Gathering from another.

[20:36] The shrouded young woman continues staring at the ground as Nemein, but his words are not unheeded. After he leaves, a glance towards Audree is given. The Dame appears to be taking a catnap, thus, instead of her, the cloaked girl approaches Wano instead. A vaguely scarred index finger is pointed at him.
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[20:40] Seated back against the bench, the felinae's legs dangled before reaching the ground. He truly was short amongst some of the taller people in this world.

Nevertheless, as he fiddled around with his fingers to pass time-by. The same unfamiliar figure appeared before him. "Hm..?" A cant of his head to the side as he observed the hooded figure, squinting in their direction.

He'd never bothered to observe Id and as such. It only made sense he was little confused with the change in cloak. "I-I think I know you... Right?" he laughs weakly, trying his best to conceal the obvious embarrassment.

"S-sorry... It's been a long few weeks. You know?" He finally spoke up after some silence.
(Wano)
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[20:44] A frown is the first response Wano gets. The raised hand turns so she can point off towards the northwest, then abruptly, her other hand thrusts forward in a jab though she's nowhere near tall enough to hit him from here without moving. Instead, the fist remains in front of him.

Is this a gesture that she wants to fight him? Quite possible! In fact, if one knows Id well enough, they'll probably understand it means exactly that. A hopeful glance is given towards the nearby cat-knight, maybe she'd catch the hood glancing in her direction and help out.
(Id)
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[20:50] After sometime observing the hooded figure, his mind had begun fitting the pieces together. A hooded figure that doesn't talk... I only know one person like that. Alas, he wasn't exactly aware of their name so instead. His embarrassment turned into a smile with a single nod of his head.

"Mhm... Sure, N-now I remember." he mumbled, scratching at the back of his left ear a bit. "From your actions I am guessing you want to do something?" Fighting, traveling or whatever it was? He wasn't exactly sure so instead of seeking out a straight forward answer.

He leapt from the bench, patting down his armor all the while. "Well... Whatever is it you want to do, lead the way. Yeah?" Without much to do at the moment, he couldn't imagine being any more bored by following behind id.

So that's what he does.
(Wano)
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[20:52] The hooded young woman has successfully managed to lure someone into sparring her. The poor boy, he doesn't realize what he's in for, but the girl in question seems to think he understands and nods twice to confirm that she'll lead the way, then begins walking off.

Id stops in front of Audree and offers a little wave before heading directly to the dojo with the foolish, foolish individual she managed to rope into this. Of course, she had no malice towards him and wouldn't try to hurt him seriously.

That didn't mean he wouldn't be sore from being punched.
(Id)
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[21:01] A nod is given towards the Knight and she backflips, sticking the landing despite her cloak moving with her motions. That must take some kind of skill or conditioning for her to do that. Scarred, fair-skinned hands move out of the cloak, the lower arms still wrapped in white linen and mostly covered by the long sleeve of the black dress underneath.

Her fingers furl as she looks down at them, then she looks up towards her opponent. She breathes through her mouth, exhaling a breath visibly laced with magical energy. He had stepped into the arena, thus he had to have been already ready.

Id sure is.

Before Wano gets to examine her stance any further, she begins hopping from foot to foot and then weaves in using a common technique from Valmasian brawling styles.

A fist extends for his torso.
(Id)
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[20:56] Having said his hellos, he walked out beside id and stationed himself on the opposite side of the arena. "Ah... A spar, I do hope to provide you with some entertainment." The felinae explained, curious mostly over the makes the hooded figured used.

And it seems like he'd not have to wait much longer to find out.
(Wano)

[21:01] A nod is given towards the Knight and she backflips, sticking the landing despite her cloak moving with her motions. That must take some kind of skill or conditioning for her to do that. Scarred, fair-skinned hands move out of the cloak, the lower arms still wrapped in white linen and mostly covered by the long sleeve of the black dress underneath.

Her fingers furl as she looks down at them, then she looks up towards her opponent. She breathes through her mouth, exhaling a breath visibly laced with magical energy. He had stepped into the arena, thus he had to have been already ready.

Id sure is.

Before Wano gets to examine her stance any further, she begins hopping from foot to foot and then weaves in using a common technique from Valmasian brawling styles.

A fist extends for his torso.
(Id)
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[21:06] "Heh... I see." he mumbles, unsheathing his blade from behind as Id took on a martial artist pose. The exact opposite of the knight who stood tall with blade in hand. Nevertheless, he rushed forward with immense speeds, pushing off the ground and meeting the hooded figure at the center of the arena.

And it's against a martial artist the felinae would find himself free floating in movement. Stabing the buster blade into the ground and whipping his body around while swaying between strikes thrown by Id.

