The Protector

Asbel Lhant / Written by Amy / tracked tag: lhantsprotector

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evasion-finalist:

“Well I don’t expect everyone can or would even wish to do it.” to each their own. “For me it’s just something I like to do, I’ve always liked books and even in my line of work I do it on a daily basis, so it doesn’t bother me at all.” Jude actually enjoyed it. Sure, it was frustrating sometimes, but he did love his work. Even if he never said it out loud, he clearly took pride in it.

The question regarding the specifics of the festival got the younger to pause for a moment so he could search his memories for the right answer. “I believe Richard referred to it as a ‘winter festival’.” if there was a special term for it beyond that, he had not caught it that day. “My hometown is on an island continent in the heart of Rieze Maxia, next to the sea. Because of the unique location it attracts a lot of fishing, though it was known for its mines at one point, but those are abandoned now.” now it was just a popular tourist spot that held a welcoming inn and a family clinic.

“Everyone has an interest in something. I don’t expect everyone to be interested in learning how to fight with the sword. It wouldn’t make spars that fun if everyone fought the same.” Even at first glance when the two met, Asbel could tell Jude was an intelligent person. He had that gleam in his eyes that reminded him of Hubert or Pascal. He’d been relieved to know that his friend wasn’t stuck-up or as eccentric as the Amarcian scientist. Jude was a down to earth guy that Asbel could easily get along with.

“I can’t think of its name, but I know which one you mean.” He didn’t always remember the details when it counted. It wouldn’t surprise him if he would recall the name at an inopportune moment. “We regularly celebrate the change of the seasons with festivals. Some are bigger than others. Lhant’s are usually humble by comparison.” He’d almost felt overwhelmed and excited at the same time when he first attended a festival in Barona. The size of the city was easily many times the size of Lhant. “So you grew up in a small town and went to school in a larger one like me then. What a coincidence. Did you feel like you needed an escape? Was it too small for you? Is that why you left?”

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waerot:

         [  okay  ..  &  also okay .  i made sure to equally tend each & every flower here .  before we head off tomorrow ..  ]    she explained , while also noticing how asbel is completely avoiding the question once more .. which made her only more concerned that she couldn’t do much & watch ..

        which made her realize the situation in-between the lines & its entirety , that if he’s not going to tell her .. she will . thus holding her hands together to finally voice it out.

            [  asbel  ..  friends fight , do they  ?  its not always telling each other secrets , making promises to last a lifetime or to make them happy everyday ..  ]

“I think mom likes the opportunity to look after the flowers while we are gone.” He had been concerned for her health after his father passed away. The young man thought it helped to have something to keep her busy. Asbel knew he was avoiding the question. Unfortunately for him Sophie was catching on quick.

“We fought Richard and everything turned out ok. If we just got along with our friends and didn’t fight - we wouldn’t be human. A perfect world ... that would be boring. My job would take care of itself.” He chuckled. It was his hope that his words could be of some reassurance to Sophie. “What matters is that you care for each other enough to get through those rough patches.”

