with the lower part of her spine should she not move in time.
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes. Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia flows.
Sky seemed rather oblivious as she sat there. As he rose up from her shadow and aimed to punch her, an origami would suddenly be tossed back. A snail.. Right in Zed's face. She rolled forward and got to a wobbly stand, likely witnessing the Shadow Master foiled by a harmless snail as he would find himself assaulted by its slowing effect.
"Whaaa? When'd you get there?" She questioned, taking a long drink of her sake.
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