Twirling up into the air before being struck, his tail lashed out and wrapped around their wrist, redirecting the strike against the flat side of his blade. As he still remained briefly floating in the air; releasing them all the while grabbing the blade and making distance between the two.

If anything, the knight seemed more like a monkey with how well his body moved in unison. In comparison to cat. "Sorry if you thought i'd be the mouse here." He claimed with pressed lips into a smile.

And without another word, he lunged forward with the hilt of his blade held in both hands tightly.
(Wano)
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[21:15] The fist hits the side of the blade, but doesn't seem to take much damage as her waist is wrapped. After all, in any competent pugilist's body, there are six major regions where they focus their mana. But in a truly competent brawler's body... Id's stance changes as she takes up one resembling something more like a Shengese martial art form.

Wano obviously thinks he has the upper hand. However, he forgets the basis of wind magic and he doesn't have any idea the basis of her art. Id may not recognize the magic he's using, but she examines it thoroughly and a small rational thought manages to pop into her head about how to contend.

That growing candle flame of will that Kirai had a hand in sparking was the catalyst to a wild fire and for this girl, any and all martial arts she saw were interesting. Whether it be the style of a bladesmaster or the stance of a brawler, she has interest in it because that's what her long since missingchildhood mentor inspired.

Nerin's encouragement, the guilt that she felt about Audree, Nemein's warmth towards her, and the crushing envy she held for all those who had anything close to peaceful lives.

It blends together. The negativity fuels her towards grasping at the little kindness life has offered her, she wants to keep it. Her breathing shows more visible mana and she lunges forward, leaving herself fully open.
(Id)
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[21:25] As the battle continued, it raged on with the two clashing at every point of connection. Not one or the either escaping the collision unscathed. However, at every disconnect, the felinae found himself an extra strike. Whether it be with the flat side of his blade or restrained use of his claws.

"You're pretty good, you know?" He claimed, leaping back, bobbing his head between the fist sent hurtling his way. Maybe if not for being a beastkin, he'd lack the much needed speed to reach beyond his heightened senses. Feeling out the flow of wind that combusted from their arm whenever they fired forward.

Within it all however, he caught his opening, catching the hooded figures fist and turning around; tossing them over shoulder towards the opposite side. In that instance, he'd begun gathering energy in the palm of his hand at rapid rates.

Raising it overhead, he took to amplifying its effects, siphoning the whirlwinds of magic surrounding the two and incorporating it into the infinite cycle of rotations built in its center. Sickle like blades scattering around the side.

"Guess you could call this a... One of a kind." he laughed, sweating and enduring the pain his body felt not only from the blows. But from the repercussions of his own magic. Drawing out all his mana at once.

The spiraling object grew in-size and once Id landed. The felinae lunged forward with an orb of energy empowered by the same winds the hooded-figure used. Tossed in their direction as the felinae shouted.

"Magical Arts, Limited Edition: Zephyr's Spiral!"

Before connecting with them. It halted mid-flight and expanded, whipping out the wind blades around. Lashing out, not exactly meant to harm. But bring the hooded figure to the conclusion that progressing the battle any further was.

Null an Void.
(Wano)
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[21:35] She's flipped over Wano's shoulder and tossed to the floor as he fires a stronger move towards her. It detonates in an impressive display of firepower, but she's already back on her feet. He's wrong.

His overextension of his own abilities is apparent, but the green-cloaked young woman doesn't seem fatigued in the slightest and the pain he's inflicted through the match is filtered somehow, if it's being registered at at all. The tumbling motion managed to pull up a black sleeve which is exposed after she lands. The partially unraveling linen wraps around her lower arm right reveals something.

It looks like faint ritual scarring in the shape of something like an eccentric eye on the upper side of her lower arm, near the elbow where nobody could easily carve anything on their own. She's not without notice of her arm showing and quickly wraps it once more and drags the sleeve down.

So many years ofabuse.

So much agony, before she ever even met Kirai.

The foundation of her status as a Mage is built on those scars and all of her suffering.

The desire for the peace of a life where she could be like anyone else grows ever greater, but at the same time she knows she'll never have that. Not with the information she has, not with the fate she's been given. All Id is left with is the attempt to cope with her life as it is. Nemein's words are wrong as much as she wishes she could believe them, she's not safe.

Id takes up the same stance as before, preparing to fight again. Is she stupid for trying again? She doesn't think so. Nobody ever gets better if they don't keep trying.
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[21:44] It seemed as though despite his victory, the hooded figure had yet to feel a need to step down from the felinae. Instead of dissolving their will with displaying the superior control over mana in the shape of his unquiely tied spiral bomb.