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god of war (2018) starters

❝  long way from home, aren’t you?  ❞ ❝  why do you even care? you could have just walked away.  ❞ ❝  i almost feel bad for you.  ❞ ❝  i can tell you a thing or two about family matters.  ❞      ❝  lucky for you, my schedule’s wide open.  ❞ ❝  they’re gonna be sorry they picked this fight.  ❞ ❝  i heard you. it’s not up for discussion.  ❞ ❝  i will rain down agony, every possible violation, upon you.  ❞ ❝  um, alright…that hurt a little.  ❞ ❝  you think you understand, but you don’t.  ❞ ❝  didn’t you hear that? voices. it felt…evil.  ❞ ❝  you do not want this fight.  ❞ ❝  truth is more important than kindness.  ❞ ❝  i know every corner of these lands, every language spoken, every war waged, every deal struck.  ❞ ❝  it should have been you. you hear me? you. not her.  ❞ ❝  only use this as a last resort.  ❞ ❝  deny it all you want, but you saved me.  ❞ ❝  you don’t want me and you never will.  ❞ ❝  they do not stop us, so they do not concern us.  ❞ ❝  only time you talk to me is when you need something.  ❞ ❝  that doesn’t mean you should lie to your friends or family.  ❞ ❝  will i see you again?  ❞ ❝  don’t leave me alone ever again.  ❞      ❝  you see in the eyes of a child.  ❞ ❝  i know you hate gods but you really can’t stay away from them, can you?  ❞ ❝  you are in your head. let it go.  ❞ ❝  it is wise to be discreet.  ❞ ❝  you are right…i do not believe you.  ❞ ❝  the power of any weapon comes from your heart…but only when tempered by your head.  ❞ ❝  wow, you’re so stupid. that your father’s doing? or your mother’s?  ❞ ❝  will we see people on the road? friendly? will they try to rob us?  ❞ ❝  smells like rotting eggs. is it still good?  ❞ ❝  you’ve only killed those deserving, right?  ❞ ❝  you’re sounding more like your father by the minute.  ❞ ❝  that thing was trying to kill us. it’s not like you don’t get angry in a fight.  ❞ ❝  leave. my. home.  ❞ ❝  you killed against my wishes.  ❞ ❝  it’s all you talk about, over and over. do something about it or shut up.  ❞ ❝  behind you, watch out!  ❞ ❝  don’t know, don’t care.  ❞ ❝  this used to be a challenge.  ❞ ❝  this place feels like a prison.  ❞ ❝  it feels like something is waiting for us down here.  ❞ ❝  don’t be sorry. be better.  ❞ ❝  kill for survival, not for indulgence.  ❞ ❝  can’t believe you’ve lasted this long.  ❞ ❝  in war, a soldier sees beauty in the blood of his enemy.  ❞ ❝  the winds of fate have given us a strange coincidence.  ❞ ❝  close your heart to their desperation. close your heart to their suffering.  ❞ ❝  you’ve had to kill people before, haven’t you? you’re used to it.  ❞ ❝  why do you say nothing?  ❞ ❝  you’ve seen it with your own eyes. you can’t hurt me. nothing can.  ❞ ❝  anger can be a weapon if you control it.  ❞ ❝  whatever it is you seek, i do not have it. you should move on.  ❞ ❝  when they find you - and they will - they’ll make things difficult.  ❞ ❝  there is one unavoidable truth you will never escape: you cannot change.  ❞ ❝  only time you talk to me is when you need something.  ❞ ❝  we do what me must to survive.  ❞ ❝  follow down this path and head for daylight.  ❞ ❝  heh. thought you’d be bigger.  ❞ ❝  you have a knack for ominous statemants.  ❞ ❝  just tell me what i want to know! no need for this to get bloody.  ❞ ❝  we all gotta take responsibility sometime, huh?  ❞ ❝  that was a waste of a perfectly good apple.  ❞ ❝  you think i’m weak, because i’m not like you.  ❞ ❝  but…you told me never to go down there.  ❞ ❝  you know, i really hoped i’d never see this place again.  ❞ ❝  until our journey is over, one of us must remain focused.   ❞ ❝  you must be better than me. understand?  ❞ ❝  did something change? the forest feels different now.  ❞ ❝  with power comes a big choice. you serve yourself or you serve others.  ❞ ❝  do not mistake my silence for lack of grief.  ❞ ❝  we are not men. we are more than that.  ❞ ❝  i know i was never what you wanted.  ❞ ❝  mourn how you wish. leave me to my own.  ❞ ❝  hurry! i’m slipping.  ❞ ❝  do not allow yourself to feel for them. they do not feel for you.  ❞ ❝  do not concern yourself with what might be. focus on what is.  ❞ ❝  we do as we please. no excuses.  ❞ ❝  your father can kill. are you going to be able to do that?  ❞ ❝  accuracy over speed.  ❞ ❝  you left me here. again. why don’t you care?  ❞ ❝  what, you want a hug?  ❞ ❝  finish what you started.  ❞ ❝  you know, for someone so strong, you worry a lot.  ❞ ❝  you are hunting deer - not chasing it.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know you and you don’t know me… don’t seem to want to.  ❞ ❝  killing animals i get. they’re food. but people… they’re just trying to survive too.  ❞ ❝  do you hear that? it sounds like someone screaming.  ❞ ❝  i’m going to cut off your head now.  ❞ ❝  it’s…it’s still alive.  ❞ ❝  we are here because of you. never forget that.  ❞ ❝  do not speak again.  ❞ ❝  your anger…you can get lost in it.  ❞ ❝  you don’t have to be the smartest man in the world to see that.  ❞ ❝  we’ve come so far. there has to be a way.  ❞ ❝  don’t you see? they never gave up hope. and neither should we.  ❞ ❝  you can change your path. it’s not too late.  ❞ ❝  i’ve been to many strange places… but this is a new one.  ❞ ❝  oh, cut it out, princess. you’re gonna get me all weepy.  ❞ ❝  you are too quick to temper. you a rash, insubordinate and out of control.  ❞ ❝  the path ahead is difficult and you are not ready.  ❞ ❝  you are not ready - stay back.  ❞ ❝  think i’m afraid of you?! you’re nothing to me.  ❞ ❝  stay by me. touch nothing.  ❞ ❝  you were gone for so long i thought that you…  ❞      ❝  you will always be a monster.  ❞ ❝  look at me! look at me!  ❞ ❝  you are going to have to kill me for that to happen.  ❞ ❝  can you kill something that big?  ❞ ❝  on our journey we will be attacked by all manner of creature.  ❞ ❝  so we’re gonna go toward the creepy singing?  ❞ ❝  why are there two beds in there?  ❞ ❝  slow down. your haste will cost us.  ❞ ❝  i warned you. you would not listen.  ❞ ❝  no, wait…i’m not giving up. i just…have to catch my breath.  ❞ ❝  well, this is it. it’s been an honor.  ❞ ❝  you left me alone to fight.  ❞ ❝  are you the last of your family too?  ❞ ❝  my mother made it for me.  ❞ ❝  fight until we stop or we are dead.  ❞ ❝  the last in his realm of all this kind and you shoot him.  ❞ ❝  come. no looking back now.  ❞ ❝  you’re more concerned with their safety than our goal.  ❞ ❝  i don’t think we’re supposed to be in here.  ❞    ❝  i’m…sorry for your loss.  ❞ ❝  i hoped that’d you, out of all the people i’ve faced, would make me feel something.  ❞ ❝  slow and old. you should never have come here.  ❞ ❝  that bow’s a little big for you, isn’t it?  ❞ ❝  earlier you said people might kill us. i’ll kill them if they try.  ❞ ❝  pain we endure. faulty weaponry we do not.  ❞ ❝  let me guess…you’re gonna be smug and say we shouldn’t have got involved.  ❞ ❝  no. you’ve been gone a long, long time!  ❞ ❝  if you try, i’ll try.  ❞ ❝  wow, uh…that was something, that fight.  ❞ ❝  you did not think it was important to tell me?  ❞ ❝  death suits you better.  ❞ ❝  is it dishonorable to grow old?  ❞ ❝  so unclean. so, so unclean.  ❞ ❝  you won’t stop me.  ❞ ❝  and i thought my family was fucked up.  ❞ ❝  i’m strong. i’m smart. i’m not what you think i am.  ❞ ❝  when i require your counsel, i will ask.  ❞ ❝  don’t you know when to give up?  ❞ ❝  listen to me. i can help.  ❞ ❝  you’ve taught me so much. let me teach you something.  ❞ ❝  okay. there are a few gaps in my knowledge.  ❞ ❝  the path you walk. vengeance. you will find no peace.  ❞ ❝  you know i love you. you just can be better. i know you can be.  ❞ ❝  let them go. take me instead.  ❞ ❝  i’ve never felt more alive.  ❞ ❝  no…you’re bleeding.  ❞ ❝  do you have any idea, any idea at all, what you have cost me?  ❞ ❝  i used to dream about getting eaten.  ❞ ❝  relax. do not think of it as an animal. it is simply a target.  ❞ ❝  try to find forgiveness, and we can start something new.  ❞ ❝  there is much about me i won’t have you know.  ❞ ❝  have you ever heard the term “tempting fate?”  ❞ ❝  your memory was a comfort in dark times.  ❞ ❝  she meant more to me than you anyway.  ❞ ❝  you are not yourself.  ❞ ❝  if seeing me dead will make things right, i won’t stop you.  ❞ ❝  i’d bow if i could, your majesty.  ❞ ❝  then we will go home. to give up this easily, so close to the start…  ❞ ❝  only fire when i tell you to fire.  ❞ ❝  not my blood.  ❞ ❝ nobody’s killed a dragon for hundreds of years.  ❞ ❝  are they dead…? oh! not dead! not dead!  ❞ ❝  a dangerous beast. we’ll take him down together.  ❞

