Completed [The Spinning Coin] Look What the Cat Dragged In (Kyra)

[Orion Michaels]

Right before the deathblow came, Kyra intervened, striking true as the she-beast's blood joined Orion's on the floor of the ring. The four armed woman turned from Orion, now focusing on Kyra and the attacks she threw at her. Orion enjoyed the moment of respite to catch his breath and slowly pull himself to his feet with the aid of the metal cage. Labored breathing continued, and he winced as his forearm throbbed in pain. "Gods," he muttered, trying to push the pain from his thoughts. Kyra had returned the favor for him, but it wasn't worth it, that was clear enough.

When the warrior began to use her superior strength and size against Kyra, Orion saw his opening. He just couldn't move quickly enough. It took him a little while to gather up the gusto needed to resume the defense of the pant less blonde. The clang of ax on sword filled the ring as blow after blow was deflected, Kyra parrying and retreating with each strike. The few hits the large woman had taken were beginning to take their toll, her slashes and punches becoming more and more sluggish. The crowd roared in blood lust, wanting more destruction, more entertainment, and some of them were crying for less clothing. Gods, people...

Kyra unleashed a powerful overhead swing and Orion saw his chance to really do some damage. The audible growl was startling, and the boot Kyra took to her chest was even more so. The crash of the small blonde still had enough to rattle the entire cage, but the maneuver had left the Eypharian completely exposed. With a wide arcing swing, Orion's long sword came low, steel kissing the skin of her calf. With one leg in the air, the other supporting her large frame solely, there was little balance to be had. With a yelp of pain she stumbled forward, falling to her knees infront of Kyra.

"KILL HER!"

"FINISH HER!!"

"CUT HER PETCHING HEAD OFF!"

Orion scowled at the crowd before turning his attention to Kyra. "Hey snowblonde. You okay? What do you say we call it a night?"

[Kyra]

Kyra panted loudly, slumped over at the foot of the cage with her arms covering her chest and stomach. There was a sharp pressure in her body and it felt as if the woman's large boot was still planted there. The girl gasped for air as she tried to fight off the pain and regain her breath. Her vision had become blurred and her hearing muffled to the sounds all around her. For a moment, she could barely make out the woman in front of her and the man who appeared behind her and took her down finally.

A soft moan slipped from her lips as her breathing resettled and she was left only with the sting in her chest. Her eyes refocused on the match just as she saw the woman drop to her knee right in front of her. Kyra quickly glanced up to see Orion wielding his sword once again. Reaching up behind her, the girl slowly pulled herself off the floor and rested against the wall of the cage. She continued to hug her chest, bare thighs turned inward as if she was having trouble standing so soon after the viscous attack.

"Kill her!!"

"Finish her off!!"

The yells from the crowd were ignored, but Kyra had to admit that her instincts told her to do the same. The woman had challenged her, attacked her and even tried to kill her. She had a right to seek vengeance and in truth she knew that the four-armed woman deserved to die. The young kelvic learned over then, and picked up her sword from the floor. Golden embers stared with an burning desire to spill the woman's blood. Kyra was in fact a leopard kelvic, and a killer above all else. "You wanted this match, and now....you will also get the end.."

Suddenly she glanced up from her inner thoughts to find Orion smiling at her, even calling her snowblonde. Human's were strange, but the doctoring, massaging, hunter turned squire was on a level on his own, and she had to wonder if he was ever serious. Whether it was his intention or not, his sudden comical outburst had calmed the girl down, and the thought of simply leaving rather than finishing the woman off seemed like a better idea.

"Yes, I think we should leave at once." Kyra replied as she shuffled over to collect her pants from the floor. The crowd became enraged and started to boo and hiss at the two still standing in the cage. Kyra would hiss back at them just as loudly as she slowly moved towards Orion while holding her weapon and pants close to her chest.

