Come one, come all!|Aegestrom, Maelstrom

[aivea]

Rain watches the sparring match between the two leaders with silent and intent awe. The Firestorm doesn't know which to cheer for but remains where he's standing anyway. Chances are, he wouldn't notice if a dragon landed right behind him so long as he didn't miss a single moment.

[Northen Light36]

For a moment it looks like Shadow's finally managed to get the upper hand over Damien by sending a dozen or so lighting bolts scattering around the Fire leader and a handful of bolts directed straight at Damien's heart. To the amazement and open awe of the watching crowd, Damien pulls off a defensive move so fluid it's practically a dance as he waves in and out of some of the lightning and blocks others with small flame throwers. Whenever the lighting and fire meet, there are tiny explosions that light up the fight excitingly.

Damien returns Shadow's attack with a swift chant and a 'rainstorm' of small fire balls that Shadow blocks by covering himself in a dome of lightning. Panting slightly now, aware they're still a match for each other in their elemental abilties, both of the Leaders switch to weaponry. Damien uses his spear as both a staff and a stabbing weapon, while Shadow's showing every bit of skill he has in sword play.

"We going to first blood?" Shadow asks Damien idly. The Fire leader smirks and makes another jab at his Storm opponant.

"Of course," he replies.

[adris]

Vortai knew that today was the day he makes his years worth of food, he already stored his winnings from the previous days and now looks to hit a big mark today. The backdrop of the skirmish was enough to allow him to make a few peoples waist lighter, but he needed something more. He notices a man and a woman walking away, he made a mental note of them. He wanted to have a little more padding in case something went wrong.

He noticed a firestorm that was a little too enthralled in the combat, well at least he hoped the almost blank stare is what that meant. After some quick contimplations he moved up to the man and stood behind him as if he were watching the match, then began sawing with his blades at whatever looks like he could lift from the man when he caught open moments.

[aivea]

Rain is too wrapped up in staring at the match to notice that his coin pouch had been sawed off his belt but he doesn't have much else of value that could be sawed off. However, he is wearing an expensive looking silver choker and silver bracers. The jewelry is worn in an attempt to make his rather plain clothing look nice for the occasion.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua, having seen the flash of light on a moving knife blade, has come over to invesigate. Seeing Vortai, she grins slightly comes up behind him. "You really need a smaller blade for that," she whispers into his ear, then steps back. If she startled him, a knife in the gut would ruin her day.

[adris]

Vortai heard the voice from behind and spun about suddenly. His eyes open wide in that he was startled but instead of swinging a knife, he started backing away, putting his hood on his head hoping she had a poor memory. He looked for a second after getting his breath back. He gave her a worried look but remembered what she said and how she instinctively moved out of range for a dagger. He held his hand behind his cloak just to make sure nobody else saw as he touched his thumb to his little finger quickly then relaxed.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua swiftly returned the Thieves' sign then reached into a pocket of her back and took out a very small sliver knife. "You might find this more useful," she suggested, offering it to the younger thief hilt first. "And history repeats," Acqua thinks, amused and remembering that she was given that very knife by a fellow thief when she was about this boy's age. "Care to get something to eat kid? My treat," she offers.

[adris]

Vortai reaches out without fear having seen her make the sign. She lost him a pouch of gold but may have just paid it off. He looks over the knife and nods with approval, it would definately make it so he could minimize contact.

"Um, yes I would like that very much. I don't turn down free food for, obvious reasons."

He still keeps his hood up, fellow thief or not this was still a crowded area and there were people he didn't want recognizing his face. His initial instinct was always to run, but if he didn't at least believe there is honor amongst thieves he wouldn't be around much longer in this world.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua grins and leads the way towards the food stalls. "Take your pick of what you want," she tells Vortai. "Work's been profitable for me today. What about you?" Pausing, she adds, "Oh, I didn't get your name. I'm Acqua, of the Ilyamen branch." Grinning slightly, Acqua glances at Vortai to see if he reconises the name. While she's naturally better known in her home guild, she's made a bit of a name for herself in Maelstorm and Talen'sul over the years.

