[Flashback]Odd Circumstances (Revy Hiroe)

[Ana Sol Starris]

Waves of indignation bathed the girl as she pressed firmer into her eye sockets, causing her to see stars slightly, and many colors natural to having such a pressure being placed upon them. When pain began to form, she took her fingers away to slip back into the water, eyes slanted as she felt a restraint on herself once more. Ana said nothing to Revy in fear of running off her mouth in a fit of her own stupidity, not yet at least, first she wanted to control her inner turmoil. As turbulent as her mind was, she remembered why at first Ana had targetted the woman, why she had so desperately, and had been inconsiderate of her own skills, and then the small, inconvienent black out that had started this ugly mess of.. Emotion. Human instinct, need, as much as Ana had isolated herself effectively from the populace, she still felt that tug in her mind that she needed social interaction. She was going stir crazy, and thus why her emotions seemed to be so unregulated, why at first she had not run away from Revy when she was given the chance. Something had kept her there, had allowed the strange woman to carry her, and offer to pay for goods and services. To pry into the other womans life, and reveal little bits of her own; where had it gotten her? In the bathes, and tell tale promises of food, and rest. What sane person in the land would simply let an oppurtunity like that fly by? Ana certainly wouldn't let it, but she would have to be careful- and very much so if she wanted to con the woman out of her resources for as long as she could herself. Slanting her eyes at the waters misty surface, tranced by the distortions it made, chimes had gone by the longer she thought about what to say, how to accept, or to deny. It was simply too easy to just say 'okay, cool, sounds good, thanks' and it was almost impossible to speak at all, her stubborn pride seeped in, she didn't really know much about Revy, not really but that could be changed with a few questions if Ana cared enough to pry a little more. For now the hospitality would be accepted. If a change of plans happened, then she would take as much from Revy that she could, and then book it away from her; hide. "Your offers are generous.. a little too good to be true, but thankyou, so, so much" Ana felt guilt wedging its way into her chest, as her eyes travelled to look at Revy with tired eyes, an age in the depths of her pupils that seemed to show now "but whats the catch? Its.. I've just learned to be paranoid of such things, what do I have to do for you in return? Just so I know what I'm getting myself into.."

[Revy Hiroe]

Revy saw the girl rubbing her eyes, seemingly from either lack of sleep or confusion? All those little actions of the girl were cute, really cute. The image of Louise almost perfectly lined up with her. Revy knew that this girl wasn't her sister, for her sister was slain right in front of her, but she just couldn't help not thinking this girl was her little sister. It made her want to pamper her, just like in the good old days. The question of the girl came as a surprise. It totally didn't fit with Louise, but the mercenary just shook off that thought. She had found her sister again. "Do I have to have reason to want to pamper my little sister? I just want to take care of you, Louise, so just shut up and let me, ok?", she said rather gentle. "So, just come a little closer. You know I won't bite." Even if Ana didn't move closer, the woman did. She just got the urge to hug the girl. She hadn't seen her little sister in 18 years and she missed her so much. That little girl that always hung around Revy, looked up to her, always wanted to help her and was insanely cute when she made mistakes. How the woman wanted to catch up to all that missed time. She wanted to know what she had been through until now. "Louise, where have you been all this time. What happened to you? Don't you know how worried big sister was?", she said just before suddenly hugging Ana.

[Ana Sol Starris]

"Little sist-" Ana snapped at Revy, raising an eyebrow and giving her an incredulous look of dubious proportions. What? The thought ran repeatedly through her head, she had begun to inch away, scooting farther from the woman as she got closer. What the petch did she mean by little sister, Louise? What? The small girl was utterly confused, befuddled by this developement that it had frozen in her spot when Revy hugged on her. Every nerve on her body sparked alive as a deep and firey blush of anger flushed up into her cheeks and neck, going to the back of her ears as she tried to make sense of what had just happened. Revy was hugging her. HUGGING her!! What was going on in this womans mind to think that a scrawny urchin like Ana was her sister? Ana had sibling problems too, but at least she didn't mess them up for other people- how crazy was that? "R-r-revy, let go" the small thief chided at the older woman, eyes widened as she tried to ignore all the naked flesh on her person and not quite particularly liking it either. The sensation itself was utterly unnerving to the small thief as she tried to regulate the frustrated stutter popping its way in to her voice, her eyes rolling to look at the ceiling and away from Revy in hopes of keeping her own dignity. Struggling, she began trying to untangle herself from the crazy woman "seriously, let go- I don't like being touched, so let go!" The water was inbetween them, but with the heat of the water, Ana found it difficult to dislocate or slide herself away from the woman because of a lack of suds in the water to make it slippery. I need soap! Ana began to think, with at least soap you would be able to oil yourself down and slip through what ever was grasping onto you. Her eyes began to scan the edges of the bath as best as she could, wriggling to get away, splashing to fight for her freedom from such an embarresing embrace. It was then through the steamy mist of the hotsprings bath that she saw it- a bar of soap just within grasps reach if only she could just reach for it. Upon that thought, Ana's hand stretched outwards for it; determinations fire in her eyes.