[Orion Michaels]

A look of concern quickly formed on the squire's face as Kyra seemed intent on finishing off the Eypharian. A desire for revenge was burning in her eyes and stance the blonde retrieved her blade once again. The only problem was, death matches were illegal in Syliras, and Orion participating in one, even if he didn't deliver the final blow, wouldn't do very good things for his knightly aspirations. Plus, Kyra would likely spend a good portion of the rest of her life in the mines, if she were lucky. He quickly tossed out his joke to try and disarm the situation, and thankfully, it worked.

He nodded as she became more reserved, gathering up her belongings, and led her out of the cage when she was ready, keeping his blade out to ensure the crowd didn't try anything funny. He wanted to fire some barbs at them, decry them, and let them know just how disgusting they were. Coming from Orion, that was bad. Yet the crowd was...off..tonight. Belligerent, drunk, violent, and scary. Provoking them would likely be unwise, so he kept the comments to himself. The Knights would be informed, though. An incident like this couldn't be left alone, but it would only goad a dangerous response, he was sure. The various members of the group parted for the two combatants, begrudgingly so.

Once clear of the group, Orion pulled his cloak off and wrapped it around the half undressed woman, guarding her from prying eyes. "Though I usually have no issues with a pretty lady removing her pants around me, I think it's best we cover you up, huh? There are some pretty sick people here. Where are you staying? I can escort you home. I'll shield you from their view if you'd like to dress yourself back up." He took a deep breath and shook his head, the insanity of this whole situation starting to weigh down on him. The nick on his forearm also reminded him of its presence as the dull pain throbbed loudly. I'll head to the infirmary after I take care of her..

"I'm..sorry we had to meet under these circumstances. Can't do anything plainly, can we?" They'd never had a normal exchange, at least not Orion's opinion. This slender, acrobatic, lithe woman was interesting and curious in everything she did, and he'd certainly taken note of it. "It's good to see you, despite all of this. Let's get going."

[Kyra]

Kyra shuffled along beside the squire as he led her out of the cage and towards the exit. She looked around her as they walked, seeing the different looks of those around her. Some simply nodded as if to say good match, while others more crudely puckered their lips and even performed gestures with their slimy tongues between their fingers. There were others, people who looked angry with her, as if they had expected her to stay and fight. These actions didn't help to change her ideas about most humans in the least.

The crowd seemed like ravenous beast out for blood or flesh, and Kyra was sure to look about her to keep an eye on any that were close to her. A few hands reached out, looking to fondle the girl's body but they held back, possibly out of fear of her wraith, or that of the heroic man beside her. It had been hard for her to hold back and not take the fatal blow against the downed woman, and it was just as hard now for her not to lash out against the mob. In this moment, the people of the city were exactly what those in the army had said they were. Underclass, cut throat, beast and hogs, and she didn't like it.

Once Orion removed his cloak and gestured for her to redress herself, Kyra leaned her weapon against the wall and lightly stepped into her pants. They were baggy, and hid the shape of her legs easily. Pulling her pants back up, she pulled both belts tightly to secure the clothing to her hips and looked back to Orion. "It wasn't on purpose, that woman with the extra arms, she pulled them off me. Have you ever seen anything like it, a person with four arms?" She was still in shock from the mere sight of the giant woman as well as the fierceness of her attack.

"I'm staying in the rented apartments for now, I know the way." The Travelers Row was one of the few places that she had learned to find easily on her last visit to the city. She reached out to collect her sword then and slipped it back into it's sheath. Kyra turned and glared back towards the crowd again for a tick then lifted her gaze to Orion again. "It is good to see you too, even thought there is a crazy spider woman trying to kill us."

Kyra led the way from there and left the building without a second thought. Stepping outside, the young kelvic took in a deep breath as she attempted to calm her throbbing heart. Closing her eyes, she relaxed her body and allowed her ears to drown out the idle chatter and take in the sounds of the ocean at the docks. Her full lips curled upward into a smile as she felt the cool winds kissing at her flesh. A tick later she opened her eyes again and started down the steps. "I suppose I'll go now, are you going to your work at the Soothing Waters?"

