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[As it's a lovely, sunny afternoon Raven has finally decided to start growing the seeds he received from Flonne last week. He's been out in the garden behind house 12 for the past two hours digging up the dirt, placing the seeds, watering the ground and generally making sure he's planting them in an area where they aren't going to be destroyed when Repede decides to do his doggy business. As he finishes the last of the seeds his attention is caught when he spots a woman disappearing around the side of the building.]

Casey...?

[He quickly darts onto his feet without hesitation. But as he begins his pursuit he accidently kicks over the full watering can onto his journal. Turning around to inspect what he'd just collided with he notices the soaking wet book lying open on the ground and begins to panic. He picks it up and starts desperately shaking it dry.]

Aaaaaah! Oh geez, is it broken?! I was havin' such a nice day gardenin' too, I didn't mean ta wreck the book! It'll dry out right?

[He continues shaking the pages for a few minutes before finally giving up and sitting on the dry part of the grass, unsure of whether he did actually see her pass by or if he was just going crazy. It couldn't just be a co-incidence that he sees her on the day he's planting her favourite flower could it? He doesn't know what to think about all of this, so he just hopes nobody heard him shout her name through the journal.]

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[WHEN DOES RAVEN EVER JUST SAY WHAT HIS THINKING?]

Nope, I already went crazy the moment I ended up gettin' stuck travelin' around with a bunch of reckless kids. Just how old do ya think I am?!

[WELL THEN, HE'LL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH YURI BEING A JACKASS. Until he runs out of witty lines, then maybe he'll go ahead and fight him. Maybe. PERHAPS.]

Not sure. With all the complaining you do, I'd have to say ... somewhere around eighty.

If I'm eighty then you must be about... oh... ya wouldn't even be born kid.

Then again, kids are pretty stupid nowadays. I'd say ya let yer sword do the talkin' for ya but after you got yer butt handed to you by Alexei I take that remark back.

[Let's see, didn't that bastard say something he could use here? Blah blah blah, cloud of raeg, taunt taunt taunt, oh, here we go--]

At least I lasted longer against him.

[You'll have to try harder than that Yuri :( I'm certain you could use something that happened today to piss Raven off.]

Longer than 3 minutes ain't very impressive. Oh and my fight with him was an actual sparrin' session, not a rage driven frenzy because I was in a bad mood.

[Maybe, maybe not. He's not trying to aim to piss anyone off really, but at this point, who knows.]

My point exactly. [Smirking now. He'll let you figure out that you just walked into a door on your own.]

You don't have a point kid so stop pretendin' that ya do. I don't recall you actually comin' close to killin' Alexei whilst I did. How long the fight lasts ain't what matters, it's the damage ya do.

[He totally had a point :( You = doing your best and paying attention, Him = blind rage and not doing his best. Jeez. But oh well, the old man's got a point too.]

True. Can't really argue with that.

[... but he's still smirking.]

[Your smirk is pissing him off. Also, Raven was sooo not doing his best lmao.]

I hope yer grinnin' at your own stupidity.

Edited 2010-06-11 20:16 (UTC)

[~~Just as planned.~~ Welp, that's too bad, Raven. That smirk's not going anywhere. Also, Yuri had no idea either way, so fff.]

Go ahead and think that, if it makes you feel better.

[Go on, old man. You wanted a fight, riiiiiiiiight? He's wa~it~ing~ ...]

[Oh he really does want a fight. Bringing his bow out from under his coat, dodge this bitch there's 3 arrows coming your way.]

[Excellent. No way was he going to be played twice into fighting someone.

He'll just be dodging to the right, getting his sword out and ready. He's not doing anything just yet though. Just. Smirking.]

[Fine, you stand there grinning like an idiot if you want to. Raven will be casting a spell.]

[Yuri's still hanging back. But alright, let's drop a little hint.]

Nice of you to pick a fight next to Casey's flowers. I'm sure she appreciates it.

Correction kid, they're my flowers and at the moment they're nothin' but seeds buried in the ground.

[Let's see how you like PS3 Raven's spells. Seeing as he ended up speaking instead of finishing his enchantment, there's a nice Air Thrust spell coming at you.]

[Eh, so much for sentiment. Or maybe he just pissed him off that much. Hm. Welp.

Regardless, right around the time Raven says "my flowers", he gets himself ready to dodge whatever's coming. ... Except he's never seen this spell before. Um.