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By now Shadow and Damien are both slowing down and sweating hard as their fight takes them all over the stage. At last Shadow makes a lunge for Damien's chest as the Fire type stabs his spear towards Shadow's soldier. Then both fall back, panting.

"Looks like I win," Shadow comments, gesturing towards Damien's chest. Damien glances down, swears colourfully at the thin line of blood there, then smirks at Shadow.

"Looks like we need a rematch," the Fire type counters, nodding towards Shadow's hip where a small spot of blood can be seen. Shadow grumbles and mutters a few choice insults at Damien before both Leaders laugh and step down from the stage.

[adris]

Vortai chose a large turkey leg from a stall, she said to choose what he wanted and she would know being a thief what that meant. He added things together, actually doing a little math on his fingers.

"Today only? I actually havn't done very well if only today, I just began after the scuffle broke out, taking opprotunity. Over the days I made enough for guild dues and feeding myself. I don't know how I would survive without this feast every year. When our line of work becomes accepted remind me to send Shadow a letter of thanks."

He thinks to himself after he mentions her name. After mulling it around in his head a little while he snaps his fingers and gives out a childish chuckle. While his eyes were shadowed one could see a wide grin in his lips.

"Acqua huh? You're a baaaaad girl," he lifts his cowl so she could see him winking. He is sure she knew it was a joke but he wanted to make sure, "I am Vortai, from around here, I'm guessing unless you study guild rosters you don't know me."

[aivea]

After the match ends, Rain pries his gaze away from the stage and begins to walk toward the food stalls. About half-way there, he reaches for where his money usually is to check to make sure he had enough to buy anything from the stalls rather than having to go home for food. Then he notices that his money pouch is gone and he glances around, hoping that it is only dropped not stolen. Rain looks thoughtfully at his jewelry then at the sky. His three choices where either to pawn his last fine things, hunt or go hungry; none of the choices appealed to him at all.

"I really need to be more careful..."

[Northen Light36]

"Why, thank you," laughs Acqua with a mock bow. Grinning, she adds, "No, I don't know you. But then there's so many of us it's hard to keep track. Must give our Lord a headache, don't you think?" Getting some food for herself as well and paying with some of the coins in her pockets, Acqua leads the way over to the tables that have been set up. "This is my first time here for this," she admits. "Used to be that large gatherings of storms meant trouble for me." To show what she means, Acqua pushes up her sleave to reveal the water symbol on her shoulder. "But I can see why you're tempted to send Shadow your thanks." She snickers. "I'm tempted to do the same thing."

[adris]

Vortai saw her symbol and nodded his head agreeing that this probably isn't the best place for that. He dosn't look down on any certain people, not waters or any of that. Mostly because of the very reason he was alive he tried as hard as he could to keep elemental affinity out of the equation. He actually tended to detest storms more then any other. After seeing her shoulder he showed her the palm of his left hand.

"Well then, if I ever see you do a good job tell me not to give you a pat on the back. Seeing that symbol though, may I ask what happened to bring a legend such as yourself up to these parts?"

He takes a big bite of meat and swallows it with a large smile on his face. It has been forever since he has eaten this well. He usually brought in very little money for himself and thus maybe a little sliced meat on bread was a feast for him.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua blushes at that, but her ego is enjoying the compliments. "Just passing though on my way to Talen'sul," she replies. "But, well, one of my friends is a Storm and I recently gained this," Acqua flashs the Storm sign on her wrist and adds, "You might have heard about my encounter with Ren. I'd be supprised if it's not all over the guild," before finishing her first sentance, "so we figured there was no harm in taking a day off from traveling. Besides, it was too much of an opportunity to get some decent work in for me to resist."

[aivea]

By some coincidence, Rain walks by where Acqua and Vortai are eating while trying which piece of jewelry to sell first. He doesn't stop just passes by them close enough to be seen clearly. With a sigh, he turns toward home while idly rubbing his Storm sign.