[Orion Michaels]

Orion averted his eyes as the young woman began to dress herself. While he was no gentleman, he could at least understand now wasn't the time to peer. Enough lecherous men had lusted after her body and tried to touch her for one night. Now they just needed to recover and move on. "I'm not blaming you, Kyra. Though do you normally wear such loose clothing? Anyways, no, I've never seen anything like it. I'd heard of these multi armed warriors, but this is the first one I've seen in person. It's...terrifying, really. I couldn't tell where a single strike was coming from, and she had two more arms to pummel me with." Orion shook his head, taking his cloak back after she'd dressed herself. "Though it's a good thing she didn't have two heads, huh? Otherwise we'd still be in there fighting."

"Ah yes, I used to live there." For many seasons the former doctor had called that place home, ready to leave in a moment's notice. Even though he was too much of a coward to ever leave the city for good, it had given him a peace of mind knowing he was tied down nowhere, at least until everything changed last season. "A crazy woman, for sure. Flying into a rage like that over..well, over what? What provoked her and sent her into a rage like that? Besides you...umm...aiding in her...release." Orion was fairly sure that the smell still lingered, so he was more than pleased when they were finally able to exit the Spinning Coin and be kissed by the sea breeze. "Are you sure? I'd be remiss if I didn't ensure your safe arrival after how this evening went."

Orion watched silently as Kyra worked to calm herself down, assuming the adrenaline was just starting to come down. It wasn't something anyone would expect in a city like Syliras. Her inquiry to his employment caused Orion to let his guard down and chuckle. "No, Kyra. I don't work there anymore. I've lost my mind and been taken on as a squire for the knights." He patted the blade which was at his hip. "Not mine. Borrowing it from them. The city is in a roar...or at least there's a mild rumble, about the doctor turned squire. It's quite a pain." There had been quite a bit of confusion as to why such a skilled physician would set down the scalpel and pick up the sword, and Orion couldn't entirely answer them. Something had happened after his job with Dinah, and he just knew this is what he needed to do. "So did you just get back from...well..wherever it is that makes you disappear so often?"

[Kyra]

Kyra wasn't sure of how to answer his question. It wasn't because she though to lie, but it was a long story and the girl was still a bit winded from the vicious kick that she took. "No these aren't my clothes, they don't even fit. I was kidnapped and the brute took my clothes and so I took his." She glared at him for a moment, wondering how he would react to such a wild tale, but every word was true. There was also a hint of irritation in her big golden eyes just from the mere thought of the occurrence.

She arched a brow when Orion mentioned that he knew of such beast-like people. The wonders of the world, both mysterious and terrifying seemed never ending and in all of it she felt so small. "Multi armed warriors? Does that mean there are more like her..here?" Suddenly Kyra was starting to regret even coming back to the city. It seemed the stories of the wilds had been vastly exaggerated and the city was the real danger. "If you know more about them, tell me now so that I may prepare for more spider people."

It seemed that the doctor-turned squire also had once lived in the Traveler's row, but that didn't surprise her given the fact that she thought that everyone in the city lived there, or at lease most of them. Then they were back to talking about the crazed woman whom, by Orion's doing , now had Kyra extra curious. "I did nothing to her, I only asked what she was. I don't see how that was any reason to want a fight."

Kyra nodded to Orion after he asked to escort her back to her room. She knew that she could find the place on her own, and figured that he would want to get back to doing whatever it was that he was doing before he rushed the cage to help her. "I can find my way, it's not far from here...At least I don't think it is." The curious kelvic didn't know a lot about him, but her thoughts on his adventurous life style hadn't been wrong in the least. "You're..a squire? You want to be a Knight? Why?" It was a surprised to hear, He didn't seem like the sort for the job, but she barely knew him to say more. But this news did raise her mood a bit and she smiled while holding back a giggle.

"Knights are so boring Orion, all of these soldier types are." She meant her words honestly, having for a short time been a part of the Ravok army she had learned just how boring and brained washed they were as much as the people in Sunberth and Syliras, they were all insane. "I suppose I'll see you in that bulking armor, and wagging your sword about for justice?" Smiling again, Kyra started to sway a bit more as her mood lightened. "I have, I just returned from Ravok, though I don't know how long I will stay here."