Yeah, he's dodging off to the side as soon as possible, but that doesn't get him away unharmed -- he still got nicked along his side and one of his legs while trying to get away. But he doesn't seem to care in the least. Still smirking away.]

All right. However they end up isn't my problem anyway!

[Seriously Raven. Yuri's artes. Do you really want him slinging around things like Destruction Field next to or on top of those seeds you just planted? But regardless of that, he's charging in your direction, Raven. And if you don't do something to try stopping him, you're getting hit with Ghost Wolf as soon as he's in range. And all things considered, he isn't too far away to begin with.]

[Raven moved away from the flowers earlier, he's not near them :| Though if you do damage them god knows he'll kill you for it so you might want to watch your footing there.]

Oh, I'll make it yer problem.

[Regardless that ghost wolf won't be hitting anytime soon. He's moving far out of the way, getting close to you isn't going to do him any favours. He slides towards the river bank and plant a serpent trap in the ground.]

Go ahead and try!

[I meant with them moving around during battle, silly |: He's going to try to be careful about trouncing that area, but those little hints were supposed to be to avoid that happening altogether -- that and the whole sentiment thing. He might just mess up a spot near them just to prove a point, but that's only if that situation presents itself. And if he cares enough to do it. Which he probably won't.

Regardless, Yuri's watching Raven's movements very carefully; unlike his fight with Alexei, he doesn't have his anger screwing him over and making him miss things. He sees what you did there, old man, and he's not about to run into something like that. Therefore, he'll be getting as close as he can to that area before stopping and sending out an Azure Storm. He doesn't care much about it hitting -- he just doesn't want to get too close to an area that could put him at a disadvantage. Not so soon, at least.]

[Sh...shut up, you're silly too!

Raven sees the attack comming across the ground and quickly decides to get some awesome aerial time by using Dark Chase, leading to 4 Homing arrows coming your way kiddo. ~~Maybe he should combo it into a Falling arte as well but meh~~ As he lands the last part of the strike scrapes across his ankles but nothing more than a scratch.]

[Yeah well I'm not as silly as you so there. HAH.

Anyway, Yuri sees those arrows coming for him, so his first reaction is to dodge. ... Except he remembers how these things work, so he's just going to keep moving instead. Like in your direction, Raven. If he's going to get hit by that arte the second he stops or slows down, he might as well attempt to get at you first -- which means as soon as he's within range, you're getting a Lone Wolf Storm sent your way.]

[He pulls his bow up in an attempt to reduce the damage from the impact, but he's still sent flying backwards onto the ground. Might want to be careful where you're standing Yuri, you're getting awfully close to that trap and those arrows are going to follow you till they either hit or you get knocked down.

It takes Raven longer than he would've liked to recover from that arte. He keeps forgetting just how much raw strength this kid has under the hood. Either way, Yuri didn't knock him very far so he'll be taking this opertunity to use Crimson Spiral to push you back, oh and watch for the arrow at the end.]

[Yeah, he's realizing how close he is, so he moves away to gain some distance. Hitting that trap means potentially getting thrown in the river, and wet clothes are tough to fight in. He can't afford that disadvantage. He also is starting to get hit by those homing arrows -- twice after using Lone Wolf Storm, which delays him, once while changing direction to get away from the trap, and after he went to look and see what kind of arte Raven just used because he has never seen that before, he gets hit by the last one while trying to get out of the way of that arrow at the end.

Yeah. This doesn't feel too nice. But he still doesn't look like he cares much, and is still smirking. He honestly looks like he's having fun, even with the amount of damage he's taking.

So, once again, he charges in Raven's direction, probably looking as if he's got another arte waiting to be used once he's in range. Whatcha gonna do, Raven?]

Edited 2010-06-11 23:51 (UTC)

[What does it look like he's doing? He's charging right back at you. He may be an archer but don't forget that he's used a sword for way longer than he's used a bow. The moment he gets a chance he'll be using Just Like Dancing.]

[Oh no, he's not forgetting that for a minute. He wasn't expecting Raven to charge back, so he immediately halts his charge and defends, figuring he'd be using one of his strike ar-- ... yep, there it is. At least it's one he recognizes this time, jeez. Part of the hit did still get through his defenses, but again -- not caring. He simply returns the favor with some horizontal sword swings, rather than an arte.]

[He attempts to block Yuri's assault by parring the strikes away. It seemed to be effective until one of the strikes caught his arm, forcing him to pull back. See this face? It's UNHAPPY. YOU HURT ME :( So he's going to jump and attempt to kick you in the side of the head.]

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