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unwaveringblade:

“King Richard? I did meet with someone named Richard, but I was not aware that he was…that is, he did not say anything…” Leon frowned, trailing off as he thought back on the encounter. Richard had certainly been well-dressed and well-spoken, like a noble. But could he have accidentally ran into the king without noticing? “Does King Richard have long, blond hair?”

…What kind of king waits in line with the public for ice candy?

The next offer also came as a surprise. “That’s generous of you, but I’d rather not intrude.” Nor owe a favour to someone an important foreign family he doesn’t know. “Seinegald is across the ocean, yes. It’s approximately a week’s sail from Barona.”

“Richard doesn’t like staying cooped up in the castle away from his people. I appreciate that he likes to get up close and personal to meet someone where they’re at.” A fond smile crossed Asbel’s face at the foreigner’s reaction to meeting Richard. The king of Barona was a busy man, but he liked the simple things in life. The young lord couldn’t think that this man met anyone else that matched the description.  It was too much of a coincidence.“Yes! That must be him!”

“It’s not a problem at all. I’d love to hear about your kingdom, and if you want to know about ours I’d be happy to swap stories. That is far. I haven’t traveled that long by boat. ” He spotted the blade equipped to Leon’s person. His eyes gleamed with excitement at finding another swordsman. Perhaps they could exchange fighting techniques! “That’s a nice blade you have there. Does it have a name? I was trained as a knight at Barona’s Academy. It’s hard to be apart from that life sometimes.”

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waerot:

[  asbel   ..   will you  &  cheria be okay ?   you two  ..  went at it again .  ]

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He looked off to the side. So she saw that? His eyes drifted back to her. “We’ll be okay. It’s always been like this between us.” The words didn’t sound reassuring. 

He tried to be careful. He knew to watch out for and protect Sophie. Apparently, Cheria was concerned with other matters of Sophie’s care. “Are you okay? The flowers look healthy. Good job!”

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hashtagpuns:

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[richea]

ーWith one more try, can we start again?

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anationaltreasure:

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@spiriaofthestars continued from [x]

“This is my father’s sword. It’s name is Excalibur.” He drew it from its sheath partway to show the blade. The trials to retrieve it were not something he wanted to repeat again. The party could have used the money to strengthen their defenses or use it for their land’s betterment. Instead, the Turtlez had sold his birthright back to him for a large profit.

“Traditionally, swords are forged out of iron or steel by a blacksmith. I’ve seen them in straight or curved blade shapes. I use it to protect myself and the people I care about.” He put his hand to his chin in thought. The words the other person used were strange. “Soma come in many forms? When you say Spiria is that like a person’s ‘heart’ or ‘soul’?”

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sirenssonnet:

“If the surrounding military power outweighs that of the pirates’ forces, they’ll be less likely to attack outright. Normally they attack secluded ships taking isolated passages or routes~” While she had never been the brain behind any of the attacks of her crew, she was the captain so everything went by her first.

“A comrade of mine has a bow that transforms into a sword, nano ja. Though not everyone can use multiple weapons interchangeably,” she stated before following his pointing. Patty grinned and pulled out her pistol, twirling it in her hand and aiming it. “I can try, nano ja~!” Focusing her sights on the apple, she pulled the trigger and watched it fall.

“Like bandits or raiders on the open sea. Sometimes bandits pass through our lands, but the nova monsters are the real problem in the area. Out of fear the roads aren’t often traveled at night. It’s common sense, but it’s more dangerous when the monsters are smarter than the usual breed.”

His eyebrow rose in interest. “I’d like to see that at work. I bet it’s useful, but you’d have to learn both weapons expertly to be able to pull it off. The instructors had us try other weapons at the academy. I didn’t feel like I wanted a secondary weapon other than my fists and feet.”

“Amazing! So what brings you through here? Are you on a job? Sight-seeing?” That pinpoint accuracy. It was exciting to watch a skilled fighter at work.

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evasion-finalist:

“I’ll let you know if anything crosses my mind that I’ve missed.” while Jude may have not seen a whole lot in Windor, he had read or heard about it. At least he had studied before traveling, you could say.

But as Asbel led the way, the talk of Gralesyde continued. “Hmm… It’s hard to really say much when I only got to see it once and it was during a festival. Though Richard already explained that while Gralesyde focuses on fishing, Lhant is more known for it’s farming and mining, right?” ah, but to answer the original question. “From what I remember of Gralesyde though… It reminded me a little of home, I guess.” Jude neglected to share that with the king however, though he never asked.

“I don’t know how you or Hubert do it. I can’t handle reading for hours on end.” In the academy he broke up reading assignments with time for chores or physical training. When he was reading he needed an area free of distractions like the library or the gardens where he could be at peace and properly focus. It helped when he could be quizzed on the content by his peers.

“What festival was it? I might’ve been busy and couldn’t attend.” Gralesyde was close enough in location that he scheduled meetings to talk business with Duke Dalen. Lhant was near ports, but it was better to build relations with the other major cities in Windor. “Correct. I wouldn’t be surprised if our destination was used for mining before. It reminds you of home? Is it close to the ocean?”

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alt!

Strange - the malakhim were not present in this area. For an area heavy with wind energy, she expected to see a wind malak lurking in the vicinity of this crystal. Could the crystal be generating the power on its own? Ignoring the stares of the few townspeople, she marched closer to investigate.

The exorcist extended a gloved hand to touch the crystal. Her green eyes widened at the vast energy contained within the crystal. It seemed natural yet other all on its own. Her training hadn’t prepared her for this. The crystal didn’t seem to be doing anything bad to the area, but it could explain why the winds swirled in patterns uncommon for this area. 

She must investigate further. Her curiosity led her to want to know more about this land. It provided a break from thinking about her troubles back home. Eleanor whipped around to take note of her surroundings before marching on.

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Eleanor - Tales of Berseria (previous muse)

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