With her eyes locked on him, she started to walk away, without turning her back to him and making light steps as she moved backwards. "Thank you for your help..It is nice to see that not all Sylirans are brutes."

[Orion Michaels]

He received an unexpectedly intense glare in reply to his question. It wasn't unheard of for Orion to make a joke when it was not entirely appropriate, and it seemed this was one of those times. Her look was challenging, predatory, and most of all, kinda scary. "I beg your forgiveness, Kyra." He gave an exaggerated bow in apology. "I didn't mean to..uh..offend you there. I'm terribly sorry to hear about what you've gone through. A lot of trouble, huh?" Thankfully she was ready to change the subject.

"I'm surprised, too. I learn more and more about what is out there every day. Some strange beasts, some strange creatures, that's for sure. I don't think they are from anywhere close to here, though. I can't say I know much about them that I didn't learn today. They can certainly stink badly, no?" And how. He'd smelled some horribly rank things during medical procedures, but that was up near the top. He nearly gagged just thinking about it. "I'll be surprised if you see too many more of them in Syliras."

He hadn't figured that the blonde had done anything in particular to offend the woman. Four arms seemed to have quite a temper, and he wouldn't be surprised if the slightest of perceived slights had sent her off into her rage. "I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't take you for the type to pick fights, at least not directly. You're far too nimble for that."

And again, Kyra denied his offer to escort her back to her room. For once, he had no devious plans. He just wanted to ensure the young lady made it home safe after a rather unpleasant experience. This was not a time to force the issue though. If she wished to be left alone, it was her right to be allowed that. Perhaps the fight was too much and she just needed to get away from people. Regardless of her reason, Orion nodded. "Very well, Kyra. I won't press you further on it." Then she inquired into his aspirations to be knighted. He couldn't blame her for being surprised. It still surprised him, after all. "Ah, yeah. Me, a knight. Crazy, right? No, I just...I guess circumstances changed. I feel like the knighthood would give me..a better tool to do good. Maybe, just maybe I can..." He paused and shook his head, stopping his speech. "Let's save it for another time. I just want to help people best I can."

He smiled at her statement about warriors. It was true there were some rather straightforward and boring fighters out there. It was true as well that there were exciting, lively, entertaining ones as well. "I hope you'll find me an exception to that, Kyra. I can't go anywhere with some sort of insanity forming near me. I don't expect boredom at all. And we'll see if I can lift a sword long enough to wag it around. This training certainly tires you out." He turned his head slightly to hide the slight frown that came across his lips when she mentioned Ravok. A Ravokian? Her? I suppose that's something to pay mind to.. He simply nodded in acknowledgement, not wanting to engage in that topic.

With that, Kyra began to leave, saying her goodbyes. "Of course, Kyra. I trust you won't let it be so long between our next meeting? I can't always save the pretty damsel's in distress. I'm just a squire, after all." He waved at her, watching as she departed. "Take care, Snowblonde."

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Congratulations! You Get Glorious Experience! Orion Skill Points Earned Observation 3 XP Weapon: Longsword 3 XP Negotiation 2 XP Philosophy 1 XP Brawling 1 XP Lore Earned An Odd Reunion Nobody Respects a Squire The Sadistic Crowd Forced to Fight Smells Like Death in Here Other Shenanigans: Kyra Skill Points Earned Acrobatics 3 XP Brawling 2 XP Weapon: Bastard Sword 2 XP Weapon: Dagger 1 XP Negotiation 1 XP Lore Earned An Odd Reunion Pissing Off a Eypharian Orion, a Squire? Forced to Fight The Sadistic Crowd Smells Like Death in Here Other Shenanigans: Comments : Sorry for the wait, life has me tied down. Anyway great work as usual, it's always a pleasure to read you guys' threads, so keep up the good work. Orion, I enjoyed the fact that no one took you as a squire seriously, hopefully that gets fixed before knighthood Anyway, pm me with questions or concerns.