Created on the fly!

Nevertheless he presented them with nothing, but a professional look. Masking his huffing and puffing with steady breathes. "Again, hm?" He mumbled, scratching at the back of his left ear. "I guess you're eager to improve..." Curious really, since the downfall of that man who taught others the way of the assassin.

Some people were on edge, others were relieved. For the felinae? He was simply, content. Happy even, but just a bit.

"Well, I won't stop you from seeking improvement." he claimed, drawing the blade up once more, pushing through the cumbersome sensations tugging at his legs.
(Wano)
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[21:48] The young woman in the cloak frowns at the arrogance Wano seems to display through his speech. A linen-wrapped foot hits the floor and she suddenly darts to the side while exhaling a vaguely visible breath, the mana in the oxygen disappearing. It reappears around Wano, wrapping itself around him to disrupt him as she prepares to decipher his fighting style piece by piece.

Will it let her win? You never know. Her origins, including her training and who trained her, aren't known or understood and there could be a lot more to her than people know, but at the same time, Id is as she should be. A mystery. She's wary of this technique he's using and it shows.

But she's going to find a way to stop it.
(Id)
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[22:00] Rushing forward, the felinae replicated the battle in a similar manner. Leaping around with blade in hand swinging with all his might and landing clean blows against them with the use of the flat side of his blade.

And once his strikes occurred, he leapt away. Trying to maintain the distance carefully while striking out when needed.

"You're not too bad, but there's a reason I am a knight." Since the young age of sixteen, he was adopted into the loyal and royal life of knighthood. Forced to adopt patterns in his life he wouldn't typically have done otherwise.

Regardless, it was shown here with his expertise in the art of energy magic. Projecting his will onto the opposing figure with every strike. But it wasn't finished yet.

Past the heavy breathing, knocking them back. He lunged forward, continuing his assaults'.
(Wano)
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[22:07] 'a reason I am a knight'. He hasn't suffered like she has, she understands. She envies that much and she is admittedly jealous of his self confidence, but that doesn't mean she likes it or the demeaning way he speaks. She had already bested many knights.

She smashes a palm into the ground before she drops to it, rebounding herself and flipping onto her feet before hopping foot to foot again and dashing directly at her opponent.

Id has already tried the basic methods of fighting, which means she has to deal with trying another, far more reckless method. A method that pugilists call 'infighting', terminology which she isn't really aware of. Her training was all private and explained through example.

Her mentor had been lost to her country when she took in the cloak-wearing young woman when she was younger. A forgotten exile that taught Id how to fight like her after saving the girl from her first captors.

Would Id ever tell anyone about her? Maybe. As Wano dashes, her hidden eyes lock onto him and she prepares to attack.
(Id)
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[22:14] Her aggression pays off, a heavy hand strikes Wano in the lower chest, driving air out of his lungs, and then she thrusts her right arm for his under arm as he retaliates. Her right hand hooks under his arm and her left hand has grasped his waist as if they're about to dance...

She flips him through the air by redirecting his weight via magically-enhanced strength and giving him a spin, slamming the side of his body onto the wooden flooring hard, maybe a just bit too rough for a spar. A sound similar to a "tsk" emits from her and she hops back. Id knows it's not over and she prepares herself for another go.

Id is absolutely not giving up. She wants power enough to be able to protect herself from anyone and if she has to... She'll protect the people who have ingrained themselves into her heart, too.
(Id)
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[22:22] Pressured back against the martial arts, the felinae was forced back into a state of shock. Mostly because the power behind his strikes weren't having a similar effect as they were last time. Albeit, he restrained his hand from unleashing the spiral bomb.

But he thought he wouldn't have a need for it.

Instead however, it seems he was wrong. Shown in the manner Id pushed the knight back, with every clash of blades. The felinaes breathing increased, raspy from enduring the blows whenever his swings were too wide.

And even if he landed them, the returning blows seemingly struck harder than his own. Slammed against the ground, his blade sent off to the side. He barely managed to keep himself from losing breathe and with quick work. He pressed off the ground and leapt beside his weapon.

Holding it back within the palm of his hands.

"It ain't over, yet." He claimed, pacing his thoughts before going back in.
(Wano)
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[22:37] Her aggression rises and so does the damage she deals to Wano's body, but it's not fatal even if at this point she's leaving bruises, a mark of her agitation. How could someone expect her to be gentle when she has so much latent negativity to unleash? How could Nemein expect her to let go when people were dying because of her?

Oh yes, she had heard a noble had been killed after Kirai's execution.