[Revy Hiroe]

Ana struggling set Revy off. The woman didn't expect the girl, who she saw as her little sister right now, to struggle to get free. Louise always loved her big sister's hugs, so why was she struggling to get free? Was it because they hadn't seen each other in a while? Or did something happen with her while the both of them were seperated? "Wait, Louise... what's wrong?", she asked. Why did she hate the hug so much? What had caused this? The mercenary didn't know, but apparently the girl absolutely did not want to be hugged, so the woman released her. She did look a little sad though, she just wanted to make up for all the time they'd been split apart. "I don't understand, you used to like it when we were kids. What happened to you to now hate it?", Revy asked confused. A headache started to form. Somehow a small thought had remained that this wasn't her sister and it was now fighting back against the overwhelming thought that this was her little sister. "Oh great, I can't use a headache now. I don't wanna scare Louise with one of my tempers. Once we get out, I'll grab a few beers. That'll make me forget about it for sure", she thought to herself.

oocUrgh, crap crap crap post. My head locked up right at the end >.<

[Ana Sol Starris]

Ana struggled harder to get out of the grasp, she had just barely reached the soap when finally Revy would let her go- causing the small girl to topple headfirst into the water, her momentum taking her under. The hot spring really was hot, that was for sure, she felt her eyes and face sting a little as she stayed like that for a chime in shock of what just happened. Thrashing wildly when she realized she was under water, and said water started to seep into her lungs, she righted herself up and flailed away from Revy, her feet kicking at the bottom to push her away and her arms trying to keep her afloat until finally she latched onto the hotspring ledge, breathing hard. The sight would have been comical, if it didn't have a serious undertone lying underneath the humor. She coughed somewhat, blinking, Revys words stung just as much as the sharp impact to the water had been. Ana swivelled herself around to glare at the woman, but stopped, a half grimace on her face quickly switched to guilt. Revy seemed unaware that she was hallucinating, or being crazy, she just met Ana out on the streets chimes before this. Ana turned a little so she could sit comfortably where she was now, she had to think fast, act quick "Alot of stuff happened.." Her gaze transfixed itself to the water, she didn't want to act like this womans sister, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for Revy. "Stuff I don't want to talk about.." She added on, glancing back up to Revy, chin tilted inwards as she tried to look as innocent as possible. There wasn't any way she could possibly keep this up for a long period of time, and what would happen if Revy were to just suddenly snap out of this mindset and realize she was being decieved the whole time? Her mind flickered the weapons the woman had on her before, when Ana had made an attempt to pickpocket her but ended up collapsing instead. Before all this, she hadn't seen the weapons, her body, and her mind had been too desperate. She still was desperate too. Hopefully she could play this ruse for as long as she would need to, an odd feeling seeped onto her tounge, it felt like blackened ash to her but she mustered the word out "s-sister?"

[Revy Hiroe]

Seeing the girl go underwater almost made Revy want to grab the girl again. She withheld herself though, as Ana had made clear she didn't want to be hugged. She knew that if she'd grab that girl, she'd instantly start hugging her again. Why was she being so darn cute? The woman felt a sharp pain in her heart as the girl shut her out. Why wouldn't she trust her big sister? "I...... see.... Then I won't ask you what happened.", she said clearly dejected. "Will you at least sleep with me tonight? Or should I get a separate bed for you?" Even though the girl had called her sister, Revy still felt hurt by being shut out. So she hoped that Ana, whom she thought to be Louise, would sleep with her that night, just like they did when they were kids. "Maybe I should get out..... I'm feeling a little dizzy and that headache is not letting off.", she thought to herself, "A few beers and some food should help.... I hope. I also need to make sure that lil sis eats well. She's way too skinny." And wiht that Revy stood up and got out of the bath. She just couldn't really enjoy it right now, probably because of Ana's reactions.