Maybe the senior Kurokaiyo wouldn't have done anything if she hadn't ever existed. Maybe that person who died as potential part of his legacy would be still alive. The guilt eats at her, but she doesn't have the mind to go and end her own life. No, her instincts tell her not to harm herself in any form that could be long lasting, or at all if she can help it.

An uppercut knocks Wano back through the air, exposing his torso for her. Like the cat knight before her, she's fast and she demonstrates it by moving before he can land and recover, blurring backwards. Her right knee slams into his torso as she abruptly collides with him, knocking him to the ground with her partially on top of him.

If he's not stunned by the pain of such a blow, he has the perfect position to see two emerald eyes and the face of a green-haired young woman staring at him from within the hood. The verdant eyes hold her negativity, especially just after the heat of combat even if it was meant to be friendly.

It's only for a moment. A discontented, quiet "nnn" noise that almost sounds pained follows before she rolls off of him and hops to her feet. She adjusts her cloak, pulling the hood further down.
(Id)
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[22:46] With the final rounds reaching their conclusion, the intensity only increased. The felinae attempting to keep up with the martial artist as they closed the distance in what felt like an instance. Drawing out his blade and striking out against them an instant as well.

Each collision of strength testing the two, to whom could land more than the other before giving out. "Not bad." He claimed, lips pressed into a smile before wincing from the pain caused by another jab.

Bobbing an weaving as he did prior only worked so much as the trades seemed almost to rival each other. However, Id had been coming out this time around. Until finally?

They landed a clean blow against the felinae, knocking up from the blow sending his brain into a shake briefly. An instance losing his senses before catching himself and spotting past the pain an unfamiliar face beneath the cloak.

Not as if mattered much to the felinae as he fell down towards the ground with a heavy thud!. "U-Ugh..." he groaned, massaging the back of his head, rolling on the ground and pulling himself to his knees. "Good one, you got me there." he explained with a weak breathe, taking his time for the moment.

"It was a good set of runs... I'd do more, but... I can't leave my duties for as long as I have thus far." He mumbles, glancing over the in the doors direction, they had been fighting for quite sometime now.

Without a window, he couldn't even tell what time it was. "You're a lot stronger than you look. Like most, right?" He laughed, picking himself up and trying his best to brush off the dust without hurting himself further.
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[22:59] There's no question that the Felinae is very strong, but she manages to beat him. Maybe it's the fact that she got even more negative from the fact he sounded like he was dismissing her abilities.

Her teachings are precious to her in the same way that her mentor was, but she never found her even after coming here. A nod is given in the direction of Wano as he mentions his job, but she doesn't respond to obvious question.

Many people were far stronger than they appeared, she isn't any exception. Her unique way of using mana isn't as unique in effect as much as it is unique in how she uses it.

She isn't physically strong, her arms don't look like they have much muscle, but at the same time she hits as if she's much larger than she is. Id is, truly, not impressive at all in terms of appearance. Maybe her face is pretty to some, but her body has been scarred by the abuse and training she went through.

It's not something she seems to care much about. Instead, she focuses on making herself as powerful as possible by exploiting mana and technique rather than raw power. Her control over her own abilities is very well-refined so she can surpass the physical limitations of her body and size.

While she is taller than others, she's nowhere near Nemein in height, thus she fights like a runt, especially against bigger foes. It's useful because most don't expect her to fight like that.

Most people don't even expect her to fight at all. Not everything is as it seems.
(Id)
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[23:04] "We can go at it again, another time if you'd like. I enjoyed the fight, rare to find a good one." He explains, scratching at the back of his head all the while. "Either way though... I'm coming to see that martial arts is indeed something to fear." Not simply because of Id alone, but because of the many others he'd fought against.

Even those who'd make use of the same magic he did.

Nevertheless, he went forward and reached for his weapon. Sheathing it away before bowing in Id's direction. "Thanks for the training, hehe... I should get going now though! I can't stay away from the people for too long." For as of late, he's been a poor knight with catching syndicate members and the likes.

There was always someone who wanted his attention after-all.

"Until next time, yeah?"
(Wano)
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[23:08] A stare is given towards the door as she recalls that Nemein might be looking for her if he's done with the 'meeting'. A quick nod is given towards Wano, along with a small wave of one of her scarred hands and then the cloaked young woman zips for the door, aiming to basically jump down the stairs and continue on her way.

It's not like she's not known for being fast. Not the fastest, but still fast. Id takes off with an abruptness that may make it seem like she forgot something important, but in reality, it's either facing Nemein when he tries to push the subject or having him find her and then push the subject.

She'd really rather it be on her own terms, so she chooses to find him rather than have to deal with running from him to avoid talking about it.
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