[Ana Sol Starris]

Crossing her arms, she turned her head down so she could look at the water and away from Revy, whom Ana could only guess wasn't feeling quite herself at the moment. It wouldn't do Ana any good if she broke down into her guilt; though she couldn't deny the harshness she was exuding. Letting her eyes fixate themselves on a rising Revy, she heaved a sigh, tiredly, shrugging her shoulders now in defeat. "Fine.. If thats what will make you happy," she grumbled out, a crawling edge entangled itself into her muscles. Ugh, she couldn't help but feel disgusted with herself and how all this was going, she hunched her shoulders and pouted visibly. Her heart on her sleeve at all times. If it would aid in her survival, then so be it, sleeping with Revy would be a necessary evil that she would have to perform to play her part effectively. There had been alluring promises of food after a bath, there were no resteraunts in Sunberth; only the pubs and taverns that littered the area like a flee bitten mongrel. Playing as a crazy womans sister was an easy sounding task, but for how long would she herself be able to keep it up before the womans spell broke? Ana stood up as well, slowly, so as to not slip and fall in the water, making her way over to Revy whilst keeping her chest crossed. Looking up to the older woman, or possibly around her same age, she flicked her eyes away nervously. "B-but before that could we eat, sister..? It-its... been awhile since I have.." That wasn't far from the truth actually, as if in conjuction with her words her stomach growled very loudly. Empathizing her point. Out of reaction she took her arms away from her chest to slap them on her stomach and hide it, bending slightly, cheeks arising in a blush as she became flusted by the sweetly evil surprise her belly had interjected. Even her mouth salivated at the thought of food, how many days had she gone without now? It was hard to count; she looked up to Revy with puppy eyes, puckering her lips up, and generally trying to look pitiful, and to ease some pity into the woman next to her. Certainly the 'big sister' wouldn't allow the 'little sister' to go without nourishment, right?

[Revy Hiroe]

The mercenary couldn't help but feel hurt at the tone her little sister spoke. What had Revy done to make that girl hate her big sister so much? It wasn't so that she killed her right? She hadn't betrayed her right? Then why was she so closed off? Revy just couldn't understand why she was like that. However the moment she heard Ana's stomache growl, she couldn't help but smile and ruffle the girl's hair. "Yeah yeah, I know. Don't worry. Just indulge yourself and don't worry about the costs.", she said half-laughing. Revy herself had gotten quite hungry too and just as she grabbed a towel to dry herself off, her stomach growled too. "Urk... guess you aren't the only one that's hungry." The mercenary then quickly dried herself off and started to dress herself again. Binding her chest first, which could look to another as being quite uncomfortable... which it actually was. followed by her putting back on her armor. After putting back on the armor, she put back the belt, which had gotten worn quite a bit, and slipped in her sword. "Oh right, still gotta clean this thing. It still has that petcher's blood on it. Meh, it can wait.", she said to herself. "Louise, you coming? Stop dawdling and hurry up a bit. I'm hungry."

[Revy Hiroe]

The mercenary couldn't help but feel hurt at the tone her little sister spoke. What had Revy done to make that girl hate her big sister so much? It wasn't so that she killed her right? She hadn't betrayed her right? Then why was she so closed off? Revy just couldn't understand why she was like that. However the moment she heard Ana's stomache growl, she couldn't help but smile and ruffle the girl's hair. "Yeah yeah, I know. Don't worry. Just indulge yourself and don't worry about the costs.", she said half-laughing. Revy herself had gotten quite hungry too and just as she grabbed a towel to dry herself off, her stomach growled too. "Urk... guess you aren't the only one that's hungry." The mercenary then quickly dried herself off and started to dress herself again. Binding her chest first, which could look to another as being quite uncomfortable... which it actually was. followed by her putting back on her armor. After putting back on the armor, she put back the belt, which had gotten worn quite a bit, and slipped in her sword. "Oh right, still gotta clean this thing. It still has that petcher's blood on it. Meh, it can wait.", she said to herself. "Louise, you coming? Stop dawdling and hurry up a bit. I'm hungry."

[Orion Michaels]

Ana Sol Award Skill XP Earned Lore Earned Stealth +1 Revy: Helpful Swordswoman? Observation +3 Location: Sunberth's Hotsprings Socialization +3 The Drawbacks of Big Boobs Swimming +1 Revy: Thinks I'm Someone I'm not Acting +1 Subterfuge +1 Revy Award Skill XP Earned Lore Earned Longsword +1 Ana Resembles My Sister Observation +2 Ana Gets Ill Around Blood Socialization +3 Location: Sunberth's Hotsprings Teaching +1 Confusing Ana for Louise Witty Remark Here If you have any questions or concerns regarding your grade, please send me a PM and we can figure it out.